Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

Chapter 205; Decision

"Yes, please think twice, Your Majesty."

Wen Songtao, who was beside him, also hurriedly tried to persuade him.

Emperor Hongwen stood there silently, looking at Duke Zhen who was kneeling on the ground with cold eyes.

He is very dissatisfied and angry about today's matter, which the aristocratic family shirked.

But he didn't really want to use the sword directly and let Zhen Guogong come. In fact, he wanted to see what Zhen Guogong's attitude was towards his order.

Seeing it now, to be honest, he was not happy at all.

Because he could clearly feel that the reason why Lord Zhen Guo refused was not because of him.

He was more concerned about the country, to be precise, he was thinking about the stability of the country in the future of the First Prince.

As far as today's matter is concerned, if the person in his position is the First Prince, Duke Zhen may not even have to wait for the order, as he himself would ask for orders to deal with those aristocratic families.

Not to mention complete annihilation, but it will definitely give a stern warning.

Instead of thinking about doing nothing now.

Since Wang Yu was attacked earlier, and he planned to hand over the position of the left imperial guard to King Jin, Lord Zhen Guo has never made a statement about the drought in the court.

Even if he asked questions openly, Lord Zhen was as friendly as everyone else, and he didn't give any constructive suggestions at all.

He also knew that Lord Zhen Guo was dissatisfied with the fact that the eldest prince had not been appointed as the crown prince, and the commander of the left imperial guards.

"You go back."

Emperor Hongwen suddenly waved his hand.

The two agreed and exited the imperial study.

Not long after they left, Wang De also left the Imperial Study, and not long after, His Royal Highness King Jin was summoned to the Imperial Study.

Regarding the command of the Left Imperial Guard, although it has been brought up, the real acceptance of fate has not yet been issued.

Now that he has understood Duke Zhen's attitude, some things must be decided.

The Duke of Zhen has changed, and it is absolutely impossible for him to let him continue to grow.

He needs to lift someone up to do something for him.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

"Emperor brother, don't be too polite, come and sit down."

Emperor Hongwen smiled and waved at him.

After King Jin saluted again, he walked over and sat down opposite Emperor Hongwen.

"I don't know Your Majesty, why did you call me here?"

As soon as he sat down, King Jin asked directly.

In fact, he had probably guessed in his heart what Emperor Hongwen was going to do.

He knows everything about today, even what happened in the imperial study just now.

"Emperor brother, have you ever complained about being a brother in these years?"

Emperor Hongwen's sudden question made King Jin stunned for a moment.

Just as he was about to speak, Emperor Hongwen spoke again: "Brother, I want to hear the truth."

Hearing this, King Jin was silent for a moment, looked up at him and said, "Yes."

Hearing this answer, Emperor Hongwen did not get angry, on the contrary he was somewhat satisfied.

For these years, he will not be satisfied with his defense against King Jin, if King Jin replied that he has no resentment.

"Ever since Brother Huang came to power, I feel that you have changed and become very unreasonable."

"You even want to kill me. This is the last thing I can accept."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen looked at him silently, with a flash of apology in his eyes.

At that time, when he first came to the throne, he was very suspicious, thinking that all his brothers could threaten his position, so, for this position, he did not hesitate to find all kinds of unfounded charges and slaughter those brothers.

Even Prince Jin, who was only eleven years old at the time, did not intend to let him go.

If it weren't for Dachang Princess Libao, perhaps King Jin would have been wiped out like his other elder brothers.

"Back then, I thought about it for a while, and I was sorry for you."

When King Jin heard this, he turned his head and looked away, and continued, "The former emperor was very kind to me. Every time he came back from outside, he would bring me a lot of things."

"When you succeeded in ascending the throne, I was very happy, very happy."

"At that time, I was thinking, my brother has ascended the throne, and he will be the emperor in the future, and I will have a good life."

"But I didn't expect that"

Having said that, he paused, and the eyes of Emperor Hongwen who was opposite him were even more apologetic.

I also recalled many things when I was young.

His mother and concubine died early, leaving him and his sister to live in the huge palace, without the care of his mother and concubine, and the late emperor's attention. At that time, life for their siblings was not only difficult, but also very dangerous.

Be careful every day to guard against the calculations of other people in the palace.

It wasn't until they met King Jin's mother and concubine that their lives changed slightly.

And the mother and concubine of King Jin also helped their siblings a lot.

At that time, he was very grateful to her in his heart, and at the same time, he also sincerely loved Jin Wang, his younger brother.

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At this moment, he let go of his vigilance. He felt very guilty when he heard King Jin's words and recalled those things in the past.

"Brother Huang, do you know how I have lived outside these years?"

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen opened his mouth. Of course he knew it, and he was very clear about it, and he even acquiesced in some things.

King Jin suddenly laughed.

The smile was a little bitter.

"I am careful day and night, for fear that if I make a mistake, I will be killed by Brother Huang."

"Although I have the status of a prince, there is no one in the capital who really likes me."

Suddenly, his eyes sharpened, and he turned to look at Emperor Hongwen.

"At that time, I hated, hated you brother, you still wanted to kill me for the seat you already got."

"I also hate you for not keeping your promises. Before your mother and concubine died, you promised her, but after you took that seat, you completely forgot."

"I have scolded you for being ungrateful more than once in my heart."

Facing his fierce eyes, Emperor Hongwen was not angry, but complicated.

That's right, back then when he was still a prince, he loved this younger brother very much.

After getting the seat, the first thing he thought of was not how to take care of this younger brother, but how to kill him.

He also forgot all about the entrustments of Jin Wangmu and concubine before she died because of that seat.

Ingratitude, this is indeed a good scolding.

"Emperor brother, right?"

Before he could finish apologizing, the stern look in King Jin's eyes faded, and he returned to the gentle look just now.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to apologize."

"At the beginning, I really couldn't figure out a lot, but as I grew up, I understood."

"Although you thought about it, you didn't really do anything to me. From this point of view, you at least remember some affection with my younger brother."

Emperor Hongwen and King Jin chatted a lot in the imperial study.

It was all about the past, but it didn't mention a word about what happened after Emperor Hongwen ascended the throne.

Emperor Hongwen did not say that he would be the commander of the Left Guards.

After King Jin left, Emperor Hongwen sat quietly for a long time.

"Wang De drafted an edict."

In the afternoon of the same day, an imperial decree was passed on to Prince Jin's mansion.

"Congratulations, my lord, for taking over the post of Commander of the Left Imperial Guard."

(End of this chapter)