Zhu Yuanzhang in the cellar

Chapter 160 Zhu Gaochi’s Grievances
At noon, after dealing with today's government affairs, Zhu Yuanzhang started his wonderful adventure again.

Just like before, the fourth sphere also brought them to a new world very smoothly.

Still in the Treasure House, if nothing unexpected happens, this should be the Ming Dynasty of Zhu Gaochi.

There are countless rare treasures in the museum.

There are far more than during the Hongwu period, with all kinds of gold, silver and porcelain placed on the shelves.

This made Zhu Yunfeng sigh with emotion.

If they had discovered earlier that the stone tablet was a space node and charged it to steal things during the Yongle, Hongxi and Xuande dynasties, why would they have to work so hard every day to transport machines to the Hongwu dynasty?

"According to the previous world order, the first is Hongwu, the second is Jianwen, and the third is Yongle. This is Zhu Gaochi's Hongxi."

Zhu Yunfeng looked around and said, "I just don't know what time of the Hongxi Dynasty it is now. Zhu Gaochi died too early. He died less than a year after ascending the throne. It would be sad if I came here and happened to see him dead."

"Let's go take a look first."

Zhu Yuanzhang put his hands behind his back, already familiar with the route, and walked towards the door of the Treasure House.

"How about calling old Zhu Di over first?"

In view of the previous situation, young Zhu Di put forward his suggestions.

"Let's see and then talk."

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head and said, "Unless it is absolutely necessary, I don't want to take them through time and space at will."

They then headed towards the entrance of the Treasure House.

Before they could open the door themselves, footsteps were suddenly heard outside, and then the door opened with a "whoosh".

The leader was a young man in his twenties, wearing a dragon robe, followed by several eunuchs and palace maids. When he saw them as soon as he entered the room, an expression of surprise appeared on his face.

"There are assassins!"

The eunuch behind him reacted quickly and shouted immediately.

However, the training of the young Zhu Di in the past two years was not in vain. He reacted faster and took a quick step forward to capture the young man in the dragon robe who was leading the group and locked his neck.

The eunuchs and palace maids were so frightened that they almost collapsed to the ground. The guards outside immediately swarmed in but did not dare to come near.

Someone shouted, "Release His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Zhanji."

Zhu Yuanzhang ignored them, looked at the young man and asked, "Where is your father?"

Zhu Zhanji slowly calmed down. Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang wearing a dragon robe and looking familiar, he frowned and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am your great grandfather. Ask your father to come and see me."

Zhu Yuanzhang said indifferently.

"Go and report to the emperor, go quickly."

Zhu Zhanji shouted.

Immediately, a eunuch ran towards the Qin'an Palace like flying, shouting in fear as he ran: "It's a disaster, there are assassins in the Treasure House. It's a disaster, there are assassins in the Treasure House."

For a moment, the palace was in chaos, and a large number of guards rushed towards the Treasure House, but many guards at the gate were afraid to move forward.

Just in case, Xiao Zhu Di threw the hostages to Ji He and Zhu Yunfeng for control, and picked up the AK in his hand and shouted: "Don't move, whoever moves will die. Think about your nine clans, if you hurt my grandson Zhanji, all of your nine clans will be gone."

'Grandson Zhanji?'

Zhu Zhanji glanced at little Zhu Di, blinked his eyes, and felt a little confused.

He actually had never seen what Zhu Yuanzhang looked like, after all, Zhu Yuanzhang died not long after he was born, but he had seen Zhu Yuanzhang's portrait.

Historically, the portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang with a shoe-horn face was circulated among the people in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, but there was actually a real portrait of Zhu Yuanzhang in the palace, which showed the later round-faced shape.

It’s just that Old Zhu is not yet in his old age. He is only 58 years old, and his appearance is slightly different from that of his old age.

Secondly, you can’t just take whatever the bad guys say as the truth.

So he couldn't recognize it.

As for the young Zhu Di, needless to say, he only knew the middle-aged Zhu Di and the old Zhu Di. How could he recognize the young Zhu Di?
Little Zhu Di's words quickly took effect.

Zhu Zhanji was in the opponent's hands. In the fight, let alone killing Zhu Zhanji, even if he was injured, it would be a nine-clan elimination game, so the situation was in a stalemate.

But the stalemate didn't last long.

The leader of the guards came over to put forward conditions, but no matter what they were, Zhu Yuanzhang and his men remained unmoved and just waited for Zhu Gaochi to come over.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Gaochi hurried to the Treasure House.

He planned to let Zhu Zhanji go to Nanjing to worship his ancestors today, and consider moving Beijing back to Nanjing, so he asked Zhu Zhanji to pick some things from the Treasure House and bring them back to Nanjing.

Who knew something like this would happen.

Wherever Zhu Gaochi passed, the guards on both sides retreated one after another. Then he quickly arrived at the gate and was stunned at what he saw.

He saw an old man who was slightly fat, about sixty years old, wearing a dragon robe, with his hands behind his back, squinting at him.

The look was so familiar that he even stood there for a long time without making a sound.

Zhu Yuanzhang said calmly, "Gao Chi, why don't you speak when you see the emperor?"

"I."

Zhu Gaochi was in a state of anxiety for a while.

"Ok?"

Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes, revealing a hint of coldness, and asked, "You didn't recognize me, or... you don't want to recognize me?"

"Grandpa Huang!"

Zhu Gaochi fell to his knees with a plop.

Both his appearance and voice were almost identical to the emperor's grandfather who had been dead for more than 20 years in his memory.

I still remember that when he was eighteen, his grandfather asked him, "During the reigns of Tang Yao and Shang Tang, floods and droughts occurred. What did the people rely on to survive the disasters?"

He said, "The people survived the disaster because of the wise monarch's good policies to care for the people."

Grandpa happily said that he had "the knowledge of a king".

The scene at that time is still vivid in my mind.

Now that his grandfather suddenly appeared, he had to acknowledge him.

He was afraid that the Zhu family gene, which was engraved in his elder's DNA, would show up at this moment, and he knelt on the ground and trembled.

When Zhu Gaochi knelt down, everyone around him was stunned.

Is it really His Majesty Taizu?
For a moment, the surrounding guards and eunuchs knelt on the ground.

"Get up."

Lao Zhu said calmly: "I came here this time to take you away."

Zhu Gaochi had just straightened up when he shuddered all over and almost fell to his knees again.

"Grandpa, please take me away."

Zhu Zhanji was also shocked and said quickly, "Don't take my father away."

"Silly child, what nonsense are you talking about."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled, touched his head and said, "Your father is too fat and has a hidden illness. He will die suddenly soon. I will take him to see a doctor and will be back in a few days."

"Your Majesty."

Among the crowd, some ministers who heard the news also came. Many of them had seen Zhu Yuanzhang. One of them stepped out of the crowd and hurriedly said, "Please tell me where you want to take your Majesty?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked over and saw Jian Yi, a Jinshi in the 18th year of Hongwu. Logically, he should not have known him, but he had been to the Jianwen Dynasty.

Among the civil and military officials who knew him at that time was Jian Yi.

Later, he would go to Zhu Di's dynasty every New Year to meet some important ministers, and Jian Yi met him several times.

"It's Jian Yi."

Zhu Yuanzhang said, "Let's go to the fairyland. You will assist the crown prince in governing the country. I will take Gao Chi with me for a few days."

"Immortal Realm? Oh my god, could it be that His Majesty Taizu has become an immortal?"

"How can this be false? Taizu is right in front of us."

"He is a few years younger than the Emperor Taizu we met before," the court officials kneeling outside whispered.

Little Zhu Di immediately stepped forward and said, "After my father passed away, he became a god and could travel through time. He saw his grandson pass away less than a year after ascending the throne, and he couldn't bear it, so he broke through the river of time and came down to earth to rescue him."

It’s still the same trick that was used to fool the Yongle Dynasty before. As for whether it succeeds or not, it doesn’t matter. Zhu Yuanzhang is here, and it’s not a bad thing for the Hongxi Dynasty.

"So that's how it is. His Majesty Taizu has become a god."

"I said that Taizu is a real dragon."

"Grandmaster, I want to file a complaint!"

At this time, a minister shouted: "Your Majesty indulged in wine and women all day long, and was too licentious to count, so that the dragon's health was not good, which might be the reason for his sudden death."

When everyone looked over, they saw that it was Li Shimen, the Imperial Academy Lecturer. For a moment, they admired this guy's courage.

In fact, Zhu Gaochi had been addicted to alcohol and sex for a long time.

Since the death of Zhu Di, he has become more and more self-indulgent, drinking every day and expanding his harem, spending much less time handling government affairs.

The court officials saw this and were worried, so they tried to persuade him in a tactful way, but to little avail.

I didn't expect that there would be people who are not afraid of death and would complain at this time.

Zhu Gaochi was stunned, then looked at Li Shimen with anger in his eyes. If Zhu Yuanzhang had not been here, he would probably have asked the guards to beat him up.

But Li Shimen was not afraid. In history, this guy spoke out against Zhu Gaochi's indulgence in alcohol and sex, and scolded Zhu Gaochi so harshly that Zhu Gaochi was so angry that he ordered the guards to break three of his ribs. He dragged him into the imperial prison and almost died.

Now in front of Taizu, he was not panicked at all.

Li Shimen believed that Taizu was sensible.

really.

Lao Zhu looked at him and asked, "What's your name?"

"Your servant, Li Shimian."

Li Shimian bowed humbly.

"A loyal and honest minister will be granted a golden medal of immunity from death."

Zhu Yuanzhang said to Zhu Gaochi: "If I come again next time and find that Li Shimen has been retaliated against, Gaochi, you know the consequences."

"Yes, Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Gaochi had no choice but to suppress his anger.

He's been suppressed for too long.

For a moment, I felt a lot of resentment accumulated in my heart.

Then he became angrier and angrier as he thought about it. His whole face turned red, and he actually felt a sweetness in his throat and spurted out blood.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!"

All the ministers were horrified and rushed forward to help.

Someone asked in panic: "Taizu, what should we do?"

Someone complained, "Li Shimian, look at what you have done to make His Majesty so angry."

Li Shimen was also at a loss for a moment.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and said, "Okay, he won't die, everyone, get out. I'm going to take him away, close the door of the Treasure House, and I'll bring him back today, at the earliest, or within three days at the latest."

The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment, but Zhu Gaochi waved his hand and said, "It's fine with me. We'll all listen to Grandpa Huang."

"Yes."

Everyone looked at each other and had to leave the Treasure House.

Little Zhu Di let Zhu Zhanji go and said with a smile: "Grandson, I will come to see you next time."

Zhu Zhanji moved his mouth, wanting to say that you might not be older than me, so why not say you are my grandfather?

Does this sound like a word?

But seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Gaochi didn't say anything, he had no choice but to shut up.

Zhu Zhanji then backed out of the hall and closed the door.

Zhu Yunfeng and Ji He stepped forward, one on each side, to support Zhu Gaochi, who weighed more than 200 kilograms, almost 300 kilograms.

Ji He complained, "Zhu Gaochi, you should lose weight. No wonder you died early. There are reasons for this."

Zhu Gaochi glanced at him.

I thought to myself, you are a fat guy too, how dare you say that to me?
Little Zhu Di then skillfully put the blindfold on him and said, "Son, don't be afraid. I am Zhu Di from the 17th year of Hongwu. Dad will take you to treat your illness now."

"Hongwu seventeenth year?"

Zhu Gaochi was stunned for a moment and asked, "Is the Queen Mother still here?"

"Yes, I will take you to see your mother, the Queen Mother of the fifth year of Yongle. Your father has taken her away, and she is now recuperating there."

"The Queen Mother is still here, the Queen Mother is still here"

Zhu Gaochi muttered to himself, and before he knew it, tears of excitement flowed down his face.

Ever since Empress Xu left, he, a child without a mother, had been living in fear all day long under the oppression of his father.

As soon as my father left, I started to let myself go.

Who would have thought that he would die suddenly not long after?
Now I can see my mother again.

He really wanted to cry and talk about the grievances he had suffered over the years.

Zhu Yuanzhang then brought Zhu Gaochi to the modern era.

Still got on the helicopter.

As the helicopter circled, the surrounding scenery kept changing, and soon it arrived at Zhu Yunfeng's villa in Changsha.

There was no delay for long, because they made inquiries on the way and found out that it was already April in the Hongxi reign, and only a little over a month had passed since Zhu Gaochi's sudden death.

This means that Zhu Gaochi's health may be very dangerous at this time, so he must see a doctor immediately.

However, since Da Zhu Di and Xu Miaoyun came wearing dragon robes and phoenix robes last time, they took Ji He's clothes from Zhu Yunfeng's villa and put them on him.

By the afternoon, they had arrived at the hospital.

As a major customer, the hospital quickly arranged a full set of examinations for them, and the results came out quickly.

Hypertension, hyperlipidemia, and hyperglycemia plus cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases lead to myocardial disease.

It is obvious that Zhu Gaochi's sudden death was closely related to his overly obese body.

Moreover, once you experience extreme joy or sorrow, you are very likely to suffer a myocardial infarction.

"Just rest and recuperate here."

Zhu Yuanzhang also changed his clothes, and after coming out of the ward, he said to Zhu Gaochi: "I'll take you to see your mother."

"Yes, Grandpa Huang."

Zhu Gaochi became excited and couldn't help coughing twice.

Several people came to Empress Xu's ward.

As soon as I entered the room, I saw Empress Ma chatting with Empress Xu.

When everyone entered the room, Empress Xu looked over and said with a smile, "Gao Chi, why are you here?"

After he finished speaking, he felt something was wrong and asked in surprise: "Gao Chi, why do you seem to have aged so much? Is it Gao Chi from the 22nd year of Yongle who came to see mother?"

"mother!"

At this moment, all the grievances in Zhu Gaochi's heart seemed to be vented out. He walked over quickly, knelt down in front of Empress Xu's bed and cried, "Mother, after you left, my father hated me, my brothers bullied me, and my sisters humiliated me. I felt very sad."

"Good boy."

Empress Xu already sensed something was wrong.

She and Zhu Di actually comforted Zhu Gaochi in the 22nd year of Yongle, and also supported Zhu Gaochi at that time.

But now, why does it seem to happen again?

Could this be it?

(End of this chapter)