Chapter 73: The Mind of a Woman
When Zhang Weixian saw Zhu Changluo's appearance, he knew that he was still wandering. As for the reason, he had already guessed, "Is Your Highness worried about his successor? In fact, Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo, is a suitable candidate."
"Oh? Duke Cheng?"
Zhang Weixian said: "Yes, first, Duke Chengguo has nothing to do with King Fu, King Rui, King Hui, and King Duan. Second, the son of Duke Chengguo Ying'an has a very good relationship with the emperor's Changsun and the fifth son. If the Beijing camp is handed over to him, it will definitely be used by Your Highness. In addition, Duke Chengguo has no connection with the court officials. In this way, the court officials will not be entangled and will not get into disputes. This matter will be over. The only disadvantage is that Duke Chengguo is not good at military power and can supervise it, but if he leads troops to fight, it will be much worse."
Zhu Changluo said: "I'm afraid that this statement has been made up on the way to the Duke of the State? It seems that the Duke of the State is determined to hang the seal?"
"It's not that the old minister insists on resigning, but that if His Highness does not deal with the old minister or is less likely to deal with it, the corrupt scholars will not only get into trouble with the old minister, but will also be harmful to His Highness without any benefit."
"Since you have decided to go, then do as you said. As for other shortcomings, aren't there any team you left in the Beijing Camp? Then, you just need to worry more."
Zhang Weixian bowed and said, "Thank you for your fulfillment."
When Zhu Youjian returned to the mansion, the Jurchens' affairs were resolved, and the rest was left to the Jinyiwei and the Duke of England to solve. After working for several days, he felt very tired after calming down. Regardless of the time, Zhu Youjian returned to the room and put on his clothes and went to bed.
When Zhu Youjian woke up, it was already dark. Zhu Youjian stretched his waist and then turned over and sat up. As soon as he looked up, he saw a figure standing in front of him. Zhu Youjian was shocked and was shocked. He asked, "Who is it?"
When the man heard Zhu Youjian's voice, he quickly stepped back and said, "Your Highness, it's me, Lao Yu."
Zhu Youjian felt relieved when he heard it was Yu Dachuan's voice. He thought he had encountered a bloody plot like an assassin. If the assassin could still be allowed to infiltrate in to assassinate with fifty Jinyiwei as a guard, then these fifty people could be rolled back to Jinyiwei, which would save a lot of food.
Zhu Youjian said dissatisfiedly: "I said Lao Yu, why don't you light a lamp? Do you know that scary people will scare people to death?"
Yu Dachuan said, "Your Highness, it was still early when the villain came. When he saw that Your Highness was sleeping soundly, he didn't dare to disturb him. Before he knew it, it was dark." After that, Yu Dachuan walked to the oil lamp, took the lampshade, took out the fire stick and lighted it up.
"You don't want to be a villain all day long, it makes people feel uncomfortable."
Yu Dachuan bowed and said, "Yes, the villain knows." As soon as he finished speaking, he changed his words and said, "I understand."
Zhu Youjian also knew that the habits he had developed for a long time were difficult to change. Jinxiu was the same before. It took him a long time to correct it, so he waved his hand and said, "What's wrong with you for so long?"
Yu Dachuan pondered for a moment, then knelt on one knee, lowered his head and fisted with his hands and apologized: "I have caused trouble this time, please punish him."
Zhu Youjian knew that Yu Dachuan was not a reckless person and said so seriously that he thought things would not be simple, so he asked, "What's going on?"
Yu Dachuan said: "Today, when His Highness left, he asked me and the senior coach to act cheaply, so when we arrived at Shilidian, we found an excuse to kill the Jurchen man. But...ah, after we took the person to the imperial prison, we learned that the man was named Kurbu, who was the second only to the deputy governor Guo Lai sent by Jianzhou this time. However, he escaped from him in Tongzhou. Kurbu was the only person among these people who knew the details, but this person was killed by me for revenge, and many clues of the firearm case were cut off."
Zhu Youjian stepped forward and helped Yu Dachuan up and said, "What do I think it is? I instructed you to do this. Why do you have any guilt? After today, this matter has nothing to do with us. How to cure the aftermath is the business of the Beijing camp, and how to collect evidence is the business of the Jinyiwei. He gave them great contributions. Could it be that they dare to come to our mansion to hold accountable?"
Since the Beizhen Prefecture Department came out, Yu Dachuan was worried and owed kindness. This time, he ruined a big deal for personal revenge. Yu Dachuan felt guilty. Until now, when he heard Zhu Youjian's words, he saw that he looked completely distracted, and his shame in his heart was slightly relieved.
Yu Dachuan walked to a table next to him, picked up a food box that had been placed there for a long time, opened the lid and said, "I heard that your highness has never eaten anything since he came back. These are some pastries I bought at Zhengmingzhai..."
Zhu Youjian walked over, picked up a piece of osmanthus cake from the food box and threw it into his mouth, and smiled and said, "It tastes good. Lao Yu is so kind. I'm really hungry."
"Your Highness eat slowly, I'll take it back first." After saying that, Yu Dachuan bowed and left.
After Yu Dachuan left, Zhu Youjian just picked a few favorite pastries to redeem them for a few bites. At this time, he couldn't sleep anymore if he wanted to continue to sleep. So he simply put on a robe and left the house. He had been living in this mansion for many days, but he hadn't had a good time strolling around for so long.
The night was as deep as water, the moon was shining, and Zhu Youjian wrapped his robe and stepped out of the swaying tree shadows. He saw a petite figure in front of the door, lingering back and forth in front of the door, until Zhu Youjian walked closer and closer.
The figure stomped his feet gently, as if he had made up his mind, lowered his head and turned around and walked into the yard. Unexpectedly, someone in front of him got into the man's arms.
Zhu Youjian looked at the person in his arms and smiled and said, "Is Xiu'er frozen in the young master's arms to keep warm?"
The figure was either someone else or Jinxiu. When he looked up, he saw that it was Zhu Youjian. Jinxiu couldn't help but retreated two steps: "Why is the young master here?"
Zhu Youjian smiled and said, "I am living here. If I don't have it, where can I be?"
Jinxiu waved her hand and said, "No, I mean, the young master is not sleeping in the room, why did he suddenly run outside the yard?"
Zhu Youjian couldn't help but laugh at Jin Xiu's look of low eyebrows and shyness, and said, "When I woke up, I came out for a walk, and sang the wind and enjoyed the moon. What are you doing at this door? Are you not looking for a crime? You are not afraid of the wind getting cold. Look at your uneasy appearance, can you know that the young master is sleeping and hesitating whether to come in to serve the bed?"
I thought this sentence would make Jinxiu feel a little more embarrassed, but Jinxiu suddenly raised her head, and her originally embarrassed face turned pale under the moonlight. In this era of great defense of ethics, even if the Zhang family was defeated, Jinxiu had been ethics since childhood. She read "The Women's Commandments" and "The Biography of the Fierce Women" a lot, and she could not withstand such words. She trembled and said, "Young Master, is Jinxiu such a shameless woman? Although Jinxiu is a maid, she is also familiar with poetry and books. She still understands some basic etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame. Jinxiu is not the kind of casual woman."
Zhu Youjian still underestimated the ethics thoughts of this era. Unexpectedly, in his opinion, an ordinary joke caused Jinxiu, who had always been gentle, to react so much. When he was having fun on weekdays, Zhu Youjian often saw Jinxiu's intoxicated expression, and thought that this girl had already fallen in love with him. It seemed that she was thinking about it. Seeing that the tears in Jinxiu's eyes were about to fall with the bright moonlight, Zhu Youjian hurriedly said: "Xiuer, don't cry, I can't stand women crying the most, I'm just joking, why are you still..."
It would be fine if Zhu Youjian didn't say it. After these words, Jinxiu's tears fell. Zhu Youjian had never seen a woman crying before. When he saw this, he suddenly lost his mind. He quickly stepped forward and wiped Jinxiu's tears with his sleeves, while comforting: "Oh, my eldest lady, I'm a master, no, I'm not. Is it okay to say that I'm wrong? Why did you think that I'm real? No, it's either, it's just that I'm wrong. We Xiu'er is the best girl in the world. Don't be too careful. If you're still angry, just hit me a few times to relieve my anger, and then think that my words are a big deal." After that, Zhu Youjian picked up Jinxiu's hand and hit him.
Seeing this, Jinxiu quickly pulled her hand back and sobbed, "How can you do this for Jinxiu? What's wrong with Jinxiu? Jinxiu is not good. Jinxiu is too careless. Just ask your son not to say that kind of words in the future. Although Jinxiu has a low status and is not as good as the ladies of other families, she does not dare to humiliate the reputation of her ancestors." After that, Jinxiu took out a post from her sleeve and said, "This is a post sent by the lady from Xu Shilang's house next door. Please go to the mansion to ask for some poetry rhythm in two days."
After hearing Jinxiu's words, Zhu Youjian understood that this girl was more accomplicated than Xu Ming'er. After he took the post, he opened it and took a casual look. Only the moonlight could not see clearly. While looking at him, he said to Jinxiu: "You returned to Miss Xu for me. Two days later, I will be out of time." After that, Zhu Youjian handed the post back to Jinxiu and said: "Xiuer cannot belittle herself, otherwise she will be humiliated by the reputation of Taiyue Gong in vain. I have never regarded you as a maid. You are no more noble than any lady in my house? When you have the chance in the future, I will help Taiyue to rehabilitate it."
When he heard Zhu Youjian's words, Jin Xiu raised her hand to wipe away the tears and pulled Zhu Youjian's sleeve and said, "Is what the young master said true?"
Seeing that he had finally coaxed Jinxiu, Zhu Youjian looked at Xiaoyu's face and smiled and said, "When did I coax you?"
"Jinxiu thanked the young master." He was a young girl, but she was still a young man. Jinxiu had long forgotten what had happened before, and she was in a good mood for a while. She walked happily towards Zhu Youjian, and happily turned around and ran away with the post.
Chapter completed!