King Xiang of the Red Chamber

Chapter 239 When will you be the emperor

When the moon is in the sky and the night is deep, the banquet at the Hall of Martial Heroes is considered to be over.

Although there were some small episodes in the middle, they were innocuous, and the whole banquet was still very successful.

Generally speaking, the obedient ones in the Ming Dynasty accounted for the majority, and the unruly ones like Junggar were very few.

Zhu Jinghong drank a lot of wine tonight, although he has a strong drinking capacity, he is also dizzy, and the most terrible thing is that he urinates very much.

After getting rid of the entanglement of the senior officials of the Five Army Mansion, Zhu Jinghong led the accompanying eunuchs to "escape" away, because the nearest hut was not far away.

"It's dark right now, so I'm not afraid that someone will see it, why don't you just pee under the wall?"

Just as Zhu Jinghong was thinking about this, he heard a voice from a distance: "Master Thirteen, the Lord sent you to see me!"

"what?"

Hearing this, Zhu Jinghong felt more like urinating, and was flustered for a while.

"knew!"

There was no other way, Zhu Jinghong had no choice but to leave with the eunuch who sent the message, and found a latrine on the way for convenience.

When he arrived at Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jinghong happened to meet Baochai, who was leading Qiqige out at the moment.

"You are this?"

Baochai replied: "Your Majesty has an order to send Qiqige out of the palace!"

"Um...to take care of his elder brother, right? My mother is really kind!"

Seeing what Zhu Jinghong said, Qiqige, who was holding back her anger, couldn't bear it anymore, and said immediately: "It's all your fault, why did you hurt my third brother!"

Facing Qiqige's questioning, Zhu Jinghong looked calm: "He is too arrogant, I am helping him!"

"You bully others, you are not a hero!" Qiqige scolded angrily.

Baochai turned around and scolded: "Qiqige, don't be presumptuous!"

"Don't you want to kill your third brother?"

Baochai's scolding made Qiqige calm down, so she didn't dare to speak again.

Although she is impulsive, she is not stupid. She knows what the situation is now, and the questioning just now can be called an act of courting death.

"Miss Bao, what you said... makes me look like a bad guy, why do you always talk about killing!"

Zhu Jinghong had a smile on his face. At this moment, he was still in the mood to make a joke, obviously he didn't care about Qiqige's rudeness.

"Master Thirteen, you'd better go in quickly, the Holy Spirit has a call and don't neglect it!"

After saying this, Baochai bowed to Zhu Jinghong, and then walked out with Qiqige.

After the two walked away, Qiqige just said: "Sister Bao, thank you very much!"

Although she didn't stay in the palace for a few days, Qiqige was deeply cared and taught by Baochai. Just now Baochai helped her out of the siege again, so Qiqige was deeply grateful to her.

"After leaving the palace, you have to persuade your brother to calm down, this is Daming...he has no right to make trouble!"

"The so-called one who knows the current affairs is a hero. If your brother is really a hero, he should know that he can bend and stretch and he is a man!"

Listening to Baochai's great principles, while thinking about it, Qiqige admired the girl in front of her more and more.

Although the other party is weak, he knows so many reasons and can solve so many problems and difficulties, unlike her who only resorts to force.

"Sister Bao, I don't have a real sister, but you are closer than my own sister!" Qiqige said very straightforwardly, which was an extreme recognition of Baochai.

With a smile on her face, Baochai said slowly: "After you go back...you should think about the purpose of coming to Daming!"

"Are you here to ease the relationship, or to provoke the killing of the two countries, let your people fall into a sea of ​​blood, and make your royal city howl day and night!"

"Ok!"

When Baochai was training Qiqige, Zhu Jinghong also entered the chess room in the main hall of Kunning Palace.

"My son kowtowed to my father and mother!"

After dropping the chess pieces, Zhu Xianming stared at the chessboard and said, "It's really rare to be so polite today!"

"My son..."

Before Zhu Jinghong could answer, Zhu Xianming continued to ask, "How much wine did you drink?"

"Eh... drank it, probably... there are probably three or four jars!"

Before Zhu Xianming could speak, Empress Yang Qingyin turned her head, glared at her youngest son and said, "You bastard... whoever told you to drink so much, the fourth brother doesn't care about you!"

Zhu Xianming also turned his head, and said slowly: "It's polite to drink too much, it can be seen that drinking more is a good thing for him!"

Not knowing what the old man was thinking, Zhu Jinghong tentatively said: "Father...mother is cursing that I really drank too much tonight, and my son will never do it again in the future!"

At the moment when the queen was down, Zhu Xianming turned his eyes back to the chessboard, and then said, "It's just a drink, what's the big deal..."

"Just now you were so majestic in the Hall of Martial Heroes, how can you become this virtuous now!"

It seems that the old man is angry again...

Thinking of this, Zhu Jinghong became more and more frightened. The old man asked him to help the fourth child in the afternoon. Why is this attitude now?

"Father... son... really drank too much, so he got a little impulsive!"

Looking at his wife in front of him, Zhu Xianming smiled: "Look... I don't blame him, what is this kid afraid of!"

Unable to see Zhu Xianming playing tricks on his son, Yang Qingyin said bluntly: "Old Shisan, those people should be beaten. You did the right thing. In the future...don't drink too much!"

Glancing at the emperor, Zhu Jinghong quickly replied, "Yes!"

"Report to Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince will see you!"

Hearing the announcement from outside the hall, Zhu Xianming's tone visibly turned cold, and he said, "Let him in!"

After a few breaths, Prince Zhu Jingyuan rushed over, not forgetting to exchange a glance with his good brother.

"My son kowtowed to my father and mother!"

Before the emperor could speak, Yang Qingyin spoke first: "It's cold on the ground, get up quickly!"

This made Zhu Jinghong a little jealous, Zhu Jingyuan wouldn't be cold when kneeling on the carpet, my old lady didn't care about him so much just now.

"Prince, I asked you to host the banquet to give me face, you don't know that?"

Seeing that Zhu Xianming wanted to train his son again, although Yang Qingyin was worried, she was inconvenient to obstruct it because it was the emperor asking the prince.

"My son made a mistake, I let my father down!"

It's another confession, the old man doesn't want to hear this, fourth brother, you have to fight him hard...Zhu Jinghong watched anxiously from the sidelines.

What Zhu Xianming couldn't get used to the most was the prince's submissive attitude, and he had reprimanded him countless times over the years.

But today with the empress here, Zhu Xianming restrained his anger, and said in a serious manner: "The barbarians have provoked and bullied you before your eyes, and you still reason with them, is reasoning useful?"

"Are there no guards at the scene? Or are there no loyal ministers of Ming Dynasty?"

"Some people want to be loyal, and want to step on Junggar Zasak to make meritorious deeds. Have you given them a chance?"

This is the heart of an emperor. The first thing to do in dealing with problems is to make the best use of the situation, and it is always the worst policy to end in person.

"Let the old thirteen take the lead, thanks to your brother!"

Hearing this, no matter what the prince thought, Zhu Jinghong felt relieved.

At least the old man believed that the responsibility for his impulsive behavior tonight should fall on the fourth son.

"Father, son, as a younger brother, it's only natural to help the fourth brother protect his face, why are you angry about it!"

Zhu Jinghong chose to speak up, he always felt uneasy if he didn't make some mistakes tonight.

Facing the emperor's sweeping gaze, Zhu Jinghong said without fear: "Although I haven't read a few books, I also know that brothers are of one heart. It...it..."

"What? You have something to say here?" Although Zhu Jinghong was scolded, the emperor himself was relieved.

Speaking carefully, since Zhu Jinghong returned from Jinling, the emperor has changed his perception of him, and no longer regards him as a jerk as before.

At this moment, Yang Qingyin said: "Okay, you said it, let's come here tonight!"

"Go down!"

The queen had already spoken, but Zhu Jingyuan still had to wait for his father to show him, but Zhu Jinghong dragged him away.

Before leaving, Zhu Jinghong turned his head and said, "Father and mother, you two continue to play chess, so we won't bother you!"

After pulling Zhu Jingyuan out of the hall, Zhu Jinghong let go of his hand.

Seeing that the crown prince still had Qi Ran on his face, he smiled and said: "I said fourth brother, the old man is like this, why do you have to be as knowledgeable as him!"

There were many eunuchs and maids on duty around, but Zhu Jinghong said these without any scruples, which made Zhu Jingyuan even more worried.

"Thirteenth brother, be careful!"

"Fourth brother, why do you have to worry so much, you should have toughened up the old man just now!"

"What's so great about him, one day you will be the emperor..."

Seeing that Zhu Jinghong's words were getting more and more outrageous, Zhu Jingyuan quickly covered his mouth and said loudly: "Brother Thirteen, there is still good wine in brother's house, let's have a few more drinks!"

(End of this chapter)