Zhu Biao thought of his sixth brother's nerdy appearance and couldn't help but laugh."Sixth Brother, that bookworm, is not suitable for leading troops to war, right?”
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Zhu Biao, he knew that he had been deceived by Zhu Zhen's bookworm and otaku lifestyle.
He was too lazy to expose Zhu Zhen in front of Zhu Biao.
Even he couldn't see through Sixth Brother Zhu Zhen, so Xu Tiande probably couldn't teach him well either.
Then he might as well give Fourth Brother to Xu Tiande.
"Since you chose Fourth Brother, then let him be the one. Let Xu Tiande take care of our children.”
"Tonight, we'll invite Tiande to a banquet.”
Crown Prince Zhu Biao gladly accepted the order.
......
In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang held a family banquet in Empress Ma's Palace of Earthly Tranquility, inviting Xu Da, Duke of Wei.
Empress Ma personally cooked, accompanied by Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
This family banquet was of such high standards that it was extremely rare in history.
The three most powerful people in the entire Ming Dynasty were personally entertaining him. What kind of special treatment and favor was this?
As soon as he sat down, Crown Prince Zhu Biao stood up with a smile and poured wine for Xu Da.
Xu Da was flattered and hurriedly said that he couldn't do it.
Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said that this was a family banquet, so there was no need to stick to etiquette. Xu Da then calmly sat down.
However, he was still cautious and sat upright.
Accompanying a ruler was like accompanying a tiger. Zhu Yuanzhang could be treated as a family banquet, but Xu Da could not really treat himself as a minister.
In history, Zhu Yuanzhang often entertained Xu Da, and Empress Ma made Xu Da's favorite roast goose more than once.
According to unofficial history, Xu Da could not eat goose because of illness, so Zhu Yuanzhang gave Xu Da roast goose, and Xu Da died after eating it. It was Zhu Yuanzhang who poisoned Xu Da. This argument did not hold water.
"You're here. It's not too late, right?"
Empress Ma smiled as she served the roast goose."Tiande, I made this especially for you. Roast goose."”(Xu Da, Tiande)
Xu Da immediately became even more reserved and did not dare to move his chopsticks.
"Come on, Tiande," Zhu Yuanzhang urged,"didn't you like this since you were young?"”
Xu Da muttered in his heart. If an ordinary family was trying to curry favor for no reason, that was either cheating or stealing.
The Emperor and Empress were so enthusiastic towards him. He wondered what difficult things they wanted him to do.
The steady Xu Da decided to make things clear first so that he could eat in peace.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for giving me a banquet.”
"I've only eaten the roast goose personally made by the empress three times.”
"In the 17th year of Zhizheng, Chen Youliang invaded Yingtian. His Majesty asked me to set up an ambush with the King of Kaiping on Jiuhua Mountain. This battle was a narrow escape. This is the first time this subject has eaten the roast goose personally made by the Empress.”
"In the twenty-fifth year of Zhizheng, I led my troops to attack Zhang Shicheng. If we win this battle, Jiangnan will be stable from now on. That was the second time."
"In the first year of Wu, His Majesty ordered me and the King of Kaiping to lead 250,000 troops to attack Dadu. That was the third time."
"This is the fourth time."
Xu Da said as he stood up." Was it decided by the court meeting to let me lead the army to the northern expedition?”
"Your Majesty, what difficult matter do you have for me to do this time?”
After being seen through by Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang could not help but laugh awkwardly." Tiande, come, sit down first."”
"You go first," Xu Da said.
Only then did Zhu Yuanzhang tell Xu Da about the marriage.
When Xu Da heard that his daughter was going to marry Zhu Yuanzhang's prince, and it was the mischievous Fourth Prince Zhu Di, he immediately became anxious.
Other people wanted to marry their daughter to Zhu Yuanzhang as their daughter-in-law, but Xu Da didn't.
Most importantly, this Fourth Prince Zhu Di's reputation was too bad. Xu Da did not take a fancy to him.
This concerned his precious daughter's lifelong happiness. No matter how steady Xu Da was, he was also anxious.
He stood up and said with a bitter face,"
"My old brother, what are you doing?”
" My daughter is as beautiful as a flower and jade. Your fourth son is mischievous. I'm not criticizing him, but your reputation in the village was much better than his. If my daughter marries him, it'll be like a fresh flower…"
When Zhu Yuanzhang was young, he was not a well-behaved person. He was also the famous child king in the village.
He even dared to bring a group of children to steal the landlord's calf.
The current Fourth Prince, Zhu Di, had a bad reputation. His actions were similar to Zhu Yuanzhang's.
After being exposed by Xu Da, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't keep his face." What reputation? What flowers? What are you talking about?”
Then, he said to Empress Ma," You judge. Who has a bad reputation? Is there such a way to expose someone's shortcomings?"
Since Xu Da had exposed his shortcomings, Zhu Yuanzhang naturally had to retaliate and start exposing Xu Da's shortcomings.
"Just say him. When he was young, he would poop in his pants every now and then. Didn't I help you wash it clean every time?”
Who didn't have a disgraceful past when they were young?
However, Old Zhu's words made him feel extremely awkward.
Xu Da's face turned red instantly, and he almost rolled up his sleeves.
He denied loudly.
"Impossible!"
"There's no such thing!"
"No!"
Empress Ma quickly tried to smooth things over." You two, there's a child beside you!"”
"Tiande, Fourth Brother is indeed a little mischievous, but this child is sensible. If he knew about such a good marriage, he would definitely be very happy and would want to marry Miao Yun tomorrow.”
Zhu Yuanzhang widened his eyes and interrupted,"The eldest daughter of the Xu family is also happy!"
Xu Da, who had always been steady, had his defenses completely broken." We're not willing to marry! So what if he's happy?"
His daughter was his own little cotton-padded jacket. Xu Da really loved his daughter dearly.
On this issue, even the emperor Zhu Yuanzhang could not make him compromise.
Seeing that everyone was in a deadlock, Zhu Biao smiled and said,"Uncle Xu, why don't you take a look at Sixth Brother Zhu Zhen?”
Xu Da rolled his eyes at the mention of the sixth prince, Zhu Zhen.
Zhu Yuanzhang's son, the fourth prince Zhu Di, was mischievous, while the sixth prince Zhu Zhen was a bookworm.
"Everyone says that His Royal Highness the King of Chu is a bookworm, but he's not even as good as His Royal Highness the King of Yan!”
Xu Da was a general. If he had to choose between a thorn and a bookworm, he would rather choose the thorn.
......
When he returned home, Xu Da called his daughter Xu Miaoyun over and told her about the Emperor's marriage with the Xu family.
When Xu Miaoyun heard that she was going to marry the Fourth Prince Zhu Di, her defense was instantly broken.
Subconsciously, he resisted,
"Father, I don't want to marry the fourth prince Zhu Di.”
She often went to the palace and naturally knew the character of the princes.
The Fourth Prince, Zhu Di, was not her type.
Xu Da huffed angrily,"Fourth Prince Zhu Di, you may be mischievous, but at least you're not a fool."”
"You don't know, the Crown Prince even said that he wanted you to marry that bookworm, the Sixth Prince Zhu Zhen.”
He didn't expect that his father, who had a pair of discerning eyes and had seen countless people, would make a mistake with Sixth Prince Zhu Zhen.
The Fourth Prince Zhu Di was really naughty.
However, the sixth prince Zhu Zhen was not a real bookworm.
"What? You said that marrying the sixth prince Zhu Zhen is better than marrying the fourth prince Zhu Di?”Xu Miaoyun was speechless.
Xu Da said," I rejected Zhu Zhen at that time. What else could I do? I had no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils!”
Xu Miaoyun stomped her feet anxiously." Father, how could you do this?”
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