After returning to Taiyuan, he learned that Zhu Di had found Nai'er's army more than a month earlier than him, and captured a large number of prisoners of war and booty without spending a single soldier.

An innate despair that he had never felt before swept over him, and the invincible Jin King Zhu was pushed into the abyss and embarked on the dark road of endless depravity.

Drinking became the only thing he could do.

He woke up every day and opened his eyes and started drinking. Drank and vomited, vomited. Sometimes wine heals his broken soul like a panacea, and sometimes it makes life worse than death like a poison.

The Jin Palace, which used to be like a city, is now full of birds. Those Wenchen generals who often came to the Jin Palace's mansion avoided them, and even Fu Youde no longer came to the door.

Zhu's loyal ministers advised him not to be drunk on money and not to do his job. Zhu suspected them of being in the way and drove them all out of the Jin Palace.

In addition to wine, there is no shortage of companions around him. They are all good drinkers. The more you can drink, the more you can get Zhu's appreciation, and the more rewards you get.

Every month, the Jin Palace's Mansion holds a drinking competition, and the top three can stay by his side and share the glory with him.

After Jinyiwei reported Zhu Yuanzhang's every move, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious and immediately ordered Zhu to go to Yingtianfu to face the saint.

After receiving the dictation from his father, Zhu's brain, which was paralyzed by alcohol, suddenly woke up.

After cold sweat crept up his spine, he felt a glimmer of imperceptible euphoria.

He thought that the failure of the Northern Expedition had completely swept him out of the ranks of the princes, and he was waiting for the day when his father would depose him as a commoner and kick him out of the family tree, so as not to disgrace the royal family.

He imagined that his father's disgust with him was superfluous to even look at him, but unexpectedly, his father wanted to summon him.

Zhu did not dare to delay for a moment, and immediately set off for Yingtian to accept the scolding and punishment of his father.

"You came quickly," Zhu Yuanzhang sneered, "I thought you were too drunk to get up!" ”

"My father summoned his sons, and his sons didn't dare to slack off." Zhu bowed down and replied respectfully, he was mentally prepared, no matter how ugly his father's scolding was, he would see it as an encouragement.

"Do you know what it means to be sluggish?" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered again.

"The sons are dull, but they only know how to put their father's order first."

"Father's order first? I sealed the west of the domain to you, and ordered you to work hard, be diligent in government and love the people, self-denial and revenge, and be virtuous. Did you make this a priority? ”

"Erchen is wrong! Ask for forgiveness! Zhu firmly believes that if he makes a mistake, he must admit it, and his father will give him a chance to return if he is lost.

"Thou hast been drunk every day, hast neglected government affairs, made friends with lascivious men, and hast treated the words of thy loyal servants and good generals like dung. You've lost the face of our royal family! People who don't know the inside story still think that I didn't discipline you and connived at you to do evil! ”

"The sons know their mistakes, they don't dare anymore, and the sons are willing to be punished."

"Since you are tired of being a prince, I will demote you as a commoner and exile you to Yunnan."

"Commoners!" Zhu's brain buzzed, and it almost fell apart.

As he expected, his father wanted to drive him out of the royal family, and his father was ashamed of him, and the family was ashamed of him, as if he was a rat poop in a pot of porridge, and he had to be eliminated as soon as possible.

A few days ago, he naively thought that since his father was willing to see him, at most he would only deduct his food or let him think about it behind closed doors.

He rushed to the capital in a hurry, thinking that things were still turning around.

How ridiculous he was, his father abandoned him, did not remember the love of father and son, and exiled him to a barbaric land full of miasma, and left him to fend for himself!

Zhu was trembling all over his body and sat on the ground because he was scared and angry.

Zhu Yuanzhang saw his son like sifting chaff, adding fuel to the fire, and he was furious.

How could he, Zhu Yuanzhang, give birth to such a cowardly and irresponsible son?

"Stand up, stand up straight! I knew you were so unproductive, I didn't need to change your chef and let him poison you. ”

"Chef?" Zhu was at a loss.

"When you were on the Northern Expedition, you couldn't find the Northern Yuan army and used the chef to get angry, he was the one who cooked for you, and the last thing you could fight in the army was him. If he poisons you, will you still live? No wonder you can't make it, you don't even know this simple truth! ”

A word woke up the person in the dream, but his father still cared about him, and even thought of the chef beside him.

Zhu fell at Zhu Yuanzhang's feet: "Father, the son knows that he is wrong!" The father saved his son once, so let's save his son again! The sons and daughters must obediently listen to their father's words in the future! ”

The snow outside the temple was getting higher and higher, but as soon as they were about to cross the steps, they would be immediately removed.

They are not like the big trees, they do not take root.

They can only be passers-by in this world.

Over the years, Zhu Yuanzhang has neglected to teach the prince for the sake of the country. Zhu Yi, who was brilliant when he was a child, has now become arrogant and cowardly, he has not taken root in his own right, and he will soon be blown away by the wind.

Zhu Yuanzhang wants to save his son, except for putting him to death and resurrection, there is no other way.

"It's too late, stand down!" Zhu Yuanzhang's cold face was not moved.

Zhu followed his father's line of sight and looked at the heavy snow falling outside the hall. His heart was colder than snow.

When the crown prince Zhu Biao learned that his younger brother Zhu had been exiled to Yunnan, he hurriedly asked to see Zhu Yuanzhang.

He loved his younger brothers and didn't want to see them suffer, even though he knew that he might not be able to do anything, even though he knew that maybe his father was saving Zhu.

"Father, the third brother is young and vigorous, he hasn't experienced enough things, beg his father to give him a chance to correct his mistakes."

Zhu Yuanzhang's face was pale, and Zhu Biao knew that Zhu Yuanzhang was still angry with Zhu, which was greatly detrimental to his plea.

He was ready to make a plan, if his father did not agree to pardon the punishment of Zhu Yi's exile at this time, he would wait for an opportunity to intercede.

"Prince, you are too benevolent, how can you be an emperor? When it's time to make a decision, you must make a decision, and you can't be soft-hearted! ”

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Zhu Biao, but he felt that he was too tolerant of people.

Zhu Yuanzhang has fought with people all his life, and he knows that being soft on others is equivalent to sending himself to a dead end. Zhang Shicheng, Chen Youliang, and Hu Weiyong didn't want him to die, and there were many rebels who were strangled by him in the cradle, and there were countless of them.

"Father, your teachings will be remembered in your sons, and your sons will change their weak character. Erchen begs you to spare the third brother this time. He and Erchen have the same blood on their bodies, and he made mistakes because Erchen, the eldest brother, did not teach them well, and Erchen also made mistakes. If his father must exile him, then please punish his sons. ”

"You ......" Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand and pointed at Zhu Biao, patted the dragon case, and sat down helplessly.

"Father, please give him one last chance, the son will talk to him well, and it can be regarded as a chance for the son to have a chance. If he does it again, the retainers will definitely not interfere again. ”

The brother's affection sparkled in Zhu Biao's eyes, and for the royal family, this was an incomparably precious friendship.

"Hey!" Zhu Yuanzhang let out a long sigh, "One last chance!" I can give you countless chances, but will our opponents give us any chances? If we are not careful, we will die at the hands of the enemy, and they will not be relentless! If it weren't for your fourth brother's surrender this time, I'm afraid your third brother's 8,000 people wouldn't be able to come back! ”

"Erchen knows that the third brother has made a big mistake, and Erchen must let the third brother change his mind!"

"Prince, go ahead, don't take it as an example!"

The brother's affection overcame a father's strict heart, and Zhu Yuanzhang, who had been struggling in the emotional whirlpool, finally made a concession.

The palace is still the same as more than ten years ago, and Zhu remembered that he had built a snowman with his eldest brother here when he was a child.

It was also snowing, but the carefree joy was long gone.

This time, Zhu Biao wants to see him, I'm afraid it's for him to practice, he may not come to the Taigong Palace in the future, this should be the last time he and his eldest brother meet.

Zhu did not have much contact with Zhu Biao, and since he arrived in Taiyuan, he rarely saw the crown prince Zhu Biao.

In Zhu Biao's mind, the crown prince Zhu Biao is erudite, modest, and caring for his younger siblings, and is the only prince who can be admired by him.

Although Zhu wanted to get ahead and get the attention of his father, he never coveted the crown prince and wholeheartedly regarded Zhu Biao as the most suitable heir to the throne.

"Third brother, the eldest brother didn't take care of you, he only cared about his own affairs, and ignored you, the younger brother......"

As soon as Zhu Biao saw Zhu Biao, he grabbed his hand, his eyes moistened, and he felt guilty with remorse.

Zhu was ashamed and shook his head desperately: "No, big brother, this has nothing to do with you, it's all my brother's fault!" The younger brother was arrogant and self-serving, which caused the failure of the Northern Expedition. Afterward...... Later, I numbed myself with wine, and I ...... What scum! ”

Zhu slapped himself left and right. It was only at this time that Zhu Biao took all the mistakes on himself, and Zhu Biao's confession poured out like the water that broke the embankment.

Zhu Biao did not stop Zhu Biao, and Zhu needed to use this method to face up to his mistakes.

"Third brother, we were born in the emperor's family, and we have to restrain ourselves thousands of times more than ordinary people. We must always remind ourselves that although we are the rulers of the people, where would we be without them? If they don't support us, we won't be the rulers, but someone else will take our place. Therefore, you have to love them and think of them. Your soldiers, your guards, your cooks, or other common people, if they don't make a mistake, they don't even need to be beaten, and they shouldn't even be scolded. ”

"Big brother, I was wrong, I did everything by my own nature, without regard for their dignity and feelings. If I dare to beat them at will in the future, my eldest brother will chop off my hands. If I curse, my big brother will cut out my tongue! ”

Zhu's handsome face is red and white, and five finger prints are clearly visible.

Zhu Biao's words pierced Zhu Biao's heart word by word, he had never hated himself so much, and he even felt the pain of his father.