"A death-exemption iron scroll will be sent to your manor this afternoon...Gao Xu's injuries are very serious now. He won't be able to get out of bed for a month."
"Hmm, I'll try to make sure he can't get out of bed for three months next time."
Zhu Di's face darkened, but considering Rosen's white sugar technique, he still thought that a little roughhousing for boys was no big deal.
...
"Ah ah..."
Zhu Gaoxu screamed. The imperial physician had just applied medicine to him. At this moment, Zhu Gaoxu couldn't even pull up his pants. Even if a strand of hair fell on his buttocks, it would cause him needle-like pain.
At this moment, the eldest, Zhu Gaochi, and the third, Zhu Gaosui, came to visit him as a group.
"Rosen, I want you dead! I want your whole family to die a terrible death!" Zhu Gaoxu cursed angrily.
"Second Brother, I heard you couldn't even defeat a little girl on the street," Zhu Gaosui teased.
"Ah ah ah...Eldest Brother, you must avenge me." Zhu Gaochi had never met Rosen. When Zhu Di attacked Yingtian Prefecture, he was still in charge of the overall situation in Shuntian Prefecture.
Seeing his brother beaten like this, he felt sorry for Zhu Gaoxu.
"Third Brother, who exactly is this Rosen? How dare he be so reckless and lawless, completely disregarding our imperial family?" Zhu Gaochi asked.
"I don't know, I only know that this person is arrogant beyond measure..." Zhu Gaosui recounted what happened after he entered the Forbidden City a few years ago.
Zhu Gaochi fell into deep thought. Unlike Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu's impulsiveness and proneness to anger,
Zhu Gaochi was clearly more rational. From Zhu Gaosui's words, he heard other things.
His father, the man sitting on the Dragon throne, respected Rosen.
There were not many people Zhu Di would listen to in his life.
Their Mother, Xu Miaoyun, was one.
That Black-robed Monk was one.
He himself was half. As for Zhu Gaosui and Zhu Gaoxu, their words were like farts in Zhu Di's ears.
However, Zhu Di was also an extremely strong-willed person.
Zhu Di could beat his own sons, but he would never allow anyone else to beat them.
So that person was clearly not as simple as the father of Zhu Yunwen's close minister, as Zhu Gaosui claimed.
If it were that simple, Zhu Di would have already chopped the person to pieces.
After all, the number of people Zhu Di purged before and after his ascension was not small.
But Law Ming, Zhu Yunwen's close minister, did not suffer any purges. Being stripped of his official position did not even count as a purge.
Zhu Gaochi thought about it and decided to ask someone for clarification before making any plans.
His Mother still didn't know about Zhu Gaoxu's serious injuries, and his father clearly didn't want Mother to know about it, fearing she would worry, so he could only go to Yao Guangxiao for advice.
Although Yao Guangxiao had already achieved success, he did not enter the court as an official but served as the Crown Prince's Junior Tutor, and was now considered Zhu Gaochi's advisor.
"For now, do not take any action. I will first understand the situation, and then we can make plans."
Zhu Gaochi returned to the Crown Prince's residence and summoned Yao Guangxiao.
"Greetings, Your Highness."
"Yao Shi, you may dispense with the formalities. Please be seated."
After Yao Guangxiao sat down, Zhu Gaochi went straight to the point: "Yao Shi, do you know this person, Rosen?"
"Where did Your Highness hear this person's name?" Yao Guangxiao's face showed a hint of surprise.
At that time, for secrecy, the only people who knew about Rosen were Zhu Di, Xu Miaoyun, and him.
After all, if this matter were to be leaked, Rosen, who was in Yingtian Prefecture, would surely die.
Rosen had repeatedly helped Zhu Di's great cause. After great kindness comes great enmity. The power Rosen displayed also made Zhu Di wary of Rosen, fearing that Rosen might support others in the future, so he had always kept Rosen under surveillance, not even willing to inform his own sons.
Zhu Gaochi recounted what Zhu Gaoxu had encountered today.
Yao Guangxiao stroked his long beard and said with a smile: "This matter may not be a bad thing."
"Yao Shi, what do you mean by this?"
"The Second Prince is arrogant and overbearing, usually presuming imperial favor and intending to seize the succession. Now, however, that is no longer possible."
"Yao Shi, that Rosen beat Gao Xu, and he can get away with it unscathed?"
"From a public justice perspective, the Second Prince was in the wrong first, and that person also has a death-exemption iron scroll. From a private perspective, that Mr. Rosen has a great life-saving kindness towards His Majesty. Even if His Majesty is angry, he will not lay a hand on that Mr. Rosen."
Yao Guangxiao's words made Zhu Gaochi gasp, and he even felt a little lingering fear.
Fortunately, he hadn't stood up for his brother.
A life-saving kindness, this was absolutely a towering merit.
As long as that person didn't rebel, he could definitely rest easy.
Moreover, in this matter, Zhu Gaoxu was indeed in the wrong.
"Since he has shown great kindness to Father Emperor, I, too, need to show some appreciation."
"No, Your Highness, great kindness often leads to great enmity, and that person's methods are extraordinary, with the ability to change the heavens and the earth. If you come into contact with him, His Majesty might become suspicious."
Zhu Gaochi's face changed drastically. Yao Guangxiao's words were too significant.
Has the ability to change the heavens and the earth!
Then Zhu Gaochi thought of how, when his father raised his army, there was an inexplicable abundance of money and provisions, and mountains of meat.
Zhu Gaochi was very smart and immediately connected it to the past events.
"I understand."
"Your Highness is wise." Yao Guangxiao smiled and nodded.
This matter quietly passed under the suppression of those with intentions.
Zhu Gaoxu finally recovered from his injuries after lying in bed for a month. Before Zhu Gaoxu could seek revenge, he received Zhu Di's imperial decree, ordering him to report to the City Defense Camp immediately.
Zhu Gaoxu was displeased. Forget it, he would report first, and then settle the score with that old bastard.
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