At this time, the three people in the East Courtyard knew what was written in the letter, Zhu Di asked Zhu Gaochu with the harshest tone in his life, Zhu Gaoxu's lips moved, and he wanted to open his mouth several times and swallowed it back, but in the end he couldn't stand it, so he had to tell what happened. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Father, please don't blame the eldest brother, I think someone must have framed him to do this, you and I both know the personality of the eldest brother, among the three brothers, he is the most loyal and honest, how can he do such a disobedient and unfilial thing?" Zhu Gaochu couldn't stop speaking for Zhu Gaochi.

"I ask you where did the letter come from?" Zhu Di repeated his question again, as long as it was the answer he wanted, no one had ever dared not tell the truth.

"Yes...... I met my eldest brother yesterday, and he said that I was asked to go to the East Courtyard today to discuss something, and when I asked him what was going on, he didn't say anything, but just said that he had left something for me in the corridor and asked me to take it. When I came, I couldn't wait for him, and when I was bored, I wandered around the corridor, but suddenly found something in the crack of the door, and when I opened it, it turned out to be a letter. I guessed it must have been something my eldest brother had left me, so I opened it and looked at it. Zhu Gaoxu said.

"So, did Chi'er deliberately leave the letter to you?" Zhu Di asked sharply.

"The child does not dare to speculate for no reason, but judging from the payment and handwriting, there is no doubt that the eldest brother is indeed the eldest brother, but the eldest brother will not write such content, how can he have such a ridiculous and terrible idea? I think someone must have overheard our previous conversation, came to the place we agreed in advance, and exchanged the original letter of the eldest brother by stealing the beams and changing the pillars. Zhu Gaoxu looked at Zhu Di and said.

"What do you think?" asked Zhu Di.

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head blankly and sighed: "The child has no basis, but if I believe that this letter was written by the eldest brother, I can't accept it anyway, so the child took the liberty of guessing that there is only this one possibility." ”

Zhu Di's face gradually eased a little, he looked at Zhu Gaoxu, he didn't speak for a long time, Zhu Gaochu also looked at Zhu Di, and waited until Zhu Di's eyes moved away from him.

"Fan Ming, let's go with me!" Zhu Di commanded.

When Fan Ming heard that Zhu Di was leaving, he was glad in his heart, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly helped Zhu Di to leave the East Courtyard, leaving Zhu Gaoxu's respectful figure behind him.

After leaving the East Courtyard, Fan Ming asked in a low voice, "Your Majesty, where are we going?"

"Go back to the dormitory, and then you go and summon Master Daoyan to see me quickly!" Zhu Di said, his tone revealing sternness.

Fan Ming hurriedly agreed, and after returning to the dormitory with Zhu Di, he turned around and went out to find Dao Yan. Before he could leave the palace, he was stopped around a corner.

"Grandpa Fan, where are you going?"

Fan Ming's heart almost jumped out, and suddenly he looked up and saw that it was the Second Highness Zhu Gaoxu, and hurriedly looked around at no one on the left and right, pulling him closer to a dark corner.

"I said Second Highness, Fan Ming is a minion, I was really scared just now, can the emperor be easy to provoke?

Zhu Gaoxu was not in a hurry, waved his hand and said with a smile: "Father-in-law Fan, please rest assured, I, Zhu Gaoxu, have done a thorough job, even if this matter cannot lead to the death of my eldest brother, it will make him lose the trust of his father, and at that time, I will have an opportunity." I will not forget your credit, I know what you want, and I will definitely double it for you when the time comes!" Zhu Gaoxu said with a smile.

"It's just that the letter ......" Fan Ming was still very uneasy.

"You don't have to worry, I've found out where the person who imitated my brother's handwriting is now, the assassin is already on his way, I think that today, the real owner of this handwriting will disappear from this world, and then this writing is not written by my brother, but by my brother. Zhu Gaoxu said proudly.

"The slave doesn't dare to ask for any wealth now, let alone any position, I just hope that the Bodhisattva will bless us and let us all pass this hurdle safely!" Fan Ming said and was about to leave.

Zhu Gaoxun grabbed him and said, "Grandpa Fan, what are you panicking about, you haven't told me who you're going to look for." ”

Fan Ming looked around again, and after confirming that there was no one, he whispered, "Monk." Then he turned and hurried away.

"Monk ......" Zhu Gaoxu of course knew who the monk Fan Ming was referring to, in the entire palace of the Ming Dynasty, there was only one person who was the most honorable monk, and he was the most trusted by Zhu Di and the monk with the highest military achievements, and he was the only one, that is, Master Daoyan.

"Well, my plan will succeed soon, and even if you bald donkey want to spoil my good deeds, you will only be bored with yourself. Zhu Gaoxu said to himself, his eyes seemed to have shown the scene of his succession to the throne, the scene of the yellow robe was the moment he dreamed of, and he couldn't help but want this day to come soon.

When Dao Yan came to Zhu Di's bedroom, he had already felt the seriousness of the situation, but what pleased him was that although he and Zhu Di seemed to have a subtle estrangement in the recent past, so that the two could no longer talk about everything as before, Dao Yan understood that this situation would come sooner or later, but there was something unpleasant in his heart after all.

But today, when Zhu Di encountered a problem in his life, he still remembered himself, which made Dao Yan very pleased.

Dao Yan knelt in front of Zhu Di, all the people in the entire dormitory had been kicked out, even Fan Ming couldn't stay here, Zhu Di wanted to start a conversation that only he and Dao Yan attended.

Zhu Di didn't speak first, but handed the letter to Dao Yan, who took the letter and carefully read every word on it: " Gao Xu's brother Jingqi, since the battle of Jingyan, we have to bear a lot of hard work, wear perseverance, born into death to win the world, but since my father entered Beijing, every suspicion is getting worse, my brothers are not avoided, not to mention the minister, if this goes on for a long time, the government and the opposition up and down, centrifugal and detached, the Ming Dynasty will face the danger of falling apart, as a prince is really unbearable to see such a scene regenerate, so the first thing to bear the brunt of the present is to establish the prince early, in order to calm the hearts of the people in the world, blazing talent, but for the eldest son, should share the worries of the father, so if my brother can support me as the crown prince as soon as possible, there will be heavy thanks in the future！”

Dao Yan looked at the letter, read it again from beginning to end after reading it, then slowly folded the letter, came to the incense burner, and suddenly threw the letter into the incense burner.

Zhu Di was taken aback, and it was too late to stop him, so he had to ask sharply: "I asked you to read the letter, how dare you burn the letter?"

Dao Yan bowed down and said unhurriedly: "A fake letter, if you don't burn it, do you still want to keep it to harm people?"

"Fake letter?" Zhu Di stood up from the dragon couch Huo Ran, stared at Dao Yan and asked.

"Yes, it's a fake letter!" Dao Yan repeated again.

"Aiqing said it was a fake letter, but is this note in Chi'er's handwriting?" asked Zhu Di.

"The handwriting is indeed the handwriting of His Royal Highness, but unfortunately it was imitated by others, it is really ill-intentioned, and the heart is like a snake and scorpion. Dao Yan said with a sigh.

"Is there anyone in this world who knows my son's handwriting better than me? This is not what he wrote, who can write it? What evidence do you have?" Zhu Di asked sharply.

"There is no evidence. Dao Yan said calmly.

"How dare you be so arbitrary without evidence?" Zhu Di said.

"It's not the minister who is arbitrary, but Your Majesty, may I ask Your Majesty, what kind of person is Your Highness?" asked Dao Yan.

Zhu Di paused, and then said: "He is very similar to my dead brother Zhu Biao, he is loyal and honest, and often has a benevolent heart, but his personality is a little cowardly, and I often think that he is not the emperor's asset. ”

"Your Majesty, if your Highness had not committed a major mistake a hundred years later, would you have passed on the throne to him?" said Dao Yan with one hand stroking his beard.

"Since ancient times, the elder does not stand young, and the heir does not stand up, showing that Chi'er is diligent and helpless, of course he wants to be established. Zhu Di replied.

"That's it, Your Majesty's answer just now is very clear, from the perspective of character, His Royal Highness is loyal, and he has no competitive and aggressive heart, from the perspective of inheritance, if His Royal Highness inherits the throne, it is really a logical thing, and the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will also be happy and convinced, such a person, is it necessary for him to be so worried about his future, so deliberate about wanting to determine the matter of ascending the throne and inheritance?" Dao Yan said slowly.

Zhu Di paced back and forth in the room, and couldn't help muttering: "What the mage said is polite, there is really no need for Chi'er to do this, although he is loyal, he is not stupid, why do you want to do such a thing of killing chickens and taking eggs?"

Dao Yan nodded, this time he didn't speak, he wanted to leave Zhu Di time to reminisce and think alone.

"But Xu'er won't lie to me, although he is more arrogant and irritable, but he will never dare to use such a big thing to deceive me and frame his brother, he should not be crazy to this extent. Zhu Di said as he looked at the Dao Yan monk in front of him, how he hoped that he could see the affirmative expression from the seriousness of Dao Yan.

But he didn't see it, Dao Yan just bowed down, and then didn't say a word, the meaning of not saying it was more obvious than saying it, this was like a basin of cold water poured on Zhu Di's head, he was really in a dilemma, if he believed Zhu Gaochu's words, then his eldest son Zhu Gaochi was disobedient and unfilial, if he didn't believe Zhu Gaoxu's words, it means that this letter was fabricated by him, and such a person who wanted to frame and mutilate his brother turned out to be his own son, which made him also unacceptable.