Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 67 The Rebellious Sons of the Old Zhu Family

The mourning hall of the Prince's Mansion.

Even if Lao Zhu emptied the ice cubes in the cellar, he could only suppress the summer heat in the dog days, but he couldn't suppress the anger of the princes.

Qin Wang Zhu Shuang sat on the ground with a big horse and a golden sword, shouting words at a group of Wang brothers and nephews in front of him, berating Fang Qiu, and complaining that Old Zhu was on top.

"Let me tell you, it's useless even if you kneel down tomorrow morning. The old man is obviously blaming us!"

"Why is the third child so tired and sick on the road, but we should blame it!"

"And you!"

"Zhu Huan, didn't you argue about being hungry just now, do you think someone cares about you?"

"According to me, if you have more eyes, you should quickly ask someone to tell your family and ask them to send a set of gifts, and send some food mats. When the old man thinks of you stepmothers, maybe the year of the monkey Already!"

King Qin didn't inherit any of Lao Zhu's brains, but instead inherited ten percent of his bad mouth.

The princes in the mourning hall were already kneeling impatiently, but now they heard King Qin's provocation, and they were immediately shaken.

The first person to sit down was Zhu Wei, and then he made friends with Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu.

These two guys are very cautious, and this time they went to Beijing as well, they stopped at the Jiming Station, and then squatted in the station to listen to the news, for fear that the emperor would take them both.

It wasn't until Zhu Fang, Zhu Shuang, and Zhu Di entered Beijing one after another, that they inquired that the three elder brothers were all fine, and then rushed back to Beijing again.

Now that Zhu Shuang, the second child, took the lead, the two of them also took advantage of the opportunity to sit down.

However, the two of them couldn't sit comfortably, and they were afraid that their father would kill them as chickens, and planned to drag a few people into the water.

At that time, the law will not blame the public, even if the father is angry, he can't do anything to them!
"Don't kneel down stupidly, didn't you hear what the second brother said just now, we are all raised by stepmothers, the old man never cared about us at all!"

With these two people as role models, the others could not help but be swayed, especially Lu Wang Zhu Zhaohui, who was not only the lowest in seniority among the vassal kings, but also pitifully young.

His father Zhu Tan died early, he succeeded to the throne at the age of three, and he is only six years old this year.

This time when he went to Beijing for the funeral, he still took a ride with his seventh uncle Zhu Mi, even if he was punished to kneel in the palace, he made an exception and brought a wet nurse by his side.

So when he saw the three uncles sitting on the ground, his small body, which was already overwhelmed, immediately softened and sat on his calf.

After that came Zhu Yu, but Zhu Yu was more timid. He wanted to sit down and rest, but he was afraid that his father would come and give him a reprimand. Seeing them sitting sprawled on the ground, he would punish them for being disrespectful to the prince.

So, he took a trick and patted Zhu Zhaohui's thigh, signaling him to lie on his lap.

Zhu Zhaohui didn't know why, but he thought Uncle Seven was considerate of him and felt sorry for him.

Little did they know, his shameless seventh uncle just wanted to use him as a cover.

The old man was most sympathetic to his young son and grandson, even if he came to check the post suddenly and saw Zhu Zhaohui lying on his lap, he would forgive himself for it.

After these princes let themselves go, Zhu Di, who was still kneeling there upright, looked very different.

Zhu Shuang has always looked down on this fourth brother, seeing that he is still pretending, he was the first to start spraying.

"oops!"

"I, the King of Qin, are useless. In the old man's heart, I have long been a rebellious son, and I was almost pasted by the old man on my forehead!"

"It's not like the fourth brother. You have done everything you should do, but you are full of civil and military praises, and the old man praises you even more!"

"Maybe, if we see him in a few days, we have to salute him, and then bow our heads to bow down!"

After hearing Zhu Shuang's words, everyone looked at Zhu Di in unison, and called Zhu Di's gaze a thorn in their backs.

"Second brother, I didn't offend you, did I?"

"You're in Shaanxi, I'm in Beiping, we don't interfere with each other, why do you keep fighting with me?"

Zhu Di responded with a few words to Zhu Shuang, and then took advantage of the situation and sat on his calf.

One reason is that his kneeling legs are numb, and the other reason is that he doesn't want to be too out of group and cause other brothers to fear.

Seeing that Zhu Di didn't kneel anymore, Zhu Shuang stopped targeting him and continued to criticize the old man's eccentric behavior.

"By the way, what do you think the old man thinks?"

Hearing this, Zhu Wei deliberately pretended to be stupid and asked in a daze.

"What do you think?"

Zhu Shuang whispered towards the tablet in the mourning hall.

"Don't play dumb with me, I don't believe you don't know what I'm talking about!"

"Tell me, who exactly does the old man want to pass on the seat to? Is it the fourth child or the eldest grandson of the elder brother's family?"

A trace of displeasure flashed across Zhu Di's face when he heard this.

"Second brother, Zhu Xiongying died a long time ago, why do you still mention the emperor's eldest grandson?"

Zhu Shuang hummed dissatisfiedly.

"Can the dead still compete with the living?"

"Furthermore, Zhu Yunqi's grandson has been called the eldest grandson of the emperor for many years in the palace, and his father has acquiesced. I don't believe you haven't heard of it!"

"Isn't there also Zhu Yunxi?"

"I remember that the difference between the two of them is less than two years old?"

Qi Wang Zhu Yu couldn't help muttering a few words, he didn't say this for Zhu Yunxi's eyes, but he just wanted to argue habitually.

Zhu Shuang sneered when he heard this.

"That kid can't do it!"

"Too useless, far worse than Zhu Yunqi."

"I've heard that Zhu Yunqi has been wise since he was a child. He is sensitive and eager to learn, respects teachers, honors parents, etc."

"I also heard that during the time when the elder brother was seriously ill, the grandson waited on him without taking off his clothes, which attracted praise from everyone inside and outside the palace."

Zhu Zhaohui, who was already in a daze and was about to fall asleep, was not convinced on the spot when he heard this. He was already young, and once children's comparisons came up, he didn't care so much.

"Second Uncle!"

"My mother and concubine said that I am also very filial, and I am also easy to learn. Now I can memorize the Three Character Classic!"

Seeing the grandson suddenly interrupted, Zhu Shuang retorted mercilessly.

"Are you also worthy of being compared with Zhu Yunwen?"

"Although you and him are both grandsons of the emperor, but you two are in the sky and the other is on the ground!"

"Second Uncle, to put it mildly, how many years can you see your grandpa?"

"If my guess is right, you don't even remember what your grandpa looked like now!"

"Your father was not popular when he was alive, and you still want to miss Daming's throne?"

"Second Uncle advises you to give up your heart as soon as possible. Even if all of us uncles are dead, it will not be your turn to inherit the throne of Daming!"

Zhu Zhaohui burst into tears when he heard this, and questioned with dissatisfaction on his face.

"Why is it not my turn to be on the throne? I'm also the grandson of Grandpa Huang!"

In fact, Zhu Zhaohui's words were just a child's angry words, not to mention that he didn't know what the emperor did, he didn't even know what the king of Lu did.

After all, he has only been weaned for a few years, how can he understand so many twists and turns.

Seeing that Zhu Shuang was still stretching his neck and wanted to speak, Zhu Yu immediately yelled at him.

"Second brother, you can say a few words less."

"Zhu Zhaohui is still a child, coax him to cry when he is angry!"

Zhu Shuang immediately shut his mouth when he heard this, he didn't even want to coax his own child, how could he be interested in talking to this brat?

Just when Zhu Shuang was thinking about how to start a conversation, he saw the Crown Princess Lu led Zhu Yunqi and Zhu Yunxi into the mourning hall, followed by a dozen court ladies and eunuchs, each holding a food box.

"I have met all the younger brothers and nephews!"

"Yun Xun, Yun Xun still hasn't stepped forward to greet the uncles?"

"Yun Wen pays respects to all the Uncle Wangs!"

"Yunyu pays homage to all the uncles!"

Zhu Yunxuan is very respectful in his etiquette, but Zhu Yunxuan is not so meaningful in comparison.

But no matter which of the two of them stepped forward to pay respects, all the vassal kings just sat on the ground, showing no intention of getting up.

Zhu Shuang even lowered his eyelids, pretending not to see it.Zhu Di did look at it, but it was better not to look at it. On the contrary, it was his sharp eyes that made Zhu Yunqi tremble with fright, and couldn't help but take a half step back.

Zhu Huan responded with a smile, but it was a superficial smile.The King of Chu snorted with his nose, as a greeting.

Only King Qi was more modest, nodded to Zhu Yunwen, and said that this child is really sensible, which is already the best response to him.

Seeing the expressions of all the feudal lords treating their sons, Mrs. Lu felt a chill in her heart.

If the old man really passes on the throne to Yun Yun in the future, his gang of uncles will also be in big trouble!
I have to find a way to get rid of these troubles while the old man is alive!

Zhu Yunwen didn't want to see him at all when he saw that Uncle Wang didn't want to see him at all, and his little face couldn't help turning dark.

He didn't want to come in the first place, he didn't have enough time to memorize his homework, so how could he waste his time on them!
However, the concubine mother had to drag him here, and he didn't dare to disobey the concubine mother, so he had to bite the bullet and come here.

Seeing that he was not welcomed, he wanted to rush back immediately to endorse.

Otherwise, if you fail to recite the [-]-character homework, you will be laughed at by the uncles in the main hall tomorrow!
Thinking of this, Zhu Yunxuan wished he could slap his two big mouths, why would he be angry with that grandson when he was idle!
Now that the grandson has nothing to do, I am as tired as a dead dog every day, and I almost have no time to sleep!
"Mother concubine!"

"My child has already met the uncles, so I won't bother you here, and I will go back and endorse it first!"

After Zhu Yunqi said this, he turned around and left, leaving the embarrassed Lu family to smooth things over.

"My lords, please forgive me. Father is now personally supervising the child's homework, and assigning thousands of words to the child to recite every day, so that the child doesn't even have enough time to sleep..."

"My brothers are all hungry. The palace is nothing compared to the outside. After noon, you can't light a fire. I brought some snacks and cooked food for you. You should make it first."

"I will send someone to deliver hot tea later, to help you brothers get rid of the cold..."

As soon as Lu's words fell, the eunuchs and maids behind her filed forward, first set up a small table in front of each prince, and then respectfully took out plates of snacks from the food box.

Seeing that everyone was well arranged, Mrs. Lu gave blessings to everyone, and then left the mourning hall with a group of eunuchs and maids.

After Mrs. Lu led the people away, Zhu Shuang took a look at the pastry, squeezed it, and made another harsh evaluation.

"What kind of rubbish pastry is this? It's so hard that it can kill people, so I'm ashamed to bring it to us!"

This sentence was just an introduction, and then he brought the topic to Zhu Yunqi.

"That's true for Zhu Yunqi, too. I really thought that he took over his father's class and became the grandson of the emperor!"

"Look at what he did just now, who is he showing his black face?"

"He has not yet become the emperor's grandson, so he dares to lose face with us. When he becomes the emperor in the future, we will all be arrested in the capital and beheaded!"

(End of this chapter)