Chapter 606: The Crown Prince's Victim
Since he promised Ruan An, Hu Ye still has to help them erase the charges of these two. And if you want to pardon their crimes, you can only go to Zhu Di, so Hu Ye entered the palace again.
"Marquis Fanchang, you also want to enter the palace."
Hu Ye had just walked into the palace when he saw a middle-aged man walking over, but Hu Ye didn't know this person, he hadn't seen it in the era of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, and he must have been promoted recently.
"I don't know if this is ......," Hu Ye asked curiously.
"Oh, Zhao Zhong in the matter of the Ministry of Officials, I have seen the Marquis of Fanchang." The middle-aged man arched his hand to Hu Ye and said.
"It turned out to be Lord Zhao, looking up for a long time."
Hu Ye smiled embarrassedly, the officials gave the matter, that is, a seven-rank official, who was usually not qualified to go to the court, why did he come back to enter the palace?
"Hehe, the Marquis of Fanchang is really good at laughing."
Zhao Zhong smiled.
Hu Ye smiled embarrassedly, these are all polite words in officialdom, "I don't know why Lord Zhao entered the palace?" ”
"Hehe, when you get to the emperor, the Marquis of Fanchang will naturally know." Zhao Zhong said with a smile, and then followed Hu Ye towards the Fengtian Palace.
"Marquis Fanchang, your heroic deeds have long been heard of in the future, at a young age, you acted as an undercover agent for the emperor, and it turned out to be a successful instigation to cut the domain."
Zhao Zhong saw that there was no one around, so he whispered to Hu Ye.
"Who are you listening to this?"
Hu Ye's face changed when he heard this, he never thought he was an undercover agent, he just went with the flow, it was just a historical necessity. But no one has mentioned this matter for a long time, because of Zhu Di's taboo on this matter, doesn't it mean that Zhu Di has long coveted the throne?
"Hehe, although Xia Guan has not seen the demeanor of the Marquis of Fanchang back then, he knows that the Marquis of Fanchang had taken classes with several princes in the Yanwang Mansion in the early years." Zhao Zhong continued.
"Who the hell are you?"
Hu Ye stopped, he felt more and more that it was not a coincidence that he met this Zhao Zhong this time. Rather, the thing was deliberately approaching him, and he seemed to smell the conspiracy.
"Don't be surprised, the Marquis of Fanchang is all sued by the second prince." Zhao Zhong said with a smile.
"Zhu Gaoxu?" Hu Ye's heart trembled, this product has not been a fuel-efficient lamp since he was a child, he has already seen it when he was in class in Yanwangfu, why is it related to himself now?
"Tell me, what's the matter with me? Don't tell me about coincidences. Hu Ye said straight to the point.
"Hehe, Marquis Fanchang, the emperor's rank has been more than a year. But there has never been a prince, and the lower officials think that now is the time. Zhao Zhong said in a low voice.
"You were sent by the Second Prince to convince me? But you're not very eloquent. Hu Ye smiled coldly, in fact, as soon as he heard Zhu Gaoxu's name just now, he had already thought that this product was Zhu Gaoxu's cannon fodder, presumably Zhu Gaochu couldn't wait anymore, and wanted to be the prince, so let this product win him over.
Hu Ye never thought of getting involved in the struggle of the crown prince, and if he was not careful, it would be a matter of losing his head. Don't look at it now, Zhu Di values himself very much. Once you get involved, it's a little hard to get out.
If he had been in Peking all these years, he might have been able to change Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Di sent himself to Nanjing. Zhu Gaoxu's history has not changed at all, and he will eventually embark on the road of rebellion, because the easiest time to change has passed.
"The Marquis of Fanchang. Eloquence is not important, facts are the most important, do you say? Zhao Zhong smiled. followed Hu Ye into the Fengtian Palace.
"Weichen Zhao Zhong."
"Weichen Hu Ye."
"See the Emperor." The two said to Zhu Di.
"Get up." Zhu Di put down the things in his hand and looked at Hu Ye and Zhao Zhong curiously, he was not surprised at all about Hu Ye's coming, but this Zhao Zhong, he had never even seen it before, where had he heard of this person.
"Zhao Zhong? Who are you? Zhu Di asked loudly.
"Back to the emperor, the Ministry of Rites and Rites will give you the matter." Zhao Zhong replied loudly.
"The ministry is in the middle of the matter? If you don't report something to the Ministry of Officials, you come to me for something. Zhu Di frowned and asked.
"Your Majesty, at this time, the matter is very important, and Weichen must report to the emperor in person." Zhao Zhong said loudly.
Zhu Di looked at Hu Ye, Hu Ye just shrugged his shoulders, saying that he didn't know at all, and following Zhao Zhong on the same road was just a coincidence, and he didn't mean anything else.
"Tell me about it." Zhu Di asked.
"Your Majesty, Weichen heard that His Royal Highness the Great Prince has recently been rectifying in Beiping, arbitrarily transferring troops around Beiping, and is still cleaning up the streets of Beiping, and expanding the nine gates, his heart is ......."
Before Zhao Zhong finished speaking, he was stopped by Zhu Di.
"Enough!" Zhu Di slapped the dragon chair, and even Zheng San next to him was taken aback.
"The Emperor's ......"
Zhao Zhong wanted to say more, but was forced back by Zhu Di's eyes.
"Come on, put Zhao Zhong on death row and hand him over to Tyrant Zhao for trial." Zhu Di said loudly.
"Your Majesty! Emperor! Zhao Zhong originally thought that he would be rewarded by Zhu Di for denouncing the crimes of the eldest prince, but he never expected that Zhu Di would punish him.
Hu Ye looked at Zhao Zhong, this is the first time they have met, it is very likely that it will be the last time they meet, in a small matter, he even dares to get involved in the disputes of the royal family, and it is only a matter of time before he loses his life.
"Pull it down!"
Zhu Di said loudly, and immediately rushed in two guards and pulled Zhao Zhong down.
"The emperor spares his life! Spare your life! ”
Zhao Zhong's miserable voice rang out.
"What are you doing here?"
Zhu Di looked at Hu Ye again, looking in a bad mood, he had only been on the throne for more than a year, and his sons couldn't wait, how could he be relieved?
"Your Majesty, I'm just here to greet you, but I don't mean anything else."
Hu Ye hurriedly cleared up the relationship, this kind of thing, whoever gets into trouble is unlucky.
"Hmph, you have such a kind heart, please come to me to say goodbye?" Zhu Di obviously didn't believe Hu Ye's nonsense, and said angrily, "If you have something to say, just say it, and let it go if you have a fart." ”
The more direct Zhu Di is, the more relieved Hu Ye is, if Zhu Di suddenly becomes polite to himself one day, then he should be vigilant.
"Your Majesty, Weichen just wants to expand the Nameless Mansion." Hu Ye said casually.
"Expansion, expansion, come and say something to me. Who would dare to stop you? Zhu Di waved his hand, what kind of trivial matter is this, and you need to bother him?
"However, the overseer of the expansion is a man named Topaz, and his deputy is called Qi Song, without the emperor's consent, I dare not use these two people." Hu Ye said loudly.
"Topaz Qi Song? Are they the sons of Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai's second brother? Zhu Di frowned, for the sake of these two people, the academy didn't give Bang Zhao a good look.
"Yes, it's the two of them. It was Ruan's father-in-law who recommended it to Weichen. "If you can pull Ruan An into the water, Hu Ye will naturally not let him go.
"Grandpa Ruan? How did he ......"
Zhu Di muttered, and then said, "Since it was recommended to you by Gonggong Ruan, you can use it with confidence, tomorrow I will give an order to the Criminal Department to withdraw the wanted warrants for the two of them, Qi Huang has already been ambushed, so leave them a seedling." ”
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Hu Ye didn't expect Zhu Di to be so easy to speak. said to let it go, and sure enough, Ruan An worked. He knew that this was not Zhu Di's benevolence, this was selling Ruan An and his own face.
"That's what you're here for?" Zhu Di asked.
"yes, that's it. Since the emperor has agreed, then Weichen will not bother the emperor, so he will leave. Hu Ye said that he was about to retire.
"Wait, now that we're here. Then don't go, just let me go. Zhu Di stopped Hu Ye, and then stood up.
Hu Ye secretly said that it was not good. knew that there was nothing good to end up with Zhao Zhong, and he was caught by Zhu Di now.
"Zheng San, you go with Wang Jinghong, prepare, you don't need to follow." Zhu Di said to Zheng San next to him.
"Yes, Your Majesty." Zheng San respectfully retreated.
"You came to accompany me, I guess you didn't miss the inside of this palace."
After Zheng San left, Zhu Di called Hu Ye to his side and muttered.
"Your Majesty, Weichen has only been to Fengtian Hall and Wenhua Palace, but he has never been to other places." Hu Ye replied, this is not lying, when Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen were before, he really only walked around in Wenhua Hall and Fengtian Palace, by the way, there is also the East Palace, and he really hasn't been to other places.
"Okay, okay, look at your nervous appearance, there are no outsiders here, so you don't want the emperor." Zhu Di patted Hu Ye's shoulder and said casually.
"Your Majesty, I don't call you Your Majesty, what is that called?" Hu Ye smiled embarrassedly, as the saying goes, a companion is like a tiger, which is his current state, especially when he is alone.
Hu Ye's words stopped Zhu Di, yes, what is the emperor's name? Could it be that you are called Your Highness as before?
"That's it, let's talk about your opinion of Zhao Zhong." Zhu Di waved his hand, and he didn't bother with the title.
"Weichen and that Zhao Zhong are just a one-sided relationship, and they don't know much about him, the emperor's words are stumped for Weichen." Hu Ye replied in a low voice.
"Don't give me a sloppy look, you know what I'm asking." Zhu Di walked in front and suddenly paused, causing Hu Ye to almost collide.
"Your Majesty, Wechen is really not familiar with him, you can also go and check, then Zhao Zhong must have been transferred after Wechen left Nanjing, so Wechen is really the first time to see him." Hu Ye said casually.
"That's it, since you have scruples, I won't embarrass you."
Zhu Di waved his hand, although Hu Ye didn't answer much, but from Hu Ye's answer, he drew several conclusions, the first is that Hu Ye really has no connection with this matter. The second is that you can start from Zhao Zhong's origins, and there is also that as soon as Hu Ye left Nanjing, he sent Zhu Gaochi and Zhang Yu to Beiping, maybe it was this unrelated thing that made some people understand something.
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
Hu Ye wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and finally escaped, if Zhu Di really forced him to make a statement, he really didn't know what to do.
"Well, if you don't talk about this, then you should always talk about moving the capital, right? This is the decision I made after you left, tell me how it was. ”
Zhu Di came to a garden and sat down, and asked Hu Ye casually. (To be continued......)