The men and horses of the escort stopped on the south bank of the Great River, and only began to cross the river in September.

The flood season of the river is at the turn of summer and autumn, when the river is very turbulent, and it is extremely difficult for a large number of people to cross the river smoothly. However, after autumn and until the following spring, the flow of water decreases, and the river is at its lowest or less than half of the flood season. This is also the reason why it is difficult for the Central Plains Dynasty to rely on the big river to block the invasion of the enemy in the north, and the big river moat is more stable in comparison.

After crossing the river, people followed the eastern foothills of Taihang Mountain and marched north. The journey was very smooth.

Eight days later, the army reached the outside of Changdek Province. The various departments crossed the river from a stone arch bridge one after another, and Zhu Gaoxu watched the surrounding scene in the carriage, only to see that the terrain was flat. In late autumn in the north, the vegetation is far less abundant than in the south, but the weeping willows on the river bank still decorate the scenery with a touch of greenery.

After a while, there was a faint sound of drums ahead. Then Zhu Gaoxu found the crowd on the main road, with flags fluttering in the middle, and there were many people around, and the atmosphere suddenly became lively.

Because before the northern tour, the Jingshi had issued a report that the magistrate was strictly forbidden to drive the people away, and Zhu Gaoxu's men and horses did not enter the city on the road, so he was quite quiet on the road. When it came to Changdeok Mansion, the situation was completely different. Zhu Gaoxu's only younger brother Gao Sui is here, how can he not welcome him with great fanfare?

Zhu Gaoxu's guard of honor gradually approached the crowd. At this time, a man in a red robe walked over from a distance and was walking in the front, and the person who came was of course Gao Sui.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Gaoxu also asked the carriage to stop and walked down from the carriage.

"Second brother, second brother...... Gao Suiyuan shouted eagerly, "Holy Lord! ”

He grabbed his robe and ran with all his might. Seeing Zhu Gaoxu, Gao Sui was overjoyed, and immediately knelt down: "Brother greets the holy driver." ”

Zhu Gaoxu stepped forward to support him and said, "Third brother, I finally saw you." ”

"Brother Chen, I miss you every day." Gao Sui said with emotion.

In front of everyone's eyes, the two stood between the honor guards of the north and south brigades, still affectionately telling their feelings of longing. Zhu Gaoxu patted Gao Sui's shoulder with his palm: "The third brother has made a fortune." ”

Gao Sui smiled: "Nearly thirty years old, it's time to grow meat." The second brother is not fat, it seems that he has lost some weight. And today, you don't have to worry too much. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Fortunately, I often run and exercise. But let me say something from the bottom of my heart, the person I envy the most is the third brother. Of course, my life is not bad now. ”

Gao Sui said: "The second brother should benefit all the people." The younger brother is really comfortable, as long as he doesn't make trouble for the second brother. ”

Zhu Gaoxu laughed "haha": "Take my car, let's go into the city." ”

The two brothers got into the luan car, hugged in front of the guard of honor and the guards, and marched towards the city gate. The car drove to the middle of the crowd, and the officials of the Zhao Palace, the civil and military officials of the Zhangde Mansion, and the onlookers all knelt down on the side of the road one after another, and the cries of "Long live" came and went.

The drums in the city did not stop, and then the magnificent and calm bell and drum music was played, and the city was suddenly shrouded in a graceful and noble atmosphere. When the carriage drove into the city, Zhu Gaoxu saw that at least hundreds of musicians were playing music on the side of the road.

The team went straight to King Zhao's mansion. This palace has not been built for two years, but there is not much difference between Gao Sui's palace and the Han palace in Yunnan, and the etiquette system of the prince's palace is the same, a bit similar to a smaller palace.

People enter from the gate of the Duanli Gate, and the square in front of the carrier hall is lively. Everywhere were the busy figures of the officials and eunuchs of the Zhao Palace, busy receiving the emperor's entourage. The people around Zhu Gaoxu are all high-ranking officials, and a random civil official may be able to influence the decrees of the entire Zhangde Mansion, so no one dares to slack off.

Fortunately, on both sides of the three major halls in front, there are more than 100 houses, and only in the palace of King Zhao, many people can be placed.

Gao Sui first welcomed Zhu Gaoxu and others into the carrying hall, and soon called his new princess to meet the emperor, who was the second daughter of Wei Da, the Duke of Weiguo. Before getting married, everyone generally doesn't meet with male guests, so Wei Da's second daughter, Zhu Gaoxu, is also the first time to see her.

Zhu Gaoxu had heard in advance that Weida's daughter was "blessed", and he understood that it meant that she was a little fat. But when Zhu Gaoxu saw it with his own eyes, he found that he was a little fat at all, very fat, and his torso was like a bucket, and he couldn't see the lines at all. Her father, Veda, was a tough man, and apparently the father and daughter were not at all alike.

Wei's belly is very big, and Zhu Gaoxu can't remember whether he has ever received Gao Sui's Annunciation. Because she was too fat, Zhu Gaoxu didn't dare to rashly confirm whether she was happy when she saw Wei's belly.

"The concubine knocks on the saint." Webster was about to kneel.

Zhu Gaoxu hurriedly made a gesture of help, and said: "Excuse me, excuse me, my family doesn't have to be polite." "He didn't dare to say that he should pay attention to pregnancy or anything like that, if someone didn't get pregnant, it would be too devastating.

Wei Shi was busy thanking him and said, "The concubine is inconvenient, thank you for your compassion." ”

Gao Sui said: "Lang Zhong said that it has been five or six months. ”

Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Wei Guogong is also in the army, he should be outside at this time, Princess Zhao will go to see him in a while, he must be very happy." You can sit in a chair for a while. ”

Webster said: "The concubine obeys the order, and thanks to the saint to sit." ”

Zhu Gaoxu looked at Gao Sui, and his expression may have been unable to help but show apologies. He wanted to say: Brother, I really didn't mean to trick you. But I asked you before deciding on this family business, and if you don't protest yourself, you can't blame me entirely.

But Gao Sui looked dazed, as if he didn't feel Zhu Gaoxu's mood at all. He looked very satisfied with Webster, and personally carefully helped Webster to sit down in the chair, and advised, "You slow down." ”

Zhu Gaoxu thought about it, Gao Sui estimated that he had raised a lot of beauties and actors, and he only cared about the princess as the daughter of the emperor's descendants. Thinking of this, Zhu Gaoxu was also relieved.

"I brought 100 million new silver coins for my brother and brought them into the palace." Zhu Gaoxu said, "The third brother and the younger brother and sister got married, and I didn't come in person, so I will make up some more gifts this time." ”

100 million new coins is equivalent to 200,000 yuan of old copper coins, which is not a lot even for the prince.

Gao Sui hurriedly said: "The second brother is too good to me, and the younger brother is a little short of money to spend...... In the future, the younger brother must save a little. ”

Wei Shi touched Gao Sui lightly, and he immediately said, "Brother Xie Sheng's favor." ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "This money was taken from the inner government, and there is no official document. In the future, rewarding relatives and nobles will be kept a low profile and will no longer be edicted. Otherwise, when the people heard it, they thought that the royal family's reward and the people's family could spend tens of thousands of years, and their hearts could be comfortable? Even ordinary officials are dissatisfied. ”

Gao Sui nodded and said, "The second brother is reasonable, it's better not to be hated for nothing." ”

At that moment, several more people came into the main hall, and among them were five or six women. They are Mu Zhen, Yao Ji, Duan Xue Hat, and the waitresses. When Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look, he recognized that one of them was actually Xu, Xu Zhang's daughter and former Princess Zhao. The Xu family followed Duan Xue to hate.

The situation was suddenly a little embarrassing, Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to look at Gao Sui, and the two brothers looked at each other.

Mu Zhen and Yao Ji stepped forward, first saluted Zhu Gaoxu, and then stepped forward to meet King Zhao and Princess Zhao. Wei didn't dare to sit still, she wanted to stand up, but Gao Sui hurriedly stepped forward to help her.

"The concubine has seen the imperial concubine and the virtuous concubine, and her body is inconvenient, and she has neglected the etiquette, so don't take it to heart." Merriam-Webster said softly.

Yao Ji said: "Sister, don't see outside. The saint and King Zhao are brothers, and the Duke of Wei and our mother's family are also brothers who serve the saint. ”

"When Concubine Xian said this, the concubine was so happy." Merriam-Webster said affectionately.

However, the beauty of Yao Ji and Mu Zhen seemed to stimulate Wei, especially Mu Zhen's figure was the most slender and graceful, so Wei still said to himself: "The concubine was not so fat before, and she was quite slender." Later, my father was given a holy favor, and the family suddenly became rich, and I didn't pay attention to my diet, but I couldn't lose weight anymore when I got fat. ”

Mu Zhen said: "The princess doesn't have to care, as long as her body is healthy, she is stronger than anything else." ”

Gao Sui "hehe" smiled: "This is called a blessed appearance, the second brother said." ”

Zhu Gaoxu was speechless. He can't defend himself, otherwise wouldn't it mean that Webster really can't see it?

Mu Zhen turned her head slightly, pretending not to hear Gao Sui's words. At first, the meaning of the father and queen mother was that the princess who re-found Gao Sui was Mu Zhen. However, this matter did not come to fruition because his father died and Mu Sheng voted for Zhu Gaoxu. Now Mu Zhen has become Zhu Gaoxu's imperial concubine.

The scene became more and more embarrassing, and Xu's eyes were also silently paying attention to Gao Sui and his fat princess. The world is impermanent, it was originally a couple of you and me, but now Gao Sui turned a blind eye to Xu, as if he didn't know him, and he didn't know what Xu's mood was.

Gao Sui said again: "The front palace of the younger brother is called Fengxiang Palace, and the second brother lives there for a while." The second brother can move to rest for a while, and when the banquet is ready, the younger brother will come to invite him. ”

Zhu Gaoxu said: "If I live in the harem of the third brother, what kind of system will I become?" Just around this carrying hall, find a small courtyard as a palace. ”

Gao Sui said: "Second brother, the respect of the ninety-five, how dare the younger brother arrange it like this?" ”

Zhu Gaoxu said quietly: "The carrier hall is the main hall of the palace, and it is very appropriate for me to live near here." Otherwise, those people around me come and go in the third brother's harem, and I am afraid of losing the face of the royal family. ”

When Gao Sui heard this, he stopped persuading, he immediately turned his head and shouted: "Someone, ask Huang Taiping to lead people to clean up the houses on the west side immediately." ”

He ordered, turned his head to Zhu Gaoxu and said: "The younger brother is surrounded by some stupid people who pat their beards and slip horses, and this Huang Taiping is also stupid." However, the younger brother is not very important, and it is better to use a stupid person to do some trivial things. ”

Zhu Gaoxu was also a little surprised, the third brother was still using Huang Taiping.

They continued to talk about the old thing, but what was very tacit was that they didn't mention anything about the people and things of the eldest brother Gao Chi. The royal family may be like this, Zhu Gaoxu occasionally feels that the third brother can see it better than anyone else.