Chapter 675 Is Your Majesty Still the Former Majesty?
By the time the little eunuch who delivered the order went to Wuying Hall to summon Xu Yongzhen to see him, it had already been three hours since Xu Yongzhen entered the palace.
To be honest, if the emperor still didn't summon him or let him leave, Xu Yongzhen would doubt whether the emperor was going to imprison him in the palace.
It is almost dark, and there will be at most an hour before the key to the inner palace is about to be released. Although Wuying Hall is not in the inner palace, there are soldiers from the Royal Horse Guard everywhere now. Once the gate of the palace is closed, the inner palace and the outer palace are
What's the difference.
"Your Majesty, what happened? I just came back from Liaodong and I'm still confused!"
Seeing that the emperor was safe and sound, Xu Yongzhen breathed a sigh of relief. It was a great good thing that the emperor was fine. It seemed that this was a false alarm.
Zhu Youjian glanced at him, but did not answer his question.
"I want to leave the palace. You are the only one who will accompany me. I will not take the other guards from the Duke's Mansion with me!"
"I obey the order!" Xu Yongzhen nodded, feeling a little relieved that he could still be allowed to serve as his attendant, and the emperor still trusted him.
However, when the people leaving the palace with the emperor arrived, Xu Yongzhen was a little dumbfounded. Although the people accompanying the emperor had changed into casual clothes like him, he knew every one of them.
They are all well-known figures both inside and outside the court. Not to mention Wang Chengen, Xu Yingyuan and Luo Yangxing. The other civil servants and generals are all the top leaders of the Ming Dynasty. However, he, Duke Dingguo, is the most senior person around the emperor at the moment.
The shallowest one!
Xu Yingyuan led the way. Xu Yongzhen did not dare to ask the emperor where he was going. He just walked out of the palace gate and walked through several ministries and offices. His face began to become serious.
"Where are the soldiers and horses accompanying you?" He took Luo Yangxing's hand and said, "It's a mess outside the palace. Your Majesty is leaving the palace in a white dragon fish suit. Are we the only ones to protect your Majesty?"
"Within this hour, His Majesty ordered that all the guards and fans here be removed! All the soldiers patrolling the streets of the Bingma Division were removed!" Luo Yangxing said expressionlessly: "We are just the attendants.
The soldiers and horses, Lord Duke, you and I are both generals. If something really happens, you know what to do!"
"His Majesty has withdrawn all the troops?" Xu Yongzhen said from ear to ear: "Why is this?"
"It's not a gift from the Duke!" Luo Yangxing gently put his hand away and silently followed Zhu Youjian in front.
The group of people, without carriages, horses or guards, just blended into the flow of people outside the palace. At dusk, the people in the capital who had been busy for a day were returning home with their tired bodies. The shops on both sides of the street had been open all day.
They have also started to close up one after another. The night has not completely fallen, but the lights have already been lit up little by little.
Walking onto this street, Xu Yongzhen knew where the emperor was going without having to ask. At the end of the street, which was gradually lit up with lights, the Tenth Prince's Mansion was like a sleeping lion, lazily opening its eyes towards them.
Zhu Youjian did not go in through the main door, but walked through a side door. As soon as he entered the side door, Xu Yongzhen's eyes narrowed. He saw the familiar figures standing at the foot of the steps inside the door, and also saw the familiar figures standing at the door of the small courtyard.
, Xu Caining is as respectful as a young woman welcoming her husband home.
"I have met His Majesty!"
Xu Caining bent down slightly: "He is waiting for you inside!"
"You stay outside, no one is allowed to disturb us!" Zhu Youjian looked back at the people outside the yard: "Can Wang Chengen come in with me?"
"Of course you can, Eunuch Wang!" Xu Caining smiled and nodded: "I am here to chat with you adults. Your Majesty, feel free to go in with Eunuch Wang!"
Xu Yongzhen was so shocked that he couldn't speak. He looked at Luo Yangxing beside him, and then at Xu Yingyuan who was looking at him with the same expressionless expression. He suddenly understood why the emperor brought him here.
The person inside, the person worthy of the emperor coming out of the palace to see him in person, who else but Jiang Wan could be there.
And he was just the emperor's hostage, even though he knew that he was not even half as important as his sister.
However, the emperor came after all, didn't he?
In the small courtyard, Zhu Youjian walked in and saw Jiang Wan standing at the foot of the steps, bowing and waiting for him. He snorted slightly and walked straight into the house. Wang Chengen also followed in, familiar with the situation.
The familiar one lit the lights in the room.
"I, Jiang Wan, apologize to Your Majesty, I will die..."
Jiang Wan walked in and bowed in front of Zhu Youjian: "Your Majesty came to see me in person regardless of past grudges. I am so grateful that I shed tears of gratitude!"
"Wan Shi, it would be difficult for you to die!" Zhu Youjian snorted heavily: "I can have the courage to come to see you, but you don't have the courage to come to see me. Could it be that I have that kind of appearance in your heart?"
A tyrant who doesn’t want his subjects?”
"I don't dare!" Jiang Wan bowed again. He looked extremely humble. He was not like the domineering Jiang Wan who ignored his will in the report Zhu Youjian received.
"Come to take Xu Caining and your son out of Beijing. Are you planning to rebel against the Ming Dynasty and me?"
Zhu Youjian said unceremoniously: "Since everyone has been received, why don't you just leave and still have to see me? If you leave the capital and return to Liaodong, I really can't do anything to you anymore!"
"I have never thought of rebelling against the Ming Dynasty or His Majesty!" Jiang Wan said solemnly: "I have always been your Majesty's minister, and I have always worked hard for the Ming Dynasty. I dare not slack off in the slightest. Your Majesty, I have, over the years,
Have you ever done anything that harmed the Ming Dynasty?"
"Just because you didn't do it before, doesn't mean you won't do it in the future!" Zhu Youjian looked around the room: "This is the house you lived in before. Seeing me here, is it because you want me to remember my old relationship?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, this is the residence that Your Majesty gave me in the Tenth Prince's Mansion. It was here that I began to follow Your Majesty step by step until today!"
"What exactly do you want?" Zhu Youjian turned back with sharp eyes: "You say you are not against Ming Dynasty or me, but you are domineering and arrogant and do not obey my will. A minister like you, even if you have merit
Unparalleled, I will not be merciless at all when killing!"
"Your Majesty, I have never changed. What kind of person I was when I was in the Tenth Prince's Palace, and what kind of person I am now!" Jiang Wan raised his head, not afraid of Zhu Youjian's gaze: "But your Majesty, ask yourself,
Your Majesty, are you still the ambitious Prince Xin you were in the Tenth Prince's Palace?"
"Wang Chengen, tell him, have I changed..."
Zhu Youjian pointed at Jiang Wan, his fingers trembling with anger: "Since I came to the throne, I have not dared to relax even a little bit. Every day, I have been dealing with all the troubles in the world, for fear that my ancestors would pass them down.
This country has fallen in my hands, and I am deeply afraid that my people will be displaced under my governance. I have been fulfilling the duty of an emperor. You, a rebellious minister who ignores your father, actually have the nerve to ask me, I have changed.