Bright Spring

Zhu Gaoxu deeply agrees with this statement.

Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu said coldly: "I trust my elder brother? The year before last, when I returned to Beijing from An Nanguo, I was tricked into the palace. There were traps in the front, and armored soldiers entered the palace in the back, trying to conspire to put me to death! How can I trust you?"

A trace of despair flashed across Gao Chi's chubby face, then it suddenly turned red, and he stood up, pointing at Zhu Gaoxu and said angrily, "I'm your elder brother, when you poisoned me back then, how could I be sorry for you!"

This is the behavior that the emperor who is about to die should behave, not the pretended calmness as before!

Zhu Gaoxu was also on fire, but because he was in a good situation right now, he was calmer than Gao Chi, Zhu Gaoxu still sat on the chair, raised his head and said: "If I really want to poison you to death, you can still murder Mr. Emperor, are you trying to trap me? At that time, if I didn’t poison you with Junyingcao, why did the three brothers leave Beijing? Didn’t I detoxify you later on!”

In a rage, Gao Chi suddenly overturned the table in front of him, and the inkstone, pen holder and other things on it fell to the ground with a splash.He roared: "I murdered the late emperor? What evidence do you have?"

Zhu Gaoxu was still sitting on that chair, and said coldly: "Do you need evidence?"

At this moment, Chen Dachui's voice outside the imperial gate said: "My lord..."

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and said: "It will be fine, don't worry about it!"

"You...a cold-blooded and heartless animal!" Gao Chi rushed towards Zhu Gaoxu.Zhu Gaoxu stood up, reached out and grabbed Gao Chi's wrist, stepped forward with his left foot, and spread his legs to stabilize his lower body.Even though Gao Chi was very heavy, he was immediately stabilized by the extremely strong Zhu Gaoxu, leaning his body so that he could not move.

Zhu Gaoxu pushed forward!Gao Chi took two steps back, staggered and sat down on the chair just now; Gao Chi wanted to stand up, but Zhu Gaoxu's palm was on his shoulder like a weight, and he couldn't stand up.

"Let go of me!" Gao Chi struggled to push his body upwards, trying to stand up again.

After Zhu Gaoxu was scolded, he did not reply, but sneered and said, "How did I disobey the late emperor, cause chaos in the palace, and then flee in a hurry? The elder brother's East Palace official, Yang Rong, wrote very interesting articles. Did you think at that time?" Have you passed the proof?"

Gao Chi was trembling with anger, but after tossing for a while, he seemed to be exhausted, so he sat there and gasped for breath.He looked out of breath, as if he had some kind of emergency and was about to | die!

"You are such a person who will take revenge, how could you be my brother!" Gao Chi gritted his teeth and said, "I never thought of harming you at that time, wasn't it all because of that dragon chair?!"

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Eldest brother is right. My actions at this time are the same as yours! If elder brother is not a man with no conscience, how can I sit safely on the throne?"

"You..." Gao Chi wanted to speak, but immediately took a deep breath.

The two were in a stalemate for a while, Gao Chi had no strength left, and felt his body slump limply on the chair.Zhu Gaoxu also let go of him, and sat across from him again.However, the table between the two of them was overturned on the ground, and the brick floor was in a mess.

After a long time, Gao Chi said: "Second brother, do you think in your heart that I really killed the late emperor?"

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head without hesitation, and said: "Eldest brother should not be that kind of person. In my heart, elder brother is actually a kinder person, at least much better than third brother."

The two brothers looked at each other for a while, Gao Chi let out a long and helpless sigh.

After a while, Gao Chi said in an almost pleading tone: "I have a proposal. I issued an imperial edict, saying that the late emperor was murdered by the conspiracy of the former officials of the East Palace and some ministers. I was deceived; the second brother avenged his father. , punish the treacherous ministers, righteousness returns. The second brother imprisoned me and your nephews in the central capital, and I will never see anyone again for the rest of my life. How about this?"

He paused, then persuaded weakly: "Our late emperor seized the world with the reason of 'Jing Nan', and the people in the world still have a lot of criticism. If the son of the late emperor is also suspected of killing his father, how will the people of the world treat me? our house?"

Zhu Gaoxu felt that what the elder brother said made some sense, and Zhu Gaoxu could use a shameless method: first falsely agree to the elder brother, and wait for him to sin against himself and praise his righteousness, so that he can ascend the throne more smoothly and quickly!Then put Gao Chi in isolation, tear up the current promise, and continue to frame the crime of murdering the king and father!

Zhu Gaoxu hesitated for a while at the idea of ​​cheating.He shook his head slightly, and finally said: "First, Jianwen and his son are no longer alive, Prince Yiwen (Zhu Biao, in the early years of Yongle changed Zhu Biaozhi's posthumous title "Emperor Xiaokang" to "Prince Yiwen") The lineage has long since declined. No one can match the royal lineage of King Yan's lineage.

Second, the former emperor's (Zhu Di)'s literary and martial arts reputation is righteous and beneficial to the world. The elder brother has already confirmed it in the enthronement edict;The elder brother's cruelty, inhumanity and rebelliousness cannot tarnish the honor of the former emperor!On the contrary, the more illegal and depraved you are, the more lawless I am, the more legal I am! "

Zhu Gaoxu's calm tone and indifferent words made the fat on Gao Chi's face twitch.Gao Chi's face was paler than paper, and his eyes were full of dead gray.

"Brother, I said this precisely because I respect your character; I didn't completely deny you as a person because of the fight between us brothers." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Gao Chi sneered.

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: "If I trick you into writing a criminal edict first, and then do the above-mentioned things. How?"

Gao Chi fell silent.He raised his head and said: "We are brothers after all, the second brother can't go too far."

Zhu Gaoxu stood up, and lightly patted Gao Chi's shoulder with his palm, "It's all about success and defeat. Brother, you don't need to be too obsessed with the name behind you. Future generations should be able to understand the truth. What we do in this world is only for It's just a need right now."

After Zhu Gaoxu finished speaking, he stood up, walked a few steps outside the gate, and turned around again.

But seeing Gao Chi slumped on the chair in despair, helplessness, as if dead, motionless, but his sleeves are still trembling... Maybe his body is not dead, but his heart is dead.

In the empty and messy imperial gate, the light seems to be gray; a ray of sunlight penetrates into the imperial gate hall from the double eaves, and there is a sense of vicissitudes.It seems that the long-lost sunlight has shone into a luxurious hall that has long been abandoned, and it seems that a tunnel has just been opened in the underworld.

As for Gao Chi, who was sitting on a chair with his head drooping, wearing a dragon robe, he looked like a long-gone emperor.

At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu was in a trance, and he even felt the heartache of backlashing himself after his cruelty.It seems to have returned to modern times, and walked into the ruins of a lost empire, remembering the bloody and bloody, the glory and shame.

He didn't tell his elder brother who was in desolation and despair, but he had already made a plan in his heart: find out the truth about the late emperor's death, and seal it up in secret for future generations to reverse the case!When the successors of the Ming Empire no longer need to slander Hongxi Emperor Zhu Gaochi's personality and can make the throne extremely stable, let the truth be revealed to the world!

Neither Jianwen nor Hongxi are bad people.They just made some efforts to rule this complex and huge country, but unfortunately failed in the end.

Zhu Gaoxu clasped his fists and bowed to Gao Chi, saying, "Brother, goodbye."

However, maybe we won't see each other again in this life, and I don't know if we can be brothers in the next life.

A failed emperor, the desolate atmosphere was very strong, Zhu Gaoxu walked out of the imperial gate with a depressed mood.The sun outside had already dispelled the clouds, and the bright sunshine of early spring shone on his body, making Zhu Gaoxu feel a little better.

There are almost no plants near the imperial gate, but in the corner of the brick floor, the green shoots of the grass have not been hoeed in time, and they still stubbornly breathe the fresh air of the revival of all things.Everything is like a reincarnation, and the vitality will be rejuvenated in the world.

He let out a long breath, letting himself recover from the despair of failure.Fortunately, it was not his own failure. Realizing this, Zhu Gaoxu gradually rejoiced and regained his spirits.

Chapter 587 I know I was wrong

Standing on the platform decorated with white marble, Zhu Gaoxu raised his head and took a deep breath of the fresh air outside.

At this moment, a group of people in the distance came slowly towards this side under the surveillance of Jia Bing.Zhu Gaoxu squinted his eyes and watched for a while, and saw clearly the two people in front of the group of eunuchs and maids: one is the queen Zhang, and the other is the eldest son of the emperor!

Zhu Gaoxu rested his hand on the white railing, waiting calmly.

After a while, those people walked up the stone steps to the base of the imperial gate.The servants and servants of the palace were still standing on the stone steps below, and Mrs. Zhang walked up to the base of the platform with the First Prince.

And Zhu Gaoxu's burly and tall body, covered in iron armor, was still standing there, and he seemed a little arrogant at this time.

Although the Han Palace does not recognize Emperor Hongxi's throne, the situation has changed suddenly; but Zhang's name is still Zhu Gaoxu's sister-in-law, similar to an elder.So she didn't take the lead in bowing her knees, but smiled reluctantly and said: "Gao Xu is so good at martial arts, he raised [-] guards, swept the world in less than two years, and led his army to the Imperial Palace of the capital! As a sister-in-law, I admire her again now, It's frightening and frightening again. We're all a family, so Gao Xu needs to be kind to his subordinates."

Her smile is forced, almost like a fake smile.Although the words were softer and sweeter, Zhu Gaoxu saw the hatred, resentment and despair hidden deep in her eyes; while her face was full of flattery.

But this is also human nature, facing today's fate as a queen, who can let it go lightly?

Although Mrs. Zhang didn't salute solemnly, she immediately pulled the eldest prince beside her and said softly, "Hurry up and salute the uncle!"

The eldest prince lowered his head, looked angry, and looked up at Zhu Gaoxu with hostile eyes.He finally stepped forward with great reluctance, clasped his fists and said, "Greetings to Second Emperor Uncle."

The real age of the prince should be 11 years old this year, and he has already grown into a half-sized child.Zhu Gaoxu knew that a boy of this age already knew a lot of things, but had little experience, so he would be more or less rebellious.

Mrs. Zhang hurriedly said: "Children are ignorant, Gao Xu don't be as knowledgeable as him."

"It's easy to say, easy to talk about, without courtesy." Zhu Gaoxu also smiled, looking very tolerant!

But of course he has no tolerance in his heart!child?no no no!Regardless of children, or nephews and relatives, these are not the primary identities; Zhu Gaoxu can understand the key, the most important identities of the eldest prince and others...political figures.

In the system of the family, the country, and the world, as long as they are the people at the center of the royal family's power, who is not a relative?Could it be that because of family affection, everyone can live in peace and harmony?Now it's not the same intrigue and unscrupulous methods, and said: "Sister-in-law, I used to have nightmares, and the dreams are all the same..."