Zhu Di's mentality was about to break.

Others may not know, but as the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, how could he not know what Daoyan's situation was?

It was you who forced my most powerful military advisor to leave.

People have already surrendered to Zhu Ying, but he is still not at ease. He is afraid that he has some connection with me, so he directly dispatched Daoyan to Goryeo to be the national teacher.

Now he is commanding an army of 200,000 and living a happy and carefree life.

The momentum of fighting against the Japanese pirates is greater than that of the king and the king of Jin combined along the coast. Even the invading Japanese pirates ran over to support us.

It is said that they are almost reaching the Japanese mainland.

Thousands of miles away, how could you not suspect that Daoyan was in collusion with me and was controlling this matter from behind?

At this moment, Zhu Di had an impulse to pour the boiling hot tea that had just been brewed in front of him directly onto Jiang Li's face.

After taking a deep breath, Zhu Di still endured it.

He knew that his father was already suspicious, and now was a critical moment to track down the person behind the scenes. When it came to Zhu Ying, his father would probably lose his mind.

It would be bad if I was too careless and acted too recklessly and my father really took notice of me.

Besides, as for the matter of Zhu Ying’s identity, I’m afraid my father has already investigated it clearly. Just because I haven’t taken any action on some of his ideas doesn’t mean that my father doesn’t know about them.

Otherwise, Jiang Li, the personal guard of my father, would not have come directly here today when the accident happened.

To put it bluntly, I am still a suspect in my father's mind.

"Father, I am not trustworthy to you."

Zhu Di suddenly felt a little aggrieved.

He had made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty, unmatched among all the princes. It would have been fine if Zhu Yingtai was still alive, but why couldn't he even compare to Zhu Yunwen?

Didn’t you say all the time that I am the most like you?

Why has it become like this now?

“Ahem…”

After Jiang Li finished speaking, he saw Zhu Di open his mouth to speak, then stop, and fell into deep thought, with an ever-changing expression.

All I can do is cough twice as a reminder.

Zhu Di came back to his senses from his deep thoughts, and after a brief recollection, he said, "Whether Master Daoyan has contacted this king, you Jinyiwei are the ones who know best, so why bother asking this king?"

"Besides, I have been in Peking for a long time and am not familiar with the capital. How can I be related to His Royal Highness's affairs?"

"Commander Jiang, isn't your question a bit far-fetched?"

"The relationship between me and my nephew has always been good. On the day of my nephew's canonization ceremony, he personally thanked me. How come you are doubting the relationship between me and my nephew?"

At this point, Zhu Di's tone darkened and he shouted, "Are you trying to alienate the relationship between me and my nephew?"

Smart people will control their own pace during conversations.

When Jiang Li mentioned Daoyan, he actually just wanted to disgust Zhu Di. After all, the relationship between him and Zhu Di was not good, and they had even had many conflicts.

However, when Zhu Di was the Prince of Yan, he was His Majesty's personal bodyguard and the commander-in-chief of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

One is your Majesty’s confidant, and the other is your Majesty’s prince.

Neither of them could do anything to the other.

This time we have the opportunity, and it is Your Majesty's will, so naturally we have to force it.

Obviously, Zhu Di was not someone to be trifled with. These words immediately threw Jiang Lin off balance.

The crime of alienating family ties is a serious one.

The worst case is the extermination of all nine generations of the clan, while the smallest case is just laughed off.

"Your Highness Prince of Yan, what are you saying? The relationship between His Highness the Crown Prince and Your Highness Prince of Yan is well known to everyone. It is natural that Your Highness Prince of Yan has misunderstood."

"I came here today to complain. I didn't want to ask too much, but I can't report to Your Majesty. If Your Majesty asks what I said to Your Highness, Your Highness, please tell me how I should answer."

Jiang Li was no pushover either. He immediately avoided family matters and turned his attention to Your Majesty.

He knew very well that if he wanted to suppress Prince of Yan Zhu Di, he could only do it in the name of His Majesty.

When talking about his father, Zhu Di would talk about how his martial arts skills had been completely wasted and he immediately fell into a disadvantage.

After a slight hesitation, Zhu Di immediately changed his heartbeat and forced a smile, saying, "Commander Jiang, what are you talking about? As for the emperor, we will naturally answer as we say."

"I am a clean and honest person. This matter has nothing to do with me. It is extremely abominable. My nephew is so kind and has made great contributions to the country and the people. He has done immeasurable good deeds."

"For such a quasi-saint to be assassinated by a villain is simply a heinous crime. All nine clans should be executed to warn the world of the mighty power of heaven."

"It's just that I haven't been out much recently and haven't had much contact with others. I want to help investigate, but I'm powerless."

Speaking of the latter part, Zhu Di sighed, as if he regretted not being able to provide enough clues.

Jiang Li was unmoved. After a short pause, he bowed and asked, "Your Highness Prince of Yan will be heading on an expedition to Japan next year to establish a country overseas. I would like to congratulate you in advance."

Zhu Di waved his hand and said, "Japan is thousands of miles away, and we don't know what the situation is. The Yuan Dynasty launched a large-scale expedition, but suffered two consecutive defeats and suffered heavy losses. We can only know everything when the spring comes next year."

Although his words were humble, Zhu Di's tone was extremely confident.

In his view, the Mongols were just a group of barbaric soldiers who only knew how to use force but not strategy.

Without having to sacrifice a single soldier, he could make them surrender, so one can imagine how easy it would be to conquer Japan.

Zhu Di had seen a lot of those so-called Japanese ronin warriors, but that was all.

During the interrogation, Zhu Di also learned that these Japanese people had extremely high status in Japan earlier, and the fact that they were not conquered by the former Yuan Dynasty was just a matter of luck.

The small country of Japan was only a province of the Ming Dynasty, but in Zhu Di's eyes, it had long been in his pocket.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Li first praised him and said, "The ability of His Royal Highness Prince Yan is known to the world. Japan is like a mantis trying to stop a chariot."

"It's just that Japan is easy to fight, and it's probably a bit difficult to govern. The situation here is probably similar to that in Yunnan, where the natives are barbaric and uncivilized."

Zhu Di was also drawn in upon hearing this, and sighed, "Yes, it is easy to conquer, but it takes a lot of effort to govern. It is not like Yunnan, which is finally under the territory of the Ming Dynasty. It is much more convenient for some scholars to go there, and it can attract a steady stream of literati."

"In comparison, Japan is far away, and there are very few people who travel across the ocean to go there. Speaking of this, the Overseas Talent Recruitment Hall set up by my nephew is indeed for those of us who want to be enfeoffed overseas. I have deep considerations for this."

Even Zhu Di had to admit that no matter what he thought of Zhu Ying in his heart, Zhu Ying's behavior and actions were indeed convincing.

In the minds of Zhu Di and others, the initial establishment of overseas states actually felt like the release of a bitter and cold land.

Even so, it's pretty good.

When the idea of ​​recruiting talents came out, the changes in everyone's hearts became very obvious.

Providing talents, recruiting scholars, and even offering official positions, as well as the idea of ​​returning to the Ming Dynasty, all of these were without exception efforts to recruit talents for the Ming Dynasty.

It is said that someone entered the museum on the first day of its opening and was later poached by the King of Jin.

Zhu Di didn't care about these two people. After all, everyone's target was not the scholars in the capital. Zhu Di, for example, was more focused on his own fiefdom in Peking.

The fiefdom has been run for many years, and even if it requires some tricks, it is necessary to recruit a group of scholars over there.

At this time, Jiang Li seemed to ask casually, "I heard that Duke Cao was planning to go to Japan with Your Highness a few days ago. Is this true?"

Zhu Di's eyes narrowed and his expression suddenly became solemn.

Zhu Di never told anyone that Li Jinglong was going to Japan with him, not even his eldest son Zhu Gaochi.

He believed in Li Jinglong's character and would never publicize it to the outside world, as it would be disadvantageous to him, not to mention letting the Jinyiwei know.

So how did Jiang Li know this news?

Could it be that Jiang Li dared to spy on me secretly?

Is this what the emperor meant?

After a little thought, Zhu Di rejected this speculation.

He believed that his personal guards would never be able to be monitored for such a long time without realizing it.

Because of his envy for the Jinyiwei organization, Zhu Di had a group of elite backbones who were good at gathering intelligence, even though there were not many people here.

The person who was able to do this was once a top scout in the army.

Zhu Di was confident that he was no worse than the elite Jinyiwei, with perhaps the only difference being in terms of relationships and intelligence.

It is absolutely impossible to be unaware of being monitored.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di did not hesitate and asked directly: "Where did Commander Jiang hear this?"

Jiang Li heard this, and a hint of understanding flashed in his eyes. He said, "I am a Jinyiwei, and I naturally have my own way. I won't bother you, Your Highness, to worry about it."

Hearing this, Zhu Di secretly thought that something was wrong.

Unexpectedly, I was cheated by Jiang Li.

Indeed, Jiang Lin actually didn't know what Li Jinglong and Zhu Di talked about. Without the emperor's order, he had no power to monitor the royal heirs.

The information that could be obtained was that Li Jinglong had once been to Prince Yan's Mansion.

Li Jinglong did not come to the Prince of Yan's Mansion frequently. He came when he was at the Overseas Talent Recruitment Hall and the new system for vassal kings was issued. Naturally, it was very likely that this was related to this matter.

However, although Jiang Li received a clear answer from Prince of Yan Zhu Di, he was still somewhat shocked.

The relationship between Duke Cao Li Jinglong and Prince of Yan Zhu Di had actually reached such a deep level.

As your Majesty's dear nephew, a royal relative, and the title of Duke.

He would rather give up the endless wealth and glory and go to Japan to help the King of Yan. His righteousness is truly amazing.

Just when Zhu Di was about to say something, Jiang Li suddenly stood up and bowed, saying, "Your Highness, I have other things to do here according to the order of Your Majesty, so I will not bother you any more and will take my leave first."

Zhu Di uttered the word "OK" between his teeth.

Then he watched Jiang Li leave in a hurry.

Zhu Di was very clear that his relationship with Li Jinglong would be told to his father. Even now, the place Jiang Lin was about to go to was the Cao Guogong Mansion.

Thinking of this, Zhu Di's gloomy face showed some bitterness.

It was really an unexpected disaster. It would have been fine if I had been involved in it, but how could I have been implicated when I knew nothing about it?

Thinking of his father's suspicious character, Zhu Di felt his scalp tingling.

There is no need for any evidence in front of my father. As long as he has a definite guess, I will be in trouble.

Now we can only pray that nothing goes wrong with Li Jinglong.

Jiang Li would really exaggerate the story and report it to my father.

Thinking about the consequences, even for his father and his own son, Zhu Di felt a little chilly.

Such things were not unique to Zhu Di. Even the Prince of Jin Zhu Gang, the Prince of Qin Zhu Chong, and other vassal kings had the Embroidered Uniform Guard go to inquire and make records.

This can be considered as treating everyone equally, but when Jiang Li came to the Prince of Yan's Mansion, it was obvious that Zhu Di treated him as a special priority.

And at this moment there was another person, deep in the palace, with a flushed face.

It was the emperor’s grandson Zhu Yunwen.

"Why do you ask that? He is my elder brother, my dear elder brother. How could I possibly have the idea of ​​assassinating him?"

"You are so bold that you dare to ruin my brotherly relationship. I will definitely report this to Grandfather Emperor."

Obviously, Zhu Yunwen's temper was not as bad as Zhu Di's.

When Zhu Di was questioned by Jiang Li, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, Zhu Yunwen was also questioned by Liu He, the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department.

Even if you are careful with your wording, this is something that cannot be avoided.

Zhu Yunwen felt the connection between them and was furious.

"Your Highness, please do not be upset. It is His Majesty's intention to ask the princes. This is also to prevent the princes' brothers from being suspicious of each other, and to dispel the doubts of His Highness the Crown Prince."

"Although His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has not had such thoughts, even if he did, I think he would not say it out loud."

"Your Majesty, it is better to tell the story openly than to have a knot in your heart."

Liu He hurriedly explained.

He knew that if His Highness Yunwen made a fuss, he would be the only one to suffer in the end. Nothing good ever came of being involved in the royal family.

After entering the palace for many years, Liu He was able to hold such a position and was quite experienced in dealing with people.

Only say nice things and never gossip about others behind their backs. This is the way to behave and also the way Liu He survived in the palace.

After hearing this, Zhu Yunwen's anger subsided a little.

Although he was still a little unhappy, he felt that it made some sense, so he continued with his previous words: "I have been in the palace all this time, and have not been out, let alone contacting people outside the palace."

"A few days ago, I followed my elder brother's instructions and revised the Ming Dynasty Law at the Dali Temple. The officials I had contact with were all from the Dali Temple. You can find out by asking them."

After listening to Zhu Yunwen's explanation, Liu He certainly had no need to argue.

But then he said: "This old slave has something to tell Your Highness."

"In the files sent over by the Royal Guards, there is information about Mr. Huang Zicheng, a Hanlin scholar. Before the assassination attempt, he seemed to have asked someone to deliver a letter, and then he contacted various friends. This is quite suspicious."

"These actions are not consistent with Huang Hanlin's usual style. They seem to be out of the blue, as if he is discussing something with someone."

"I wonder if Your Highness has heard anything about Huang Hanlin's situation."

When Zhu Yunwen heard this, his heart skipped a beat and his expression suddenly changed.