Chapter 573; Do your own thing

The next day, Prince Ning, who had barely slept in the first half of the night, was woken up by his servants not long after falling asleep.

"Slave dog, you are so brave. Didn't you see that the king was resting?"

"Your Highness, spare your life, little one."

The servant knelt down, trembling and unable to utter a complete sentence.

At this time, Mr. Zhou walked in from the outside. Without looking at the servants, he spoke directly to the angry Prince Ning, "Your Highness, please calm down. I don't blame him. It's Eunuch Wang De from the palace who is here."

"Um?"

Prince Ning, who was full of anger just now, immediately became startled when he heard the word "Wang De".

"Why is he here suddenly? Is it because Father wants to attack me?"

Prince Ning got out of bed and paced back and forth with a worried look on his face.

"Your Highness, don't be anxious. You haven't done anything. There is no reason for the Emperor to take action against you."

"Now is not the time to talk about this. You should change your clothes first and follow Eunuch Wang De into the palace."

After hearing this, Prince Ning also felt that what Mr. Zhou said was reasonable. He had done nothing during the recent period, and the emperor had no reason to touch him.

Not long after, under the service of his servants, Prince Ning finished washing and changed his clothes.

"I'm really sorry to have kept Mr. Wang De waiting for so long."

"Don't dare. It's because I came early and disturbed His Highness's rest."

"I just heard that my father wants to see me. Does Mr. Wang De know what it is?"

Wang De quickly shook his head and said, "This old slave doesn't know. The emperor ordered me to come over and invite you into the palace. He didn't say anything else."

King Ning followed Wang De to the palace with full of worries and doubts.

Along the way, he couldn't help but ask Wang De again if he knew why the emperor was looking for him.

And Wang De’s answer was in three words.

"Your Highness Prince Ning, please go in by yourself."

Prince Ning nodded and walked towards the imperial study. At this time, Emperor Hongwen had already gone down to court and was processing the memorial. He heard the footsteps and raised his head.

When he saw it was Prince Ning, Emperor Hongwen smiled and put down the memorial in his hand.

"Your Majesty, you haven't come to visit your father for a long time."

"What have you been busy with lately?"

Upon hearing this, King Ning quickly saluted and said, "My son, I have met my father."

"I have been busy with matters in the palace recently. It is my fault that I did not come to the palace to pay my respects to my father. Please forgive me."

"What kind of crime do you want to punish? Now that you have opened a house and have your own family, it's normal for you to have a lot of things."

"But even if you are busy, you can't forget your own job. I heard that you haven't had a printing workshop for a long time?"

"What's going on?"

Prince Ning was startled, and then he hurriedly said, "Father, please forgive me, my sons, my sons."

Seeing him like this, Emperor Hongwen shook his head and said, "You are just too thoughtful. I know all your worries."

"You haven't done anything, what are you afraid of?"

"Or are you saying that you have already done it, but I don't know about it?"

As soon as he said these words, Prince Ning's expression suddenly changed. He knelt down and said quickly, "My son, I didn't do anything. Father, please don't listen to other people's nonsense."

"In recent times, I have almost always taken my son with me to my residence. I only left the residence once yesterday."

"Oh? What did you go out to do yesterday?"

"I heard from my servants that Princess Wanfu has come to the capital. I thought that it would not be easy for her to come to the capital once, and I had also visited the villa several times to disturb her, so I thought of inviting her to have a cup of tea and ask her.

Current situation."

Emperor Hongwen nodded.

"Okay, I'm just asking casually. There's nothing special about calling you here today."

"I just heard that you haven't been to the printing workshop for a long time to ask about the situation."

"There are a lot of things in the house, so let your princess take care of them. As a man, you still have to focus on business matters and don't get caught up in trivial matters in the inner house all day long."

Hearing this, Prince Ning nodded quickly and promised that he would go to the printing workshop soon and would never delay business due to family matters again.

"Work hard. You know the importance of the printing workshop very well. It is related to the future of our royal family, so you can't be careless."

"Okay, please step back."

Prince Ning quickly bowed and left.

When he left the imperial study room, a gust of cool breeze blew by, and he was surprised to realize that he was breaking out in a cold sweat.

I thought to myself, my father's aura is really different now, very different.

I remember that at the beginning, I could often see Emperor Hongwen in the palace and in the capital, but at that time, Emperor Hongwen did not have such a strong sense of oppression.

I left the palace in a somewhat confused way. As soon as I returned to the palace, Mr. Zhou came over.

"Your Highness, how are you doing?"

Prince Ning was a little stunned when he was suddenly asked, and subconsciously asked, "What is it like?"

Mr. Zhou was a little speechless by his words, but he still continued to ask, "Why did the emperor suddenly ask you to enter the palace?"

"What did you say all this?"

Only then did Prince Ning react and recounted in great detail what he had said to the emperor.

"Okay, okay, Your Highness, this is a good thing."

"Good thing? What good thing?"

At this time, Prince Ning still had some feelings that he had not yet reacted to the changes in Emperor Hongwen. His mind was filled with the contrast between the former Emperor Hongwen and the current Emperor Hongwen.

He didn't even think about the emperor asking him to enter the palace and the meaning behind his words.

"Isn't His Highness most worried that the Emperor will not use you, and is he also worried that the affairs of Duke Zhen will affect you?"

"Didn't we go to Princess Wanfu yesterday just to ask her to say a few words for you in front of the emperor?"

"Yes, yes, it's a good thing, wait a minute."

Prince Ning came to his senses at this time, with a look of surprise on his face.

"Just now, my father told me not to be busy with things in the house all day long, but to do something a man should do. He also asked me to go to the printing workshop."

"Does this mean that the king is fine?"

"Yes, when the emperor said this, he is telling you in disguise that you don't have to worry about being affected by Zhen Guogong's affairs, and do what you should do."

Hearing Mr. Zhou say the same thing, the smile on Prince Ning's face became even brighter.

It can be said that it has swept away all the haze of the past period.

"Your Highness, you must remember to do your own thing well and don't think about those messy things. Only by doing your own thing well will you have a chance."

"Remember not to mess around. The emperor today is no longer what he used to be."

Prince Ning felt the same way about this. It was indeed different from the past. His aura almost scared him to the point of peeing today.

King Ning went to the printing workshop that day and continued his previous work.

King Jin didn't say anything after learning the news.

But in the eldest princess's mansion, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess turned cold after hearing the news.

"It's really unbelievable."

If you really want to give up the throne, why bother to make arrangements for Prince Ning and let Prince Ning continue to mess up? Wouldn't it be better?

Letting him continue to manage the printing workshop would be tantamount to accumulating prestige for Prince Ning in disguise.

In the future, it will not be so easy to overtake King Ning and give up the throne.

Even if the emperor wants to, can the ministers of the court and the officials of the world agree easily?
Chapter completed!