At dusk, the sound of the drum at Youshi on Xuanwu Gate had just passed.

Zhu Gaoxu and eunuch Wang Gui came to the south of the Imperial Garden, outside the yard where Ma Enhui lived, Wang Gui was carrying a cloth bag on his back.

"I'm paying homage to the Lord!" When Ma Enhui came to the yard, she looked expressionless, but her face was faintly filled with a hint of restraint surprise. Zhu Gaoxu glanced at her and took the initiative to say, "Let's go to the living room to say a few words, I have something to discuss with my cousin's wife."

"Please, Master." Ma Enhui leaned forward and made a gesture.

Zhu Gaoxu waited for her to stand up straight, and his eyes couldn't help but sweep across her chest. Ma Enhui also noticed it and subconsciously gently pulled half of her arm around her.

He immediately closed his eyes. Last time, he mistakenly thought that Ma Enhui suggested that he took the first step, but was rejected. At this time, he no longer easily abruptly. Although Zhu Gaoxu had some inexplicable thoughts, he did not want to take advantage of others' dangers to force others.

The two of them sat up and down, and Wang Gui waited outside. The door to the living room was open, and the sun had not yet completely set, and the light inside and outside was very bright.

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at Ma Enhui and said, "I had decided to leave Beijing in late June and lead a large army to fight north. Now it is May. But something has happened recently, and it is as chaotic as a fishing net. Therefore, during my departure from Beijing, I wanted my cousin to live in another place to avoid recurrence."

Ma Enhui asked unexpectedly: "Where to live?"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I have already arranged it and it is in the capital city."

Ma Enhui asked again in a low voice: "There is a big deal in Zhongdu. Is the emperor still going to fight north at this time?"

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment, perhaps feeling that Ma Enhui was getting closer again, and he couldn't help but say, "I have actually shaken more than once! There are really some hidden dangers and risks in this, which is difficult to predict exactly..."

Ma Enhui might have discovered Zhu Gaoxu's hesitation in an instant, and her tone became a little gentle: "It's normal for human feelings, the emperor doesn't have to be too arrogant."

Zhu Gaoxu slowly exhaled and said, "But this big thing has been prepared for a long time. It is not a trivial matter to mobilize an army of 200,000 to 300,000 troops. Now that everything is ready, if you suddenly give up, will some people feel that I have a time when I can do it on the outside but the inside, and that I can be bullied by the weak?"

He pondered for a moment and continued: "After I repeated weighing, I felt that the risks were still within the controllable range; if the Northern Expedition achieved great results, it would be able to deter the internal and external forces of the north again, and would have a significant positive effect on stabilizing the overall situation! So I still decided to follow the original strategy."

Ma Enhui said with slightest voice: "The emperor is not a perfect person, nor is he never waver, but he is very brave at critical moments... I have made a mistake."

Zhu Gaoxu calmed down from the slight fluctuation of his emotions just now and said calmly: "I can still successfully weaken the vassal kings and will not cause chaos in the world like some people."

Ma Enhui obviously understood his teasing and looked at him helplessly.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "My cousin went to clean up. How about we leave the palace before dark? Something big happened in the middle of the city. It is also beneficial for you to leave the palace for a while this time and leave everyone's sight."

Ma Enhui said: "The Lord personally gave me?"

Zhu Gaoxu nodded: "I handed you over to someone with my own hands. You suddenly went to a strange place and you could worry less."

"Sage

I think carefully, I will thank you for your kindness." Ma Enhui stood up and bowed gently.

...Ma Enhui turned around and walked out of the living room and took care of her carry. As soon as she went out, she sighed secretly and said to herself: Gao Xu just said, "I'm afraid that others can think he is weak and can be bullied." In fact, I am weak."

After she made up her mind to hang herself last time, Gao Xu had not advised her not to seek short-sightedness, so she no longer had the courage to continue looking for death! Although she silently made many excuses for herself, she still knew in her heart that there was no reason, she just wanted to survive.

He dared not die, and was entangled even if he could not hate him, and felt guilty and powerless. Ma Enhui was very upset at this time.

She went to the bedroom to pack up some daily necessities and change clothes. She was slow and absent-minded, but she didn't take too much.

It is easy to sort out the things that cost, but the things in my mind are really hard to sort out.

She carried a cloth bag and walked back to the living room. She found that Zhu Gaoxu had also changed his clothes, wearing a brown cotton robe, and a square scarf on his head. The eunuch Wang Gui outside should be the clothes that Zhu Gaoxu wore.

The three of them walked out of the yard, walked west across the bridge on the Jinshui River, and then walked north from the west of the Imperial Garden; then crossed the bridge on the Jinshui River and walked east. They got on a carriage, and Wang Gui drove the carriage to Xuanwu Gate.

The eunuchs guarding the gate were responsible for checking out the person. However, Wang Gui handed over a piece of paper with Zhu Gaoxu's handwritten order: Wang Gui, the secretary of the Sili, left the palace at the You hour, and was not inspected. There were dates and stamped seals behind.

The carriage then went straight out of Xuanwu Gate and went to Bei'an Gate. The military generals on duty from Yulin Left Guard and Yulin Right Guard checked together. They saw the imperial edict and checked Wang Gui's seal of the eunuch of the Sili Prison, and then released them out of Bei'an Gate in the imperial city.

The lights faintly penetrated outside the car curtain attracted Ma Enhui. She finally couldn't help but lift a corner of the car curtain and looked at the gorgeous night view of the capital curiously.

It’s strange that she spent most of her first half of her life in the capital, but she was very unfamiliar with the scene outside the palace! But she saw the pavilions and towers on the Pearl River bank in the distance, with beautiful outlines under the lights; the lights on Fugui Mountain and Zhouzhou Mountain seemed to float in the air, like stars in the sky.

After leaving Bei'anmen, heading to Taiping Street to the northwest, and then heading northeast, we soon arrived at Taiping Gate. Wang Gui, with the seal of the Silijian and the imperial edict, asked the guard to open the city gate and leave the city gate.

The carriage continued to walk for a while, and then stopped outside a mansion by Xuanwu Lake. Wang Gui walked out of the carriage and went up to speak a few times. Then the door of the mansion opened and the vehicle drove straight into the mansion.

After a while, Ma Enhui and Zhu Gaoxu got off the carriage from behind, and saw no one around. However, there were lanterns hanging between the corridors, but they were also quiet and beautiful.

A moment later, someone came to a corridor. She was a very young-looking beauty. Because her dress was too delicate, she could not tell her specific age. Her eyes were a bit like the inner eyes with single eyelids, round and a calm smile. Her skin looked very white against the backdrop of the light and dark clothes.

The beautiful woman stepped forward and bent her knees and said, "I have met the emperor." She then smiled and nodded slightly to Ma Enhui.

"Forgive." Zhu Gaoxu said, "You have to take care of Mrs. Wang more."

Ma Enhui could understand that "Madam Wang" refers to herself, and it was probably a surname that Zhu Gaoxu said casually. Ma Enhui and Ma Enhui greeted each other again.

The group of four walked from the corridor and walked to the northwest. Then they entered a moon cave gate with wooden doors, and the scene in front of them suddenly opened up!

This place is outside the wall, behind it is the wall, and in front it is facing the wide Xuanwu Lake, without any obstacles!

However, when they walked to the railings outside a row of houses, they saw clearly: Although there were a small part of the place that had no walls, it was harder to enter and exit than walls... Near Xuanwu Lake, there was a high stone foundation built dike; the stone dike was straight like a cliff, and it was almost impossible to climb up from the lake.

"This place is so clever." Ma Enhui couldn't help but praise.

Mrs. Chen smiled and said, "There is someone around me who says it is heavy in moisture, but it is difficult to have perfect things in the world."

Ma Enhui responded politely: "Mrs. Chen's words are reasonable."

Mrs. Chen is a very intelligent person. She didn't ask any more questions and said nothing but it made people feel interesting. Ma Enhui realized that this woman was definitely not an ordinary person.

"Madam Wang is inside and outside to see if it's up to you. I'll bring some wine and food for everyone. I'll arrive at the japanese at this time, and I shouldn't have had dinner?" said Mrs. Chen.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded.

Ma Enhui hurriedly said, "Mrs. Chen is working hard personally, thank you."

Mrs. Chen said with a smile: "The Lord is here tonight, so I will not let my servants serve you for the time being. I will choose two more stern servants to come tomorrow." She bent her knees to Zhu Gaoxu, "I will leave first."

When Mrs. Chen left, Ma Enhui said to Zhu Gaoxu: "This lady, be really thoughtful."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I have known Chen Xu family in Yunnan. She has also invested in helping me with the 'State of Crime'. Don't worry about her reliability. Have you ever heard of her?"

Ma Enhui shook her head gently and blurted out casually: "The Lord is in every place, are you afraid there will be a confidante?"

Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be difficult to answer.

After dinner, the three of them were all preparing to rest in this place for a night. Zhu Gaoxu explained that as soon as the city gate opened early, they would return to the palace; now the capital city gate, the imperial city gate, and the palace gate have been closed, so it would be really troublesome to enter the gates.

Ma Enhui asked, "Will the emperor not be in the palace attract attention?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head and said, "I have made arrangements in advance and greeted eunuchs Cao Fu and Concubine Shu (Du Qianrui). There is only one night and nothing will happen."

After hearing this, Ma Enhui breathed a sigh of relief and nodded.

There is a railing on the stone embankment, and behind the railing is a semi-open courtyard; the courtyard is airtight on three sides, but the roof supported by pillars can hide the rain. Behind is a row of houses with several rooms. After dinner, after a while, Ma Enhui said goodbye and wanted to go to the room she prepared, packed her things and prepare to go to bed.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I will go out before dawn tomorrow, so I don't have to send my cousin's wife. There will be a date later."

"When will we meet again?" Ma Enhui couldn't help asking.

Zhu Gaoxu pondered for a moment and said, "This year is not necessarily the case. I led my army to the north, and it is at least winter when I return."

Ma Enhui murmured: "The weather is quite hot now. When the emperor arrives in the north, I am afraid it will be cold."

Suddenly a trace of sadness filled the hazy lights. Parting was probably like this.

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