In the Jingren Hall of the East Palace, Zhu Yunxi sat behind a rosewood and huanghuali writing desk.

The green smoke from the pine and crane incense burner in the hall was lingering, and Zhu Yunxi's face was amidst the light sandalwood, which made it difficult to see clearly.

Li Jinglong had arrived, but he did not receive him immediately.

This was his first time to meet with a minister, and he met the minister with a purpose. Even if this person had a bad reputation in history, he had to create an atmosphere. One has the right to speak, and a deterrent atmosphere.

It's like being called by the principal suddenly while studying. Then when you get to the office, you find that the principal doesn't speak. Do you panic?

Li Jinglong stood outside the hall, holding two simple gift boxes in his hands, full of anxiety.

Just before coming, he deliberately gave the eunuch who was delivering the message two gems to tell him something. The news he got frightened him.

The old prince was angry today and spent the rest of the day cursing. After scolding people, you have a conversation with King Wu, and King Wu will see you.

It seems that His Highness King Wu is not in a good mood right now!

As long as it doesn't involve military affairs, Li Jinglong has always been smart. After much thought, he decided that he would definitely not be asked to talk about home affairs today if he had nothing to do. Something must have happened that made the old emperor unhappy, and it must have something to do with his Li family.

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger, you always have to be careful.

Li Jinglong stood outside the hall for half an hour, his waist aching from the weight of the armor on his body, and he did not dare to move.

At this time, a eunuch whispered at the door of the palace, "Mr. Cao Guo, His Highness King Wu lets you in!"

Li Jinglong breathed a sigh of relief and stepped forward holding the gift box.

"Your Majesty, Li Jinglong, come see His Highness King Wu!" After entering the palace, Li Jinglong walked up to Zhu Yunxi and bowed to see him.

The quiet Jingren Hall was filled with Li Jinglong's deliberately heavy footsteps and the sound of the armor leaves on his body, but Zhu Yunxi behind the desk didn't seem to hear it. Amidst the green smoke of sandalwood, he covered his face with a book.

Li Jinglong is a minister, and King Wu is the emperor's direct grandson, and he is deeply favored by the old emperor. King Wu didn't let him get up, so Li Jinglong could only keep bending down and clasping his fists.

He lowered his head and couldn't see Zhu Yunxi's face clearly, but Zhu Yunxi could see that he looked a little embarrassed. Bending down and clasping your fists may seem simple, but if your body is not that strong, you may feel sore if you hold it for a few minutes.

Today, Zhu Yunxi not only wants to beat him, but also wants to subdue him.

Although this is a person with a bad reputation and useless in history. But as a superior, there is no useless person. It only depends on how to use him, where he is placed, and what he is asked to do. Of course, Zhu Yunxi would never let Li Jinglong send troops to fight in his life.

If the person saluting there at this moment was a meritorious veteran, Zhu Yunxi would never do this. He would humbly use the junior salute and ask people to sit down. But Li Jinglong is different. He has no military exploits and no deep foundation in the military. He is a relative of the Zhu family, and all honors and disgraces are in the hands of the royal family.

Moreover, selling favors to those veterans is not as cost-effective as selling them to Li Jinglong!

Many of those people are from the original lineage of princes. They do not look at the face of the monk but also the face of the Buddha. But Li Jinglong is different. This guy has not come to pay homage to him yet.

For a long time, just when Li Jinglong felt that there were ants crawling in his armor, and he was itching unbearably, Zhu Yunxi slowly said, "Coming?"

"His Highness has summoned me, I will be here soon!" Li Jinglong hurriedly said loudly again, shaking his old armor that was full of traces of war.

Not to mention, if you really didn't know what he was doing, you would be easily fooled by his general appearance.

Zhu Yunxi put down the book and said calmly, "Give Duke Cao Guo a piece of cake!"

The palace attendants in the palace gently carried a hollow carved red sandalwood pier and placed it behind Li Jinglong.

"Your Majesty, thank you!" Li Jinglong lifted the hem of his armor and sat down with a clatter. He really looked like a fierce general.

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At this time, Zhu Yunxi's sitting body slowly moved forward, his hands were placed on the table, his left hand supported his chin, and his index finger slowly tapped his cheek.

Under the bright palace lantern, Zhu Yunxi's face was a bit immature, unique to the Zhu family, looking honest but with a wilted, angular face, so clear.

He was still a young boy, and his lips were slightly covered with fine fuzz, but his eyes were so bright and sharp. There is a hint of playfulness in the sharpness, like a cheetah looking at its prey that is about to reach it.

Li Jinglong's heart twitched violently. This boy was different from his father!

At that time, the prince smiled at everyone he saw, could not find any faults in his etiquette, and was like a Maitreya Buddha. Even if he wants to deal with someone or plot against someone, no one will see it at all. The prince is the kind of person who will kill you if he doesn't mess with you.

But Zhu Yunxi's eyes looked like those of the old prince, belonging to a cat.

When you are angry, you can see clearly, but once you get angry, you can't hide. And before you catch the prey, you have to play with it first. When it's almost time to play, give it one last try.

"I wonder why His Highness called me here?" Li Jinglong couldn't help but said, unable to act calm.

Zhu Yunxi's slender fingers were still tapping on his cheeks, half-smiling but not smiling, "You wear iron armor when you enter the palace at night?"

"I have a concurrent job as the Commander-in-Chief of the Fifth Army and the army in front of the palace, so naturally I don't dare to slack off!" Li Jinglong said sternly, "Besides, I am a military general of the Ming Dynasty, so I naturally have to wear iron armor!"

As he spoke, he touched the fish scales with forging patterns on the armor on his body and said loudly, "This armor was left by my father. He wore this armor back then and followed the old emperor on his expeditions."

"After it has been passed down to me, I will wear it every day, so I will not forget the difficulties of founding the country, let alone my own identity!"

"Have you never forgotten your original intention?" Zhu Yunxi suddenly laughed.

Look, these words could be said in a hurry by a real warrior? This is simply the Ming Dynasty version of never forgetting your original intention and being prepared for danger in times of peace.

Zhu Yunxi looked at the other party with interest and thought to himself.

"If I were a little kid, I might have been fooled by his pretentious attitude. I really thought he was a general!"

"Is it possible that Emperor Jianwen of the original time and space was so confused by him that he chose him to fight Yongle, but he was beaten violently and the prototype was created!"

Although Li Jinglong had never heard of the word "never forget the original intention", he could understand that he was more solemn at the moment, "I don't dare to praise His Highness, I am just doing my duty."

At this point, Li Jinglong suddenly raised his head, glanced at Zhu Yunxi blankly, and suddenly became excited, "Your Highness, where you are sitting, you look exactly like the Crown Prince before!"

Then, he immediately lowered his head and said emotionally, "I was very naughty when I was young. If the prince hadn't thought of my relatives and tried my best to teach him, I would have been useless and would have been a dandy."

"Later, my father left, leaving me as a fatherless child. The crown prince treated me like a nephew!" Li Jinglong rubbed his eyes with his broad palms, "He greeted me with care and concern, and promoted me personally. The prince is young and young. Passed away, every time I think of this, I feel... uncomfortable!"

You're a fucking actor!

Zhu Yunxi cursed in his heart and almost applauded him.

After coming to Daming for so long, I finally met a shameless person. Not only is it shameless, but it is also very good at licking, and the licking is so damn layered and high-end.

Still treating you like a nephew?

That's how it goes according to seniority. But Zhu Biao was less than 40 when he left, and Li Jinglong is in his 30s this year. Zhu Biao was only a few years older than him. How dare you call him a child?

Missing someone else's dead father in front of someone else's son, and then saying how good the other person was to him, it would be better to say directly to Zhu Yunxi, how noble you are, how good you are to me, how much I miss you.

According to the concept of this era, these words are simply a true expression of true feelings. Li Jinglong is simply a big and good person who knows how to appreciate kindness.

It can be pretended, coaxed, and licked. No wonder Emperor Jianwen didn't kill Zhu Di even in the original time and space, and he didn't even say harsh words.

If this kind of acting skills were left to future generations, he would be considered the best actor.

Looking at Li Jinglong's sad face, Zhu Yunxi really wanted to tell him, "Since you miss my dad so much, why don't you go with him?"

Okay, if you can act, so can I!

Zhu Yunxi also made a sad look, sighed and said, "Hey, thank you for remembering, it's not in vain for me to say good things about you in front of Grandpa Huang!"

Li Jinglong's ears immediately stood up and he listened carefully.

"Originally, Grandpa Huang wanted to hand you over to the Jin Yiwei, but I stopped him!"

Jinyiwei? Li Jinglong almost stood up from the pier. How could he hand me over to Jin Yiwei so easily?

Even though he is a relative of the emperor, since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, how many relatives of the emperor have died at the hands of Jin Yiwei?

In the hands of Jin Yiwei, they will lose their skin even if they don't die. Those people are the emperor's dogs!

If it had been in the past, Li Jinglong might not have been afraid. He thought he would be more popular with the old prince.

But a few days ago, the news that Jiang Xiahou was fed up with the old prince for some reason and was poisoned by the Jinyi Guards has begun to spread among the nobles on a small scale. Jiang Xiahou was a fellow countryman of the emperor, a lifelong friend, but he died in the hands of Jin Yiwei.

The old prince looks kind and kind, but when he kills someone, it doesn't matter who you are!

There were thousands of thoughts in his mind, and Zhu Yunxi continued, "I told Grandpa Huang that you are a relative of the Zhu family after all, and it would not look good in the hands of Jin Yiwei. So..."

Li Jinglong raised his head and Zhu Yunxi smiled, "So, let's hand it over to the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, Inspectorate, and the three departments for trial!"

"Your Highness!" Li Jinglong couldn't sit still anymore and stood up directly, "I... what did you do wrong?"

"You broke Grandpa Huang's heart!" Zhu Yunxi said lightly.

"I'm...unjustly accused!" Li Jinglong was flustered in his heart. Was Zhu Yunxi's words too big? It was too scary.

"Unjustly accused?" Zhu Yunxi sneered, "Is it true that Li Jinglong, the Duke of Cao State, occupied more than 200 hectares of farmland, ponds, and forests in his hometown in Xuyi?"

Suddenly, cold sweat broke out on Li Jinglong's head.