Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 13: Aunt Xiuer arranged this!

It was soon time for dinner. The meal was not very sumptuous, just some rice and a few meat and vegetable dishes, which were the usual dishes. Zhu Zhanhe also noticed that his mother kept staring at his father with a bad look, and his father also avoided his gaze. He stared at her for a while, and his mother looked at him with a smile on her face, while his father drank without even raising his head.

Looking at the food on the table, what puzzled Zhu Zhanhe the most was that there was a strange soup.

It smells fragrant, with a hint of wine, but it looks like pure milky white soup, with no other ingredients visible, not even a single vegetable leaf to complement the color!

And it was obvious that his father was interested in the soup. He had glanced at him several times with his wise eyes, but every time he turned his head to look at his mother, just like a child who wanted to eat something and asked his parents.

"Aunt Xiu'er, what kind of soup is this? Why does it look weird?" Zhu Zhanhe turned his head and asked Aunt Xiu'er, who was pouring wine for his father, with some confusion, because he had never seen this soup at home before.

"Well, this..." Aunt Xiu'er was about to stammer something when she was interrupted by her mother.

"This is the ginseng soup specially stewed for you. You just came back from the battlefield and need to nourish yourself well!" Princess Wei spoke before Aunt Xiu'er. She was smiling as she spoke, and she took an empty bowl, stood up, filled a bowl and handed it to Zhu Zhanhe.

"Thank you, mother!" Zhu Zhanhe was not polite and directly took the so-called ginseng soup handed to him by his mother.

"Wife, I just came back too~" Our Prince Han glanced at the so-called ginseng soup in the middle of the table from time to time while speaking. His eyes were full of desire, and he looked at his wife pitifully and said.

"Hmm~?" Zhu Zhanhe looked at his father with a puzzled look, then turned to look at his mother and took a sip of the ginseng soup in his hand. It was indeed fragrant, with a hint of wine and medicinal herbs. After drinking it, a warm current instantly swept through his stomach, and then from the stomach to his entire body.

"Hmm, huh~" After taking a sip, Zhu Zhanhe let out a long breath. Instantly, he felt refreshed and a warm current rushed to his forehead.

The Princess of Han looked at her son drinking the soup with anticipation, and after seeing him drink it, she immediately showed a satisfied smile.

"Son, how does it taste? Is it delicious?" Princess Han asked anxiously as she watched her son drink a big sip of "ginseng soup".

"It tastes good, delicious, thank you mother." Zhu Zhanhe drank it in a big gulp and felt that it tasted very good. He looked at his mother with a puzzled look, and then looked at his father. He was a little confused. Isn't it just ginseng soup? Why is his father staring at it eagerly? It's not like he hasn't drunk it before!

"Xiu'er, serve our Prince Han a sip of soup. You've really grown into a capable person, snatching the soup from your own son!" Princess Wei of Prince Han saw her son constantly looking at Prince Han. She also noticed Prince Han's prying eyes from time to time. She rolled her eyes at Prince Han and arranged to serve him a bowl in a bad mood.

"Yes." After hearing what Princess Wei said, Xiu'er glared at our Prince Han fiercely, turned around and served our Prince Han a bowl. Our Prince Han did not despise it, and directly took the bowl and prepared to drink it, lowering his head and preparing to drink it in big gulps.

"Is this for me?" Prince Zhu Gaoxu of Han took a look at the soup in the bowl and was almost mad to death. It was really just a mouthful, not a bit more. He held the bowl and looked at Xiu'er behind him, then turned to look at his wife. He was glared at by his wife fiercely, and his temper was gone in an instant. He lowered his head and drank it pitifully in small sips, just like drinking wine, one sip at a time.

"Dad, what is this...?" Zhu Zhanhe was really confused now. What was his mother doing? It was just a sip of soup, and his dad was glared at after taking a sip?

"He'er, let me tell you, this soup was stewed when you came in today. It uses a nearly hundred-year-old ginseng, an aged rooster, and some other precious medicinal materials. It's specially made to nourish your body. Your father is such an unreliable guy. He is so old and has eaten everything, but he still snatches the soup from his own son. He is so shameless!" Princess Wei was very dissatisfied with the fact that Prince Han snatched the soup from her son.

In fact, it is true that this soup uses nearly a hundred-year-old mountain ginseng, and it is also true that many medicinal herbs are used, and it is also true that it nourishes the body, but this is not the main function. This soup is a tonic prepared by Princess Wei of Han for her son to complete his coming-of-age ceremony tonight!

Prince Han obviously knew about this, so he, who had just returned from the battlefield, also wanted to take advantage of his son and get a little excited at night! He didn't want his wife to watch him so closely! And Xiu'er is also a person without good eyesight, it's a waste of my love for her! Prince Han muttered in his heart, but the majesty of Prince Han was there, and there was no trace of it on the surface. He ate his meal calmly, but the occasional glance betrayed him.

By the end of dinner, Prince Han had only received a mouthful of soup, as his Crown Prince devoured the rest. After dinner, Zhu Zhanhe was puzzled by the heat tonight. He'd begun sweating right after dinner, his entire body burning, especially his lower abdomen. It was so intense that he'd even thought his years of breathing techniques had improved. While he ate, he practiced the breathing techniques taught by the old Taoist priest. While they had some effect, they still couldn't stop the burning sensation.

"Dad, Mom, I'm done eating. I'm going back to rest. You guys take your time eating." Zhu Zhanhe's body was visibly red and warm, and his face was flushed. If you could see the rest of his skin, you would definitely see that he was emitting a scorching heat all over. He really couldn't bear it anymore, so he quickly prepared to run away.

"Go quickly, go quickly, you are tired after a day, go to bed early." After hearing what her son said, Princess Han put down the chopsticks with a smile on her face. Looking at her son's condition, she was very satisfied with the effect of today's ginseng soup. With a loving look on her face and without any attempt to keep her son, she quickly let her son go back to bed!

"Go ahead. I'm not full yet. I'll eat for a while." Our Prince Han was not in a good mood. He didn't even put down his chopsticks and directly asked his son to leave. He was an experienced person and knew what would happen next.

"Goodbye, son." Zhu Zhanhe couldn't stay any longer and felt like his body was about to explode. After saying goodbye to his parents again, he left in a hurry without looking back.

"Wife, is there any soup left? I want to drink it too." Seeing his son hurried out, Prince Han put down his chopsticks and looked at his wife eagerly, his face full of excitement.

"I don't have time to talk to you. Go to the kitchen. I left a bowl for you." Princess Wei of Han looked at Prince Han fiercely with disgust on her face, and signaled to Prince Han to get out quickly with her eyes.

"Then I'll go and take a look." Prince Han Zhu Gaoxu didn't care about his wife's tone. He lifted his clothes and hurried to the small kitchen.

"Xiu'er, have you made the arrangements?" Looking at the Prince of Han who was leaving, Princess Wei turned around and looked at Xiu'er behind her without any reluctance.

"Don't worry, Princess. Everything has been arranged. Yun'er and Jian'er are ready. I will go outside to watch in person later!" Xiu'er had a firm look on her face, and Princess Wei nodded with satisfaction after hearing this.

On the other side, our Crown Prince Zhu Zhanhe felt like his whole body was burning with heat and he hurried back to his room. As soon as he entered the room, he smelled a faint fragrance and felt even hotter in an instant. However, he didn't care and just asked people to prepare to wash up.

"Jian'er, Yun'er, I feel very hot and need to wash up. Please prepare a bath for me." Zhu Zhanhe was too embarrassed to see his maid waiting in the room. Although he was a little confused, he didn't have time to think about it and gave orders loudly.

"My Lord, you've been tired all day. Go to bed early. I've already prepared the bed, lit the incense, and warmed the quilt." Just as Zhu Zhanhe finished speaking, he heard the voice of his little maid Yun'er coming from the inner room. Zhu Zhanhe was startled. Why did the voice sound trembling?

So he turned and went to the inner room, and saw that his bed was made and the quilt was bulging. It was obvious that someone was warming the bed. The little girl even had her head buried in the quilt.

"You little girl, you actually warmed the bed in advance, but I want to take a bath." Seeing that the little girl didn't get up, Zhu Zhanhe went straight to his bed, looked at the bulging quilt, and said unhappily, and was about to remove the quilt of the little girl and let her prepare the bath water.

He pulled it a little, but it didn't come off. He was stunned, but without hesitation, he put his hand into the quilt and immediately felt it was slippery. He subconsciously moved his huge palm a few times.

"Young Master~!" Yun'er's voice was trembling, and his head felt like it was going to explode.

"What's going on?" Zhu Zhanhe felt like he was about to catch fire. He sat down in front of the bed, continued to stretch out his hand, and asked in a trembling voice.

"It was arranged by Aunt Xiu'er~" Yun'er's voice trembled with his movements, but she still answered tremblingly.

　Princess Wei of Han: Her origin is unknown. She was married to Zhu Gaoxu in his early years. In the second year of Yongle (1404), she was granted the title of Princess Wei of Han. She was eventually killed together with Zhu Gaoxu.

　　
　
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