Chapter 14: Lao Zhu's Difficulty in Making Choices
Lan Yu had some resentment towards Zhu Yuanzhang.
Although Zhu Yuanzhang was good to his brother-in-law Chang Yuchun and the Lan family, the execution of Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang had a great impact on him.
Even though he didn't think much of these two people when they were alive, he still couldn't help feeling sad for them.
Therefore, he placed all his hopes on the prince.
Because the prince is kind, only if the prince ascends the throne will his uncle have a chance of survival.
Based on this, when Lan Yu learned of the prince's death, his inner devastation can be imagined.
In his opinion, there was only one person with a conscience in their Zhu family, and he was fucking dead. How could he not collapse...
Now that Zhu the Butcher was saying such things in front of him, Lan Yu wanted to spit in his face!
When Old Zhu saw that Lan Yu was slow to respond, he became somewhat unhappy.
"What?"
"Is there anything wrong with us saying this?"
When Lan Yu heard this, he quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeves and forced a few tears out.
"The word 'up' reminds me of my brother-in-law who passed away many years ago. If my brother-in-law were alive, he would definitely talk about getting promoted every day, bragging about how he would sweep the world if he had 100,000 soldiers, wuwuwu..."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard Lan Yu tell this story, he was also deeply moved.
During his lifetime, Chang Yuchun often boasted to others that if he were given 100,000 soldiers, he could sweep the world. Therefore, some people jokingly called him Chang Shiwan.
"yes!"
"If our Chang Shiwan were still alive, Beiyuan would have been destroyed long ago, and there would be no need for all this trouble!"
Upon hearing this, Lan Yu quickly took the opportunity to back off and be humble.
"Your Excellency is right. If I had half the ability of my brother-in-law, you wouldn't be so worried!"
Old Zhu patted Lan Yu's arm and sighed.
"well!"
"Hurry up and eat, and don't talk about the past!"
"Tell us how the border is handled. You came back suddenly, so nothing will happen, right?"
Upon hearing this, Lan Yu hurriedly explained.
"Reporting to the Lord, when I return, I will let Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen and Heshou Marquis Zhang Yi take charge of military affairs."
"As for the border defense , I have already taken care of it. Besides, the Northern Yuan has already fled far away and dare not attack the border lightly. Your Majesty does not need to worry."
Upon hearing this, Old Zhu said "Oh" lightly to indicate that he understood, but his pupils did shrink involuntarily, and he became wary of Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen and Heshou Marquis Zhang Yi.
He hated most in his life that his subordinates formed cliques for personal gain. If Lan Yu had handed over the military affairs to the deputy general or something like that, he would have accepted it. But handing it over to these two confidants made him more or less uneasy.
"These two are quite talented and have been in the army for a long time, so I don't think anything will happen to them!"
While the two were talking, Erhu, the leader of Zhu Yuanzhang's guards, came with a few eunuchs from the kitchen and added a few meat dishes to the table.
When Old Zhu saw the meat dishes coming, he kept inviting Lan Yu to eat.
However, Lan Yu seemed to have a problem with vegetables. He only tasted the meat dishes briefly, but ate the vegetables voraciously.
Upon seeing this, Old Zhu immediately became dissatisfied, thinking that this guy was doubting him and was afraid that he had poisoned the food!
This guy doesn't even think about it. If we want his life, would we have to go through so much trouble?
Lan Yu ate a few mouthfuls of rice, and seeing that Lao Zhu was motionless, she stole a glance at him. Seeing that Lao Zhu was looking at her with a gloomy face, her heart sank immediately.
Would this old butcher be suspicious of me again?
But I was just focused on eating and didn’t say anything!
Have a meal?
Could it be that the old butcher was suspicious because he didn't eat meat?
Thinking of this, Lan Yu hurriedly picked up a dish of stir-fried pork with bamboo shoots, put half of it into his bowl, and then started eating again.
While eating, he explained vaguely.
"Sir, you don't know that we have no shortage of mutton and the like at the border, but the only thing we have is our fried bamboo shoots and stir-fried vegetables in Jiangnan, which are so good that no amount of money can buy them!"
When Old Zhu heard Lan Yu say this and saw how happily he was eating, his suspicions were finally dispelled and he picked up his bowl and started eating with him.
The two of them ate very quickly, and all the dishes on the table were finished in no time. Even Lao Zhu himself was persuaded by Lan Yu to eat half an extra bowl of food.
"Have you eaten enough?"
Lan Yu patted his belly and said in a bold manner.
"Reporting to the superior, to be honest, I have only eaten half full, hehehe..."
Upon hearing this, Old Zhu pointed at Lan Yu and scolded him with a smile.
"Don't call yourself Blue Crazy anymore. Change your name to Blue Lucky Guy!"
"I won't even let you eat half full. You've traveled thousands of miles and you'll have to go back to rest soon. Eating too much will cause indigestion!"
"Thank you very much for your concern, my Lord."
Lan Yu was polite to Lao Zhu, but his tone immediately became hesitant.
"My Lord, when I first entered the East Palace, I saw His Highness Zhu Yunhuan. He didn't even remember me. This is..."
When Old Zhu heard Lan Yu ask this, a trace of guilt flashed across his face.
"well!"
"According to Doctor Hao, the child has been crying so much that he has damaged his body and has developed soul-dissociation syndrome. He can't remember many things."
"When the child's condition was at its worst, not only did he not recognize you, he didn't even know who he was!"
Lan Yu became anxious when he heard this.
"What should I do?"
"By the way, did Doctor Hao tell me how to cure it?"
"Doctor Hao only said that I can recover slowly, but I can't say how long it will take. Maybe I won't be able to remember everything in my lifetime."
Old Zhu sighed.
"But a blessing in disguise."
"We noticed that after the child got sick, he became much more cheerful and clever than before."
When Lan Yu heard what Lao Zhu said, his eyes lit up.
What Zhu the Butcher said is so right!
Today, when we see Zhu Yunhuan arguing with Lu, he is completely different from before!
In the past, this child would cry for a long time even if someone threatened him, let alone quarreling with others.
However, today, instead of being scared by others, the kid used his own name to scare others!
It's just that these scary words are a bit too much. When did this uncle become so powerful that he can kill gods and Buddhas!
What made him most depressed was that where did he get 100,000 soldiers? It was unexpectedly this grandson who said that!
If my superiors knew about this, they would be very suspicious and think that I was disloyal.
However, judging from what the person who just came to the throne said, it seems that he has a good impression of Zhu Yunhuan?
This is a pleasant surprise. If the emperor really has our nephew in his heart, it is not impossible for him to fight for the position of crown prince!
When Lan Yu thought of this, he suddenly became eager. After pondering for a long time, he finally figured out how to test it .
"Take the throne. Yunxun is not young anymore. He is almost old enough to be crowned king, right?"
"Be crowned king..."
Old Zhu suddenly became hesitant. If there was only one Zhu Yunwen, he would definitely make Zhu Yunwen the crown prince without hesitation.
But now he found that Zhu Yunhuan seemed to be quite good, and he just happened to possess the cleverness that Zhu Yunwen lacked.
If he is properly educated for a few years and allowed to read more books, he may become a qualified crown prince.
Moreover, the two men are not much different in age and have similar status, both being legitimate sons.
After comprehensive consideration, Lao Zhu suddenly found that he was suffering from indecisiveness!
Seeing that Lao Zhu didn't respond for a long time, Lan Yu couldn't help but ask in a low voice.
"Top?"
"ah……"
"Lan Yu, Yun Hun is still a child, right?"
"How about we crown ourselves kings in a few years?"
“ Ahaha…”
