If I fail to overcome the tribulation, I can only return to the Ming Dynasty and become a prince.

Chapter 85 Relegated to a pawn

After talking about the feudal king, Zhu Di noticed that it was already dawn outside.

Zhu Gaojiu wanted to rebel, but he made a fuss all night but didn't even fart. Instead, he knelt outside the Qianqing Palace all night. The armor on his body was still covered with morning dew, which made Zhu Gaojiu feel uncomfortable all over.

But his heart felt more uncomfortable than the armor on his body at the moment, because from the moment he knelt here, Zhu Zhanquan went in to report to Zhu Di, until now, not a single word had been said in the Qianqing Palace.

From Zhu Gaoxu's perspective, he could only see the emperor talking to Zhu Zhanquan inside the open palace door, but he could not hear what they were saying at all.

The surrounding eunuchs and maids did not dare to reveal any information to him, which kept Zhu Gaoxu's heart hanging.

His wild pride was all based on Zhu Di's love for him. After all, Zhu Di said to him back then, "The prince is very sick, so you should encourage him." This also made Zhu Gaoxu think that the emperor was more inclined to him. , instead of the boss Zhu Gaochi becoming the prince.

But all this is based on Zhu Di's love for him. Once Zhu Di loses his love for him, it is unknown to Zhu Gaoxu whether the head can still grow on his neck.

Especially now that Zhu Zhanquan is talking to Zhu Di. His impression of his nephew is still based on his terrifying eloquence when he was a child, and his ability to scold the world's great scholars to death, as well as the various weird and weird theories he has displayed since he was a child. On top of that, he had no idea about Zhu Zhanchun's character at all.

If it is Zhu Zhanji, then Zhu Gaoxu is not afraid. After all, in his opinion, the boss and his family are just trying to gain fame. Even if the emperor really wants to chop off his head, the boss will pretend to beg for mercy and not really let him die.

But Zhu Zhanjuan was different. Zhu Gaoxu had no idea what Zhu Zhanjuan would say and whether he would plead for himself.

If anything he said was wrong and irritated Zhu Di, it would not be impossible for him to behead himself at the gate of Qianqing Palace and then turn around and tell the outside world that he had "died of illness".

This undoubtedly made Zhu Gaoxu unable to calm down in his heart. He could only kneel here with a hanging heart and wait for Zhu Di's decision to deal with him.

At this moment, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui also came over.

Although Zhu Gaosui changed his mind before the battle, he still did not escape the temptation of the throne and took people to the gunpowder magazine of the Ministry of War.

Then there was nothing more. Zhu Zhanji, who had been waiting there, captured him and sent him to Zhu Di.

The only thing better than Zhu Gaojiu is that Zhu Zhanji saved a little face for Zhu Gaojiu, so that he would not kneel here for most of the night like Zhu Gaojiu.

But even so, after Zhu Gaosui arrived, he still consciously knelt at the door of Qianqing Palace.

"What happened last night?" Zhu Gaosui looked at Zhu Gaoxu, who was kneeling here earlier than him, and asked in a low voice.

"What else could be going on! We have all been played by these two brats, the boss. I met Zhan Yun and you met Zhan Ji. They already knew our plan and dug a hole to hide us all. Go in." Zhu Gaoxu was still a little aggrieved. He was too cowardly to lose last night and was frightened by the two golden-armored goalkeepers.Maybe he was really scared at the time, but after kneeling all night, especially when he felt that his head was about to be chopped off and rolled around on the ground, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but feel resentful, feeling that Zhu Zhanquan had taken it. Two illusions fooled me and frightened me.

After hearing what he said, Zhu Gaojiu thought that Zhu Gaojiu had been caught by Zhu Zhanquan, so he thought about it and said: "I think this matter was arranged by the old man behind the scenes, otherwise, these two young men want to deal with us? When I went to the gunpowder magazine, Zhu Zhanji was able to come up with the imperial edict? This is all..."

However, before Zhu Gaosui finished speaking, he saw Zhu Zhanqun walking out of the Qianqing Palace, so he stopped talking and looked at Zhu Zhanqun and Zhu Gaojiu together, and who was sitting behind him in the Qianqing Palace. Zhu Di looked at them.

"Second nephew, what is the emperor going to do with us?" Zhu Gaosui obviously didn't want his head to be chopped off and rolling around on the ground, so he hurriedly asked Zhu Zhanyu what the emperor was going to do with them.

On the contrary, Zhu Gaoxu stiffened up now, as if he was a dead pig not afraid of boiling water. He stiffened his neck and said nothing, and turned his head to one side, as if he didn't bother to meet Zhu Zhanchen face to face.

Zhu Zhanji on the side also hurried over and asked his younger brother: "Second brother, what did grandpa say?"

Zhu Zhanjun glanced at the three people in front of him, smiled, coughed slightly, and said loudly: "Pass on Grandpa's oral instructions!"

Hearing what Zhu Zhanju said, Zhu Zhanji hurriedly knelt down. Zhu Gaoxu on the side could only shout with Zhu Gaosui, even if he didn't want to!

"Holy greetings, Holy Gong." Zhu Zhanquan replied and said: "Grandpa said, the rebellion of the two uncles last night was like child's play. It almost brought the face of our old Zhu family to shame, and also brought grandpa's face to the face." I've lost everything, so I'll punish you two to join the Jade Guard and serve as pawns for three months."

Letting two princes serve as pawns is undoubtedly a very humiliating method, and it is also a very severe punishment.

But compared to having their heads chopped off, being a pawn for three months was not an unacceptable thing for Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui.

Zhu Gaoxu may still be a little overwhelmed because of the arrogance in his heart, but Zhu Gaosui has already taken the initiative to ask Zhu Zhanyu: "Second nephew, who is this Qingyu Guard? Does our Ming Dynasty have such a guard?"

"The Green Jade Guard is my new military guard. The name I just gave you is the name given by my grandpa. I have two uncles, and I will serve as a pawn under my nephew for a period of time in the next three months." Zhu Zhanjuan explained with a smile, and at the same time He added: "But apart from that, Grandpa has another thing for me to ask the two uncles, Nu'er Gandusi and Jiaozhi Xuanweisi. Which one do you like?"

"I know Nu'ergandusi, but hasn't Jiaozhi not been conquered yet? Where did Jiaozhi Xuanweisi come from?" When Zhu Gaosui heard these two places, his face suddenly turned green, and he hurriedly asked Zhu Zhanquan: " Second nephew, what song is this old man singing?"

"No matter what happens, the vassal king is just a vassal." Zhu Zhanjuan showed an indifferent smile when he said this, and said to Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu, who also turned to look at him: "Grandpa plans to restart the three kings of Liaodong and the Eight Great Kings. The two of you have caught up with the enfeoffment of the King of Sai. One is going to Nuergandusi and the other is going to Jiaozhi Xuanweisi. Each of you will provide three royal guards. The size of your fiefdom will be as large as the territory conquered.

Grandpa said, don’t you think you are capable?Then I will give you soldiers and horses, and let you conquer the country by yourself. Whatever you conquer will be yours. Whether you can hold it or not is entirely up to you. But if you lose your fiefdom and return to the capital in despair, you will be trapped for the rest of your life. Banned until death. "

(End of this chapter)