Chapter 90 Queen Ma

Chapter 90: Queen Ma

In a hurry, Ye Xuan didn't care whether these words were reasonable or not. After all, there was only a little kid in front of him, so he could just fool him.

Unexpectedly, An Qing became anxious upon hearing this, and immediately ran over, grabbed Ye Xuan's hand and said, "I won't let you die. If you die, where can I find someone as interesting as you to play with me?
Ye Xuan rolled his eyes when he heard this. So you don't want me to die just because you're afraid you won't find anyone interesting to play with you?

But he continued to talk nonsense, "Since the princess doesn't want me to die, it's best not to mention the matter of transferring me to the palace in front of the emperor."

"But..." An Qing looked conflicted. She wanted Ye Xuan to play with her every day, but she also didn't want Ye Xuan to be killed by rumors. Her little face wrinkled.

After a long while, he suddenly smiled and said, "Ah, I have an idea. Ye Xuan, you don't have to die!"

Ye Xuan rolled his eyes again, bah, bah, bah, children speak without restraint, I wish you a long life!
However, before Ye Xuan could inquire about An Qing's clever plan, a eunuch's shrill voice suddenly came from the palace gate: "Welcome the Queen back to the palace!"

Ye Xuan and others immediately turned their heads and saw a graceful and elegant woman walking through the palace gate with a crowd of people following her.

An Qing didn't bother to talk about her clever plan, and hurriedly jumped up to greet her, threw himself into the woman's arms and said coquettishly: "Mother, did my brother bring me anything delicious?"

Empress Ma pinched Anqing's nose lovingly and said with a worried look on her face, "Be good, Anqing. Your elder brother's old illness has relapsed this time and it seems to be more serious than before. As his younger sister, you should not expect him to bring you delicious food all day long."

Anqing’s eldest brother, isn’t that Crown Prince Zhu Biao?
Ye Xuan on the side bowed his head respectfully, but his heart moved when he heard the words.

According to historical records, Crown Prince Zhu Biao was the first son born to Empress Ma and Zhu Yuanzhang when they were less than halfway through their business. Zhu Yuanzhang poured almost all his expectations into this eldest son.

However, Crown Prince Zhu Biao was not only weak and sickly since childhood, but later he was infected with a back carbuncle, which resulted in a large area of ​​abscesses on his back, and he often cried in pain all night.

Finally, he died of a cold on his way back from an inspection tour in Xi'an.

Zhu Biao was not only talented in both civil and military affairs, but also generous and kind, and was deeply loved by the ministers.

Moreover, before Zhu Yuanzhang ascended the throne, Zhu Biao had already participated in Zhu Yuanzhang's rebellion. When Zhu Yuanzhang went out to fight, it was often Zhu Biao who took charge of the rear and raised food and fodder for the army.

It can be said that without Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang's process of conquering the world would have been delayed a lot.

Moreover, Zhu Biao loved his younger brothers and sisters very much. Even those younger brothers who claimed to be great men of their generation admired him very much.

Among them was Prince of Yan Zhu Di.

Later historians generally believed that if Zhu Biao had not died, Zhu Di would not have dared to rebel, and the Ming Dynasty would not have encountered the Jingnan Campaign, and everything in the early Ming Dynasty would have flourished.

When it comes to killing people, Zhu Di is no worse than his crazy father.

More than 10,000 people were implicated in the "melon vine picking" incident alone.

Some people may think that it is only more than 10,000, which is much weaker than Zhu Yuanzhang's killing of 30,000, 50,000 or even 100,000 people.

Now let's take a look at the origin of the "Gua Man Chao" incident. It started after Zhu Di succeeded in his plan to seize power, an old minister of Emperor Jianwen named Jing Qing hid a knife in his sleeve and prepared to assassinate Zhu Di.

As a result, Zhu Di found out about it. It would have been fine if Jing Qing was skinned and fried in oil. Normally, the emperor would have executed his entire family or nine generations of his clan at most, and the matter would have ended there.

But Zhu Di is not an ordinary emperor!

Not only did he kill all nine generations of the family, he even did not spare Jing Qing's neighbors.

The most outrageous thing is that the village where Jingqing was born was completely slaughtered, not even a chicken was spared!

Even if Fang Xiaoru came, he would have to say that he was an expert. From a glimpse of the leopard, one can know what kind of person Zhu Di was.

The thought that even if Zhu Yuanzhang, the god of killing, was outlasted, Zhu Di, the second generation god of killing, would still come to power.

It is hard to say whether Zhu Di would be implicated and killed when he launched the Jingnan Rebellion in the future. After all, the orphans of the Jingnan Rebellion were implicated and many fence-sitters in the fight for the throne were also killed.

Ye Xuan knew the direction of history, and perhaps he could surrender to Zhu Di in advance to avoid the instability of being controlled by others, but Zhu Di would not keep idle people.

What's more, he had to surrender when Zhu Di started the rebellion. At that time, he was busy fighting wars all over the country and could not stop.

This seriously goes against Ye Xuan's great ideal of being a salted fish!

When I think about it this way, I realize that there are still many ups and downs in my slacking off journey!

But, perhaps Ye Xuan could change all this, provided that Zhu Biao did not die and successfully inherited the throne, and he could learn from the three brothers Qi Tai, Huang Zicheng, and Fang Xiaoru, and secretly promote the plan of reducing the power of the princes. In this way, civil strife could be avoided in the early Ming Dynasty.

A peaceful and stable social environment is the best soil for the survival of salted fish.

When on duty, I would slack off and listen to music in brothels; if all else fails, I would go home to enjoy the spring breeze and summer rain, and enjoy Xia Qiuyan's bone-kneading massage, which is so pleasant!
Only a fool would risk being killed to conquer the world for others.

Over there, Queen Ma was trying to appease the capricious Anqing, and when she looked up, she saw Ye Xuan in a flying fish suit.

He was slightly stunned, then smiled and said, "You must be Ye Xuan, the one our Anqing talks about every day, right?"

Ye Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then he couldn't help but admire Queen Ma's wisdom and reaction ability.

After paying his respects, Ye Xuan did not dare to act rashly and could only nod his head in agreement.

After all, having a good relationship with Queen Ma can save lives at a critical moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to kill people many times, but was stopped by Empress Ma and Crown Prince Zhu Biao.

At the very least, the punishment could be reduced from killing nine clans to only killing three clans...

Seeing Ye Xuan nod, Queen Ma looked at Ye Xuan carefully, nodded and praised: "He is a handsome man, but it's a pity that he is too old..."

Ye Xuan suddenly broke out in a sweat...

Sisters, I’m only in my twenties this year.

After sighing to herself, Empress Ma ordered Dong Yu, "There are guests in the palace, but you don't even know how to offer them a seat and tea? How rude!"

After that, he looked at Anqing in his arms and reminded him, "Since you are the guest, you must not be rude!"

"I understand, mother. You are so nagging!" An Qin curled her lips and made a face at Ye Xuan.

Ye Xuan stood aside, feeling slightly moved.

No wonder when Empress Ma passed away, all the civil and military officials in the court, regardless of their factions, burst into tears.

The reason why Empress Ma was able to stop Zhu Yuanzhang from doing anything is closely related to the fact that Empress Ma herself was extremely generous and humble, and treated everyone equally regardless of their status.

Empress Ma treated Ye Xuan, a mere sixth-rank captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, so kindly and like a guest.

(End of this chapter)