"Prince, what do you think of today's breakfast? That plate of bird's nest and shredded chicken was specially made by my concubine in the kitchen!"
On the north side of the East Palace, in the palace on the east side of the prince's bedroom, the side concubine Wang Yi was chattering and trying her best to please Zhu Jingyuan.
However, hearing it in Zhu Jingyuan's ears made him feel particularly irritated.
Of course, he was a soft-hearted person. Although he was dissatisfied, he still held back.
"Your Highness, Concubine told me yesterday... that she had memorized the university knowledge, and she also said she would recite it to you!"
Unlike Yuanchun who had nothing to do, Wang Yi gave birth to a son for Zhu Jingyuan, so she would praise him whenever he had the chance.
Of course, although Yuanchun did not give birth to a child, under the Queen's instructions, the former Crown Princess's children were raised by her side.
Upon hearing Wang Yi's reminder, Zhu Jingyuan only responded perfunctorily because he was about to attend the court meeting.
Without Gao Shuyan by his side, Zhu Jingyuan's heart was still unsettled, which made him feel bad recently.
Although there were many officials in the East Palace, there were really only one or two people he could really trust.
After breakfast, Zhu Jingyuan changed into his robes, took the report he had written, and rushed to the palace in a sedan.
The East Palace is within the imperial city, not too far from the palace. Soon he appeared outside the Donghua Gate.
Even if he is a prince, he has to come down and walk here without the emperor's permission.
After entering the Donghua Gate, Zhu Jingyuan took only a few young eunuchs with him and walked all the way to the Qianqing Palace.
When he arrived, more than a dozen people, including the Governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and his fellow governors, were waiting outside the palace gate.
"Meet the Crown Prince!"
"Excuse me!"
After a brief exchange of greetings, Zhu Jingyuan couldn't help but ask: "I heard that today... my thirteenth brother will also participate in the court meeting. Have you ever seen him?"
"Back to the Crown Prince, I have been waiting for half an hour for those of you who came early, but there is no trace of the Thirteenth Master!"
Even the governor of the Fifth Army Governor's Mansion and a second-rank court official did not dare to neglect the emperor's summons and actually arrived an hour early to wait.
With the imperial power highly concentrated and the nobility class further expanding, these senior generals had to go out of their way to flatter the emperor if they wanted to hold actual posts.
Otherwise, if someone finds out the slightest mistake, he may be laid off and unemployed.
"I'm afraid that in less than a moment, it will be time for the court meeting!"
After saying this, Zhu Jingyuan ordered the young eunuch behind him: "Go to Chengmingyuan and remind the thirteenth brother to come here quickly!"
"yes!"
Zhu Jingyuan trusted Gao Shuyan, but in the end he insisted on his own opinion on Zhu Jinghong.
How could the thirteenth brother, who is honest and cares only about himself, not be trustworthy!
What's more, Zhu Jinghong helped so much in Jinling, how could Zhu Jingyuan sit back and watch him make another mistake today.
After the young eunuch left, Zhu Jingyuan chatted with everyone, waiting for the emperor's summons.
He could have gone directly to Qianqing Palace, but for some unexplainable reason, he felt it was better to wait outside.
About ten minutes later, a eunuch trotted out and conveyed the emperor's summons.
So everyone followed Zhu Jingyuan and walked into Qianqing Gate.
At this moment, Zhu Jingyuan was worried about himself and Zhu Jinghong who had not arrived yet, so he entered the main hall of Qianqing Palace with a sad face.
Under the guidance of the eunuch, everyone arrived at the Dongnuan Pavilion of Qianqing Palace. Everyone stood in line according to their order, waiting for the arrival of Emperor Zhu Xianming.
A few breaths later, accompanied by Cheng Ying and several eunuchs, Zhu Xianming, dressed in a yellow dragon robe, walked out from the screen behind the throne.
Before Zhu Xianming could sit down, the officials present, including the prince, had already lifted up their robes and bowed to the ground.
"I will bow to your majesty. Long live my emperor!"
After sitting down, Zhu Xianming shook his sleeves and said, "No courtesy!"
After scanning everyone, Zhu Xianming's expression suddenly turned bad, so he asked, "Why don't you see Old Thirteen?"
None of the military generals could answer this, so the prince replied bravely: "To inform my father, the thirteenth brother... he may be on the way!"
"Hmph... we can't expect this bastard to succeed!"
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. Zhu Xianming didn't want to wait any longer, so he said, "Ignore him for now, let's discuss the matter first... Prince, please tell me!"
"yes……"
Regarding the situation in the northwest, he had written two articles in the past two days, hoping that he could get over it today.
Zhu Jingyuan was really not interested in things like marching and fighting, let alone issues he was good at.
As for Zhu Jinghong, he was rushing towards Qianqing Palace in a hurry.
The reason why he was late was of course Zhu Jinghong's intention. He would not make any mistakes even if he received the imperial commission, and he would not be punished to death for his meritorious service.
Zhu Jinghong didn't want to experience Lao Liu's scrutinizing gaze yesterday.
Of course, when his wings are full and he can no longer cover it up, he won't have to go to such trouble.
After entering the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Jinghong behaved very politely this time and waited outside the palace for someone to come in and report.
"Master Thirteen, please!"
"Yeah!" Zhu Jinghong was confident.
After entering the main hall, Zhu Jinghong came outside Nuan Pavilion.
At this moment, the discussion about the northwest was coming to an end, and Zhu Jingyuan was reprimanded by the emperor again.
Zhu Jinghong's timely arrival solved Zhu Jingyuan's urgent need, and he had to thank his younger brother in his heart.
"My son, Zhu Jinghong, bows to my father...Long live, long live, long live!"
Instead of asking Zhu Jinghong to get up, Zhu Xianming said coldly: "Old Thirteen... can you do it? You are two moments (half an hour) late. Are you lost in the palace?"
All the generals suppressed their laughter, waiting to see how Zhu Jinghong would defend himself.
I often hear my nephews and nephews mention that they have a good sense of Zhu Jinghong, not to mention that they also know about Zhu Jinghong's stay in Jinling.
"father……"
Before Zhu Jinghong could speak, the emperor scolded: "There is no father in the court!"
Zhu Jinghong pretended to be humble and replied carefully: "Oh...Father, I could have arrived on time, but I just thought about some details at the last minute, so I perfected the memorial, so I was delayed! "
"Really? That's not bad!" Zhu Xianming held back his anger.
He swore that if Zhu Jinghong didn't tell him something, he would beat him until he couldn't get out of bed for half a month.
"Tell everyone here your plan!"
"Father, this is the memorial prepared by my son!" Zhu Jinghong handed over the memorial.
Thinking of his bullshit handwriting, Zhu Xianming became furious and said coldly: "There is no need to read the memorial. I'll just listen to your dictation!"
"Dad...then the son got up and stood up to say?"
At this time, Zhu Xianming had no intention of correcting his title, and said impatiently: "Hurry up..."
Zhu Jinghong stood up with a smile, looked around at the crowd and said, "Everyone, I have summarized this military parade in four words: wind...fire...mountain...forest..."
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help but complain in their hearts, this is the content of Sun Tzu's Art of War, how could you sum it up.
"The so-called Fenghuoshan Forest means that it is as fast as the wind, and..."
After hearing this, Zhu Xianming finally couldn't bear to interrupt: "Old Thirteen!"
"Dad, is there something you don't understand?"
Is there anything you don’t understand? He has written hundreds of battles on the battlefield, how dare this kid say that he doesn't understand?
In anger, Zhu Xianming yelled coldly: "If you want to be beaten by the imperial staff, you can go out now!"
"Tell me what's important!"
(End of chapter)
