It was almost getting dark. Zhu Gaochi was sitting on a lounge chair by the pond, looking at the people around him with a wry smile on his face.
These people have been quietly accompanying him for almost two hours.
In these two hours, he thought a lot, the bitter, the sweet, the beautiful, the ugly... about his ideals and ambitions when he was a boy, and how now that he is a young man, he has to conform more and more to the world.
"Your Majesty, I am...I am making a fuss out of a molehill, so you have to worry about it!" Zhu Gaochi smiled and said, "Please go back! Tomorrow I will come to plead guilty!"
The fat man said this, and Zhu Yunxi felt even more guilty.
"You are right about what happened today!" Zhu Yunxi sat on a round stool and patted Zhu Gaochi on the shoulder, "I know you may have always had a fire in your heart and had nowhere to vent it! Over the years, you have helped in Beijing.
I am very tired from running around here and there. As for me, sometimes I really don’t pay much attention to his mood!”
As he said that, Zhu Yunxi sighed, "It's my fault too. I know how to be considerate of outsiders, so why don't I know how to be considerate of the suffering of my own brothers?"
Zhu Gaochi said nothing, lowered his eyes and moved his shoulders.
Zhu Yunxi understood that this was Zhu Gaochi telling him, don't touch me!
"If you want to be wrong, it was Li Jinglong who was wrong today..." Zhu Yunxi said, and suddenly saw Zhu Gaochi raising his head and taking a quick look.
Although he was moving very fast, the meaning in his eyes was unmistakable.
If you hadn't doted on Li Jinglong, would he dare to be so rude to me? In my eyes, Li Jinglong is just a dog, but behind his dog is you, a master that no one can offend!
Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly, "I know you are wronged!" As he said that, he thought for a while, "Miss your fourth aunt and other sisters? How about I bring them to the capital to reunite with you?" As he said that, he looked at Zhu Gaochi.
His face said, "How about I give you some leave and let you go back to Peking?"
"If you dare to let me go, do I dare to come back?"
Zhu Gaochi muttered in his heart, but his face was still much softer.
"Hong Xi!" Zhu Yunxi said again, "I also know that you have never suffered such a great grievance since you were a child. Tell me what you think in your heart and I will try my best to satisfy you!"
Zhu Gaochi raised his head slightly, "It was Li Jinglong who insulted me, not you, the emperor..." He said with a wry smile, "Why did you, the emperor, take care of everything?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Li Jinglong stepped forward from the side.
"Your Highness, I offended you because of my lack of dignity!" Li Jinglong bowed and said, "Your Majesty, you don't remember the faults of others!" As he said that, he knelt down in front of everyone and kowtowed three times.
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"There is indeed something wrong with your conduct, but if you say that I have the intention to humiliate you, I would never dare!" Li Jinglong kowtowed again, "The fault for what happened today is yours, please punish me!
"
There was silence all around, everyone was waiting for Zhu Gaochi to express his position.
But his face remained calm and unruffled.
But the anger in his heart rose again. A hereditary and irreplaceable Duke knelt in front of him and admitted his mistake with fear, which made it difficult for him, a person who had been bullied, to deal with it.
"Gu said, it's okay! You can go back!" Zhu Gaochi said lightly.
Li Jinglong's heart skipped a beat and he looked at the emperor for help.
"You admit your mistake, I got it!" Zhu Gaochi smiled, "Go back, I'm tired, I won't keep you!"
"Prince..."
"Killing can only be done with a nod of the head!" Zhu Gaochi smiled, "Gu still understands this truth!"
"It's broken!" Zhu Yunxi thought to himself, "The fat man really has a grudge in his heart!"
It’s no wonder that people in the Zhu family are so small-minded that they can’t hold grudges for a lifetime!
This sentence of killing people with no more than a nod is full of mockery.
Mocking himself, he also mocked Li Jinglong, and even mocked the emperor Zhu Yunxi.
Suddenly, Liu Jin, who had been watching the excitement the whole time, cautiously said, "Uncle Wang, if you are angry, why not..." After saying that, he slightly distanced himself from Zhu Yunxi, "How about my nephew takes over for me?"
What do you think about giving Duke Cao a good beating to calm you down?"
"That's all! It's already embarrassing enough!"
At this time, Zhu Gaochi seemed to be really tired and said tiredly, "Your Majesty, I am really tired and want to rest!" He said with a wry smile and said, "Don't worry, I will not seek death or survival, I can't afford to lose that person!
"
Zhu Yunxi thought for a moment, "Hong Xi, don't worry, I will definitely let Li Jinglong give you an explanation for this matter!" After saying that, he gave Li Jinglong an unkind look.
"The minister's title is higher than his, his official position is greater than his, and his family wealth... may not be as much as his, but it's enough!" Zhu Gaochi smiled, "What's his explanation?"
Having said this, he waved his hands and said, "I am really tired and want to take a rest!"
The quieter he was, the more worried Zhu Yunxi became. But at this moment, it would be useless to talk any more. He could only get up and leave with the others, turning back three times.
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"Boss, just forget it?"
After everyone left, Zhu Gaosui sat next to Zhu Gaochi angrily, "Li Jiujiang, a sinister villain... If the second brother is here, he will definitely break his legs!"
"What if we don't forget it like this?" Zhu Gaochi smiled bitterly, "He knelt down, kowtowed, and admitted his mistake. Is it possible that the emperor really asked the emperor to put him on death row and chop him with a knife?"
"But I just can't swallow the anger in my heart!" Zhu Gaosui said bitterly, "The world has changed. He, Li Jiujiang, is just a son of his maternal relatives. Relying on his father's contribution, even we, the grandsons of Taizu and Emperor Gao,
They don’t even take it seriously anymore!”
"Don't say these words again!" Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes at Lao San, "Don't you understand that too much talk leads to mistakes?"
"I'm afraid of him!" Zhu Gaosui said angrily, "I just want to look away. As a human being, you have to be like the second brother. You are not afraid of anything. Look at you, you are like a slave behind others. What's the result?
What benefits have you lost, and what benefits have you gained?”
"Hey!" Zhu Gaochi sighed and shook his head.
When he first came home from the palace, he really couldn't figure it out, and the more he thought about it, the more aggrieved he became, and he even had the idea of committing suicide.
But when you calm down and think about it, even if you are really dead, what's the use?
Things have already happened. Crying, making trouble, and hanging are what a shrew would do. What a man wants is how to make the greatest profit from this matter.
Instead of making trouble and clinging to Li Jinglong, it is better to retreat in order to advance.
If the emperor is not so stupid, he should know how to make amends in the future.
As for Li Jinglong, it is never too late for a gentleman to take revenge in ten years...
And this time, retreat is the way to advance. Even if he treats Li Jinglong in the future, the emperor will still be tolerant.
At this moment, the housekeeper from the front door walked in quickly.
"uncle....."
"What's wrong?" Zhu Gaochi saw a booklet in the butler's hand and frowned, "What is this?"
"Cao Guo Gong left it in the concierge and left, saying he wanted to apologize to you!"
"What a bastard!" Zhu Gaosui cursed, "Let's see what he can do to apologize... This...?"
The moment he opened the booklet, Zhu Gaosui, who had been so full of energy just now, suddenly got stuck.
"Read it!" Zhu Gaochi lowered his head and sneered.
"There are 300 acres of water farmyard outside the capital, with a total of 620 mules, donkeys and cattle, and 78 households of tenants... There is a hunting ground, 36 war horses, and 12 households of hunters..."
"A tea garden in Yunnan covers an area of 700 acres and has 200 tea farmers..."
"Two salt wells and two salt ponds..."
"There are also two pawn shops at the front gate of the capital and three shops facing the street, each with eighteen rooms..."
"Silver nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine...gold nine hundred and ninety-nine..."
Zhu Gaosui swallowed his saliva and said, "There are eight thin horses from Yangzhou and twenty-six servants..."
"Oh, that's so arrogant!" Zhu Gaochi suddenly laughed, "You've got the wealth of an ordinary prince right away!"
"Damn it, he is really rich!" Zhu Gaosui gritted his teeth.