Ming Dynasty: Gain one supernatural power every day

The army marched along the official road toward Chizhou Prefecture.

Zhang Fu, Zheng Heng, and several other military generals rode on clouds and gathered around Zhu Gaoxi's cloud, praising him one after another.

"His Highness Prince Rui is truly a wise and virtuous ruler. He distributed so much food to the people without even blinking an eye."

"Your Highness is incredibly powerful. Those people are truly grateful to you, and I can see that clearly."

Several deputy generals nearby chimed in, one saying "His Highness is kind and benevolent," another saying "His Highness loves the people like his own children," praising him in various ways, one after another.

Zhu Gaoxu, standing to the side, remained silent. It wasn't that he didn't want to praise, but he had already used up all the words of praise he could think of on the open ground of Taiping Prefecture. From "Fourth Brother, you are truly a living Bodhisattva" to "Fourth Brother, your generosity is truly lavish," he had been talking non-stop for half an incense stick's time. Now he was really at a loss for words and could only stare blankly as others continued to praise him.

The officials of Prince Rui's mansion were not happy about this.

Qiu Sheng, Zheng Cong, Zhang Ni, and Xue Bin followed behind the cloud chariot, listening to Zhang Fu and the others repeatedly praising "Your Highness is wise," "Your Highness is benevolent," and "Your Highness is incredibly powerful," and they were all so anxious that they scratched their heads.

Zheng Cong nudged Qiu Sheng with his elbow and said in a low voice, "Why don't you say something? General Zhang and the others have stolen all our lines!"

Qiu Sheng held back for a long time, his face turning red, and finally managed to utter only, "Your Highness is indeed amazing." He felt ashamed as he said it.

They are all from military backgrounds. Let's not make excuses about their military backgrounds; they just haven't experienced the trials of society. All I can say is that they haven't yet mastered the art of praising people; it's not their forte yet.

Now, even their flattery has been beaten to the punch, and their jobs are about to be taken away. The subordinates looked at each other, all with expressions of utter despair.

Zhu Di, on the other side, leisurely looked at the jade tablet from a cloud, occasionally glancing up at it.

Zhang Fu and the others, being the fourth son, surrounded him in several layers around the Somersault Cloud, making it much quieter around the emperor.

He wasn't annoyed; a slight smile curved his lips as he let the group of generals do as they pleased.

The fourth brother is now a hot commodity; everyone wants to get a piece of him. That's normal, perfectly normal.

If he, as a father, didn't even have this much magnanimity, he wouldn't be able to sit securely on the dragon throne.

Zhu Gaoxu, riding the Fierce Tiger King and riding a cloud, landed in the middle of the procession, in an extremely good mood.

He stroked the Tiger King's head with one hand, as if washing the Tiger King's hair, and took out a jade pendant from his pocket with the other hand.

We recorded quite a lot today.

The first scene shows Zhu Gaoxi ordering his officials to pour grain out of a jade gourd. The white steamed buns poured out like a waterfall, piling up into a mountain of grain on the open ground.

The second section is a panoramic view of the people queuing up, the line winding from the open space to the bend in the main road, a sea of ​​people.

The third part is about the young man kowtowing three times, his forehead red from the pounding, and still shouting, "Your Highness's great kindness and virtue will be remembered by the people of Taiping Prefecture for a lifetime."

The fourth paragraph describes the army's departure, with the people chanting in unison, "Respectfully seeing off His Highness Prince Rui!" and "Victory is assured in this battle!"

Several sections included his own commentary, in which he held up the jade plaque to his own large face and said...

"Family members, look here..."

Zhu Gaoxu became more and more satisfied as he flipped through the pages. If he posted these in the group chat, the eldest and third brothers would definitely be so envious their eyes would practically pop out of their sockets.

He clicked on "A Loving Family" and checked all the videos, preparing to post them all at once. There were also a few videos he had casually recorded while riding a tiger on the march, which he was also going to post together for everyone to see. He didn't know what they were, so he just clicked on one to take a look.

The screen lit up, and he almost fell off the tiger king's back.

That was a scene from when Zhu Di was being fawned over by his ministers on his way to and from Taiping Prefecture.

"Thank goodness, thank goodness, that scared me to death!" Zhu Gaoxu broke out in a cold sweat, a chill running down his spine to the back of his head.

He quickly unchecked the video, and with a flick of his finger, the jade pendant slipped from his hand and fell onto the head of the Fierce Tiger King.

The Tiger King sensed the movement above him and suddenly let out a low growl, as if to say: Second brother, what... are you... doing... scaring me to death.

Zhu Gaoxu patted the back of its neck to indicate that everything was alright, then took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and checked it again. Yes, it was just these few paragraphs.

He checked it twice more to make sure he hadn't checked anything he shouldn't have before solemnly pressing the send button.

The jade tablet trembled slightly, and several images transformed into streams of light and were transmitted outwards.

After sending it, he checked it again to make sure there were no mistakes, then breathed a sigh of relief, put the jade pendant back in his bosom, and patted his chest.

"Good heavens, that was close to disaster." Actually, it wasn't anything serious, except that Zhu Tou was in danger.

In the Kunning Palace of Yingtian Prefecture, a thousand miles away, a card game was in full swing.

Empress Xu, along with Crown Princess Zhang, Princess Zhao Weng, and Princess Han Wei, sat around a rosewood square table, clattering mahjong tiles. Four drinks sat on the corner of the table, and they were having a wonderful time.

Just as Madam Weng drew a card and was hesitating about which one to play, Madam Wei's jade pendant suddenly trembled.

She looked down and saw that Zhu Gaoxu had sent her a video privately. Then the jade pendant vibrated several more times, indicating a message from the group chat.

"Mother, sister-in-law, third sister-in-law, look in the group chat, the second brother sent a message, he sent a lot of videos." Madam Wei put down the tablet and quickly opened the jade tablet.

Zhang and Weng each took out their jade tokens. Empress Xu slowly put down her token, picked up her jade token, and brought it closer.

Clicking on the first paragraph, Zhu Gaochi's large face is right in front of the screen, his voice booming from the jade tablet: "Family members! Look, this is the drill ground of Taiping Prefecture! Fourth Brother has brought out all the grain..."

The scene shifts, and piles of white steamed buns form a mountain, with people queuing in long lines.

An old man, his hands trembling, accepted the steamed bun, his eyes reddening. Then came the scene of the young man kowtowing, his forehead turning red from the kowtow. Finally, the army set off, and the people shouted in unison, "Respectfully sending off His Highness Prince Rui!" "Victory is certain!" The sound of their shouts made the jade tablet vibrate.

After the videos finished playing, there was a moment of silence at the poker table.

Zhang spoke first, her tone tinged with pride: "Fourth Uncle has really brought honor to the Zhu family this time. Look at those people, they are truly grateful to him."

Madam Weng nodded in agreement: "That's right, you can see that these people are genuinely grateful to Fourth Uncle."

Lady Wei didn't say much, keeping her head down as she read the message Zhu Gaoxu had sent her privately.

In the scene, Zhu Gaoxu is riding on the back of the Fierce Tiger King. He lowers his voice and says a few words to the jade tablet that only she can hear.

Wei's lips curled up slightly, and she quickly flipped the jade pendant over and placed it face down on the table, her ears turning slightly red.

Empress Xu watched the videos over and over again, twice in total.

His gaze lingered for a long time on the image of the fourth son waving goodbye to the people, his pride barely concealed: "That fourth son is really something..."