Chapter 33 Little Green Sweetheart, Xie Yuer (Please read, please vote for the monthly ticket, please vote for the recommendation!)
"Dad, is it true that there are no Jinyiwei in Taiyuan?"

Zhu Biao looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some suspicion.

It's not that he doesn't want to believe his grandfather, but his grandfather's character is the kind of person who says what he means, and is domineering and strong.

Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for him to let anything go beyond his control, even Zhu Gang, the person the old man loves the most.

"It's happened before."

When Old Zhu heard this, the corners of his mouth twitched slightly.

"Has it happened before?"

Zhu Biao frowned and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang. What do you mean it happened before?
"Our third son fled to Taiyuan. We can't just sit there and do nothing. There are people following him, openly or secretly."

"First, it is to protect the safety of our third child, and second, we want to see what the third child wants to do in Taiyuan."

"But to be honest, our third son is really smart. He used our Jinyiwei to protect him, and in just three months, he firmly controlled Taiyuan in his own hands."

As he spoke, admiration flashed in Lao Zhu's eyes again.

Zhu Gang completely inherited Zhu's domineering, strong, ruthless and decisive character, and his methods were no less than Zhu's. After all, he was able to completely take control of Taiyuan in a very short period of time.

This point alone should not be underestimated, but in fact this is also a test for Zhu Yuanzhang. If Zhu Yuanzhang can really hold on to Taiyuan in a short period of time.

Then Old Zhu followed Zhu Gang's wish and let him stay in Taiyuan, but if he couldn't, the Jinyiwei would tie Zhu Gang up and take him back to Yingtianfu, and after a few years, Old Zhu would let Zhu Gang go to the fiefdom.

"But something happened afterwards that made me quite angry, so I sent a secret letter to the third brother and gave him a severe scolding."

Looking at Zhu Biao's puzzled eyes, Old Zhu sighed again.

"What on earth is it that made you scold the Third Brother?"

Hearing this, a hint of curiosity flashed in Zhu Biao's eyes, and he quickly looked at Old Zhu and asked.

Since childhood, Old Zhu treated Zhu Gang as his treasure. Even though he scolded him most of the time, he never gave him a serious scolding.

"The Imperial Guards reported secretly that for some unknown reason, the Third Brother beat up the cook in the Prince Jin's mansion. Who is that cook?"

"He controls the food for everyone in the Prince Jin's Mansion. What if the cook is resentful and poisons our third son? Wouldn't we be sending our young son to his grave?"

"So in a fit of rage, I sent a secret letter to the third brother, using Xu Xingzu who was beside me as an example and severely reprimanded him."

Zhu Yuanzhang's unpleasant voice sounded again.

Therefore, the purpose of this reprimand was also to protect Zhu Gang.

"You should be reprimanded."

Zhu Biao also nodded.

"But you know our third child's stubborn temper."

"Besides, the Jinyiwei had always been a secret organization, and most of the time, everything went peacefully."

"So even if the third brother knew, he wouldn't care. After all, he understands what I'm thinking."

"But after that scolding, the third brother packed up all the Jinyiwei in Taiyuan and sent them back to us."

"Since then, no matter how many Jinyiwei we send out, they can't enter the gate of Taiyuan."

A hint of helplessness flashed across Lao Zhu's eyes again.

"Bull temper? It depends on who you are."

Empress Ma, who was sitting there mending shoes, raised her head and rolled her eyes at Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Who else can I follow? I should follow my roots." Concubine Guo Hui added.

"Yes, yes, yes! Follow us, follow us."

Old Zhu was too lazy to argue with Empress Ma and Concubine Guo Hui, so he just agreed lazily.

But this agreement caused Empress Ma and Concubine Guo Hui to roll their eyes.

"So from then on, you lost control of Taiyuan."

Zhu Biao's mind was not on this. Instead, he looked at Old Zhu and asked.

"Ah."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not refute, but nodded. "Did Dad ever think about it?"

"That year, the third child whipped the cook just to make Dad..."

Zhu Biao looked at Old Zhu hesitantly, wanting to say something.

"This bastard!"

Hearing this, Old Zhu frowned at first, then laughed and scolded: "Even his father is plotting against you!"

"Ah!"

Zhu Gang, who was already standing at the gate of Xie's house, always felt as if someone was thinking about him, but he didn't think much about it and stepped into Xie's house.

"Stinky Third Brother, Bad Third Brother."

"You've already returned to Beijing, but you haven't come to see Yu'er yet."

At this time, in the small courtyard of Xie's mansion, a girl in green clothes stomped her feet, and her words of feigned anger were mixed with a hint of resentment.

This is Xie Yuer, the eldest daughter of Xie Cheng, the assistant governor of the Governor's Office, and the childhood sweetheart of Prince Jin Zhu Gang.

"Uh, then I'm leaving?"

At this moment, Zhu Gang's faint voice sounded behind Xie Yuer.

Upon hearing the voice, Xie Yuer turned around abruptly, a hint of surprise flashed across her beautiful eyes at first, but in a flash, the ripples of surprise were drowned out by endless joy.

Zhu Gang, dressed in a brocade robe, was seen standing quietly at the gate of the courtyard, looking at Xie Yuer with a smile in his eyes, which reflected a touch of tenderness.

"Third brother!"

There was an excitement in Xie Yuer's voice that was hard to conceal. Almost at the same time as she called out, she was already running towards Zhu Gang like a happy little deer.

Where is there any vitality mixed in it?
The smile on Zhu Gang's face did not stop. He slowly opened his arms and steadily caught Xie Yuer who threw herself into his arms. The tacit understanding and intimacy between the two of them did not require words, as if time had never separated them.

But after only a moment of joy, Xie Yuer's face was covered with tears again, and these tears were crystal clear in the sunlight, flashing with complex emotions, but the most common emotion was joy.

"Don't cry."

A slight sobbing sound was heard, and Zhu Gang comforted Xie Yuer in a more gentle tone.

Three years have passed in a flash.

Zhu Gang also understood how much pressure Xie Yuer and the Xie family were under.

After all, in this era, if Xie Yuer hasn't gotten married yet, she would be considered an old maid.

Just like some of Xie Yuer’s sisters, they have already married and become mothers, but Xie Yuer is still waiting for her true love.

How could this not be Zhu Gang's fault?
"I thought, I thought you didn't want me anymore, didn't want Yu'er anymore."

The light sobbing sound became louder, as if trying to pour out all the grievances of the past three years.

Xie Yuer was seen clutching Zhu Gang's clothes tightly again, and her tears were like pearls that had broken off the string, dripping onto his chest, warm and salty.

"Besides me, who in the entire Yingtian Prefecture dares to marry you?"

Zhu Gang's heart seemed to be tightened, but he still looked at Xie Yuer in his arms and smiled softly in a joking tone.

These words, though seemingly a joke, were actually a promise, and they carried with them an unquestionable sense of dominance and tenderness.

After all, think about it, not to mention Yingtian Prefecture, even in the Ming Dynasty, who would dare to compete with Zhu Gang for Xie Yuer?
Xie Yuer couldn't help but burst into laughter when she heard this. Her tearful eyes were filled with three parts of shyness and seven parts of sweetness. Then she gently hit Zhu Gang's chest and said angrily, "You are the only one who can tease Yuer."

"The Emperor has issued an order granting us marriage."

Zhu Gang gently pushed her away, put his hands on Xie Yuer's shoulders, and then smiled softly: "So from now on, you are my destined concubine of Prince Jin."

As soon as these words were spoken, shock flashed across Xie Yuer's eyes, which was then replaced by great joy. She looked at Zhu Gang in disbelief, covered her mouth with both hands, and tears flashed in her eyes again.

"Is it true? A arranged marriage?" Xie Yuer's voice was trembling, and she could barely utter complete sentences coherently.

"When did Third Brother lie to you?"

Zhu Gang chuckled and nodded, his eyes full of doting.

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