Seeing that his mood seemed to be quite calm, Dao Yan couldn't help but nod secretly, stood up and said,

"The fourth master has been in the dust all the way, and it has been really hard."

"It's bitter in my heart,"

Zhu Di took the hot hand towel handed over by Zheng He, wiped his face and said,

"What the master said is really not wrong at all, this trip to the capital was so unsmooth that I couldn't even enter the city gate."

"yes,"

Dao Yan held a book in his hand, sat down again, and said,

"If the fourth master is not too tired, how about telling the old man what happened?"

"The master just won't let me say it, and I have to say it,"

After wiping his face, Zhu Di handed the hand towel back to Zheng He, picked up a cup of tea and took a sip and said,

"It's really depressing to go out this time, and if I don't say it, I'm afraid I'll get sick."

"Ouch, that's even more important,"

Dao Yan smiled slightly,

"The old man will listen until you feel happy, Fourth Master."

"Hey, it's suffocating me."

After sighing, Zhu Di described the process of going to the capital in detail, and his mouth was dry, and he hurriedly picked up a cup of tea and drank it again.

Dao Yan listened quietly until he finished speaking, and then put the book in his hand on the table and said,

"In this way, the purpose of the fourth master's trip has been achieved."

"Really?"

Zhu Di listened, and said a little inexplicably,

"Where did it go? Obviously nothing has been done, how can I achieve my goal if I don't see my father? ”

"Actually, the purpose of this trip is not really to meet the emperor,"

Dao Yan looked at him and smiled slightly,

"And as Jiang Zhen said, even if you see the emperor, what you get is not necessarily the result you want."

"The master means ......"

Zhu Di seemed to understand the meaning of his words, but immediately said a little unwillingly,

"In that case, wouldn't all my years of hard work be in vain?"

"No, it's the opposite,"

Dao Yan shook his head and said,

"The fourth master did a very good job on this trip, and laid a good foundation for what he will do in the future."

"Oh? What did I do、How is it good? ”

Zhu Di thought about it again and again, but he still didn't understand why he was praised for something.

Dao Yan reached out and grabbed his wrist, tried his pulse, and paused before letting go and said,

The fourth master's mentality was calmed down, and he didn't make a big fuss, and this old man was relieved. Fourth master, let's be honest, this time the emperor edicted you to enter Beijing, according to the old man, the possibility of wanting to change the fourth master as the crown prince is very small, because if you really want to change it, it will not be as simple as just issuing an edict. How can the old man not know the stakes involved, if he really wants to do this, he will definitely not allow the emperor's grandson to take the lead in the palace, and will definitely use his own strength to control it first, and then send someone to directly connect the fourth master to the palace as soon as possible, and then issue an edict to the world, how can you just let yourself go simply and casually? ”

"So, my father never let this king inherit his old man's intentions,"

Zhu Di only felt that the endless disappointment and injustice came to his heart again,

"Then why did you still order me to enter Beijing, could it be that you want to control me and eliminate the threat to Yun Wei? In that case, why would there be a second edict to stop the king? ”

"So, the emperor didn't think it would be so extreme,"

Dao Yan patted his hand comfortingly and said,

"According to the old man, the old man asked the fourth master to go, just to let you and the imperial grandson get along well before he died, and then do your best to govern the world together in the future. However, the imperial grandson and his close ministers were weak-hearted, thinking that the emperor had the intention of abolishing the prince and setting up another one, so he corrected the second edict and stopped the fourth master. ”

"I see,"

Zhu Di smiled bitterly in disappointment,

"Doesn't this mean that this king has been busy all these years, and he will get nothing when he goes."

"No, no, it can be said that the fourth master has taken the initiative."

Dao Yan waved his hand and said,

"The imperial grandson's move is self-defeating and complicates simple things. Lao Wei heard that the emperor did mention that he wanted to set up another prince once, but he was dissuaded later, so after this time, the fourth master was stopped and not allowed to enter the palace, so that the matter was realized, leaving the world with the impression that the emperor was the grandson of the emperor and they seized power, and this will be very beneficial to the fourth master in the future. ”

"In the future?"

Zhu Di was a little surprised,

"Master, what do you mean ......"

"The fourth master listened to the old man and continued,"

Dao Yan interrupted him,

"In addition, the fourth master's crying on the riverside will definitely win a lot of sympathy, and the old man is sure that the matter of the emperor's grandson preventing you from entering Beijing by the edict at this time must have spread in Beijing."

"But what if it's just that?"

Zhu Di was very unimpressed,

"After all, the sympathy of the people can't put anyone on the throne......"

"It's from the people's point of view,"

Dao Yan still ignored his complaints,

"There are also good signs among the brothers of the fourth master, and the seventh master's thoughts are not just him, and the other princes must also be a little dissatisfied, so from the perspective of public opinion, it is definitely beneficial to the fourth master."

"These brothers of this king? How can the master be so sure? ”

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows, looked at the other party and asked.

Dao Yan smiled slightly,

"If you really want to know, Fourth Master, then you might as well take a test."

"How do you test it?"

Zhu Di asked curiously.

Dao Yan picked up the book he had just put down again, and said while flipping through it,

"Now that the emperor is seriously ill and the people in the DPRK and China are unstable, it is very likely that foreign enemies will take this opportunity to attack and harass. The fourth master might as well use this as a name to gather these feudal kings who were outside the fortress and hold a common military horse drill to achieve the effect of deterring the remnants of the Northern Yuan. ”

"At the same time, you can see which of the brothers will stand with this king, right?"

Zhu Di listened and chuckled.

Dao Yan didn't raise his head,

"That's right, that's what it's for. Of course, in the name of the emperor, the imperial grandson ordered all the princes not to leave without permission, let alone enter Beijing, so it is okay not to enter Beijing, and military training is still necessary. Therefore, the fourth master, don't forget to fold the book, play the purpose of the joint exercise to the emperor, and don't let His Royal Highness the Emperor say the words that the kings have no father. ”

"Okay, I got it,"

While nodding his head and answering, Zhu Di stared at the book that the other party had been holding, and said,

"Master, what kind of book have you been reading?"

"It's a very good book,"

Dao Yan raised his head and smiled,

"I don't know if you've read it seriously, Fourth Master?"

As he spoke, he showed the cover and showed it to him.

Zhu Di stepped forward to take a closer look, it turned out to be the "Emperor Ming Ancestral Teachings" distributed by his father to the princes, and he couldn't help but be a little stunned,

"This—This is the ......"