Several days later.
While Zhu Di was handling government affairs, the Commander of the Brocade Guard, Ji Gang, arrived.
After dismissing everyone, Zhu Di poured himself a cup of tea, his hands trembling slightly.
After a long time, he was ready to report to Ji Gang.
"This subordinate used thousands of Brocade Guards and the eyes and ears of Jingnan's orphans to finally find some clues.”
"When His Majesty conquered Nanjing, Jianwen disguised himself as a monk and escaped. He stopped at a dilapidated temple in the suburbs of the capital.”
"Perhaps he felt guilty, or perhaps he was completely disheartened.”
"According to the monks in the temple, Jianwen once knelt in front of the Buddha and muttered to himself day and night.”
"Among them, Zhangsun Zhu Le was mentioned.”
Ji Gang explained.
Hearing this, Zhu Di nodded.
All these years, he had been tracking Jianwen. He had heard about Jianwen's short stay in the temple a few years ago.
Because of this, the temple that took Jianwen in was massacred.
The person Ji Gang found must have been a survivor.
"Back then, the Crown Prince and the others attended the funeral for His Majesty.”
"However, the Hanlin scholar Huang Zicheng suggested that the Crown Prince, the Han King, and the Zhao King be released, and only Zhu Le be detained.”
"The reason he gave was that the Crown Prince, the King of Han, and the King of Zhao were His Majesty's children and were closer to His Majesty. If they were detained, not only would it arouse His Majesty's vigilance, but it would also be a loss of benevolence.”
"But Zhu Le is different."
"Zhu Le is young and is His Majesty's grandson. He can be detained in the name of 'fond'.”
"In short,"
"Huang Zicheng believes that His Majesty's feelings for his two-year-old grandson are not as deep as his feelings for his own son. If they detained the Crown Prince and the others, it would be tantamount to falling out with the Emperor. However, detaining Zhu Le would give both sides some leeway.”
"Jianwen felt that it made sense and decided to do this.”
"Humph! Huang Zicheng!" Zhu Di slammed the table, his eyes spitting fire.
Such an imposing manner was enough to make a lion go crazy!
Ji Gang was so scared that he kept quiet out of fear. Unknowingly, his forehead was covered in cold sweat.
Jianwen would never have thought that Zhu Di loved his eldest grandson, who was only two years old, more than his three sons!
As for Corey?
He was executed by Zhu Di during the Jingnan period and his entire clan was exterminated.
"Continue!"
After slowly exhaling a mouthful of turbid air, Zhu Di restrained his aura.
"Your Majesty, do you remember how you pretended to be crazy to confuse Jianwen?”Ji Gang asked.
"Yes, of course." Zhu Di nodded.
If it wasn't for this, he wouldn't have been able to buy time to launch Jingnan.
"His Majesty's actions back then made Jianwen believe in him without a doubt, but Huang Zicheng became smarter and was certain that His Majesty was just pretending to be crazy!”
"In the end, Huang Zicheng told Jianwen that His Majesty was crazy. We'll know once we try!"
"And the method is to kill the two-year-old Zhu Le!”
"If His Majesty were to pretend to be crazy, he would definitely reveal a flaw. If he really went crazy, then it would only be the death of a young son.”
"At that time, Jianwen and His Majesty had completely fallen out. Jianwen felt that it was reasonable and agreed to this method.”
"Considering that the innocent killing of the youngest son would damage the emperor's reputation.”
"In the end, Jianwen decided to let his personal eunuch take Zhu Le to the outskirts of the city to make a move.”
At this point.
Ji Gang secretly checked Zhu Di's expression and saw that the latter seemed to be thinking, so he chose to shut up for the time being.
"I see!"
After a long time, Zhu Di shook his head bitterly.
All of this was reasonable. He never thought that it was because of his acting that his eldest grandson was in trouble!
The matter back then could be considered to have been cleared of the clouds and seen the sun.
However, whether Zhu Le was his eldest grandson or not, he still had to continue listening.
Ji Gang continued,
"After learning of this, I immediately investigated the eunuch who attacked Zhu Le that day and found that he had already died in Jingnan.”
"This subordinate did not give up. After many investigations, I found that although this eunuch had no relatives, he was eating with a woman among the people.”
"Although this woman hid well, the Embroidered Uniform Guards still found her residence.”
"This subordinate hasn't even thrown this woman into the imperial prison, but she has already revealed everything she knows.”
"According to her,"
"One time, Jianwen's personal eunuch got drunk and told the truth.”
"It turns out that after Zhu Le was brought to the outskirts of the capital, the eunuch was ultimately unable to lay a hand on his youngest son. After beating him up, he threw Zhu Le into the wilderness of the capital.”
"The eunuch originally thought that even if he didn't kill him, Zhu Le in the wilderness would definitely die.”
"But who knew."
"When he returned the next day to check, he didn't see Zhu Le's body, nor did he see any signs of wild beasts!”
"The eunuch has a feeling that Zhu Le is not dead! Worried that Jianwen would blame him for not doing his job well, he buried this matter in his heart and prepared to take it to his grave.”
The more Zhu Di listened, the more excited he became. He quickly said,"In that case…"
"Not bad! Congratulations, Your Majesty! The current Zhu Le in the capital suburbs could basically be determined to be the Emperor's eldest grandson! After all, according to the information the Embroidered Uniform Guards had, Zhu Le's adoptive parents had found him in the suburbs of the capital!”Ji Gang bowed and congratulated him.
"Good! Very good! That's great!" Zhu Di jumped up excitedly.
His eldest grandson was really not dead!
Not only did he not die.
Moreover, ten years had passed in the blink of an eye, and he had grown so outstanding!
" Haha!" Zhu Di laughed heartily, his voice deafening.
He had wanted to summon the Crown Prince to inform him of this matter.
But in the next second…he frowned and hesitated.
This matter cannot be rushed!
Directly asking Zhu Le to acknowledge his ancestors would probably backfire and create a barrier in Zhu Le's heart!
The plan now was to cultivate their relationship first before slowly planning it!
After all, Yao Guangxiao was right.
Back then, he underestimated Jianwen's stupidity and sent Zhu Le to his funeral. Now, he even knew that it was because of his act of madness that Zhu Le met with a great calamity!
More importantly…
Based on his interactions with Zhu Le during this period of time, Zhu Di understood.
Zhu Yue followed his nature and was indifferent to fame and fortune.
He probably preferred the tranquility of the courtyard to the entanglement of the royal family!
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