Wherever Gao Xu's men went, Zhu Di had already been reported, and he was in a good mood recently.

Tomorrow, Zhu Di will be able to accept the prisoners. This is the first great victory of the Ming army since the "Battle of Jingnan", the Ming army not only quickly destroyed the Annan Kingdom, but also captured the thief leader Hu father and son and a cadre of ministers alive, the result is very good.

The eunuch Gou'er, who was sent to deliver the edict to Gao Xu a few months ago, had already returned to Beijing. The dog played Gao Xu's attitude of only the emperor's horse, and Zhu Di was very satisfied.

This Gao Xue is not only capable, but also very obedient. Children are obedient and filial, from the emperor to the common people, and they will be very pleased with this kind of thing.

The sound of the bell and drum had already sounded, and Zhu Di got up from the throne and walked out of the royal gate. Zhu Di glanced to the east, he had been thinking about Gao Xu just now, and suddenly he wanted to go and see the imperial grandson Zhanji.

Zhu Di said to the eunuch behind him: "Go straight to the Chunhe Palace, there is no need to send someone to tell the people over there." ”

The eunuch said: "The slave obeys the order!" ”

The imperial gate is Fengtianmen, at this time Zhu Di is standing on the pedestal on the north side of Fengtianmen, he went to the imperial chariot, surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids, and went north first. Then the group turned right on the brick square in front of the Fengtian Temple, and then walked east for a while to reach the Wenlou. Outside the Wenlou is another area in the imperial city, and the East Palace Chunhe Hall is here.

Because no one went to report to the East Palace in advance, when Zhu Di's imperial chariot came to the outside of the Chunhe Palace, the palace people were very surprised, and hurriedly knelt down on both sides of the door to bow down.

Zhu Di got out of the car, walked into the Chunhe Palace, and asked, "Where is Zhanji?" ”

A eunuch said: "Back to the emperor, the emperor's grandson finished writing and played in the pool." The slave maid immediately went to invite the imperial grandson to come and greet him! ”

Zhu Di shook his head and said: "I know that he is stubborn, and it just so happens that I also want to go, so let's go over." ”

The group went to the pool in the spring and temple halls. After a while, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi rushed over panting, knelt on the road and said: "The son of the minister returned to the palace from the Wenhua Palace, but I didn't know that my father had arrived, so I asked my father to surrender!" ”

Zhu Di didn't even look at him, maybe Gao Chi's fat and a little pouting posture was really not interesting. Zhu Di only said: "Get up, I don't blame you." ”

Gao Chi hurriedly said: "Son-in-law Xie Father's forgiveness. ”

After a while, Zhu Di saw Zhan Ji coming, the nine-year-old child was really stubborn, and he saw that Zhan Ji's hands were dirty. At this time, Zhan Ji shouted from afar: "Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang......"

Zhu Di laughed "haha", and several people around him also laughed. In this huge imperial city, the only person who is not afraid of Zhu Di is probably his grandson Zhu Zhanji.

Zhan Ji didn't have anyone else's submissiveness at all, he came up and kowtowed first, and immediately grabbed Zhu Di's big hand and said: "Grandpa Huang looks at the clay figurines I pinched, they can still fight!" ”

Zhu Di's hands were suddenly stained with mud, but he didn't care, and let Zhan Ji walk to the edge of the pool with a smile.

Zhu Di looked at the mud people and mud animals on the side of the pool, looked back and said with a smile: "Zhan Ji is like me, I also loved this when I was a child." ”

The crown prince stood a few steps away with a bow, not daring to speak, but the emperor likes Zhanji, which is actually a good thing for the prince. The eunuch next to him echoed.

Zhu Di lowered his head and spread out his hands, glanced at the mud on his palms, and then turned his head to the eunuch Wang Gou'er who was standing next to him and said, "Go dig some mud." ”

Wang Gou'er hugged the dust and bowed: "The slave obeys the order." ”

Zhu Di said to Zhan Ji: "Grandpa Huang will show you a hand, haha!" ”

The emperor is usually very serious and terrifying on the throne, although he is nearly fifty years old, he shows a childlike appearance in front of his grandson at this time. Everyone saw that the emperor was happy, and they all smiled appropriately, and they were not so nervous.

The cool breeze is around, the water is rippling, and the spring and the hall are filled with an atmosphere of family happiness for a while.

……

It was still spring when Zhu Gaoxu left Thang Long City, and it was already the height of summer when he led his army into the territory of Zhili. However, the difference between the spring in Annam and the summer in Kyoshi does not seem to be very large.

When the army marched to Xianrenji, it was already late in the evening, and Zhu Gaoxu ordered to camp and rest. No one in the army has any objections, and it is still necessary to enter Beijing to offer prisoners this time, and everyone will rest outside for one night, and tomorrow morning they will change their clothes and prepare a guard of honor.

Zhu Gaoxu paced around the gate, as if waiting for someone.

Not long after, sure enough, a man wearing a big hat came in, it was Chen Dazhui, the general of the palace guard. Zhu Gaoxu immediately beckoned him to come in and speak.

Walking into the hall, Zhu Gaoxu stepped back left and right, and walked into the bedroom with Chen Dazhui. Chen Dazhui took off his big hat, bowed and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wang, the last general has stayed in the jade shop for several days, and those people have come one after another. ”

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and motioned for him to continue.

Chen Dazhui whispered: "The first person to come was a short, fair-faced descendant, I had seen him before. I asked him, what is the situation of Jingshi? Hou Shengdao, he didn't know about military affairs, and it was very peaceful inside and outside the imperial city, but I heard that the queen had been sick for a few months. ”

Zhu Gaoxu knew in his heart that the descendant was Du Qianrui's younger brother Du Erlang, who was now working as an errand in Jinyiwei under the pseudonym Yang Yong. His mother's health had never been good, but it sounded worse now.

Chen Dazhui continued: "On the third day, another person came, Wang Zhenliang, the son of the horse; Two days later, a young scribe appeared, all of whom the last general had seen. I asked them the same thing, and they said the same thing, saying that they had recently met the Holy Lord in the court, and the court and China were often arguing about the affairs of the Annan Kingdom. ”

Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

He was originally the emperor's son, and Jingshi was also his family. But for some reason, I haven't been back for a few years, and it's a little strange; Or if he wanted to see his father, Emperor Zhu Di, he couldn't help but feel the pressure, so he was a little cautious.

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Mr. Chen, let's take a breath, let's enter Beijing early tomorrow morning!" ”

Chen Dazhui clenched his fists and said: "The last general will obey the order." ”

…… The sun did not rise early the next morning, and the clouds in the sky were very thick, as if it was going to rain, but it had not yet come down.

However, without the scorching sunshine of midsummer, there are more people on the roadside. A part of the Beijing officials greeted the ten miles of Beijing, and Zhu Gaoxu changed to a luxurious carriage called "Elephant Wheel".

The guards are well dressed and armored, and the iron horses open the way, and the red tassels on the helmets are seen swaying on the road, which is very beautiful. The subsequent ceremonial guards came in a hurry, and the battle was very large and very complicated, with all kinds of cards, umbrellas, covers, staffs, flags, swords, ritual instruments, drums, gongs, pipes, copper horns and other musical instruments, which dazzled people.

Zhu Gaoxu is the prince, but he himself can't figure out the rules of these pompous honor guards, which are so complicated, who has the heart to carefully pay attention to them one by one? So sometimes some civil officials impeach him for exceeding the rules, that is, the etiquette standards are exceeded, and he also feels very helpless; I can't understand it at all, how does he know if it's overdue? Occasionally, the civil officials of the Changshi Mansion will remind them, but obviously the civil officials of the Changshi Mansion will not always find problems.

The carriage that Zhu Gaoxu is riding in now is very luxurious, and there are yellow umbrellas and covers in the front and back of the carriage, just like the carriage of the Son of Heaven! The difference is only that the decoration on the carriage is different, and there are slight differences in the pattern on the umbrella cover. Even the Tuanlong robe he wore had the same pattern as the emperor wearing, only the color was different.

The guard of honor was followed by a line of prisoner carts surrounded by soldiers, loaded with the crimes of the Hu father and son and their important ministers. Before the conquest of Annan, the imperial court attached great importance to public opinion, which aroused the resentment and spurning of the officials and people of the government and the opposition against the Hu traitors. At this time, when Hu and others entered Beijing, the people on both sides of the road were angry and very noisy, and many people threw things on the prisoner carts.

Zhu Gaoxu picked up the corner of the curtain and saw that some people were scolding very fiercely and angry, as if the Hu traitors were their father-killers or had any impact on their vital interests. Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but say in his heart: What do you have to do with these people?

Perhaps people are just taking this opportunity to vent their other grievances on a daily basis.

All the way to Zhengyangmen, there were more officials who came to greet them, as well as nobles and ministers. Zhu Gaoxu stepped down from the elephant chariot, saluted Zhu Wenwu, and wanted to walk back to the carriage.

At this moment, Jin Zhong, an official in front of the crowd, stepped forward to speak. That Jin Zhong is also an old acquaintance, a confidant and strategist of the old Yan Wangfu, and now he is an official and military secretary, so Zhu Gaoxu beckoned him to come over.

Jin Zhong approached, and Duan Xue Hate next to him observed Jin Zhong vigilantly. Zhu Gaoxu looked calm, he knew that this Jin Zhong was a powerless literati, and they had known each other for a long time.

Jin Zhong stood up straight, and said: "There is a decree from the saint, after the prisoner car enters the city, it will be handed over to Jinyiwei first, and it will be disposed of after the conviction of the three judicial authorities, and then it will be announced to the world." His Royal Highness King Han entered the imperial city from Donghua Gate for a while, and immediately went to Kunning Palace. ”

Zhu Gaoxu's expression changed, and he asked in a low voice, "...... my queen mother?"

Jin Zhong said: "The lower officials have never been to the harem, so they have nothing to say, they only came to preach the will of the saints." ”

At this time, the surroundings were very noisy, so Zhu Gaoxu simply saluted and said, "The son of the minister has the order." ”

At this time, Jin Zhong took two steps to the side from his position just now, and said in a low voice: "However, the lower officials heard some rumors, and the queen's phoenix body seemed to be safe." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked worried, not all pretending, but he had already known about this through the traitorous spy in Jingshi, and Jin Zhong's words verified that the news of the traitorous spy was reliable. Although his affection for Empress Xu is not so deep, Empress Xu is a loving person, and with her, the royal family's affection can be a little more warm, so Zhu Gaoxu really hopes that she can get better. He hurriedly said: "As soon as I arrived in the imperial city, I immediately entered the palace to visit the queen mother. ”

He said that he was back on the elephant wheel. The elite cavalry and the guard of honor in front continued to march, and Zhu Gaoxu's carriage also entered the city from the Zhengyang Gate Yongdao, the city gate had already been opened, and the city gate was simply crowded with people, and it was very lively.