I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 394: Kind Zhu Houzhao
"Royal brother, why are you here?" Zhu Houxuan knew who was coming without turning around.

"I heard that my aunt, sister-in-law and two nephews have all arrived in the capital, so I came to see if they have gotten used to the weather here?" Zhu Houzhao said with a smile on his face.

"Thank you for your concern, my emperor. They all seem to have gotten used to the capital now," Zhu Houxun also said with a smile.

"Hao'er, Cheng'er, come and meet your uncle, the Emperor." Zhu Houxuan then pulled his two sons over and said.

His eldest son was just three years old and had not yet been given a name by the clan office, so he only had a nickname, An'er, and no real name.

"What is the Imperial Uncle?" Zhu Houxuan's two sons asked in confusion.

"He is the emperor's uncle." Zhu Houxuan pointed at Zhu Houzhao and said, Zhu Houzhao also straightened his chest when he heard it.

"But didn't he say he was a mighty general?" The three or four-year-old child was already very eloquent. Zhu Zaihao looked at Zhu Houzhao with a puzzled look. It was obvious that the two brothers did not quite understand the differences and similarities between them.

"Hahahaha" Zhu Houzhao was amused.
At this time, Concubine Liu received the news and rushed over to greet Zhu Houzhao.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for summoning us to the capital so that our family can be reunited." Concubine Liu said gratefully.

"You're too polite, aunt. My cousin Houxun and I are as close as brothers. It was me who summoned my cousin Houxun to the capital, separating your family for three years. Now that your family is reunited, the guilt in my heart has been alleviated a lot," Zhu Houzhao said quickly.

Concubine Liu didn't expect Zhu Houzhao to be so polite, and for a moment she didn't know how to respond.
"Aunt, if you find anything you are not used to in the capital, please tell me, and I will make sure to satisfy your needs," Zhu Houzhao continued.

"Thank you very much, Your Majesty, for your grace. Thank you very much." Concubine Liu was still not used to Zhu Houzhao's polite attitude and spoke incoherently.

At this time, Liu Yourong and Qin Yuelan also came forward to greet him. Zhu Houzhao nodded without saying anything more.
"Aunt has done a good job in raising her two grandsons. I think they are very smart." Zhu Houzhao shifted the topic to the two children.

"Thank you for the praise, Your Majesty." Concubine Liu smiled happily.

"Brother, is it time to give a name to your legitimate son?" Zhu Houzhao turned and asked Zhu Houxuan.

"Yes."

"Actually, I have already thought of this name. Let's call him Zhu Zaizhen!" Zhu Houzhao came prepared.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Concubine Liu and Liu Yourong said hurriedly.

"It's a good name, thank you, my brother." Zhu Houzhao also said that this name was indeed good. The names of the masters in the Ming Dynasty were all given by the Imperial Clan Court and then given in the name of the emperor. It was rare for the emperor to give the name personally. Then Zhu Houzhao talked about the matter of Zhu Zaihao being made the Prince of Hui, which shocked the three concubines Liu Taifei beyond words.

Finally, after being comforted by Zhu Houxuan, he accepted this fact.
"Aunt, just accept it with peace of mind. You don't know how much help your cousin Hou Xuan has given me in the capital." Zhu Houzhao also comforted her.

After the meeting, Zhu Houzhao started playing with his two nephews again. He suddenly felt that these two nephews were really fun.

Zhu Houzhao had indeed not seen many children. Because he had no children, others did not dare to let him see children for fear that it would upset him. This situation became more and more serious as time went by.

But Zhu Houzhao could still see children often, because Zhu Houxuan had many children, and Zhu Houxuan didn't care whether it would irritate Zhu Houzhao, so Zhu Houzhao could basically see them every time he came to Nangong.

However, all of Zhu Houzhao's children in the capital were born after he came to the capital, and the oldest was only a little over one year old. Zhu Houzhao did not have much interest in such young children. Instead, he felt that they were very troublesome because they were too delicate and needed diapers all day long.
But it’s different now when you see Zhu Houxuan’s two sons. One is three years old and the other is four years old. People who have children will definitely know that this is the most fun age for a child.
Children of this age can already run and jump, their bodies are not so fragile anymore, they can speak, have a certain logic ability, speak cutely, ask questions non-stop, but their questions are cute, they have strong imitation ability, and learn things very quickly, which is very surprising.
If you are older, when you are five or six years old, it is not so fun anymore, because children of this age have already been "polluted" by the world and have lost some of their innocence.
It was the first time that Zhu Houzhao saw children of this age, and he was immediately conquered by their cuteness. He played with the two children and was very fond of them.

The two children are still very interested in comic strips, just like modern children like all kinds of picture books, they can already understand what the pictures are trying to express.

However, the Royal Group has never published picture books for children. After all, the cost of printing pictures in that era was still too high, so the only comic book published by the Royal Group was the one promoting Zhu Houzhao's battle in Yingzhou.

The two children were illiterate, but there were quite a few words in the comic strips, so they pestered Zhu Houzhao to tell them the comic strips, which really touched Zhu Houzhao's sore spot.

He proudly explained the comic strip to the two children with exaggeration, and the two children were fascinated by it, which made Zhu Houzhao even more proud.

"Uncle Emperor, you just said that you are a mighty general," Zhu Zaihao asked with some confusion.

"Yes, I am the mighty general. The mighty general is me!" Zhu Houzhao was cheered up and said, patting his chest.

Zhu Zaihao and Zhu Zaizhen picked up the comic strip and compared it with Zhu Houzhao.
"Uncle Emperor, you are lying. You look nothing like the mighty general in the painting." Zhu Zaizhen said in a baby voice.

"Yes, Uncle Emperor lied!" Zhu Zaihao also said.

Zhu Houzhao immediately became anxious, "Uncle Emperor is definitely not lying, this is me, isn't it a very similar picture? Tell me where it doesn't look alike?"

Zhu Zaizhen was not polite at all, and pointed directly at the comic strip and said: "The clothes worn by the emperor's uncle are different from those worn by the mighty general above."

Zhu Houzhao stared at him in the comic strip in amazement. In the comic strip, he was wearing armor, but now he was wearing a dragon robe. No wonder the two children couldn't recognize him.
"Royal brother, the two children are just talking nonsense, don't take it too seriously." Zhu Houxuan noticed this scene and said with a smile. Zhu Houzhao's frustrated look was too funny.
"How can I not care! I care too much. I must prove to my two nephews that I am a mighty general!" Zhu Houzhao's stubbornness also came up.

(End of this chapter)