Emperor Ming's grandson

Chapter 6 Prince and grandson, and fourth uncle

On New Year's Eve, Empress Ma happily prepares lunch, which is a 'family banquet'.

It will be five years old after the new year, and this age is naturally relatively young.

Holding the little sister Zhu Yue, Zhu Xiongying teased the little girl, "Yue'er, kiss the emperor brother?"

Zhu Yue was very shameless, and stretched out her small hands to push away Zhu Xiongying's approaching face, looking like she was about to cry at any moment.

"Xi'er, give me a kiss, Brother Huang." Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Xi, who was staring eagerly at the side, and said, "Brother Huang likes Xi'er the most!"

Zhu Xi immediately ran over, and happily kissed Zhu Xiongying with her small mouth pouting.Now Zhu Yue is not happy, this is her imperial brother, she can not kiss, but others can't!
Zhu Xiong is proud of himself. It is normal for children to compete for favor, so there is no need to be surprised.

Zhu Biao was a little amused, and then said, "Ying'er, I don't see you hugging Yunxi?"

"Yunxi can't do it, he's too young." Zhu Xiongying said as a matter of course, "What's more, he's a boy, the men of the Zhu family are all great heroes!"

Zhu Yuanzhang, who was sitting and watching his children and grandchildren, immediately became happy. Sometimes he also felt that his prince was a little weak.After all, he is a disciple of Confucianism, and his personality is a bit honest.Hello, our eldest grandson, tough and decisive!
The concubine of the crown prince, Lu Shi, was a little uneasy. If she hadn't taken care of Zhu Xi, Zhu Yue and Zhu Yunxie now, she, the concubine of the crown prince, was not qualified to attend such a family banquet.

In fact, the Lu family was very grateful to the princess, because her ancestors were descendants of the Southern Song general Lu Wenhuan. Lu Wenhuan later surrendered to the Yuan army, killed many people, and surrendered again in Lu Ben's generation.

This also caused Zhu Biao to look down on her, that is, the princess was kind and took good care of her, which allowed her to gain a foothold in the East Palace.

Zhu Yunqi watched eagerly, Zhu Yunqi, who was about to be two years old, could usually see his prince's father.But the emperor's grandfather and queen's grandmother are rarely seen.

After the happy family banquet was over, Mrs. Lu took the reluctant Zhu Xi and Zhu Yue away, and Zhu Yunxi did not wake up.

Seeing her eldest grandson sleeping on the couch, Empress Ma sighed, "Chongba, did you see that?"

"What did you see?" Zhu Yuanzhang said rather irritably, "If you see it, you don't see it. Our eldest grandson is sensible and polite, and doesn't want us to worry, so we have to pretend not to know! Don't say anything, we They're all pretending to be confused!"

Empress Ma felt even more distressed, "A child who is only so young, how can he be so thoughtful!"

During the lunch just now, Zhu Xiongying paid respects to his grandpa and grandma, and of course the prince Zhu Biao was indispensable.Very respectful and courteous, I thanked the crown prince's side concubine Lu Shi, and thanked her for taking care of her younger brothers and sisters.
In fact, even Zhu Biao could tell, Zhu Xiongying only ate a few mouthfuls of vegetarian dishes for the whole lunch.But coaxing younger siblings to eat more, coaxing elders to be happy.

Empress Ma remembered something and asked, "Zheng Si, how did you arrange it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang said as a matter of course, "Let's take our children and grandchildren and send the ancestral tablet to the Taimiao to pay homage. Our grandson will naturally go. He went before, and now he will naturally go! Let's think about it. Our Yinger is the eldest grandson. He and Biao'er is holding our parents' tablets."

Empress Ma was stunned for a moment, and said, "Isn't that appropriate? Those in the Ministry of Rites are going to talk too much!"

"Talking?" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, "This is our family matter, we have the final say! The second and third children are already in feudal clan, and the fourth son is also going to be in feudal clan, so it happens that our eldest grandson can be enshrined."

Empress Ma was silent for a moment, and then said, "Chongba, you have seen what happened today, and the Lu family is also gentle. It makes sense not to continue to establish a crown princess now. You said that if Biao'er ascends the throne, the harem cannot There is no master, the queen will be established sooner or later."

Zhu Yuanzhang sighed, and then said, "That's true. We're afraid of it if we think about it. You said that if the Lu family becomes the queen one day, her heirs will also be the legitimate sons. We are the beacon son, and our Yinger is the grandson of the emperor. But now that Lao Chang is gone, it is difficult for the Chang family boy to take on the responsibility, and our Yinger also lacks help."

When Empress Ma was silent, Zhu Yuanzhang patted his thigh, "Wait a minute, we established the rules long ago, and established the first son and the eldest son. If we want to leave, first make Yinger the emperor's grandson, and save those people Nonsense!"

Zhu Xiongying woke up after squinting for an hour, took a bath and changed clothes with the help of the maid, and then put on the mian suit.

Mianfu, of course, is also a kind of dress, a dress worn for important ceremonies.

In fact, in the first four days of the ceremony, Zhu Xiongying took a bath and changed clothes every day, and went to the fasting palace every day with his grandfather and father to show his sincerity and respect.

According to the instructions of the emperor's ancestors, the eldest son of the crown prince is the grandson of the emperor, and the second son and concubine are all named county kings at the age of ten.

So now Zhu Xiongying is just a 'grandson', not old enough, so naturally he hasn't been canonized yet.

Zhu Yuanzhang walks like a dragon and walks like a tiger, wearing a twelve-pronged crown on his head, a big fur coat, and black clothes.The upper garment is painted with six patterns of sun, moon, stars, mountains, dragons, and Chinese insects, and the lower garment is embroidered with six patterns of algae, fire, rice, Zongyi, Fu, and Fu, with a total of twelve chapters.

Zhu Biao also came, with nine crowns and nine chapters.Dragon, Mountain, Huachong, Huo, Zongyi, Fenmi, Fu, Fu.

And Zhu Xiongying has eight crowns and seven chapters, Huachong, Huo, Zongyi, Zao, Fenmi, Fu, and Fu.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in a good mood, looked at his children and grandchildren and said, "Let's go, follow us to Fengxian Hall."

Zhu Biao smiled and nodded, but at this moment Zhu Xiongying bowed down, "Your Majesty, Sun Chen has something to play."

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "Get up, get up and talk!"

Zhu Xiongying said slowly, "Your Majesty, when the mother and concubine pass away, Sun Chen should also pay respects."

"Bastard!" Zhu Biao was upset, and immediately said, "Your mother and concubine have their own incense in my Zhu family's ancestral hall."

Zhu Xiongying looked at Zhu Biao, and said slowly, "My son knows, but Sun Chen wants to go to Kaiping Palace in the next year, and I hope to allow it."

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced back at Empress Ma, who nodded slightly.They had said in private before that the grandson would definitely want to mention this matter in such a season.

"Ying'er, this matter makes sense." Zhu Yuanzhang said quickly, "How about this, you went to the palace in the second year of junior high school. Your mother is gone, but your old uncle is still here. It is also the rule for this nephew to visit his uncle. At that time, let us The guard of honor will send you there."

Zhu Biao was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "Father, that's beyond the courtesy. If the father gives Ying'er face and Chang's face, he will issue an imperial decree and let Ying'er pass by the prince's guard of honor. My son has prepared some gifts. , father and mother will give some more. If you are not at ease, then send a few caring people to follow."

Empress Ma laughed immediately, and said quickly, "Okay, okay, I also prepared some cloaks and vests for Yinger to send over."

Zhu Yuanzhang led his son and grandson towards Fengxian Hall, and then Zhu Biao took Zhu Xiongying first to stand upright.

It is also interesting to say that Zhu Yuanzhang is definitely a workaholic and triathlon champion.

Zhu Xiongying's thirteenth uncle, Zhu Gui, is only less than half a year older than Zhu Xiongying.The fourteenth uncle, Zhu Li, is two years younger than Zhu Xiongying, and it is said that he has just been weaned.Uncle Eighteen, it's not long after the full moon.But Uncle Nineteen could be born soon.

Because the second and third elder brothers have already entered the domain, Zhu Di has become the oldest among the princes besides the prince.

Although he was unwilling, he still obediently stood behind the grandson.

Facing his father, Zhu Di didn't dare to have the slightest idea.In front of the emperor's brother, Zhu Di is also a very well-behaved good brother.Now he just thinks about becoming a feudal clan, just thinking about going to Yandi to be at ease and lead troops to fight.

Zhu Xiongying suddenly opened his mouth, turned around and asked Zhu Di, "Fourth Uncle, is the date of the feudal clan fixed?"

Zhu Di said with a smile, "Not yet! My nephew, if the fourth uncle is a vassal, go and play with the fourth uncle!"

Zhu Biao turned his head and glared at Zhu Di, "Just behave yourself! If you dare to learn from your second and third brothers, you don't need to be dealt with by the emperor, I will deal with you first!"

Zhu Di shrank his neck and dared not speak, so he could only nod obediently.

The second child, Zhu Xi, was intelligent, strict and heroic when he was young. He only became a feudal clan in May of this year, and ended up doing a lot of construction work in the palace, wasting people and money.This was just when he let himself go, he was reprimanded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

The third child is not a fuel-efficient lamp. He has beautiful eyes and a beautiful beard, and Gu Yu is powerful. On the way to the feudal clan, he whips the chef for trivial matters.

In the end, he was scolded by Zhu Yuanzhang. Zhu Yuanzhang believed that the chef was in charge of food and drink, punished him at will, and he was afraid of being poisoned. He admonished Zhu Yan, and said that during the period when he was seeking peace, everyone who made mistakes would be punished one by one, but he dared not blame him for 23 years. Chef "Xu Xingzu".

Zhu Xiongying also searched for this Xu Xingzu for a long time, but couldn't find the shadow.

"Fourth Uncle, let my younger brother come to the palace in two days. I am an older brother, so I should see my younger brother." Zhu Xiongying smiled innocently, and said to Zhu Di, "If the fourth uncle is a vassal, I don't know when I will see him." younger brother."

Zhu Di's eldest son Zhu Gaochi was born in Fengyang Mansion this summer, Zhu Xiongying still wants to see this 'fat brother' very much.

Zhu Di nodded again and again, and said, "Okay, if Gao Chi returns to the capital, he will naturally show his grandson."

Zhu Biao nodded slightly, then said, "Shut up!"

(End of this chapter)