Almighty Nongmen Phoenix

The next day, dawn.

There was no morning court today, and Emperor Hongwen got up early as usual, and when he woke up, Wang De immediately went to serve him.

"Your Majesty, Zhou Shi and Zhang Duan of Yushitai are asking to see you."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen was slightly taken aback, and it took him a while to remember who these two people were.

"Come here after only one night? It seems that the people under Prince Li are not good either."

That's right, the two people who asked to see him at this time were both members of Prince Li's faction, and they were the second of the people who appeared in Prince Li's mansion yesterday.

He was also the one who wrote to impeach Lu Yaoyao.

"That's right, do you want to see me?"

"Don't worry, let them wait first, wait until I have had breakfast."

Hearing this, Wang De nodded, and waited for Emperor Hongwen to dress and wash before he sent someone to deliver the meals.

After all the tossing, more than half an hour has passed.

"Send the two of them in."

After a while, Zhou Shi and Zhang Duan walked in from the outside, and they knelt down together as soon as they stood still.

"I have seen Your Majesty."

"The two lovers are dead."

However, the two of them did not move, and Emperor Hongwen frowned slightly.

"Is something wrong with you two?"

Zhou Shi on the left quickly kowtowed and crawled down, loudly explaining in detail his intention to come and Prince Li's intention to leave the capital.

Zhang Duan next to him also followed closely, and told everything he knew, including what he had heard about Prince Li colluding with the Fourth Prince of Northern Chu in the Northland.

"Your Majesty, the subject is guilty."

Hearing this, Emperor Hongwen was not as furious as they imagined, but said flatly; "Get up, I already know these things."

"Didn't I let you leave the capital and go to the Northland together in three days? Are you betraying Prince Li?"

As soon as these words came out, the two people who had just stood up knelt down again, and their hearts were extremely shocked.

So the emperor already knew about it?Even knew about their secret conversation yesterday?
But soon the two of them felt a little lucky, fortunately they knew their way back and didn't continue to go all the way to the dark, otherwise they might have to go to the guillotine for a while.

"If we are loyal to the court and His Majesty, how dare we join the rebellious party. In the past, it was only because of Prince Li's support that we got closer to it."

"Your Majesty is guilty, and after returning home, I will write a letter to resign, and I hope His Majesty will forgive me."

As soon as Zhou Shi had finished speaking, Zhang Duan next to him also said that he would also resign.

Both of them knew that since they chose this path, they had to give up some things.

It doesn't matter if you don't want this official position, at least the lives of your family will be saved.

"There's no need to ask for your resignation. Since you have lost your way and found your way back, I'm not an intolerant person, but you have to stay away from Prince Li's mansion in the future, otherwise I won't be so merciful."

When the two heard that the emperor was so magnanimous, they were all pleasantly surprised. They kowtowed to express their gratitude, and at the same time showed their loyalty again and again.

"Go down."

When the two left, Wang De asked in surprise, "Your Majesty, let them go like this?"

"It's just small characters. Their foundations are very shallow. Now that the biggest backer is gone, they can't make any waves. Instead, they can be used later."

As he said, these two are small roles. Instead of letting them resign, it is better to give them a chance. It will be convenient when they want to use it in the future, isn't it?
After all, these two people are both from Yushitai, which is a relatively special department.

"Is there any movement at Prince Li's Mansion?"

Hearing this, Wang De shook his head and said, "I haven't heard any report, why don't I ask this old slave?"

Emperor Hongwen nodded.

"Miss, Hou Si is here."

In the half-mountain villa of Chengyuan Villa, Lu Yaoyao and Cheng Lixue were drinking tea, chatting and playing mahjong on the balcony on the second floor after breakfast.

Qiu Shuang came over suddenly and whispered something in her ear.

"Come and fight for me for a while."

With that said, she stood up and asked Qiushuang to take her place.

"Xiaoxue, Sister Miaomiao, I have something to do, you guys play first, I'll be back later."

"Well, you have something to do first."

Lu Yaoyao turned around and walked out, and when she went out, she saw Hou Si standing at the stairs waiting.

"Go to the study."

Then she went straight to the study, and Hou Si respectfully followed behind.

"Sit down and talk directly if you have anything to say."

While talking, Lu Yaoyao took the teacup from the table beside him and poured Hou Si a glass of water.

"Prince Li and his family have run away."

Hou Si's first sentence shocked Lu Yaoyao so much that he stood there in a daze, and it took him a while to react.

"Be clear, what do you mean by running away?"

Can this still run?
What international joke?Isn't Prince Li's family all in the capital?
She didn't believe that Emperor Hongwen didn't arrange someone to watch Prince Li's mansion, so he could still run away?

"It's true that he ran away, but no one knows about it except us."

"Speaking of which, my subordinates also got this news by accident. Our people have been collecting news in and out of the capital."

"This morning, someone from below reported that late last night, they seemed to see a large group of people leaving, and one of them looked like the eldest grandson of Prince Li."

Hou Si's intelligence network has done really well, and there are eyeliners on almost all the main roads around the capital.

What happened last night is also a coincidence. In the tea shop on the side of an important road at the east gate of the capital, his people were selling tea there.

I got up in the middle of the night and went to the latrine, and when I heard movement outside in the middle of the night, I thought it was a thief, so I checked carefully.

This is incredible, actually saw a lot of people, and there are two carriages, and those people are all well-dressed, with extraordinary temperament, they are not ordinary people at first glance.

He was also curious, why such a person was still busy in the suburbs in the middle of the night, and looked as if he was about to leave overnight.

He observed secretly for a while, and suddenly saw a young man, who he recognized at a glance, this is the eldest grandson of Prince Li's Mansion.

Speaking of which, although the vast majority of people in Prince Li's Mansion live in seclusion, not all of them are locked in the mansion and do not come out to move around.

Prince Li, the eldest grandson, is more mobile and also likes hunting. There is a mountain range more than ten miles away from the east gate, and there are many wild animals. Usually, the dignitaries in the capital like to go hunting in the mountains.

Naturally, he had met Prince Li's eldest grandson several times while selling tea outside the east gate, and even a few times, Prince Li's eldest grandson had rested at his tea stand.

The reason why he knew his identity was from the people who traveled with him.

"Impossible? Even if it is, how could Prince Li's family run from the capital to the eastern suburbs in the middle of the night?"

"Besides, it's not easy to go out of the city in the middle of the night, and the emperor should have arranged someone to watch over it, how could there be no movement at all?"

"This subordinate is also very suspicious of this, so I went to the capital in the morning and sneaked into Prince Li's mansion. All the direct relatives disappeared, and only the maid and the guard were left."