Zhu Zhanhe thought for a long time and didn't know why Zhu Gaoxu stood under this inconspicuous peach tree for a long time.
Although this tree is full of flowers and bones, coupled with the warm spring breeze, in the eyes of those literati who like to write poems and lyrics, they will definitely write a poem because of this beautiful scenery.
But it is obvious that the father is not the kind of character who cherishes the youth and cherishes the autumn, and will not stand still here because of this.
If he was talking about dancing with swords and guns, this was just a garden. There was no place to practice martial arts, and he wouldn't have any deep memories of his father. I couldn't guess what his father was thinking about today.
"My child is stupid and doesn't know why my father is standing here silently." With a hint of shame on his face, Zhu Zhanhe coughed softly a few times and said slowly.
Hearing Zhu Zhanhe's cough, Zhu Gaoxu did not continue the topic, but turned around and looked at his favorite son with a worried look.
"You have been coughing for more than ten years and have never stopped. Do you insist on taking the prescription prescribed by the imperial doctor in the capital?" Zhu Gaoxu's face was kind, and his previous irritable look of keeping away from strangers was completely gone.
"Thank you, Father, for your concern. The child has been brewing medicine and taking it according to the imperial doctor's prescription." With his body slightly bowed, Zhu Zhanhe cupped his fists and whispered respectfully.
Before this, although his father had cared about his health, he had always ignored him except after arranging for the imperial doctor to see him a few times in the capital.
But today, when he heard his coughing and caring about him like this, Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help but feel warm in his heart.
"It is said that the emperor's family has no family ties, but my father is not an emperor, but he is as ruthless as an emperor. I feel ashamed to have treated you for so many years." Zhu Gaoxu stretched out his left hand and patted his son's shoulder twice.
Zhu Zhanhe remembered clearly that when he was a child, when he was still around his father, his father's favorite action was to touch his head with his right hand.
Moreover, whether he is using weapons for practicing martial arts or using chopsticks for eating, my father always uses his right hand.
But today, my father's gesture of expressing love had to be left to his clumsy left hand.
Looking at Zhu Gaoxu's arm behind his back without his right hand, Zhu Zhanhe felt sad. What was even more intense was a kind of anger from the bottom of his heart.
"Father, maybe the old man is right. We cannot get back up because of a disaster. The purple-clothed captain cut off your right hand, and the boy swore that he would pay for it with the lives of his nine clans." Perhaps because he was too excited,
Zhu Zhanhe couldn't help coughing loudly several times.
"Haha," Zhu Gaoxu laughed, "What he chopped off was only my father's right hand, and my father's left hand is still there. Besides, as the prince of Han Dynasty, you have sound limbs. Dongchang is my father's number one enemy.
, is also your number one enemy. The world may think that in this matter, my father was defeated by Ziyi Xiaowei and Dongchang. However, the world has forgotten that my father's surname is Zhu, and your surname is Zhu."
Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, once filled with anger, became extremely deep.
"But, Grandpa Huang..." Zhu Zhanhe did not dare to say the next words.
Looking at Zhu Zhanhe who was hesitant to speak, Zhu Gaoxu laughed: "Are you trying to say that the emperor also ignored this and did not hold Dongchang and the purple-robed captain to account?"
"Yeah." Zhu Zhanhe nodded with an aggrieved look.
"Do you know why the emperor did this?" Zhu Gaoxu still had a smile on his face.
Zhu Zhanhe looked confused and shook his head: "I don't know, kid."
Turning around slowly, Zhu Gaoxu looked at the peach tree again: "That's because my father is not the crown prince, nor the emperor's successor."
"But the father is also the son of Grandpa Huang. He is so cold-blooded and allows others to chop off his son's right hand without caring about it?" Zhu Zhanhe also became a little indignant for a while.
"Haha," Zhu Gaoxu laughed again, "Didn't my father just say that there is no family ties in the emperor's family, and the emperor is the real emperor."
Zhu Zhanhe nodded in understanding, then shook his head.
"If my father were the emperor, how could Dongchang dare to attack my father? If my father said a word, the purple-clothed captain would be punished by the nine tribes. How could he be scolded like this?" Zhu Gaoxu shook his head, his face
There was a trace of helplessness on it.
Looking at the helpless expression on Zhu Gaoxu's face, and looking at the neighbor whose right hand no longer existed, Zhu Zhanhe seemed to have finally made up his mind at this moment.
"In this case, then my father will be the successor of Grandpa Huang, or directly become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty."
"Oh?" Zhu Gaoxu was stunned, and the expression on his face changed to surprise, "In the past, you were always unwilling to do the things that your father arranged for you. You always said that we are a family, can't we compete with them?
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"There is no family relationship in an emperor's family. Although my father is not an emperor, my grandfather is an emperor. We are a family, the emperor's family." Zhu Zhanhe's eyes became extremely firm.
"Okay, okay." Zhu Gaoxu patted Zhu Zhanhe's shoulder again, and there were tears in his eyes.
Although I am not favored by the emperor, my son is still somewhat favored in front of the emperor. It really cost me a lot of effort to persuade him now.
If through Zhu Zhanhe, he could regain a little bit of status in the emperor's mind and make a comeback, it wouldn't be a fantasy.
However, my son is in very poor health. He has been coughing all year round and is almost terminally ill. If he is allowed to meditate and cultivate, perhaps his condition can be improved.
In this way, letting him participate in the struggle for his own rights and overexerting himself will probably aggravate his condition.
However, when you are born into an emperor's family, you should make sacrifices for it. It's not because your father doesn't care about your life or death. Why did you call your surname Zhu and you were born into an emperor's family!
Looking at the peach tree in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu's mind started spinning again.
"Just now, my father asked you, do you know why my father stood under this peach tree for a long time and refused to leave. That's because this peach tree has witnessed the ruthlessness of your uncle, the current crown prince, towards your father."
"Ah?" Zhu Zhanhe opened his mouth.
He had never heard of this matter.
"In order to monitor every move of his father, the prince actually arranged for his own people to lurk inside his father's bodyguard. That is, under the peach tree, the guard wanted to assassinate his father." Zhu Gaoxu said with a sad face.
"Is father injured?" Zhu Zhanhe looked anxious.
"No, the guard failed in his assassination attempt and was captured by my father. After some torture, I found out that all this was actually done by the prince. Therefore, every time I see this peach tree, my father will feel heartbroken and helpless.
I believe that the prince would actually target his father like this."
As he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu actually squeezed out a few tears.
