Before daybreak, Jiuzhu and Prince Chen left the palace in a carriage filled with gift boxes.
In the morning mist, many breakfast stalls have been set up. Scholars rushing to school and some officials and clerks are 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 go out 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 carefully for several times: "Are you... nervous?"
"Nervous?" Prince Chen straightened his back and said, "What a joke! How could I be nervous? Am I the kind of person who gets nervous?"
"Master Ming."
Outside the carriage, someone called out "Sir", and the Prince of Chen quickly stuck his head out. The one called Lord Ming was a minor official of the seventh rank. Seeing that they were not Jiuzhu's family members, Prince Chen retracted his head again.
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 blankly, and the one with the higher rank said, "That head just now... looks a little familiar."
The man surnamed Ming was even more confused: "Isn't this a luxurious carriage reserved for royal relatives?"
While the two were confused, they saw several young men in gorgeous clothes riding on tall horses, followed by a long line of servants carrying loads, each of which was tied with red silk.
"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, inkstones, and rare books to send to Hongwen Academy."
"Our young master said that he has had a poor brain since childhood and is not good at studying. 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 travel all over the nearby states and counties."
"Studying is good. Not only does it give you a lot of knowledge, but it also benefits the country and the people. Our master even bought new clothes for each poor student in the academy for all four seasons."
Many officials rushed to the six ministries to be on duty in the morning. When they heard that several royal playboys bought a lot of things and sent them to Hongwen Academy, they were all a little confused.
"If I remember correctly, those people are the famous playboys in the royal family?"
Those who can still stay in the capital as idle royal family members are all those Yun family branches who have no ability and no courage, because those who are capable and courageous were implicated in the fight for the throne in the last years of Xian De.
"You remember correctly, they are the royal dandies who often follow the prince to fight cocks and crickets."
"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 dandies send gifts to Hongwen Academy. It seems that His Majesty really values this academy.
When several royal playboys were rushing to Hongwen College with gongs and drums, a struggle 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 apologized again and again, but the member of the royal branch refused to give in and demanded that he lick the shoes clean with his tongue, otherwise he would send the student to the yamen.
There was a law in Dacheng that if a scholar was taken to the government office and was 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 another stick of incense to think about it, or else..."
"Otherwise, shit!" A kick suddenly came from behind him, knocking 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: "Excuse me for making fun of you all. I am Yun Qirong, a former companion to His Royal Highness Prince Chen and now a royal cavalry guard. I came here today to donate some rare books to the academy."
"Who kicked..."
Yun Qirong stepped on the man's head to stop 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. Let us handle everything."
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 inside the academy and talk slowly." Yun Qirong loosened his legs and put his arm around 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 too stupid to study, but we also want to do something for the academy, so we bought these things."
"Will you all dislike us for not being well-educated enough?" Yun Qirong sighed bitterly, "We can only blame ourselves for being ignorant when we were young and wasting a lot of good time. Now we can only envy your vast knowledge and outstanding literary talent."
Being praised by these young men in fine clothes, the poor students blushed immediately and even said that they did not mind it. Only then did they reluctantly persuade these noble children 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 Prince Chen hadn't mentioned it, how would we, the despised royal dandies, know how diligent and motivated you are in your studies?"
"You all have the desire to learn, so how can you be a playboy?"
“Oh, it’s hard to explain.” Yun Qirong had a look of “I have my reasons” on his face: “We’ll be very happy if you don’t despise the books, writing brushes, inkstones and paper we sent you.”
When the poor students looked at these royal descendants with their sincere smiles and enthusiastic and cheerful manner, their innocent hearts were unconsciously shifted.
His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen is so nice, and these royal family members who are on good terms with His Royal Highness the Prince of Chen are so nice, 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 and misunderstanding I have suffered in my daily life.
This must be a conspiracy of some evil people, a conspiracy against His Royal Highness Prince Chen!
The moment Jiuzhu and Prince Chen stepped into the gate of the Ming family, the burning gazes of everyone in the Ming family were all cast upon them.
"The son-in-law pays his respects to 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 did not expect that Prince Chen would bring their daughter back so early in the morning. They were excited but still rational: "Greetings, Princess..."
"Father, Mother." Jiuzhu stepped forward quickly and held their hands, preventing them from bowing. "My daughter doesn't care what the rules outside are, but we are at home now, and 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."
"Mom, 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 right away." Shen Ying came back to her senses, with the joy on her face barely concealed, and anyone could see how happy she was.
"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 slip of the tongue. 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, "Thanks to Your Highness for not abandoning me. The Ming Family will be Your Highness's second home in the future."
After saying that, 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 visit his wife for the first time after marriage, the elders of his wife's family must give him a gift." Ming Jingzhou put the red envelope in the hands of Prince 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 fact that his father-in-law gave him a red envelope shows that he is satisfied with him as a son-in-law.
As long as 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 gentler.
Ming Cunfu touched the purse on his waist, which was already not full, and gritted his teeth to take it off.
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 having half a son in our family." Ming Jingzhou turned his head away from his daughter's open palm 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 take 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..."
Jiuju 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 prince.
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