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Chapter 1064 The grandson is back

At noon the next day, a group of horses galloped in from the west. The horses were foaming at the mouth and snorting continuously, and they had run so fast that they lost all strength.The knights on horseback were equally exhausted, but each of them had a determined expression, staring sternly at the high city wall in the distance.

The leading man looked to be 24 or [-] years old, with a neat short beard, a dark face, and a dignified appearance, with a pair of tiger eyes revealing majesty.It is the long-lost His Royal Highness Zhu Zhanji!
It has been about ten hours since Wang Xian's subordinates sent the news, His Royal Highness Taisun miraculously appeared in the city of Beijing!

"Your Highness, the news is correct. The gates of the capital are closed. How can I enter the city?" Qin Ya, who was behind the grandson, looked worriedly and said, "Should I wait until dark and try to get Lord Hou's people to take you in?"

"Impossible! Gu is a dignified grandson, how can he imitate the generation of chickens and dogs, and fall into his prestige for nothing!" Zhu Zhanji said coldly: "Play the banner of Gu! Call to open the city gate!"

"Yes!" His Highness Taisun made a decision, and Qin Ya stopped persuading him, and led the crowd to escort Zhu Zhanji forward.

Although the city of Beijing at this time was not as prosperous as later generations, it still had a population of one million. The city was already overcrowded, and it naturally developed outside the city.Beyond the Nine Gates, near the barracks, there are quite a lot of towns, densely populated and quite prosperous.

There is no martial law outside the city, and the streets are full of soldiers and civilians. Seeing this team of people galloping forward, they all pay attention to watch, waiting to see the bright yellow banner with the word "Zhu" written on it, and the black-faced young man under the banner, The people all exclaimed: "It's His Highness Taisun! His Highness Taisun is back!"

Without squinting, Zhu Zhanji led the crowd through the town.

The gates of the city were closed these days, and the people outside the city had been speculating a lot. Now that His Highness Taisun had come back, there was no reason not to watch the excitement. They put down their work and followed His Highness Taisun to Fucheng Gate.

Zhu Zhanji seemed to be conscious of waiting for the people to catch up, and he rode his horse slowly, strolling to the city.

The defenders on the Fucheng Gate had already noticed the movement below the city, and they all moved to the top of the city to look down, and couldn't help but whisper to each other.

"That person seems to be His Highness the Grandson?"

"What does it mean to be like, it's just like that!"

"Really?"

"His Royal Highness Taisun has been in the capital for so many years, I don't know how many times he has entered and exited the city gate, how could he admit his mistake!"

The soldiers were discussing a lot, but suddenly they all fell silent the next moment, because Qianhu Gaozheng, who was in charge of the defense of Fuchengmen, heard the sound and climbed to the top of the city.

"Go back! What does it look like to be huddled together!" Gao Zheng scolded his subordinates with a straight face, and then walked slowly to the city wall, looking at Taisun and others who had already arrived in front of the moat.

"Who is under the city?" Gao Zhengming asked knowingly.

"Are you blind? Can't you see that it's His Highness the Grandson?" Qin Ya who was beside the Grandson said sharply, "Open the city gate quickly!"

"The distance is too far, I can't see clearly." Gao Zheng didn't buy it at all, and said coldly: "The capital is under martial law, and the city gates are tightly closed, and you are not allowed to open it without authorization!"

"Bold! Your Highness is ordered to return to the capital. Do you dare to stop him? Do you want to die?!" Qin Ya showed the yellow silk in his hand, and angry voices spread throughout the city.

"According to the decree? Where did the decree come from..." Gao Zheng was stunned, he didn't expect that the grandson had a decree in his hands.

"Of course it's the emperor's will!" Qin Ya said in a deep voice, "Do you dare to resist the order?!"

"This..." Although Gao Zheng had taken refuge in King Zhao, he didn't dare to say that he dared to disobey the order in front of the eyes of the public.I had no choice but to leave a sentence: "Wait, I will ask for instructions." Then I hurried down from the top of the city and rushed to report to King Zhao.

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In Xiyuan, Zhao Wang has been hesitating and unable to make up his mind, so these days are naturally very difficult.He is resourceful, but lacks the courage to make a decision. Before he needs to make a final decision, he can take things lightly and make arrangements calmly.

His Royal Highness King Zhao, who always loved cleanliness, unexpectedly had a layer of blue beard on his face, and his eyes were even bloodshot.

When he got the report, he was even more frightened, smashed the teacup in his hand, stared at the eunuch Yang who reported the report with red eyes, and said, "What did you say?!"

"My lord, His Highness Taisun has arrived outside the Fucheng Gate, holding an imperial decree to go to Beijing to meet the Holy Spirit..." Eunuch Yang repeated it bravely.

"How is it possible?!" King Zhao roared, "Where did he get the imperial decree?!" Behind the hysteria was deep fear.The great-grandson is the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty who was registered by the emperor and recognized by the whole world!He, the prince, will never be able to compare...

"Of course it was Yang Shiqi and the others who gave it to him." Zhao Yingyin's voice rang in the ears of His Royal Highness Zhao, and the old eunuch appeared at the door and said coldly: "Your Highness, it's time to stop, and the evil will come to fruition."

"It's only been two days..." Zhao Wang wanted to argue, but he bowed his head and stopped.The old eunuch was right, if he made a decisive decision, within two days, regardless of success or failure, the result would have been reached.

"Your Highness," Zhao Ying looked at King Zhao. Right now everyone is a grasshopper on a rope, so he could only suppress his anger and said in a deep voice: "If you can make up your mind, this old slave will risk his life and kill you as well." Send the great treasure!" After a pause, he lowered his face and said, "If you still can't make up your mind, I will have someone open the gate of the city and let His Royal Highness enter the city."

After Zhao Ying finished speaking, he turned around and tried to leave.

King Zhao's complexion changed, and he finally made up his mind, and laughed loudly: "Eunuch, stay away. In fact, this king has made up his mind a long time ago. I just want to see if Eunuch is determined to follow me to the end."

"..." Zhao Ying stood still and looked back at King Zhao. Although he knew it was not the case, he couldn't investigate it carefully, so he could only say calmly, "It's good that the prince has an idea."

"I just don't know if my father-in-law has won a palace gate?" King Zhao looked at Zhao Ying.

Zhao Ying nodded and said softly, "Yonganmen."

"Great!" King Zhao was overjoyed when he heard the words, and said in a deep voice, "I will leave the palace immediately and call my subordinates for deployment."

"Excuse me, my lord, what should I do with my grandson?" Zhao Ying asked.

"Open the city gate and let him in!" Zhao Wang returned to his usual calm and wise, with a sneer on the corner of his mouth and said: "Letting him outside the capital is always a disaster. Now I have thrown myself into the trap, saving me a lot of effort."

"My lord is very worried." Zhao Ying nodded.Originally worried that the grandson's entry into Beijing would cause many disturbances.But now that they are ready and determined to wipe out all of them, grandson is naturally not as good as being in Beijing outside the capital, and naturally not as good as being in the palace outside the palace.

"You send someone to protect him into the palace, and don't let him come into contact with idlers." For the sake of caution, King Zhao added.

"Yes." Zhao Ying responded softly, and asked again: "Where is Wang Xian?"

"According to the agreement." Once Zhao Wang made up his mind, he stopped procrastinating.

"Okay." Zhao Ying nodded approvingly, this is the appearance of accomplishing great things.

As for what was agreed, it is natural to kill Wang Xian before launching it...

"After dealing with the matter here, father-in-law, please hurry to my palace to finalize the final event." King Zhao looked at Zhao Ying deeply, and said in a deep voice.

"Of order." Zhao Ying nodded in response.

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His Royal Highness Taisun and his party waited for a full hour outside Fucheng Gate before the city gate slowly opened.Then I saw Zhao Ying, the admiral of the Dongchang eunuch, leading [-] Dongchang Fanzi in red seat pythons, and [-] brocade guards in flying fish suits with embroidered spring knives on their waists, coming out majestic and eye-catching.

Seeing Zhao Ying's posture, Zhu Zhanji's pupils shrank, and while riding on the horse, he pursed his lips tightly, his face sinking like water.

"The old servant welcomes His Royal Highness Grandson." Zhao Yinggui bowed to the grandson politely, then bowed and said, "Your Highness, please enter the palace with this old slave."

"Eunuch Zhao," Zhu Zhanji's heart sank, knowing that he guessed right, Zhao Ying wanted to get himself into the palace directly, and not let him have contact with anyone. "Is this what my grandpa meant?"

"Please, Your Highness." Zhao Ying avoided answering, and turned to invite His Highness Taisun to enter the city.

Zhu Zhanji stared at Zhao Ying coldly for a while, and finally had no choice but to follow him into the city.After all, the emperor's critical illness was known to the whole world, and as the emperor's most beloved grandson, he should go straight to the palace as soon as he entered the capital.It is really unreasonable to shirk not to enter the palace.

Although he knew that the grandson's departure would be more dangerous than good, but due to the rules, Qin Ao could only leave most of the guards outside the city, and personally brought a few people to serve with His Royal Highness the grandson.

The street has long been emptied, and when the Jinyiwei of Dongchang was removed, only the soldiers of Shuntian Mansion could be seen, not a single commoner.No matter how dull Zhu Zhanji was, he could smell the strong uneasiness in the air.

The mountains and rains are about to come, the wind is full of buildings, and the black clouds are pressing down on the city and the city is about to be destroyed.

Zhu Zhanji was 'escorted' all the way by Zhao Ying and went directly into Xiyuan.

As soon as he entered Xiyuan, Zhu Zhanji rode his horse and galloped. The Dongchang fans were shocked when they saw this, and they were about to stop him, but they were stopped by Zhao Ying.The old eunuch folded his hands in his sleeves, looked at His Highness the grandson who was running away, and said with a smirk: "Let him go..."

"Grandfather!" His Highness Taisun ran all the way to the door of the bedroom, yelled, got off his horse, and ran quickly into the palace.

"Your Highness..." Eunuch Yang was about to stop him when he saw this.

"Go away!" But Zhu Zhanji pushed his butt to the ground, and really rolled to the side.

Pushing away the eunuch Yang who blocked the way, no one dared to stop His Highness the Grandson.Zhu Zhanji strode towards the inner hall with tears in his eyes and a heartbroken expression.

Entering the inner hall, Zhu Zhanji saw the emaciated emperor lying on the dragon bed in a state of unrestrained anger.His Highness Taisun could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, and rushed to the dragon bed crying, "Grandfather!"

But no matter how he called, Zhu Di refused to wake up.Zheng He, who was on the side, also had red eye circles, and after persuading him for a long time, he called His Highness Grandson back from the deep pain.

Zhu Zhanji inquired about Zhu Di's condition in detail, then knelt in front of the dragon bed without saying a word, only staring at the emperor closely, as if he wanted to keep his appearance in his heart forever.

(End of this chapter)