After hearing this, Zhu Di's expression on his face did not change at all. He still smiled and said to Zhu Fan jokingly: "How is that possible? My mother is seriously ill and my father must have given us a decree at the same time. As for the third brother, he said Why are you here with your younger brother? Maybe he is the person who sent the message to Third Brother, so he ran a little slower."
Zhu Fan didn't express anything after hearing this, and said slowly: "Really? Maybe. Then I really want to go and find out who has the courage to even neglect the 800-mile express." "
Zhu Di still faced Zhu Fan with a smile and did not answer. Whether or not to check is Zhu Fan’s business. What does it have to do with Zhu Di?
Zhu Fan looked at Zhu Di deeply, as if he wanted to see through his skin and into his heart. After a moment, Zhu Fan smiled casually and said: "Fourth brother, since we are all here to visit our mother, although our mother is fine now, we can't waste time here. Even if we block the city gate, it is useless. Okay, fourth brother, is this the case?
Now it feels like the city gate is blocked? But before we came just now, I saw you stuck here for a long time.
"Third brother, what you said makes sense." Zhu Di agreed lightly, then remained silent.
Zhu Fan pulled the reins, turned around, turned back to Zhu Di and said, "Why don't we two brothers go into the city together? Please!"
"The eldest brother is the most important, so the third brother invites you first!"
Zhu Fan said nothing more, shook the reins and said, "Drive!" The group of people followed and entered the capital.
Zhu Di was waiting behind, watching Zhu Fan enter the city. Seeing this, a person on the right leaned over and asked in Zhu Di's ear, "Your Majesty, look at us..."
Before he could finish speaking, Zhu Di said lightly: "Let's go into the city." After that, he rode on his horse, followed Zhu Han and his men, and slowly passed through the city gate.
Seeing this, the people next to him had no choice but to put down what they were saying.
...
In Fengtian Hall, Lao Zhu sat on the dragon chair and reviewed the memorial as usual.
The old eunuch saw a eunuch looking at him outside the palace door, turned to look at the emperor, and saw that the emperor was looking down at the memorial, so he walked quietly outside the palace.
Soon, the old eunuch came back and walked to the emperor. He leaned over and reported, "Your Majesty, the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Yan, and the King of Zhou have returned to the capital and asked to see the Emperor."
Lao Zhu listened for a while, put down the memorial and pen in his hand, and said naturally, "Oh? Are you all back?" After thinking about it in his mind, he felt that they would arrive in the capital around this time.
Then he said: "Then declare it."
"My son... pay homage to my father."
The King of Qin Zhu Chen, the King of Jin Zhu Fan, the King of Yan Zhu Di, and the King of Zhou Zhu Ji all bowed to Lao Zhu.
"Everyone, get up." Lao Zhu said lightly.
There are no scenes of loving father and son with tears in their eyes, and there is no such thing as missing each other like three autumns apart. Lao Zhu only expressed his father's love for his sons with just four words. If Empress Ma hadn't been seriously ill this time, Lao Zhu really wouldn't have remembered that he still had several sons who were feuding outside. Take the King of Qin Zhu Feng as an example. It has been more than three years since he conquered Xi'an in the eleventh year of Hongwu. This is the first time he has been recalled to the capital by his subordinates.
The same goes for several other people. They are already used to their father's indifference.
In addition to his special regard for Zhu Biao, Lao Zhu was completely carefree towards his other sons. The care of the old father and the education of the sons can all be put aside. Anyway, when each son reaches a certain age, he will be crowned king. When he reaches adulthood, he will be kicked out and become a vassal to guard the borders of the Ming Dynasty. He also issued a special decree not to return to Beijing without an edict.
I don't care about the education and growth of each son at all. The most typical one is King Zhu Di of Yan. He likes to wield swords and guns, but he is not interested in reading and learning at all, and Lao Zhu does not supervise him. As a result, Zhu Di's current cultural level has always been poor.
Even now, Lao Zhu doesn't have a good look on these sons. They hadn't seen each other for several years, and now they suddenly saw him, and Lao Zhu couldn't help but teach him a few words.
"The third child?"
"My son is here," Zhu Fan replied with his head lowered.
Lao Zhu glanced at him fiercely and asked, "I heard that when you were on your way to sealing Taiyuan, you whipped your cook for some trivial matter?"
"Father, son..." Zhu Fan didn't know how his father knew about this. When his father asked about it, he thought of making excuses.
Who knows, Lao Zhu didn't listen to his explanation at all and asked directly: "Are you just saying yes or no?"
Zhu Fan was forced into a corner and did not dare to deceive his father, so he had to lower his head and reply: "Yes..."
Bang!
Lao Zhu angrily slapped the imperial case and cursed: "You bastard, every bite you eat every day has to pass through the hands of the cook. You dare to punish the cook at will, don't you? Aren't you afraid of being poisoned to death one day? When I was fighting to bring peace to the world, no matter who made mistakes, I punished them one by one. But for decades, I didn't dare to blame the cook. Why do you have so much courage?"
Zhu Fan couldn't lift his head after being scolded, and he felt aggrieved. He hurried back in a hurry, and could only say a few words of comfort. Unexpectedly, he would have to be reprimanded. But even if Zhu Fan was dissatisfied, he would not dare to say anything back.
Just as the atmosphere in Fengtian Hall was solemn, Zhu Biao came in from outside the hall after receiving the news.
"My son, I pay homage to my father." Zhu Biao noticed something was wrong in the atmosphere and bowed to his father with a smile on his face.
There is a world of difference between Lao Zhu's attitude towards Zhu Biao and his attitude towards his other sons. As soon as Zhu Biao came in to pay his respects, the gloominess on Lao Zhu's face quickly faded away like ice melting away and snow melting away. The solidified air in the entire Fengtian Hall seemed to begin to flow freely again at this moment.
"The prince is here, get up." Lao Zhu had a smile on his face and waved to the sons next to him, "Your brothers have finally come back, please get close to them."
At this time, Lao Zhu truly showed his fatherly demeanor.
Although Zhu Biao was wondering what happened here when he didn't come just now, he saw the smile on his father's face and didn't ask further questions. He turned around and hugged the brothers one by one, patting each other on the shoulders, "How are you all? I wish I could die as a brother."
Several people were originally trembling with fear after being reprimanded by their father. Although their father just reprimanded Zhu Han, none of them thought that they could escape in front of their father.
Now that Zhu Biao's arrival has allowed them to truly escape this disaster, everyone seems very happy.
