My father is Jiajing

Zhu Zaigui certainly would not give Chen and Princess Jing a chance. He waved his hand and said to Chen, "Queen, aren't you going to make me some peach blossom cakes? Now the peach blossoms have all fallen except those in the mountains."

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, Chen immediately bowed and said, "I have already prepared it and it is in the box over there."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "Very good, go get it and take a look at it. Tell him not to study so hard anymore. The purpose of going out to play is to relax. Let him play with Yijun and Yizhong."

Chen bowed again: "I obey your order."

After watching Chen leave, Zhu Zaigui's eyes stayed on Princess Jing. Princess Jing couldn't help but get excited at this moment, "Why did the emperor want to confer a title on Zhong'er?"

Zhu Zaiyi picked up the teacup that had just been placed on the small table, took a sip, and said calmly, "Do you have any objections?"

When Princess Jing heard Zhu Zaigui's voice, her expression froze, and she immediately lowered her head and said aggrievedly: "I dare not."

Zhu Zaigui put down the cup and sighed again, "Watch your words. You shouldn't call yourself a concubine in front of me."

After hearing Zhu Zaigui's words, Princess Jing's eyes turned red with grievance. She bit her lips lightly and replied sadly, "Your Highness, I obey your order."

When Zhu Zaigui heard that Princess Jing finally understood his self-proclaimed name, a smile appeared on his face. He smiled at Princess Jing and said, "You don't want to give too much. I will not give less than what is due to Zhong'er. From now on, you will be alone in Beijing to take care of Zhong'er. If you feel bored and lonely, you can go to the palace more often like before."

Princess Jing immediately said, "But...but the Queen doesn't seem to like me."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and shook his head, saying, "The Queen is very generous. As long as you stick to your duties, the Queen will not have any opinion of you."

Princess Jing looked at Zhu Zaigui's smile. Although she wanted to say something else in her heart, she swallowed it back in the end. Her expression turned into grievance, and a string of pearl-like tears fell from her red eyes, which made people feel pity for her.

But unfortunately, Zhu Zaigui had a heart of stone. Although he liked the gentleness and understanding of Princess Jing when she was by his side, he also liked the confusion of Princess Jing when he was enjoying the pleasure under her.

But compared with the Ming Dynasty and the supreme power in his hands, these enjoyments no longer seem so tempting.

Moreover, in the more than ten years since Zhu Zaigui got married in Prince Yu's Mansion, he has never lacked beauties with outstanding looks and figures around him.

Although these beauties failed to bring Zhu Zaigui the same psychological excitement as when he was with Princess Jing, Zhu Zaigui was not obsessed with this feeling.

Therefore, Zhu Zaigui's attitude towards Princess Jing is like an occasional barbecue hotpot. He misses it after a long time, but he can't stand it if he keeps eating it.

Zhu Zaigui reached out and stroked the beautiful and pitiful face of Princess Jing, and wiped the tears from her face. "Okay, don't cry. If someone sees you, they will think that I did something to you."

"And, to be honest, if it weren't for me, you wouldn't have Zhong'er, and you wouldn't have been able to stay in the capital forever."

"So, I hope you can cherish everything I have given you, and not take advantage of the special relationship between you and me to ask for more."

"You have to understand that in this world, what I give you is yours. If I don't give it to you, you can't snatch it!"

Princess Jing's tears were wiped away by Zhu Zaigui, and as she listened to his words, her heart trembled as well. She no longer dared to have those unrealistic ambitions she had before.

But at the same time, she was also afraid that Zhu Zaigui would never meet her alone again.

So at this moment Princess Jing also asked in panic and trembling: "Will the emperor still favor me in the future?"

Zhu Zaigui smiled and pinched Princess Jing's cheek. "You are so beautiful, your figure is so soft, and your voice is so sweet. Of course I will never forget you."

"I will take advantage of the Queen and the others having a picnic here to rest in the temple. If you can come when you are free, I will arrange a room for you."

After hearing what Zhu Zaigui said, Princess Jing immediately understood what he meant. The grievance on her face disappeared instantly, and was replaced by an indescribable feeling of anticipation.

Princess Jing immediately bowed to Zhu Zaigui and said, "I thank the emperor."

Zhu Zaigui smiled and said, "Wrong again."

Princess Jing immediately said, "I, your Highness, thank you."

When Zhu Zaigui heard the word "minister", a smile spread across his face. "That's right. The queen is coming, go help her."

Princess Jing bowed and said "yes" again, then stood up to help Chen take the peach blossom cake she brought from the food box.

Zhu Zaigui also took this opportunity to stand up and walk over to Zhu Yijun and Zhu Yizhong who were playing nearby.

When Zhu Yi, who was just called by Chen, saw Zhu Zaigui coming, he immediately bowed respectfully to Zhu Zaigui and said, "Your son Zhu Yi pays respects to the emperor, father."

Zhu Zaigui looked at his son who had developed a fear of him without him knowing, and sighed in his heart. Is this the fate of the royal father and son?
Zhu Zaigui smiled kindly and held Zhu Yi's arm. "Don't be so reserved when you're out playing. And there's no teacher here to teach you strictly. Don't use the etiquette they taught you to call me father. Just call me dad as before."

After Zhu Yi stood up with the help of Zhu Zaigui's arm, he could not help but nervously replied, "Your son obeys your order."

Seeing his son still like this, Zhu Zaigui couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Could it be that he really had become estranged from his son?

In fact, the reason why Zhu Yi was like this was not entirely due to the so-called estrangement between father and son, but because the Hanlin scholars who were responsible for teaching Zhu Yi always told Zhu Yi a lot of principles such as "the king is the leader of his ministers, and the father is the leader of his sons" when educating him.

Moreover, when these people taught Zhu Yi these principles, they also constantly instilled in Zhu Yi the idea that he was the emperor's eldest son and should be the crown prince.

However, after Zhu Zaigui ascended the throne, he never took the initiative to mention his intention to appoint a crown prince, and he also kept the memorials from ministers suggesting the appointment of a crown prince without sending them out.

So, under such circumstances, the young Zhu Yi would naturally be influenced by the outside world and would naturally wonder if he was no longer favored by his father.
Moreover, once this feeling started to grow in his heart, even if Zhu Zaigui wanted to talk it out with his son, it was not certain that his son would understand or know his heart.

Also, when Zhu Zaigui faced Zhu Yi and Zhu Yijun, he was sometimes psychologically biased towards Zhu Yijun, which was something Zhu Zaigui had to admit.

But is there any parent in this world who would really admit that they are partial?
Therefore, Zhu Zaigui was trying his best to keep things fair and make Zhu Yi feel that he was not neglected by his father.

Zhu Zaigui said, "Son, do you still remember your childhood? At that time, I often let you play in the study. You were very young and fun at that time. You didn’t know anything and were curious about everything. I held you in my arms and taught you how to write your name." Such memories are profound for Zhu Zaigui, but for Zhu Yi, he can only imagine that scene based on Zhu Zaigui's words.

After all, he was so young at the time, how could he remember these memories?

Therefore, for many people, their childhood memories are mostly based on their parents’ descriptions and imagined scenes, and are not their own real memories.

And even if there are some childhood memories, they may only be a fleeting scene, and the causes and consequences are unknown.

Therefore, many memories, even if they leave an impression in our minds, may not necessarily have really happened. They may just be our own imaginations from our childhood ignorance.

If you really want to have true and credible memories, you may have to wait until you are five or six years old, when memories that can connect cause and effect will gradually emerge.

So now when Zhu Zaigui talked about how he taught Zhu Yi to write when he was a child, even if Zhu Yi tried his best to recall it, he could only supplement his memory of this passage through his imagination, and he could not really remember the incident.

Zhu Zaigui looked at the silent Zhu Yi again, and said with a deliberately relaxed smile: "Son, just use your heart when you study. When you are free, you can still play more with your brothers. Otherwise, it will be so lonely to grow up alone!"

Zhu Yi bowed again and said, "I will remember this."

Zhu Zaigui listened to Zhu Yi's words again, and realized in his heart that he seemed to no longer have the opportunity to have a heart-to-heart chat with his son.

Some psychological barriers have been created quietly and can never be reversed.

So at this moment, Zhu Zaigui also vaguely thought of the way he got along with his father before he traveled through time.

Zhu Zaigui knew in his heart that his father was the one who loved him the most and was most willing to help him at all costs, but the relationship between the two was drifting apart in their views on certain things.

For example, his old father tried his best to let Zhu Zaigui find a wife, get married and have children, so that he could live a fulfilling life, and not become like those poor old bachelors in the village when he was old, with no other living person who could talk in the family except him.

But at that time, Zhu Zaigui could not accept his father's obsession with him getting married and having children, because Zhu Zaigui also understood that his era was different from his father's.

Even if he tries his best to find a lover and wants to build a family and live a happy life with her, it does not mean that the other person will be willing to live a dull life with him without passion and surprises.

Moreover, the cost of getting married is so high, and the cost of maintaining a relationship is also so high that it is simply not an expense that Zhu Zaigui, who earned a few thousand yuan a month at the time, could afford.

So at that time, after Zhu Zaigui had deeply experienced a failed relationship, he already understood that there was no lover in this world who was willing to share the joys and sorrows with him.

Even if there was, Zhu Zaigui didn't believe that he would be so lucky to meet it.

Therefore, after that, Zhu Zaigui no longer had any extravagant hopes or imaginations about marriage and love. He just wanted to make money quietly, work hard to live his own life, and not add burden to others.

As for marriage and love, Zhu Zaigui at that time only believed in one thing, that is, as long as he got better, whether it was marriage or love, they would come knocking on his door.

There is no need for him to go through so much trouble, use his cheap sincerity and a few thousand yuan a month income to search aimlessly.

Therefore, after Zhu Zaigui accidentally traveled to this world, his new life experiences had already verified his understanding before the time travel.

Now he doesn't have to work hard or please others, and there will be many women who are willing to love him wholeheartedly and think about him.

This is the reality. There is no need to refute it or think too deeply about it. You just need to understand who you are and what you need.

As for emotional illusions such as love, they are simply ridiculous in the face of status, power and wealth!
Only those who have never obtained anything and have never experienced anything would have the wild fantasy of yearning for an unforgettable relationship to fill the emptiness and imagination in their hearts!

Someone like Zhu Zaigui, who has experienced underestimation and felt the reality of the world, will not be obsessed with the feeling of love.

Therefore, when he treats his current women, he just treats them with a normal heart. Zhu Zaiwei will give them the care they deserve and the kindness they deserve.

But Zhu Zaigui would fall deeply in love with one of them, as if he was possessed and went mad, and could not extricate himself from her, even to the point of disregarding his own life.

This is no longer possible, because Zhu Zaigui no longer believes in this ridiculous and pathetic idea that love is supreme.

Therefore, in the low point of Zhu Zaigui's life before he traveled through time, he was unable to find someone to marry and live with as his father wished.

So at that time, Zhu Zaigui gradually drifted away from his father in his understanding of this matter, and in the end he was even unwilling to make another phone call.

Because at that time Zhu Zaigui knew that even if the phone call was made, even if the father and son talked a lot, it would be impossible to convince each other of their understanding and ideas.

So at this time, when his son Zhu Yi had a psychological gap with him, Zhu Zaigui had no other thoughts except depression and a bitter smile.

At this moment, he realized that there were differences in cognition and concepts between him and his son.

Add to that his identity and the people who surround his son and want to profit from it.

Zhu Zaigui knew that he would never have the opportunity to truly communicate with his son and truly understand each other again.

The fate of the royal family's father-son relationship will not show leniency to Zhu Zaigui at this moment just because he is a lucky time traveler.

Zhu Zaigui sighed secretly and looked at Zhu Yi again, "Okay, you stay here and play with them. Dad will go take a nap."

Zhu Yi bowed respectfully to Zhu Zaigui and said, "Farewell, Father."

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