Since July, it has rained several times intermittently in Jingshi. As soon as the rain poured, the weather became noticeably colder, and the autumn mood became stronger.

Zhu Gaoxu was summoned, dressed up, put on a red black gauze dragon suit, and entered the palace to meet the emperor.

All the way from You'anmen into the imperial city, under the guidance of the eunuchs, Zhu Gaoxu entered the Qianqing Gate, and then walked through a sloping corridor and came to the Dongnuan Pavilion. At this time, he gradually discovered that he was the only prince who came to meet the saint today.

walked through the partition door, and sure enough, there was no one else inside except for his father and two eunuchs.

"The son knocks on his father, and his father lives forever!" Zhu Gaoxu saluted.

"Excuse me, get up." The emperor wearing a blue five-clawed dragon robe had a very kind tone.

Zhu Gaoxu said "Thank you, father", and then got up.

The emperor said: "Sit on the stool, and our father and son will talk." ”

Zhu Gaoxu thanked him again, and then carefully sat down next to him. After a while, the two eunuchs also went out of the partition fan, and Zhu Gaoxu glanced sideways slightly, and there were only two of them left in this small room.

The emperor pondered for a moment and said, "At the beginning of the year, your fourth uncle's funeral, Gao Xu went?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Back to my father, my son has gone." After the retainers went to the mourning hall to pay their respects, they left without eating. ”

The emperor lowered his voice and said in a deep voice: "But there is a person who should go to the funeral who didn't go, he is Xu Zengshou's brother-in-law, Xiping Marquis Musheng!" I have seen the gift book of Xu Zengshou's family with my own eyes, but Mu Sheng not only did not go to Beijing in person to mourn, but the whole family did not go to anyone, and even gave gifts. ”

When Zhu Gaoxu heard this, he was stunned for a while before he agreed: "Erchen also thinks that Mu Sheng really shouldn't be, no matter what, since his sister is married to the fourth uncle, everyone is a relative." ”

"Well......" the emperor said, "During the 'Battle of Jingnan', Xu Zengshou repeatedly told me about the military situation of the Jianwen army, and was killed by my emperor's nephew. Mu Sheng must have his heart towards Jianwen Dynasty and blame Xu Zengshou for doing so much! ”

Zhu Gaoxu said in a tentative tone: "Jianwen has been defeated, why didn't Mu Sheng judge the situation and be loyal to his father?" Or because of the 'Battle of Jingjing', Mu Sheng transferred Yunnan soldiers several times to make enemies of his father, so he was afraid in his heart? ”

"I can't tell why." The emperor frowned and said, "Hu Hu secretly told me in the matter that the descendants of the Marquis of Changxing ran to Yunnan for fear, but I didn't say that I wanted to punish them, what did they run?" Hu Hu is further verifying, maybe more old ministers and criminal ministers have also gone to Yunnan, that place is really a place to hide filth and dirt! ”

He glanced at Zhu Gaoxu, and said in a low voice: "The clues I got from Pu Qia, Jianwen himself may also be in Yunnan!" ”

"Ahh Zhu Gaoxu made a surprised expression.

…… The father and son were silent for a long time, but the emperor's words were obviously not spoken. When Zhu Gaoxu was silent, thinking about what his father wanted to say at this time, maybe it was a little difficult to say?

After all, in the past, his father promised to make Gao Xu the crown prince, and it was also when the father and son talked alone; At this moment, there is a certain similarity in the situation.

After a long time, Zhu Di finally spoke: "I have restored your seventeenth uncle's throne of King Min and let him return to Yunnan." But King Min is not a member of our family after all, and I can't talk to him about many things. King Min and Mu Sheng have a deep old grudge, but it's not all good things, he cares about revenge, but ignores big things, whether it's black or white, and makes the situation like a pot of porridge......"

Gao Xu just nodded, but did not say a word.

In fact, just mentioned Xu Zengshou's funeral and said that Mu Sheng didn't go, Gao Xu had already guessed something. Now that he has said this, he can use his toes to think about what his father means!

Rao is Gao Xu had long lost hope for the position of the crown prince, but when he understood that his fiefdom was Yunnan, he was still a little annoyed and disappointed!

Gao Xu has long known what promises cannot be taken seriously. Now it seems that this is the case.

Yunnan is a place with good scenery in later generations, and Kunming is a spring city with four seasons like spring; But in the Ming Dynasty, it was not so good, the Central Plains civilization entered Yunnan for only 20 years, the development was not enough, the Han population was not large, and the road to go was far and difficult to walk, which was obviously not a good place.

…… Zhu Di paused, and finally said his words: "I want Gao Xu to go to Yunnan to be the king, see what Mu Sheng means, it would be better if I could find Jianwen's whereabouts." Gao Xu is a person close to me, and this kind of thing can only be relieved if it is handed over to you. ”

Gao Xu didn't say anything for a long time, and his face turned a little red.

When he looked up at his father, he saw that his father's expression was sincere, and his face did not change at all! The person who became the emperor broke his word and pretended to forget, and he did it naturally, and he was really thick-skinned.

"Your queen mother said that the prince asked your eldest brother to do better, otherwise Gao Chi would not be able to deal with himself." Zhu Di said earnestly, "Gao Xu resents me? ”

Gao Xu shook his head and said without hesitation: "Erchen really doesn't want to be the crown prince. But ......"

At this moment, he had a lot of thoughts in his head, most of which were very messy, including some speculation about his father's mentality......

There are more than a dozen provincial-level regions and countless cities under the big tomorrow, why does it have to be the place where birds don't in Yunnan? Maybe the father's verbal reasons are not entirely false, and that is one of the considerations; But Gao Xu thinks there is much more to these reasons.

A successful person like my father can succeed because of countless wise and correct decisions. Therefore, after repeatedly verifying the results of his decision-making, his father should be very confident. Confident, powerful people who believe in their own judgment and want to be in control! Including controlling several sons and making them all obedient.

Gao Xu has already behaved very obediently, but people often unconsciously make inches! Otherwise, if Gao Xu is not so obedient, wouldn't his father have to endure it as much as possible? And now, his father ordered him to go to Yunnan to further test him, how obedient is he?

Even Gao Xu does not resist Zhu Di's will, will make Zhu Di's desire to control the overall situation more satisfying, will it make him very useful, right?

…… Gao Xu felt that it was beneficial to properly express his dissatisfaction and true emotions. Otherwise, if he is too forbearing, his father may suspect him and hold back his resentment.

So Gao Xu said, "It's just ...... Why should I go to that place in Yunnan? Isn't it possible to Suzhou, Yangzhou, and Hangzhou! ”

When Zhu Di heard the names of those places, he seemed to roll his eyes, but he said kindly: "Gao Xu wants to worry about me, you go to Yunnan first, and when the matter is done, won't I change places for you with a holy decree?" ”

"Is what my father said true?" Gao Xu asked.

"Seriously! I am the son of heaven, can I still play when I speak? "Zhu Di is serious. What he meant was that he would never admit his previous promises and treat them as child's play, because he was not the Son of Heaven at that time?

Gao Xu was sullen and silent.

Seeing this, Zhu Di said: "Gao Xu can leave Beijing after a while, and I will ask someone to build the palace in Yunnan for you to be big and good, find another place in Beijing to build a palace, and wait for you to live when you return to Beijing." ”

"Thank you, Father, Emperor." Gao Xu was still sullen. But he never let his father feel that the emperor's will was resisted.

Zhu Di continued: "Gao Xu will go to see your mother in a while. After you got married, your mother was talking about Gao Sui's marriage, and she fell in love with Xu Zhang's daughter, and you probably have time to see your third brother get married.

And your third and fourth sisters are going to marry Song Sheng's son, this is my decision. ”

Gao Xu bowed and said, "The son of the minister has the order." ”

Zhu Di looked at Gao Xu for a while, and then said, "Your queen mother is in Kunning Palace." Go out of the East Warm Pavilion and ask Zheng He to take you there. ”

Gao Xu got up and bowed: "Erchen retires." ”

"Go ahead." Zhu Di nodded lightly and watched Gao Xu walk through the partition door.

Walking out of the East Warm Pavilion, Zhu Gaoxu tilted his head and glanced at the gray sky above the corridor. It's not raining today, but I can't see the sun.

said that he was going to be promoted to the prince, and he obviously didn't have a pleasant feeling at all.

But how unhappy I am, I really don't. Even if it is the border of Yunnan, he is still a prince and has a transcendent status in the local area, how bad can he be?

At most, I was a little disappointed, but I didn't expect it to be sealed in one of the worst places. As the saying goes, where there is no hope, there is no disappointment...... It turned out that Gao Xu thought that his father did not give him the crown prince, and he heard that his father would compensate a little.

Apparently overthinking.

"It's going to rain this day." Zheng He's voice said suddenly.

Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at him, nodded and said, "It seems to be miles, all clouds." ”

Zheng He hugged his fists again and said: "The slave and maid congratulate the prince in advance on being named the king of Han." ”

"King Han?" Zhu Gaoxu blurted out, glanced at Zheng He again, and immediately understood the meaning of this sentence: The fief and title were not decided today, Zheng He already knew in advance.

Zhu Gaoxu showed a smile: "It's easy to say." I became a prince from the king of the county, and I feel okay, but the fief is a little farther away. In the future, if you want to go to Beijing to see your father, queen mother, relatives and friends in Beijing, it will not be so convenient. ”

Zheng He said: "When the emperor and the queen miss the prince too much, they may change the seal a little closer." ”

"I hope so." Zhu Gaoxu said, "I really don't like the place in Yunnan and the current Yunnan. ”

The Qianqing Palace stood on the wide, empty brick floor, and the two of them walked north from the side of the Qianqing Palace to the base of the Kunning Palace. At this time, Zhu Gaoxu saw Miaojin standing on the stone steps.

"I didn't think that my little aunt was still in the palace." Gao Xu greeted.

"King Gaoyang." Miao Jin gave the salute first, and then said, "The queen is weak, so I will stay in the palace for a period of time to recuperate for the queen." ”

Because Zheng He was on his side, Zhu Gaoxu was inconvenient to say more, so he said, "I'm going to Yunnan, and the fief that my father wants to give me is over there." ”

Miaojin's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she was silent for a while before she asked softly, "When are you leaving?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "I don't know, maybe I can stay for two or three months." My father told me to wait until my third brother got married before leaving. ”

"Oh." Miao Jin answered, and then fell silent. In the eyes of others, she doesn't seem to care too much, so she asks less, but there is sadness in her eyes.

Sometimes people don't want to speak, but it's not because they don't have anything to say.

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