After a spring breeze, spring has really come.
Half of the rainbow hangs diagonally on the horizon, like a trestle between the blue sky and white clouds. The buds of ancient branches along the street are secretly sprouting, and the air is also filled with the faint fragrance of jasmine.
Yingtian Mansion is a very beautiful city, but its beauty is hidden in the mighty and thick city walls, and this beauty has been accumulated for thousands of years. Ordinary people will only be dazzled if they just look at it. Only when they are inside it
Only when you calm down can you understand a little bit and appreciate the poetry and painting in it.
Just like the Wei Guogong Mansion located near Wuding Gate in the southeast corner of Yingtian Mansion, this land is close to the Yangtze River, with a lake in it and an island in the lake. The island is mostly covered with reeds, and in autumn, countless egrets fly.
Flying like a scroll.
It is also in line with Li Taibai's poem in Li Taibai. After three and a half days of sunset, the blue sky has fallen, and the two waters are divided into Bailuzhou!
Therefore, this place is called Bailuzhou.
A carriage covered by a green curtain slowly stopped at the side entrance of the back garden of Duke Wei's mansion.
Three entrances are the house, five entrances are the palace, and seven entrances are the mansion. The entire Wei Guogong's residence is composed of seven courtyards of different sizes surrounding the lake island.
With profound...
At the street entrance, on the magnificent Xujiamen Tower archway, there is the word "Dagong" written by the old man himself, so this place is also called Dagong.caset
This was originally the residence of the old man when he was the King of Wu. Later, after the founding of the Ming Dynasty, it was given to the late Zhongshan King Xu Da. Xu Da refused to refuse, and the old man insisted on giving it to him. One time when the two brothers were drunk, the old man simply asked someone to carry Xu Da.
Da slept on the bed where he used to sleep.
When Xu Da woke up, he was greatly frightened and bowed devoutly in the direction of the palace. However, although he accepted the mansion given to him, he never lived in it. Instead, he built the main residence of the Xu family opposite.
This area is regarded as a garden.
"Master, we're here!"
Deng Ping, a guard in casual clothes, gently lifted the car curtain, and Zhu Yunxi, wearing a royal blue robe with cirrus and four-in-one Ruyi cloud patterns and a round collar and narrow robe, slowly came out.
The robe he wore was inherited from the costumes of the prosperous Tang Dynasty. It was slightly cinched at the waist, which not only showed off the tall and straight figure of the young man, but also made him look free and capable. In the Ming Dynasty, this was the common uniform for men, and it could be worn casually by everyone from the emperor to the common people.
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In front of the garden gate, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu and his family stood with their hands down. Seeing Zhu Yunxi get off the carriage, he quickly leaned over and saluted, "I will wait for you to see the emperor!"
"Okay, I came to your home and came out incognito, so these big rules are waived. Otherwise, how could I stay comfortably?" Zhu Yunxi smiled and waved his hand.
In fact, it was a bit casual to come here today. As soon as the court meeting at Qianqing Palace ended in the early morning, Wei Guogong Xu Huizu came to see him alone and insisted on inviting Zhu Yunxi to come to his garden to enjoy the flowers.
Moreover, the reason given was too much for Zhu Yunxi to refuse. This was the place where the Supreme Emperor lived in the past, but the Emperor had never set foot there. It was the time when the flowers were blooming in spring and I invited the Emperor to visit the garden and appreciate the old stories of the past.
At this time, a slightly embarrassed woman slowly stepped forward and saluted, "My wife has met the emperor!"
Zhu Yunxi had met this woman several times, and she followed Xu Huizu into the palace to meet him every New Year. She was Xu Huizu's head wife, Mrs. Zhang, a woman of modest origin.
Speaking of which, things like this in the Xu family's house are a bit sad.
Xu Huizu was not Xu Da's real eldest son, but the eldest son of a concubine. His mother was Xu Da's concubine Jia.
Xu Da had two wives. The first was Zhang. Zhang was the old man’s sister-in-law, the ancestor of the Jingjiang King lineage and the biological sister of Zhu Wenzheng’s biological mother.
However, Mrs. Zhang died early without having any children. During this period, Mrs. Jia gave birth to her eldest son, Xu Huizu. Then the old man made the decision and betrothed General Xie Zaixing's second daughter directly to Xu Da. This was Xu Da's later wife, Xie. Xie Zaixing's
The eldest daughter was promised to Zhu Wenzheng.
Xie is Xu Zengshou's biological mother, so because she and Zhu Di had a close friendship, Xu Zengshou, who is still in Yunnan, is Xu Da's nominal legitimate son.
But Xu Zengshou, the legitimate son, did not have a good relationship with him, and his grandfather Xie Zaixing later did not know what the wrong chord was in his mind. As the oldest brother who followed the old man, he actually rebelled and surrendered to Zhang Shicheng.
With the old man's temper, this person will definitely not end well. Moreover, not even any of the brothers and sons of the Xie family are left alive. However, there is no guilt for the Xie family who married Xu Da.
There are records in unofficial history that the old man later ordered people to kill Xie in battle, but this was just a deliberate distortion. In fact, the old man was very kind to the two women.
But with such a close grandfather, the younger son Xu Zengshou is definitely not as good as Xu Huizu in the eyes of Xu Da or the old man.
From childhood to adulthood, Xu Huizu was strictly trained as the legitimate son of Wei Guogong. Even in terms of education, the old man personally came forward to let him study with Prince Zhu Biao.
But when it comes to marriage, Xu Da politely rejected the old man's suggestion that Xu Huizu marry the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family. There are rumors that Princess Shang's affairs were postponed. Instead, he found such a Zhang family from the Huaixi countryside.
This Mrs. Zhang is the niece of Mrs. Zhang, Xu Da’s first wife.
In other words, she and Xu Huizu were actually cousins. After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the Zhang family was not very kind to Zhu Wenzheng's biological mother and was just an ordinary family. But Xu Da still chose her. Of course, there was some discord with Huaixi.
In addition to the reason why the noble marriage arouses suspicion, there may also be some sincerity in missing his deceased wife.
Zhu Yunxi looked back and saw several young men standing behind Zhang, namely Xu Huizu's son Xu Qin, nephews Xu Maoxian and Xu Jingchang.
Looking back, there are several women with their heads bowed. They are all the female relatives of the Xu family who are waiting to be married.
He was about to retract his gaze but suddenly it fell on the face of a girl wearing lilac palace dress.
At first glance, this girl doesn't seem to be of any beauty, but I can't help but look at her, and the more I look at her, the prettier she becomes.
The girl stood there neither humble nor arrogant, and she was extremely calm. At the same time, there seemed to be a touch of sadness between her eyebrows. Her oval-shaped oval face looked fatter and thinner at the same time, and the sunlight quietly shone on half of her face.
On the face, there is a youthful luster.
As if feeling Zhu Yunxi's gaze, the girl raised her head in surprise, and then quickly lowered her head. But in the blink of an eye, Zhu Yunxi caught a bit of anger in the girl's shy eyes.
"Ha!" He smiled inwardly.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..."
"Oh!" Xu Huizu's call made Zhu Yunxi look away gratefully. Even the emperor had no reason to stare at other women's family members. This was the Xu family. If it were other families, these women would not come out to greet him.
"Come into the garden with me!" Xu Huizu said with a smile.
"Okay, today I will take a good look at your grandfather's old residence!" Zhu Yunxi smiled and stepped into the garden surrounded by a group of people.
Cao Guogong Li Jinglong was a few steps behind, walking at the end of the crowd. He looked at the surrounding pavilions and pavilions with some emotion and couldn't help but sigh.
The Xu family rarely visits, and this is the first time for him to come to this garden. He originally thought that his mansion was the first one in the capital, but now in comparison, it may be more ornate, but it is definitely not this elegant.
Another important reason why he rarely came to the Xu family, and even kept a certain distance from Xu Huizu since he was a child, was related to Xu Da's legitimate wife Xie.
Xie's father was Xu Huizu in name only, and Xu Zengshou's maternal grandfather Xie Zaixing was hacked to death by his father, Li Wenzhong.
Moreover, Li Wenzhong personally captured all the men of the Xie family alive and brought them to the old man.
There is another story here. When Zhang Shicheng was defeated, Xie Zaixing's brothers and sons stood at the top of Yuhang City and shouted to Li Wenzhong, "If you spare our lives, we will surrender in Kaicheng."
Li Wenzhong was young and soft-hearted and pitied the lives of his soldiers, so he promised the other party that I will not kill you. Therefore, Yuhang City will be destroyed without attack.
But later when he sent all the men of the Xie family to Yingtian Mansion, the old man didn't care about that.
"You, Xie Zaixing, are my nephew's father-in-law, my in-laws, and my old brothers for many years. How can we be sorry for you? How dare you betray us and kill me?"
Strictly speaking, the old man ordered the death of the man, but Li Wenzhong felt sorry for him, so the two families had little contact over the years.
This chapter has been completed!