King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 100 Showdown, plot to seduce Zhu Di
  in the palace.

Zhu Gaoxu went to the Imperial Study Room after receiving the oral instructions.

The slaves who met him nodded and bowed one by one, which gave Zhu Gaoxu a lot of face. Their respectful expressions were mixed with a hint of fear.

What happened today has already spread throughout the palace.

In the past, this man gave people the impression that he was brave and careless.

Although it is cruel enough, it is not scary.

Many people are actually very respectful to Zhu Gaoxu on the surface, but behind his back he has a different face, and there are many people who complain about him.

Today is different from the past. A reckless man without a brain is different from a reckless man with a brain.

Those civil servants who plot and stab in the back all day long.

He was pinned down by Zhu Gaoxu, and with overwhelming force, he got rid of Liu Guan, the left deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, who was feared and defiant to the emperor.

The three people who suddenly met each other saw each other, and were stunned on the spot, with slightly unnatural expressions.

Zhu Gaochi's half-closed eyes suddenly opened and he hummed softly:
  "Oh?"

"Explain it well!"

"Have it?"

Zhu Gaoxu was dumbfounded by such an answer, and the atmosphere instantly became awkward.

"Would you like me to remind you and give you a detailed account?"

"Second brother, do you think so?"

That makes so much sense.

Completely numb!

Zhu Gaoxu: "."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi was startled, glanced at him meaningfully with half-closed eyes, and said with a half-smile:
  "Aren't you the one who has the final say on whether dad's mood is stable or not?"

He simply stopped arguing with him, waved his hand at him, turned around and walked into the imperial study.

Knowing that the prince in front of him is angry, don't expect to hear anything good or true from his mouth.

The two of them stared at each other for a moment, and the atmosphere was extremely awkward.

numb!

Say it.

But I didn’t pay too much attention to it.

Not long after, they arrived outside the imperial study room.

"Hahaha, it's quite enjoyable to take it, and the credit is great enough."

Taking a closer look, it seems that every time Zhu Di got angry or furious, he was there, and almost every time it was caused by his confrontation with him.

"Or think about it yourself?"

"Don't shoot yourself in the foot."

In the end, Zhu Gaoxu was the first to be defeated. Even though he was thick-skinned, he couldn't help but feel his cheeks getting slightly hot.

"It depends on whether you want him to be stable or not."

For this, he could probably guess the reason.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu smiled awkwardly, stretched out his hand to pat his head, and said:
  "Boss...what you said is too much!"

"Involving such a big official and such a big case, the old man is not so easy to fool."

I happened to meet the Crown Prince and Yang Shiqi who were coming out of the imperial study room. I saw that the two of them were relieved, happy, and breathed a long sigh of relief. It seemed that this trip had achieved their wish and wiped away what happened before. Evened out.

Who can survive as a slave in the palace, who is not a human spirit?
  Under such circumstances, how can we prevent them from thinking too much and being afraid?
  Along the way, Zhu Gaoxu greeted everyone with his usual expression, and at the same time he could feel the changes in the atmosphere and attitude.

Zhu Gaochi saw Zhu Gaoxu, who was shriveled and ignored him, and disappeared at the door. He raised his eyebrows and raised the corners of his mouth slightly. A smile appeared on his face unconsciously, and he murmured in a low voice:

"Is not it?"

Although he knew that the prince was angry with him, he was poking a soft nail into his heart!
  Even so, it left him speechless and completely unable to refute.

There is no need to make yourself uncomfortable.

ha?
  Can you talk?

“But it’s not easy to take the credit.”

"Second brother! Second child!"

"We passed this level without any danger. Your level is much more difficult than mine. It's not easy to pass!"

"If you don't want him to be stable, I'm afraid that no matter how hard you try, it won't help."

After a brief daze, Zhu Gaoxu took the lead and asked:
  "Boss, you just came out. Is the old man emotionally stable?"

If he is completely unable to stand up, or even remains in disgrace for thousands of years, everyone is afraid to avoid him and dare not even say a word of intercession for him.

"The Metropolitan Procuratorate, Liu Guan?"

He took a deep look at the closed door of the royal study, waved to Yang Shiqi beside him, and said:

"Let's go!"

Enter the imperial study room.

Zhu Di, dressed in brocade robes, was seen leaning on the soft couch, holding a memorial in his hand with half-closed eyes, looking at it with gusto.

Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu knelt down and bowed respectfully, shouting:

"My son, I would like to pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Zhu Di, who was holding the memorial in his hand, seemed as if he hadn't heard his voice. He didn't even want to lower his eyelids, and his eyes were still staring at the memorial in his hand.

He left him alone without any intention of asking him to get up.

The atmosphere in the palace instantly became extremely strange.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was kneeling on the ground, knew that this was a threat to him, so he did not dare to do anything disobedient. He could only kneel down obediently and maintain a salute posture.

After a long time like this, Zhu Di slowly put down the memorial in his hand, raised his eyebrows and drooped his eyelids, glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, who was still kneeling on the ground, waved at him and said:
  "Get up!"

As soon as these words came out, they fell in Zhu Gaoxu's ears as if they were sounds of nature.

‘Hoo’ Zhu Gaoxu let out a long breath, dragged his slightly stiff body, and his numb thighs, and stood up slowly with his hands on the ground.

After that, he subconsciously twisted his neck a few times, patted his arms and thighs, and reached out to wipe the beads of sweat that had accumulated on his forehead for some time.

In the situation just now, maintaining this posture was really tiring Zhu Gaoxu.

If it weren't for his martial arts background, long experience in the battlefield, and his physical fitness, it would be beyond the reach of others.

I'm afraid I couldn't hold on any longer and fell to the ground exhausted.

Zhu Di, who was sitting on the high platform, saw him like this. An imperceptible smile flashed through his half-closed eyes. Then his voice fell in vain and he asked:

"Second brother, tell me!"                                                                                                        "Obviously I only asked you to cooperate with the supervision of the Metropolitan Procuratorate's self-examination, why did you directly attack the left deputy Censor Liu Guan?

"And without any evidence, or my handwritten or oral instructions, the Jinyi Guards were mobilized to search the homes of the third-rank officials of the imperial court."

"Who gave you the courage to act so openly?"

"Have you ever thought about how serious the consequences would be and how big the impact would be if nothing was found?"

"Or where did you get the accurate information, and you are sure that Liu Guan has a huge problem, so you dare to act so recklessly?"

Say it.

Zhu Di's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, staring straight at Zhu Gaoxu who was standing not far away.

It's not surprising that Zhu Di acted like this.

They are all extremely shrewd people, and they all have a clear mind.

And he himself is a suspicious person by nature. It is really puzzling that Zhu Gaoxu is so sure and acts so boldly without anyone having any scruples, and he can still get such a big harvest.

There must be a demon in the abnormal situation.

Although the case of Liu Guan achieved unexpected results, it cleared away the worms for the court, destroyed a huge corruption empire, and upheld the Ming Dynasty's laws with a straight line.

But this is all just the surface.

It not only involves the issue of Liu Guan's corrupt empire, but also involves the abnormal behavior of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu.

You must know that Liu Guan has been an official for many years. He has been able to mix well in the officialdom and has won his trust. In this big dye vat of officialdom, he can be corrupt while not being noticed by anyone, and he can become an "incorruptible official". reputation.

For such a person, no one would have imagined that Liu Guan would do such a thing.

Why was Zhu Gaoxu able to make the final decision and tear off the cloak that Liu Guan had been hiding for these years against all opinions?

According to Zhu Gaoxu's past behavior, he could understand and accept such an arrogant and reckless act.

The problem is Zhu Gaoxu's transformation during this period.

It is enough to show that he is not a foolhardy bastard, but also a very thoughtful and thoughtful person. His abilities and thoughts are probably on par with the prince's, or even worse.

It is absolutely impossible for such a person to do such an irrational act.

It is even more impossible not to know, with such recklessness, what kind of storm he will face if he fails to find out the matter, how much shock it will cause, and how detrimental it will be to him.

The problem lies here, Zhu Gaoxu did exactly that.

Under such circumstances, if he doesn't understand the ins and outs and knows the hidden secrets, how can he feel at ease?

This is why after leaving Liu Guan's mansion, he ordered someone to summon Zhu Gaoxu to come to the palace to see him.

Because what Zhu Gaoxu did today made Zhu Di seriously doubt whether he had some incredible intelligence system under his nose, or even some hidden force that he didn't know existed.

If such a force that is out of control cannot be understood, it will be absolutely unacceptable to Zhu Di.

If this was really the case, he might not even be able to sleep well.

After all, after so many years of father-son relationship, who still doesn’t know what kind of person he is?

Zhu Di was not unclear about Zhu Gaoxu's ambition and desire for that position.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was standing aside and slowly recovering, saw the eyes staring straight at him, as well as the suspicion, worry and questioning words hidden deep in his eyes.

He is not a fool, he has a clear mind in his heart.

In fact, when he received the oral instruction, Zhu Gaoxu probably already had a guess in his mind.

After thinking briefly for a moment and simply sorting out his thoughts, Zhu Gaoxu narrowed his eyes slightly, not wanting to make any detours, and asked directly based on what he was thinking:
  "father"

"Are you suspecting that I hold some intelligence system or some mysterious power that you don't know about?"

Having said this, he paused and his expression suddenly became extremely heavy, and he said in a serious voice:
  "If I say, everything is my guess, everything is my bet, I do not hold in my hands the mysterious power that you are worried about."

"Do you believe it?"

Zhu Di: "???"

What the hell?
  Is everything a gamble and a guess?

My dear mother!
  Do you think I look like a fool?

Is it that stupid?
  Do you, Prince Han, believe what you say?
  This bastard. Isn't it fun to tease him?
  Just guessing out of thin air, would you, a scheming, thoughtful, and smart man, do this?

He didn't believe it anyway.

After a brief daze, Zhu Di half-closed his eyes and looked at him with a gloomy face. He did not answer his question, but asked in a deep voice:
  "Second brother, do you think our identities have been swapped in this matter? Do you believe it?"

After saying that, he stared at him coldly with half-lidded eyes, waiting for the answer.

Feeling the eyes staring closely at him, Zhu Gaoxu smiled noncommittally and responded to Zhu Di's question.

He can understand it in his heart.

After all, this answer is too fantasy and too unbelievable.

It's normal for others not to believe it.

Just like what Zhu Di said, he would definitely not believe it if the roles of the two were reversed.

In response, Zhu Gaoxu laughed "haha", raised his head and glanced meaningfully at Zhu Di. He simply stopped hiding it and spoke out his innermost thoughts, saying:
  "Old man, what's going on in the court? What kind of people are those courtiers and civil servants?"

"For someone who has lived through the period of Emperor Taizu, I don't believe you don't know this clearly."

"We are not fools. You have experienced the Taizu period and have come all the way to dominate the world."

"I was also born in the Taizu period, and I have a lot of things going on. Although I don't talk about it, I still know it as clearly as a mirror."

"And in order to secure this position and stop everyone in the world from talking about it, you did not hesitate to use the civil service group to reach some kind of tacit understanding with them. You indulged them a lot, and the various regulations were no longer so strict."

"Under such circumstances, all the civil servants above the court had their nostrils pointed in the sky, as if the emperor was the boss of the others."

"He is arrogant because of being favored. He looks like a dog on the surface, but he does dirty and dirty things behind his back."

"I have a vague tendency to escape your control. I think I have grasped your weakness, and I have done things that make you very unhappy."

Having said this, he paused, couldn't help but rolled his eyes at Zhu Di, and continued with a cold snort:

"This time, you agreed so readily to let me be responsible for supervising the Metropolitan Procuratorate's removal of borers."

"Isn't it just because the civil service group and I are so close, knowing that I will never protect them and will be cruel to them, so you want to use my hands to investigate a group of people and scare them away?"

"Only catching small fish and shrimps and making small fuss is not worth my effort."

"Of course it won't serve as a warning to the monkeys. I'll just play something big and give them a hard blow."

"Under such circumstances, why do you have to ask me for a result? Or even doubt me?"

"Does it make sense?"

"To tell you the truth, I have already restrained myself enough. You must know that my initial target was not just Liu Guan, but also the old guy Wuzhong, the censor of the right capital of the Metropolitan Procuratorate."

"If you weren't afraid of overdoing it, or that it would be difficult for you to do..."

(End of this chapter)