Outside the main hall of the Xiangwang Mansion, those soldiers of the Beijing army who came from the imperial court have set up several tables in the courtyard to eat and drink.

Cheng Yuan looked at the closed door of the palace, looked at the dark night sky, turned around and whispered to Zhu Gaoxu, "Where is the secret cave?" There are so many soldiers rounded up, is it safe? ”

Zhu Gaoxu said firmly: "Sir, don't worry, Xiangwangfu is the same as Yanwangfu, and there are secret passages under the main hall. ”

"Let's touch it." Cheng Yuan slowly touched through the rockery bushes, and Zhu Neng and Zhu Gaoxu followed closely.

The three of them found the secret passage of the firewood house in the dark, which led in all directions, and finally led directly to the woods outside the Xiangwang Mansion.

Zhu Gaoxu was a little worried, as the twelve uncles, had a strong temperament, and he might feel that it was a shame to steal chickens and dogs to live.

He was a little worried about whether Mr. Cheng would be able to convince his twelfth uncle.

Walking into the secret passage, Cheng Yuan sighed at Zhu Di's wisdom, if he didn't take Zhu Gaoxu, I'm afraid he would have to lift the roof tonight to rescue Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang.

Zhu Yuanzhang really tried his best for these sons, from Zhu Yunwen who escaped with the help of the secret passage of the palace, the secret passage of the Yan Palace, and the secret passage of the Xiang Palace, all of which show that this founding emperor is not ordinary.

Now in Jingzhou Mansion, during the day, Cheng Yuan found many Ming soldiers in disguise wandering around the Xiangwang Mansion.

If the King of Xiang dared to resist, their first reaction was to take the King of Xiang. Cheng Yuan sorted out his thoughts and continued to move forward.

It has been a year since Zhu Gaoxu last came to Xiangwangfu, and he has taken Zhu Neng and Cheng Yuan to the wrong path several times.

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Xiangwang Mansion, the inner room of the main hall.

Zhu Bai is still reading quietly, he often reads until late at night, he is very proficient in poetry and songs, the art of war, and he is very proficient in using bows, knives and horses.

Very heroic, but often bring a few books to read, because of Taoism, often write "Zixuzi" at the pen. ”

Zhu Bai and Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, jointly crusaded against the Guzhou barbarians (a minority in Guizhou), but because of the king of Chu, this military operation was not smooth.

However, there was a rebellion in Changde, and they flowed to the area of the Hudu River in Jingzhou, and Zhu Bai sent troops to fight bravely, and the enemy army was repeatedly defeated, and finally chased to the area of Shaanxi to destroy the enemy.

Awarded by Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Bai sat under the lamp, and seemed to think of the fact that he and the fourth brother led the army to quell the rebellion together, which seemed to have been many years ago.

Now things are wrong, the eldest brother is gone early, the father is also gone, and the new emperor is changing the dynasty.

At this time, the cold wind was whistling outside, and there were carbon fires in several corners of the hall, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, put the holy decree from the imperial court on the desk in front of him.

Princess Xiang is the niece of Wu Gao, and Wu is pregnant with Liujia and stands by Zhu Bai's side with a big belly.

In addition, only Zhu Bai's personal guard Han Xiong and Princess Wu's personal ring remained, and another side concubine Zhang accompanied him.

The meal was on the table and was already cold.

Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, glanced at the Wu family beside him and said with a smile: "You go and sit down, this king wants to paint Danqing for you and the child in your womb." ”

He had a hard callus on his hand that had been sharpened with a sword for many years, and the brush in his hand trembled slightly, and he settled down, and the tip of the pen drew on the paper vigorously.

This princess Wu is not a rare beauty, she is the wife chosen by her father for himself to win over the courtiers.

Although Wu is not beautiful, she is indeed virtuous, gentle, quiet, and chaste woman, and Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, loves her very much.

The relationship between the two is also good, the child in Wu's womb has been several months, and this is the eldest son of his Xiangwang Mansion.

Zhu Bai smiled calmly: "My father always said that this king had no children, but now he has it, but he can't see it, this king is really unfilial, and he hasn't even seen his father for the last time." ”

Wu was originally sitting on the Jindun not far away with his abdomen covered, but when he heard Zhu Bai's words, he sighed and slowly walked to Zhu Bai's side.

Putting his head in Zhu Bai's arms, he said softly: "Lord Wang, the first emperor will understand the difficulties of the prince, and will not blame the prince for not going to see him to see others." ”

Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, said with a smile: "Haha, the concubine said so, and the king can rest assured, those guys outside want to force the king to admit the trumped-up crime, and they are foolish dreams." ”

Princess Gao looked at her husband with some sadness, she knew that King Xiang had a strong temperament, never gave in easily, and was brave.

If her husband is going to die, she will live and die with her, but she pities their unborn child and fails to leave a son and a half daughter to King Xiang.

Zhu Bai said with a smile: "You said that if this child is born and can speak, will he be called this king first, or will he be called the princess first." ”

Without waiting for Gao's answer, Zhu Bai smiled sadly: "This king, I'm talking to the princess here again." ”

After all, Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, did not finish painting the princess who was pregnant with Liujia, and he was a little angry after a few brushstrokes.

"If this king still has the same status as the first emperor when he was alive, this king will definitely paint a lifelike picture for my son."

Saying that, Zhu Bai leaned down and gently pressed his ear to Princess Gao's stomach to listen to the sound.

In fact, there is no sound many times, but for Zhu Bai, it is like this greeting of the child who belongs to him.

At this moment, there was a sound outside the door.

"Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, a bold rebel, do you want to resist the decree? Your Majesty is merciful, remember that you are his uncle, please confess your sins, everything is easy to say. Otherwise, we're going to storm it. ”

Hearing the words outside, Zhu Bai's face changed, he had already heard about the court's cutting.

He thought that he would be able to avoid being harmed by his peace and security, but he didn't expect that what should have come has come.

Back then, the good nephew was gentle and frugal, filial piety and benevolence to the uncles, and said in front of his father that he would protect the Ming Dynasty and protect the dust of the Ming Dynasty with his uncles.

Now, turning his face and denying people is an executioner who wants to exterminate them, but he is still benevolent, righteous and filial.

Hypocritical gentleman, it's ridiculous.

There is no responsibility of a big husband at all.

Zhu Bai turned around and said softly to the Gao family: "Concubine Ai, you go and rest first, and this king will talk to them." ”

Cheng Yuan and Zhu Gaoxu heard the sound of talking from the top of the secret passage, and only heard the two men talking:

"Will this King Xiang confess? What if he runs away? ”

"Don't worry, the three guards of the King of Xiang have long been contained, the King of Xiang has a strong temperament, he will not run away, and running away is tantamount to admitting his crime of rebellion."

Zhang Shun and the prefect of Jingzhou Mansion sat down and drank again.

"After dawn, if he doesn't come out, we will arrest him alive."

Suddenly, the door to the main hall opened.

Zhu Bai, the king of Xiang, put on the armor given to him by the first emperor when he went out for the first time that year, and stood at the door with a spear.

Zhang Shun was stunned, and the archers behind him were about to dispatch, but they were stopped: "That's given by the first emperor, don't act rashly, otherwise Your Majesty will blame, and I won't be able to protect you." ”

The armor of the first emperor, is it something that dares to shoot with an arrow?

Zhu Bai smiled fiercely: "You lackeys of the court really cooperate well with the good nephew of this king, but I, Zhu Bai, am the son of the first emperor, and I am by no means greedy for life and afraid of death."

I will never let you lackeys insult this king, never. Zhu Bai shouted.

Changshi, who was in the courtyard, knelt on the ground and cried and said: "Lord, Lord, we don't need the Panlong Stone, the nine doors and nine tripods in the house can be changed, and they can be changed." The prince entered Beijing to confess his guilt. ”

King Xiang Changshi was already scared to the point of panic at the moment, but he also had a friendship with King Xiang for many years, on the one hand, the court, and on the other hand, King Xiang, who had treated him very well for many years, he didn't know how to deal with himself.

had to kneel in the courtyard, he was a little trembling, if the king of Xiang committed a crime, he would not escape the death penalty for this long history.

Suddenly, the palace of King Xiang threw out several black heavy objects, which frightened King Xiang Changshi's face pale.