Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Chapter 10 Zhu Yuanzhang’s first wife, Ma Xiuying!
In the Pepper Room, Ma Xiuying was applying medicine to Zhu Kai.

After beating his son, Zhu Yuanzhang felt refreshed all over. After drinking beer and eating beef, he went to the library to handle official business with full energy. Of course, he did not forget to have Zhu Kai carried to Kunning Palace to let Ma Xiuying treat his injuries.

Ma Xiuying, whose real name is Xiuying.

Back then, when Zhu Yuanzhang was still a senior soldier under Guo Zixing in Haozhou, the 20-year-old Ma Xiuying was Guo Zixing's adopted daughter and was respected among the Red Turbans in Haozhou.

However, it was she who was good at poetry, painting, and especially history, and she fell in love with Zhu Yuanzhang and became his first wife.

After getting married, Ma Xiuying followed Zhu Yuanzhang in his campaigns and assisted him carefully. While Zhu Yuanzhang was fighting in the front, she set an example in the rear, managed the household frugally, and stabilized the morale of the army.

Today, Ma Xiuying is 41 years old.

Ma Xiuying had only two sons, Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai, but she treated Zhu Yuanzhang's other children as her own without any favoritism.

But in Ma Xiuying's heart, she, Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai are one family.

So does Zhu Yuanzhang!
The same is true for Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai.

No matter how great Zhu Yuanzhang is as an emperor, they are still a family.

Ma Xiuying was used to Zhu Kai getting beaten. This little guy had been beaten countless times and every time it was because of his mischief.

As for children, they will not become successful without being beaten. Just apply medicine on them after beating them.

For example, now, Ma Xiuying is used to it, and while applying the medicine, she said:

"You are not honest again. You are so naughty even though you are so old. From now on, you will be the biggest playboy in Yingtian Prefecture!"

Zhu Kai lay on the bed, shaking his head. The injuries on his back, buttocks, and legs did not affect his words: "Mom, there is no need to wait until later, now is the time! Those guys living in Yingtian Prefecture, who will not call me big brother when they see me?"

Snapped!
Zhu Kai was slapped again, but this time it was just like a tickle. He even found a better position to make Ma Xiuying feel more comfortable: "Mom, after applying the medicine, I will grill you some meat. My dad still has some conscience. He would rather not eat enough and leave two pieces of meat for you."

"understood."

Ma Xiuying did not worry about reprimanding Zhu Kai for eating beef. She knew her son would not kill cattle and that he cared about the people. But she still could not help but say, "Be more honest in the future and stop being like a child. You will soon be an adult and will get married. You have to be an adult now."

"Ah."

Zhu Kai nodded honestly, "But no matter how old I am, I am still my mother's son."

Snapped!
Got another slap.

"Even if you die of old age, you are still my son!"

"hey-hey……"

……

After applying the medicine, Zhu Kai couldn't sit down and could only lie on the cushion, directing the eunuch Zhang Cheng who followed Ma Xiuying to grill the meat.

He was chewing on the lamb leg that Ma Xiuying had cooked for him, and he said as he chewed it, "Zhang Cheng, you've burnt it. This beef needs to be eaten tender. You can't roast it as well as I can."

Zhang Cheng is already 57 years old and is also an old man following Ma Xiuying. During the Hongjin period in Haozhou, he was a retainer of Guo Zixing. After Guo Zixing died, he followed Ma Xiuying.

When Ma Xiuying became the queen, he castrated himself and continued to stay by her side.

To be more precise... Zhang Cheng was not a eunuch beside Ma Xiuying, but a retainer of Ma Xiuying. He would not even listen to Zhu Yuanzhang's orders. He would only obey Ma Xiuying and only listen to the orders of Ma Xiuying.

Of course, now that he has Zhu Kai, the second person he has to obey orders is Zhu Kai. Of course, Zhang Cheng has a family and got married very early. Now his two sons are serving in the army, and his five grandsons live in Yingtian Prefecture. They usually play with Zhu Kai. His three daughters also married civil officials and military generals with the help of Ma Xiuying. He is indeed a great noble in Yingtian Prefecture.

Zhang Cheng doted on Zhu Kai like an uncle dotes on his nephew.

He also liked to play with Zhu Kai, and even liked to play with Zhu Kai when Zhu Yuanzhang was not around.

After hearing what Zhu Kai said, he smiled with two holes in his teeth: "Yeah, who can compare to Brother Kai when it comes to eating? It's a pity, if Brother Kai hadn't been beaten by His Majesty, he could have roasted it for the young lady himself."

"You are exposing my shortcomings again!"

Zhu Kai tore off a piece of meat and threw it at Zhang Cheng along with the bones: "Just shut up. When I am healed, I will let you know that I am strong enough!"

Zhang Cheng stretched out his hand and grabbed it, laughing and eating it. Ma Xiuying glared at Zhu Kai: "Don't bully Zhang Cheng!"

"Mom, he led me astray."

Zhu Kai blamed Ma Xiuying for being partial, pointed at Zhang Cheng and said to Ma Xiuying with resentment:

"Mom, your son got beaten so much, this guy is responsible for 70% of it! You don't know how bad he is, he was the one who taught me bad things!"

How could Ma Xiuying not know?
Zhang Cheng followed him around and chased after Zhu Kai every day. When he was a child, Zhu Kai was afraid of Zhang Cheng, so he raised a dog named "Zhang Cheng". Later, he became more and more familiar with Zhang Cheng and their relationship became better and better. After the two of them roasted and ate the dog, Zhu Kai changed from an honest child to the most naughty child and the most dissolute playboy in Yingtian Prefecture!

Thinking about how her son was getting worse and worse, Ma Xiuying glared at Zhang Cheng in annoyance:
"Zhang Cheng, you just follow Kai'er when he makes trouble, right? This little guy is a bad seed."

"Miss, men are not so bad to attract girls?"

Zhang Cheng said with a smile, "My brother Kai will definitely help you give birth to a bunch of grandchildren, hehe..."

While Zhang Cheng was speaking, he winked at Zhu Kai who was lying on the bed. Zhu Kai also responded with a wink, as if he was giving a secret signal.

Ma Xiuying was also helpless. One of them was a frivolous old man who followed Zhu Kai in making trouble, while the other one did not learn any good things and only learned bad things.

Just as the three were talking and laughing while eating meat, Zhu Yuanzhang came back. When Zhang Cheng saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he immediately stepped aside and ignored him, as if Zhu Yuanzhang did not exist.

Zhang Cheng was born in the Hongjin Sect of Haozhou and used to be a personal guard under Guo Zixing. He knew Ma Xiuying earlier than he knew Zhu Yuanzhang. In his heart, there were only Ma Xiuying and Zhu Kai, and he would not necessarily give much thought to anyone else.

What's more, Guo Zixing's son Guo Tianxu died in unclear circumstances, so Zhang Cheng naturally had reason to suspect that it was Zhu Yuanzhang's doing. Therefore, when Zhang Cheng saw Zhu Yuanzhang, he ignored him and treated him as if he were air.

Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to have long been accustomed to Zhang Cheng's attitude. He laughed and came over to sit next to Ma Xiuying. He reached out and grabbed a piece of cut beef and stuffed it into his mouth. Then he looked at Zhu Kai and said, "You rebellious son, get out of here right now. Your mother and I need to rest."

"cut……"

Zhu Kai snorted and rolled his eyes.

He is a bad boy when in trouble and a bad son when nothing happens. His own father is also a person who turns his back on people.

However, he did not stay in Kunning Palace and let Zhang Cheng help him leave.

In Kunning Palace, there were only Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying.

Zhu Yuanzhang took a bite of the fruit on the table, then said, "Today, after beating my son, I saw that my second son is so strong, and I was thinking, if the people of the world can raise their sons to be so strong, what should we do? Then I came up with an idea to let the people of the world have enough food and meat: divide the land equally, and start with Huguang and the Yellow River Basin. Do you know why these two places were chosen? Because these places belonged to the Ming Dynasty not long ago..."

Ma Xiuying did not speak, but listened to Zhu Yuanzhang quietly, and then asked: "Did Kaier tell you what to do with those princes and ministers?"

(End of this chapter)