Xie Mulin pursed his lips and accepted Zhu Rui's statement: "So the general opinion now is that it is very likely that the people who poisoned the four princes were the people left by Empress Cao, or was it secretly done by the Cheng'en Mansion?" Of course, it cannot be ruled out that the crown prince and the people around him are ruthless. In the past, you mainly healed the four princes first, but now that his situation has stabilized, you can focus on tracking down the masterminds behind the scenes, right? Even if you decide who is behind it, you need evidence to convince the emperor and courtiers. ”

Zhu Rui nodded: "Exactly." Now the father led someone to inquire about the entourage of the Four Highnesses and found out how the Four Highnesses were poisoned. The few people who went to Xuzhou to buy medicine but disappeared are also a clue. Moreover, there is the capital side. The capital has to see how the emperor finds out. ”

Xie Mulin asked Zhu Rui: "What is happening to the capital now?" It's been a long time since I've heard from you, and I don't know what the situation in Beijing is right now. After a pause, he lowered his voice again, "Your title and the record on the clan jade ......"

Zhu Rui comprehended, couldn't help but sigh, and said vaguely: "It's only like this now...... I was also very shocked, and I hoped that my biological mother would be recorded on the jade as the Li family, but when I knew this, everything was a foregone conclusion, and if I wanted to change it again, it would be too exciting for the people to dispel the idea for the time being. However, I have been in front of the Fourth Highness for this time, and I have gotten along well with him, and when he is well in health, I will reveal a little more thoughts, and I will try to talk about it. Even if he doesn't promise me anything right now, as long as he is willing to change the jade for me one day, then my efforts on him will not be in vain. ”

He was very firm in his mind and never meant to change. But on the side of his adoptive father Xiao Mingde, he revealed that he was willing to accept Li Yaozhi as his adopted daughter for his father, as if as long as Li Yaozhi changed from his concubine to his adoptive sister, and then changed his surname to Xiao, everything in the past could be erased, and the identity of "concubine Xiao" on the jade could also be implemented. This suggestion may not be adopted by the emperor, but he only said that "the time has not come" and did not mention it. Xiao Mingde also shut up. Zhu Rui only felt that this was self-deception, and it was a joke to say it.

Xie Mulin's heart moved slightly, suspecting that the "timing" mentioned by the emperor meant that Xiao Mingzhu still needed such an ambiguous identity as a shield, and when would he be able to officially give this long-dead lover a name, the "concubine Xiao Family" of Yanwang's Mansion needed an exact person to exist, so as to separate it from Xiao Mingzhu. I'm afraid that at that time, it was the time for Xiao Mingde to launch his adopted sister "Xiao Shi" Yaozhi, so as to prove that the emperor's woman Xiao Mingzhu did not become the side room of Yan Wangfu, and she was once again listed as a harem concubine, which messed up ethics. The world is just confusing the two "Xiao Clans".

It is estimated that Xiao Mingde came out to curry favor with the emperor after he found out that the emperor had changed his mind and did not plan to let Xiao Mingzhu be buried in the name of King Yan's concubine. Xie Mulin did not comment, but was a little worried about Zhu Rui. How long will he be trapped in this state of "unknown mother"? For the sake of selfishness, did the emperor disregard the feelings of his relatives around him? He did this, how could Xiao Mingzhu under Jiuquan be embarrassed? !

Xie Mulin frowned, and his heart was irrepressibly dissatisfied with the emperor.

Zhu Rui didn't know what Xie Mulin was thinking, seeing her frowning, he thought that she was worried that she would be sad, so he smiled and comforted: "You don't have to worry about me, I actually don't feel that sad." The current situation does make people anxious, but there is still a long way to go. The emperor is unwilling to correct my biological mother's name, and I can still count on the new monarch, who will one day let the world know where I really came from. ”

Xie Mulin's heart trembled, and he didn't dare to talk about this matter anymore, lest he accidentally leak his words, and hurriedly changed the topic: "How is General Xiao lately?" Is he doing well in the military department? Xiao Lin...... Are you feeling better now? ”

Zhu Rui sighed, shook his head, and said, "That's it." General Xiao is actually not good at intriguing with people, what he is best at is governing the army. Although the military department is not as chaotic as the other five departments, there has always been a lot of open and secret internal fighting. He had a hard time adapting and was only looking forward to the day when he would be able to return to the army. Even if you can't sit in a high position anymore, it's better than walking on thin ice like you are now. He doesn't like to go home very much, and when he goes back, he only rests in the outer study, and rarely goes into the inner house to see his wife and Xiao Lin, and Aunt Ma and Xiao Li are also estranged, and he doesn't want to listen to their complaints. Mrs. cried every day, and always sprinkled her anger on the concubines. Although Xiao Lin's situation has improved slightly, she will marry the third prince in the future, and the issue of her status will still worry her wife. ”

Zhu Rui paused for a moment and hesitated for a while before saying, "I once advised General Xiao that if you don't have a good time in the military department, you can simply find a way to ask the emperor and go to the southwest army." The southwest army was originally the territory of the Cao family, although the Cao family has lost military power for a long time, but the generals who led the troops in the southwest were mostly from the old department of Chengen Gong before his death, and they still read a piece of incense from the Cao family. The emperor is jealous of these people, and he must rely on them, and he is also in a dilemma. General Xiao has always had prestige in the army, and if he can go out of the southwest, even if he can't fully control the military power in the southwest, he can restrain those generals from causing trouble. This can be regarded as sharing worries for the emperor. And General Xiao left the capital, and the father and son were not in front of the Third Highness, and the Third Highness could no longer borrow the power of the Xiao family. Mrs. Xiao's woman's family, how many people can be moved? ”

As for Xiao Mingde's arrival in the southwest and his military power, will he replace the Cao family as the emperor's new confidant? Zhu Rui is confident in his adoptive father's loyalty. Moreover, if General Xiao Mingde wants to suppress the southwest army, he must use the banner of "loyalty to the imperial court" to restrain the loyalty of the southwest generals to the Cao family. The old department of the Cao family could never take risks for the Xiao family. It is impossible for the emperor not to think of this, and now he only depends on when Xiao Mingde will open this mouth to the emperor.

The emperor does not have a few handsome talents who can lead the army, and the king of Yan can't move lightly in the north, if the emperor really doesn't want the southwest military power to continue to be affected by the Cao family, sooner or later he will send a confidant to the southwest. It's not Xiao Mingde, it's someone else. So why can't Xiao Mingde be this person?

Zhu Rui made this suggestion to Xiao Mingde, and he also had his own selfish motives. He grew up in the Xiao family, even if he knew that he was not the son of the Xiao family, he didn't want to watch this family called the third prince get involved, and he didn't want to see Xiao Mingde's wife and daughter forced Xiao Mingde to make a choice against his will at the instigation of the third prince. Xiao Mingde himself is also a little moved, but he can't let go of his relatives in Beijing at the moment, so he hasn't been able to make up his mind for a long time.

Zhu Rui suspected that Xiao Mingde might wait until his daughter officially entered the Three Princes' Mansion before he was willing to leave Beijing.

Xie Mulin was noncommittal about General Xiao's decision, and always felt in his heart that the third prince would not watch this kind of thing happen, and once he learned of Zhu Rui's suggestion, he might not have to do anything! She asked Zhu Rui: "How is the third prince now?" Is he still the same old and continues to intercede for Concubine Xiao in front of the emperor? Other than that, he didn't do anything else? Honestly, it doesn't look like him at all! Are you sure he didn't pull off any tricks in the shadows? ”

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