Chapter 102 Zhu Yuanzhang's Arrangement
Chapter 102 Zhu Yuanzhang's Arrangements
Zhu Yuanzhang not only rewarded Ye Xuan generously, but Yun Qi also said that Ye Xuan was often summoned by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Look, he had just rewarded him with gold and silver plaques, and now he is summoning him in person.

Li Ziqiao, the prefect of Yingtian Prefecture and a third-rank official of the imperial court, did not receive such treatment!

However, no matter how sad it is, Li Ziqiao is a veteran who has been in the officialdom for more than ten years and is good at dealing with people.

He immediately bowed to Ye Xuan and said, "Congratulations, Brother Ye. Congratulations, Brother Ye. His Majesty must have something else to commend you in person!"

Ye Xuan forced a laugh, knowing his own business. He guessed that Zhu Yuanzhang summoned him, most likely because of Doctor Xu's plot to murder Zhu Biao.

But on the surface, he was still polite to Li Ziqiao.

Seeing that Ye Xuan didn't seem to be in a good mood to talk, Li Ziqiao thought that Ye Xuan was anxious to see the emperor, so he stopped interrupting him and just held Ye Xuan's hand before leaving, acting as affectionate as if they were half-brothers. "If there's a chance, please let me host a banquet so that we can have a good drink together!"

"Of course, of course!" Ye Xuan said with a laugh.

It had only been a few minutes since they met, but Li Ziqiao had changed the way he addressed Ye Xuan and referred to himself several times, which showed how slick he was.

Ye Xuan doesn't really want to make close friends with this kind of people.

At that moment, Ye Xuan told Qiuyan and others to keep the rewards, and he bid farewell to Li Ziqiao and followed Yun Qi into the palace to meet the emperor.

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Imperial City, Wuying Palace.

After bringing Ye Xuan here, Yun Qi withdrew at the instruction of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing memorials behind his desk, and Ye Xuan was the only one left in the hall, standing quietly at the bottom.

After a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice suddenly came from the imperial desk, "Ye Xuan, what do you think about the assassination of the crown prince?"

Ye Xuan perked up and immediately repeated what he had said to Queen Ma in the East Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said in agreement: "You are right. This incident was not done by the cowardly bandits of the Northern Yuan Dynasty."

"If they had the means to corrupt the Ming Dynasty, they would have attacked me long ago. Why would they need to use the crown prince to alert the enemy?"

After that, he showed a rare gentle smile, looked at Ye Xuan and said: "Ye Xuan, you have done a great deed again!"

Ye Xuan hurriedly lowered his head and said some polite words like the prince was blessed with great fortune and he was just following the will of heaven.

But he muttered in his heart: "If it weren't for the deep love between Empress Ma and her son, I wouldn't have stepped into the limelight."

On the imperial desk, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand to stop Ye Xuan's meaningless words and said, "Okay, stop talking nonsense."

Zhu Yuanzhang came from a grassroots background and spoke in a rather vulgar manner, but Ye Xuan did not make a fuss about it.

Zhu Yuanzhang paused, and suddenly said in a murderous voice: "You dare to secretly murder the country, this matter must be investigated thoroughly, otherwise there will be endless troubles!"

Then he changed the subject and asked, "Last time you said you wanted to get married and have children. Is that in sight now?"

Ye Xuan felt bitter in his heart, as he guessed that Zhu Yuanzhang would bring this up.

He had no choice but to say with a bitter face: "Your Majesty, there is no suitable candidate for the time being... You also know that you can't just pick a wife casually." "You young people are so slow in finding a wife." Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said angrily: "If I didn't still need you, I would really like to give you a princess at random."

"It's a pity that he can't take up a real job after becoming a royal consort. It would be a waste of talent..."

Ye Xuan immediately broke out in a cold sweat, and exclaimed in his heart that it was a close call. Fortunately, he was still useful, otherwise he would have to marry the princess.

Perhaps in the eyes of most people, being a royal consort is something that is worth more than you can ask for, but in fact, being a royal consort is not necessarily a good job.

Not only does he have to be loyal to the princess, but he is also destined to say goodbye to all the beauties in the world from now on.

Moreover, apart from the nominal title of the princess's son-in-law, he was not allowed to do business or engage in politics. Even his sexual intercourse depended on the princess's mood.

Normally, the couple sleeps in separate rooms. If the princess wants to, you can enter her room that day. If the princess doesn’t want to or if her good friends come over, you can’t even enter the princess’ room. Not only that, you also have to greet your wife every day.

He is a typical gigolo who has no human rights and is kept by a man.

Although eating and sleeping is one of Ye Xuan's life goals, if it is attached to a lot of rules and regulations and the responsibility of warming the hearts of women in the world is sacrificed, Ye Xuan will not be happy.

Seeing that Ye Xuan seemed to have survived a disaster, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel angry and amused. This young man actually made him feel a little bit unpredictable.

If an ordinary person heard Zhu Yuanzhang say this, they would wish that the emperor would marry the princess off the next second. However, Ye Xuan looked as if he had escaped a disaster, which was really unbelievable.

I guess if Old Zhu knew what Ye Xuan was thinking, he would be so angry that he would chop Ye Xuan to death.

Is it true that the princess of the Zhu family is not worth giving up all the peach blossoms in the world for you?

Shaking his head, Zhu Yuanzhang said sternly: "Ye Xuan, you really don't want to be promoted to a thousand households and become the commander of the secret guards?"

When Ye Xuan heard Zhu Yuanzhang bring up the old matter again, he hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, it's not that I don't want to, it's really..."

"Okay, okay, you don't have to keep making excuses." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hands impatiently. If someone else made excuses like this, he would have to let him know that he was not indispensable to the world.

But this guy Ye Xuan makes him admire and annoyed at the same time. Isn’t it just to help you get promoted? Why does it act like I want to harm you!
But it seems that Ye Xuan is the most suitable person to handle Zhu Biao's case.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang said, "How about this, since you are so unwilling to be promoted, I will give Mao Xiang a secret decree. On the surface, you are still a centurion of the Jinyiwei and are under Mao Xiang's control."

"But in fact, all your subordinates are independent of the Pacification Bureau. If something happens, they don't have to report it to Mao Xiang. You can handle it on your own!"

Ye Xuan understood it as soon as he heard it. It turned out that he had separated himself from the others and was no different from a secret guard.

Just by reducing the scale from a thousand households to a hundred households, the tasks that need to be performed will be greatly reduced.

Ye Xuan knew that this was already Zhu Yuanzhang's biggest concession. If he still refused without knowing the good of it, who knows how angry Zhu would be.

So, although I was not happy about it, I had to obey the order.

I thought the matter was over, but Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly said, "By the way, you have to hurry up and get married."

"I will host a banquet for all officials in the Imperial Garden the day after tomorrow. Their families will be back by then. You can come too. I will look for someone for you."

(End of this chapter)