Zhu Hao, who understood the importance of Fang Congzhe, came to Fang Congzhe's mansion as soon as he left the palace, ready to lobby and know the benefits. Zhu Hao hurried all the way, and soon arrived in front of Fang Congzhe's mansion, Zhu Hao looked at the vermilion lacquer gate, wrote the word "Fang Mansion", without any nonsense, and directly asked the accompanying chamberlain to call the door. Then I remembered a knock on the door.

In the Fang Mansion, Fang Congzhe was at home, he was uneasy, since he heard the news of the emperor's funeral, he locked himself in the study alone, no one knew whether he was thinking about the wall, or because he was afraid to see people because of fear in his heart, or both.

When there was a knock on the door, Fang Congzhe walked out of the study, because he knew that the person who came at this moment must be someone from the palace, and he couldn't hide from it no matter what.

The housekeeper of Fang's mansion saw his master come out of the study, and just wanted to come forward to say hello, but was stopped by Fang Congzhe waving his hand, Fang Congzhe personally came to the door, opened the door, and saw that it was Zhu Hao standing outside the door with a team of Praetorian Guards, which made Fang Congzhe's face very surprised, and then as if he thought of something, his face became relieved again: "The fifth prince came here late at night, could it be that he came to arrest Weichen?" ”

Zhu Hao said secretly in his heart when he heard this: "This old boy is really good, he is worthy of being the first assistant of the court, it is rare to get this concentration, no wonder my father valued him very much during his lifetime, but unfortunately he stood on the wrong team, and this time he will inevitably be liquidated!" ”

Zhu Hao secretly felt sorry for Fang Congzhe in his heart, but there was no expression on his face, he just said lightly: "Definitely!" When has Fang Shoufu ever seen the Praetorian Guards take people and knock on the door? This prince came this time, and the purpose of seeing Lord Fang was the same as the last time he was in the cabinet, which was to save Lord Fang's life! ”

Fang Congzhe listened to Zhu Hao's words, his face changed slightly, and he said tentatively: "Your Highness said that you came to save Weichen's life, dare to ask Your Highness, what is Weichen's crime?" Need help from Your Highness! ”

Zhu Hao listened to Fang Congzhe's tentative words, and secretly said in his heart: "This old boy, he really doesn't shed tears when he sees the coffin!" Zhu Hao thought like this in his heart, and he was not interested in playing any dumb riddles with Fang Congzhe again, so he said: "Father Emperor Longyu returned to heaven, presumably Fang Shoufu should already know, right?" Fang Shoufu, do you still remember what this prince said to you when he was in the cabinet? Fang Shoufu didn't listen to the words of this prince, now that this has come true, how should Fang Shoufu deal with himself? What Zhu Hao meant was that he persuaded Fang Congzhe not to bring Li Kezhuo into the palace and offer red pills, so as not to fall into the charge of killing the king.

Fang Congzhe listened, Zhu Hao, who had just lost his father, said so logically, there was no sadness and eagerness at all, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart: "This son will definitely not be a thing in the pool in the future!" If the Ming Dynasty let him take the helm ......" Thinking of this, Fang Congzhe hurriedly shook his head, and said secretly in his heart: "How could I have such a rebellious idea? This is the order of the young and the old...... How can you memorize your ancestors! ”

After Fang Congzhe dispelled the chaotic thoughts in his heart, he still said with an unchanged face: "This Daxing Emperor passed away, and Weichen was also very sad in his heart, but what His Royal Highness said was too sensational, Weichen had already prevented Daxing Emperor from taking the 'immortal medicine', it was Emperor Daxing who insisted on this, and Weichen had no choice but to obey orders!" How could he be charged with killing the king! ”

Zhu Hao listened to Fang Congzhe still quibbling like this, and the fire that was forcibly suppressed in his heart could no longer be suppressed, he shouted angrily: "Fang Congzhe! How dare you make a clever statement here! The good things you did, don't think that this prince doesn't know! You colluded with Concubine Zheng to poison your father, and this prince thought that you were under the control of others, so I only came to order you a few words today, you are so ignorant! Then you just wait for the Jinyi Guard to come to you for questioning! ”

Zhu Hao's sudden anger made Fang Congzhe have an illusion at this moment, that is, what he is facing now is not a prince, but an emperor who kills and kills, this sudden change frightened Fang Congzhe to retreat again and again, his face was pale, and he finally came back to his senses, took a deep breath, pondered carefully, and said secretly in his heart: "In the hands of this fifth prince, there should be no substantial evidence, otherwise, he would not be standing here talking to himself now, and he would have let the Praetorian Guards take people a long time ago!" I blame myself for my weak heart, I almost showed my stuffing just now! Thinking like this in his heart, Fang Congzhe's expression changed from a little frightened just now to very serious, and he said coldly: "Fifth prince, how can you say that the minister is also the first assistant of the cabinet, you said that I colluded with Concubine Zheng to poison Emperor Daxing, do you have any evidence?" If there is, then just hand it over to Jinyiwei to deal with! If not, then please pay attention to your words, you are framing the head of the dynasty and the concubine. ”

Fang Congzhe thought that he didn't show his feet, but unfortunately what he was facing was not a simple eleven or twelve child, but a time-traveler with more than 20 years of memories of the high-tech era.

What Zhu Hao said just now was actually a test of Fang Congzhe, all of this was just his conjecture, but he was panicked for a moment from Fang Congzhe just now, and he had a definition in his heart, and determined that his father's death was related to Fang Congzhe and Concubine Zheng, otherwise Fang Congzhe would not have been so panicked just now, and he pretended to be calm and said such a thing at this moment!

Although Zhu Hao decided that this matter had something to do with Fang Congzhe, but now Congzhe was still very useful to him, he couldn't sanction Fang Congzhe now, so he could only secretly say in his heart: "Dad, if you have a spirit in the sky, you must forgive the child for not being able to avenge you now, the child is doing all this for the sake of Daming, for the world of our Zhu family!" But don't worry, Dad, these murderers who killed you, the child will not let go of any of them, and one day he will definitely send them all down to make amends to Dad! ”

Zhu Hao thought like this in his heart, and forcibly endured the idea of killing Fang Congzhe now and avenging his father, took a deep breath, and said in a slightly trembling tone: "Fang Shoufu, you have been assisting the government for so long, you should know that at this moment, it doesn't matter whether the prince believes in you or not, and it doesn't matter if you have done it yourself or not." At this moment, the important thing is whether those courtiers will trust you, whether your political enemies will let it go, this opportunity to bring you down, if the prince's guess is right, at this moment, the impeachment of you and the murder of the monarch has flown into the palace like snowflakes! When the time comes, in the face of the words of the ministers, does Fang Shoufu's explanation still have any meaning? ”

After Zhu Hao's words were finished, sweat oozed from Fang Congzhe's forehead, and he had to admit that it was indeed as Zhu Hao said, there was no absolute right or wrong in this court's affairs, no matter which emperor in any dynasty, as long as he was not the king of the country, he would generally balance the power of the court, and in a certain matter, if there were two attitudes, the emperor would generally agree to support the side with more people, so as to stabilize the overall situation. Of course, the side with a large number of people does not refer to the number of people, but to the forces, and refers to the number of forces that these people can influence, to judge which side to support.

And in the current situation, Fang Congzhe knew in his heart that the ministers would indeed impeach him in a single word as the fifth prince said, even if he really didn't do anything, he would not escape in the end.

Fang Congzhe thought so in his heart, the sweat on his forehead, "snapping" and "snapping" slipped down his wrinkled face, in the face of such a dead situation, Fang Congzhe, the first assistant of the cabinet who had always been scheming and decisive, also lost his square inch, and didn't know what to do.

Looking at Fang Congzhe's appearance, Zhu Hao secretly said in his heart: "The opportunity has come!" Thinking like this, Zhu Hao hurriedly spoke: "Fang Shoufu, this prince knows that you have always been the minister of my father's emperor, and you are the pillar of my Ming Dynasty. This prince has a plan here that can save Fang Shoufu from this difficulty, I don't know if Fang Shoufu is willing to listen to this prince now? ”

Zhu Hao's words, for the current Fang Congzhe, are like a drowning person, he had to grasp the life-saving straw he saw, so as soon as Zhu Hao's words were finished, Fang Congzhe immediately said in a little panic: "Please make it clear to Your Highness, if Your Highness can really save the minister this time, the minister is willing to give his life to His Highness in the future!" ”

Zhu Hao listened to Fang Congzhe's words, and secretly said in his heart: "You old horseman, you killed Lao Tzu's father, if you weren't still useful to Lao Tzu now, Lao Tzu would have taken your life a long time ago!" Still give your life to Lao Tzu? If you don't give it to Lao Tzu, Lao Tzu will find you to pick it up in the future! Hum! ”

Zhu Hao thought so in his heart, but there was no killing intent on his face, and he said very calmly: "Fang Shoufu, you are serious, this prince is doing this for me to save a minister, you don't have to be like this!" ”

Zhu Hao paused for a moment as he spoke, and then continued: "Lord Fang, you are the first minister, and you should write the edict after your father's death, and Fang Shoufu can write this matter in the edict, in the tone of his father, and write out who the successor prince is, because this edict is read by Lord Shoufu in person, and the new monarch will inevitably read your good after ascending the throne, and there is an edict stating that Lord Shoufu will definitely be as stable as Mount Tai and safe and sound!" ”

Fang Congzhe listened to Zhu Hao's words, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "It's not that this Weichen didn't expect it, but after the funeral of Emperor Daxing, Weichen went to the palace, but he was stopped by the Praetorian Guards, saying that if Weichen dares to break in, he will be killed on the spot!" Your Highness, this method will not work! ”

Zhu Hao listened to Fang Congzhe's words, and said secretly in his heart: "Fortunately, the palace was blocked first, otherwise this old man really entered the palace first, and this edict may not be what happened!" Of course, Zhu Hao wouldn't say these words in his heart, he just said lightly: "Fang Shoufu, you are really smart and confused!" You said that the palace was banned, so how did this prince come out? ”