Chapter 14 Lao Zhu’s difficulty in choosing

Lan Yu was more or less resentful towards Zhu Yuanzhang.

Although Zhu Yuanzhang was kind to him, his brother-in-law Chang Yuchun, and the Lan family, the execution of Hu Weiyong and Li Shanchang had a great impact on him.

Even when these two people were alive, he didn't think much of them, but he still couldn't help but feel sad that the rabbit died and the fox died.

Therefore, he placed all his hopes on the prince.

Because the prince is benevolent, only when the prince ascends the throne can his uncle have a chance of survival.

Based on this, when Lan Yu learned that the prince had passed away, one can imagine her inner collapse.

In his opinion, if a conscientious member of his family, Lao Zhu, died, how could he not collapse...

Now that Butcher Zhu is saying such things in front of her, Lan Yu wants to spit in his face!

When Lao Zhu saw Lan Yu's delay in answering, he immediately became a little unhappy.

"What?"

"Is there anything wrong with what we say?"

When Lan Yu heard this, she quickly wiped her eyes with her sleeve and squeezed out a few tears.

"Your Majesty's words remind me of my brother-in-law who has been dead for many years. If my brother-in-law were alive, he would drag your Majesty along with him every day, bragging about how he could conquer the world with 100,000 soldiers, woo woo woo..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very sad when he heard Lan Yu tell this allusion.

During his lifetime, Chang Yuchun often boasted to others that if he was given one hundred thousand soldiers, he could sweep the world, so some people jokingly called him Chang One Hundred Thousand.

"yes!"

"If our Chang Shiwan is still alive and Bei Yuanzao's mother is wiped out, why would we go through all this trouble again and again!"

Hearing this, Lan Yu hurriedly borrowed the donkey from the slope to show her modesty.

"The superior said that if Lan had a brother-in-law who was half as talented, the superior would not be so worried!"

Lao Zhu patted Lan Yu's arm and sighed.

"well!"

"Hurry up and eat, let's not talk about the past!"

"Tell us what happened at the border. If you come back suddenly, nothing will happen, right?"

Lan Yu quickly explained after hearing this.

"Reporting to the superior, when I return, let Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen and Heshou Marquis Zhang Yi act as agents for the military affairs."

"As for the border defense matters, I have already taken care of them, and Bei Yuan has already fled far away, so he does not dare to knock on the border lightly. There is no need for the superiors to worry."

When Lao Zhu heard the words, he said "oh" lightly, indicating that he understood, but the pupils of his eyes could not help but shrink, and he was wary of Jingchuan Marquis Cao Zhen and Heshou Marquis Zhang Yi.

In his life, he was most afraid of people forming cliques for personal gain. If Lan Yu handed over the affairs to the deputy general soldier or the like, he would be able to accept it. But leaving it to these two cronies would make him feel a little guilty.

"These two are quite talented, and they have been in the military for a long time, so I don't expect anything to happen!"

While the two were talking, Erhu, the leader of Zhu Yuanzhang's bodyguard, led several eunuchs from the dining room over and added some meat dishes to the table.

When Lao Zhu saw the meat and vegetables coming, he kept asking Lan Yu to eat the vegetables.

However, Lan Yu seemed to be in love with the vegetables. She only tasted the meat dishes briefly, but wolfed down the vegetables.

When Lao Zhu saw this, he was immediately dissatisfied, thinking that this guy was doubting him and was afraid that he might poison his food!

This guy doesn't even think about it, if we want his life, why go to such trouble?

Lan Yu took a few mouthfuls of rice, and when she saw that Lao Zhu was motionless, she quickly took a peek. When she saw Lao Zhu looking at her with a gloomy face, her heart immediately sank.

Isn’t this old butcher suspicious of me again?

But I was only focused on eating and didn’t talk at all!

Have a meal?

Could it be that because he didn’t eat meat, the old butcher was suspicious?

Thinking of this, Lan Yu quickly picked up a dish of fried shredded pork with bamboo shoots, put half of the plate into her bowl, and started eating again.

While eating, he explained vaguely.

"Sir, you don't know that we have no shortage of mutton and the like at the border, but our fried bamboo shoots and fried vegetables from Jiangnan are so good that no amount of money can buy them!"

When Lao Zhu saw what Lan Yu said and saw how delicious his food was, he lost all doubts in his heart and picked up his rice bowl and started eating with him.

The two of them ate very quickly, and the table full of dishes was all eaten up in a short time. Even Lao Zhu himself was led by Lan Yuguai to eat half a bowl more.

"Have you ever had enough?"

Lan Yu patted her belly and pretended to be bold.

"Reporting to the superior, I will tell you the truth, we are only half full, hehehehe..."

Hearing this, Lao Zhu pointed at Lan Yu and cursed with a smile.

"Don't call me Crazy Lan from now on, just change your name to Lan Fantong!"

"I won't feed you even if I'm half full. I'm traveling thousands of miles and have to go back to rest soon. It's easy to accumulate food if you eat too much!"

"Thank you, sir, for your concern."

Lan Yu was polite to Lao Zhu, but her tone immediately became hesitant.

"Sir, when I first entered the East Palace, I saw His Highness Zhu Yunxi. He didn't even remember me. This is..."

When Lao Zhu heard Lan Yu ask this, a trace of guilt flashed across his face.

"well!"

"According to Dr. Hao, the child broke down from crying and suffered from soul-leaving syndrome. He cannot remember many things."

"When this child is at his worst, let alone not recognizing you, he doesn't even know who he is!"

Lan Yu suddenly became anxious when she heard this.

"How can this be good!"

"By the way, did Dr. Hao tell me how to cure it?"

"Mr. Hao only said that he will recover slowly, but he is not sure how long it will take to recover. Maybe he will not be able to remember everything in his lifetime."

Lao Zhu sighed.

"However, it's a blessing in disguise."

"We see that after this child fell ill, he became much more cheerful and smarter than before."

Lan Yu's eyes lit up when she heard what Lao Zhu said.

Butcher Zhu is so right!

Looking at Zhu Yunxi and Lu's behavior when they quarreled today, they were completely different from before!

In the past, this child would have cried for a long time even if someone tried to scare him, let alone quarreling with others.

However, today, instead of being scared by others, this child used his own banner to scare others!

It's just that this is a bit too much to scare people. When did his uncle become so capable? He can kill gods if he blocks them, and he can kill Buddha if he blocks Buddhas!

What depresses him the most is that where did he get the 100,000 soldiers, and it was because of his grandson's words?

If this were to be known to the superiors, Zhe Cun might have muttered, thinking that he was being disobedient.

However, from what the superior said, it seems that he has a good impression of Zhu Yunxi?

This is an unexpected surprise. If the superior really has our nephew in his heart, he will be able to compete for the position of crown prince!

When Lan Yu thought of this, her heart suddenly became eager. She thought about it for a while before deciding how to test it.

"Your Majesty, this kid Yunxi is not young anymore. He is almost old enough to be crowned king, isn't he?"

"Become the king..."

Lao Zhu suddenly became hesitant. If there was only one Zhu Yunwen, then he would definitely make Zhu Yunwen the emperor's grandson without hesitation.

But now he found that Zhu Yunxi seemed to be pretty good too, and he had exactly the cleverness that Zhu Yunwen lacked.

If he is properly trained for a few years and allowed to read more, he may not be able to become a qualified prince.

Moreover, the two of them are not much different in age and have the same status. They are both legitimate sons.

After comprehensive consideration, Lao Zhu suddenly discovered that he had difficulty choosing!

Seeing that Lao Zhu didn't reply for a long time, Lan Yu couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Higher position?"

"ah……"

"Lanyu, Yunxi is still young, isn't he?"

"How about we be crowned king in a few years?"

"Aha..."
Chapter completed!