Daming: I am the most powerful emperor grandson, please abdicate the throne

After Zhu Xuan and Xu Miaojin finished their romance, they went to see Lao Zhu again and had two drinks with Lao Zhu for the first time.

Soon, it was getting late.

According to their arrangement, Zhu Xuan accompanied Cen Hua.

"Your Highness!"

Seeing him coming, Cen Hua was very happy and asked people to bring the prepared food and wine to drink with Zhu Xuan.

Everyone in the palace is very happy today. On a festive day, it’s time to drink some wine to cheer up.

However, Hou Xian walked in at this time.

"Your Highness, Zhao Yunsheng is here."

He said.

Under normal circumstances, Zhao Yunsheng rarely took the initiative to contact Zhu Xuan. He and Jiang Yu always followed Lao Zhu. If there was any information, Yan Guan would only send it over.

Zhu Xuan said: "Hua'er, wait a moment and let him come in."

It was definitely not appropriate to see Zhao Yunsheng in the palace. Zhu Xuan went outside and Zhao Yunsheng came in quickly.

"Your Highness!"

Zhao Yunsheng knelt down and bowed, took out two pieces of paper from his arms, and said: "I just got a piece of information and sent it directly, but it is not an important matter. You should know it. Your Highness basically knows it." .”

Zhu Xuan opened it and looked at it for a while. It was exactly what the three Zhu Di brothers were talking about when they met today.

In fact, it didn't have much content. Zhu Di refused to say anything, and Zhu and Zhu couldn't find anything out. The content was very simple. Zhu Xuan finished reading it and burned it on the candlestick held by Hou Xian.

There are light bulbs inside the dormitory, but not outside.

Candles, oil lamps, etc. are still common in the palace.

"Is there any new information?"

Zhu Xuan asked.

Zhao Yunsheng shook his head and said: "I am incompetent and can't find anything. The vassal king returned to Beijing and nothing special happened. However, there may be some new clues about the vassal king alliance, but I can't confirm it. I don't know whether it is true or not for the time being. I dare not write it on the intelligence."

Zhu Xuan asked curiously: "What clue?"

Zhao Yunsheng said respectfully: "The Jin Yiwei heard something from Zhu Xianyao, the eldest son of King Qi, saying that a year ago, a monk came to His Highness King Qi. Zhu Xianyao also said that they, who are from King Qi's lineage, can also achieve great things."

Hearing this, Zhu Xuan frowned.

Zhu Shu, the king of Qi, had his fiefdom in Qingzhou.

It is not far from the King of Zhou and not far from the land of Yan. It is indeed possible.

"In what state did he say this?"

Zhu Xuan asked again.

Zhao Yunsheng said: "In a drunken state, he held a concubine and said it. It seems that he was bragging to the concubine, but he didn't say much, so it is impossible to determine whether it is true or false. I have arranged for someone to investigate."

It is sometimes difficult to determine the authenticity of such drunken bragging.

But when a monk went to Zhu Shu, the king of Qi in the State of Zhao, Zhu Xuan sensitively thought of the demon monk Yao Guangxiao.

Because of Yao Guangxiao's existence, monk has almost become a derogatory term in Zhu Xuan's mind.

"How many of the vassal prince's sons are in the capital?"

Zhu Xuan asked.

Zhao Yunsheng said: "Currently, there are only some young sons left in the capital. The older ones are getting older. Your Majesty arranged to go back a few years ago and replace them with the younger ones."

Zhu Xuan understood that Zhu Yuanzhang relented.

I don't want to use my other grandchildren to stay in Yingtian as hostages. Let the older ones go and send the younger ones over again, just to go through the process.

"It's just that Yan Fan's is different."

Zhao Yunsheng continued: "His Royal Highness the Fourth Prince is still in Yingtian, and the one who has returned is the current King Yan."

They know what Yan Fan's situation is.

Zhu Xuan asked: "Did my fifth uncle and sixth uncle bring their sons to Beijing?"

They should have been brought with them, but Zhu Xuan didn't have a good relationship with them and wasn't very familiar with them. He couldn't recognize them and didn't know who they were.

Zhao Yunsheng said: "His Royal Highness the King of Zhou brought his eldest son Zhu Youdou back, his second son Zhu Youhuang came back, His Highness the King of Chu brought back his second son Zhu Mengjiong, and his third son Zhu Mengran came back. The eldest son of the King of Chu died young."

After hearing these names, Zhu Xuan tried hard to think about what he still remembered. It seems that in order to fight for power, Zhu Youhui reported that Zhu Ji wanted to rebel during the Jianwen period. In addition, as the second son, Zhu Mengjiong, he could not compete with the third son Zhu Mengran and could not get the hereditary position of King of Chu.

Sometimes the relationship within the royal family seems calm and calm on the surface, but in reality the water is very deep, with overt and covert fights and intrigues abounding.

Even among the feudal lords, there are many such things.

The position of heir, no matter what he inherits, as long as it is beneficial, in the eyes of many people, it is a piece of cake.

"Hou Xian, before noon tomorrow, it is reported that Zhu Youhuan and Zhu Mengjiong will enter the palace. I want to see them."

Zhu Xuan said calmly.

"Slave, take your orders!"

Hou Xian bowed and said.

Zhu Xuan asked again: "Besides this clue, is there anything else?"

Zhao Yunsheng shook his head and couldn't find anything else.

They are really not omnipotent, but they can be very effective for keeping an eye on those courtiers and vassal kings.

Zhu Xuan waved his hand and let Zhao Yun win.

Outside the palace, silence quickly returned.

Zhu Xuan continued to go back to accompany Cen Hua.

As a concubine, Cen Hua was very sensible and didn't ask anything. She just said softly: "Your Highness, the food is cold."

Zhu Xuan smiled and said: "You can still eat it after it's cold, it's nothing."

Cen Hua said: "Your Highness, let's tonight..."

Zhu Xuan blew gently into her ear and said, "Of course we will continue. If we don't continue, how can we have a child?"

Cen Hua's neck was pink and she said softly: "Your Highness... bad!"

So tonight, he is going to do some bad things!

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the next morning.

The joy in the palace continues.

This morning was a rare moment of relaxation.

After finishing other matters, Lao Zhu specially took Zhu Xuan to the Ancestral Temple to burn incense on the ancestral tablet, and then asked Zhu Xuan to go back to Zhan Shifu to do some work.

After returning to Zhan Shifu, not long after I sat down, Hou Xian came in and announced that Zhu Gaochi wanted to see him.

"here we go again?"

Zhu Xuan said: "Bring your cousin in."

After a while.

Zhu Gaochi came to Zhu Xuan, knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, Zhu Gaochi, pays homage to His Highness!"

Zhu Xuan said: "Cousin Gao Chi excuses himself from the ceremony, what's the matter?"

Zhu Gaochi said with a little embarrassment: "This is Chen's father. He asked me to bring some gifts to His Highness. They are gifts for my nephew. I didn't know what to give, so I went out and bought some supplements, calligraphy and paintings, etc. , that’s how you come in.”

Sending gifts to the royal family is also a hassle.

Being royal, what not?

It won't do if it's vulgar, it won't do if it's too ordinary, it won't do if it doesn't have any good meaning, and it won't do either.

Zhu Gaochi struggled with this for a long time.

"Oh?"

Zhu Xuan heard Zhu Gaochi's honest confession and asked curiously: "Why does fourth uncle want to give me a gift?"

Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to tell all his conjectures.

In fact, Zhu Di wanted to bet on both ends. On the one hand, he wanted to do something, and on the other hand, he hoped to have a good relationship with Zhu Xuan through Zhu Gaochi. If something went wrong, the Yanfan lineage would still have a guarantee.

"Uncle Fourth has so many ideas!"

Zhu Xuan couldn't help but sigh after hearing this.

Being able to be cautious to this extent shows that Zhu Di also took great pains and put a lot of thought into trying to take care of both ends. (End of chapter)