Guo Huanzhi's mission was to remind the young prince and ask him to restrain himself, so that the interests of the Guo family would not be harmed.
Although the Guo family relied on their status as 'relatives of the emperor' to gain a foothold in Nanjing, this status also became a constraint for them.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to avoid the phenomenon of "foreign relatives disrupting the government", "relatives of the state" like the Guo family were not allowed to be officials.
However, the only prince born by Concubine Guo Hui, Zhu Gui, was not popular in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. This also made the Guo family decide not to have any contact with the acting king to avoid being implicated.
If Concubine Guo hadn't heard some rumors and sent people overnight to find the head of the Guo family, the other party might not have come forward.
After all, Concubine Guo Hui was the backbone of the Guo family, and they could not pretend to turn a blind eye to her words, so the incident of Guo Huanzhi coming to Prince Dai's Mansion came about.
Guo Huanzhi originally lacked interest in this matter. He did not think that Daiwangfu had the ability to compete with the other three major families.
Not to mention that the Ming Dynasty's national policy was established there, and even the prince could not disobey the emperor's ideas, not to mention that the acting king was still disliked by the emperor.
His original plan was to just finish what he was supposed to do and leave quickly.
But he didn't expect that the words of the young prince in front of him made him freeze on the spot.
"Your Majesty, are you serious about this?"
Guo Huanzhi asked subconsciously in disbelief.
"I am the prince, do I have to lie to you? Besides, you were sent by my mother, right? You should know something about Concubine Hui's love for me, right?"
Zhu Gui said calmly.
Guo Huanzhi lowered his head and thought about it, and felt that there was indeed nothing wrong with what the other party said.
It is said that the mother is more valuable than the son, but this situation is reversed in the case of King Dai.
In the past, Zhu Yuanzhang did not punish Zhu Gui for his evil deeds. A large part of the reason was because of the joint intercession between Concubine Guo Huifei and Prince Zhu Biao.
"Your Majesty has far-sighted plans. This is something ordinary people didn't expect. It's just empty talk. Does Your Majesty have a specific plan?"
Guo Huanzhi held back the growing excitement in his heart and asked carefully.
If it is true as King Dai said, the other three major families can be brought down, then the Guo family will be able to control the circulation of goods in the entire city of Nanjing, not just the Guo family's existing grain and rice business.
The profit difference is very large.
"Of course there is a plan, but we have to wait until you can bring all the backstage relationships of the other three companies to me, so that I can tell you the truth, how about it?"
Dai Wang stared at Guo Huanzhi and asked.
The age difference between the two was more than double, but the confident look in their eyes still made Guo Huanzhi feel huge waves in his heart. He couldn't help but sigh: "As expected of the Zhu family, the tiger father has no dog son, even if this generation of kings has a good reputation before.
No matter how bad he is, his abilities are far beyond what ordinary people can match."
Thinking of this, Guo Huanzhi immediately agreed, and then got a fan with a jade pendant attached to it from King Dai as a token, and then secretly left King Dai's palace under the arrangements of his servants.
However, the news that the Guo family went to Prince Dai's Mansion still reached the ears of the patriarchs of the three major families.
Although they are somewhat dismissive of the young prince Dai Wang (for now), after all, he is still a child in their eyes, and there is no way he can be compared with old foxes like them who have been in business for many years.
But it would be different if the Guo family was involved. After all, the Guo family's backstage was the favored Concubine Guo Hui in the palace, who could influence the emperor's thoughts.
So representatives of the three companies gathered together urgently again.
This time they did not engage in pleasantries and nonsense like last time, but directly decided to step up their offensive. Regardless of the cost, they would completely drive the forces of the Dai Wangfu out of the Nanjing business community before the Guo family got involved.
But no matter how fast they worked, it would take until the morning of the next day before they could reveal the matter to the emperor in the court hall.
Zhu Gui entered the palace not long after Guo Huanzhi left.
A young eunuch and two guards who were specifically responsible for this matter took him all the way to the East Palace.
The scene was almost the same as when I came yesterday, and the East Palace was still in chaos.
Zhu Gui grabbed a young eunuch and inquired carefully, only to learn that it turned out that because the prince's condition did not improve, Zhu Yuanzhang had executed dozens of palace maids, eunuchs and imperial doctors in a rage.
This was despite Zhu Yunwen's strong dissuasion, otherwise there would be no one available in the East Palace now, and they were temporarily transferred from other places.
But because of the lessons learned from the past, they are also very frightened. Recently, there have been several incidents where palace maids have escaped or even hanged themselves.
This made Zhu Gui sigh, but there was nothing he could do.
Entering the East Palace, he saw Zhu Yunwen kneeling in front of the hospital bed to serve Zhu Biao and wipe his body.
These were things that servants had to do, but this twelve-year-old boy did them very skillfully, and his expression was meticulous, and it didn't look like he was pretending at all.
This made Zhu Gui feel very emotional.
He stood at the door until Zhu Yunwen finished his work, then walked in, then took a handkerchief from the servant and handed it to Zhu Yunwen.
Zhu Yunwen wiped his sweat and saluted Zhu Gui: "Uncle Thirteenth Emperor, I have kept you waiting for a long time."
"It's okay, Yunwen, you did a good job, but you still have to pay attention to your health and don't get exhausted."
The two were obviously similar in age, but Zhu Gui looked "old-fashioned" and unconsciously acted like an elder in front of Zhu Yunwen.
"By the way, is the prince still sleeping?"
Zhu Gui walked to the bedside, looked at Zhu Biao who was getting paler, and then asked Zhu Yunwen.
"Father woke up once in the middle of the night, drank some soup and then went back to sleep." Zhu Yunwen said with a gloomy face.
Zhu Gui sighed in his heart. He silently opened the system bar and found the elixir column. There were indeed many elixirs with miraculous effects in it.
He believes that only one pill can make Zhu Biao recover, but if this happens, it may seriously interfere with the direction of history, and his long-cherished wish may only become a dream.
Zhu Gui struggled for a while before retreating from the room.
He was really worried that he would change his mind if he stayed in front of Zhu Biao's bed for a while longer.
"By the way, Yunwen, let's go to the imperial study and let the emperor see what books you have read." Zhu Biao said to Zhu Yunwen, who looked a little melancholy.
Zhu Yunwen turned around and glanced inside the house, as if he didn't want to leave.
Zhu Gui took him and walked out: "You are not an imperial doctor. You will get sick if you stay in the house all the time. The prince doesn't want to see you like this, right? Don't forget your identity. You should care about the world.
, Uncle Huang will tell you today how to govern the world."
Zhu Yunwen was finally pulled towards the door of the Imperial Study Room by Zhu Gui.