high official

Chapter 957 The Only Way

The distance between Taisun Mansion and East Palace is not too far, and the tea time is here, but after Zhu Zhanji divided the mansion, he didn't come back too many times.

This is also the reason why his mother, Crown Princess Zhang, and all his brothers and sisters have already arrived in Beijing to live in the East Palace. Before his mother arrived in Beijing, he never set foot here!
The guards of the Eastern Palace were very pleasantly surprised to see the grandson's car driving, so the eunuch guarding the gate hurried in to report to the princess, saying that the grandson was back!
At that time, the prince and princess were having dinner in the planting flower hall. The princess was overjoyed at first when she heard the news, but then she lowered her face and said calmly: "As for it? What are you shouting about? He loves to come back or not."

"Hey, yes..." The eunuch guarding the gate knew that it was because the prince was there, and the princess wanted to take care of the prince's feelings, so he lowered his head and quietly retreated out.

"..." As soon as the eunuch went out, there was a moment of silence in the planting flower hall. The prince took two mouthfuls of rice indiscriminately, then put down the bowl, leaning on the table to get up.

Zhang's hand was on the prince's arm, the prince frowned and looked at the princess, but saw that her eyes were full of begging.

The Crown Prince has always treated Zhang Shi with respect as a guest, and Zhang Shi has never acted beyond the bounds. Naturally, he has been suppressed in his heart for a long time when he made such a move, and he couldn't bear it anymore.

"Your Highness, how long will you be angry with him?" Zhang's eyes already had tears, and she begged softly.

"Hey..." The prince sighed, and finally sat down.

At this time Zhu Zhanji came in and saw his parents sitting at the table waiting for him, he hurriedly lifted his robe, knelt down, and said respectfully: "My father, mother and concubine please greet me."

"Get up." The prince naturally would not say a word, it was Mrs. Zhang who spoke: "What are you doing here?"

"The son-in-law first pays his respects to his father and mother, and the second is..." The grandson looked up at the prince, and said in a low voice, "Come to apologize to my father."

"Don't dare to be that." The crown prince snorted, Zhu Gaochi was kind-hearted and gentle, but that didn't mean he wasn't angry, especially for his son who was eccentric and blatantly sang against him, the crown prince really couldn't calm down.

"It was all my son's fault before, and my son knew it was wrong..." Zhu Zhanji was not surprised at the prince's reaction, and bowed his head to plead guilty.

"Hmph..." The prince snorted again, wanting to say something else.But Mrs. Zhang took the words and said with a smile: "Okay, okay, father and son still have an overnight feud. Since Jier knows that he is wrong, His Highness will forgive him for this." If you dare to disrespect your father, don't enter this house again!"

"My son knows." Zhu Zhanji nodded obediently.

Seeing that his attitude was very correct, Mrs. Zhang was very pleased and said, "Have you had dinner yet?"

"Never." Zhu Zhanji shook his head.

"Sit down and have a meal together." Mrs. Zhang said, seeing that His Highness the Crown Prince did not object, the maid hurriedly brought chairs for the Crown Prince, added tableware, and brought a porcelain basin to wash her hands.

After Zhu Zhanji sat down, just after taking a few mouthfuls of food, the prince slowly got up and said: "Use it alone, go to the study to read."

"Father." Zhu Zhanji hurriedly spit out the food in his mouth into the clean bucket, got up and said, "I still have something important to ask."

Zhu Gaochi paused, and with the support of two eunuchs, he turned behind the screen.

"You eat first, and you just go to the study after eating." Zhang felt sorry for his son, and when he saw the prince leaving, he quickly pulled Zhu Zhanji to sit down, and while serving him vegetables, he smiled and said: "Your father is hard-spoken and soft-hearted. Knowing that he is here, you can't eat well, so you will leave first."

"Yes, my father has always loved my son, and it's all my son's fault." Zhu Zhanji lowered his head and continued to eat.In fact, he had something on his mind and couldn't eat it at all, but in order to reassure Mrs. Zhang, Zhu Zhanji still ate the rice with big mouthfuls.

After wolfing down a meal, Zhu Zhanji told Zhang that he would go to the study to find the prince. Zhang hoped that the father and son could have a good talk, solve the misunderstanding, and stop the cold war.So he let him go very quickly, and even told him to keep his temper and stop contradicting his father.

Zhu Zhanji naturally agreed, bid farewell to his mother temporarily, and came to the door of the East Palace study.When he arrived at the door and was about to knock, Zhu Zhanji's movements stopped. He suddenly became hesitant, as if he was a little unsure whether he should knock on the door or not.

"Come in." At this moment, the prince's voice was heard inside.

"Father." Zhu Zhanji pushed open the door, went in, and saw the prince holding a book in his hand, looking at him.

Zhu Zhanji stood in front of the kang with his hands tied, and the prince sat on the kang holding a book. The father and son hadn't been alone like this for a year, and the atmosphere was inevitably a little awkward.

"Father, our father and son are in big trouble..." Finally, Zhu Zhanji said softly.

"You mean, your second uncle is going to leave the mountain?" Zhu Gaochi didn't have any superfluous expression on his face, only the calmness of a deep pool in autumn.

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji was a little surprised. Ever since the prince saw that he was suspicious of the emperor, he kept the door closed and declined outside visitors.But obviously, His Royal Highness's news is not generally well-informed, and he knew the decree that had just been made and had not yet been issued within a few hours.

But this is not the time to be surprised, because when the emperor leaned towards the King of Han, Zhu Zhanji and the prince became a relationship of success and failure again. The more powerful the prince, the better for Zhu Zhanji.

"I wonder what father's opinion is?" Zhu Zhanji asked softly.

"It's going to rain, and my mother is going to marry, no one can stop it." Zhu Gaochi said with a desolate expression, "It would be great if Zhong De was here."

"Zhongde," Zhu Zhanji paused, and said softly, "Someone sent me a message yesterday."

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Gaochi's eyes lit up immediately, and he clutched the scroll hard, trying his best to control his excitement.

"There are only eight words in total," Zhu Zhanji said softly, "If you stick to it for a month, there will be a way. Other than that, there are no more words."

"That's enough! Zhong De made it clear enough!" Zhu Gaochi said, frowned and looked at Zhu Zhanji and said, "Since you received Zhong De's letter yesterday, why didn't you stop the emperor's appointment today?"

"I stopped it," Zhu Zhanji said helplessly, "but it can't be stopped at all."

"You didn't try your best!" Zhu Gaochi put the book on the table heavily, and couldn't hold back his anger again and said: "It was like this last time, too selfish, just trying to stop, shrinking your head when encountering resistance, how did you become like this? !"

"I..." Zhu Zhanji came to discuss countermeasures with the prince today, so he naturally had to accept whatever he said.He forced himself to nod and said: "Father's lesson is, but now the emperor's grandfather has made an order, and it's a done deal, so what can I do?"

"Has the decree been promulgated?" Zhu Gaochi raised his eyelids and asked sharply.

"Not yet." Zhu Zhanji shook his head.

"Then there is still hope!" Zhu Gaochi said in a deep voice.

"But the emperor's will has been decided, and he personally drafted the appointment of my second uncle, how can he take it back?" Zhu Zhanji shook his head and said.

"It is possible, as long as you are willing to go all out!" Zhu Gaochi said lightly: "Tomorrow is the day of the court, and it is estimated that the three great scholars will try to delay the decree until the court meeting before issuing it."

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji nodded. He didn't expect that his father, who he always looked down upon, could guess the actions of Yang Shiqi and others as if he had seen it himself.Can't help but ask curiously: "How did father know?"

"I have worked with them for more than ten years, and I can still guess how much." Zhu Gaochi said plainly, but the weight revealed in the words made Zhu Zhanji feel a little bit embarrassed - he felt that the prince seemed to be saying, Boy, you are relying on my people now!

"Get out?" Zhu Zhanji asked softly, "Please enlighten me, father."

"Bet your most valuable on the table," His Royal Highness said in a deep voice.

"My most valuable..." Zhu Zhanji thought about it, and said with a pale face: "It is the identity of this grandson."

"Then bet on this identity," the prince looked at Zhu Zhanji, and said lightly: "It is impossible for the emperor not to give you a chance to gamble."

"This..." Zhu Zhanji felt a little regretful about coming here, thinking that I'm not wasting time?What good idea could he have?The tone couldn't help being a little dissatisfied: "Father, the identity of the great-grandson is not the private property of the child, but the foundation of my country, can it be used for gambling casually?"

"At this time, if you don't gamble, how can you buy time?" Zhu Gaochi said calmly: "If you don't gamble, how can you win?"

"Father," Zhu Zhanji felt deeply embarrassed: "The situation is indeed extremely critical, but Wang Xian didn't say a word. He doesn't know what he is doing now, let alone what he is going to do! The child is in a situation where he knows nothing. , how dare you put all your eggs in one basket?!"

"Are you sure that Wang Xian sent you the news?" Zhu Gaochi glanced at Zhu Zhanji.

"Yes." Zhu Zhanji nodded.

"That's enough." Zhu Gaochi looked at the somewhat unfamiliar son, and said word by word: "Just with the word 'Wang Xian', can't you make up your mind?"

"This..." Zhu Zhanji was at a loss for words for a while, Wang Xian had never let him down, and he had trusted him very much.But this time the bet was too heavy, and Wang Xian had lost so thoroughly before, how could His Royal Highness ignore him and put all his wealth on him?

"Think about it," Zhu Gaochi picked up the scroll wearily, and said slowly: "Whoever saved you from danger time and time again turned the impossible into possible? If you can't even fully trust him, there will probably be no one in this world." Someone you can trust..."

"My son knows..." Zhu Zhanji lowered his head, seeing that Zhu Gaochi stopped talking, he quietly bowed his hands and withdrew.

"Hey..." When closing the study door, Zhu Zhanji heard a sigh, and he didn't know whether his father was worried about the current situation or disappointed with himself.

That night, Zhu Zhanji stayed up all night, sitting on a chair and waiting for the court.When it was dawn in the east, he finally made up his mind that he and his father were different after all, and he must not act emotionally!

As for the final result, Zhu Zhanji is not worried, because he knows his father too well...

(End of this chapter)