There is a pond in the backyard of Yanwang's mansion, and there is a small pavilion in the center of the lake.

Secretly slandered Zhu Di's strange habit of being in the pavilion every time he was summoned, Gu Huai sped up his pace, and he didn't look at the lake carp that occasionally jumped out of the water on both sides of the wooden corridor, and his mind was full of thoughts about this summons.

It doesn't make sense.

Although his injuries were all in the upper body and did not hinder his movement, he was so frightened that he should rest for a while, even if it was to show the character of Corporal Lixian, he would not call himself over in such a hurry.

And it's with Dao Yan...

This is worth thinking about, calling two people who have been encouraging rebellion together, did Zhu Di finally change his mind?

"Coming? Sit. ”

Zhu Di, who was standing by the pavilion with his hands in his hands, did not look back, and his tone was very light, but Dao Yan, who was sitting with his hands in the pavilion and chanting Buddha, nodded slightly.

Knowing that something big might happen today, Gu Huai didn't delay, and sat aside after reluctantly saluting.

"It's strange to say, I don't come to this pavilion often, and I haven't sent anyone to feed it, but there are more and more of these carp, and now they have become a school of fish, and they are quite domineering."

The entire pavilion is surrounded by schools of fish splashing, carp of all colors frolicking in the water, and occasionally fish jumping out of the water to create a ripple in the lake.

Zhu Di turned around: "Is the injury serious?" ”

Gu Huai knew that he was asking this, although he knew in his heart that Zhu Di couldn't be unclear... But the scene still has to be said: "The grass people are panicked, it's just some flesh wounds, thank you for your concern." ”

"After all, it was because of the palace that you suffered some sin, and you should have been given a good rest... But there are some things that I have to talk to you about. ”

Zhu Di waved his hand and motioned for Gu Huai to sit down, and said concisely: "Ge Cheng has a problem. ”

Hearing this name, Dao Yan's voice of chanting Buddha stopped, and there was no surprise on his face, but a hint of... Hidden delight?

Ge Cheng? Gu Huai was confused, who is this?

"The prince's mansion Changshi, he went south to Beijing a few years ago to congratulate the prince on the New Year's table, Gu Gongzi shouldn't be very clear," Dao Yan said slowly, "Coincidentally, Ge Changshi also entered the city yesterday." ”

The history of the governor of the palace... This is a fateful position, managing the domain for the vassal king, handling the documents of the imperial court, and even reporting on the work of the vassal king in Beijing...

It stands to reason that even if Changshi is appointed by the imperial court, but if he can sit in this position in Yanwangfu, how can he be his own person, why did Zhu Di specifically mention him?

Gu Huai's eyebrows slowly raised: "He fell to the imperial court?" ”

Zhu Di glanced at him appreciatively: "I'm not sure, but this kind of thing... Don't be sure. ”

"Before Ge Cheng entered the city, I received a secret letter, which was sent by my brother-in-law Xu Zengshou, with only six words on it."

Zhu Di closed his eyes slightly, and a cold light appeared inside: "'Ge Cheng secretly entered the imperial palace'." ”

Dao Yan thoughtfully: "After Ge Cheng entered the city, he didn't mention the matter of playing the right thing alone... It is only said that His Majesty is worried about the situation in the northern Xinjiang, and asks more about the situation of Mengyuan, as if he intends to march north..."

"I didn't ask, but I don't have to ask," Zhu Di shook his head, "I asked him if he gave my heart to the emperor, but he looked embarrassed, and he said that His Majesty was heroic and martial, and he only cared about the situation in northern Xinjiang, and did not mention a few words about cutting the feudal domain..."

"There is a problem," Dao Yan concluded, "If you play such a big thing alone, the prince will keep silent without asking, and besides, there is no war in northern Xinjiang, what's the use of worrying?" I'm afraid to divert my attention. ”

"Lord Wang, be careful of Ge Cheng."

Zhu Di was silent for a long time, sighed, and had some sadness on his face: "It seems that the imperial court is still unwilling to let me go... How many years has Ge Cheng been in the palace? I can be regarded as courteous, but I still can't resist the imperial court officials to make a wish... But I still can't figure it out, cutting the feudal domain, the imperial court wants to kill the vassal king, why did His Majesty make his brother the vassal king again? ”

"Don't be delusional!" Dao Yan's sudden angry rebuke startled Gu Huai, only to see Dao Yan standing up, as if he was angry King Kong: "The court sharpened the knife Huo Huo, and even rebelled against the long history of the palace, the words of the prince before, the actions of the palace years ago were known to the court, and the knife that cut the domain was about to fall, why is the prince still stubborn now?" ”

Zhu Di was not angry, but struggled faintly: "The court must know about me pretending to be sick, so it won't take much time... Of course I know I can't sit still, but what if it's now? ”

Gu Huai, who had been silent, suddenly felt a gaze.

No, it's not Zhu Di, this gaze doesn't have that sense of oppression, but with some pleading and... Encourage?

It turned out to be Daoyan.

Gu Huai didn't hesitate for long, because of this matter... itself will follow this trajectory: "The prince handed over the guards, and the court could complete the cutting of the feudal domain without the slightest effort; The prince did not hand over the guards, and now the court already knows the truth about the palace, saying that it is impossible to delay if he is sick. ”

"It's difficult, it's a dilemma, it's inevitable that the court will cut the domain, if the prince is still undecided, isn't he cocooning himself?"

Dao Yan interjected at the right time: "The middle guards are out of the city, and the two guards outside the city are on guard, and the soldiers are waiting, didn't the prince see this attitude?" The Kaiping garrison went south for more than 50 miles, and the border pass even burned with beacon smoke, and the prince still couldn't see these killing moves? Hand over the guards, so many soldiers are eyeing each other, when the time comes, the court will find a reason, and the prince will have to... Slaughtered. ”

The problem is here, the imperial court has decided to cut the feudal domain, and with the general trend of the world, Zhu Di can't escape the fate of King Zhou... It's okay if the court is not so unreasonable, from the vassal king to the common people, who can stand it?

Can you not hand over the right to the army? Originally, I could still drag it down by calling myself sick, trying to find a way to put my gas aside, relying on the prestige of the army and the armed guards, it was a big deal to break the net with the imperial court... But now the rebellion of the prince Changshi has made this idea no longer valid.

really provoked the imperial court, and did it before March, the army pressed over, the brocade clothes and the people created momentum, arrested people, and the governor of the palace showed up to say, and then rebelled against some officials and generals of the Northern Plains who stood on the side and did not die...

What does he Zhu Di play with? Do you really dare to rebel now? Relying on the left guard and the middle guard, maybe Beiping will not be able to defeat it.

Facing the eyes of the two scholars, Zhu Di clenched his fists, his body trembled slightly, and he didn't know whether he was angry or afraid, but he struggled for a long time, and in the end he didn't say those two words.

He closed his eyes: "Is there a way to drag it out?" ”

The director sighed, folded his hands and chanted the Buddha in a low voice, and the wide monk's robe on his body was blown by the lake wind, obviously a little disappointed and angry.

Only Gu Huai, who was a little comically bandaged, was silent for a long time and nodded: "Yes." ”

He looked south: "Take a trip to Jinling." ”