Location: Qiankun World (overhead)

Time: The end of the Yuan Dynasty

That's how the story begins...

At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Ai was debauchery and incompetent, and countless court officials formed cliques for personal gain. The government collapsed and all anti-Yuan rebels rose up one after another, all of whom regarded Xiao Ming as the common ruler. My grandfather, King Wu Zhu Yuanxing, was the most powerful leader of the rebel army.

On the day I was born, that is, when my grandfather sent someone to take Xiao Ming King to Jianxing ascend the throne, but he didn't expect that he would drown on the way. There was an extra person named Zhu Changluo in this world, and a guy named Han Yuer missing... A year later, my grandfather led a large army to sweep the country and finally drove Emperor Yuan Ai to the north and achieved the great cause of unification.

My grandfather had sixteen sons, of which the eldest son Zhu Biao was the prince of the King of Wu, and my father was the fourth son under my grandfather, named Zhu Li. My father was a lustful warrior and a natural brave general. Because he made many contributions to his grandfather's great achievements, he was the one who was most loved by my grandfather among my uncles, and even surpassed my weak and sickly prince Huang Bo. He was named King of Yan and his fief was in Yanjing.

My father is a lustful person. He married many wives. These wives and some other women gave birth to many children for him. It seems that I am one of them. Perhaps because of the many sons, there are only three sons that can make the father care about. The first is my eldest brother Zhu Changchi, who will be the heir to the throne in the future, the second is my second brother Zhu Changxu, and the third is my fifth brother Zhu Changsui.

In fact, it is no wonder that among all the brothers and sisters, only these three brothers were born to the father's concubine, and the other children, the one who is noble is the concubine, and the one who is not noble is just an ordinary maid. When my father was drunk, I had the opportunity to be born in this world.

I was exactly nine years old this year.

Although I am a prince to put it nicely, because there are many princes in the palace, my mother and I are not much better than those slightly favored servants. We live in a remote yard in a corner of the palace, with only one servant around us. We live a life of a little hardship by relying on the money given by our father every day.

Speaking of that servant, he is my uncle Zhu Lu. I heard that he and my mother grew up together at that time, but later after my mother was selected into the palace, Uncle Zhu Lu followed her and came into the palace. Until she gave birth to me, he stayed by her side to take care of her.

"Brother Seventeen, what are you doing?" Just as I was imagining with the history book of the previous dynasty, a pleasant voice suddenly came from behind me. I felt aroused and immediately guessed who the person was, because I was so familiar with this person. She was my nineteenth sister, and Zhu Raochun, the 19th child of the father.

"Sister 19, aren't you going to go to your husband's class today? Why are you here?"Sister 19 and I grew up together and are of the same age. Since she was a little girl dragging her nose, she has been following my tail, so she has always had a good relationship with me and often comes to find me to play with.

Unlike me, the nineteenth sister's mother is the father's concubine, the mother of her second brother Zhu Changxu. She is very happy with her father's favor on weekdays. Compared to the prince whom I, perhaps I don't know what my father's name or what she looks like, her status is much higher than that of the prince.

The reason why the nineteenth sister knew me was when she was very young. She was lost in the palace because she could not find the servants and the road. It was dark again. She, a little girl, had to squat under a corner of the wall and cry in great fear. At this moment, I accompanied my mother for a walk and met her after I asked her about the reason. After I understood the reason, Uncle Zhu Lu and I personally sent her back to my residence... From then on, the nineteenth sister always came to the yard where I lived to find me to play in a few days. After so many years, my relationship with her was probably much better than that of her and her second brother.

"Master Daoxian, who taught today, did not come. It seemed that his father summoned him to discuss something." The nineteenth sister has never been interested in studying. She was obviously very happy to have the leisure time for half a day.

Because there are many princes and princesses in the Yan Palace, there seem to be no thirty or twenty-nine, except for the few children who are particularly favored by their father, most of them can only gather in a large school in the palace to study, while other children like the eldest brother, the second brother, the fifth brother and the nineteenth sister can get the best teacher to teach. Although everyone is from the palace, the situation is really unmatched.

Speaking of this, the prince born by a maid is the least in the palace, so naturally I have no chance to get these good things. Even since I was born, I have never seen my father, nor have I seen those brothers and sisters with a transcendent status in the palace. Of course, the nineteenth sister in front of me is the exception.

"Master Daoxian didn't come? Why? Didn't you say that Master Daoxian is the most rigorous person? Ordinary even if his father summoned him, he wouldn't come by?" Although I usually "living in a quiet place" in normal times, I still heard a lot about the matters of the palace from the innocent and innocent nineteenth sister, so I asked this question.

I heard from the 19th sister that the Daoxian master sent by his father to teach the prince and his important children was originally a Jinshi from the former Yuan Dynasty. Later, when the times were in chaos, he went to Mount Wutai to be ordained as a monk. Later, he followed the famous Taoist priest Xi Yingzhen to practice Taoism. Not only did he learn the yin and yang arts, but he also knew military tactics. He was considered a strange man in the world.

Legend has it that when my grandfather met him, everyone praised his style of conversation and wanted to invite him to the court to be an official, but Daoxian refused his grandfather's invitation before the time came. Later, for some reason, he suddenly came to meet his father, and entered the palace and became the father's most trusted aide.

I used to hear from my 19th sister that when Master Daoxian was teaching them to study, I was really envious. On weekdays, I like reading very much. Even the gentlemen who taught me said that I was the smartest among the little princes. If I participated in the imperial examination, I was afraid that the fame that ordinary scholars dream of could be obtained with ease.

Hey, actually, they didn’t know that I was not valued in the palace. If I could not work harder than other brothers and sisters, my father might never remember my existence in his life, and I would not be able to make a name for himself. Therefore, I worked very hard to learn to read, read, understand, and even learn the ability to govern the world. Fame and I have no fate with me, a person born in the palace. I just hope that one day my father would discover my talents and let me share some troubles with him like other favored brothers!

"I don't know this. I heard someone is coming. My mother and my second brother are very nervous recently!" The nineteenth girl is extremely simple. She usually comes to talk to me no matter what worries or grievances. I treat her like my biological sister.

"Is it because the emperor's grandfather sent someone?" I thought to myself that at this time, it was only the important person sent by the emperor's grandfather to make the father and the others so nervous.

"Brother Seventeen, take me to the grass behind to catch butterflies, right?" Perhaps seeing me pondering, the nineteenth sister shook my hand and said in a begging tone.

I came to my senses, stroked the nineteenth sister's head, and smiled and said, "Okay, let's go now!"

...

In the evening, I bid farewell to my nineteenth sister who was enjoying her life and returned to the yard where I lived. My mother and Uncle Zhu Lu had already prepared food for me. When she saw me walking in sweat, she immediately took a clean towel from the house to wipe my sweat. She complained, "How come you kid, why did you come so late? Do you know that we are all waiting for you to have a meal?"

"Mom, today the nineteenth sister refused to leave, so I had to stay there with her. So I'm going to have to do it until this time." Since I became sensible, I have known that she really didn't know how much she was worried about me, so I didn't want her to worry about me.

"You, why do you always say you don't listen? Raochun is from the second wife, so don't run outside alone with her to go out. If something happens, even if we, mother and son, will probably not be able to bear it!"

Mom is a loyal woman. Because she is kind, even slaves in other houses often bully her. Therefore, she always talks about me and says less about things that are worse than more. However, although I agree on the surface, I never think so in my heart, because I have already made up my mind to ask my mother to be as poor as the book says, and I want others to dare not underestimate us.

Uncle Zhu Lu waited for his mother to wipe my sweat, and handed me a cup of tea from the side and said kindly: "Come on, my lord, let's talk to you first."

I took Uncle Zhu Lu's tea, drank it all in one gulp, and then shook his eyes at him again. Uncle Zhu Lu immediately understood and helped me, "Madam, don't you scold me anymore. Isn't the child just going out to play?"

My mother grew up with Uncle Zhu Lu since she was young, and she has been like a sibling in recent years. After hearing Uncle Zhu Lu's words, she glanced at me and said, "You child, you always do this every time. Next time, I really have to make my mother less worried." After that, she pulled me to sit at the dining table.

Seeing that my mother stopped nagging, she quickly picked up the bowl obediently and started eating in big mouthfuls. My mother and Uncle Zhu Lu smiled and looked at me for a while before then they started to raise their chopsticks...

Time passed day by day, and I read and practiced calligraphy every day, and soon almost a month passed. Although my status in the palace was low, no matter what, I was also a prince, and I didn’t need to do anything. Being able to live such a leisurely life is really one in heaven and the other in the earth compared to many busy people in the world.

That day, I was reading the book "Spring and Autumn" at home. I was so fascinated that a person suddenly came in from outside the house and shouted: "Brother Seventeen, let's go out for a walk today!"

When I heard this rude voice, I knew that the person who came was my eighteenth brother Zhu Changchun. The eighteenth brother was tall and mighty, and the people all said that his face looked the most like his father among the princes. However, even if the face looked like his father, the eighteenth brother's status in the palace was probably lower than mine, because his mother was once a famous prostitute on the Qinhuai River.

It is said that after a ridiculous night on the Qinhuai River, the father fell in love with the mother of the Eighteenth brother and redeemed her. From then on, she became one of the many women of the father and gave birth to the Eighteenth brother. Such a background is too unpredictable, so the rumors and rumors in the palace are embarrassing enough, saying that the mother of the Eighteenth brother is "a bitch. I didn't know how many men I slept with in the Qinhuai River. It was extremely lewd..." and so on. If the Eighteenth brother had not looked like the very father, his identity as a prince would have been questioned by others!

My eighteenth brother and I have always been the best. When I was young, I was in poor health and were often bullied by other brothers and sisters. I remember that once he was beaten and scolded by his brothers and said that he was the son of the madam. Because I couldn't stand it, I stood up for him and argued without knowing how to fight. As a result, my brother was beaten to the point of being swollen and blue. From then on, my eighteenth brother has always regarded me as my own brother and would tell me anything.

The eighteenth brother has been rough and unruly since he was a child. When he was a child, he was probably bullied by other brothers. Although he has not read much in recent years, he has been practicing martial arts hard, so his body is burly and powerful, which is much more than his peers.

"Go out for a walk? Are you afraid that your mother will know to hit you?" Brother Eighteen was the kind of person who couldn't decide for a while. He always liked to ask me to steal out of the palace and go to the street to watch the fun. Last time his mother found out, he had a lot of beaten.

The eighteenth brother smiled and said, "Just hit me, I have thick skin and flesh, and my mother's whip fell on her body, just like itchy."

When I heard the eighteenth brother say such a playful word, I couldn't help laughing in the classroom and said, "Okay, okay, since you want to go out, I will accompany you this time." I have been so bored at home these days, because since the last time I heard the nineteenth sister mention that someone would come to the palace, the teacher who originally came to teach regularly has not come for many days, and the guards in the palace have been significantly strengthened.

After changing into ordinary people's clothes, my eighteenth brother and I quickly walked to a side door of the palace, and then quietly ran out while the guards were not caring.

Although Yanjing is located in the north of Dawu, because it borders Mongolia in the north, it can be regarded as the most important border defense fortress in Dawu. Therefore, Yanjing actually relies on the border guards to prosper. Walking on the street, he saw the most vaudevillains shouting and performing juggling performances. Instead, the ordinary shops seemed to be scattered and depressed.

My 18th brother and I bought two packs of melon seeds at a small stall on the street, and then stood in front of a juggling stall and looked at it. My 18th brother is a martial artist by nature and likes this. After a while, we all saw that the fist and foot skills of the men at the stall were really easy and ordinary. What we played around was nothing more than fake kung fu like broken stones on their chests. The people who gathered around the stall to watch it soon dispersed and turned to another place to help.

Among the remaining few people, in addition to the two young men, Eighteenth brother and me, there were seven or eight people. Among them, one man and one woman, two old men over 50 years old, obviously, they were merchants who had just come from other places, dressed in bright clothes, and still stood by watching with fun, and talked in a low voice from time to time. It looked like a couple.

I watched it for a while and saw that the performance on the stall became more and more boring. I heard that the next stall was not only surrounded by people, but also had a thunderous sound. I said to my eighteen brother: "Old Eighteen, it seems that it is better to look on the other side. Let's go over and take a look!"

Brother Eighteen nodded and agreed repeatedly, "Okay, these bad kung fu look so boring anyway!" After making up my mind, I immediately walked over to the other side with Brother Eighteen.

Perhaps when I heard the words of my eighteenth brother and I, I heard the old man say to the old woman: "My wife, let's go there too!" After that, he also wanted to lead the old woman to come after us.

As soon as we left like this, all the people at the stalls were exposed. The performers immediately stopped. One of them ran up quickly, grabbed the corner of the old man's clothes, and said loudly: "Slow down, slow down, that old man, why did you leave after watching the juggling without paying money?"

Although the old man looked quite old, his body seemed extremely tough. He stopped when the man pulled him down, but he didn't even shake it.

"This old man is not simple." I felt aroused, and when I saw the excitement, I pulled my eighteenth brother to stop.

"Why, we have to charge money if we don't watch it?" The old man's expression was still very calm and said to the man.

The man didn't let go, spread his other palm open, and said with a fierce look on his face: "This is natural. You have been watching for so long and we are playing tricks. How can you do it if you want to leave at this time?"

When I heard the man's expression, I knew that he was seeing that the old man and his wife were foreigners from afar, and they were old men, so I wanted to take advantage of this post to extort the money of the two of them.

The old man said calmly, "Your skills are not very good. I don't think they look good, so I want to go to another house to see it. Why do you have to pay?"

The man pulled hard and said to the old man fiercely: "No, no, since you have seen our kung fu, you have to pay, otherwise I will not let you go." As he said that, several other men also surrounded the old man and his wife, looking like they would not give up money.

The old man and the man became more and more aggravated. The people who had already turned elsewhere saw the excitement here, and then surrounded him, whispering and telling the whole story here... My eighteenth brother and I also felt a little indignant when we looked at the man's hateful appearance, but we didn't know what to do at this time.

The old man coldly glanced at the men around him, and a sudden gleam in his eyes flashed. He stared at the man in front of him and said in a deep voice: "Originally, if you were kind-hearted, I might have rewarded you with a few copper coins, but now you obviously want to extort money, so why don't I give you?"
Chapter completed!