"Your Highness! Your Highness!" The old housekeeper grabbed the thigh of a king guard and cried towards Zhu Su with a sad look on his face: "This old slave has no eyesight. There are only women in the house. Your Highness must not do anything wrong!"
"Your Highness! My father's sister is Concubine Yang in the palace. Even if you are here, your majesty must take care of the face of your relatives! Don't let the flood wash away the Dragon King Temple!"
"Why are you talking so much!" Zhu Xi couldn't bear it and rode forward. The horse raised its hooves mercilessly and tried to trample on him. The old housekeeper screamed and immediately let go and ran away. Zhu Di looked at Zhu Su: "Lao Wu, is this the residence of Suzhou Guard Commander Yang Lu?"
"Concubine Yang is father's favorite concubine, and she can also be regarded as our aunt... Is it okay for father to put on a show of confiscating the house?"
When it came to Lao Zhu, Zhu Di couldn't help but be a little embarrassed.
"This Yang Lu buys and sells soldiers, is nepotistic, and is not familiar with the remnants of the rebels... With my father's temper, I am afraid that if I were here, I would have wiped out the Yang Mansion. What are you afraid of?" Zhu Su He shrugged indifferently and looked at Zhu Di with a look of disgust on his face. "Fourth brother, when you mention dad, you are like a mouse meeting a cat..."
"Who said that!" Zhu Di blushed and frowned. "I was afraid of being impeached by those civil officials..."
"Come on. Our two brothers' reputations in the court now, the worse they are, the better!"
Zhu Su blinked his eyes, and Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, and then realized that it was about the distinction between direct concubine and concubine. Lao Wu was once praised by Hu Weiyong as "a talented prince who can compete with the prince", while he, Zhu Di, is still carrying the blame for the future called "Jing Nan".
Zhu Di was careless and careful, so he naturally knew that his father was actually a very suspicious person. It's just that I am young now, and when I grow up, my father will definitely have to be more careful about him. From this aspect, the less popular he is, the more relieved his father will be.
"What smells better, you two are playing riddles here again." Zhu Xi glared at his two younger brothers with some resentment. He always felt that these two younger brothers were always playing riddles in front of him. With his IQ, he often felt excluded from the topic by his younger brothers.
"Nothing. Second brother, do you want to be a general commanding thousands of armies?" Zhu Su winked at Zhu Xi.
"General?" Zhu Xi's eyes lit up. He was very interested in this. The little resentment I had towards my younger brother was immediately forgotten. "What to do? Do you really want to seize military power?"
"Of course it's true." Zhu Su chuckled and saw that the main door of Yang Mansion had been opened by Wang Weimen who broke in from the corner door. He twitched the horse's reins: "But first, we have to catch the rat hiding in this mansion!"
"Capture the general who commanded the first guard?" Zhu Di was startled subconsciously, but then, his whole body began to tremble with excitement again...
In the Yang Mansion, there was a flurry of excitement. The soldiers of the King of Qin and the King of Wu entered the mansion, and the female family members of the Yang Mansion immediately became confused. Amidst the cries and howls, people often used Concubine Yang's name as a fake, and some even dared to use Lao Zhu's name to scare Zhu Su and others. Zhu Di was a little wary at first, but after hearing more, he couldn't help but feel angry. When he heard someone dared to use his father's name, he whipped him down with a riding crop.
"Humph, it seems that these people often use their status as royal relatives to commit crimes..." Zhu Su sneered and mocked after Zhu Di knocked down another blind relative of the Yang family. Although Zhu Di was afraid of Lao Zhu, deep down in his heart, he actually respected his father very much. Hearing this, he turned to Zhu Su and asked: "Lao Wu, did you know that these beasts were disrespectful here?"
"Then why didn't you take care of them earlier? Do you want to keep the Yang family's reputation as a ruined father?"
"It's not just for tonight..." Zhu Su said. Before he finished speaking, Shao Biao, the captain in Jinyi, escorted a man to Zhu Suma: "Your Highness, Yang Lu has been found."
"This guy was hiding at the bottom of the well... but it was a waste of our efforts."
Zhu Su saw that Yang Lu behind him was indeed covered in wet marks and was wearing a nondescript servant uniform. He couldn't help but laugh and said: "Commander Yang, are you okay?"
"Why are you so embarrassed?"
"Three...Three Your Highnesses..." Yang Lu seemed to be in shock. He finally regained his breath and sneered at Zhu Su and the others: "Three Your Highnesses broke into my Yang family's residence at night. What do you think they are doing?"
"Then what's the point of Commander Yang hiding at the bottom of the well wearing a servant's clothes?" Zhu Su retorted. "Didn't I say that before the thieves retreat outside the city, you must guard the city tower and not slack off?"
"Why did you, Commander Yang, sneak back into the house again?"
"Your Highness, calm down..." Yang Lu rolled his eyes slightly, "The general returned to his hometown to take medicine. It's an old problem..."
"If you violate His Highness's military orders, I will be willing to be punished! But Your Highness doesn't have to..." As he said that, he turned to look at the many soldiers wearing helmets and carrying armor.
"Okay, Yang Lu, I am too lazy to argue with you." Zhu Su waved his hand, interrupting Yang Lu's sophistry. "Where's that letter? What did it say?"
"Tell the truth, I will not kill you today."
The air suddenly became stagnant, and the corner of Yang Lu's mouth twitched, "Your Highness... Your Highness, I don't know what Your Highness is talking about..."
"Do you still want to be sophistical?" But Zhu Di moved his horse forward, drew out the sword from his waist, and put it on Yang Lu's neck.
"You secretly communicated with the thieves outside the city tonight, and my three brothers have already detected it. Secretly communicating with the thieves is a capital crime." From Zhu Su's words, he had already guessed the cause and effect of the matter. "If we confess and surrender our military power, we might be able to save a life."
"If not, hum..." Zhu Di shook his sword.
"This..." Yang Lu was stunned for a moment. He never thought that his letter was received by his confidant, and he kept it close to him. He secretly returned to the house in private, and then he dared to open it and read it.
With such a secret, where did the Zhu brothers find out?
But thinking that the letter was indeed burned to ashes by him, Yang Lu couldn't help but feel a little more courageous. He put on a righteous look and said, "Why did Your Highness say this?"
"What letter? Where is it? Why is Your Highness so violent?"
"Although His Highness is a prince, he cannot kill generals such as the last general at will. What's more, he also wants to seize the last general's military power..."
"Please forgive me for not being able to obey my orders!"
"Aren't you afraid that I will kill you?" Zhu Di handed the sword forward.
"Your Highness, you can't kill me." Yang Lu strangled his neck and knocked him upside down. "Three Your Highnesses secretly broke into the residence of the last general and captured the last general. This is against His Majesty's grace."
"It is even more groundless to falsely accuse the last general of having an affair with the bandits!"
"The general will be guarding the Ming Dynasty. If I kill the general, I am afraid that all the guards of the Ming Dynasty will be panicked. Your Highness's move is unethical! Even the royal nobles will be captured and thrown into the high wall of Fengyang. To calm the wrath of all the generals in the imperial guard!"
(End of chapter)
