The stupid son of Chongba

Chapter 96: Orange, fly bravely, mother will always be with you!
Now that things have come to this, it would be rude to refuse again.

"Miaoyun thanks the Queen for her kindness!"

Xu Miaoyun bowed to Ma Xiuying repeatedly and said earnestly,

"It is a great honor to be summoned by the Queen today. I am also honored to be taught the Heart Science by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wu. Miaoyun has gained nothing less than a mountain of gold!"

"Now the Queen has given me so many valuable tributes. How can I be worthy of such a favor?"

After saying that, she bowed deeply again.

Seeing Xu Miaoyun's sincerity and proper behavior, Ma Xiuying was all smiles and became more and more satisfied with this future daughter-in-law.

"We are all family. Apart from anything else, your father and His Majesty are sworn brothers. Just based on this relationship, I, as an elder, should take care of you."

She held Xu Miaoyun's hand, handed her a small golden token, and said with a smile,

"You must come to the palace often. This is my little order. With it, you can enter and leave the palace freely. From now on, you can come to the palace to play when you have nothing to do."

Xu Miaoyun was shocked.

She knew very well how valuable this token was. In the entire imperial palace, the number of people who could enter and leave the palace freely, especially those in the harem... could probably be counted on one hand!

This is great trust!

"Mom, this token is great!"

Zhu Ju's eyes lit up and he shouted,
"Give me one too!"

It would be great if I could come and go freely in the palace! I could go out and play every day!

"You think beautiful!"

Ma Xiuying slammed her head on Zhu Ju's forehead and said unhappily,
"If I give this to you, won't you go out every day? Besides, you are a boy, and holding the harem token will cause criticism. This token is only passed on to girls, not boys!"

Zhu Ju rubbed his forehead and grinned.

"Miaoyun, with it, you can not only come to my place, but if you want to discuss academic matters with this brat, you can also go directly to his residence, King Wu, to find him!"

Ma Xiuying retracted her finger and continued to smile at Xu Miaoyun.

"I heard that you take good care of your brothers. If you have time, please help me take care of this brat!"

"You're such a worry every day. If I could behave like you, I don't know how much trouble I would save!"

Zhu Ju: “Ah?”

"What? You just need to be disciplined. As a mother, I am too doting on you. You should have a strict sister to discipline you!"

Ma Xiuying raised her head and said,

"Miaoyun is very good. I will ask her to supervise you in the future!"

Zhu Ju: “@#￥%……&#￥”

In an instant, he looked like a wilted cucumber, with a look of despair in his heart.

puff.

Xu Miaoyun couldn't help but laugh when she saw this, and said repeatedly:

"Your Highness, rest assured. Miaoyun has been taught the profound principles of the Heart School by you, and is equivalent to your disciple. It has always been the master who disciplines the disciple, how can a disciple discipline the master?"

"I'll be grateful for your guidance in the future!"

Originally, she wanted to refuse again. After all, the token was too valuable, almost like the queen's seal.

But when she heard the Queen Mother say that she could discuss psychology with Zhu Ju...she wanted this privilege so badly!

For a female student obsessed with reading, the attraction of this new discipline, the School of Mind, is fatal!

"Okay, okay, that's more like it."

Zhu Ju's brows relaxed and he smiled.
"My buddy is right. It's almost time for me to discipline you!"

Snapped!
Ma Xiuying slapped Zhu Ju on the head and scolded him with a smile:
"You are trying to discipline others, you should be able to discipline yourself first!"

"Stop talking nonsense and send your sister Miaoyun out. Her mother must be waiting anxiously."

Zhu Ju was hit again and couldn't help but roll his eyes.

"Mom, you've become increasingly unfriendly to me... Sometimes I really doubt if I'm your biological child."

He muttered as he stood up.

Suddenly, he noticed that Ma Xiuying's face was turning from sunny to cloudy, so he quickly pulled Xu Miaoyun's hand and shouted:
"Sister Miaoyun, let's go!"

Before he finished speaking, he had already dragged Xu Miaoyun out!
"You little brat! You're really fast!"

Ma Xiuying rubbed her wrist and spat,
"If you weren't my biological child, I would have beaten you to death long ago!"

Cuizhu beside him couldn't help but smiled and persuaded:
"Your Highness, please don't be angry. Isn't it good for His Highness to be so lively and quirky?"

"It is said that we all hope that our sons will become successful. Now that His Highness has created the School of Mind, he is being admired by so many people. Even Miss Xu is so obsessed with him. It can be seen that His Highness is indeed a genius!"

"I heard a rumor among the people that His Highness was mentally retarded before, and God was suppressing him on purpose, fearing that he would die prematurely due to his precocity. Now that the suppression is lifted, he will naturally soar to the sky!"

Ma Xiuying's eyes lit up slightly when she heard this.

"Really? His knowledge has spread to the people so quickly?"

She was surprised and said,

"This kind of rumor has come out?"

Cuizhu nodded repeatedly.

"The School of Mind is now... it can be said to be very popular in Yingtian Prefecture, and it is also sweeping across the entire Ming Dynasty at an extremely fast speed."

She whispered,

"Mr. Song Lian and Mr. Liu Ji have both spoken highly of the School of Mind. The two gentlemen even held a banquet yesterday and invited many Confucian scholars to discuss the School of Mind. The response was very good!"

"Moreover, I have heard some rumors that the School of Mind was created by the prince and is favored by His Majesty. In the future, the imperial examination may have to be based on the School of Mind. Perhaps that is why so many students are flocking to it!"

Ma Xiuying suddenly understood after hearing this.

"Song Lian and Liu Bowen are both famous scholars throughout the country. With their support, the momentum will be huge, not to mention the rumor behind it."

She smiled and said,
"Isn't the purpose of studying to become an official? If the study of the mind can be linked to becoming an official, then the students will definitely go crazy to figure it out. Even if it is a piece of mud, they will carefully hold it in their hands to study it. What's more, this is not a piece of mud, but real gold!"

"It seems... our little orange has really made it."

For a moment, Ma Xiuying was overwhelmed with emotions.

Once upon a time, when Zhu Ju was born, she had the expectation that her son would become a successful person. She even hoped that he would surpass his father and become a man of great stature in the future!
But as Zhu Ju's condition worsened, her expectations kept decreasing, and in the end, they even became somewhat humble——

I don't ask for anything, I don't ask for anything, I just hope that he can live well...

I kowtow a hundred thousand times before the God, just begging for my son’s life!
Thinking back to her humble beginnings and looking at the fame that Zhu Ju has gained now, for Ma Xiuying, this is more than just the four words 'bitterness before sweetness'.

This feeling of ups and downs made her heart surge more than the establishment of the Ming Dynasty!

"His Highness has more than made great progress. He will surely be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with saints in the future!"

Cuizhu bowed to Ma Xiuying and said with a smile,
"Congratulations to the empress, congratulations to the empress!"

"Your Highness will be famous in the world in the future, and your reputation will be passed down through the ages!"

Ma Xiuying heard this and shook her head and laughed.

"I don't seek false reputation. In fact, being too dazzling is not good. A tree that stands out in the forest will be destroyed by the wind."

She stared at the palace gate and said in a deep voice,

"It is best to live a peaceful and happy life."

"However, as long as Little Orange wants to make a breakthrough, I, as his mother, will definitely be his strongest supporter! I will protect him from the wind and rain!"

Now that she has recovered what she lost, she will never allow Zhu Ju to make any mistakes again!

……

Outside the palace gate.

The two men ran out, both a little out of breath.

"That was a close call. I almost got beaten by my mother again."

"She's become more and more irritable recently. Could it be that she's entering menopause?" Zhu Ju muttered to himself, not noticing that he was still holding Xu Miaoyun's hand.

After all, girls are more shy. Xu Miaoyun pulled her arm and pulled her little hand out of Zhu Ju's claws, her face slightly flushed.

"Sister Miaoyun, I recognize your hand-painting skills, and the color matching is also wonderful!"

Zhu Ju was not embarrassed at all. He squeezed his hands and said with a smile,

"Can you teach me? I want to learn too."

Xu Miaoyun smiled and said happily:
"Of course, they are just some minor painting skills, not worthy of such praise from Your Highness."

"If Your Highness wants to learn, Miaoyun will never keep anything to himself and will teach you everything he knows."

"But... the last time Your Highness painted a picture for the Queen, I was also very interested in that extremely realistic technique and wanted to give it a try..."

Snapped!
"Okay, okay, let's learn from each other, communicate with each other, and become each other's mentor and apprentice!"

Zhu Ju snapped his fingers and said with a smile,

"I will definitely teach you everything I know!"

"Come on, I'll take you there."

He likes to deal with capable people. Although Xu Miaoyun in front of him is not very old, she is indeed a capable woman and has won his recognition!
"Okay, thank you, Your Highness."

Xu Miaoyun walked like a lady. Now that she was familiar with Zhu Ju, her expression was somewhat relaxed. She asked with a smile,

"By the way, Your Highness, Miaoyun wants to know something else. Could Your Highness answer it for me?"

Zhu Ju waved his hand.

"What you said is true. We are brothers now. I will tell you what I know."

He said casually.

Xu Miaoyun nodded slightly, thought about it for a while, and then said:

"I want to know the story of Zixia and Zhizunbao... Especially, when Zixia was about to kill Zhizunbao with her sword horizontally, what kind of lie did Zhizunbao tell that made Zixia not kill him?"

Zhu Ju couldn't help but smile when he heard this.

"So that's what you're asking... This is a very long story, and I can't explain it all at once. I have to tell you slowly."

He smiled and said,
"However, I can tell you the latter question because I memorized everything he said."

"In fact, Zixia not only did not kill Zhizunbao, but also fell in love with him completely because of these words."

Xu Miaoyun was slightly stunned when she heard this.

"In love with him?"

She murmured.

She was at the age when love was just about to begin, and her understanding of the meaning of the word "love" was still vague.

Perhaps, Xu Huizu's understanding is not as thorough as that after reading "Romance of the West Chamber".

"Yes, that's what Zhizunbao said. Let me teach you how to do it."

Zhu Ju took a deep breath and said in a deep voice,

"I once had a true love in front of me, but I didn't cherish it. I regretted it when I lost it. This is the most painful thing in the world."

"If God could give me a chance to start over, I would say three words to that girl: 'I love you'. If I have to put a time limit on this love, I hope it would be - 10,000 years!"

"Tsk tsk, it's so fucking corny, but it's also a classic!"

He recalled the clips from A Chinese Odyssey and couldn't help marveling at them.

This monologue by Zhizunbao is one of the classic scenes in film history! Basically, anyone who has watched it several times can memorize it.

The reason why classics are classics is that, like fine wine, they become more mellow with time.

Just like this passage, when I read it out now, it still feels natural and rather has a lot of flavor.

"like……"

"a thousand years……"

"Ten thousand years... is that that long?"

Xu Miaoyun chewed on Zhu Ju's words, muttering to herself.

"Well, that's just bragging. Ten thousand years is still a short time."

Zhu Ju rubbed the goose bumps on his body and said,

"And there are those who say things like eternity, the seas drying up and the rocks crumbling. What's worse, even if the mountains are gone and the sky and earth merge, I will never part with you! Hiss - so corny, those who are in a relationship are so over the top that they can say anything corny. Ten thousand years is not enough!"

Xu Miaoyun also laughed when she heard this.

Although she was amused by Zhu Ju, Zhu Ju's monologue just now continued to linger in her mind for a long time.

"I can't get out of the archway ahead, so I can only take you here."

Zhu Ju sighed softly,
"We are called princes in a nice way, but in fact, we are almost the same as prisoners. We are imprisoned in the palace now, and we will be imprisoned in the fiefdom in the future. We have no freedom... Actually, my dream is to travel around the world like Master, practicing incense and walking on fire!"

"Ahem, that's getting off topic. Sister Miaoyun, please go over there."

"Sister Miaoyun?"

He called out to Xu Miaoyun, but she just walked away without responding to him. It was not until the second time that Xu Miaoyun reacted.

"Ah... OK, OK."

Xu Miaoyun bowed slightly to Zhu Ju and thanked him.

"Thank you for seeing me off, Your Highness. I will definitely come and bother you again next time I come to the palace."

Zhu Ju waved his hand casually.

"Hey, buddies, come over often when you have time. I'll give you plenty of tea and snacks!"

"See you later!"

After saying that, he turned around and left, leaving Xu Miaoyun standing there.

She looked at Zhu Ju's back for a long time, her eyes moving around, and no one knew what she was thinking.

It was not until Zhu Ju turned the corner that she slowly withdrew her gaze, turned around and walked out.

The palace was heavily guarded, and she had to pass several checkpoints before she reached the palace gate. Madam Xie had been looking forward to it for a long time, and when she saw her daughter coming out, she hurried to greet her.

"My dear aunt, you've been keeping me waiting for so long!"

Mrs. Xie held Xu Miaoyun's hand and said repeatedly,
"Last time we only sat for half an hour before returning. Why did Her Majesty the Queen keep you for so long this time? Did something happen?"

"Mom is getting hungry waiting for you. Hurry up and get in the carriage and go home for dinner!"

As she spoke, she held Xu Miaoyun's hand and got into the car.

"This time, the Queen invited Prince Wu to talk to me about the philosophy of mind. I was so engrossed in it that I forgot the time."

"The Queen Mother also told me to visit her often in the future. She gave me a token that allows me to enter and leave the palace."

Xu Miaoyun got on the carriage and responded.

"Oh - it seems that the Queen really likes you! This item is not something that everyone can be given!"

Mrs. Xie was delighted and smiled.
"Very good, very good!"

"Then you must pay more attention in the future and visit the palace more often. This is the Queen's kindness."

"But, it can't be too frequent, you know..."

Mrs. Xie began to nag, but Xu Miaoyun's mind was not on that at the moment. She just looked at the scenery outside the window and responded casually.

Suddenly, she turned around and looked at her mother.

"Mom, do you love Dad?"

Mrs. Xie was stunned.

"Uh-huh?"

(End of this chapter)