"hiss...."
Zhu Xiongying took a breath of cold air. Between the lines, a scary atmosphere hit his face.
Although it is only three short words, it makes people feel chilly when they read it.
Obviously, Yunxi is more sensitive. Compared to his grandfather who only found out after exchanging several letters, Yunxi directly discovered through a letter that the letter was not from his brother, but someone was ghostwriting it.
I think this is also related to Yunxi's growth experience. He grew up in a deep palace since he was a child, without the care of his parents, and he had to always be wary of the Lu family.
Even though Yunxi pretends to be slow, his mind is more delicate and sensitive than anyone else.
Although Zhu Gaochi was chatting with Yuan Gong, his peripheral vision was always on the back of the emperor's brother. Seeing the emperor's back trembling, Zhu Gaochi secretly screamed, hurriedly clapped his horse and stepped forward, and asked sheepishly,
"Brother Emperor, have I done something wrong again?"
Zhu Xiongying shook his head, shook the letter, and asked with a smile,
"Gao Chi, how did you reply to this letter?"
After seeing who the letter was from, Zhu Gaochi shuddered subconsciously and replied,
"Brother Imperial, I didn't dare to reply to this letter, so I just left it like this."
During the days when he was ghostwriting for Zhu Xiongying, through correspondence, Zhu Gaochi also gained a general understanding of everyone in the capital.
For example, Grandpa Huang speaks straightforwardly, Grandma Huang speaks with love between the lines, and Duke of Japan makes many typos.
However, what impressed Zhu Gaochi the most was His Highness’s younger brother, Zhu Yunxi.
When he read the first letter, Zhu Gaochi thought that His Highness's younger brother was a simple and lovely little prince.
He answered the letter and dealt with it a bit, but Zhu Gaochi never expected that this little prince, who he thought was harmless to humans and animals, would be the most difficult one to deal with. Moreover, he was the first one to find out that he was ghostwriting for His Highness.
Zhu Gaochi turned his head to one side. The three words on the envelope looked like swords. Zhu Gaochi didn't even want to read them.
Zhu Xiongying smiled and patted Zhu Gaochi on the shoulder. He also knew that this matter was not easy to do, and comforted him,
"Gao Chi, it's okay. This is Yunxi whom I mentioned to you before.
After arriving in the capital, I will introduce you to two people: Yunxi is a very nice boy. "
Zhu Gaochi murmured twice and looked at His Highness Shengsun secretly. He saw His Highness Shengsun smiling broadly and his words did not seem to be false.
Gao Chi knew that in His Highness Shengsun's heart, this younger brother was indeed innocent, lovely and very kind.
But Zhu Gaochi didn't know what outsiders thought of the little prince. Anyway, he didn't want to have more contact with the little prince.
"Okay, it's okay."
Seeing Zhu Gaochi's lack of interest, Zhu Xueying waved his hand. Zhu Gaochi nodded and fell behind Zhu Xiongying. Zhu Xiongying began to read the letters from Beijing during this period again.
The more I read, the more Zhu Xiongying felt like returning home.
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Two words
Yingtian Mansion Fengtian Hall
Although it is still dark, all the officials have already taken their places in the palace.
Although the official system has been much improved after His Majesty Shengsun's reform compared to the early years of Hongwu, some fundamental things have not been changed.
For example, during this morning time, Lao Zhu has always believed in the principle that the day's plan lies in the morning.
If you can't even get up early and stay up until noon, in Lao Zhu's heart, such a person can't stand up to the wall.
Of course, except for Lao Zhu’s great grandson,
Therefore, this morning court time has been preserved. After all, ancient people were in good health and could not sleep for more than a few hours a day. They still had to attend court meetings.
For example, those nobles and nobles live relatively close to the palace.
As for those low-ranking officials, they have to open their eyes when they are young. Whether they are riding horses or riding carriages, they must arrive at the outer palace within the specified time.
After arriving at the outer palace, there will be a special palace for officials to wait. It is winter now, and there is only a stove lit in Nuo Da's palace for the officials to keep warm.
This furnace has been occupied by the Japanese Duke Lan Yu all year round, and other officials cannot get close to it. Therefore, most officials were shivering from the cold when they came to the waiting palace in the morning.
As for your question about why Lao Zhu didn’t add more stoves to keep these officials warm?
In fact, it is very simple. Lao Zhu is reluctant to part with it, and Lao Zhu also feels that it is a waste.
According to His Majesty's own words, even at such an old age, he doesn't even feel cold, but you young ones are actually shivering from the cold. What's the point of this?
However, Zhu Yuanzhang's words shut up all the officials. Although the officials slandered them countless times in their hearts,
How can our bodies be worthy of Your Majesty? !
But no one really dared to say it,
After the officials walked through the extremely long corridor and entered the palace, they met His Majesty. In front of His Majesty, they could not show any coldness and had to pretend not to be cold.
There is no way, the top leader of the Hongwu Dynasty is a top-notch king, and these subordinates want to settle things, isn't that nonsense?
"See Your Majesty!"
All the officials shouted in unison, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, waved his hand and said,
"Show trouble!"
Lao Zhu was in high spirits and his eyes were shining.
If the officials knew that His Majesty punched him for half an hour before going to court, all the complaints in their hearts would disappear in an instant.
However, His Majesty seemed to be in a very good mood during today's morning meeting, and the officials also breathed a sigh of relief. At least he would not be scolded again this morning.
Zhu Yuanzhang started his career at a young age. In the morning and in the morning, if he was slightly dissatisfied, he would point his nose and curse at others. He did not care about the majesty of the heavenly family. Sometimes even the officials could not understand him.
Zhu Yuanzhang's curses and Xie Jin's curses look the same, and their curse words are difficult for others to understand, but in fact they are completely different.
It’s hard to understand Jie Jin’s curses because he is highly educated and can quote scriptures. If you hadn’t read the books of sages for more than ten years, you wouldn’t know why Xie Jin cursed so dirty.
Zhu Yuanzhang actually used some folk swear words when he cursed people. Moreover, Zhu Yuanzhang traveled around the world in his early years and was familiar with swear words from all over the world.
In the court, these are scholars after all. How can they understand these dirty words and slang among the people?
Sometimes after being scolded by His Majesty in the court, they would go down to the court to find out what His Majesty meant by the scolding. After asking, their faces would turn red and they would be so ashamed that they could not lift their heads.
Your Majesty's scolding was really unpleasant!
Anyone who has ever heard an old lady in the countryside swearing at someone knows that it is completely offensive. She makes up stories and curses.
Xu Sima, who took over as the Grand Governor of Li Wenzhong's Fifth Army Governor's Mansion, was the first to walk out and said loudly,
"Your Highness, we have a great victory in the north. Timur's Strong City has been captured by the Ming army. His Highness Shengsun is already on his way back to Beijing."
All the officials were shocked when they heard this.
For example, some high-level officials, such as Xia Yuanji, the Minister of Household Affairs, and Yang Shiqi, the Minister of Rites, had long known that His Highness Shengsun had returned to Beijing.
But these relatively low-level officials only know now.
