Above the canal, a special fleet sailed from south to north, and there were special ships in front of them to open the way. You can tell at a glance that there must be big men in the fleet, and even the ships transporting official grain had to make way for the fleet.

On a boat in the middle of the fleet, Zhu Zi held the iron fence at the window and looked at the scenery outside with sadness. The cabin he was in was specially made. Not only were there iron fences on the doors and windows, but the surrounding walls were also nailed with thick quilts. People were staring at him for twelve hours a day, just for fear of any accidents he had.

A month ago, Zhu Zi was still a prince above ten thousand people, but now he has become a prisoner. Although he is not as embarrassed as an ordinary prisoner, after all, before the prince's title was deprived, he still needed to maintain the dignity of a prince, so he did not suffer any abuse in his daily life.

However, Zhu Zi still lost a lot of weight with his naked eyes. After all, compared with these external conditions, psychological suffering is the most painful. Since he was arrested by Zhu Bo that day, his army was also controlled. Zhu Bo then sent someone to investigate his Tan Prince's Mansion. Now his family is also locked on the boat and enters the capital with him.

Thinking of his fate after entering Beijing, Zhu Zi couldn't help but look fearful. Although he knew that Zhu Yunxiu would definitely not execute him, after all, he was the son of Emperor Taizu and Zhu Yunxiu's uncle after all.

But not being able to execute does not mean that he will not be punished, and it is likely that Zhu Zi would even lose the throne. After all, it would be fine for other crimes, but he had participated in the interception of Li Jie before, so Zhu Yunqi would not let him go no matter what.

For Zhu Zi, losing the throne and power actually made him feel more uncomfortable than death, so he would rather burn himself than go to the capital because of this.

Unfortunately, this time the incident was too sudden. Zhu Zi never dreamed that Zhu Bo would help the court to arrest him. What he didn't expect was that his previous frame-up of Zhu Bo was exposed, which made him immediately guess that Yang Shiqi must have betrayed him.

Thinking of Yang Shiqi, Zhu Zi also secretly regretted that he had taken a fancy to Yang Shiqi's talent at the beginning, so he recruited the other party to serve him. At the beginning, Yang Shiqi made him very satisfied, but unfortunately, since Yang Shiqi went to the capital, he gradually lost control.

Originally, Zhu Zi had considered getting rid of Yang Shiqi so that the other party would not betray him, but he cherished Yang Shiqi's talent and finally failed to make up his mind. He just controlled Yang Shiqi's family and forced him to continue to work hard for him, but he did not expect that he would betray him in the end.

"If I had known this, I should have gotten rid of him as soon as possible!" Zhu Zi whispered in a low voice with gritted teeth, but unfortunately it was useless to regret it now.

Just as Zhu Zi was thinking about his thoughts, he suddenly saw that the cabin door next to him opened, and a familiar figure walked out of the cabin and stretched out his long and lazy body. It was Zhu Bai, who was responsible for escorting Zhu Zi to the capital.

Zhu Bai stretched his waist and turned his head, and saw Zhu Bai lying in front of the window. He immediately smiled and went forward and said, "Brother, you look a lot haggard. Didn't you sleep well last night? Do you want me to ask the doctor to prescribe medicine to calm the mind for you?"

Facing Zhu Bo's obvious mockery, Zhu Zi was not angry, but looked at him lightly, and then said, "Old Eleven, you are wrong. We brothers are tragic, and we will only let outsiders watch the fun. You can't even make a good reputation among your brothers!"

"Ha~, you are like a white lotus. If you hadn't planned on me first, how could I help Your Majesty catch you back?" Zhu Bai asked back with a sneer.

"I admit that it was wrong for me to plot against you before, but this is a private matter between our brothers. At worst, I will repay you with personal favors in the future. There is no need to bring the court in." Zhu Zi argued again at this time.

"It's too late, you'll keep these words to Your Majesty!" Zhu Bai said with a blank look on Zhu Zi. Now he would not believe these lies from the other party anymore.

Seeing Zhu Bai's expression, Zhu Zi was not discouraged at all. He blinked and then lowered his voice: "Old Eleven, actually I think it's very unwise for you to escort me to Beijing this time!"

"What are you talking about?" Zhu Bai frowned and asked back.

"You are too cautious. I'm really for your own good this time!" Zhu Zi said this and observed Zhu Bai's face again, and then said again, "You should have felt it in the past few years. After His Majesty ascended the throne, he has been disliked by us vassal kings. I heard that he had wanted to cut the vassal states for a long time, but he had never found a chance. I made a mistake this time. Do you think His Majesty will let this opportunity go?"

"You are you, we are us. I didn't conspire behind my back to intercept the prince-consort Li Jie!" Zhu Bo still disbelief and immediately retorted again.

"Is there any difference? For Your Majesty, we are all vassal kings with military power. As the saying goes, how can we allow others to sleep peacefully? With Your Majesty's aggressive attitude over the past few years, do you think he will tolerate you people continuing to control military power?" Zhu Zi fooled again.

Zhu Bo is not stupid. Of course, he knew that Zhu Yunxi wanted to reduce the vassal states, and he also knew that Zhu Zi said these things to alienate his relationship with Zhu Yunxi, but he had to admit that what Zhu Zi said was indeed the truth. This time Zhu Zi's incident may become an excuse for Zhu Yunxi to reduce the vassal states.

Seeing Zhu Bo silent, Zhu Zi was also happy. He knew that his words had worked. He immediately tried again: "Old Eleven, you are both civil and military, and you are not inferior to the Fourth Brother and the others in any aspect. But look at the Fourth Brother and the others, you and the Seventeenth Brother are all driven out of the Ming Dynasty. The rest are you and the Seventeenth Brother. Do you think Your Majesty will let you go?"

The seventeenth son refers to King Ning Zhu Quan. Although Zhu Quan was only in his early thirties, he was brave and good at fighting. The three guards of Duoyan were extremely elite. It can be said that he was the most outstanding son of Lao Zhu after Zhu Di. In history, he had a particularly good relationship with Zhu Di, but Zhu Di deceived his soldiers and generals. These soldiers and generals also became the foundation for Zhu Di to lay the world.

"What do you mean by these?" Zhu Bo was a little shaken when he heard this, but he still forced himself to ask.

"Isn't this obvious? It would be fine if you assisted the court in arresting me, but why did Your Majesty ask you to escort me to Beijing in person? This is obviously what the Jinyiwei should do, so why should you let a prince escort the prisoner?"
Chapter completed!