If you want to plead for Lan Yu, you must not just go to Lao Zhu blankly. That will only make Lan Yu die faster.
So, you have to talk about strategy.
The reason why Lao Zhu wanted to kill Lan Yu was to pave the way for Zhu Yunwen and clear the obstacles.
Therefore, the key to the problem lies in Zhu Yunwen.
At this moment, the East Palace.
"What, you want me to go to Grandpa Huang to plead with Lan Yu?"
Zhu Yunwen jumped up from his chair and looked at Yang Xuan.
That look seemed to say: What do you think? Want me to beg for mercy?
Zhu Yunwen nominally calls Lan Yu uncle, but in fact the two have no blood relationship.
Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi are Lan Yu's biological grandchildren.
Zhu Yunwen knew that Lan Yu had always looked down upon him. In his eyes, only Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi were qualified to inherit the throne.
I'm just lucky.
Therefore, if my grandpa Huang wants to kill Lan Yu, I must be in favor of it with both hands and feet.
plead?
It's absolutely impossible.
"Now, only you, grandson, can save Lan Yu." Yang Xuan cupped his hands and said.
"You should know Lan Yu's attitude towards me."
"You asked me to plead for him, what do you think?" Zhu Yunwen looked at Yang Xuan and asked in confusion.
Yang had expected this scene and was not surprised.
But to save Lan Yu, we must do some ideological work to understand Zhu Yunwen.
"Your Highness."
"You can't think like that."
"Then what should I think?" Zhu Yunwen raised his chin slightly, wanting to hear what Yang Xuan could say about flowers.
"Your Highness, you are no longer an ordinary grandson, but a heir apparent!"
"What is the most important quality for a king?"
"That's so generous!"
"Look at your Majesty."
"How much you hate the Mongols, but after they surrendered, Your Majesty did not treat them differently."
“Some of them are even entrusted with important responsibilities.”
"Take His Majesty's ethnic policy as an example. All ethnic groups are treated equally."
"What's this?"
"This is the pattern!"
"Your Majesty's layout is comparable to that of the Ancestral Dragon."
After hearing these words, Zhu Yunwen asked again: "But what does this have to do with Lan Yu?"
Damn... Yang Xuan cursed in his heart.
"Your Highness, although Lan Yu is not from the same group as us."
"But after all, he made great contributions to the Ming Dynasty."
"I won't kill such people if I can."
"Besides, he has been retired for many years."
"There is not a single confidant in the army, and there is no real power in his hands."
"You are the grandson, the crown prince, and the heir chosen by His Majesty himself."
"The orthodoxy lies with you."
"Are you still afraid that he will rebel?"
"With the way he looks now, who would be so stupid as to do something like this to kill the nine tribes with him?"
"So, it's completely unnecessary."
"Besides, interceding for Lan Yu also reflects His Highness's broad-mindedness."
"Imagine, your Highness can even ignore people who don't deal with His Highness."
"What about those who follow His Highness?"
"Will you treat them badly?" Yang Xuan paused and looked at Zhu Yunwen.
"Of course not." Zhu Yunwen said arrogantly.
"That's it."
"The sage said, Conquer people with virtue."
"This is to convince others with virtue!"
Hearing this, Zhu Yunwen couldn't help but think deeply.
If you think about it carefully, what Yang Xuan said makes sense.
Anyway, Lan Yu is no threat to him now.
Yang Xuan quietly observed Zhu Yunwen's expression and saw that he was shaken, so he continued: "Your Highness, how much Lan Yu supports His Highness the Crown Prince."
"You know it."
"Presumably if His Highness the Crown Prince is still here, he will not watch Lan Yu being killed."
"You can intercede for him and gain a reputation as a filial piety."
"After all, you are begging for His Highness the Crown Prince."
"Okay, okay, I promise." Zhu Yunwen said.
After weighing the pros and cons, I found that it would do no harm to me.
In this case, let Yang Xuan save face.
No problem!
"Thank you, Your Highness!" Yang Xuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.
It's not worth he wasted so much breath.
"Your Highness, shall we go find His Majesty now?"
"Um."
Not long after, the two came to Wuying Hall.
After listening to Da Sun's words, Lao Zhu couldn't help but feel a little confused.
He knew that Lan Yu had gone to find Yang Xuan, so he was waiting for Yang Xuan to come to plead for mercy.
Who would have thought that it would be his eldest grandson who would ask for mercy.
Isn’t this outrageous and fucking opening the door to outrageousness? Isn’t this outrageous enough?
He couldn't help but look at Yang Xuan, a little curious as to how this guy convinced Yun Wen.
If it weren't for the worry that Da Sun couldn't control those arrogant and powerful generals, Lao Zhu wouldn't have had to go on a killing spree.
"Yunwen, have you really thought about it?" Lao Zhu asked.
"Reply to Grandpa Huang."
"My grandson has already thought about it."
"Sapphire cannot be killed."
"No matter how arrogant and domineering he was in the past and how many wrong things he did."
"He was a great contributor to the Ming Dynasty just by destroying the Royal Court of the Northern Yuan Dynasty in the Battle of Yuerhai."
"And judging from his performance in the past few years, he hasn't done anything wrong again."
"He also tried his best to make up for the wrong things he did in the past."
"So the grandson thinks that Lan Yu can be spared."
Zhu Yunwen finished speaking respectfully.
Yang Xuan on the side looked sideways frequently, fearing that the boy had suddenly changed his mind.
In that case, Lan Yu would really die.
Not bad, not bad!
Since the end of the Yuerhai battle, he had witnessed Lan Yu almost get into a big disaster, and Yang Xuan would nag Lan Yu in his ears whenever he had something to do.
Let him make up for the bad things he did before.
Now it seems that he listened.
After hearing what Zhu Yunwen said, Lao Zhu did not answer immediately.
Instead, he meditated.
After a while, Lao Zhu finally spoke: "You two go down first, let's think about this matter."
No, Lao Zhu wouldn't come to kill Lan Yu... Yang Xuan felt worried.
"Your Majesty!" He couldn't help but say.
"What! Do you have anything else to do?" Lao Zhu looked at Yang Xuan and narrowed his eyes.
Yang Xuan was heartbroken and said quickly: "I have nothing to do. Please leave."
Too many words lead to mistakes, and it would be bad if his words had the opposite effect.
After returning to the East Palace with Zhu Yunwen, Yang Xuan thanked him again, and then subconsciously drew a few big cakes, promising to assist him seriously.
In the following days, Yang Xuan began to wait anxiously.
He didn't know exactly what Lao Zhu was thinking.
If he really couldn't save Lan Yu, he would have to find a way to save Lan Yu's grandson and leave a bloodline for the Lan family.
In fact, it's not just him, Lan Yu is also suffering very much these days.
After all, waiting for death is not an easy life.
In this way, more than ten days later, Lao Zhu's decree came down.
First, he talked about Lan Yu's crime, and then said that because of his contribution to the Ming Dynasty, he was exempted from the death penalty, but he could not escape the living crime.
As a result, Lan Yu was dismissed from office, stripped of his position, and had his family property confiscated.
He was ordered to guard Zhu Biao's mausoleum for the rest of his life, and was not allowed to leave Zhongshan without an edict.
Yang Xuan was relieved when he found out.
This result is enough.
Expectations for Lao Zhu cannot be too high.
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