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

Chapter 585 Snow (Part )
Zhu Houxuan closed his eyes in pain. He knew that it was pointless to persuade him any further. He knew Zhu Houzhao too well. He would rather die gloriously today than live a few more days in vain.
"Please, my brother, move to Chengtian Gate!" Zhu Houxuan said.

Zhu Houzhao showed a smile on his face, and the eunuchs around him carried him out of the palace gate and onto the imperial carriage.
Zhu Houzhao's carriage drove out of the Meridian Gate, rolled over the road stained with the blood of Annan's traitors, and went straight into the Chengtian Gate.

When Zhu Houzhao climbed up Chengtian Gate, what he saw was a capital city covered in silver. The snow was falling even harder, covering the entire city in a layer of white.

But the entire Chengtian Gate was a sea of ​​red. Big red lanterns and various red decorations were hung on the city wall. Under the red city wall was a red viewing platform. The Ming Dynasty valued red, so the people on the viewing platform also wore red.

On Chang'an Avenue, there were endless guards in red uniforms.
The warm atmosphere on and off the city wall even stopped the falling snow from the sky.

Zhu Houzhao showed a very happy smile. This was the scene he hoped to see and the scene he liked.
After Zhu Houzhao appeared, the eyes of civil and military officials, envoys from various countries, representatives from various places, and the troops on parade were all focused on him. Zhu Houzhao was in poor health and had not appeared in public for a long time.
So when Zhu Houzhao appeared, everyone under the tower cheered loudly.
Zhu Houzhao happily waved his hands to the people below the tower, and even louder cheers rang out from below the tower.
The cheers were full of respect and admiration for Zhu Houzhao and lasted for quite a while before fading away.
The next step should be for Zhu Houzhao to go downstairs to review the troops.
"I am not feeling well, so Prince Jing, please carry Zai Xi and inspect the troops on my behalf," Zhu Houzhao said with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Zhu Houxuan said without hesitation. He could not let Zhu Houzhao down.

Then he led Zhu Zaiqi down from the city wall and boarded the review carriage. Although he was the designer of the military parade, it was the first time for him to review the entire army in this way.

The military band played military music, Zhu Houxuan held Zhu Zaiqi in his arms and reviewed the troops one by one, and the troops also accepted Zhu Houxuan's review in the most enthusiastic state.
During these three years, Zhu Houxuan had completely taken over the Imperial Guards, left his mark on them, and completely controlled them. Therefore, these troops on parade were not unfamiliar with him. What made them feel unfamiliar was Zhu Zaiqi in Zhu Houxuan's arms.
Zhu Houxuan quickly reviewed the troops and returned to the city wall.

Zhu Houzhao had recovered a lot of his strength by this time, and then the parade officially began.

He insisted on standing on the edge of the city wall to review the troops so that the soldiers in the parade passing in front of the tower could see him.
For this reason, he even refused the eunuchs' umbrella and Zhu Houxuan's support, and stood there stubbornly holding onto the city wall.
The parade formations passed by the Chengtian Gate Tower, including infantry, cavalry, naturalized troops, and artillery.
Every soldier in the phalanx looked at Zhu Houzhao. Even though Zhu Houxuan had left his mark on the Imperial Guards and even though Zhu Houzhao had not been in the army for a long time, his position in the hearts of the Imperial Guards was irreplaceable.
They will always remember and cherish the days when Zhu Houzhao led them to fight in battles across thousands of miles.
Zhu Houzhao waved his arms vigorously in response to the soldiers who were loyal to him.
There were thirty reviewing squares in the parade, which took a full half hour. Zhu Houzhao also stood stubbornly for half an hour in the wind and snow.
Zhu Houzhao had already coughed up blood, and there were spots of blood on the chest of his imperial robe. If he hadn't done anything rash, he might have lived a few more days, but he seemed to want to die on the Chengtian Gate Tower.

"Brother Royal."

After the last parade was over, Zhu Houxuan rushed forward and hugged Zhu Houzhao. Zhu Zaiqi also ran over and hugged Zhu Houzhao and cried.
Zhu Houzhao's condition became worse, and he was even a little confused. He sang the military songs of the Imperial Guards, as if he was imagining the days of leading the Imperial Guards to fight in the south and the north.
Zhu Houxuan's heart ached when he saw this, and he gave the order: "Order the guards to sing military songs under the city wall." His order was passed down very quickly, and soon tens of thousands of guards ran back to the city wall with rumbling steps, singing majestic military songs one after another. As the singing spread, perhaps because Zhu Houxuan's order was ambiguous, or perhaps because everyone realized something, more and more guards gathered under the city wall, and it was so crowded that the guards who came later could not squeeze under the city wall stopped on Chang'an Street.
The ten-mile Chang'an Avenue has become a sea of ​​red, completely covering the white snow on the ground.
Zhu Houxuan shouted: "Play music, play music!"

Xie Lulang immediately raised his flag and directed the military band to start playing.

Zhu Houzhao became somewhat sober in the midst of the military songs, but not completely sober.
He listened to the majestic military songs and suddenly said weakly: "Brother, you have written many military songs, but I don't think I have ever heard you sing them."

Zhu Houzhao was still not fully awake and actually said such words.
Zhu Houxuan was stunned when he heard this, wiped his tears, and said with a smile: "Then I will sing a song for my brother, a song specially made for him, okay?"

"Good! Good! Good! What my brother created is definitely not an ordinary piece." Zhu Houzhao also laughed. He thought of Zhu Houxuan's previous creations and was very much looking forward to it.

Zhu Houxuan nodded, straightened his appearance, stood up straight, and walked to the edge of the tower so that everyone below the tower could see him.
He pressed down with both hands, asking everyone to stop. The city wall gradually became quiet, and countless people's eyes fell on him.
Civil and military officials, envoys from various countries, representatives from various regions, and countless guards all looked straight at Zhu Houxuan.
I don't know when the heavy snow stopped.
Zhu Houxuan took a deep breath and shouted the first sentence at the top of his voice:
"The scenery of the North is covered in ice for thousands of miles and snow drifting for thousands of miles."

Everyone was stunned when they heard this, not knowing what Zhu Houxuan was going to do.
"Looking inside and outside the Great Wall, all I see is wilderness."

"The great river, up and down, suddenly stopped roaring."

"Silver snakes dance in the mountains, wax elephants ride in the mountains, and they want to compete with God!"

Zhu Houxuan continued to recite without stopping, his voice echoing up and down the tower.
Many people on and off the tower had a high level of appreciation. Although they did not understand why Zhu Houxun was reciting a poem, it did not prevent them from feeling the magnificent artistic conception and grand momentum from the words Zhu Houxun recited.
"It must be a sunny day to see the red dress and white snow, which is particularly charming." Zhu Houxuan's voice became a little deeper, as if he was accumulating some kind of strength.
(End of this chapter)