Chapter 367: Tears on the riverside
() "My father is now very sick,"
As he spoke, Zhu Di's eyes began to turn red, and his voice trembled.
"And we, as sons, can't even go to visit his old man's house, do you want to deprive this king and even the last chance to see my father?!"
"Please be considerate of Your Highness,"
Mo Yun held the edict in his hand and lowered his head slightly,
"It's better for you to accept the edict, and this is also for the good of Your Highness."
"Father, Father, Emperor......"
As if it was a sound of struggle, Zhu Di shouted tremblingly, slowly stretched out his hands to take the edict, suddenly turned around, knelt down on his knees facing the direction of the capital, and then cried loudly,
"Father, forgive the child for being unfilial, I can't serve you when you are seriously ill, Father, the child is really unfilial, please forgive the child......"
This cry shook the surrounding mountains and trees, and spread far and wide along the river, and everyone around was amazed, even those who came with Mo Yun couldn't help but sigh with sadness on their faces.
Zheng He, who was standing behind Zhu Di, was trembling at this time, and wanted to reach out to support his master several times, but in the end he still didn't move.
After a while, Mo Yun raised his head and waved his hand,
"Let's go, go back to the palace."
When they heard this, they looked at each other, and then they moved again and went away with him.
It wasn't until the people who came to preach the edict disappeared that Jiang Zhen came out of the shadows and came straight to Zheng He's side and said,
"I'm going back too, you have to be very careful and take care of your Royal Highness King Yan."
"Don't worry, Sanbaoding should stay with each other."
Zheng He's face turned pale, nodded firmly, and replied......
On the way back, no one spoke, and they walked in a sullen manner, and Zhou Duo and Yu Liang were more indignant on their faces.
The team crossed the Huai River, but what they didn't expect was that a small group of people and horses appeared in front, and the first one held the reins and urged the white dragon horse under the seat to meet him in small steps, and said in a loud voice,
"Fourth brother, the little brother is polite here!"
"Seventh brother?"
Seeing that the person who came was Zhu Rong, the king of Qi, Zhu Di couldn't help but be stunned and said,
"Why are you here? Didn't you receive an edict to stay in the fiefdom and not to move without permission? β
"I received it, but was it really sent by my father?"
Zhu Yu said as he came closer,
"Fourth brother, the younger brother heard that you have been ordered to go to the capital, and I was thinking about going, but why did you come back again?"
"It's better not to go, it's useless to go."
Zhu Di motioned for him to go back, and the two brothers walked side by side.
Zhu Yu looked at him strangely and asked,
"What the hell is going on? Fourth brother, have you entered the capital? β
"I can't get there at all,"
Zhu Di smiled bitterly and said,
"Originally, the fourth brother went to the capital on the orders of my father, but I was intercepted by another edict in Jiangbei."
"How is that possible?!"
Zhu Yu angrily twisted the horsewhip in his hand and said,
"Since my father has already ordered the fourth brother to enter Beijing, how could he block you back without even seeing him, this second edict is clearly fake!"
"But what can our brothers do?"
Zhu Di sighed and said,
"Fourth brother, of course, I also want to see my father, I heard that his old man has reached the point of critical illness, but the power is now in the hands of those people around the emperor's grandson, and we can't take the risk of disobeying the decree and forcibly enter Beijing under any circumstances."
"But Fourth Brother, if that's the case, it's even worse,"
Zhu Yu suddenly reined in the horse and said,
"If we don't go now, when our father really dies, I'm afraid that our brother will face even greater risks!"
"Why did the seventh brother say this?"
Zhu Di was a little surprised, and he also restrained his mount and looked at him.
Zhu Yan shook his head and sighed,
"Fourth brother, think about it, Yun Wei is doing this now, obviously he is wary, even hostile to those of us who are uncles, plus Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai have always been unable to tolerate us. Once Yun Wei gains the power and ascends the throne, will we still have a good life? β
"Seventh brother, why do you have such an idea, after all, we are his own uncle, can we still kill each other?"
Zhu Di frowned and said.
Zhu Yu seemed to be amused by his words, and said,
"Fourth brother, you shouldn't be so naΓ―ve. I don't know what you think of that imperial grandson, but it seems that he may still have some respect for you, but he is only hostile to our other uncles, don't you see how cold his eyes are when he looks at us? β
"How so? Fourth brother, I don't have a lot of time with Yun Wei, "
Zhu Di is determined not to let people hear or say anything disrespectful from his mouth, after all, his father is still alive, and his words and deeds must continue.
"He's just a child, and the reason why he looks at you like that is probably because he's a little rusty and afraid of life."
"Afraid of life?"
Zhu Yu shook his head and smiled bitterly,
"The little brother has never seen someone who is afraid of life, and he will look at people with such cold and sharp eyes. Okay, I'll put it here first, if one day the emperor's grandson really becomes the emperor, those of us who are uncles will not end well. β
"So, what do you say, seventh brother?"
Zhu Di looked at him and asked tentatively.
Hearing the fourth brother's question to himself, Zhu Yan thought that he was tempted, and hurriedly said,
"In my opinion, it is better for us to unite all the brothers who are outside and go to the capital to see our father, I don't believe that it is really his old man who does not want to see us."
"This can't be helped,"
Zhu Di waved his hand again and again,
"No matter what the reason, we ignored the edict and gathered people into Beijing, saying that what is good is to visit our father, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is not good to say that it is rebellion. What's more, my father is still here, if we make such a fuss, it will leave a handle for those with ill intentions. β
"Alright, alright,"
Zhu Yu looked disappointed and desperate,
"If one day, the younger brother is arrested and abolished, I still hope that the fourth brother can come to save me."
"If that's the case, Fourth Brother, I'll save you."
Zhu Di actually smiled and said.
These two sentences of dialogue sound like a joke, but who would have thought that a few years later it would really come true, at the moment when the Battle of Jingyan, the Yan army broke through Nanjing City, and the gate of Zongren's Mansion was opened, Zhu Rong, who thought that his life was in danger, looked up and saw that it was the fourth brother Zhu Di who came to save him......
broke up with the seventh brother, and Zhu Di and his party rushed back to Beiping Mansion.
However, although he didn't take Zhu Yan's somewhat radical suggestion, for some reason, his mood became a little lighter, so when he returned to the palace and saw Dao Yan, his sadness had basically disappeared from Zhu Di's face.