If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 9 Destiny has changed
Just when Zhu Di reached out to Zhu Guo, in the Jiming Temple outside Nanjing City, Prime Minister Yao Guangxiao in black, who was playing chess with the emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Zhanji, was holding a chess piece and was about to place it, but his expression suddenly changed and he dropped it. The chess piece ran outside without wearing any shoes, looking at the sky with an extremely surprised expression.

Seeing this, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly chased him out and asked Yao Guangxiao: "Old monk, what are you doing? What happened?"

"The sky has changed!" Yao Guangxiao still looked up at the sky at this time, put on a shocked expression, and murmured to himself: "Who is it? Who can change the destiny of the Ming Dynasty? Why did the destiny of the Ming Dynasty change? "

Zhu Zhanji on the side looked at Yao Guangxiao's nagging expression and asked with concern: "Master, what's wrong with you, old man? What happened? What is the destiny you are talking about? What has changed?"

In the fifth year of Yongle, Yao Guangxiao was ordered to teach the emperor's grandson Zhu Zhanji, and the two formed a master-disciple relationship. Zhu Zhanji also respected this teacher very much, so when he saw him talking like he had lost his soul, He suddenly looked concerned.

However, Yao Guangxiao just shook his head and did not explain to Zhu Zhanji. He just said to him: "His Royal Highness Changsun, please go back today. The old monk suddenly has something important to do, so he will not play chess with His Highness Changsun."

After saying that, Yao Guangxiao didn't wait for Zhu Zhanji to say anything else, and went directly into the house and closed the door of the monk's room.

Zhu Zhanji was a little overwhelmed by Yao Guangxiao's move. At a loss, he had no choice but to say goodbye and left Jiming Temple.

Riding his horse and walking towards the city, Zhu Zhan basically wanted to find somewhere else to play, but he woke up when he thought about his younger brother. After thinking about it for a while, he decided to go home to see his younger brother.

Zhu Zhanji, who was just riding back to the city, encountered the army abandoned by the emperor on the way. Because of the slow movement of the army, they were able to return to Nanjing today.

Knowing that the emperor had returned early yesterday, Zhu Zhanji did not stop. He entered the city before the army entered the city and rode back to the East Palace on horseback without stopping to watch the excitement.

For Zhu Zhanji, who had been taken by Zhu Di since he was a child, he had seen the army entering the city more than once. Without the emperor, there was nothing interesting to see.

Returning to the East Palace, Zhu Zhanji dismounted and walked into the courtyard. He saw a large group of palace ladies standing in the courtyard, and his mother was talking to a female palace official.

"Mom, what are you talking about? Why are there so many maids in the house? Couldn't they be for my father?" Zhu Zhanji came to the side of Crown Princess Zhang, with curiosity on his face, but he also didn't forget to tease her. My own father.

Although the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi was well known to everyone in the court for his easy-going, elegant and cautious personality, and he was always very kind to the Crown Princess Zhang, he was not a dedicated person inherited from the old Zhu family.

According to the records of Ming history, Ming Ren Zongguang had ten sons and seven daughters. In the fourth year of Yongle, three sons, Zhu Zhanyin, Zhu Zhanyi and Zhu Zhanyu, were born. Among them, only Zhu Zhanyi was born. It is from the Crown Princess Zhang. From this, we can easily understand what the Crown Prince's preferences are.

It can almost be said that he is in the same line as Zhu Yuanzhang, the Hongwu Emperor at that time, except that Zhu Gaochi did not have the domineering character of Zhu Yuanzhang.

"What are you talking about! Now that the brat's wings have become stiff, he dares to make fun of his father?" Crown Princess Zhang glanced at Zhu Zhanji and said angrily: "Your grandfather gave this to Zhanju before he woke up. , there is no one to serve in this room, so your grandfather rewarded him with ten maids in the morning, Hu Shangyi sent someone to pick them!"

Hearing this, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but show envy in his eyes. He couldn't help but said jealously: "Grandpa, isn't this too good for Zhanjuan? Who else can I choose?" Usually, when the emperor rewards the maids, he arranges them directly. When you come to the door, there is no room for choice. After all, this is a reward from the emperor, so there is no room for pickiness.

That is to say, the royal family can say that the one used is not suitable and send it back for a replacement.

But even so, there is no saying that the palace can arrange a group of people to choose at will.

Obviously, this is a treatment that only those with extremely powerful holy relatives can enjoy, and such people are usually either very liked by the emperor or feared by the emperor.

And Zhu Zhancheng undoubtedly belongs to the former.

"Where's Zhanjun? Why didn't he see anyone else when choosing a palace maid for him?" Zhu Zhanji asked curiously. He had a very good relationship with this younger brother when he was a child. After that, although Zhu Zhanqun slept for eight years, he didn't lose sight of his brother. camaraderie.

It's just that after eight years, Zhu Zhanji has grown up, and he still doesn't know how to deal with his younger brother who has slept with him for eight years.

However, the brotherhood is still there. In Zhu Zhanji's opinion, as long as his brother gets better and takes him out to play a few times, the relationship between the two brothers will return to what it was before.

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji's eyes began to wander around again, as if he was looking for his younger brother.

"I sent someone to call him, but he didn't know what was going on. He just got up this morning and had a boxing session. He locked himself in his room all morning and ate food for three or four people at noon. He said it was You need to take supplements!" Crown Princess Zhang was like a worried old mother at this moment, scolding her eldest son: "Zhanji, you also followed your grandfather to the battlefield. Tell me, even if you are a big-bellied man in the army, How about a meal that requires a pig, a sheep, and food for three people?"

Hearing what Princess Zhang said, Zhu Zhanji was also startled and said in surprise: "The most edible strong man in the army can't eat so much food, that is, the famous ancient general Hu Chie Lai and other heroes Maybe I can eat so much in one meal, isn’t my second brother sleeping for eight years, something wrong with his sleep?”

Although there are ancient legends about fierce generals who can eat eight bowls of rice, one sheep, and dozens of steamed buns in one meal, these are mostly just rumors. Every soldier in the army has a quota of food, even if he can eat it. The most powerful generals eat a little more than others, and most military rations contain no meat.

Unless you fight with the barbarians on the grassland and plunder the other party's cattle and sheep, or the generals and the like go out hunting and gain something, you can have some meat.

This is why in ancient times, generals distributed meat to their soldiers, and a person could drink some broth or something at most, and this was why the soldiers could support him and return home.

"Really, didn't you just eat a little too much in one meal? I paid for it myself. Why did I hear you and my mother arranging me when I came here!" Zhu Zhanji and Princess Zhang were talking. Zhan Yun had already walked over.

While he was complaining, Zhu Zhanchun's eyes also casually glanced at the palace maids standing in the courtyard. Most of them were ordinary, but one of them made Zhu Zhanchun's eyes linger for a moment.

(End of this chapter)