August 5th, the twenty-fifth year of Chongzhen.
Nanjing Imperial Tombs.
Although it was raining heavily outside, the eunuch Wang Zhixin, who was guarding the mausoleum, opened the door and prepared to go out for inspection as usual.
As soon as he opened the door, he found a person standing outside.
The man was wearing a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, standing quietly in the rain without moving.
"Who?" Wang Zhixin asked vigilantly.
"Northern Pacification Division!"
Wang Zhixin's figure swayed, and he took a half step back with some difficulty and said, "Please come in."
The man didn't hesitate and walked straight into Wang Zhixin's room.
When the door closed, the man took off the hat on his head.
After seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Wang Zhixin began to frown.
The person in front of him is called Li Da, and he is Li Ruolian's confidant.
In his impression, Li Ruolian would take him wherever she went.
Now that Li Da suddenly appears in Nanjing, could Li Ruolian have also come to Nanjing?
In order to verify his guess, Wang Zhixin took the lead and said, "Isn't this Li Da from the Northern Pacification Office? Why are you coming to Nanjing instead of serving Li Ruolian?"
"Commander Li asked me to come to Nanjing to do something."
"What's up?"
"Let Fang Yuegong leave Nanjing."
"What's wrong with him?"
"Don't ask questions you shouldn't ask."
Wang Zhixin was startled at first, then said with a proud look on his face: "Haha, you came here to ask our family to do something, and your tone is so arrogant, how can we help you?"
Li Da was silent for a while, took out a silver note from his arms and handed it to Wang Zhixin.
After seeing the amount on it, Wang Zhixin immediately put away his arrogant look, pointed to the chair next to him and said, "Master Li, please take a seat."
Li Da was a little overwhelmed by Wang Zhixin's performance and stood there awkwardly.
Wang Zhixin simply moved the chair behind Li Da and said, "Our family values money. Everything is easy with money."
Li Da was silent for a while again, expressing his admiration for Li Ruolian's early prediction.
After receiving Chongzhen's order, Li Ruolian immediately thought about how to get Fang Yuegong to leave Nanjing.
I thought about it for a long time, but couldn't come up with a suitable solution.
It's difficult to touch Fang Yuegong.
The crown prince is the heir apparent of the Ming Dynasty and the future emperor.
As the prince's adviser, Fang Yuegong will definitely be given important positions after the prince ascends the throne.
It is obviously unrealistic to ask him to leave the prince on his own initiative.
Then he would have to be forced to leave.
Li Ruolian could have framed someone, but this did not meet Chongzhen's requirements.
There is also Ni Yuanlu beside the prince.
With him around, many ways of framing others will become ineffective.
The difficulty of Li Ruolian's tasks increased sharply.
He thought about it for a long time but couldn't come up with a solution, so he could only send Li Da south to deal with the situation on the spot, and told him to find Wang Zhixin if he had any difficulties.
After Li arrived in Nanjing, he racked his brains but could not come up with a solution.
Seeing that the agreed time has been exceeded, if he does not complete the task, not only will he be in trouble, but Li Ruolian will also be implicated.
In desperation, Li Da could only come to Wang Zhixin with the silver bills.
After listening to Li Da's request, Wang Zhixin was silent for a long time.
This problem is indeed a tricky one.
Even Wang Zhixin, the former commander-in-chief of the East Factory, couldn't think of a good solution for a while.
After a moment, Wang Zhixin asked, "Has anything major happened in the capital recently?"
Li Da knew that Wang Zhixin wanted to make a fuss about the events in the capital.
The only thing that could be considered a major event but was not confidential was Chongzhen's failure to attend court.
"You haven't attended court for more than ten days?" Wang Zhixin was a little surprised. "What's wrong with your majesty?"
Of course, Li Da did not dare to tell the people in the capital that Chongzhen was ill.
I can only say that I don’t know either.
But who is Wang Zhixin?
Former governor of the Eastern Depot.
Although he has long left that position, his professional sensitivity remains.
He soon thought that Chongzhen might be ill.
Otherwise, he would not have missed court for more than ten days in a row.
After hearing this news, an immature idea slowly emerged in Wang Zhixin's mind.
He asked Li Da: "Does Fang Yuegong know that Your Majesty has not been attending court for more than ten days?"
"The first person to know the news was the Crown Prince. Fang Yuegong is the Crown Prince's aide, so he must have known about it."
Wang Zhixin's mouth curled up slightly: "That's easy!"
At noon that day, Wang Zhixin took the initiative to go into the city to meet Fang Yuegong.
Fang Yuegong didn't want to meet him, but Wang Zhixin was the former governor of the East Factory after all.
Know a lot of unknown news.
If we can get some valuable clues from him, it will be very beneficial to both the prince and myself.
After chatting for a long time, Wang Zhixin left in a hurry without saying anything useful.
Just when Fang Yuegong was wondering, Wang Zhixin went directly to the outside of the Nanjing Imperial City to ask to see Zhu Cilang.
The Ming Crown Prince Zhu Cilang was extremely surprised by Wang Zhixin's arrival.
To be on the safe side.
He asked Ni Yuanlu to stay by his side when he summoned Wang Zhixin.
"Your servant pays homage to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Wang Zhixin was the first to salute.
Zhu Cilang smiled slightly, waved his hand and said, "Please stand up quickly, Eunuch Wang, there is no need to be so polite."
After Wang Zhixin stood up, he looked at Ni Yuanlu, as if asking him why he was still staying there.
Without waiting for Zhu Cilang to speak, Ni Yuanlu said, "Wang Zhixin, if you have something to say, just say it. If you don't, just leave. Your Highness the Crown Prince still needs to study."
Wang Zhixin paused, and whispered to Zhu Cilang, "Your Highness, I want to expose Fang Yuegong."
"Expose Fang Yuegong?" Zhu Cilang stood up and asked, "What happened to him?"
"He was extremely disrespectful to Your Majesty."
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