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Zhu Gaoxu got up early in the morning, took his personal guards and more than 300 soldiers in the defense center, each carrying 60 kilograms of weight, and ran two laps in the spacious three hall areas of the royal palace.

When he arrived at the study room east of Chengyun Hall, it was already dawn.

As the prince of the Ming Dynasty, he really had nothing to do, but Zhu Gaoxu maintained active fighting spirit every day after getting up!

Although the entire Yunnan Provincial Administration Commissioner's population was only more than 700,000, Zhu Gaoxu also believed that this was his new starting point; at least in terms of strength, he was only 3,000 or 4,000 people and was a hundred times stronger than when he was in the capital.

There were two invitations on the table in the study. One was given by Mu's mansion. The old lady of the Mu family, Geng, posted a banquet for Zhu Gaoxu. The other was given by Chen's mansion. Chen Xu wrote that the Liyuan had arranged a new play and sang the first play this afternoon, asking Zhu Gaoxu to watch the play.

She used the means to play with Zhu Gaoxu last time, and seemed to think he didn't know!

What made Zhu Gaoxu even more angry was that from the investigation report of the defence station, it was obvious that Mu Sheng had never been to the Liyuan again after he recovered from his illness, and it had been almost a month since he was in the liyuan. Chen Xu's trick seemed to have played some role.

However, Chen Xu's family is not useless. She at least knows Yunnan very well. Zhu Gaoxu knew about the approximate number of people living in Han people last time.

...The Yunnan governor should know a lot of things, but Zhu Gaoxu was very conscious and did not ask the officials in Yunnan. Because according to the rules, he, a prince, could not control the governor, the Dushi.

On the contrary, the Hou Musheng of Xiping was able to manage Yunnan's military and political affairs.

Since the time of Hongwu, the emperor has ordered that civil and military officials at all levels must first report to the Mu Mansion before they can be implemented! The three emperors of Hongwu, Jianwen and Yongle did not take back Cheng's destiny.

Mu Sheng is not only a marquis, but his actual power is equivalent to that of the governor of Yunnan, and he is superior to the three departments of the commander-in-chief, Yunnan Provincial Administration and Censor-in-Civilian Department, and controls the military, political and judicial powers.

So the prince Zhu Gaoxu only has a high status; he would not think that the fief of Yunnan Prefecture, and the entire Yunnan Province really belongs to him. In Yunnan, Zhu Gaoxu now has less power than Mu Sheng, and his soldiers are not as strong as Mu Sheng.

Fortunately, Mu Sheng expressed kindness since the first meeting. Otherwise, Zhu Gaoxu would have fought with Mu Sheng directly, so it would be hard to say who would take advantage of him... King Min was in Yunnan, from the Hongwu period to the early years of Yongle, and never saw Mu Sheng fall.

Zhu Gaoxu decided to accept Chen Xu's invitation and go to Liyuan to watch the show in the afternoon.

When dealing with a businessman widow, Zhu Gaoxu decided to act in a low-key manner and traveled lightly. However, this time he found the guard station Quan Gong team and deployed more than a dozen eyes and ears inside and outside the Liyuan.

Zhu Gaoxu got into an ordinary carriage, took a few followers, and then went out from the west gate of the palace.

When the carriage walks on the street, you will occasionally see some strangely dressed in chieftains, but most of them are still Han people. Yunnan has more populations than Han people, but most of them are still Han people in Yunnan Prefecture City.

...Liyuan has a new show today, and the actress is Li Louxian. Mu Zhen hasn't seen her cousin Geng Hao for a long time, so she asked the close servants of the Yi tribe around her to make an appointment with Geng Hao, just like she played in "The West Chamber".

The close servants of the Yi tribe had martial arts skills and could use swords and shoot arrows. Mu Zhen originally gave her the name "Yao'er", but when the people in the house called her "Amei" when they saw her, they thought that the Yi tribe would call Xiaoniang this way; so Yao'er's name inexplicably became Amei.

Amei told Mu Zhen that even their tribe members didn't call Xiaoniang that, but "Liza"; so Amei didn't like her name very much.

There is a small gate to the west of Mu Mansion, and it is a street to go out; but this street does not allow people outside the mansion to enter and exit. There are gates and soldiers guarding the street at the entrance, so Mu Zhen cannot go there and hang out.

On this street, all the slaves of the Mu Mansion lived. However, there was one of the Yi people, who were Amei's fellow villagers; and the Yi people loved drinking. Once Mu Zhen asked Amei to bring the wine to deliver it; and she promised that even if they were found out that they would not give up the Yi people, they would sneak out of the Mu Mansion from the yard.

Mu Zhen knew that even if her parents secretly went out, she would not do anything. She felt that as long as she was not discovered, she would go to see Geng Hao privately, everything would be fine.

Today, after Mu Zhen disguised herself, she took A Mei and sneaked out of Mu Mansion from the west. Yesterday, she gave a pot of good wine to A Mei's fellow villager, so it went very smoothly.

...Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the Liyuan and was led straight to the elegant seat upstairs. From here, he looked down at the lobby from a high place and could see clearly the scene in the theater lobby. Today, he was in a new show and the lobby was full again.

He sat down in his seat, and the two guards who were accompanying him stood behind him. After a while, Shen Xu came in person.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at the door and saw that Shen Xu was wearing a light-colored cotton skirt today, but there were still not many jewelry. The Ming Dynasty banned merchants from wearing silk, but few laws were truly implemented. Shen Xu went out to wear cotton. What is it because of that law?

"I have seen the young master." Shen Xu bent his knees gently, lowered his eyes, and made a happy life with a gentle and gentle attitude.

Zhu Gaoxu sat down and didn't move, just said, "Mrs. Meng is very welcoming, please."

Shen Xu walked to the chair opposite, reached out and gently flicked behind her skirt, and sat upright on the chair.

When the servant brought the teapot and the tea cup came up, Shen Xu picked up the purple clay pot and poured a cup of tea with his hands, handed it on his hands and said, "If there is something wrong, I hope the young master will not blame me."

Zhu Gaoxu took it but did not drink it. He suddenly smiled and said, "I heard that the Marquis of Xiping often came to the Liyuan. Why haven't I heard that he came again in the past month?"

Shen Xu's face did not change and said softly: "I heard that the Queen of Xiping was sick before, or had just recovered from a serious illness, so I didn't want to listen to the opera?"

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: Still pretending in front of me! This girl is very calm.

At this moment, a general wearing a green cloth suddenly walked to the door. Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and looked at him. The general bowed in and bowed his head to Zhu Gaoxu's ear.

Shen Xu, who was sitting opposite, still smiled slightly, picked up the small cup and took a sip, and turned to look at the stage as if nothing had happened.

The general covered his mouth with his palms and said in an extremely low voice in Zhu Gaoxu's ear: "The brothers from the Mu Mansion just reported to the Jinshou Branch. The Mu family's little lady was out, and it should be the little lady the prince had mentioned."

Zhu Gaoxu nodded, and the general then folded his fists and retreated.

Shen Xu turned his head and smiled and said, "I heard that the old lady of the Mu family will be hosting guests next month. The old lady loves to listen to operas."

"Oh..." Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

At this moment, he found that the Mu girl was looking at this place at the door of the lobby, as if she had seen Zhu Gaoxu.

Chen Xu also looked slightly and continued, "Mu's house has a family opera troupe, but the opera troupe in Liyuan can sing better than the family opera troupe."

Zhu Gaoxu saw the little lady of the Mu family walking upstairs and spoke to Chen Xu: "Madam is going to go to the banquet?"

Chen Xu covered his mouth and chuckled, "Thank you for your praise, but of course the Mu Mansion will not invite me. Although Shen Jiaxianweng has an old age with King Qianning, I have some personal relationships with the Queen of Xiping, but my identity is not a good place... But Li Louxian's group of actors can borrow it from Your Highness and send it to the Mu Mansion for a few days to sing. The old lady must like Your Highness's gift very much."

Zhu Gaoxu thought: I went to the banquet and I had to give some gifts, but the Mu family was not short of money. If I gave me some things that the old lady liked, it would be great.

He originally wanted to make indirect attacks today and tricked Chen Xu's wife, but suddenly he couldn't say anything. He immediately clasped his fists and said, "Since that's the case, thank you madam first."

"It's just a matter of raising your hands." Chen Xu said.

At this time, a woman walked to the door and said, "Young Master, there is a little girl who says she knows you, but I don't know..."

"She is right." Zhu Gaoxu said casually.

The woman took the tribute and retreated. After a while, the young lady of the Mu family dressed in a woman, a strangely dressed toast woman, and the handsome Geng Hao came to the door of the court.

"Brother, I'm fine, I'm really lucky." The little girl of the Mu family bowed and said, and Geng Hao also held the tribute.

Chen Xu stood up calmly, smiled and said with a light smile: "Young master's friend is here, I will leave for the time being."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed and replied with a greeting.

The little lady of the Mu family walked in and looked back at Chen Xu. Mu Xiaoniang probably didn't know Chen Xu. She smiled and said, "That woman is so beautiful. I've disturbed my good things. I'm sorry."

"Please sit down." Zhu Gaoxu greeted.

Mu Xiaoniang and Geng Hao sat opposite each other. The toast girl should be just a servant, standing behind the two. Geng Hao blushed and said, "What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet my brother again today..."

"I really don't mention the twenty-ton coins of money anymore. I've already thrown away the debt." Zhu Gaoxu was a little impatient and said it first.

Mu Xiaoniang said, "I don't want to mess with my good things, but I didn't catch up with the seat today, so there are too many people."

"It's easy to say," said Zhu Gaoxu.

At this time, the actor's tone came from below, and Zhu Gaoxu said, "I'm starting to sing."

Mu Xiaoniang and Geng Hao both turned sideways and looked at the stage.

Not long after, there was a noise in the lobby. A female actor had just appeared on stage and had not started singing yet, and there were sounds of "Okay! Good..." below.

The female actor had a heavy color on her face, and she couldn't see how she looked. Zhu Gaoxu didn't know what was good about it anyway. But she sang very quickly, and her voice was indeed straight and her movements were very charming.

Although Zhu Gaoxu didn't understand opera very much, after listening to it for a while, he got used to listening to the tune and thought it was quite nice. Moreover, the lyrics of opera were very slow and he could understand the plot. In the Ming Dynasty, listening to opera was indeed one of the only spiritual entertainments.

As soon as he heard the content of the play, suddenly, a "clang" sound of metal hitting something came!
Chapter completed!