Among the ministers and generals who fought for Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, Xu Da was undoubtedly the number one hero. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he also guarded the northern border and defended the court against the counterattack of the Northern Yuan Dynasty.
In Zhu Yuanzhang's view, his brother, who had been playing since childhood, was regarded as the "first person in ancient and modern times". He once wanted to give Xu Da his latent residence, Prince Wu's Mansion, but Xu Da dared not accept this special offer.
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Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to give up and ordered the construction of a garden for Xu Da on the former site of the Guandi Temple next to the palace, and also built a magnificent stone archway, Dagongfang, to commemorate Xu Da's great achievements.
It also changed Prince Wu's Mansion to Prince Yan's Mansion, allowing Prince Yan and his wife to live next door to Xu Da, making it easier for the two families to move around.
Later, Zhu Di and Xu Huizu discussed opening a small door on the wall adjacent to the two houses, so that they did not have to go out of the door to come and go, and it would be more convenient to move around.
Especially during the period when Princess Yan was pregnant and giving birth, she was basically taken care of by her mother-in-law's family, and they all lived together in the same place, so the two families completely became one family.
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Because it was an early New Year celebration, Xu Da's whole family went out, including his two sons Huizu and Zengshou, his daughter Miaoqing, and his young step-sibling Xie.
Ms. Xie looks older than Miaoqing, and seems to be about the same age as Xu Miaoyun. She is dressed in jewelery and radiant clothes, which is in sharp contrast to Miaoqing, who is as elegant as hibiscus.
She also talked the most. She took Xu Da's arm and said in a tone of voice: "Master, Miaoqing will be fourteen after the Chinese New Year. It's time to find her husband's family."
"Yes." Xu Da nodded, glanced at his second daughter, and said with emotion: "In the blink of an eye, even my second daughter has grown up."
"..." Huizu Zengshou also took a peek at Miaoqing, and saw anger looming on her pretty face, but she quickly suppressed it.
"Yes, our Miaoqing family is so beautiful again, even the matchmakers have crossed the threshold." Xie asked tentatively: "I have chosen a few that I like quite a lot, how about I have time to meet you during the Chinese New Year?"
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At this time Xu Miaoqing finally spoke and said to Xu Dafu Yifu: "Dad, my daughter is going to find her sister first."
"Ah, you go ahead." Xu Da nodded.
Xu Miaoqing nodded slightly to Mr. Xie, then stepped forward and quickly disappeared into the mountainous rockery.
"This girl, I'm so embarrassed." Mrs. Xie smiled and asked Xu Da in a sweet voice: "Master, do you agree with me or not?"
"No." Xu Da said without hesitation: "You don't want to interfere with Miaoqing's marriage, and you have nothing to do with it."
"You, why are you like this?" Mrs. Xie burst into tears and said, "How come I'm also her stepmother, so why can't I control her?"
"Hey, why are you crying during the Chinese New Year?" Maybe it was because the old man married a new wife. Xu Da treated his little wife like a child: "I haven't finished speaking yet. Not only what you said doesn't count, but what I said doesn't count either."
Calculate."
"Then who has the final say?" Xie asked in confusion.
"Of course it is the Emperor." Xu Da smiled bitterly and said, "Can't you understand from Miao Yun? It is the Emperor who has the final say as to who my Xu Da's daughter will marry."
"Why?" Xie asked.
Hui Zu Zengshou, who was following behind, secretly rolled his eyes, remembering the joke that King Chu used to tease King Qi, who liked to ask "why" the most, and the two of them quickly suppressed their laughter.
"Don't ask so many questions why." Xu Da sighed and said, "Just know one thing. Most of our daughters will be princesses."
After a pause, he forced himself to respect himself and said: "Of course, we can still choose which prince we want to be our son-in-law."
"Then what else is there to choose?" Xu Huizu behind him couldn't help but muttered in a low voice: "You should choose King Chu even with your eyes closed."
"That's right." Xu Zengshou also agreed: "Among all the unmarried people in the Ming Dynasty, he said he was second, and no one dared to call him first."
"King of Chu?" Xu Dal thought for a while and said, "I heard that he is very talented at a young age, brave enough to take on tasks, and has mixed reputations. Such a person must have great abilities, but he may not be a good match."
After a pause, he smiled bitterly and said, "But if I want to find a good match among the princes, I am also blindly thinking."
"The prince brother and the eldest brother-in-law are both very good, aren't they?" the two brothers asked.
"They are different." Xu Da shook his head, not wanting to discuss this topic, and asked: "I heard that King Qi is engaged to a girl from Wu Liang's family. King Chu is half a year older than King Qi. Why hasn't there been any news yet?"
"Waiting for Miaoqing." Xu Zengshou blurted out. In order to complete the task of the eldest brother-in-law, he also worked hard.
"What?!" Xu Da and Xie exclaimed at the same time.
"Really, Huizu?" Xu Da looked at his eldest son.
"Ah, that seems to be the case." Xu Huizu is not as easy to bribe as Xu Zengshou, but he can't go against his sister either.
"Hurry up and tell us the whole story." Xu Da's face sank, thinking that his daughter had run away as soon as she heard about the marriage, and he had already believed it.
The two brothers had no choice but to tell each other what they knew about Lao Liu's love for Miaoqing... Of course, most of it was second-hand information provided by His Highness King Yan.
According to the description of the fourth child, the sixth child is an innocent little virgin who is obsessed with love. He fell in love with Miaoqing at first sight, fell in love with her again, and completely lost her after the third meeting...
Anyway, it’s how to express Lao Liu’s infatuation. It’s Neptune’s behavior without mentioning Lao Liu at all…
Xu Da was a little confused after hearing this and said: "Why do I feel that the person you are talking about looks so much like your eldest brother-in-law?"
"They are brothers, can't they be different? They all follow the emperor." The two brothers said hurriedly.
"Okay..." Xu Da was doubtful and raised his voice: "Then you have to go through this test first. I won't agree if you don't agree with me."
"Dad said the same thing last time." The two brothers whispered.
"I don't care. Anyway, I can't do it unless I nod." Hearing that he didn't even have a choice, Xu Da felt suffocated and his mouth was hard as a cooked duck.
"Why can't you just nod your head, father-in-law?" At this time, Zhu Di's voice sounded, and Xu Da realized that he had already reached the entrance of his son-in-law's house when he spoke.
The muscular young man with two thick eyebrows standing next to King Yan, wearing a navy blue dragon robe embroidered with gold dragons, is not the King of Chu and His Royal Highness King Hai, who is he?
Xu Da was immediately embarrassed. Even though he had seen the wind and rain, he couldn't help but blush and said: "It's nothing, I'm training these two useless things."
After saying this, he hurriedly bowed to the two highnesses. Brother Zhu Di did not dare to show off, so he hurriedly returned the gift.
After the ceremony, Xu Da smiled and asked, "His Royal Highness the King of Chu is here too."
"Yes, I'm here to see my eldest nephew," Zhu Zhen was so polite that he stopped talking about me and said with a pleasant smile: "I heard that the general was coming to the banquet, so he shyly stayed to get close to him."
"Xu Da is really flattered." Xu Da hurriedly smiled humbly and said: "I have heard for a long time that His Royal Highness the King of Chu was young and heroic and made countless extraordinary achievements. Today I am about to see the prince's style."
"Hahaha, Uncle Xu beat me. Compared with Xun, I'm like a lame donkey running behind a horse."
"How?" Xu Da asked.
"I'll never catch up in my lifetime!" Zhu Zhen said with a smile.
"Hahaha, then I and Your Highness are just like kissing your belly button with your mouth."
"What's the point?"
"It's quite different!"
"Hahahaha!" After complimenting each other, the two of them laughed and walked in together.
