Chapter 24: Uncle and Nephew
Zhu Yunwen finally realized that it was not so much that Uncle Twenty abided by his duties as a courtier, but that Uncle Twenty had always had scruples about being close to him, although for the time being Zhu Yunwen couldn't understand where this scruple came from.
Zhu Yunwen took Zhu Song into the East Palace, and after the two sat down in turn, they chatted a few words about homely Zhu Song, remembered the bride they had never met, and asked.
"Your Highness, I heard from Your Majesty that Your Highness personally went to give your Majesty a dowry, and I would like to thank Your Highness!"
Zhu Yunwen waved his hand: "Uncle Twenty, you see that you are here again, this is at home, not outside." The twentieth uncle just called his nephew's name, although there is a difference between the monarch and the minister, but the twentieth uncle is an elder after all! ”
Zhu Song replied: "Your Highness, the East Palace is also the Imperial Palace, and the palace is headed by His Royal Highness, not the minister's home, and the minister's home is in Liaodong outside the palace." ”
After Zhu Yunwen heard this, he no longer asked the twentieth uncle to continue to call him by name, since he has always been willing to put the monarch and the minister in front, there is nothing wrong with this, if the fourth uncle can be as obedient and sensible as the twentieth uncle, why should the husband and wife be separated, and the father and son separated?
"Let me guess, what Uncle Twenty is going to ask next is probably what the bride looks like, right?"
Zhu Song was also stunned after hearing this.
"How does Your Highness know the mind of your minister?"
Zhu Yunwen laughed.
"It's not easy, because that's what I thought when I got married."
The two monarchs and ministers, uncles and nephews looked at each other and smiled, and the atmosphere eased a lot for a while, but Zhu Song never forgot that his identity has always been leaky, far and near.
After having a family banquet in the East Palace, Zhu Song said goodbye to the imperial grandson, left the East Palace, and left the palace.
Originally, Zhu Song planned to go directly back to his big mansion in Yingtianfu, but on the way back, he saw Yanwang's Mansion.
At this moment, it is getting late, and it is inconvenient to visit at night, Zhu Song originally planned to visit the fourth sister-in-law tomorrow.
But when I passed by Yanwang's Mansion, I saw a kid at the door of Yanwang's Mansion.
Zhu Song glanced at the kid more, and the kid suddenly felt that someone was looking at him, and he also raised his head and met Zhu Song.
The kid saw that Zhu Song was staring at him tightly, and he was displeased, so he shouted.
"What do you see?"
The tone was disrespectful, and Chen Zheng was about to reply when he heard it, but Zhu Song raised his hand to stop him.
Zhu Song looked at this kid who was about the same age as himself, judging from his clothes and appearance, he was probably the second son of the fourth brother.
That is, Zhu Gaoxu.
Zhu Song also understands Zhu Gaoxu's past, this kid has always been his father's idol and role model, so he has learned from his father.
His father is a warrior, he also wants to be a warrior, his father took the lead on the battlefield, and he also took the lead on the battlefield.
In the same way, if his father rebelled against his nephew, he also wanted to rebel against his nephew, but the difference was that his father succeeded and became the Emperor of Yongle, while he failed and was imprisoned and thrown into the fire in the end, with a copper jar on his body and roasted alive.
Zhu Song knew the identity of the kid in front of him and was also interested, and wanted to tease him.
"If you don't look at me, how do you know that I look at you?"
As Zhu Di's son, Zhu Gaoxu has the courage to rebel, and he is naturally not as simple as a reckless man.
He looked at the appearance and armor of the guards around him on the other side and knew that he was also a relative of the emperor, and then looked at the age and clothes of the other party, probably the son of the prince's family, and he had not heard of anyone other than his own family coming to Beijing recently.
Everyone is also the son of the prince, who is used to your stinky problem?
"If you don't look at me first, how can I raise my head to look at you? I don't care who you are, I'm not to be messed with! ”
Zhu Song smiled coldly, good boy, when your uncle comes to the door tomorrow, how about looking at your face as a nephew?
Zhu Song ignored him and rode on.
After passing the Yanwang Mansion, Chen Zheng turned around and whispered to Zhu Song.
"Your Highness, it shouldn't be His Royal Highness King Yan, right?"
Zhu Song laughed after hearing this.
"My fourth brother is twenty years older than me, how can he be so young, looking at his body shape and age, he is probably the second eldest of the fourth brother's family!"
"It turned out to be a county king, but his temperament is really so rampant, Your Highness, you are his own uncle, and His Royal Highness is still a prince, much taller than his county king, how dare he talk to His Highness like this?"
After listening to this, Zhu Song thought about it carefully and gave such an explanation.
"This kid is also a smart man, he is deliberately so arrogant, I think he wants to make his father unhappy, if he can drive him back to Beiping in a fit of anger, then he will be happy."
"But it's a pity, how can he hide this little calculation from his father's eyes, he really wants to provoke his father, and it is not impossible for him to go to the fiefdom early and be an honest rich young master."
"Don't worry, anyway, tomorrow the king will personally visit the fourth sister-in-law, and let this kid see it with his own eyes when the time comes, so that he knows who I am."
As he was talking, he had already arrived at King Han's Mansion.
Although the geographical location of the Han Wangfu is much worse than that of the Yan Wangfu, and the size is not as good as the Yan Wangfu, it is also much more magnificent than the homes of ordinary people or officials.
That night, he rested in Yingtian Han's palace.
Early the next morning, Zhu Song took the mountain goods brought from Liaodong and went to the Yanwang Mansion.
Zhu Song also never expected that last night when it was just dark, he met Zhu Gaoxu at the door, and by the next morning, the sun was getting high, and Zhu Gaoxu was still standing at the door.
Then Zhu Gaoxu was also very puzzled, wasn't this kid drunk by himself when he walked through Yanwang's Mansion yesterday? Why did you see him again this morning?
And this kid just stopped at the door.
Zhu Gaoxu frowned, pointed at Zhu Song's nose and shouted.
"Who the hell are you? I was scared yesterday, don't you know how to be afraid? Do you really want me to beat you up to feel at ease? ”
Zhu Song stared at Zhu Gaoxu.
"Boy, you are the second child of the Yan Wang family!"
Zhu Gaoxu was suddenly furious, pointed at Zhu Song's nose and shouted.
"You are so bold, how can you shout the name of my father, you have to add His Highness to the back, didn't your father teach you?"
Zhu Song was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that he was too young, and Zhu Gaoxu didn't expect that the young man in front of him, who was about the same age as himself, was his uncle.
"Well, my father didn't teach me, because your father and I are both princes, and princes don't need to use honorific titles for each other."
"Prince?"
Zhu Gaoxu was blindsided all of a sudden, and this was a prince in front of his feelings.