At this time, Prince Yan's Mansion was also completely white and gloomy. The whole family wore sackcloth and mourning, and mourned the great ancestor Zhu Yuanzhang for seven or forty-nine days. The crown prince Zhu Gaochi and his two younger brothers had gone to the capital to observe mourning, and the palace suddenly became deserted.
Zhu Di set up a mourning hall in the main hall to house Zhu Yuanzhang's memorial tablet. He didn't ask much from others, he just knelt or sat in front of the spirit and hardly ate, drank or slept every day. Xu Ying tried to persuade Zhu Di several times, but he seemed not to hear him, so he had to let him go and sent Ma Sanbao to guard him. After five or six days, Zhu Di's beard and hair were all messy, his worn-out raw linen mourning clothes were wrinkled, and he still had a strange smell.
On this day, Ma Sanbao went out in a hurry for something. The housekeeper Zhu Qin was really worried when he saw that King Yan had been like this for several days. Wanting to distract King Yan, he took a stack of Di newspapers and put them in front of Zhu Di, and advised: "Your Majesty, read the Di newspapers to relax." Zhu Di turned a deaf ear and knelt there without gnawing or moving. Zhu Qin couldn't help but sigh in his heart and retreated himself.
Zhu Di looked at the funeral, knowing that it was stupid to be like this. The court had told him not to go to the funeral by himself, and his father also told him not to see him, but he just didn't believe it. Why? I tried my best to win my father's admiration. Why didn't my father even want to see me? Did he really not care at all
Zhu Di couldn't figure it out.
His legs were numb after kneeling for a long time. Zhu Di moved his legs slightly and his eyes unconsciously glanced at the newspaper on the ground.
"Respecting the late Yiwen Crown Prince Zhu Biao as Emperor Xiaokang, with the temple name Xingzong; the former Crown Princess Chang as Queen Xiaokang; the respected mother Lu as the Empress Dowager; the concubine Ma as the empress, and the emperor's eldest son Wen Kui as the crown prince. The second son Wen Gui was the original King Huai..." There were also three younger brothers who were crowned kings. The original princesses were promoted to the eldest princess, Sun Guifei was promoted to the crown prince, and so on. It was all arranged by the new emperor's harem, and there were no suspense or surprises.
Zhu Di didn't take it seriously, relaxed his legs, and looked at the soul again.
The tablet on the mourning hall was written by Dao Yan. The handwriting is as strong as if it were carved into the wood.
Suddenly, Zhu Di stood up and asked: Why isn't she? She is so favored that she doesn't have her account banned? Why? Zhu Di shouted loudly: "Sambo! Come here!"
Wang Jinghong responded and ran over, bowed and said: "Sambo, go out and come back immediately. What are your orders, Your Majesty?"
Zhu Di snorted and looked at Wang Jinghong up and down. Wang Jinghong felt furious in his heart and held himself still.
Zhu Di said coldly: "What happened to her? What happened?"
Wang Jinghong pretended not to know: "Who did the prince say?"
Zhu Di kicked him over: "Still pretending!"
Zhu Di's kick was quite heavy, and Wang Jinghong did not dare to dodge. He was kicked in the waist and fell to the ground. Wang Jinghong did not dare to cry out for pain, so he knelt on the ground and endured the pain and asked, "Your Majesty, are you asking Princess Yining?"
Zhu Di didn't answer, his sharp eyes flashed with daggers.
Wang Jinghong knew that he couldn't hide it, so he had to say: "The news in Beijing is that Princess Yining is Li Cairen. While serving Taizu, she poisoned the soup and was poisoned in the clan mansion." He took a look at Zhu Di's face and whispered: "I want to ask for the death penalty."
Zhu Di looked livid and said angrily: "When did you know this? You hid it from me!"
Wang Jinghong said: "Your Majesty, please forgive me! This news came to me when I was going to attend a funeral. The Princess has ordered me not to tell you anything."
Zhu Di was so angry that he raised his foot and was about to kick again, but Xu Ying rushed over, stopped him, and shouted with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty!" Zhu Di burst out with anger: "Why did you hide it from me?"
Xu Ying said slowly: "If I don't hide it, what can the prince do?"
Zhu Di was choked and fell into his chair.
Yes, what can be done? If he had known that something had happened to her at that time, he would have definitely killed Xie Gui and forced his way through the south gate of Chuzhou. But, so what? So what if we get through Chuzhou
Zhu Di looked at the mourning hall, and for the first time he truly felt that his father was really gone.
Everything is different. I can no longer be unscrupulous or rogue.
Xu Ying then advised: "She is your Majesty's talented person now. Your Majesty will definitely try to save her. Don't worry." Zhu Di felt harsh and sad after hearing this.
Xu Ying signaled Wang Jinghong to get up. Wang Jinghong looked at Zhu Di carefully, stood up and stood aside with his hands down.
Xu Ying saw Wang Jinghong staggering slightly when walking, and knew that he was enduring pain, so she sighed and said, "Hurry up and apply the medicine!"
Wang Jinghong didn't move, and after Zhu Di waved his hand, he walked out slowly.
Xu Ying lowered her head and saw the newspaper on the ground. She glanced at it and understood the reason. Unable to help but feel upset, he sat down on the chair next to Zhu Di and remained silent.
At this time, there was the sound of footsteps, and Ma Sanbao hurried in and shouted: "Your Majesty!" Seeing that Xu Ying was also there, he stopped for a moment.
Xu Ying said calmly: "The prince already knows. Just tell me."
Ma Sanbao didn't care to think too much and reported: "The news just came from the palace. Taizu ordered Princess Yining to go to Shenggan Pagoda to guard the relics and recite sutras to repent of Taizu's mistake of not welcoming the relics that day. In the end, the Queen Mother sent the princess to the palace. He was demoted to a commoner, and now he has gone to the Shenggan Pagoda in Tianxi Temple."
Xu Ying breathed a sigh of relief: "Thank God."
Zhu Di was stunned. In the Holy Tower? Thinking of the agreement made by the three of them in Prince Ning's Mansion. I remember what I said when I sent her out of Peiping: "Let's see the Shengguan Tower together."
Is all this really the will of God? Or is it the "tribulation" that the old monk Huiguang said
So what does that mean
Zhu Di was silent in thought.
After a long time, Zhu Di ordered: "Prepare paper and pens!" Ma Sanbao was confused and quickly laid out pens, inks, paper and inkstones without saying a word.
Zhu Di sat down in front of the case, thought for a while, and wrote quickly:
"Chen Di wrote with tears in his eyes: Ever since the death of Emperor Kao, he has been mourning and sighing every day, and he can't write it all. Jiafu Shaoyin was exhausted due to the long journey to the north. Over the past few years, The weakness is getting worse. I look at the scenery and see how much it can recover! Those who are thinking about it, but the imperial mausoleum has not yet been visited. I hope to beg for the holy edict to go to the capital to visit the Xiaoling mausoleum and then return to the vassal. Chen Di bowed his head and bowed again."
It turned out that it was a memorial written to Zhu Yunwen, which meant that I was extremely sad when my father died. It turned out that Bei Zheng was in poor health, and I don’t know how long I can live. Please let me go to Beijing to pay a visit to the mausoleum. I will return to Peiping after paying my respects.
It was written very humbly, completely in the tone of treating an emperor. No, it is much more respectful than the original memorial written to Zhu Yuanzhang. Ma Sanbao was grinding ink beside him, and when he glanced at it, he felt sad for some reason.
Xu Ying looked at it and wanted to speak, but finally sighed without saying anything and left first.
After Zhu Di finished writing, he read it, folded it and handed it to Ma Sanbao: "Play it right away." Ma Sanbao took it, looked at Zhu Di's face, and said, "Your Majesty! There is one more thing. The crown prince of Goryeo, Wang Shi, has News.”
Zhu Di was not very enthusiastic: "Say".
"I haven't gotten it yet, but someone in Tongzhou reported seeing him two months ago. He was dressed like a scholar and said he went to Beijing to take the exam."
"Is there any news in the capital?" Zhu Di asked calmly.
"Not yet." Ma Sanbao was a little worried: "Will it affect the princess?"
Zhu Di smiled bitterly: "Her identity as a North Korean princess has been established. Now she is His Majesty's favorite. What impact does it have? Even if the Crown Prince of Korea appears in the court and the ministers discuss it, Your Majesty will help her. It is not our turn to worry."
Seeing Zhu Di's bitter smile, Ma Sanbao shouldn't have said anything more, but because he was worried about Lianhua, he couldn't help but said, "I'm just afraid that if Wang Xi uses evil tricks to deal with the princess secretly..."
Zhu Di was stunned. He really didn't expect this. He has been a little confused these days. But even if you think of it, what can you do? Her power in the capital was pitifully small, and she had to do everything possible to find out the news. How could she be protected? Neither the imperial palace nor Tianxi Temple is within his reach.
Zhu Di shook his head and sighed: "Let's ask first and then talk." Ma Sanbao didn't dare to say any more and thought about it in his heart.
At this time, Hou Xian walked in and reported: "Your Majesty! Zhu Neng is back and has entered the city. Do you want him to go to the school grounds?" Zhu Neng's Daning Guard, which he went to in February, is back.
Zhu Di was a little uninterested and said casually: "Go to the school grounds. Let Zhang Yu organize the team and settle down."
Ma Sanbao was determined to help King Yan come out of the gloom of the past few days, and tried his best to encourage Zhu Di: "My lord, let's go and see it together? These three thousand guards were training very hard at Daning Guard. I haven't seen you for a few months. I don't know how they are doing." ? Zhu Neng said that he also trained several formations himself, but I don’t know what formations they are?"
Zhu Di had been depressed for many days. He didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand Ma Sanbao Hou Xian's strong encouragement, so he changed his clothes at random and went out. After walking through the corridor, Dao Yan came towards me. He heard that he was going to see the new guards, so they went to the school grounds together.
The school grounds of Prince Yan's Mansion were the original place where imperial guards of the Yuan Dynasty were trained to practice archery and archery. It is extremely large and spacious. The guards of Prince Yan's Mansion often train here. The entire ground is very hard, and there are even footprints in some places. Surrounding the school grounds are rows of poplar trees, all of which are old and lush. There is a row of weapon racks on the east side, including swords, guns, axes, swords, halberds and hooks, which are commonly used by the guards. There were several high stools placed next to the weapons rack, which were meant for people to rest their feet, but Zhu Di sat down as soon as he arrived.
Dao Yan saw that his enthusiasm was waning and did not try to persuade him. He watched from a distance as Zhu Neng and Zhang Yu slowly entered the field with a large group of people. Zhu Neng was eight feet tall and still looked tall and burly among a group of Mongolians. On the contrary, although Zhang Yu was originally the Privy Councilor of Dayuan, he was only of medium height among the Han people and was not easy to find at the front of the team.
In such a large school ground, if there are three thousand infantry, they will not be conspicuous at all, just a patch on the ground. However, these three thousand cavalry formations were uniform and powerful. As they moved slowly, they were already powerful and murderous. Zhu Di watched and slowly sat up straight.
Zhu Neng held several small flags in his hands. When the team reached the middle of the school field, he shouted: "Stop!"
The horses were seen passing back and forth, and soon they formed a square formation. Horses vary in size, and people vary in height. It is rare that the horses in each column of this square team are evenly aligned, and the bodies are also the same. Obviously a lot of effort was put into selecting the horses and lining them up. Zhu Di had already stood up and looked at the phalanx from a distance.
Zhu Neng raised a blue flag with his right hand and shouted: "Get up!"
In an instant, the horses started running at a trot, and their formation changed in a daze.
Zhu Neng quickly changed the red flag and shouted: "Kill!"
As if in an instant, the cavalry's long swords were unsheathed, raised high in the air, and shouted in unison: "Kill! Kill!" The sound of killing was loud, the long swords shined in the summer sun, and the horses became excited. , neighing endlessly.
When Zhu Di heard the familiar man shouting, he felt as if he had returned to the battlefield, to the light of swords and rain of arrows, to the battle of flying horses with swords and blood flying everywhere. Shen Shen's heart jumped loudly, and his desolate eyes became brighter little by little. Daoyan Houxian and Ma Sanbao both secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Eight hundred miles away, the people under my command are burning, and the sound of fifty-stringed strings turning over the Great Wall" is always unforgettable for heroes. But King Yan, do you still have a chance to fight