Zhu Yuanyu saw Li Zhuangzhuang eating lychees non-stop, and the plate was piled with lychee skins. He was afraid that he would get angry, so he had to remind him: "Although lychees are delicious, they can easily cause irritation. As the saying goes, one lychee can cause irritation." Did you know?"
Li Zhuangzhuang gave a silly laugh and randomly stuffed the peeled lychees into his mouth. After swallowing, he wiped his mouth with his sleeve and said, "It's the last one, it's gone, hehe."
Afraid of being blamed by Zhu Yuanyu, he quickly promised: "Just this time, I will go to the kitchen later to ask for the herbal tea that is burning in the bowl."
Zhu Yuanyu glanced at the blank fruit plate and was convinced.
"Okay, you can go now. There is no need to come over again. Come with me to the palace tomorrow."
Li Zhuangzhuang smiled happily, "It's the young master!"
After everyone had retreated, Zhu Yuanyu left a candle unblowed out and put down the ancient books before resting.
Nothing happened all night.
The next day.
After Zhu Yuanyu washed up and changed into the clothes he had worn when going out, Li Zhuangzhuang walked over with a painful look on his teeth.
Zhu Yuanyu knew what was going on by looking at his expression.
"You must be angry. Look at what I said. I won't let you eat so many lychees, but you finished them all. That's right!" Zhu Yuanyu rolled his eyes.
Li Zhuangzhuang lowered his head and said, "I drank a big bowl of herbal tea last night. How come it didn't work?"
Zhu Yuanyu didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and laughed and cursed: "Eat less irritating food these days. It will be fine in a few days. Just live with it." After saying that, he ignored him and walked away.
Li Zhuangzhuang touched the back of his head and followed depressedly.
Zhu Yuanyu guessed that his uncle should still be in the court, so when he arrived at the palace, he paid his respects to his grandfather and grandma, and then went to find Wang Jinyi first.
Wang Jinyi was bored at this time. When he saw Zhu Yuanyu, he immediately became happy, "Yuanyu, why are you here? Are you here to see me? Come on, I heard that a new theater troupe has come to 'Qinghui Tower'. Let's Go take a look, I’m worried that no one will accompany me!”
Zhu Yuanyu took off Wang Jinyi's hand on his shoulder and shook his head, "I'm not here to find you. I'm waiting for my uncle to go to court to have tea with him. I don't have time to fool around with you, so I'll just stay here."
Wang Jinyi hugged him and said: "Next time, come and have tea with me. When can't you drink tea? But my troupe came with great difficulty. Maybe I left at some time and missed it." What a pity? Right!"
Zhu Yuanyu pulled his hand down expressionlessly and said, "Don't make trouble."
Wang Jinyi made a gesture of applause and looked at him with a resentful expression, "You actually abandoned me, you heartless man".
"Okay, I can't do it today. I'll go with you tomorrow. Come on, let's have some tea. How do you treat guests?"
Zhu Yuanyu immediately sat down on the Taishi chair.
After chatting with Wang Jinyi for a while, a boy came over.
"Master Zhu, I'd like to invite you."
"Oh, I see."
Zhu Yuanyu stood up and said to Wang Jinyi: "Come to me tomorrow."
Wang Jin nodded righteously, "Of course, remember to wait for me at home and don't go anywhere again!"
Zhu Yuanyu rolled his eyes and walked out.
Wang Guangli's study is not far from Wang Jinyi's yard, just around several corridors and gardens.
When he arrived at the study, Wang Guangli was admiring a calligraphy and painting with his hands behind his back.
"uncle."
Wang Guangli turned around when he heard the sound.
"Yuan Yu, come on, come and take a look at this calligraphy and painting, how about it?" Wang Guangli waved with a smile.
Zhu Yuanyu observed it and smiled, "Where did uncle get this calligraphy and painting?"
Wang Guangli smiled proudly, "It was a gift from someone else, so it's not bad."
"Yes, his calligraphy and paintings are rare on the market, and this one is of flowers and birds, with a poem on it, which is even rarer. Uncle is very lucky." Zhu Yuanyu praised.
Wang Guangli smiled and put away the calligraphy and painting, and said to his servants: "Everyone, please step aside."
Zhu Yuanyu followed him to the Taishi chair and sat down.
"Chen's matter——"
"not me."
"That's good...even if we die, we don't have to worry anymore." Wang Guangli sighed.
Zhu Yuanyu was silent.
"When I first learned about Chen, I was shocked. Now I'm fine. She just reaped the consequences. It's not unjust... I just pity her daughter who has to observe filial piety at such a young age."
After Chen's death, her daughter's situation may have become very embarrassing, but they can't control it.
After chatting with my uncle, my grandpa sent someone to leave some food.
"Go back to the old man and tell him we'll be there later."
…
After having dinner at the palace, Zhu Yuanyu went home.
Passing a medicine shop on the road, he stopped the carriage and took out a piece of paper to Li Zhuangzhuang, "Go to the medicine shop and ask them to take the medicine as written on it."
Li Zhuangzhuang immediately became nervous, "Master, are you sick?"
"No, what are you worrying about? I'm giving you medicine to clear away heat and detoxify. Do you want your gums to hurt all the time? Go ahead."
"Oh, oh, I'll go right away!" Li Zhuangzhuang grinned, then looked in pain, looking extremely funny.
Soon, Li Zhuangzhuang came back with the medicinal materials wrapped in oil paper.
"Let's go." Zhu Yuanyu said.
After turning a few streets, we finally arrived at Zhu's Mansion.
Zhu Yuanyu got off the carriage, and the servant looking after the door smiled coquettishly and said, "Master, you are back!" Then he opened the door.
Zhu Yuanyu nodded to him and walked in.
Zhu's mansion is quite big. If you are a female family member, you have to sit in a sedan. Of course, there is Zhu Yuanyu's sedan, but he never rarely sits in it. He still insists on walking if he can. A mere distance is not good for his footsteps. Nothing challenging.
The servants of the Zhu Mansion were also familiar with this habit of his, and they all took it for granted as if they were not surprised.
This made Zhu Cai, who returned at the same time, a little embarrassed.
When Zhu Cai went out, he told his mother-in-law and wife that he was going to meet celebrities in the capital. In fact, he was just going to see what fun and lively places there were in the capital.
Yes, there was, but it was a pity that he was penniless and shy, so he complained that Zhu Dafu was stingy and did not provide him with any silver for consumption, and returned to Zhu's house dejectedly.
When he arrived at Zhu's Mansion, he held his chest high again, as proud as a peacock with its wings spread. It seemed that no one could look down upon him. He was just about to take a sedan chair and let people carry him into the mansion. Who knows that Zhu Yuanyu, a real member of the Zhu family, did not sit on the sedan chair. The sedan chair chose to walk, and he felt a little embarrassed for a moment. If he really sat in the sedan chair in front of Zhu Yuanyu, he would probably have his butt roasted on the fire.
With no choice, he had to catch up with Zhu Yuanyu in a hurry.
"Cousin, wait for your cousin, I will—"
In fact, Zhu Yuanyu had discovered him a long time ago, but it was just that one more thing was worse than one less thing, so he chose to ignore it. Who knew that he would still be able to escape.
"Who are you?" Zhu Yuanyu knew who he was, but still pretended not to know.
Zhu Cai ran a few steps and turned pale from exhaustion. He said with unsteady breath, "...I, I am your cousin..."
Zhu Yuanyu looked at his loose fat and twitched the corner of his mouth. Will drinking water make him fatter or is he better at eating? After traveling all the way to the capital after a famine in his hometown, he could still maintain such a wealthy state. It was considered a miracle. Such a talent.
"It turns out it's my cousin - I'm sorry, I'm sorry. Is my cousin going out?" Zhu Yuanyu said in greeting.
Zhu Cai wiped the sweat with his thick palm that seemed to be inflated, shook it towards the ground, looked at Zhu Yuanyu sheepishly, and saw that he didn't pay attention to his movements, he felt relieved a little, and said with a smile: "No , I just came back. The capital deserves to be the capital of the country, and its bustling and bustling city cannot be compared to other rural places."
After saying that, Zhu Yuanyu just smiled, and he immediately realized that there was no place in the capital where a rich man was not allowed to go, unlike himself, a poor man who wanted money but no money, and wanted status but no status, and he was still intruding in the door.
He suddenly felt a little angry, and in his heart he was even more jealous of a young boy like Zhu Yuanyu who grew up with a golden key in his mouth. He had no abilities, but was a prodigal who only cared about eating, drinking and having fun, wasting food.
If he had been born with such a posture, he would have become famous a long time ago, and he would still be a figure whose name will go down in history in the future.
After all, just thinking about it, reality is reality, and he is just a poor middle-aged man suffering from everything.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanyu was dressed in a distinguished style, even the servants around him looked good. Compared with his clothes, which were made in a hurry and seemed to not fit well, he lowered his eyelids to cover the darkness in his eyes.
"Cousin uncle?"
He came back to his senses and forced a smile: "It's okay, let's go. It's not good to stand under Lietou for too long."
Zhu Yuanyu smiled thoughtfully. The people in this family are really interesting. The negative emotions on their faces are like blind people who can't see it!
…
Wang Chunmei was dealing with Guo Hua'er impatiently when she saw her son and Zhu Cai walking in, talking and laughing together, so she was puzzled. This family really knew how to pick the time, and met everyone one by one for her son. .
"Hey, my eldest cousin is back! Come sit down and serve tea!" Guo Hua'er sounded as if she was the master of the Zhu Mansion, and she was full of airs.
My mother beside me hasn't spoken yet, why do you, an outsider, have the nerve to interrupt first?
Wang Chunmei curled her lips, and when she walked towards Zhu Yuanyu, her face turned into a smile, "Did grandpa leave some food for you?"
Zhu Yuanyu smiled, "I really can't hide anything from you, mother..."
"That's right! You were born to me, and I don't know you yet. How can you refuse his affection when you go to your grandpa's house? After all, he is your grandpa, can he love you?" Wang Chunmei smiled angrily.
Zhu Rumei rolled her eyes, opened them slightly, pretending to be very innocent, and said to Zhu Yuanyu: "My cousin is going to your grandpa's house... Can you take me with you next time? I'm new to the capital. A friend, I really want to make some sisters..."
Wang Chunmei sneered in her heart. This little girl is even more powerful than her old mother. She pretends to be a pig and eats the tiger. If you are not careful, you may be bitten by her fangs.
"That's going to be difficult. Yuan Yu's grandfather doesn't have a granddaughter..."
After Wang Chunmei finished speaking, she stared at Zhu Rumei with a smile on her face.
"Then, forget it..." Zhu Rumei lowered her head, looking as if she had suffered a great deal of grievance.
She was wondering in her heart, Zhu Yuanyu's grandfather's family should be an official family, how could there be no granddaughter? Aren't all officials having three wives and four concubines? She suspected that Wang Chunmei was making a bad excuse to not let her go to the palace, but unfortunately she couldn't refute it.
"By the way, I just saw your valet carrying a few packages of medicinal materials. Who is sick?" Zhu Cai suddenly asked.
Zhu Yuanyu didn't know what he meant, so he said straight away: "It's nothing, it's just a medicine to detoxify the body."
"What?! Yuanyu, what's wrong with you? Tell mother quickly!" Wang Chunmei thought it was a medicine given to Zhu Yuanyu, and immediately asked nervously.
Zhu Yuanyu smiled helplessly, "Mom, you're worried again. I'm in good health. It's Zhuang Zhuang who got angry after eating too many lychees. The medicine I asked him to take is for him."
Wang Chunmei breathed a sigh of relief and glared at him angrily.
The other three people immediately felt uncomfortable after hearing this. Last night's lychees, which are so precious and rare, were actually given to a humble servant. They had to eat a lot to get angry. Isn't this insulting? !
Guo Hua'er was furious and said angrily: "My eldest cousin, my cousin knows that you treat your servants well, but they are slaves after all. How could you give something as valuable as lychees to your servants?" ? I didn’t even eat enough yesterday! Who is your blood relative? What you’re doing is unreasonable!”
When Wang Chunmei heard this, she was okay with providing good food and accommodation for you, but she actually blamed the host in turn. Is there such a person?
"What do you mean by this?! Tell me clearly!"
