Zhu Yuanzhang peeled an orange for his son, and Empress Ma shouted in fright: Your father is going to kill you and run
We all know that Zhu Yuanzhang is a notoriously suspicious and seriously ill emperor, who has been fierce since the beginning of the fight against the world, including his own brothers, and whoever he thinks will affect his imperial dominance will try his best to eradicate it, even if he is a relative and friend, even his own children are not easy to let go.
However, according to Zhu Yuanzhang, a suspicious person, even if he beat the world down, it would be difficult to hold on for a long time. Sooner or later, the loyal soldiers who had followed him would leave him because of his suspicions. And Zhu Yuanzhang was able to sit firmly on the throne, and to a large extent his Empress Ma had great credit.
She not only saved the able sage who followed Zhu Yuanzhang, but also to another extent, she also rescued Zhu Yuanzhang. Without her, Zhu Yuanzhang would have killed more people, and Zhu Yuanzhang's time on the throne would have been greatly shortened.
We all know that the ancient people believed that women were beautiful with small feet, and this deformed aesthetic did not begin to change until the Republic of China period. Empress Ma, as an ancient woman, is an exception, because her parents died at an early age and she was raised by her father's good friend Guo Zixing, so she was not required to wrap her feet since she was a child. Later, Guo Zixing joined the team that resisted the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, and slowly formed a team of his own to become the leader of the team.
Guo Zixing, as a member of the qi team, was also regarded by the yuan rulers as a thorn in the eye. In addition, he also had to organize and lead his own troops, and the rebel army was mostly from peasant origin, the quality was relatively poor, and the discipline of the army was not so easy to manage. Internal and external troubles once made Guo Zixing upset. At this time, his adopted daughter Ma Shi was by his side to comfort him, take care of him, and relieve his worries and difficulties. Over time, Guo Zixing also loved this adopted daughter very much.
The war became more and more fierce, at this time Guo Zixing's bodyguards came to report that a person had come to join the army and wanted to join his own ranks, Guo Zixing was vigilant in his heart, thinking that this must be the enemy's meticulous work. When he saw this man, he was first shocked by his ugly appearance. Guo Zixing tried several times, and finally found that this man had indeed come to join the army, and after that, he asked him to serve in the army. This person is Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang made three consecutive contributions in the days that followed, and had long-term ambitions. Guo Zixing became more and more interested in him, and entrusted all matters to him, and finally assigned his daughter Ma Shixu to him as a wife. Ma Shi did not dislike Zhu Yuanzhang and his appearance was not proud, and the two were very affectionate. After that, Zhu Yuanzhang's prestige in the army became higher and higher, even higher than Guo Zixing, and Guo Zixing began to become more and more jealous, and one day he could not resist finding a reason to beat Zhu Yuanzhang into heavenly prison.
Ma Shi saw her husband in prison, restless, and repeatedly went to ask Guo Zixing to let him go, but Guo Zixing was not moved. In the meantime, Ma Shi secretly went to the Heavenly Prison to visit Zhu Yuanzhang and add food and clothing for him. Zhu Yuanzhang was very touched that when he was lonely, Ma Shi still did not give up. Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang became emperor, he did not hesitate to make Ma Shi empress.
Empress Ma was also a gentle and generous empress, and her own child Zhu Biao was also modest and courteous, and Zhu Yuanzhang also liked Zhu Biao from the bottom of his heart, so he naturally made Zhu Biao the crown prince, personally cleared the way for Zhu Biao, and laid the foundation for Zhu Biao to ascend to the throne smoothly in the future. However, the good times did not last long, Zhu Biao's body became weaker and weaker, and finally failed to resist the entanglement of the disease, which made Zhu Yuanzhang a big blow, he put all his hopes into Zhu Biao, but he did not expect that the sky would not go according to people's wishes.
In desperation, Zhu Yuanzhang locked the candidate for the crown prince to Zhu Biao's child Zhu Yunjiao, and pinned his expectations on Zhu Biao to Zhu Yunjiao. At that time, the biggest obstacle was the fourth prince, Zhu Di, who had experienced hundreds of battles and was meticulous. Zhu Yuanzhang thought to himself, if Zhu Di had ill intentions, the consequences would be unimaginable. However, Zhu Di did not show any signs of vying for the throne on his face, and Zhu Yuanzhang was not good at attacking him, so he tried him to see what his mind was.
Once Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Di to come and talk about family customs, inadvertently, Zhu Yuanzhang then peeled an orange and handed it to him casually, Zhu Di did not think too much at that time, so he grabbed the orange casually and began to eat it, and did not notice zhu Yuanzhang's changing face. And Empress Ma's mind was delicate and keenly aware of this move.
He found an opportunity to tell Zhu Di: "Your father is going to kill you, hurry up and leave", Zhu Di was shocked, and only then did he react, peeling oranges for himself was a trick, but in fact he wanted to test his loyalty, so he hurriedly prostrated himself to thank Zhu Yuanzhang for his reward, and repeatedly expressed his loyalty to his subjects. Empress Ma also asked for a few words of affection for Zhu Di. Zhu Yuanzhang then let Zhu Di die and ordered Zhu Di to be made the King of Yan, without which he was not allowed to return to Beijing.
@Jasmine Observation :
In the face of ancient imperial power, there were many tragic situations of killing brothers and killing children and fathers. The change of Xuanwu Gate, the nine sons taking the concubine, the pile pieces which is not the end of the river of blood. Zhu Yuanzhang had to lose empress Ma, a virtuous helper, to maintain the relationship between relatives and friends in the future, if it were not for her, perhaps in the end he would end up with a tragic end of his wife and daughter.
