First Prince of Ming Dynasty

  Chapter 18 Young Ruyu

  One night in October 1363, the sun had already set, and Zhu Biao personally sent his teacher Song Lian to leave the Duke's Mansion, which was regarded as a day's study was completed.

   Originally, he wanted to go directly to his room, have a meal and then read a book before falling asleep, but he saw the big maid next to Mrs. Ma came safely, saying that Madam invited him over.

   As for Ruyi, she was already married, and she was a pro-military general beside Zhu Yuanzhang.

  Student Xiao Zhu followed Ping An to the inner courtyard. He lives next to Zhu Yuanzhang's study. He asked Old Zhu here when he was six years old.

  In front of him, there is peace and a servant is holding a lantern to light the way, and there are two companions beside him to protect him, lest he slip and fall.

   Just walked into the inner courtyard all the way, Xiao Zhu looked in the direction, not going to the mother's room, but going to the hall in the backyard, presumably there is something serious about it.

   Before he got close, two maids came to greet him. Xiao Zhu asked a few words, and it turned out that the women and children in the backyard had already arrived, and they were all waiting for him to finish school.

  Arrived outside the main hall, he was not in a hurry to go in. He took the hot towel handed by the maid and wiped his hands, then asked Ma Shi how his appetite was these days.

  The main hall was brightly lit, and the air was filled with various fragrances. Everyone except Ma Shi stood up and prepared to welcome the eldest son in the mansion.

   There were more than 20 women inside. Those with children pulled up their children, and those without children stood up quickly, waiting with lowered eyebrows and eyes.

   Sitting in the upper seat, Mrs. Ma picked up the tea and glanced calmly, especially those with children.

   Not long after, an extravagant young man walked in. His face was smooth and white, his expression was gentle, his eyes were clear, and there was always a slight smile on his mouth, exuding a calm and refined air that only middle-aged celebrities could have.

Wearing a white robe embroidered with golden cloud patterns, which is woven by the best beautiful women in the south of the Yangtze River with high-quality silk, her long black hair is tied behind her back with a golden ring inlaid with sapphires, and a sheep's clothing is worn on her waist with a red thread. The jade pendant of Zhiyu Guanyin was surrounded by a group of maids.

  Xiao Zhu went in, smiled and bowed to his mother and said, "The son pays his respects to the mother.

  Slightly straightened her waist and bowed her hands to those women: "I have seen you aunts.

  The women also hurriedly returned the salute: "I am waiting to meet the eldest son"

  Eight-year-old Zhu Wei led his younger brother Zhu Bian, and the Yan family took the young Zhu Di and Zhu Bing out to salute: "My brother pays homage to my elder brother."

  Zhu Biao showed a gentle smile to his four younger brothers: "Okay, good boy, let's go eat."

   "Sisters, please sit down, please come over and sit down, mother asked the kitchen to make you your favorite eight-treasure balls, rouge goose breast and chicken marrow bamboo shoots"

  Everyone was seated, Zhu Biaoduan sat beside Ma Shi, and below were the two brothers Zhu Xi and Zhu Yan. As for Zhu Di and Zhu Xi who were still young, they both ate by their mother's side, and the other concubines were at other tables.

  The main seat on the left is empty, that is Zhu Yuanzhang's seat.

   Seeing that everyone was seated, Ping An took a look at his wife and went to arrange for the dishes to be served. The dishes in the kitchen were already ready, and they were waiting for Zhu Biao to go to school.

   Seeing that his mother had no intention of speaking, Zhu Biao turned around and asked his younger brothers about their homework. Song Lian is now teaching Zhu Biao's classmate, and Zhu Xi and Zhu Biao are taught by Song Lian's apprentice.

   These two are not fond of learning. As long as Zhu Yuanzhang is not in the mansion, he will spend three days fishing and two days drying the net, always thinking about playing.

  After Zhu Yuanzhang returned home to inspect the homework of his sons, he had to beat them up. Every time, Zhu Biao pleaded for mercy, so as to avoid the tragedy of the two of them being hanged and beaten.

  In the early years, Mrs. Song still thought that Zhu Yu was only one year younger than Zhu Biao, and if Zhu Biao failed, his son would not have no chance...

  But with the gap in reality, the Song family has long accepted their fate. They have taught their two sons since they were young. If you have anything, you have to ask your elder brother. If you don’t listen to your elder brother, your father will beat you to death.

  The two children are not young anymore, so they naturally know the disparity in the status of the mansion, but they think it is right, not only are they not as good as the elder brother in reading, but they are not as courageous as the elder brother.

  Seeing that the two fathers couldn't even speak fully, and the elder brother was still as gentle as jade even in front of the furious father, and he was always able to rescue the two brothers before they were beaten to death.

   These two have been Zhu Biao's real younger brothers since they were young, and they have inexplicable admiration for him.

Seeing the bitter faces of these two brothers when they talk about studying, Xiao Zhu is helpless. This is just remembering to eat and not to beat. Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang is about to come back, he doesn't know how to hold Buddha's feet temporarily, read more books and save a few strokes. Looks like it's inevitable to be beaten again...

   He glanced at Zhu Di calmly again, student Xiao Zhu never had the idea of ​​getting rid of the future Emperor Yong Le in advance, he was not afraid that he would not be able to suppress him.

  As long as he is alive, Zhu Di will always be the king of Yan. If one day he really dares to rebel, he doesn't mind sending his younger brother off on the battlefield.

And in the future, he will also leave a dark hand behind. If he still cannot escape the fate of dying early, Zhu Di and his ambitious younger brothers will be brought to the ground. No matter how hard his son is, he can manage a stable world. .

   What's more, he doesn't have only one son, at worst, he can have several more, so that he can raise a good grandson for Lao Zhu, which is not in vain of the father-son relationship.

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   It's almost two o'clock... A book friend told me just now that this book is already the second place on the new book list in history, and it's on the list with only 20,000 words. It's really a surprise, thank you for your support.

  (end of this chapter)