In Wuying Palace.
Zhu Di hummed twice, and then said in a low voice: "Okay, I really didn't consider this matter well."
What else could he have said?
As the saying goes, a man can bend and stretch. He is the emperor, so what's wrong with setting an example?
"What about the second prince?" Yang Xuan said.
"That's it!"
"Boss, go and ask the second brother to stop kneeling." Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochi and said.
"Yes, father!" Zhu Gaochi saluted and hurried to find Zhu Gaoxu.
After Zhu Gaochi left, Zhu Di looked at Yang Xuan again, his eyes full of resentment.
"You, you, can't you give me some face?"
"I am an emperor now!"
"It's not that I don't give you face, but that you did something wrong."
"They are such good brothers. Do you want to see them become enemies in the future?"
"Let your descendants' hands be stained with the blood of your relatives?"
Yang Xuan's rhetorical question left Zhu Di speechless.
"You planted this disaster. Now that you have discovered it, you should deal with it in advance."
"So that if fratricide really happens in the future, we will regret it later."
"Besides, senior sister doesn't want to see her son become an enemy."
"In the future, when things like this happen, think more about senior sister's feelings."
Yang Xuan's eyes were extremely sincere.
Zhu Di was silent and nodded.
For the sake of his wife, he had to have a serious talk with his second son.
"Okay, nothing else."
"Then...I will retire." Yang Xuan bowed his hands and gave Zhu Di some face.
"Ang!" Zhu Di raised his chin slightly, looking quite arrogant.
Seeing this, Yang Xuan rolled his eyes inwardly and exited Wuying Hall.
…
On the other side, outside Kunning Palace.
Zhu Gaochi dragged his fat body and ran over panting.
"Second brother, second brother!"
"Stop kneeling and get up quickly."
"Father, I will exempt you from punishment."
Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and said.
Zhu Di has been staying in Kunning Palace during these days. After all, his wife is here, so why should he guard an empty room alone.
Zhu Gaoxu got drunk and broke into the palace last night, and Zhu Di also had people bring him here.
Seeing his drunken appearance, he did not punish him immediately. Instead, he asked someone to make some sobering soup to help him relieve his hangover.
Then he was allowed to have a good sleep, and he was not punished until the morning meeting.
Of course, Xu Miaoyun played a big role in this, otherwise, Zhu Di's temper would not be so good.
"Brother, I, I can't get up!" Zhu Gaoxu heard the sound, looked at his elder brother, and said with a grimace.
He now felt that his legs were no longer his, and he had no feeling at all.
After all, this was a stone slab, and he was kneeling here before the court meeting began.
"Let me help you." Zhu Gaochi stepped forward and helped his brother up with a lot of effort.
However, due to kneeling for a long time, Zhu Gaoxu is still unable to walk.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaochi simply carried his younger brother on his back.
Zhu Gaoxu lay on his elder brother's back, looking at the sweat on his neck and temples, and then listening to his heavy breathing.
For a moment, my heart was full of mixed feelings.
He felt guilty.
My eldest brother is so kind to me, but I actually want to steal his eldest brother's crown prince position.
"Brother, why don't you let me down!" Zhu Gaoxu said, knowing that his eldest brother had been in poor health since childhood.
"It's okay, it's just a few steps away." Zhu Gaochi did not put down his little brother.
Carrying him to Kunning Palace.
Zhu Gaoxu was moved in his heart: "Brother, I...I shouldn't compete with you for the crown prince's position."
"Hey, brothers, what are you talking about?"
Zhu Gaochi said nonchalantly.
Zhu Gaoxu, Zhu Gaoxu, you really deserve to die... Zhu Gaoxu said in his heart, feeling that he really deserved it.
Soon the two brothers entered Kunning Palace.
Xu Miaoyun was about to let someone go see her second son, but she saw the boss walking in with the second son on his back.
The worry on his face immediately turned into displeasure.
This is mainly for the second son.
"Mother." With the help of the palace attendants, Zhu Gaochi placed Zhu Gaoxu on the couch, and then saluted Xu Miaoyun.
"what happened?"
"Isn't the second one kneeling down as punishment?"
Xu Miaoyun asked.
"Father has exempted the second brother from punishment." Zhu Gaochi explained.
Xu Miaoyun nodded slightly, relieved.
Since the punishment for the second child has been waived, it seems that this matter has passed.
After all, whether it is breaking into the palace late at night or threatening to become the prince, this is no small matter.
Xu Miaoyun was really afraid that Zhu Di would deal with the second child strictly.
No matter what, this is my own child, so I can't bear to see him suffer.
And the reason why I watched the second child being punished to kneel was because I wanted to teach him a long lesson.
She looked at the little boy and said solemnly:
"Although your father exempted you from punishment, my mother will not just let it go."
"Remember, the position of prince can only belong to your eldest brother."
"If you dare to have these little thoughts again, I can't spare you."
The dick is too straight-tempered and must be beaten well.
"Mother, my sons and ministers don't dare anymore."
"Please forgive me, Queen Mother." Zhu Gaoxu said.
"I hope you will do what you say." Xu Miaoyun said.
Seeing this, Zhu Gaoxu smiled bitterly in his heart.
In order to prevent his mother from hating him, he could only promise: "Mother, please rest assured that my son and I will never try to compete for the prince again."
"Yeah." Xu Miaoyun nodded.
"Mother, my second brother has been kneeling outside for a long time and may have injured his knee."
"Would you like the imperial doctor to come over and take a look?" At this time, Zhu Gaochi said.
"Okay." Xu Miaoyun nodded, and then asked someone to go to the imperial doctor.
Half an hour later, the imperial doctor arrived, examined Zhu Gaoxu, prescribed some topical medicine, and then left.
Shortly after the imperial doctor left, Zhu Di also came to Kunning Palace.
Looking at Zhu Gaoxu lying on the couch, he snorted heavily.
This traitor! His old face was completely disgraced by him.
When Zhu Gaoxu saw this scene, he realized that his father's anger had not subsided.
"Father, I know I was wrong." He quickly admitted his mistake.
"You just need to remember how good your big brother is."
"I don't want my descendants to have the blood of my relatives on their hands in the future." Zhu Di said.
"No, father." Zhu Gaoxu said.
"Father, where did you start talking about this?"
"The second child is my sibling, and I can't possibly do anything to my own brother!" Zhu Gaochi said quickly.
"Okay, both of you, be quiet!"
Zhu Di said with a straight face.
The two brothers shrank their necks and stopped talking.
Later, Zhu Di came to the main hall and chatted with Xu Miaoyun for a while.
It's mainly about these two brothers.
Also, he decided to make the eldest brother Zhu Gaochi the crown prince next year.
"It's better to be canonized earlier. The position of the prince is related to the foundation of the country."
Xu Miaoyun agreed with Zhu Di's decision.
Later, Zhu Di told Xu Miaoyun about a plan of his.
…
Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun came to the side hall where Zhu Gaoxu rested.
Because he had been kneeling on the ground for too long, Zhu Gaoxu was still unable to move freely and could only continue to lie on the couch.
"Boss, second child." Zhu Di looked at his two sons.
"Father," the two brothers said in unison.
"From now on, I want you two to continue fighting for the legitimate sons." Zhu Di said, leaving the two brothers Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu unable to react for a moment.
"Father, don't you want me to compete for the crown prince's position again?" the younger brother said bluntly.
"Father, do you have other deep thoughts?" Zhu Gaochi asked, he had more on his mind.
Hearing this, Zhu Di took a deep look at his eldest son.
Sure enough, the second child's brain is not as good as the boss's.
"That's right." Zhu Di nodded without denying it.
"I'm asking you to seize the direct descendants, just to show the civil and military officials, not for you to actually seize the direct descendants."
He followed up with another explanation.
His cronies are basically the military generals who followed him in Jingnan, and most of these people support Lao Er.
Although the eldest brother has a certain prestige in the army because of his defense of Peiping, he is not as good as the second son.
If he wanted to make the eldest son the prince, he had to consider the generals.
Therefore, showing his intention to get close to the second brother will allow him to better control the generals.
"I'm not worried about you, boss."
"But second brother, you have to remember that I'm just putting on a show by letting you seize the direct line. Don't take me seriously."
"Cooperate well with your elder brother, he will not treat you badly."
Zhu Di said.
"Yes, father, please bear this in mind." Zhu Gaoxu said.
But in his heart he was a little dissatisfied with his father, saying for a long time that he was just using him.
He is also his father's biological son, why should he be treated like this?
Zhu Gaochi on the side was a little worried.
Although seizing the direct descendant is fake, I am afraid that the fake will become real.
After all, that location is too tempting.
Who can guarantee that they can resist temptation.
He couldn't help but glance at his second brother, and a question couldn't help but arise in his mind: Will their brothers really kill each other in the future?
He glanced at his mother again, and when he saw no reaction, he knew that his mother also agreed to his father's plan.
He didn't say anything, he just hid his worry.
"Second brother, second brother, you must not do anything stupid!" He looked at Zhu Gaoxu and said in his heart.
After explaining his two sons, Zhu Di stayed in Kunning Palace and asked someone to call the youngest son over. The family had lunch.
After that, he was busy with government affairs.
…
At the end of the day, Yang Xuan dragged his exhausted body back home.
Before he had time to rest, the butler reported that the eldest prince was here.
I had no choice but to get up and go to receive him.
In the living room, the two of them were sitting opposite each other.
Yang Xuanbai retreated, looked at Zhu Gaochi and asked, "What's wrong?"
"Isn't it over that Gao Xu wanted to be the prince?"
"Uncle, it's different, it's the father." Zhu Gaochi said.
"What's causing trouble with your father?" Yang Xuan frowned slightly.
"That's it." Zhu Gaochi told Yang Xuan Zhu Di's plan.
"Hiss! Your father really doesn't act like a monster for a day, and he feels very uncomfortable!" Yang Xuan couldn't help but say.
Zhu Gaochi pretended not to hear it. After all, he was talking about his father. He couldn't refute it, so he had to do this.
"Now, even my mother has agreed to my father's plan."
"Uncle Master, you should be able to see that this plan has great hidden dangers." Zhu Gaochi said.
"I know." Yang Xuan nodded.
The biggest hidden danger in this plan is the human heart.
Maybe now the second child will not have any thoughts of seizing the legitimate son, but in the future, who can guarantee?
He knew that the second child was dissatisfied with his father, and now that he was being used openly, it would definitely hurt the child's heart.
Zhu Laosi, Zhu Laosi, you are really capable of doing this... Yang Xuan couldn't help cursing in his heart.
However, he was very confused as to why his senior sister agreed to Zhu Di's plan.
With senior sister's wisdom, she should not be able to see the hidden dangers in this!
hiss!
Yang Xuan rubbed his head, feeling a little headache.
It seems that I have to ask my senior sister what she thinks.
"Okay, you don't have to think so much. With your father, emperor and mother here, nothing big will happen."
"You, just be your prince and help your father handle the government affairs."
"Besides, don't have any thoughts about your brother. He is just dissatisfied with your father."
"Go back, ah!"
Yang Xuan patted Zhu Gaochi on the shoulder and advised.
"Um."
"Then...Uncle Master, I'll leave first."
After seeing off Zhu Gaochi, Yang Xuan looked at the darkening sky, feeling very tired.
"What's this all about!"
…
The next day, Yang Xuan entered the palace and asked to see Xu Miaoyun.
He voiced his concerns.
Xu Miaoyun smiled and said: "Junior brother, the second child is my son, I understand him."
"He has a great relationship with his eldest brother."
"And I will talk to him properly, and nothing will happen."
"Okay, I just want to remind you that this child has been treated unfairly by His Majesty, so he will inevitably not think too much about it."
"Pay more attention." Yang Xuan nodded.
"Well, I will pay attention." Xu Miaoyun said.
Yang Xuan felt relieved. With his senior sister here, he shouldn't have reached that point.
Moreover, I won't watch the old man do anything wrong.
As the same saying goes, Ming Dynasty, one battle of Jingnan is enough.
After leaving Kunning Palace, Yang Xuan went to work again.
There are still many political affairs in the court, and he also has to take care of the boss.
The day is really busy without even touching the ground.
After returning home from get off work in the evening, Yang Xuan stood at the door of his house for a long time.
The second child came to the door the day before yesterday, and the boss came to the door yesterday. If the third child comes again today, Yang Xuan will really beat him up.
Fortunately, the third child didn't come.
However, as soon as he entered the door, before he took two steps, he heard someone calling him uncle from behind.
He staggered, gritted his teeth, and turned around.
He looked at the little boy with a faint look: "If you don't explain clearly why you came to the door today, I will definitely break your legs and make you lie in bed for a few months."
The little boy shrank his neck, a little scared.
He knew that his uncle would do what he said.
I think he experienced this once when he first came to the capital.
He will never forget that experience.
"Uncle, I got a few jars of good wine, so I want to honor you!" The younger brother quickly apologized.
Then he asked the attendant behind him to bring up the wine.
"You've got your heart set." Yang Xuan nodded: "Come in!"
"Oh, good!"
The little boy said quickly.
He lay in bed for two days. When he could get out of bed, he came to see his uncle as soon as possible.
He didn't know why he liked coming here. Maybe it made him feel comfortable and free here.
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