My father is Yongle, and all I want is to cultivate immortality.

Chapter 16 Father, if all else fails, just let me go to Yunnan to take up my fiefdom!

"I must master this art of alchemy!"

Zhu Gaoxu said earnestly, "Madam, believe me, I will definitely succeed."

The Princess Consort of Han felt a tremor in her heart when he called her "Madam".

"Your Highness, rest assured, I believe in you, I absolutely believe in you."

Zhu Gaoxu cupped her pretty face in his hands and said earnestly, "Call me husband."

"My husband~"

The Imperial Guards lying in wait: ? ? ?

Oh my god, what a huge display of affection!

The Imperial Guards said: No, we just came to monitor the Prince of Han. Why are we being bombarded with this dog food?

They suddenly realized that monitoring the Prince of Han this time was also a good option.

At least when there's nothing else to do, you can get some dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection), which is quite nice!

…………

Inside the Fengtian Hall.

Zhu Di suffered internal injuries from holding it in.

He almost burst out laughing, and he glanced at Ji Gang.

"Haha, are you serious?"

"That second brother of mine, he blew up the room while trying to refine some pills?"

Ji Gang said, "Yes, this is absolutely true. The Embroidered Uniform Guard just came to report it!"

"Hahahaha!" Zhu Di burst into laughter, clutching his stomach and laughing nonstop.

Ji Gang saw this and forced a smile.

This was also the first time he had ever seen Zhu Di laugh so heartily.

Zhu Di chuckled: "Second son, I really never imagined you'd end up like this!"

"You bastard, you even blew up your room to refine pills! Why don't you just fly to the moon?"

The Yongle Emperor was incredibly happy at that moment.

"Walk!"

Zhu Di said, "Let's go to the Prince of Han's residence now."

Ji Gang asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, are you going in person this time?"

"Of course!" Zhu Di laughed. "Such a good show! I must see it properly this time. It would be such a pity to miss it!"

…………

In the courtyard of the East Palace.

"puff!"

Zhu Gaochi, who was drinking tea, immediately spat out a mouthful of aged tea.

The crown prince's eyes widened as he looked at his beloved grandson before him!

"Are you telling the truth?"

Zhu Zhanji nodded hurriedly and said, "This is indeed true. My second uncle even blew up his room to refine pills. The whole capital knows about it!"

The Crown Princess said, "This second son, he's really causing too much trouble!"

"First they were clamoring to go to Yunnan to take up their fiefdom, and now, well, they're even getting into alchemy?"

"Your Highness, what exactly is this second son trying to do?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head with a wry smile: "Alas, my beloved concubine, don't ask me, I don't know either, what exactly happened."

"I can't understand what the second son has been doing lately."

It has to be said that the young master is still quite confused.

"So what should we do next?" Zhu Zhanji asked.

Zhu Gaochi stood up.

"Let's go check on the second brother; he can't be in any trouble!"

…………

Outside the Han Prince's residence, the Crown Prince, the Grandson of the Crown Prince, and the Prince of Zhao were all present.

"Big brother, you've finally arrived," Zhu Gaosui said. "Second brother is quite the troublemaker. He's always thinking about alchemy, and no matter how much I try to persuade him, he won't listen."

Zhu Gaochi rolled his eyes at him: "The way you're talking makes it sound like he'd listen if I tried to advise him."

Zhu Gaosui: ...

"Let's go in and take a look," was all Zhu Gaochi could say.

"His Majesty has arrived!"

A voice rang out, and everyone saw that Zhu Di had also arrived.

"Father Emperor has come too?" Zhu Gaosui was taken aback.

The two men quickly bowed and said, "Your subjects pay their respects to Your Majesty!"

Zhu Di glanced at them: "You're here to see a joke too?"

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui: ...

Zhu Gaochi quickly replied, "Of course not, we're just worried about the second son."

"He was doing alchemy all by himself, and he even blew up a house. We were worried that something might happen to our second son."

Zhu Gaosui nodded repeatedly: "Yes, yes, we were also worried about the second son, so we came to check on him."

Zhu Di said impatiently, "Alright, I'm not blaming you, what's the panic?"

Both of them gave an awkward smile.

"Let's go in and take a look," Zhu Di said.

"yes!"

Seeing this, they all went to the Han Prince's Mansion and went to the backyard.

In the backyard, several houses had already been destroyed.

Even Zhu Di and his men were taken aback when they saw this scene.

Good heavens, this second child is really causing a ruckus!

Upon realizing this, they were all shocked, and their expressions changed.

Princess Consort of Han never expected that her husband's alchemy would even alarm the emperor.

Before the Princess Consort of Han could even perform her rites, she heard the Emperor ask, "Where is the Second Prince? Where is he?"

The Princess Consort of Han pointed to a room.

"Your Majesty, he's inside refining elixirs!"

Boom!

As soon as she finished speaking, the room she was pointing to suddenly exploded.

The entire door was blown away.

"Protect the Emperor! Protect the Emperor!"

Ji Gang was startled and rushed over, but stood in front of Zhu Di.

Not only that, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard even drew his sword on the spot!

The rest of the Imperial Guards rushed over immediately, protecting Zhu Di, Zhu Gaochi, and the others behind them.

"Alright, it's just an explosion. What storms haven't I weathered?" Zhu Di said calmly, showing no sign of panic.

"Everyone, step back!"

"Yes!" Ji Gang and his group all silently withdrew.

At the same time, the voice of Zhu Gaoxu, the Prince of Han, came from inside the room.

"So close, so very close!!"

His cursing voice came through.

"I refuse to believe I can't refine this elixir!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the Prince of Han rushed out of the room and covered his mouth.

The smell of smoke in the room was clearly making it hard for him to breathe.

Zhu Di and the others looked over.

The once majestic Prince Zhu Gaoxu of Han is now disheveled.

His face was blackened by the smoke; his entire face looked like a piece of charcoal.

If Bao Zheng were alive today, upon seeing this face, he would probably exclaim, "I am not as good as you!"

"Hahaha, I can't hold back anymore, Second Brother, I can't hold back anymore, what are you doing?" Zhu Gaosui covered his mouth, trying to suppress his laughter, but at this moment he still laughed out loud.

Zhu Gaochi was also holding it in, and he tried his best to suppress his laughter.

Zhu Di's lips twitched as well.

He appeared calm on the surface, but inside he was secretly gloating.

"Alright, all of you, stop it! What's so funny?" Zhu Di glared at them.

The two brothers, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui, immediately suppressed their laughter.

"Pfft!"

Zhu Di, that old tyrant, couldn't hold back any longer and burst into laughter, which echoed throughout the entire Prince of Han's residence.

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui: ...

Dad, you don't let us laugh, so why are you laughing so happily?

Zhu Gaoxu looked extremely embarrassed.

"No, Father, what brings you here, brothers?"

"What, are you saying I can't come?"

Zhu Di restrained his emotions. He looked at the Prince of Han with great interest.

"Second brother, you really know how to cause trouble!"

"Why bother refining pills?"

"Why don't you just fly to the moon?"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up: "Father, if all else fails, just send me to Yunnan to take up my fiefdom. Wouldn't that solve everything?"

"You son of a bitch, you really like going to your fiefdom that much? You really like going to Yunnan that much?!"

Zhu Gaoxu said, "I just want to be a carefree prince, is that not allowed?"

"Hmph, with all the fuss you're causing now, you still want to be a leisurely prince? I don't see that coming from you," Zhu Di retorted.