Chapter 20: Really smart, worthy of being our great grandson!
With the young eunuch's shout of "Get up", the sedan chair was lifted up by sixteen Jinyiwei.
Along the way, all the officials, palace maids, and eunuchs they met were shocked by Zhu's actions.
This is the effect that Zhu Yuanzhang wanted. He wanted to tell everyone in this way that he, Zhu Yuanzhang’s grandson, would not allow anyone to look down on him!
Old Zhu thought about all he had done for his eldest grandson and felt a little moved.
Looking at the little grandson sitting on his lap, the old man thought to himself with pride, this child must be very moved, right?
Thinking of this, Old Zhu decided to comfort his grandson so that the child would not have any psychological burden.
"Grandson, you don't have to be too touched. This is what our royal grandfather should do!"
"Grandpa Emperor, your grandson didn't dare to move?"
When Old Zhu heard this, he felt terrible.
This child is so ungrateful. Looking around the entire Forbidden City, except for you, who else has I hugged like this?
However, Zhu Yunhuan's next words once again broke through Zhu's cognition.
"Grandpa Emperor, are we overloaded?"
"What is overload?"
"Isn't your sedan chair designed to carry one person? Can it hold up with the two of us sitting on it? Will it break in the middle?"
When Old Zhu heard his grandson's words, dozens of black lines suddenly appeared on his forehead.
It turns out that when the grandson said "not moved", he meant "dare not move"!
This bastard doesn't even use his brain to think about it. This is the emperor's sedan chair. The poles are made of golden nanmu wood. It needs sixteen people to carry it. How can it not withstand the weight of a little brat like him?
When Old Zhu thought of this, he felt that all his kindness had been wasted, and he wanted to throw his grandson off the sedan chair.
"Grandson, if you're afraid our sedan chair can't hold up, then you can get off and walk!"
"Do you think I'm stupid? I won't go down. It's so tiring to walk."
As Zhu Yunhuan spoke, he changed into a comfortable lying position. Since he had nowhere to put his legs, he simply placed them on the outside of the armrest, and they kept swinging as the sedan chair moved.
He looked so leisurely and contented, as if he was lying in his own bed, completely unaware that he was sitting on a dragon sedan chair that only an emperor could ride on!
Old Zhu looked at his grandson's lazy appearance, angrily turned him over, and slapped him hard on the butt.
"You are such a heartless little thing, we should just throw you down and let you go!"
Zhu Yunhuan felt pain in his buttocks and just as he cried out, he realized that Old Zhu had stopped hitting him, and he immediately groaned twice.
"You are so reluctant to throw me down. If I get hurt, where will you find such a smart, well-behaved and lovely grandson like me?"
When Lao Zhu heard this, he raised his hand again, but the force was much reduced when it landed. It was more like a slap than a hit.
"You want a beating!"
"Why don't we see how you are cute and well-behaved? We only see that you are a little rascal!"
Lao Zhu said he disliked her, but he really liked her in his heart.
He liked his grandson's rogue spirit, and the relaxed and casual manner in front of him, without any restraint or affectation.
This is how a normal grandson should be. Other princes and grandchildren in the palace are like mice seeing a cat when they see him, which makes people feel annoyed at first sight.
Although I was a bit harsh to them, I was nice to the Zhu family. Are they as afraid of me as outsiders?
This grandson is still the best. He doesn't treat me as an emperor at all, but just as an ordinary grandfather. He has no selfish motives, and he acts like a spoiled child when he should, and acts like a rogue when he should.
But we have to fight when it's time to fight. We can see that this bastard has no respect for us at all, let alone for others. He is the typical one who will tear down the house if he is not punished!
"My great grandson!"
"We asked someone today, and there's no problem with Lu's discipline for you."
" You didn't wait for the elders to come to the table before you started eating. This is not in accordance with the rules. Besides, if you call Lu by his first name, people will say that you are disrespectful to your elders and lack education if this gets out."
"No matter what, Madam Lu is still your nominal mother. You must be respectful to her in the future!"
Zhu Yunhuan was lying on Old Zhu's lap and muttered to himself when he heard this.
"I only have one mother, and that is the daughter of Prince Kaiping. Why should I call her Lu's mother?"
"Didn't you yell before?"
"I was ignorant before, but now I am sensible!"
"Our Ming dynasty ruled the world with filial piety. How can you recognize someone else as your mother when you know who your biological mother is?"
When Old Zhu heard this, he immediately frowned and scolded.
"You are not right. Although Mrs. Lu did not give you the grace of giving birth to you, she did raise you. You should call her mother and concubine. This is in accordance with filial piety!"
Zhu Yunhuan snorted with disdain when he heard this.
"snort!"
"What did she raise me for?"
"Did she ever feed me milk or food?"
"My nurse fed me milk, and my maids and aunts fed me. Is there anything that she needs to do herself?"
"She is just pretending to be nice to me in order to gain a good reputation and win favor with my father!"
"If Mrs. Lu really cared about me, she would have raised me to be so weak that I couldn't take care of myself, and I would have gotten sick from crying in the mourning hall for a few days?"
When Old Zhu heard his eldest grandson's rapid-fire accusations, he was completely speechless.
What made him even more depressed was that what this bastard said made a lot of sense, leaving him, the emperor, speechless...
"Since you really don't want to call me Mother Consort Lu, then call me Crown Princess."
"Calling Lu by his first name is really a bit of a rebellion."
When Zhu Yunhuan heard this, he knew that this was the biggest concession Zhu had ever made, and he immediately hummed twice to show his agreement.
"Grandpa Emperor, I'll give you a favor on this matter of Lady Lu. Try to be more respectful to her in the future."
"But one more thing, you have to trust me and not let those doctors mistreat me!"
"You don't know that before you entered the Imperial Hospital, they had never discussed any treatment methods at all."
" Only one judge, Ge, could tell that I was poisoned, and he didn't even suggest acupuncture, massage, or anything like that."
"They saw you coming, so they all came to show their loyalty and try to cheat you for a reward!"
After listening to his eldest grandson's complaints, Old Zhu immediately smiled knowingly.
"In fact, we have already seen through their little tricks!"
"ah?"
When Zhu Yunhuan heard this, he immediately turned over and looked at Old Zhu with disbelief.
"So you saw long ago that they were lying!"
Old Zhu smiled proudly.
"Of course!"
"Are you still wondering, since we have seen through it, why do we still let them deceive us and not expose them in person?"
Zhu Yunxun nodded like a chick pecking at rice.
"Yep!"
"That's what my grandson wanted to ask!"
Old Zhu scratched his grandson's nose lovingly and said with a smile.
"Silly boy!"
"Let me tell you a story. A few years ago, your third uncle tied the cook to a tree and whipped him because the food he cooked was not tasty. After I learned about this, I severely reprimanded him and asked him to apologize . Do you know why?"
Zhu Yunhuan blurted out without thinking.
"You're always afraid that the cook will be resentful and poison Uncle San when cooking next time!"
Upon hearing this, Old Zhu pinched his eldest grandson's face and praised him with joy.
"So smart, worthy of being our great grandson!"
"You're right, that's exactly what I meant."
"I have been harsh in my treatment over the years and have killed countless people. No matter who falls into my hands, I will never let them off easily!"
"The only person who has never been punished is the cook Xu Xingzu, no matter how bad the food he cooked has been in the past thirty years."
"I'm just afraid that he'll harbor resentment and poison my food, causing me to die without knowing what's going on!"
When Zhu Yunhuan heard this, he suddenly realized.
"Grandson understands!"
"You are afraid that if you expose the imperial doctors' tricks, they will be dissatisfied and poison the medicine we take!"
