The carriage headed out of the city.
Zhu Yunzhen looked at the burly man in the car.
"You said you are Ma Sanbao, and it was my fourth uncle King Yan who asked you to pick me up?"
He carefully looked at Ma He, who was known as the Sanbao eunuch in later generations, and who had made seven voyages to the West.
I don’t quite believe it.
The other party is obviously a eunuch, but he doesn't have the feminine aura of an ordinary eunuch. Instead, he has more aura than an average man.
"Ma He, you have heard your name a long time ago. It's like thunder." Zhu Yunxuan was very interested.
He has always wanted to let the Ming Dynasty lift the sea ban and start the age of navigation first. This requires the right people to do it.
And Ma He is undoubtedly the best candidate.
Ma He was stunned for a moment, then showed a bit of shyness and said: "I didn't expect His Highness the Fourth Emperor to have heard of my nickname."
Nonsense.
You are so famous in later generations, how could I not have heard of you?
"I just listened to your speech in Jixian Building, which was very insightful." Zhu Yunxuan complimented.
After all, he is a person who will be remembered throughout the ages, and his vision and experience are unparalleled by ordinary people.
He hasn't figured out how to win over Ma He yet, so he can only talk to each other.
"The Fourth Imperial Grandson is overrated. The younger ones are just random thoughts. They are not as talented and far-sighted as the Fourth Imperial Grandson."
"There are no outsiders here, so you don't need to be so reserved." Zhu Yunzhen said with a smile.
At this time, the little girl next to me spoke up: "I never thought you were so powerful and could write such poems on the spot."
"Although I don't know much about poetry, your poems are catchy and comfortable to listen to. I think they are excellent."
She had been staring at Zhu Yunxu since she got on the carriage.
Zhu Yunzhen ignored her.
This little girl has a very vicious mind. If today's question hadn't happened to be "Three Kingdoms", he would have been unable to step down.
Zhu Yunzhen turned his head away, too lazy to pay attention to her.
"Hey, you're a man, don't be so stingy, right?"
The little girl muttered: "I just heard others say that you have unparalleled talents and can lead people for hundreds of years. I didn't believe it, so I inspired you to write poetry and see what you are capable of."
She giggled and said: "You are much more powerful than the rumors say."
Zhu Yunxuan snorted coldly.
Ma He said with a smile: "This is the queen of Zhongshan, the little lady of the Xu family, named Miaojin. She admires His Highness the Fourth Emperor Sun very much, and must clamor to see you."
"Ahem..." Zhu Yunzhen took a breath and coughed twice.
The naughty chatty girl in front of me is the famous Xu Miaojin in later generations?
That Xu Miaojin who refused to be a queen and preferred to become a nun?
This is really hard to see at all.
Zhu Yunzhen still remembered the "hatred" just now and wanted to take revenge, saying: "I heard that your sister is a famous female student, and I think you are not bad at all. Why don't I give you a question to test you?"
Xu Miaojin shook her head repeatedly.
"I admire those who are good at reading, but my sister and I are different. I don't like reading. I like practicing martial arts."
Ma He smiled and said: "To be honest, she is practicing martial arts under my sect."
Zhu Yunzhen's interest greatly increased and he quickly asked: "Sanbao, do you still have martial arts skills?"
Ma He nodded and said: "When I was a child, I was taught by a stranger and learned martial arts. Although I am a eunuch, I am full of energy because of practicing this martial art."
Zhu Yunxuan suddenly realized.
Ma Heneng led his army to the Western Ocean seven times. Thinking about his martial arts skills, he suddenly felt itchy in his heart.
When he was about to speak, he saw Xu Miaojin still staring at him, and couldn't help but said: "Why are you always staring at me? Is there something on my face?"
Xu Miaojin said: "I think you are quite good-looking."
Zhu Yunxuan rolled his eyes.
He always felt that this little girl's brain circuit was different from that of ordinary people.
"You are so good-looking and can write poetry, so you are very suitable to be my husband."
"Poof!"
Zhu Yunxu squirted out and coughed violently.
Little girl, are you too fierce?
Did I say I wanted to be your wife?
Although you are good-looking, your fierce temper cannot be easily controlled.
If anyone marries you, he will most likely have a weak husband in the future.
Not to mention, you are several years older than me.
Moreover, an eleven or twelve-year-old kid is thinking about finding a husband. How precocious is this?
"You don't have to be happy. You are too young, your body is very thin, and you are not strong enough. These are all shortcomings. I have to consider it carefully." Xu Miaojin said seriously.
"Didn't your father tell you that girls should be reserved?" Zhu Yunzhen said angrily: "Why are you so thick-skinned?"
"My father passed away a long time ago." Xu Miaojin said, her eye circles suddenly turned red.
Zhu Yunxuan was stunned for a moment and stopped talking.
Fortunately, Xu Miaojin's mood faded quickly, and then she said: "I helped you become famous today."
"Fang Xiaoru has a high reputation among scholars. His recognition of you will definitely create a sensation."
"From today on, your reputation as a genius is truly confirmed."
"Tell me, how are you going to thank me?"
Thank you?
Thank you for keeping me from stepping down?
Zhu Yunxuan vomited in his heart.
He said angrily: "I am the grandson of the emperor, and I am not asking for fame. I am a scholar who is good at becoming an official. What is the use of such a reputation?"
Xu Miaojin tilted her head, thought for a while, and said, "That seems to be the case."
But she quickly went on to say: "Even if you don't care, your grandpa Huang also cares."
"Lao Zhu's family has been full of mud-legged people for generations, and there has never been a scholar in his ancestors. He has always been worried about it. Now that he knows that you have such a poetic talent, he doesn't know how happy he will be."
"You can use this excuse to ask for a reward from him."
She didn't have much special respect for the royal family in her words, and she spoke very casually.
Zhu Yunzhen didn't want to get entangled with her on this topic, so he looked at what she was carrying on her back and said, "What are you carrying on your back?"
"This is a sword!" Xu Miaojin put the long box on his back on his lap and opened it.
I saw a sword three feet long and three inches wide inside.
The sword is not out of its sheath, but it is engraved with flowers, plants and animals, which is lifelike.
Zhu Yunzhen tried to reach out and pick it up, but he felt it was extremely heavy and could not pick it up.
Xu Miaojin giggled and said: "I'm just saying that you are so small and in poor health. You can't even pick up a sword."
She reached out and picked up the long sword in its scabbard, turning it at will in her hand. The heavy sword blade seemed as light as nothing in her hand.
Zhu Yunxuan couldn't help but secretly swallowed a mouthful of saliva.
Although he is only seven years old now, he can estimate from the test just now that this sword probably weighs dozens of kilograms.
But in Xu Miaojin's hands, it seemed to be weightless.
She is still an eleven or twelve-year-old child, a girl, so how strong should she be?
This is not simply lifting it up, but playing with it in your hands, which requires much more strength.
"How's it going? Am I awesome?"
Xu Miaojin danced for a few times, then stopped and looked at him with an arrogant look.
Zhu Yunzhen didn't want to praise her.
"It's not bad, just as good as the jugglers on the street."
"You can consider performing acrobatics on the street. If others know that you are the King of Zhongshan, they will definitely come to support you."
Xu Miaojin frowned angrily and said: "A dog's mouth can't spit out ivory. No wonder my sister always says that scholars are the most bitter and mean. They are indeed not good things."
"I originally wanted to teach you how to practice swordsmanship so that you can be both civil and military, but now it seems that I am just being overly sentimental."
Zhu Yunxuan's expression suddenly changed, and he immediately turned around and said, "I just made you angry on purpose. Your swordsmanship is much better than those jugglers."
Chapter completed!