Chapter 225: Zhu Di's Family
In the main hall of the Yan Prince's Mansion, Li Jie sat on the chair with an awkward look on his face. The lady opposite him was wiping tears while talking. Princess Pucheng next to him looked at Li Jie's awkward look and covered her mouth and laughed. At the screen behind them, several girls of different sizes stretched out their heads to peek.
"Sister Chang left a few children early and left. Yuning's girl has a miserable life. She has to take on the burden of her elder sister at a young age to take care of her younger brothers and sisters. Now she has finally ended her hardships. Yuning will ask you to take care of her in the future. Don't let her suffer any grievances." The lady wiped her tears again and told Li Jie.
This noble lady is Zhu Di's princess Xu, who is Xu Da's daughter, and Empress Renxiao in history. She and Zhu Yuning's mother grew up together. They were first best friends with good relationships. Later, they were summoned into the palace by Empress Ma and married the brothers Zhu Biao and Zhu Di respectively.
After becoming a sister-in-law, Xu and Chang had a better relationship. When Chang passed away, Xu even took care of Zhu Yuning's siblings for a while. However, at that time, Zhu Yuning and his siblings were very young, and the oldest Zhu Yuning was only three years old, so he had no memory of Xu. Xu also gave them gifts every year.
"Don't worry, Princess, I will definitely take good care of the princess!" Li Jie immediately stood up and saluted. Today he was going to go out with Zhu Biao, but he didn't expect that the princess would call her here, saying that she wanted to meet Yuning's future husband. Although the other party's care moved Li Jie, she was still a little embarrassed, and she felt a bit like a son-in-law meeting her mother-in-law.
"I believe in your character. Pucheng's girl is even more miserable, but after she came, she said a lot of good things about you. Yuning is also blessed to have a husband like you who is affectionate and righteous!" Xu also said with a gratitude at this time.
When Li Jie heard this, he looked at Princess Pucheng next to him in surprise. However, the other party seemed to turn his head embarrassedly and dared not look at him.
At this moment, a familiar footsteps came from outside the hall, and then Zhu Di strode in. When he saw Xu, he immediately said carelessly: "Princess, how do you think this kid is? Can you be worthy of our niece?"
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"The prince said nonsense again. Li Pao was already a nobility at a young age. His future is limitless. Of course, he is worthy of Yuning!" Xu said to Zhu Di when he heard this, and praised Li Jie again.
Zhu Di sat down beside Xu and then spoke again: "I've said a long time ago that this kid is a talent that is rare in a century, otherwise our father wouldn't like him so much. You should believe it now, right?"
The reason why Xu summoned Li Jie was actually because she was worried. Even though Zhu Di and Princess Pucheng praised Li Jie, she still insisted on seeing Li Jie with her own eyes and wanted to check on Chang's premature death. As a result, she liked this more and more.
When Zhu Di said this, he suddenly waved to the back of the screen. The biggest girl knew and was a little shy, but she still walked over very well. The girl was about twelve or thirteen years old, and she looked a bit like Xu. She should be the daughter of Zhu Di and Xu.
The girl walked up to Zhu Di, but Zhu Di pulled her over and pointed at Li Jie and said, "Yuying, have you seen that? If you want to find a husband in the future, just look for him like this!"
As soon as Zhu Di said that, the thin-skinned girl suddenly turned red with shame. She instinctively hid behind her mother Xu and did not dare to see anyone. Xu even angrily slapped Zhu Di's arm and said, "Don't talk nonsense, Yuying is still young, do you still look like a father?"
"What a little thing, Yuying will have to consider getting married in two years. If our father hadn't started early and betrothed to Li Jie, I would have wanted to snatch him up as a son-in-law!" Zhu Di said carelessly again. Since he met Li Jie, he had always regretted that he knew Li Jie too late, and the eldest brother was the first to take the lead.
Li Jie was speechless when he heard this. Zhu Di's tutor was really unique. However, although Zhu Yuying hid behind her mother, she couldn't help but secretly looked at Li Jie, which made Princess Pucheng beside her whisper a few words in her ear. As a result, Zhu Yuying was both ashamed and anxious, and actually started to play with Princess Pucheng.
When Xu heard Zhu Di's unconventional words, coupled with his daughter and Pu Cheng's laughing and joking, he also had a headache. He felt that his discipline of the family was really a failure. Not only could he not control his husband, but he did not even discipline his children.
However, Li Jie felt that the atmosphere in Zhu Di's family was very good. Compared with other brothers, the atmosphere in Zhu Di's family was more relaxed. I won't talk about Zhu Chuang, even Zhu Biao's family had various problems.
In comparison, Zhu Di's family is much better. Of course, this is also related to Zhu Di's deep relationship with Xu. Moreover, all of Zhu Di's children are born to Xu, and there is no distinction between legitimate and illegitimate children.
In addition, Xu is also a generation of wise queens in history, and can even be compared with Empress Ma. Unfortunately, she is not long-lived like Empress Ma, and her death also caused a serious blow to Zhu Di. Zhu Di's brutality in the late period of his rule was also closely related to Xu's death. From this point of view, Zhu Di and Lao Zhu were almost exactly the same.
As noon approached, Xu asked someone to hold a banquet and hosted Li Jie with Zhu Di. He also talked a lot of family matters at the banquet. When the banquet ended, Li Jie finally had the opportunity to leave the hall, which made him breathe a long sigh. Although Zhu Di's family atmosphere was very good, he, as an outsider, always felt a little restrained.
It was still early, and Li Jie stepped to Zhu Biao's residence and wanted to discuss with him the plan to inspect Peking Mansion, but he did not expect that Zhu Biao would actually have guests, which surprised Li Jie.
"Meet Your Highness, this is..." Li Jie looked at Zhu Biao's guest and was also very surprised. He saw that the other party was actually a fat and fat boy. If Zhu Biao had not lost weight, standing with this boy would be like a carved out of the same mold. Even Li Jie suspected that the other party was Zhu Biao's illegitimate son?
"Li Jie, you are here just right. This is Gao Chi, the eldest son of the fourth brother!" Zhu Biao then took the fat boy's hand and introduced to Li Jie.
"Gao Chi pays homage to brother-in-law!" Zhu Gaochi also bowed to Li Jie very politely.
"It turns out that it is His Royal Highness, I'm rude!" Li Jie was secretly surprised when he heard the other party's name, and immediately replied that Zhu Gaochi was the Ming Renzong in history. Although he had only been the emperor for ten months, the historical books had a very good evaluation of him.
"Come on, you two are sitting down, let's have a good chat!" Zhu Biao pulled the two of them to sit on his side, and then said to Li Jie again, "I just chatted with Gao Chi and found that this child is both steady and talented. The fourth brother really taught a good son!"
"Uncle, don't praise me like this. My father always said that your knowledge is far superior to him and all uncles, so I have long wanted to ask you about it. As for my brother-in-law, he is famous all over the world for his erudition and talent, which makes me admire you!" Zhu Gaochi was very good at speaking at a young age, and even praised Zhu Biao and Li Jie.
"You kid is really good at talking, it's completely different from your father!" Zhu Biao said happily when he heard this. He didn't care about Zhu Gaochi's praise, but Zhu Gaochi's temperament was very similar to him. They were having a very speculative conversation just now.
Li Jie also smiled at this time, but his eyes looked at Zhu Gaochi a little strange, because he also felt that Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Biao were so similar. Not only did they look like their body shape, but they even looked very similar in temperament. When he saw Zhu Youzhu before, he suspected that if Zhu Biao had no son, he might have adopted Zhu Youzhu. But now it seems that Zhu Gaochi has a better chance. This kid is simply a smaller version of Zhu Biao.
Zhu Gaochi is very studious, which is very popular with Zhu Biao. He also found an opportunity to ask Li Jie for questions like hot air balloons, and Li Jie also helped him answer them. As a result, Zhu Gaochi was able to get the most out of his skills. His intelligence and talent seem to be no worse than Zhu Youshuo. From this, it seems that the genes passed down by Lao Zhu are really good.
However, at the end of the conversation, Zhu Gaochi seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally said, "Uncle, I want to ask you for advice!"
"You kid are polite again. If you have anything, you must say it. Uncle will definitely say everything!" Zhu Biao patted his chest and promised. The more he looked at Zhu Gaochi's chubby face, the more he liked Zhu Gaochi's chubby face. It felt very pleasant no matter how he looked at it. It was not surprising. After all, Zhu Biao had been looking in the mirror for decades, and now he felt friendly when he saw Zhu Gaochi's fat face.
"That's right!" Zhu Gaochi seemed a little embarrassed, "I heard that my uncle was also very fat before, but now when I see you, you have lost weight. I wonder how you lost the fat on your body?"
When Zhu Biao heard that Zhu Gaochi was asking him for weight loss, he couldn't help laughing. He immediately pointed to Li Jie next to him and said, "You have asked the wrong person for this. You have to ask Li Jie about weight loss, because he helped me lose weight!"
"Please teach me my brother-in-law!" Zhu Gaochi immediately saluted Li Jie again when he heard this.
"Why does Your Highness want to lose weight?" Li Jie frowned at this time. Although obesity can bring some health problems, Zhu Gaochi is now in a critical period of growing up. Generally speaking, it is not recommended to lose weight at this age, mainly because he is afraid of affecting his growth and development, which will have some undesirable effects on the body.
"I...I..." Zhu Gaochi heard Li Jie ask about the reason for losing weight, but his little face turned red. He hesitated for a long time but couldn't tell a reason.
"Gao Chi, just say whatever you have. With uncle here, what else can you not say?" Zhu Biao also saw that Zhu Gaochi seemed to have something unspeakable, and immediately showed a solemn expression to encourage him.
Chapter completed!