If not abolished

Chapter 273 Bad news comes

The air pressure in the Qianqing Palace is very low now.

Zhu Di just heard Zhu Zhanji's explanation of the whole story and was so angry that he swept everything on the table to the ground.

"Okay, okay, you are all so amazing. You actually did such a thing under my nose? Do you think I am a decoration? Especially you, you are really a good son of the King of Han. You didn't learn any good things, but you inherited all those conspiracies and tricks ten times ten times." Zhu Di pointed at Zhu Zhanqi's nose and cursed.

Zhu Zhanqi knelt there and dared not say a word.

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry. If you have anything to say, just talk nicely." Wang Jinghong advised from the side. His Majesty has had a bad temper in recent years. If he does something irreversible under impulse, those around him will naturally advise His Majesty to calm down and think carefully.

"Calm down, how can I calm down, they..." Zhu Di said, and also persuaded himself, "I calm down, I calm down..." After that, Zhu Di picked up the remaining cup on the table and threw it at Zhu Zhanqi. Only then did he feel a lot better.

Zhu Zhanqi's head tilted after being hit, and it was visibly swollen, which showed how much force was used.

"Your Majesty, this matter is not that serious. I don't think Zhanqi did it on purpose. Your Majesty, why don't you listen to the reason why Zhanqi did this?"

"Okay, I want to hear what the reason is that made him do such a rebellious thing." Zhu Di took a few deep breaths, gradually calmed down and said, "Tell me, I will give you a chance to explain."

Zhu Zhanqi replied in a stern tone: "Your Majesty, are you joking? What purpose can there be in doing such a thing? Your Majesty, what do you think?"

"Okay, okay, you are just like your father, birds of a feather. I don't want to listen to him anymore. Take him away and lock him up!" Zhu Di said angrily.

"Your Majesty, please think twice. If you imprison the prince rashly, I'm afraid..."

"Grandpa Emperor, what Eunuch Wang said is right. After all, Zhanqi is your grandson. If you want to detain him directly, there must be a reason. It will not sound good if such a thing gets out. Although the plan was made, it did not succeed after all..." Zhu Zhanji also advised.

"In that case, let's confine him to the palace first, and I will think carefully about how to deal with him."

"Your Majesty is wise."

Han Dynasty Palace.

"Why did the Princess come back alone? Where is His Highness?" Sun Ruoji was waiting at the gate of the palace early, ready to wait for Zhu Zhanqi to come back and take him to her room.

But after stretching his neck to look for a long time, he only saw Wang Jundai getting off the carriage.

"Your Highness has been left behind by His Majesty to handle some affairs. We don't know when he will be back, so I came back first." Wang Jundai glanced at her. She was dressed up beautifully, but she was afraid that her efforts would be in vain today. According to her guess, Zhu Zhanqi might not be able to come back today. She was tired after being busy in the palace all day and had no time to take care of Sun Ruoji. She just glanced at her and left.

Sun Ruoji looked at her leaving back and didn't say anything for a long time.

"Empress Concubine, the prince hasn't come back yet, shall we go back first?" Seeing that she didn't move for a long time, the maid had no choice but to ask.

Sun Ruoji looked at her careful dressing and preparations, but found that she couldn't use them for the time being.

"Since His Highness is not coming back so soon, let's go back first." Sun Ruoji was not stupid enough to stand at the door anymore. He took two steps and said, "Wait, have someone watch the door. If His Highness comes back, come and report in advance."

"Yes."

But what no one expected was that Sun Ruoji waited from day to night, but never saw Zhu Zhanqi come back.

Sun Ruoji waited for a day, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt something was wrong. Wang Jundai said that His Highness was kept in the palace by His Majesty as soon as she came back, but she didn't come back for a day? This was too strange. No, I had to find Wang Jundai to ask her clearly. She must have something she didn't tell her.

"Is the Princess Princess here? I have something to ask you." Sun Ruoji arrived at Wang Jundai's door in a short while.

"My apologies, Concubine. The Princess had a headache when she came back, so I asked the palace doctor to take a look. She just took the medicine and went to bed. I don't want to wake her up. What do you think? Is there something urgent? If not, come back tomorrow."

"This... is quite urgent. Um, His Highness hasn't come back yet, so I just wanted to come over and ask if anything else happened in the palace today?" Sun Ruoji said while holding back her temper. What about feeling unwell? This was obviously an excuse. I'm afraid he was deliberately trying to make her...

"That's right. Before the Princess went to bed, she told me to tell her that if the Concubine came to ask about Your Highness, she should tell me that Your Highness was suddenly taken to the palace by His Majesty today, and he might be left to live in the palace. The Concubine should not worry too much. What could possibly happen to Your Highness in the palace? You should go back first."

"There is a possibility that he will be kept. Why didn't the Princess tell you about this at the beginning?" After hearing this, Sun Ruoji's face gradually darkened.

"Well, the Concubine didn't ask at the beginning?" The Concubine should go back first. It's not a good idea to make trouble with the Princess now. It won't be good to disturb the Princess either.

"Miss, you are right. I will go back right away." Sun Ruoji said word by word.

"Go slowly, Madam Concubine."

Three days later.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is news from Le'an, the Prince of Han..." A messenger came running over from outside.

"What happened to the prince?" Zhu Di asked hurriedly after hearing the urgent report.

"The Crown Prince of Han... the Crown Prince fell ill and died half a month ago."

"What? What happened to Zhanhe?" Zhu Di couldn't believe his ears.

"Prince, the prince is dead."

Zhu Di suddenly slumped down on the dragon throne. "How come there is no news that the prince is ill? How is the King of Han now?" Zhu Di knew that the King of Han had always favored this son the most, and that he was indeed the most virtuous among his several children.

"His Royal Highness the King of Han is extremely grief-stricken. I heard that he is also seriously ill and will recover soon."

"Wang Jinghong." Zhu Di shouted.

"I'm here." Wang Jinghong walked over quickly.

Zhu Di wiped away his tears and said, "Go and bring Zhanqi here."

Zhu Di thought that his second son had already lost his eldest son, so he couldn't let anything happen to his second son. Those things could be big or small, and they didn't lead to big disasters after all. The prince and Agui have always been tolerant, so they probably wouldn't care too much. He just let him stay in the palace quietly and learn his lesson.

After a while, the person was brought over.

After three days of house arrest, Zhu Zhanqi looked older and thinner.

"Your Majesty," Zhu Zhanqi knelt down and bowed.

"Get up." Zhu Di felt a lot when he saw his grandson like this. "Do you know you are wrong? Will you dare to do it again in the future?"

"Grandson..." Zhu Zhanqi had never suffered such injustice since he was a child. In just these few days, he felt the warmth and coldness of human nature in an instant.

"It's good that you know you're wrong. Go wash up and go back to reflect on your mistakes in the mansion."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Although Zhu Zhanqi didn't know what the situation was, he thought it was a good thing to let him go back, so he didn't say anything more.

East Palace

"Your Highness, this is bad. The news from the Palace of Heavenly Purity just now is that His Majesty has released Prince Qi and told him to return home."

"What? Why is it so sudden? Your Majesty hasn't dealt with this matter for several days, and now he suddenly releases the person. This is too strange. I will go to the Qianqing Palace to find out." Zhu Zhanji went out immediately after hearing this, preparing to rush to the Qianqing Palace to see what was going on before anyone left.

"Your Highness, slow down." Wu Cheng chased after him.

Just as the two were about to walk out of the East Palace gate, they were suddenly stopped by the prince, "Agui, where are you going in such a hurry?"

"Father, I'm going to the Qianqing Palace. I have something to discuss with the Emperor." Zhu Zhanji didn't have time to say anything more to him and prepared to leave with an anxious look on his face.

"Wait a minute, are you going to see your grandfather about Zhanqi's matter?"

"How did father know?" Zhu Zhanji asked.

"If this is the case, I advise you not to go now, otherwise I'm afraid you won't get the result you want. Go back to Qingyun Palace and stay there."

"Father, what do you mean by this? I don't understand. This matter is clearly Zhanqi's fault. Your Majesty can't be so partial, right?"

"It seems you don't know yet?"

"Know what?" Zhu Zhanji became more and more confused the more he listened.