Ming Dynasty: A hundred-year-old immortal cultivator, Zhu Yuanzhang’s biological father

"That is!"

“We can’t just stand still, can we?”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That makes sense!"

"OK then!"

"Just listen to you!"

"But let me be frank. If he is not suitable, we will replace him immediately."

"no problem!"

Zhu Xiongying patted his chest and said!
"All right!"

"get out!"

"Got it!"

Zhu Xiongying left happily.

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As soon as Zhu Xiongying came out of the imperial study, he saw Li Jinglong who had been waiting for a long time.

"Your Highness, Qinhuai River tonight?"

Li Jinglong smiled.

"hey-hey……"

"Cousin, are you feeling depressed?"

Li Jinglong scratched his head in embarrassment.

"The main thing is that I promised the brothers to invite them to watch a play at Qinhuai River."

"What?"

"Which battalion of brothers did you bring back?"

Li Jinglong nodded.

"Cousin, do you think the pleasure boats on the Qinhuai River can accommodate a battalion of brothers?"

"what is it now?"

"I've already promised them!"

"When we attacked Goguryeo, there was a pass that was easy to defend but difficult to attack. They only took it because I promised them that I would take them to Qinhuai River to listen to music."

"If I break my promise, they will tear me apart, right?"

Li Jinglong looked embarrassed.

"Cousin, let's not talk about whether the pleasure boat can fit so many people. If you invite them, even if you empty your Caoguo Mansion, the money will not be enough!"

"I know this, but there's nothing I can do. I was so angry at the time that I didn't think too much about it."

"I regretted it afterwards, but the words had already been spoken, and I would have to break them now."

"I won't be able to lead troops anymore!"

"Your Highness, you have to help me!"

Li Jinglong grabbed Zhu Xiongying's hand, his face looking somewhat anxious.

"That's all!"

"Since you are trying to boost morale, I will take care of this for you."

"Don't fucking brag anymore."

"Yes Yes Yes!"

Hearing this, Li Jinglong immediately put on a smile.

"Your Highness, what should we do?"

"There's no room for so many people in the pleasure boat!"

"Why don't we take the singer to the military camp?"

Zhu Xiongying shook his head: "There have been no women in military camps since ancient times, and there can be no women in the Ming military camps."

"If you bring the singer to the military camp, Grandpa Huang will immediately let you go home and take care of the child."

Hearing this, Li Jinglong looked embarrassed.

"What should we do?"

"Since we can't go to the pleasure boat or the military camp, then we won't go to either place."

“Find an open space, set up a platform, and watch it like this.”

"That's all it can do!"

"You go explain to the brothers and find a place. I'll invite the singer."

"it is good!"

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Qinhuai River painted boat!
Zhu Xiongying brought Yuan Tiangang to the painting boat.

"Oh! Sir, I can tell from the looks of it that you are not a simple person."

"I wonder if there's any girl you know?"

When the madam saw Zhu Xiongying come in, she hurried over to greet him.

"Madam, there is a big deal. Do you want to do it?"

Hearing this, the madam looked at Zhu Xiongying with some confusion.

"Sir, what's your business?"

"I'll book your pleasure boat. Come with me to a place. You decide the conditions."

Hearing this, the madam became even more confused!
"Master! What on earth is going on?"

"To be honest, I want to invite the brothers in our camp to listen to the music. You are the best on the Qinhuai River."

“So I’ll take it!”

"how?"

Hearing this, the madam was stunned for a moment.

"Master! Are you talking about the military camp?"

"A soldier?"

"Exactly!"

Zhu Xiongying nodded!

"I am truly sorry, sir. Although I am very excited about this business, my girls are all very delicate."

"Those soldiers are very rude. Even if I agree, my girls won't agree!"

"I'm so sorry!"

"How about this, I'll find a girl to play a few songs for me!"

Zhu Xiongying waved his hand!

"Madam, how much is the daily profit of your pleasure boat?"

"Uh……"

"I'll pay three times!"

As soon as the madam opened her mouth, Zhu Xiongying interrupted her directly, saying that these people were greedy for money.

Zhu Xiongying believes that as long as the money is in place, nothing else will be a problem.

"Sir, it's not that I don't want to do it, but our girl doesn't want to do it!"

"I'll offer five times the price!"

"Sir! This is not about money. Our girl really doesn't want to do it."

"There have been incidents of soldiers causing trouble before, and the girls are scared."

The madam looked embarrassed.

"Madam, why are you running a pleasure boat when you can't control the girls under your command?"

"Sir, although we are open for business, there is no reason to turn away business."

"But we really don't want to sing for those stinky bastards!"

"Yes, those soldiers are dirty and smelly."

"They make me want to vomit when I get close to them. They are so rude. Who would be willing to sing for them?"

At this time, several women came over and echoed.

"Sir, you saw it too!"

"It's not that I don't want to!"

The madam looked helpless!
"Stinking knight?"

"Hehehe..."

"Good good!"

"Yuan Tiangang!"

Zhu Xiongying turned his head and glanced at Yuan Tiangang, who immediately understood what he meant.

"Yes!"

He turned and walked out, and soon a large number of bad guys rushed in.

Caused quite a stir!
"No... bad people?"

"You are... His Royal Highness the Crown Prince?"

The madam looked at Zhu Xiongying in horror.

"I wanted to have a good talk with you, but you touched my bottom line."

"They fought bravely on the battlefield, but instead of being grateful to them, you looked down on them and called them stinking soldiers."

"Damn it!"

Zhu Xiongying's face was gloomy. As soon as he finished speaking, all the bad guys drew out their ring-handled swords.

Everyone present was frightened!
"Your Highness, spare my life!"

"Yes!"

"Your Highness..."

The guests looked at Zhu Xiongying in horror.

"This matter has nothing to do with you, get out of here!"

Hearing this, the guests ran out as if they had been pardoned.

The rest are all people from the painting boat!

"Your Majesty... Your Highness..."

"Spare my life!"

"We don't dare anymore!"

The madam knelt down quickly, and the girls followed suit.

She thought that the young man in front of her was just a small general, and with her backing, she was naturally not afraid.

After all, to be able to sail such a large pleasure boat on the Qinhuai River, one must have some background.

But she didn't expect that Zhu Xiongying's background was even more terrifying!
Panic!

Now I'm really panicking!

"I give you two choices. Either you go and sing for my brothers, or I sink you all into the Qinhuai River to feed the fish."

"You choose!"

"Go! Go! Go……"

"Let's go!"

"Your Highness, let's go!"

The madam nodded repeatedly, life is still more important!

Ugh!
Sometimes people are just mean and won't realize they are wrong until others teach them a lesson.

"Your Highness!"

"Li Jinglong sent someone to say that the venue is ready!"

"it is good!"

“Bring it over!”

"Yes!"

At Zhu Xiongying's command, everyone was taken away by the bad guys.

………………………………On an open space outside Yingtian City!

Li Jinglong had already had the stage set up, and the soldiers had been waiting on small stools for a long time.

"Your Highness!"

Zhu Xiongying looked at the scene in front of him and couldn't help but joked: "Cousin, you are quite fast!"

"Hey! These bastards were so excited when they heard that the girls from Qinhuai River were coming to sing for them."

“Everyone rushed to build the stage, and it was completed in no time!”

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying smiled helplessly.

"Let's go!"

"Your Highness, please!"

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Zhu Xiongying walked slowly onto the stage!
"It's His Royal Highness Taisun!"

"That's His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Everyone stood up and saluted!

"See Your Highness!"

"No gift!"

"Everyone get up!"

"Brothers, you are all heroes who followed me all the way from Goguryeo to Japan."

"There's not so much etiquette today, just brothers."

"Let go!"

"But I want to emphasize a few points. If you want to listen to a song, you should listen to it carefully. Don't force a girl to do something she doesn't want to do."

"We are heroes, not bandits or hooligans, understand?"

"understand!"

All the soldiers responded in unison.

"Of course! If you like someone, come to me and I'll help you find a match. Don't ask for the other person's consent first."

"Understand?"

"understand!"

"it is good!"

"Listen to the music! Watch the show!"

Hearing this, all the soldiers cheered loudly.

Zhu Xiongying stepped back, and the girl from the pleasure boat came up, and tonight's party officially began.

The girl's beautiful singing voice and graceful figure made the rough men below so fascinated that they drooled.

Everyone cheered loudly below!
"Cousin, you owe me a favor!"

"Don't worry, Your Highness. I will remember this. If Your Highness needs me in the future, I will do my utmost to serve you."

Li Jinglong bowed!

“There’s no need to do this!”

"We are all brothers, listen to the music!"

Li Jinglong nodded!

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In the imperial study room!

Mao Xiang slowly walked into the imperial study!
"What's the matter, Erhu?"

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince..."

"What has he done again?"

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned!
"Your Highness, he forcibly took away the girls on the Qinhuai River pleasure boat and went to sing and dance for the soldiers of the first battalion!"

“The scene was very lively!”

"what?"

"Bring his woman into the barracks?"

"No! He asked Li Jinglong to find an empty space outside the city and set up a stage to perform the play."

"Little bastard, is he going crazy?"

"Your Majesty, do you want to stop him?"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said: "The soldiers are in high spirits now. If we stop them, it will probably leave a bad impression on them."

"Besides, it's already started now, it's too late to stop it."

"Let's talk about it after it's over!"

"Keep an eye on him!"

"Don't let him do anything weird again!"

"Yes!"

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Zhu Xiongying's place!

Two soldiers came over with smiles on their faces!

"Greetings, Your Highness, Young Master!"

"Bunny!"

Li Jinglong, who was standing by, looked at the two of them and scolded them with laughter.

"Your Highness, these two bastards are Wang Qing and Zhao Hui."

"When we attacked Changyou Pass, the two of them were very brave and capable of fighting and charging."

"Oh?"

Zhu Xiongying looked at the two of them curiously.

"Not bad!"

"What is your current position?"

"Your Highness, now I am a centurion!"

"Yes, Not Bad!"

"You came here because you like something, right?"

The two of them smiled honestly when they heard this!

"Your Highness, it's him. Zhao Hui has taken a fancy to that girl."

"Not me, my son is three years old!"

"He didn't dare to come just now, so he dragged me along to find you."

Zhu Xiongying nodded: "I see!"

"Tell me! Which one do you like?"

"I'll be your matchmaker!"

"Your Highness, it's the one who played the pipa just now."

"Oh? You bastard, you have a very sharp eye!"

"That's the new top courtesan. You have a good eye."

Li Jinglong on the side gave a thumbs up.

"Alas! If it weren't for my father and the tigress at home, I would definitely marry her home as a concubine."

"But since you like it, I'll give it to you!"

"I will go with His Highness and act as a matchmaker for you!"

Hearing this, Zhao Hui was immediately delighted.

"Zhao Hui, you are really lucky today. His Highness and the Young Master are matchmaking for you."

"This is enough for you to brag about for the rest of your life!"

Wang Qing on the side had a look of envy on his face, while Zhao Hui just kept laughing.

"Enough of the nonsense, let's go!"

Zhu Xiongying took the lead and walked forward, followed closely by Li Jinglong and others.

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Backstage!
"Your Highness, why are you here?"

“Did we sing badly?”

When the madam saw Zhu Xiongying come in, she was frightened, thinking that they did not sing well and did not satisfy Zhu Xiongying, so she came to blame him.

"do not worry!"

"I'm not here to call you to task!"

"We're here to propose marriage!"

"Matchmaking?"

Everyone present was stunned.

"Your Highness, did I hear that correctly?"

"You want to be a matchmaker?"

"That's right!"

"I'm here to propose marriage!"

"Zhao Hui!"

"exist!"

"Which one?"

"she!"

Zhao Hui pointed at a girl in the crowd.

"Girl, come here!"

"What is your name?"

"Feng Wanjun!"

"Miss Wanjun, he has taken a fancy to you. Duke Cao's son and I are here to act as matchmakers."

"I wonder what you think?"

Feng Wanjun looked up and down at Zhao Hui, who felt excited and nervous.

"It's okay! Just speak up!"

"I won't force you to do anything about this. It's something we both agreed to."

"I won't force you!"

"really?"

Zhu Xiongying nodded: "Really!"

"Everyone present is a witness!"

Feng Wanjun looked at everyone, then at Zhao Hui, then at Zhu Xiongying and Li Jinglong.

"Your Highness, since it is a matter of our mutual consent, I... don't want to!"

Hearing this, Zhao Hui looked disappointed. In fact, he also knew that others might look down on him, if Wang Qing hadn't kept telling him to give it a try.

You will only know the result if you try it. How can you know if you don’t try?

In fact, these women are used to seeing dignitaries, and it is impossible for them to live a hard life with a poor boy.

"Miss Wanjun, can you tell me why?"

"I……"

"Your Highness, forget it. If someone doesn't want to talk, forget it. Don't force them."

"I'm not worthy of him!"

Zhao Hui on the side said!

"You're always like this. How come you don't deserve her?"

"He is not worthy of you!"

"And he is marrying up to you!" (End of this chapter)