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

Chapter 57: If you lose money, you can earn it again; if you lose your face, you can earn more.

"Don't tell me these things. If you have the guts, come out and speak for yourself."

In the East Palace, Crown Prince Zhu Pangpang dragged his fat body and walked out, yelling into the house.

The Crown Princess, who had changed into an embroidered brocade robe today, followed behind him angrily.

When they came to the grape trellis in the courtyard, Princess Zhang said unhappily, "Come out and tell me what's wrong. When there is no tiger in the mountain, the monkey becomes king."

Seeing his wife's harsh words, Fatty Zhu looked embarrassed and said, "Look..."

The Crown Princess ignored him and swung her long sleeves, "The money will fall on me now."

Fatty Zhu looked around and quickly tried to appease him: "Don't yell, this is not decent."

Crown Princess Zhang snorted coldly, "Now you know it's rude. How can you have the nerve to ask for money?"

"I'm telling you, Mr. Zhu, you don't have any money. Where would you get it from? Our son finally got the credit, and the old man wanted to reward him, but you refused everything without even saying hello. Now you want to ask me for money, but I don't have any money. I can't give you a penny."

After saying that, he stopped paying attention to Zhu Pangpang and turned to go into the house.

Fatty Zhu quickly stopped his wife and said helplessly: "Look at you, you are like this when it comes to money. I am also thinking about my son."

He pulled his wife's sleeve and flattered her, "I know you have saved a lot of money. The second brother was just trying to provoke me. I know what's going on."

"But they both paid. If I didn't pay a penny, he would report me to the old man and put a big accusation on me, and the old man would inevitably scold me."

"It's only 10,000 taels of silver anyway, so just give it to him and save yourself some trouble."

"Hey~" The Crown Princess rolled her eyes and said sarcastically, "You are indeed the Crown Prince. You are so arrogant. Ten thousand taels are nothing. How about you take out some too, so that a little girl like me can also benefit from it."

"They paid money. Where did their money come from? Don't you know? They didn't go to the fiefdom. Every year, the gifts from the fiefdom and the gifts from the little devils below are all fattening them up."

"What about you? You are a prince, but you dare not even accept gifts. You just rely on that little salary."

Zhu Pangpang was embarrassed for a moment, but still said with a smile: "Oh, it's my fault, okay? I also know that you have saved a lot of money, so give me two first."

The Crown Princess chuckled, "I did save some money, otherwise, with dozens of people in my family, how could we eat and wear anything if we only depended on your meager salary?"

"With this family's picky mouths, do you guys eat the food sent by the Imperial Kitchen Supervisor? We still have to rely on the small kitchens in each room for supplies."

"If I hadn't been stricter and saved a little money, my family would have starved to death long ago."

The more I talked, the more aggrieved I felt. I wiped my tears and said, "You just ask for money every day. I can't give it to you, but you still think I spent it myself."

"There are seven or eight kids, big and small. If I don't keep a tight rein on them, how will they find wives in the future?"

"If everyone is as wasteful as you, your seven or eight sons will never get married. They should all remain single."

Zhu Pangpang felt a headache after hearing this, and begged for mercy quickly, "Okay, okay, I don't want it anymore. You should keep the money for having children. I'll think of a way."

The Crown Princess was a person who would not give in even if she was right. She turned around and said angrily, "Go tell the Second Brother that there is no money. Ask him to send the Royal Guards and the Imperial Guards to search the house. Whatever is found will be his."

Looking at his wife who came into the room angrily, Zhu Pangpang glanced at the palace maids and eunuchs who were serving in the yard with their heads lowered, smiled, shook his sleeves, and prepared to go out to enjoy the cool air and drink tea.

"What's going on? I heard you two arguing from a distance. Dad, did you make Mom angry again?"

Before he even sat down on the stool, Zhu Pangpang heard the voice of his second son.

"Wang Wang Wang..."

Before Zhu Pangpang could look, seven or eight puppies rushed out happily from all corners of the yard and pounced on Zhu Zhanjun who had just walked into the yard.

"You're back." Fatty Zhu asked with a smile after looking at the two maids following his son.

"Well, I came back to get something and will be out again in a while."

Zhu Zhanjun teased the puppy and replied.

Seeing the puppy, Zhu Zhanjun suddenly thought of something and asked Zhu Pangpang.

"Dad, I remember the eldest brother said that some mastiffs were sent from the U-Tsang Regional Command earlier this year. Mom likes cats and dogs so much, why doesn't she raise a few?"

"You're talking about those dogs." Fatty Zhu smiled and asked the two girls from the Qiu family who were bowing to stand up. He said, "The dogs were too fierce when they grew up. Your mother didn't keep them because she was afraid they might hurt people. So your grandfather kept them in the imperial stables."

Knowing that his son and his wife both like these small animals, Fatty Zhu said with a smile, "If you want them, I'll talk to them later and send a few to your farm. They'll be just right for you to watch over your house."

"Okay, send a few more males and females."

After saying that, Zhu Zhanjun looked into the room and asked in a low voice, "You quarreled with my mother again."

Zhu Pangpang reached out and took Zhu Zhanjun's hand, and asked in a low voice: "Son, do you have money? Give me two."

Zhu Zhanjun was speechless and said, "Dad, don't you know whether I have money or not? Didn't mom take away all the gifts from grandma and grandpa over the years? She even said that she was saving them for me to marry a wife."

"My pockets are cleaner than my face right now. If it comes to life, I still have one. But if it comes to money, I really don't have any."

"Alas." Fatty Zhu sighed and complained, "We are really helpless. We are the crown prince of the Eastern Palace and the grandson of the emperor, but we can't even take out a penny from our pockets. If we tell others about this, I guess no one will believe it."

Zhu Zhanjun also sighed in agreement, but then asked in confusion, "No, Dad, why do you need money? You are a prince, so you don't need to keep a mistress. You live and eat in the palace, so you don't need money."

"Go, go, go..." Fatty Zhu said unhappily, "It's not your uncle. The old man wants to set up the Shenji Camp, and the Ministry of Revenue wants to prepare for the Northern Expedition. Money is being spent like water. Look, the Eastern and Western Provinces have just collected most of the money, and they are still short of tens of thousands of taels of silver."

"Isn't your second uncle the regent? He wanted to do something to impress the old man, so he called me and your third uncle over."

"Talk to us about the remaining tens of thousands of taels of silver, and we three brothers will cover the cost."

"Your second uncle and third uncle know our family's situation. They asked me to pay 10,000 taels of silver, and they will pay the rest themselves."

Pointing helplessly at the house, he said, "You know your mother. You can give her money, but asking her for money is asking for her life."

"That's right." Fatty Zhu spread his hands, "We had a quarrel just because of this, and now he's still mad at me."

After understanding the reason, Zhu Zhanjun touched his chin and said thoughtfully: "Although I have no money, I have a way to make you earn money. It depends on whether you can afford it."

Zhu Pangpang's eyes lit up, and he quickly asked, "What method? As long as I can make money, it doesn't matter whether I am embarrassed or not."

Zhu Zhanjun chuckled and whispered something into Zhu Pangpang's ear.

After hearing this, Fatty Zhu was a little confused. "Is it appropriate for your father, a dignified prince, to go out and do this?"

"Snapped!"

Seeing that his father was somewhat interested, Zhu Zhanjun raised his hand and patted the fat on his father's waist, "What's inappropriate about this? There's a saying that goes, if you lose money, you can earn it again, but if you lose your face, you can earn more."

"Besides, there are so many brothers in the family. It's unreasonable for me to rely on my mother to save money to marry a wife. As the head of the family, you have to make some money to share some of the pressure with you. Don't you think this makes sense?"

When Zhu Pangpang heard this, he realized that this was indeed the case. He slapped his big fat legs with his fat hands and said, "Okay, then we two will go out and sell them."

ps: I will update one chapter on Monday to make it to the top of the list. Also, happy 520 to all the single bosses!

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