"What's there to be afraid of?"
The old man walked along the steps towards the gate tower of Fengtianmen step by step.
"Your father and I are just rough guys." The old man walked very steadily with the support of his grandson. "Only rough guys know how to be knowledgeable, so I have let Master Yan teach you all these years."
"Although you are rich and powerful and don't lack anything, the higher you are, the more you need to study and practice etiquette. Otherwise, if you only know how to have fun but don't do anything serious, isn't that a fool?"
"My son, please remember your father's teachings!" King Zhu Chun of Shu said with a smile.
At this time, we boarded the Fengtian Gate and had a panoramic view of the inside and outside of the imperial city.
"That's what Lao Shi told us when he left the capital. But what happened?" The old man looked at the street scene in the capital city. "As soon as he arrived in the fiefdom, he made elixirs and took medicine, and he died in his twenties. Hmph, that's unfilial. s things!"
After saying that, he turned to look at Zhu Zhaohui, "You can never imitate me, do you understand?"
"My grandson understands!" Zhu Zhaohui smiled, "Actually, ever since my grandson was sensible, there were not even half a miscellaneous book in the palace, and even the monks and Taoists could not get in. My mother and concubine would also watch me read every day, for fear of reading something evil. of."
His aunt was the daughter of the late Xinguo Gong Tang He, and she was also the biological aunt of Concubine Shu in the palace.
"Well, your mother-in-law did the right thing. Children must be looked after and managed in order to become successful." The old man smiled, turned his head inadvertently, and his expression suddenly brightened.
On the long steps leading to the Fengtian Gate Tower, Zhu Gaochi took three breaths every step of the way. Everyone else climbed up the gate tower and talked for a long time, but he was still wandering halfway.
"Ha ha!"
Zhu Gaochi was breathing heavily, holding on to the wall and struggling to step on the steps, with large beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
"Tsk, tsk, you are..." The old man couldn't laugh or cry, "Why are you so weak? It's useless to follow you around!" After saying that, he waved his hand and said to others, "Hurry up and help me. Prepare some hot water for me."
After the words fell, several eunuchs hurriedly stepped forward to help him, lifting and supporting him, and finally got Zhu Gaochi up to the gate tower.
He himself was a little embarrassed, and said with a red face, "Grandfather, my grandson... has not been able to stand going up stairs since he was a child, so it is difficult to go up!" After that, he quickly added, "On the way down. It’s so light!”
The old man smiled, stretched out his hand and pinched the flesh on Zhu Gaochi's cheek, "You go down easily? You can pull me down. We're afraid you're going too fast and just roll down. But what should I do? You've become a ball!"
As he spoke, he also pulled the fat on Zhu Gaochi's face several times.
Zhu Gaochi was a little blushing, and the two vassal princes around him lowered their heads and chuckled, but Liu Jin didn't care so much and followed the old man with a smile on his face.
"In other words, our wealthy family and ordinary people's family will not be able to give birth to such a fat man for several generations!" The old man turned around and looked down at the city, "Remember, you are all vassals of the Ming Dynasty, and everything you eat and use is the people's fat. We don’t ask you all to make progress, but you can’t become those idiots who don’t understand anything.”
"I obey the order!" Seeing the old man's solemn words, several people hurriedly saluted and replied.
"Keep it in your heart, don't put your paws down and forget it!" The old man held on to the city wall and looked into the distance. "At our age, if we don't ask for anything else, your true adulthood is the best reward for me!"
After saying that, he paused and said, "Everyone is here, right?"
Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, said hurriedly, "If I go back to my father, the fourth brother, the fifteenth brother, the seventeenth brother, and the twenty-first brother are not here yet." After saying that, he thought for a while and continued, "They are all kings of Sai. In terms of military affairs,
It may not be possible to get rid of the matter for a while, so it is slower."
"Yes!" The old man nodded, then raised his eyes inadvertently.
The clouds are light and the wind is gentle, the blue sky and white clouds blend together, peaceful and quiet. Looking down again, the city on the ground is outlined vertically and horizontally like a chessboard. Looking further away, the mountains and rivers are endless.
"Our sons are all good! They should all be good!" the old man murmured.
Suddenly, Liu Jin, who was being held by the guard, pointed in the distance and shouted, "Ancestor, someone is coming over there!"
The old man looked around and saw that the You'an Gate on the other side of the imperial city was wide open, and dozens of cavalrymen with dazzling armor came out to greet them.
Opposite the cavalry, several vassal kings' flags were fluttering in the wind.
Yan, Liao, Ning, Han.
The old man smiled and said, "Our sons are all back!"
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"Hush!"
King Zhu Di of Yan tightened the reins of his war horse, and the maroon divine horse under his crotch shook its mane with endless interest.
His big rough hands gently rubbed the war horse's neck, and sweat like oil glistened between his fingers.
Ning Wang Zhu Quan followed closely behind, pulling the reins and saying with a smile, "Fourth brother, this horse racing is not enough. When everything is settled, let's compete at Xishan Racecourse!"
"Okay!" Zhu Di smiled faintly and continued to touch the neck of his mount, "But this is the middle of Beijing, no matter how you run, it doesn't feel like outside the Great Wall!"
After saying that, he looked at the supreme imperial city in front of him with some complicated eyes.
After not seeing him for many years, Zhu Di is now restrained and his eyes are less violent and more calm and indifferent.
Among the cavalry on the opposite side, the leading general dismounted.
"Liao Ming, a lowly official, wishes to see several vassal kings live a thousand years!"
Nowadays, the commander of the Forbidden City's guards nominally belongs to Huaiyuan Hou Changsen. In fact, the real power lies in the hands of several deputies, and Liao Ming is one of them.
The honorable guards who followed Zhu Yunxi in the early years mostly went to local areas for training. For example, Fu Rang was in the Ping'an Army of Goryeo, and Liao Ming's brother Liao Yong was in the Muchun Army of Yunnan. These noble sons, they are more familiar with each other.
There is no fear in the sky, but the only thing he lacks is real war experience.
"Yeah!" King Yan Zhu Di said lightly.
Prince Ning frowned and looked around, "You are the only one who comes out to greet our brothers?"
"Yes!" Liao Ming said without any unnecessary words, "The Supreme Emperor has already made a decree. After entering the city, these gentlemen will immediately come to the palace to see His Majesty. Please ask some thousand-year-olds to dismount and then enter the palace!"
King Ning frowned slightly again, while on the other side, King Zhu Zhi of Liao and King Zhu Mo of Han jumped off their horses with a smile, then walked over with a smile, and they separated into left and right, and directly hooked Liao Ming's neck.
"Okay, you kid, you look like a dog now. Tsk, tsk, deputy commander-in-chief, do you want you to lead the way when I get home?" Liao Wang Zhu Zhi smiled and punched Liao Ming's chest.
King Zhu Mo of Han also smiled and punched him, "What's so fun in Beijing? That shitty place in Goryeo is so damn frustrating. You'll be better off later and take me for a walk!"
"I don't dare!" Liao Ming was sandwiched between his two brothers, and each of them punched him with a dumbfounded expression on his face.
"What kind of behavior are you two, let go?" Zhu Di dismounted and scolded.
The two brothers turned back together. King Zhu Zhi of Liao stuck out his tongue and let go, but King Zhu Mo of Han still went his own way and seemed not to hear.
"Hey, brother Ming!" He hugged Liao Ming and continued to move forward, "Do you miss me? I got some beauties for you in Korea. Let them send you home later!"
"Chitose, please stop!" Liao Ming said anxiously, "Does this humble wife know about it?"
"Are you still afraid of your wife?" Zhu Mo laughed.
"The daughter of Marquis Jingchuan is not afraid of her daughter-in-law, but she is afraid of her father-in-law!" Liao Ming cried sadly.
Zhu Mo thought about it, then chirped and said, "Yeah, that's right. That guy Cao Zhen is not easy to mess with. He is looking for trouble all day long. I heard that you bullied his daughter, why don't I beat you to death?"
Liao Ming looked around and whispered, "He can't beat him now!"
"Hehe!" The two of them chuckled in low voices.
Behind them, Prince Ning and Zhu Di walked side by side. When they saw this, they said in a low voice, "Fourth brother, twenty-first brother, after all, we grew up together with the emperor. His temper is really hot, and you don't even listen to your words!"
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Zhu Di smiled and squinted, "Weren't you like this back then?"
Ning Wang Zhu Quan was suddenly choked and speechless. As he was walking through the city gate, a shadow suddenly enveloped him. He trembled for no reason and looked at the palace in front of him in fear.
As soon as I entered the imperial city from You'anmen, several guards suddenly walked over quickly.
"King Yan, stay!"
Zhu Di turned his head and saw an unfamiliar face.
Seeing this, Liao Ming explained in a low voice, "It's Deng Ping, the head guard beside the emperor, so he belongs to the Wang family in Ninghe!"
"Li Jinglong's Yue family!" Zhu Di thought to himself.
Deng Ping stepped forward with a respectful attitude, "The King of Yan is a thousand years old. Your Majesty has issued a decree telling you to go to Lezhizhai!"
"Well, please lead the way!" Zhu Di said lightly.
"Hey, why didn't the emperor declare me?" Han Wang Zhu Mo shouted, "By the way, hurry up and have people bring the specialties I brought to the palace. I brought a lot of good things to the emperor and the prince!
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This chapter has been completed!