The woman was also young, about fourteen or fifteen years old.
Her face was exquisite and her skin was fair and beautiful.
Her watery autumn eyes shone with wisdom.
What an intelligent beauty.
Amidst his intelligence, there was a leisurely and elegant scholarly aura.
This was none other than Xu Miaoyun, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei, Xu Da. She was both intelligent and beautiful, and had been familiar with the Confucian classics since she was young.
The cute little girl was Xu Miaoyun's younger sister, Xu Miaojin.
She was also smart and quick-witted.
Xu Miaoyun thought of the Sixth Prince Zhu Zhen's defeated look, and her beautiful face still carried a playful smile.
He took the soap from his little sister and sniffed it lightly. A fragrant fragrance assailed his nose.
Xu Miaoyun couldn't help but smile." I have to say, His Highness King Chu is really a wonderful person.”
"To be able to make something like soap and sneak out of the palace to earn a lot of money on the streets, our King Chu is not simple.”
Xu Miaojin tilted her head and looked at her eldest sister with sparkling eyes." Eldest Sister, is His Highness King Chu also very smart? How does he compare to you?"
The little girl's unintentional question stumped Xu Miaoyun.
"This? It's hard to say."
The image of that unusually low-profile handsome figure appeared in his mind. He was so low-profile that he stayed in the study all day long. He did not leave the door or step through the door. He only knew how to read books.
Perhaps, if she had not heard the palace maids circulating a poem by the sixth prince Zhu Zhen, Xu Miaoyun would have thought that he was a bookworm who only knew how to read.
That was two years ago.
Once, when Xu Miaoyun entered the palace to pay her respects to Empress Ma, she overheard two palace maids reciting a poem.
"I look at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk. I miss you when I walk and when I sit.”
Out of curiosity, Xu Miaoyun stopped the two palace maids and asked.
Only then did he know that it was the work of the sixth prince, Zhu Zhen.
The reason why he wrote these two lines of poems was because two years ago, the sixth prince's mother, Consort Hu Chongfei, was neglected by Zhu Yuanzhang. She was always frowning and complaining.
Zhu Zhen couldn't stand it anymore and coaxed her," Imperial Mother was Imperial Father's first love back then. Imperial Father thought about you day and night, from day to night, in order to see you.”
"It's like looking at the sky at dawn and the clouds at dusk. I miss you when I walk and miss you when I sit.”
"After a few days, Imperial Father will naturally remember you.”
Hearing this, Hu Chongfei's mood improved.
Hu Chongfei was Zhu Yuanzhang's first love. When Zhu Yuanzhang first met Hu Chongfei, it was before Empress Ma.
Hu Chongfei was the daughter of a military officer, Hu Quan. She had been engaged since she was young, but before she could get married, her husband died and she became a widow.
Zhu Yuanzhang saw the beauty of Hu Chongfei and came to propose marriage. He was so poor at that time that he naturally got rejected.
Later, after Zhu Yuanzhang became rich, he found out that Hu had never married, so he wrote a letter to Hu Quan's boss, Zhao Junyong.
Zhao Junyong did not dare to offend Zhu Yuanzhang, so he personally acted as a matchmaker and sent Hu Shi to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Only then did Emperor Hongwu finally marry his beloved first love, the goddess Hu.
After becoming the Emperor, Hu Quan, the father of the Hu family, was made a high official of the Dingyuan Guards. This was a third rank official.
After this incident, Xu Miaoyun began to pay attention to the Sixth Prince.
It would have been fine if he hadn't paid attention, but once he did, he realized that Zhu Zhen was not ordinary.
Not only was he smart and studious, but he was also very clever. He was not a bookworm at all like he pretended to be.
Starting from this year, he would often sneak out of the palace. Once, he even pretended to be Xu Miaoyun's servant and sneaked out in Xu Miaoyun's carriage.
However, Xu Miaoyun did not expose him.
Today, Empress Ma had summoned Xu Miaoyun into the palace to accompany her. When Xu Miaoyun came out, she wanted to buy rouge from a rouge shop by the Qinhuai River.
He accidentally saw the sixth prince Zhu Zhen.
Moreover, Prince Six was even more interesting today. He became a vendor and sold his own soap.
Thus, Xu Miaoyun secretly observed for a while before she sent her little sister Xu Miaojin to blackmail the sixth prince, Zhu Zhen.
Unexpectedly, Zhu Zhen was really scared and was extorted by Xu Miaojin for two bars of soap.
Thinking of this, Xu Miaoyun was overjoyed.
She went to buy rouge with Xu Miaojin and sat on the carriage back to the residence.
Halfway through, Xu Miaoyun suddenly remembered that many refugees had come to the capital recently. They were not wearing clothes or eating well. They were in a very miserable state.
Empress Ma had even taught him to do more good deeds today.
Xu Miaoyun instructed the servant driving the carriage," Let's go to the refugee market and give some porridge to the refugees before returning to the residence.”
A group of carriages headed towards the refugee market.
As for Zhu Zhen, he sold soap for a while and successfully fooled a few nouveau riche.
At this moment, an official dressed in the uniform of an official from the Ying Tian Prefecture walked over.
The nearby hawkers were trembling with fear.
As commoners, they were always afraid of officials.
Zhu Zhen was happy when he saw the person who had come. He called out from afar," Cousin, here."”
This minor official was only eighteen or nineteen years old. He was Zhu Zhen's cousin, Hu Xian, the nephew of Consort Hu Chongfei.
Last year, he was recommended to Ying Tian Prefecture and became a minor official.
Every time Zhu Zhen sneaked out of the palace, he would look for him to hang out with. The two of them had a good relationship.
Hu Xian was extremely respectful towards his cousin, the prince.
Hu Xian was shocked when he saw the heavy money bag in Zhu Zhen's hand.
"Your…that…Zhu Liulang, business is pretty good today. Did you earn a few taels?”
Hu Xian didn't say 'Your Highness' out loud.
Outside the palace, his cousin, the King of Chu, had to address him as Zhu Liulang.
Zhu Zhen smiled faintly and threw the money bag in his hand over.
Look for yourself.
Hu Xian opened the money pouch and was immediately stunned by the white silver inside.
"Oh my god, Zhu Liulang, this is at least thirty taels of silver. You're rich.”
Zhu Zhen smiled faintly." It's only a few coins. Look at how shocked you are!”
There were still a few pieces of soap left. Zhu Zhen was too lazy to sell them and put them into his bag.
"That's all for now. I'm leaving."
Hu Xian quickly went forward and helped to clean up the stall. In the end, he returned the stall to the owner of a small shop not far away.
He had borrowed all these things for him previously.
"Liu Lang, are we still going to the refugee market?"
"Yes, let's go take a look."
After packing up, Zhu Zhen brought Hu Xian and headed straight for the refugee market near the Southern City.
Zhu Zhen had once accidentally slipped into the refugee market and saw the refugees who had escaped from the famine. They were in all kinds of miserable states.
As a prince, he cared about the world and sympathized with the people. Therefore, when he had money, he would go to help them.
It couldn't be helped. After all, his father was Zhu Yuanzhang.
The citizens of the Ming Dynasty are all our citizens.
How can we let our people starve to death on the streets?
As a prince of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Zhen still had this awareness.
As soon as they arrived at the Southern City, they saw a thin figure in ragged clothes in front of a bun shop.
He stared at the steaming buns in front of him.
It was a little beggar. He was dirty, his hair was messy like a bird's nest, and his feet were bare.
Looking at his age, the little beggar was about the same age as the little loli who had blackmailed him before. In fact, he was even younger.
His body was much smaller.
It was as if the wind could blow it down.
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