In the palace of the Prince of Han, in a gorgeous room, there is a large bed imitating the shape of a dragon bed, placed in the middle of the room.
The surrounding tents were hung down, and Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu was lying quietly inside.
Ever since his right hand was chopped off by Xiao Chen, Zhu Gaoxu has been lying on this bed and never left the house. Even when Li Jinhong, the magistrate of Le'an Prefecture, came, he stood beside the big bed and said a few polite words,
Then he was sent away.
At the door of the dormitory, two guards with swords stood waiting quietly. No one was allowed to enter without the order of the King of Han.
There was a sound of footsteps outside the door, and the guard who was on duty at the door hurriedly walked in.
"Your Majesty, haven't you gotten up yet?" The guard looked at the two colleagues at the door and asked in a low voice.
"No. You are not on duty at the door. Could it be that something happened when you came here?" A guard at the door of the dormitory asked in a low voice.
The guard hunched over and looked into the dormitory. Xiao Chen said: "Just now, a strange man came to the gate. Perhaps, this person is a nobleman of our palace. I came to report to the prince."
"My lord? When will you be able to recognize your lord? Go and guard the door. Don't make the prince unhappy and bring trouble to yourself." The guard at the door of the dormitory is obviously very familiar with the guard at the gate.
He waved his hand and prepared to let him leave.
"Think about what our palace was like before and what it is like now. How can you bear the prince to continue to sink like this?" The guard did not leave, but continued to look inside.
"Oh, of course we don't want to do it anymore. But with the prince in this state, what can we do." The guard at the door of the dormitory shook his head.
"How about you let me go in and report to the prince so that he can make a decision?"
"Your Majesty is resting, don't report, let's go." The guard at the door of the dormitory shook his head and rejected the other party's request.
Are you kidding me? With the prince's current mood, I wouldn't dare let anyone in casually. If I make the prince unhappy, I will be implicated.
"Well, I feel that the other party is really a strange person. Perhaps this is the turning point for our Han Palace." The guard shook his head, turned around and prepared to leave.
Heads shook at the door, and a tall and thin figure walked in. It was Zhu Gaoxu's eldest son, Zhu Zhanhe, who was also canonized as the crown prince of the Han Dynasty and walked in slowly.
He made a fist with his right hand, put it to his mouth, coughed a few times, and looked at the guards who were talking quietly: "My father is resting inside. Are you making noise here, aren't you afraid of disturbing my father?"
"Your Majesty." When the three of them saw Zhu Zhanhe, they hurriedly clasped their fists and saluted.
Although Zhu Zhanhe has always looked sick, he is the prince of the Han Dynasty after all, and he is very favored by the Han Dynasty. Although the prestige of the Han Dynasty is not as good as before, with the Han Dynasty around, the palace guards are very interested in this person.
The thin prince was still very respectful.
"Your Majesty, I'm on duty at the gate. I found a strange person outside the gate, so I came here to report to the prince. Unexpectedly, the prince is taking a rest. I will leave now." The guard on duty at the gate explained.
, and will retreat.
"Strange man? What's so strange about him?" Zhu Zhanhe asked in a low voice.
"The man was a fat old man. He pointed at the gate of the palace, scolded the prince for a while, and then said that he was drinking in a tavern not far away. If the prince is interested, he can go and talk." The guard said hurriedly.
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"Scold the father? Since when can an outsider scold the father casually? Why don't you lead someone to take him down?" Zhu Zhanhe raised his voice.
Although Prince Han's Mansion is now in a lonely state, how can he bear to be scolded by someone standing at the door?
"The villain thought..." The guard wanted to explain.
"Why? Why, didn't you hear clearly what I said?" Zhu Zhanhe's eyes widened.
"Crash", the drooping tent in the room was slowly opened, and a pair of big feet stretched out from the tent and stepped on the boots on the ground.
"I can't even sleep peacefully, but you still have to keep making noises outside." Sitting on the edge of the big bed, Zhu Gaoxu looked out of the bedroom door.
"Father, you're awake." Zhu Zhanhe hurriedly walked in.
The three guards knelt down on one knee with a "pop" sound, lowered their heads, and did not dare to make a sound.
"He'er, why are you here?" Looking at Zhu Zhanhe, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes exuded a rare warmth, and his tone of voice seemed to be less manic than in the past, and was full of kindness.
"I haven't paid my respects to my father for a few days. The child missed his father very much, so he wanted to come over and have a look." Looking at Zhu Gaoxu who had already put on his boots, Zhu Zhanhe hurriedly took a cloak and put it on Zhu Gaoxu's head.
On the back.
"Yes." Zhu Gaoxu nodded, raised his right hand and pointed at the guard on duty at the gate, "You, come here."
Upon hearing Zhu Gaoxu's call, the three guards raised their heads in unison.
The guard who was pointed at turned pale, crawling and rolling in front of Han Wang Zhu Gaoxu: "Your Majesty."
"Tell me, how did that old man scold me?" Zhu Gaoxu stood up slowly, gently pulled the cloak on his forehead, and gently carried the arm with his right hand cut off behind his back.
Before, the guard was so frightened by the Crown Prince Zhu Zhanhe's anger that he didn't know what to do. But now, Zhu Gaoxu, who is known as the Living King of Hell, called him to ask questions again. He was already shaking like chaff and stammering.
Don't know how to answer.
"Tell me, why are you shaking?" Zhu Gaoxu's voice was very low, and there was no hint of anger in his words. However, in the ears of the guard, every word was like a hammer, hitting
in mind.
"Back to my lord, that man scolded me very harshly. I dare not repeat his words." After stammering for a long time, the guard finally spoke a complete sentence.
Raising his left hand, Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his brow: "That was someone else scolding me. You just repeated it. I will not blame you."
As if he was a different person, Zhu Gaoxu's tone today was unusually kind.
The guard was startled, as if he couldn't believe his ears. He raised his head and looked at Zhu Gaoxu, trembling all over.
"Say it." Zhu Gaoxu repeated lightly.
The guard whispered with a horrified look on his face: "That man said, didn't it mean that after experiencing a disaster, the prince was ready to sink completely from now on?"
He did not dare to speak out the old man's original words. The guard just used his own words to euphemistically express the old man's meaning.
"Tell me the exact words." Zhu Gaoxu's tone rose again.
"The man said that the king of Han in the past was so domineering. After experiencing a disaster, he became as timid as a turtle and dared not go out. I was drinking in the street tavern in front. If he was interested, he could go out as soon as he left the house.
Narrative."
With a "pop" sound, Zhu Gaoxu crushed a chair next to him with his kick.
