Chapter 109 Chang Sheng
Chapter 109 Chang Sheng
"As the saying goes, one should marry a virtuous wife. The most important thing is that the wife must be virtuous!" Chang stepped forward and said earnestly.

Zhu Biao gently supported Chang's shoulders, secretly winked at Ye Xuan from behind and said with a smile: "My beloved concubine is right, Ye Xuan, don't ruin your family's reputation because of your lust for beauty!"

I never thought that Zhu Biao was so henpecked in private.

Ye Xuan smiled and said, "I will definitely remember the teachings of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Crown Princess!"

The three of them were talking happily. Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting on a marble stool, smiled and waved at Ye Xuan: "Ye Xuan, come and sit down!"

Ye Xuan waved his hand and declined, "There is no place for a humble minister in front of your majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pretended to be angry, raised his hand and pulled Ye Xuan's wrist and forced him to sit down, "Just sit down when I told you to. Where did you learn so many rules?"

Empress Ma glanced at Zhu Yuanzhang in reproach, then looked at Ye Xuan kindly, "Your Majesty and I are both from humble backgrounds, there is no need to go through all that red tape in front of us."

"That's right!" An Qing held up a piece of cake and handed it to Ye Xuan's mouth, "Brother Ye Xuan, try it, this is made by our mother herself!"

Ye Xuan wanted to take it with his hand, but An Qing dodged it cleverly and stuffed it into his mouth when Ye Xuan was not paying attention.

"Is it tasty?"

Anqing blinked his big eyes and said with a smile.

Ye Xuan felt warm in his heart, and instinctively reached out and rubbed An Qing's little head and said, "Mm, it's delicious!"

An Qing clapped his hands happily and said to Queen Ma, "Mother, I told you that Brother Ye Xuan would like it!"

"It's fine." Queen Ma touched Anqing's little face lovingly, looked at Ye Xuan and said, "If you have more, bring some back later."

"Thank you, Her Majesty!" Ye Xuan said sincerely.

"What are you thanking me for? They are just some worthless snacks from my hometown." Queen Ma said kindly.

Not far from the pavilion, many civil and military officials had been quietly watching the movements of the emperor's family.

The garden party had not started yet, and everyone was tactful enough not to disturb Zhu Yuanzhang's family.

But when they saw Princess Anqing intimately pulling a Jinyiwei into the pavilion, they couldn't help but feel puzzled and began to guess Ye Xuan's identity.

But before they could come to a conclusion, they saw the Crown Prince putting his arm around the Jinyiwei's shoulder, acting as affectionately as two brothers. Even the Crown Princess acted like an elder sister-in-law and was saying something to that man.

Zhu Biao had a very high prestige among the ministers, so naturally everyone paid extraordinary attention to the crown prince. There was no reason for them not to have heard of someone who had such a close relationship with Zhu Biao, let alone he was just a small Jinyiwei.

All the ministers couldn't help but doubt their own lives. Could it be that they were so out of touch with the news?

But before they could finish doubting their lives, they saw the usually majestic and cold Emperor actually took the Jinyiwei's wrist affectionately and forced him to sit down.

The opportunity to sit side by side with Zhu Yuanzhang is a privilege that even the founding heroes may not be able to enjoy.

Who exactly is this Jinyiwei?

A group of people above the third rank, any one of them would be like a local emperor when he arrived at a place, but at this moment, they were only interested in finding out the origin of a sixth rank Jinyiwei centurion.

As they were chatting, a few more people walked into the pavilion. However, this time the ministers did not make a fuss, because they all knew the people who came and they were indeed qualified to enter the pavilion.

because……

"Second brother, fifth sister, and sixth sister, why are you here so late!" Seeing the arrival of the guests, Chang stood up happily to greet them.

There were a man and two women. The man had a beard and was sturdy; the two women were about fifteen or sixteen years old. Their eyes and brows were somewhat similar to those of the Crown Princess Chang. Although they were not beauties, they were gentle and pure.

Chang's second brother was Chang Yuchun's second son, named Chang Sheng.

Chang Sheng first bowed to Zhu Yuanzhang, Empress Ma and others, then he just laughed and did not answer.

The sixth sister on the side seemed to be quite lively. Even though the emperor and the empress were present, she still said in a carefree manner: "Third sister, please take care of the second brother. He either drinks or sleeps all day, and he drank again last night, so he got up late today."

Chang came closer and smelled a strong smell of alcohol. She frowned and said, "Second brother, don't treat you as your sister. You know that His Majesty and the Queen will be here today, but how come you don't know what's going on?"

Chang Sheng immediately started to complain, "Sister, you know that I have been traveling around with my father since I was a child. Now you want me to stay in Yingtian Prefecture and do nothing. My bones are almost moldy. If I don't drink a little wine, do you really want to suffocate me to death?"

"Hey, so, if I let you stay in Yingtian and enjoy yourself, it will become my fault?" Unexpectedly, Chang Sheng just complained, but it aroused Zhu Yuanzhang's dissatisfaction.

Upon hearing this, Chang Sheng and his siblings immediately apologized in fear.

"I am guilty of this, Your Majesty!"

"Brother, I just said it unintentionally. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"

Just when several people were feeling terrified, Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter like a naughty child who had succeeded in a prank.

"Come on, don't I know what kind of person your brother is?" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and motioned Chang to stand up. "I just want to scare her."

Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly looked sad, looked at Chang Sheng and said, "Ever since your father passed away in Liuhechuan, I have told myself that I must take good care of you children."

"Now your eldest brother is leading troops outside, and your third brother has been in poor health since childhood, so you are the only boy at home." Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, as if recalling the past, "If I let you go again, if something unexpected happens to you, how can I face your father!"

"His Majesty……"

Chang Sheng and his siblings also choked up when they heard this and couldn't help but feel moved.

Ye Xuan recalled. As far as he could remember, General Chang Yuchun had indeed died of illness when he was returning south from Kaiping in the second year of Hongwu, passing by Liuhechuan.

Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely sad when he heard the news of Chang Yunchun's death. Not only did he order him to be buried under Zhongshan Mountain, he also personally attended and presided over the memorial ceremony. This shows how deep Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings for Chang Yunchun were.

Many people in later generations also speculated that the reason why Zhu Yuanzhang decided to let Chang marry Zhu Biao was also to support Chang Yuchun's descendants.

Zhu Yuanzhang's importance to Zhu Biao is self-evident. It can be said that as long as nothing unexpected happened to Zhu Biao, Zhu Biao would definitely be the second emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

At that time, Crown Princess Chang became the Queen.

With this relationship in place, as long as Chang Yuchun's descendants don't make any big mistakes, they will be rich and prosperous as long as the Ming Dynasty exists.

(End of this chapter)