On the first day of the Lunar New Year, Cining Palace.

As soon as the voice of the ministers Bi He dissipated, the eunuchs and palace maids had already begun to clean the tables and chairs and remove the garbage. In the main hall, Zhu Yunwen and the Queen Mother Lu sat in front of each other, and the next ones were the palace concubines, princes, and princes and princesses in Beijing, they didn't dare to make a sound, but quietly listened to Zhu Yunwen and the Queen Mother chatting about family life.

I don't know how long it took, Empress Dowager Lu seemed to remember something, looked down, waved her hand and said, "You all go down, the mourning family and the emperor have something to say!" ”

"Yes!"

After everyone retreated, Zhu Yunwen sat up straight and asked, "Queen Mother, at today's banquet, I saw that you were a little unhappy, who made your old man unhappy?" ”

Empress Dowager Lu took a sip of tea gently, then put down the teacup and said: "It is said that the mourning family is a woman, and she can't interfere in politics, plus she has been in the deep palace for a long time, and she has long been out of the world. So even when your fourth uncle rebelled and the dynasty was shaken, the mourning family didn't say a word, but there are some things that the mourning family wants to ask today. ”

"The Queen Mother, please speak, listen to the ministers!"

"In the past two days, there have been many nobles of the clan who have asked to see the mourning family many times, including the king of Qin, the king of Jin, the king of Ning and others, they are all crying bitterly, saying that they are willing to give up all power, and only ask the emperor to spare their lives. There is also your Aunt Anqing, she is interceding for her concubine Ouyang Lun, I heard that she is involved in smuggling tea horses, and she has been imprisoned in the Criminal Department, and your Aunt Anqing can't see you, so she has to beg to come to the mourning family. ”

"The mourning family wants to ask, what is going on with the rebellion case outside? How can it make people panic? ”

"This," Zhu Yunwen began to be surprised, but soon realized that the things outside were so big that some rumors could be heard in the palace, and at the end of the year, the prince and the nobles had to enter the palace to meet the queen mother and queen according to the custom, and it was not strange to tell the fear in their hearts by the way during the conversation.

"Queen Mother, Erchen knows that you feel sorry for Yun Xi, but he did get involved in the case, he privately transferred the guards into the Jingshi, and sneaked into the abandoned mansion of the former Liangguo Gong Lanyu, the facts of the rebellion are clear, and the witnesses are all undocumented; In addition, although he didn't admit it, Yun Xi's fall into the water was probably not an accident, it was intentional on his part! ”

"Did he really do it?"

"There's no evidence, but I think it's more likely!"

Empress Dowager Lu closed her eyes slightly, and two children appeared in her mind: the stubborn Yunxi and the cheerful Yunxi, and then the figure of the former princess Chang appeared, and said silently: "Alas! O iniquity! What a sin! ”

After a while, the Queen Mother calmed down and said, "What about the King of Chu and Cao Guogong?" ”

"The rebellion of the king of Chu is also conclusive, the reason is that when Wang Bi rebelled, he wrote some letters to him, and he also replied. When King Yan killed Wang Bi, these letters fell into the hands of King Yan, and later fell into the hands of Princess Yan Xu Yihua. ”

"She first sent someone to find Li Jinglong, saying that I already knew about his Tongyan and would deal with him sooner or later, and I had been snubbing him for so many years, so he was afraid and united with the King of Chu to rebel."

In order to raise funds, when he was in charge of Shaanxi and Ningxia, he smuggled tea and horses with Ouyang Lun, the concubine of Aunt Anqing, to obtain huge profits, and the money was used to buy off court officials and generals. When I was in Beijing, I was already aware of it, so I sent the capital Yushi Lian Zining to Shaanxi to inspect, and the twists and turns of Lian Zining have arrived a few days ago, and the situation is basically true! ”

"Then during the inspection of the coastal garrisons in Fujian and Zhejiang, Li Jinglong secretly contacted Yun Xi and said that he was willing to respond to him and praise him as the emperor, Yun Xi was moved and agreed!"

Speaking of this, Zhu Yunwen sighed: "Legally speaking, Yunxi's identity is more noble than me, and I changed his title from King Wu to King of Taiwan, he may be a little unwilling." ”

Hearing Zhu Yunwen's sigh, the Empress Dowager Lu Shi clenched the cup in her hand tightly, but did not speak.

"In addition, during Xu Zengshou's time in Taiwan, when he learned that Yan Yi was defeated, he wiped out all the guards that Yan Wei gave him, but it was a pity that the secret was neglected, and the leading Zhang Kai jumped into the sea to escape, and later Zhang Kai was rescued by Yun Xi, this matter, Yun Xi did not report to the imperial court, so his mind is not simple, not just being bewitched!"

"After that, things were relatively simple, I sent Xu Huizu to arrest Li Jinglong, and on the way to escort Li Jinglong was rescued by the Japanese Invaders, who united with the Japanese Invaders in Jiangpu to assassinate him, but was easily crushed by the Guards; And the sailors on the Yangtze River, the water bandits of Chaohu Lake in the upper reaches, and the sailors of Dongting Lake near the Jiujiang River were all minions of the King of Chu, intending to sneak attack me when I crossed the river. ”

"According to the explanation of Luo Haichao, the commander of the Yangtze River Naval Division, on the night of Li Jinglong's rebellion, his original plan was to attack Pukou City, rush to Liuhe in the name of rescue, intercept the reinforcements rushing to Liuhe, and ensure the success of Li Jinglong and the Japanese Kou, and at the same time he will also send a signal to the upstream to let the upstream army go south to ensure that nothing goes wrong."

"Fortunately, I sent someone to arrest Luo Haichao in time, and at the same time sent Ping'an and Zhang Rong up the river to kill the rebels, and now the Dongting Lake Water Division has surrendered, and the commander Tian Keyi committed suicide; General Ping'an has rushed to Wuchang in the starry night to arrest the henchmen of the King of Chu, and according to the time, the rebels should have been captured. ”

"As for the opposition party in the court, there is Xia Yuanji, the head of the household department, who uses his power to provide food for the opposition party and the Japanese in Jiangbei......"

Although the matter has passed, but listening to Zhu Yunwen's narration, Lu Shi is still a little nervous, she didn't expect that this rebellion scene would be so big, so many people involved, and such a thorough plan, so the probability of success is indeed not low, if her son makes a wrong step, I am afraid it will be a catastrophe. So she couldn't help but fold her hands together, and read in her mouth: "Thanks to the merciful and compassionate Guanyin Bodhisattva, Yun Wei can turn evil into good fortune this time, thanks to the blessing of the Bodhisattva, the folk girl must go to Linggu Temple to burn incense and offer incense to the Buddha, and give 10,000 catties of sesame oil to reshape the golden body of the Bodhisattva!" ”

While speaking, the Lu family bowed three times in the direction of Yungu Temple!

Zhu Yunwen hurriedly bowed to him, and then helped his mother up. He looked at his mother's pious look, and was very moved in his heart, in order to avoid his mother being overly worried, he hurriedly said: "Mother, in fact, it's nothing, everything they do is under the control of their son, and they can't turn the sky." In fact, if it weren't for my purpose, they wouldn't have had a chance to attack the Imperial Camp at all! ”

"Alas," Empress Dowager Lu patted her chest, and said with some fear: "Yun Wei, it's better that you don't go out of Beijing in the future, you are the emperor, you can't do everything yourself, you can leave the matter to the people below." The first emperor only toured north to Kaifeng in the early years of Hongwu, and sat in Beijing at other times, and the world was not too peaceful? So you have to listen to your mother in the future, don't take such a risk again, once you have an accident, Wen Kui is still so young, once you can't sit still, what can you do! ”

As he spoke, Lu's tears burst out of his eyes, and he quickly wiped his tears with a handkerchief.

"Okay, okay, mother, don't be sad, Yun Wei will remember, I won't go out of Beijing again for the time being, don't worry, this kind of thing won't happen again!"

Zhu Yunwen comforted him repeatedly, and it took a long time for Lu Shi to stop his grief. Lu Shi wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said with a smile: "Yun Wei is obedient, my mother is all for your good!" ”

"By the way, what are you going to do with these rebels?"

“…… According to the regulations, the nine clans are to be destroyed, and last time I was soft-hearted and only destroyed the three clans, it seems that people feel that I am weak and can be bullied, so I want to kill this time! ”

Hearing Zhu Yunwen call him "I", coupled with his murderous words, Lu Shi couldn't help but shudder, she hesitated for a moment and asked, "What about the King of Chu?" ”

"I will uproot the line of the King of Chu, and if he dares to raise an army to rebel, he should have such an awareness!"

"Well, what about Yoon-hee?"

"This," Zhu Yunwen hesitated for a moment and said, "I ......"

"No, no matter what, you have to spare Yunxi's life!"

Hearing Lu's eager voice, Zhu Yunwen was taken aback, looked up at the Queen Mother, and said with some uncertainty: "But he harmed Yunxi like that, shouldn't he be punished?" ”

"Back then, your mother-in-law was in front of the hospital bed, in front of your father and the first emperor, she asked to make your mother the crown princess, your mother is today, and you have the opportunity to inherit the throne, otherwise with the noble power at that time, it would be difficult for your mother to become the crown princess, once the crown princess is vacant, you are the concubine, if your eldest brother Xiongying is still alive, the throne is his, even if he dies young, and Yunxi, he is the only concubine."

"Back then, before she died, Sister Chang took her mother's hand and asked me to take care of Xiongying and Yunxi, and my mother agreed. It's a pity that Xiongying has been sick since he was a child, and after accidentally falling into the water, he was overly frightened and passed away very early; For Yunxi, my mother treats her equally, just like you. ”

"Xiongying's matter, my mother is sorry for Sister Chang, so although Yun Xi made a big mistake this time, Yun Xi is not dead after all, according to the imperial doctor, as long as you take care of it, you can still recover slowly, so you don't punish Yun Xi, at least leave him a life, and you should pay off the debt that her mother didn't take care of Xiong Ying back then, okay?"

"Paying off debts?" Zhu Yunwen was strange in his heart, but he didn't express it, he frowned and thought about it, and said: "I'm afraid it's hard to convince the public, if he's okay, I'm afraid the King of Chu will be truthful!" ”

"What about the Xu family? Xu Yihua did this kind of thing, why didn't you destroy the Xu family? On the contrary, do you want to reuse the Xu family? Seeing Zhu Yunwen's embarrassed look, Lu's tone suddenly turned cold and said.

"Xu Yihua is just a woman, marrying her husband is to avenge Yan Wei, it seems that the Xu family should not be implicated, right?"

"But you have already released it back to the Xu family, then it should be the Xu family, no longer the Zhu family!"

"This," Zhu Yunwen said, Xu Yihua's behavior, saying that the Xu family didn't know anything about it, it was really hard to believe, if that was the case, the Xu family would at least be charged with concealing and not reporting.

"However, Xu Yihua is not an ordinary woman, the city government is very deep, Xu Miaojin gets along with her day and night, and she doesn't find the slightest thing, which shows that her means are clever!"

"Do you believe this?"

"I believe in Miaojin!" After hesitating for a moment, Zhu Yunwen said firmly.

"Haha," Lu Shi suddenly sneered, raised his hand and pointed at Zhu Yunwen, and said with some hatred: "Yunwen, you are the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the women of the world are at your disposal, why do you want to do such a thing?" Are you a poor scholar who has never met a talented person? Why do you like this tone? There is Bai Fangrui in front, and now there is another Xu Miaojin, aren't you afraid that this Xu Miaojin will avenge her sister? ”

The mother's attitude suddenly changed greatly, Zhu Yunwen was a little confused, and only said after a while: "Mother, even if you don't say it, the son has no intention of executing Yunxi, but there must be a convincing reason." ”

"You are the emperor, can't you do this thing?"

"Well, my son understands, and my son will take care of it."

Seeing Zhu Yunwen nodding, Lu Shi also breathed a sigh of relief, and suddenly felt thirsty, so he picked up the teacup and drank a few big sips, and then gently put it down.

"Yun Wei, Wang Du is dead, and her family plans to move out of Jingshi and return to her hometown in Guangdong, do you know?"

"Well, in two days, I plan to send someone to see his family, and by the way, send some silver taels, which can be regarded as the last friendship of the monarch and the minister!"

Empress Dowager Lu gently brushed the tea leaves on the water surface with the lid of the teacup, and suddenly said, "Yun Wei, Wang Du was given death by you, right?" ”

"Uh," Zhu Yunwen gently put down the teacup in his hand, hesitated slightly, nodded, and said, "Yes." ”

"Why did you give him death?"

"He made the decision without authorization, killed Xu Zengshou, and ruined my plan!"

"And how do you know?"

"As soon as I asked, I knew that he did it, because I asked him, how could it be that a witness killed a suspect when the Security Division was on a mission? His answer was that Xu Zengshou was suspected of treason, and he should die, instead of pleading guilty or explaining the situation at the time, which made me sure that he was involved, and later he admitted it! ”

Seeing Zhu Yunwen's slightly meaningful expression, Empress Dowager Lu sighed softly: "Wang Du is full of wisdom and wisdom, and the city is extremely deep, why is it easy for you to see the flaws?" Why did he do such a thing, but didn't think of a way out? Do you think that Wang Du is the one who does this without thinking about the way back? ”

"This?" Zhu Yunwen was asked, and he suddenly found that things didn't seem to be so simple.

"Actually," Empress Dowager Lu said leisurely, "Actually, Wang Du is a great loyal minister, and he was ordered to do this by the mourning family. ”

"What?"

"After he returned to Beijing, the mourning family summoned him to the palace and asked about your situation, he talked about the fact that you wanted Xu Miaojin to enter the palace, and also said that Xu Yihua and Xu Zengshou rebelled, and the mourning family felt that such a family could not stay, so he asked him to take the opportunity to kill Xu Zengshou, and then destroy the Xu family! And the mourner promised him that if you asked, they would protect him. ”

It's just that the mourning family didn't expect him to do it too obviously, in fact, he could have waited for Xu Zengshou to go to prison or be tortured, so that no one would see the flaws; What the mourning family didn't expect was that he could easily let you see the flaws and admit that it was him; In the end, he did not defend himself, took all the blame, and was given death by you! ”

"You think you're protecting him, but the truth is, he's protecting you!"

Empress Dowager Lu put the teacup on the table and said word by word.