Father can be an enemy to the country

After leaving Pudingbao, Zhu Zhen and his party passed through Pu'anwei and Luoshanwei, and finally arrived at the gateway of Yunnan, Shengjingguan, on April 30.

In front of the pass, he received a pleasant surprise that Miaoqing and Liu Li were waiting for him in the pass city with their children.

Zhu Zhen galloped on his horse upon hearing the news, and rushed all the way to the foot of Shengjingguan. Sure enough, he saw the two princesses waving at him vigorously on the pass city.

Zhu Zhen cheered, rode into the city, turned over and dismounted, and hugged Miaoqing and Liu Li who were running down from the upstairs with their skirts lifted.

"Prince..."

"My beloved concubine..."

The three were immersed in the excitement of a long-lost reunion, and then they heard the crying of children.

Zhu Zhen looked up and saw two female officials holding two fat babies and carefully going downstairs.

One baby started crying, and the other followed.

"Is this Meng Xuan and Meng Can?" Zhu Zhen wanted to slap himself after he finished speaking. What the hell is this?

The two princesses were also very angry after hearing this. What's going on? The child is two years old, and not only does the child not recognize his father, but the father also doesn't recognize the child.

"Your Highness, look, which one is Meng Xuan and which one is Meng Can?" Then Liu Li deliberately made things difficult for Lao Liu.

"Haha, I was just joking. Can't I recognize my own children?" Zhu Zhen laughed awkwardly.

Then he pointed to the doll on the left and said, "This is Meng Xuan."

He pointed to the doll on the right and said, "This is Meng Can. How about it, am I right?"

"How did your Highness know?" Xu Miaoqing asked curiously.

Zhu Zhen turned around and looked at the two princesses without blinking and said, "Because I saw your shadows on their faces."

"Really?" Liu Li blinked.

"Of course." Zhu Zhen took her hand and kissed her, saying, "We are childhood sweethearts."

"But Your Highness guessed wrong." Liu Li giggled and took the child on the left and said, "This is Meng Can."

Xu Miaoqing also took the child on the right and said, "Meng Xuan."

"Haha, really? I made a mistake." Zhu Zhen scratched his head awkwardly. In fact, he judged it by the sight of the two children. The reason is very simple. When a child cries, he wants to find his mother. Unexpectedly, he made a mistake.

"Hehe, in fact, I guessed it right." Liu Li made a face at him and smiled like a girl, saying, "I was teasing you on purpose. Who told you not to go home for so long?"

"Ah, Miaoqing, you have also learned bad things." Zhu Zhen smiled helplessly, saying, "I thought you wouldn't tease me."

"That's not certain." Xu Miaoqing also laughed.

"Come on, don't say anything else, daddy will hug you." Zhu Zhen rubbed his hands on his body and stretched out his hand to Meng Xuan with a smile.

Meng Xuan turned his head away, and when Zhu Zhen held him forcibly, he burst into tears.

Zhu Zhen had no choice but to give him back to Liu Li, and then held Meng Can in Miaoqing's arms, but the result was the same. The child refused to hold him, and cried when he was held forcibly, which made Lao Liu very embarrassed.

Liu Li and Miaoqing didn't want him to look too bad, so they urged the child to call him father.

They had practiced this simple title for a long time, and at one point the child called everyone father.

The result was that when he saw Zhu Zhen, he didn't speak.

Zhu Zhen felt so sad that he almost cried.

"Don't be sad, Uncle Six, this is normal." In fact, Xu Miaoyun's carriage had already entered Shengjing Pass, but she didn't want to disturb the family's reunion after a long separation, so she didn't say anything. Seeing the embarrassment of the sixth child, she got off the carriage and helped him out, saying, "I was like this when I gave birth to the third child. I didn't call your fourth brother because he looked unfamiliar. I just didn't want to spend more time with him."

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded and said, "I will definitely spend more time with him..."

"Big sister!" Xu Miaoqing cheered in surprise, handed the child to the nanny, ran a few steps and hugged Xu Miaoyun. The two sisters haven't met since the Prince of Yan was enfeoffed.

At this time, the fourth and eleventh and twelfth children also came to greet Liu Li. Together with the fifth family, the old Zhu family has a lot of serious people in Yunnan.

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Since he has reunited with his wife and children, Zhu Zhen is not in a hurry to travel.

The main reason is that he can't walk fast, because those chieftains heard that the prince had returned to Yunnan, and they all led their tribes to cross the border to welcome him with wine and food, singing and dancing to celebrate his return, just like the New Year.

There was no way. He had been away for too long. All the soldiers and civilians in Yunnan were worried that this prince who had a good way of governing Yunnan and could turn stones into gold would never come back. Wouldn't the bright future he had promised everyone before become a bubble?

Therefore, Zhu Zhen's return was definitely the biggest happy event in Yunnan this year. Soldiers and civilians of all ethnic groups rushed to tell each other and lined the streets to welcome him. As a result, he could only travel one post station at most every day.

Of course, Zhu Zhen did not waste time. Every time he arrived at a place, he carefully inspected the local roads, bridges, farmland and water conservancy, met with officials and local officials, and tested their administrative level. He would also meet with a group of soldiers and immigrant representatives, asking them if they had any difficulties in their lives. As long as they could be solved, he would order the officials to solve them.

In this way, he walked and inspected all the way to Songmeng City.

Zhu Zhen was meeting with officials from Songmeng Prefecture in the state government, and suddenly heard the sound of drums outside.

The officials changed color when they heard the sound, and everyone could hear that it was the big drum set up outside the government office.

But there were heavy guards outside the county government office, so who could beat the drum?

Zhu Zhen said without any surprise: "I have ordered that if anyone beats the drum, you are not allowed to stop them."

He then ordered: "Bring the person up."

After a while, the guards brought in a Han woman in her twenties.

Zhu Zhen looked at the woman and saw that she had a heart-shaped bun on her head, still dressed like an unmarried woman.

In this era, women of this age are basically mothers. The woman was also very pretty, and she didn't look like she couldn't get married at all.

But after the woman kowtowed, he asked, "Who is kneeling in the hall?"

The officials were all worried, fearing that this little woman would bring them to trouble.

"Your Highness." The woman spoke in authentic official language: "My surname is Li, my maiden name is not worth mentioning, and I am from Fengyang Zuowei."

"Oh? So you are a military family, and we are from the same hometown." Zhu Zhen said solemnly: "What grievances do you have? Tell the truth, and I will do justice for you."

"Your Highness, I am suing Yu Min, the captain of the Yanglin Guarding Thousand Households!" The woman said, holding up a paper and said: "He tricked me to Yunnan and said he wanted to marry me. But when I came, I found out that he had married another woman. Not only did he break his promise, but he also refused to let me in. I have nowhere to go, so I can only ask Your Highness to make the decision!"

The officials all breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that family disputes could not be better. No one would have to suffer.

Zhu Zhen took the paper handed over by the guard and quickly scanned it. He saw that the woman's nickname was Jiu Niang, and she had a brother named Li Lao Ba. The brother and sister depended on their mother for life.

Li Laoba was a member of the Southern Expedition Army, but unfortunately died in the Battle of Baishi River.

After receiving the news of death from the front line, Li Laoba's mother could not bear the blow and fell ill.

On her deathbed, someone came to propose marriage, and said that he was proposing for a general flag officer named Yu Min.

Yu Min wrote a letter to her family saying that her life was saved by Li Laoba. Before his death, Li Laoba entrusted his sister to him. He originally planned to go home and propose marriage in person. But the court ordered their Qianhu Suo to cultivate land on the spot, so he could not go home, and could only ask my mother to help propose marriage.

If the girl is willing, please ask my mother to arrange the marriage and bring her to Yunnan.

"So, your mother agreed?" Zhu Zhen asked with a smile.

Li Jiuniang sobbed and said, "Yes, my mother was seriously ill at the time and was on her deathbed. She couldn't bear to see me alone and helpless, so she agreed to this marriage."