It was on this day that Zhu Di and Princess Xu, who had returned from Xiaoling with Yunxi yesterday, came to the Duke of Wei's mansion. | (8)
Zhu Di's relationship with Xu Huizu was okay, but his relationship with Xu Zengshou was better, so even if Xu Huizu was not at home to go to court, Zhu Di would go to Wei Guogong's mansion just because Xu Zenshou was at home on leave.
Xu Zengshou welcomed Zhu Di and his wife into the house. After the guests and the host were seated, they started chatting affectionately. From interesting things in Peking to interesting things in the capital, the guests and the host had a great time.
Naturally, it is impossible for people like them to chat just about interesting things. After a while, Concubine Xu said: "Fourth brother, is the third sister at home?"
Xu Zengshou said: "Of course at home. His Majesty has asked our family to prepare for the third sister's marriage. How can the eldest brother still let the third sister go out to play with his temperament?"
Concubine Xu smiled and said: "Then I'll go talk to the third sister. After I get married and King An is assigned to the local government, I can see her less and less. I'll talk to her more while she's still at home."
"After saying that, Concubine Xu went to the backyard without waiting for Xu Zengshou's answer.
But Zhu Di realized: Concubine Xu's seemingly reckless behavior was to give him a chance to talk to Xu Zengshou alone.
Then Xu Zengshou chatted casually for a while and asked: "Did your Majesty tell you where to seal you?"
Zhu Di replied: "I haven't said anything yet. I tested him a little and he didn't respond. Your Majesty should not understand my hint."
Xu Zengshou said angrily: "Why haven't you been granted the title of seal? I think he doesn't want to grant you the title of seal. He wants to guard the North Gate of the Ming Dynasty all his life."
Instead, Zhu Di defended Yun He and said: "You can't say that. We don't have many places around the Ming Dynasty that can be sealed off. The Western Regions have been sealed off, Liaodong has been sealed off, Burma has been sealed off, and even overseas places have been sealed off.
It’s hard to find a place to seal it again.”
"Besides, it's not bad to guard the North Gate for the Ming Dynasty. It's not bad to be stationed in Peiping. This is the responsibility my father gave me."
In fact, Zhu Di was also entangled in his heart. According to Yunxi's current situation, if the enfeoffment was to be enfeoffed, it must be a very remote place. Zhu Di was actually unwilling to go to a place that was too remote. In his opinion, Liaodong was very good, but it was a pity that it was enfeoffed to others, and
Zhu Songfeng's decision to go to Kaiyuan was decided when Zhu Yuanzhang was still alive, and he could not have any objections because of this.
So Zhu Di was also troubled. He actually didn't want to leave Beiping, but it was basically impossible for Beiping to grant him a real title. If he lowered the requirements, nearby areas would be fine, but there are people in Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Daning, and he couldn't reach it.
Moreover, Zhu Di is already forty years old this year, and he doesn't know how long he can live. If he arrives in a new place, he might die before the situation is even settled, so he might as well stay in Peiping.
Xu Zengshouque did not guess what Zhu Di was thinking, and continued: "In my opinion, His Majesty knows that you are very capable, and is afraid that you will not obey orders after being sealed out, so he has not sealed you."
Zhu Di was shocked. He had never considered the problem from this perspective. Daoyan didn't know why, and he never analyzed the problem from this perspective, so this was the first time Zhu Di heard this.
Then Zhu Di, who was immodest, immediately felt that Xu Zengshou's words may not be unreasonable. He thought that he was very capable and handled things better than Yun Xi, so it was possible that Yun Xi was afraid of him and never gave him a seal.
However, Zhu Di did not continue to talk on this issue. Xu Zengshou also knew that he actually went too far. Even if they were on good terms, they could not talk about such topics casually, so they chatted with each other and talked about other things.
In the backyard of Duke Wei's mansion, Concubine Xu was with her third and fourth sisters.
Concubine Xu originally only came to see her third sister Xu Mengyu, but since Yunxi ordered the Xu family to prepare for marriage, the fourth son Xu Miaojin, who was originally very out of touch and didn't like staying at home, also stayed at home to accompany her third sister.
It was the last time before marriage, so the three sisters bumped into each other.
To be honest, Xu Da's eldest daughter, whose real name is Xu Feixu, is not very familiar with his third and fourth sisters. She was born in the 22nd year of Zhizheng (the year of Xu Hui's ancestor Xu Feixu and the Duke of Wei's house, Zhu Yuanzhang).
The third child, Xu Mengyu, was born in the 15th year of Hongwu. In this year, she followed Zhu Di and came to Peiping. After that, she would only return to Beijing once every two or three years. Unlike her son, her daughter could go out to do errands and train in the army, so Xu Feixu and Xu Mengyu
In fact, I haven't seen him a few times. In fact, he is very strange.
And Xu Miaojin was born in the 18th year of Hongwu, so she was even less familiar with Xu Feixu.
But Xu Feixu is very approachable. After talking for a while, she became very familiar with the two sisters.
Xu Feixu and her third sister smiled and said, "Mengyu, you are about to get married. How do you feel now?" Xu Mengyu was shy and did not speak.
The fourth child, Xu Miaojin, said: "Sister, please stop teasing the third sister. She is very anxious these days."
Xu Feixu smiled and said, "What's there to be worried about? Are you afraid that King An's character is not good? You should have heard Huizu say that King An is a good person. I have met him several times. He is very calm and quite good."
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However, Xu Feixu also knows that this topic should not be discussed too much. The couple's life cannot be discussed. Although she thinks An Wang and Zhu Ying are good, she does not know much about the preferences of the third sister. If they do not live a satisfactory life after marriage,
If I said too much here, I might make Sanmei complain about me, so I quickly changed the topic.
Xu Feixu then smiled at the fourth sister Xu Miaojin and said: "Okay, let's not talk about the third sister. Let's talk about you."
"Miaojin, you are fifteen this year, right? Even if Huizu is not in a hurry to marry you off, it is time to look for someone to marry you, right? There are not many young talents, and your status cannot allow you to marry low. Now is
It’s time to explore and explore.”
Although Xu Miaojin is usually very courageous, she is also very shy when talking about her marriage, bowing her head and saying nothing.
Xu Mengyu had actually been teased by Xu Miaojin for a while before Xu Feixu came. This time she had the opportunity to tease Xu Miaojin, and immediately said with a smile: "Sister, eldest brother is really looking for someone for Miaojin!"
"Not only the noble families in the capital have been studied over and over again, but also the families with hereditary military positions have been explored one by one."
Xu Feixu smiled at Xu Miaojin and said, "Oh, Hui Zu is still very concerned about your affairs!"
Xu Miaojin became even more shy, lowered her head and still did not speak.
Xu Feixu continued: "Our fourth sister is such a good person, with outstanding appearance, and extremely smart. No matter which family she marries into, she will be a blessing to their family."
Xu Mengyu smiled and continued: "Sister, you don't know in Peiping that Miao Jin is naughty. Although she is very talented and beautiful, it is estimated that marrying her will be very troublesome for her family."
"In the 30th year of Hongwu, Miaojin sneaked out of the house with four maids and wanted to go to her hometown alone. When the eldest brother saw her letter, he almost fainted. He immediately sent someone
I went out to look for her and asked my fourth brother to pursue it myself. Later, when Miaojin came back, I punished her bitterly."
Xu Mengyu was still thinking about going on, but then Xu Miaojin argued: "I haven't been to my hometown since I was a child, so I want to go back and have a look. Who told my eldest brother to never take me back?"
"And the road is not like big brother at all. Third brother and others said it was scary. All the shops I met along the way were very good. Plus my sister is quite smart, so didn't she get home safely? Why?
Big brother will punish me like that when I come back!"
Speaking of this, Xu Miaojin probably thought of Xu Huizu's punishment to her, and an angry expression appeared on her face.
Xu Mengyu immediately said: "Quickly pull it down. Except for the store where you ate in the capital, you were really lucky and didn't encounter any illegal stores. The stores after that were all arranged by the fourth brother in advance!"
"Just when you were about to leave the city after eating at the restaurant in the capital, the fourth brother discovered your traces. However, the fourth brother did not take you back, but mobilized manpower to carry out the journey from the capital to Fengyang.
All the shops on the road have dispatched personnel in advance to prevent you from having an accident."
"Not only that, did you notice that there were too many people passing by on the way you were walking? Those were all arranged by the fourth brother in advance to protect you on the road. And the fourth brother knew that you were a little clever, so he changed people in turns.
I'm just taking care of you because I'm afraid of being discovered by you."
"It was under the care arranged by Fourth Brother that you arrived in Fengyang safely. Otherwise, how could you have reached Fengyang?"
"Furthermore, in order to accompany you in the show, the fourth brother was bitterly scolded by the eldest brother after he came back. The eldest brother also said at that time that the fourth brother's behavior even alarmed the late emperor and the emperor's grandson. The late emperor also specially punished the eldest brother.
Call me into the palace and ask what's going on."
"According to the eldest brother, the late emperor didn't have any different expressions when he heard the eldest brother's explanation. However, His Highness the Emperor Taisun's expression was extremely surprised. He opened his mouth and did not close it for a long time. Just because of your incident, His Highness was shocked.
So surprised, tell me how much trouble you have brought to our family."
Xu Feixu and Xu Miaojin were both stunned. Xu Miaojin was stunned for a long time and said, "Then why didn't you tell me then?"
Xu Mengyu said: "The matter has already happened. At that time, I saw that you had a good attitude of admitting your mistake after being scolded, so my eldest brother didn't say anything and asked us not to say it. After all, you were still young at the time."
Xu Miaojin didn't know what to say. There was no sound at the scene for a while.
Xu Feixu felt that the atmosphere was awkward and immediately spoke out to adjust the atmosphere. She had also experienced a lot in these years in Peking. With a few words, she changed the topic to another direction, and the atmosphere in the room became better again.
The three of them talked about choosing a husband for Xu Miaojin. Although Xu Miaojin blushed and said nothing, she kept listening, which made Xu Feixu laugh a lot.