"The four princes are all children I watched grow up, and I know the prince very well."

Tang Cheng said in a deep voice, "If he has the intention of rebelling, then with those shadow servants under you, can you stop his thousands of troops? It's true that the shadow servants are all good at one against one hundred, but how many shadow servants do you have, five hundred, eight hundred? But if he wants to rebel, he can gather more than 100,000 troops in one day to gather under the city of Beijing!"

"Can you stop it?"

"If he has no rebellion, and you are on guard against him, suspect him of rebellion. I can tell you very clearly, if you dare to doubt, he will dare to rebel!"

Zhu Gaoxian is not an honest person like the prince of Daqin Fusu.

He may not want to rebel, but if you suspect that he is going to rebel, he will do!

Suspicion is a precursor to making a move, whether you have thought about doing it to him or not, as long as you show that you want to do it, he will strike first, and as soon as you make a move, he will rush to kill you.

The mysterious man standing by the screen was silent.

Tang Cheng continued, "It's not that you don't know that Your Majesty has already made up his mind to pass on the throne to the crown prince. Only the emperor is allowed to enter the secret room of the dossier in the palace, but His Majesty has allowed the prince to enter and leave on his own."

"The crown prince changed the guards of the Nine Gates and transferred the guard post in Liaodong to Shanhaiguan, His Majesty knows about this, but he didn't express his position, you still don't understand the meaning of this?"

"When the Great Prince was in charge of the country before, all the documents handled by the Wenhua Palace had to be sent to the Qianqing Palace for review. Even when His Majesty was on his northern tour, he ordered the eldest prince to send the documents to Beijing. But now that the crown prince is in charge of the country, His Majesty has never read the documents sent by the Wenhua Palace, which shows how much His Majesty trusts the prince."

"At the beginning, the prince united with the Duke of Wei to plot rebellion, and His Majesty handed over the power of the Jingshi Pass and the Twelve Guards to the prince without any guilt."

"When the prince went east to Korea, he held more than half of the elite army of the Ming Dynasty in his hands, and the nine sides were not defended, and the border troops all listened to his orders, and even the most elite Zheng He sailors of the Ming Dynasty had to obey his orders. At that time, if he was against him, who could stop him?"

"If he wants to rebel, he will rebel a long time ago, will he wait until today?"

"If he wants to do the opposite, why did he spend energy just now to apply needles to extend His Majesty's life for half a year?"

are all weighing, and they are all afraid of falling into the air.

Why are there countless people in ancient and modern times who always act stupidly at every critical moment? For example, Xiang Yu, the overlord of Chu who let go of Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, at the Hongmen banquet, Liu Bei, the emperor of Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty, who was determined to launch the Battle of Yiling despite opposition, and Chai Rong, the Later Zhou Shizong, who handed over the forbidden army to Zhao Kuangyin before his death......

They are all heroes and extremely intelligent people, why would they commit ridiculous mistakes?

Xiang Yu has always been known as "fighting without brains", in fact, he was one of the top generals at that time, a master of soldiers, an outstanding representative of the military situation, he is by no means a brave and unscrupulous man, but a famous general who is good at arranging troops.

Liu Bei was ridiculed as a hypocrite, and if he didn't have other skills, he would cry and cry and throw his son. As everyone knows, Liu Bei himself is also an experienced and proficient general who is good at seizing opportunities and creating opportunities, which can bring a strong sense of oppression to the enemy. It's just that he is too good at winning people, knowing people, and employing people, which covers up his achievements in using soldiers.

After Zhou Shizong Chai Rong, later generations only had the impression of him that this person entrusted the forbidden army to Zhao Kuangyin, and chose to trust the least trustworthy person. How do you know, Chai Rongxiong is strategic, diligent and loves the people, a lifetime of horses, brave words, conquering the northern war, after the defeat of the west, Shu, Qin, Feng, Cheng, and the four states; The south destroys the Southern Tang Dynasty, and the fourteen states of Jiangbei and Huainan are exhausted; The Liao country is broken in the north, and the three passes and three states are linked.

What really affects a person is his emotions.

Xiang Yu's arrogance, Liu Bei's righteousness, and Chai Rong's helplessness.

And for the mysterious man who controls the shadow servant, from his standpoint, he doesn't care if anyone has thought about rebellion, he is just thinking about who has the ability to rebel. At this time, the emperor fell into a fainting, and in front of the crown prince, they were like lambs waiting to be slaughtered.

The idea of entrusting everything to someone else?

For him, who has always been a dictator

, which is the most disturbing.

The mysterious man was silent for a long time before he said slowly, "Well, then entrust everything to him."

Tang Chengming has no position on his face, but in fact he controls the four divisions, eight bureaus and twelve supervisors of the palace, and the tiger talisman seal of the entire empire is in his hands. The most important thing is that even Fan Zhong, the guard general who sits in the twelve guards, trusts him.

The shadow attendant controlled by the mysterious man is the most threatening force in the Jingshi, like a sharp blade hidden in the darkness, killing with one blow and being difficult to stop.

And Zhu Gaoxian has the absolute right to speak in the court. When Tang Cheng compromised with the mysterious shadow attendant, he was no different from the emperor now, and the military and political power of the entire Ming Dynasty was concentrated in him, and more than 2 million troops inside and outside the Guan, as well as officials from the top and bottom of the two capitals and 17 provinces, were all mobilized by him.

Even if there is no emperor, as long as Zhu Gaoxian, the prince, is still there, the Ming Dynasty will not be in chaos.

But this is also the reason why since ancient times, most emperors will guard against the crown prince. The emperor not only needed the crown prince to hold great power to ensure the stability of the dynasty, but also feared that the power in the hands of the crown prince would threaten him.

Like Zhu Gaoxian and Zhu Di, Zhu Biao and Zhu Yuanzhang, the father and son who completely trust each other between the prince and the emperor are also extremely rare from the perspective of history.

……

After Zhu Gaoxian came out of the Qianqing Palace, he did not return to the East Palace, but went directly to the Wenhua Palace.

He first announced that the officials in Beijing and His Majesty the Emperor had traveled to Xiangshan, and that he had full authority to handle state affairs. The officials on duty in the Wenhua Palace were not suspicious, after all, these days, the emperor is not at home, and most of the situation is governed by the prince, and now he simply leaves it alone, although it is a little inappropriate, but it is barely said in the past.

Zhu Gaoxian got the tiger talisman seal ribbon from Tang Cheng's hand, and he had the jade seal as a certificate, nominally speaking, even the emperor now has to listen to him. Although the emperor is still in the Qing Palace, except for a very few insiders, most of the rest are kept in the dark.

The first thing he did after taking over the empire was to order the officials in the Wenhua Palace to work overtime under the pretext of "the recent state affairs have ......been busy", and they worked overtime until the early hours of the morning. Although the officials complained in their hearts, they did not dare to say anything on their faces.

After all, Zhu Gaoxian led by example, and he himself worked overtime together.

Look, even the boss is so dedicated, you part-time workers still want to rest? Will you be able to sleep when you get home?

Until late at night, Zhu Gaoxian's body was really a little unbearable, although his body could still bear it, but the mental internal friction was already a little drowsy, so he let the ministers get off work and go back to their respective homes to find their own mothers.

After the ministers retreated, he rested in the apse, and lay on the chair, tired and didn't want to move, so he simply lay down like this.

Zhu Gaoxian closed his eyes lightly, and heard footsteps behind him, but he didn't make a sound.

Ah Qi appeared behind him, draped the snow-white fox fur over his body, and said softly, "The snow is still falling, the weather is cold, and there is no stove in the apse.

Zhu Gaoxian teased: "Why are you suddenly tired of talking crookedly, like my family Yingzhen."

Ah Qi was silent for a while, and then said, "I'm just a shadow, a tool that can't be put on the table, and I can say a few words to you in private."

Zhu Gaoxian was silent for a while, he knew that this shadow guard who had been guarding by his side seemed cold, but he was actually an empty talker, even if he pretended to be a living person on weekdays, but in his heart he was too lonely and eager to be close to people.

But Aqi's identity doomed him to be lonely, and only when he talked to Zhu Gaoxian could he show a little emotion.

It's so sad, even talking is like cheating, you have to be sneaky.

Zhu Gaoxian said slowly: "You are not a tool, you are a human being, a living person. When you were a shadow attendant, I didn't care what happened. But now you are in my control, and in my place, no one can restrain you from what you want to say or do, and you are a free man."

Ah Qi was stunned for a moment, he had never thought about this question.

Freely?

He never thought about this extravagant question.

He was brutally trained by the Shadow Servant from a young age, grew up in hell, and spent his days walking on the tip of a knife, soaked in blood. He is like a sword, without emotion, without thinking, what can support him to live is to obey other people's orders.

After coming to Zhu Gaoxian's side, he felt the emotions that people should have, and he was surprised to find that he would also be moved, scared, and annoyed...... For him, it was like discovering a treasure, and that treasure was himself.

Ah Qi suddenly said, "I suddenly wanted to tell a story."

Zhu Gaoxian nodded tiredly: "Well, you say, I'm listening."

Ah Qi fell into the memories and muttered, "My father was a famous general during the Hongwu Dynasty. After the death of the two kings of Zhongshan and Kaiping, my father commanded the army many times and made many meritorious contributions, and even Emperor Taizu Gao gave him great gifts."

"Later, my father was ordered to lead an army north against the Yuan Court, and he fought a great victory. In Mobei, he met my mother for the first time...... Then they insulted my mother."

"My mother was the concubine of the Yuan Lord, and she wanted to commit suicide because of the humiliation, but just when she wanted to kill herself, she was told that she was pregnant. And the child in my mother's womb is me."

"My mother hesitated, but she couldn't bear it, and she didn't kill herself until she gave birth to me and entrusted me to my father. Because of my mother's death, Emperor Taizu Gao was furious, rebuked my father, and punished him severely."

"My father thought that I was to blame for all this, and that he was going to kill me when he drew his sword, but I was still ignorant at that time, and I didn't know what to do when I looked at the blade. Fortunately, Prince Yiwen happened to pass by, and he saved me from my father's hands."

"However, because my identity is too complicated, Prince Yiwen didn't know what to do with me, and it happened that Emperor Taizu started to form the Shadow Attendant at that time, so he sent me to the Shadow Attendant's training camp."

"I survived, but I still don't know why I lived."

"My father insulted my mother, and my mother killed herself, and my father tried to kill me...... The first half of my life was a nightmare."

"Until...... I met you."

"You made me understand what I live for."

"I want to be by your side forever and be your shadow."

This is a long preface, and when he finishes speaking, Ah Qi is speechless for a long time, and it seems to be very painful.

He lowered his head, but found that Zhu Gaoxian lying on the chair had already closed his eyes and snored, perhaps because he was too tired, or maybe because Ah Qi could rest assured by his side, he slept very soundly.

Ah Qi hesitated for a moment, and said softly, "Haven't you always wanted to see the true face under my mask?"

After he looked carefully and repeatedly confirmed that Zhu Gaoxian was really asleep, he struggled for a long time, as if he was making a difficult choice, and finally decided to put his hand on the mask slowly.

He didn't blink an eye after killing anyone, but his hands couldn't help but tremble at the moment.

Finally, he boldly took off the demon mask on his face.

This is the first time since he became a shadow attendant that he has taken off his mask in front of people.

The true face under the mask is neither scarred nor ugly.

Unexpectedly, hidden under the mask is a beautiful face, the skin is like clotted fat, the red lips are delicate, and the clear peach blossom eyes of the mirror are like a pool of clear water, moist but not demonic, like a crescent moon and a halo, like flowers and trees piling up snow. There seems to be a light cage of snow and mist, and he is really not a person in the world.

Who would have thought that under the iron mask of that evil ghost, under the baptism of unjust souls and blood, there would be such a stunning and peerless true face.

……

"Ah, it turned out to be a girl from the Lan family."

In the world of his mind, seeing Ah Qi's true face, Zhu Yuanzhang fell into a memory, "When Biao'er brought her here, we considered that she was the illegitimate daughter of Lan Yu and Concubine Yuan, so we sheltered one or two. I never thought that the cause that was sown in the past would grow into the fruit of today."

"Life is really impermanent."

……

Ah Qi put on the mask again, chuckled and said to himself: "Anyway, you can't see if you are sleeping soundly, wearing this mask, I am still that shadow, everything has happened...... Nothing, happening?"

He, or rather, she froze in place, staring straight at the man lying in the chair.

Zhu Gaoxian tilted his head, just opened his eyes and looked at her, blinked,

Ah Qi asked in a trembling voice, "You, when did you wake up?"

Zhu Gaoxian said surgingly, "I didn't sleep at all."

He was quite surprised.

I was just too tired, so I simply closed my eyes and listened to Ah Qi tell the story.

He never thought that the other party was talking, and thought that he was asleep, so he began to reveal his heart, and finally even took off the mask that he had never taken off.

And Zhu Gaoxian listened and watched quietly from beginning to end, until Ah Qi took off his mask, and his unfluctuating heart made waves.

, I treat you as a brother, and it turns out that you are such a good-looking girl?

It's bad, buddy, isn't it interesting to see it...... No, buddy, isn't it love at first sight!