I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 127 Meeting
Zhu Houzhao only felt a pulling force on his hands, and he stood up.

Zhu Houxuan's smiling face appeared in front of him, "Long time no see! Brother!"

Zhu Houzhao suddenly felt a little embarrassed. He never dreamed that he would meet Zhu Houxuan under such circumstances.

At his most embarrassing moment, the curse he had just spoken was also heard by Zhu Houxuan.
Zhu Houxuan didn't pay attention to Zhu Houzhao's expression, but patted Zhu Houzhao's clothes, "How could you be so careless and get into this state?"

Zhu Houzhao stared at Zhu Houxun blankly. After more than three years, Zhu Houxun had not changed much. Everything was still so familiar.
Zhu Houzhao wanted to open his mouth to say something, but he didn't know what to say.
People say that one feels timid when one is close to home. In fact, one also feels timid when one is close to people. The closer Zhu Houzhao got to Qizhou, the more he felt this way. He wandered around Qizhou for five days without going to see Zhu Houxuan, partly because of this emotion.

He had imagined many times the scene of meeting Zhu Houxuan again, but he never thought it would be like this.
He once thought about how he would feel when he met Zhu Houxuan again. He thought he would be happy, excited, and moved, but he was wrong.
He looked at Zhu Houxuan, and felt a wave of grievance in his heart. He recalled the past three years in his mind, and felt even more aggrieved. These three years were the most difficult three years he had ever lived.
Zhu Houzhao really had no one to complain to. As the emperor, he had few people to complain to. Qian Ning and Jiang Bin were adopted sons, Zhang Yong and Gu Dayong were family slaves, none of them were qualified for him to complain to. Empress Dowager Zhang was qualified, but the relationship was too distant. Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the cabinet, who had the best relationship with him, retired due to illness.
Therefore, he had no place to complain in Beijing. The only person who was qualified and had a good relationship with him was Zhu Houxun. So when he saw Zhu Houxun, Zhu Houzhao's bitterness surged up.
"Brother, don't you know how I have been living for the past three years?" Zhu Houzhao said with great grievance, and then said a lot of things in a row.

Zhu Houxuan listened patiently, then signaled his guards to block Zhu Houzhao's guards so as not to disturb their conversation.

Zhu Houzhao talked for a long time, and after he finished, he felt much better.
"Brother, do you know how I have been spending the past three years?" Zhu Houxuan also said affectionately.

Zhu Houzhao was somewhat embarrassed by Zhu Houxun's expression, but he still asked, "How are you doing?"

Zhu Houzhao thought that Zhu Houxun would say something like "he missed him very much and missed him so much that he couldn't eat or drink", but he had not yet figured out how to respond to such words.

As a result, Zhu Houxuan said with a smile: "Brother, I have eaten and drunk every day for more than three years. I have never missed a meal! Hahahahahahahaha"

Zhu Houzhao sprained his waist due to this sharp turn. He was stunned for a moment and then realized that Zhu Houxun was teasing him, and he also started laughing.
The bitterness in his heart was dispelled by this laughter. He and Zhu Houxuan had not seen each other for more than three years. Even though they communicated every month, when they met, he could feel a sense of estrangement between them.

As a result, this feeling of alienation was dissipated by Zhu Houxun's joke, and the familiar feeling when I was with Zhu Houxun in the past returned.
The two stopped laughing, and Zhu Houxuan asked in confusion: "What did you just say, brother?"

Zhu Houzhao was embarrassed and quickly pointed to a place not far away and interrupted: "Brother, those are my guards, let them in!"

It turned out that Jiang Bin had already arrested Mr. Cui and was bringing him here, but was stopped by Zhu Houxuan's guards.

There was no conflict between the two sides. Jiang Bin knew that Zhu Houxuan's background was not simple as soon as he saw Zhu Houxuan's temperament. Then, seeing that he was familiar with Zhu Houzhao, he immediately guessed Zhu Houxuan's identity.

Zhu Houxuan waved his hand and his guards let Jiang Bin and his group over.

"This is Zhu Bin, my new adopted son." Zhu Houzhao said quickly.

Then he said to Jiang Bin: "This is your uncle." Zhu Houzhao winked at Jiang Bin while speaking.

But Jiang Bin didn't understand what Zhu Houzhao meant by his expression. "Greetings, uncle." Jiang Bin said respectfully.

Zhu Houxuan nodded to Jiang Bin, looked at Mr. Cui who was being held by Jiang Bin, and asked curiously: "I wonder why my nephew arrested this old man? Did something happen to provoke you?"

Jiang Bin's heart trembled, and he suddenly realized that Zhu Houzhao was going to wink at him.

"Nothing, the wrong person was arrested, Zhu Bin, let the old man go." Zhu Houzhao said hurriedly. He didn't want to seek revenge now, he just wanted to cover up the incident of riding a manure cart a few days ago in front of Zhu Houxuan.
Jiang Bin understood and immediately let go of Cui Laozhang, then gave him a hard push and urged him, "Hurry up and leave!"

Cui Laozhang felt so wronged. It was just a manure cart, wasn't it? There were so many people who rode on his Marxist-Leninist car, but this was the first time he saw someone so persistent. He wanted to turn around and argue a few words, but Jiang Bin glared at him with murderous eyes. He didn't dare to speak and walked away in shame.

Zhu Houzhao finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Zhu Houxuan's voice lingered again, "Brother, why did you let him go? Is the manure cart incident you just mentioned related to this person?"

Zhu Houzhao had never been so flustered in his life, and he quickly explained: "No, it's okay. I didn't ride on any manure cart."

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao had little experience in lying, so he made a mistake in a hurry. He tried to make up for it in a panic, but found that Zhu Houxuan was looking at him with narrow eyes and a sly smile on his face.
Zhu Houzhao couldn't continue speaking.
"Do you know everything?" Zhu Houzhao said in a low voice.

"Well, I still know what happened in Qizhou," Zhu Houxuan said simply.

"You" Zhu Houzhao felt very embarrassed.

"Don't worry." Zhu Houxuan hugged Zhu Houzhao and whispered, "Don't worry, I have taken care of everything. Except for your guards, no one will know how you came to Qizhou."

Zhu Houzhao breathed a sigh of relief. He was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty and he still had to maintain his dignity.

He also put his hand on Zhu Houxuan's shoulder, looked at Zhu Houxuan's profile, and suddenly felt much more at ease, and a sense of security and closeness arose in his heart.

Only then did he realize that Zhu Houxuan had grown taller and was now taller than him.

"Brother looks a lot thinner than he was three years ago. We brothers must have a lot to talk about after not seeing each other for three years. There are too many people here, so let's go back home first. Let's drink and talk by candlelight tonight."

Zhu Houzhao readily agreed.

(End of this chapter)