my brother-in-law is the prince

Chapter 90 Zhu Yunwen 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 unjust is it that he was mistaken for killing the king and nephew when he obviously didn't kill him?

On the other hand, it is this Jianwen, which 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 in his heart...that this 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 me well. Before I was in trouble, I was always in the Beiping army. Where can I see him?"

Zhu Di said: "Since you haven't seen him 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: "..."

In fact, it's no wonder Zhu Di, Zhu Di has been frightened, his own son has made a play that Guo Degang is Guo Degan, and 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."

When Zhu Di heard this, 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 in 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. 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 very important. The fewer people who know about it, the better. The people in the palace... have to do their best to guard against it. You go to the Meridian Gate in person and put on my waist. card, and then, together with the person who guarded Jianwen, escort him to the front of me."

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

On the one hand, he is 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 area.

"Your Majesty, let's do it."

Zhu Neng left.

Zhu Di, with his hands behind his back, sullenly paced and waited anxiously.

Countless past events flashed through his mind.

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

All of a sudden, thousands of past events flooded into my heart, with mixed feelings.

Empress Xu was still calm, she 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.

"Change."

Yi Shiha is a little confused, it's already night, and it's not like participating in sacrifices and court meetings...

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

Ke Yishiha didn't ask any more questions, just 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 on the high seat, while Empress Xu sits on the side in the hall.

The couple were speechless and fell into a long wait.

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

"You...put down your burden."

Qiu Song stood unyieldingly with his burden in his arms, confronting Zhu Neng.

Zhu Neng said: "Did you fucking 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."

Only then did 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 entered and exited the Forbidden City countless times in his life, and even the Forbidden City used to be his home, he has never entered or exited 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 can't even control his own fate.

People are knives, I am 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.

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 Yishiha 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 so high above, and prostrated here and said: "Your Majesty, empress, people are coming."

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

"Xuan."

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

Zhu Neng took the lead, followed by the three murderers in the capital.

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

His gaze fell on the monk who was walking at the rear.

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

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

But Zhu Di still recognized him at a glance.

correct.

It is Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Di felt agitated in his heart.

All of a sudden, he was breathing heavily and 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 and high, staring at Zhu Yunwen, and finally said: "If Huang Kao is here, seeing you like this, I don't know what he would think."

Zhu Yunwen still lowered his head, but he proclaimed the Buddha's name before saying: "If Huang Kao is here, what will he think if he sees Fourth Uncle like this?"

Zhu Di laughed loudly and said, "Haha, I'm so unfilial, don't you know you're dead until now?"

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 for one person to escape 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 fought 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, and could not wait to shout: "Fight, fight quickly."

Only Zhu Neng complained incessantly in his heart, he should have resigned if he knew earlier, and now he stays here, it's not right to leave, it's not good to not leave, 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, and said, "Since 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 princes' mansions when you cut down the feudal clan?"

After a pause, Zhu Di continued: "Do you think that by relying on those few scholars and corrupt scholars in the court and a paper of edicts, you can teach the whole world to obey you?"

After 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 times in the snowy field." Thousands of miles, just to find the opportunity to fight, and those men who are exhausted physically and mentally after a night of running fast, but encounter thieves, and still rush to kill them. 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, that daze appeared again unconsciously.

Obviously, he hadn't thought 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 bloody 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 play with words. 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 wanting to be an ordinary rich man is impossible. I and the generals are dignified men of seven feet, and I and your uncles, just like you, are all after the imperial examination, so it's okay to be inferior to you, the emperor's grandson Now, how can you bear to live in front of those damn 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 [-] 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 credit I made at the beginning is nothing, the greatest blessing in this life is to meet Your Majesty, so that I can show my strengths. If this is the case, even if I die, I will have no regrets."

For the first time, Zhu Yong felt 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, and 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 who only know how to study hard. Bookworms, how many people... know the hardships 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 , is there a day where you don’t think about food and drink?”

"You don't know!" Zhu Di shouted.

Then, Zhu Di continued: "You think that the throne fell from the sky, 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 nonsensical books, as long as you read the books correctly, the world can be governed. 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: "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 tears shed down: "The poor monk really failed the emperor's exam expectations."

"Huang Kao 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 King Xiang to death, humiliated Uncle Wang, and appointed thieves, so you are not only failing Huang Kao's expectations?"

Zhu Di lifted 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 him is the son of his imperial brother Zhu Biao. I don't know if the person in front of him was confused or hypocritical, at least he said "don't hurt my uncle emperor". This last bit of etiquette still 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.

Zhu Neng was the only one left, and it became more and more embarrassing.

Wouldn't it be embarrassing for his mother's mother to let us watch and eat without letting us down later?

Zhu Di stood up at this moment, with his hands behind his back, and suddenly his tone softened a little: "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, come and help me."

Zhu Di understood, and glared at Zhu Neng. 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 came to the table unceremoniously.

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

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

Zhu Neng is much more refined.

Zhu Yong and Zhang Fu ate with their heads down.

Only Qiu Song took a bite, then 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 slammed 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 suck and eat, while saying: "In the 25th year of Hongwu, the emperor's brother died of illness, and I went to Nanjing for the funeral. When I saw you, Zhu Yunwen, I realized that you were a weak master. You definitely couldn't take on such a big responsibility. It's a pity that the emperor Kao Distraught, I still put my hope on you, so far, I still feel sad when I think about it."

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

Zhu Di immediately glanced 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 taken aback, his eyeballs were as big as light bulbs, as if he was really taken aback.

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

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

"It's in a temple in Fujian. We listened to the elder brother. The elder brother gave us a map and a kit. We followed the elder brother's instructions and rushed to Fujian." Zhu Yong said fiercely.

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

I haven't thought about why this person was found.

But now I heard the three of Zhu Yong say 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 didn't care about him at that time.

Afterwards, Jin Yiwei was asked, 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?"

Suddenly, Zhu Di snorted coldly and said, "Damn it, it's still a good time."

Empress Xu: "..."

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

After hearing this, Zhu Di said, "Thank you for your hard work."

Zhu Di finished eating the noodles, and seeing Zhu Yunwen was still eating, he sneered.

On the contrary, Zhu Neng was very embarrassed and restless.

…………

In the side hall.

In the evening, Yiwang Zhu moved to Xiaojindun and sat down silently.

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

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

It's just that whether the disease is good or bad, it's not up to her and Zhang Anshi to have the final say, and 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, I'll skip this part, I don't want to listen."

Yi Wang Zhu was suddenly furious, excited for a moment, his eyes widened suddenly 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 a little."

"Oh." Zhu nodded seriously: "If you said no earlier, it wouldn't hurt. You are so old and you don't know what to do. If it weren't for seeing you as a patient, I would be angry. When I get angry, I am afraid."

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

Looking at Zhu's humble appearance, Zhang Anshi didn't know what to say for a moment.

Thinking back to Emperor Taizu Gao, what a hero he was...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 Grandma Liu entering the Rongguo Mansion first."

Zhu suddenly became angry again, clenched his hands on the back of the hammer even more tightly, and yelled, "No, I won't listen to Grandma Liu, I want to listen to Yunyu for the first test."

Zhang Anshi scolded: "You little bastard, if you scream again, I'll kick 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, stood up, and saluted in unison.

(End of this chapter)