Daming Greedy Wolf Star

Chapter 280 In-laws with Purpose

We set off in September in the golden autumn, and when we returned to Xiangzhou Mansion, it was already the end of the year.

After returning to Xiangzhou Mansion, not only Zhu Gaoxu but also Zhu Zhanhe were not happy to go home. Instead, they locked themselves in the room and did not go out except for eating and going to the toilet.

This situation continued until the new year.

Yongle 21st year, December [-]th.

Zhu Zhanhe picked up a stool and sat on the wall of the old Siam Palace. He looked at the bustle of Xiangzhou City outside and the fireworks in the sky without saying a word.

"Your Highness, the weather is cold."

A thin woolen blanket was covered on Zhu Zhanhe's body. He turned around and saw that it was Hu Shanshu.

"Don't you want to go home?" Zhu Zhanhe tightened the blanket around him, raised his chin, and motioned to Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping next to him to find something for Hu Shanshu to sit on.

"Of course I thought about it." Hu Shanshu stood behind Zhu Zhanhe, raising her head like him and looking at the fireworks in the sky.

"But what's the use of thinking?"

"Ever since the civilian daughter and her sister were selected... no, perhaps it should be said that from the time when the eldest sister of the civilian daughter's family entered the palace, the fate of the civilian daughter's family is no longer in her own hands."

"Now, the eldest sister is in the palace, and the second sister has become the grandson concubine of Daming. The women who follow His Highness have long since lost the chance to go home."

"If there is, it has been approved by many parties. If not, it will only add trouble to His Highness."

"You are wrong." Zhu Zhanhe raised his head without any intention of turning his head, but the words in his mouth did not stop.

"No matter who you are in this world, your destiny is not in your own hands."

"Even for me, who has conquered almost all over the world, for the crown prince who has sat in the capital several times to supervise the country's governance, and even for the emperor who has personally led several military expeditions, his fate is not in his own hands."

"If you can control your destiny in your own hands, then you will either be an outsider who ignores the secular world, or you will be a person who stands on the top of the mountain, trampling everyone else under his feet, and has no desires or desires."

"His Royal Highness is right." Hu Shanshu never moved even if Zhu Ling had brought a chair for her.

"So, civilian girls can't go home even more."

"Going home is something that a daughter of the people cannot do for the Lord. It is an act that will cause trouble to His Highness the Crown Prince and the Ming Dynasty."

"Go back and write a letter to the family." Zhu Zhanhe suddenly stood up and put the thin wool blanket on Hu Shanshu's body.

"Your father can't come, and your eldest brother may not be able to come, but your second brother should be able to come."

"Everything in a lifetime must be witnessed by a family member."

……

After saying a few words, Zhu Zhanhe walked away. Zhu Ling and Zhu Ping behind him hesitated and followed.

Hu Shanshu stood alone on the top of the city, looking at the fireworks all over the sky. A drop of crystal glittering with colorful light fell from the corner of her eye.

……

The next day, the 22nd year of Yongle, the first day of the first lunar month.

A piece of news was sent from Xiangzhou Mansion, which shocked the whole world.

The eldest son of Prince Wu, Zhu Zhanhe, will get married in Xiangzhou Mansion in three months!

This news is equivalent to a magnitude [-] earthquake for the current Ming Dynasty. It shocked the entire Ming Dynasty, from the royal family to the common people.

There are two main things that are shocking.

The first is naturally Zhu Zhanhe’s wedding itself.

Normally, the people of the Ming Dynasty would basically get married when they were 13 years old. The earlier ones would have children at the age of [-] or [-], and the later ones would have children at the age of [-] or [-].

Zhu Zhanhe is 23 years old this year, and he only married at this age. This undoubtedly lowered the average age of marriage and childbirth in the Ming Dynasty.

Secondly, Zhu Zhanhe's wedding itself is too eye-catching. After all, as the eldest son of King Wu, he will inherit Zhu Gaoxu's title as King of Wu, and he has also conquered such a large area.

Nominally it was ruled by the Ming Dynasty, but in fact everyone knew that for so many years, except for the grassland and the country of Wa, the places Zhu Zhanhe conquered were governed by the lineage of King Wu.

Even the Japanese state is now under the jurisdiction of Qian Yong. Iwami Silver Mountain may be returned to the court in the future, but Sado Jinshan will definitely still be under the control of Qian Yong, that is, Zhu Zhanhe.

That is to say, Zhu Zhanhe controls at least half of the Wa country.

In people's eyes, when Zhu Zhanhe got married, he would soon have a child, and that child would inherit everything Zhu Zhanhe had.

The second thing that shocks the world is time.

Historically, weddings of royal family members have never been done on the spur of the moment. Maybe they don’t need to prepare a year or even two years in advance like Zhu Zhanji, the grandson of the emperor, but it can’t be prepared in three months. .

And Zhu Zhanhe didn't have any warning beforehand, so he announced that he was going to get married very suddenly, and he also set the wedding date in three months, which was a little unbelievable.

How could a royal family's wedding be completely prepared in just three months?
Besides, is Zhu Zhanhe an ordinary person?
Not to mention compared with ordinary royal family members, I'm afraid it can be compared with Zhu Zhanji.

At the very least, the current Zhu Zhanhe is not much worse than Zhu Zhanji, the emperor's grandson, in terms of strength and influence.

But regardless of whether it was ready or not, the news had already been sent out, and it was stamped with Zhu Gaoxu's seal, submitted to Shuntian Mansion, passed through the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi, and finally handed over to the old man.

That's right, not only did the old man personally approve it, he also summoned Lü Zhen, the Minister of Rites, and Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, and strictly ordered them to assist the King of Wu in getting this matter done.

At the same time, a team of [-] guards of the crown prince also set out from Xiangzhou Mansion and went to Yanzhou Mansion, the hometown of the current concubine Hu Shanxiang. They invited Hu Xuan, the second brother of the concubine Hu Shanxiang and Hu Shanshu, who was about to become the crown prince of Wu King, to go to Xiangzhou Mansion. .

Suddenly, the entire Ming Dynasty became lively.

……

Xiangzhou Prefecture.

The old Siam Royal Palace has not only regained its splendor under Zhu Zhanhe's reconstruction, but now it has become even more... special because of Zhu Zhanhe's wedding.

Although there is still some time before the wedding, the palace has already started to decorate the wedding-related matters.

Not only the palace, but also the Xiangzhou City outside.

"What? You want to too?"

Zhu Zhanhe looked at his somewhat dazed brother, smiled, and teased Zhu Zhanqi.

"That's true. How old are you this year? Are you almost [-]? You haven't even started a family yet. It's time to worry."

As he spoke, Zhu Zhanhe shouted at the top of his lungs: "Father! Mother! Have you forgotten Zhanqi!?"

"Eh..." Zhu Zhanqi quickly reached out to stop his brother, his cheeks turning red.

In fact, after several years of experience, Zhu Zhanqi has become very good, at least he has matured a lot.

In this era, it is normal for a man to have a family at the age of thirteen or forty. In later generations, a man of this age will still be a child in junior high school or even elementary school, but in this era, he is already the backbone of a family.

Zhu Zhanqi, who is already 19 years old and twenty years old, is naturally a well-deserved man.

However, this is only in a practical sense, because Zhu Zhanqi has been doing what men do in the past two years, but from a physical point of view, he is not yet a man.

Zhu Zhanhe was already late enough, but his younger brother was even later than him.

It’s understandable that he is a time traveler, but what about his younger brother?
But don't say it, it seems that when the Zhu family reaches his generation, they don't know what they do. After all, he doesn't know when his cousin got rid of the boy and transformed into a man, but as far as the age of marriage is concerned, quite late.

Far below the average level of its contemporaries.

"Don't be shy..." Zhu Zhanhe smiled and patted his brother on the shoulder.

"Although you have been doing serious things in the past two years, isn't the biggest important thing still to start a family, marry a wife and have children?"

"You are already twenty. In the past two years, my brother was always away fighting. The family needed someone to help dad, so I asked you to be a young man. However, no matter how busy you are, there is still time to get married."

"Besides, even if our clan gets married, we can only stay in the fiefdom. Unlike others, we can go to the capital to worship at the Ancestral Temple, or even go to Shenlie Mountain to comfort our ancestors in person."

“So, what needs to be done must be done, and what cannot be done, let’s not have extravagant hopes.”

Speaking of this, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help feeling a little bit emotional.

For Zhu Zhanhe, getting married was actually an unnecessary choice. If he hadn't agreed to the old man's promise this time, he wouldn't have gotten married in such a hurry.

Of course, he was definitely going to get married, but he never thought it would be so early. He thought he would get married after he had enough waste, at least conquered the Holy Roman Empire, and tasted things he had never tasted in his previous life. Choose to get married and have children.

What is there to say?

Use less chopsticks to stir the water tank and let the tadpoles swim more often in the Yangtze River.When you are poor, you can see your skin white and beautiful, and when you are rich, you can see a scallop spitting water.

He has tried women with a blend of yellow and white, but he has never tasted pure white women.

But this is only for himself, after all, everything he does is extremely purposeful, and it is something that people of this era do not have, but his younger brother is different.

As someone who had been personally selected by himself and trained for so long, it was better for him to marry a wife and have children step by step.

After all, if this were not the case, Zhu Zhanhe wouldn't be able to be so free, right?
"Okay, don't worry, don't be embarrassed." Zhu Zhanhe stood up and patted his brother on the shoulder.

"Have you met someone you like in the past few years? Don't worry. If so, just say so. As long as it's not a singer or a white slave, or a brothel girl, there will be no problem."

"You also know the rules of our Ming Dynasty. The selection of the crown prince and grand concubine does not depend on family background, let alone you."

"Yes, but yes..." Zhu Zhanqi also let go slowly after seeing his brother's incongruity.

"It's just that I'm afraid it might be a little troublesome."

"Trouble? What trouble can there be!?" Zhu Zhanhe waved his hand, looking very domineering.

"Aren't you from Yunnan to Xiangzhou Prefecture in these years? How many women have you seen in total? Apart from those maids and so on, who else can be left?"

"Since you have something you like, just say it. Don't be afraid if you can't handle it. There's still dad! If dad can't handle it, then why don't you still have me?"

"Then...I said it?" Zhu Zhanqi frowned, looking really embarrassed.

"This person's... surname is Mu..."

"What's the point of just saying your last name? You can't say someone else's... ah?" Zhu Zhanhe was halfway through his words when he suddenly came to his senses and suddenly paused.

"hiss……"

Zhu Zhanhe took a breath, looked at his brother carefully, and asked with a bit of uncertainty.

"What you are talking about...could it be...that Mu from Yunnan?"

"Yeah." Zhu Zhanqi nodded as expected, but this was definitely not what Zhu Zhanhe wanted to see.

"Hmm...cough cough cough..." Zhu Zhanhe coughed violently several times.

This is really... really not easy to handle...

(End of this chapter)