Daming Super Daddy

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If it weren't for Zhu Song's reasons, Zhu Di would definitely not have granted Concubine Zhou to live here.

At this moment, in the inner hall of Suhua Palace, a beautiful woman about 40 years old compared her clothes in front of the bronze mirror with a kind smile on her face.

This beautiful woman is Concubine Zhou, the mother concubine of Zhu Song and Zhu Wei. Today is her 40th birthday. Although she will not make a big fuss on her birthday as the widowed concubine of Lord Hongwu, it is still something to be happy about.

What's more, Concubine Zhou has always treated Zhu Di's concubines such as Hongwu's concubine or Empress Xu kindly in this palace, so for her birthday, both concubines and princesses in the palace are sincere. Happy for Concubine Zhou.

"Your Majesty, today is your birthday, and His Majesty has given a decree that you can leave the palace today!"

Concubine Zhou's maid is a beautiful court lady in her 30s, named Xiao Nan, who came to the palace to serve Concubine Zhou at the age of eleven or twelve.

"Hehe, it's been four years?" Concubine Zhou smiled brightly, "Today I can finally see Mu'er and Song'er."

"Your Majesty, since the late emperor's funeral, this is the first time you have smiled so brightly." Xiao Nan leaned beside Concubine Zhou, looked at Concubine Zhou in the bronze mirror, and said softly.

"Really?" Concubine Zhou said with a smile, "I was also very happy when Song'er got married?"

When she heard that Emperor Jianwen gave Zhu Song a marriage, and that the woman was Wei Guogong's younger sister Xu Miaojin, this made Concubine Zhou very happy.

Things about Zhu Song's marriage also slowly spread to Zhu Song's ears, especially when he heard that Zhu Song had shined at the poetry meeting, as a mother, she finally felt relieved.

"It's different." Xiao Nan shook her head and said, "Whenever you hear news from His Royal Highness King Han and His Royal Highness Min King, you will always be very happy. What's more, this time His Majesty is completely looking at His Royal Highness Han's face." You can rest assured that His Royal Highness King Han is so promising."

"Yes, you are right, Song'er and Mu'er are the pride of this palace!"

Speaking of her son, Concubine Zhou's face was full of pride.

Xiao Nan also laughed, seeing her mother so happy, she was also really happy for Concubine Zhou from the bottom of her heart.

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Time soon passed noon, and other concubines in the palace brought gifts, and several sisters who were usually close to her also came to Suhua Hall to celebrate Concubine Zhou's birthday.

Of course, the sisters she mentioned were all Hongwu concubines, or in other words, all the living Hongwu concubines came, because few of them were alive.

Although accompanied by these sisters, Concubine Zhou seemed a little absent-minded. It was not until a maid came to report that the birthday gifts of His Royal Highness King Min and His Royal Highness Han King had finally arrived, which shocked Concubine Zhou's spirit, and her face turned pale. He also showed a happy look.

"His Royal Highness King Min sent a pair of Hetian white walls, ten dendrobium pearls, two pairs of yellow dragon jade bat carvings, and five strings of fine south pearls..."

As a little Nan loudly read out the gift list sent by Min Wang Zhu Yuyu, Concubine Zhou's face was full of joy.

"His Royal Highness King Han sent two top-quality Jade Buddha statues, two strings of South Sea coral beads, thirty bolts of silk, ten strings of top-quality agarwood beads, and three taels of ambergris..."

At this time, Xiao Nan thought of the birthday gift Zhu Song had sent over, and everyone present became extremely envious.

It's not that Zhu Song's gifts to Concubine Zhou are heavy, but that these things are carefully prepared.

All the old people in the palace knew that Concubine Zhou had devoted herself to paying homage to the Buddha since the funeral of Master Hong Wu. Among the birthday gifts Zhu Song gave, six out of ten were related to Buddha.

"Sister, I really envy you. These gifts prepared by His Royal Highness King Han must be very suitable for you, right?"

Sitting next to Concubine Zhou, a middle-aged sister-in-law who seemed to be 44 or [-] years old said to Zhou Fei with envy.

"Sister Concubine Han, don't be envious. His Royal Highness King Liao will definitely prepare for my sister's birthday in a few days."

Concubine Zhou smiled at the middle-aged beautiful woman, took out a string of bright red coral beads from the boxes containing birthday presents, and started to stir.

The name of the king of Liao was Zhu Zhi, he was the fifteenth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the No. 14 son in tooth order, and his mother was Han.

At the time of Jianwen, Zhu Di launched an army to calm the situation. The court worried that Zhu Zhi, who was not far from Zhu Di and had a large army, would turn out to support Zhu Di from the court, so he called Zhu Zhi back to Nanjing.

After Zhu Zhi obeyed the order of Emperor Jianwen and came to Nanjing by sea, the fiefdom was changed to Jingzhou.

After Zhu Di won the throne, he complained that Zhu Zhi didn't support him during the Jingnan Incident, so he didn't like him very much.

It is precisely for this reason that Concubine Han's life in the palace is very difficult.

If it wasn't for Concubine Zhou's constant help, Concubine Han would have died long ago.

"Where does my son have the thoughts of His Highness King Han?" Concubine Han said bitterly: "If he had stood up to support His Majesty back then, he would definitely not be left in the cold by His Majesty now."

"Sister, don't worry, His Majesty treats these brothers very kindly. Even if it was King Ning who made such a disaster, isn't he just changed a piece of fiefdom and not even deprived of his title?"

Concubine Zhou moved one hundred and eight coral beads with her left hand, and Concubine Han's hand was gently held in her right hand, comforting softly.

"Sister, sister, please do one thing!" Concubine Han grabbed Concubine Zhou's hand with her backhand, and begged, "Sister, can you let His Royal Highness King Han beg for Zhi'er, as long as you can agree, let I can do anything."

Concubine Zhou was slightly taken aback when she heard the words, thought for a while, and said hesitantly: "Sister, you know, I haven't seen Song'er for four years, it's already very rare for Song'er to send these congratulatory gifts, if I give him more If it’s troublesome, I’m afraid it’s…”

Everyone knows that today's Wansui doesn't want to see those who refused to show support for him, so he deliberately ignored them. I believe that these brothers who did not support him will all be dispatched to the remote areas of Daming to guard in the near future. , and then there is no communication between old age and death.

If Zhu Song went to intercede for Zhu Zhi at this time, wouldn't it be that he deliberately touched Zhu Di's brow, and if he was implicated because of it, wouldn't the gain outweigh the loss?

So Concubine Zhou could not agree to Concubine Han, nor did she dare to agree.

"It's my sister who is reckless." Concubine Han's face darkened, and she also knew that her request was too much.

King Han is not related to you, so why risk being scolded to intercede for your son?

Just when the two fell into silence with each other, suddenly a palace lady came in to report in a low voice.

"I want to report to your empress, Princess Han and the side concubine of Han Wang, come here to present your birthday gift!" (To be continued.)

Chapter 152 is here!

"Han Wangfei and Han Wang's side concubine?"

Hearing the report from the little maid, no matter whether it was Concubine Zhou or other people in the hall, they were all stunned after hearing this sentence.

When Zhu Song got married, Concubine Zhou didn't go to participate, or she wanted to, but Zhu Yunwen never gave him this opportunity at all.

She had never seen any of these two daughters-in-law.

In addition, Zhu Song had already sent someone to deliver the birthday gift today, which originally represented Han Wangfu. Why did these two daughters-in-law enter the palace alone to celebrate their birthday? Could it be that something happened?

Therefore, when Concubine Zhou heard that the two daughter-in-laws were coming, she was a little confused for a while, and even felt a little panic for no reason.

But doubts turned into doubts, fear turned into panic, Concubine Zhou immediately got up and went outside the palace gate, wanting to see what the two daughters-in-law looked like.

Outside the Suhua Hall, Xu Miaojin and Xu Wanjun were all dressed up in gorgeous brocade robes.

Behind the two sisters, there were seven or eight young eunuchs carrying three small boxes.

"Sister Miao Miao, do you think the concubine mother will like us? You won't throw us out of the palace?" Xu Wanjun looked at Xu Miaojin nervously and said.

It was the first time for the two daughters to hear that Zhu Song's concubine mother was still alive, and celebrating Concubine Zhou's birthday this time was indeed beyond their expectations.

In fact, Xu Miaojin was even more nervous than Xu Wanjun, but as a lady of the royal family and Xu Wanjun's cousin, she couldn't express that nervousness, but opened her red lips lightly, and said lightly: