novelAbuy Chapter 19 This emperor uses people to advance, and doesn't use them to retreat.
Chapter 19 This emperor uses people to advance, and doesn't use them to retreat.
Zhu Gaochi said, "Father, this is probably true. The Embroidered Uniform Guard wouldn't lie. Perhaps Second Brother really succeeded in refining the elixir, and even created such a miraculous medicine!"
"Guards, I'm going to the Prince of Han's residence!" Zhu Di said urgently. "Elder, come with me."
"Yes, yes..." Zhu Gaochi nodded as well. He also wanted to know if his second son, Zhu Gaoxu, and his wife really looked more than ten years younger.
Can this so-called Rejuvenation Pill really make people return to their youth?
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Inside the Prince of Han's Palace.
In the courtyard, Zhu Gaoxu was drinking tea.
At this moment, he had become the center of attention.
Before him stood another person, Zhu Gaosui.
As a member of the Han King's faction, also known as the infamous Copper Pea, he already knew about the incident at the Han King's residence as soon as it happened.
That's why he came over immediately.
When he saw the young Zhu Gaochi and the Princess of Han, he was stunned and could not believe it.
"Second brother, you...you really succeeded?" Zhu Gaosui asked, swallowing hard.
"That's it, that's it!"
Zhu Gaoxu laughed and said, "Look at me, and then look at your sister-in-law. Have you changed a lot?"
Zhu Gaosui swallowed hard and looked over.
Both his second brother and the Princess Consort of Han have become very young.
The two of them now look more than ten years younger.
If you don't look closely, you really won't recognize it.
"It's huge, really huge!"
Zhu Gaosui said enviously, "Second brother, you've kept this from me for so long! You're actually a master alchemist!"
"When did I ever hide it from you?"
Zhu Gaoxu said irritably, "Don't even mention you, even my elder brother and our father, when they know I refine pills, they all mock me and don't believe in my pill refining skills."
"How are things now?"
"I successfully refined the elixir, and I even successfully consumed it. It's effective! So, what do you say, is it good or not?"
Zhu Gaosui immediately smiled ingratiatingly and said, "Second Brother, what are you saying? Why are you still holding a grudge?"
"Hmph!" Zhu Gaoxu looked away arrogantly.
"Second Brother." Zhu Gaosui's eyes darted around, and he began to make plans for the future.
"I'm not dead yet! Are you trying to summon my soul by yelling like that?" Zhu Gaoxu glared at him. "Spit it out!"
Zhu Gaosui chuckled and rubbed his hands together. "Second brother, my dear second brother, we grew up wearing the same pair of pants."
"Could I try one of these Rejuvenation Pills?"
"You wish!"
A voice came from behind Zhu Gaosui.
Zhu Gaosui was startled. He turned around abruptly and saw Zhu Di and Crown Prince Zhu Gaochi standing behind him.
"Father, Your Highness the Crown Prince, what brings you here?" Zhu Gaosui was startled.
"Get out of here and stand over there!" Zhu Di glared at him.
Zhu Gaosui: ...
Good grief, so I came here to get scolded?
Zhu Gaosui slunk away to the side.
Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi both glanced at Zhu Gaoxu and the Princess Consort of Han.
hiss!
Even the two of them gasped at that moment.
Although the Imperial Guards had told them that Zhu Gaochi and his beloved concubine had taken the Rejuvenation Pill and were looking much younger.
But when they saw it with their own eyes, they were so shocked that they couldn't put into words.
Zhu Gaochi asked in a trembling voice, "Second brother, is the pill you refined really successful?"
Zhu Gaoxu glanced smugly at Zhu Di, then smiled at Zhu Gaochi and said, "Yes, Second Brother, otherwise, how could I have regained my youth?"
"Look at me now, that's the best proof!"
Zhu Di listened from the side, and seeing Zhu Gaoxu and the Princess of Han in such a state, even his steady composure began to waver at this moment.
Who wouldn't want to be ten years younger?
Even if you're more than ten years younger, it's still a gain.
Zhu Di is now over fifty years old.
If he took the Rejuvenation Pill made by the second brother, wouldn't that mean he could be more than ten years younger?
"Alright, you may all leave," Zhu Di said. "Remember, spread the word that this matter must not be publicized."
"Yes!" Ji Gang replied hastily. With a wave of his hand, all the Jinyiwei (Imperial Guards) and other idlers were dismissed from the Han Prince's residence.
Only members of the Zhu family were present; everyone else had been dismissed by Zhu Di.
"Second son." Zhu Di stared straight at Zhu Gaoxu.
"Father, I'm here."
Zhu Di asked, "Do you still have any of those Rejuvenation Pills you've refined?"
His meaning was quite clear; he obviously wanted the Rejuvenation Pill.
"Father, does your question mean you're after my Rejuvenation Pill?" Zhu Gaoxu's eyes flashed, and he said with a smile.
Snapped!
Zhu Di slammed his hand on the table, startling the people present.
"I'm your father, and you're my son!"
"It's perfectly reasonable for a father to ask his son for things. What's wrong with that?"
As the emperor spoke, he glared at Zhu Gaoxu.
"Father, you didn't have a good eye for me before!" Zhu Gaoxu said, "You even said that I was obsessed with alchemy and that I was neglecting my duties and being unlearned."
"Now that I've refined the elixir, you're directly demanding it from me? Father, doesn't your conscience hurt?"
Zhu Di: ...
"And all of you, none of you can see my shortcomings?"
"Now that I have successfully refined the elixir, you are all eyeing my pills. Do you really have the nerve to do that?" Zhu Gaoxu said earnestly, his watery eyes glancing at Zhu Di and his entourage.
"Cough cough..."
Seeing this, both Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui were very embarrassed.
Zhu Di himself twitched at the corner of his mouth.
He hadn't expected this kid to be so shrewd.
He's setting a trap, waiting to see me make a fool of myself!
"Anyway, I don't care. You don't have to give this pill to the eldest or the third son, but you must give me one first!"
"I am getting old, and I would like to try the Rejuvenation Pill and experience the feeling of returning to youth."
Zhu Gaochi: ...
Zhu Gaosui: ...
Listen to this, look at this, is this what a human being says?
That old man, he's really gone too far!
We won't give you the Rejuvenation Pill yet; let you have a taste first.
How could you say that?
Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui truly hated Zhu Di.
This Yongle Emperor, he really was one to use people when they needed them and discard them when they didn't!
Zhu Gaoxu's eyes darted around.
He sighed, feigning a dilemma.
"Sigh..." Zhu Gaoxu sighed and said, "Father, you know how troublesome it is to refine this Rejuvenation Pill."
"You've seen the results these past few days, sir. Not only were houses destroyed, but I also lost several alchemy cauldrons!"
"Father, I really have no confidence that I can refine such a pill again."
The Prince of Han has started playing the victim.
Zhu Di and others: ...
How could they not see that the second son was doing it on purpose?