"But you still have to suffer a little." After the two brothers ate the mooncakes, Zhu Yuanzhang changed the topic and said to the fourth child.
"..." Lao Liuxin said, knowing that the old thief was showing off his courtesy for nothing and had no good intentions.
"My son has committed a big taboo, and he should be punished severely to set an example to others." The fourth child said willingly.
It seems that Boss Zhu’s fatherly love is very addictive.
It was just that the sixth child was incompatible with him and would not accept his "special attack of fatherly love".
"Father, why don't you count it as mine?" He sincerely suggested: "Destroy one of my thrones, so that I have one left. It won't delay anything."
"Go away, who are you fooling!" Zhu Yuanzhang rolled his eyes at him angrily and said, "You bastard, you can just have some fun picking it out, and then go up to it!"
"Oh..." Lao Liu shrank his neck.
"Father, I would like to attend the morning court tomorrow." Lao Si said solemnly.
"That's nonsense. We can just say that you have been beaten. Do you still have to show them the injury on your buttocks?" Zhu Yuanzhang scolded: "Just rest in peace and recuperate. When the injury is healed, we will have important errands for you."
"Yes, Father." Zhu Di had tears in his eyes again.
The sixth child had never noticed before that the fourth brother loved to cry so much.
But he didn't know how lacking the father's love he was accustomed to, and even a little disgusted with, was among his brothers...except for his eldest brother, of course.
An analogy to Xie Lingyun's pretentious remarks is that Boss Zhu's father's love is worth one stone, the eldest brother has eight buckets, he has one bucket, and the other brothers share one bucket...
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After spending the Mid-Autumn Festival with his two resentful sons, Zhu Yuanzhang left Queen Ma and Concubine Hu to continue eating with them. He and Zhu Biao went to the prince's study to discuss urgently how to deal with the outbreak of the hundreds of officials tomorrow.
The matter was so difficult, and the implications were wide and far-reaching. The two men had to deal with it tactically and cautiously, and they talked all night long before arranging all the matters properly.
At this time, the sound of roosters was heard outside, and Zhu Yuanzhang stretched himself and said, "Unconsciously, it's almost dawn."
"After drinking this bowl of soup, my father will be stunned for a while." The prince brought his father a bowl of lotus seed and lily soup made by Concubine Lu herself.
"It's better not to sleep if you have just fallen asleep." Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, ladling soup, and said to the prince: "After drinking this bowl of soup, I will take you to see a good show, and you will be the leader.
It’s entertaining.”
"Hey, okay." The prince's eyes were red from the sleep, and he secretly smiled bitterly and said, "Dad, you don't want to sleep, but I want to stare blankly for a while."
Even though he is young, he really can't stand up to his old father.
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Early morning on the 16th.
After an autumn rain, a westerly wind blew up in the capital, and the temperature dropped sharply, causing pedestrians who had no time to change into autumn clothes to curl up involuntarily.
The water on the ground has receded, leaving only a mess.
The Yingtianfu policemen haven't gotten up yet, so naturally no one has organized the cleaning of the streets.
The only people on the street so early in the morning were the hard-working civil and military officials of the Hongwu Dynasty, and their even more hard-working charioteers and attendants.
Today, hundreds of officials came earlier than usual. Many people, wearing stars and moons, went out and arrived in front of the right gate of Chang'an to wait for the court. It was still dark.
By the time it was dawn, civil and military officials had already arrived. They gathered together excitedly and their voices were much louder than usual. One by one, they shouted indignantly:
"How many spies have been caught in your family?"
"Both. How many are in your family?"
"We are the only one in our family. It seems that your yamen is more dangerous."
"Oh, King Yan is so bold and reckless. I can't find another example of what he did in the history books!"
"What's the point of sending people to monitor us? Yesterday, he bombarded the Marquis of Ji'an's mansion." Censor Zhongcheng Tujie, who was wearing a scarlet robe and a Xiechi patch on his chest, sneered:
"He openly bombarded the Marquis's residence in the capital. It is a heinous crime! If he is not severely punished, his next step will be to bombard the Forbidden City!"
"Yes, the crimes of this mad king are so heinous that if they are not severely punished, the people will not be indignant! If he is left, he will only be an official but will not live a good life, and the country will not be a country!"
The officials were indignantly denouncing King Yan, when suddenly they heard someone shouting: "Prime Minister Hu is here!"
They hurriedly looked around, and sure enough they saw the familiar little donkey cart. As if they had found the backbone, they crowded around and said hello:
"Hu Xiang, Xen Ke is back!"
"Hu Xiang, if you don't come out, we will be bullied to death!"
"Hu Xiang..."
The donkey cart stopped slowly, Lao Huang lifted the curtain and helped out the slightly senile Hu Weiyong.
Due to a stroke and his son's scandal, Hu Weiyong has not been seen for some time. His reappearance at a time when official grudges are boiling is naturally a great encouragement to all officials.
"Okay, everyone." He held a cane in one hand and greeted the officials with the other, and then asked:
"I heard a lot of noise from all the way here. What are everyone talking about? They look so angry."
"Back to Prime Minister Hu, we are all being watched!" Baiguan complained angrily.
"So, that mysterious list is real?" Hu Weiyong asked in shock.
"That's not true!" All the officials talked about their experience of catching spies yesterday, and finally asked: "The Hu Xiang family is also indispensable, right?"
"Yeah." Hu Weiyong nodded and said, "If this matter was really instigated by King Yan, it would be really chilling."
"Isn't that the fourth child?" All the officials took out the confessions from their arms and said angrily: "We have recorded all the confessions, and those details are all attributed to King Yan!"
"That's right." Hu Weiyong sighed: "How could the emperor be so kind and benevolent as to give birth to such a cold and evil prince?"
"Where did you go? Did Hu Xiang hear the cannon?" someone said loudly again.
"Yes." Hu Weiyong nodded and said, "I heard that it was also King Yan who fired the cannon, which opened the gate of the Marquis of Ji'an's Mansion with one shot."
"They even arrested Lao Lu's whole family." Fei Ju gritted his teeth and said, "What a good nephew! He doesn't regard us uncles and uncles as human beings at all!"
"Didn't the Marquis of Ji'an have an iron ticket to avoid death?" Hu Weiyong asked strangely: "Why not use it?"
"He denies it and says it doesn't work." Fei Ju said to the crowd in a rough voice: "Listen, are these human words? The emperor's imperial edict engraved on the iron certificate doesn't work, so does his fourth son's nonsense work?"
"Yes, it's not what I said. This is a rebellion!" Baiguan echoed loudly: "We must participate in his rebellion!"
~~
The upper gate of Chang'an Right Gate shrouded in mist.
Zhu Yuanzhang and the prince stood behind the arrow stack. Because of the fog, they could not see clearly the faces of the officials below. But their conversation could be heard clearly.
"This one is talking about Tu Jie..."
"Hu Weiyong is here..."
"This is Fei Ju's fart." Zhu Yuanzhang said to the prince with all his family treasures.
The prince could only smile bitterly. He finally understood where the fourth child's talent for eavesdropping came from.
If the fourth child is the king of eavesdropping, then the father is the king of eavesdropping...
ps. There is another chapter to post in the morning.
