Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 13 Destiny

After everyone retreated in turn, only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao's father and son were left in the hall.

"Yun Chan's temperament changed drastically after his illness. Not only did he obey his mother, but he also lost respect for the gentlemen who served as lecturers. I wanted to discipline him but was unable to do so due to physical reasons."

Zhu Biao said weakly.

"I hope that after Yunwen recovers, dad can replace him with some ministers."

"Biao'er, don't worry, we will definitely replace him with some strict gentlemen." Zhu Yuanzhang took Zhu Biao's cold hands and responded.

"I think Gao Xu is a talented person. Regardless of whether he really understood the prophecies and strategies for governing the country from the book, the six strategies he described personally are actually good strategies for governing the country."

Zhu Biao took a few breaths, regained some strength, and then continued.

"Dad should give him a chance and let him get more experience. In time, he will be able to take on a big job."

"Biao'er, we understand what you mean."

Zhu Yuanzhang said with red eyes.

"It's good that you understand, Dad." Zhu Biao closed his eyes gently and said with a smile, "Dad, I'm sleepy and want to take a nap."

"Okay, you go to sleep, and we'll stay here to watch over you."

Looking at Zhu Biao's dark blue face, Zhu Yuanzhang said heartbrokenly.

On November 25, the 22th year of Hongwu's reign, Prince Zhu Biao died of illness at the age of 38.

Zhu Yuanzhang stayed away from court for three days.

Prince Zhu Biaoxin was mourned, and all the kings came to the capital to pay their respects.

Zhu Yuanzhang was probably worried that Zhu Gaoxu would reveal the "secret", so he set up a statue of Zhu Biao in the side hall of Fengxian Hall. He asked Zhu Gaoxu not to leave Fengxian Hall without orders, so he stayed in the hall to pay homage to Zhu Biao. As for his food and daily life, he was with him. Reading Kangping is responsible.

Zhu Yuanzhang suspected that King Yan was trying to seize the throne, so he secretly contacted Zhu Gaoxu by concealing the truth from Jin Yiwei.

Before Zhu Biao died of illness, he had already given the Jinyiwei spies an order to thoroughly investigate the people around Zhu Biao, especially to find out whether anyone was poisoning and plotting against Zhu Biao.

Even now that Zhu Biao died of illness, the old and suspicious Zhu Yuanzhang still suspected that Zhu Biao was murdered by someone.

However, Jin Yiwei's secret agents investigated for a long time and still found no clues that someone was plotting to assassinate Zhu Biao.

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang imprisoned Zhu Gaoxu in Fengxian Palace and planned to test the princes such as King Yan Zhu Di, otherwise he would be uneasy.

Since Zhu Gaoxu decided to promote Zhu Di to the throne, he would never give up because of a small difficulty. Zhu Yuanzhang would not allow him to go out, let alone let Zhu Di come to see him, so Kang Ping became his only person to secretly deliver the news.

Kang Ping was born in the 17th year of Hongwu, three years older than Zhu Gaoxu. In the [-]th year of Hongwu, his parents died of illness and he became an orphan. In order to survive, he voluntarily entered the palace and was selected as a minor chamberlain. The following year, he was transferred to serve in the Yanwang Mansion. Because of his He was so smart that he was selected by Zhu Di as Zhu Gaoxu's companion.

He has experienced hardships and knows that life is not easy. In order to express his gratitude for Zhu Di's promotion, he served Zhu Gaoxu very carefully. He also has a lively personality, an open mind, and is cautious in his work. He is loyal to his master and is highly appreciated by Zhu Gaoxu. And regard him as a confidant.

When Kang Ping secretly informed Zhu Di of the news that Zhu Gaoxu was banned, Zhu Di understood that there must be a reason.

Although he wanted to see Zhu Gaoxu as soon as possible, as a vassal king who came to Beijing during Zhu Biaoxin's funeral, it was difficult for him to enter Fengxian Hall without Zhu Yuanzhang's order.

After all, Zhu Biao's memorial ceremony was held in Chunhe Hall, not Fengxian Hall.

Zhu Gaoxu believed that with Zhu Di's city power and knowledge, he would definitely notice that Zhu Yuanzhang did this after learning that he was banned from the Confucian Hall. He obviously suspected that Yan Fan had the intention to seize the throne.

In this way, Zhu Di will be prepared and will not fall into the trap designed by Zhu Yuanzhang.

In this way, while Zhu Gaoxu was waiting anxiously, the mourning period of Prince Zhu Biao finally came to an end a month later, and Zhu Yuanzhang subsequently lifted his imprisonment.

That morning, Zhu Gaoxu, who had regained his freedom, was not in a hurry to see Zhu Di. Instead, he went to the Chunhe Hall to pay homage to Prince Zhu Biao, and then asked to see Zhu Yuanzhang to inform him of his intention to see Zhu Di. After Zhu Yuanzhang's permission, he Just left the palace.According to the rules set by Zhu Yuanzhang, in order to facilitate the princes to live when the vassal queen returned to Beijing, each king had a vassal palace in the capital, also known as the prince's residence.

The Yanwang Pavilion is located on a busy street in the west of the imperial city, not far from the imperial palace.

Although the architectural layout of the hotel is like a smaller version of a palace, it is also a large mansion with pavilions, pavilions, small ponds and gardens, which makes it very impressive.

When Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the hotel, Zhu Di was practicing swordplay in the backyard. His confidant, the servant of the palace, and two attendants were guarding the edge of the yard, waiting for tea, washbasins, towels and other toiletries at any time.

When Zhu Gaoxu walked to the entrance of the backyard of the hotel, he saw that Zhu Di had stopped practicing his sword, had finished washing his face and wiping his hands, and was sitting on a Taishi chair drinking tea.

At this time, Zhu Di was wearing a plain-colored tights with a round collar and no embroidery on the clothes. He was more than eight feet tall, with bronze skin and thick eyebrows and big eyes.

To put it simply, Zhu Di is a tall, burly, dark-faced, middle-aged man with resolute eyes and a long beard.

Zhu Di led troops all year round and slept in the open air. The sunshine in the north was more harsh than that in the south, and it was normal for his skin to tan. His appearance was very similar to Zhu Yuanzhang, both with a big square face.

However, seeing Zhu Di with dark skin and beard, Zhu Gaoxu remembered his simple farmer father in his previous life. However, Zhu Di was much taller than his father in his previous life. The height of Zhu Di in front of him was at least 1.9 meters, if not closer to two meters.

Seeing Zhu Gaoxu enter the courtyard, Zhu Di stood up while sitting.

Without saying a word, Zhu Gaoxu came up, pushed the golden mountain and fell the jade pillar, knelt down and kowtowed, made a big salute and said: "My child pays homage to the king."

Zhu Di walked up to Zhu Gaoxu calmly and helped him up. Then he patted Zhu Gaoxu's shoulder firmly with his left hand. He gently put his right hand on Zhu Gaoxu's head and touched him. He sighed: "Okay, Xu'er has grown taller." ”

Zhu Gaoxu has indeed grown a lot taller. Now at the age of thirteen, he is more than five feet tall. He will definitely be a seven-foot tall man (mingchi) when he becomes an adult.

One foot in the Ming Dynasty was equal to about 1.6 centimeters in later generations. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu was already over 20 meters tall. According to this growth trend, he is expected to grow to 1.9 meters or two meters after the age of [-]. After all, it is recorded in history that the adult Zhu Gaoxu was seven feet. body.

Of course, the record may be exaggerated, but it shouldn't be a problem for him to grow to 1.8 meters and [-] meters as an adult.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Father, don't be surprised. It was the emperor's grandfather who refused to let the child leave the palace before."

"Xu'er, I haven't seen you for more than half a year. I'm already estranged from you."

Zhu Di laughed dryly at first, then returned to seriousness and said, "Father, this sounds awkward."

"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu changed his words and said, "Dad."

"That's right. Come on, follow me to the study."

Zhu Di grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's right hand and walked away. Since the height difference between the two was more than a foot, it looked like an adult pulling his own child, which seemed very natural.

After the father and son entered the study, Zhu Di ordered Ma He, the chief servant of Prince Yan's palace, "Without my permission, no one is allowed to approach within ten steps of the study! Ma He, just stand guard outside the door."

"I obey my orders." Ma He bowed and responded.

After the door was closed by Ma He, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaoxu sat down respectively.

After a moment, Zhu Di looked solemn and said in a deep voice: "Gao Xu, you don't know something. When Kang Ping sent the message that day, Jin Yiwei's spies were nearby."

Zhu Gaoxu integrated the memory of the original owner, understood Ma He's loyalty, and even suspected that he was Zheng He, the famous eunuch of the Three Treasures in history. However, he did not expect that Zhu Di would not shy away from talking about secrets, and was not afraid of Ma He outside the door hearing him. .

Just when Zhu Gaoxu was surprised that Ma He was Zhu Di's absolute confidant, Zhu Di slowly told the story of Zhu Yuanzhang's inquiry about the reign name.

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