Chapter 103 Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Wenzheng Return Home
Chen Biao waited anxiously for Zhu Wenzhen, but before he could show up, his father came back first.
Zhu Yuanzhang was very moved: "Biao'er! How did you know that Daddy was coming back? Have you been waiting for so many days?"
Chen Biao shattered Zhu Yuanzhang's emotion: "Dad, I didn't know you would come back. I was waiting for Brother Zheng. Why hasn't Brother Zheng come back yet? Is he seriously injured?"
Zhu Yuanzhang's mood hit rock bottom. He thought he hadn't beaten Zhu Wenzheng hard enough.
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately complained to Chen Biao, "How could your brother Zheng be seriously injured? The Lord was kind enough to let him return to Yingtian to rest before he left for Guangdong to take up his new post. But he actually went to fight with Wen Zhong and Wen Ying, and then rushed back after the fight. I think he shouldn't have been granted leave!"
Chen Biao was stunned and his jaw almost dropped to the ground.
You're still looking for a fight after getting beaten up? Brother Zheng, is there something wrong with you?
"Didn't he get dismissed from office? Is Brother Zheng still going to Guangdong?" Chen Biao asked, "I thought the Lord would dislike him for a long time."
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "I dislike him, but the more I dislike him, the more I have to make him work, right?"
Chen Biao crossed his arms and nodded repeatedly: "My lord, you are so cruel."
Zhu Yuanzhang picked up Chen Biao and said, "Let Dad see if Biao has become heavier."
Chen Biao said with a fierce face: "Dad, you should ask Biao'er if he has grown taller again!"
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed and said, "Well, well, Biao'er has grown taller again, ah hey!"
Zhu Yuanzhang weighed it and sighed, "It's heavy."
Chen Biao said: "It's high!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Great, great, that's much higher."
Zhu Yuanzhang weighed Chen Biao and continued to sigh.
Chen Biao is now nine years old and will be ten years old at the end of the year.
Even today, nine-year-old boys are rarely held in their parents' arms. In ancient times, nine-year-old children were already handsome young men ready to go to school. If they were military children, they would have already begun marching and fighting alongside their fathers.
Zhu Yuanzhang still treated Chen Biao like a child and held him tightly. Others who saw this scene did not find it strange and some even wanted to hug him in person.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Chen Biao were together for a long time before he let go of Chen Biao, took Ma Xiuying's hand, asked her about her well-being, and continued to be together with her.
Chen Biao didn't want to watch his parents' love drama, so he drove away his younger brothers who, for some unknown reason, were eager to fight with their biological father as soon as they saw him.
Zhu Yuanzhang laughed heartily: "Madam, look! Biao'er is like driving a pack of hunting dogs."
Ma Xiuying's mouth twitched and she couldn't laugh.
Guorui, there is a reason why all your sons, except the precocious child Biaoer, hate you!
Chen Biao turned around and glared . Before Chen Biao got angry, Zhu Yuanzhang pulled Ma Xiuying away and avoided Chen Biao's nagging.
Although he was about the same height as Chen Biao, Chen Chong, who was twice as strong as Chen Biao, crossed his arms like Chen Biao and said unhappily, "Why did this father come back? Our family is more comfortable without him!"
Chen Jing also nodded: "Yes. When he comes back, Mom and Big Brother will accompany him. Especially Big Brother! Every time Dad comes back, you only accompany Dad!"
Chen Gou'er said, "That's right! Drive Dad away! Big Brother and Mom are both ours!"
Although Chen Maoer didn't say anything, he nodded very frequently.
Chen Biao didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "When Dad was around, I played with you guys every day. How could I just be with him?"
Chen Xun and Chen Jin howled, "No! After Dad comes back, you won't have time to play with us! You'll only have time to supervise our homework!"
Although Chen Gou'er hadn't done his homework yet, he also agreed: "Right, right, right!"
"You!" Chen Biao knocked Chen Xuan and Chen Xuan on the head one by one, saying, "That's because I didn't supervise you, so you refused to do your homework properly! You always have to wait for me to urge you to do it! If you had finished your homework before I called you, wouldn't we be able to play together?"
Chen Xun and Chen Jin covered their heads: "Oh."
Chen Gou'er stood on the eldest brother's side again: "That's right!"
Chen Chong and Chen Tan glared at Chen Gou'er.
Chen Maoer took a step back and hid himself behind Chen Gouer.
Every wrong has its perpetrator, and you shouldn’t glare at the cat for what happened to your brother Gouzi.
Seeing his brothers getting along so well, Chen Biao couldn't help but laugh. "Alright. Dad must have brought us a lot of goodies this time. I'll take you each to choose a gift."
Only then did the brothers become happy.
There's something good about stealing my mother and my eldest brother's father.
After Zhu Yuanzhang returned, he spent only one day with his family before returning to his status as the Ming King.
Chen Youding and his son, along with Zhang Chang, were all waiting for him, and Yingtian was overwhelmed with things that needed his attention. Hua Yun burst into tears as she looked at Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely helpless. Hua Yun was a man of great stature and a strong character, so why did he become such a crybaby?
Hua Yun cried bitterly, and Zhu Yuanzhang kept handing her a handkerchief, reflecting on his late return. This harmonious scene between the emperor and his subjects did not move the people present, but instead made their eyes hurt.
Hu Dahai, who had been on guard duty outside and seldom responded to the sky, could not help but recall the poems that his lord's staff had used to "tease" him.
Since ancient times, ministers have loved comparing themselves to beauties, comparing the king to their husband or the one they admire. The scene between the lord and General Hua really is a bit like a husband comforting his weeping wife... Ouch! Damn! My brain has been poisoned by that guy Ye Chen!
Hu Dahai couldn't help but glare at Ye Chen fiercely.
Ye Chen gave Hu Dahai a look that said "What are you looking at?" Hu Dahai immediately looked away and didn't dare to look again, fearing that Ye Chen would be angry.
Ever since Hu Dahai didn't listen to Ye Chen's advice and didn't send several Miao generals to the labor reform camp, which made Ye Chen angry and returned to Yingtian, and then encountered a rebellion, Hu Dahai became very scared of Ye Chen.
In order to prevent Ye Chen from going to Hongdu, Hu Dahai carried the drunk Ye Chen back to the base and asked Ye Chen to continue to be his partner. After that, Hu Dahai became even more timid towards Ye Chen.
So he only dared to glare at Ye Chen where Ye Chen couldn't see him. As soon as Ye Chen looked over, he immediately shrank his neck and pretended to be well-behaved.
The two of them exchanged glances, which hurt their eyes even more when others saw them.
Song Lian couldn't help but interrupt, "General Hua, stop crying. Can you please tell me about Zhang Chang first?"
Hua Yun clutched her handkerchief, sobbing and sniffling as she spoke, "That man is the thief Yuan's Minister of Revenue."
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened, his jaw dropping slightly. "Wow!"
Li Shanchang couldn't help but itch: "My Lord! Don't learn from...your son!"
Zhu Yuanzhang said stubbornly: "I didn't learn it!"
Everyone in the know looked at him with disdain. This demeanor is exactly like Biao'er's. My Lord, if you're not imitating Biao'er, who are you imitating? Biao'er is a child, and this action is very cute. My Lord, do you know how disgusting this is?
Even if Zhu Yuanzhang was a handsome man who could make Guo Zixing fall in love with him at first sight and directly promote him to be the captain of the imperial guard, that was when he was in his twenties. Now Zhu Yuanzhang is almost forty years old, and he is still imitating Biao'er's movements, which is really disgusting.
But Zhu Yuanzhang himself did not realize that he had unconsciously learned Chen Biao's demeanor.
Zhu Yuanzhang pressed, "The Minister of Revenue? The Minister of Revenue has come here as an envoy? Has he been ostracized by the treacherous Yuan court? Is he a capable person? Is it possible for him to stay with us?"
Li Shanchang, who had just been disdainful of Zhu Yuanzhang, showed a gratified expression. "My lord, remembering that we are short of people, and not caring that the other party is an official of the Yuan Dynasty, is willing to accept talents. This is quite good."
Hua Yun blew her nose hard, wiped away her tears, and finally stopped sobbing. She repeated what Chen Biao had said on the city wall that day.
Hua Yun was indeed a promising candidate for a civil servant. He had an excellent memory and could repeat Chen Biao's words with almost no omissions.
After hearing Hua Yun's words, Zhu Yuanzhang was not angry because Zhang Chang might be a spy who came to cause trouble. Instead, the corners of his mouth rose so much that they almost reached his ears.
Hahahaha, my logo is awesome! Listen to what I said, so domineering! A natural born emperor!
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded repeatedly. "That's right, Biao'er is right. If he dares to come, I dare to use him. Lord Li, you must have many important matters that do not involve confidential information but require talented people."
Li Shanchang sneered, "Of course. There are many such things. For example, my lord, you should learn the etiquette of being an emperor."
Zhu Yuanzhang immediately said, "The traitorous Yuan Dynasty has not yet been destroyed. How can you be emperor? Let's talk about it later and change something else!"
Li Shanchang looked at Zhu Yuanzhang helplessly and said, "Well, now that the Lord is a wise king, it's time to change the official system under his command. I was going to hand this over to Song Lian, but he said he was busy."
In formal occasions, officials would address each other by name. Besides, Li Shanchang held a higher position than Song Lian, so according to etiquette, he should have addressed Song Lian by name.
However, Li Shanchang was a man of many talents and good manners, and he was very kind to his colleagues. At this moment, he actually addressed Song Lian by his first name, which clearly showed that there was a rift between them.
Even if Li Shanchang didn't say anything during this interval, the others could immediately guess that it was probably a common thing, such as Li Shanchang assigning a task to Song Lian and Song Lian saying "I don't want to do it".
Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "This is indeed an urgent matter."
After Zhu Yuanzhang and others discussed how to deal with Zhang Chang, they brought up how to deal with Chen Youding and his son.
After Chen Youding failed to swallow the medicine, he did not continue to seek death. Zhu Yuanzhang thought that he could try to persuade Chen Youding to surrender.
However, Hua Yun believed that surrender was impossible, and Chen Youding did not want to die, but just wanted to scold Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang beat Hua Yun and then went to persuade Chen Youding to surrender.
As expected, Chen Youding scolded Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang beat Hua Yun. This is a story for later.
Now the scene turns to Biaoer.
Chen Biao had been looking forward to it for several days, and finally saw Zhu Wenzhen riding a tall horse and looking arrogant on the city wall.
Chen Biao rushed downstairs, startling the guard Liao Yongan who was accompanying him: "Biao'er! Watch your step!"
"Brother Zheng!"
Chen Biao had not arrived yet, but his voice passed through the noisy crowd entering the city and fell clearly into Zhu Wenzhen's ears.
Although he accepted the interrogation honestly and did not use his status to pressure others, Zhu Wenzhen, who was full of impatience, immediately smiled.
"Biao'er?" Zhu Wenzhen saw his short-legged brother running out of the city gate at a glance.
He immediately jumped off his horse and ran towards his brother without paying any attention to the guards checking him.
When the guards heard Chen Biao's shout, although they did not know Zhu Wenzhen, they immediately stepped aside to make way for Zhu Wenzhen to leave.
Chen Biao had been guarding here for many days, and the guards were already familiar with him. Seeing that Chen Biao had finally waited for the person he wanted to see, the guards guarding the city gate couldn't help but smile.
"Hey? Are you waiting for me?" Zhu Wenzhen lifted Chen Biao up.
Although Chen Biao has grown taller, this weight is nothing to Zhu Wenzhen.
This time, Chen Biao didn't complain about Zhu Wenzheng's habit of holding him up. He smiled and said, "I wasn't waiting for you! I was just passing by!"
Zhu Wenzheng held up Chen Biao, his eyes turning into crescents: "Then we are in perfect sync!"
