Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1399 The baby doesn't recognize his father
After leaving Puding Fort, Zhu Zhen and his party passed through Pu'anwei and Luoshanwei, and finally arrived at the gateway to Yunnan, Shengjing Pass, on April 30th.

Before passing the city, he received a surprising piece of news that Miaoqing and Liu Li were waiting for him in the city with their child.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Zhen rode his horse at full speed and rushed all the way to Shengjing Pass. Sure enough, he saw the two princesses waving at him from the top of the city wall.

Zhu Zhen cheered, rode his horse into the city, dismounted, and hugged Miaoqing and Liu Li who were running down from the upstairs with their skirts lifted up.

"Your Majesty..."

"My beloved concubine..."

The three were immersed in the excitement of meeting each other after a long separation when they heard the crying of a child.

Zhu Zhen looked up and saw two female officials holding two fat babies, carefully going downstairs.

When one baby started crying, the other one started crying too.

"Are these Meng Xuan and Meng Can?" Zhu Zhen wanted to slap himself after saying this. What the hell is he talking about?
The two princesses were also very angry after hearing this. What was going on? The child was already two years old, and not only did the child not recognize the father, the father also did not recognize the child.

"Your Highness, look, which one is Meng Xuan and which one is Meng Can?" Then Liu Li deliberately made things difficult for the Sixth Old Man.

"Haha, I was just joking. Can't I recognize my own seed?" Zhu Zhen laughed awkwardly.

Then he pointed to the doll on the left and said, "This is Meng Xuan."

Then he pointed to the doll on the right and said, "This is Meng Can. How is it? Am I right?"

"How did the prince know?" Xu Miaoqing asked curiously.

Zhu Zhen turned around, stared at the two princesses, and said, "Because I saw your shadows on their faces."

"Really?" Liu Li blinked.

"Of course." Zhu Zhen took her hand, kissed her and said, "We are childhood sweethearts."

"But Your Majesty guessed wrong." Liu Li giggled and picked up the child on the left and said, "This is Meng Can."

Xu Miaoqing also took the child on the right and said, "Meng Xuan."

"Haha, really? I made a mistake." Zhu Zhen scratched his head in embarrassment. In fact, he judged it by the two children's gazes. The reason was simple. When the children cried, they wanted to find their mothers. Unexpectedly, he made a mistake.

"Haha, I guessed right." Liu Li made a face at him and said with a sweet smile like a young girl, "I was just teasing you on purpose. Who told you not to go home for so long?"

"Ah, Miaoqing, you've also learned bad habits." Zhu Zhen smiled helplessly, "I thought you wouldn't tease me."

"That's hard to say." Xu Miaoqing also smiled.

"Come here, let's not talk about anything else, let daddy hug you." Zhu Zhen rubbed his hands on his body and stretched out his hand to Meng Xuan with a smile.

Meng Xuan turned his head away, and when Zhu Zhen forced him to hug him, he started crying.

Zhu Zhen had no choice but to return the child to Liu Li, and then tried to hug Meng Can from Miao Qing's arms. The result was exactly the same. The child refused to be hugged and would cry if he was forced to hug him, which made Lao Liu very embarrassed.

Liu Li and Miao Qing didn't want to embarrass him, so they urged the child to call him father.

They had practiced this simple name for a long time, and at one point the children had trained themselves to call everyone "Father".

The result was that when they met Zhu Zhen, no one, no matter how high or low, could speak.

Zhu Zhen was so sad that he almost cried.

"Don't be sad, Uncle Six. This is normal." In fact, Xu Miaoyun's carriage had already entered Shengjing Pass, but she didn't want to disturb the family's long-awaited reunion, so she didn't say anything. Seeing the embarrassment of the sixth child, she got off the carriage and helped him out: "I was like this when I gave birth to the third child. I didn't know your fourth brother, so I didn't call him. Just spend more time with him."

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "I will definitely spend more time with you..." "Big sister!" Xu Miaoqing cheered in surprise, handed the child to the wet nurse, ran two steps and hugged Xu Miaoyun. The two sisters have not met each other since Prince Yan became a fiefdom.

At this time, the fourth and eleventh and twelfth brothers also came to greet Liu Li. With the addition of the fifth brother's family, the Zhu family had more serious people in Yunnan.

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Now that he had been reunited with his wife and children, Zhu Zhen was no longer in a hurry to travel.

The main reason was that there was no way to walk fast, because when the chieftains and local officials heard that the prince had returned to Yunnan, they all led their tribesmen across the border to offer wine and food to welcome him, singing and dancing to celebrate his return, just like it was New Year's Day.

There was no way. He had been away for too long. The soldiers and civilians of Yunnan were all worried that this prince who ruled Yunnan well and turned stones into gold would never come back. Wouldn't the bright future he had promised to everyone be in vain?

Therefore, Zhu Zhen's return was definitely the biggest happy event in Yunnan this year. Soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups rushed to tell each other and lined the streets to welcome him. As a result, he could only travel one post station at most every day.

Of course, Zhu Zhen did not waste time. Every time he arrived at a place, he carefully inspected the local roads, bridges, farmland and water conservancy, met with officials and local officials, and tested their administrative level. He also met with a group of soldiers and immigrant representatives, asking them if they had any difficulties in life. As long as they could be solved, he ordered the officials to solve them.

In this way, we walked and inspected along the way and arrived at Songmeng City.

Zhu Zhen was meeting with officials from Songmeng Prefecture in the provincial government office when he suddenly heard bursts of drum beats outside.

The officials changed color when they heard the sound. Everyone could tell that it was the big drum set up outside the yamen.

But there were heavy guards outside the county government office at that time, so who could beat the drum?

Zhu Zhen was not surprised at all and said, "I have ordered that if anyone beats the drum, you are not allowed to stop them."

Then he ordered, "Bring the people up."

After a while, the guards brought in a Han woman who was about twenty years old.

Zhu Zhen looked at the woman and saw that she had her hair in a heart-shaped bun, still dressed like an unmarried woman.

In this era, women of this age are basically mothers. This woman is also very pretty, and doesn't look like she is unmarried at all.

But after the woman kowtowed, he asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall?"

The officials were all very nervous, fearing that this young woman would bring disaster upon them.

"Your Highness," the woman said in authentic Mandarin, "My surname is Li, my maiden name is not worth mentioning, and I am from Zuowei, Fengyang."

"Oh? So you are a military family member, and we are from the same hometown." Zhu Zhen said solemnly, "What is your grievance? Tell me the truth, and I will do justice for you."

"Your Highness, I am suing Yu Min, the captain of the Yanglin Garrison!" The woman said, holding up a piece of paper and said, "He tricked me into coming to Yunnan, saying he wanted to marry me. But when I got here, I found out that he had already married another woman. Not only did he break his promise, he also refused to let me in. I have nowhere else to turn to, so I can only ask Your Highness for help!"

The officials all breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, thinking that the family dispute was the best solution and that no one would have to suffer any consequences.

Zhu Zhen took the petition handed over by the guard and quickly scanned it. He saw that the girl's nickname was Jiu Niang and she had a brother named Li Laoba. The brother and sister depended on their mother for survival.

Li Laoba was a member of the army that conquered the south, but unfortunately he was killed in the battle of Baishi River.

After receiving the news of death from the front line, Li Laoba's mother couldn't bear the blow and fell ill.

When he was dying, someone came to propose marriage to him, and said that he was proposing on behalf of a general officer named Yu Min.

Yu Min wrote in a letter to his family that his life was saved by Li Lao Ba. Before his death, Li Lao Ba entrusted his sister to him. He had planned to go home and propose marriage in person. However, the court ordered them to cultivate land on the spot, so he could not go home and could only ask his mother to help propose marriage.

If the girl is willing, please arrange the marriage for her and then bring her to Yunnan.

"So, your mother agreed?" Zhu Zhen asked in a friendly manner.

Li Jiuniang sobbed and said, "Yes, my mother was seriously ill at the time and was on her deathbed. She couldn't bear to see me alone and helpless, so she agreed to the marriage."

(End of this chapter)