Chapter 39: Bah, you deserve it!
In the main hall, Zhu Gui, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Yunhuan sat around a table, eating and drinking.
They said they were toasting each other, but in fact there was no wine at all. They were just pretending to be nice by drinking tea.
But even so, the behavior of these three people has aroused the envy and jealousy of their friends.
There's nothing you can do about it. Children like to pretend to be adults, while adults always like to pretend to be children.
Whether it was hundreds of years ago or hundreds of years later.
Zhu Gui had access to real wine, but he only dared to drink it secretly when he returned home at night. He would never dare to bring it into the palace and corrupt the children.
"Nephew, you seem like a different person now that you are sick. Uncle Thirteen looks at you with new eyes!"
"Uncle Thirteen, let's not talk about the illness for now. Tell me about my elder brother. I don't even remember that I have such a brother."
"With someone deliberately concealing the truth, it's normal for you to forget about your elder brother."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Gui glanced at Zhu Yunwen and sighed.
"After so many years of calling me the emperor's eldest grandson, I almost forgot about this..."
"Uncle Thirteen advises you to just forget it. This is an extraordinary period. If you mention your eldest brother's name, it will easily cause trouble for you."
Zhu Zhi seemed to be thinking about something when he heard this, while Zhu Yunhuan glanced in the direction of Zhu Yunwen and understood what he meant.
"From what Uncle Thirteen said, does Grandfather Emperor intend to establish a crown prince?"
A trace of shock flashed across Zhu Gui's face when he heard this. This grandson's reaction is quite good. He immediately heard the hidden meaning in my words?
"Shh!"
"Keep your voice down, this matter is not public yet."
"I was also drinking with some veterans in the army when I was outside the palace, and I heard them complaining over the table."
"Actually, they prefer you, but your previous performance..."
When Zhu Gui said this, he couldn't help but curl his lips, showing a very dissatisfied expression.
This aroused Zhu Yunhuan's curiosity. His time travel was a half-finished product. Not only did he not inherit the original owner's memories, he even forgot most of the things in his previous life.
He estimated that something went wrong during the fusion of souls, causing the two systems to be incompatible.
"Uncle Thirteen, what happened to my previous performance?"
Zhu Gui smiled mysteriously when he heard this and looked at Zhu Zhi next to him.
"Fifteenth brother, you used to bully him a lot, tell me about it."
A trace of embarrassment flashed across Zhu Zhi's face, and he couldn't help but complain.
"Brother Thirteen, what you said is not very kind. I don't bully Yunxun all the time, just occasionally..."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunhuan glared at Zhu Zhi.
"Okay, so you always bully me, I'll remember that and bully you back someday!"
Zhu Zhi retorted without fear.
"No problem, but we have agreed in advance that you can't bring your great uncle with you, and you can't go to your grandfather to complain!"
As soon as Zhu Zhi finished speaking, there was a burst of laughter at the small table, and the little friction between the two was also eliminated in the laughter.
"Yunxun, this is really not an exaggeration, Thirteenth Brother, you are indeed a completely different person from before."
"If you had half the temper you have now, I wouldn't have dared to bully you."
"Let me tell you this. You used to be a coward who couldn't do anything."
"But then again, bullying you is actually quite boring. It's not as fun as bullying Zhu Yunwen. At least that grandson can cry a few times, but you can't even cry..."
Zhu Yunhuan opened his mouth wide and listened to Zhu Zhi talking about his past, his face full of surprise.
"So I was such a loser before?"
"Of course!"
When Zhu Gui heard this, he immediately raised his teacup.
"Come on, let's not talk about the past anymore. From now on, we brothers and uncles and nephews must help each other!"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhi and Zhu Yunhuan raised their glasses one after another, and then the three teacups happily clinked together, opening a new chapter in history.
As the three of them clinked their glasses, Zhu Yunwen, who was not far from them, also gathered a few teenage princes to form a small circle.
There is no other purpose, just to compete with Zhu Yunhuan's table.
The other princes also respected him and praised him, saying that he was well-educated, upright, and had the style of his father.
This was already quite a high compliment, as Zhu Yunwen's father was the crown prince of the dynasty, the emperor's favorite prince. To say that he had the style of his father was a very special implication.
Zhu Yunwen smiled amid the flattery and frequently picked up food for others to show his favor.
Just as they were eating enthusiastically, several people suddenly walked into the small dining hall. The leader was none other than Erhu, the emperor's personal guard.
When they saw Erhu appear, followed by two eunuchs carrying food boxes, they knew that he was here to deliver imperial meals to the prince and grandson of the emperor.
This kind of thing happened frequently. When the emperor came across delicious food, he would send someone to deliver it to his favorite prince or grandson.
However, most people don't have the chance to enjoy such a good thing. Generally, no more than three people can enjoy such treatment.
Prince of Yu Zhu Gui, Prince of Liao Zhu Zhi, and the eldest grandson of the emperor Zhu Yunwen.
Prince Yu benefited from the influence of his mother, Concubine Guo Hui. After all, Concubine Guo Hui had a good father, Guo Zixing, who was the assistant of the current emperor when he started his career.
King Zhu Zhi of Liao also had a good mother. His mother was now in favor, and his mother's family was a prominent family in Jiangnan. Otherwise, he would not have the courage to covet Zhu Gui's position as a "top student".
As for Zhu Yunwen, he was the eldest grandson of the eldest son, so the Emperor treated him with special favor.
When Zhu Gui saw Zhu Zhi stretching his neck to look at the door, he immediately knocked on the bowl with his chopsticks.
"Don't look at it. My eldest brother just passed away. Father only has eyes for his grandson. How could he possibly care about us?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhi immediately turned his head back and explained awkwardly.
"I know there's no portion for us, but I'm just curious and want to see what delicious food the emperor has prepared today!"
When Zhu Yunhuan heard the conversation between the two, he curled his lips in disdain.
"The imperial meal is not that good, it looks quite shabby to me, not much better than the food in the Crown Prince's Mansion."
Upon hearing this, Zhu Gui and Zhu Zhi criticized Zhu Yunhuan severely.
"You are a full man who doesn't know the hunger of a hungry man. The food standards of the Crown Prince are comparable to those of our father!"
"Go ask the other princes what they eat in the palace!"
"Besides, this imperial meal represents the favor of my father, so can the meaning be the same?"
“Ohhh…”
Zhu Yunhuan listened to the two people's complaints about their deep hatred and grievances, and finally understood how biased Zhu was.
However, he suddenly thought of a possibility, a possibility that he himself did not quite believe.
"Do you think one of these two food boxes is for me..."
The two of them said in unison upon hearing this.
"Pooh!"
"You don't deserve it!"
"If you don't deserve it , then don't deserve it. Why are you two spitting at me..."
While Zhu Yunhuan was being criticized, Zhu Yunwen was peaceful.
"Zhu Yunwen, your father must have taken pity on your youth and sent someone to bring you food!"
"Father is so good to you. We, the sons, are not as good as the grandsons. Hahahaha..."
Zhu Yunwen listened to the teasing of the people around him, and a hint of pride appeared on his face.
Although he didn't care about the food, he liked the feeling of being complimented, especially by people older than him.
"Zhu Yunwen, stop being so arrogant and go get it. Do you still want Master Tiger to feed you?"
"Who said it wasn't? Hurry up and take it so we can open our eyes and see what delicious food our father has eaten today!"
Zhu Yunwen stood up at the urging of his younger uncles and walked shyly towards Erhu and others.
"Uncle Hu, you've worked hard. Give me the food box. Go back and thank Grandpa Huang for me. Tell him I'll go pay my respects to him tonight!"
