Chapter 61 Empress Ma protects all the imperial doctors Jinshen Hall.
"I wonder if you two are suffering from hysteria due to eavesdropping? You are all listless! Do you still want to govern the government?"
"Sister, please stop saying a few words, we are troubled!"
Faced with Zhu Yuanzhang and his son's dejected appearance, Empress Ma did not give any face: "What are you fussing over? You've been in trouble since you came back from prison. What did Mr. Lin say in there?"
"Why did the doctors at the Imperial Hospital provoke him?"
"As soon as we come back, we will drive the imperial doctors out of the palace. If you drive all these imperial doctors away, will it be you or me who will be the imperial physician?!"
"If these concubines, princes, and princesses have any health problems, will you let them wait for death?"
"Even if these imperial doctors have no merit, they still have hard work!"
Queen Ma asked a barrage of questions, which made Lao Zhu roll his eyes, but he couldn't explain.
He said that the imperial doctors at Tai Hospital were all quacks and delayed her treatment.
The queen doesn’t believe it! Everyone knows that Queen Ma is kind-hearted and takes great care of all the eunuchs, maids, guards and doctors in the palace.
I have nothing to say to the imperial doctors who worked hard for themselves and cooked soups and medicines.
Zhu Yuanzhang was scolded by Queen Ma for a long time, but he saw the prince huddled in the corner of the palace and did not come out to say a word to him.
His face suddenly dropped:
"Boss!"
"Uh!"
Zhu Biao walked out obediently: "What is your father's order?"
"Has the imperial edict been drawn up?"
Hear this.
The prince's head suddenly dropped, and he thought to himself, your old couple are quarreling here, do we still have time to draft an imperial edict? Dad, who doesn’t know that you are changing the subject and asking us to help you with the accusation?
Zhu Biao pretended to be embarrassed and said:
"Father, the imperial edict has not been drawn up yet..."
"Then why don't we draft the imperial edict quickly? It will be announced in court tomorrow. How can we delay such an important event?"
Although Empress Ma was strong in the face of Zhu Yuanzhang, she would take the initiative to give in whenever government affairs were involved.
As the master of the harem, he has always adhered to the iron law that the harem must not interfere in politics.
Of course Zhu Yuanzhang knew this, and this trick had been tried repeatedly.
Sure enough, when she heard Zhu Yuanzhang and his son talking about state affairs, Queen Ma immediately shut up.
"My son obeys the order!"
Zhu Biao hurriedly sat down by the imperial desk and prepared to draft an imperial edict.
Seeing Queen Ma still standing nearby, Zhu Yuanzhang was secretly proud and waved his hand: "Now we have to deal with state affairs with the prince. Sister, you should avoid it, so as not to spread the news and have negative consequences."
After hearing this, Queen Ma gave Zhu Yuanzhang a fierce look: "Humph!"
"Zhu Chongba, let me go!"
"But let me tell you, you can't drive away the doctors from the Imperial Hospital. We've reserved them!"
……
After sending Queen Ma away, her ears were finally clean.
Zhu Yuanzhang leaned on the dragon chair and picked up a cup of tea on the imperial desk.
Use the cup lid to gently remove the floating leaves on the surface, and take a pleasant sip.
The aroma of tea is overflowing.
Soon.
Zhu Biao drafted an imperial decree on the abolition of the household registration system.
Zhu Yuanzhang took the imperial edict handed over by Zhu Biao, read it carefully, and nodded with satisfaction.
"Well written, I fully understand what Mr. Lin meant..."
"Looking at the time, it's almost time for Tiande to return home from the military camp."
"Boss, go to the Duke of Wei's mansion and ask Tiande to come to us. Just say that we have something to talk to him about."
Hear this.
Zhu Biao put down what he was doing and hurried out.
As soon as she arrived at the door, she met Queen Ma carrying lotus seeds and tremella soup.
"Boss, where are you going so late?"
"After reporting to my mother, my father sent his son to go to the Duke of Wei's mansion and invite the general to come over."
"You wait."
Queen Ma stopped Zhu Biao, brought the lotus seed and white fungus soup into the Jinshen Hall, and placed it on the imperial table.
"Chongba, don't even look at the time. Why are you looking for Tiande so late?"
"Is there anything that the prince must do personally?"
"The Crown Prince is the Crown Prince and has a distinguished status. If you ask him to go to the Duke's Mansion so late, why can't you send someone to deliver the message?"
Regarding Empress Ma's nagging, Zhu Yuanzhang quickly explained:
"Oh! Sister, you're here again."
"We have something important to discuss with Tiande." "It's not appropriate to send someone else to convey the message, so I have to bother the boss and go there myself."
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the prince, who understood and quietly stayed out.
After the prince left, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the lotus seed and tremella soup on the imperial table, and curled his lips in disgust:
"Sister!"
"It's a gift at night... Even though this stuff is good, you can't drink it every day!"
Empress Ma shook her head helplessly, picked up a bowl of lotus seed and tremella soup, blew on it and stuffed it into Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.
"Look at you, you're as angry as an ox and your eyes are red. You need to drink more of this."
Zhu Yuanzhang still wanted to argue, but when he saw Queen Ma frowning, he had no choice but to stuff the white fungus soup into his mouth.
After finishing the lotus seed and white fungus soup, Zhu Yuanzhang put down the bowl of soup.
"Sister, you are not in good health, you should go back and rest early at this late hour!"
"Come here, please send your empress back to the palace quickly!"
Before she finished speaking, a palace maid walked in outside the palace and stepped forward to help her.
Queen Ma's eyes narrowed slightly, and the palace maid quickly retracted her hand.
"It's okay, I'm not tired."
"I will stay with the Emperor for a while longer!"
After speaking, Empress Ma sat down next to Zhu Yuanzhang, waved the maid to leave, smiled and said:
"When Tiande comes, I want to ask about that girl Miaoyun."
"And you two brothers, you can't just chat like this. I have to prepare some side dishes for you, and you can drink and chat at the same time!"
Zhu Yuanzhang: "..."
Besides, Prince Zhu Biao came out of Jinshen Palace and called the guards to bring him a horse.
He turned on his horse on his toes and galloped towards the Duke of Wei's mansion.
……
Duke of Wei.
"Girl, what did you say to the emperor and empress when you were in the palace this afternoon?"
When Xu Da came back from the Xuanwu Lake military camp, the first thing he did was to find his daughter Miaoyun to ask about going to the palace in the afternoon.
"It's nothing, I just met with a few princes."
"You and the three princes have met. How is it? Which one do you like?"
"father…"
Xu Miaoyun's face turned red with embarrassment, and she stepped forward and took off Xu Da's armor.
Then I made a cup of tea for my father.
"The three princes are all very brave, but..."
"Don't you like any of them?"
Xu Da took the teacup, stared at his daughter and interrupted her hastily: "If you really don't like her, forget it. Let's go to the palace tomorrow and make it clear to the emperor and empress in person. It's not sweet to be forced. We just want to get married."
"No matter what you say, you can't let your daughter suffer!"
"Nah!"
"Dad, I see that the fourth prince is devoted to martial arts and has high ambitions. He has a shadow of the emperor. I am afraid that the fourth prince may not be attracted to his daughter!"
Xu Miaoyun walked behind Xu Da and gently helped him beat his back.
"Are you talking about the Fourth Prince Zhu Di?"
"Well, among the princes, this boy is most like the current emperor. He is young, brave and has high ambitions."
"Daughter, you have really good vision! It's exactly what dad wants."
"Daughter, you don't have to worry about this matter. I'll leave the rest to dad. I'll talk to your majesty and empress about this tomorrow."
"Thank you dad!"
Xu Miaoyun bowed dignifiedly and generously.
Xu Da's eyes were filled with doting and he couldn't help but sigh:
"Your mother passed away early, and we have been away at war all year round. We didn't care enough about you since you were a child..."
"All the burdens in our Duke's palace have been shouldered by you alone over the years. Dad feels sorry for you!"
"Now that you are leaving dad again, dad is really reluctant to let you go!"
After hearing this, Xu Miaoyun's eyes instantly turned red and she said sadly: "My daughter can't bear to leave her father! Otherwise, this marriage..."
Before Xu Miaoyun could say anything, Xu Da interrupted her hastily: "Daughter, this is a lifelong event for you, so you can't delay it. What's more, marrying the royal family is nothing to play with."
"father…"
The father and daughter were feeling sad.
At this moment, a servant rushed into the living room in a panic:
"Master! Miss!"
"Your Majesty...the Crown Prince is here!"
(End of this chapter)