If not abolished

Chapter 136: Stealing chicken but losing rice

"Since you said so, Wang Jinghong, please go and check it out yourself," Zhu Di said.

"Slave, let's do it now."

Zhu Gaosui watched Wang Jinghong's back as he left with a chuckle, thinking that now he would see how his good nephew would handle the situation.

Zhu Di had been staring at his youngest son's expression. He had seen his youngest son's expression just now. Agui had never been so tactless in his actions. How could he be caught so easily? Who was tricking whom this time? Zhu Gaosui's little cleverness was not enough in front of Zhu Di. He just saw through it but didn't say anything.

Wang Jinghong came back and said, "Your Majesty, it is just as His Royal Highness Prince Zhao said. All the princes are here, but Doctor Liu is missing. According to other doctors, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince did take the people away in a hurry in the afternoon, and he has not returned yet."

"What about Agui?" After hearing this, Zhu Di immediately asked about Zhu Zhanji's whereabouts. Since it has been proved that it was Zhu Zhanji who did it, why not call him over to ask what happened?

"Your Majesty, the people at the palace gate said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince left the palace in the afternoon and has not returned yet." Wang Jinghong sent someone to look for Zhu Zhanji when he went out just now.

"Now that he's out of the palace, let's wait for him to come back and ask him what happened." Zhu Di said lightly.

Zhu Gaosui was immediately displeased and said hastily: "Father, it has now been proven that Zhanji not only took your prince away privately, but also may have taken the imperial physician out of the palace. This is an even greater crime."

"So what? What do you want? You failed in the entire search and you want to file a complaint, but you even want to accuse Agui of a crime. He is your nephew, and this is how you treat his uncle?" Zhu Di said angrily.

"Your son...your son is also worried that Zhanji might do something wrong, so I'm giving him a kind reminder. Besides, shouldn't Zhanji be punished if he makes a mistake? A prince who breaks the law is subject to the same punishment as a commoner." Zhu Gaosui said righteously.

"You seem to be so righteous and upright at this moment. Why haven't I seen you act like this before when you made a mistake? Humph."

Just as the two were talking, a voice came from outside the door: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived."

"Your Majesty, listen, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is back."

"I heard it. Just in time, Agui is back. Let's see what he said."

Zhu Gaosui looked at how this boy would respond.

"See Grandpa Huang."

"Get up." Zhu Di raised his hand and said.

"Thank you, Grandfather Emperor." Zhu Zhanji stood up.

"Zhanji, you look so tired. Where did you come from?" Zhu Gaosui asked immediately after Zhu Zhanji got up.

"Third uncle is here too?" Zhu Zhanji looked as if he had just seen him.

"Agui, not long ago, your third uncle came to say that you took the imperial physician away from the palace without permission? Is this true?" Zhu Di asked in a serious tone.

Zhu Zhanji knelt down before he spoke and said, "Your Majesty, what my third uncle said is right. I did take the imperial physician Liu Guan away without asking for permission, and even took him out of the palace. That's why I come here to apologize to your Majesty." After saying that, Zhu Zhanji kowtowed.

"Father, your Majesty, what I said was right. Now he has admitted it himself." Zhu Gaosui immediately added insult to injury.

"What are you yelling about? I'm not deaf, I heard you." After scolding his son, Zhu Di said to Zhu Zhanji, "Agui, Grandpa knows that you are not a person without sense of propriety. You must have a reason for doing this, right?"

"My grandson did have his reasons for what he did. No matter what, it is an indisputable fact that he violated palace rules. I ask Your Majesty to punish him as a warning to others." Zhu Zhanji insisted that Zhu Di punish him before he even gave the reason.

"Father, since Zhanji has said so, you can no longer cover up for him." Zhu Gaosui was so anxious, "If you do this, others will definitely say that you are unfair."

Zhu Di originally wanted Zhu Zhanji to explain the reason so that he could find an excuse to get away with it. However, he did not expect that Zhu Zhanji would punish himself. Zhu Gaosui, who was a troublesome person, was fanning the flames, making him in a difficult situation.

"Then punish His Royal Highness the Crown Prince by making him copy the book ten times." Zhu Di said casually.

"Thanks……"

"Father, Zhanji made such a big mistake, is it just as simple as copying a book? Aren't you too partial?" Zhu Zhanji originally wanted to express his gratitude, but before he could finish, he was interrupted by Zhu Gaosui.

"Then what do you want?" Zhu Di said gritting his teeth.

"You should get a beating for asking this, otherwise how can Zhanji learn his lesson?"

"Can you give me some advice?" Zhu Di said with a wry smile.

Wu Cheng behind Zhu Zhanji heard that he was going to be whipped again, so he said quickly: "Your Majesty, our Crown Prince has a reason for what happened today, you..."

"Shut up." Zhu Zhanji interrupted him.

"Don't listen to him. Tell me, why did Agui do such a thing?" Zhu Di asked Wu Cheng to continue.

"Your Majesty, the reason why His Royal Highness the Crown Prince disregarded palace rules and took the imperial physician away today was because he wanted to treat Princess Yong'an. He lost his composure for a moment. I hope Your Majesty will understand this." Wu Cheng kowtowed after saying this.

"Yong'an, what's wrong with Yong'an? What's going on? Is Agui still trying to hide it from me?" When Zhu Di heard that something happened to his most beloved eldest daughter, he stood up excitedly.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't hide it, so he had to say: "Don't worry, Grandpa Emperor. Fortunately, it was discovered in time. After the diagnosis and treatment of Imperial Doctor Liu, as long as Aunt Yong'an survives tonight, she will be out of danger."

"What exactly is going on? Can you tell me the whole story?"

"To answer Grandpa Huang, this is what happened. Yesterday, Zhanhe happened to go to Aunt Yongan's house outside the palace. He heard that Aunt Yongan had been ill at home these days. After returning, Zhanhe mentioned this to his grandson." Zhu Zhanji took a breath and continued, "This afternoon, my grandson was a little uneasy, always feeling that something was wrong. Later, I thought of Aunt Yongan, and thought that it was a good opportunity to come here this time. I thought that the imperial doctors in the palace would always be better than the doctors outside the palace, so I made a decision without asking Grandpa Huang. Later, after Imperial Doctor Liu went to treat her, he found that Aunt Yongan was indeed not suffering from an ordinary cold, but he discovered it early. However, Aunt Yongan still has to wait until after tonight to be out of danger. My grandson didn't want to worry Grandpa Huang, so I didn't say it at the beginning. Please forgive me, Grandpa Huang."

"What have you done wrong? If you hadn't discovered it in time, I don't know what would have happened to my Yong'an." Zhu Di said after listening to the whole process.

"Don't worry too much, Grandpa Emperor. I'll let Liu Guan stay in Princess Yong'an's mansion. With the imperial physician here, Aunt Yong'an will be fine." Zhu Zhanji comforted Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said slowly, "I hope so." Zhu Di saw Zhu Zhanji still kneeling there, and hurriedly said, "Agui, get up quickly."

Zhu Gaosui was stunned when he heard this. How could the situation turn out like this? No, he couldn't let Zhu Zhanji get away with it so easily.

"Father, this story sounds so weird to me. How could Zhanji know about my elder sister's illness? This is obviously nonsense." Zhu Gaosui thought to himself how could Zhu Zhanji be so incredible. He felt something was wrong, but he hit the mark by accident. The main reason was that the news was revealed to him by that kid Zhanhe.

"Asshole, you want to fan the flames, right?" Zhu Di was so angry that he picked up the things on the table and threw them at him.

Zhu Gaosui failed to dodge and was hit on the forehead, with blood immediately flowing out.

"Your elder sister is sick, and you, as her younger brother, not only don't care but you are also complaining here. This is something that Agui would have thought of as soon as he arrived. You have been in Beijing all the time, have you ever taken the time to care about Yong'an?" Zhu Di asked.

"Your son... Your son is very busy with official duties, and I always send people to visit you during the holidays." Zhu Gaosui said as he knelt down.

"It's a courtesy during festivals. I'm afraid you never think of Yong'an at other times except during festivals? You are busy with official duties. Humph, you are even busier than me." Zhu Di continued to scold.

"Your son..." Zhu Gaosui was speechless.

"You just spy on others all day long, and come to complain whenever something goes wrong. Do you think everyone is like you?" Zhu Di pointed at his nose and scolded, "Didn't you just say you were going to punish Agui? Come, take His Royal Highness the Prince of Zhao down to be beaten with a stick. Beat him hard."

"Father, Father, I know I was wrong, please have mercy on me." Zhu Gaosui kowtowed desperately and begged for mercy?

"What's the point of saying that? That's not what you said when you let Agui be punished just now. Now it's not the same when it comes to you."

"Your Highness is willing to pray for your elder sister. Please forgive me this time. I really didn't expect that it was your elder sister who was ill. I really didn't know!"

"You don't know, so you can make random guesses about Agui. You want to pray for Yong'an, right? Okay, I'll help you. You will take the punishment for Agui copying books just now. After the beating, go back and copy scriptures to pray for your elder sister." Zhu Di didn't want to listen to his nagging anymore. He waved his hand and asked someone to drag him away quickly.

"Grandpa Huang, wait a minute."

"Agui, what do you want to say?" Zhu Di saw Zhu Zhanji speak.

"It is true that my third uncle was unaware of this matter. Isn't the punishment too severe for the emperor? Besides, my third uncle came to complain to the emperor because he was worried that his grandson would violate the palace rules, and he had good intentions. Why don't the emperor not beat him?" Zhu Zhanji pleaded for him.

"Look, Agui is speaking for you at this time, and you come here to report him. Doesn't your conscience hurt?" Zhu Di turned to Zhu Zhanji and said, "Agui, don't plead for this bastard anymore. He must be beaten. He must learn a lesson. Don't say anything." Zhu Di refused and stopped Zhu Zhanji from speaking well of Zhu Gaosui.

"What are you still doing here? Take him away."

Soon, the sounds of Zhu Gaosui's screams and beatings could be heard outside the palace.

"Agui, if it weren't for you today, who knows what would have happened to Yongan?"

"Grandpa Emperor, don't say that. What if Zhanhe also had a share of the credit for this? If he hadn't happened to tell me, I wouldn't have thought of it."

"You all have made contributions. When your aunt gets better, I will reward you."

"This is what my grandson should do. How can I take credit for it?"

"Good boy, unlike your third uncle, who is a loser." Zhu Di got angry when he thought of Zhu Gaosui.