Capital.

Outside the palace gate.

"Master Hu."

Ge Yang, who had been guarding the palace gate, saw Hu Fei quickly coming out of the palace, hurriedly greeted him and bowed respectfully.

"Go, go, go!"

Hu Fei glanced at Ge Yang, waved, turned his head and glanced back, jumped onto the carriage and got into the carriage.

Ge Yang didn't know why, so he glanced at the palace gate suspiciously, and urged his men to drive the carriage towards Prince Yan's Mansion.

Hu Fei sat in the carriage, opened the curtain of the window and took a look. He finally breathed a sigh of relief, with a gloating smile on his lips.

If it hadn't been for the confusion just now, I'm afraid I wouldn't have been able to explain both things clearly. Fortunately, it was all over now, and Zhu Yuanzhang didn't have time to blame Xiao Wu.

After burning incense, the carriage finally stopped in front of Prince Yan's Mansion.

"Master Hu, we're here."

Ge Yang stood respectfully beside the carriage and reminded him in a low voice.

After hearing this, Hu Fei slowly walked out of the carriage and jumped out of the carriage.

Looking at the palace in front of him, Hu Fei couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. This was the first time he had seen the grandeur of the palace. The Prime Minister's Palace was already big and impressive, but compared with the palace, it was still a little less interesting.

"Master Hu, please, the prince has been waiting in the mansion for a long time."

Ge Yang made a respectful gesture of invitation and urged.

The time to return home was already several hours later than expected, and he had already become an ant on the hot pot. If King Yan did not see Hu Fei again, he would not be able to eat and walk away.

Hu Fei nodded, put his hands behind his back, and walked inside.

The outside of the palace looked grand enough, but I didn't expect it to be even more grand inside, with pavilions, pavilions, rockeries and flowing water. King Yan hadn't returned for half a year, so the whole palace was extremely busy and crowded with people.

However, they didn't know Hu Fei. When they saw a sloppy young man wearing hard labor clothes suddenly entering the house, they couldn't help but look sideways, with curiosity on their faces.

However, after seeing the butler Ge Yang who was personally accompanying him, no one dared to say anything. Regardless of whether they knew him or not, they first saluted and bowed to Hu Fei.

Seeing this scene, Hu Fei curled his lips and said nothing.

Soon, under the leadership of Ge Yang, Hu Fei came to the door of a study room.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Hu is here."

Ge Yang walked to the door of the study, bowed respectfully, and said softly.

As soon as he finished speaking, a figure walked out quickly, holding a stack of books in his hand and a smile on his face.

It was none other than King Zhu Di of Yan.

"Your Majesty, Hu Fei, has met His Highness King Yan!"

Hu Fei bowed his hands and said respectfully.

"You don't have to be so polite when you come to my place. Come on, come on in."

"Lao Ge, watch tea for Mr. Hu!"

Zhu Di waved his hand, walked quickly to Hu Fei, took Hu Fei's hand, and shouted to Ge Yang beside him as he walked in.

Ge Yang was stunned for a moment, agreed, and immediately went to make tea.

Hu Fei was pulled into the study room by Zhu Di. Everywhere he saw were all kinds of ancient books, calligraphy and paintings. He couldn't help but be speechless. He didn't expect that Zhu Di was a person who loved poetry and books so much.

"Sit, sit, sit."

Zhu Di pointed to the chair next to him and said with a smile.

Hu Fei nodded, smiled and sat on the chair, finally pulled his hand back from Zhu Di's, and subconsciously rubbed it on his clothes.

Being held by a man's hand always makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

Zhu Di's enthusiasm surprised him a little.

"How is it? Did your father give you anything? In order to intercede for you, I said a lot of good things about you in front of my father."

Zhu Di looked at Hu Fei and asked curiously.

"Thank you, Your Highness, King of Hell. Thank you very much."

"But I don't ask for any reward. It's my duty to rescue His Majesty the King of Hell. How can I ask for a reward from His Majesty?"

Hu Fei shook his head and said with a smile.

“Take credit but don’t be arrogant, that’s good, that’s good.”

After listening to Hu Fei's words, Zhu Di nodded with satisfaction and said with approval.

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Highness."

Hu Fei smiled and said.

"By the way, as soon as I returned to the capital, I sent people to Hanlinxuan to fetch all the manuscripts of Liaozhai that I missed before. The subsequent stories are getting more and more exciting."

"I didn't expect that in addition to your profound martial arts skills, you could actually write such a wonderful book. It's rare."

Zhu Di thought of the stack of books in his hand, raised his hand, and said excitedly.

"Your Highness is so complimentary. If you continue to praise me, I will blush."

Hu Fei smiled bitterly and said awkwardly.

Originally, he thought that Zhu Di was enthusiastic enough when he entered the door, but he didn't expect that he became more enthusiastic every moment, and even he couldn't bear it.

"Don't be a low-ranking official. Listen to me. When I saw you today, I feel that I am very close to you. Moreover, you are also my savior. If you are willing, from now on you and I will be treated as brothers.

, what do you think?"

Zhu Di waved his hand, looked at Hu Fei, and asked expectantly.

After listening to Zhu Di's words, Hu Fei almost fell off his chair.

Brothers befitting each other?!

Is this the rhythm of sworn vows!?

"Is this good?"

Hu Fei smiled and asked hesitantly. In fact, he was already happy.

Calling a prince a brother is not a privilege that everyone has! And Zhu Di is the future Yongle Emperor!

"What's the point? It's settled. I am the fourth among my father's descendants. From now on, you can call me Fourth Brother. How about that?"

Zhu Di waved his hand and said impatiently.

"Fourth brother?"

Hu Fei smiled and shouted hesitantly.

"Eh."

"Good brother?"

Zhu Di agreed and called Hu Fei his younger brother.

"Eh."

Hu Fei also agreed.

"Fourth brother?"

"Good brother?"

"Fourth brother?"

"Good brother?"

Immediately afterwards, the two called each other twice again and couldn't help laughing.

At this time, Ge Yang also walked in with freshly brewed tea and respectfully poured a cup for Zhu Di and Hu Fei each.

"My dear brother, you haven't eaten in the city guard for the past half month, okay? You must be really greedy. Let's have dinner at my house tonight. I'll have the kitchen cook some delicious food. You can eat more, we brothers.

Have a few more drinks and I’ll help you get rid of your bad luck.”

Zhu Di said with a smile while motioning Hu Fei to drink tea.

After hearing Zhu Di's words, Ge Yang was stunned. He didn't expect that King Yan had already become brothers with Hu Fei after not seeing each other for a while.

"Fourth brother, I'm afraid I won't be able to do it today. Let's change it to another day. I'll definitely change it to another day. I've been away from Beijing for half a month. I haven't had time to go back to Beijing to say hello to my father. I guess I'm already anxious at home when I know I'm back."

Hu Fei cupped his hands and said slightly apologetically.

"I didn't expect you to still have such filial piety. Well, then go back early to report to Mr. Hu that you are safe. You will come here often in the future. The door of Prince Yan's Mansion will be open to you at any time."

Zhu Di nodded and said approvingly.

"must!"

Hu Fei nodded and agreed.
To be continued...