"Father, I know that I was wrong. I really know that I was wrong."
Zhu Tong knelt in front of the old man and cried loudly.
The old man squinted his eyes, his eyes a little red, "Tell me, what's wrong?"
"A son should not be alienated from his father, should not know that his mistakes are good, and should not think about how to please his father and avoid taking the easy. A son should not offend the emperor, and should not act recklessly in the fiefdom..."
The old man closed his eyes, then opened them suddenly. When he looked at Zhu Ju again, he felt a little heartbroken, a little angry, and even a little sad.
The wailing man in front of him is his son.
Everyone hopes that their sons will be upright men and hope that they can correct their mistakes and correct them. But they never want to see their sons crying.
Moreover, crying is not so real.
People will become hypocritical when they grow up, even when facing close relatives.
Let alone a local family, even if it is a common people's family, wouldn't it be the same for an adult son to pursue his own selfish interests?
"Fifth Master! You...hey!" Pu Bucheng secretly thought again, "You are still so unrealistic until now. Aren't you looking for a disease for yourself?"
In fact, the old man knows it, Zhu Xi understands it, even if he is Pu Bucheng, he knows it.
Is it just because of these things that the king of Zhou, Zhu Xi, ended up in the situation he is in today?
But Zhu Xi only clearly thought about a little bit, not everything the old man thought about.
Today, the old man wanted to save him and let him speak out. Then the old man went to ask the emperor. As long as he admits his mistake, no matter what happened in the past, the emperor will be over.
If you deny it now and still want to hide it, the old man will not do anything to him if he is here. On the day when the old man is gone, will you really think that the emperor has a good temper?
Besides, the old man is obviously making a last-ditch effort.
What he wants to save is not just a fifth son! But what he wants to save is you!
Only when you change, can the old man feel at ease, can he be completely relieved, and can he believe the emperor's words that the blood of the Zhu family will not be stained on his hands.
Otherwise, you will continue to behave like a fool.
The Emperor has nothing to do with it, but in the future someone can help the Emperor!
Because you are about to squeeze the Emperor out of your control, you can’t bear it anymore!
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"Hold it back!"
The old man suddenly shouted loudly.
Zhu Ting suddenly stopped talking, laughing and sobbing.
"You didn't like crying when you were a child, but why do you act like a girl when you grow up!" The old man looked at him sideways.
"Father..."
"Let me ask you, have you ever complained about us over the years?" the old man said suddenly.
Zhu Rui was suddenly startled and said hurriedly, "Father, how dare I, my son! I only have... only gratitude and admiration for my father, how dare I harbor resentment!" As he spoke, he rolled his eyes and said, "Others
I don’t know, but I myself..."
"Fifth Master!" Pu Bucheng really wanted to go up and give Zhu Zhu a mouthful to wake him up.
"Yes, there is!" The old man interrupted Zhu Zhu again and looked into his eyes, "Some resentment between father and son is nothing!" He said, suddenly smiled, "We also complained about your grandpa when we were young, why do we always blame him?
Let’s not have enough to eat!”
As he spoke, he sighed and leaned back, "We know you are resentful!"
Zhu Ting didn't dare to answer, silently wiping his tears.
"You blame us because you only have your elder brother in your heart and not you, right?"
"Father, I have never thought that my son has wronged me!"
The old man sneered, "There is no better way to know a son than a father! Although we don't know how to teach you, we also know what you are thinking. We know you have resentments in your hearts, and if you were us, we would have them too!"
"Why? Why do all the good things belong to you! Just because you were born a few days early, just because you were born in the queen's belly?" The old man murmured with a smile, "Just because you are the eldest son, so you have been born since you were born.
A step above my brothers?"
"Why? Why would your son still climb on top of us after you died? Oh, you are the eldest son, so your son will also be the emperor? We are all princes, and we did not jump out of the cracks in the rocks.
!”
Having said this, the old man smiled again and looked at Zhu Rui, "Really?"
Zhu Rui was still shocked, dumbfounded, and stunned.
"We are your father, and we beat you out!" The old man sneered, "How can we not know your little thoughts? If we didn't know or understand, could we have blocked you out early? How could we have rarely let you go in these years?
Are you coming back?"
"It doesn't matter if you blame us, you are our sons, and we have to protect you! But if you blame the emperor! Will he tolerate you?"
Speaking of this, the old man sighed again, "Today, I will tell you. Yes, in our hearts, your eldest brother will always be more important than you! Today, I will tell you why!"
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The wind seemed to have suddenly become stronger.
The young leaves on the hillside swayed, bent, and curled up.
The wind blew into the pavilion, and some of the old man's silver hair flew, covering his eyes.
"Because your eldest brother is our Zhu Chongba's son."
"And you!" The old man looked at Zhu Xi, "You are the prince of Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang! Do you understand?"
"What Zhu Chongba has acquired in his life will naturally be given to his son. When his son is gone, he will give it to his grandson, and his grandson will give it to his great-grandson. Our son is our life. If we, Zhu Chongba, have a son, we will not be lonely.
Ghost. Even if you die in battle one day, there will still be incense, and some people will secretly burn yellow money paper for us!"
"And you are the sons of our Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang." As he spoke, the old man laughed and said, "Zhu Yuanzhang is the emperor and he has many sons. As long as he is willing, he will have many sons."
"We used to be so poor that we couldn't even call ourselves a wife. We didn't even dare to think about having a family and a son one day!"
"Zhu Chongba only had one daughter-in-law and one son. But the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang had many daughters-in-law and many sons!"
"Do you understand the difference?"
Zhu Ting was dumbfounded, confused and startled.
I really felt a little resentful in my heart.
"I think it's unfair, haha!" The old man threw the cattail leaf fan in his hand, "What's unfair? Your elder brother has to bear much more than you!"
"When we have him, we are very precarious! Because of him, we want to be a good father, to earn a future for our son, and to make this world less miserable for him!"
"It's precisely because we worked so hard, and because he worked so hard, that we are where you are."
"If we had died at that time, there would be no Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, no Ming Dynasty, and no you! But there is still your eldest brother, he can continue the incense of our Zhu family, Zhu Chongba!"
"What else do you have to be angry about? You were born in a palace, and your eldest brother was born in someone else's family. We watched you fall, but when your eldest brother fell, we were at war. You grew up eating delicious food and drinking spicy food, but your eldest brother is so little
...." The old man compared it with his hands and said, "It's in the swaddling clothes, hanging on your mother's heart, follow us to march and fight!"
"You blame our eldest grandson and the current emperor." The old man continued to sneer, "You are all our sons, but when I died first of my wife and then my son, where were you?"
"You are living happily in your fief, and you haven't even given us a letter, right? Our eldest grandson has accompanied us, been filial, and coaxed us all these years. He is your eldest brother's son, and the direct grandson of Zhu Chongba."
"The position of emperor can only be given to him, and you can only be princes! Do we not know about your little actions, or does our eldest grandson not know about it?"
"What did your eldest brother get in exchange for protecting you? Each of you is more arrogant than the other! What does our eldest grandson get in exchange for putting up with you now? In exchange for disrespect!"
"In exchange for the resentment in your hearts, I have gained your dissatisfaction!"
Having said this, the old man patted Zhu Xi's head.
"Son! Silly son, your father doesn't have to worry about this! But you are all our sons after all! We are saving you, saving you!"
As he said that, the old man stood up and hunched his back, "We don't ask you to admit your mistakes or do anything to you. I just want you to be sensible and live a peaceful life without causing trouble!"
"Otherwise, you won't even be able to eat black noodles in the future!"
This chapter has been completed!