Chapter 79 Grandpa Huang doesn't like me...
As soon as Zhu Yuanzhang left, lunch was delivered to Zhu Yunhuan from the imperial kitchen.
In addition to bear paws, abalone and other foods snatched from the princes' mouths, there was also a freshly roasted fragrant chicken and several side dishes.
When Zhu Yunhuan saw that the amount was much larger than usual, he immediately knew that it was specially arranged by Grandpa Xu, and he also brought out the portions for his little sisters.
Therefore, he specially asked the eunuch to convey his gratitude to him.
The four little girls didn't know the inside story. When they saw so many dishes, they thought they were for the third brother to nourish his body.
The three older girls tried not to look even though they were drooling with greed. Little Mingyan was just heartlessly circling around the table. Although she didn't say a word, her thoughts were written all over her face.
"Third brother, can you finish it by yourself?"
“Will it be too much?”
As soon as Zhu Yunhuan saw the little girl's expression, he knew what she was thinking about and immediately replied with a smile.
"This little bit of food is not even enough for me to fill my stomach!"
"oh……"
A hint of disappointment flashed across Xiao Ming'er's face when he heard this, but the disappointment soon turned into happiness.
"Third brother, how about I feed you, and then you give me the paw on the table to taste... I just want a bite!"
Seeing that the little girl spoke pitifully, Zhu Yunhuan stopped teasing her and greeted the other three sisters.
"Let's eat together!"
The little girls were very tempted when they heard this, but they felt embarrassed when they thought about how their third brother had suffered such severe punishment for them.
"Third brother, this is not good, right?"
"We are here to take care of you. If we snatch your lunch, Mother will scold us to death if she finds out!"
"The imperial kitchen sent over five sets of bowls and plates. It's obvious that they brought out your share. No need to be polite to me!"
When the little girls heard Zhu Yunhuan say this, they sat happily at the table.
Little Mingyao completely forgot what he had just said about feeding his third brother, and just stabbed the big paw on the table with his chopsticks.
Zhu Mingyue hit Xiao Mingyue's hand with a chopstick, then picked up the bowls and dishes, picked up some of each dish, and brought a bowl of rice to Zhu Yunhuan's bed, feeding him mouthful by mouthful.
Zhu Yunhuan was not polite either. In his current state he couldn't get up and could only eat while lying down.
However, Zhu Mingyue fed him too slowly, so he finally snatched the bowl and started eating himself.
While Zhu Yunhuan was taking his sisters to have lunch, his reputation for daring to take responsibility, taking risks, not fearing power, and daring to think and act was quietly spreading.
When the ministers outside the palace heard about this, they thought it was a political conspiracy and believed that this was a trick used by the Emperor to protect the real heir.
When the concubines in the palace heard about this, they sighed again and again that the women in the Prince's Mansion were lucky to be able to escape with their lives at the hands of His Majesty the Emperor.
If there is one person in the world who knows Zhu Yuanzhang best, it must be his concubines.
These concubines in the harem know Zhu Yuanzhang well enough to know every hair on his body. They truly know him inside and out, which is far beyond the reach of the ministers outside the palace.
In order to prevent scandals in the harem, His Majesty doesn't even allow palace maids to call the imperial physician when they are sick!
Even if an ordinary concubine fell ill, she could only be asked to describe her symptoms, and the Imperial Medical Bureau would prescribe medicine based on the symptoms.
Of course, this does not apply to pregnant women.
Therefore, when Zhu Yuanzhang's harem heard that Zhu Yunhuan had falsely conveyed the imperial edict, they were all moved by the child's kindness and righteousness.
After hearing that Zhu Yunhuan was almost beaten to death by the emperor because he angered him, the concubines in the harem felt even more compassionate and were extremely heartbroken.
For those concubines in the harem who have no children, you give them a ring, I give them an earring as a gift.
Although each of them was not rich, there were so many of them that they soon filled a box and asked the eunuchs in the palace to deliver it.
The concubines who had children had a much easier life. Not only could they prepare gifts on their own, but they also didn't have to bother the eunuchs in the palace. They could just send their own children to deliver the gifts.
On the one hand, this shows that the royal family is harmonious and the elders are in order, and on the other hand, it also appears to be low-key so as not to be caught by others trying to curry favor with the emperor's grandson.
Zhu Yunhuan fell into a sleepy sleep after lunch. When he woke up, he was shocked by the scene in front of him.
He saw that the room was crowded with princes and princesses who came to laugh at him, and he was so angry that he almost wanted to chase them away.
I just got beaten up, but look how happy they are, as if it were Chinese New Year’s Day and they were eating dumplings!
"What are you doing here?"
When everyone heard Zhu Yunhuan's unpleasant question, they immediately smiled and said.
"What else could you be here for? Of course you're here to visit your nephew!"
"Come on, nephew, lift up that tattered curtain on your butt and let your uncle see how many flowers have blossomed on your butt. Hahaha!"
As Zhu Gui spoke, he was about to lift the white cloth on Zhu Yunhuan's buttocks, causing Zhu Yunhuan to quickly hide backwards in a hurry.
"Don't come over here, I'll be angry with you if you come over here!"
Zhu Gui was just teasing his nephew, but when he saw how embarrassed he was, he immediately withdrew his hand.
"Look at you being so stingy. We are all your elders. Look at what's wrong with your butt!"
"If you don't let me see it, then all the gifts we brought will be taken away?"
"Gift?"
As soon as Zhu Yunhuan heard about the gift, he became interested and asked quickly.
"Uncle Thirteen, what gifts did you bring me? Take them out and show them to me!"
Zhu Gui chuckled.
“That’s a lot!”
"My mother asked me to bring a white jade pillow, a jade cabbage, and a set of gold jewelry, for you to use when you find a wife in the future!"
"And my brother also asked me to bring you a gift on his behalf, a set of hunting bows and horse gear. But you don't need them now. It will take you ten days or half a month to even get off the ground, let alone ride a horse. Hahaha!"
"Finally, I have a big gift for you. I won't go into detail about it. You can open it yourself after we leave!"
When Zhu Gui said this, he leaned over and whispered in Zhu Yunhuan's ear.
"These are all hardcover editions that Uncle Thirteen has treasured for many years. Please don't damage them. I plan to take them with me when I go to the vassal state in the future. I'm just lending them to you now to relieve your boredom!"
As soon as Zhu Yunhuan heard this, he guessed what it was. Maybe it was the pornographic books that this kid had accumulated over the years!
But this gift is really to my liking, much better than that saddle.
After Zhu Gui, other princes and princesses came up to give gifts, mostly ornaments, jade pendants, calligraphy and paintings, antiques, etc., which were not what Zhu Yunhuan was interested in. Instead, the big box sent by Eunuch Qin from the Imperial Household Department was quite to his liking, which was full of gold and silver jewelry and whole ingots of silver.
As soon as Eunuch Qin saw the way Zhu Yunhuan looked at the gifts, he knew that the intentions of the ladies in the harem who had high positions were in vain, as the Third Emperor's grandson did not know the value of the gifts at all!
Any antique that the ladies admired could be exchanged for several thousand taels of silver.
The jade cabbage sent by Concubine Guo Hui is a treasure collected from the harem of the former Yuan Dynasty. If it were sold, it would fetch at least tens of thousands of taels of silver!
After the princes and princesses left, Zhu Yunhuan struggled to get up from the bed. He touched the cabbage, then the jade pillow, and then took a few silver ingots from the box and weighed them in his hand. His money-grubber nature was clearly revealed, and Sandezi was so scared when he saw it.
"Your Highness, you are still injured, so you should take good care of yourself first. These things cannot be thrown away, and you can always come back to look at them later!"
"hiss……"
When Zhu Yunhuan bent down to look for the golden beans in the box, he pulled his wound and grimaced in pain.
But even so, he still insisted on picking up the few golden beans in the box, and then held them in his hands and weighed them to play with them.
"San Dezi, why do you think they gave me gifts for no reason?"
"Is it because I was beaten?"
"That's not right. It's not the first time I've been beaten. It's just that this time it was a little heavy."
Sandezi secretly rolled his eyes when he heard this.
"Your Highness, don't you think about who are the people who gave you the gifts?"
"Are you a concubine in the harem?"
"What's wrong? After all, they are my grandmother. Isn't it normal for a grandmother to love her grandchildren?"
"Your Highness, let me say something disrespectful. Some of your grandmothers are not even as old as Your Highness Prince Yu..."
“Uh uh…”
When Zhu Yunhuan heard this, he understood instantly. It turned out that they were feeling sympathy for each other!
Because according to Old Zhu's age, he would definitely die before them, and they would inevitably end up being buried alive with him in the future.
What she did unintentionally today might anger Old Zhu and Lady Lu, but the concubines in the harem appreciated it very much. This was exactly the treatment they had dreamed of!
When Zhu Yunhuan thought of this, all the pride in his heart disappeared.
"San Dezi, seal the box containing the harem's contribution and find a chance to ask Eunuch Qin if he can send it back to them."
"They are not having a good life either, so let's not take their pocket money."
Sandezi was deeply moved when he heard this. This was why he loved his own prince.
Although he is sometimes rude and does things a little too carelessly, his benevolence and righteousness are something that the other nobles in the palace lack.
"Your Highness, if you can be so kind, their gift will not be in vain!"
"I don't suggest you go back. As long as you help them in the future, it will be their good fortune!"
"help?"
"How can I help?"
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yunhuan pointed towards the north with a depressed look on his face.
"From now on, I won't have the final say on this matter. It's the one in the next yard!"
"That grandson only wants a false reputation. Even if I risk my life, I will never be able to save a single life from him!"
When Sandezi heard this, his blood boiled and he said something that was very taboo.
"Your Highness!"
"Now that the big things are still undecided, you can fight for that position!"
"Fight for it?"
Zhu Yunhuan looked at Sandezi with disbelief.
"Am I qualified to compete?"
"Yes, I have!"
Sandezi hurriedly looked out the window, then closed the window and door, and came to Zhu Yunhuan with an excited face.
"Your Highness, you are so qualified!"
"Your grandfather is the Prince of Kaiping of the Ming Dynasty, and your great uncle is the Duke of Liang, Lan Yu!"
"And your biological mother, Crown Princess Jingyi, is the only woman in our Ming Dynasty who was carried in from Hongwu Gate and entered the Imperial Ancestral Temple to pay homage to her ancestors and register in front of them!"
"Although the biological mother of that person was made the legitimate wife, she left through the side door and was not qualified to pay respect to the ancestors. She is far inferior to you!"
After hearing Sandezi's instigation, Zhu Yunhuan also felt a little excited.
"Am I so awesome? Why didn't you tell me before?"
"before……"
"You weren't so smart before..."
What Sandezi said was not really a complaint; it was just that Zhu Yunhuan was too weak before.
Not only is he physically weak, he also has a weak temper. He was completely brought up by Crown Princess Lu and turned into a useless person.
If Zhu Yunhuan's temperament had not changed drastically after he fell ill, and if he had not become stronger and smarter, he would never have said these words to Zhu Yunhuan.
Because for a royal heir who is destined to never achieve great things, rashly increasing his ambitions would be harmful to him.
After hearing what Sandezi said, Zhu Yunhuan immediately smiled happily.
"Right!"
"I am now the smartest person in Ming Dynasty!"
“I can memorize it at a glance!”
"Knowing 500 years ahead, knowing 500 years behind!"
As Zhu Yunhuan blew the flute, his face fell again and he said in frustration.
"No matter how smart I am..."
"Why is it useless?"
"Grandpa Emperor doesn't like me, and I'm not good at speaking. I can't flatter him and please him..."
