The gatekeeper knew this man and knew that he was a personal attendant of Zhu Di from Prince Yan's Mansion in Peking. The gatekeeper did not dare to neglect and said, "Sir, His Highness Prince Gaoyang is in the mansion."
The man nodded without saying anything.
After handing the horse over to the disciple, he walked straight into the Gaoyang County Prince's Mansion.
Zhu Gaoxu was staying in his yard at this time. No one had taken him to drink since the fever came. He wanted to fight, so he stopped drinking even though the fever had gone away these days. He watched at home every day because he wanted to fight. Shandong map.
At this time, a servant walked up to Zhu Gaoxu and said, "Your Highness, someone from Prince Yan's Mansion in Peiping is here. They want to see Your Highness."
Zhu Gaoxu put down the map in his hand and muttered: "Why did my father send someone to send me a message now?" He was extremely puzzled.
However, although he muttered a little, he honestly went to the front hall to meet the people from Prince Yan's Mansion.
Zhu Gaoxu came to the front hall, where the messenger was waiting. When he saw Zhu Gaoxu, he immediately bowed and saluted.
Zhu Gaoxu sat down on his seat. Seeing that he recognized the messenger, he exchanged a few words and said, "Liu Yi, why did my father send me this message?"
Liu Yi said: "Your Highness, His Highness King Yan is just explaining some daily matters. You will know the specific content after reading this letter from His Highness King Yan."
After hearing what he said, Zhu Gaoxu took the letter from Liu Yi casually, opened the envelope, and read it.
Then Zhu Gaoxu's expression suddenly changed. He raised his head and glanced at Liu Yi, then lowered his head again. The expression on his face changed repeatedly, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair like this for half an hour, his expression constantly changing. Liu Yi stood about six or seven steps in front of him. Zhu Gaoxu had no words to ask him to sit down, and he did not dare to sit down.
In fact, Liu Yi is now also very curious about the content of this letter. Just when he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard Zhu Gaoxu say: "Liu Yi, let me ask you again, this letter is really from my father. For you?"
Liu Yi said: "His Royal Highness King Yan indeed gave it to me."
But after Liu Yi said this, he remembered that although Zhu Di personally handed the letter to him, he met Master Dao Yan after he came out of Zhu Di's study, and Master Dao Yan said a few words to him. , the letter Zhu Di handed him fell out for some reason, Master Daoyan picked it up and handed it to him.
After Zhu Gaoxu asked Liu Yi, he did not talk to him again. Instead, he made up his mind and said loudly to his servants: "You guys tie up Liu Yi!"
Liu Yi himself was shocked. What happened? Not only was he shocked, but several of Zhu Gaoxu's servants were also shocked. One of them hesitated and said: "Your Highness, this is inappropriate. Even if there is anything wrong with Mr. Liu's actions, The appropriate place is to write a letter to His Highness the King of Yan and let the King of Yan come and deal with it."
Zhu Gaoxu said in a deep voice: "Why, aren't you willing to listen to me?"
Zhu Gaoxu was always violent. Seeing him speak like this, his servants did not dare to continue to raise different opinions and came to kidnap Liu Yi.
Liu Yi did not dare to resist and let them tie him up. But during the process Liu Yi kept shouting: "Your Highness, what did I do wrong? Your Highness wants to deal with me?"
Zhu Gaoxu did not answer his words, but just asked his servants to shut his mouth, and then said: "You guys, pull a carriage to the gate of the mansion and stuff Liu Yi into the carriage!"
"Prepare another horse, I'm going out right away!"
Although it was almost dark at this time, the servants did not dare to go against Zhu Gaoxu's words and hurriedly prepared horses and carriages.
Zhu Gaoxu himself went back to the backyard to change clothes, and at the same time called his wife over. While changing clothes, he said to his wife: "If officers and soldiers come to raid our home later, don't panic or resist.
, get everyone out of the way, gather all the servants and children, gather them all in the big house and don't move."
After hearing what Zhu Gaoxu said, his wife immediately said in panic: "Husband, what happened? How come there are officers and soldiers coming to ransack our home?"
Zhu Gaoxu said: "It's not certain that there will be officers and soldiers coming. I just want you not to panic if there are officers and soldiers coming."
"As for what happened, I will tell you after I come back."
Then Zhu Gaoxu left his yard, leaving only his panicked wife behind.
Zhu Gaoxu arrived at the gate, mounted his horse, asked the driver to follow him, and then started running. Looking from behind Zhu Gaoxu's horse, he could see the bright light from the lights on the palace tower illuminating the already dark starry sky.
Although Beiping City and the Ming Dynasty's capital are thousands of miles apart, they are roughly at the same longitude. Therefore, when it is almost dark in the capital, it will soon be dark in Beiping City.
In Prince Yan's Mansion, a servant walked outside Zhu Di's study and whispered: "Your Highness, the Princess is inviting Your Highness to come to dinner."
In the study room, Zhu Di heard the servant's words and said: "I know." Then Zhu Di put down the book in his hand and turned to go to eat. Through the light that was not extinguished, you can see that the book Zhu Di put down was also about Shandong.
geographical.
Although Zhu Di had no plans to rebel, he was also very interested in the rebellion in Shandong. When he had free time every day, he would take out the reports he received about the battle situation in Shandong, and combined it with Shandong's geography, he would think about how handsome he would be.
If the soldiers suppress the rebellion, how will they fight this battle?
When Zhu Di came to the place where he was eating, Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaosui, and Zhu Gaochi's wife Zhang quickly stood up to say hello. Zhu Di's wife Xu Feixu did the same.
Zhu Di agreed one by one, and then asked Zhang: "How is Zhanji doing now?"
Zhang smiled and said, "Father, Zhan Ji has already eaten. He played like crazy this afternoon and is now sleeping in the house when he is tired."
Zhu Di asked a few more questions, then sat down and announced that dinner was ready.
During the meal, Zhu Di said to Zhu Gaosui: "Gao Sui, it's been taking so long. Dad has to send you to the capital to study."
Of course Zhu Gaosui was not willing to go to the capital. He said: "Father, there is a rebellion in Shandong now, and the roads are not smooth. Moreover, it has been delayed for such a long time, and there is not much time to wait for Shandong.
After I have been pacified, please send me to the capital to study."
Zhu Di said: "That won't work. You are already seventeen, and His Majesty keeps asking the princes from all over the country to send their princes to the capital to study together. You are not ill, so it would be wrong not to send him."
"And at your age, won't His Majesty release you back when you turn twenty? It will only take three years."
When Zhu Gaosui saw Zhu Di talking like this, he knew it was inevitable, so he could only agree: "Yes, father."
After a while, the meal was over. Zhu Di wanted to go to the study to continue his daydreaming, but then a servant suddenly said to him: "Your Highness, Master Dao Yan wants to see Your Highness."