When the carriage arrived at the West City, the team was much larger, with five more large carriages, and the deep ruts showed that there were a lot of things on the carriages. In addition, there were a few more old women and maids, and the number of guards and servants accompanying them increased by seven or eight people, and they went to the West City in a mighty manner.
This is where Li Shu temporarily stayed before she went to find Zhu Ping'an.
Li Shu just arrived in the capital yesterday and stayed there for one night. She had not yet been to the old residence of the Li family. She went to the Imperial Examination Hall to find Zhu Ping'an early in the morning. Li Shu had originally planned to wait for Zhu Ping'an to go there together.
Zhu Ping'an lowered the curtains and retracted his eyes.
"Zhu Ping'an, you're not nervous, are you?" Li Shu's watery eyes seemed to be dripping with tears. She looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile, the corners of her mouth slightly curved up with a hint of ridicule.
"Why should I be nervous?" Zhu Pingan asked back.
"Because the ugly daughter-in-law has to meet her parents-in-law." Li Shu covered her mouth with her slender hands and smiled, comparing Zhu Ping'an's going to their Li family's old house to the ugly daughter-in-law meeting her parents-in-law.
"Your Li family is not a dangerous place. What is there for me to be nervous about?" Zhu Ping'an curled his lips in disdain.
"Then do you know who our Li family is?" Li Shu asked Zhu Ping'an with a smile, holding her cheeks and pursing her lips.
"Probably some wealthy family, or something like that. At least he's not the local rich man of Shanghe Village." Zhu Ping'an put his hands behind his head, resting his head on the carriage, stretched his legs, stretched comfortably, and replied casually.
Li Shu rolled her eyes when she heard that. Then she pouted when she saw Zhu Ping'an's casual actions.
"My great-great-grandfather wore a five-clawed golden dragon robe." Li Shu held her cheek with one hand and twisted her hair with the other. She said lightly.
What the hell
You really never stop until you say something shocking!
Zhu Pingan opened his eyes when he heard this. Five claws or a golden dragon robe? Dragons are divided into different levels. The image of a dragon with two horns and five claws is reserved for the emperor. The dragon pattern is the emperor's exclusive use, and the ministers are not allowed to use it. conAd1(); Five claws is a dragon, four claws is a python. If you wear a four-clawed python robe, it's fine, but this five-clawed dragon is a golden dragon. Can your Li family still be an imperial family? Could your great-great-grandfather be an emperor
Then Zhu Pingan recalled the time when he was a kid and saw the luck of this little girl was soaring into the sky...
Is it possible that this little girl could really be a royal family member
But it's not right. It's impossible. Li Shu's surname is Li, his father's surname is also Li, and the current royal surname is Zhu. The royal family will never watch their descendants change their surnames. Changing surnames is a serious crime of disobedience among the common people, not to mention the royal family who attaches great importance to bloodline inheritance!
For a moment, Zhu Ping'an was a little unsure about the background of Li Shu's family.
"My great-grandfather was a prince conferred by Emperor Hongwu."
Li Shu looked at Zhu Ping'an's surprised eyes, and couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips and look at Zhu Ping'an with a smile, her big eyes were black and her face was full of mischievousness.
The royal prince
Zhu Pingan looked at Li Shu, who was like a little fox, and narrowed his eyes slightly. His mind quickly searched the history books of the Ming Dynasty that he had read before. 99.9% of the princes of the Ming Dynasty were of the royal family with the surname Wang. There were only a few princes with the surname Li, and they were all posthumously conferred. It seemed that he had some clues.
"My great ancestor and Emperor Hongwu have the same blood flowing in their bodies."
When Zhu Pingan had some clues, he heard Li Shu add another sentence with her lips pursed.
Uh, the same blood? Does that mean they have the same origin
Zhu Pingan was a little unsure again, but looking at Li Shu's fox-like smile, he roughly understood that this stinky girl was deliberately misleading him, but by mistake, Zhu Pingan was closer to guessing the answer. conAd2();
Having the same blood in the body doesn't necessarily mean they are blood relatives, they could also be relatives by marriage. But as for Li Shu's great ancestor, they are definitely relatives by marriage.
The scope was narrowed down again, and Zhu Ping'an felt that he was close to the answer.
"My great grandfather's surname was Zhu, and he and the Hongwu Emperor were father and son. He was raised by Empress Ma. My great grandfather risked his life to make remonstrations three times, which angered the emperor. The Hongwu Emperor wanted to kill my great grandfather, but Empress Ma cried when she heard about it, so the Hongwu Emperor pardoned my great grandfather."
Li Shu looked at Zhu Ping'an with a smile. His hair was as black as lacquer, his skin was as white as jade, his eyes were beautiful, and there was an indescribable charm in his every frown and smile. He was like a plum blossom in bud, faintly revealing a thousand delicate and tender features.
Befitting the father and son of Emperor Hongwu? Raised under the care of Empress Ma? Zhu Pingan narrowed his eyes slightly after hearing this. The more this girl misled him, the closer she got to the answer.
So what if he was on equal terms with the Hongwu Emperor, and so what if Empress Ma watched him grow up. You should know that my Emperor Yuanzhang had a famous hobby, or a common hobby in that era, that is, to adopt sons. It seems that Emperor Yuanzhang adopted more than 20 sons in total. Empress Ma was kind-hearted and the most benevolent. She treated these adopted sons as her own and showed great care.
Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted sons were all underage; most were orphans, but some had living parents; most were not related to him and were adopted by chance; all were given the surname Zhu, lived in Yuanzhang's home, and were taken care of by Empress Ma. Zhu Yuanzhang saw many orphans, and he adopted Mu Ying and others because he saw their "talents and courage" and believed they had a future in development, so he showed special favor to them.
After his adopted sons became famous, Zhu Yuanzhang let them live independently and restore their original surnames. When restoring their surnames, Zhu Yuanzhang had to explain the truth of the adoption. For example, Zhu Yuanzhang asked Mu Ying: Zhu Wenying, whose son are you? Mu Ying replied that he was the emperor's child. Zhu Yuanzhang asked repeatedly, and Mu Ying said this, and then Zhu Yuanzhang explained his origins. Mu Ying was moved to tears and said, "Your Majesty Mu, the Queen Mother, is as gracious as heaven and earth." Because of this sentence, Zhu Yuanzhang gave him the surname Mu and took a character from Wenying's name, Ying, which is the origin of Mu Ying's name.
Therefore, Li Shu's great ancestor should be one of the adopted sons of Emperor Hongwu. conAd3();
Therefore, Li Shu's great-grandfather's original surname should be "Li". After being adopted by Zhu Yuanzhang, he changed his surname to "Zhu". After he grew up and achieved fame, he restored his original surname to "Li".
Li Shu's great-grandfather was Zhu Yuanzhang's adopted son. His original surname was Li. He had made outstanding military achievements and was named a prince. He should have been named a king posthumously.
Then the answer is obvious.
"Was your great ancestor named 'King of Qi Yang'?" Zhu Ping'an looked at Li Shu with a smile on his face and asked lightly.
If Li Shu's words were like the rolling dark clouds that filled the sky, then Zhu Ping'an's light words were like lightning that split the sky. Although the dark clouds rolled for most of the day, the lightning disappeared in the blink of an eye, but it illuminated the entire sky.
"Ah, how did you know?"
Upon hearing this, Li Shu opened her mouth in surprise. (To be continued)
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