() "Yes, because you have always been a clever master,"

Zhu Di smiled slightly and sat down upright on the meditation bed opposite him.

"But this trip to the northwest really benefited a lot."

"Yes, then you might as well tell me about it."

Dao Yan made tea for him and said.

The thing that Zhu Di was most worried about was the "test" that the second brother had said to himself, so he told Dao Yan what Zhu Fan had said, and then asked,

"What do you think of these statements of my second brother, master?"

"This is the so-called bystander Qing,"

Dao Yan laughed a few times and said,

"His Royal Highness King Qin has already retreated to the position of a bystander to look at the affairs of the court, so he can see it so thoroughly."

"So, what does the master mean, does he have a point?"

Zhu Di looked at him and asked.

Dao Yan nodded affirmatively

"Yes, as His Royal Highness King Qin said, who can be sure that the emperor's act of appointing the emperor's grandson is an end, not a beginning?"

"I hope you're right,"

Zhu Di took a sip of the teacup,

"It's just that what should I do with those who slandered me inside the court? Take the Huang Zicheng mentioned by the second brother as an example, since they have taken action, then they will not stop easily, this king can't just wait for them to spread rumors. ”

"For this, the fourth master is still a little restless,"

Dao Yan smiled and said,

"The emperor is an extremely intelligent man, how can all those rumors easily deceive him? So what we have to do is to do nothing, so that we can adapt to all changes, and if they do it frequently, it will be easy for those people to be exposed. ”

"Well, I see,"

Hearing what he said, Zhu Di also relieved his heart and said,

"This time I went back to the second brother, and the other harvest was to eradicate the general altar of the 'Flying Sword Alliance', but unfortunately I didn't catch the so-called 'alliance leader' named Ye Xian."

"There's no rush for this,"

Dao Yan looked relaxed, Dao,

"I heard Jing'er say that several Dao Masters of the Wudang Sect are also tracking down the true identity of that Ye Xian, so you don't have to worry about this with them making a move."

"yes,"

Zhu Di also nodded approvingly,

"I have personally experienced the martial arts of the Wudang Sect, and it is indeed a reassuring thing to hand it over to them to investigate."

"Okay, in that case, the things that the fourth master has been unable to let go of are now considered to have an eyebrow, and then, it's time to think about your own business."

Dao Yan's expression was still relaxed and smiled......

Although he said that he wanted to put down everything else and concentrate on planning for himself, Zhu Di still couldn't let go of the situation in Xi'an Mansion anyway.

After a while, news finally came from the northwest, and after the search carried out by Zhu Zhang's various expeditions, he finally found signs that Lintao Mansion intended to rebel, and then, when he sent people to inquire, he learned that the plotters had fled to Taozhou and instigated the rebellion of the Fanzhu there.

Zhu Fan reported the matter to his father, and Zhu Yuanzhang immediately ordered him to lead the Pingqiang general Ning Zheng to Taozhou to conquer. The battle was very smooth, all the way to quell the rebellion, all the way to capture, and when it approached the territory of Taozhou, the lord there actually asked to surrender.

After learning about these war reports, Zhu Di's mood finally really relaxed, but at the same time, he also heard that since he moved back to Xi'an, Zhu Fan has been sick and has been suffering from diarrhea. However, Zhu Di didn't take it to heart, because he knew that his second brother's health had always been not very good, and he had always had a root cause of illness in his stomach.

But what I never expected was that only a few months later, Zhu Zhang, the king of Qin, died of illness.

After learning the news, Zhu Di immediately wanted to leave for Xi'an Mansion again, but was stopped by Dao Yan.

"Fourth Master, what can you do when you get there?"

"At least, I'm going to pay my respects in front of my second brother's funeral hall."

Zhu Di's voice began to tremble, and he didn't seem to care about anything.

Dao Yan looked at him and said,

"Is it just a sacrifice? Fourth master, do you think of it, if you really go, it is very likely that you will fall into a dilemma. ”

"Master, what do you mean by that?"

Zhu Di asked in surprise,

"I'm just going to pay tribute to my second brother, what's there to be embarrassed about? What's more, it's still a dilemma? ”

"Fourth Master, have you forgotten and promised His Royal Highness King Qin something?"

Dao Yan asked solemnly.

Zhu Di was suddenly asked, and after thinking for a long time, he said,

"What does the master mean? Is it the second brother who won't let me get too close to him? Now that the second brother has passed away, how can you still take care of these boring trivialities? As a younger brother, go to the elder brother's spirit to worship, this is a natural thing, can even this be said to be irresponsible? ”

"That's not all the old man is referring to,"

Dao Yandao shook his head and said,

"Has the fourth master forgotten Princess Qin? His Royal Highness the King of Qin once asked you to take care of her, have you forgotten about this? ”

"Oh, yes,"

Because he only thought about the death of his second brother and ignored other things, Zhu Di was stunned and said,

"But, even this matter doesn't make it too difficult for me, it's just to take care of the second brother's widow......"

"Fourth Master, this is not a simple matter, at least not as simple as you say,"

Dao Yan interrupted him, saying,

"Princess Qin's situation is different from any other princess, and Lao Wei has also heard about her back then. The second prince of the current emperor and the sister of the former Yuan general, this was originally a seemingly impossible marriage, although it was later became, how much deep meaning does it contain, did the fourth master ever know? ”

"Master, do you mean, is there anything else here that can't be touched?"

Zhu Di asked rhetorically in shock as he listened.

Dao Yan sighed softly and said,

"That's nature. At that time, Wang Baobao's family was captured by the Ming army, escorted to the capital, and registered in the Zongren Mansion, because the second royal highness was the eldest prince except for the prince, so he followed there to supervise, but he didn't want to fall in love with Wang Baobao's sister Guanyinnu at first sight. But when His Royal Highness proposed to marry her, how could Wang Baobao's clansmen agree, and they didn't agree. Your second brother was also young and vigorous at that time, and he led people to rush to their residence, snatched Guanyin slaves, and brought them back to the house. As a result, the city was full of turmoil, and everyone in the capital knew about the second prince's 'robbing of people's daughters'. ”

"Oh, I can't imagine that the second brother was so brave back then,"

Zhu Di couldn't help but be impressed by his second brother when he heard this, to be honest, when this incident happened, he was still young, and he really hadn't heard of it, so he hurriedly asked,

"And what about later? How did the father deal with it, and how did he agree to their marriage? ”