Daming: I became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son

After listening to the chief eunuch's words, Cao Bi was overjoyed, after all, this was officially recognized by Daming.

Compared to being able to inherit the throne, this reward is nothing.

So he quickly knelt down and kowtowed to the manager, and said in his mouth.

"Thank you, sir, for telling me such news. I really don't know how to thank you. Please repeat for me Your Majesty. If I can get the throne of Champa Kingdom, I will be a vassal every year. If you come to court, you will definitely have a good relationship with Daming forever."

The manager waved his hand and said.

"Your Highness has this thought, and His Majesty's love for you is not in vain. Before I came to deliver the decree, His Majesty asked me to bring a feast of food and wine. You and these envoys can have a good drink."

Just now Cao Bi wanted to take his group of envoys out for a drink of flowers and wine, but he couldn't make it because of his lack of money.

Now that he wanted to sleep, he came to pass the pillow. The banquet brought by the chief eunuch really relieved his urgent needs.

After the chief eunuch left, he took his subordinates and put all the food and wine on the table, and then he stopped caring about his image and started to feast on big pieces.

And in their opinion, the food of Ming Dynasty is really delicious, compared with the food of that small place in Champa Kingdom, the gap is really not a little bit.

To be honest, if it wasn't for the fact that he was a prince, Cao Bi probably wouldn't want to go back when he came to Daming.

When they had eaten and there was nothing left on the table, one of the envoys suddenly remembered something and hurriedly asked.

"Your Highness, this father-in-law came here and brought us a table of meals. Of course it is a good thing, but it seems that he forgot one thing. He didn't say what the Emperor Ming wanted to reward us, so he sent us away like this. Now, it's a bit outrageous."

Cao Bi understood in an instant that this was indeed the case. In previous years, if a chief eunuch came to read the imperial decree and then gave him something, why would he return empty-handed now?

These envoys under his command also came here for money, so they just reminded them directly.

"Your Highness, how about this? Tomorrow, let's go to the Ministry of Rites to talk to Mr. Huang, and directly mention this matter. I'm afraid the Ministry of Rites has forgotten about it."

In fact, if the chief eunuch hadn't just said that the emperor supported his succession, Cao Bi himself would have thought about talking about it, anyway, this trip would not be in vain.

However, now he suddenly felt that some things should not be rushed, otherwise he would only be impatient and make big plans, which seemed to be too short-sighted.

"Why are you so anxious? There is nothing to be anxious about rewarding this thing. Could it be that the Emperor of Ming Dynasty will forget about it? He is a kingdom of heaven, so he won't care about these things."

These ministers were very depressed. They said to themselves, as the eldest son of a king, you have no money in your hands. Didn't you come here just for money?

What you said is good, then you just wait and see when Zhu Yuanzhang can think of you and take the initiative to send you money.

At this time, Cao Bi suddenly glanced at the envoys present, and said with a straight face.

"If you have anything to do, you all go back first. I still have something to do. After all, I am doing some research now, so I still need to read a book."

As soon as this remark came out, the envoys present almost dropped their jaws in shock. What did His Highness say just now? He actually said that this guy had never read a book since he was a child.

When they were young, the king found the most famous gentleman for them to teach them to read, but His Highness Cao Bi urinated into his gentleman's hat as soon as he turned around.

This matter is well-known in Champa, so basically no gentleman is willing to teach him, so although he can read a few words these years, he is actually a half-baked.

But it was such a prince who suddenly said that he wanted to study. Could it be that the sun came out from under the table? These envoys really couldn't believe it.

"Your Highness, shouldn't we go to have some flower wine? After all, we are full now, so we don't need to order food and wine over there. We can just find a few girls when we turn back. It will save us a lot of money."

After hearing this, Cao Bi glanced at his subordinates and said with a sneer.

"I said, do you have any serious business? Why do I have you unreliable subordinates? Can you learn from me? Don't bother me. I'm going to start studying now."

These subordinates were really helpless after hearing this, but it seemed that His Highness was also serious, so they had to retreat in his room.

Cao Bi took a look at the study here, and wandered around the bookshelves, only to find that there were no books.

After all, I will be going to the Imperial College to receive Zhu Tao's lecture in a few days. If I can't say anything, wouldn't it be too embarrassing? How can I get Daming to support me as the king of Champa Kingdom in the future?

So when I saw such a scene, I was really anxious like ants on a hot pot, running around in circles.

At this time, he hurriedly called back the subordinates who hadn't left, and asked.

"Wait a minute, you guys don't leave, I still have something to tell you, so what, do you have any books in your study?"

These people are very helpless, you don't even have a study room, can we arrange books there?
"Your Highness, I don't think there are any books to read. Since there are no arrangements here, let's go drink flower wine. Anyway, find some beautiful girls, so that you forget about studying."

At this time, suddenly one of his subordinates stood up and said to Cao Bi.

"Your Highness, I do have a book here, but it's not a book of sages, it's just a novel called Stone Story, would you like to read it?"

At this time, although Cao Bi felt helpless, he had no choice but to show that he knew a lot, and angrily scolded this subordinate.

"Could you guys read something useful? Daming emphasizes the way of sages and sages, but you have to read the story of stones. This kind of story-based novels can only waste time and have no effect on learning."

This subordinate really dared to be angry and dare not speak out. After all, he felt that people like Cao Bi didn't even read novels, so they didn't have the right to reprimand him.

But who let others be the prince, he is just an ordinary envoy, so he had no choice but to say.

"This book is actually pretty good, so I think you should read it. Besides, this book was written by that Zhu Tao, so maybe you can find something useful from it."

At this time, Cao Bi suddenly had an idea. The author of this book is Zhu Tao. Could it be that he is the same person as Dingyuan Wang Zhu Tao?

After confirming, he changed his mood in an instant and said.

"Why didn't you say this earlier? Since it's something written by King Dingyuan, even if it's a storybook novel, it must be a good thing. Hurry up and get out, don't delay your Highness's study."