After Huang Zongxi left, Zhu Youlang looked at the sky and was about to pay his respects to his mother. He hurriedly got up and went to Shouning Palace.

When he arrived outside Shouning Palace, Zhu Youlang heard bursts of hearty laughter from the palace from afar. When he heard it carefully, it was the Queen Mother's voice, mixed with the laughter of other women.

"I don't know which minister's wife is here? Wang Chang won't make you laugh." Zhu Youlang thought to himself.

"The emperor is here!" Zhao Lin shouted loudly when he saw the emperor arrive.

Zhu Youlang heard a ring of dingdong in the palace. When he entered the palace, he saw that the empress dowager was sitting in the main seat. The queen Wang Chang was holding her hand with her. There were people kneeling on the east and west sides. Except for the palace maids, there were indeed two women in costume kneeling on the ground in the west, with their heads low and they couldn't see clearly. They should have never seen them before.

"My son is pleased to my mother!" Zhu Youlang knelt on one knee and greeted Empress Dowager Ma.

"Get up quickly, my son has been tired for a whole day, why are you doing these vows for my mother?" The empress dowager was so happy that she smiled and hurriedly waved to let Zhu Youlang get up.

Zhu Youlang walked over and sat on Wang Chang's seat. Wang Chang took a step back with a smile. Seeing this, Li Hong hurriedly ordered the eunuch to bring a brocade pun and put it beside the emperor. Wang Chang sat down.

"You all should be flat." Seeing that his son sat down, the empress dowager also ordered everyone who was kneeling to calm down.

"Thank you Queen Mother!"

The palace maid and the two women also stood up, and the two women lowered their heads.

"Mother, why are you so happy?" Zhu Youlang grabbed his mother's hand and asked with a smile.

"Now, Marshal Li's wife and Mrs. Lao Xingpingbo came to the palace to talk to my mother to relieve her boredom. Mrs. Lao Xingpingbo told her a joke just now. It's very funny. I'll tell you, and you smiled too. After a day's busyness, I'll be relaxed."

"It's OK to listen to me, it must be OK."

"I said there was a very vain person who was passing by when he went out and he was avoiding the side. The person who was traveling with him asked him why he did this, and he said, 'That's my relative.' This happened many times, and every time he did this, and the people who were traveling with him felt annoyed. Later, suddenly, he met a beggar on the road, and the people who were traveling with him imitated his actions and hid next to him, saying, 'That beggar is my relative.' The person who was traveling with him asked, 'How come you have such a poor relative?' The person who was traveling with him said, 'Because you have recognized all good things.'"

"Hahaha..., it's so funny!" Zhu Youlang laughed out loud.

He smiled, the Empress Dowager, the Queen Mother, and the two women all laughed. The Empress Dowager laughed so hard that tears fell down. She said while laughing: "Oh, it's so ridiculous that I'm so funny, my stomach hurts."

"Tsk! Mom, is it so ridiculous?" Zhu Youlang thought to himself.

In fact, he didn't find it funny at all, just to make fun of me and to make me happy.

After laughing, Zhu Youlang turned his face to the two women: "Who is Mrs. Lao Xingpingbo?"

"I have met the emperor with my conscience."

Among the two women, the older one, with a headdress and a head lowered without saying a word. Although the young one was dressed very luxuriously, they did not wear court clothes.

Strangely, the young woman in plain clothes was standing on the head of an older woman in imperial costume.

According to Zhu Youlang's idea, the older one should be the Xing family, while the younger one is almost Li Chengdong's wife Qi family.

But when he asked, the young man walked forward and kowtowed to greet him.

Ah? This is Xing, who cuckolded Li Zicheng, who was so young? Looks like he is in his twenties and less than thirty years old. Is he the famous Mrs. Xing?

"Since he is Mrs. Pingbo of Lao Xing, why do you wear regular clothes?" Zhu Youlang asked.

"The title of my husband was granted by Emperor Hongguang, so I dare not show off." Xing replied.

Oh, so that's it.

Xingpingbo was the title of Gao Jie, and was granted by Emperor Zhu Yousong of the Southern Ming Dynasty. After Gao Jie's death, his son Gao Yuanjue attacked the title, so Xing called himself the wife of Lao Xingpingbo. However, later they surrendered to the Qing Dynasty, and the title was actually gone.

Now I would like to say that I was once a minister of the Ming Dynasty. Moreover, even if I did not surrender to the Qing Dynasty, it is still unknown whether the title of Emperor Yongli, which was granted by Hongguang, was recognized by Emperor Yongli. How dare the Xing family enter the palace in the costume of a wife?

So, is this young woman really Xing?

According to historical records, the Xing family had an affair with Gao Jie in the seventh year of Chongzhen and betrayed Li Zicheng and surrendered to the court. It has been twelve years since then. If she was less than thirty years old, she would be only fifteen or sixteen years old at that time, and less than eighteen years old?

There is this possibility.

Li Zicheng was not the King of Rebellion at that time, but he was the second-ranked figure in the peasant army after Gao Yingxiang. She dared to have an affair with Gao Jie and led her army to surrender to the court. Excluding other reasons, young people should be an important reason.

She is young and brave, and has a passion for love with Gao Jie. What can't be done? If she is older and has more worries, she may not dare to have an affair with Gao Jie, nor may she betray her husband.

Some people in later generations have described her many words, saying that she is beautiful and has a lot of tricks. They also say that the reason why she betrayed Li Zicheng was because Li Zicheng had no time to pay attention to her because of busy military affairs, and she could not bear the loneliness. Gao Jie was a thief, so the two of them became traitors.

Anyway, there is nothing good to say.

Of course, Zhu Youlang was also very curious, and really wanted to ask what was going on at that time.

Li Chengdong was originally a general of Gao Jie. After the fall of the Hongguang regime, he took Xing and her son Gao Yuanjue to the Qing Dynasty. Zhu Youlang sent someone to Songjiang to pick up Li Chengdong's family. Unexpectedly, this person also came with him. It seems that she must have lived with Li Chengdong's family.

Speaking of this, Li Chengdong is also a fan of this Mrs. Xing.

Zhu Youlang looked at Xing, who was kneeling on the ground, with a continuous thought and no words for a moment.

For some reason, the emperor stared at Xing and didn't say anything, and no one dared to say anything. He was thinking about it. Of course, he had more dirty thoughts.

However, as soon as Zhu Youlang spoke, his mind immediately stopped.

"Well, don't use Xingping Bo's title. People should know how to advance and retreat. Marshal Li is my confidant general. You should respect Mrs. Li, how can you transgress?" Zhu Youlang thought of the history of Xing's family and scolded coldly.

"Yes, I know I'm wrong." Xing kowtowed and answered quickly.

"I am a concubine" changed to "I am a concubine", but the voice was not at all flustered, as if the result was as expected.

"I have something to report, please allow the emperor." Li Chengdong's wife Qi lowered her head and walked forward and said.

"speak."

"My husband has always respected Lao Xingpingbo... No, General Gao also respects his wife, so I dare not stay in front of her. It's all my fault, so I don't blame her." Qi replied in a low voice.

So that's the case.
Chapter completed!