Zhu Wenkui returned to Beijing on the 29th day of the 29th day of the Chinese New Year. Almost not many people in Nanjing knew about it, and perhaps everyone knew about it, but they all pretended to ignore it.

A man was light and there were only a few guards, and even Yu Qian did not follow him. The latter returned to Hangzhou to celebrate the New Year.

The first thing he did when he returned to Nanjing was that Zhu Wenkui did not go directly to the palace to ask Ma Enhui for his kindness, but went to the Tongzhengsi Department first, and then came out of the Tongzhengsi Department and headed towards the palace after completing the official chore.

Chengtian Gate has begun to implement the palace ban, and even the eldest prince Zhu Wenkui can only enter through the side gate.

The palace is deserted and there is no such thing as the so-called lively during the New Year because it is too big.

Only when Zhu Wenkui walked through the three halls, passed through the Ganqing Gate and entered the harem area, did he feel as if he had entered another world.

Countless palace maids and eunuchs were busy decorating the lanterns. The embroiderer of Shangyi Bureau walked into Kunning Palace with silks with different colors and patterns. This was to ask the concubines to choose fabric styles and make new clothes for the New Year.

Many people saw Zhu Wenkui, but they did not rush to greet him. Only when Zhu Wenkui was about to pass by them would these people stop their work, stand up and ask respectfully.

"Your Highness."

When he walked outside the door of Kunning Palace, Zhu Wenkui was stopped. The person who stopped him was a female official next to Ma Enhui.

"The Empress and several other empresses are trying on the fittings. You are waiting outside here, and I will ask for instructions."

"Need not."

Zhu Wenkui shouted and smiled, "Let the empresses be busy first, I will wait here."

After saying that, he looked around and then leaned over the female official's head and asked quietly: "I haven't been back for a year. How is my mother doing this year? There is no conflict with my father."

This sudden closeness scared the female official and subconsciously took two steps back: "Your Highness must not do this. The Empress and Your Majesty are always in love, and they often miss Your Highness."

Zhu Wenkui sniffed his nose and praised: "It's quite fragrant, what brand of aromatherapy is?"

The female official's pretty face suddenly turned red.

"Wenkui."

This call immediately scared Zhu Wenkui and looked back in shock. When he saw Ma Enhui staring at him with a cold face, he immediately knelt down: "My son has seen his mother."

Ma Enhui walked forward, reached out and pinched Zhu Wenkui's ear, causing the latter to stand up in pain.

"Oh, you guy, you have been out for a year and your behavior is so light and casual. How can you behave like this?"

After all, it was the prince. Ma Enhui couldn't help but pinched Zhu Wenkui's ears and walked into Kunning Palace. She scolded her and let go, turning around and walking into the hall. Zhu Wenkui leaned beside her and smiled stupidly.

"It's not that the queen mother is trying on fitting with several empresses. The queen didn't expect that the queen mother would come out, right?"

"If you can't see you, you can do this?"

Ma Enhui glared at Zhu Wenkui with anger: "The saint admonishes a gentleman to be careful of being alone. Even if he is private, he cannot do this. As a prince, he will tease the palace maids."

"How come this is teasing?"

Zhu Wenkui muttered a little resentful: "My son is just a praising me. The sages also said that everyone has a love for beauty. Fragrance means fragrance is beautiful and beautiful. A gentleman keeps the truth and tells the truth. Just like the mother has not seen her for a year, her appearance is much more beautiful."

The flattery from his son made Ma Enhui very happy. His face was cold and calm, but he didn't give up on his lips: "You, not only did you not be steady this year, but you learned the sweet words of this mouth. You really shouldn't let your father send you out."

The mother and son walked into Kunning Palace and saw several other concubines of Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Wenkui respectfully greeted each other, but at this time he didn't even dare to raise his head.

"Your Highness the Great Prince is back. We will not delay the reunion of your sister, your mother and son. Let's leave first."

Gu Jing and the others had chosen a new dress that they could meet their eyes. They all smiled and said goodbye and left, leaving Kunning Palace to Ma Enhui and his wife.

At this time, Ma Enhui began to look at Zhu Wenkui seriously with concern, with her hands on the latter's head and her shoulders.

"As you grow taller, you're so thin, your skin is much darker."

Regarding his mother's concern, Zhu Wenkui scratched his head a little: "There is no way, Fengyang is the ancestral land, and you also know that the relationship is quite complicated. Thanks to Yu Qian's help, otherwise he would probably lose his hair."

In addition, Fengyang is poor, and the life of the old Bai surname is very difficult. The sons have to run from county to town to go and see it on the spot to give their ideas. It will be a big deal after a while."

Zhu Wenkui has now experienced how difficult it is to be a local official.

When I was the chief clerk of the Yingtian Prefecture Criminal House in Nanjing, I was worried about the matters under my responsibilities. But when Zhu Wenkui became the prefect himself, the big and small things of the hundreds of thousands of people in Fengyang were resisting all the big and small things after he was on his shoulders. How heavy was it?

Fengyang needs to develop and the people need to eat, which is the top priority.

Development also requires deep entry into Fengyang society, which has mixed interests and dealing with complex interpersonal relationships is also part of the work.

"The sons of Fengyang have not sorted out a clear one year, not to mention the entire Nanzhili, the entire Ming Dynasty, and even the Ming couplet created by the father."

Zhu Wenkui said sincerely: "My son needs to work harder to hope that one day we will share the worries and problems for the father."

"It's good that you can have this heart."

Ma Enhui took Zhu Wenkui to sit on his phoenix chair, held his son's hand and comforted him: "But you don't have the ability to deal with national affairs yet, but there is no need to hurry and learn slowly.

As the saying goes, starting a family and starting a business, you are eighteen years old, so you should worry about getting married first.”

Zhu Wenkui's face suddenly became bitter.

"Mother, how come your son will urge you to get married as soon as he comes back for the New Year."

"That's what you said."

Ma Enhui angrily said: "A man is a real man, what does it look like if he is not married? If the outer court sees you, you will think you are still a child. If you become a family and raise children, you will have a responsibility and make people feel mature and steady when you look at it.

Look at Zhan Ji from your fourth uncle's family. He is only fourteen or five years old. Uncle Gao Chi will be appointed to marry him and will be hired in two years."

"Zhanji has found a wife?"

As soon as he talked about other people's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family's family'

"I chose the daughter of Hu Rong, the Jinyiwei Qianhu Office of Nanjing Jinyiwei, is named Shanxiang. I have also seen it. She is handsome and well-educated."

"Is that so good?"

Zhu Wenkui silently continued the sentence, and there was a bit of desire in his eyes.

An eighteen-year-old man, no one can be a girl who doesn’t like to be greedy for a girl. But Zhu Wenkui doesn’t like to take care of big things. After all, I haven’t even seen each other before the marriage, so who knows what she looks like?

Zhu Wenkui was the way mothers in the world chose their daughter-in-law for a year, and that was something he had seen.

Choose the virtuous as the leader, then choose the one with a big butt and easy to raise, then choose the one with outstanding housework, and those with talented talents such as piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. The second is the one with the choice of colors.

Moreover, Fengyang is poor, so the fields are full of couples working together on farm work. How beautiful can the farmer's wife look?

After seeing it for a long time, Zhu Wenkui felt a shadow in his heart, for fear that Ma Enhui would choose such a wife for him.

No one knows his son's mother. Ma Enhui naturally captured the small emotional changes in his son. However, at this time, Ma Enhui became teasing and did not continue to talk about this topic. Instead, he asked Zhu Wenkui when he could stay after returning from vacation.

"The sixth day of the first lunar month."

"So urgent?"

Ma Enhui was shocked, and the strength on her hands became two points bigger: "Why have you been back for so few days? Stay for a few more days?"

Zhu Wenkui shook his head and smiled bitterly, and said truthfully: "The son-in-law reported the leave to the Tongzhengsi. The day when the Tongzhengsi was approved was on the sixth day of the first lunar month. The prefects in other places all reached the sixth day of the year, and the son-in-law was no exception."

"I've turned against him and the Minister of Public Security."

Upon hearing this, Ma Enhui immediately became anxious: "When will the prince take leave and return to Beijing, we need to approve the Tongzheng Department? Why? Now that His Majesty is not in Beijing, the cabinet plans to even our family."

As he spoke, he looked around and said, "Go and call Yang Shiqi to me. I want to ask if I have to open up the family affairs of my palace first for the future."

Seeing that this matter was about to make a big deal in Ma Enhui's mouth, Zhu Wenkui quickly stopped him and told him about his plans.

"My son takes annual leave in the name of Fengyang Prefect, with the purpose of participating in the New Year banquet held by the cabinet this year. If Mr. My son returns to Beijing as a prince and his father is not here, how dare the princes and princes go to contact the outer court at will."

This answer made Ma Enhui stunned. After all, she was a female person. Zhu Yunwen's harem was pure, and there were only five women in the concubines, so naturally there were no palace fighting dramas. There was no chance of training in politics, so how could we know how many varied things there were?

"Although I don't really want to attend this New Year's banquet, Yu Qian is right. It's better to participate than not."

"My son has really grown up."

After understanding the whole story, Ma Enhui immediately smiled and expressed her support: "Okay, it's good, it's time to participate, you must participate. Such a good opportunity cannot be cheaper for others."

After a pause, Ma Enhui became proud again: "It's not cheap for outsiders. Who is qualified to go besides my son?"

Ma Enhui is very optimistic, and Zhu Wenkui also looks relaxed.

This matter is Mingtang's open plot. Zhu Wenqi has no position and cannot participate in any case. It seems that he will win this game.

It was also because of this kind of good mood that when Zhu Wenkui met Zhu Wenqi in the afternoon, he felt a little unbearable.

"Second brother, look at what my elder brother brings for you."

Zhu Wenkui took out a lot of things: "These are all specialties from Fengyang, and you can try them back."

"Thank you, brother."

Zhu Wenqi bowed and thanked him, and then greeted Zhu Wenkui for a while, then stood up and left with a smile on his face.

But when this smile left Kunning Palace, he ran away completely.

"My elder brother is a good method."

After having the New Year's Eve dinner on New Year's Eve in his mother's wife Gu Jing's bedroom, as soon as he returned to his own residence in the East Warehouse of the Ganqing Palace, Zhu Wenqi leaned on the bed and hummed at his close servant, the eunuch.

"It goes without saying that the trick of taking leave to return to Beijing in the name of Fengyang Prefecture was definitely the idea given by Yu Qian, who was ungrateful, and the purpose was to participate in the New Year banquet held by the cabinet on National Day."

"Ah, what should I do?"

There was a close friend next to Zhu Wenqi, named Wang Xu. He grew up with Zhu Wenqi since childhood. He was smart and clever. He was also one of the many adopted sons and kids of Shuangxi. He was given to Zhu Wenqi as his companion and was a little worried when he heard this.

"Your Highness, I heard that the cabinet's New Year's banquet this year is quite large and the noise is very big. If the eldest prince attends, I'm afraid he will take the opportunity to win over many people."
To be continued...