My father Yongle, building a five-good family

Chapter 5 This is what my sister also said
a few days later.

The clatter of horse hooves sounded.

Zhu Gaoyu listened to the sounds from the outside world while his buttocks sat on the cushion in the carriage. However, to him, the cushion felt like steel needles and his buttocks kept twisting and turning.

The space in the carriage was so small that Zhu Gaoyu had already become impatient.

Sometimes he wanted to lie down, sometimes he sat crookedly, and sometimes he crawled to the window and secretly lifted the curtain of the carriage, wanting to see what Jinling City looked like.

Zhu Gaochi was already feeling a little dizzy due to the hot weather and the jolting of the carriage.

Seeing this boy like this, I couldn't help but sigh:
After all, it's because of youth and vigor...

As soon as Zhu Gaoyu's hand touched the curtain, he was hit on the back of his hand by his eldest brother.

Zhu Gaoyu complained aggrievedly:

"Brother, you have changed! You are no longer the brother you once were!"

Zhu Gaochi had long been accustomed to the fourth brother's unreasonable behavior.

But he took it well.

Crown Prince's Consort Zhang sat in the carriage with a smile on her face, watching the two brothers Zhu Gaoyu and Zhu Gaochi fighting each other in a battle of wits and courage.

It's so weird.

If Zhu Gaochi was a little older, he could have been Xiao Si's father.

They can actually play together.

And the kind without any grudges.

Should we say that they are brothers whose blood is thicker than water?

Crown Prince's Consort Zhang held her chin up and thought with a smile.

It seems like it would be nice to have a child as lively as my little brother...

Inside Jinling City.

Qianqing Palace.

The cold gold bricks and shiny tiles seem to reflect human figures clearly.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat in the first seat, and below him stood the Crown Prince Zhu Yunwen and several eunuchs.

Old Zhu doesn't like to make such a big fuss. He just wants his grandchildren to meet in private in advance. As for the big banquet, it can be postponed for now.

Suddenly, when the footsteps came closer.

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes slightly and saw four figures, three tall and one short, walking in.

The leader was naturally the prince of Yan Palace - Zhu Gaochi.

He was overweight, and on the way from the Fengtian Hall to the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Gaochi was already sweating all over. He did not look very neat, but fortunately, he had a broad smile on his face, which added a lot to his image.

As for those walking behind Zhu Gaochi, they were naturally the second son Zhu Gaoxu and the third son Zhu Gaosui.

But... when Zhu Yuanzhang looked again, his gaze couldn't help but linger on Zhu Gaoyu.

Is this the youngest son Zhu Gaoyu that the fourth brother rebuked in a long paragraph in the letter?
When Zhu Yuanzhang thought of this, he couldn't help but shook his head and laughed.

How is this a rebuke?

It was obvious that he was afraid that his youngest son would be wronged here, so he prepared his grandfather, the emperor, mentally in advance so that he could be more tolerant towards Zhu Gaoyu in the future.

Thinking of this, the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face faded slightly and became a little serious.

When Zhu Gaochi saw this, he almost had a stress reaction and subconsciously wanted to block Zhu Gaoyu.

But he soon realized that this was not the Prince of Yan's Mansion in Peking, but the Qianqing Palace in Yingtian.

Zhu Gaochi paused again and put his hands into his sleeves, but in this atmosphere, Zhu Gaochi's palms were sweating silently.

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke slowly and solemnly:
"Are you Zhu Gaoyu?" Zhu Gaoyu stood with his feet turned outward, with a protruding belly, looking very reckless.

He did not answer, but looked at Zhu Yuanzhang:
"Are you the Emperor Grandpa?"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought this boy was too brave.

He just looked straight at me.

He calls him "Grandpa Emperor" all the time.

How could the older ones like those in the fourth family be so brave?

Even the rebellious young man Zhu Gaoxu had to bow his head and before Zhu Yuanzhang made a statement, he shouted:
"His Majesty."

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned forward slightly, looked at Zhu Gaoyu, and said solemnly:
"I heard from your father that you read a lot of books. At such a young age, you have already skimmed through the Book of Shang. Is that true?"

Zhu Gaoyu said innocently, "I don't understand. My mother told me all these things. When I was little, she told me about them while holding a book. Now that I'm grown up, I just eavesdrop on the teachers in the school."

After hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang showed no emotion, but just asked:

"Don't you think that studying is something your mother should be in charge of? Or rather, a man's study is not something a woman in the backyard should be in charge of."

Zhu Gaoyu immediately became dissatisfied.

"My mother is my mother. Not only my father gave birth to me, but also my mother. It's too unfair that only my father is allowed to look after me and my mother is not allowed to advise me!"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he looked a little dazed and absent-minded. After talking to the remaining three brothers for a few more words, he made a decisive decision:
"Since the fourth elder has entrusted you to us, the emperor, we can't let you eat and drink for free all day. Starting tomorrow, you should come to Wenhua Hall to study together."

read?!
Different from the excitement of Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoyu, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui almost fainted when they heard the word "reading".

If you try to fool your dad, at most you'll get a spanking.

But if you want to get away with it under the supervision of the emperor, right under the imperial city, it will probably be more than just a spanking.

When the second and third sons went out, they looked listless.

The boss and Zhu Gaoyu had smiles on their faces.

Zhu Yunwen did not look as happy as he thought.

These cousins ​​are still so annoying.

If I study with a group of people like them and study better than them, that is what a crown prince should do.

If he didn't study as well as them, it was either because Zhu Yunwen didn't work hard enough or because he didn't have enough talent.

Neither of these two situations is what Zhu Yunwen wants to see.

If you stick your head out, you will get a knife; if you shrink your head, you will get a knife.

Ugh!
annoying!

Shortly after Zhu Gaoyu and his entourage left, Zhu Yuanzhang sat alone on the dragon throne for a long time.

Suddenly, he spoke slowly:
"The girl has been gone for a long time..."

When the eunuch next to him heard this, he was shocked all over, lowered his head, held his breath, and dared not say a word, for fear of bringing bad luck to Zhu Yuanzhang at this time.

All I could hear was Zhu Yuanzhang continuing to talk to himself:

"My sister also said something like this back then... She said that if I am the father of all the people in the world, then she is the mother of all the people in the world. If a father can care about the people's well-being, then she can also..."

The eunuch stood aside and said nothing.

At this moment, the entire Qianqing Palace was surprisingly quiet.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt extremely lonely.

The person I called sister all my life, who was like a family member, is finally gone.

That’s all for today, see you tomorrow!
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(End of this chapter)