In terms of life, he has a harmless and honest appearance, but hides a delicate, cunning and cautious heart.
In terms of doing things, he is very sophisticated, calm and broad-minded. Prince Zhu Di of Yan is a war maniac, so almost all the internal affairs of the Yan Palace are handled by Zhu Gaochi, who is full of boldness and strategies.
It would be a pity if such a person cannot shine.
In fact, deep in Zhu Yunxi's heart, he longed for Zhu Gaochi to become a Lao Shisan similar to Yong Si and become his good helper.
Of course, he can also become Zhu Yunxi's shield in the future. Well, he can become the punching bag of the bureaucracy.
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Time passes quietly into the evening, and the depression of winter is always particularly obvious after sunset.
There were a few lights on in Yong'an Palace. The old man squinted his eyes and swayed on the recliner. A fat orange cat lay at his feet, its tail wagging gently.
"Have you had your meal, Grandpa Huang?" Zhu Yunxi came in quietly and laughed softly.
The old man didn't even raise his eyelids, "You don't eat all the time?" He said, snorting, "I'm just asking such nonsense!"
Hearing these words, Zhu Yunxi knew that the old man must be unhappy.
He sat down next to the old man and said with a smile, "Who made you angry?"
As he spoke, he clapped his hands. The lying orange cat glanced at him contemptuously, turned his head to the side arrogantly, then stretched himself to stand up, rubbing against the old man's feet.
The old man patted his thigh, and the orange cat jumped up lightly with a swish, then lay on his lap, closing its eyes and purring from its mouth.
"What do you think?" The old man touched the orange cat's back and said sideways, "Oh, your fifth uncle hasn't found a solution yet, and he looks down on his cousins again? The second son of your fourth uncle's family, just give him to him
Abandoned to the Zhenfu Division? Darling, we're not dead yet, are you following Li Shimin's example?"
Zhu Yunxi smiled and said, "Grandpa Huang, you don't know something. What the second brother did is actually..." As he said that, he patiently recounted the conversation between him and Zhu Gaoxu today in Qianqing Palace.
He did not say what was going on with Zhu Gaoxu in Myanmar. He only said that he would take people to the brothel immediately after returning to Beijing, and how to contradict him.
The old man said nothing, just squinted his eyes and listened.
"Those who come off the battlefield have a tight tendon in their brains all the time!" After a long time, the old man sighed and said, "It was tight when we were fighting, and it was also tight on the way back to the capital. After entering the capital, it couldn't be stretched anymore.
.Sometimes his words and actions are out of his control, and he doesn’t like anything he sees.”
"In the past, every time there was a fierce and tough battle, the people who were alive would act recklessly and do all kinds of bad things. That's why they would kill like crazy."
"Hey, my mind is blurred due to great sorrow. I need to take good care of myself for a period of time before I can regain my temper!"
Zhu Yunxi understood that this was commonly known as postwar syndrome.
He smiled and said, "My grandson understands that locking him down in the town of Fusi is just to scare him. We don't think what will really happen to him. After all, he is also the grandson of the emperor's grandfather, and the crime he committed is not a heinous crime."
"Hey!" The old man sighed with his eyes closed, "Why are everyone so unsatisfied and worried?"
After saying that, he looked at Zhu Yunxi and said with a smile, "I was soft-hearted before, but now I will be a burden to you!"
"What are you talking about!" Zhu Yunxi said with a smile, "It's all a family matter. My grandson is the direct grandson of Zhu's family and the patriarch of our Zhu family. We can't really get angry with them."
Zhu Yunxi knew the meaning of the old man's words very well. In his later years, when people stay out of many things, they can see clearly and clearly. The vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, the sons and grandsons of the Ming Dynasty, the annoying things are still to come.
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In the official office of Jinyiwei Town Fusi, He Guangyi met Zhu Gaochi's unkind gaze and smiled at him.
"Commander He, the emperor said that my second son should be detained, but he didn't say that he is not allowed to see him!" Zhu Gaochi's fat body was stuffed in the Taishi chair, like a ball. When he spoke, his eyes were round, and he really had a bit of the Zhu family's unique temperament.
Bossy, "My eldest son came here to give some quilts and some food to my younger brother. Why can't I be accommodating?"
"Your Highness, the Emperor didn't say not to look, but the Emperor didn't say permission to look either?" He Guangyi said neither coldly nor hotly, neither soft nor hard.
"Oh, so you are just deliberately trying to smear my prince's face?" Zhu Gaochi sneered, "Haha, so majestic. My prince is a majestic grandson, comparable to a prince according to the Ming Dynasty canons, but you don't even notice it.
Here." As he spoke, his smile suddenly turned cold, "Does this Daming belong to my Zhu family or your Jinyiwei?"
"Your Majesty's words are serious. I am just doing things impartially." These words were too serious. He Guangyi couldn't bear it, so he stood up and bowed his head.
During the Great Ming Dynasty Ceremony, no matter whether the princes, nobles or officials met the princes and princes of the vassal, they had to bow down and worship them.
If Zhu Gaochi really acted like the Crown Prince of Yan, He Guangyi would have no place to reason even if He Guangyi suffered a loss.
"Okay!" Zhu Gaochi looked at He Guangyi for a while, waved his hand and said, "I don't want to be angry with you." After saying that, he paused and said, "I don't want to see you. But things..."
He Guangyi said with a smile, "I will ask someone to send it to Prince Gaoyang. In fact, Your Highness the Crown Prince does not need to worry. The prison of Zhenfusi is not a gloomy place. The place where Prince Gaoyang lives does not lack these."
Zhu Gaochi said nothing and stood up holding on to the armrest of the Grand Master's chair.
Just as he was walking out, a guard in royal robes suddenly ran towards him.
"Lord Todo, the emperor is here!"
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"Why are you here?" Zhu Yunxi asked, looking at Zhu Gaochi, who had his head lowered and looked harmless.
Zhu Gaochi quickly glanced behind Zhu Yunxi. The emperor came in casual clothes, and was escorted by Deng Ping and several guards.
"I, I can't let go of my second brother in my heart!" Zhu Gaochi whispered, "I am an elder brother after all. If I don't see it with my own eyes, I won't feel at ease!"
"If your second son was half as honest as you, he wouldn't be like this!" Zhu Yunxi said, turning to look at He Guangyi, "What's wrong?"
"After Prince Gaoyang entered the Zhenfu Division, he didn't eat, didn't talk, and just lay down all the time!" He Guangyi said in a low voice.
"Haha, is he going on a hunger strike?" Zhu Yunxi sneered, "Lead the way, I'll go take a look!"
As he said that, he walked forward with his hands behind his back.
Zhu Gaochi didn't care whether Zhu Yunxi said he would take him with him or not, he followed him shamelessly anyway, his little eyes blinking.
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Zhu Gaoxu was imprisoned in the fifth courtyard of the Zhenfu Division. This was the place where the Zhenfu Division held prominent prisoners. It was said to be a cell, but the windows were bright and clean, and the conditions inside were no worse than those outside.
"Ninety-eight, ninety-nine, one hundred..."
As soon as Zhu Yunxi walked through the corridor and reached the door where Zhu Gaoxu was imprisoned, he heard Zhu Gaoxu's voice coming from inside.
Looking through the door, Zhu Gaoxu was shirtless, with his fists on the ground, doing push-ups like movements.
It was winter, but he was covered in sweat. Under the light, the tendon meat all over his body looked clearly layered.
"Who is outside?" Zhu Gaoxu also heard the footsteps, jumped up, then grabbed his robe and put it on his body, shouting disdainfully, "What's the matter? Are you here to punish me, or are you going to arrest me?"
A knife?"
"Second brother!" Zhu Gaochi shouted outside, "The emperor is here to see you, don't be rude!"