Empress Ma is Going to Qiongzhou!
Following Empress Ma's instructions, Zhu Yuanzhang used his chopsticks to pick up a mouthful of food from the two bowls of meat and vegetables and put them into his mouth.
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang chewed carefully.
His eyes suddenly lit up as he looked at Ma Xiuying and said,""Why do the dishes today taste so good?”
"Sister, did you add something else?”
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's curious look, Ma Xiuying smiled and nodded.""That's right! What do you think this is?"
As she spoke, Empress Ma took out a bag of kraft paper from the drawer of the eight square table.
Then, he placed it on the table and carefully unfolded it.
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened as he looked at the unfolded kraft paper.
On it were small, translucent crystals that looked delicate and shiny. They did not look like ordinary objects at all.
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already lying on the Eight Immortals Table, leaned closer and looked at it carefully.
After a long time, he slowly opened his mouth and said,"Sister, I thought you didn't like these jewelry? Where did you get these little things?”
Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Empress Ma was stunned for a moment before she smiled and said,""Jewelry?"
"Hahaha!"
"Chongba, you're really muddle-headed. How come you don't even recognize salt?”
As she spoke, Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang's silly appearance and smiled.
"Salt?"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was carefully staring at the kraft paper, was also stunned when he heard this. He said in disbelief,"How can this be salt?"
"Sister, you can't fool me. Although my family was poor when I was young and couldn't afford salt, I've seen it several times in the landlord's house!”
Looking at the shocked Zhu Yuanzhang, Ma Xiuying was not in a hurry to explain. She just pointed at the fine and sparkling small particles in the kraft paper and said,"Try it with your fingers!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his right hand and used his index finger and thumb to stick some fine particles together.
Under Empress Ma's eager gaze, he put it into his mouth.
It was just that instant!
Zhu Yuanzhang almost jumped up and down, his expression somewhat excited as he said,"Hey, my goodness, this is really salt!”
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to dip some salt into his mouth.
"That's strange. Why doesn't this salt taste bitter?”
"And this texture is so smooth!"
As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, he gestured with his hands and feet." The moment I put it in my mouth, this little thing melted instantly!”
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's expression, Empress Ma, who was sitting next to him, smiled happily.
"Sister, where did you get these good things?”
"I'm afraid you won't be able to see this thing on the market, right?”
"I was wondering why the soup dishes today were so fresh. It turned out that it was added!”
Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a smile and carefully took out a letter from her bosom.
He handed it to Zhu Yuanzhang and said,"This is a letter from Bai 'er, take a look!”
As she spoke, the smile on Empress Ma's face became even more brilliant. She praised,"Our Bai 'er is promising!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang hurriedly took the letter.
Compared to Xie Jin's letter, Zhu Yuanzhang clearly cherished the letter sent by Zhu Bai.
Even though he wanted to see the contents of the letter immediately, he still patiently took it out carefully.
Empress Ma, who was sitting at the side, had tears at the corner of her eyes. As she wiped them away, she complained,"This child didn't say a word and went to such a bitter place far away.”
"You've been gone for such a long time and didn't even know to send a letter to Mother.”
" I've been looking forward to the stars and the moon, and I've finally received a letter from Bai 'er. However, this doll only wrote two pages. I don't think it's enough…"
Zhu Yuanzhang, who was holding Zhu Bai's letter in his hand, looked at it. His firm eyes were already starting to swell.
"This child…"
Zhu Yuanzhang opened his mouth, but no words came out.
Empress Ma continued," The child is filial and is doing well in Qiongzhou. He said that the salt was refined from the water in the sea."”
"Say, why didn't we realize that Bai 'er had this ability?”
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, his voice a little hoarse." This child is promising. He is indeed our son!”
Empress Ma wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile,""The messenger also sent a message saying that the journey was urgent, so Bai 'er only asked the messenger to bring five taels of refined salt. Other than that, there are still several hundred catties of this salt on the way.”
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he nodded and turned back to read the letter from beginning to end.
Taking advantage of this time, Empress Ma continued,""The child also told me to send 50 catties of salt to Fourth Brother when the salt arrives.”
"These two brothers have been good friends since they were young. Bai 'er, this child, remembers love!”
After reading the letter again, Zhu Yuanzhang was a little unhappy. He pointed at the letter and asked Ma Xiuying,"Sister, why do you think Old Twelve sent you a letter and not us?”
Ma Xiuying lowered her head and carefully folded the kraft paper on the table again. She said casually,"One is his father and the other is his mother. Is there a difference between sending it to you and me?”
Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang said seriously,"How can this be the same?"
"He even sent you a letter. He's obviously not close to his father!”
Zhu Yuanzhang began to complain," I've been very loyal to the Twelfth Brother!”
"Let's not talk about anything else. Just this time, he sneaked south. How much money did we raise for him?”
"Even the treasury that we have painstakingly saved for decades has been emptied by this kid. Have we ever complained about this?”
"This kid…"
Zhu Yuanzhang was still complaining when Empress Ma smiled and comforted him,"Alright, alright. I know that you love your son as a father.”
"How about this, I'll tell him to send it to your father next time, not to your mother, in case your father gets jealous.”
Hearing Empress Ma's words, Zhu Yuanzhang twisted his body and said seriously,""That's more like it!"
"Right!"
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have thought of something and continued,"When you reply to Twelfth Brother, tell him to hurry up and get married.”
"Making Miao Jin run around with him every day without any status, this is too outrageous!”
As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang started to get angry again."Just today, someone in the imperial court is using this to stab us!”
"Tell him not to care about his parents. Since he's far away, we won't care about these things. Take advantage of that old fellow Xu Da's presence and quickly get things done.”
Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang speak like this, Empress Ma was a little unhappy." Chongba, what are you saying?”
"If neither father nor mother is here, how can that be?”
"Hmm?"
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and asked in confusion,"Do you think we can go?"”
Empress Ma replied,"You can't bear to part with the position of Emperor, so you can't go." But I went! When Bai 'er gets married, as his mother, I will naturally go to Qiongzhou to be his witness!”
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