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The order was passed all the way outside, "Emissaries from all countries are invited to come to the court."...

After a while, the envoys came into the hall one by one.

"I wish His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty good health."

"I'm fine." Zhu Di raised his hand and asked them to get up.

Another team of envoys came in and repeated the previous etiquette.

"I wish His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty good health."

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By the time all the envoys had finished their audience, more than half an hour had passed.

As soon as everyone sat down, they naturally started to drink and watch the singing and dancing.

The performance of the beauties from Chuxiu Palace was the first.

The graceful and skillful movements, the various graceful postures and the myriad changes, like a peacock spreading its tail and a lotus blooming, with long sleeves flying and after a hearty dance, she received a lot of praise.

"Reward." Zhu Di said only one sentence.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the reward. Long live your Majesty."

"Speaking of dancing, Concubine Li and Concubine Lu have always been good at it. I wonder how they felt after watching the dancing of these beauties today?" Someone, ready to stir up trouble, asked deliberately.

Concubine Han Lifei was sitting nearby, so of course she heard what was said. Concubine Lu didn't come over because of her low rank, so the question was asked directly to Concubine Li, and bringing Concubine Lu along was just a side topic.

Concubine Li smiled and said nothing.

"What are you talking about? How can you compare Sister Li Fei with a concubine without any rank? Sister Li Fei, don't be angry. They are just quick-witted and have no ill intentions." Concubine Wang tried to smooth things over.

"My Lady, it's alright. My sisters probably just want to see me dance. I'll let them watch next time when there's a chance."

"That's great. We'll definitely do it next time if we have the chance." Others echoed.

When Concubine Wang saw that Concubine Li had said so herself, she didn't know what to say and so she kept silent.

On the other side, the palace servants were pouring wine for Zhu Zhanji. As soon as Zhu Zhanji finished drinking, he immediately refilled his glass without stopping. The taste of this wine did not seem any different from usual, probably because no one dared to put drugs in it. However, Zhu Zhanji was still cautious and did not drink much of it, quietly pouring most of it away.

Seeing that they had already drunk several rounds of wine, Zhu Di suggested going out to watch a Cuju match. Everyone was looking forward to it and hurriedly got up to prepare. At this moment, a palace servant standing next to Zhu Di didn't react for a moment and accidentally spilled the wine in the jug, which happened to be on Zhu Zhanji's clothes.

"I deserve to die, I deserve to die, Your Highness the Crown Prince, please forgive me..." The palace maid realized that she had made such a big mistake, she immediately knelt down and kowtowed to admit her mistake.

"Okay, you get up first and take me to the place where I can change my clothes." Zhu Zhanji couldn't punish anyone in public. Besides, the palace servant was so attentive today, pouring wine for him and then accidentally spilling it. When were the people in the palace trained to be so clumsy? It seemed that someone had arranged it on purpose. As for who it was, it was probably obvious. In that case, he wanted to see what was going on.

"Yes, I'll take you there right away." The palace maid stood up and led the way.

Zhu Zhanji told the Crown Princess that he had some problems and might have to arrive late.

"What's going on? At this time, Your Majesty, wait a moment..." said the Crown Princess with a frown.

"Don't worry, mother. Everything is under control. The fish is hooked." Zhu Zhanji gave the Crown Princess a look.

"You mean...you should be careful when you are alone." The Crown Princess warned.

"Son knows, mother doesn't need to worry." After saying this, Zhu Zhanji followed the palace maid who led the way and walked out.

After walking for a while, Zhu Zhanji asked casually: "Why is it this way? Is the palace arranged today so far away?"

"Your Highness, there are many palace maids performing today, so the ones that are closest are where they change clothes for the performances. So it's a little far away, but we'll be there soon. It's in the side hall in front." The palace maid was afraid that Zhu Zhanji would not believe her, so she pointed in the direction with her finger.

"Oh, it's over there." Zhu Zhanji said pretentiously.

Sure enough, after a while the palace maid took Zhu Zhanji to the door of a side hall.

"This is it, Your Highness." The maid said after looking around.

"Since I've brought you here, you can go back first. I will go in by myself." Zhu Zhanji said.

"Ah, Your Highness, it's dark here and I still need to hold the lamp for you. Let me take you in." The maid said persistently.

"Give me the lamp, I will go back later. You are already at the door, do you want to watch me change clothes?" Zhu Zhanji said sternly.

"I dare not." Seeing that Zhu Zhanji was determined to do so, the maid thought that she had already brought the person here and it should be okay, so she gave up and handed the lantern to Zhu Zhanji.

Originally, the maid was going to watch Zhu Zhanji go in before leaving, but when she looked up, she saw Zhu Zhanji staring at her. Perhaps His Royal Highness the Crown Prince really suspected that she would peek. Seeing that Zhu Zhanji had no intention of going in first, the maid had to turn around and leave.

Before he had taken two steps, he was suddenly knocked unconscious by someone from behind and immediately fell to the ground unconscious.

"Your Highness, how should we deal with this man?" It turned out to be Wu Cheng. He followed Zhu Zhanji's arrangements and had been following in the dark, just waiting for this moment.

"Tie him up first, find a place to lock him up, and have someone watch over him."

"Yes." Wu Cheng immediately ordered people to deal with it.

Zhu Zhanji looked back at the side hall, recalling the infuriating things in his dream, and now he wanted to strangle Sun to death. But it was not worth it for him to dirty his hands, so he should end it all tonight.

Perhaps their meeting was a mistake. In the previous life, they failed to prevent success, so this time, it would be better to end it at the beginning.

Zhu Zhanji went to another place to change his clothes. When he arrived, the Cuju game was already halfway through.

When the Crown Princess saw him come back, she hurried over to ask what happened: "What happened?" The Crown Princess was afraid that her son would be bewitched by that witch again.

"Don't worry, mother. Everything has been arranged." Zhu Zhanji said confidently.

Seeing him like this, the Crown Princess said nothing and focused on watching the game.

"He'er and Xiaoqi played well." Zhu Di said as he looked at Zhu Gaoxu.

"It's all because of the good training in the palace these days." Zhu Gaoxu was also very happy and proud. "If Zhanji hadn't recovered yet, he could have participated. What a pity. So, this person, after a good start, must have the luck to persevere to the end. If something suddenly happened halfway, it would be a pity." The King of Han had something to say. He said that he regretted that Zhu Zhanji didn't participate in the competition, but he did look at the prince when he said this. But he also meant to say Zhu Zhanji. When Zhu Zhanji was sick, Zhu Gaoxu didn't know how happy he was at home. If Zhu Zhanji really had any accidents, the prince would lose an arm. This kid hadn't seen it before. In the past two years, there were traces of doing things behind the prince. If it was another two years, how would these uncles play? I'm afraid that even he, a junior, would have to ride on their heads. This time, it was finally not just his grandchildren who were excellent. Now He'er and Xiaoqi have also entered the late father's family, and it's time to let the father know that he has more than one promising grandchildren.

Everyone reacted after hearing this, but no one dared to speak.

In the end, it was Zhu Di who spoke up: "Agui cannot participate, and you are still here making sarcastic remarks." Zhu Di was the only one present who spoke up against him.

Zhu Gaoxu also realized that it was not a good idea to say this, so he didn't refute it and just accepted it. It was okay, he would see what they would say when his son won.

The result of the game will be out soon, and there is no doubt that Zhu Zhanhe's team won the game.

"Xiao He and Xiao Qi played very well today. I will agree to whatever you want." Zhu Di was also very happy and was about to give them rewards.

"Thank you, Your Majesty. I know there are many famous calligraphy and paintings in the palace. I wonder if I can go and take a look." Zhu Zhanhe said.

"See what's available. You can go and take a look when the time comes. If you like anything, I'll give it to you." Zhu Di said generously.

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Zhu Zhanhe said immediately with his eyes shining.

"Where is Xiaoqi, what does he want?" Zhu Di asked Zhu Zhanqi again.

"Grandpa Emperor, my grandson doesn't want anything. I want you to keep your promise. When I get what I want, I will ask you to fulfill it. Is that okay?" Zhu Zhanqi said.

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, but immediately said, "Of course."

"Thank you, Grandfather Emperor." Zhu Zhanqi was thinking that when the time comes, he would ask Grandfather Emperor to give Sun Ruoji to him.

Then there were some other activities, such as archery, chuiwan, etc., as well as specialties from various countries, setting up a small market.

"Xiaohe, Xiaoqi, congratulations." Just as the two brothers were about to sit down, Zhu Zhanji came over with two glasses of wine to toast them.

The two took it and drank it, "Thank you, Your Highness. If Your Highness participated, we would definitely be able to play better."

"Xiao He is really good at talking."

"Your Highness, I just broke out in a sweat and would like to change my clothes first. I'll excuse myself now." Zhu Zhanqi said after he finished drinking.

"Wu Cheng, have someone take the little prince to change clothes." Zhu Zhanji turned around and said to him, "This is your first time in Xiyuan, and you are not familiar with it yet. Have someone take you there."

"Thank you, Your Highness."

"You're welcome. Go ahead." Zhu Zhanji said meaningfully.

"Come on, Xiaohe, let's continue drinking."

"Yes."

Zhu Zhanqi was taken to a side hall. If Wu Cheng was here, he would have discovered that this was the place where Zhu Zhanji was taken and knocked unconscious.

"Your Highness, it's inside."

"Ah."

Zhu Zhanqi went in without any doubt.

"Why is it so dark?" When he walked in, he found that there were not many lights inside, but there was still some light, so Zhu Zhanqi walked towards the light.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, Crown Prince, are you coming over?"

"Who is it?" Zhu Zhanqi suddenly heard someone talking, and was wondering, but he walked in curiously to see.

"Your Highness Qi, why are you here?" Sun Ruoji thought it was Zhu Zhanji, and when he turned around and saw Zhu Zhanqi, he was puzzled.

"Miss Sun, why are you here?"

"I...I accidentally took the wrong way." Sun Ruoji didn't know what went wrong. Anyway, Zhu Zhanji didn't come, so she was ready to leave.

"Stop." Sun Ruoji had just taken two steps when he was stopped by Zhu Zhanqi.