Chapter 91: White Dudou (please subscribe, monthly ticket)
The back garden of the Ming Dynasty Palace, the palace garden, and the Qianqiu Pavilion.
This is where the back entrance of Kunning Palace is located.
Qianqiu Pavilion has a round upper part and a lower part, and there are buildings on all sides, forming a polygonal pavilion with a cross-shaped plane.
The garden is full of strange stones, lush trees, and colorful stone paving.
The corridors in the garden are carefully paved with pebbles of different colors, forming more than 900 different patterns, including characters, flowers, scenery, dramas, allusions, etc.
This used to be Zhu Xiongying's favorite place to play.
However, since Zhu Xiongying died young and Queen Ma passed away, Zhu Yuanzhang rarely came here.
This time he summoned Tang He here to meet, and it was obvious that Zhu Yuanzhang had already solved his knot.
Without waiting long, Tang He's sedan chair was carried over.
Seeing Tang He coming down from the sedan chair, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little emotional.
Time really makes people grow old.
At that time, Tang He was a first-rate warrior who often led the charge. He was also extremely tall and powerful.
He was completely incompatible with the skinny old man in front of Zhu Yuanzhang now.
Tang He fought all his life and left behind many hidden diseases.
In the 21st year of Hongwu's reign, when Japanese pirates often harassed the coastal areas, Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Tang He and said to him:
"Although you are already old, we don't worry about others passing by, so we can only work hard for you."
Tang He asked to go with Fang Mingqian, who was familiar with maritime affairs. After inspecting the site, he decided to set up fifty-nine guard posts along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and selected 35,000 men to build the city.
Because he stayed at the beach for a long time and was corroded by the sea wind, Tang He already suffered from rheumatism at that time.
The winter of the Ming Dynasty was extremely cold, and he suffered a stroke on the first day of the first lunar month when he went to worship.
Stroke is very painful for the elderly, and Tang He became increasingly thinner until he became the skinny old man he is today.
"Wei Chen has met your Majesty."
After being helped down from the sedan chair by the eunuch, Tang He bowed and said to Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Old man, let's not pay attention to these false etiquette. Come and take a seat." Zhu Yuanzhang said gently.
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Tang He insisted on saluting, then entered Qianqiu Pavilion and sat opposite Zhu Yuanzhang.
Today's Tanghe is no longer as unruly as it used to be.
"We called you here this time because we wanted to tell you a happy event."
After Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and ordered all the maids and eunuchs around him to retreat, only Jiang Yuhouli said to Tang He with a smile.
Sensing that His Majesty was in a good mood, Tang He also felt relieved and asked:
"I wonder what your Majesty is happy about."
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled mysteriously and said: "But you still remember our eldest grandson Xiongying, you hugged him when you were a child."
Tang He was confused and a little confused, so he cautiously replied: "Of course I will remember it."
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said: "Let me tell you, don't be scared, our eldest grandson is back!"
Tang He looked confused.
What is this? It’s broad daylight and the palace is still haunted.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's rosy complexion and energetic appearance, although Tang He was confused, he still asked: "I don't understand the meaning of what Your Majesty said about coming back."
Zhu Yuanzhang also knew that this matter was a bit shocking, so he explained: "My heroic grandson, he is not dead, we have seen him again. He has been wandering for ten years, and now he has returned to the capital and runs a teahouse on the bank of the Qinhuai River."
Tang He was shocked when he heard this.
He didn't believe Zhu Yuanzhang's words at this moment at all.
When Zhu Xiongying died, he was in the capital, and he was also there for Zhong Shan's funeral.
He was buried in front of his eyes.
How could a person who had been dead for ten years come back to life?
After a slight hesitation, Tang He gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty, please don't be deceived by villains. I have never heard of such bizarre things."
After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry and said: "Old man, when we first learned about this, we didn't believe it, so we went to the teahouse and took a real look."
"You also know that our eldest grandson was raised by me and my eldest sister, and we stayed with him day and night. If others can't recognize him, I can't recognize him."
"We know that everyone who hears about this will think that we are old and confused, but even though we are old, we are not so confused that even our eldest grandson will admit that we were wrong."
Tang He frowned when he heard this.
Zhu Yuanzhang's words sounded extremely clear, well-organized and clear-minded.
It doesn't look like I was confused.
But this person has been dead for ten years, how can he possibly be resurrected just because he is resurrected?
Seeing that Tang He didn't speak, he didn't object.
Zhu Yuanzhang said again: "We have arranged for people to dig out the grandson's tomb. You must also know about the earth dragon rolling ten years ago."
"We were also looking at the coffin where our eldest grandson was buried. Now we just need to dig out the tomb and open a post-mortem examination."
Tang He heard this and said tentatively: "Your Majesty, if the body of His Royal Highness King Yu is still in the coffin, what about King Yu who is outside?"
Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "Absolutely impossible. We have thought about this with you earlier, and until today, we found out from Da Sun."
"When our eldest grandson was picked up by someone, there was a piece of broken cloth that was close to his body. According to eldest grandson's description, the piece of cloth was the eldest sister who embroidered the belly for eldest grandson with her own hands."
Speaking of the piece of Doudu, Zhu Yuanzhang was very sure.
Doudou is a bellyband passed down to children. The material for children's bellybands is mostly red cloth, which is also called red bellyband.
But the piece of bellyband Zhu Ying told Zhu Yuanzhang was white.
This was the key to Zhu Yuanzhang's confirmation.
Because Zhu Xiongying died young.
According to custom, people who died young are not allowed to enter the imperial mausoleum, which will affect the feng shui of the imperial mausoleum.
Because Zhu Xiongying was favored too much, Zhu Yuanzhang treated him as the emperor's eldest grandson and was buried in Xiaoling.
Originally only red bellybands were worn by children, but they were replaced by white bellybands used by adults.
Moreover, this and the bellyband were embroidered by Empress Ma when she was ill in bed.
Because of Queen Ma's physical condition, this white bellyband is extremely simple and does not have any auspicious patterns embroidered on it like other children's bellybands.
Just embroidered Zhu Xiongying’s name.
Not many people know about this. The eunuchs who changed Zhu Xiongying's clothes were directly killed and buried by Zhu Yuanzhang.
At present, Zhu Yuanzhang is the only one who knows about this matter.
That's why after hearing Zhu Ying's description, Zhu Yuanzhang was so convinced that the current tomb of King Yu was definitely an empty coffin.
When Tang He heard this, although he still remained skeptical about this, he saw that His Majesty had obviously conducted a lot of investigations and even did not hesitate to dig up the tomb and open an autopsy.
I felt relieved in my heart.
Tang He was cautious and did not want to talk too much about whether Zhu Xiongying's identity was true.
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's appearance, I knew that if I questioned him too much, I might arouse His Majesty's resentment.
Then he asked: "I wonder how your Majesty plans to arrange it."