Ming Dynasty: Abandoned baby at the beginning, Zhu let me be the emperor

"A lot of people."

When Zhu Ming and his three companions arrived at the government's porridge stall, the front was already crowded with people.

The shouts of the soldiers maintaining order drowned out the wailing of the victims. Everyone leaned forward and couldn't help but look at the big vat where the porridge was cooking.

It seems that just by seeing it, I can relieve some of my hunger.

Here, no one cared about the difference between men and women, and the order of seniority. Everyone was trying like crazy to squeeze to the front.

Even though Zhu Ming and Liu Jin were not in a hurry, they were swept up by the crowd and moved forward little by little.

The crowded scene reminded Zhu Ming of the days when he squeezed into the subway in his previous life.

"Here, it's yours."

Being pushed to the front of the line by the crowd, the officer distributing porridge didn't even look at Zhu Ming, took out a bowl of porridge and handed it to him: "Next."

Zhu Ming didn't say much. He took the porridge and walked aside. Looking at the porridge in his hand, his brows were furrowed.

This is not porridge at all. The porridge is so clear that you can reflect your face in it. When you take a sip, you can even taste a few pebbles in it.

"Emperor...Xiao Ming."

Liu Jin also frowned as he looked at the porridge in his hand, then looked up and shouted at Zhu Ming.

It seems that it will take some time to make this pseudonym more pronounceable.

As he spoke, he took out some dry food from his arms and secretly put it into Zhu Ming's hand.

How can you let His Royal Highness the Grandson, who is so precious, eat this kind of thing?

Although dry food cannot be said to be delicious, it is much better than this kind of thing.

"You all drink this?"

Zhu Ming simply put away the dry food, took the porridge and walked up to Zhaodi and her daughter, frowned and asked.

“The porridge here is already very good.”

Zhaodi and Meihua didn't care about the sand in the porridge at all and started drinking it in big gulps.

In just a blink of an eye, he drank the entire bowl of porridge, as if he was afraid that someone would snatch it away.

"You guys, don't you want to drink?"

They looked at the porridge in Zhu Ming and Liu Jin's hands, which looked like they hadn't eaten yet, and asked in confusion.

Now in Hedong, being able to get a bite of such food is already quite good.

At least, I can live a little longer.

With the dry food given by Zhu Ming and Liu Jin just now, they felt stronger than before.

"eat."

Zhu Ming nodded, and followed Zhaodi and Meihua's example and drank all the porridge in the bowl.

It was difficult to swallow the hand mixed with sand, but fortunately there was more water than rice, so I was able to swallow it whole. I didn't know whether it was good or bad.

"Plum blossom, come."

Zhu Ming put the bowl aside, waved at Meihua, looked around for a while, and when he saw that no one was paying attention to this direction, he handed the dry food that Liu Jin had just given him to Meihua.

Just this bowl of porridge alone is not enough to fill even a kid like Meihua.

"Thank you."

Meihua took the dry food, thanked Zhu Ming again, broke the dry food in half, and put half into Zhaodi's hand.

"You are not from this county."

After seeing Zhaodi and her daughter finish eating and their complexion looking better, Zhu Ming started asking questions.

Judging from Zhaodi and Meihua’s accents, they are quite different from most people around them, so they must be from other places.

"Yes, we are all from next door."

Zhaodi had now let down her guard against Zhu Ming and the others, and lowered her head to respond.

"Where's Meihua's father? You have a porridge stall in your county, right? Why did you walk dozens of miles to come here?"

Zhu Ming looked at the mother and daughter and asked all the questions in his mind.

The mother and daughter, whether they were accompanied by a man or not, would have suffered a lot of bullying on the way. No wonder they were so weak from hunger.

"You come with me."

Zhaodi fell silent, looked at Zhu Ming, and as if she had made up her mind, she raised her head and looked at Zhu Ming firmly.

"Meihua, you wait here."

She lowered her head and gave Meihua some instructions before leading Zhu Ming to a secluded place.

"temple……"

Seeing Zhu Ming walking away with Zhaodi, Liu Jin became even more anxious and even forgot Zhu Ming's alias.

He was more vigilant than others, after all, he had to protect the safety of Zhu Ming, the emperor's grandson.

“You’re looking at the plum blossoms here.”

Zhu Ming just turned around and looked at him, giving him instructions in a serious tone.

Even though Liu Jin was worried about Zhu Ming, he could not disobey his orders and could only stay obediently.

He looked down at the still innocent plum blossoms and said nothing more.

"Why did you bring me here?"

Zhu Ming followed Zhaodi to a secluded corner and looked around.

There's no one around here anymore.

Zhaodi didn't answer, but just knelt down in front of Zhu Ming with a plop.

"Sir, please adopt Meihua."

As she spoke, she actually started crying.

"What are you doing? Aren't you mother and daughter?"

Zhu Ming was startled by Zhaodi's sudden action and hurried forward to help Zhaodi up.

But Zhaodi refused and continued kneeling there.

"Sir, you are a good person, please take the plum blossom away."

She ignored Zhu Ming's attempts to stop her and continued begging.

"She is your daughter, are you willing to give her up?"

Seeing that Zhaodi was so determined and refused to stand up, Zhu Ming had no choice but to give up and start asking.

"Meihua, I actually picked her up when I was fleeing famine. Her parents didn't want her anymore, and I just couldn't bear it."

Zhaodi looked at Zhu Ming with some concern, fearing that Zhu Ming would no longer believe them because of her lies and would refuse to adopt Meihua.

"Then why do you think I can support plum blossoms?"

Zhu Ming was not angry, but instead had more questions in his mind.

He was dressed in rags and had unkempt hair, so he didn't look like a rich young man.

How did Zhaodi know that he was a rich man?

"These days, no one has anything to eat. You are the only one who has some dry food to give to my mother and me."

"You two have been fed just now, and you don't look like starving disaster victims."

Now that she had someone to ask for her help, Zhaodi did not dare to hide anything and answered honestly.

At first, she was worried that Zhu Ming and Liu Jin might be bad people who were rich but unkind. After seeing that they were not bad people, she decided to give the plum blossoms to them.

Even if I become a maid, at least I can have a full meal.

"Even if you are not biological mother and daughter, you still have feelings for each other, so I naturally cannot separate you."

Zhu Ming sighed, realizing that he still hadn’t installed it properly.

"Please, even if it's just being a maid, it's better to eat well with the master than to starve with me."

Hearing Zhu Ming sigh, Zhaodi was afraid that Zhu Ming would not adopt them, so she knocked her head heavily to the ground again.

"I am already a worthless life, and it doesn't matter if I die. Meihua is still young, so please be kind to him, young master."

Seeing this, Zhu Ming hurried forward to support Zhaodi and said, "I didn't say I wouldn't adopt Meihua."

In fact, although Zhaodi is married, she is only in her twenties.