"Your Majesty, Zhu Gaochi, bow to my emperor, long live my emperor!"
Fat Zhu Gaochi appeared in front of Zhu Yunxi and kowtowed grandly.
Because there is a lot of flesh on the body, it is extremely difficult to stand up every time when prostrating. You have to support the ground with your hands to stand up. Moreover, when you rise up, the fat on your waist seems to be about to burst the jade belt around your waist.
"It's hard for you, you are so fat and you still need to be so generous!" Zhu Yunxi said with a teasing smile.
Zhu Gaochi was slightly possessed, and then smiled and said, "The courtesy between the emperor and his ministers cannot be abolished. Don't say that I am just fat. Even if I am so fat that I can't walk or can't get up when I kneel down, I still have to salute the emperor!"
"Come here, show Prince Yan his seat!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile.
Wang Shai glanced at the side, and a young eunuch came over carrying a round stool.
Zhu Gaochi wanted to refuse, but Zhu Yunxi said, "Sit down, you know I don't have so many rules!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!" Zhu Gaochi cupped his hands and sat down with half his buttocks next to the stool.
If he was a thin man, it would not be unsightly if half of his buttocks were touching the stool, and it would not be very uncomfortable to sit on. But he was fat, and the half of his body that was not touching the stool had to support his whole body, which made Zhu Yunxi feel uncomfortable just looking at him.
"Just sit still!" Zhu Yunxi said, "You don't have to be so frightened in front of me!"
"Your Majesty is kind and kind, I am indescribably grateful!" Zhu Gaochi thanked him, but he still sat awkwardly with his buttocks leaning against the stool.
His posture was very low, very low.
Zhu Yunxi knew this very well.
Zhu Yunxi continued to ask with a smile, "Why are you here by yourself? Where are the second and third children in your family?"
"I entered the palace alone today, the second and third..." After saying that, Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "I'm not afraid of the emperor's laughter. These two younger brothers have been spoiled by my family since they were young. They can't speak without thinking. I am
I’m afraid they won’t listen to anything they say in front of the emperor!”
"They are all from my own family, so I won't blame you if you tell me otherwise!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "The Ming Dynasty did not accuse people of words, and I will not be so mean to my blood relatives!" He said, smiling, "Come and see me.
Is there something wrong with me?"
"It's okay!" Zhu Gaochi said hurriedly, "The emperor has ascended the throne, and I am happy. Thinking that the emperor is not busy anymore, I came to listen to the holy teachings!" After that, he continued with sincere words, "Back then, I followed the emperor to Yuan for disaster relief, and saw the emperor.
I work tirelessly in the wind and rain, and I am so ashamed of myself. In these years, every time the emperor sees me, he treats me with extra courtesy, and I feel more and more guilty!"
"You haven't done anything sorry to me, what do you feel guilty about?" Zhu Yunxi asked with a smile.
Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi was speechless.
Zhu Yunxi's words hit his chest directly, making it impossible to talk about other things in his mind.
"Even if I feel guilty, it doesn't matter!" Zhu Yunxi continued, "Grandpa Huang once taught me that when you are a family member, sometimes when you are in charge of a large family, you have to suffer some grievances and be humbled!"
"Absolutely not!" Zhu Gaochi hurriedly knelt down.
"Get up, get up!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "I didn't say it was you!"
In an instant, cold sweat broke out from Zhu Gaochi's back.
He knew the meaning of Zhu Yunxi's words, and he also had a guilty conscience.
"Get up!" Zhu Yunxi continued to smile, "I'm not talking about you, you are a powerless prince, how can you make me angry!"
"Your Majesty is magnanimous!" Zhu Gaochi stood up with difficulty, but the next second, he was so frightened that he knelt on the ground again.
"But you must know who it is!" Zhu Yunxi looked at him with a smile and said.
"Your Majesty!" Zhu Gaochi was shocked.
Zhu Yunxi smiled and waved his hands to stop him from talking, "You must have come to see me today for a reason and you have something to say." After saying that, he walked up to Zhu Gaochi and pulled him up, "You are a
You are a smart person and a person who knows how to get things done. I have always had a good impression of you, and Grandpa Huang has praised you many times."
"There are some things that you may or may not know. But do you think the roots of these things lie with me?"
Are the roots here with me?
For a moment, Zhu Gaochi was speechless.
The purpose of his visit to Beijing this time was to ease relations, to talk to others, and to mediate.
But the old man suddenly, beyond everyone's expectation, abdicated the throne directly at the Zhengdan court meeting in front of the ancestors of the Tiandi Zong Temple and Sheji.
This time, it directly disrupted all Zhu Gaochi's plans.
"Come!" Zhu Yunxi patted the other party's shoulder, "You and I, come out for a walk!"
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The New Year has just passed and the wind is still cold.
In the Imperial Garden, Zhu Yunxi walked forward slowly, followed by Zhu Gaochi with his head slightly bowed.
In the garden, those plum blossoms that bloomed in winter have passed their best years. Although they are still beautiful and proud, they are somewhat dull without the matching of ice and snow.
Zhu Yunxi stopped and picked off a petal, "No one can be good for a hundred days, and a flower cannot be as red as a hundred days!"
He stopped suddenly. Zhu Gaochi stopped quickly and almost hit Zhu Yunxi's back.
"Why is he reciting poetry all of a sudden?" Zhu Gaochi thought to himself, and then hurriedly searched his mind to come up with a few words to suit the occasion. Unfortunately, the son of the Zhu family was not very good at ink, let alone talent.
I saw Zhu Yunxi looking back and asking with a smile, "Do you know the meaning of the sentence here, no one is good for a hundred days?"
"I am stupid and don't know why!" Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, "I will tell you nothing from the emperor, I am ignorant and incompetent!"
"You are not an uneducated person!" Zhu Yunxi smiled and continued, "According to the Master's explanation when I was a child, no one is good for a hundred days, which means that people cannot always have smooth sailing and everything goes as they wish, right?
?”
"The sage is no better than the emperor!" Zhu Gaochi bowed his head and said.
"Actually, in my opinion, that's not the case!" Zhu Yunxi rubbed the petals in his hand, "You see, good people here are relative to red flowers. Flower blooming is a process, from small buds to proudly blooming. This has its own characteristics
Many hardships!”
"The same is true for people. If a person wants to do well, it will be more ups and downs. It is not easy!"
After Zhu Gaochi heard this, his mind was spinning rapidly, "The emperor's words are thought-provoking, and I have benefited a lot from them!"
"You can't compare to Li Jinglong in saying nice things!" Zhu Yunxi laughed.
Then, he clapped his hands and said, "Bonus is a process, and being a good person is also a process. But in the process of people becoming good, there will be many details and accidents!"
After saying that, he paused and said, "So in addition to the saying that no one is good for a hundred days, there are a few words that are suitable for the occasion, do you know?"
"I have few talents and little knowledge!" Zhu Gaochi said with a smile, "I really can't remember it!"
"No one can be good for a hundred days!" Zhu Yunxi smiled, and his smile became fainter, "There are still people whose hearts are not as good as snakes swallowing elephants, and those who don't do it for themselves will be punished by heaven and earth!"
Suddenly, Zhu Gaochi was sweating again on his back. When the wind blew, the chill was biting.
"When people reach a good height, they think of better things, but their hearts are full of insufficiency! In fact, this is understandable. When a man is alive, who doesn't want to make further progress? Who doesn't want to soar up?"
"But the bad thing is that if you don't do it for yourself, you will be punished by heaven and earth!"
"Once people believe this, they won't be able to see themselves clearly, and their hearts will be wrong! You said that, right?"
How could Zhu Gaochi be able to say anything? He was so smart that he couldn't hear the other person's overtones.
"Earlier, when I was the grandson of the emperor, I liked to play riddles! But now that I am the king of a country, I am already busy with military and national affairs. I really have no time to think about it, so I am hiding it."
"I am even more unwilling and impatient to let something bother me."
"It's like these decaying plum blossoms. If I get tired of looking at them, just say something!" Zhu Yunxi smiled slightly again as he said that, "There are people who will uproot these flowers!"
This chapter has been completed!