Zhengde asked Xu Guangzuo, the Duke of Dingguo beside him, "Go and see who rescued the driver." ”

didn't let Zhengde wait too long, and soon someone sent back the news, saying that the person who led the troops to rescue the driver was Xingwang Zhu Houxi, and when Zhengde got the news, there was no joy on his face, but some anger.

Inside the military tent.

Zhengde looked at Zhu Houxi, who was smiling hippie, and said, "Say, who asked you to come to the rescue?" ”

Zhu Houxi didn't expect that he would be virtuous when he brought someone here, and instead of being praised, he was questioned on the spot, and he was a little unhappy at the moment.

"No one, the younger brother himself is not worried about the eldest brother, so he led the army to come and take a look."

Seeing that Zhu Houxi didn't care, Zhengde was even more angry in his heart.

"Nonsense, do you know how dangerous it is? If you are also trapped here, how can you be worthy of the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Houxi's education was a little confused, the problem of the ancestors and ancestors should not be something that he should worry about in righteousness, how did it fall on his own vassal king, he can't carry this pot, and he can't carry it.

"Big brother, you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and your younger brother is just a vassal king, and you have to explain the affairs of the ancestors and ancestors."

"You still dare to pout?"

Wei Bin wanted to persuade Zhengde, who was angry, but it can be seen that Zhu Houxi looked like he was stumbling to the end, and obediently became his own quail, it was difficult for a Qing official to break family affairs, not to mention that he was just a eunuch, he couldn't stop this matter.

Zhu Houxi stiffened his neck, looking like you had the ability to cut him, which made Zhengde angry.

"I entrust the country to you, I am fighting abroad to expand the territory of the Ming Dynasty, if you don't stay in the capital honestly, you will abandon the Ming Dynasty when you come to the grassland."

is the so-called official level to crush people to death, not to mention that Zhengde is not only older than him, but the Zhu family is also older than him and is his brother, so Zhu Houxi's final rational choice is no longer refuted.

Seeing that Zhu Houxi was much more honest, Zhengde did not continue to refute, and nodded with satisfaction at the moment: "You are not too young, it seems that it is time to choose a princess for you." ”

Zhu Houxi was shocked when he heard Zhengde's words, he had just turned fifteen and was still a young man, and Zhengde was going to find him a daughter-in-law, this was to make him unable to commit a crime.

Zhu Houxi sneered and said: "Big brother, the younger brother is still young, and the matter of choosing a concubine is not in a hurry." ”

Seeing Zhu Houxi's cowardly appearance, Zhengde's originally tense face instantly broke the defense, and immediately smiled: "The emperor's brother has arrived to tie his hair, it's time to choose a concubine, even if you don't choose a concubine, you should choose a side concubine, and you will run around in the future." ”

For Zhengde such a double standard, Zhu Houxi doesn't want to say anything, after all, he can't stop Zhengde's idea by saying anything, that is the emperor, even if he is the emperor's brother, he can't disobey the emperor's orders.

After finalizing Zhu Houxi's selection of concubines, Zhengde asked, "Okay, tell me why you came here." ”

Because of Yang Tinghe's relationship with Wang Shouren, Zhu Houxi had a lot of fire in the capital before, and now he took advantage of this opportunity to start suing the two of them behind his back.

After listening to Zhu Houxi's narration, Zhengde thought for a while and said: "Yang Tinghe's relationship with Wang Shouren, Jinyiwei really didn't report it to me before, it seems that Yang Ting and the old fox still have a lot of backhands behind them, if it weren't for the fact that the court couldn't do without him for the time being Yang Tinghe, I would have replaced him a long time ago." ”

Zhu Houxi nodded sympathetically and said: "What the eldest brother said is that the court is indeed inseparable from Yang Tinghe, and now there are indeed many shortcomings in the court, and when the shortcomings are eliminated, it will be the time for the Zhu family to regain power." ”

In fact, Zhu Houyu also knows that Yang Tinghe and Wang Shouren are not bad people, but their positions are different from Zhu Houyi and Zhengde, one is for their own family and the world, and the other is for the world and their own family, their own family is the clan, and Zhu Houxi and Zhengde's own family is the Zhu family.

"Well, you have a meritorious role in saving the car this time, and you have drained the family of Xingwangfu for me, which makes me very moved."

Zhengde knew that Zhu Houyu Xingwang's family background, Zhu Houyu was not surprised at all, it would be forgivable if he didn't react before, but during this period of time in prison, he came into contact with more things, especially the aspect of Jinyiwei, which made Zhu Houyu understand that the power of the vassal kings in various places was actually hidden in the eyes of the emperor.

Zhu Houyu was able to send people to Zhengde's side at the beginning, but it was completely Zhengde's playfulness and wanted to see what tricks Zhu Houyu played, otherwise Zhu Houyu would not have had the opportunity to install people around Zhengde back then.

"The eldest brother doesn't have to be like this, and it's a coincidence that the younger brother came to the rescue."

Zhengde doesn't care how Zhu Houyu came, but it is a fact that he was saved by Zhu Houyi, in this era when everyone values the throne, Zhu Houyi's actions are indeed beyond Zhengde's expectations, Zhengde does not believe that if he is the descendant of other feudal kings, he can also be like Zhu Houyi.

"Okay, the family doesn't talk to each other, your good I have written it down, Wei Bin."

"The slave is here."

Hearing Zhengde call himself, Wei Bin hurriedly accosted.

"The order goes down, the army rests for a day, and tomorrow the division returns to the court, half of the property obtained will go to King Xing, and the rest will be distributed on the spot."

"Yes."

As soon as Zhengde's words came out, Zhu Houyu suddenly felt bad, because Zhengde's expedition was used by the military funds of the national treasury, and now the captured spoils were not taken back to the court to report to the court, but were distributed in private.

"Big brother, this matter is not appropriate, the younger brother ......"

Zhengde didn't let Zhu Houxi finish his words, and directly interrupted: "If there is no imperial brother, I and tens of thousands of soldiers will be buried on this grassland, as for those treasures will inevitably be lost, now I can reward the soldiers and reward the imperial brother, everything is providential." ”

Zhu Houxi understood what Zhengde meant, he thought about it and finally closed his mouth, not because he had gained benefits, but because he was thinking about the 100,000 soldiers of this expedition, if he continued to refute it and cowered and did not dare to accept it, the blood and sweat of the 100,000 soldiers might be in vain.

Now with the reward of righteousness, the soldiers of this expedition will inevitably have a better life in the future, even if Zhu Houxi does not think about himself, he will also think about those soldiers.

The next day, the army began to pack up slowly and methodically, and when everything was put in order, this army of more than 100,000 people began to embark on the way home.

Because it was a rapid march, Zhu Houxi and Zhengde did not bring the imperial chariot, so they could only ride their war horses and return with the army.

"Your Highness."

Zhu Houxi looked at the voice, and saw several people from the sixteen sons of Tianya running over with a smile on their faces, and the excitement on their faces could not be hidden.

Zhu Houxi said with a straight face: "It's been a hard time for everyone. ”

The God of Wealth of the Sixteenth Son of Tianya smiled: "Wherever and where, as long as His Highness wishes, I will definitely do my best." ”