My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 34 The Second One's Awkwardness

Go out for a walk to help digest the food after dinner.

I ate sesame candy, roast goose... and at the end, I had a bowl of duck blood vermicelli to eat.

However, after Zhu Gaochi returned home, his expression seemed both happy and sad, and seemed extremely complicated.

When Princess Zhang saw him coming back, she came towards him, but when she saw his belly, she looked a little puzzled:
"Why does your belly feel rounder after walking around?"

Zhu Gaochi sighed deeply and said sadly:
"Xiao Si has misled me!"

The Crown Princess slapped his big belly, looking a little unhappy:
"What does this have to do with Xiao Si? Don't make false accusations against others!"

At this moment, Zhu Gaochi finally understood the feeling of isolation and helplessness that the second brother felt.

He can't stay in this house any longer!
There is no place for him here anymore!
……

The next day.

Inside the Wenhua Hall.

Zhu Gaochi had forgotten his temper from last night after a good night's sleep.

He brought Zhu Gaoyu to an empty corner and gave Xiao Si detailed instructions.

Just now, a senior eunuch came over and said that Zhu Yuanzhang summoned Zhu Gaoyu.

This sudden decree dumbfounded all the princes and grandchildren in Wenhua Palace.

After spending these days together, his first reaction when he heard this will was:
Zhu Gaoyu is in trouble again?
There's nothing we can do. Whenever this kid isn't eating in class, he's like a wild dog out of a cage. Even if he sees a grass on the side of the road, he'll go up and pull it.

Typical excess of energy.

In response to this, the second brother said:

——I’m still too full.

Zhu Gaochi, as the eldest son of Prince of Yan's Palace, may appear to be a fat and smiling man, but he is actually a very meticulous person.

The moment he heard the imperial edict, he almost immediately thought of what happened in the Qianqing Palace yesterday. He couldn't help feeling uneasy, so he lowered his voice and gave detailed instructions.

But time waits for no one. The eunuch who delivered the message was still standing there. Zhu Gaochi only had time to say two or three words before he saw Zhu Gaoyu being taken away.

Zhu Gaochi stared at Xiaosi's back, wishing he could go to see the emperor in place of Zhu Gaoyu.

Xiao Si has a lively personality and is still young. Who knows if the imperial concubine will say something that shouldn't be said...

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu came over awkwardly and said:

"Okay, isn't it just to meet Grandpa Huang?"

"That kid is very smart. When have you ever seen him suffer a loss? Don't act like that. People who don't know would think you are his real brother and we are all fake."

This guy...

I can't say anything nice all day long.

I clearly came to comfort you, but what I said ended up being unpleasant to hear.

While Zhu Gaosui was trying to smooth things over, he couldn't help but complain in his heart:

It’s a miracle that the second child is still alive today!
……

On the way, Zhu Gaoyu originally thought that the destination should be the Qianqing Palace.

Who knew that the eunuch in front turned left and right and came to an open space in the imperial garden.

To be precise, it should be a vegetable garden.

Although I had heard that Zhu lived a simple life, his daily hobby was to do some farming in the imperial garden when he got tired of reading memorials.

But when he saw this fertile vegetable garden, Zhu Gaoyu was still a little dumbfounded.

This cucumber is so juicy...and this gourd is also round and looks extremely pleasing.

Zhu Gaoyu's mind was full of mixed thoughts, but he was not wasting time. Just as he was about to salute, he was called by Old Zhu.

Zhu Yuanzhang had a smile on his face at the moment, and was dressed simply. After deliberately restraining his aura, he really looked like an ordinary old farmer.

He waved to Zhu Gaoyu, signaling the little grandson to come to him, "Today we are just ordinary grandfather and grandson of farmers, nothing else matters."

When Zhu Gaoyu heard this, he opened his eyes wide and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with some suspicion:
"really?"

Zhu Yuanzhang saw that this boy was quite courageous. Instead of being unhappy, he became even happier:
"really!"

Zhu Gaoyu groaned, "Grandpa dotes on his grandson, if you really want to be an ordinary farmer, you can't scold me!"

This kid is quite good at taking advantage of others.

Ever since Crown Prince Zhu Biao passed away, few people dared to speak to him like this.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the little brat leisurely, wanting to see what kind of evil he could do.

In addition, because of what happened yesterday, judging from the result alone, he was still lenient towards the Crown Prince, which was unfair. When Zhu Yuanzhang faced Zhu Gaoyu, he was more or less lenient with him.

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "Okay, I won't scold you then."

As for whether to scold him in the end, it all depends on Zhu Yuanzhang's decision.

He is the emperor, he has the final say!
Zhu Gaoyu...is still too young.

Old Zhu thought about it and couldn't help but chuckle.

But when I turned around, I found that the fat boy Zhu Gaoyu had disappeared for some reason.

Looking around again, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but fall silent.

This awful kid!
He actually started to destroy his vegetable garden!
The cucumber and beans were all eaten up by his chubby little hands!
In an instant, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly felt the urge to stir-fry bamboo shoots with meat.

Zhu Gaoyu seemed to have sensed something, and turned around. Seeing Lao Zhu's expression, he felt something was wrong, but when he remembered what he had just promised, he stood up:

"Grandpa, don't forget our identities!"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the boy and said nothing.

But when he turned around and looked at the vegetable garden that was almost ripped bare, Zhu Gaoyu couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

He smiled awkwardly, took out a cucumber from his pocket, wiped it with his clothes, and then ran to Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Grandpa, I'll treat you to some cucumbers. Look, these cucumbers are so juicy. They are worthy of being grown by Grandpa himself. They are so good!"

So he is taking his own things and giving them to Lao Zhu himself?
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Gaoyu's sincere eyes and his flattery that sounded like plain words, no matter how angry he was, it all disappeared immediately.

Forget it, I owe this kid.

So, two people, one old and one young, squatted on a small stool, each holding a cucumber, and started chatting with a chatterbox.

Seeing that the boy was eating happily and didn't take the initiative to find topics to talk about or try to take care of his mood, Old Zhu felt a little depressed.

There is always a feeling of going against the grain.

Who is the grandfather and who is the grandson?
But thinking about what happened yesterday, Zhu Yuanzhang still started a conversation:
"How do you feel about the class in Wenhua Hall?"

Zhu Gaoyu curled his lips:
"They are all those classics. I don't like to listen to them."

Zhu Yuanzhang was helpless: "When I was a child, I had no place to go to school."

Zhu Gaoyu raised his head and suddenly asked very seriously, "Grandpa, you said that today we are just ordinary grandfather and grandson. You won't scold me, right?"

Old Zhu suddenly had a bad feeling and felt that this kid was going to do something naughty again.

But he had already said it, and it was too late to take it back, so he could only nod.

Zhu Gaoyu was immediately delighted.

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