After Zhu Di heard this, his expression on his face did not change at all. He still smiled and said to Zhu Fan, "How is that possible? My mother is seriously ill and my father must have given us a decree at the same time. As for the third brother, he said
Why did you arrive with your younger brother? Maybe he was the person who sent the message to Third Brother, so he ran a little slower."
Zhu Fan didn't express anything after hearing this, and said slowly: "Really? Maybe. Then I really want to go and investigate, who has such courage, even daring to neglect the 800-mile express.
"
Zhu Di still faced Zhu Fan with a smile and did not answer the question. Did you check that it was his Zhu Fan's business? What does it have to do with him Zhu Di?
Zhu Fan looked at Zhu Di deeply, as if he wanted to see his heart through his skin. After a moment, Zhu Fan smiled casually and said: "Fourth brother, since we are all here to visit our mother, although she is not seriously ill now
, but we can’t waste time here. Even if we block the city gate, it’s not good. Fourth brother, doesn’t it?
Now you think you are blocking the city gate? But before we came just now, I saw you blocking it here for a long time.
"Third brother, what you said makes sense." Zhu Di agreed lightly, then remained silent.
Zhu Fan pulled the reins, turned around, turned back to Zhu Di and said, "Why don't we two brothers go into the city together? Please!"
"The eldest brother is the most powerful, so the third brother invites you first!"
Zhu Fan said nothing more, shook the reins and said, "Drive!" The group of people followed and entered the capital.
Zhu Di was waiting behind, watching Zhu Fan enter the city. Seeing this, a man on the right leaned over and asked in Zhu Di's ear, "Your Majesty, look at us..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Di said lightly: "Let's go into the city." After saying that, he rode on his horse, followed Zhu Fan and his men, and slowly passed through the city gate.
When the people next to him saw this, they had to put down what they were saying for the time being.
...
In Fengtian Hall, Lao Zhu sat on the dragon chair and reviewed the memorial as usual.
The old eunuch saw a eunuch looking at him outside the palace door. He turned to look at the emperor and saw that the emperor was looking down at the memorial, so he walked quietly to the outside of the palace.
Soon, the old eunuch came back and walked to the emperor. He leaned over and reported, "Your Majesty, King Qin, King Jin, King Yan, and King Zhou have returned to Beijing and asked to see the Emperor."
Lao Zhu listened for a while, put down the memorial and pen in his hand, and said naturally, "Oh? Are you all back?" He thought about it in his mind and felt that they would arrive in the capital around this time.
Then he said: "Then declare it."
"My son... pay homage to my father."
The King of Qin Zhu Chen, the King of Jin Zhu Fan, the King of Yan Zhu Di, and the King of Zhou Zhu Ji all bowed down to Lao Zhu.
"Everyone, get up." Lao Zhu said calmly.
There is no scene of a loving father and a son with tears in his eyes, and there is no such thing as missing someone for three autumns. Lao Zhu only expressed his fatherly love for his sons with just four words. If not for Empress Ma's serious illness this time
, Lao Zhu really doesn’t remember that he still has several sons who are outside the vassal state. Take Qin King Zhu Ping as an example. It has been more than three years since Hongwu established the vassal state of Xi’an in the 11th year of his reign. This is the first time that he has been exiled.
Recalled to the capital.
The same goes for several other people, who are already used to their father's indifference.
In addition to his special regard for Zhu Biao, Lao Zhu was completely carefree about his other sons. The care of his old father and the education of his sons could all be put aside. Anyway, every son has arrived.
When he reached a certain age, he was given the title of king, and when he reached adulthood, he was kicked out and became a vassal, so that he could guard the borders of the Ming Dynasty. He also issued a special decree that he could not return to Beijing without an edict.
He didn't care about the education and growth of each son at all. The most typical one was King Zhu Di of Yan. He loved to dance with swords and guns, but he was not interested in studying and studying at all, and Lao Zhu did not supervise him, which led to the current situation.
Zhu Di's cultural level has never been very good.
Even now, Lao Zhu doesn't have a good attitude towards these sons. They haven't seen each other for several years, and now they suddenly see them, Lao Zhu can't help but teach them a few words.
"The third child?"
"My son is here," Zhu Fan replied with his head lowered.
Lao Zhu gave him a sharp look and asked, "I heard that when you were on your way to sealing Taiyuan, you whipped your cook for some trivial matter?"
"Father, son..." Zhu Fan didn't know how his father knew about this. When his father asked about it, he thought of making excuses.
Who knew that Lao Zhu didn't listen to his explanation at all and asked directly: "Are you just saying yes or no?"
Zhu Fan was forced into a corner and did not dare to deceive his father, so he had to lower his head and reply: "Yes..."
Bang!
Lao Zhu angrily slapped the imperial case and cursed: "You bastard, every bite you eat every day has to pass through the hands of the cook. You even dare to punish the cook at will, don't you just
Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death one day? When I was fighting in the south and north to bring peace to the world, no matter who made mistakes, I punished them one by one, but for decades I didn't dare to blame the cook. Why do you have so much courage?"
Zhu Fan couldn't lift his head after being scolded, and felt aggrieved. He hurried back in a hurry and could not say a few words of comfort. He didn't expect that he would have to be scolded. But even though Zhu Fan felt so sad in his heart, he couldn't raise his head.
Even if he is dissatisfied, he dare not say anything back.
Just as the atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was solemn, Zhu Biao came in from outside the hall after receiving the news.
"My son, I pay homage to my father." Zhu Biao noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and bowed to his father with a smile on his face.
There is a world of difference between Lao Zhu's attitude towards Zhu Biao and his attitude towards his other sons. As soon as Zhu Biao came in to pay his respects, the gloom on Lao Zhu's face quickly faded away like ice and snow. The entire Fengtian Hall
The air that had solidified seemed to begin to flow freely again at this moment.
"The prince is here, get up." Lao Zhu had a smile on his face and waved to the sons beside him, "Your brothers have finally come back. You guys should get close to each other."
At this time, Lao Zhu truly showed his fatherly demeanor.
Although Zhu Biao was wondering what happened here when he didn't come just now, he saw his father's smile and did not ask further questions. He turned around and hugged his brothers one by one, patting each other on the shoulders, "You guys
Are you all okay? I wish I could die as a brother."
Several people were initially trembling with fear after being reprimanded by their father. Although their father had just reprimanded Zhu Han, none of them thought that they could escape in front of their father.
Now that Zhu Biao's arrival has allowed them to truly escape this disaster, everyone seems very happy.