My Brother-in-law is the Prince

  Chapter 90 Zhu Yunqi enters the palace

  Zhu Di actually didn't mind the life and death of Emperor Jianwen.

  If he really died, it would be fine to see the corpse.

  But if it is not dead, but no one is seen, this is another situation.

  On the one hand, how wronged is it that I obviously didn't kill him, but was mistaken for killing the king and nephew?

  On the other hand, this Jianwen is a hidden danger after all.

  Since it is a hidden danger, at least it should be under his nose.

  Zhu Di was quite excited as he paced back and forth, but he still felt that... this matter was a bit mysterious.

  So Zhu Di looked up at Cheng Guogong Zhu Neng, and said, "Have you seen Zhu Yunwen?"

   "No." Zhu Neng said: "Your Majesty, you know my minister. Before the minister's death, I have been in the Beiping army. Where can I see him?"

  Zhu Di said: "Since you haven't seen it before, how do you believe it's him? I'm going to say something ugly, if you mess around, I'll have to take your skin off."

  Zhu Neng: "..."

  Actually, I can’t blame Zhu Di. Zhu Di has been frightened. His own son has made a play that Guo Degang is Guo Degan. Until now... this matter still makes him very troubled.

   Now if there is another fake Jianwen, it will be really dumbfounding.

  Empress Xu who was sitting on the side stood up, and she also seemed a little excited: "Your Majesty, Cheng Guogong is a person who knows the general situation, and he will never make a joke at this critical moment."

  As soon as Zhu Di heard it, he knew in his heart that Empress Xu was very accurate in judging people. After thinking about it carefully, Zhu Neng was indeed pretending to be confused about trivial matters, and he had never lost the chain in major matters.

  So Zhu Di took a deep breath, stared at Zhu Neng, and said: "This is a great achievement. I didn't expect Zhu Qing to make such a great contribution. First bring him here, and I will see you later."

  Zhu Neng hurriedly said: "Where can I find this..."

Zhu Di didn't care about this right now, so he interrupted him and said, "This matter is of great importance. The fewer people who know about it, the better. People in the palace... also try their best to guard against it. You go to the Meridian Gate in person and take my badge with you." , and then, together with the person who guarded Jianwen, escorted him to the front of me."

  Zhu Neng cheered up, in fact, he thought so too.

  On the one hand, he was eager to bring people into the palace, but he must not let Jianwen spend the night in Nanjing before seeing Zhu Di. Because once you stay overnight, many things will not be clear.

   On the other hand, the fewer people who know about it, the better. Zhu Neng has a very keen sense of smell, especially in this matter.

   "The minister will do it now."

  Zhu Neng left.

  Zhu Di had his hands behind his back, with a sullen face, pacing and waiting anxiously.

   Countless past events flashed through his mind.

  There is Emperor Gao, the great ancestor, and Zhu Biao, the former crown prince. Naturally... the Jianwen Emperor Zhu Yunwen is indispensable.

  Suddenly, thousands of past events flooded into my heart, with mixed feelings.

  Empress Xu was still calm and didn't have so many thoughts. She just sat down and put on the appearance of a mother. Instead, he reminded Zhu Di: "Your Majesty should change clothes."

   "Changing clothes?" Zhu Di looked at Empress Xu in surprise.

   Immediately, he woke up and cheered up: "Yes, change clothes, come..."

  Hearing Zhu Di calling for someone, Yi Shiha hurried in.

   "Changing clothes."

...

   After all, even in the daytime, His Majesty will not change into a dragon robe. That thing looks intimidating, but it is very inconvenient to wear it on the body.

  Ke Yi Shiha didn't ask any more questions, nodded, and immediately went to prepare.

   After a while, Zhu Di wore a heavenly crown and a five-clawed golden dragon robe, majestic and majestic.

  Empress Xu also wore a phoenix crown and a phoenix robe, solemn yet majestic.

  Zhu Di sits high, while Empress Xu sits on the side in the hall.

  The couple were speechless and fell into a long wait.

  At the other end, Zhu Neng got the decree and hurried to the Meridian Gate, then took out the emperor's token, screened off the eunuchs and guards at the Meridian Gate, led Zhu Yong, Zhang Fu and Qiu Song, and escorted the monk into the imperial city.

   "You...put your baggage down."

  Qiu Song held the burden, stood unyielding, and confronted Zhu Neng.

   Zhu Neng said: "Did you **** lose your mind? Don't think that I don't know what's in your bag. Believe it or not, I will kick you to death on behalf of your father."

  Zhu Yong stood aside and snatched Qiu Song's burden: "Listen to my father."

  Qiu Song reluctantly let go of the burden.

   Immediately, the four entered the palace hand in hand.

  The monk stepped into the Forbidden City with confusion in his eyes.

  Obviously, although he has been in and out of the Forbidden City countless times in his life, and even the Forbidden City used to be his home, he has never entered or left through the Meridian Gate. What he sees and feels is both familiar and strange.

   It's just that the monk is still calm, he has actually accepted himself now.

   In the past, he ruled the fate of the people in the world, but now, he cannot even control his own destiny.

  Man is the knife and I am the fish.

  He didn't struggle, nor did he have the idea of ​​fleeing. He walked calmly and headed towards the depths of the palace he was most familiar with.

  When he arrived at the Jinshui Bridge, his eyes paused for a while on the rushing river under the Jinshui Bridge.

   But soon, he gave up the nostalgia in his eyes and acted decisively.

   Zhu Neng and the three murderers in the capital ignored him. Although Zhu Neng talked a lot on weekdays, Zhu Neng never said a word to the monk.

  Rush all the way to Ouchi.

  Before they arrived, Zhu Di had lost his life and dispersed all the maids and eunuchs along the way.

  Only Yi Shiha is here to respond.

Yishiha greeted Zhu Neng, looked at the people behind him, with a smile on his face, as if he had seen everything, or he seemed to have seen nothing, then he lowered his head, held the lantern, Lead the way.

   All the way to the sleeping hall.

  Yi Shiha entered the palace first, not daring to look directly at Zhu Di and Empress Xu, who were high above them, and prostrated themselves here: "Your Majesty, empress, people are coming."

  Zhu Di looked behind Yishiha, the palace gate wrapped in darkness, and was silent for a moment.

   "Xuan."

  Yi Shiha nodded, and sang loudly: "Come in!"

  Zhu Neng leads the way, followed by the three murderers in the capital.

   But at this time, Zhu Di's attention was obviously not on these four people.

  His eyes fell on the monk who was walking at the back.

  Although it has only been a few years, things have already changed.

  The monk in front of him is completely different from the emperor and grandson.

   But Zhu Di still recognized him at a glance.

correct.

   is Zhu Yunwen.

   Zhu Di felt a surge of excitement in his heart.

  Suddenly for a while, the breathing was heavy, and he couldn't speak for a long time.

   Really...it's him!

   Empress Xu's phoenix eyes moved slightly, and she obviously recognized the person.

  She smiled slightly, put on a graceful appearance, and behaved in a proper way.

  Zhu Yunwen lowered his head and didn't say a word.

  Zhu Di still sat firmly, his eyes fixed on Zhu Yunwen, and finally said: "If Huang Kao is here, I don't know what I will think when I see you like this."

  Zhu Yunwen still lowered his head, but he proclaimed the Buddha's name first, and then said: "If Huang Kao is here, what will he think if he sees fourth uncle like this?"

  Zhu Di laughed loudly and said, "Haha, you're unworthy, don't you know you're dead yet?"

  Zhu Yunwen was silent for a moment, and then said again: "I have already died once, or in other words, I have already died, and what remains today are just walking corpses."

  Zhu Di said: "How did you escape that day?"

  Zhu Yunwen said: "It is easy to escape one person from the Forbidden City."

  Zhu Di said again: "When you cut down the feudal clan, did you think of today?"

  Zhu Yunwen said: "What's wrong with cutting down the feudal clan?"

   The two uncles and nephews were at war with each other.

  Empress Xu just sat upright, smiling all the time.

   She has seen all the big winds and waves, and these small waves are obviously nothing to her.

  Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu listened with gusto, eager to shout: "Fight, fight quickly."

  Only Zhu Neng complained incessantly, he should have resigned if he knew earlier, and now he stays here, it’s not good to leave, it’s not good not to go, can he listen to these words?

  I saw Zhu Di staring at Zhu Yunwen, smiled, and said: "It is indeed right to cut down the vassal. Huang Kao values ​​his descendants too much. Once the enfeoffment is divided, there will be endless descendants of the Zhu family. After thousands of years, how will the court support them?"

  Zhu Yunwen didn't seem to expect Zhu Di to admit this, so he said, "Since the fourth uncle thinks it's right, isn't the so-called Jing Nan ridiculous?"

  He went all out, and today he just wanted to clarify.

  Zhu Di said: "Whether it is right or wrong to cut the feudal clan has nothing to do with your situation today. Whether it is right or wrong, it will not prevent you from becoming a bereaved dog today!"

   Zhu Yunwen was speechless.

Zhu Di sneered and said: "What you call cutting down the feudal clan, are you just forcing your uncle's family to death, and turning them all into ordinary people? You are an idiot! If you weren't so stupid, why would I be here today, to fulfill my destiny? , following the great lineage of our ancestors."

   "It's just a fluke for the rebellious officials."

   These words suddenly changed Zhu Di's expression.

  Zhu Di was furious, and even subconsciously wanted to lift the inkstone on the copybook and throw it at Zhu Yunwen.

But finally, he raised the inkstone and put it down lightly, with a gleam in his tiger's eyes, he said: "If it's a fluke, how can I win the world with a mere prince's mansion? Oh, you idiot, the emperor's kao You haven't learned a lot of real skills, but you still dare to speak out here. Do you think...you are only targeting a few royal palaces when you cut down the feudal clan?"

   After a pause, Zhu Di continued: "Do you think that with the help of a few scholars and corrupt scholars in the court, you can teach the whole world to obey you with a single edict?"

   Repeated questioning, Zhu Yunwen did not answer.

Zhu Di continued: "Do you know that what you are facing is thousands of people who swept across the desert in the past, in the grasslands, on the Gobi, in the heavy snow, the snow is as high as knees, but they are still running hundreds of thousands of times in the snowy field." Thousands of miles, just to find a fighter, and those men who are exhausted physically and mentally after a night of running fast, but encounter thieves, and still rush to kill. Do you know why they are so dissatisfied, they would rather follow me, but also pull you off the horse come?"

  In Zhu Yunwen's eyes, the daze appeared again unconsciously.

   Obviously, he didn't think about it.

  When Zhu Neng heard it, he seemed to have some memories, and he fell into deep thought.

Zhu Di laughed loudly and said: "This is because your so-called cutting off the feudal clan is just a joke. What you want to cut down is Zhen, and many of your uncles! Of course you are proud of your successor. A scholar who can read a few words of the Four Books and Five Classics can come to Peiping with your will and give orders."

"Do you know how arrogant these literary thieves are when they arrive in Peiping and face so many soldiers? As clear, see people as turbid."

When Zhu Di said this, he showed contempt, and his voice became more and more calm: "Just a mere civil servant, just read a few more books, you can live in the temple, and for your confidant humerus, you will believe it if you speak nonsense in front of you." , ordered this kind of person to be an imperial envoy, and wherever he went, everyone would flatter him. The ridiculous thing is that this kind of person went to Beiping and served as the supervisor of the army. The soldiers on the **** battlefield can't understand it."

"When a soldier disobeys a little, he will be furious. He thinks he has tens of thousands of soldiers in his chest, and beats and insults the soldiers at every turn. Those generals who have made great military exploits followed the emperor Gao, the king of Zhongshan, and me. They climbed out of the mountain of corpses and the sea of ​​blood. They followed the emperor to test the world, and then followed the king of Zhongshan, chasing death and chasing the north, fighting to the death with the Tartars. Their military exploits are innumerable. In front of the courtiers who dance with words and ink, they have to bend their backs, no matter how big the anger is, they have to bear it, they are humiliated everywhere, and they will not be wronged every day."

Speaking of this, Zhu Di gritted his teeth and cracked his eyes: "So up to now, do you still think that you are cutting down the feudal clan? What kind of feudal clan did you cut down, I and your uncles? If you had a little bit of wisdom back then, It’s not that I trust the people around me who only know how to dance and write. I’m afraid that my brothers and I will die long ago. But you... use the most violent methods to humiliate your uncle and countless soldiers in the border towns, persecute them, and make them even It is impossible to be an ordinary rich man. I and the generals are men of seven feet, and I and your uncles are the same as you. After the imperial examination, it is all right to be inferior to you, the emperor's grandson. , how can you still bear to live in front of those **** ministers around you?"

  Zhu Yunwen's originally waveless eyes seemed to fluctuate slightly.

  He tried hard to calm himself.

   But Zhu Di's words were like throwing a boulder deep in his peaceful heart.

Zhu Di laughed, with a contemptuous laugh, but he pointed at Zhu Neng, and continued: "Do you know who this person is? This person is called Zhu Neng. He was just a deputy thousand household in Beiping, but do you know?" , this man has the bravery of a million men. When he conquered Mobei, he was the pioneer of the king and killed countless Tartars. When you wanted to send someone to kill me, he took the lead in controlling the nine gates of Beiping, and led the army to defeat Geng Bingwen and Li Jinglong captured Ping An and other famous generals in Lingbi, and surrendered 100,000 officers and troops. Such people... can be used by me, but what kind of cats and dogs are you surrounded by?"

  Zhu Neng straightened his chest, and said: "The merits of the minister at the beginning are nothing. The greatest blessing in this life is to meet Your Majesty, so that the minister can show his strengths. If this is the case, even if the minister dies, he will have no regrets."

   Zhu Yong felt for the first time that his father, who was usually stupid and only knew how to talk nonsense, seemed to be shining at this moment.

At this time, Zhu Di pointed his finger at Zhang Fu again, and said: "His father, Zhang Ying, was just a job for the left guard of Beiping. In the army, finally exhausted to the death."

  Zhu Yunwen's eyelids drooped slightly, but there was only silence.

"These people... are men who are indomitable. I can record all their achievements. What about you? When you sat here, did you know what was going on outside the Forbidden City? Except those nerds who only know how to read , How many people... know the pain of war, know how dangerous it is on the battlefield, how many people know... from the time they set off, their parents, wives and children, leaning on the door, looking forward to it, trembling every day, no one Isn’t day not thinking about food and drink?”

   "You don't know!" Zhu Di shouted.

   Then, Zhu Di continued: "You think that the throne fell from the sky, and you think... the subjects should be loyal to you as a matter of course. You think those men deserve to die for you!"

   "You even think that with a few nonsense books, as long as you read the books correctly, you can rule the world. Ha... What a hero Huang Kao is, and there are unworthy descendants like you!"

  Zhu Yunwen's body trembled slightly.

  He obviously analyzed success or failure.

  He thought a lot about how cunning his fourth uncle was, or... how shameless Li Jinglong was.

  But now... Zhu Di directly tore off the last bit of his fig leaf without reservation.

  Zhu Di glared at Zhu Yunwen, and smiled even colder on his face: "It's just a fluke, so this is what you think in your heart. If you still think like this today, don't you think it's ridiculous?"

  Zhu Yunwen sighed and said: "To this day, talking too much is useless."

  Zhu Di said lightly: "If you weren't an unworthy descendant of Huang Kao, why should I say so much?"

  Zhu Yunwen seemed to be touched by something, and tears suddenly filled his eyes. Of course he hoped to show his stubborn side in front of Zhu Di.

  But now... Finally, a group of people burst into tears: "The poor monk really failed the emperor's expectations."

   "The emperor's test has a spirit in the sky. Knowing that there is still me in this world, you must smile at Jiuquan. As for you... You forced the whole family of the king of Xiang to death, humiliated the king's uncle, and appointed a thief. What more than failing the emperor's expectations?"

  Zhu Di raised his chin, and looked at Zhu Yunwen with disdain: "You don't need to say the words of success and defeat, you are not worthy!"

  Zhu Yunwen only sighed softly.

Empress Xu stood up with a smile on the other hand, and said: "When uncles and nephews meet each other, why are you so tense? The concubine went to arrange some food and drinks in person. Zhu Yunwen's journey has been hard work. If you have anything to say, even if you want to kill him in the future Hey, let’s have a bite of food first.”

  Zhu Di glanced sideways at Empress Xu.

  He seemed to understand something.

  At this time today, it is time to scold and scold, how to deal with it next is of course another matter.

   But after all, the person in front of me is the son of his brother Zhu Biao. At the beginning, I don’t know if the person in front of me was confused or hypocritical. At least he said, don’t hurt my uncle. This last bit of etiquette needs to be thoughtful.

  So Zhu Di said: "Then go and order the dining room."

  Empress Xu said softly: "The concubine hasn't been in the kitchen for a long time, and I don't have any other skills, but I still know how to cook a few bowls of plain noodles."

  The husband and wife looked at each other, and Zhu Di nodded.

  Empress Xu left immediately.

   Only Zhu Neng was left behind, and it became more and more embarrassing.

  Would it be embarrassing for his mother to let us watch and eat without letting us down later?

  Zhu Di stood up at this time, with his hands behind his back, and his tone suddenly eased: "You are the emperor's aunt, you are the most knowledgeable and reasonable, and your temperament is just like that of the Empress Dowager Cixiao."

  Zhu Yunwen was ashamed and dazed, but he didn't say a word.

   Not long after, Empress Xu had changed her attire, but she only had a commoner dress. She personally brought a jade plate with six bowls of noodles in it.

   Seeing that it was six bowls, Zhu Neng breathed a sigh of relief, this old face was preserved.

  Empress Xu said: "Your Majesty, please help me."

  Zhu Di understood, and gave Zhu Neng a look. Zhu Neng let out an oh, and went to carry a table with Zhu Di.

  At that moment, the table was put down, Empress Xu put down the plain noodles, and greeted Zhu Yong and the three of them: "You are hungry even if you want to come, come on."

  So Zhu Di took the first place without hesitation, accompanied by Empress Xu, and the three murderers of the capital unceremoniously came to the table.

  Zhu Yunwen hesitated a little, and finally sat on the last seat.

  Zhu Di sucked on the plain noodles, looking like he was feasting.

  Zhu Neng is much more refined.

  Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu ate with their heads down.

   Only Qiu Song took a bite, and put down his chopsticks dully.

  Zhu Di looked up: "What's the matter?"

  Qiu Song said: "No meat, no fragrance."

  Zhu Neng glared at him immediately, and hit his head hard with a chestnut: "Eat yours."

   Qiu Song was so angry that he wanted to find his own burden.

Zhu Di continued to **** and eat, while saying: "In the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu, my brother died of illness, and I went to Nanjing to attend the funeral. When I saw you, Zhu Yunwen, I realized that you were a weak master, and you definitely couldn't take on such a big responsibility. It's a pity, Huang Kao is heartbroken, but still puts his hope on you, so far thinking about it, he still regrets it."

  Zhu Yunwen ate two mouthfuls of plain noodles, but he had no appetite at all.

  Zhu Di immediately took a look at Zhu Neng, and said in his mouth, "You old man, how did you manage to find him?"

   "Where did I find it." Zhu Neng said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, these three boys... sent it, and I was surprised when I saw it..."

  When he said he was shocked, his eyeballs were as big as light bulbs, as if he was really shocked.

  Zhu Neng wiped his mouth, and said again: "So it was delivered overnight, but it disturbed His Majesty, so don't blame Your Majesty."

  Zhu Di looked at the three of Zhu Yong in surprise: "You three...how did you find him? Where did you find him?"

   "It was in a temple in Fujian. We listened to my elder brother. He gave us a map and a kit. We followed his instructions and rushed to Fujian." Zhu Yong said sharply.

  Just now, Zhu Di only thought about Zhu Yunwen in front of him.

   Haven't thought about why this person was found.

  But now I heard Zhu Yong and the three said that they found the person according to Zhang Anshi's instructions.

  Zhu Di suddenly remembered that Zhang Anshi had indeed told him to find someone before, but Zhu Di dismissed him at the time.

   Afterwards, he asked Jin Yiwei, and Jin Yiwei's answer was that it was very likely that he fled overseas.

The more Zhu Di thought about it, the more surprised he became. Half of the plain noodles hung on his lips, and when he opened his mouth, the plain noodles slid back into the bowl. He couldn't help but say, "Zhang Anshi? How did this kid Zhang Anshi know? This guy, could he be able to perform magic tricks? "

   "By the way, where did Zhang Anshi go, call me here."

  Empress Xu said: "It's still in the side hall, isn't it guarding Jingruo?"

  Zhu Di came to a sudden, snorted coldly and said: "Damn it, at this time, we are still in love with each other."

  Empress Xu: "..."

   "It would be best for him to be in the palace, quickly...call him to me."

  Zhu Di looked anxious.

  Empress Xu said: "The concubine should go there in person."

  At this time, it is not easy to entrust outsiders.

  Zhu Di listened and said, "Thank you for your hard work."

  Zhu Di stopped eating the noodles, and sneered when he saw that Zhu Yunwen was still eating.

  But Zhu Neng was very embarrassed and restless.

  ...

  In the side hall.

  In the evening, Yi Wangzhu moved to Xiaojindun and sat down silently.

   Then he rested his chin and waited for Zhang Anshi to tell a story.

  Xu Jingruo is in good health and knows how to pour tea for Zhang Anshi.

   It's just that whether the disease is good or bad, after all, it's not up to her and Zhang Anshi to decide, there is nowhere to go right now, so they have to be deadlocked like this.

  She poured tea for Zhang Anshi, and Zhang Anshi was eloquent.

Today I talked about the most exciting part, and Yiwang Zhu was so anxious that he would die or live, he kept urging: "Speak quickly, speak quickly, oops, do you insist on this king punishing you? Didn't you say that Jia Baoyu was trying Yunyu for the first time? What about the rain? How did you try it?"

  Xu Jingruo half-understood, she blushed, and said, "Don't ask, this paragraph is skipped, I don't want to listen."

  Yi Wang Zhu was suddenly furious, excited for a moment, and suddenly widened his eyes and said: "This king advises you not to be ignorant of flattery, this king is a generation older than you, my father Ming Taizu."

  Xu Jingruo frowned and said, "You...you hurt me."

Yi Wang Zhu hurriedly relaxed his hand strength, curled his fingers into a ball, and kneaded them into small fists to tap lightly, while asking: "Is it much lighter now, does it still hurt, will it be better?" ?”

  Xu Jingruo was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "It's better, don't pinch with your fingertips all the time, it will hurt."

   "Oh." Zhu nodded earnestly: "It wouldn't hurt if you said no earlier. You don't know what to do when you are so old. If I didn't see you as a patient, I would be angry. When I get angry, I am afraid."

   After finishing speaking, I continued to rub my shoulders and beat my back lightly, feeling very happy.

   Zhang Anshi looked at Zhu's humble appearance and didn't know what to say for a while.

  Thinking of Emperor Taizu Gao, what a hero he is...but his son...is that all?

  Zhang Anshi cleared his throat and said, "Let's not talk about the first test today, let's talk about the moment Grandma Liu entered the Rongguo Mansion."

  Zhu suddenly became angry again, clenched his hands on the back of the hammer even tighter, and gritted his teeth in anger and shouted: "No, I don't listen to Grandma Liu, I want to listen to Yunyu for the first test."

  Zhang Anshi scolded: "You little bastard, if you keep screaming, I will drive you out."

  Zhu frowned, but said: "Then you can tell Grandma Liu, I can listen to Grandma Liu."

   While talking, a voice suddenly came from outside: "Which Grandma Liu?"

  As soon as Zhu heard the voice, he suddenly became obedient, and stepped forward quickly: "I have seen the emperor's wife."

  After hearing this, Zhang Anshi and Xu Jingruo quickly became serious, got up, and the two saluted in unison.

  (end of this chapter)