Chapter 161 What on earth did you do behind my back? !

“Uncle Seventeen, are you really not going to think about this again?”

Zhu Gaoyu blinked his eyes and faced Ning Wang Zhu Quan with his big face, almost sticking to him head-on, trying to get away with it.

King Ning silently pushed his fat face away, wiped the spit on his face, and then said calmly:

“I won’t help the court, but I won’t help you either. Your father and I are brothers, and the current emperor is also my nephew. We are all blood relatives, and I choose not to help either of us.”

“What about your cousin? When the feudal system is reduced to your head in the future, will you, Uncle Seventeen, watch your cousin being imprisoned in a palace like you are? Looking up, there is only a square sky and clouds several feet wide?”

After hearing Zhu Gaoyu’s words which could be described as “heart-piercing”, Zhu Quan was speechless for a while.

He couldn’t help but follow Zhu Gaoyu’s line of thought and asked himself that he had been constrained by his father’s words and had always been concerned about the relationship between relatives. Therefore, even if the power of the prince was reduced, although Ning Wang Zhu Quan was unwilling in his heart, he could do nothing about it.

But what about Zhu Panyan?

He is only this small.

From a father’s perspective, as the son of Prince Ning and the future heir of Prince Ning’s mansion, he could have a more unrestrained life. However, because of his father’s choice, he is now trapped in a square house, like a frog in a well looking at the moon, trying to see the tip of the iceberg of this world, and finally died in depression…

All of this was not what Zhu Quan wanted to see.

His originally firm choice couldn’t help but waver.

Zhu Gaoyu and Zhu Gaosui looked at each other and saw the emotion of “as expected” in each other’s eyes.

Prince Ning Zhu Quan had always been concerned about the so-called “closeness” relationship, so he was unwilling to take action against Zhu Di, but at the same time, he was also unwilling to take action against Zhu Yunwen.

It is impossible to say that such a person has no feelings for his son.

On one hand, the five fingers are of different lengths.

One is a nephew and the other is a son. Isn’t it obvious who is closer?
Faced with such a choice, even King Ning did not dare to make a decision for a while. He exhaled heavily and said:

“Let me think about this for a while. I heard that you went to Wuliangha a few days ago and participated in the spring hunt and wrestling?”

Speaking of this, Zhu Gaoyu and Zhu Gaosui are indeed brothers, and both of them had wandering looks for a moment.

Not only did he participate in the spring hunting and wrestling, but he also abducted his seventeenth uncle’s three Wulingha guards.

Of course, they wouldn’t be stupid enough to say this at this time.

Zhu Gaoyu was young, smart, and quick to respond, so he was the first to respond:
“Spring hunting is boring. I finally saw a doe, and it was pregnant. I did kill a few rabbits, but the skins were damaged and barely enough to make a scarf.”

“Wrestling is quite interesting…”

When Prince Ning heard Zhu Gaoyu say that, he knew that this kid would definitely shine in the wrestling competition.

As expected, when it comes to wrestling, Zhu Gaoyu can’t wait to brag about his heroic deeds for three days and three nights.

Although Prince Ning has a good temper, it doesn’t mean that he likes to listen to people bragging.

So after listening for another quarter of an hour, he found that Zhu Gaoyu had no intention of shutting up. Instead, he seemed to be getting more and more excited as he talked. He finally couldn’t stand it anymore and directly drove him away.

Only after his ears were quiet did King Ning breathe a sigh of relief.

But even he himself didn’t notice that there was a smile on the corner of his mouth until Zhu Gaoyu left.

……

late at night.

Prince Ning, braving the cold dew and wearing a long robe, hurriedly got up and, under the dim candlelight, opened the official report handed to him by the eunuch.

Before opening the letter, King Ning already had a bad feeling in his heart.

The fact that he was woken up in the middle of the night in a hurry and was hurriedly handed over this secret letter, combined with the current situation, the content is actually self-evident.

He opened the secret letter and flipped through it. His brows suddenly furrowed, forming a “chuan” character on his forehead.

There was only one simple line in the newspaper:

The Prince of Xiang was captured by Li Jinglong for the crimes of counterfeiting currency and extortion and was sent to Yingtian.

The so-called counterfeit banknotes and extortionate taxes refer to counterfeiting banknotes and levying heavy taxes.

When Prince Ning saw these so-called charges, he couldn’t help but laugh angrily.

If such a crime was placed on the King of Min and the King of Dai, the King of Ning, Zhu Quan, would not have said anything.

But…it happened to be the King of Xiang!
How could they, the brothers, not know the character of the King of Xiang?

When Taizu was alive, he loved this son very much. However, as soon as Taizu left, the Prince of Xiang, who had always been clean and self-disciplined, became a prisoner and a commoner.

No matter how cold-hearted Prince Ning was, he couldn’t help but feel sad at this moment.

There is another piece of news that is not sure whether it is good or bad, that is, the Prince of Xiang just has no children.

Even if I am imprisoned, I will not bring trouble to future generations…

Of course, the premise is that he doesn’t have any more children.

Thinking of this, King Ning silently placed the letter on the candle flame, and after it was lit, he threw it into the charcoal basin in the room.

Daning is in the north, and it is still early spring. The river has just thawed, so it is inevitably chilly at night. It is not surprising to see a charcoal basin lit in the palace.

In the room, Prince Ning leaned back in his chair, rubbed his brows, and couldn’t help but speak:
“Where are Zhu Gaoyu and Zhu Gaosui?”

The eunuch next to him bowed again and said, “He has already gone to bed in the west courtyard.”

Prince Ning sneered, “These two brats are more arrogant than each other. They are all lobbyists sent by Prince Yan. But I didn’t expect that one day, I would actually be persuaded by them.”

The eunuch’s body trembled, and he couldn’t help but look up and glanced at Zhu Quan cautiously.

Zhu Quan certainly felt the eunuch’s little move, but he didn’t care, and even asked back:
“Do you think that I am fighting for the throne and finally trying to gain the credit of being a follower of the dragon?”

Prince Ning was always gentle to those around him. If Prince Yan had asked the same question, most people would not dare to answer unless it was a very close eunuch like Sanbao.

But the eunuch was bold enough to think for a moment and actually asked:
“Your Highness, do you want to get rid of the crisis of reducing the power of the feudal lords?” Prince Ning looked at the eunuch in surprise, as if he did not expect him to say such a thing.

He nodded, but then shook his head:

“You can say that, but I have another idea in my heart…”

“When Taizu was still alive, he personally appointed me, who was 13 years old, as a vassal king, and made me the Sai King of Daning. He also handed over the Three Guards of Duoyan to me. Although Taizu never said any intimate words to me, there are some people and some things that only a father can understand…”

“I complained back then, and I felt it was unfair. We were all descendants of Taizu, so why did Taizu value my elder brother’s family more? But when Pan Yan was born, I suddenly understood.”

“Pan Yan is still young. They are right. If I imprison him, then I will be imprisoned.”

“But Pan Yan can’t.”

It’s very quiet outside the window.

Zhu Quan remained silent, looking at the candle wick.

The lights flickered.

A drop of wax flowed along the candle body.

Like a tear.

……

The next morning.

Zhu Gaoyu was sticking his butt out, rubbing his face in front of a dim bronze mirror.

While rubbing his face, he was humming a song.

Zhu Gaosui frowned, looking bitter and resentful, as he endured the torture of the noise coming from Zhu Gaoyu.

Just when the noise torture was about to continue, an “uninvited guest” suddenly came into the yard.

Prince Ning Zhu Quan is here.

When Zhu Gaoyu saw him, he couldn’t help but widen his eyes:

“Couldn’t you tell me before you came in?”

The complicated mood that Zhu Quan had brewed was immediately destroyed by Zhu Gaoyu’s words.

He glared at his erratic nephew with annoyance.

“This is my territory. Do I need to tell you I’m coming in?”

“hehe.”

Zhu Gaoyu smiled and said nothing more.

Zhu Quan felt something was strange.

It was obviously a normal laugh, but it always felt a little different when it came from Zhu Gaoyu’s mouth.

He put this sudden thought behind his mind, coughed slightly, and said:

“You said before…I promised…”

Zhu Gaosui’s eyes suddenly widened.

No matter how calm he was normally, he couldn’t help but feel a little excited when he completed the important tasks assigned by his father one after another.

To be honest, this was the first time he independently completed a task assigned by Zhu Di.

Oh, if Zhu Gaoyu is not counted.

However, Zhu Gaosui knew clearly in his heart that although Zhu Gaoyu was young, it would be difficult for him to complete the two tasks in such a short time without Zhu Gaoyu.

Zhu Gaoyu was very calm.

He slowly rubbed his face, picked out the mucus from his eyes, and washed his face carefully, making sure that his face was still as smooth and tender as before, then he smiled and said:
“Uncle Seventeen, I actually have some good news, do you want to know?”

Zhu Quan didn’t know what good news could be better than his current agreement to help the Jingnan Rebellion.

He couldn’t help but feel a little curious:

“what?”

Zhu Gaoyu grinned:
“Uncle Seventeen, think about it, don’t you have a group of Wuliangha Guards under you? But the relationship between you and the Wuliangha Guards is, to be precise, like that of mercenaries. After all, this group of people only care about benefits, and they will go to whoever gives them more benefits. Am I right?”

That does make sense.

The term mercenary is novel.

But the strange thing is that King Ning Zhu Quan actually understood it.

He nodded, thinking that what Zhu Gaoyu said made sense. “Then what? So what’s the good news?”

Zhu Gaoyu smiled brightly:

“Uncle Seventeen, we will help you give the conditions to let Wuliangha help my father. This way, you don’t need to pay any more conditions to get Wuliangha to join our camp, and we don’t have to worry about Wuliangha working for the court!”

In an instant, Zhu Quan’s face turned blue.

Unlucky child!!!

What on earth did you two do behind his back?!

wrong!

Zhu Quan now even wants to kill these two unlucky guys!

I wrote the wrong Prince of Xiang and Prince of Ning before. Prince of Ning has children, but Prince of Xiang does not. The previous one has been corrected. I posted it in that chapter two days ago, and I will post it again today. Sorry! ^_^
Six thousand today.

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