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Since the Taiye incident, Yao Biao has been guarding Shen Ruoyu's side every inch, and no one can let him leave half a step. Zhu Gaochi, who is a pen and a fun pavilion www.biquge.info is also strictly guarded in the Shizi Palace, and Zhu Gaosui is not allowed to enter the palace at all.

Yao Biao's painstaking efforts finally brought Shen Ruoyu back to life miraculously again. After seeing him wake up, Yao Biao's first sentence was: "Your kid's life is really big, and I don't know whether it's a blessing or a curse." Zhu Gaochi asked the princess to specially prepare Shen Ruoxiao's diet according to Doctor Yao's instructions. Concubine Xu and the county lord of Changning came to visit every day. Zhu Zhanji, who was already five years old, naughtily and secretly went to Shen Ruoxiao's room to play for an afternoon, Zhu Gaochi saw Shen Ruoliao's brows stretched, his face was bright, and his eyes just followed Zhu Zhanji to run around, so he let his son go to play in front of Shen Ruoliao every day.

Concubine Xu and Shizi asked many times who harmed him and left him in the tunnel. Shen Ruoyu just insisted that it was he who was curious, walked into the tunnel, lost his way, and the injury was caused by himself. When the two saw that he refused to speak, they had to give up.

Under Yao Biao's careful care, Shen Ruoyu quickly got better. Half a month later, he was basically able to move freely. Yao Biao has been back to Beiping since March 17, and it has been a whole month now, and he has never left the palace for half a step. Shen Ruoliao came to this point, begged him to go home and take a look, and promised that he would never practice and run around, and would not act alone. Zhu Gaochi and Concubine Xu also said that they would take good care of him, no longer let Zhu Gaosui get close to him for half a step, and there would be reliable people to accompany him wherever he went. Yao Biao saw that Shen Ruoliao was already walking without hindrance, so he was willing to go home for a day.

For half a day, Shen Ruoliao and the county lord of Changning took Zhu Zhanji to play in the Shizi Hall and teach the little boy to read and write. At the time, Zhu Gaochi returned to the palace, picked up his son, and asked:

"What did you do today?"

Zhu Zhanji recited solemnly:

"The desert sand is like snow, and the moon is like a hook. How to be a golden brain, walk quickly and step on Qingqiu. ”

Zhu Gaochi smiled slightly: "Who taught you?" ”

"Uncle Ruo."

"Oh." Zhu Gaochi was a little stunned.

Zhu Zhanji kicked his white and chubby calves in his father's arms, and said:

"Uncle Ruo won't let me call him uncle, saying that he is no longer my uncle. I asked why, and Uncle Ruo said that it was because Aunt Qiu'er was no longer an aunt. ”

Zhu Gaochi frowned and said, "If Uncle Xiao teases you." Of course he's your uncle, and always will be. ”

"Why does Grandpa, Second Uncle, and Third Uncle all say that Uncle Ruoyu is a traitor? What is Traitor? ”

Zhu Gaochi was a little depressed. He thought for a moment and said, "Traitors are bad guys. Do you think Uncle Ruo is a bad person? ”

Zhu Zhanji thought about it and was a little confused.

"But Grandpa said—"

"Junki, you're still young. You don't understand things between adults. Do you like Uncle Ruo? ”

Zhu Zhanji said seriously: "It depends on whether he is a bad person or not." The second and third uncles said that he was against his grandfather. ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "What about you? Don't you often go against your grandfather? You're less troublesome, aren't you? Forget how many beatings you've been beaten? ”

Zhu Zhanji pursed his lips, got angry, turned his head away, and stopped looking at his father.

The county lord of Changning came up and hugged Zhu Zhanji into his arms.

"Zhanji, let's go, let's go outside to play, Daddy is teaching people again, let's ignore Daddy."

Zhu Gaochi looked at his sister angrily and funny: "You just spoil him, until you spoil him, and then spoil him like the second and third brothers." ”

The county lord of Changning complained: "Big brother, Zhan Ji is only five years old, can you tell him about your brother-in-law clearly?" What else is there between adults, he doesn't understand, do you really understand? ”

Zhu Gaochi blushed and explained: "It was Zhan Ji himself who said it first, what can I do?" If you were me, what would you say? ”

"Push it to your mother! My mother must have something to deal with. ”

"Don't hug him like that, young man, you have to sit and stand and stand, where can you lie on your stomach so softly?"

"I'll just hold him for a while, and when you have to discipline him, you won't allow us to kiss him. He grew up so fast, he didn't hold it now, and he won't be able to hold it in the future. ”

Zhu Gaochi looked at his son in the hands of the county lord of Changning with frustration.

"Pet."

The county lord of Changning raised two willow eyebrows: "Big brother, what do you have to bear?" After all, Junji is the eldest grandson. Since ancient times, the eldest has always been spoiled, and it is always the younger brother who is spoiled. If you don't believe it, look at yourself. is also a father and mother, why are you not like a second brother and a third brother? If you look at a large group of sons of the imperial grandfather, I have always heard that this prince is not virtuous, and that prince is misbehaving, how have you ever heard that the prince and uncle are not good? Have you ever been spoiled today? ”

Zhu Gaochi muttered: "He can't be an emperor for a few days, and he is still not spoiled?" ”

He suddenly realized that Shen Ruoyu was no longer in the hall.

"What about Ruo Fe? Patronizing and talking to you, people are lost. ”

The county lord of Changning said angrily: "He is sitting on the porch outside." You think people can stand it, listen to you endlessly, teach people. I won't stay here with you, I'll take Zhanji to find my mother. ”

"Don't send it if you go slowly," Zhu Gaochi couldn't help it, and hurriedly shouted. Watching his sister leave, he walked around to the porch outside and walked to Shen Ruoxiao's side.

"Ruo Few? I'm so sorry. Junji is still young, he only knows how to parrot, and you don't take anything he says to heart. ”

Shen Ruoyu shook his head lightly and smiled.

"Why didn't Your Highness let him believe that what the prince said was right? Sooner or later, he will have to believe so. Besides, what the prince said was the truth. ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed and sat down beside him.

"My father said that my father's, I miss mine. My father raised an army, and I don't know how many people in the world are scolding my father for being rebellious. It's just a matter of stance. Since I was born as the son of Yan Shizi, I have no choice, I must follow behind my father. But that doesn't mean I have to think you're a traitor. In the final analysis, in the eyes of the court, if you repent, leave the thief, and be loyal to the right path, why rebel. ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled faintly. "Your Highness has something on your mind."

Zhu Gaochi was slightly stunned.

Shen Ruoyu said: "Your Highness just came back, and I noticed it. His Royal Highness frowned, his heart was heavy, and when he talked to Zhanji and the county lord, he was also upset, not as calm and self-contained as usual. In the past few days, the county lord has never changed his treatment of Zhanji, but for the first time, His Royal Highness blamed her for doting on her grandson. Your Highness must have something on your mind. Did His Royal Highness cause something again? ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed helplessly and said with a wry smile: "I wish it was so simple." Rubbing my brothers' butts, I'm used to it. ”

"Another soldier from the south has come to besiege Beiping?"

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and continued to smile bitterly: "The imperial army has just been defeated in Xiaohe, and then lost Suzhou, and now they are all surrounded by their father at the foot of Qimei Mountain, where are the troops to come and fight Beiping." Without you, the imperial army basically won't have a few days to last. The Son of Heaven has never been a material for using force, but he is indeed very good at using literature. ”

Shen Ruoyu was silent for a moment.

"Your Highness doesn't believe me, so you can go and ask Master Daoyan to discuss. He is the master of the world, and he will definitely do his best to help His Royal Highness with advice. ”

Zhu Gaochi looked at him.

"I believe you or not, it doesn't matter at this point. The court is specifically targeting me in this matter, so I'm afraid no one can save me. ”

Yan Shizi took out a sealed brocade box from his sleeve. Shen Ruoyu saw the bright yellow brocade and the dragon pattern on it at a glance.

"Jianwen Qin sent this book, saying that the Son of Heaven specially gave it to Yan Shizi. You say, am I demolishing or not demolishing? Don't dismantle it, I am the son of Yan canonized by Emperor Taizu Gao, and now the Son of Heaven has given me the book - he is still the Son of Heaven after all. The banner of the father's army, after all, is not to seize the throne, but to clear the king's side. Yan Shizi refused to accept the letter from the Son of Heaven and wanted to send it to the court in vain. Tear it down, I'm doing my own business behind my father's back, and if there are words of persuasion in the book, I will inevitably be labeled as a collaborator. The third brother was dissatisfied with me and had repeatedly complained to his father; The second brother followed his father again, saying that no one could control what he said. I'm walking on thin ice all the time. ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled slightly.

"The three sons of King Yan are not in harmony, the second prince has long had the heart of arrogance, and the prince prefers the second prince the most. I knew this fact when I was still in Beiping. The Son of Heaven is a family, and of course he knows it clearly. The imperial court is now unable to stop the boiling, so I want to come to the bottom of the kettle to draw salary. Once King Yan causes trouble against Xiao Wall, the Yan army can be chaotic without a fight. Yan Jun is about to hit the Jingshi, and although this move of the imperial court feels like a battle of trapped beasts, it is indeed insidious. I'd like to know who came up with this idea. ”

Zhu Gaochi put away the brocade box and sighed: "Yes." If it weren't for Master Daoyan staying behind, how could my father rest assured that I was in Beiping. If my father learns that I have received a secret edict from the Son of Heaven, he will be afraid that he will kill me. ”

"Your Highness, don't think so. No matter how partial the prince is to His Royal Highness, after all, you are also his own flesh and blood, and you are an upright Yan Shizi. ”

Zhu Gaochi said in a low voice: "My father doesn't like me more and more. Especially after the army, because the second brother has been going out with the army, the second brother is good at martial arts by nature, and he has saved his father from danger many times on the battlefield, and has made many contributions. I've been accomplished for nothing, and ...... The longer you grow, the fatter you get......"

Shen Ruoyu couldn't help laughing. "Your Highness has protected Beiping so far, if I Shen Ruo has sent troops to attack you a few times, how can you say that you have achieved nothing. Even if there is really none, these can explain why the prince prefers the Second Highness over you, but it is by no means a reason used by a father to kill his own son. ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "But now, the court has given him a very good reason." ”

Daddy had wanted to kill me, too—and even if he hadn't actually tried, he must have at least had the idea. Every time I make a mistake, even if it is a trivial mistake, the light of ruthless hatred in my father's eyes is the same as a sword, like a wind and snow. Dad is for my mother, it's because I killed my mother - is that a good reason?

I do not know.

Shen Ruoyu said softly: "Your Highness, I heard Lord Yao say that the change in His Highness's figure is due to the injury caused by a stray arrow when he was defending the city before, which caused His Highness's legs and feet to be inconvenient and weak today?" ”

Zhu Gaochi laughed normally: "It's true; I was also lazy by nature, and I couldn't move to eat, and I lay down for several months in a row, but I could not only develop horizontally. ”

"His Royal Highness is a person who has made miraculous contributions for King Yan," Shen Ruoyu said softly, "Even though His Royal Highness has served in the army and made many meritorious achievements, His Royal Highness is the only son among the three sons of King Yan who has really been injured in battle for his father. If King Yan is a qualified father, he should love His Highness more for His Highness's injuries, not the other way around. In the final analysis, all of this is Shen Ruoliao's guilt. ”

"Don't think so," Zhu Gaochi said, "The battlefield situation is special, not to mention that the arrows are not long-sighted, maybe it was shot by a clumsy Yan soldier, and everything had nothing to do with you." ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "Your Highness, if I were you, I wouldn't open the box." ”

Zhu Gaochi turned his head and looked at him, a little confused and a little expectant.

Shen Ruoyu said: "On the side of the Qing monarch, it is difficult to be Jingtian - just a pretense." Since it's a disguise, the prince doesn't care at all, so why should His Highness take it seriously. The imperial court has this move, which shows that he is powerless on the battlefield; King Yan will enter the Beijing Division sooner or later, and you still care if he has any truth in the court. ”

Zhu Gaochi was puzzled: "However, I can't help but accept the holy decree." Now that I have taken it all, even if I don't open it, I only need a secret report from the third brother, and my father can suspect me. He is not in Beiping, he does not know the situation, and his second brother is on the side, so it is inevitable to fan the flames. If I don't dismantle it at the moment, I'm afraid it's hard to understand myself. The imperial court must have thought this through. ”

Shen Ruoyu asked, "Where is that messenger now?" ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "I'll let him go to the post house to rest." ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "Your Highness can put Na Qin in the prisoner car, send his confidants, with the secret letter of the Son of Heaven, and the people in the prisoner car, to the army overnight, and hand it over to the prince." Be sure to ensure that the letter box is tightly intact and that the wax seal is intact. ”

Zhu Gaochi paused. "What do you mean—"

"The Son of Heaven has a secret letter, and it is inappropriate for His Highness not to accept it; If you take it, you must not dismantle it. Or even hand over the letter to the prince, no matter what is written in his letter, let the prince open it himself and read it, so that everything can be blamed with His Royal Highness. Your Highness thinks clearly, if you want to act, you must be fast. The complaint letter of the Third Highness may have already been written. ”

Zhu Gao sighed faintly.

"I know that the Son of Heaven treats you well, otherwise you would not be so grateful, willing to leave your father and die for him. In fact, at this moment, you can persuade me to open the secret letter and descend to the court. ”

Shen Ruoxiao smiled lightly. "Your Highness, I heard that you have a very deep friendship with the current emperor. After all, you are similar in age, both are the eldest sons, have similar experiences, and have similar interests; His Royal Highness is not a person who likes to play with guns and sticks, and practice martial arts, but prefers to read books behind closed doors and recite poems and literature. The relationship between His Royal Highness and the Son of Heaven is actually closer than that between His Royal Highness's own brothers. I don't know if I've heard this, right? ”

Zhu Gaochi sighed: "That's true. If it weren't for his father's rebellion, Jianwen would actually be a good cousin. ”

Shen Ruoyu said: "If Your Highness surrenders to the imperial court, the Yan army will be defeated by the imperial court." Jianwen has retained the throne of Jiangshan, firstly, he is grateful to you, and secondly, he remembers the old friendship, and will continue to crown you as the king. ”

Zhu Gaochi shook his head and smiled: "Yes, I helped him and demoted my parents and younger brothers to concubines, just so that I could inherit the throne." I know what you mean, but we're different. You can choose, I don't have a choice. ”

"I actually don't have a choice," Shen Ruoyu said, "Does Your Highness know about the disaster of Yongping Yibin Li Rang's family?" ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded hesitantly: "I've heard something." The father said, "You beat Li Rang's sister into a prostitute?" ”

Shen Ruoyu smiled bitterly and said, "Your Highness, I beg you, don't let Li Rang in, okay?" If the prince doesn't kill me, Li Rang will inevitably kill me. ”

Zhu Gaochi said: "Don't worry, I know who you can't see." So—is what my father said true? ”

Shen Ruoyu hesitated for a moment, shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Yes or no, what's the point." I'm in the court camp. The reason why Li Rang would rather have trouble with his family than surrender to the court, and I am the court Pingyan, is actually not a choice. His Royal Highness was in a difficult situation between fathers and sons, but he could not show favor to the court, nor was he a choice. I don't persuade His Royal Highness to surrender to the imperial court, not to cause trouble in Beiping, and set fire to King Yan's backyard, I actually don't have a choice, I just can't do that. ”

He saw that Zhu Gaochi was still hesitant, so he smiled lightly with relief.

"Why doesn't Your Highness invite Master Daoyan, Lord Yao, and Mr. Yuan to come over and discuss? By the way, why didn't Your Highness ask the princess? These four people, His Highness can be completely trusted. Any of them are actually more credible than Shen Ruoyu. ”

Zhu Gaochi nodded. "You're right; I'll still go and ask Master, as well as Master Yao and Mr. Yuan, to discuss it in the palace of the concubine. ”

"Your Highness," Zhu Gaochi got up to leave, but Shen Ruoyu stopped him, a little embarrassed.

"My ...... Mother, where is she now? Master Yao said that she was in Beiping. I want to meet her, I wonder if it's okay? ”

Zhu Gaochi thought about it, and he was also a little embarrassed, and seemed to be more embarrassed than Shen Ruoliao.

"How about you allow me to discuss it with my mother and a few adults?"

Seeing Shen Ruoxiao's expression, he secretly took a breath of cool air, and involuntarily added:

"Don't worry, your mother is still alive, it's just ...... You wait for me to ask my mother and Master Yao, and I'll come back and tell you right away. ”

Zhu Gaochi invited Master Daoyan, Yuan Hui, and Yao Biao, who had just returned from home, to the palace of Princess Yan to discuss the secret letter of the Son of Heaven. He showed the brocade box sent by the Chin Cha and asked what to do. Master Dao Yan made the same suggestion as Shen Ruoyu. Zhu Gaochi recounted the previous conversation with Shen Ruoliao, and everyone was a little surprised. When they heard Shen Ruoxiao ask to see Lu Jiang, they all fell silent.

Zhu Gaochi finally shackled the messenger who delivered the letter, put it into the prisoner car, and sent a henchman to send the messenger and the secret letter to the front-line military camp overnight, and instructed him to hand it over to King Yan himself.