The second year of Yongle reign of the Ming Dynasty.
Dusk is approaching, but the Forbidden City located at the foot of Zhongshan Mountain in Nanjing is already lit up like daylight.
The continuous glazed roof ridges are like a long dragon, extending all the way to the East Palace in the corner of the Forbidden City.
The courtyard of the East Palace was rising and falling, but at this moment, some people were so anxious that they were stamping their feet, shouting: "Stop, stop..."
The speaker was panting and his face turned pale. He was wearing a Gong suit with nine chapters embroidered on it. However, because the sleeves of the Gong suit were too long, it made him look even more clumsy and awkward when running.
At this time, the person running in front poked his head out of the moon hole, but he was a boy of twelve or thirteen years old.
The young man looked frightened and said, "If my brother-in-law doesn't hit me, I won't run away."
So, the man who was chasing after him and was out of breath suddenly became furious and gritted his teeth and said: "It is the father's fault that the son does not teach. If I don't teach you a lesson today, won't you have to go to the house to unveil the tiles tomorrow?"
The young man immediately said loudly: "But you are not my father."
The man in uniform stopped caring about being polite and shouted loudly with his eyes widened: "A brother is like a father."
"Not my brother either..."
So the man in uniform shouted again: "I am your brother-in-law!"
The young man obviously still wanted to defend himself.
At this time, along the wall of the Moon Cave, several eunuchs who tiptoed took advantage of the young man's conversation in the air to arrive behind him unexpectedly. One of them grabbed the young man like a vicious dog pouncing on his prey.
Stop, and said with surprise: "Your Highness, His Royal Highness, I've caught it, I've caught it."
As soon as he shouted like this, the young man wanted to struggle, but the other eunuchs rushed forward one after another. One pulled his arm, the other hugged his leg, like magnets, pulling the young man unable to move.
The man who was called the prince and was in his servitude breathed a long sigh of relief and said, "Don't hurt him!"
The prince then remembered his appearance, clasped his hands behind his back, became calm and relaxed, and slowly walked forward.
The young man yelled in dissatisfaction: "You sneak attack, you bastards, I will take care of you later."
As if he still didn't understand his hatred, he continued to struggle and said: "Sister, sister, help me!"
When the prince came up to him displeased.
The young man had been dragged to exhaustion by several eunuchs. The prince was tall and somewhat fat, blocking the young man like a wall.
At this time, the young man's head dropped and he said crisply: "Brother-in-law, I was wrong!"
The prince was originally very aggressive, but suddenly his face became slightly gentler, and his tone became significantly calmer: "What's wrong?"
"I shouldn't hit people."
"Do you dare next time?"
The young man gave up and said: "Next time... I won't dare."
The prince waved his hand and the eunuchs retreated, then he said again: "Go to the study and talk."
The prince in front of him is none other than the current prince, Zhu Gaochi.
And this young man is Zhang Anshi, the half-brother of Crown Princess Zhang.
Zhang Anshi's father died in the war of Emperor Yongle Jingnan, so he neglected discipline, and because his brother-in-law Zhu Gaochi was a kind man, Zhang Anshi was already famous as a playboy in Nanjing at a young age.
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Today Zhang Anshi beat someone again and was sued by an official in the East Palace in front of the Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. Zhu Gaochi was furious and originally planned to deal with his brother-in-law.
But in the end he relented. Although he was angry just looking at this kid, when he got to the study and sat down, most of his anger dissipated. But he sighed and said: "You love to fool around so much at a young age, right?
It’s my fault. Sit down.”
"Oh." Zhang Anshi was not afraid of Zhu Gaochi, but now that his brother-in-law was furious, he still knelt down on one side and acted obediently.
It has been half a year since he came to this world. At first, Zhang Anshi was shocked, frightened, and uneasy, but slowly... he began to integrate into this era. Of course, the most important thing is... in this world, he has the prince's brother-in-law and the
The care of the princess sister.
At this time, Zhu Gaochi glanced at him and saw that he was suddenly calm and honest, so he sighed: "Why did you hit him?"
"That man was selling fake medicine, and I exposed him." When Zhang Anshi said this, he imitated the drug dealer's tone and said in a high voice: "Then he said to me: young people should not speak nonsense. Otherwise,
You will suffer a loss."
Zhang Anshi shrugged, showing a helpless look, and continued: "I saw what he said, so I had no choice but to beat him."
Zhu Gaochi: "..."
Zhu Gaochi's face twitched, and finally he said with a straight face: "A gentleman is kind, but a villain is vindictive. No matter how unfair things are in the world, you can't..."
Zhang Anshi immediately said: "I know I was wrong."
"I haven't finished speaking yet, don't interrupt."
"Ah...brother-in-law, please speak slowly."
Zhu Gaochi opened his mouth: "You are a relative of the emperor, so you cannot fight with others. Otherwise, where is the decency? Your sister is spoiling you, but I am the prince, how can I indulge you?"
As he spoke, Zhu Gaochi lowered his voice: "Besides, there are many eyes and ears in the palace, and you are not up to par. Do you know that... my father... even listened to your affairs a few days ago..."
Zhang Anshi said to himself, isn't the current emperor Zhu Di also a ruthless man? His nephew Zhu Yunwen did it without fail. I am following his example.
But... Is my reputation so bad that Datian even listens to it?
This couldn't help but make Zhang Anshi worried.
You know, the current emperor has three sons. Although his brother-in-law is the prince, the emperor prefers Zhu Gaoxu, the king of Han.
But can you blame him? Since he came to this world, he has been honest most of the time. Yesterday, he beat up a vendor selling fake medicine.
And he was notorious, on the one hand, the original owner of the body was not a good bird, and on the other hand, it was probably because someone deliberately slandered him in front of the emperor.
Seeing the worried look of his brother-in-law Zhu Gaochi, Zhang Anshi's heart skipped a beat, "No, I can't continue like this. I have to start a new life, change my mind, and try to leave a good impression on others."
Zhu Gaochi then said: "Okay, I won't do this next time."
"Oh." Zhang Anshi nodded honestly.
"Are you hungry?"
Zhang Anshi shook his head.
Zhu Gaochi was sitting on his knees, seeing Zhang Anshi's aggrieved look... He pondered for a moment on his honest face, and then suddenly said to himself: "Those companions didn't hurt you, did they?"
Zhang Anshi shook his head: "It's okay, but my arm hurts a little."
Zhu Gaochi said: "I will punish them later and let you vent your anger."
The eunuch standing aside trembled slightly, raised his head slightly in surprise, and then quickly lowered his head.
Zhu Gaochi asked Zhang Anshi to kneel down beside him again, then stroked Zhang Anshi's back with his hand and sighed: "You are too confused. Although I am the prince, my father is not satisfied with me. Because of this, I am in the East Palace.
But you must be more cautious in your words and deeds. An Shi, don’t mess around anymore. Fortunately, your sister doesn’t know about this yet, otherwise..."
Zhang Anshi was a man of two generations, and he immediately understood Zhu Gaochi's thoughts.
He is now a relative of the emperor, but he has a notorious reputation. Emperor Yongle is not satisfied with the prince. If someone uses the evil deeds of him, the prince's brother-in-law, to make things worse in front of Emperor Yongle, it will be very detrimental to the prince.
Zhang Anshi was able to slowly adapt to this world, thanks to the care and love of the prince's brother-in-law. Zhu Gaochi may not be an honest person, but he has nothing to say to his brother-in-law.
So Zhang Anshi immediately said plausibly: "Brother-in-law, don't worry, I have decided. From tomorrow on, I will start a new life and no one will say that I am full of evil again."
Zhu Gaochi smiled and stroked Zhang Anshi's back affectionately: "It's good if you have this intention."
Obviously, he didn't believe Zhang Anshi's swearing.
Zhang Anshi was indignant about this. Doesn't he have any credibility at all?
After being caught by Zhu Gaochi and taught some lessons on how to behave, Zhang Anshi was released from the East Palace.
As soon as he left the East Palace, Zhang Anshi immediately seemed like a bird out of its cage.
But outside the East Palace, there were people who had been looking forward to it for a long time. This man was dressed in green clothes and a small hat. When he saw Zhang Anshi coming out, he immediately came up to him, bowed and said: "Master, has the master not been punished?"
"Punishment, what punishment? It's too late for my brother-in-law to love me." Zhang Anshi looked at his servant Zhang San with a proud face. Having such a brother-in-law in this life, this experience was not in vain.
My brother-in-law will also be emperor in the future!