May.
Zhu Yunwen arrested Min King Zhu Zhen on the charge of "illegal activities", deposed him as a commoner, and exiled him to Zhangzhou.
Subsequently, Qi King Zhu Shu was also deposed as a commoner.
…
Beijing, night.
The Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei.
Xu Huizu was still reading military books in the study.
At this time, there was a knock on the door.
"Who?" Xu Huizu asked.
But no one answered.
He became wary.
He pulled out the dagger from his calf, held it in his hand, and slowly walked towards the door.
At the same time, he was still asking: "Who is outside?"
Just when he was about to give the person at the door a surprise attack, the door was suddenly pushed open.
He only felt a gust of wind blowing across his face, and then the dagger in his hand disappeared.
There was a sudden thought in his heart.
Then he saw the person coming and breathed a sigh of relief.
"Senior brother, you are not..." His eyes were full of doubts.
Yang Xuan did not answer, but blew out the candles in the room.
"If I want to figure it out, no one can stop me." Yang Xuan sat down on the chair next to him and said calmly.
Xu Huizu was startled, and after thinking about it, it was the same.
With his senior brother's strength, no one can stop him.
"I wonder why senior brother came to visit late at night?" Xu Huizu came back to his senses and asked.
"Let me ask you, do you often correspond with senior sister?" Yang Xuan asked.
"Yes, is there any problem?" Xu Huizu asked.
"have."
"Let me ask you again, did you find out about King Yan through letters with senior sister?"
"And then told His Majesty all this information?" Yang Xuan asked again.
"Everyone knows the heart of King Yan."
"I just did what a minister should do." Xu Huizu did not deny it.
"you…"
"Do you know how sad you will make Senior Sister if you do this?" Yang Xuan was angry.
"So what, she is Princess Yan, and I am His Majesty's minister."
"Everything I did was just my duty as a minister." Xu Huizu said.
"It's the duty of a minister." Yang Xuan sneered.
"Senior brother, you..."
"Could it be that you, senior brother..." Xu Huizu didn't say any more, but from his tone, you knew what he was going to say.
"He is not suitable to be emperor. I will support him with someone else. Is there any problem?" Yang Xuan said.
"Senior brother, although His Majesty has punished you, and I know you are unhappy, he is Your Majesty after all, and we are ministers."
"How can we betray the monarch?" Xu Huizu advised.
"Is this the reason why you are loyal to Zhu Yunwen?" Yang Xuan said bluntly.
Hearing this, Xu Huizu frowned, obviously dissatisfied with Yang Xuan calling the emperor by his first name.
But thinking of his senior brother's courage, he didn't say anything more.
Seeing Xu Huizu's silence, Yang Xuan hated the iron and said: "You are foolish and loyal."
"A true loyal minister is loyal to the world and the country."
"You don't have to be loyal to whoever sits in that position."
"Zhu Yunwen restored the mine fields, reversed the course of history, forcibly cut down the feudal vassals, and harmed his relatives."
"He is indecisive and only listens to the words of nerds like Huang Zicheng."
"Not fit to be an emperor at all."
"It is true that he has done several good things, but this does not deny the fact that he is not a good emperor."
"You are loyal to Zhu Yunwen, but does he really believe in you?"
"You are King Yan's brother-in-law. This status is destined to never gain Zhu Yunwen's trust."
"Coupled with the fact that he is close to the civil servants, even if you kill your relatives out of righteousness, you still won't be able to gain Zhu Yunwen's trust."
"And don't forget that the rise and fall of the entire Xu family depends on you alone."
"Are you going to drag the entire Xu family together for such a person to fulfill your reputation as a loyal minister?"
"Haha, I'm afraid in the end, it's not the name of a loyal minister that will make you happy, but you will be scolded for being foolish and loyal."
"The descendants of the Xu family will also scold you."
Listening to Yang Xuan's words, Xu Huizu fell into deep thought.
He recalled Zhu Yunwen's attitude towards him, and his persistence wavered.
However, his past education told him that he could not betray the emperor and should be a loyal minister.
"Senior brother, are you here late at night just to say these things to me?"
"Why, are you still loyal to Zhu Yunwen?" Yang Xuan said.
"Brother, don't make things difficult for me."
"I can pretend you haven't been here today."
Xu Huizu said.
"You...stupid!" Yang Xuan pointed at Xu Huizu, his chest heaving, obviously angry.
He has said so much, but Xu Huizu is still stubborn.
"Senior brother, there is no way I can betray His Majesty!"
Yang Xuan was silent.
He didn't believe that Xu Huizu didn't understand the pros and cons involved.
It can only be said that Xu Huizu is foolish and loyal.
He said nothing more and quietly left the Duke of Wei's mansion.
Finally, he looked back at the Duke of Wei's mansion.
There are many wonderful memories of him here.
"Junior brother, I can't watch you destroy the Xu family."
…
A few days later.
Huang Zicheng secretly reported to Zhu Yunwen that he had found a secret letter between Xu Huizu and King Yan.
The letter said that if the King of Yan rebelled, he would definitely provide support in the court.
Zhu Yunwen had no doubts about Huang Zicheng, so he did not doubt the authenticity of the secret letter.
He immediately called Xu Huizu to confront him.
Although Xu Huizu strongly denied it, between him and Huang Zicheng, Zhu Yunwen obviously trusted the latter more.
Xu Huizu was hard to argue with.
Later, Zhu Yunwen issued an order to imprison Xu Huizu at home.
Punishment will be carried out after Yan Fan is dealt with.
…
The Duke's Mansion of the State of Wei.
Xu Huizu stayed in the yard in a daze, and his energy was gone.
He was loyal to the emperor, but he got this result.
As for whether the secret letter was true or false, Xu Huizu was sure it was false and someone framed it.
He never wrote such a letter.
The handwriting in Credible was the same as his, and he couldn't refute it at all.
He had suspicions about the person who framed him, but there was no evidence.
Yang Xuan just looked for him a few days ago, and not long after, the secret message appeared in front of Zhu Yunwen.
He didn't believe it if it had nothing to do with Yang Xuan.
"Oh, that's it!" Xu Huizu sighed inwardly.
Zhu Yunwen's distrust of him chilled him. At the same time, Yang Xuan's words a few days ago kept recurring in his mind.
"Maybe only in this way can the Xu family get out of this struggle." He thought to himself.
As for telling Zhu Yunwen that Yang Xuan framed him, he had also thought about it.
But the emperor did not trust him, and Huang Zicheng and others were obstructing him.
He has no evidence, and Zhu Yunwen will definitely not believe it based on his few words.
"Brother, I didn't expect it, I didn't expect that you and His Highness Prince Yan..."
"Hmm~hehe!"
I don't know when Xu Zengshou came and gave Xu Huizu an expression of 'So you are like this too'.
He was implicated by Xu Huizu and is now imprisoned at home.
Looking at his brother's expression, Xu Huizu realized that he had already taken refuge with King Zhu Di of Yan.
"Brother, you hide it really deep!"
Xu Huizu shook his head, unable to argue.
Simply say nothing.
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