Chapter 43: Zhu Li's Olive Branch
The little girl greeted Zhu Li warmly, and at the same time introduced Ma Sanbao to Zhu Li, but unfortunately, she didn't know that as early as Zhu Biao's banquet, because of the incompatible relationship between His Royal Highness Zhu Di and Zhu Li and Hu Pengju was the initiator of the assassination of Ma Sanbao, Zhu Li and Ma Sanbao were a little wrong, and the two looked at each other unpleasantly for a while.
Zhu Li's face was gloomy, there were people he hated in Shang Wei's mansion, which made the prince unhappy, he just wanted to visit the only remaining former prime minister, but he didn't expect to meet Zhu Di's dog leg who put his person in prison.
Ma Sanbao also didn't want to see Zhu Li, but the little girl in his head didn't understand the grievances between Ma Sanbao and Zhu Li, but greeted Zhu Li very warmly, connected Zhu Li into Shang Wei's mansion, and placed it in Shang Wei's special room for guests.
The little girl's enthusiasm made Ma Sanbao wonder if this guy was the daughter of Shang Wei's attendant, how could the waiter's daughter be so familiar with entertaining guests with such a high status? If it was the daughter of an ordinary attendant, she would have been waiting for orders respectfully without Zhu Li's reminder, and this little girl looked unusually familiar with the Third Highness.
"Wenhe, come in and chat, I've heard that you, the superintendent of the imperial history, were sent to supervise and investigate Lord Shang, right? Father is also big-hearted, and even arranged for you, an eight-year-old child, to supervise Lord Shang, so he is not afraid of the failure of the mission? Zhu Li sipped the tea in his hand and looked at Ma Sanbao with a smile, not at all the gentlemanly appearance at the previous Zhu Biao banquet, but looked a little kind.
"Third Highness, you don't have to worry about this, if I can't complete the task assigned to me by the competition, I will naturally go to His Majesty's side to receive the punishment." Ma Sanbao responded, although Zhu Li's tone was calm, but the content of his words was aimed at him Ma Sanbao everywhere, ordinary people may not be able to hear it, Ma Sanbao is a person, if he is really an eight-year-old child, it is simply too underestimating him Ma Sanbao.
"Are you up to the task? The Son of Heaven is angry, he kills one person for thousands of miles, and he doesn't stay for thousands of miles, I advise you to be in Daming, or be cautious in your words and deeds, so as not to lose your head! Zhu Li laughed at Ma Sanbao disdainfully, looked at Ma Sanbao viciously for a long time, and did not take Ma Sanbao in his eyes, "Don't think that if you have a fourth brother as a backing, you can bear the consequences of failure." ”
"Your Royal Highness is a little too serious, I don't think I provoked you, right?" Ma Sanbao doesn't like the way the third prince Zhu Li speaks, in his opinion, Zhu Li is a little too weird, there is really a difference between Zhu Li's style of acting and his quite handsome face, God gave him an unparalleled appearance, but implanted a cruel heart in him.
"I'm just advising you, there are some things, don't do too much, you will kill Hu Pengju and send Hu Weiyong to prison, such an arrogant way of doing things, in Daming, may not live long." Zhu Li smiled, beside him, the little girl who respected him very much didn't understand what Zhu Li was talking to Ma Sanbao, she just stared at the two sides with big eyes, and there was a sudden smell of gunpowder in the room.
"Third Highness, come from afar, and don't notify the ministers in advance, Wenhe, you are also here, you two come to visit the ministers in the Cold Mansion, and you don't greet the attendants in advance, otherwise I will inform the attendants to prepare good tea, Xiaohan, go back to your room, I want to talk to the Third Highness and Wenhe." Just when the two sides looked at each other unpleasantly, as the owner of the mansion, Shang Wei returned from the court.
As soon as Shang Wei came in, he immediately became a peacemaker, he understood that there was a gap between the fourth highness Zhu Di and the third highness Zhu Di behind Ma Sanbao, and perhaps it also affected the relationship between Ma Sanbao and Zhu Li, he hurriedly ordered his little daughter to go back to the room first, and he wanted to mediate the relationship between the two parties.
"Oh, pay you back." Hearing Shang Hui's words, the girl named Xiaohan reluctantly put down the binoculars in her hand, returned to her room stupidly, and closed the door tightly.
Shang Hui's appearance alleviated the two of them who were yin and yang with each other, Zhu Li's previous provocation made Ma Sanbao very unhappy, and he also knew that Zhu Li might want to embarrass himself by raising his head for Hu Peng, but he was curious why Zhu Li appeared in Shang Wei's mansion.
Shang Wei accompanied the smiling face, and made Ma Sanbao and Zhu Li the best tea in his own house, he sat next to the two, he was thinking about how to alleviate the embarrassing situation at the moment, the two sides were incompatible, Shang Wei didn't want to be too partial to one of the sides, he didn't want to offend either side, after all, these two people represent the two princes.
has been an official for many years, Shang Wei knows that he can deal with the prince and cannot be mixed with the factional struggle between the princes, which is also the reason why he has not sided with the prince for many years, except for the eldest prince Zhu Biao, there is no one between the second prince and the fourth prince who does not want the important ministers of the court to stand by his side, Zhu Fan is okay, but Zhu Li and Zhu Di have been fighting in secret, it is no wonder that the eldest prince has become the crown prince, and the second prince is not concerned about political affairs, and is only responsible for his own work. The third prince wants to become the prince, and the fourth prince Zhu Di wants military power, and the two often fight, and these two princes also have the most power except for the eldest prince and the second prince.
After Zhu Li showed his edge in Ma Sanbao, the most jealous was Zhu Di, he thought he was extraordinary, but he never met a hero who could assist him, which also made him very harsh to his subordinates, and often punished his subordinates.
"Hmph, I don't care about the yellow-haired boy, Lord Shang, I'm here this time to let you beware of this kid, this kid has already put Hu Weiyong in prison, I, Zhu Li, am a good talent, I don't want Lord Shang to follow in the footsteps of Prime Minister Hu Cheng, Lord Shang must not want this to happen, right?" Zhu Li glanced at Ma Sanbao and said earnestly.
"Your Royal Highness is serious, I still believe in Wenhe, I and Wenhe, I will meet friends with books, I believe that Wenhe will not harm me, and I am a frank person, I have no objections, I just want to live a peaceful life, Your Royal Highness, you say so, you just don't believe in me enough, provoke the relationship between me and Wenhe, it's not kind!" Shang Wei smiled and poured tea for Zhu Li's teacup, and at the same time, Shang Wei became a little wary of Zhu Li.
"It's just a joke, don't worry, right, Wenhe, you are still very good, when I think of you chanting poetry and music in the main hall, I Zhu Li admires you so much, if you don't follow Zhu Di's side, but follow me, how good it would be!" Zhu Li sighed, "I, Zhu Li, was careless in employing people before, how could I explain Hu Pengju and others, I apologize to you for him, if I meet Hu Pengju in the future, I will definitely teach him a good lesson for you." ”
Mentioning Hu Pengju's name, Ma Sanbao's mind will think of the four assassinations arranged by Hu Pengju and the scene when he escaped from prison, Hu Pengju escaped from prison, his life was threatened again, he did not carry his own weapons at that time, for fear that those bandits would find their traces and send themselves and the fourth prince Zhu Di to accompany those poor jailers, Hu Pengju, Ma Sanbao has a grudge, he doesn't like Hu Pengju's personality, and he doesn't like the sinister and cunning third prince Zhu Li around Hu Pengju all day long.
"Then thank you, Your Royal Highness, I wonder if Hu Pengju's escape from prison this time has something to do with Your Royal Highness? Don't take it personally, I'll just ask. Ma Sanbao stared at Zhu Li for a long time, and Zhu Li deliberately mentioned Hu Pengju, in his opinion, it was very likely to be related to Hu Pengju's escape from prison.
Zhu Li didn't have any anger on the surface, he smiled, and picked up the teacup, "If you doubt me, then yes, if you don't doubt me, then it's not, you may not listen to me when I explain to you, everything depends on how you guess, maybe your guess is right." ”
Zhu Li did not answer Ma Sanbao's question positively, Ma Sanbao's suspicion of Zhu Li is deeper, but judging by Zhu Li's character, it may not be Zhu Li's robbery, for a while, Ma Sanbao fell into confusion, Zhu Li, who should have been in Jinzhong, appeared in Nanjing City, which also disrupted some of his plans, he didn't want to become an enemy with Zhu Li too early, and he didn't ask Zhu Li too much.
Shang Wei broke out in a cold sweat, as an intermediary, he didn't play a role in reconciling, but let the two of them ask about the case that His Majesty attached great importance to in the previous hall, he Shang Wei thought that he was not involved, but he didn't want to mention this sensitive topic, he just wanted to make friends with the two people present, but he didn't expect the two present to quarrel by themselves.
"Wenhe, I ask for one thing, can you give up Zhu Di, follow me, follow my days, no worse than Zhu Di, what Zhu Di can give me, I can also give it to you, what Zhu Di can't do, I will try my best to help you complete it, Lord Shang, you are the same, if the two of you follow my Zhu Li's side, in this world, why not the three of us?" Suddenly, Zhu Li opened his mouth coldly, which really scared Ma Sanbao and Shang Wei, the two looked at each other in confusion, no one thought that Zhu Li was still angry with Ma Sanbao one second, and the next second he actually threw out an olive branch, intending to bring all of them under his command.
"Third Highness, this point, with all due respect, I can't promise you, I'm afraid of causing your majesty's misunderstanding, we courtiers have always respected the royal family, every prince and I have great respect, we still have to take Your Majesty as the core in the end, we can't take refuge in one side at will, forgive me for not being able to meet the needs of His Royal Highness." Shang Wei sighed and said with a pretended regret.
"It's okay, what Lord Shang said is very true, otherwise the end will be like Hu Weiyong, what about Wenhe, you? Are you willing to abandon Zhu Di to assist me? Zhu Li turned his eyes to look at Ma Sanbao, and actually showed an expectant look and waited for Ma Sanbao's response.