Yongle Emperor's grandson: Zhu Yuanzhang with cheats, Zhu Di went crazy

Chapter 39: Surprises from New World Food
Before it got dark, three explosive pieces of news spread throughout the capital.

His Royal Highness the Second Prince, who explored thousands of miles in the north for the Ming Dynasty, saved a hundred thousand troops on his way back, and was suspected of retrieving the magic medicine and waking up the Queen, was kidnapped last night.

According to the analysis of the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Ministry of Justice, there was most likely a greedy person who wanted to get the specific location of the magic medicine from the second emperor's grandson.

In response, His Majesty was furious and ordered the Jinyiwei Yingtianfu Yamen to find the second emperor's grandson at all costs.

He also issued an edict to the world, saying that the Queen's awakening was not due to the magic medicine, but because she was overjoyed to see her long-missed grandson return and recovered naturally.

The imperial physician also issued a statement, saying that the Empress was recovering under the treatment of the imperial physician. Seeing the return of His Royal Highness the Grandson, she was happy and her recovery was accelerated, which was normal medical treatment. The talk of miracle drugs was nonsense.

Several bigwigs from the six ministries also expressed their agreement with this. In their words: If the second prince's grandson really brought back the golden lotus seeds, His Majesty would definitely reward him greatly and would notify the six ministries.

The second piece of news was that the prince was ordered to be under house arrest because of some things.

The third breaking news.

The Empress needed to rest, and in order to prevent the news of the Second Grandson being abducted from stimulating the Empress again, His Majesty decided to take the Empress to Jiming Temple for rest.

Because the Crown Prince had committed a crime, the King of Han temporarily became regent.

When the news of the Prince of Han becoming regent came out, the Prince of Han's followers were extremely excited, thinking that this was a good opportunity to help the Prince of Han seize the position of Crown Prince.

Originally, many officials in the court opposed the Northern Expedition. However, in order to let the King of Han show off in front of the old man, many people in the Han Wang Party changed their minds and supported the old man's Northern Expedition.

He even took the initiative to help the old man persuade those who opposed it.

"Give me money."

In the recuperation courtyard on the back hill of Jiming Temple, Zhu Zhanjun found the old man who had just arrived, holding the IOU.

He had been thinking about it for a long time and had already prepared the plan for the first step of business expansion. He was just waiting for the money given by the old man to be invested.

There was no other way, Zhu Zhanjun had lived with Empress Xu since he was a child. Although he was rewarded on weekdays, they were only small things.

These things were favored by the old man and Empress Xu, so Zhu Zhanjun naturally would not sell them.

As the grandson of the emperor, he had a salary, but all the money was intercepted by his mother. In his mother's words, you are still young and don't need the money, so this money will be saved for you to marry a wife in the future.

I am a well-known stingy person. If Zhu Zhanjun dares to ask me for money, he will probably have a greater chance of getting slapped in the face.

"what money?"

Looking at the IOU in front of him, the old man was a little confused. When did he write an IOU to this brat?

Zhu Zhanjun turned his head and looked at Yao Guangxiao, who was trying to calm Empress Xu down.

The old monk raised his eyebrows and slowly turned the Buddhist beads in his hand, as if to say, "I don't know anything, don't ask me."

Zhu Zhanjun took the IOU back and said to the old man, "I paid for this myself. The old monk promised me that if I stayed here for one day, he would give me 1000 taels of silver."

"Ha." The old man looked at Zhu Zhanjun jokingly, "I have been the emperor for so many years, and I have seen many cases. This is the first time I have heard of a hostage asking the robbers for money."

Zhu Zhanjun snorted and waved the IOU in his hand, "Stop talking about that. It's written in black and white, and there's the old monk's fingerprints. Grandpa, just say whether you admit it or not."

The old man chuckled, sat back in his chair, crossed his legs and shook his head, "It's written in black and white, who can prove it to you? I don't recognize anything that I didn't allow. I don't have any money, so don't look for me. Whoever gave you the IOU, you can ask for the money."

Zhu Zhanjun's face turned dark and he stood up and walked out.

The old man did not stop him. He just looked at Zhu Zhanjun with a smile. He didn't believe that this kid would dare to leave.

"Okay, you're old, and you're still blaming the kids."

Empress Xu looked at the bickering father and son and couldn't help but smile. Seeing that her grandson was a little angry, she gave her husband a reproachful look and shouted to Zhu Zhanjun: "Zhanjun, come back, grandma will make the decision for you."

Zhu Zhanjun's face instantly filled with smiles. He ran to Empress Xu, picked up a round fan, and fanned her while flattering her.

"Grandma is indeed a female scholar. She is not like some rough men who can only wield guns and sticks and have no manners at all."

"Hey, little brat, don't think I won't beat you just because your grandma is backing you up."

When the old man heard the boy call himself a rough guy, he glared, rolled up his sleeves, stood up and went to grab Zhu Zhanjun.

Seeing that the old man was getting anxious, Zhu Zhanjun ran away without saying a word.

Two people were chasing each other, one was shouting, "Don't run," and the other was saying, "Come here."

Watching the game of eagle catching rabbits, Empress Xu was so amused that she covered her mouth and chuckled. The sadness in her eyes slowly disappeared.

"Old monk, what dishes have you arranged for tonight?" A day of laughter and fun made the old man feel much happier.

At night, he accompanied Empress Xu, enjoying the cool breeze and admiring the full moon in the sky, leading a leisurely life for the two of them.

Feeling hungry, he asked the old monk who was meditating in a pavilion in the distance.

The old monk opened his eyes and replied calmly, "Your grandson said that the food in my temple is too vegetarian. The queen is recovering, so he will cook it himself tonight."

"Haha, the kid has grown up and can actually cook." The old man became interested and said to Empress Xu next to him, "We have so many grandchildren, but this is the first time I've eaten a meal cooked by a grandchild. I'll eat first later."

Empress Xu smiled and understood what her husband meant.

This was because she was worried that the food her grandson cooked was not tasty, and that it would harm his body and delay her recovery. She also did not want to hurt her grandson's eager heart, so she thought that no matter how bad the food was, she would finish it by herself.

"That won't do." Before Empress Xu agreed, Zhu Zhanjun and Mama Yun came over with a tray and directly refused: "This is the recovery meal I prepared for Grandma. Grandpa, if you want to eat it, go get it yourself."

While they were talking, Zhu Zhanjun and Yun's mother came over with trays.

The old man was just about to mutter a few words when he suddenly smelled the tempting aroma of food.

Looking down, I saw six side dishes, both meat and vegetables, all colorful and beautiful.

The old man pointed at one of the red fruits fried with eggs and asked curiously, "What is this? I have never seen this kind of fruit before."

Zhu Zhanjun served Empress Xu a bowl of rice, handed it to her and said, "This is called tomato. I found it from that continent. It's delicious."

Then he took out a spoon, scooped some scrambled eggs with tomatoes, and poured it on the rice in Empress Xu's bowl. He looked at Empress Xu expectantly and said, "Grandma, please try it first. I made all these dishes myself."

"Well, okay, grandma, try it."

Empress Xu smiled as she picked up some rice dipped in the soup and put it into her mouth, chewing it gently.

Instantly, a sweet and sour feeling rushed to her taste buds, instantly increasing her appetite, which was originally not much.

The old man at the side, seeing his wife's appearance, asked curiously, "How does it taste?"

After swallowing the food in her mouth, Empress Xu glanced at Zhu Zhanjun who blinked slightly and gave him a look that said "I understand".

She frowned and said to the old man, "It doesn't taste good. It's bitter and hard to swallow."

After saying that, he pointed to the other dishes and asked Zhu Zhanjun.

"What are these dishes?"

Zhu Zhanjun grinned and said, "This dish is called stir-fried pork with peppers. It's a bit spicy, so just taste it."

The old monk also came over and looked at Zhu Zhanjun helplessly.

Zhu Zhanjun pretended not to see it and quickly introduced: "This one is hot and sour potato shreds, this one is brown sugar tomatoes, and this one is green beans fried corn..."

Every time Zhu Zhanjun introduced one, Empress Xu would pick up a little and put it in the bowl to taste it.

Then, under the old man's suspicious gaze, he frowned and said it tasted terrible.

After Zhu Zhanjun finished his introduction, Empress Xu asked him to sit down and have dinner with her.

Looking at the grandparents and grandchildren who were talking and laughing and eating with great relish, the old man was filled with frowns.

He suddenly realized that as long as his wife was with this bad boy, he, as a husband, seemed not so important.

"Your Majesty, if you don't move your chopsticks, we will finish eating."

Yao Guangxiao, who was also invited by Empress Xu to have dinner together, ate a few mouthfuls of rice mixed with shredded potatoes and found it very delicious. Just as he was about to continue eating, he suddenly found that the old man next to him was looking at them with resentment.

Seeing that the grandparents and grandchildren next to him had no intention of calling him old man, he couldn't help but remind them.

The old man came back to his senses instantly, looked at Yao Guangxiao and asked, "Is it really delicious?"

Yao Guangxiao hesitated for a moment, glanced at the laughing grandparents, and said with a bitter face: "Not bad."

The old man's face darkened, and when he saw that half of the food was gone, he picked up his chopsticks and yelled.

"Shut up, leave some for me!"

(End of this chapter)