Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 227 Contentment is the most important thing in life!
When Zhu Youdun heard Zhu Yunxi's question, his mind went blank, he couldn't think of an appropriate adjective, so he could only argue stubbornly.

"Good-looking is good-looking, there is no such thing as good-looking!"

"If you don't believe me, you will find out after visiting my house after school!"

"Okay, okay!"

"Zhu Youdou, you are not allowed to go back on your word!"

"Whoever regrets who is a puppy!"

When the surrounding princes and grandchildren heard this, they all clapped their hands happily, their faces full of anticipation.

"By the way, can the emperor let us go out?"

The one who said this was Zhu Xi, who was considered to be a rare good boy in Dahontang.

When everyone heard this, they all showed frustration.Only the grandsons of the emperor who were studying day and night looked indifferent, because they could enter and leave the palace at will.

Seeing Zhu Yunxi saying this, Zhu Yunxi was also anxious, and hurried to find Zhu Yunxi to act like a baby.

"Third Brother!"

"I want to see the big bird, you must take me to see the big bird!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard the words, he suddenly remembered that he once used a paper airplane to cheat Zhu Yunxi into a bowl of stewed chicken.With so much guilt, he agreed without even thinking about it.

"it is good!"

"Come with me after school, I'll take you to Uncle Zhou's house to see the big bird!"

"Great!"

Seeing that Zhu Yunxi had found a backer, the other princes' thoughts came alive.

He has a good relationship with Zhu Yunxi, so he ran over to say hello to him without doing anything.

If you are good with Zhu Gui, go to trouble Zhu Gui. Zhu Gui is a person who likes to take care of everything. Seeing so many younger brothers asking for help, he naturally readily agreed.

Because of this big bird hooking them, everyone didn't care about attending the class. After school in the morning, they didn't even eat lunch, so they hurriedly followed Zhu Youdou to the Zhou Palace.

When Zhu Youdun saw that he was leading twenty or so people, he also felt that he had more face. When he returned to the palace, he yelled and turned around the servants.

For a while, he said that he would serve tea to everyone, and for a while, he said that the palace should prepare lunch and so on.

However, whoever was in the mood to eat his meal was anxious to see the big bird.

Zhu Youdun couldn't resist the crowd, so he had to take them to the garden of the palace, and across the waterside pavilion, he saw a big bird locked in a wooden house.

Everyone gasped in amazement when they saw the colorful bird.

"Wow! So beautiful!"

"Could it be Qingluan?"

"This should be a colorful macaw, but this thing is native to America. Has anyone been to the American continent now?"

No one paid attention to Zhu Yunxi's muttering to himself, especially when Zhu Youdun heard him say "parrot", he directly regarded him as air.

Fortunately, Zhu Yunxi just sighed casually, and was not overly attached to this matter.

"Zhu Youdou, can we pet this big bird?"

"Even if you can't touch it, you can let us get closer and have a look!"

Faced with the request of the group of friends, Zhu Youdun had the guts to refuse, and immediately asked everyone to enter the room to interact with the big bird at close range.

However, just as everyone bypassed the waterside pavilion, intending to observe the big bird at close range and touch the feathers of the big bird, King Zhu of Zhou led a group of servants and rushed over suddenly.

"No one is allowed to approach!"

Everyone couldn't help but stop when they heard this, and when Zhu Youdun saw the appearance of his father, his face turned pale with fright, and he stood aside and trembled.

Zhu Huan came over and slapped his son without saying a word.

"evil creature!"

"Who told you to bring so many people into the garden?"

"If you disturb the divine bird, you won't be able to relieve your hatred if you beat Gu to death, why don't you hurry up and get rid of Gu!"

Zhu Youdou covered his face and cried, then ran out of the garden crying.

He is ashamed to greet his friends, now he just wants to find a place to hide.

Zhu Gui had a dissatisfied face, because he brought out many of the younger brothers, and when Zhu Huan slapped Zhu Youdou in the face, he was slapping him in the face.

"Fifth brother, are you going too far?"

"We are all princes and grandchildren, come here to see what's wrong with your bird, and let's kill your bird!"

"Furthermore, isn't it just a bird? I bought it for how much!"

Zhu Wei sneered when he heard this.

"you buy it?"

"I can't afford to sell your palace!"

"This is a birthday gift from the king to my father, what if you see it badly?"

Zhu Yunxi had an indifferent expression on his face, thinking in his heart that when his fleet was built, he would have as many as he wanted, so that he would not care about this broken bird.

However, Zhu Yunxi liked it very much, and kept pestering Zhu Yunxi to ask for Da Bird.

Zhu Yunxi still doted on his silly younger brother, and didn't give birth to him just because he was the son of the Lu family.Seeing that he liked it so much now, he immediately stepped forward and asked.

"Uncle Wu, which fan merchant did you buy this bird from? Can you tell my eldest nephew, and my eldest nephew will also buy one for my younger brother to play with."

King Zhou snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"It's useless to tell you, the entire caravan has only one, and it has already been bought by this king!"

When Zhu Yunxi heard this, he burst into tears with a "wow" on the spot, and nearly rolled on the ground.

"no!"

"I want a big bird, whoa whoa whoa..."

Seeing Zhu Yunxi crying so sadly, Zhu Yunxi gritted his teeth and said.

"Uncle Five!"

"You bought this bird for 2 taels. I'll give you 4 taels of silver. Can you give me the bird?"

"Humph!"

"see a visitor out!"

Following Zhu Xi's words, the eunuch in charge of the palace hurried forward and made a "please" gesture, signaling everyone to leave the palace quickly.

When had Zhu Gui been so humiliated, he immediately jumped up and scolded King Zhou.

"Zhu Huan!"

"If this king enters your house again in this life, my mother will be inhuman!"

"Let's go and never talk to this cheapskate again!"

Zhu Gui walked ahead angrily, and the other princes followed closely behind with angry faces.

After everyone left, the eunuch in charge stepped forward to persuade them tactfully.

"My lord, you shouldn't have done this to my brethren just now, it will hurt my lord's reputation..."

Zhu Wei said disdainfully when he heard the words.

"Gu just can't understand the old thirteen's behavior, isn't it just because his biological mother is a favorite concubine, so he just behaves badly all day long!"

When the steward heard this, he didn't dare to persuade him anymore, another case was involved here.

It is said that the death of Concubine Shuo, the mother of King Zhou, was related to Concubine Guo Hui, so King Zhou has always been dissatisfied with Concubine Guo Hui.

Everyone was driven out of the palace by King Zhou, and they were all very angry.

But everyone finally went out of the palace, you can't just take a look at the big bird from a distance and then go back to the palace, right?
In order not to disappoint everyone, Zhu Yunxi led them directly to the Wu Palace and let them play in the Wu Palace.

It just so happens that there is a branch of the Imperial Dining Room, the food is much more delicious than that in the palace, and they don't have to worry about having nowhere to eat.

The princes and grandchildren were very satisfied with this arrangement, and had a great time eating, drinking and having fun.

Just before returning to the palace, Zhu Yunxi took them to the "Memorial Hall" to cultivate their sentiments, and suggested that they go back and write a [-]-character post-viewing review, which will be handed over to Mr. Fang tomorrow, and Mr. Fang will forward it to His Majesty the Emperor.

After all, strictly speaking, they skipped class in the afternoon.

If you want to avoid being punished, it is best to go back and write a small composition honestly.

Everyone attached great importance to this suggestion, saying that they must write it well when they go back, and ensure that His Majesty the Emperor will not have reasons and excuses to clean up himself.

Zhu Yunxi sent everyone back to the palace, and then led the guards to the founding mansion.

……

The founding government.

Chang Sheng was on duty at the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies. As soon as he got home, he saw his wife Tang worrying about the account book.

When Tang saw her husband came back, she hurriedly put down the account book and helped him take off his official uniform and hat, and asked someone to bring warm water and towels for Chang Sheng, and personally waited for him to wash.

"Why are you worried, ma'am?"

"Ugh!"

"This month is overspending again, and now I don't even have the money to buy His Majesty's birthday gift..."

Chang Sheng asked with a puzzled face when he heard the words.

"Why is it too high?"

"Didn't you just get your salary this month?"

When Tang heard her husband asking this, she complained dissatisfiedly.

"You don't know if you are not in charge of the family. There are so many honorable families in Beijing, which one can't go around?"

"The family gave birth to a grandson today, so we have to go congratulate him?"

"Tomorrow there will be an old man leaving, we have to go to the funeral!"

"Don't say that you only have such a little salary, even if you double it a few times, it probably won't be enough!"

When Chang Sheng heard his wife's explanation, his face was a little embarrassed, and he shut his mouth wisely.

Generally speaking, when it comes to this kind of problem, it will always be attributed to one's own incompetence in the end.

Therefore, in order to be less idle, his best strategy is to play dead.

However, Tang wouldn't let him go easily, seeing that he didn't speak, he couldn't help poking him with his arm in annoyance.

"My lord, you should tell me how to prepare for His Majesty's birthday!"

"We can't just wrap 50 taels of silver and send His Majesty away like we deal with other honorable families?"

"hiss……"

Chang Sheng's face twitched when he heard this.

"Be careful what you say, you dare to say such treasonous words?"

Tang Shi said nonchalantly while helping Chang Sheng wipe his neck.

"We closed the door and talked in our own house, how did it reach the ears of His Majesty the Emperor?"

"Master, why don't we ask sister-in-law to borrow some money from sister-in-law to deal with His Majesty's birthday?"

"Anyway, my sister-in-law only has two girls, and she doesn't move around with her contacts in Beijing. The money is still in her hand. Why don't you lend it to us first?"

Chang Sheng turned his face on the spot when he heard this.

"Don't even think about it!"

"I warn you, you are not allowed to mention this to my sister-in-law!"

"If you let me know, believe it or not, I'll divorce you!"

When Tang heard what Chang Sheng said, he also lost his temper. He smashed the towel heavily into the basin, and then complained to Chang Sheng.

"What do you mean by that!"

"I'm just asking my sister-in-law to borrow some money, it's not that I won't pay her back!"

"Besides, since you became a prince, has our family ever treated her badly?"

"The main house of the Duke's Mansion is for them to live in, and it's fine for us to live in the side courtyard all the time."

"You still give half of your salary to their mothers every month, and the remaining half of your salary not only supports the entire Duke's mansion, but also handles all the human relations in Beijing. Is it easy for you to treat me... "

"If you don't agree, then this family's concubine will no longer be a concubine. The concubine will take her step-ancestor back to her mother's house. Whoever you want to be, woo woo woo..."

When Chang Sheng heard his wife's complaints, he felt guilty for a while, but he still stubbornly insisted on his own opinion.

"All right……"

"Hurry up and order someone to pass on the meal. I'm going on business outside the city today, and I'm starving to death now."

Tang also just complained, complained to her husband, and let him know that it was not easy for him.

Therefore, seeing her husband gave her the steps, she immediately wiped away her tears and greeted the servants to serve the food.

Chang's meals are very simple, a few dishes of pickles, plus a pot of cabbage tofu with a few slices of meat.

Chang Sheng picked out the sliced ​​meat in the bowl and gave it to his wife and son, while he ate the cabbage tofu with great mouthfuls, which was extremely sweet.

Tang Shi saw it, but shed tears silently, and then poured all the meat slices from her husband into his son's bowl, and Chang Jizu distributed the meat slices to his two younger sisters...

Seeing that her son was so sensible, Tang became even more defensive, covering his face and weeping bitterly.

"What kind of life is this?"

"Our family is also a dignified founding mansion, and even a few pieces of meat have to be given back and forth, which makes people feel sad for no reason, woo woo woo..."

Chang Sheng took these things very lightly, and said while making vegetable soup.

"There are extravagant ones, such as Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang."

"It is said that Hu Weiyong treats guests with hundreds of people. Li Shanchang's family is even richer. They are all 70 years old, and they still use breast milk to keep healthy."

"But what happened?"

"Didn't they all end up with a family extermination?"

"So, the most important thing to be a human being is to be content!"

When Tang heard what her husband said, the depression in her heart suddenly eased a lot.

"What about His Majesty's birthday gift?"

"We can deal with other people's affairs perfunctorily, but your majesty's birthday gift can't be sloppy, right?"

Chang Sheng also had a headache when he heard this. His Majesty the Emperor treated the Chang family very well. In principle, their family's title should be cut off. It was the emperor who gave him extra favors and changed the title to him.

Therefore, he had to prepare a heavy gift to show his loyalty and respect to His Majesty, regardless of the situation or reason.

"If not, let's sell the carriage at home, it can still be worth a few hundred taels of silver, and then buy some decent gifts..."

As soon as Chang Sheng said this, he heard the old servant's ecstatic voice from outside the door.

"master!"

"It's a great event!"

"The grandson of the Three Emperors has come to visit our house!"

"What?"

When Chang Sheng and Tang Shi heard this, they all stood up from their chairs in surprise. Only Chang Jizu and the two younger sisters were dazed and puzzled.

"Mother, who is the third grandson?"

"Is it my aunt's little brother?"

"Yes!"

Tang replied to his son with a face full of surprise, and then Dian Dian ran out to ask everyone to clean up, and the old servant Chang Bo hurriedly persuaded him.

"Mother, don't be too busy. The third emperor's grandson's car is already outside the door. You should hurry up and open the door with the young master and young ladies to welcome you!"

"what?"

"Why so fast, don't even send someone to support it!"

"Hurry up, stop eating, wipe your mouth quickly, put on new clothes, and follow me outside to greet you!"

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