Chapter 249 (Second Watch) The Prince
Liu Shangshu continued unfamiliarly: "If the watermelon is transported, can you give one to the old man?" Don't get me wrong, the old man is not for appetite, but wants to study how to grow such a precocious watermelon. Isn't it a new variety......"
Zhu Junyang was asked endlessly by Liu Shangshu, he was a little impatient, frowned a pair of good-looking eyebrows, glared at him, and said, "What's the problem, you went to Tanggu to meet the Yu family, didn't everything understand?" ”
After speaking, Liu Shangshu was left with a tall back. If he wanted to change to someone else, he would have been angry for a long time, but Liu Shangshu looked abrupt, patted his head, and said to himself: "It's me who is wrong!" King Yangjun is right, when you arrive in Tanggu Town, don't you know everything? ”
Lord Zuodu Du smiled at him and said, "Congratulations to Lord Liu, you have solved a big problem. Let's go, let's have two drinks in the evening? ”
"Another day, the old man has to go back and sort out some questions about planting, and maybe the Yu family can help the old man solve his doubts!" Sure enough, what the emperor said was right - the master is in the people! Liu Shangshu swept away the sadness of the past ten days, stroked his beard with a smile, and walked towards the outside of the palace with his hands behind his back.
Master Du looked at his back as he gradually walked away, and shook his head with a smile. And Lord Du Yu Shi Yang walked out with his head down, not knowing what he was thinking.
The next day, Zhu Junyang finally arrived in the capital with a watermelon in exchange for a piece of mutton fat jade. He fulfilled his promise and first sent six large watermelons to the palace. His cousin, who was cheap and well-behaved, said with a sigh: "I said Junyang, you brought a large cart of watermelons, and you sent me six of them, isn't it too picky?" ”
The muscles on Zhu Junyang's face twitched, and he said in his heart: Too little? Don't ask for it! If you want more, you should send someone to buy it, and you will not lack silver!
"Junyang! You opened the Treasure Pavilion, right? When you were impeached for using your power for personal gain, and then went to sea to help me find crops, you smuggled many overseas treasures. What do you say? Zhu Junfan asked the eunuch to cut a watermelon. Seeing the watermelon that was exactly the same as in his previous life, Zhu Junfan was so excited that he almost shed crocodile tears.
The watermelon in this world, Nima is simply too cheating. Sweet is sweet, and the taste is no worse than that of the previous life, but there are too few practical red flesh inside. The red melon pulp, separated by criss-crossing green and white gourd pulps, made it really uncomfortable for a person like him with a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder to look at. Watermelon, of course, should be like this, only red melon pulp and black melon seeds!
Without waiting for Zhu Junyang to answer, he picked up one of them and took a bite hard. The mouth full of sweet juice and refreshing taste made him instantly retrieve many memories of his previous life.
In his previous life, he was a typical science and engineering man, his appearance was not good, with a pair of thick glasses, he majored in shipbuilding technology, and after graduation, he found a job that could not survive hunger, and he did not have a girlfriend in his thirties. Unexpectedly, an accident in the trial voyage of the ship made him wear to the Ming Dynasty and became the emperor's grandson.
What's even more mysterious is that his imperial grandfather actually wore it, and he was still the commander of the famous military region in China before he crossed over. The emperor's grandfather replaced Zhu Yuanzhang and laid down the Yuan Dynasty, and was named the "Ming Dynasty" with a bad taste, saying that he was also surnamed Zhu and could not rewrite history. I don't want to think about it, the moment he crossed over and came to uncover it, he had already rewritten history, okay?
Well? Thoughts seem to have run away! This watermelon tastes so good!! The one who grows watermelons may be his fellow travelers! How does he reward him or her?
"Your Majesty, the ministers don't think that they are using their power for personal gain! Before going to sea, have you forgotten what you said, Your Majesty? Zhu Junyang intuitively felt that it should be Yang Yushi who impeached him, frowned, and didn't explain too much.
Before going to the West, the emperor personally promised that except for the items he asked him to find, everything else would be his own! The silver used to buy these overseas items also came from his own small treasury. He just bought some items he liked by the way, how did he become a personal use of power?
Of course, Zhu Junfan has not forgotten what he said, but these words were said by the two of them in private, and others did not know. The foreign objects in the Treasure Pavilion are novel and expensive, but the business is surprisingly good, no wonder some people are jealous.
"Don't talk about that! Tell me about the little peasant girl's family. Has anyone in their family ever suffered a great calamity, walked away from the ghost gate, and changed their temperament greatly? "Crossing, if it is not a tire wear, there must be traces to follow. I don't know which one of the Yu family is his fellow traveler?
Zhu Junyang thought a little and said, "The Yu family can be described as ill-fated. When I didn't break up, I was treated harshly by my stepmother and grandmother, Xiaocao and her mother have always been in poor health, Xiaocao's father went up the mountain to hunt and was bitten by a blind bear, and almost didn't survive! Fortunately, after the separation, the family was capable, and life gradually stabilized. If you want to say that his temperament has changed greatly, the little grass father is no longer stupid and filial to his stepmother, I don't know if it counts? ”
Could it be Xiaocao's father, who is his fellow traveler? It's so good to farm the land, is it that you were a farmer before you crossed over? Wait, when it comes to the little peasant girl's family, his little cousin doesn't look like he doesn't like to talk at all! It's only been a few days since I went to Tanggu, and I inquired about people clearly, saying that there is no cat, and ghosts don't believe it!
"Junyang, you know the Yu family quite clearly!" While eating watermelon, Zhu Junfan did not forget to make fun of this little cousin.
Zhu Junyang just wanted to explain, but was interrupted by a sound of broken footsteps, and then a childish child's voice sounded: "Father, father, what are you eating?" ”
After that, from behind the flowers, a small figure sprang out, and tried hard to climb a few steps with short legs, rushed into the octagonal pavilion, and hugged Zhu Junfan's legs. When I looked closely, it turned out to be the eldest prince who was only three years old.
"There are no rules, have you said hello to your father?" Then came the mother of the eldest prince, the queen mother, with a slight reproach in her tone.
The eldest prince, who had already climbed up to his father's knee and winked at the watermelon on the table, said crisply: "Say hello to my father, you have worked hard - father, what is this?" Is it tasty? ”
Last summer, the little guy was young, and how dare the queen dare to give him a cold thing like watermelon, so it is reasonable that he doesn't know what watermelon is.
"This is a watermelon, which was brought back by your Emperor Junyang from Tang Ancient Town! Would you like to try it? Zhu Junfan thinks he is a loving father, and it is enough to see that the little guy automatically climbed on his knees and sits. The ancients' "hugging grandchildren but not children" is bullshit here! Seeing his son looking at the watermelon, he couldn't help but soften.
It was late spring, and it was still cold in the morning and evening. The queen mother hurriedly stopped: "Your Majesty, Wei'er is young, her stomach is relatively weak, and she is afraid that it will not be good to eat cold......"
Afraid that his father would be persuaded by his mother, Zhu Hanwen hurriedly coquettishly said: "Father, just take a small bite of it, just take a bite...... Bing'er is three years old, and she hasn't even tasted watermelon, so she is so pitiful......"
Zhu Junfan was amused by him, pinched his little face, looked at the queen, and said with a smile: "Who did you learn from this little guy?" will pretend to be pitiful and sympathetic! ”
The queen said helplessly: "The concubine doesn't know where he learned this, and he didn't find it before!" ”
"What a clever little fellow! Follow his father and me! Zhu Junfan used a knife to dig a thumb-sized piece from the center of the watermelon, sent it to his son's mouth, and advised, "Take it in your mouth for a while, cover it hot and swallow it again." You can only eat one piece, if you eat too much, you won't want to eat watermelon again! ”
Zhu Hanwen nodded obediently, opened his mouth wide and asked his father to put the watermelon into his mouth and obediently put it in his mouth. The sweet taste from the tip of his tongue made him squint his eyes with pleasure.
The little guy swallowed it for a long time before he chewed it slowly and swallowed it, and couldn't help but praise: "Father, the watermelon is delicious, and the stewed still wants to eat it, what should I do?" ”
Zhu Junfan is still very principled, he shook his head, and said, "I can only eat one piece today, didn't I say it just now?" ”
Zhu Hanwen didn't make a fuss, and nodded obediently. After all, it was a child, and he was reluctant to take his eyes off the watermelon on the table, so he asked carefully: "That...... Will you be able to eat another piece tomorrow? ”
Zhu Junfan pinched his little nose and said with a smile: "Wei'er is so obedient, as a reward, you can also eat a piece of watermelon tomorrow!" ”
"Yay! Thank you, Father, you are so good! Bing'er loves you so much......" In front of the enlightened father, Zhu Hanwen became much more lively. Compared with his mother, who restrained him everywhere, he still preferred his father.
Zhu Junyang quietly watched the warm scene of a family of three on the side, and his thoughts suddenly drifted to the small village in Tanggu Town, with a simple stone table, delicious meals, and a family that loved each other...... If life can be so simple and beautiful, he would rather give up everything to exchange.
Except for the watermelons sent by the palace, the other Zhu Junyang were handed over to his father, and he has never touched the trivial matters of human etiquette. The people who are good friends with the Jingwang Mansion have received gifts from the Jingwang Mansion - two large and round watermelons. Among them was the Zuodu Dudu who was helping Zhu Junyang speak in the imperial study.
Liu Shangshu also received a gift from King Jing's Mansion, which Zhu Junyang specially explained. Liu Shangshu's family was eating sweet watermelon, and they were surprised that their father (husband), who had never befriended the powerful, came to join King Jing's Mansion? Could it be that after decades of officialdom, suddenly opened up?
Zhu Junyang stayed in the capital for two days before he was ordered to leave Beijing. Liu Shangshu of the household department had already impatiently packed everything and was waiting to leave Beijing.
With this Wenchen, who couldn't ride a horse, there was a group of people who walked for three days before arriving at Tang Ancient Town.
As soon as he entered Tanggu Town, Zhu Junyang threw Liu Shangshu to Tanggu County Order for entertainment, and went back to the other courtyard where his mother was located.
Princess Jing, who was admiring the flowers in the garden, heard that her youngest son was coming, and she was busy pretending to be weak and couldn't help it, with a sad face. Mei Xiang, who went to brew flower tea, was very surprised when she saw this scene: she was fine just now, why did she change her face after a while?