Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 516 Lonely... Lonely is very lonely...

After Zhu Lao Qi and Zhu Mi yelled the last sentence, Zhu Di was so scared that he spit out a mouthful of wine.

Is this guy stupid?

The promotion of Zhu Yunxuan was just to put some pressure on Zhu Yunxie. He didn't really think that Zhu Yunxie could be abolished, did he?

Zhu Lao Liu was also frightened by Lao Qi's operation, and hurriedly distanced himself from him.

In addition to being shocked, Zhu Yunwen felt a burst of joy in his heart.But after the chuckle, the rest is all fear.

Can this kind of thing be said in public?
After Zhu Yunqi calmed down, he quickly put on a sincere and fearful expression.

"Uncle Qi, don't hurt me!"

"I don't have any objection to Zhu Yunxi being the grandson of the emperor, and I don't even dare to have such a rebellious heart!"

Zhu Laoqi heard Zhu Yunqi's words, and then looked at the expressions of the brothers, and knew that he had shouted this slogan too early.

But when he thought of Zhu Yunxi's immoral things, he couldn't get angry.

"You are afraid of Zhu Yunxi, but I am not!"

"Ever since he became the grandson of the emperor, has he ever done anything as a human being?"

"It's fine to bully outsiders, but it's our Zhu family who bullied us!"

"It's nothing more than collecting our land and our taxes, but now we have to cut our general treatment!"

"Father is still alive, so he dares to ravage us like this. When he ascends to the throne in the future, he will arrest us one by one in the capital and lock us up in a pigsty to be raised as pigs!"

"We still want to take our son as a hostage!"

"I bother!"

"As long as I, Old Seventh Zhu, live for one day, I will never let him take my son away from me!"

"You are also fathers, so let me ask you, if Zhu Yunxi asks you to send your son to the capital as a hostage, will you agree?"

Zhu Laoqi's words caused many vassals to think deeply, even Zhu Gui and others who had a good relationship with Zhu Yunxie showed struggles on their faces after hearing these words.

As for the rebellious sixteenth-year-old Zhu Wei, he stood up excitedly from his chair and chirped to support his seventh brother.

"Brother Seven is right!"

"It's a big deal against his mother, and I will never let Zhu Yunxi succeed!"

Zhu Gui looked at Zhu Wei with disdain when he heard his younger brother's words.This guy doesn't even have a son, so what's the fuss?

With Zhu Wei's support, the other princes also followed suit.

"Let's go to the palace to meet the emperor, and we must not let Zhu Yunxi do anything wrong!"

"Enter the palace!"

"I beg my father to be the master!"

Amidst the thundering slogans, Lao Qi almost raised the flag to rebel, but fortunately, Zhu Lao Liu was in charge.

"Brothers, calm down!"

"Father is going to celebrate his birthday soon. We can't give eye drops to father right now. Even if we want to do it, we have to wait until the day of his birthday to question Zhu Yunxi in front of civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, as well as overseas vassal kings and envoys. Father, please make the decision for us!"

When Zhu Di heard what Zhu Laoliu said, a playful smile appeared on his face.

He suddenly discovered that not only his eldest nephew Zhu Yunwen had grown up, but even the younger brothers whom he had always looked down upon had become more scheming and bad-tempered.

Zhu Laoqi originally wanted to object, but when he heard Zhu Laoliu's words behind him, he was so excited that his face was full of excitement.

"Brother Six is ​​right!"

"Since Zhu Yunxi doesn't want to be decent, let's make him not decent!"

Then everyone discussed the specific details and formed an offensive and defensive alliance.

In order to prevent someone from telling the truth, Zhu Laoliu deliberately ran a few words against Zhu Gui and others.

"Zhu Gui, I know you have a good relationship with Zhu Yunxi."

"But Sixth Brother has to explain to you that you are now the vassal king, and he is now the grandson of the emperor, and the future emperor of Ming Dynasty."

"You have to stand on the side of our vassal king, and you can't do things like eating inside and outside!"

"What did Brother Six say? How can I not know my identity?"

Just when Zhu Gui didn't know how to end, the Chuihua Gate of the Chu Palace was thrown open with a long spear.

"Zhu Gui!"

"Come back home with me immediately!"

When Zhu Gui heard this, his face changed in fright.Seeing his mother-in-law wearing a samurai uniform, holding a red-tasseled spear in her hand, standing in the courtyard with a heroic posture, his heart jumped even more.

Correct!
That's it!
Didn't we agree to marry you back then because we liked your style?
Zhu Gui hurriedly approached with a smile on his face.

"Aifei!"

"What gust of wind brought you here?"

Xu Miaoqing snorted coldly when she heard the words.

"You forgot our agreement?"

"Didn't we agree to go to the palace to see the mother and concubine today?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gui nodded quickly.

"exactly!"

"Look at my brain, why did I forget such an important thing?"

"Fourth brother, sixth brother, seventh brother, I'm sorry, I will go to the palace with my daughter-in-law to visit my mother and concubine first!"

Hearing this, Zhu Chun hurriedly got up and said.

"Wait for me!"

"I'll go with you to see the concubine mother too!"

Seeing Zhu Chun and Zhu Gui fleeing as if fleeing, Zhu Laoliu directly expelled them from the clan in his heart.

"These two trash!"

"A person who is afraid of internal affairs and has no opinion, at first glance, he is not a person who will make a big deal!"

"Now that these two trash are gone, let's get down to business!"

"On the day of my birthday, I will dispatch guards into the city and arrange them in advance..."

When Zhu Di heard this, he felt as if there were nails growing under his buttocks, which made him uncomfortable no matter how he sat.

But when he thought of such a big matter and didn't listen to it, what if he was messed up by these trash?
Therefore, he can only listen patiently, and has to fill in for them before the huge omissions.

"Five Cities Soldiers and Horses are also very important..."

"These people don't belong to Jinyiwei, nor do they belong to Dongchang. Many of them have been promoted in recent years, and their foundation is still shallow. Just put a little effort into managing them..."

Zhu Laoqi slapped his thigh excitedly when he heard this.

"Yes!"

"Why did you forget about this!"

"I will arrange this matter when I go back alone..."

Seeing that Lao Qi accepted his suggestion, Zhu Di hurriedly wrote a few words on the table.

"Flags are important too."

"You are not rebelling, you are just protecting yourself!"

Zhu Laoqi automatically ignored the word "you" and stared at the table with two big eyes, only to see a few words written on the table with wine.

"Follow Heaven and Dharma Patriarch, rectify the government!"

"That's a good slogan!"

"We will use this slogan for this incident!"

Zhu Di helped them modify a few details, and then left early.

He was not optimistic about what King Qi had done, but he was afraid that he would not even make a splash, so this helped him increase his momentum.

Later, seeing that he really didn't have anyone available, he secretly gave him a list and asked him to find someone according to the list.

When Zhu Di returned to the palace, he threw himself into the water tank, chilled it for an hour, then went into the charcoal room to warm up, and made himself sick.

In fact, he didn't want to suffer this crime, but who made it easy for the old man to fool him?

As long as the old man hears that he is sick, he will definitely send the royal doctor in the palace to treat him. If he is not sick, he will commit the crime of deceiving the emperor.

Although Zhu Di was ill, the connection between King Qi and others did not stop.

While contacting his younger brothers, King Qi asked for support from the nobles.

He thought that the person who did it was unaware, but he didn't know that Zhu Yunxi had already known about their movements through Jinyiwei and Dongchang.

It's just that Zhu Yunxi didn't take it seriously at all. Compared to King Qi's provocation, he was more concerned about the reactions of the other uncles, and which uncle would come to warn him to be careful...

Daiwangfu.

On the way back home with Xu Miaoqing, Zhu Gui learned about Zhu Yunxie's true intentions from Xu Miaoqing.

What he was most worried about was his son. Since Zhu Yunxi didn't want to take his son hostage, he didn't care about other things.

"Your Highness, what did you discuss in Chu Palace just now?"

"The concubine is far away, and I can hear the noise inside, shouting about Zhengzheng, Fengtian..."

Hearing this, Zhu Gui quickly changed the topic.

"Nothing!"

"It's just that the king of Qi was drunk and was reciting his father's instructions from his ancestors."

Xu Miaoqing's face was bitter when she heard the words. Like Xu Miaojin, she didn't like to endorse books.

It's fine if you don't memorize other books, but Huang Ming Zu Xun requires all Zhu family members to memorize it!

"King Qi is respectful..."

Zhu Gui didn't get angry at all when he heard his daughter-in-law's eccentricity, but echoed.

"No way!"

"Gu has only memorized half of it until now, and he can memorize the whole thing, which shocked us all!"

Xu Miaoqing knew that His Royal Highness didn't like reading, so she said with distress.

"Ugh!"

"You can't blame His Highness for being careless. It's because Father is too hardworking. Ever since we got married, Emperor Ming's ancestor's precepts have been changed no less than three times. No one can remember it!"

The couple secretly complained about Lao Zhu, looked at each other guilty, and then hid in the carriage and giggled.

But after laughing, when Zhu Gui thought of his friendship with Zhu Yunxi, he felt infinite melancholy again.

"Your Highness, is there something on your mind?"

"Ugh……"

"Miaoqing, you are going to visit Third Sister today, how does Third Sister treat you?"

"that's great!"

"The grandson of the emperor deliberately took time out of his busy schedule to have dinner with his concubines..."

"Your Highness, why did you suddenly ask this?"

"I……"

Zhu Gui shook his head helplessly, touched Xu Miaoqing's belly with his hand, felt the new life being bred inside, and said with infinite emotion.

"After all, I'm not as carefree as I was when I was a child..."

Zhu Zhi was suffering the same as Zhu Gui, and he was also hesitating whether to write a letter to Zhu Yunxi.

Even though he is a vassal king, he should stand with Seventh Brother and the others.But I have to say that Zhu Yunxi really didn't say anything about his little uncle Wang. Before he became a feudal clan, he gave himself valuable dry stocks, so that he didn't have to do anything every year, and he had 10,000+ taels The entry of silver.

This is much more than the prince's salary given by the father, and even more than other uncles.

What's more important is that I can still gain a good reputation. As long as I don't bully men and women in the fief, and rob people's women by force, I am basically a proper king!

In addition, I like to try and settle cases, and now the people in the fief already call themselves Zhu Qingtian!
However, he had accepted such great affection from his elder nephew, but he wanted to backstab his elder nephew together with Seventh Brother and the others, which made his conscience very disturbed.

Zhu Zhi struggled for two or three days, until the day before his father's birthday, he couldn't bear the torment in his heart, so he ordered someone to prepare a very unremarkable carriage.

"North Palace!"

"promise!"

Zhu Zhi came to Beigong in a carriage, and saw a familiar figure from the back before getting off the carriage.

"Brother Thirteen?"

Zhu Gui looked back when he heard the movement, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Are you coming too?"

Zhu Zhi smiled bitterly.

"If you don't come, you can't pass the conscience..."

Zhu Gui laughed loudly when he heard this.

"Me too!"

"Since you're here too, let's go find my eldest nephew for a drink together!"

"it is good!"

The two met in Beigong, as if they gave each other a shot in the arm, making both of them feel that they are not alone.

After hearing the report from his subordinates, Zhu Yunxi immediately put down the memorial he was reviewing, and trotted all the way out to meet the two Uncle Wangs.

Zhu Yunxi stood on the imperial steps, and Zhu Gui and Zhu Zhi stood under the imperial steps. The three of them looked at each other, as if the invisible wall in their hearts collapsed in an instant, and there was no barrier between them.

When the two saw that Zhu Yunxi's hands and face were still covered with ink spots, and the shoes were only pulled up, half of the heel was still exposed, the two of them felt nothing but moved.

Zhu Yunxie is still the same Zhu Yunxie from back then, and has not changed because he became the grandson of the emperor...

"Wang De!"

"Immediately order the dining room to prepare a banquet, and then go to the wine and vinegar noodle bureau in the palace to pick out a few jars of 20-year-old wine!"

"Today I'm going to get drunk with the two Uncle Wangs!"

Zhu Gui knew that Zhu Yunxi didn't drink, it wasn't that he didn't know how to drink, it was just that he simply didn't like drinking.

Today Zhu Yunxi made an exception and took the initiative to drink, which can be regarded as giving him enough face.

"The emperor's grandson dares to say such bold words. If Gu goes out standing alone, wouldn't he be too sorry for the emperor's grandson's intentions?"

"Let's stop stealing my father's wine collection. Let's go to Gu's palace. There are a few jars of wine from the Western Regions there. Let's take them and try them together!"

When Zhu Zhi heard the words, he hurried to make fun of it.

"I also have a few jars of sake in my place, which were paid by Korean merchants. It is said that it is very popular in Wa country."

"Gu has never been willing to drink it, so I just brought it here for my nephew to taste!"

Hearing this, Zhu Gui gave Zhu Zhi a disdainful look.

"Are you stupid!"

"The two little kings of the Wa kingdom have come to Beijing, how can we lose the gift from the grandson of the emperor?"

"Furthermore, my nephew's fleet is digging mines in the country of Wa. I guess he may have hidden a lot of good wine here!"

Zhu Yunxi laughed loudly when he heard what Zhu Gui said.

"Uncle Thirteen, you guessed wrong!"

"Now all overseas feudal states know Gu's preferences, and know that Gu dislikes everything except gold and silver."

"Therefore, they only send gold and silver, nothing else!"

Zhu Gui said sourly when he heard the words.

"You have a special hobby. Gu also wants to have this hobby, but no one gives gifts to Gu..."

The three exchanged pleasantries, and then came to the side hall for dinner.

Since it took a while to cook in the dining room, more than a dozen cold dishes and fruits were served as appetizers.

Not long after, wine, sake, and Lao Zhu's collection of fine wines for more than [-] years were brought up by Wang De.

"Your Highness, you have been overworked in the past few days, and the imperial doctor said it is best not to drink too much..."

Zhu Yunxi blushed immediately when he heard the word "toil".

He is indeed a bit hard-working, but it is not a matter of worrying about state affairs, but a fault of eating marrow and taste.

Zhu Gui didn't know this, and really thought that his eldest nephew was working day and night on state affairs.

"Eldest nephew, you have to pay attention to your body, the eldest brother of the crown prince just doesn't take care of his body, that's why..."

Zhu Yunxi was even more embarrassed when he heard this, and while nodding, he told Wang De an inexplicable will.

"deliver an imperial order!"

"Close Miaozhen Palace, and let Master Miaozhen concentrate on praying for the emperor's grandfather!"

When Wang De heard this outrageous decree, his stomach cramped from laughing.

His grandson is too much, obviously he can't control himself, but he even sealed the door of others!

"promise!"

"Slave servant will pass the decree!"

After Wang De left, Zhu Yunxi raised a glass of wine to respect Zhu Gui and Zhu Zhi.

"Thank you two Uncle Wangs for coming to visit Gu!"

"Come!"

"Let's drink this cup to the brim!"

After Zhu Gui and Zhu Zhi drank the glass of wine, a trace of hesitation flashed across their faces.

"Nephew, the two of us came to you today to tell you something..."

Zhu Yunxi raised his hand and interrupted Zhu Gui's words.

"Uncle Thirteen, if you can come to see Gu, Gu is already very happy."

"Some things don't need to be said clearly, Gu will not make it difficult for you, and Gu also believes that you will not make it difficult for you!"

"You have your position, I have my decision."

"In the court, you and I are emperors and ministers, and in the ancestral temple, you and I are uncles and nephews, but in private, I have always regarded you as a friend!"

"Friends who can share adversity and wealth together!"

When Zhu Yunxi said this, he suddenly became sad.

"Gu...Gu is very lonely, I don't want to become a loner..."

After Zhu Yunxi finished speaking, he poured himself a glass of wine, raised his head and downed it.

Seeing this, Zhu Gui and Zhu Zhi also filled their hands, stood up and raised their glasses in both hands to respect Zhu Yunxi, and then downed it in one gulp.

"So is Gu!"

(End of this chapter)