My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 16: Your Highness and I are like ants and the sky

Time passes slowly.

Another day of classes in Wenhua Hall.

As soon as the class was over, the street urchin Zhu Gaoyu let the wild dog out of the cage and ran out happily.

Behind him, Zhu Gaochi hurriedly chased out, but failed to catch up, so he had to give up.

While he was gasping for breath and adjusting his slightly rapid and disordered breathing, he did not forget to tell the people around him to follow and keep an eye on Xiao Si.

Finally, he shouted:
"Old Four, run slower. This is the palace, not Prince Yan's residence. Pay attention and don't wander around aimlessly."

When Zhu Gaoyu heard this, he just waved his hand, with a smile on his chubby face, "I know, I know."

My brother is so long-winded.

No wonder my sister-in-law sometimes dislikes him for talking too much.

Zhu Gaoxu looked at the heartless appearance of the little fat man, raised his head from the vast sea of ​​books, and spoke with resentment:
"This kid is young after all. He has a smiling face all day long. I don't know why he is so silly."

Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoyu actually had a pretty good relationship, especially Zhu Gaoyu, who was a very clever guy with a lot of clever ideas. Sometimes they could get along well and play together.

Hearing that Zhu Gaoxu took out his anger on Zhu Gaoyu because his teacher said a few words to him in class, even Zhu Gaosui, a fence-sitter, couldn't stand it anymore.

"Second brother, Xiao Si is still a child after all..."

This is a painful sentence to persuade people to fight...

Zhu Gaoxu glanced at the third brother, snorted, and said nothing more.

Only a few days had passed since the last family meeting.

The decision to maintain a harmonious brotherly atmosphere had just been made, so even if Zhu Gaoxu was pretending, he had to do it in a more convincing way.

After all, Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen is also watching here.

Whatever you do is fine.

We just can’t let Zhu Yunwen make a fool of himself.

This was the most firm thought in Zhu Gaoxu's mind.

Just as I was thinking about it, Zhu Yunwen's voice rang out:

"Gao Yu is still young, so it's inevitable that he has a volatile temper. As his elder brother, we should be more tolerant of him."

What is detachment, what is tolerance...

There's always a feeling that something is wrong with this statement.

If the timing, identity and place were not wrong, Zhu Gaoxu would have said to Zhu Yunwen - What does it have to do with you?

Maybe this is because you just don't like a person, and you can find fault with everything he does...

……

Zhu Gaoyu over there had no idea what undercurrents were surging in the Wenhua Hall because of his wandering around.

He found a corner and called out Xiao Jixiang beside him. Then the two of them sneaked into a corner and slipped in. Zhu Gaoyu, in particular, relied on his young age and short stature to disappear in a flash.

When he appeared again, he had come to the back of a rockery where there was a set of stone tables, and a young eunuch was standing hunched beside the tables.

The young eunuch looked to be about thirteen or fourteen years old. He was not very old, but his eyes and eyebrows were lively and he looked smart. When he saw Zhu Gaoyu coming, he was very obedient and bowed quickly:
"I am Xiao Fulu, your servant, and I am honored to meet His Highness." Zhu Gaoyu put his hands behind his back, looking a little intimidating, and nodded indifferently:

"Well, get up."

Little Fulu stood up swiftly, bowed slightly, and put on a flattering smile.

Speaking of which, Xiao Fulu seemed to be just a little eunuch in the imperial city of Nanjing, but the fact that he was favored by Zhu Gaoyu must mean that he had something special about him.

This little eunuch was a spy that Zhu Di deliberately left in the palace.

Of course, under the rule of Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Di did not dare to cause any trouble.

After all, the Zhu family has a long-standing tradition of being afraid of their father.

But he was thinking that now that the crown prince had passed away, the old man had appointed a grandson as the crown prince. He would just have to wait a hundred years for the grandson to succeed to the throne. By then... who knows what he would do to his uncles.

Out of this complicated mentality, Zhu Di casually made a few moves and tricked a group of young eunuchs in the deep palace into becoming his subordinates, temporarily lurking in the palace.

Xiao Fulu is one of the lurking members.

But he was more clever. As early as a few days ago, when he saw Zhu Gaoyu, little Fulu realized that the opportunity had come.

Zhu Gaoyu also had the intention of finding out the news, and little Fulu was his father's secret agent, so after a few interactions, the two of them ended up getting together.

Zhu Gaoyu sat on a stone bench, his two short legs swaying in the air, and spoke nonchalantly:
"What's going on recently?"

This is an old show between the two.

Little Fulu didn't say much and told everything that happened in the palace one by one.

For example, which son did Zhu scold yesterday, what kind of quarrel did the concubines in the harem have, the mung bean cake made by the Shang Shijian at the pastry party yesterday was good, and the concubines in the harem all said it was delicious and could clear away heat and relieve internal heat...

At the end, Xiao Fulu suddenly showed some hesitation:
"Your Highness, there is one more thing. I have been thinking about it all night and still can't figure it out..."

When Zhu Gaoyu heard this, he paused in picking up the mung bean cake and almost dropped the crumbs on the ground.

He swallowed the snack in his mouth and said:

"What is it?"

"Yesterday, my master scolded me, saying that rice costs six coins per stone, wheat is one coin cheaper than rice, and soybeans are one coin cheaper than wheat. I just couldn't figure it out..."

When Zhu Gaoyu heard this, he put the mung bean cake into his mouth, swallowed it, stretched out his chubby fingers, and began to gesture:
"...Look, if we add and subtract with our fingers, can't we figure out that soybeans weigh four qian per stone?"

When Little Fulu saw this, he suddenly realized something and sincerely flattered the boss again.
"As expected of you, Your Highness! At the tender age of five, Your Highness can solve such a difficult problem. I am far behind you. As expected, Your Highness and I are like an ant and the sky. Every time I see Your Highness, I can only look up to you..."

Zhu Gaoyu knew that this was flattery, but his cheeks still flushed with praise. He coughed lightly a few times:

"Okay, okay, it's not as good as you said. It's only about 70% similar to what you said."

I thought the topic was over, but when little Fulu heard this, his eyes welled up with tears:
"Your Highness is not only extremely talented, but also very approachable. I have to say from the bottom of my heart that when I first met Your Highness, I felt that He was far beyond the reach of ordinary people. It is a great blessing for me to be able to work for Your Highness..."

As he said this, Little Fulu rolled his eyes and spoke sincerely:
"I only wish to be transformed into a big blue ox after my death, and carry Your Highness on my back even after my death..."

Xiao Jixiang stood next to Zhu Gaoyu, still smiling on the surface, but in fact, his cheeks were almost bitten off.

Shameless dog.

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