Many things had happened today, breaking Zhu Zhen's calm.
Most importantly, Xu Da actually agreed to let Zhu Zhen and Xu Miaoyun get engaged after returning from the northern expedition.
This greatly exceeded Zhu Zhen's expectations.
Therefore, Zhu Zhen was not in the mood to read and practice martial arts. He had always been preoccupied.
At this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Biao rushed over.
This surprised Zhu Zhen.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao usually had to help his father deal with state affairs and was very busy. He would definitely not come to visit unless he had something to do.
"Big brother, why did you come to look for me?”Zhu Zhen asked.
"Sixth brother, fourth brother pretended to be someone else's name and joined the army. Uncle Xu found out and beat him forty times.”Zhu Biao briefly explained what happened to Zhu Di.
"What is it? Fourth Brother was beaten forty times?"
Zhu Zhen was shocked." Uncle Xu really dares to hit me?”
He had long expected that his fourth brother, Zhu Di, would not be able to escape and would be caught sooner or later.
However, Zhu Zhen did not expect to be beaten forty times.
No matter what mistakes Fourth Brother made, he was still a prince with a noble status.
Xu Da's actions were too unstable. It was not like Xu Da's style, but rather like his father, Zhu Yuanzhang's.
In fact, Zhu Zhen's analysis was not wrong. Xu Da being able to hit these forty military sticks was naturally Zhu Yuanzhang's tacit approval.
To put it bluntly, it was Zhu Yuanzhang who had borrowed Xu Da's hand to teach his fourth brother a good lesson.
Crown Prince Zhu Biao felt sorry for his fourth brother Zhu Di. He smiled bitterly and said,""I've already pleaded with Imperial Father and Imperial Mother on Fourth Brother's behalf, but today's matter was Fourth Brother being too mischievous. Even Imperial Mother didn't speak up for him.”
Zhu Zhen thought about the taste of forty military lashes and sucked in a breath of cold air. He felt that he was also cold from fasting.
He unconsciously touched his own fasting and said,""Fourth Brother must be in a lot of pain now, right?"
"This is forty strokes of the stick. I'm scared just thinking about how those rough men in the military camp waved their sticks!”
Zhu Biao shook his head and sighed.”
"Oh right, I was chatting with you and almost forgot about the important matter that Imperial Father gave me.”
"Imperial Father still cares about Fourth Brother. He wants to go to the Black Tortoise Lake camp to take a look. He asked me to bring you along and let you see the military camp at the same time.”
Zhu Zhen suddenly became alert." Big Brother, I think I shouldn't go. I'm not interested in military camps."
His fourth brother had just been beaten forty times. If he followed him to the military camp, his father or Xu Dawan would also beat him dozens of times when they saw that he was not pleasing to the eye. If he accidentally followed in his fourth brother's footsteps, he would suffer a huge loss.
Therefore, someone as steady as Zhu Zhen did not want to get involved in this mess.
It was a wise move to stay away from trouble and not stand under a dangerous wall.
Seeing Zhu Zhen's cautious appearance and his desire to live, Crown Prince Zhu Biao couldn't help but be amused.
He lightly punched Zhu Zhen and scolded with a smile,
"You bookworm, you're very smart at this time!”
"Don't worry, you didn't do anything wrong. Father won't hit you for no reason.”
Zhu Zhen rolled his eyes and suddenly clutched his stomach."Big Brother, I suddenly have a stomachache. I must have eaten something unclean at noon and had diarrhea.”
"Tell Imperial Father that I am not feeling well and cannot accompany him to the military camp.”
"Also, tell Fourth Brother to recuperate well. I'll visit him in two days.”
The excuse of having a stomachache was naturally Zhu Zhen's trick to avoid going to the camp at Xuanwu Lake.
However, Crown Prince Zhu Biao didn't expect Zhu Zhen, this bookworm, to suddenly play tricks.
"Sixth Brother, are you in a lot of pain?" he asked with concern. Do you want me to get the imperial physician to take a look at you?”
Lying to an honest person, Zhu Zhen felt a little guilty. However, in order not to go to the Xuanwu Lake camp, he could only temporarily ignore his conscience.
Of course, he couldn't act too painfully. If his eldest brother really went to find a doctor, it would backfire and things would be bad.
Zhu Zhen gently rubbed his stomach and said in shock,""Sigh, it doesn't seem to hurt anymore."
Suddenly, she frowned." It seems to hurt a little. I think it should be fine after I go to the toilet."”
"Big brother, Imperial Father is waiting. Why don't you stop waiting for me and go quickly?”
Crown Prince Zhu Biao looked at his sixth brother suspiciously. He was just kind, not stupid, but smart.
"Sixth Brother, are you really not feeling well?" Zhu Biao winked at Zhu Zhen.
Zhu Zhen's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that his big brother had already seen through his little trick. It was just that he was kind-hearted by nature and did not expose it.
Zhu Zhen's heart warmed." Big Brother," he said softly," my stomach is really uncomfortable. I can't go with you!"”
"Alright, then I'll report to father that you're not feeling well…"
Zhu Zhen was so touched that tears were about to flow down. As expected, he was still his own brother, a relative!
Suddenly, a cold snort sounded.
Zhu Yuanzhang strode in with a straight face.
"Boss, your mother just criticized you and told you not to spoil your younger brothers. How could you forget about it?”
Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen were shocked by the old man's visit to Zhu Zhen's study room. They quickly knelt down and saluted.
"Your son greets Imperial Father!"
"Your son greets Imperial Father!"
Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and said lazily,""Get up."
When the two of them stood up, Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened as he kept scanning the faces of Crown Prince Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen.
"Good! Good! Good!"
"Very good! Crown Prince, you actually took the lead to help our prince deceive us!”
"I'm not old and blind yet, am I?”
Zhu Yuanzhang kept calling him 'us', and Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen heaved a sigh of relief.
It seemed that the old man was not really angry.
Both of them were smart people and naturally knew that this was the best time to admit their mistakes.
They both knelt down.
"Father, your son was wrong!"
"Imperial Father, your son knows his mistake!"
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to pretend to be angry and reprimand him.
How could he still be angry when he saw his two sons 'exquisite thoughts?
Putting everything else aside, the intelligence of these two brats was not inferior to those old foxes who had cultivated for decades in the imperial court.
Our Old Zhu's son is so smart. We can't be happier!
One was the crown prince of Great Ming, the future emperor.
The other one, although hidden very deeply, would also be the Emperor's right-hand man in the future, both good sons of the Zhu family!
"Forget it. You two brats are planning to team up today and fight us with wits and courage.”
"I won't let you get what you want. I can't be bothered to argue with you! Get up."
Crown Prince Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen stood up and looked at each other. They saw the smile in each other's eyes.
She could only admire her grandfather and could not hide anything from him.
"Father, why did Father come personally?" Zhu Biao asked.”
Zhu Yuanzhang secretly looked around Zhu Zhen's study and said slowly," This is all because of Sixth Brother. All these years, you've been reading in the study every day. I haven't been here before, so I suddenly wanted to come and take a look.”
"It's fine if you didn't come. When you came, I saw you two little brats looking for an excuse to fool us!”
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