King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 121 Queen: What are you going to do?

The palace of the King of Han.

In the quiet courtyard, Zhu Gaoxu was leaning in the pavilion, moving the tea cup in his hand from time to time, blowing the tea leaves floating on it, and sipping the hot tea in the cup from time to time. His eyes were spinning from time to time, and his brows were furrowed. Suo didn't know what he was thinking.

The Princess of Han, who had come before Prince Yu, and left wisely, slowly walked in from outside the courtyard with a food box in hand, and saw the frowning prince without saying a word to disturb her.

She gently opened the food box in her hand, placed the prepared pastries on the stone table, and then said softly:
  "Your Majesty, it's been a busy day. Let's eat something and think about it later."

While speaking, she stood up and came to Zhu Gaoxu, stretched out her slender hands to gently rub his temples.

Smelling the fragrant breeze and listening to the familiar voice, Zhu Gaoxu came back from his daze, smiled gently, patted his jade hand gently, and whispered:
  "Need not!"

"I am not hungry yet."

"It's not too late to eat when you feel hungry later."

In response to this, Princess Han also smiled, with a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes, and said softly:
  "Your Majesty, can you and the Crown Prince reach an agreement?"

"Besides, regarding your trip to Yunnan, even if I discuss it with the prince, do you think he can make a decision?"

"If His Majesty is really forced to come, I'm afraid the prince will suffer a lot of criticism in the future."

"After all, your Majesty is both the king and the father to the prince."

"With the old man's character of saving face and suffering, I don't even think about such a thing."

"How's the discussion going?"

Listen to the words of concern.

"Ha ha."

"Or... almost... forget it..."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu sneered "haha", a trace of disdain flashed in his eyes, curled his lips and said:
  "Prince?"

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help laughing, reached out and patted his jade hand gently, gave Princess Han a calm look, and said with a smile:
  "Want the old man to come?"

"Why waste your saliva? Why not show your attitude to the fullest?"

"When something like this happens, his weight alone is not enough for me to let go."

After saying this, Princess Han looked startled, and asked with some confusion:
  "Not Your Majesty?"

"Impossible, never possible."

"If you do something so disgusting to me, if only the prince comes here and I let go this time, I don't know what other people will do in the future!"

Hearing this, a look of surprise and uncertainty flashed across Princess Han's face, and she looked at her prince in disbelief. She seemed to have thought of something for a moment, and her voice was slightly uncertain as she said:
  "This matter."

"It's not that easy."

"In this case, will the prince go too far?"

"Could it be that His Majesty will come in person?"

"Instead of doing this, why should I say more?"

"In the end, we don't have to ask the old man for instructions."

"Then who is the prince waiting for?"

Having said this, Princess Han had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and she seemed to have thought of something. Her pink lips could not help but open slightly, and a pair of jade hands unconsciously covered her small mouth. Her eyes were full of disbelief, and her voice was slightly trembling. :
  "Your Majesty's intention."

"Has this incident alarmed the Queen?"

"The person who came to persuade me later was also the Queen?"

"This, this, this"

Seeing the lovely appearance of the person in front of him, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and gently scratched the bridge of her nose, pinched her fair face, smiled at her and nodded, saying:

"so."

"Let's prepare some snacks that mom likes to eat!"

"If nothing else, mother is already on her way here."

As soon as she said this, Princess Han looked solemn and spoke cautiously:
  "Kekeke...preparing snacks in advance like this will make the Queen..."

Before he finished speaking, Zhu Gaoxu instantly understood his worries, smiled noncommittally at him, waved his hand and said:

"With my mother's intelligence, do you think we can really satisfy her with my little thoughts?"

"If we really want to talk about skill, tactics, and planning, my mother doesn't know how far she can beat the old man."    "Go and prepare!"

"It's fine."

Got a positive answer.

Princess Han no longer hesitated, turned around and strode out quickly.

...

Time passed by minute by minute.

About half an hour or so.

The slave looked like he was in a hurry as he trotted all the way to the pavilion and reported:

"Your Majesty!"

"The Queen has arrived, and she has called upon you to pick her up."

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and he suddenly stood up from the soft couch. The corners of his mouth raised slightly, he simply adjusted his robes, and strode out quickly.

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu came to the gate.

What caught his eyes was that all the soldiers, servants and maids of the palace were kneeling on the ground.

The beaded curtain on the phoenix chariot was tightly closed, and the soldiers of the imperial army were patrolling the surroundings vigilantly with their spears in hand.

Zhu Gaoxu raised his eyebrows, with a smile on his face. He hurriedly came to the phoenix chariot, knelt down and said loudly:

"My son, please pay homage to your mother."

Hearing this, the tightly closed bead curtain was opened, and Queen Xu Miaoyun slowly walked out. She took a deep look at her son who was kneeling on the ground, waved to him and said:

"No gift!"

Then, Zhu Gaoxu stood up from the ground, bowed slightly and said:
  "Mother, please come inside."

Not long after.

The two came to the main hall of the mansion. Zhu Gaoxu waved to the people around him and said:

"Send the order and ask the kitchen to bring up the pastries I ordered before."

As soon as the two of them were seated, servants outside the door were carrying pastries. They lowered their heads and carefully placed the pastries in front of the two of them.

Afterwards, Zhu Gaoxu pointed to the cakes in front of him and said with a smile:
  "Guess mother is coming."

"My son ordered someone to prepare some cakes in advance. I don't know if they are to my mother's taste."

Xu Miaoyun looked at the various pastries that she usually loved to eat in front of her, and couldn't help but frown, and her eyes couldn't help but narrowed. She looked at Zhu Gaoxu meaningfully for a long time, and said with a half-smile but not a smile:

"We have been apart for three days, and we should look at each other with admiration."

"Second brother, I didn't really believe it when I heard it said before. I thought it was too much."

"It seems that their description of you is too conservative after all."

"Just tell me why I didn't realize that your mind was so active and your brain was so flexible before?"

"Have you really enlightened yourself, or have you been hiding your clumsiness, you little brat, even to the point of deceiving me, a mother-in-law?"

Regarding the questioning and the eyes that were staring straight at him.

Zhu Gaoxu smiled noncommittally, raised his head and looked at him without hesitation, his words were full of helplessness, and said:

"The old days were peaceful."

"However, times have changed, and today is different from the past."

"My son also wants to be as careless and relaxed as before, but the sky is not up to expectations!"

"Being in this position, I'm afraid that if I continue to be naive, I will be eaten away to the bone."

This statement is not unimportant.

However, Xu Miaoyun did not refute, but nodded, smiled and said:
  "In that case, you should know the purpose of my trip, right?"

"What are you going to do?"

(End of this chapter)