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Chapter 793 The Emperor Returns to Beijing
On October 28, Jinling City welcomed her master again!

As many times in the past, the officials of the crown prince who stayed in the capital did their best to organize the matter of picking up the driver. This is a familiar matter, and it is naturally handled in an orderly manner. All the etiquette guards follow the regulations, and they are not bad at all!

But this time the atmosphere was obviously more chilling than ever before, and everyone was anxious, wondering what kind of thunderous wrath would usher in? !

God also joined in the fun, and the wind began to howl and dark clouds plummeted from the morning, making the prince Hanwang and all the civil and military soldiers who were welcoming him at the mouth of the Longjiang River even more breathless.

After suffering and waiting, everyone finally saw several towering treasure ships, under the retinue of more than [-] giant ships, passing through the thick river fog, appearing in a sudden but overwhelming momentum. In front of everyone!

"The emperor is here!" The officials of the Ministry of Rituals came back to their senses and hurriedly urged the ceremony to start. The Secretary of the Jiaofang played the Shao music, and the ministers, ministers, civil and military officials, and envoys of the vassal state all bowed to the big ship in unison. He said loudly: "The ministers welcome the emperor! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"..." On the top deck of the tallest treasure ship, the Emperor Yongle of the Ming Dynasty stood with a frosty face!Overlooking the ministers kneeling like ants on the pier, Zhu Di had no expression on his face. He didn't even wear a dragon robe, but just casually wore a dark blue straight gown, and a black cloak over his head, which further set off the emperor's appearance. Sombre mood at the moment!

Behind him stood Taisun and King Zhao, as well as Zheng He, Zhao Ying, and Hu Yun.Affected by the emperor's mood, everyone tensed up and said nothing.

At this time, the eunuch Li Yan came over and said softly to Zhu Di: "Your Majesty, the crown prince and the ministers are here to greet you, should we go down?"

"..." Zhu Di was silent for a while, and said coldly: "Let them kneel down." After speaking, he turned around and said to Zheng He, "Change a boat to avoid them, and you and the shadow will accompany me back to the palace." Zhu Di looked at Taisun and Zhao Wang again and said, "You are not allowed to go down until the sun never sets, and you are not allowed to leak any news."

The emperor made it clear that he wanted to punish the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui hurriedly claimed it was.

"Let's go." After Zhu Di finished speaking, he turned around and went down the stairs. Zhao Ying and Zheng He hurriedly followed.

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Under Zheng He's arrangement, after a while, Zhu Di left the mouth of the Longjiang River on an inconspicuous warship.The city of Nanjing can be directly entered by water, but the huge treasure ships cannot run on the Qinhuai River, so the emperor usually disembarks at the mouth of the Longjiang River and returns to Beijing by imperial chariot.This time Zhu Di didn't want to see his ministers, so he returned to Beijing directly from Shuimen on this warship which was several sizes smaller.

It is said that it is several sizes smaller, but it is compared with the huge treasure ship. Compared with the cargo ships on the Qinhuai River, Zhu Di's royal boat is still a giant!The people on the boat all looked sideways, not knowing which powerful family was on board, but when they saw that standing on the deck was a burly old man with half-white beard and hair, everyone lost interest... They didn't know that this old man was from the Ming Dynasty Supreme Emperor!

"So, there is nothing special about me." Zhu Di looked at the people who turned a blind eye to him, and said indifferently: "Wearing a dragon robe is an emperor, and taking it off is an ordinary old man."

"That's because the common people don't know Mount Tai," Zhao Ying said softly, "Who would have thought that the emperor is not at the mouth of the Longjiang River, but on this small boat?"

"So," Zhu Di shook his head and said to himself, "It's ridiculous to expect the loyalty of my subjects." He was obviously still immersed in his own world, and he didn't pay any attention to what the old eunuch said.

After finishing speaking, Zhu Di looked at Zhao Ying and Zheng He, and said indifferently: "Only those of you who have no roots and power can be trusted..."

"Yes," Zhao Ying said softly, "We are useless people who have no children, no father and no mother. We are nothing without the emperor. We have no other thoughts except to serve the emperor."

"There are still selfish thoughts," Zhu Di shook his head and said, "Nine out of ten eunuchs love money like their lives." He glanced at Zheng He and said, "It's just you, the weird person, the least like a eunuch."

"Hehe..." Zheng He couldn't say the old eunuch's nasty words, so he could only smile.

"Thanks to you this time." Zhu Di sighed and said, "My country still depends on you!"

"They have too many distracting thoughts..." Zhao Ying said quietly: "It's not because of selfishness, how could there be the current situation?" He sighed and said: "The emperor didn't see it, the scene in Zhenjiang City that day, more than ten people died Thousands of people, it's too miserable..."

"Yes." Thinking of the scene at that time, Zheng He also nodded sadly and said: "Too many people died!"

"If you want me to say it's good to die!" Zhao Ying said with a smile: "It's better to die!"

"You..." Zheng He looked at Zhao Ying in shock, wondering why this old pervert made such strange remarks? !
"The reason is very simple. People who are attached to the king of Han are all rebels. How can my Ming Dynasty allow rebels to gain a foothold? Naturally, the more people die, the better. The more people die, the easier it is for us!" Zhao Ying sneered and said: "As for the prince , I have too many soldiers in my hand, and I will have a lot of thoughts, it’s better to eliminate them." After a pause, he smiled and asked Zheng He: "You said, is it just in line with the emperor's wishes that they are fighting this time? "

Hearing the old eunuch's words, Zheng He shuddered and looked at Zhu Di's unpredictable face.Immediately, a realization arose in my heart—it turned out that everything that happened in the capital and Zhenjiang was planned!Except for the assassination in Beijing, everything originated from the emperor's idea!
"Shadow came up with this method," Zhu Di said lightly, "I think it's good, so I gave them the stage to see what they can sing..." After finishing speaking, Zhu Di sighed, strangely He said with a smile: "Sure enough, I did not disappoint me. I have raised a group of good sons!" The emperor gritted his teeth and said the last few words.

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At Longjiangkou, the emperor did not show up for a long time, and the prince and all the ministers could only kneel and wait.Unexpectedly, after waiting and waiting, a full hour passed, and the emperor was still missing.All the ministers had a sharp pain in their knees, and they were on the verge of falling. They asked people to go to the boat to ask, but they only said to wait...Since the emperor said to wait, then he had to wait even if he knelt to death!

After another half an hour, an elderly and frail courtier finally passed out, but no one dared to step forward to help him...

At this time, the rain that had been holding back for a whole day finally fell, and the big raindrops were painful, and then it became denser and denser, and soon it was raining like a torrential rain!
On the treasure ship, there were eunuchs holding big umbrellas. Naturally, Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Gaosui would not get caught in the rain. The former looked worriedly at the crowd kneeling in the rain, and the leader was his father!

However, Zhu Gaosui looked at those guys with great interest.Among these people, the only one he still cares about is Zhu Gaoxu, but His Royal Highness the King of Han is so powerful, so what is it if there are knives in the sky?
"Let's go down." Zhu Zhanji couldn't help it, and said to Zhu Gaosui in a cold voice.

"Didn't you hear the emperor's words clearly?" Zhu Gaosui frowned and said, "Is it the emperor's words that are important, or is it important to sell to those ministers?"

"..." Zhu Zhanji took a deep breath and sneered again and again: "The emperor said, let's go down when the sun sets. Now the sun has set, otherwise how could it be so dark!"

"That's because of the heavy rain!" Zhu Gaosui pouted.

"How do you know that the Golden Crow won't go back to rest when the Thunder Goddess and the Mother of Lightning are flying clouds and spreading rain?!" Zhu Zhanji, who is close to black and dark in terms of bickering, is not something Zhu Gaosui can deal with.

"You..." Zhu Gaosui really didn't know how to reply, so he had to watch Zhu Zhanji get off the boat and walk into the rain...

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Zhu Gaochi knelt in the rain, and suddenly felt that the rain had stopped. He raised his head in a daze, and saw that it was his son holding an umbrella for him...

"Ji'er..." The father and son hadn't seen each other for nearly half a year, yet they felt as if they had been separated forever.

"Father," Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand to help the prince, and said in a low voice, "Grandpa Huang has already returned to the palace."

"Ah..." Zhu Gaochi was taken aback, and immediately said bitterly: "It seems that father is really sad this time..."

The emperor was not on the boat, and the ministers had nothing to kneel down, so they all supported their bodies and wanted to get up, when they suddenly heard a loud shout: "Don't move, who told you to get up!"

No need to look, the ministers also know that His Highness the King of Han has fallen ill again... During the half-day of welcoming him today, he has fallen ill seven or eight times!
Although Zhu Zhanji also heard the news that his second uncle was crazy, it was the first time he saw it with his own eyes. He saw His Highness the King of Han in a royal robe, his hands and feet tied to a special chair by iron chains, desperately Struggling, he yelled at the ministers with distorted expressions: "I don't allow you to get up, kneel down to me! Otherwise, I will strike you to death with a single thunder!"

Coincidentally, there happened to be a flash of lightning across the sky, and the muffled thunder rolled in, which startled the King of Han.The sky and the earth reflected by the lightning were bright white, and it also reflected Zhu Gaoxu's ghostly look with disheveled hair!
"Hahaha!" The King of Han immediately laughed loudly, straightened his neck, stared round his eyes, and shouted triumphantly: "Be afraid! This seat is so powerful!"

"Take the King of Han to the car quickly." Seeing Zhu Gaoxu acting crazy and foolish here, Zhu Gaochi couldn't hold back his face, and hurriedly ordered the eunuch to carry the King of Han away.

Then four eunuchs came over, set up the bamboo poles under the chair, and lifted the king of Han and his chair up.As soon as he was lifted up, the King of Han was no longer angry, and instead laughed loudly: "Get up! Get up quickly, and escort me back to the palace!"

When passing by Zhu Zhanji, the King of Han glanced at Zhu Zhanji, and said strangely: "What are you looking at, a thunderbolt will kill you!"

"Hey..." Zhu Zhanji looked at the crazy Zhu Gaoxu, and whispered a few lines of poems: "You should be a hero in life, and you should be a hero in death. I still think of Xiang Yu, and I refuse to cross Jiangdong..."

After listening to this poem, Zhu Gaoxu's crazy face obviously darkened...

(End of this chapter)