Zhu Yunwen didn't expect things to be like this, in his mind, Wang Du's actions should come from the orders or hints of the crown prince or Kunning Palace, of course, it may also be Wang Du's own thoughts, but this possibility is not very likely, Wang Du should not have such courage. It's just that when he was in Beijing, Wang Du once strongly opposed his idea of taking Xu Miaojin as a concubine and exonerating Xu Zengshou, and he also spoke generously against himself in person, which made him a little unable to get off the stage and was very annoyed, so after Xu Zengshou's incident, the first person he suspected was him.

In this way, Zhu Yunwen did not delve into this matter again, and he was afraid of finding out something that embarrassed him, so he didn't go to the queen's bedroom recently, he stayed in the Qianqing Palace, and the requirements for the prince Zhu Wenkui were also very strict, and at the same time, Zhuo Jing, Huang Zicheng, Fang Xiaoru and others were reprimanded, scolded them for a bloody squirt, and punished their Yulu, the reason is, of course, that their education paid too much attention to self-cultivation and neglected the study of mathematics and physics, and also warned them to educate the prince to take the right path. It is not allowed to engage in crooked ways, Zhuo Jing and others naturally kowtow to apologize, which made Zhu Yunwen firm in his thoughts, but he didn't expect the Queen Mother to say that she did it today.

In this way, it makes more sense, compared to the queen's will, Wang Du is even more afraid to refuse the queen mother's will. Maybe he was a little aggrieved when he died, sandwiched between himself and the Queen Mother, he didn't know where to go, and finally chose to listen to his heart, that is, to obey the will of the Queen Mother, or maybe he had the idea of dying at that time, so he deliberately did it so clumsy, and then deliberately exposed his flaws, and there was no defense when he was given to die, alas, Zhu Yunwen clenched his fists tightly, his heart hurt like a knife, he raised his head, stared at his mother tightly, and hissed: "Mother, why?" Why are you doing this? Wang Du is dead, are you happy, mother? ”

"Yunwen," seeing Zhu Yunwen's eyes, a trace of panic appeared in Empress Dowager Lu's eyes, but she quickly calmed down, picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, and said with a wry smile: "Do you like Xu Miaojin so much?" The Xu family made such a big mistake, why do you still protect them? Speaking of which, the King of Chu can be said to have harbored evil intentions for a long time, and Yun Xi has gone astray, which is all related to the Xu family, don't they deserve to die? ”

Empress Dowager Lu's question is very sharp, of course, this is probably also a question for many courtiers, including Wang Du and others, who do not understand Zhu Yunwen's persistence and connivance. In fact, to put it bluntly, this is just Zhu Yunwen's personal knot, in his previous life, Xu Huizu was his first loyal minister, and he was the only one who insisted on resisting and not giving in when the Yan army broke the city, and this loyalty was to be compensated; In addition, in later generations, Xu Da and Chang Yuchun are all famous figures in history, and Zhu Yunwen can't do it if they are wiped out.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yunwen sighed slightly: "Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, has made great contributions to Huaxia and should not be extinct, and Xu Huizu also made military exploits during the Yan rebellion, and judging from the reaction in the past two days, he can also be trusted, under the circumstances at that time, he still obeyed the emperor's orders and did not exceed the slightest bit, so he should be trustworthy, just rush to this point, I want to protect him, but only this once, not an example!" ”

"Okay," the Queen Mother sighed slightly, and said, "Since you think so thoroughly, the mourning family doesn't care!" ”

"But since it has been said, the mourning family still hopes that you will treat Mr. Huang well, and don't be angry with him because of some mistakes, he has made a great contribution to you becoming the prince!"

"I know."

"You don't know, after Wang Du's incident came out, the mourning family felt that you had a problem with Mr. Huang, you may think that he did something similar at the beginning, but in fact, it is not necessary. If it weren't for him risking his life in front of the first emperor back then, I am afraid you would not be able to be the prince. ”

"There are some things you don't know, only the mourning family knows. At that time, the first emperor did not consider establishing Yunxi as the prince, so that Lan Yu might not have to be killed, but Mr. Huang said: "King Kaiping died young, the first princess only lived to be more than 20 years old, the emperor's eldest grandson was weak and sickly, and he died at the age of eight. ’”

"It is said that the first emperor was furious at that time, and wanted to execute him on the spot for cursing the emperor and grandson, and finally under the persuasion of everyone, he was spared from death, but on the spot, the first emperor issued a gag order, and no one was allowed to spread this word, so the mourning family didn't know at that time!"

"After a few days, when the ministers discussed the prince, the tendency of the first emperor was already obvious, so you could successfully become the prince, although Mr. Liu and Mr. Huang were generous at that time, but in fact, the most important thing was already said by them."

"Later, in the last years of Hongwu, you were pushed into the water by the eunuchs of the palace of the king, and almost died, the first emperor was angry, and felt that you were not self-loving enough, so he told these words to the mourning family, so if there was no Mr. Huang's death-defying advice, I am afraid that the storage position is still between the two!"

"That's the case," Zhu Yun calmed down, and said, "I thought that the reason why the emperor's grandfather chose me was that when my father was seriously ill, my loyalty, filial piety and benevolence touched the first emperor!" ”

"Hehe," Lu sneered: "Loyalty, filial piety, benevolence? For royalty, that thing is the most useless. Since you ascended the throne, the fourth uncle King Yan, the fifth uncle King Zhou, and the sixth uncle King Chu have successively raised troops to rebel, plus the seventh uncle King Qi who is now missing in Shandong because of the White Lotus Rebellion, do you think they will think that you are loyal, filial and benevolent? Or if you are loyal and loving, will they not rebel? No, on the contrary, the mourners think that they will be faster and more energetic! ”

Zhu Yunwen was dumbfounded, he found that what his mother said was very right, wasn't he like this in his previous life? was too benevolent, which led to the fall of the country and the death of family members. However, Huang Zicheng still can't be reused, in his previous life, he recommended Li Jinglong, and after the defeat, he concealed the military information for him, resulting in the loss of military morale, it can be said that Huang Zicheng played a vital role in Zhu Di's appeasement.

……

came out of Cining Palace, Zhu Yunwen found that he was changed the topic by the Queen Mother, and he didn't talk deeply about Wang Du's affairs, but since it was done by the Queen Mother, there was no way to pursue it, and her focus was still on the issue of choosing a daughter-in-law, for fear that his harem would be restless. In addition, she has a criminal record in this regard, and the concubine Bai Fangrui was repaired by the Queen Mother, and had to obediently go to the palace to be a concubine who kept to herself.

Although it was getting late, Zhu Yunxi still returned to the Qianqing Palace first, he still needed to understand the progress of today's torture, and reiterated his bottom line with Liu Jing, Zhou Xin and others, the case file about Zhu Yunxi should be kept strictly confidential, not allowed to spread, and wait for his own holy judgment; The tracing of the Xu family and the Chang family must also be investigated to the end, but the dossier is also not allowed to spread.

After several days of arrests, the opposition party in Beijing has basically been arrested, but there are still some opposition parties outside Beijing, such as the Yangtze River Water Division, Jiangpu County, Chaohu Lake, and the surrounding Wuchang opposition party, all of which are being escorted to Beijing one after another.

That night, Zhu Yunwen stayed in Kunning Palace.

Listening to Zhu Yunwen's even breathing, Ma Hui gently leaned his forehead against his chest, his expression was gentle, but a voice echoed in his mind: "This time the old body blocked it for you, even if the emperor has doubts, he will not pursue it any further." But only this time, don't take it as an example, you have to do it yourself, don't endanger Wen Kui's storage position, otherwise the old body will never be spared! ”

"Alas!"

……

In the middle of the night, Cining Palace.

"Don't!"

The Queen Mother Lu suddenly screamed from her sleep, the maid and the grandmother who were in charge of the night quickly got up, the maid Hongyu lit the candle, and the two old grandmothers rushed to the Queen Mother's bed and said in unison: "The Queen Mother wake up, wake up, are you having a nightmare?" ”

At this moment, the Lu family had woken up, she slowly opened her eyes, glanced around, and waved her hand gently: "You all go down, Yancui stays!" ”

Yancui is an old woman in her fifties, she helped Lu Shi up, leaned on the pillow, gently touched Lu Shi's forehead, and exclaimed: "Queen Mother, your forehead is full of cold sweat?" Do you want to change your clothes? ”

Lu gently tucked the quilt and patted the side of the bed gently: "Yancui, the mourning family is not in the way, you sit down and talk to the mourning family!" Just now, the mourning family dreamed of Sister Chang just now! ”

"Chang's?" Yancui frowned, sat on the edge of the bed, and said softly, "Miss, why did you dream of her so decently?" ”

"Alas, today the emperor came over and said that Yun Xi was plotting against him, and the emperor said that Yun Xi fell into the water because of Yun Xi's ghost, and the mourning family remembered the incident when Xiongying fell into the water, and I feel that this is really retribution!"

"Emperor?" Yancui thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "Since Yunxi has done this kind of thing, why don't you tell the emperor and let him cut the grass and eradicate the roots?" ”

"No," the Queen Mother shook her head lightly and said, "The mourning family hasn't dreamed of Sister Chang for a long time, but today I dreamed of it, which means that Sister Chang knows underground and knows that Yunxi has committed a serious crime." She just asked me how Xiongying died, and did she still want to kill Yunxi? The mourning family didn't know how to answer, so she was about to stretch out her hand to pinch the mourning family's neck, and the mourning family woke up in fright. ”

"So Yun Xi can't have an accident, but fortunately, the emperor has already agreed!"

"Queen Mother, Yancui has been with you for more than 30 years, you are just too soft-hearted, if you didn't do it at the beginning, how could there be today's things? And he also took Yun Xi. ”

"No, Xiongying is not in good health, and no one suspects that something happened, if Yun Xi also had an accident, the first emperor was still there at the time, and he would definitely investigate it to the end, so it would be bad!"

"Well, that's right!" At the mention of the first emperor, Yancui couldn't help but shudder, subconsciously looked around, and nodded again and again.

"So what now?"

"The mourning family can't sleep, you accompany the mourning family to talk, tomorrow morning the mourning family will go to Yungu Temple to make incense, pray for the emperor and give porridge, and then chant and pray for Sister Chang, I hope she can take care of her life as soon as possible, and don't come to the dream of the mourning family again."

"Hmmm! By the way, what about the Emperor? Did he have any suspicions? ”

"Even if he doubts, he won't say anything, he," Empress Dowager Lu said leisurely: "He is more and more like the first emperor, not like his father!" ”

……

The next day, Liu Zhen personally went to Wang's house to pay respects, and Mrs. Wang presented Wang Du's testament, according to Liu Zhen, if he didn't go, the Wang family would move back to his hometown, and the testament would also be wiped out.

Zhu Yunwen unfolded the letter, read it for a while, sighed, and tears flowed, but he quickly put away his tears and looked at the guards who had changed guards under the city, but Wang Du's voice echoed in his mind:

“……”

"It's not a pity that the guilty minister died, but it's a pity that he can no longer serve His Majesty!"

"Xu Zengshou is innocent, but the minister killed him, and it is natural for him to resist his life, His Majesty can exempt his family from the crime, the minister is already very grateful, and he doesn't dare to complain!"

"But the minister still has a word of respect, the marriage between the royal family and the noble generals can be described as a double-edged sword, once it is not properly handled, it is easy for relatives to dictatorship, and even cause trouble to Xiao Wall. Xu Miaojin has a noble status, but she is in the position of a concubine, located under the queen, the minister is worried that the harem will be restless, and there will even be a dispute for the throne, I hope Your Majesty will observe it, think about it, and be cautious! ”

“……”

"Your Majesty is a saint of the ages, and he can serve the left and right, and this life is enough!"

"The sun and the moon are immortal, and the sun and moon will never shine!"

"The night of December 29th in the sixth year of Jianwen"

"The sinner king is a masterpiece!"