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

Chapter 23: Zhu Di's Offered Conditions – Is There a Chance to Go to Yunnan?

Zhu Gaoxu examined the five alchemy cauldrons, watching them discreetly without uttering a word.

When Zhu Di saw this, he knew that he had made the right choice this time.

Zhu Di laughed and said, "Second son, it seems these alchemy cauldrons are quite to your liking."

Zhu Gaoxu watched this scene and slowly nodded: "It's alright."

"Good!" Zhu Di slammed his hand on the table, which startled Zhu Gaoxu.

"Dad, what are you doing? You scared me!" Zhu Gaoxu's lips twitched. His father's sudden outbursts were really unpleasant.

"Alright, kid, stop dawdling. I just wanted to ask you this: I've found these five alchemy cauldrons for you."

"As for the alchemy pavilion, I will have it established in a few days. Now, your task is to refine the Rejuvenation Pill; I need it very much."

Zhu Di stared intently at Zhu Gaochi and asked softly, "Second Prince, are you confident?"

"This...this..." Zhu Gaoxu pretended to be troubled: "But Father, as you know, alchemy is not an easy task. If I want to refine this Rejuvenation Pill, it will take some time."

Zhu Di said, "It's all fine!"

"I can wait!"

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself: Your father won't let me go to Yunnan, well, you just wait!

Anyway, I'm not in a hurry. My wife and I have already taken the Rejuvenation Pill. Now, you're the one who's anxious, not me!

Zhu Gaoxu couldn't help but smile.

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao both watched this scene, and Zhu Di even spoke up, saying, "What are you laughing at, you brat?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Zhu Gaoxu immediately waved his hand.

"Don't get any funny ideas, kid. I can tell."

"Of course, of course," Zhu Gaoxu said. "You are my father, and I am your son. How could a son possibly betray his father!"

"Ahem!"

Upon seeing this, Yao Guangxiao coughed on the spot.

Zhu Gaochi asked with concern, "Imperial Preceptor, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing," Yao Guangxiao shook his head.

He looked Zhu Gaoxu, who was much younger, up and down.

"How strange, how strange!" Yao Guangxiao exclaimed. "Could there really be such a miraculous elixir in this world that can truly make people young again?"

Zhu Gaoxu smiled and said, "Grand Preceptor, there's a saying you might have heard before?"

"Oh?"

To be honest, even the old monk is quite curious these days.

He looked at the unfamiliar Zhu Gaoxu: "Tell me about it?"

"The world is full of wonders."

"And my alchemy skills are nothing compared to those of a great wizard, so there's nothing to be curious about," Zhu Gaoxu explained.

Yao Guangxiao said speechlessly, "Your Highness, the Prince of Han, you're being too modest."

"The Rejuvenation Pill you refined can restore youth. If this pill were to be sold, the entire Ming Dynasty would probably be in an uproar!"

Zhu Gaoxu said embarrassedly, "It's alright, it's alright!"

He was very modest.

"Stop dawdling, kid."

Zhu Di suddenly interjected, "I've prepared this alchemy cauldron for you. Can't you start refining pills now?"

Zhu Gaoxu said, "This is a bit difficult. It will take me some time to refine this Rejuvenation Pill."

"That's no problem. As long as you can refine it, I can wait!" Zhu Di said, as he also longed for the Rejuvenation Pill.

He knew the effects of the Rejuvenation Pill; if he, the Yongle Emperor, took it, he could become more than ten years younger.

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes darted around, and he spoke up: "Well, it's not that I can't refine this Rejuvenation Pill, but I have a condition."

"If you agree to these conditions, Father, I can give it a try."

"You little brat!"

Zhu Di glared at him: "If I'm not mistaken, your condition is to go to Yunnan to take up your fiefdom?"

"No one knows a son better than his father. You really are a good father. You guessed it right away." Zhu Gaoxu said, "Your son is a prince and has been staying in the capital. People will gossip about that."

"I believe it would be better for him to take up his fiefdom in Yunnan!"

Zhu Di and Yao Guangxiao looked at each other in bewilderment.

Zhu Di laughed in exasperation: "You little rascal, you certainly know how to take advantage of a crisis!"

"You can even make demands like that?"

Zhu Gaoxu chuckled.

Yao Guangxiao saw this clearly; he knew that the former Prince of Han had been lingering in the capital and refusing to leave.

When Arughtai returned from his personal campaign, Zhu Di repeatedly asked him to go to another place to assume his fiefdom.

However, this Prince of Han had only one principle: he would not leave the capital.

Now things have gotten complicated; this prince has proposed to take up a fiefdom time and time again.

But the Yongle Emperor was not happy about it?

"OK!"

Zhu Di suddenly spoke up: "If you can refine the Rejuvenation Pill, I might consider it!"

Zhu Gaoxu's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly asked, "Father, are you telling the truth?"

"Nonsense, when have I ever lied?"

"I already said I'd thought about it, would I lie to you?"

Zhu Di said impatiently, "You brat, hurry up and refine the elixir!"

Zhu Gaochi was in a much better mood. As long as the old man agreed to let him go to his fief, everything would be fine.

When the time comes, he will leave this place of trouble.

At that time, even if he is in Yunnan, he can still cultivate immortality in a down-to-earth manner by relying on the cultivation space in his mind.

After all, the path of cultivating immortality may be even more difficult for others.

But for Zhu Gaochi, this was an unprecedented opportunity!

"Right now, I'm just a Qi Refining cultivator. I wonder what kind of treasures await me in the cultivation space once I reach the Foundation Establishment stage!"

Zhu Gaoxu thought to himself happily.

"What are you grinning about, you little idiot?"

Zhu Di frowned slightly as he looked at the Prince of Han, who was acting so foolishly. Was this kid up to something?

"Father, don't worry, I will definitely refine the pills well in the next few days."

"I will definitely refine this Rejuvenation Pill and present it to you personally!" Zhu Gaoxu said earnestly.

"Excellent, excellent!" Zhu Di exclaimed with delight, "That's exactly what I've been waiting for!"

Zhu Gaoxu said, "Of course, I can't forget the Grand Preceptor either."

"When the time comes, I'll also get you a Rejuvenation Pill so you can try it out."

Yao Guangxiao quickly said, "This old monk has long seen through the ways of heaven and earth; this Rejuvenation Pill is unnecessary."

"Fine, since the Imperial Advisor doesn't want it, then I won't refine it for you," Zhu Gaoxu said.

Yao Guangxiao: ? ? ?

He meows!

I'm just being polite, but you're really not being polite at all!

"Ha ha ha ha!"

Zhu Di observed this and said with a smile, "Don't worry, the Imperial Preceptor will be indispensable for this Rejuvenation Pill."

"If it weren't for you, old monk, how could I have succeeded in the Fengtian Rebellion?"

"As long as the second brother can refine the Rejuvenation Pill, you'll get your share too."

"Your Majesty..." Yao Guangxiao and I were very moved at that time.

Zhu Gaoxu touched his nose, looking at Zhu Di with a speechless expression.

Why does this old man look so smug? He's just so annoying!

However, Zhu Gaoxu didn't think much of it. He knew that this trip to Yunnan seemed to have a chance.