My father Zhu Gaoxu

Chapter 277 Zhu Gaochi Enters the Palace

At the same time that the Crown Princess entered the palace to congratulate Wang Guifei, Zhu Gaochi also came to the palace.

However, Zhu Gaochi's mood was much heavier than that of the Crown Princess.

Originally, he stayed well in Nanjing, but suddenly he received Zhu Di's transfer order to rush to Beijing, and also asked Zhu Zhanji to go to Nanjing to replace him, but he didn't say anything.

This made Zhu Gaochi feel very keenly, is there something in it that he doesn't know?Even from these things, he could feel an unprecedented sense of crisis.

It was also driven by this sense of crisis that Zhu Gaochi let the crown princess enter the palace to celebrate Wang Guifei's birthday. After all, since the death of Empress Xu, only Wang Guifei was able to persuade Zhu Di in the palace.

Originally, after Zhu Gaochi entered Beijing, he wanted to ask Zhu Zhanhe, Jin Zhong and other ministers about the situation, but Zhu Di didn't give him time at all, and ordered him to enter the palace immediately after entering Beijing, so Zhu Gaochi didn't dare to waste any time .

Full of apprehension, Zhu Gaochi entered the imperial city, and when he passed the burned three halls, he couldn't help but stop.

Zhu Gaochi also heard about Song Li's intentional burning of the three main halls. He had some contacts with Song Li, but he never thought that Song Li would commit such a bold act in order to prevent the capital from being moved.

"Uncle!"

Unexpectedly, when Zhu Gaochi was staring at the three halls in a daze, a familiar voice suddenly called out.

Zhu Gaochi heard the sound and looked around, only to see Zhu Zhanhe walking over with a serious face.

Although Zhu Zhanhe is no longer in charge of Dongchang, his news is still very well-informed. As soon as Zhu Gaochi entered Beijing, he immediately got the news, so he hurried to the imperial city, so that if something happened, he would also be informed. Fortunately, I can take care of it.

"Finally I saw you, Zhan He, tell me quickly, Father is so eager to let me come to Beijing, why then?"

Zhu Gaochi stepped forward quickly and asked Zhu Zhanhe eagerly.

"Uncle, don't you know?"

Zhu Zhanhe didn't answer, but asked back.

Just now he saw Zhu Gaochi staring at the burned three halls in a daze, and for a moment he began to wonder if Zhu Gaochi was really involved in this matter?
"Where do I know where to go? I was worried all the way, guessing why my father asked me to come to Beijing, but I didn't have a clue after guessing."

Zhu Gaochi defended speechlessly.

"This one……"

Zhu Zhanhe hesitated for a while, and finally spoke.

"Uncle, you should hurry up and see Grandpa Huang. It would be better for him to tell you personally."

"What's the reason? How did you learn how to play riddles?"

Zhu Gaochi was also a little annoyed at this time. He ran all the way to Beijing, but he couldn't even figure out the cause of the incident. How could he not be angry?
"It's not a good thing anyway, you'd better be mentally prepared."

Zhu Zhanhe just reminded him, but he refused to say more. After all, Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi should let them handle the matter between their father and son by themselves. It is enough for them to listen on the sidelines.

Seeing that Zhu Zhanhe didn't say anything, Zhu Gaochi was even more puzzled, but at last he was sure that it was not a good thing for his father to ask him to come, which made Zhu Gaochi's heart suspend all of a sudden.

Zhu Zhanhe accompanied Zhu Gaochi to the Hall of Martial Heroes. As soon as he entered the hall, he felt that the atmosphere in the hall was not right. It seemed that the temperature in the hall seemed to be lower than outside, and all the eunuchs and maids in the hall were absent, except Zhu Di. Sitting behind the desk.

"My son-in-law pays respects to his father!"

Zhu Gaochi walked a few steps quickly, and solemnly stepped forward to salute.

Zhu Zhanhe also saluted, but stood aside, not daring to make any noise.

"Good job you did!"

Zhu Di let out an angry roar, and threw something in his hand at Zhu Gaochi's feet. It was the reply letter written by Zhu Gaochi himself, which was found from Song Li.

Zhu Gaochi was at a loss at this time. It is true that he had written letters to Song Li, but he had contacts with many ministers and often wrote letters. In addition, this letter was written a few months before Song Li's accident. It was written, so Zhu Gaochi had long forgotten this letter.

But when Zhu Gaochi picked up the letter and read the contents of the letter, his expression changed immediately, and he finally knew what the problem was.

"Your minister is wronged, the destruction of the three halls has absolutely nothing to do with my minister!"

Zhu Gaochi was sweating profusely, and immediately shouted for injustice.

"It doesn't matter at all?"

Zhu Di sneered, and then asked in a cold voice.

"You wrote a letter to Song Li and asked him to find a way to dissuade me from moving the capital. As a result, the three main halls were destroyed a few months later. How dare you say that Song Li didn't follow your order, so he made a plan to burn down the three main halls?" Something insane?"

"I……"

Zhu Gaochi wanted to defend himself, but he didn't know how to defend himself, because what Zhu Di said made sense. Although Song Li made his own claim, it was he who opposed moving the capital behind his back, which gave Song Li the courage to burn down the three halls .

"Grandfather, I think..."

Seeing that the situation was wrong, Zhu Zhanhe just wanted to stand up and try to persuade him.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Di interrupted sharply: "Shut up, you took the power of Dongchang before, didn't you learn a lesson?"

Now Zhu Zhanhe was also frightened and immediately backed away, lowering his head and not daring to speak again.

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, he finally knew that Zhu Zhanhe was deprived of Dongchang's power by his father because he pleaded for him.

"Father, believe it or not, my son really didn't know anything about the burning of the three halls in Song Li beforehand!"

Zhu Gaochi looked at Zhu Di sincerely and said.

"A word of ignorance, do you want to prevaricate this matter?"

Zhu Di sneered and asked again.

"I don't dare, and I also admit that Song Li's actions may indeed be influenced by my son, so I am willing to accept punishment. No matter whether you beat or punish me, my father, I will never dare to have the slightest bit." complain!"

At the end of Zhu Gaochi's speech, he fell to his knees and kowtowed heavily.

Looking at Zhu Gaochi who was kneeling in front of him, the expression on Zhu Di's face was changing.

For Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Di has always been dissatisfied, because he is the least like himself, and usually gets too close to civil servants. In contrast, Zhu Gaoxu is more like Zhu Di, so Zhu Di did like Zhu Gaoxu the most before, and even almost made him his Prince.

But because of Zhu Gaoxu's character flaws, Zhu Di chose Zhu Gaochi rationally in the end. Even though Zhu Gaochi's political views were somewhat different from his, Zhu Di endured it.

But he didn't expect that Zhu Gaochi would go against him in the matter of moving the capital. Even if the three halls were destroyed, he really didn't know, but at least he and Song Li were on the same front.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di also had doubts about his original choice. Is it really the right choice to make Zhu Gaochi the prince?
(End of this chapter)