Ming Dynasty: Gain one supernatural power every day

Zhu Gaoxu watched from the side, silently giving him a thumbs up in his heart. This old Qiu…

Everyone raised their glasses, and the room was filled with laughter. The meal continued, with toasts and drinks flowing freely.

The military officers ate and drank heartily, while the civil officials were relatively more refined, but they still ate just as much.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Bajie sat together, and the more they drank, the more enthusiastic they became. They talked about everything from the war in Annam to gods, demons and monsters, and from gods, demons and monsters to all sorts of strange and wonderful things in heaven and earth. When they got excited, they put their arms around each other's shoulders and laughed heartily.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxi ate for a while longer. Seeing that the atmosphere had become lively, the second son and Marshal Tianpeng were chatting about something with their arms around each other's shoulders. The generals around them were also chatting in groups of three or five.

Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxi took a small sip of wine during the banquet, and then got up and left one after the other.

Seeing that the Emperor and Prince Rui were about to leave, everyone wanted to get up to see them off, but Zhu Di raised his hand to stop them: "Sit down and continue eating. Enjoy yourselves today, there's no need for formalities."

Zhu Gaoxi returned to his room, lay down on the cloud chair, and took out the jade pendant.

Upon opening "We Are a Loving Family," the message notifications were already overflowing—99+.

He scrolled through the messages and, sure enough, the group chat had been buzzing with messages ever since Zhu Gaoxu posted those videos that afternoon.

[Empress Xu Miaoyun]: Is this the Heavenly General? His supernatural powers are too great. His head is on the clouds. He's really going to tear a hole in the sky.

It's not easy to oversee the country [Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi]: Is this Marshal Tianpeng? His supernatural powers are terrifying. He can grow bigger than a mountain and flatten an entire dense forest with a single rake.

Regent is no easy task. [Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi]: Second brother, why don't you become regent? The world is so big, your elder brother also wants to go out and see it. Your elder brother is working himself to the bone all day reviewing memorials and handling affairs big and small, while you're out there traveling and having fun with your fourth brother...

Seeking progress while maintaining stability [Prince Zhao, Zhu Gaosui]: Marshal Tianpeng's supernatural powers are truly amazing! Second brother, you're so lucky to witness a heavenly general descend to earth. I'm so envious my teeth ache...

Seeking progress while maintaining stability [Prince Zhao, Zhu Gaosui]: Brother is right. We're busy to death in the palace every day, it's much more enjoyable to go out to war with the Fourth Prince. We can ride tigers and see heavenly generals.

Peaceful and serene [Crown Princess Zhang Yan]: Fourth Uncle is too capable! He can even summon such a powerful celestial general to the mortal realm. His supernatural powers are so great, he could practically tear a hole in the sky…

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The conversation then turned to Zhu Gaoxi's gourds, saying things like freezing people on the left, burning people on the right, and being struck by lightning in the middle, and then washing them with water, turning the Annamese into dumplings.

Zhu Gaoxi looked at the messages in the group chat, and the corners of his mouth unconsciously curved up.

He replied casually, letting her know he was safe, and then spoke to Empress Xu about tomorrow's plans, telling her not to worry.

Empress Xu quickly replied, "Mother is not worried. With Xi'er here, Mother can rest assured," and also told him to get some rest.

Zhu Gaoxi put down the jade tablet, lay down on the bed, and quietly spread his spiritual power, covering the still noisy banquet hall by the river.

Upon closer inspection, the banquet had already entered its second half.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Bajie were both flushed from drinking. One had his arm around the other's shoulder, while the other was chugging his wine. The military officers around them were also staggering from drinking, and the civil officials had long since left their seats.

Only Zheng Heng, Xue Lu, Qiu Fu, and a few others were still able to sit up straight, and they were gathered around Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Bajie, listening to Zhu Bajie tell old stories about the Heavenly Court.

"Brother, tell us more about things in the heavens." Zhu Gaoxu held his wine glass, his face flushed, and his tongue was slurred a little.

"You really want to hear it?" Pigsy glanced at him sideways and chuckled.

"I really want to hear it, bro!"

"Marshal, please tell us!"

"Marshal, we mortals also want to hear stories from the heavens!"

With Zhu Gaoxu taking the lead, Zheng Heng, Xue Lu, Qiu Fu, and the others all got excited and crowded forward, practically wanting to put their ears right up to Zhu Bajie's mouth.

What's even more amazing is that, for some reason, several people simultaneously pulled out their jade pendants, turned on the recording function, and pointed the cameras at Pigsy.

This is a rare, exclusive piece of information—hearing immortals speak of celestial matters firsthand. It would be a shame not to record it.

"Let me think about it." Pigsy scratched his head, his eyes narrowing as if he were seriously recalling something. In reality, his mind was racing, trying to figure out how to make himself sound even more impressive so he could impress these mortals.

After all, he had always been a punching bag on the journey to the West, with monkeys pulling his ears and his master chanting the Tightening-Headband Mantra. Now that he had finally met a group of people who treated him like a god, when else would he not take this opportunity to finally get his revenge?

Seeing that Zhu Bajie was still "hesitating," Zhu Gaoxu assumed he was putting on airs, so he quickly leaned close to his ear and whispered, "Brother, hurry up and tell me. When we get back to the capital, I'll take you to the sixteenth floor to have some fun. You have no idea, the women there..."

As he said this, he made a few vague gestures with his hands in front of his chest, revealing an extremely lewd smile on his face, with his eyebrows twitching.

"Round and smooth, charming and alluring, that feeling... hehehe." Zhu Gaoxu's voice grew lower and lower, and the expressions on his red face became more and more varied.

"Hehehe. Is it really as you say, brother?" Upon hearing this, Pigsy's eyes lit up, and he grinned so wide that his mouth almost reached his ears. He became energetic and showed no signs of being drunk at all.

"Absolutely true! Going there will make you so happy you won't want to leave, you'll be flying high... With my influence, I'll pick out two top courtesans for you! Those pretty faces, those little hands, the feeling is indescribable... Those who know, know, I won't say more!" Zhu Gaoxu got more and more excited as he spoke, moving even closer to Zhu Bajie.

"Hehehe, you're too kind, brother. Let me, Old Pig, think about where to begin."

"Hehehe, that's right, bro. Take your time thinking about it."

"Hehehe—"

"Hehehe—"

The two exchanged a glance and simultaneously let out a knowing, lewd laugh.

The laughter echoed in the lobby of the river-view room.

Zhu Gaoxu was engrossed in imagining the wonderful scene of taking Zhu Bajie to a "good place" after returning to the capital, grinning foolishly.

Suddenly, he felt something reflecting light in front of him. He looked closely and saw that Zhang Fu's jade pendant was almost touching his face. Then he glanced to the side and saw that Zheng Heng, Xue Lu, and Qiu Fu were all holding their jade pendants up straight, with the camera pointed directly at him and Zhu Bajie.

"What are you doing? Holy crap!" Zhu Gaoxu sobered up instantly, jumped up, and reached out to snatch Zhang Fu's jade pendant.

"Quickly, quickly, delete that part! Delete it all for me!"

"What are you doing?! Damn it! Delete that last part right now!"

"I'm talking to you, Old Qiu, delete it now! Or I'll really get angry!"

Zhu Gaoxu was filled with fear when he realized that everything he had said to Marshal Tianpeng had been recorded, including his lewd smile—no, his handsome smile.

If this gets out, wouldn't his lifelong reputation as the Prince of Han be ruined? Doesn't he have any shame? Even worse, what if it reaches Lady Wei's ears? How will he explain this when he gets home?

Zheng Heng and Xue Lu were still pretending to be stupid: "Your Highness, we recorded Marshal Tianpeng talking about the Heavenly Court, we didn't record anything else."

"Bullshit! I'm not blind! Don't you know when you started recording that clip? Delete it now!"

Qiu Fu tried to argue, "Your Highness, I haven't watched this video yet..."

"You still want to see? You want to see my ass! Delete it now, and after you're done, I'll check your jade pendant! And you, Old Zheng, hand over your jade pendant! And you, Xue Lu, don't think I can't see you just because you're hiding behind Zhang Fu!"

Under Zhu Gaochi's coercion and enticement, the military officers finally reluctantly deleted the video.

Zhu Gaoxu personally checked each of the four people's jade pendants one by one, and only after confirming that there were no residues did he breathe a sigh of relief and plop down back in his chair.

Zhu Gaoxu continued, "Brother, come on, keep drinking! Keep talking! Let's continue with the affairs of Heaven!"

Meanwhile, in the building by the river, Zhu Gaoxi lay on his bed, his spiritual power allowing him to see this scene clearly.

Second brother, oh second brother, I wonder if your wife would still have a home if she found out about this.