King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 162 Queen Xu: It’s not sick at all!

In the courtyard.

There was silence for a moment, and the two looked at each other.

After a moment, Zhu Gaochi withdrew his gaze, with a faint smile on his face, and asked in a deep voice:

"Oh"

"Then what do you think of this matter, Mr. Yang?"

Feeling the eyes on him, Yang Shiqi paused, raised his head cautiously, and saw the prince staring at him calmly.

For a moment, I couldn't make up my mind. I couldn't decide what this man meant about the matter in front of me. Did he really not have any other ideas?

Can you really be calm about everything, or can you really be so open-minded?

After a brief moment of silence, a trace of determination flashed in Yang Shiqi's eyes. Just like his current situation, the things he has done and the words he has said in the past few years have almost 100% been labeled as a prince.

And based on his understanding of Zhu Gaoxu, if Zhu Gaoxu really comes to power, the things he does will definitely not be the least bit good, and the current plan can only lead to the dark side.

Only when the current prince Zhu Gaochi takes over and becomes the successor of the Ming Dynasty can he have a chance.

Thinking of this, he looked solemn, knelt down and said solemnly:

"I sincerely ask Your Highness for your understanding."

"Yang Shiqi is His Highness's Yang Shiqi. He will not be anyone else's Yang Shiqi."

"Everything we consider and do is based on the interests of His Highness."

The words are quite straightforward, and his loyalty is clearly revealed.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi, who was leaning on the soft couch, narrowed his eyes involuntarily, his expression became extremely solemn, and he nodded with great satisfaction.

Yang Shiqi's words of loyalty just now made him extremely moved and shocked.

It is undeniable that the words he just said are self-evident and contain a lot of temptation.

But he never dreamed that the person in front of him could say such straightforward and affirmative words.

After that, he suddenly stood up from the soft couch, moved to kneel in front of Yang Shiqi, stared at him for a long time, stretched out his hand to gently hold Yang Shiqi's hands, and slowly helped him up. He patted his shoulder and said in a deep voice:

"Shiqi, what you said today will be remembered in my heart."

Hearing this, Yang Shiqi bowed extremely solemnly and respectfully and said:

"Thank you for your kindness, Your Highness."

"I will definitely not disappoint His Highness."

"but."

Before he could say the next words, Zhu Gaochi had a faint smile on his face, waved his hand and interrupted him, saying in a deep voice:

"rest assured!"

"King Han, if you act like this, you are not a fool. How could you not know his intentions?"

"It's just a matter of simply buying people's hearts!"

"Hahaha, has this guy still not done enough during this time?"

"Corruption in weapon shops and corruption among generals. Self-examination and self-correction. From that time on, the second brother has already started taking action."

Yang Shiqi looked solemn, his face full of surprise and uncertainty, and he said with great confusion:

"Your Highness."

"Since you see everything, then why?"

"Why don't you stop me?"

Zhu Gaochi half-closed his eyes, with a faint smile on his face, and smiled at him.

In response, Yang Shiqi nodded unequivocally, expressing his affirmation.

At the same time, I was filled with endless doubts. The man in front of me was as wise as a fool, and his political thinking was beyond the reach of human beings. Compared with the current Emperor Yongle, he was even worse.

Zhu Pangpang smiled, took a small sip of the hot tea in front of him, and responded leisurely:

"The sage once said: If you want to take something, you must give it first."

"A person can only wait until he gets enough, and the more mistakes he will make, the more enemies he will have. Three feet of ice does not last in a day, and efforts and gains are always directly proportional."

'ah? Yang Shiqi subconsciously exclaimed, his expression was slightly startled, and then he couldn't help but reveal a wry smile on his face, shook his head and said:

"Your Highness! Your Highness!"

"You deceived my old minister so hard!"

"In the past few days, the veteran has indeed been too anxious, and has caused a lot of trouble to His Highness."

"Please forgive me, Your Highness, and don't mind me."

Hearing this, Zhu Gaochi smiled, waved his hand at him, and said:

"These are small things, not important."

"You know what you are doing, and you know that you are working hard for Gu's great cause. Although you are biased, there is no problem."

"Why do you care about it?"

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaochi seemed to have thought of something, his expression became a little confused, and he couldn't help but let out a long sigh.

The situation in the DPRK, two restless younger brothers, and an old man who likes to fan the flames behind his back, to be honest, as the prince, his life is quite frustrating and helpless.

Even though he was careful in his words and deeds in many things and tried his best to clean himself up, when something happened, the old man's bastard was the first to scold him and he was the one who thought of him. He didn't dare to do these things like the old man. The second general replied.

Seeing him like this, Yang Shiqi frowned subconsciously, and he probably understood the difficulty of the man in front of him, and whispered in a low voice:

"Your Highness."

"Although you know many of these things in your mind."

"But now that the King of Han is so powerful, we still have to take precautions against some things."

"Even if we don't think about ourselves, we still have to think about our grandson."

"Otherwise. If it really happens one day."

"The consequences will be disastrous."

The clear words and meanings were not spoken.

But everyone is smart, and Zhu Gaochi naturally understood what Yang Shiqi meant.

Yes!

Although he didn't think that the second brother would have a chance to take that position away from him, he was afraid of anything. After all, what he held in his hands was the civil service group, and what the second brother held in his hands was They are all the achievements of Ming Dynasty’s generals.

And with the help of the last corruption trend, many of the wavering generals were firmly pulled into his camp.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Gaochi's slightly confused eyes slowly became firmer, the corners of his mouth slightly raised and a hint of coldness emerged, and he said in a deep voice:

"rest assured!"

"Lonely Heart knows it."

"As long as I am still here, it will not be the turn of the two of them to get a foothold in Daming's position."

"No matter how much they show off here or there all day long, doing this or that, the final fruit is still mine."

"In Gu's opinion, it's just jumping up and down, just a joke."

"Just wait and see what happens. If necessary, I will take action." "If nothing happens, Shiqi, please go down first."

Say it.

He waved his hand at him and signaled him to leave.

After receiving the order and listening to the Crown Prince's domineering words, I also knew that what I needed to say has already been said. We are all smart people and we all know what we are talking about. Any more words will be unsatisfactory.

Yang Shiqi looked solemn, bowed extremely respectfully, and said:

"promise!"

When Yang Shiqi left, the courtyard fell into strange silence again.

The dim candlelight of the bonfire reflected on Zhu Gaochi's fat face, which gradually turned gloomy, and the sound of heavy breathing sounded particularly scary.

"Second brother! Second child!"

"Since you like to play, we brothers might as well have a good time."

"Let's see who wins in the end."

"I hope you won't disappoint me. If it wasn't really difficult, it wouldn't be pretty."

The palace of the King of Han.

Zhu Gaoxu was leaning on the soft couch, his eyes rolling from time to time, the expression on his face changing from time to time, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Ta-ta-ta.

Just at this moment, there was a rush of footsteps outside the courtyard. A moment later, Lao He's figure appeared in front of Zhu Gaoxu. Seeing Zhu Gaoxu's eyes slightly narrowed and his expression a little confused, he called out in a low voice:

"Your Majesty. Your Majesty"

Hearing the call, Zhu Gaoxu's half-closed eyes suddenly opened, and the slightly confused look on his face disappeared in an instant. The body that was leaning on the soft couch suddenly sat up straight and asked:

"Did you find anything suitable?"

Lao He nodded slightly, then carefully placed the two wooden brocade boxes in his hands on the desk, and responded softly:

"Prince Qi"

"In these two brocade boxes, there are two old ginseng plants that are between 200 and 300 years old. I would like to ask the prince to take a look."

Say it.

He slowly stretched out his hand, pressed the switch of the brocade box, and revealed the items in the middle.

As he saw what came into view, Zhu Gaoxu looked at it carefully for a moment, nodded with satisfaction, stretched out his hand to gently close the brocade box, and whispered:

"well done."

"So, now that everything is ready."

"Let the people below prepare a carriage for me. I am going to the palace soon."

After that, he stood up directly from the soft couch, took the brocade box on the desk into his arms, turned around and walked straight out the door.

Lao He, who was following behind him, said with great respect:

"promise!"

Kunning Palace, in the courtyard.

Empress Xu was warming the stove, her eyes were half-closed, her head lowered, her eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she was embroidering a brocade handkerchief with needle and thread in her hand from time to time.

Just at this moment, a slave came in and reported:

"Slave, please see the Queen."

"Prince Han is here, asking for an audience outside the palace."

Hearing this, Xu Miaoyun stopped her sewing, her brows furrowed involuntarily, and her eyes were full of doubts.

The second child is here?

What's this guy doing all of a sudden?

Is the sun coming out in the west?

You actually have time to see her as a mother?

I'm afraid if it's not the DPRK, something big happened again, right?

Isn't this guy going to go up against the bull again with the emperor?

After a brief moment of silence, she turned to look at the slave who came to report back, and asked aloud:

"Is there anything important happening in the palace today?"

"Especially about the King of Han?"

Hearing this, the slave frowned subconsciously, thought for a moment, simply sorted out his thoughts, and responded softly:

"Report to the Queen."

"I haven't heard any rumors today, but yesterday, Prince Han seemed to be punished by His Majesty to kneel at the door of the imperial study for a long time."

"And early this morning, His Majesty summoned the six ministers, the cabinet ministers of the DPRK and the Central Government, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and the Prince of Han to discuss matters in the imperial study."

"I think it was quite a pleasant conversation. I haven't heard of any quarrels or anything like that. Prince Han was in a pretty good mood when he left the imperial study."

Oh?

Nothing happened?

This is surprising, the second child can still remember her as a mother even if nothing happened?

It's quite interesting.

Thinking about it, Xu Miaoyun put down the brocade handkerchief in her hand, stretched out her hand to rub her slightly sore eyes, waved to the slave beside her and said:

"King Xuanhan, come in!"

"I am waiting for him here."

A moment later, Zhu Gaoxu strode in from the outside. Seeing Xu Miaoyun sitting on the soft couch, reaching out to light the stove, he bowed and saluted, and called softly:

"mother!"

Xu Miaoyun's eyes fell on Zhu Gaoxu for a moment, then with a faint smile on his face, he joked:

"Rare visitor!"

"Today, my second son, you can actually think of me, the mother in the palace. It's really rare!"

Hearing the ridicule, Zhu Gaoxu smiled awkwardly, stretched out his hand to pat his head, and said softly:

"Mom, where did you start talking about this?"

"No matter what happens to my son, he is still your biological son."

"This is not about forgetting and no one can forget you."

As he spoke, Zhu Gaoxu reached out and placed the two brocade boxes that had been prepared, gently placed them on the stone platform, slowly opened them, and continued:

"A few days ago, when you came to my house, my son noticed that your face looked a little pale."

"After that, I came down and consulted the doctors in the mansion. They all said that this was a sign of weak qi and blood. They said that the centuries-old wild ginseng was very effective."

"No. After my son found out, he specially ordered people to look around to buy it."

"After the people below were found just now, I will send them to you non-stop. I want you to recuperate."

Looking at the two dried wild ginsengs in front of her that were in excellent condition, and hearing the concerned words, Xu Miaoyun was slightly dumbfounded. She looked up at Zhu Gaoxu with an expression of disbelief, her expression full of surprise and uncertainty. , as if he had seen a ghost in broad daylight, completely unable to believe that this was true.

This, this, this... or is she the heartless guy she knows?

Are you sure he is really her biological son?

She actually cares about her as a mother.

This is simply the first time in so many years!

And not just in words, but coming to visit with gifts is simply outrageous. Opening the door to outrageous people is outrageous.

The sudden concern and change directly stunned Xu Miaoyun on the spot.

After a long time, she came back to her senses from her daze, her eyes were half-closed and her brows were furrowed, and her beautiful eyes were staring straight at the son who seemed to be well-behaved and sensible in front of her.

Immediately, she suddenly stood up from the soft couch, walked quickly to the nearest place, put her hand gently on Zhu Gaoxu's forehead, frowned and pondered for a while, her voice was slightly surprised, and she whispered to herself Said to himself:

“This, this, this, I don’t have a fever, I’m not sick!”

(End of this chapter)