Before daybreak, Jiuzhu and Prince Chen left the palace in a carriage filled with gift boxes.
In the morning mist, many breakfast stalls had already been set up. Students rushing to school and some officials and clerks were sitting by the stalls eating breakfast.
Some people have become regular customers, chatting and laughing with the stall owner from time to time, and the aroma of the buns wafts from far away.
Prince Chen and Jiuzhu touched their stomachs. In order to leave early, they didn't even have time to eat breakfast.
"Your Highness, shall we have breakfast before going home?" Jiuzhu lifted the car window curtain and glanced at the big white bun.
"No, I'm not hungry yet. I'll have time for breakfast after meeting my father-in-law and mother-in-law." Prince Chen swallowed his saliva. Most of the food outside tasted strong. Even if he was hungry, he couldn't go to see Jiuzhu's family in that state. "I'll ask Yang Yiduo to buy you some food."
"Your Highness." Jiuzhu stared at Prince Chen for a few times: "You are not... nervous, are you?"
"Nervous?" Prince Chen straightened his back and said, "What a joke! How could I be nervous? Am I the kind of person who would be nervous?"
"Master Ming."
Outside the carriage, someone called out "Master Ming", and the Prince of Chen quickly stuck his head out. The man called Master Ming was a minor official of the seventh rank. Seeing that he was not a family member of Jiuzhu, the Prince of Chen retracted his head.
The two officials who were greeting each other were startled when they found a head suddenly popped out of the window of the luxurious carriage.
Looking at the head that popped out quickly and then quickly retracted, the two officials looked at each other in confusion. The one with a higher rank said, "That head just now... looked familiar."
The man surnamed Ming was even more confused: "Isn't this a luxurious carriage used exclusively by the royal family?"
While the two were still confused, they saw several young gentlemen in gorgeous clothes riding on tall horses, followed by a long line of servants carrying shoulder poles, each of which was tied with a red silk ribbon.
"Which family is this young man going to propose marriage?"
"What do you mean by betrothal? These royal descendants paid out of their own pockets to buy pens, ink, paper, and inkstones, as well as rare and precious books, and sent them to Hongwen Academy."
"Our young master said that he has been a weak brain and not good at studying since he was young. But he still admires scholars. Hongwen Academy is an academy founded by His Majesty, which accepts students from all over the world. As a child of the royal family, he must follow His Majesty."
"What a coincidence! My master also said so. In order to find these rare copies, my master sent people to all the nearby states and counties."
"Studying is good. Not only does it increase your knowledge, but it also benefits the country and the people. Our master even buys new clothes for each poor student in the academy for all four seasons."
Many officials rushed to the six ministries for duty in the morning. When they heard that several royal playboys had bought a lot of things and sent them to Hongwen Academy, they were all a little confused.
"If I remember correctly, those people are famous playboys in the royal family?"
Those who can still stay in the capital as idle royal family members are all Yun family branches who have no ability and no courage, because those who are capable and courageous were dragged into the fight for the throne as early as the end of the Xian De period.
"You remember correctly, they are the royal dandies who often follow the prince and play chicken and cricket."
"No wonder I didn't get the book I wanted to buy a few days ago. It turns out they bought it."
Even these royal playboys send gifts to Hongwen Academy. It seems that His Majesty really values this academy.
When several royal playboys rushed to Hongwen College with drums and gongs, a fight between the royal bloodline and the poor students was about to break out at the gate of Hongwen College.
It all started when a poor student was walking in a hurry and accidentally stepped on the shoes of a member of a royal branch. The student offered gifts and apologized again and again, but the member of the royal branch refused to give in and demanded that the student lick the shoes clean with his tongue, otherwise he would send the student to the government.
There was a law in Dacheng that if a scholar was taken to the government office and was eventually found guilty, he would not be allowed to take the imperial examination for ten years.
"Hurry up and kneel down to lick my shoes. I'll give you one stick of incense to think about it, or else..."
"Otherwise, shit!" A foot suddenly flew from behind him and knocked him to the ground: "Who do you think you are? How dare you speak nonsense in front of the gate of Hongwen Academy built by His Majesty?"
After kicking the man, the royal playboy straightened his outer robe and bowed: "I'm sorry to make you laugh. My name is Yun Qirong. I used to be the companion of His Royal Highness Prince Chen and now I serve as the front guard. I came here today to donate some rare books to the academy."
"Who kicked..."
Yun Qirong stepped on the man's head, stopping him from speaking: "This person who claims to be of royal blood is actually an idler who has nothing to do with the royal family. You don't need to take his nonsense to heart. Leave everything to us."
The poor students, who were shaking with anger, stared blankly at the scene, then looked at the servants carrying the loads on their shoulders, and were speechless for a long time.
"Come on, let's go into the academy and talk slowly." Yun Qirong loosened his feet and reached out to hold the poor student who was being bullied. "We brothers were moved to tears when we heard His Royal Highness Prince Chen tell us about the hardworking and studious students. Unfortunately, we are not smart enough to study, but we want to do something for the academy, so we bought these things."
"Will you all think that we are not knowledgeable enough?" Yun Qirong sighed bitterly, "It's all our fault that we were ignorant when we were young and wasted a lot of good time. Now we can only envy your knowledge and literary talent."
After being praised by these young masters in gorgeous clothes, the poor students blushed immediately and even said that they did not mind and so on. Only then did they try to persuade these children of noble families who were "sad" because they did not study well when they were young.
"Young Master, did you just mention His Royal Highness Prince Chen?"
"Yes." Yun Qirong nodded: "If it weren't for Prince Chen mentioning it, how would we, the despised royal dandies, know that you are diligent and motivated in your studies?"
"All of you gentlemen are eager to learn, so how can you be considered a playboy?"
"Oh, it's hard to put it into words." Yun Qirong had a somewhat "I have my reasons" expression on his face: "We will be very happy if you don't mind the books, pens, ink, paper and inkstone we sent you."
When the poor students looked at these royal descendants with their genuine smiles and cheerful enthusiasm, their simple minds were unconsciously shifted.
His Royal Highness Prince Chen is so good, and these royal family members who are on good terms with His Royal Highness Prince Chen are so good, how could anyone say that they are playboys?
Even when I paid for these rare ancient books out of my own pocket, I was afraid that they would reject them. This shows how much injustice I had suffered and how many people had misunderstood me.
This must be the conspiracy of some evil people, a conspiracy against His Royal Highness Prince Chen!
The moment Jiuzhu brought Prince Chen into the Ming family's gate, all the burning gazes from the Ming family were cast upon them.
"The son-in-law greets my father-in-law and mother-in-law." Prince Chen walked up to the Ming family with his head held high and bowed like an ordinary son-in-law.
"Greetings, uncle and two uncles."
"Greetings, Your Highness." The Ming family had not expected that Prince Chen would bring their daughter back so early in the morning. Although they were excited, they still had some rationality: "Greetings, Princess..."
"Father, mother." Jiuzhu stepped forward quickly and held their hands, not letting them bow down: "My daughter doesn't care about the rules outside, but we are at home now, we are a family, those rules outside should not be applied here."
"Jiuzhu is right. Etiquette is for outsiders to see." Prince Chen said shamelessly: "There are no outsiders here, why should we observe etiquette?"
"Third brother, what the prince said makes sense." Ming Jinghai spoke first: "Let's get together as a family and sit inside to talk."
"Mother, have you had breakfast?"
"not yet……"
"Then hurry up, let's eat together." Jiuzhu sat on the stool: "Your Highness and I didn't even have breakfast in order to get home early. We are almost starving."
Shen Ying looked at her daughter who was acting coquettishly towards her, and she was in a trance. It was as if her daughter had never been married, and she had just been away for two days and returned to her.
"Okay, okay, I'll ask the servants to bring breakfast." Shen Ying came back to her senses, with the joy on her face barely concealed, and anyone could see that she was happy.
"Thank you, Your Highness, for bringing Jiuzhu back." Ming Jingzhou knew in his heart how difficult it was for the Prince of Chen, who lived in the palace, to take his daughter out of the palace and back to her parents' home.
"You are too polite, father-in-law. Jiuzhu's family is my family..." Prince Chen almost bit his tongue. "What I mean is that Jiuzhu's family is also my family. It is only natural for me to go back to my family with her. It would be too polite if father-in-law thanked me."
Bah, Yun Duqing, where was your brain when you were talking?
What mother's home? You are a grown man, where does your mother's home come from?
Ming Jingzhou pretended not to hear the Prince's mistake. He looked at the Prince intently, as if trying to determine whether his words were sincere or false. After a moment, he smiled and said, "Thank you for not giving up, Your Highness. The Ming Family will be your second home in the future."
After saying this, he took out a red envelope from his sleeve. No one knew how much money was inside, but his hand was shaking as he held the red envelope.
"According to folk customs, when a son-in-law comes to his wife's house for the first time after marriage, the elders of his wife's family must give him a gift for meeting him." Ming Jingzhou put the red envelope in the hands of the Prince of Chen: "The Ming family is poor, so please don't think it's too little, son-in-law."
"With the love my father-in-law has for me, even a copper coin is precious." Prince Chen stuffed the red seal into his sleeve with satisfaction.
The father-in-law gave him a red envelope, which showed that he was satisfied with him as a son-in-law.
If the father-in-law is satisfied, Ming Xiaozhu will be happy, and there will be no conflicts between him and his wife because of her parents' family. What a good thing.
"Ahem." Ming Jinghai took out a purse and handed it to Prince Chen: "I didn't know Your Highness would come, and I was in a hurry to come out, so I didn't prepare a red envelope. Please accept this purse, Your Highness."
Ming Jiyuan also gave Prince Chen a red envelope, and the look in his eyes when he looked at him became much softer.
Ming Cunfu touched the purse on his waist, which was not full to begin with, and took it off with gritted teeth.
As a cousin, I must never embarrass my sister at critical moments.
Isn’t it just giving money to the newcomer? He gave it!
Jiuzhu saw the elders giving His Highness a red envelope, and hurried over, holding out her hand: "Where's mine?"
"His Highness's marriage to you is like adding half a son to our family." Ming Jingzhou turned his head away from his daughter's outstretched hands and said, "You are our daughter. There is no rule to give you a red seal."
"Oh." Jiuzhu's hands dropped.
No wonder there is a saying in the capital: You only see the new people laughing, but don’t hear the old people crying.
Prince Chen whispered in her ear: "It's okay, what's mine is yours. When we get back later, we'll each have half."
"But if Daddy gives me one too, we will have two." Jiuzhu also whispered in his ear, "Your Highness, the date of your salary deduction has not yet passed."
Ming Jingzhou's ears twitched, and Ming Jinghai changed his sitting position.
People in the Ming family are born with sharp ears and eyes, so they can easily hear other people's whispers.
"Jiuzhu," Ming Jiyuan couldn't help but say, "You..."
Jiuzhu looked up at him eagerly.
Looking at his sister's expectant eyes, Ming Jiyuan couldn't say the rest of the words.
"Take it." Ming Jiyuan took out another red envelope from his sleeve.
Take your poor brother's money and support your own family.
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