"Childe, please!" On the shore, after Li Yuntian bowed to Zhu Zhanji, he bowed down and made a gesture of please to the painting boat. Reading artifact

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Zhu Zhanji glanced at Li Yuntian with a complicated expression, and walked up to lead Yu Qian and the others to board the painting boat.

When a member of Zhu Zhanji's entourage passed by Li Yuntian's side, he bowed slightly at him unobtrusively, and then walked away quickly.

Li Yuntian was slightly stunned at first, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, that entourage was none other than Li Yuntian a few months ago who gave him five hundred taels of silver tickets and asked him to find a way to transfer Song Dashan, the chamberlain beside the prince.

It seems that Song Dashan is doing well, and he can come out with Zhu Zhanji, and he is already regarded as a confidant by Zhu Zhanji, and he didn't spend his five hundred taels of silver tickets in vain.

As Zhu Zhanji boarded the boat, the painting boat slowly sailed away from the shore and cruised on the Qinhuai River like other painting boats.

"Prince Zhu Zhanji takes the order!" After getting on the boat, Li Yuntian led Zhu Zhanji to a room, closed the door and took out the holy decree written by Yang Shiqi, and said to Zhu Zhanji with both hands held high.

"Minister Zhu Zhanji took the order." Zhu Zhanji already knew from Yu Qian that Li Yuntian had come to Nanjing this time to carry the emperor's order, and immediately lifted the front corner of his robe and knelt on the ground.

"Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Prince Zhu Zhanji has a gentle temperament, noble character, deep Xiao bow, will be able to inherit the unification, so after I go to the great line, Shuntian will inherit the order, and the prince will succeed me to the throne, that is, the emperor's throne, and return to Beijing as soon as possible after receiving the order. Chinchi! ”

Li Yuntian opened the holy decree and read out the will in a deep voice, although the number of words was not long, it was concise and concise, and the words were as heavy as Mount Tai.

"Please ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to take the order." After announcing the decree, Li Yuntian knelt in front of Zhu Zhanji with his legs bent, holding the holy decree high with both hands.

"Father!" Zhu Zhanji did not stretch out his hand to receive the holy decree, but froze there, his eyes were red, tears were raining down, and his expression was extremely painful.

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince mourns, now is not the time to be sad, the country cannot be without a king for a day, please Your Highness accept the order and return to Beijing as soon as possible." Li Yuntian also cried with him on the side, and persuaded Zhu Zhanji in a low voice.

"My father was fine when the palace left, why did he suddenly become a guest?" Zhu Zhanji shook his sad feelings when he heard this, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, looked up at Li Yuntian, and asked with a torch in his eyes.

He was too excited just now, but now that he thought about it, Emperor Hong Xi's death was too sudden, which made him a little hard to believe for a while, if this was a trap, then if he left Nanjing City, he would fall into a place of no return!

"Your Royal Highness, before the lower official left, the queen asked the lower official to ask His Royal Highness, do you remember the sentence that the queen mother gave to His Royal Highness on His sixteenth birthday?"

Li Yuntian knew that Zhu Zhanji was calm by nature, and the news of Emperor Hong Xi's death was too sudden, so it was normal to be suspicious in his heart, so he asked quietly.

"I don't remember this palace too clearly, can Li Yushi remind this palace one or two." Zhu Zhanji's brows furrowed slightly, and he said in a deep voice.

"The heavens will descend on the people, and they must first suffer their minds, strain their muscles and bones, starve their bodies and skins, empty their bodies, and act chaotically, so they will be tempted to endure and gain what they cannot."

Li Yuntian did not hesitate at all, opened his mouth and said loudly, and then asked in a low voice, "Your Highness, I don't know if there are all the differences that the lower official said." ”

Zhu Zhanji was sixteen years old when he was the twelfth year of Yongle, and Emperor Hongxi angered Emperor Yongle because of his slowness in welcoming the driver, although Emperor Hongxi retained the status of the prince because of the intercession of ministers such as Yang Rong and Jin Youzi, but old ministers such as Huang Huai and other former ministers of the East Palace were imprisoned and suffered heavy injuries, which was the lowest period in Emperor Hongxi's life.

On Zhu Zhanji's sixteenth birthday this year, Empress Zhang privately took Zhu Zhanji's hand and used the famous sentence in "Mencius" to motivate Zhu Zhanji.

At that time, the situation of Emperor Hongxi was in turmoil, and the call for the nobles of the court to change the Han Dynasty to Zhu Gaoxu was getting louder and louder, and Zhu Zhanji, who was already 16 years old, naturally remembered this warning of Empress Zhang, how could he forget it?

"Li Yushi, thank you for your hard work." Zhu Zhanji saw that Li Yuntian said something that only he and Empress Zhang knew, and the expression on his face suddenly softened, and then he got up and took the holy decree from Li Yuntian's hand.

"This is what a subordinate should do." Li Yuntian hurriedly bowed, knelt there and said respectfully, from the moment Zhu Zhanji received the holy decree, he had actually become a great tomorrow.

"Get up." Zhu Zhanji knew that Li Yuntian came to Nanjing alone, and he must have suffered a lot on the way, so he stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with emotion, "Li Yushi was ordered twice in danger, and he is really the most loyal minister of my Ming Dynasty." ”

"Your Highness has praised it falsely, and the officials are ashamed to be ashamed." Li Yuntian couldn't help but feel happy when he heard this, and hurriedly replied with a humble face.

Zhu Zhanji's words seem to praise Li Yuntian's loyal ministers of the Ming Dynasty, but it is not difficult to find that he used the words "Ming Emperor" instead of "Ming Dynasty", and the meaning in this is very different.

Obviously, the "Ming Dynasty" here refers to Emperor Hongxi and Zhu Zhanji, indicating that Zhu Zhanji has regarded Li Yuntian as his own person, which undoubtedly makes the relationship between Li Yuntian and Zhu Zhanji one step closer.

"Li Yushi, the palace has a lot of affairs to do in Nanjing City, how to get back to the capital?" Zhu Zhanji carefully read the holy decree and looked at Li Yuntian with a frown, it was not easy to leave Nanjing City silently, and his every move in Nanjing City attracted the attention of the outside world.

"Your Highness, there is a way for the lower officials." Li Yuntian was already thinking about this matter on the way here, and said quietly, "Now that the emperor is fasting in the Qin'an Palace, why doesn't His Royal Highness follow the emperor's example and pray for the Ming Dynasty?" ”

"That's very good, this palace will arrange it, and tomorrow we will leave for Beijing City." Zhu Zhanji nodded when he heard this, and looked at Li Yuntian with a look of approval, a courtier like Li Yuntian who can share the emperor's worries is what the emperor needs most, not to leave the problem to the emperor to solve.

As the prince of the country, he should be like Emperor Hongxi to fast and pray for the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji Mansion, which is what he should do as a prince.

"Your Highness, this matter must not be urgent, so as not to arouse suspicion." Li Yuntian pondered for a moment and said, "According to the lower officials, Your Majesty can first announce the matter of fasting and praying for blessings tomorrow, and then pass on the profound Taoist of Nanjing to enter the palace and set up an altar, and then fast again two days later, and then His Highness can also arrange the affairs at hand properly." ”

"According to what Li Yushi said." Zhu Zhanji nodded again, I have to say that Li Yuntian is thoughtful and considers things very thoughtfully, so that his fasting will be reasonable and evidence-based, and will not arouse the suspicion of the outside world.

"Li Yushi, in your opinion, how should this palace go to the capital?" Then, Zhu Zhanji remembered something, looked at Li Yuntian and said, it is naturally impossible for him to go to the capital with great fanfare, presumably Li Yuntian has already made a careful plan.

"Your Highness, do you remember the woman who went to the palace with the lower officials last year to deliver the edict?" Li Yuntian asked in a deep voice when he heard this.

"Who is this woman?" Zhu Zhanji bowed slightly, he had seen Lei Ting wearing the clothes of an inner servant at Emperor Hong Xi's place at that time, but he didn't know Lei Ting's identity, and when he saw Li Yuntian suddenly mention Lei Ting, he couldn't help but ask curiously.

"This woman's name is Lei Ting, and she is the only daughter of Lei Xiaotian, the leader of the Cao Gang." Li Yuntian named Lei Ting's identity, and then told Zhu Zhanji what happened to him in Huai'an, and then arched his hand at Zhu Zhanji, and said with a little embarrassment, "The lower official leaked the emperor's affairs to outsiders, and I hope His Royal Highness will forgive him." ”

"This matter has to be a last resort, what is Li Yushi's crime?" Hearing Li Yuntian's story, Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but laugh dumbly, waved his hand at him, and comforted, "Besides, Miss Lei is also a loyal person, and this palace can trust her." ”

To tell the truth, Zhu Zhanji never imagined that Li Yuntian, as a dignified Ming imperial history, would be drugged and sold to ** in Huai'an, and he was forced to serve Fan Qingshan's seventh aunt in person, and was caught and raped by Fan Qingshan, and broke into Lei Ting's boudoir in a panic, but was forced to climb a tree by a dog, which is simply incredible.

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your kindness." Li Yuntian hurriedly thanked him, in addition to explaining why Lei Ting was a helper, he also meant to show merit to Zhu Zhanji, after all, when the imperial history was in his part, it was completely a model of the Ming courtiers who endured humiliation.

"Li Yushi, when you enter the Hanlin Academy, the palace will let you patrol the Cao Yun, not only to clear up the affairs of the Ming Dynasty, but also to give you a chance to vent." Zhu Zhanji pondered for a moment and said solemnly, revealing a trace of intimacy in his words.

Cao Yun is related to the transportation of the north and south of the Ming Dynasty, and the salt affairs are implicated in the taxation of the Ming Dynasty.

Emperor Hong Xi naturally knows that these two yamen are greasy, but Emperor Hong Xi has just ascended to the throne, and there are many entanglements of interests involved in these two yamen, so it is inconvenient for him to attack them.

Now that Emperor Hongxi has died, Zhu Zhanji will sooner or later take the Caoyun Yamen and the Lianghuai Salt Road after succeeding to the throne, Li Yuntian is mature and steady, wise and brave, and as a superintendent of the imperial history, coupled with loyalty to the royal family, he is the most suitable person to be sent to solve these two thorny things.

"Your Highness, Your Highness, thank you for your grace." Li Yuntian knew Zhu Zhanji's intentions, bowed to him, and thanked him loudly, Zhu Zhanji was right, if he didn't breathe this sulk, it would be very uncomfortable to hold it in his heart.

Soon, Lei Ting was called into the room, and Li Yuntian had already told Zhu Zhanji about his plan, preparing to use Lei Ting as a cover and mix with Lei Ting's entourage to go north along the canal by boat.

"Lei Ting, the people's daughter, knocked to see His Royal Highness the Prince." After seeing Zhu Zhanji, Lei Ting knelt down and kowtowed to Zhu Zhanji in a proper manner, she had no merit in her body, so she naturally had to kneel when she saw the official, let alone the prince.

"Miss Lei, this palace entrusts your net worth and life to you." Zhu Zhanji stretched out his hand to signal Lei Ting to get up, and said quietly.

"Your Highness is serious, the people's daughter is fighting to the death, and she will send His Highness to the capital safely." Lei Ting got up and arched her hand at Zhu Zhanji, and said in a coquettish voice.

"Miss Lei's act of loyalty has been remembered by this palace." Zhu Zhanji heard that a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, his smile was full of praise, and he was very satisfied with Lei Ting's answer.

Soon after, Yu Qian, who was waiting outside, was also called into the room by Zhu Zhanji, and during Zhu Zhanji's fasting and blessing, a trustworthy person was needed to guard the entrance of the room, and no one except the crown princess Zhang and the crown princess Sun were allowed to enter, and Yu Qian, who was deeply trusted by Zhu Zhanji, was undoubtedly the best candidate.

When he learned the news of Emperor Hongxi's death, Yu Qian was taken aback, he finally understood why Li Yuntian appeared here mysteriously, it turned out that the Ming Dynasty had reached a critical period of changing the dynasty.

For the heavy task entrusted by Zhu Zhanji, Yu Qian naturally knew the importance of the matter, so he accepted it without hesitation, and Li Yuntian was relieved to be in Nanjing. One