Zhu Yunying was at a loss for words in response to such comments, and felt that she had been wronged.
He actually remembered that Zhu Yunwen liked to eat mutton and beef, and he also knew that he liked seafood, but he couldn't remember which specific dishes it was. This left him at a loss for words.
These things did indeed make Zhu Yunying lose face a little, considering he was such a considerate and thoughtful elder brother. Now that this has been said, it almost caused his image to collapse.
Xu Miaoqing seemed to be criticizing Zhu Yunying, saying, "His Majesty is indeed quite busy with state affairs, and doesn't really know much about family matters. He's just like his grandfather, always thinking he knows everything, always thinking that they only know about their own families."
Little Zhu also felt she had something to say, and immediately chimed in, "That's right, Father is just like that, too domineering. He always arranges so many things, thinking it's for our own good, assuming we'll definitely like these arrangements."
Zhu Yunying tapped the table and said, "Isn't it good that I've arranged it for you? If you really dislike it so much, then we'll arrange it for Wenkun."
"That won't do, we are the Crown Prince." Little Zhu immediately became anxious and said, "Our great-grandfather told us that as soon as we get married, we will go to court to observe politics and help our father handle state affairs. Wenkun can't learn those things."
As the eldest son, he is quite sensitive to many things and understands some things very well.
Zhu Yunying chuckled and said, "He's still our son after all. He's been thinking about these things since he was little. It's all thanks to his grandfather, who always planned things out for him, even his future. He's just born to worry, and we've raised him to be a worrywart. I'm afraid Yin'er will be just like that in the future."
When this was mentioned, Zhu Yunwen had something to say: "He keeps our family members and my elder sister's family locked up. As for my fourth uncle's family, he doesn't care about any of them. He has to control their studies, their martial arts training, and even their lack of manners in speech."
These are all facts. Little Zhu is just like that; he's basically meddling too much. This is the fate of the eldest son of the Zhu family. Not only is he responsible for national affairs, but he's also expected to manage family matters. All of this is only natural and rightful.
Looking at the food on the table, Xiao Zhu smiled and said, "The food outside is still the best. The food in the palace looks nice, but the taste is not as good as some restaurants outside."
That's true. The ingredients used in imperial cuisine are undoubtedly top-notch, and many of the imperial chefs are indeed highly skilled. However, the first priority is to ensure safety, and presentation is also important, especially during banquets.
Therefore, the imperial cuisine wasn't particularly delicious. Zhu Yunying knew this, and in fact, even the young Zhu understood this. Moreover, the young Zhu had left the palace quite often before.
While traveling, I also ate some good food.
Dining with his family was a good part of life, and Joo Yoon-young enjoyed it.
Xu Miaoqing was setting the table and taking care of various tasks. After all, these were her duties. They had been married for nearly ten years, and she and the emperor were considered to be in love, at least they had always supported each other through thick and thin.
Despite being favored by the emperor before his ascension to the throne and having discussed the selection of concubines, he was no longer interested in women. Even though Lian Qiongqiong seemed to be favored, she never posed a threat to the empress's position.
After Zhu Yunwen finished eating, he said, "Brother, let's hold a banquet at our residence tomorrow and invite our elder sister over as well. If you're not busy, you can come too. If we move to Beiping, we probably won't see each other for a year or two."
This matter can only be decided by Joo Yoon-young; no one else can make the decision for him.
Zhu Yunying thought for a moment and said, "Alright then, we'll have someone make preparations, and we'll go to your residence tomorrow. We'll see our fat nephew then. That kid isn't a good person either. He's always studying at the Imperial Academy and causing trouble in the palace. He's never even spoken to us much. As for our other brothers and nephews, they can't even talk to us."
Little Zhu chimed in, "He won't come. You love to nag people, so it's better if you stay away. Others don't want to come looking for you either. First, they've probably done something wrong if they come to the palace, and they'll all complain to you, and they might even get punished. Wengeng is so smart; if it weren't for the rules, he wouldn't go to the palace. Anyway, he doesn't like studying."
Zhu Yunying was at a loss for words after hearing this, but it was probably some of the truth.
Even though he was Zhu Yunying's favorite nephew, young Zhu was actually somewhat afraid of his imperial uncle, so it would be best if he could avoid seeing him.
As for the other members of the imperial clan, they wanted to be close to Zhu Yunying, but they also kept their distance. After all, Zhu Yunying's status was extraordinary, and everyone in the imperial clan knew that even princes and grandsons of the emperor were different from Zhu Yunying.
Outside, they might be revered princes or future dukes, but in front of Zhu Yunying, they were uncles, brothers, nephews, and their other identity was that of subjects. These distinctions were very clear.
Zhu Yunwen laughed and said, "If it's my elder sister coming, that would be great, we wouldn't need to prepare anything. But if it's my elder brother going, that's definitely not going to work, there would be a huge crowd inside and outside our residence. Even when the Crown Prince went to our place before, it was fine. It's just that there are strict rules for my elder brother, so we'll have to make preparations when we get back."
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