Daming heir

Chapter 46 Our grandson has grown up

"I heard that the two sons and daughters of the Hou's mansion on the street over there got engaged today. They are really well-matched and enviable."

"Speaking of which, the children of the meritorious families of our Ming Dynasty have all grown up. I don't know if these people can continue to expand the territory for our Ming Dynasty like their parents did."

"That's inevitable! Let's say that the young master and young lady of the Marquis Mansion on the next street is a heroic, well-educated, talented woman. That young master is now working in the Fifth Army Commander's Mansion, and she has some skills."

"If you want to talk about this, you have to talk about the young ladies of those meritorious families. I heard that all of them look good, and I don't know who they will marry in the future..."

"Zhongshan King, Kaiping King, Xin Guogong, Liang Guogong, Song Guogong, Ying Guogong, the ladies and young ladies of this family have all grown up. It will be great when we can get into the eyes of these people. ..."

"Drink too much? You can save some money and go play in the Qinhuai River."

Ever since he bought four bowls of pickled vegetable rice and walked towards the imperial city, Zhu Yunxi's ears were full of chatter from the common people.

After crossing the Fuxing Bridge and reaching the street in front of Jiaofangsi, the chaotic sounds around him disappeared.

Sun Chengti slid four bowls of pickled rice and followed closely behind.

"The old man, can you tell that he is an old man who retired from our Ming army?"

Zhu Yunxi, who passed through the right gate of Chang'an and entered the imperial city, suddenly asked in a low voice.

Sun Cheng was slightly taken aback, thought for a while and nodded, "Your subordinates can see clearly that the old man's calloused mouth is not caused by working in the fields, but must have been held with a knife and gun in the past."

Zhu Yunxi's face was gloomy: "Shouldn't the court's support never stop?"

His question is a little redundant.

According to the law of the Ming Dynasty, the preferential treatment for military households is the highest in all dynasties. At least in the Hongwu Dynasty today, the disabled and elderly soldiers in the past were given a special allowance every year.

Even if the old soldier dies, the surviving parents and children under the knee will be supported by the court until they are old or grow up.

Sun Cheng saw the gloom in the emperor's heart, nodded with a smile and said: "The imperial court dare not take this one lightly. Today's old man is probably stubborn, and he doesn't want to rest on the merits of the past. Do something yourself."

Zhu Yunxi felt a little relieved, nodded and said: "Check it out, if the imperial court is slack in waiting for the retired old man from the army, report it to me."

Sun Cheng responded.

The two passed through Chengtian Gate, Duan Gate and Meridian Gate.

As soon as he stepped through the Huangji Gate, the square of the Huangji Palace was in front of him, but he stopped suddenly.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the corner in surprise, and hurriedly bowed to salute: "Grandson sees grandpa, I wonder why grandpa is here?"

Looking at the corner behind the Huangji Gate, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was leading the palace's chief of staff, Sun Gouer, was puzzled for a moment. Why did the old man run to the front to read the memorial when the old man was not in the Zhongji Hall today and took the crown prince to review the memorial? Here comes the door.

Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his ass with a smile, stood up from the stone steps, and walked in front of Zhu Yunxi with a smile on his face.

The old man patted the emperor's grandson's shoulder with his big hand.

"came back?"

Zhu Yunxi nodded and hummed, looking puzzled at the face of Sun Gou'er who was following Zhu Yuanzhang.

The status of the eunuchs in the Hongwu dynasty was extremely low, and they were actually the servants of the old Zhu family.

On the contrary, this Sun Gou'er has been working beside Zhu Yuanzhang for more than ten years, and he has been standing still, so he has some skills.

Seeing the emperor's grandson winking at him, Sun Gouer hurriedly closed his eyes and shook his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang watched the secret communication between Zhu Yunxi and Sun Gou'er, and couldn't help humming: "We're just tired, let your father approve the memorials over there, and let's take the dog out for a walk."

Zhu Yunxi withdrew his mind, relaxed a little, and said with a smile: "Grandpa has been working on my Ming Dynasty affairs all day, so he should have more rest. If there is something to do, let my father take care of it."

Zhu Yuanzhang laughed out loud immediately, and reached out his hand to knock on Zhu Yunxi's forehead with complaints in his eyes: "You boy, if my father listens to this, you may be so angry."

Zhu Yunxi chuckled: "Father is in his prime and able to resist."

Zhu Yuanzhang became more and more joyful, and pulled Zhu Yunxi to the front of Huangji Gate. He probably forgot his identity, and pulled Zhu Yunxi straight, and the grandfather and grandson sat on the threshold stone.

Zhu Yuanzhang patted the dust on his hands, and asked with a smile, "I didn't go to school today, what did you do when you were out of the palace?"

As he spoke, Zhu Yuanzhang's nose twitched silently.

Some wine smell, some powder rouge smell.

He looked sideways at Zhu Yunxi lightly, with deep meaning in his eyes, and a smile on his face, waiting quietly for Zhu Yunxi to speak.

Zhu Yunxi was a little embarrassed, and said unimportantly: "I went out of the palace and walked a few streets to see the current situation of the people's livelihood in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. I met Xie Jin, a scholar of the Imperial Academy, and chatted with him for a few words , drank two glasses of three liquors."

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he secretly looked at the old man beside him.

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed again, pretending not to know: "Oh? You met that kid Xie Jin? How do you feel?"

If it weren't for Jiang Yu's report earlier, the emperor's grandson went to the Jiaofang Division to eat wine, but he only showed the clan's signboard, but didn't give him any money, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have thought of running to Huangji Gate to block the way.

Zhu Yunxi nodded and said, "Xie Dashen is an excellent person, it's his temperament..."

As he spoke, there was a hint of ambiguity on his face.

Zhu Yuanzhang burst into laughter immediately: "Stubborn donkey, right? That kid is good in everything, it's just his temperament. He has already offended a bunch of people within a few years of being an official."

Zhu Yunxie echoed: "We should give him a hard beating, so that his memory will be long. But...everyone is as talented as him, a great talent in the country, and if he is used well, he will be a blessing to our family and billions of people in the world." blessing."

Zhu Yuanzhang clapped his hands and murmured: "The truth is this, but... let's take a look, and see what happens behind that kid..."

As he said that, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to pat the back of Zhu Yunxi's head again, and said meaningfully: "It's our grandson who has really grown up now! It's great to grow up..."

The sudden appearance of the old man made Zhu Yunxi feel bewildered, and looked at Sun Gou'er who was waiting with a smile on his face.

Sun Gou'er turned his head this time, looked at the things in Sun Cheng's hands, and asked curiously: "I don't know what novelty the emperor's grandson brought back from outside the palace?"

At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang saw Sun Cheng who was carrying something in his hand.

Zhu Yunxi hurriedly explained: "Pickled vegetable rice! When my grandson returned to the palace today, I met an old soldier who had retired from the first army and sold this rice on the street. I remembered that when my grandfather started in Huaixi, most of the time the salted vegetable rice was meat. Good things to satisfy my hunger, so I brought some back."

Hearing that what Zhu Yunxi brought back turned out to be rice with pickled vegetables, Zhu Yuanzhang raised his brows.

He couldn't stop looking at the pickled rice in Sun Cheng's hand.

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and looked at Zhu Yunxi: "Shall we try it?"

Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "The grandson wanted to offer Grandpa a taste."

As he spoke, he waved his hand, and Sun Cheng hurried forward and took a bowl of wrapped rice with pickled vegetables.

On the other side, Sun Gou'er frowned and hurried forward to stop him.

Zhu Yuanzhang had already picked up the pickled vegetable rice, squinting and snorting coldly: "Our grandson will harm us? You dog slave, take a copy and give it to the prince!"

(End of this chapter)