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"I'm going to go into the palace to beg Brother Four to ask Mu Sheng to die differently." The corners of Zhu Wei's mouth curled up, looking a bit ferocious.
"Do you think Brother Four will agree?" Zhu Song was speechless.
Although Zhu Di hated these Jianwen ex-officials quite a bit, apart from allowing Jin Yiwei to use all kinds of torture in the imperial prison during interrogation, their death method still strictly followed the law of the Ming Dynasty.
Of course, those old Jianwen officials who couldn't survive the torture and died in the imperial prison are another matter.
"That's why Gu came to look for you!" Zhu Wei turned to look at Zhu Song, and said, "Otherwise, Gu is not sure that Brother Four will agree to this matter."
Zhu Song was silent for a while, and said: "I remember that in the case of Hu Weiyong back then, Hu Weiyong, the prime minister of the left, was tickled to death by his father. If we do something about this matter, we may succeed."
According to the historical records of the Ming Dynasty that Zhu Song saw, Zhu Yuanzhang once left Beijing to go to Huangshan to enjoy the cool air. Before leaving Beijing, he rewarded Hu Weiyong with a Royal Ruyi to show that "the monarch and his ministers are one, and their hearts are connected."
In fact, that Yu Ruyi was just a tickle, and it was for this reason that Hu Weiyong became the first person to be tickled to death throughout the ages. (To be continued.)
1 Chapter Fifty: Concubine Zhou's Birthday
"Hu Weiyong..." Zhu Wei pondered for a while, and said: "Brother Sihuang was still in Beiping when Hu Weiyong's case happened. Although the case has spread widely, Brother Sihuang also disagrees with this kind of punishment. "
"Hmph, the house of the most ruthless emperor!" Zhu Song snorted coldly, and said, "As the emperor, how can you not be cruel? Let alone stripped off his clothes and dragged him into the woods to be bitten to death by mosquitoes, Even if it's skin cramps, he can still give orders!"
"But..." Don't look at Zhu Wei who was gnashing his teeth before, but now he is a little hesitant.
"Why, can't bear it anymore?" Zhu Song looked at Zhu Wei with a teasing face, and said, "Brother Mu, don't say that I won't help you. If you want to make Mu Sheng's death worse, you can only do it with Hu Weiyong." Wenwen, if you don’t want to do it, let him die outside the Meridian Gate and be slaughtered.”
"Okay!" Zhu Wei's face was tangled for a while, and finally he said through gritted teeth, "Non-toxic and not a husband! Since you, Mu Sheng, have been chasing after the lonely ass for so many years, let you pay off your debts!"
"That's right!" Zhu Song acted like an outsider, as if he didn't propose this proposal, "Specifically, after you go back, discuss with Huang Changshi and the others, and I won't participate."
"Um?"
Zhu Wei suddenly felt that he was being tricked by this brother again. He obviously wanted him to participate in the whole process, and it was best to persuade Zhu Di, but somehow it became his task, and this guy stayed out of it!
This kid is really capable!
"Okay, I'll ask my servants to bring Hui Xun over here. You haven't seen him for a few days, and you two just happened to be staying together!"
Seeing that Zhu Wei seemed to have recovered, Zhu Song hurried away.
"Hey... I said you wait later, I have other things to do!"
Seeing that Zhu Song was about to run away, Zhu Wei yelled at him dumbfounded, thinking to himself: Is solitude so terrible?
"What else is there?" Zhu Song, who had already stepped out of the gate of Chuhua Hall with one foot, turned his head and asked.
Seeing Zhu Song's bloody look, Zhu Wei resisted the urge to rush up and beat him up, and said softly: "Brother Song, concubine mother is going to celebrate her [-]th birthday soon, don't forget to prepare a birthday present !"
"Mother Concubine..." Zhu Song's eyes were blurred for a while, and then he suddenly remembered that he still has a mother.
Originally, after the death of Zhu Yuanzhang in the 31st year of Hongwu, Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne. Zhu Yunwen obeyed the edict and followed the ancient system. All concubines in the harem who had not given birth were ordered to be buried.
But the scene was quite chaotic at that time, and the officials in charge of this matter had some ulterior motives, even many concubines who had given birth were buried with them.
This does not include Zhu Song and Zhu Wei's mother.
It's been a long time since Zhu Song came back, and he hasn't seen his mother, and what's worse, no one has told him.
"Back when Zhu Yunwen was in power, we were not allowed to see the concubine mother at all. Now that the fourth brother is in power, he has taken good care of the concubines back then, especially the concubine mother. Because of you, she was even allowed to leave the palace. .”
Zhu Wei didn't pay attention to Zhu Song's expression, but took a deep breath and said: "These are all due to Brother Song!"
In the Ming Dynasty, if the emperor died, the emperor's concubines had three choices, the first was to be buried, the second was to become a monk, and the other was to live a lifetime in the palace...
In short, their life in the palace is not easy, and the succeeding emperor will not treat them differently, but will only maintain their normal life needs.
Right now, Zhu Wei has repeatedly mentioned that because of him, his mother was able to leave the palace. Is this true or false?
"Brother Mu, didn't you lie to me?" Zhu Song came back from the dream and said, "Brother Si Huang allowed mother and concubine to leave the palace?"
"Well, it's only on the day of my concubine's birthday, and it won't happen after that!" After saying this, Zhu Wei's face was somewhat depressed, "It seems that I don't want to be better than you in my life. .”
"Come on, we are brothers, let's get over that!" Zhu Song shook his head, indicating that Zhu Wei was too sensitive.
Zhu Wei is also an open-minded person, he patted his cheek and said: "Okay, what should be done has been done, you go and arrange someone to bring Hui Xun over, his mother and concubine are back, and want to see the child, Let Ergu take him back to live for a few days, and send him back in a few days when his concubine's birthday is here."
Zhu Song nodded and said, "Okay, I'll let someone arrange it!"
……
The next day, Zhu Song got up from his gums and went straight to the back kitchen, where he captured the two best cooks in the house.
The three of them were locked in a separate kitchen, and they didn't know what they were tinkering with.
The most important thing is that no one is allowed to enter this separate kitchen except him and the two cooks, not even the princess and side concubine.
This made the people in the palace very curious, wanting to know what the prince is doing all day long?
It was time to rest at night, and Xu Miaojin, who hadn't seen Zhu Songren all day, finally caught him.
"My lord, what are you doing in the small kitchen all day?" Xu Miaojin was wearing simple pajamas, her eyebrows were frowned, and she looked curious.
Zhu Song just smiled and said: "Well, I can't tell you what it is for the time being, and I will find out in a few days. However, I can tell you that this is for my mother and concubine who is 40 years old. birthday gift."
"Ah?" Xu Miaojin said in surprise: "Is it the mother concubine's birthday in a few days? Your lord, really, why didn't you tell the concubine?"
Zhu Song spread his hands innocently, and said: "I only found out yesterday, if Brother Mu hadn't told me, I would have been kept in the dark too!"
"There are still a few more days left, so I can prepare some gifts!" Xu Miaojin said nervously.
"What are you preparing?" Zhu Song said, "You and I are one, it's enough if you have this intention, why do you need to prepare a gift?"
"No, this is the first birthday of my mother and concubine after I got married. If I, the daughter-in-law, didn't prepare some gifts, wouldn't I be laughed at by outsiders?"
Xu Miaojin shook her head stubbornly, and said: "Furthermore, the gift prepared by the prince represents the heart of the prince, and the gift prepared by the concubine represents the concubine and the sister-in-law, how can they be compared?"
"Okay, I can't say no to you!" Seeing Xu Miaojin's earnest little face, Zhu Song knew that it was useless to say anything, "Well, let's discuss it with Jun Wan tomorrow and see what you can prepare for the mother and concubine. Good gift, hurry up and buy it.”
"Well, I already know!" Xu Miaojin nodded.
"By the way, maybe the concubine mother will come to our mansion at that time. If the dinner is held in our mansion, you have to let the servants prepare well, and don't let the concubine mother lose face in front of the royal family!"
Zhu Song suddenly remembered that maybe his mother would really come to visit him. (To be continued.)
Chapter 151 Birthday Ceremony
In the early morning two days later, in the inner court of the imperial palace, at the right rear of Kunning Palace, there was a palace called Suhua Palace.
Originally, this place would not be assigned to Hongwu's concubine. After all, the late emperor had been buried for many years, and many concubines lived in the cold palace.
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