Gao Chi of the Ming River

Today is the last day of national mourning.

Zhu Gaochi sat on the carriage, closing his eyes tiredly.

For a moment, the scene of kneeling to see off the Grandpa Huang at Zijin Mountain flashed in my mind... for a while, the time when I played chess with Grandpa Huang...

I feel a little uncomfortable.

When a person dies, whether it is an emperor or a commoner, if he is gone, he is gone.

No matter how powerful the power is, what needs to go is always going to go.

In fact... there are not many things that humans can do...!

Opening his eyes slowly, Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui who were looking at him worriedly, and smiled slowly, "It's okay."

"Brother..." Zhu Gaoxu frowned, "Brother, you look very bad."

Zhu Gaochi smiled wryly, he didn't sleep much at night, could he look better?

"It's okay." Zhu Gaochi smiled reassuringly, patted Zhu Gaoxu on the shoulder, and said in a low voice, "You are older than Gao Sui, you have to take good care of Gao Sui, you know?"

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback for a moment, then became nervous, and asked in a low voice, "Brother, it's Uncle Zhou Wang..."

"Soon." Zhu Gaochi said in a low voice, with a gentle smile, "When Uncle Zhou comes to see you, you should go with Uncle Zhou."

"Brother, what about you?" Zhu Gaosui asked suspiciously, "Aren't you going with us?"

"You go first." Zhu Gaochi slowly shook his head and smiled, "I will catch up with you."

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Gaochi, hesitant to speak.Just bowed his head silently.

And Zhu Gaochi slowly closed his eyes again, thinking in his heart, what method will King Zhou use to bring Gao Xu and Gao Sui away, and what preparations should he make?

But more and more so-called guards around him are watching so closely...

Since receiving the clay figurine that day, he has never received a single word from his father. Although the guards are so tight, he doesn't want his father to take the risk of handing him a note, but... Can't help but look forward to it.

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Fang Xiaoru looked at the frowning Zhang Shi sitting beside him and shook his head, "Fortunately, you didn't tell Shizi your request that day."

Zhang Shi sighed.

"The grandson of the emperor is now hesitant, which is also a good thing for Miss Rong Yue." Fang Xiaoru said lightly, paused, then frowned and murmured, "But for the imperial court, it must be constantly disturbed by it. "

Zhang Shi heaved a sigh of relief after hearing the first sentence, but he couldn't help frowning when he heard the second sentence, "Brother Fang, since you have something on your mind, why didn't you tell the emperor?"

Fang Xiaoru shook his head slowly, "In terms of strategy, I am no match for King Yan. What's more...as a courtier, it's better not to get involved in these royal affairs."

Zhang Shi looked at Fang Xiaoru, shook his head and said, "No! This is a matter related to the country, how can it be a matter of the royal family?"

Fang Xiaoru was silent.

Zhang Shi stared at Fang Xiaoru for a long while, then smiled wryly, "I'm afraid Brother Zhang has too many inconvenient things to say."

Fang Xiaoru remained silent, closed his eyes, and after a long while, said quietly, "Why...isn't King Yan the son of a legitimate son?"

Zhang Shi is silent.

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That night.Zhu Gaochi was still tossing and turning.

I was thinking about how to cooperate with King Zhou, the most troublesome thing now is... I don't know how King Zhou plans to take people away?

And tonight, news came out from the palace that in three days, the princes and princes from all over the world would be able to return to their respective lands, but only myself, Gao Xu and Gao Sui had to stay for another month!

Really...

Three days later, King Zhou will also return to his domain.

When the time comes, how will King Zhou bring Gao Xu and Gao Sui back?

Zhu Gaochi thought of various methods over and over again.

After thinking about it for a while, I slowly overturned it.

After a while, Zhu Gaochi glanced at the patrolling guard passing by again outside the window, scratched his head, that's all.Since Zhou Wangshu has promised himself, he should not break his promise!

However, what happened to the one thing Uncle Zhou said that he had promised his father?

And that thing was—to agree to a request of myself?

Is it because of this that Mr. Monk is so sure that Uncle Zhou Wang will help him?

Zhu Gaochi thought for a while, but couldn't help but take out the clay figurine under the pillow, staring at the clay figurine in his hand under the faint moonlight, murmured in his heart, father...

*************

At this time, Beiping, Yanwang Mansion.

Zhu Di stared at the letter in his hand, with a sinister smile on the corner of his mouth.

The moonlight turned on Zhu Di, the faint moonlight and the dim candlelight illuminated the black ink marks on the letter: The grandson of the emperor wants to confine his son!

**********

The king of Zhou sat in the mansion of the king of Zhou in Nanjing.

Knocking on the table, he frowned and asked, "Did you hear me right? Huang Zicheng offered advice to the emperor's grandson, intending to imprison the son of King Yan in the North Palace."

"You heard me right. Master Huang did say so. Master Huang had originally told the emperor to bring King Yan into Nanjing and put him under confinement. But later on, I don't know what he said, and the emperor did not agree. Mr. Huang said again, if you can’t bring King Yan into Nanjing, you can’t let the son of King Yan go back..." The middle-aged eunuch whispered softly, and then smiled flatteringly, "If it wasn't for that little pillar being lazy, let the servant carry it The teacup goes in, even the little ones can't hear these words..."

King Zhou smiled lazily, took out a weight of silver that he had on his body, and put it on the table, "So, these are yours!"

The middle-aged eunuch's eyes lit up, and he knelt down to salute flatteringly, "Thank you, my lord, for the reward!"

"Okay, okay! Go back! Don't let anyone find out!"

"Yes Yes Yes……"

When the middle-aged eunuch retreated, King Zhou put away the lazy smile on his face, stroked his chin thoughtfully, raised Erlang's legs, tsk, what kind of enmity does this Huang Zicheng have against the fourth brother?Why are you always targeting the fourth brother?

Although the fourth brother must have some evil ideas in his mind, but now he is doing nothing...

Isn't it too early for Huang Zicheng to plan ahead?

If the fourth brother is pushed into a hurry, the fourth brother is not easy to mess with!

Well...forget it!

Let's find a chance to mention Gao Chi's nephew.

Too much of these things are mixed up, and it's not a good thing!After taking Gao Xu and Gao Sui out of Nanjing, let's squat aside and watch the excitement.

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The day after the national mourning.

Nanjing, the Imperial Palace.

Zhu Yunwen paced back and forth, feeling restless.

I was thinking about the two things that Huang Zicheng brought up yesterday:

One, kidnapping King Yan to Nanjing in the name of seeking medical treatment.

Second, Zhu Gaochi, the son of King Yan, was imprisoned.

These two matters were just mentioned to Qi Tai this morning, and they were completely rejected by Qi Tai.

Thinking of what Qi Tai said to him, Zhu Yunwen smiled wryly.

"Is the grandson of the emperor trying to force against the kings?"

yes.If I really kidnapped King Yan to come to Nanjing, wouldn't it be chilling for the other uncles to know?Then... have two hearts?

But if Zhu Gaochi, the son of the King of Yan, is imprisoned, how can the King of Yan be willing to give up?

Although he is from Nanjing, Zhu Yunqi also knows that in his good fourth uncle's heart, the one who loves him the most is Zhu Gaochi.

But if you let Zhu Gaochi go back?

Zhu Yunwen frowned, then there is really nothing that can restrain King Yan!

and……

"Isn't King Yan unconscious now?" Huang Zicheng's words flashed in his mind again.

That's right, although everyone knows that this coma may be just an excuse, but since he is "comatose"!Then he imprisoned Zhu Gaochi himself, even if he knew, he might be powerless, right?

Zhu Yunwen thought about it.

At this time, the eunuch outside reported sharply: "The king of Zhou is begging to see you!"

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback for a moment, then frowned and waved, "King Zhou please come in."

The king of Zhou strode forward, seeing Zhu Yunwen, he smiled sharply, "Hey, the grandson of the emperor is in good spirits today!"

Zhu Yunwen smiled and cupped his hands, "Uncle Wang looks good too."

"Haha! Thinking about going home, I feel a little happier!" King Zhou waved his hand and said, "Hey, grandson of the emperor, I have something to talk about here today."

Zhu Yunwen was taken aback for a moment, then smiled, this Uncle Zhou is still the same, he likes to go straight.Thinking that among so many uncles of his own, only Uncle Zhou Wang in front of him would play with him when he was a child. Although he sometimes made himself cry, he was the only uncle who would not treat himself as the grandson of the emperor... …

As a result, Zhu Yunwen's smile became more sincere. "Uncle Wang, please speak."

"Oh. That's how it is. I heard that my fourth brother is ill. I want to take a detour when I go home. I think that since I'm on the way, I'll take Gao Xu and Gao Sui back together! What do you think? ?”

Zhu Yunwen's heart sank.

When did King Zhou and King Yan get together this week?

Zhu Yunqi's tone was a little displeased, "Uncle Wang...isn't this inappropriate?"

King Zhou pretended to be taken aback and frowned, "Isn't that appropriate? If you want to mourn your father to show your filial piety, isn't Gao Chi alone enough?! Why don't you let the three brothers go back now?! You Afraid that King Yan will rebel?!" At the end, King Zhou raised his voice and widened his eyes.

Zhu Yunqi's face changed, and then he whispered angrily, "Uncle Wang, be careful!"

Zhou Wang slammed the table and stood up, staring, "Beware of your nonsense!! If you don't have a ghost in your heart, why did you leave the three brothers in Nanjing!? Zhu Yunqi, I can tell you! Now my fourth brother is a He can't afford to be sick, and he doesn't have a son around him! If he has something good or bad, I have to ask the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, everyone in our old Zhu's family to comment!"

Zhu Yunwen was angry, "Uncle Zhou, you—"

"What me! I know that you are afraid of us uncles! You just want to kill us uncles and your cousins ​​before you can feel at ease! Okay! Now I am standing here! Come on! You kill it!! You kill it!"

Seeing King Zhou's angry appearance, Zhu Yunqi felt a little guilty. He never expected that King Zhou dared to reveal all these hidden thoughts.

As such...

If he is still angry with the king of Zhou, then he really has given up his excuses!

Zhu Yunwen suppressed the anger in his heart, and hurriedly comforted him, "Uncle Wang, that's not what he meant! Yunwen never thought about it that way..." Zhu Yunwen said dryly, and then smiled mischievously, "Don't be angry...I didn't mean to Let Grandpa Huang go more comfortably."

"Hmph!" King Zhou turned around and sat down with a cold snort, he was no longer angry, but just stared, "Then tell me, will Gao Xu and Gao Suiming come with me?"

"Let's go! Of course you can go! Well... Yun Wen also sent a few imperial physicians. Tomorrow, I want to ask Uncle Wang to take them to show to Uncle Wang? There are also some high-quality medicinal materials, and Uncle Wang will be troubled by the way. ..."

"Well! That's almost it!" Satisfied, King Zhou got up, looked at Zhu Yunqi's smirking face for a while, raised his hand, pinched Zhu Yunqi's cheek, and said with a smirk, "You were so cute when you were young! How come you are so cute when you grow up?" What's so bad about it?"

"Ah? Wang, Uncle Wang..." Zhu Yunwen stammered and blushed suddenly. How could he forget it!Uncle Zhou likes to pinch his face when he was a child... But, but, but... He has grown up now!

"Yun Wen, uncle told you, sometimes it's not good to be in a hurry." Zhou Wang let go, smiled, and said meaningfully.

Zhu Yunwen's heart trembled.