Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 25 King Jin Falls from His Horse

It's the third watch on a cold night, and the air-conditioning is blowing.

After Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the emperor's chamber, he did not stop for a moment.

He braved the biting cold wind and walked straight out of the palace gate. Under the escort of several imperial guards and Kang Ping, he returned to the King of Yan's residence without stopping.

After entering the hotel gate, an attendant from the palace came up to greet him, and another attendant hurried straight to the backyard to call Ma He, the manager of the palace.

A moment later, Zhu Gaoxu saw Ma He who came to greet him on the way to the backyard. The latter was holding a palm-sized dark yellow spherical hand warmer in his hand, followed by two young attendants.

"Second Young Master, it's cold at night, please use this thing to keep warm."

Horses and hands offer a warm stove.

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and took it, and asked at the same time: "Manager Ma, has my father gone to bed?"

Ma He replied neither humble nor arrogantly: "His Royal Highness King Yan has rested, but His Highness has an order. From today on, whenever the Second Young Master asks to see him, His Highness will meet him."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu frowned. He realized that Zhu Di might have some important information, otherwise he would not have made such an arrangement.

"There is Chief Rauma."

Zhu Gaoxu said in a mature voice.

"Second son, please."

Ma He bowed and made a gesture.

After Zhu Gaoxu started, the two attendants who had just followed Ma He lowered their heads and walked around the crowd, walking quickly towards the backyard, obviously wanting to report to King Yan first.

When the group of people arrived at the backyard of the hotel, the door of King Yan's bedroom had been opened, and there were two attendants standing on the left and right with their heads bowed and hands lowered. They were the two who left earlier.

Zhu Gaoxu didn't pause at all, walked straight across the threshold and entered King Yan's bedroom. He then turned around and motioned to Ma He and Kang Ping to guard the door, and closed the door smoothly.

"Why so panic?"

Zhu Di was wrapped in a ferret fur robe, lying half-lying against the head of the bed. A few steps outside the bed was a dark yellow heating cauldron three feet high.

At this time, seeing Zhu Gaoxu pushing the door open and walking in a hurry, looking very unsteady, Zhu Di asked with some displeasure.

"Dad, there are changes in the East Palace."

Zhu Gaoxu immediately came to the bed and replied in a low voice: "Brother Yunwen may be seriously ill."

Upon hearing this, Zhu Di pondered for a moment, then grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's left hand, lowered his head and asked in a low voice: "Is the news reliable?"

Zhu Gaoxu's hand was so painful that he frowned and said, "[-]% sure."

Zhu Di couldn't hide his excitement, and immediately let go of his hand, secretly saying with joy: "God is really helping me!"

Even so, he still restrained his inner excitement, kept a calm expression on his face, and silently pulled out a piece of yellow paper as thin as cicada wings from under the pillow, and handed it to Zhu Gaoxu, who looked confused.

"Look."

Zhu Di Gujing said calmly.

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't wait to open the note. There was only one sentence on it: "The King of Jin fell from his horse and broke his right leg."

"This is the news that my people sent from the General Affairs Department two hours ago." Zhu Di explained.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly understood.

He knew that there must be Zhu Di's spy in the court, but now that Zhu Di was honest and told the source of the information, it was clear that he had no intention of concealing the matter.

On the surface, when the situation has developed to this point, there is a [-]% chance that the new crown prince's position will fall to Zhu Di.

However, based on Zhu Gaoxu's understanding of Zhu Yuanzhang in his past and present lives, if he learned about the news that King Jin fell from his horse, he would definitely send someone to verify the authenticity of the matter and investigate whether the matter was set up by an "evil person".

Zhu Yuanzhang was able to stand out among the heroes in the late Yuan Dynasty, and his cautious behavior was the foundation of his career. Coupled with his old age and suspicion, he would inevitably doubt Zhu Di's relationship with such matters.

"Dad, I'm worried that someone will take advantage of the situation." Zhu Gaoxu said seriously after returning the note to Zhu Di.

Zhu Di was so smart that he immediately understood Zhu Gaoxu's meaning and muttered: "Just wait and see what happens."

While speaking, he crumpled the thin piece of paper into a small ball, raised his hand and threw it into the warm charcoal fire beside the bed.

Early the next morning, Zhu Yuanzhang, who went to court despite being ill, was silent for a long time after learning the news that King Jin had fallen from his horse, and then issued two imperial orders.

First, order the chamberlain in the palace to follow the emperor's oral instructions, bring along the medical officers sent from the imperial hospital, and leave the capital to visit the King of Jin.

Second, Jin Yiwei was sent to investigate whether there was any hidden secret behind King Jin's fall from the horse. The investigation must be completed within two months, otherwise there would be no need to come back to report.

Zhu Di did not attend the morning court due to illness, but he learned the news in the court at noon that day.

So he called Monk Daoyan and secretly discussed with him for more than half an hour.

After Monk Daoyan left, Zhu Di sent for Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi.

"There is a conspiracy against me that has been launched in the capital. If nothing unexpected happens, there should be rumors that my life experience is related to the Mongolian people. Therefore, from now on, all items related to the Mongolian people in the palace must be handed over to Ma The manager will handle it together."

Zhu Di had no intention of concealing this conspiracy planned by the King of Jin and specifically targeting Yan Fan. Instead, he solemnly gave Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaochi face-to-face instructions.

"The situation is changing at the moment. To prevent unforeseen circumstances, you two are not allowed to go out unless necessary these days."

Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochi and said meaningfully.

At the end of last year, he had a private conversation with Zhu Gaochi. The general meaning was that Zhu Gaochi was excellent in all aspects and was deeply loved by Zhu Yuanzhang. Therefore, after repeated consideration, he decided to petition Zhu Gaochi to be the crown prince.

Zhu Gaochi is no longer a child, and he understands that Zhu Di respects him by saying these words to him.

At that time, he told Zhu Di very wisely that he had always had foot problems, and he would be content to be an idle prince from now on.

Although Zhu Di's memorial was ignored by Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Gaochi's attitude towards Zhu Gaoxu has changed dramatically since then.

Not only does he no longer criticize and complain about Zhu Gaoxu, but he also sends some gadgets to Zhu Gaoxu from time to time.

Zhu Gaoxu knew Zhu Gaochi's city well, so he treated Zhu Gaochi more respectfully than before.

For example, when two brothers happen to be sitting together for a meal, he will wait for Zhu Gaochi to move his chopsticks before eating; when they happen to be walking together, he will be a few steps behind Zhu Gaochi and follow behind.

He would even sometimes support Zhu Gaochi, who had foot problems and had difficulty moving, creating a warm scene of "brothers, friends and brothers respectfully".

But the more this happened, the stronger the sense of loss Zhu Gaochi felt in his heart.

He originally wanted to use this "tolerance" method to stimulate the domineering side of Zhu Gaoxu's temperament.

But Zhu Gaojiu is no longer the stupid fool he was before. He has long seen through Zhu Gaochi's trick of "retreating in order to advance" and is not fooled at all.

Now, seeing Zhu Gaoxu gradually becoming Zhu Di's confidant, even his right-hand man, and gaining the power to meet Zhu Di at any time, Zhu Gaochi felt that if the current trend continued, he would probably miss the chance to be the crown prince of Prince Yan.

"Gao Chi, you are in a daze and absent-minded, can you listen to what I just said?"

Zhu Di asked sharply.

Zhu Gaochi said quickly: "I will obey dad's orders carefully and never dare to go out at will."

"Ah."

Zhu Di leaned on the cushions at the head of the bed and made a soft nasal noise. He turned to look at Zhu Gaoxu and asked, "Gaoxu, what about you?"

"My child will obey dad's arrangements in everything."

Zhu Gaoxu lowered his head and said respectfully.

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