Before Zhu Biao could say anything, Empress Ma found the 100 small boxes.
It was hard not to notice.
The entire Taihe Palace was filled with such neat and exquisite small boxes.
Women naturally had no resistance to such beautiful things.
"Chongba, where did you get these little boxes?”
"There's even a golden thread on it. There's also this carved peony flower. There's also this little person. This little person's face is all vivid.”
Empress Ma picked up a small box and looked at it carefully. She couldn't put it down.
"It looks very exquisite. It's perfect as a dressing box."
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"Xiuying, this is not an ordinary item. It's a pity to use it as a dressing box.”
"Besides, I'm not sure. I've been thinking for a long time, but I can't open this small box. Even if it was made into a dressing box, it would be useless if you couldn't open it.”
Only then did Empress Ma notice that there were four locks on the small box. Each lock was extremely exquisite.
Moreover, this small box looked exceptionally hard and sturdy.
"Chongba. So, you picked up this small box?”
Zhu Yuanzhang was really helpless towards this wife.
"Xiuying. He was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Did he still need to pick up things?”
Zhu Biao couldn't help it.
"Mother, this thing belongs to Fifth Brother. If Fifth Brother doesn't come back, Father and I won't be able to open it.”
Empress Ma was even more surprised.
"That's strange. How come ChenQie didn't know that Fifth Brother had such a thing?”
"Besides, this small box looks especially exquisite. It's obvious that it was carefully crafted. Not to mention anything else, just the craftsmanship fee should be very expensive.”
"Old Fifth is a noble prince. He doesn't even have a monthly salary. Where did he get the money to make such an exquisite little box?”
If this small box was compared to the tens of thousands of catties of sweet potatoes and the house, it was really not worth anything.
"Mother. You don't know, but Fifth even bought a house outside. Moreover, the sweet potatoes I roasted for you today were dug out from Fifth Brother's courtyard.”
What was that?
Empress Ma widened her eyes in disbelief.
"This morning, what did you call the ones you roasted? Right, sweet potatoes. Was it dug out from Fifth Brother's courtyard?"
Zhu Biao nodded.
"This is strange. Where did Old Fifth get the money to buy a courtyard?”
"Mother, didn't you see that house? It's a full 100 acres. In that courtyard, there are pavilions and pavilions, and flowing water. Fifth Brother has dug all the flowers in our imperial garden into that residence.”
"My son is also puzzled. Where do you think Old Fifth got the money to buy such a house?”
"I, the dignified Crown Prince of Great Ming, am actually not as rich as my Imperial Brother.”
Zhu Biao said with a bitter smile.
It was nothing special.
Although he was the Crown Prince, he had yet to inherit the throne.
He did not even have a tael of silver on hand.
In comparison, No. 5 was simply like a tycoon in his eyes.
After Empress Ma thought for a while, Mo Ran seemed to have thought of something.
"Chongba, do you think Old Wu accepted a bribe from an official?”
"He didn't spend a single cent on this courtyard. Is that possible?"
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao seemed to have been enlightened.
"That's true. There's really such a possibility.”
"Otherwise, with Fifth Brother's sloppy appearance all day long, where would he earn so much money?”
However…
Zhu Biao had his own opinion on Empress Ma's words.
"Father, Mother. Old Fifth was only 12 years old. Although he was usually mischievous and had nothing to do, he was still a child. However, he never asked much about the matters of the imperial court.”
"How could he accept bribes from others?”
Zhu Yuanzhang also shook his head in denial.
"No, Xiuying, you're wrong. I understand our son."
"Although this little brat often makes us angry, this child won't do such illegal things.”
Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be convinced of this.
Empress Ma also changed her words.
"You two are right. I watched this child grow up.”
"This child probably doesn't understand this. Besides, I've never seen this child seek an official position for anyone.”
After denying this, the three of them really couldn't guess why No. 5 had so much money.
There was another question. What was inside these 100 exquisite little boxes?
"Hey, stop guessing. When No. 5 returned, he would ask him.”
"However, Chongba, I have to say something about you. After all, this is Old Fifth's thing. As his father, you didn't say anything and took away his 80,000 catties of sweet potatoes.”
"He brought over 100 exquisite little boxes again.”
"What if Fifth Brother comes back halfway? Or rather, he will find out in the future. Just wait for him to make trouble for you."
Empress Ma's words woke him up.
Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao had never considered this problem.
They only wanted to pull the sweet potatoes from the fifth brother's courtyard over to solve the food shortage in front of them.
As for why he brought this 100-yuan exquisite box over?
It was all because of Zhu Yuanzhang's curiosity.
Now that Empress Ma said this, the two of them immediately felt that something was wrong.
Especially Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Xiuying, in that case, we're in the wrong!”
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