Chapter 140 The Emperor's Whereabouts

A circle of white cloth was hung on the Meridian Gate, and a faint sound of mourning came from the palace city.Zhu Gaoxu stood on the Qianbu Lobby and heard Wang Bin say that the emperor burned himself in Fengtian Hall and died.

Zhu Gaoxu looked back to the north and thought to himself: When the Fengtian Palace caught fire, I had gone in person and never saw the emperor inside.

Without commenting, he handed the reins to Wang Bin and said: She is Yao Ji, please take care of me, I will go to see my father first.

Wang Bin said: The last general will obey the order.

Yao Ji's bright eyes were on Zhu Gaoxu. Zhu Gaoxu saw it and knew that Yao Ji didn't know anyone except him, so he said kindly: Don't worry, I'll be back in a while.

Wang Bin pointed to a mansion on Qianbu Lobby, and Zhu Gaoxu walked over there alone.

On the way, he was still thinking about something: before going to war, he told Wang Gui that once he heard the news of the Jingnan Army's attack on the capital, he could quietly release Xu Miaojin; in a few days, will Wang Gui do this well?

There are also Qu Neng and his son, who can try to save them now.But doing this under the eyes of King Yàn requires a great sense of adventure, and Zhu Gaoxu has not yet found an opportunity.

At present, all the civil and military officials of the Yàn King were secretly happy, thinking about what huge reward they could get.

Only Zhu Gaoxu felt more and more nervous... If you don’t do some things now, you will most likely sit back and wait for death in the future; if you do them, you may fall apart immediately!

He didn't expect any reward at all. King Yàn entered the capital head-on through the war and would definitely ascend the throne and become emperor!

As the emperor's legitimate son, Zhu Gaoxu started out as a prince, and there was no suspense.

As for the prince, Zhu Gaoxu felt that the possibility of being directly named Prince was almost zero. There are many factors to choose who to choose in that position, but the military achievements did not work.

It turns out that Gaoyang King just couldn't see through this.

Zhu Gaoxu walked outside the door of the mansion and looked up at the plaque. The two largest words on it were: Ministry of Rites.He walked in, and the soldier at the door clasped his fists and said: Pay a visit to King Gaoyang!

Zhu Gaoxu nodded and stepped into the threshold.

Outside the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, Zhu Gaoxu consciously untied the goose-feathered sword hanging on his body and handed it to the sergeant guarding the door, and the sergeant hung it outside the door.

My son pays homage to the father.Zhu Gaoxu walked in and bowed to the seat.He glanced at the people standing in the lobby, including him and King Yàn.

King Yàn looked up at Zhu Gaoxu, nodded, and continued to write something.Zhu Gaoxu walked towards Qiu Fu, and the three generals greeted each other.

Qiu Fu said: Emperor Jianwen is gone.

Zhu Gaoxu said: I know that the only queen wants to burn herself, so I dragged her out.

King Yàn stopped writing and said: The queen is in the yard next to her, she may know where my nephew is.Gao Xu saved her, go and see if you can ask for some clues.Don't go outside to talk about this!

King Yàn paused and said: Our mansion in the capital is far away from the imperial city.Gao Xu first went to Lianying's mansion to stay temporarily. His family members were arrested and the mansion was empty.

Zhu Gaoxu bowed and said, "My son will accept the order."

At this time, Yao Guangxiaodao: Fang Xiaoru is the descendant of the great scholar Song Lian, and is the leader of the Scholars. The prince must not kill him.

Yàn Wang Dao: Daoyan went to the prison to persuade Fang Xiaoru. If he was willing to serve me, I would not blame him.There is another treacherous minister, Qi Tai, who actually ran away. You can also check where he fled.Let's go to Xu Zengshou's house now.

The army had just entered the city, and King Yàn looked very busy.

Zhu Gaoxu went out of the lobby of the Ministry of Rites, took the sword from the soldiers, asked clearly where the queen was detained, and walked out of the Ministry of Rites.

Seeing that Wang Bin and others were still waiting outside, he said: My father asked us to stay in Lianying Mansion for a while. You can go and ask where you are and first recruit the troops nearby to station troops.

He pointed at Chen Dachui again: You take a few people with me, I will go to see the queen first.

Several people clasped their fists together and said: I will wait until the order!

Seeing Yao Ji's eyes bright, his lips slightly opened, and he stopped talking, Zhu Gaoxu took a look without saying anything, and then took Chen Dachui and others away first.

Most of the soldiers in the Jingnan Army knew Zhu Gaoxu. He was not stopped and asked his followers to stay outside the courtyard gate and walked in.

This is a small courtyard with only a patio inside.

Zhu Gaoxu walked in and soon saw the open upper room, where the queen Ma Enhui was sitting in the room, being watched by two eunuchs in armor.

Ma Enhui also saw him and stared at him and walked slowly towards him.

Zhu Gaoxu thought while walking, and had a routine in his heart: Queen Ma is not afraid of death, but she has a son in the hands of King Yàn.

He walked into the upper room, clasped his fists and said: Gao Xu had met his cousin's wife.

Ma Enhui stared at him coldly, without saying a word.

Zhu Gaoxu stood up straight, turned his head and said to the eunuch: No matter what, the queen is from our Zhu family. You are kind to serve and do not be rude.

The two eunuchs hurriedly said: I will obey the order.

Zhu Gaoxu waved his hand and they quickly left and went to the room.

Sure enough, Ma Enhui's eyes changed a little when she saw Zhu Gaoxu, and finally said: King Gaoyang knows that you have a bad reputation in the capital. Both the government and the country know what kind of person you are, so there is no need to pretend to be hypocritical.

Zhu Gaoxu took the opportunity to get close to him: The surname of the world is Zhu. If we don’t take our own people seriously, how can we make the world respect our identity?

He whispered again: My cousin is less than one year old. At this point, my cousin's wife doesn't care about her, but she has to think about what Wen Gui should do in the future!

Ma Enhui sneered: King Gaoyang doesn’t have to talk too much, I don’t know where the emperor is.

Zhu Gaoxu sighed: The emperor didn’t take his cousin away, alas!He must have left in a hurry. Who did he go with and when?

Ma Enhui refused to answer and asked for a moment of silence: Is Yao Ji dead?

Zhu Gaoxu shook his head: Fortunately, I went in time.

Ma Enhui immediately showed a regretful expression. She raised her eyebrows gently and asked: How did that bitch hook up with King Gaoyang?

Zhu Gaoxu said according to the facts: Last year, the imperial government arrested me everywhere, and I was indeed in the capital at that time.Yao Ji saved me.

Ma Enhui's eyes were complicated, and his eyes flipped back and forth on Zhu Gaoxu's face several times, and he sneered: King Gaoyang must be careful of that little bitch.There are so many concubines and maids in the palace, but I can’t get along with her, a little maid, and there is always my reason.

Well... Zhu Gaoxu made an unanimous voice.

Ma Enhui said again: That bitch was scheming at a young age, full of resentment and viciousness, narrow-mindedness, and shameless, and like a vixen.She seduces the emperor first, and now she seduces King Gaoyang again, all of which are plotting!

Zhu Gaoxu said calmly: Yao Ji is indeed vengeful, but no one who has been bullied for a long time will not be kind to others.

The truth is unpleasant, and King Gaoyang is willing to take care of himself!Ma Enhui said.

Zhu Gaoxu rubbed his forehead and thought to himself: The queen is unable to protect herself, she is in such a situation, and she still has the heart to take care of Yao Ji’s affairs?She must be afraid of Yao Ji's revenge.

He deliberately aroused Ma Enhui: Yao Ji is just because she is too beautiful and easily attracted jealousy. I think she is pretty good.

Ma Enhui snorted, her face unrestrained.

When Zhu Gaoxu saw that she refused to say anything for a moment, he said: I won’t bother you anymore. If my cousin wants to see me, he will tell the eunuch to pass the message.I'll come back to visit you later and say goodbye.

Ma Enhui nodded and responded, took out a scarf from the green bottomed sleeves, and gently wiped her vermilion lips.

Seeing that she was wearing a lot of rouge on her mouth, Zhu Gaoxu wiped her lips and took them to her to see.Ma Enhui was stunned, her face turned red suddenly, and her eyes showed a look of shame and anger.

Zhu Gaoxu had no choice but to turn around and flash.Damn, he didn't think much about it just now, and for a moment he thought Ma Enhui was hinting that he had rouge on his mouth.

Where did Emperor Jianwen go? The person who cares most about this matter is King Yàn. Zhu Gaoxu was not very concerned, just to go through the motions and give it a try... because he still couldn't see what Jianwen was useful to him for the time being.

When he walked out of the yard, Zhao Ping bowed and handed the reins of the horse.

Zhu Gaoxu took it and turned his horse on his back. He suddenly turned his head and said: Chen Dachui, go and find out where the Censor Jingqing lives, and then see what the situation in Jingfu is.

Chen Dahui clasped his fists and said: I'm sure you'll get the order!

Zhu Gaoxu said to Zhao Ping again: I think you are smart and smart in your work. Today, I will be a personal soldier to test hundreds of households. When Chen Dachui was not here, you will take over the position of hundreds of households and deploy personal soldiers.

Zhao Ping was overjoyed and hurriedly said: Thank you, Prince!Thank you for your kindness!

The group walked south along the Qianbulang, and soon a team of personal soldiers came over, so they took Zhu Gaoxu to Lianying's mansion.

Everyone came to the west of the imperial city. The Lian Mansion was located on the north bank of the Qinhuai River, and it was indeed closer to the imperial city.

Zhu Gaoxu dismounted at the gate and saw several soldiers carrying buckets washing the stone slabs at the door.He looked at it and could still see the dark red blood stains in the cracks of the rock.

So when he walked into the door, he felt a vague feeling of the wind.

Lianfu should be the first minister's mansion to be killed after the Jingnan Army entered the city.

Zhu Gaoxu really doesn't understand these people. Even if he doesn't surrender, as long as he doesn't fight for the limelight and rides alone to assassinate King Yàn, at least his family will not be so miserable?

After all, Lian Ying was not Huang Zicheng and others, and he did not list the treacherous ministers on the Jingnan manifesto.

At this moment, Veda came up, glanced at the soldiers who were washing the ground, and clasped his fists and said in a deep voice: The prince’s fourth uncle, General Xu, was impeached by Lian Ying and sued him, and was killed by the emperor!

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu suddenly realized.

However, Xu Zengshou should have died unfairly. As early as before the Jingnan Campaign, Zhu Gaoxu suspected that Xu Zengshou was a traitor in the palace.

He suddenly asked casually: What happened to my uncle Duke Wei?

Veda hurriedly said: The last one will send someone to inquire immediately.

Even though Zhu Gaoxu killed countless people on the battlefield, he suddenly moved into the mansion where many people died just now, and he felt a little uncomfortable, or the faint smell of blood in the air was really not good to smell.

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