Three days later, the eastern capital of Annan, Shenglong, was captured by Zhang Fu's army.

After the Hu family became big, because he made his fortune in Thanh Hoa, he once moved the capital of Annam to the western capital of Thanh Hoa. However, Thang Long (Hanoi) is located in the center of the rich Dajiang Plain, with abundant food and dense population, and is still the largest and most prosperous city in Annam.

The Ming army entered Thang Long and immediately plundered. Zhu Gaoxu also transferred his subordinates to Thang Long to "station", but he never allowed his soldiers to plunder and plunder, nor did he order a ban.

At this time, Zhang Fu sent a letter again, suggesting that he report the victory and offer gifts to the imperial court, and Zhu Gaoxu did not object. But he knew very well in his heart that giving a gift meant more plunder.

Zhu Gaoxu's argument did not approve of this approach, but if he jumped out to stop it at this time, it would block the financial path of many people, so he never objected.

As expected, Wang Bin sent people to the outskirts of Thang Long to report that the generals, civil officials, and eunuchs in the army led people to loot the palace of the king of Annam, and collected strange treasures everywhere in the city.

Since he conquered Annam, the envoy who entered Beijing this time to report the victory will bring a large amount of money, treasures, and women to the Ming Emperor at the same time; The eunuchs also took in a lot of boys.

…… After waiting for another two days, Zhu Gaoxu took his entourage to Shenglong City.

The roads in the city were paved with bricks and stones, the hooves of horses rattled on the road, and the sound of the orderly footsteps of the infantry was like the beating of drums. The entire city seemed to tremble under the iron hooves of the Ming army.

There was a murderous atmosphere on the street, few pedestrians were seen, and from time to time people were crying on the ground. Many soldiers are still searching their homes, taking whatever they want; Not only do the good-looking little ladies have to be taken away as show girls, but sometimes even their young sons are taken away.

Zhu Gaoxu turned a blind eye to the scene on the road, and took a carriage all the way to the outside of the palace. When he stepped out of the carriage, Queen Chan also came down.

Zhu Gaoxu looked up at the tower of the palace and saw that its style was very similar to the architecture of the Ming Dynasty, similar to the house on the top of the hanging mountain, with the city tower and the que tower, but compared with the imperial city of Beijing, it was indeed a little smaller, the momentum was not enough, and there were some exotic characteristics.

On both sides of the avenue outside the palace, there were many surrendered civil and military generals and nobles kneeling, all of whom were well dressed, and even the official uniforms were quite similar to the round-necked official robes of the Ming Dynasty.

The surrendered officials did not dare to raise their heads, and silently succumbed to the sides. Zhu Gaoxu didn't know any of them, nor did he talk to them, and walked towards the main gate with the group.

This royal palace is estimated to be less than half the size of the Han Palace. Zhu Gaoxu didn't walk for a while, and quickly climbed the city tower. He stood on it for a long time, looking down at the land conquered by the Ming army.

He suddenly felt that his chest was wide, and his excitement could not be concealed.

It was a long time before he came back to his senses of novelty and found Queen Chan standing behind him. She was silent all the way.

Zhu Gaoxu remembered that she was the queen of Annan, so he said kindly: "The defeat is inevitably like this, when the monarchs and ministers of the Great Song Dynasty lost Bianjing, the capital was worse than Shenglong!" But as long as the fighting subsided, the queen could issue a decree that she would show compassion for the people and rest with them. ”

Chen said cautiously: "The king of Han is right, the people are suffering, and they are all because of the thieves who have caused trouble!" If it weren't for the rebellious ministers such as the Hu family and his son, why would Annan have suffered such a fate? ”

At this time, a cool breeze blew in the air, and Zhu Gaoxu turned his head and sighed in the face of this cool breeze. The red cloak he wore was also blown up by the wind, like a flag.

Chen's words reminded Zhu Gaoxu of his shock and incomprehension when the Qinzhan incident changed. At that time, he thought that the Hu clan would curry favor with the suzerainty and try to obtain the recognition of the suzerain, but unexpectedly, the Hu clan did the opposite! Not to mention directly killing Chen Tianping, he actually killed the envoys and soldiers of the Ming Dynasty and humiliated the Ming army in public...... What do you get by that?

Sure enough, in less than a year, the iron hooves of the Ming army broke through the mountains and rivers of Annan, and even Thang Long City groaned in pain in front of him. The Hu family's group of civil and military officers knelt under the city tower, where is the dignity at this time?

Therefore, Zhu Gaoxu believes that no matter how strange the world's conceptual thinking is, in the end, the world has its own laws, which will make everyone correct their unreasonable behavior!

After a while, Zhu Gaoxu said: "The lord of one party, whether it is a good person or a bad person, the worst is a stupid person, bad and stupid is even more terrible!" He paused slightly, and couldn't help but say: "This world should only be ruled by the capable!" ”

Chen did not show the slightest disgust, the gaze in her eyes was clearly full of awe and joy, and she seemed to agree with Zhu Gaoxu's words.

……

Annam's good news and gifts had not yet reached Jingshi, but the news quickly spread to the imperial city.

In addition to the fact that the Ming army completely smashed the defense line of the Great River and broke through the eastern capital, the government and the opposition were excited; Zheng He's fleet also reported good news from the south.

After the king of Champa agreed to form an alliance with the Ming court, he not only sent troops to cut off the Hu clan's retreat to the south, but also took the initiative to attack the army in the southern part of Annan, taking the opportunity to recapture the occupied territory and capture many generals of the Annan army.

Emperor Zhu Di was in a good mood, he didn't personally conquer Annan, and he couldn't sit still when he heard all kinds of good news, and he seemed to be bored in the palace, so he went to Xiaohong Mountain to hunt and practice.

The crown prince Zhu Gaochi has been nervous for a long time, and whenever there is something good in the court and his father is happy, he can breathe a sigh of relief.

Last night, Zhu Gaochi was relaxed for a while, and couldn't help but let a white and beautiful palace maid sleep. This kind of thing is nothing, but the next morning, he went to Xiaohongshan to be late for half a pillar of incense because he was tired and greedy for a while!

He came to the camp of Xiaohongshan, got off his horse with difficulty, and was sweating profusely in winter, and was very frightened.

However, fortunately, the father didn't seem to care, and his reaction to the prince's late arrival was also very cold. Zhu Gaochi breathed a sigh of relief, and even had a hint of luck: Did his father not notice that he was late?

There weren't many prey in winter, and the monarch was just going to the mountains to run around for fun. It was very pleasant all day, and when the emperor roasted mutton in the camp at noon, he also asked someone to give Zhu Gaochi a piece of leg meat.

Zhu Gaochi finally relieved himself and secretly warned himself not to be lax and negligent in the future.

In the afternoon, everyone rode back to the imperial city, Zhu Gaochi couldn't hunt, but he was tired from running and had a sore back, so he hurried back to the East Palace to rest. He was still thinking about the beautiful palace maid last night, and before he entered the Chunhe Palace, he decided to call her to pinch her legs and beat her back.

Zhu Gaochi personally came to the door of the house where the palace maid lived, and as soon as he walked to the door, he suddenly saw a corpse hanging on the beam of the room!

The eunuchs and palace maids around him suddenly knelt behind him.

Zhu Gaochi's eyes widened, he took half a step back, he didn't pay attention and didn't stand firm, his body staggered, and the eunuchs around him hurriedly supported him.

His face turned pale, his fingers trembling and pointed to the stiff corpse on the beam, "Who, who did it?!" ”

The eunuch who held Zhu Gaochi bowed his head and whispered: "The eunuch dog came to the East Palace in the morning, grabbed her and forcibly hanged her. That dog is very domineering in front of the slaves and maids in the palace, but he is not so bold as to dare to touch the prince without permission......

When Zhu Gaochi heard this, of course, he immediately understood what was going on. He was angry at first, then gasped, feeling cold in his hands and feet, and a sense of fear enveloped his body.

He didn't dare to say a word more, and he had already concluded in his heart: Among these eunuchs in the East Palace, there must be the eyes and ears of his father! Zhu Gaochi pondered the whispers of the eunuchs around him, the dog caught this palace maid immediately after arriving in Chunhe, and he must have known everything about the East Palace, and even knew who was sleeping in the dormitory.

Zhu Gaochi took another breath and said expressionlessly: "I made a mistake negligently, which hurt her." Tell someone to take away the corpse. ”

"Yes, Prince."

Zhu Gaochi turned around and walked away slowly after giving the order, he gritted his teeth and didn't look back. Although his demeanor was numb and cold, his heart was secretly dripping blood.

He just likes a palace maid, but he still wants to be taken away! The feeling of losing something he loved made him very depressed.

I felt even more humiliated in my heart. The dignified crown prince of the Ming Dynasty couldn't even keep the woman he liked, Zhu Gaochi's heart stabbed for a while, and his face couldn't help but feel hot.

Zhu Gaochi's heart was even more bottomless, and he couldn't touch his father's joy and anger at all. Perhaps my father was a moody man at all, and no one could guess his thoughts...... During the day today, Zhu Gaochi mistakenly thought that his father had been in a good mood recently and had nothing to do; But when a corpse hung in front of him, he felt that he was completely wrong!

Zhu Gaochi stayed in the palace until the end of the night, and ate a dinner with clear soup and little water and no meat, so he called Guo Yan to come to bed.

Except for Concubine Zhang, who he didn't want to touch at all, the only woman he could get close to now was probably Guo Yan. Anyway, Guo Yan was personally chosen by her father, and her mother's family is also the Hou Mansion, so it will not cause her father's dissatisfaction?

Guo Yan came to Zhu Gaochi's dormitory, spoke to him very gently, and comforted him a few words. Only then did Zhu Gaochi get some comfort, and the pain was slightly healed.

"Lady adopted a bunny today." Guo Yan whispered homely.

Zhu Gaochi said casually: "The two-year-old child is not raised by others, he just cares about playing." ”

Guo Yan said: "The prince is right, but Kai'er also has some intentions. At that time, the eunuchs brought several rabbits, and Zhan Ji chose first, and then Kai'er chose it. What kind of one did the prince guess? ”

Zhu Gaochi pondered slightly: "White? ”

Guo Yan smiled and said: "It is indeed a white rabbit, and it is a lame white rabbit." ”

"Huh?" Zhu Gaochi immediately became interested, "Why does Kai'er want to raise a lame rabbit?" ”

Guo Yan said softly: "Kai'er said that it is pitiful, and I am afraid that others will not raise it." ”

"Hehe......" Zhu Gaoxu suddenly smiled, "This kid has a good heart." ”

Guo Yan also smiled: "After all, he is the son of the prince, like you, he is kind and kind to people and things." ”