The roof of the Kunning Palace is higher than that of ordinary houses, and there are only two people in the huge hall at this time, which seems empty and lonely.

Zhu Gaochi cried, a little tired, and lay on the floor tiles without saying a word.

After a long while, Empress Xu let out a subtle voice. Zhu Gaochi hurriedly straightened up and put his head closer to listen. Empress Xu muttered: "I understand my son's difficulties, I have treated you too much. ”

Empress Xu breathed a sigh of relief and said slowly: "Since you were a child, you have not been loved by your father, and you have suffered a lot of grievances, I see it in my eyes and feel pain in my heart...... Gao Chi was born to me, how can I not feel sorry for you? Fortunately, you are good-natured, generous and humble, and you love your younger siblings...... Ahem, my mother is sick in bed now, and I can compensate you too little......"

"Queen Mother......" Zhu Gaochi's heart softened, and suddenly all the grievances and anger seemed to pour out of his heart and flow out of his tears.

The sun seemed to have reached a place where the clouds were thin, and the Kunning Palace suddenly brightened up.

Then Queen Xu said earnestly: "Your uncle is very fierce, just because he is the son of the Xu family and has high hopes, but he is originally a person who values love and righteousness, if you treat him sincerely, he will treat you a hundred times." Gao Chi wants to treat him well, and I want to see him again when I have a chance while I still have a breath. ”

Zhu Gaochi bowed and said, "The son obeys his mother's orders. ”

Empress Xu said again: "As the eldest brother, you must be fair and generous to your brothers and sisters, find a way to talk to Gao Xu, and come up with a compromise method." They are all brothers, what kind of hatred can't be resolved? ”

Zhu Gaochi said again: "Erchen remembers." ”

Empress Xu rested for a while, stretched out her trembling hand and said, "There is pen and ink over there, you go and get it, help me up, and I will write a decree for you with my own hand." ”

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly said: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, your body is the most important!" ”

"Gao Chi ......" Empress Xu's gaze became very fascinating.

Zhu Gaochi had to go and get something, and took another pair of futons and put them on Queen Xu's quilt. Under Zhu Gaochi's support, Queen Xu gritted her teeth and struggled to sit up, then took the pen and began to write.

"Rustling ......" The sound of the tip of the pen falling on the yellow silk paper was heard.

At this moment, a faint ray of sunlight came in between the windows, and the sun seemed to be in the gap between the clouds. The sunlight shone on Empress Xu's bloodless face, as if a layer of holy brilliance was shining. Zhu Gaochi's heart was soft and warm, and he felt the warmest feelings in the world for a while.

He was crying, his face covered with tears.

The voice full of indifference in the depths of my heart can no longer be found. Zhu Gaochi only thought that his mother could live a long life, but he only felt that the world was still full of family affection and warmth. He wanted to be as kind to everyone as possible, and he wanted the world to be bathed in the sun.

Zhu Gaochi choked up and said: "If God has eyes, I want to use my life to live a long and healthy life after changing my mother!" ”

Empress Xu glanced at him, "Don't say stupid things, there are still many big things waiting for you to complete, don't live up to your mother's heart." ”

Zhu Gaochi carefully took the decree, put it down first, and then carefully helped Empress Xu to lie down. Empress Xu's voice took out a key from the quilt again, and said, "Baoxi is in the cabinet over there, you go and look for it." ”

Zhu Gaochi first took a look at the content of Yizhi, which read: Jinyiwei commanded Ji Gang, deceived the superiors and deceived the subordinates to harm Zhongliang; More widely into the lust to confuse the saint. Yesterday, Ji Gang slandered and took the red pill tonic without permission, and he couldn't sleep on the night of the holy service, so he went to Kunning Palace in the middle of the night to talk to me and tell me the truth. I don't want the saint to go back to the Qianqing Palace this morning and fall ill.

At this time, the crown prince should be temporarily imprisoned and the Zhu approval should be changed to a blue approval. All the ministers are favored by the Ming royal family, and they should be loyal to the society, keep their duties, and assist the crown prince with their hearts. If there are those who have bad intentions and take advantage of the situation to cause chaos, please ask the crown prince to severely punish them.

…… Zhu Gaochi almost cried after reading Yizhi. At this time, Empress Xu's voice said coldly: "Those close servants and maids who have not done their duty, as well as those who are suspicious, you must not let them go!" ”

"The son will avenge his father!" Zhu Gaochi bowed.

Queen Xu said: "When your son grows up, don't cry and cry, go!" ”

Zhu Gaochi hurriedly stamped the queen's treasure seal, packed up his things, and returned the key to Queen Xu. He kowtowed in front of the bed and retired.

Zhu Gaochi walked out of Kunning Palace and saw the crown princess Zhang, who looked at him nervously and watched him walk down the steps step by step. Zhu Gaoxu nodded slightly to Zhang; Zhang glanced at the yellow satin he was holding in his hand again, and exhaled a long breath, as if his whole body had softened.

As soon as the chariot came out of the small door outside the Qianqing Gate, he saw Yuan Heng walking up quickly.

Yuan Jue said in a deep voice: "King Han and more than 100 other horsemen have run along the official road!" ”

Zhu Gaochi asked, "Have you told Master Daoyan about yesterday's incident?" ”

Yuan Jue nodded, stepped forward and whispered: "Master Dao Yan sighed for a while, and didn't say anything, only that he was too old to take care of mundane things. However, the monk Qingyuan followed out of Xuanzang Temple and told Xia Guan that there was anything he could discuss with him in the future. ”

So Zhu Gaochi took the car, and the others crowded around the Walking Rejuvenation and Palace. Zhu Gaochi took out the edict first and circulated it to the ministers.

At this moment, Yang Rong, an official of the East Palace, said: "Fortunately, the prince expected it and sent someone to Guizhou in advance. The most important thing now is to first transcribe a copy of the queen's decree, and order the political envoy to pass it to Guizhou, so that the Marquis of Zhenyuan (Gu Cheng) can have something to rely on. As long as the Marquis of Zhenyuan holds the King of Han, the overall situation can be decided! ”

Yang Shiqi, who was also an official of the East Palace, immediately retorted: "At that time, King Han was trapped in the palace alone, and we were prepared, but we couldn't hold him. Now that the King of Han has escaped, we are only pinning our trust on Guizhou to hold the King of Han, which may not be a safe way. ”

Yang Rong said: "Things were in a hurry, King Han's escape was just a fluke, but he also had a spy in the palace!" Now that the king of Han has returned to Yunnan with his troops, he must hurry up and return to Yunnan as soon as possible through Guizhou. Guizhou was initially decided, so far no three divisions have been built, the main roads are guarded by guards, and it is difficult for the Han King to fly with wings!

Although the Han King's subordinates were cavalry, there were more than 100 people, and it was inconvenient to change horses. Not long after he left, the crown prince immediately ordered that the Yizhi be transcribed and passed on to the Marquis of Zhenyuan, which would be delivered to the Marquis of Zhenyuan before the King of Han arrived in Guizhou. ”

Yang Shiqi said: "The lower officials don't dare to agree. At this time, it is not advisable to persecute too quickly, and should do everything possible to stabilize the king of Han and reconcile with him. The longer the time drags on, the more stable the situation of the imperial court will be, and the deployment of the imperial court around Yunnan will also take time, and it will be extremely beneficial to us to delay the time! ”

The crown princess said: "This matter can be discussed later, the queen mother has already thought of a way for the prince, please take care of the affairs of the palace first." ”

Zhu Gaochi thought it was kind.

…… Gu Cheng, the Marquis of Zhenyuan and the Right Governor of the Houjun Governor's Mansion, is seventy-seven years old, and he used to be a person who followed Taizu to fight the world. In the first year of Jianwen, he was transferred by the imperial court to the Zhending front line "Pingyan", followed by Geng Bingwen. Geng Bingwen's battle was unfavorable, and Gu Cheng was captured.

After Gu Cheng was captured, he surrendered very wisely, a general who had just surrendered, of course, could not be used on the front line, and King Yan immediately sent Gu Cheng to Beiping to assist Gao Chi to defend the city. Gu Cheng put forward many useful suggestions for city defense in Beiping, and gradually gained the trust and protection of the Shizi Mansion. Guo Zi and the then princess Zhang had a very good relationship with Gu Cheng.

It was precisely because of Gu Cheng's good performance and Gao Chi's efforts to protect him that he was not only not cleared after the "Battle of Jingyan", but was also made the Marquis of Zhenyuan, and continued to be reused by the saints and returned to Guizhou to be a feudal official.

Therefore, the prince wrote a letter to Gu Cheng and asked Guo Zi to sign it. At that time, the crown prince had no name and could not give any orders to a feudal official like Gu Cheng, so he could only rely on personal friends to write that letter. If Gu Cheng can understand, he should think of a reason for himself, first detain the King of Han, and then wait for the name of the imperial court.