"Let's go, follow zhen back to the palace. Zhen will ask your big brother to pay you later.”
"It's a deal. You can't go back on your word!”
Hearing that Zhu Di wanted to pay him, Zhu Gaochen happily got into the carriage with him. Under the escort of the Ming Guards, the carriage slowly entered the Ying Tian Manor and headed towards the inner city's palace.
"Tell me, how did you guess that zhen would return to the palace from the north gate?”
In the carriage, Zhu Di looked at Zhu Gaochen, who was sitting beside him, and asked him again.
"I guessed." Zhu Gaochen's answer was still the same.
"Forget it." Zhu Di sighed and said," Your second brother received the news that there was an assassination attempt today. You're so smart. Did you also receive the news?"”
"What is it? There's actually an assassin?"
Zhu Gaochen deliberately revealed a surprised expression. As a member of the Great Ming Imperial Family, he could eat, drink, and play as he pleased, but he must not be too smart in front of the Emperor.
For example, Zhu Di had taken the initiative to reveal it to test Zhu Gaochen.
Therefore, Zhu Gaochen could only pretend not to know.
Zhu Di stared at Zhu Gaochen's surprised expression for a long time before he retracted his gaze and said,""Looks like you really guessed it."
Zhu Gaochen did not reply. He opened the curtains and turned to look outside.
On the other side.
A battle had just broken out in the Hongwu Sect in the south.
The air was filled with the strong smell of blood.
At this moment, on the streets, a large number of soldiers were cleaning the blood stains on the ground and carrying the corpses.
Other than a few corpses in night clothing, most of the corpses were Great Ming soldiers.
"The Crown Prince is in trouble. The Emperor has just returned from his personal expedition to Mobei, and an assassin ambushed him.”
"I heard that these assassins are the orphans of Jingnan!”
"I also heard about it. But fortunately, my emperor had foresight and deliberately didn't enter the city from the south gate. Otherwise,"
"Are you looking to die? Talking about this at a time like this? Aren't you afraid that the Jinyiwei of the Northern Military District will come and talk to you?”
When the soldiers who were discussing heard the words " North Town Administrative Office ", they were so frightened that they trembled. They quickly lowered their heads and did not speak anymore.
Just an hour ago.
The mighty Ming army entered the city from the south gate, and the people of the city knelt to welcome them.
It was supposed to be a joyous occasion, but when the army entered the city, they were ambushed by the orphans of Jingnan who disguised themselves as assassins.
Fortunately, the assassin only killed a dozen Great Ming soldiers before being captured alive by the Great Ming army and did not disturb the emperor.
That was because there was no one in the Dragon Carriage.
Yongle Emperor Zhu Di had already entered the city from the north gate and had returned to the palace safely.
In the Imperial Palace, in the meeting hall.
Zhu Di wore a black and yellow crown and changed into a red embroidered dragon robe. He sat on the dragon couch and lowered his head to read the memorial sent by the eunuch.
Zhu Gaochen sat on the chair beside him.
At this moment, a eunuch hurriedly walked in and deliberately whispered a few words into Zhu Di's ear.
"Is there really an assassin?"
Just as the eunuch finished speaking, Zhu Di frowned and shouted,""Get the Crown Prince and the King of Han to immediately enter the palace to see me!”
"Yes."
The eunuch received the order and hurriedly turned around to leave.
In the time it took to brew a cup of tea.
Hurried footsteps came from outside the hall.
A moment later, two men rushed in. One of them was fat, and the other was burly.
Among them, the fat one was the current Crown Prince Zhu Gaoxu, and the burly and fiendish looking one beside him was the Han King Zhu Gaoxu.
"Fourth Bro, why are you here?"
As soon as Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu entered the door, they found Zhu Gaochen sitting on the chair. They couldn't help but show a surprised expression.
"You don't have to be surprised. When I came back today, Fourth Brother was the only one who had a human heart and guessed that I would enter the city from the north gate.”
"Boss, although you handled the government affairs properly, in terms of thinking, you're still inferior to Fourth Brother.”
Zhu Di closed the memorial in his hand and raised his head. His gaze swept across Zhu Gaochi, Zhu Gaoxu, and Zhu Gaochen.
The Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi looked a little terrified and quickly said,""Father is right. Fourth brother is smart, but I am not half as smart as him.”
Zhu Gaochen sat in his chair without saying a word, but he was cursing in his heart.
On the surface, Zhu Di praised him in front of the Crown Prince and the King of Han, but in reality, he was trying to sow discord between the brothers.
This was a method of restriction.
"Second, have you investigated those assassins?”
Zhu Di turned his gaze to the Han King Zhu Gaoxu beside Zhu Gaochi and asked.
"Your Majesty, I've already found out that these assassins are the orphans of Jingnan. They knew that Your Majesty would enter the city from the south gate today, so they had already mixed into the crowd.”
"But God bless my emperor. A few of these assassins died, and the rest were captured by my Ming army. They were handed over to the Northern Garrison and sent to the Imperial Prison.”
Han King Zhu Gaoxu reported truthfully.
"Yes, Second Brother did well."
After listening to his report, Zhu Di nodded in satisfaction. At the same time, his eyes fell on Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi. The smile on his face gradually disappeared and became serious.
Zhu Gaochi noticed this scene and sighed in his heart. The Crown Prince was about to suffer.
Zhu Di had been fighting all his life and was famous for being an emperor on horseback. He did not have many hobbies. If he did have any hobbies, it would be scaring the Crown Prince daily.
Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi also realized that Zhu Di was staring at him. His forehead began to sweat, and his body began to tremble uncontrollably.
On the other hand, the Han King, Zhu Gaoxu, who was beside him, revealed a cold smile, but he quickly returned to normal.
For a moment, the atmosphere in the hall became strange.
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