6. Hongmen Banquet

After all, it is old and spicy, after Zhu Di asked like this, Zhu Yunwen obviously had a trace of panic and embarrassment on his face, but since he was not a thing in the pool, since he could make such a request, he did not think about retreating, only paused slightly, and smiled at Zhu Di, "Uncle Huang, since the death of the emperor's grandfather, many imperial uncles have relied on their identity as princes, and they have no control, and they are very dissatisfied with the high position of my nephew - I can understand this mentality, after all, the young one climbs to the long head, and the small one wants to be the big master, It is human nature for the imperial uncles to have a little thought. ”

"Ahem!" Qi Tai coughed fiercely twice with a sullen face. Everyone didn't expect Zhu Yunwen to say such heavy words bluntly, all sides are like pig liver, if this continues, the war between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen is about to break out, even if everyone present wants to arrest Zhu Di immediately and quickly, but no one can put his uncle in prison at the royal family banquet just because of the quarrel between his uncle and nephew, this spreads, and Zhu Yunwen's reputation will be ruined. Although Qi Tai is a little nerdy, after all, he is much older than Zhu Yunwen, and he eats more salt than Zhu Yunwen eats, and he always knows something serious, so he reminds Zhu Yunwen with a cough.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunwen glared at Qi Tai, so frightened that Qi Tai hurriedly lowered his head with a red face, and immediately realized that he was fluttering flies on the tiger's head, and he forgot his form for a while, and dared to make eye contact with the emperor!

It was Zhu Di, who was holding a glass of wine alone, drinking it very complacently, and glancing at Zhu Yunwen with a gentle smile on his face with a pair of fiery eyes. Zhu Yunwen also laughed and continued, "The king of Zhou didn't take me seriously one by one, and he didn't take the emperor's grandfather's will in his eyes, not only disrespectful to me, but also bent the law for personal gain, taking the identity of the emperor's relatives to collect money privately, and was even more suspected of adultery and treason. ”

The faster Zhu Yunwen spoke, the sharper his eyes shot straight at Zhu Di, and a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, "I braved the world's disapproval and organized the Jinyi Health Department, which was disbanded in the hands of the emperor's grandfather, just to purge such courtiers in the court who have no ability and want to cause trouble, Uncle Huang thinks...... How's that going? ”

Zhu Di heard Zhu Yunwen ask himself violently, and raised his eyebrows slightly, "The emperor asked me?" ”

Zhu Yunwen nodded seriously, "The Fourth Emperor Uncle can be described as the head of the kings, and when the Imperial Grandfather is here, he often tells me that if there is anything that cannot be done, he can discuss it with the Fourth Uncle." ”

A smile rose at the corner of Zhu Di's mouth, with some disdain, fleeting, and finally raised his eyes to look at Zhu Yunwen, "Oh? But what did my father tell the emperor? ”

Zhu Yunwen was a little weak-hearted, and his face didn't know if it was because of drinking or something, he arched his hands and made a gesture to his right, "Before the emperor's grandfather died, he left me a lot of governing the country, and he was humane, the most important thing is to convince people with virtue and govern the country with benevolence, and now he has been immortal for nearly a year, but his voice and smile still often appear in the corners of Yunwen's ears and eyes." ”

When all the ministers heard Zhu Yunwen mention his name, they all stood up and arched their hands, but Zhu Di did not get up. Zhu Yunwen stretched out his hand to let everyone sit down, only looked at Zhu Di with his eyes and did not speak.

Zhu Di drank another glass of wine and said gloomily, "The lessons left by my father to the emperor are naturally good, but I haven't learned any lessons as a son, and he hasn't fulfilled his filial piety before his old man's sickbed." He suddenly raised his eyes to look at Zhu Yunwen, and then said, "His old man may dislike his son for being useless, and he doesn't even want his sons to come to the funeral, which is ashamed." ”

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, his face was already unbearable, and he said to the eunuch, "I drank some wine, I was very dizzy, you give the things to the Fourth Emperor Uncle, and I will go back to the dormitory to rest first." As he spoke, he said to Zhu Di, "Uncle Huang, if you are not happy, you can have a few more drinks with these ministers, and if you drink too much, you can sleep in the palace." ”

Zhu Yunwen threw his sleeves and left, leaving only a group of deflated three courtiers staring at each other, none of these people had any real skills, when Zhu Di was not there, they all tried their best to get rid of Zhu Yunwen, and now when Zhu Yunwen left them alone to face Zhu Di, they were forced by Zhu Di's momentum one by one, and they didn't dare to talk nonsense, just care about eating. Besides, no matter how much Zhu Yunwen wants to kill the prestige of this imperial uncle, after all, Zhu Di is still the majestic and majestic Yan Wangye, after Zhu Yunwen leaves the table, he is the largest here, in terms of the way of monarchs and ministers, he does not speak, and the following people cannot leave the table without authorization.

Zhu Di seemed to have the intention of teasing them, just lowered his head and tasted the wine one by one, neither embarrassing those thieves and courtiers, nor paying attention to them. Not to mention that he has lived in the north for a long time, and the amount of wine is good, and the grape wine at this banquet is nothing to him, and he can drink it like water all the time. Those ministers couldn't eat all the time, and their faces were flushed, which was very embarrassing.

I really couldn't stand it, so I quietly kicked his heel on the side, he paused slightly, then put down the wine glass, stood up, opened his arms and said slowly, "Thanks to the emperor's grace, tonight's meal is very pleasant, and this king has also drunk well, and he is back!" Ladies and gentlemen, I will not accompany you! ”

As he spoke, he turned his heels to the person and strode away, and I hurriedly took the imperial Yu left by Zhu Yunwen from the eunuch and followed out, leaving only the ministers at the table who were stunned and had not yet reacted.

Out of the noon gate, Zhu Di was still striding meteor, not saying a word, the night was thick, and I couldn't see the expression on his face, so I had to follow him quickly. Out of the gate of the palace, he didn't go to lead the horse, but still walked. I followed behind and asked, "Lord, where are you going?" Don't ride a horse? ”

Only then did Zhu Di turn around, put his hands on my shoulders, and put all the weight on my body, and I felt his drunkenness. "Lord ......"

Zhu Di "shhh ”

His voice was rare warm and soft, and the anger at the imperial banquet had been thrown out of the clouds. I had to stand still and let him lean against me. After a long time, he asked, "Is the emperor ready to send you to the remote southern Xinjiang?" ”

Zhu Di sneered on top of me, "Do you think it's possible?" ”

He can still laugh, but I can't, impossible, we all know it's impossible, Zhu Yunwen's trick is just to give Zhu Di a sugar-coated cannonball and inject an anesthetic. Zhu Di was slightly paralyzed, and when his Yanwang Mansion was doing nothing and waiting for his nephew to arrange a new domain for him, Zhu Yunwen was afraid that he would disintegrate all the military power in his hands with full firepower, and then send Zhu Di to house arrest or degrade to the common people like him in the mountains and old forests like other arrested vassal kings, and never return to the court! No, judging from Zhu Yunwen's current methods, the more capable the vassal king, the more jealous he is, the more jealous he is, the more ruthless the punishment will be, and whether Zhu Di can get a piece of the mountain to be a woodcutter is unknown.

Thinking of this, my heart jumped, "Lord Wang, what are you going to do?" ”

Zhu Di finally let go of me, turned his back to me, looked up at the lonely stars in the sky, and said after a while, "What else can I do, can I still rebel?" ”

I was taken aback - Zhu Yunwen guarded against Zhu Di like this, but he was afraid that he would one day follow the example of those princes who killed his heirs and seized the throne, that is, all the subjects of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that no one does not think that Zhu Di has long been preparing to seize Zhu Yunwen's dragon chair, but Zhu Di's words clearly show that he has no such mind at all.

"You can't rebel, but the prince can't be caught with his hands tied. Today, I can still talk and smile at the table, and the next time it may be a dialogue between the monarchs and ministers inside and outside the prison. I said with a heavy heart.

Zhu Di's face was solemn, but he did not speak. After half a cup of tea, he changed his face and said with a slight smile, "I haven't revisited the Qinhuai River with you for many years, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse tonight, it's really a good weather, let's go to the Qinhuai River for a walk." ”

I only understood that he was full of sadness and had nowhere to speak, so he would be very angry and unhappy, and I would not disobey him, so I followed him and walked leisurely to the bank of the Qinhuai River.

Because the national mourning has not yet passed, although the green buildings on the banks of the Qinhuai River have begun to operate, they dare not blatantly decorate red and green, and even the lights are much dimmer than before. Zhu Di saw that I was silent, probably thinking that I had wasted three years of my youth here for myself, and his heart was sad, so he teased me with words, "This Qinhuai River has gathered all the famous prostitutes and beauties throughout the ages, and there are also many good stories of talented and beautiful people circulating." ”

I raised my eyes to look at him, knowing that he was even more unsatisfactory than me in his heart, and he still wanted to think of ways to tease me, so he no longer expressed any unpleasantness, and pointed to a small boat road, "I have seen a lot of scenery on the shore, let's shake the pulp into the river and look at both sides, it is much more interesting." ”

Zhu Di nodded, personally rented a small boat, helped me up and sat down, and then sat down and shook the pulp. The wooden boat was already narrow, and Zhu Di was tall, and we were sitting on one side, but his knees were already on my knees. I was a little embarrassed, so I backed off.

Zhu Di suddenly freed up a hand and grabbed my hand, squinting at me with drunkenness. My hands were covered with the heavy rough rubbing of his palms, and my heart was jumping.

Just as he was retreating, he suddenly saw a painting boat sailing in the distance. Although the boat was large, there was no one on it, only two people sitting in the bow of the boat. When I got closer, I saw that one of them was Xu Huizu, who I hadn't seen for a long time. Zhu Di also followed my gaze, and when we saw the other person clearly, we all became nervous

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