"What a silly girl!"

When I learned that Zhao Lingsu had made a vow to never meet for the rest of his life for him...

Zhu Yili couldn't help but shook his head and sighed.

Li Zhiyi also asked anxiously: "Brother, what should I do now?"

Zhu Yili thought for a moment, thinking that Emperor Wanli was in his hands, and Zhao Lingsu was not in danger of being imprisoned in Jingyang Palace, so he decided to say:

"Not care for now."

Li Zhiyi was about to speak, but why did he persuade him again? He just listened to Zheng Miaojin slowly said:

"This is almost the same. In order to save Su Su from entering Beijing, it is because of love. I admire you as a man; but if you are distracted by her at this time, you will be unable to tell the truth. I despise you for not prioritizing it."

When Li Zhiyi heard Zheng Miaojin say this, he had to swallow the words he slipped to his mouth. Thinking about the current situation, Zhu Yiyi was indeed not the time to care about his children's love.

Zheng Miaojin continued: "Although the emperor is here, the situation is not optimistic. Even if you believe that your mother will support you, you must be careful of the ministers in the court. If we hold the emperor hostage, no matter what, it is called a crime, and it will inevitably be despised. Can you guarantee that the court officials will recognize you as the master if you know that you are excellent? What if there are ministers who know that the emperor is detained in my Yikun Palace and refuse to give him advice? They may not dare to do anything to you, but I see that there are many tough guys who die for the sake of the emperor."

Zhu Yili nodded in agreement.

Indeed, what the Ming Dynasty lacks the most is the tough guys.

As long as they determine something, they will definitely be willing to die and not surrender, and they will cut off their heads and run away, and they will strive to the end.

Just like when Zhang Juzheng's father died, Emperor Wanli insisted on robbing love. He knew that Emperor Wanli and Empress Dowager Li refused to let Zhang Juzheng go home to obey the system, but how many people still had to stand up and oppose it? He would rather be beaten by a slaughter than be afraid.

There were countless people like this in the Ming Dynasty.

To put it nicely, it is called being honest and responsible; to put it badly, it is called being loyal and unresponsible.

Zheng Miaojin's words were reasonable, and Zhu Yili certainly agreed with this. No matter what, his move was called usurping the throne. He might not have been better than Emperor Wanli, so no one stood up to oppose him.

If one of them jumps out and threatens to die, it will be a headache.

So at this time there is still a lot of work to be done, and we must not take it lightly, and we cannot confidently think that everyone in the world wants him to replace him as the emperor.

What's more, his reputation in the capital before... is now gradually turning around. How many people don't think he is arrogant and domineering and notorious?

Zheng Miaojin said seriously: "So besides the two empress dowagers and the general manager of the Inner Palace, Zhang Jing, I think you need to deal with one person."

"Is the chief minister of the cabinet?" Zhu Yiliu understood it and asked according to Zheng Miaojin's wishes.

"Yes." Zheng Miaojin nodded slightly.

"snort!"

Before Zhu Yili could speak, they heard Emperor Wanli snorting.

"What does the emperor want to say?" Zheng Miaojin turned his head and asked.

"I have finally figured it out now. Shen Shixing is already his person like you and Zhang Jing." Emperor Wanli told Zheng Miaojin hatefully, "You may not know that Shen Shixing was secretly recommended by him, squeezed away Zhang Siwei, and then pushed him to the position of chief minister. It turned out that he had already planned all this."

After Emperor Wanli finished speaking, he turned his hatred eyes to Zhu Yili.

"Why!"

Zhu Yiliu could only sigh deeply and did not explain much.

Now, what's the point?

Who can believe him? The original intention of promoting Shen Shixing to the top was not actually to seize the throne today?

It’s just that Emperor Wanli insisted on taking the path of “death”, what can he do?

However, it must be unclear now.

Zheng Miaojin also turned his attention to Zhu Yili, but with a little appreciation, as if asking if Emperor Wanli said it was true?

Zhu Yiliu replied truthfully: "Mr. Shen was indeed my idea to be the interim acting prime minister, but even without my recommendation, the position of prime minister will soon fall on him. I just let him serve as prime minister a year in advance."

"So, you had already decided to usurp the throne at that time?" Zheng Miaojin smiled slightly, and couldn't help but give a thumbs up and praise, "What a talent!"

Zhu Yiliu had no choice but to spread his hands and smile, "It was not like this, but now it can't be explained clearly."

"The winner is the king, and the loser is the enemy, so there is no need to explain," Zheng Miaojin smiled, "Anyway, I admire you very much. This is the person who does big things."

Then, Zheng Miaojin calmed down the smile on his face and asked Zhu Yili seriously: "But if Mr. Shen is summoned at this moment, are you confident that he will obey you like Zhang Jing?"

Zhu Yiliu thought for a while, shook his head and replied, "It is not appropriate to summon Mr. Shen for the time being."

He was very clear about Shen Shixing's personality. If we talk about Duanshui's level, what is Zhang Jing's elder? Shen Shixing is so powerful. When the situation is still unclear, it may be difficult to make Shen Shixing stand.

The best way is to wait for Empress Dowager Li to come back first, and wait for the situation to be clear and stable before summoning Shen Shixing. At that time, whatever he designated to say would be, Shen Shixing would never object. At this moment, Zhu Yiliu still couldn't guarantee that Shen Shixing would be as obedient as Zhang Jing.

When Emperor Wanli thought that Shen Shixing was also Zhu Yili's man, his heart couldn't help but feel a little cold again.

The inner minister Zhang Jing and the outer minister Shen Shixing are both Zhu Yiliu. I really don’t know how he was the emperor?

I thought to myself, if Empress Dowager Li also supports Zhu Yiliu when she comes back, then he will be completely defeated.

...

Empress Dowager Chen returned to Ciqing Palace in a restless state, and it really felt like she had a dream.

She never expected that Zhu Yiliu would join forces with Zheng Miaojin to hold Emperor Wanli hostage.

No matter what decision Empress Dowager Li makes after coming back, one party will be injured.

But she was anxious and did not dare to show it, for fear of arousing suspicion from the servants. In order to hide her inner tension, she had to play mahjong.

As he was fighting, the servant reported that Princess Yongning was asking for a meeting.

Empress Dowager Chen quickly put it down and summoned Princess Yongning.

Since Emperor Wanli let Princess Yongning return home, Princess Yongning has been particularly careful, worried that Emperor Wanli would send someone to stare at her and would not dare to go out at all.

But because Zhu Yili and Li Zhiyi hid in Zheng Miaojin's Yikun Palace, and she learned that Empress Dowager Chen had just investigated the Yikun Palace and was really worried and anxious, so she couldn't help but leave Yongning Garden and come to Ciqing Palace.

Because of Zhu Yiliu, Princess Yongning and Empress Dowager Chen got very close.

"Mother Queen."

"Why is Yao Ma coming?"

"My mother has just checked the Yikun Palace?" Princess Yongning was anxious and did not turn around.

"Yes..." When the Yikun Palace was mentioned, Empress Dowager Chen couldn't help but feel a little shocked.

"Have the mother found out about her brother's whereabouts?"

"No, no..."

Empress Dowager Chen didn't think about how to answer for a while, so she had to stammer and replied with two words "no".

"Does the mother hope that my younger brother will be found out?" Princess Yongning asked again.

"Of course I don't want it."

"I want to ask my mother a question, don't know if it's okay?"

"It's okay if you ask."

"If the younger brother had a conflict with the emperor, which side would the mother stand on?"

"..." Empress Dowager Chen's heart was even more nervous. Of course, she knew that Princess Yongning was closer to Zhu Yiliu, but she didn't know how many secrets Princess Yongning knew. So she deliberately suppressed the tension in her heart and asked calmly, "Why did Yao Ma ask like this?"

"I'm not hiding my mother's words, it's said that the outside world is rumoring that the emperor's brother wants to arrest his younger brother and lock his younger brother into the high wall of Fengyang, so the younger brother sneaked into Beijing twice and did not dare to see the emperor's brother. This time, the emperor's brother took advantage of the sudden disappearance of his mother to search and arrest his younger brother. Mother, I'm really worried that the emperor's brother would find his younger brother, and the consequences would be very serious."

"Yao Mom, you have always been smart and wise, and then the queen mother wants to ask you a question."

"My mother, please ask."

"If your brother doesn't want to see your elder brother, it's not because he's afraid of your elder brother, but because he has other intentions?"

"My mother, I didn't understand."

"Liang'er is not a person who is obedient or willing to be controlled by others. Moreover, he has great ambitions and is not a person in the pool. I am afraid that this is why Jun'er always guards against Liang'er; but Yao'er must also know the rules of our Zhuming Dynasty. In addition to the emperor, there are many constraints on other royal children. For Liang'er, it is undoubtedly a huge challenge. What if Liang'er is unwilling to resist Jun'er?"

"My mother wants to ask, if my younger brother wants to be the emperor?" Princess Yongning is interested.

"Yes." Empress Chen was also worried and immediately asked, "What do you think you will do then?"

"Who is the queen who thinks the emperor or younger brother is more suitable to be the lord of a country?"

"But this is not a question of whether it is suitable or not, but a question of ancestral system and etiquette."

"My mother, I remember my mother asked me the same question. I replied at that time that as long as my younger brother is dedicated to goodness, that is, as long as my younger brother is for Zhu Ming and the people of the world, he doesn't have to worry about anything, and everything will go naturally."

"Let it go, let it go..." Empress Dowager Chen murmured, "Then is it considered natural for your brother to hold your emperor's brother hostage and force your emperor's brother to abdicate?"

"..." Princess Yongning was stunned.

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Chapter completed!