The Lan Yu case has come to an end for the time being, and the basic executions that have been caught in the edict have been executed, and the courtiers are also relieved, and everyone can sleep with peace of mind, without the need to say goodbye to the court and family, and there is no need to worry about the Jinyi guard suddenly knocking on the door at night. Soon, Zhu Yuanzhang revoked Jinyiwei's right to interrogate and imprison, and all the suspects were handed over to the Three Law Divisions for processing, and Jiang Zhen was given to death. The tension in the imperial court gradually eased, but the impact was huge, the imperial court lost a duke, thirteen marquises, and two counts, and the meritorious generals except for Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, and Guo Ying, Marquis of Wuding, were basically executed, and there was a sense of sadness and disappointment in the army. This point Zhu Yunwen can feel from Geng Xuan, Wu Sheng, Guo Key, Song Xuan, and even Xu Huizu and Chang Sheng, everyone has become an abacus bead, the emperor only does what he asks him to do, and he never takes the initiative to do things, everyone is very satisfied, and there are many fewer things that corrupt the law.

Zhu Yunwen saw all this, but he couldn't do anything, but he decided to change something, otherwise when Zhu Yuanzhang passed away, then he would have no available soldiers, and there would be no ministers to rule the world. He secretly made a decision to form his own team, and now Grandpa Huang should not be so sensitive.

In August, outside the Jinchuan Gate.

Zhu Yunwen took Geng Xuan and others to look into the distance on the Jinshui Bridge outside the Jinchuan Gate, and the clear Jinshui River flowed happily under the bridge. Geng Xuan and the others looked at Zhu Yunwen and couldn't help but be a little worried, they could feel Zhu Yunwen's recent silence, and they didn't know what the imperial grandson was thinking or worrying about, but they could feel that he had something in his heart, but they didn't dare to ask, and they didn't dare to discuss it privately. As companions, they have been regarded as the hardcore of the imperial grandson, even their family, and sometimes they feel that choosing them as companions may have prevented their family from being affected in the Hu Lan and two cases, and they are grateful for this. And the imperial grandson is indeed benevolent, filial piety and generosity, sincere and courteous, they believe that the imperial grandson will be a good emperor in the future, and he will have a bright future.

Zhu Yunwen didn't know what the next four companions were thinking, his mood was very complicated, since his father passed away, he will meet the future enemy for the first time today, his fourth uncle Yan Wang Zhu Di. Today, his five uncles came to the dynasty, namely the King of Qin, the King of Jin, the King of Yan, the King of Zhou, and the King of Qi. The holy decree made them have to go to Beijing today, so Zhu Yuanzhang asked Zhu Yunwen to greet them, and told him that these people are Yunwen's uncle Wang, and they are his own family, although Yunwen is the prince, but in addition to the court, he still has to perform family rites, that is, he wants to greet several uncles as nephews. Zhu Yunwen nodded yes and brought people out.

The weather is getting hotter and hotter, Zhu Yunwen is still waiting on the bridge, and it is almost time, and a cloud of smoke and dust is raised in the distance. Geng Xuan shouted: "Your Highness, it's here." Zhu Yunwen walked from the bridge to the opposite side, waited in the middle of the road, and after a while, two war horses galloped first, a purple-faced one on the left, wearing a black robe, in his thirties, holding a horsewhip in his hand, looking forward to it, riding a jujube red horse, under the light of the sun, like the god of war, this is Zhu Di, the Yan King of the Ming Dynasty; The white-faced face on the right, younger, dressed in a white robe, riding a white horse, this is Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, he took the lead and shouted: "Fourth brother, the younger brother is ahead, it seems that your riding skills are like that, hahahaha!" Seeing someone in front of him, he didn't stop, and he didn't stop until he was four or five steps away from Yun Wei, and said casually: "Which one are you?" Was it sent by my father to greet the king? ”

I heard the young man standing below bow down and salute, and said, "Uncle Qi, the emperor's grandfather sent Yun Wei to greet Uncle Wang, and he was late to greet him, and he hoped to forgive his sins." ”

King Qi paused for a moment, and said in a daze: "Oh, you are Yun Wei, come to greet Uncle Wang." ”

At this time, I heard that King Yan had dismounted behind him, walked a few steps quickly, walked to King Qi's side, pulled King Qi off his horse, and said in a low voice: "Seventh brother, come down quickly, Yun Wei is now the emperor's grandson." ”

"Oh, oh," King Qi hurriedly dismounted and saluted with King Yan: "The minister Zhu Yu/Zhu Di has seen His Royal Highness the Imperial Sun." ”

Zhu Yunwen waited for the two uncles to finish the salute before he walked up and held the two of them: "The two uncles salute Yunwen, isn't it a torment for the little nephew, the emperor's grandfather ordered the little nephew to greet the uncles, what about the other uncles?" ”

"They are still in the carriage behind, let's ride over, faster, Yun Wei, you wait a minute." Yan Wang said.

"Oh, Liu Zhen, take the two uncles to take a rest, serve melons, fruits, and tea to the two uncles, and when the other uncles come over, we will go into the palace together to see our father."

The two princes were really tired, so they drank water and rested beside them, and after a while, King Qi held a melon in his hand and staggered over: "Yun Wei, how long have you been waiting?" ”

"Back to Uncle Wang, Yun Wei has been waiting for about an hour." Zhu Yunwen turned around and said.

"Yun Wei, you came out so early, it's really hard for you." King Yan also walked over and said.

"No, my nephew should greet Uncle Wang."

After a while, the cars of King Qin, King Zhou, and King Jin also arrived at Jinshui Bridge, King Zhou and King Jin got out of the car to greet Yun Wei, King Qin did not come down, Yun Wei asked, only to know that King Qin was not in good health, so he hurried over to say hello. Qin King Zhu Zhang's face was pale, coughed a few times, and said, "Yun Wei, Uncle Wang is not in good health, so he won't get out of the car, don't be surprised." ”

"Uncle Wang, rest well, wait until you enter the palace, let the imperial doctor take a look." He turned back to King Qin's guards and said, "Drive slowly, pay attention to Uncle Wang's body." ”

After greeting the uncle and nephew, King Yan, King Qi and Yun Wei each got on their horses and walked together, in order to take care of the speed of the car, so they traveled very slowly. After entering the Jinchuan Gate, there were honor guards protecting the front and back, and the group chatted while walking on the street.

King Qi and King Yan asked about Zhu Yuanzhang's physical condition, and when they heard that he was in poor health because of the Lan Yu case, they couldn't help but scold Lan Yu. Zhu Yunwen took a closer look and found that King Qi was simply venting, while King Yan was a little distressed.

The people on both sides couldn't help muttering as they watched the nobles move forward.

"Look, that's King Yan, so handsome, I heard that it was the god of the Ming army, and the Mongols who fought fled in the wilderness."

"That little one is the emperor's grandson, he looks so young, can he be the emperor?"

"The emperor's grandson is a good fate, I still think King Yan is more handsome."

"Don't talk nonsense, don't die."

"I heard that the imperial grandson is filial piety for the crown prince and has not yet accepted a concubine, what do you think of me? Maybe I have a chance? ”

"Hehe, you look like this, if you can choose, I will go and drink the water of the Jinshui River."

"I don't know what the prince in the car looks like, I can't see it."

Geng Xuan and the others heard the discussion of the people next to them, and then looked at the grandson who was very respectful to the uncles, and the uncles were at ease, they couldn't help but feel angry: Although the grandson is a junior, he is the prince, these princes are neither big nor small, and there will be problems in the future. They seemed to understand some of the worries in the heart of the imperial grandson.

The group passed through the Jingshi and entered the imperial city from the Chengtian Gate, and the mighty crowd alarmed the officials of all departments, whether it was the people of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies or the Six Divisions of the Imperial Court, or came out, or peeked out of the window, to observe the imperial grandson and the five kings who entered the capital. As soon as he entered the Chengtian Gate, the eunuch Changfu was waiting there, and after seeing the group, he hurriedly walked up and bowed and saluted: "His Royal Highness the Taisun, the five princes, the emperor has set up a banquet in the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, please come with me." ”

In the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang was still criticizing the folds, but he would look out from time to time, and it was almost noon, Changfu sent the little eunuch back to report that the five princes had arrived at Chengtianmen, and they would arrive immediately. After a while, the five princes and the imperial grandson walked towards the Qianqing Palace, and suddenly Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, he found that the five princes were walking side by side, and Zhu Yunwen was slightly half a step behind. In a daze, the five Qin kings and the imperial grandson approached and kowtowed: "See Father/Imperial Grandfather, Father/Imperial Grandfather Fushou and Health." Zhu Yuanzhang happily asked everyone to get up, fixed to see a few sons, and the more he looked at it, the more pleased he became: "Okay, today, regardless of the monarch and minister, just the father and son, I will set up a banquet in the side hall to wash the dust for you." ”

In the side hall of the Qianqing Palace, everyone sat down, Zhu Yuanzhang was at the top, Zhu Yunwen sat with him, and the others took their seats in turn, Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand, except for the palace lady and the eunuch who stayed to serve, everyone else turned around and went out. Zhu Yuanzhang first raised his glass: "I am very happy today, Zhang'er, Li'er, Di'er, Lu'er, and Zhen'er, you are still in the court today, come, and have a drink with me." And they drank it all. Zhu Di, the king of Yan, first raised his glass: "Father, I haven't seen him for many days, my son has been very worried about my father's body, and I finally saw it today, but my father is older than before, Di'er is here to honor my father, and I wish my father a long life and eternal health." As he spoke, he choked up and tears flowed out.

Zhu Yuanzhang was also very excited: "Di'er, I haven't seen you for a long time, and I am both happy and worried to see you fighting against Mongolia in Northern Xinjiang on the song, but as a Ming royal family, this is a responsibility that must be fulfilled." Di'er, you are a thousand-mile horse of our family, you must work hard to guard the northern frontier for the Ming Dynasty and share your worries for me. ”

Zhu Di hurriedly attended and knelt down: "Father, the sons must obey the will of their fathers and guard the northern frontier for the Ming Dynasty, as long as the sons have a breath, the northern defense line will be impregnable." ”

"Good, good!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and drank a glass of wine.

Several other princes toasted in turn.

However, when King Qin was toasting, Zhu Yuanzhang put down his wine glass: "Zhang'er, have you not been in good health recently?" ”

"Yes, Father, I've been weak lately and always coughing."

"Why didn't you tell your father earlier, my father sent a doctor to treat you."

"Erchen has worried his father, but it's just an old problem, just take some medicine."

Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand and beckoned Changfu: "Today, several princes are staying in the palace, you go and arrange it, and send the imperial doctor to treat King Qin, you must be careful." Changfu nodded yes.

After a while, Zhu Yunwen stood up and walked to the center of the banquet and faced Zhu Yuanzhang: "Grandpa Huang, Uncle Wang, today our Zhu family gathers together, Yunwen, as a junior, here I wish Grandpa Huang a long life and eternal health, and I wish all Uncle Wang and his family happiness." Zhu Yuanzhang picked up the wine glass: "Very good, Yun Wei, I am very happy, you are so benevolent and filial, worthy of being the imperial grandson of the Ming Dynasty, come, everyone raise a glass and toast." ”

......

Because it was a luncheon, it ended quickly, and the five princes and Zhu Yunwen said goodbye to Zhu Yuanzhang and went to rest. Zhu Yuanzhang thought back to today's situation and felt a little wrong, oh, by the way, Yun Wei was only an imperial grandson at the banquet, not an imperial grandson, and his uncles didn't seem to respect him very much, which is indeed a problem. He thought for a while and said to Changfu: "You go to the Ministry of Rites to pass the decree and order that a prince should immediately draw up a ceremony for the prince to meet the emperor's grandson. ”

In the evening, Zhu Yuanzhang held a banquet in the Jinshen Palace, and the civil and military officials and public lords in Beijing all came to welcome the five princes together. The five princes of the banquet were just about to enter the palace, but they were stopped by Changfu, and the princes were stunned. Changfu took out a holy decree and said to the five princes: "Five princes, take the decree." ”

The five people hurriedly knelt down and listened to the decree of Changfu, and after listening to it, their brains exploded, and the holy decree redefined the etiquette for the prince to meet the imperial grandson, and asked the prince to bow to the imperial grandson four times, and then he could talk about the family ceremony. The five of them glanced at each other and reluctantly agreed. After entering the door, the hundred officials had already arrived, and when they saw that the five kings were coming, they hurried over to salute.

After a while, the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen arrived, and with the registration of the eunuchs at the door, all the officials and the five princes came out to salute, and after saluting, Yunwen asked everyone to calm down, and walked to the main seat and sat down. When Zhu Yuanzhang came, everyone saluted together, and the voice of long live our emperor resounded throughout the palace.

The emperor gave a banquet, and everyone couldn't eat enough. Yun Wei is no exception, but he is paying more attention to the expressions of the five uncles, and he found that compared with noon, the five princes are a little interested, often talking to each other, and will secretly glance at his side, and he doesn't know whether he is looking at Zhu Yuanzhang or himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the high platform, with an unobstructed view of the things below, in fact, he had already known from the eunuchs present about the unnaturalness and reluctance of his son when Changfu announced the decree, which couldn't help but make him feel a little annoyed, Yun Wei respected them very much during the family ceremony, and personally went out of the city to greet them, and he also regarded himself as a junior at the banquet, but these sons said this, and couldn't help but let him be disappointed and vigilant. He didn't want his Ming Dynasty to have an internal fight. But what to do, he really hasn't figured out yet.

Halfway through the banquet, Zhu Yuanzhang felt tired and left first, letting Zhu Yunwen preside. Zhu Yunwen thought about it for a while, and let his four companions read and dance swords to cheer up, these people gave him a long face, and his superb martial arts won a full house. Then Zhu Yunwen asked the civil and military officials to toast to the five princes, and the five princes were a little dark, and nodded to Zhu Yunwen. In the end, let the Wenchen who was doing it compose poems, and finally Huang Zicheng, the secretary of Taichang Temple, took the lead, and was happy to see his teacher win the championship, Zhu Yunwen gave fifty taels of gold on the spot.

After the dinner, the ministers came out after giving the salute. Zhu Yunwen walked to the door of the hall to see everyone leave, and suddenly, someone patted him on the shoulder: "Yes, I didn't expect my nephew to be so glorious." Yun Wei looked back and saw that it was Zhu Di, the king of Yan, Zhu Di was already a little drunk, standing next to him, and said with emotion. Zhu Yunwen was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to interface. Suddenly, an official next to him scolded sharply: "His Royal Highness King Yan, please respect yourself, His Royal Highness Taisun is the prince, there is a difference between the monarch and the minister, how can he be so contemptuous." The two looked back and saw that it was Huang Zicheng. Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then smiled and said, "I'm sorry, Yun Wei, fourth uncle, I'm a little drunk, go back to bed first." Huang Zicheng said angrily: "You ......" Zhu Yunwen smiled and stopped Huang Zicheng, and said to Zhu Di: "Uncle Wang go back first, don't take it to heart." Then he watched Zhu Di leave.

The next morning, Zhu Yunwen arrived at the Qianqing Palace and found that Zhu Di was also there, Zhu Di saw him, so he bowed to the ground: "Your Royal Highness, the minister lost the monarchy and the courtier's body last night, hurry over this morning to apologize, please forgive Uncle Wang this time." Zhu Yunwen was stunned, turned his head to look at Zhu Yuanzhang, Zhu Yuanzhang smiled and said: "Your Uncle Yan Wang lost his temper last night, I also heard about it, and your Uncle Wang came to ask me for guilt early this morning, and then you came, I will ask you for guilt." Zhu Yunwen hurriedly helped up King Yan: "Uncle Wang is not like this, Yunwen is young and ignorant, and he still needs Uncle Wang's help, and the northern border defense still needs to rely on Uncle Wang." King Yan apologized and repented for a while, and the two of them sat down. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them and said: "Yun Wei is the prince, the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Di'er, you are the king of Yan, responsible for the northern defense line to resist the Mongol invasion." You are all a family, although you are a monarch and a minister, but you must cooperate sincerely to ensure that my Ming dynasty is forever. The two nodded yes. Zhu Di thought to himself: It's worth coming to Beijing this time, my father trusts me more, and after this time, Yun Wei Xiao'er will slander me in the future, and my father won't believe it, but will think that he can't tolerate his relatives, hahaha, although Zhu Di is very sad on the surface, but his heart is happy. Zhu Yunwen is about to scold his mother in his heart, Grandpa Huang, Grandpa Huang, can't you see such a simple plan? still trust Zhu Di so much, in the future, I said that I don't trust Zhu Di, maybe you will still think that I am taking revenge for personal gain, if Lan Yu is so to himself, I am afraid that Lan Yu will die a long time ago, it seems that he has to rely on himself.

Soon it was time to go to court, Zhu Yunwen accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang to the court, and Zhu Di also attended the court. Zhu Yuanzhang sat on the dragon chariot, looked at his grandson walking beside him, looked at his dejected appearance, and understood that his grandson was not stupid, he was not fooled by Zhu Di, nor was he persuaded by his own words. Zhu Yuanzhang decided not to show his mouth for the first time and see how his grandson dealt with this matter.