3. Venture into Beijing

85_85279When I rushed from Beiping to the Xiangwang Mansion in Jingzhou, because I urged all the way, Zhu Di also felt that the situation was strict, and the journey was very fast, but now, because of the county lord of Yuzhen, it was much slower. Zhu Di's expression has always been not good-looking, I think he must feel very sad for King Xiang's **. And I, too, always use the excuse of taking care of the jade chopstick, and avoid him very much.

Because I'm afraid of one thing.

I'm afraid that Zhu Di will ask me if I care so much about the affairs of the Xiang King's Mansion because I know the ending of the King of Xiang. However, as clever as Zhu Di, he had already seen what I was avoiding and didn't ask me anything, but his eyes on me and his attitude towards me all changed, as if he was a little jealous of me and a little admired.

Over the years, he has become more and more mature and introverted, and I always have a feeling that no one can guess any of his thoughts anymore.

Originally, he sent Sanbao to take care of things in Beiping, so that everyone would think that he was still in Beiping, but he was seriously ill. Unexpectedly, before arriving in Beiping, Sanbao had already ushered in. Sanbao has never been a reckless person, but at this time, he left Beiping without permission and came to greet him, and something very important happened.

Zhu Di did not underestimate it, and after handing over the jade chopsticks to the guards accompanying Sanbao and bringing them back to Beiping first, he asked Sanbao why he was so breathless, and whether something important had happened in Beiping. Sanbao shook his head, "Nothing happened in Beiping, but there is something big in the capital." ”

"Oh? What kind of moth is out of it? Zhu Di frowned, a little impatient.

Sanbao made a bitter face, "The emperor issued an edict from the Son of Heaven to call the courtiers from all over the world to enter Beijing to worship the new emperor." said that he was a courtier in the world, who couldn't see it, he just wanted to enclose all the vassal kings to the capital, and ban everything he could? Even the first emperor was not allowed to enter Beijing, and now he issued such a holy decree, isn't it Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it? ”

I glanced at Zhu Di, and saw that his face was as usual and unfazed, so I glared at Sanbao again, "I can't cut your tongue!" If you report the news, you will report the news, who told you to chew the root of your tongue! Chewing is still the root of today's tongue, and it was heard, and those who knew said that you Ma Sanbao was not ignorant or not, and those who didn't know also said that the subordinates instigated by the prince were so disrespectful to the emperor, and it was a big crime to bully the king, and you were going to put Yan Wangfu to death? ”

Sanbao looked embarrassed, and hurriedly bowed and said, "Sanbao should be damned, Sanbao should be damned!" As he spoke, he came to my side again and asked in a low voice, "I heard that King Xiang died tragically with a door up and down, but is it really true, or is there hearsay and rumors?" ”

As soon as I heard this, I stepped on him hard while Zhu Di hadn't paid attention, he raised his feet in pain and covered them with his hands, and then looked at my face and Zhu Di's face, his face was full of horror, and suddenly remembered something, "That little girl, is it ......?"

I grabbed the corner of his clothes, "That's it, let's satisfy your curiosity after we return home, and tell the prince what happened in Beiping recently, don't show your feet." ”

Sanbao finally stopped asking, and returned to Beiping all the way without incident, and we also slipped into the house quietly from a very inconspicuous side door. Zhu Di came back from Jingzhou, he rarely spoke, always looked preoccupied, Sanbao still contacted the outside world, but gradually led a few people into the mansion to meet Zhu Di, and announced that Yan Wang's illness was much better. And because Yuelongcheng was not from the palace, and few people recognized him, Zhu Di sent him to walk around the palace, and within two days, Yuelongcheng saw that there were at least one or twenty brocade guards lurking around the palace, staring at Yanwangfu with thirty or forty eyes every day, always trying to find out a little charge of "rebellion" and "collaborating with the enemy" for Zhu Di.

The order of the Son of Heaven has been sent to the Yan Wangfu for three days, and the palace has heard that four or five vassal kings have been frustrated, or demoted to concubines, or suffered from human tragedy, and they are all nervous and unbearable, for fear that the Yan Wangfu will also suffer disasters, and the pond fish will not be affected, and all of them will not die well. Xu Yunhua was even more cautious, and even dismissed the non-family servants hired in the mansion, those servants who got a severance pay and got out of the danger of Yanwangfu, but they began to be nostalgic for Yanwangfu, thinking that at this time, in order to protect themselves, it was very inauthentic to get rid of such a master, and the princess couldn't, so she had to tell the people that those who voluntarily stayed would first receive some money to go back to settle their families, and those who didn't want to stay could leave directly with the money. In this way, there are very few people who leave, and those who remain are also loyal, vowing to live and die with the Yan Wangfu.

On the fourth day, Zhu Di made a decision to go to the capital to meet the new emperor in person. The entire palace, from Princess Yan to the housekeepers, were all in an uproar, and persuasion was fruitless, so they had to watch Zhu Di pack his luggage and prepare to go on the road. I still live in Zhu Di's study secretly, and he stays in the upper room during the day, receiving several officials while discussing with Xu Yunhua about entering Beijing, and he came back very late. As soon as he came back, he first said to me, "I have been listening to the advice of the day, you can save it." ”

As soon as I came to my mouth, he suppressed it again, and only asked two words in a daze, "Why?" ”

"If you can't hide, instead of constantly dodging, it's better to advance and retreat." Zhu Di said lightly and smiled at me, "Don't worry about me, I've thought about the consequences." For example, the king of Zhou was captured, and he could only sit and wait for death; The king of Xiang was radical and ended up with a ruined family. Now that it's up to me, I'm going to learn their lessons, and maybe I'll be able to escape from the cracks and die and come back to life. ”

I hesitated in my heart, and finally said, "Say something you don't like to hear, I'm more familiar with the capital than you, if you have to go, I'll be with you." ”

Zhu Di smiled gently, "This is the first time you have been waiting to talk to me for so many years, and I was thinking about one thing." ”

I blushed, "What's the matter?" ”

"Isn't it true that you can treat me truly only when I am in trouble? If that's the case, then I'll be in trouble all the time. ”

I took a sip, "You just fall into trouble, do you take this door up and down together?" ”

Zhu Di smiled and said nothing, "Adversity sees true love, from this point of view, sometimes it is a good thing to go through some hardships." ”

I didn't want to fight this war of words with him again, so I went inside to prepare for bed, but Zhu Di secretly followed, and when I turned around and saw him behind me, I was startled, "Lord Wang, what are you doing here?" ”

Zhu Di suddenly said faintly, "According to this view, my Yanwang Mansion is also crumbling now, I want to go to Beijing, it is a ridiculous plan to win in the city, if you are willing to follow, I deeply feel your affection, but I can take you with me, first ask for three chapters of the law." ”

I was a little surprised, Zhu Di has never been such a mother-in-law, since he lived in this room, he has never come in without permission, today this is a very attention-grabbing behavior. "The prince has something to say, but it doesn't hurt to say it."

"In case something unexpected happens in the capital, you just have to protect yourself and leave quickly, if you can go back to the palace with some news, if even this palace is poisoned, you just have to run for your life." Zhu Di has his back hand, a dark dragon pattern on a dark robe, faintly showing the dragon aura that he can't hide, he looked up at the blue screen window, hooked the Xuanyue and slowly climbed up to the acacia treetops, telling about the impermanence of the world in a sunny day, and Zhu Di's words made me feel a series of ripples in my heart, "Lord, Jiren has his own natural appearance, and you are not shallow in the future, so you don't have to say such frustrating words." ”

Zhu Di lowered his head, stretched out a hand, and slowly moved it to my face, my heart was pounding, but he just moved a strand of short hair scattered from my ear to his sideburns, and said softly, "You have always spoken very accurately, although I don't know if it's a coincidence or something else, I believe in you today, maybe I will be blessed in the future, if this is the case, borrow your auspicious words, there will also be your blessings." ”

As he said this, his hand was already retracted, but my face burned to the ground, and I couldn't speak for a long time. Zhu Di turned around, "You have a good rest, Yuelongcheng also told me that he was willing to accompany me into Beijing, what do you think?" ”

I paused, "Yuelong City is much more familiar than me in the capital, but now Jinyi Wei is full of people we don't know, even if he enters Beijing, I'm afraid he will ......."

"I know that you are worried about his safety, so you have already rejected him and asked him to help me take care of the palace in Beiping." Zhu Di smiled faintly, turned to leave, and walked lightly as if he had never come.

I sat on the edge of the bed, but I couldn't calm down for a long time. Zhu Di entered Beijing this time, it should be a good life to come back, but how he dealt with Zhu Yunwen and how he entangled with the courtiers in Beijing, I don't know at all, I always have an ominous premonition, I am anxious, and I can't say anything. It wasn't until Zhu Di traveled and embarked on the journey that I realized that leaving Beijing this time was more thrilling than his previous battlefield.

Although Zhu Yunwen issued an order from the Son of Heaven, there was no one else who returned to Beijing except for Zhu Di, who was so bold. Which of those vassal kings is not a shrewd person, who doesn't know that his current situation is not as good as before, and who dares to swagger into Beijing to show off? One by one, they either pushed the disease, or they said that they couldn't get out. When he arrived in the capital, he was the only one who was Zhu Di.

From the moment I stepped into the realm of Jinling, I was scared, but when I looked at Zhu Di, he looked natural and very comfortable. We were greeted by a eunuch. Because the eunuchs of the previous dynasty interfered in politics, the palace and the court were very chaotic, since the opening of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang ordered that the eunuchs were strictly forbidden to gain power, so the eunuchs in the Ming Palace had a very low status, and they all groveled and practiced a cautious skill. However, Zhu Di was extremely polite to the eunuchs who came, and shouted very affectionately to his father-in-law, "When the first emperor was here, we didn't do our filial piety as sons in front of the couch, but the father-in-law did a lot of work, and I was grateful, grateful." ”

Those eunuchs are all commanded by others on weekdays, even the status of the palace daughters is much higher than him, where can anyone speak so affectionately, let alone the unreachable King Yan on weekdays! .