Zhu Cijiong couldn't rush him and could only wait quietly.
After a while, Wang Chengen raised his head and said, "Your Majesty, the late emperor said a lot to me, but he did not reveal the whereabouts of your Majesty's brother."
Zhu Cijiong stared at Wang Chengen for a while but couldn't find any flaws, so he could only ask Wang Chengen to inform Li Ruolian.
Li Ruolian, who is already in his fifties, is just outside the door.
After receiving the summons, he calmed himself and walked into the hall.
After the ceremony, Li Ruo Lian asked, "I wonder why Your Majesty summoned me here."
Zhu Cijiong did not rush to ask questions, but first said some irrelevant words.
Seeing Li Ruolian let down his guard, he suddenly asked, "Commander Li, where were you before my brother disappeared?"
Li Ruo Lian had been mentally prepared for this, and he answered seriously: "I am in Nanjing."
Zhu Cijiong was stunned: "Nanjing? What are you going to Nanjing for?"
"I will go to Nanjing to convey the imperial edict to Wang Zhixin."
"What did you do while you were down south?"
"I first arrived at the front line to convey the imperial edict and the imperial decree to Zhang Rong, then went to Nanjing to convey the imperial edict to Wang Zhixin, and finally returned to the capital."
Zhu Cijiong immediately perked up. He sat up straight and asked, "What is the content of the imperial edict?"
Li Ruo Lian replied: "It was a secret letter. Zhang Rong burned it after reading it. I don't know the contents of it."
"Are you serious?"
"I dare not deceive you."
Zhu Cijiong pondered for a while and then suddenly raised his head and stared into Li Ruolian's eyes: "No, the imperial decree asked you to arrest Zhang Rong and execute him on the spot. Why didn't you act according to the decree?"
Li Ruo Lian explained: "The late emperor said that Zhang Rong had made great contributions to the court and the country, and gave him three days to arrange his funeral, but he took the opportunity to escape."
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