It rained lightly last night, and now hundreds of flowers are blooming.
In the royal residence where the feudal lords were imprisoned, the colorful flowers in the flower garden were blooming, adding a rare touch of vitality to the originally solemn and depressing royal residence.
What's even more rare is that those selfless jailers have enlightened themselves today. Not only have the feudal princes who were originally detained in solitary confinement been released, but they have also prepared a banquet in the garden and allowed the princes to gather together.
After seeing each other for just a few days, the vassal kings seemed to have become much thinner. Everyone looked a little listless and their eyes were dim. Especially the Qi King Zhu Su, whose already dull face even had bulging cheekbones. But if you look closely,
Look, his already cold face looks even more sinister.
The banquet was a good one, with all the dishes carefully cooked and all the utensils exquisite. What was even more surprising was that alcohol was not allowed during the national mourning period. However, a crystal clear glass bottle actually contained bright red grape wine.
King Chu Zhu Zhen squinted his eyes and looked around. The guards in imperial robes were all far away, at least ten steps away.
"What kind of medicine is sold in the gourd?" Zhu Zhen whispered, "We have been locked up for several days, just like raising animals. Today, we have changed our gender and arranged good wine and food for us!" As he said this, he snorted again.
He said, "Humph, there is no good wine and no good food!"
"No matter what he thinks, just eat! Is it possible that he can also poison us? How dare he!" The acting king Zhu Gui said with a ferocious face, "I will starve to death!" As he said that, he picked up the chopsticks and took a big mouthful.
Start eating.
But after just a few bites, tears began to fall from my eyes and my hands began to tremble.
Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang next to him, felt quite unbearable when he saw this.
He knew that these brothers and brothers were actually relying on the breath in their hearts to hold on. Now that the breath has disappeared, all that is left is fear.
Although they were held in solitary confinement for the past few days, Zhu Bai could always hear from the mouths of the guards which vassal king cried all night last night and which vassal king begged them to deliver a message to the palace.
"If I had known today, why bother?"
Zhu Bai sighed in his heart and patted Zhu Gui's arm, "Thirteenth brother, be more at ease and say so in peace!" He said with a forced smile, "Your mother-in-law is Concubine Hui. As long as she is here, you should be fine!
"
Hearing this, the acting king Zhu Gui's tears stagnated.
Then he threw the silver chopsticks to the ground with a snap.
Zhu Gui shouted to the outside, "Come here, I want to see my mother and concubine!"
However, no matter how loud he shouted, it made people's eardrums hurt, but the guards in uniforms in the distance seemed to be deaf and did not move at all.
"You bitches, I want to see my mother and concubine!" Zhu Gui, the acting king, stood up angrily and shouted, "Who gave you the courage to see my own mother and concubine?"
"The king is a thousand years old, please show some dignity!"
A gloomy voice suddenly came from under the eaves in the distance.
Everyone looked over and saw He Guangyi, the commander of the Jinyi Guards, bowing far away, "You can eat if you want. If you don't want to eat or stay outside, I will ask someone to send you back to your room to rest!"
"He Guangyi, you and this king..."
Before Zhu Gui could say anything, Zhu Su covered his mouth, pulled him to sit down, and said hurriedly, "Brother, it took a lot of effort to get out, please bear with me first!" As he said that, he smiled at He Guangyi in the distance.
Laughing, "It's okay, it's okay. Thirteen had a few more glasses of wine, don't take it seriously!"
"No ambition!"
King Zhu Bai of Xiang frowned secretly, somewhat disdainful of Zhu Su's ugly behavior.
So what if I'm locked up?
They are all the sons of the Supreme Emperor. Even if they are imprisoned, they cannot be disrespectful to those hawks and dogs!
Immediately, he turned his head in disgust, his eyes suddenly fell on the table next to him, and was attracted by a stack of paper rolls.
Then, he reached out and took it, and his eyes suddenly froze.
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Several feudal princes sat together, all sighing and feeling frightened.
No one is interested in taking a second look at the exquisite dishes on the table.
The wind blew gently, and occasionally cheerful bird calls sounded in the forest. Then the kings looked in the direction of the sound, looking at the kingfishers flying high with envy in their eyes.
Now, they are all caged birds.
Suddenly, King Zhu Su of Qi said gloomily, "I haven't changed my clothes for several days, and I look ugly!" As he said this, he lowered his head and smelled his own armpits, his face full of disgust.
"He Guangyi!" Qi King Zhu Shu continued to speak.
In the distance, He Guangyi appeared again, "What's the matter with Qiantai?"
"Since we have prepared the food and wine, why not prepare the clothes? I want to freshen up!" Qi King Zhu Su stared at the table and said loudly.
"It is the emperor's order to give you wine and food for the thousand years old, but the emperor's order did not say to prepare clothes for all the princes to wash up!" He Guangyi smiled, "Besides, there are no clothes for you to wear in this garden!"
"Go and get it if you are not prepared!" Zhu Shu turned around and looked at He Guangyi with an unkind look on his face. "I have not been convicted yet. I am still the vassal king of the Ming Dynasty. I am not even given a clean shirt?" He said grimly.
He looked at He Guangyi grimly and said, "Master He, please keep a line in your life so that we can meet each other in the future!"
"You are putting yourself in a difficult position, you are really unprepared!" He Guangyi said in a neither humble nor overbearing tone.
"Then go to Nanluo Street and I will get it from the royal residence in the capital!" Zhu Su said angrily, "Can't you just send someone to get it?"
"Brother Seven!" Suddenly, Zhu Bai, who was looking at the scroll in his hand, revealed his eyes and said with a flat smile, "Where is the Wang's House?"
"Huh?" Everyone was stunned and looked over with puzzled eyes.
"What do you mean?" Zhu Shu said, staring at Zhu Bai.
Zhu Zhen's face showed fear, "You mean, our home in the capital... was ransacked?"
"Not sure, but it should be so!" Zhu Bai smiled, "Think about it, brothers, we haven't been convicted yet, but from the moment we were imprisoned here, we are already sinners! I guess at this time, outside
We are searching for evidence of our crimes."
"So!" He paused and continued to laugh, "Our slaves in Beijing and the people who followed us are all under interrogation at this time. Our house in Beijing has also been interrogated for a long time.
The ground has been dug three feet."
"Then we are in the prince's palace in the fiefdom?" Zhu Shu's gloomy eyes flickered, and he was stunned.
"Hey!" Zhu Bai sighed silently in his heart, and thought to himself, "He is really arrogant and domineering, and has no sensitivity at all! Now that they have taken action, they are going to beat these people to death, which is commonly known as confiscating their homes and exterminating their families!
You can’t even imagine where you got the courage to fight with that person, you are really to blame!”
Several feudal princes were stunned again, and the fear on each other's faces could no longer be concealed.
The acting king Zhu Gui cried in a low voice, "I want to see my mother and concubine! Now only my mother and concubine can speak!"
"Let's plead guilty!" Zhu Su, the king of the valley, said anxiously, "At this time, we can only ask the emperor to be soft-hearted! Brothers, if this continues, we will be doomed!"
"It's all that bastard Lao Wu!" Zhu Zhen suddenly became furious and gritted his teeth, "It's all him who instigated discord, it's all he who encouraged us to kill a thousand people!"
"There's also Old Seventeen!" Zhu Shu's forehead suddenly showed veins, "He was the one who put us to death!"
Hearing this, Zhu Bai shook his head again, dumbfounded in his heart, and said to himself, "It's really... I really don't know how I died when I was about to die! Now I still blame the fifth and seventh generation! Hey!"
"Brother Twelve!" The acting king Zhu Gui looked at Zhu Bai, "You...speak!"
Zhu Bai put down the scroll in his hand and said with a wry smile, "What do you want me to say?
"Don't you hate it?" Zhu Gui asked doubtfully.
"I didn't do anything, I have nothing to hate!" Zhu Bai said lightly, "Besides, it's useless to hate now that things have happened, just wait!"
"What are you waiting for?" Zhu Su asked.
"Wait to be punished!" Zhu Bai took a sip of tea and continued to laugh, "The worst case scenario is death!" He said, looking around, "Everyone, please don't cry or scold me, or show your ugly face and make people laugh!"
"What do you mean?" Zhu Shu said angrily, "Old Twelve, don't make such weird remarks!"
Zhu Bai shook his head and continued to look down at the scroll in his hand.
"What are you looking at?" Zhu Zhen asked.
"Yingtian Times!" Zhu Bai revealed the large characters on the scroll, and then pointed to the text on the front page, "Look, the emperor has honored our eldest brother as emperor, Emperor Xiaokang, and the temple name is Xingzong!"