My uncle is Zhu Di

Chapter 133 Everything is calculated

When Zhu Gaochi arrived at Kunning Palace, he first paid his respects to Empress Xu.

Empress Xu stared at Zhu Gaochi with a dark face, then sneered and said: "You two are so calculating, you sent me away to pray for blessings, and you are here to deal with my nephew?"

"It's not cleaned up yet. It seems that Sakyamuni has shown his great power today, leaving those civil officials helpless. Now they are probably still thinking about questions at home." Zhu Gaochi pretended to be confused.

Empress Xu stared at Zhu Gaochi coldly.

Zhu Gaochi began to break out in cold sweats. What should he do?

"Tell me, whose idea was this? How do you want to trick Baoer?" Empress Xu scolded Zhu Gaochi.

"Mom, this was all my father's idea. I didn't mean to trick Sakyabao. Really, I just wanted to see if Sakyabao had real talent. Also, I wanted to invite Sakyabao to the East Palace, but he didn't come. He was afraid of you. He was probably worried that you would let him go to the Weaving Bureau.

In order to dispel his concerns, Dad asked you to pray. Mom, this is really Dad's idea, you can ask Dad. "Zhu Gaochi immediately said it all out. There was no way. In front of others, he would definitely hold on and never tell the truth, but in front of his mother, he really didn't dare to.

"Hmph, I knew it was his idea!" Queen Xu cursed, gritting her teeth.

"Mom, all this was arranged by Dad." Zhu Gaochi continued to add that even if he didn't say anything, he would be unlucky. If he told it, Dad would punish him. Anyway, if Dad didn't punish him one day, it didn't matter if he had one more thing.

"Where is your father?" Empress Xu stared at Zhu Gaochi and asked.

"I don't know!" Zhu Gaochi immediately shook his head and said, this cannot be said. Zhu Gaochi is very clear in his heart what can be said and what cannot be said.

If you tell me where dad is, I can go and kill him right now, and then he will lose face. Anyway, he will come to Kunning Palace sooner or later. It doesn't matter if I fight him or her behind closed doors.

"Hmph, he just knows how to hide. I wonder how long he can hide!" Queen Xu cursed while gritting her teeth.

Zhu Gaochi stood there, not daring to speak.

After a while, Empress Xu asked, "Did Baoer really suppress those civil officials today?"

When Empress Xu heard this, she knew that she had nothing to do with it, so she immediately looked up and said to her, "Mother, it's true, and Sakyabao is so powerful. Father now completely believes that there is no master behind Sakyabao, otherwise, Sakyabao would not be so powerful.

Moreover, even if there is a master, there is no way he can teach him so much, and he can draw, understand things, and do arithmetic. If there really is such a master, Dad would not have known about it. "

"I have said it long ago that there is no such talent in the Xu Mansion. If there was, how could I not know it? Humph, you suspect my nephew every day. Now, my nephew doesn't trust him anymore. I wonder what should we do with the matter of the Weaving Bureau?" Queen Xu said very angrily.

Empress Xu felt regretful in her heart. She was very sorry that she did not see her nephew show his prowess with her own eyes. Baoer was her favorite nephew, the one she had the most expectations for. Empress Xu would be happy if this nephew had a little bit of ability.

What's more, this nephew has been very nice until now, which has brought honor to me.

"Yes, Dad is also feeling uncomfortable now and doesn't know what to do. No matter what benefits we give to Sakyabao, Sakyabao doesn't want them. The key is that he doesn't trust us anymore." Zhu Gaochi nodded and said with a sigh.

"Hmph, I don't care about this matter. He looks down on my nephew and bullies him, and he wants me to go to my nephew to plead for mercy. I am too embarrassed to say it. If I say it again, your uncle will kick me out." Empress Xu snorted coldly.

"Mother, I think it will depend on you from now on." Zhu Gaochi thought for a moment and said to Empress Xu.

Empress Xu was silent after hearing this, then shook her head and said, "Mother, I can't go and tell you. I'm too embarrassed to tell you. You know why Bao'er didn't come to the palace. If you go and tell him again, if something unexpected happens, Bao'er will probably never come again.

Let your father figure it out himself. How can Baoer not have any objections if he doesn't trust her?"

After hearing this, Zhu Gaochi stopped trying to persuade him.

At night, Zhu Di did not dare to go to the Kunning Palace, but hid in the Qianqing Palace to sleep.

At night, Xu Qin was still busy in the study. Xu Huizu knocked on the study door. Xu Qin looked up and found that it was his father. He immediately stood up and shouted, "Dad, why are you here? Is there something wrong?"

"Well, is there anything wrong? I heard that you were doing arithmetic problems in the East Palace, which made those civil officials lose face?" Xu Huizu nodded, waved to Shiyue Mufeng, and the two of them went out immediately. "Hehe, it's not that I want to embarrass them, but I want to make money from them. Today, my eldest cousin asked me to go over, and I know what he meant. It's probably what His Majesty meant." Xu Qin came out, picked up an empty teacup, and began to make tea for Xu Huizu.

"That's what Dad meant when he thought about it. Zhu Di probably didn't trust you before and thought there might be someone behind you. He was thinking about the person behind you and whether he pushed you out for some other purpose. He is so suspicious." Xu Huizu sat down and said to Xu Qin with a smile.

"I guess that's what he meant. Anyway, believe it or not, I helped them with the work I did at the Weaving Bureau that time before, and then, hehe!" Xu Qin smiled proudly.

"You kid, when you were spinning, weaving and dyeing cloth, and Zhu Di asked you to do it, was this your plan from the beginning?

Including putting the weavers' livelihoods at risk, forcing Zhu Di to engage in maritime trade, and then step by step leading to your imprisonment in the end, and now you're just walking away from it, was all planned by you?" Xu Huizu sat there, looking at Xu Qin with a smile.

"Hehe, I've said it before, when he asks me for help, he looked down on our family so much before, but I will make him helpless with just a spinning machine and a loom." Xu Qin made tea and brought it to Xu Qin.

Xu Huizu looked at Xu Qin and said with a smile: "Aren't you afraid that Zhu Di will kill you after he finds out?"

"Kill me? He won't make this decision easily now. Besides, I have also shown my value. Wouldn't it be a pity to kill me? The key is that if he kills me, many generals in the army will be disheartened, including those who followed him to Jingnan.

Also, even if he kills me, he won't solve the problem. If I die, there will definitely be many people in the private sector who will copy these machines, and they will still be out of control. The key is to solve the problem, not to kill me." Xu Qinxiao came over with a teacup and handed it to Xu Huizu.

"Well, kid, this plan is indeed powerful. Even Dad didn't expect it. But what should we do next? We can't just stay in a stalemate, right?" Xu Huizu stared at Xu Qin and continued to ask.

"Hehe, either restore your title, or restore your freedom. In short, we won't do anything without benefits. In addition, if you want to go to sea, I want to get a part of the benefits. If you want to do it for free, or give me a salary of a certain grade, I won't do it. I don't care if there is no big money.

Besides, if I don't take the benefits, I guess His Majesty will be worried that I won't do a good job there." Xu Qin said to Xu Huizu with a smile.

After hearing what Xu Qin said, Xu Huizu sat there and began to think about it. After a while, he said, "Bao'er, don't restore your freedom. It's very dangerous. Dad will cause you trouble. See if you can restore your title. If you can, it's the best. If not, you need to think of a solution.

You can't force it with Zhu Di. This man is also very cruel. He even killed his own nephew, let alone you? Now your aunt is here, otherwise, you would have been in danger last time.

So, don't keep challenging his bottom line. The emperor is sometimes unreasonable, and you need to have a clear understanding of it. Sometimes, you should stop when you are ahead."

"Dad, there is no master behind us, and you have not contacted your former subordinates. And no one knows whether Zhu Yunwen is dead or not, and I believe there is a great possibility that he has died a long time ago. The reason for this now is that, one, Zhu Di wants to go fishing, and the other is probably that Zhu Di is afraid of something unexpected happening." Xu Qin said anxiously while sitting there.

"Call me Your Majesty. How many times have I reminded you?" Xu Huizu stared at Xu Qin and reminded him.

"Oh, didn't you forget? If you call him by his name, I would have forgotten it too! But Dad, with what I just said, can't our family's title be restored? Is it fun for him to keep us hanging like this? Even if you don't want to be free, you still need to restore our family's title, right?

Do I, Xu Qin, deserve to be bullied and stepped on?

If you say that I, Xu Qin, have no contribution, I would be embarrassed to think about it, but now, I have helped him make so much money, and if the title is not restored, can I still help make money?

He was reluctant to give up even a title. Besides, the title of Duke of Wei was not bestowed by him but by Taizu. How could he have the nerve to deprive his father-in-law of the title that he had earned with his life?
It's nothing more than that he thinks our family is easy to bully, so he wants to use us as a warning to the rest and to intimidate those generals.

But it was already the fifth year of Yongle, and he had been on the throne for more than five years. Couldn't he control those civil and military officials?

To put it bluntly, he just doesn't trust our family. "Xu Qin sat there and complained. He didn't understand why Zhu Di arranged this. Did he have to wait until his father died before letting Duke Wei return to his home?

Dad is a prisoner, so how different is his role from that of a dead person?

By keeping the money from him, aren't you just trying to disgust your father?

He hates his own father, so why can't I hate him?
She used the affairs of the Weaving Bureau to disgust him and make him helpless, but he just wouldn't go, no matter what she offered him, because he had everything he needed.

Xu Huizu heard what Xu Qin said, nodded, and said: "Well, let's take a look first. Anyway, there is no benefit, why not go? I guess Zhu Di should have such considerations now. If he has not considered it yet, you should do what you should do."

(End of this chapter)