The stupid son of Chongba

Chapter 35: The Fourth Brother? It’s hard to judge him…

Inside Kunning Palace, Ma Xiuying looked a little strange.

"Little Orange, I know you have some prejudices against your second brother, but he is still your elder brother after all..."

She couldn't help but persuade,

"Stop hating him so much, okay?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was also somewhat displeased and said:
"Your mother is right. He is your brother after all. Besides, you have already beaten him and vented your anger. It is unacceptable to scold him like this."

"We don't like you cursing and abusing your brother like this."

Mr. Zhu, who has a small peasant mentality, least wants to see his sons having conflicts and disliking each other.

In his imagination, the princes should be friendly and respectful to each other, work together and defend the Ming Dynasty!
Upon hearing this, Zhu Ju rolled his eyes.

"I'm not judging him out of personal vengeance!"

He yelled,

"It's very clear from his horoscope. You can see that he has the four evil spirits Qi Sha, Hurting Officer, Xiao Yin, and Yang Ren. This means that he has a vicious and selfish character!"

"Especially when the two Xiaoyin and Yangren are gathered together, it means that this person is ruthless and will do anything to achieve his goals. He is also heartless and mean to others."

"There is a characteristic of people like him, that is, he flatters the superiors and bullies the inferiors. He may be very respectful to you two and dare not be the slightest bit perverse, but when facing people of lower status than him, hmm, he will show a completely different face!"

"I can be sure that among all the princes, his slaves have the worst life! They might even be killed by him! So what's wrong with me calling him a piece of shit? It's fair, okay? If you don't believe me, you can see for yourself when the time comes!"

Upon hearing this, the two couldn't help but look at each other.

"In the second brother's case, maids do occasionally die accidentally..."

Ma Xiuying frowned and murmured,

"I didn't take it seriously before, could it be possible?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's expression darkened slightly.

"Let's have a good chat with him someday when we are free!"

He didn't want to say more, waved his sleeves and said,

"Skip him. What do the third and fourth brothers say?"

Zhu Ju scratched his head.

"The third one is OK, but the fourth one... it's hard to judge."

The fourth son of the Zhu family, Judy! The first prince in history to successfully rebel, the famous Yongle Emperor!

How can you comment on this? Saying that he will outlast your beloved eldest son, kill your beloved grandson, and usurp the throne to become emperor?
Even if I tell you this, Old Zhu won’t believe it now!

"Hmm? Why do you think it's hard to evaluate the fourth brother? I'm quite optimistic about the fourth brother and want to entrust him with an important task!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his eyebrows and couldn't help asking,

"Is he worse than the second one?"

There were signs that the second brother was becoming perverse, and he could feel it.

But the fourth brother... I really can't see anything particularly bad about him.

"Uh, this, this..."

Zhu Ju rolled his eyes and held his breath for a long time before finally saying,
"He might be similar to Cao Cao! Very capable, a capable minister in a peaceful era and a hero in a chaotic era!"

I can only hint at this!

However, Zhu Yuanzhang did not understand the hidden meaning of Zhu Ju's words. Instead, he slapped his thigh and burst into laughter.

"A capable minister in a peaceful era, a tyrant in a chaotic era? I never knew this kid was quite capable!"

Old Zhu laughed and said,
"We have ended the chaotic times, and now of course it is a peaceful time! It seems that the fourth brother can become Biao'er's right-hand man in the future and protect the territory for our Ming Dynasty!"

"Good, good, good, good! Finally we've chosen a result that satisfies us!"

Zhu Ju laughed awkwardly twice as a response. Suddenly, he frowned and hugged his head with both hands!
"Ouch! It hurts, it hurts..."

"Shh... It hurts so much! I've been doing too much fortune telling today and overexerting myself. My head is going to explode!"

He was shouting strangely as he spoke, like Sun Wukong being cursed with the golden hoop, and he wanted to bang his head against the wall!
Seeing that he suddenly suffered an emergency, Ma Xiuying was so scared that she stood up and rushed forward to hug Zhu Ju's head.

"Does it hurt here? Or does it hurt here?"

"Still all of it hurts? Oh my! Why are you trying so hard? Calculating your fate must be very exhausting!"

While rubbing Zhu Ju's head, she turned to look at Zhu Yuanzhang and scolded,

"Zhongba, you are the same. You keep asking questions all the way from yourself to the fourth child! You don't care if the child can handle it or not! You only care about yourself!"

"Look how much pain the baby is in."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled awkwardly, his expression revealing a hint of apology.

He had indeed asked too many questions. If Zhu Ju hadn't suddenly had a headache, he would have continued asking the fifth, seventh, and eighth brothers!
Seeing Zhu Ju suffering from a terrible headache, he felt guilty and distressed, so he stood up and went forward to comfort Zhu Ju.

"Sixth Brother, Dad asked too many questions. It's Dad's fault. Dad won't ask any more questions. I won't ask any more questions..."

"Are you still in pain? Dad will send a doctor to take a look at you!"

As he said this, he was about to summon the imperial physician, but at this moment, Zhu Ju slowly relaxed his brows and calmed down.

"No need, Mommy gave me a massage and I feel much better now."

He lay in Ma Xiuying's arms and whispered,
"I...I'll take a nap."

Having said that, Zhu Ju closed his eyes and lay down in the warmest harbor in the world.

After a while, he fell into a deep sleep, snoring softly.

Although he knew the Zhu family quite well, it was still quite tiring to verify and compare the horoscopes one by one. Plus, he didn't want his father to keep asking him questions endlessly, so he simply pretended to have a headache and got by with a good night's sleep.

So, the headache was fake, but the sleepiness was real.

"Little Orange, little girl..."

Ma Xiuying held Zhu Ju in her arms, rocking her gently, murmuring something, a smile creeping across her face.

"I used to like watching him sleeping. Chongba, look at him. His eyebrows and eyes are very similar to mine, but his mouth and ears are more like yours."

"Little orange, my little orange..."

Zhu Yuanzhang came over and looked at Zhu Ju who was sleeping peacefully, and also laughed.

"You know what, this boy is really handsome! Among our sons, the third son and him are the most handsome, right? Even Biao'er is a little bit inferior."

He said calmly,

"To be honest, I never thought that Lao Liu was not only no longer stupid, but he even learned fortune-telling! He spoke so convincingly, could it be that Peng Xuan is really capable?"

Ma Xiuying nodded firmly.

"Of course there is!"

she said,

"In fact, I can see that Xiaojuzi learns things that interest him very quickly! He loves to cultivate immortality and Taoism. Taoists are all about mountain medicine, fortune-telling and divination! I think there's nothing wrong with learning these things. As long as he's happy, I can satisfy him in any way!"

"Zhongba, you know you have a bad temper, but you must be extra tolerant towards Xiaojuzi. We must make it up to him..."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

"Speaking of this, I haven't decided on the title for Lao Liu yet, and I came back to discuss it with you."

He said,

"I was so distracted by fortune-telling that I stopped talking about business... Biaoer suggested choosing one between the King of Wei and the King of Han. He prefers the King of Wei. Which title do you think is better for him?"

(End of this chapter)