The distance between Taisun's Mansion and the East Palace is not too far, so it's time to have a cup of tea, but Zhu Zhanji didn't come back too many times after he branched out.
This is the reason why his mother, Crown Princess Zhang, and her brothers and sisters have already arrived in Beijing to live in the East Palace. When his mother had not arrived in Beijing, he had never set foot here!
It was the guards of the East Palace who were very surprised when they saw the grandson driving the car. The eunuch guarding the gate hurried in to report to the princess that the grandson was back!
At that time, the Crown Prince and the Crown Princess were having dinner in the Flower Garden Hall. The Crown Princess was overjoyed at first when she heard the news, but then her face darkened and she said calmly: "As for that? What are you yelling about? He loves to come back or not."
"Hey, it's..." The eunuch guarding the gate knew that this was because the prince was also present and the prince wanted to take care of the prince's feelings, so he lowered his head and quietly left.
"..." As soon as the eunuch went out, there was a silence in the flower gardening hall. The prince took a few mouthfuls of rice, put down the bowl, held the table and tried to get up.
Zhang's hand was pressed on the prince's arm. The prince frowned and looked at the princess, but saw her eyes full of begging.
The prince and Mrs. Zhang have always respected each other as guests, and Mrs. Zhang has never done anything beyond the rules. Naturally, she has been suppressing her heart for so long that she can no longer bear it anymore.
"Your Highness, how long will you continue to be angry with him?" Mrs. Zhang had tears in her eyes as she begged softly.
"Hey..." The prince sighed and finally sat down.
At this time, Zhu Zhanji came in and saw his parents sitting at the table waiting for him. He quickly lifted his robe, knelt down and said respectfully: "My son, my father, my mother and concubine, please give me your regards."
"Get up." The prince naturally remained silent. It was Mrs. Zhang who spoke: "What are you doing here?"
"First of all, I want to pay my respects to my father and my mother and concubine, and secondly..." The grandson looked up at the prince and whispered: "Come and apologize to my father."
"I don't dare." The prince snorted. Zhu Gaochi had a kind heart and a gentle temperament, but that didn't mean that he didn't have anger. Especially towards his estranged son, who openly acted against himself, the prince really couldn't calm down.
"It was all my fault before, and I know I was wrong..." Zhu Zhanji was not surprised at all by the prince's reaction, and bowed his head in apology.
"Hmph..." The prince snorted and wanted to say something else. But Mrs. Zhang took the words and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, father and son still have an overnight feud. Since Ji'er knows that he was wrong, Your Highness will forgive him for this moment.
"Okay." He glared at his grandson and said, "If you dare to disrespect your father again in the future, don't come into this house again!"
"I understand." Zhu Zhanji nodded obediently.
Seeing that his attitude was very upright, Mrs. Zhang was very pleased and said: "Have you had dinner?"
"Never." Zhu Zhanji shook his head.
"Sit down and have a meal together." Mrs. Zhang said. The maid saw that His Highness the Crown Prince had no objection, and quickly brought a chair for the Grandson, added tableware, and brought a porcelain basin to wash his hands.
After Zhu Zhanji sat down and had just eaten a few mouthfuls of food, the prince slowly stood up and said, "I'm done with it now. Let's go to the study to read."
"Father." Zhu Zhanji hurriedly spit the food in his mouth into the bucket, stood up and said, "My son, I still have something important to ask."
Zhu Gaochi paused for a moment, then with the help of two eunuchs, he moved behind the screen.
"You eat first, then go to the study after dinner." Mrs. Zhang felt sorry for her son. When she saw the prince leaving, she quickly pulled Zhu Zhanji to sit down. While serving him the dishes herself, she smiled and said: "Your father has a hard mouth but a soft heart.
If you knew he was here and you couldn't eat well, you would leave first."
"Yes, my father has always loved his son. It's all his fault." Zhu Zhanji lowered his head and continued to eat. In fact, he had something on his mind and couldn't eat at all, but in order to reassure Zhang, Zhu Zhanji still took big gulps.
meal.
After devouring the meal, Zhu Zhanji told Mrs. Zhang that he was going to the study to find the prince. Mrs. Zhang hoped that the father and son could have a good talk to resolve the misunderstanding and not continue the cold war. So he let go quickly.
He even told him to keep his temper and not to contradict his father again.
Zhu Zhanji naturally agreed, said goodbye to his mother for the time being, and came to the door of the East Palace Study. When he arrived at the door and was about to knock on the door, Zhu Zhanji stopped. He suddenly became hesitant, as if he was a little undecided.
Should I knock on this door?
"Come in." At this moment, the prince's voice was heard inside.
"Father." Zhu Zhanji opened the door and went in. He saw the prince holding a book in his hand and looking at him.
Zhu Zhanji stood in front of the kang with his hands tied, and the prince sat on the kang holding a book. The father and son had not been alone together like this for a year, and the atmosphere was inevitably a bit awkward.
"Father, our father and son are in big trouble..." Zhu Zhanji finally said softly.
"You mean, your second uncle is going to leave the mountain?" Zhu Gaochi had no unnecessary expression on his face, only as calm as a deep pool in autumn.
"Yes." Zhu Zhanji was a little surprised. Ever since the prince saw that he was suspicious of the emperor, he had kept the door closed and refused outsiders. He seemed to be turning a deaf ear to what was going on outside the window. But obviously, the prince's news was not generally well-informed.
Within an hour, he knew the decree that had just been made but had not yet been issued.
But this is not the time to be surprised, because when the emperor leaned towards the Han Dynasty, Zhu Zhanji and the prince became a relationship of success and failure. The more powerful the prince, the more beneficial it was to Zhu Zhanji.
"I wonder what your father has to say?" Zhu Zhanji asked softly.
"If it rains, my mother will get married, and no one can stop her." Zhu Gaochi said with a solemn expression, "It would be great if Zhongde was here."
"Zhongde," Zhu Zhanji paused and said softly, "Someone sent me a message yesterday."
"What are you talking about?" Zhu Gaochi's eyes suddenly lit up. He clutched the book hard and tried to control his excitement.
"There are only eight words in total," Zhu Zhanji said softly: "If you persist for a month, there will be a solution. Apart from that, there are no more words."
"That's enough! Zhongde made it clear enough!" Zhu Gaochi said, frowning and looking at Zhu Zhanji: "Since you received Zhongde's letter yesterday, why didn't you stop the emperor's appointment today?"
"I stopped it," Zhu Zhanji said helplessly, "but I couldn't stop it at all."
"You didn't try your best!" Zhu Gaochi placed the book heavily on the table, and once again couldn't hold back his anger and said: "It was like this last time. It was too selfish, it was just a small taste, and it was shrinking when it encountered resistance. How did you become like this?
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"I..." Zhu Zhanji came to discuss countermeasures with the prince today. Naturally, he had to accept whatever he said. He forced himself to nod and said: "Father taught you a lesson, but now that the emperor has issued an edict, it is a done deal. What can be done?
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"Has the decree been promulgated?" Zhu Gaochi raised his eyelids and said with sharp eyes.
"Not yet." Zhu Zhanji shook his head.
"Then there is still hope!" Zhu Gaochi said solemnly.
"But the emperor's holy will has been made, and he personally drafted the decree to appoint my second uncle. How can he take it back?" Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said.
"Yes, as long as you can risk it!" Zhu Gaochi said calmly: "Tomorrow is the day to go to court. I guess the three bachelors will try to delay the decree until after the court meeting before sending it out."
"Yes." Zhu Zhanji nodded. He did not expect that his father, whom he had always looked down upon, could actually guess the actions of Yang Shiqi and others as if he had seen it himself. He couldn't help but asked out of curiosity: "How did father know about it?
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"I have worked with them for more than ten years, so I can still guess what they are." Zhu Gaochi said calmly, but the weight of his words made Zhu Zhanji unable to hold his head up - he felt that the prince seemed to be saying,
Boy, the people you rely on now are all my people!
"Are you willing to go out?" Zhu Zhanji asked softly, "Please give me some advice, father."
"Put your most valuable money on the table," His Royal Highness said in a deep voice.
"My most valuable thing..." Zhu Zhanji thought about it and said with a pale face: "It is the identity of this grandson."
"Then put this identity on the line," the prince looked at Zhu Zhanji and said calmly: "It is impossible for the emperor not to give you a chance to gamble."
"This..." Zhu Zhanji regretted coming here, thinking, "Isn't this a waste of time?" What good ideas could he have? He couldn't help but say with dissatisfaction, "Father, the grandson's identity is not the child's private property.
, is the foundation of our Ming Dynasty, how can we just use it for gambling?"
"At this time, if you don't gamble, how can you buy time?" Zhu Gaochi said calmly: "If you don't gamble, how can you win?"
"Father," Zhu Zhanji felt deeply confused: "The situation is indeed extremely critical, but Wang Xian didn't say a word. I don't know how he is now, let alone what he is going to do! The child is in a state of ignorance.
,How dare you make such a desperate move?!"
"Are you sure that the news was sent to you by Wang Xian?" Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Zhanji.
"Okay." Zhu Zhanji nodded.
"That's enough." Zhu Gaochi looked at his unfamiliar son and said word by word: "Just the word 'Wang Xian', can't it help you make up your mind?"
"This..." Zhu Zhanji was speechless for a moment. Wang Xian had indeed never let him down, and he had trusted him immensely. But this time the bet was too heavy, and Wang Xian had been defeated so completely before.
, how dare His Highness Taisun ignore it and put all his wealth on him?
"Think about it carefully," Zhu Gaochi picked up the book a little tiredly and said slowly: "Who has saved you from danger time and time again, turning the impossible into possible. If you can't trust him completely, I'm afraid there will be no one else in the world.
Someone you can trust..."
"I know..." Zhu Zhanji lowered his head, and when he saw that Zhu Gaochi stopped talking, he quietly handed over his hands and left.
'Hey...' When he closed the study door, Zhu Zhanji heard a sigh. He didn't know whether his father was worried about the current situation or disappointed with himself.
That night, Zhu Zhanji stayed up all night, sitting in a chair waiting to go to court. When the sky dawned in the east, he finally made up his mind that he and his father were different after all, and he must not be emotional!
As for the final result, Zhu Zhanji is not worried because he knows his father too well... For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net