"Your Majesty, please hurry up, Long Live Master is waiting for you!"
As soon as he stepped through the Bei'anmen Gate of the Forbidden City, Deng Ping, who was leading the way, couldn't help but turn around and urged him slightly.
"Okay, you lead the way!"
Zhu Gaochi, who was walking behind, was sweating profusely, with a modest smile on his chubby face.
But at the same time, he was cursing in his heart, "You know that I can't walk fast because I'm fat, but you still follow me so damn fast. How can I keep up? Why don't you put on two wings and fly! You bird!"
I was cursing in my heart and getting angrier as I thought about it.
He has just arranged a table at Huamanlou, which is Huamanlou. Tonight, he specially invited Shui Furong, a Suzhou play critic. Shui Furong is said to be the best in both playing and singing, and is the most beautiful in Jiangnan. Originally, a table cost ten silver dollars. The price of flower wine has increased five times, and I still can’t get it!
"You can't just finish talking about something. I just came out of the palace, and someone kidnapped me on the way!" Zhu Gaochi continued to think to himself, "He sneaked in through the side door of the Forbidden City like a ghost!"
After walking for an unknown amount of time, when Zhu Gaochi was out of breath and about to die, Deng Ping suddenly stopped in front of the Dashan Hall.
"arrive!"
Zhu Gaochi was stunned when he heard this. He didn't go to Qianqing Palace?
"Long Live Master is waiting for you at Wangjiang Tower!" Deng Ping said softly, "You can go up directly. There is a staircase hidden behind the rockery on the west side!"
"Oh!" Zhu Gaochi agreed somewhat ignorantly.
The Great Good Hall was the place where the emperor read extensively, but the emperor has not come here even since the Forbidden City was built. The old man can study anywhere, so he doesn't have the time to come here specifically.
Now this emperor is not a person who likes reading, and he doesn't read a few books throughout the year.
However, it is said that this place was the favorite place of Prince Zhu Biao, because there is a very tall Wangjiang Tower in the Dashan Hall, where you can directly see the rolling Yangtze River.
"Huhu! Damn... I'm so fucking... ugh!"
The stairs hidden behind the rockery were narrow and steep. After Zhu Gaochi climbed dozens of steps up the walls on both sides, his heart was pounding and his neck was covered with sweat. He really couldn't climb anymore.
But he had to crawl, because the emperor was still waiting, so he could only move up step by step while scolding and gritting his teeth.
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Suddenly, a gust of wind blew over my head.
The sweat on his head suddenly turned into a refreshing feeling. The moment Zhu Gaochi climbed to the top floor of Wangjiang Tower, he was stunned.
As far as the eye can see, the sea of clouds is so close.
The squinting eyes in the distance seem to be within reach, there is an end to the horizon, and the water of the Yangtze River is just a step away.
Everything is so beautiful.
Just like a human standing in the sky between heaven and earth. When you raise your head you can touch the sky, when you lower your head you can see the earth and overlook all living beings.
"Here we come!" Zhu Yunxi said in a low voice, standing at the railing with his hands behind his back, looking at the Yangtze River.
"I pay homage to your Majesty!" Zhu Gaochi's chubby body quickly saluted.
Zhu Yunxi still didn't look back, "Ignore the big rules, come and sit!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Based on his understanding of the emperor, he definitely couldn't hold it in right now. Because whenever this bird-like emperor wanted to plot against someone, he would always show himself to be extremely painful and lonely, as if he had all sorts of unavoidable options weighing on his heart, and yet No one could understand or even comfort him.
It's like she is a retired athlete from Dongguan, but when she goes back to her hometown for a blind date, she insists on saying that she is an innocent girl.
Squeak, Zhu Gaochi sat on the stool, but Zhu Yunxi still didn't look back.
Suddenly, looking at Zhu Yunxi's back, Zhu Gaochi's heart skipped a beat.
"If, if I bumped into you now, would you fall down and turn into a piece of flesh?" Zhu Gaochi thought to himself, "From now on, Xizi, you will be Momo, Zhu Momo?"
"There is chrysanthemum wine that has been hidden on the table for a year. You can pour it yourself!" Zhu Yunxi said again, "It's okay to come to you. It's just that I suddenly feel a little lonely. I want to come over and talk to you!" As he said,
Then he smiled and said, "You and I are monarchs and ministers, and we are actually brothers. There are some things that I feel I can only say to you so that I can speak freely without any scruples!"
"Thank you so much. I don't want to talk to you. I want to see the water hibiscus! Bah, you're so fucking lonely. Why don't you fall down and die!"
Zhu Gaochi cursed a few words in his mind, retracted his unrealistic thoughts, and said with a smile, "I thank you, Your Majesty!" As he said that, he pretended to look at the scenery outside Linjiang Tower and praised, "The country is infinite, and the glory is beautiful.
.The river is surging, the sky is high and the sky is vast! This beautiful scenery is really refreshing, and the emperor is really in a good mood!"
"So interested?" Zhu Yunxi moved his shoulders, laughed, and then raised his hand gently.
At this time, Zhu Gaochi saw clearly that the emperor was actually holding a paper crane in his hand.
Then the emperor gently raised his hand, and the paper crane was blown away by the wind and flew away.
"The sea and sky are one color with fishes and dragons dancing, cranes ride on the wind and ride the sky, the prosperous times are prosperous due to great governance, my emperor raises his hand to create a grand plan..."
Zhu Gaochi spoke in unison and flattered him in pairs. Before he could finish his words, he saw Zhu Yunxi turning around sharply and smiling at him.
"Do you think I am a good emperor?"
For an instant, Zhu Gaochi was stunned.
"You're asking me? How the hell do I know where to go?" Zhu Gaochi thought to himself.
At the same time, his mind was running rapidly, and he smiled and said, "The emperor is naturally a good emperor. Throughout the ages..."
Zhu Yunxi interrupted him again and stared into his eyes, "Then why do so many people hate me?"
"this......?"
"If outsiders hate me, that's fine!" Zhu Yunxi sighed again, "But why do my own family members hate me so much?" After saying that, he lowered his head and sighed, "I wish I could die!"
Gulu, Zhu Gaochi swallowed his saliva.
Although he was obviously at a high place and the breeze was blowing, beads of sweat appeared on his head for no apparent reason.
"Sometimes I wonder!" Zhu Yunxi still turned his back to Zhu Gaochi and said, "If it were back then...you would have known some things back then, right?"
"Ah?" Zhu Gaochi suddenly realized, "What did the emperor say?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled again, "It's just between me and my second brother! Don't pretend to be confused!"
"This... minister...?" Zhu Gaochi didn't know what to say.
Should I say I know or I don't know?
Fortunately, Zhu Yunxi did not ask further questions, but continued to talk to himself, "If I had not fought with my second brother and let him inherit this position, wouldn't I have so many worries?" As he said that, he looked to the horizon,
"Just like the paper crane I let out just now, it travels around the world leisurely and unfettered!"
Zhu Gaochi couldn't help but look to the horizon and said subconsciously, "How can that be done?" As he said this, he suddenly realized and shut up quickly, his heart skipping a beat.
Zhu Yunxi heard this clearly.
He turned back with a smile and nodded at Zhu Gaochi, "You are telling the truth. If I didn't fight back then, not only would I not be a crane flying around the world, but even being a caged bird would be a luxury!"
With that said, Zhu Yunxi sat down on the round stool and said, "Hong Xi, come sit here. You and I will have a good drink today!"
Zhu Gaochi moved his steps carefully, sat gently beside Zhu Yunxi, picked up the jug and poured wine.
At this moment, he suddenly discovered that there was a...book on the table?
"At this time today, there are only you and me, brothers, and no king or minister!" Zhu Yunxi raised his glass, "Let's tell the truth and not tell any lies!"
This is true sincerity. Emperors are all lonely.
One, no friends.
Two, I have no relatives.
Sometimes, it is so pitiful that there is no one to talk to. But the emperor is also a human being, and as a human being, he needs to talk to, someone to understand, and someone to comfort him.
However, everything can only be kept in my heart and there is nowhere to talk about it.
Just like in later generations, whenever the lights come on at night, the foot-washing cities are suddenly overcrowded, and people from all walks of life fight for those gold medal technicians.
Is it washing feet? What is washing is loneliness!
Are you talking nonsense? That is speaking from the bottom of your heart.
"Let me ask you!" Zhu Yunxi looked at Zhu Gaochi again and said with a smile, "If at the beginning, I mean if, the emperor did not choose me and chose your father to be the emperor, would you be the prince?"
It is a kind of open-mindedness, a kind of calmness, a kind of relief, and a kind of enjoyment.
When it comes to deep love and affection, just lean into the other person's arms and feel the fragrance of the perfume, and all the suffering is finally released.
Then sort out your mood and prepare calmly and bravely to face the pressure and melancholy of tomorrow.