Gao Shi saw that Zhu Ao frowned and didn't speak, and said, "Ao'er's illness is just right, how can you move around casually?" It's not too late to see that person in a few days, anyway, he has so many people to serve, and it's not bad for us to be alone. ”

Zhu Ao wanted to stand up, but his legs were weak, so he had to sit down and say, "It's okay mother." I'm all right now, and I should go see the prince. The crown prince takes good care of our brothers, and he is the prince, and he is sick, so it is not good for me to go earlier. ”

Gao Shi wanted to say something more, but in the end he just let out a long sigh and said, "Okay, you can eat your stomach first." Then he told Dainu to serve a bowl of bird's nest porridge.

After drinking two bowls of bird's nest porridge in a row, Zhu Ao's physical strength recovered a lot, and he said to a little eunuch beside him: "Huai'en, change your clothes." ”

When Gao heard this, he took Dai Nu and the others out of the room. Under Huai'en's service, Zhu Ao quickly put on his clothes, and in order to show his respect for the prince, he deliberately wore a valuable dress.

After nearly half an hour's journey, Zhu Ao came to Zhu Biao's dormitory - Wenhua Hall of the Ming Palace. Wynne spoke to the eunuch guarding the door, and the eunuch went in to report. Zhu Ao took this opportunity to tidy up his clothes, and then stood respectfully at the bottom of the steps waiting for the summons. During the period, he also pricked up his ears to listen to the news, how much he hoped that Lao Zhu happened to pass by here, and when he saw the appearance of his brothers, friends and brothers, he gave a big thumbs up in his heart. It's a pity that after waiting for a long time, not a single bird flew in.

After a while, the little eunuch who went in to report came back and reported, saying, "The prince invites the prince to come in." ”

Zhu Ao unconsciously felt a little nervous in his heart, after all, this was the first time he had been polite to someone in this world, and the other party was still a dignified prince, and Lao Zhu might be in it. Over the years, there have been more and more people crossing over, maybe people have already known about it, and when they saw that they were acting intentionally, they immediately killed them as monsters.

Zhu Ao finally straightened his hat and said to Huai En, "You wait for me here." Then he followed the prince's eunuch into the Wenyuan Pavilion of the Wenhua Palace, where Zhu Biao rested.

If you don't know, you will be scared if you go. Zhu Ao originally thought that Zhu Biao had just summoned him, but he didn't expect a bunch of people to be crowded in the room, but fortunately, Zhu Ao knew all the people in it, and they were Zhu Biao's sons: Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Yunxi, etc. and his wife Lu, Li, and daughter. In addition, his younger brothers who did not have a vassal - the old sixteenth Zhu Chang (King Qing's fief is in Ningxia, and Zhu Ao is a neighbor), the old seventeenth Zhu Quan (King Ning), the old nineteen Zhu Lu (King of the Valley), and the old twenty Zhu Song (King Han, he himself is not a vassal, and his son is Pingliang, not far from Zhu Ao).

There was a hint of sorrow on everyone's faces, and it seemed that everyone already knew the end of the prince. Zhu Biao saw Zhu Ao coming in, and said with his body bold: "Fourteenth brother, I heard that you are also not lightly ill, you should have a good rest in the mansion." ”

Zhu Ao's heart was moved, it seemed that Zhu Biao's benevolence was not deliberately made up by historians, and thinking of Zhu Biao's care for himself, he couldn't help but have a sour nose, and said: "Thank you for the prince's concern, the younger brother is fine." I was really worried about the prince in my heart, so I rushed over, hoping not to disturb the prince's rest. "Nonsense, so many people are gathered here, it's no wonder that they don't disturb the patient's rest!

Zhu Biao said weakly: "It's okay. The fourteenth brother happened to come to see me, and I was very happy in my heart. After saying that, he coughed heavily a few more times. caused everyone to be in a hurry.

At this time, a crisp communication came from outside - Lao Zhu is here. Everyone flashed to the sides and knelt down, but did not dare to speak loudly, but tried to show their sadness.

Lao Zhu ignored this group of people, walked straight to Zhu Biao's bed, and asked the imperial doctor, "How is the prince's condition?" ”

The Imperial Doctor said: Didn't you just ask? What changes can be made in such a short period of time, but he still said with great trepidation: "The minister is incompetent, please forgive the emperor." ”

Lao Zhu's face was pale, and he took a sharp breath of cool air, so frightened that the imperial doctor lay on the ground and didn't dare to make a sound.

Seeing this, Zhu Biao hurriedly said: "Father, they have done their best, please don't punish them, it can be regarded as accumulating some yin virtue for your son." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang comforted Zhu Biao a few words, and said to the people kneeling on the ground: "You guys go out first, I'll say a few words to Biao'er alone." After speaking, his eyes swept to Su Wang Zhu Hao, and a look of surprise appeared slightly on his face.

Everyone quit in unison, slowly exiting step by step, but they didn't dare to leave, and they all stayed outside the door.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Zhu Biao, who was weak and weak, the muscles on his always serious face began to twitch, his eyes turned red unconsciously, and tears flowed, this is his eldest son, although he has more than 20 sons, but the birth of no son can excite him more than Zhu Biao's arrival. The joy of being a father for the first time is always unforgettable.

Zhu Biao was born in the army that captured Taiping Mansion, and the birth of his eldest son brought great joy to Zhu Yuanzhang in the battle. After receiving the report, Zhu Yuanzhang excitedly carved a stone on a local mountain and said: "Those who come to this mountain will not suffer and have no heirs." "The excitement is palpable. Since then, Zhu Yuanzhang has carefully cultivated Zhu Biao as his successor, and his efforts on Zhu Biao are no less than in national affairs.

At the same time, Zhu Biao's biological mother Queen Ma (this article is a novel, and Zhu Biao is not the protagonist, so I don't dwell on this issue, thinking that Zhu Biao's biological mother is Queen Ma) and Zhu Yuanzhang are a couple in distress. His beloved wife died early, and Zhu Yuanzhang's feelings for Queen Ma naturally shifted to Zhu Biao.

Many founding masters in history have similar experiences, such as Liu Xun, Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, who was unwilling to abolish the crown prince he was not optimistic about because of his wife; Another example is Zhang Zuolin, out of guilt for his wife Zhao Chungui, he doted on his eldest son Zhang Xueliang very much.

It is said that once Zhu Biao made a mistake, Zhu Yuanzhang stretched out his hand to hit him, Zhu Biao hurriedly took out a picture of Queen Ma breastfeeding on horseback, Zhu Yuanzhang softened when he saw it, and spared Zhu Biao.

All the above stories can see Zhu Biao's status in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind. He not only pinned on Lao Zhu's few feelings, but also absorbed almost all of Lao Zhu's efforts. Now that all this is about to come to naught, how can Lao Zhu not be moved?

Zhu Biao looked at his old father, felt very sad, and muttered: "Father, the child is not filial, and he can't serve his father and the emperor for the rest of his life." ”

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't control it anymore, and cried "woo", and said, "Biao'er, why does the sky treat you like this, why do you treat me like this?" ”

When a group of people kneeling outside the door heard Lao Zhu's heart-rending cry, they thought that Zhu Biao was gone, but no one dared to go in and ask, just knelt motionless on the ground and waited for Lao Zhu's instructions.

Zhu Biao comforted his father and said: "Father, the child is thirty-seven years old, it is not an untimely death, and the father should not be too sad." Before the child died, there were a few things he wanted to ask his father for. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang had noticed that Zhu Biao had changed his address to his father from father to father, which not only reminded him of the scene when Zhu Biao called his father in a pink voice when he was a child, but his heart was also full of words.

Zhu Biao said: "The first thing is to ask my father to pardon the eunuchs and palace maids and imperial doctors who serve me, they have done their best." ”

"The second thing, the child still wants to persuade his father to lenient the punishment, although the father said that the government of the Yuan Dynasty was lenient, the father should continue to be fierce, and the people killed by the father are also deserved, but the child still has to persuade the father not to kill too many people, so as not to damage the yin virtue."

"The third thing, Yun Wei and Yun Xi are still young, if they don't succeed, please ask my father to make the second brother the crown prince, so as to protect my Ming dynasty for generations to come."