Li Jie finally did not answer Mei Yin's question directly. After saying that, he bowed and left. Mei Yin looked at Li Jie's back with a complicated expression. Although he knew that Li Jie's actions were good to everyone, he did not have Li Jie's courage. After all, this violated Lao Zhu's will.

Li Jie also knew what Mei Yin was thinking behind her, but he didn't want to explain anything anymore. Anyway, only Mei Yin, Zhu Yunsheng and himself knew about this. Moreover, Lao Zhu only told Mei Yin at that time. Now he lies, and he became an insider and forced himself to change Lao Zhu's will. Even if Mei Yin doesn't agree, he can't turn the tables.

Of course, Li Jie also knew that as long as Mei Yin was not stupid, he would not tell the truth, because if he told the truth, he might be labeled as slandering Emperor Taizu. After all, Li Jie has already come up with a solution of the best of both worlds. If Mei Yin insists on the truth, he will only ask for trouble.

In addition, Li Jie also knew that when he was in the warm room just now, Zhu Yunxiu probably saw that he was lying, but he pretended to believe it, and then decided to make the matter a decision. In this way, the emperor would no longer have to bear any infamy, nor would he ruin Lao Zhu's reputation, so Zhu Yunxiu would not allow others to overturn the case in the future.

In the next few days, Li Jie still stayed at the Fufu Department every day. The entire Jinyiwei completely extended his hand to every corner of the capital, collecting various information related to Zhu Yunwen, but he never gained anything. Huang Zicheng and others still did not move at all.

To be honest, Li Jie was also a little anxious at this time, but he also knew that this was a patient competition. He and Huang Zicheng, Zhu Yunwen and others had already fallen into this competition. Whoever couldn't stand his temper first might lose the bet.

In fact, Li Jie is pretty good. After all, he is the active party. Zhu Yunxi and Huang Zicheng are the passive party. They can’t do anything at all now. They can only wait for Li Jie to relax their vigilance and take a risk.

However, this patient competition is not without time limit. In fact, for Zhu Yunwen, the sooner he escapes from the capital, the better, because he can only maximize his value when Zhu Yunwen's throne has not yet been firmly seated. However, if Zhu Yunwen holds the throne firmly, it will be useless to escape again. Even if he arrives in Nanjing, he may be tied up and sent to Zhu Yunwen.

It was because Li Jie knew the above that he could wait patiently. He knew that Zhu Yunwen would definitely be unable to sit still.

Sure enough, just that morning, Li Jie had just had breakfast and was sitting at the desk checking the information he had just sent today, but suddenly Huang Hua walked in with an anxious look on his face and said, "Mr. Concubine, something is wrong!"

"What's the situation?" Li Jie immediately stood up and asked when he heard this.

"A sudden rumors appeared in the city, saying yes... said yes..." Huang Hua suddenly showed a hesitant expression when he said this, as if it was difficult to say anything else.

"You don't have any taboos on what the rumors say!" Li Jie could see at a glance what Huang Hua was in a dilemma. It was estimated that some taboo things might be involved in the rumors, so he did not dare to say anything randomly.

"Yes!" Huang Hua finally gave up his concern and said again, "The rumors in the city said that the late emperor died of an acute illness. When he was dying, he wanted to make his eldest son Zhu Yunwen the emperor, but... but..."

Huang Hua hesitated again when he said this, and finally gritted his teeth and continued: "But at that time, the prince consort and General Lan Yu sent troops to block the imperial city and the capital, and then forcibly establish the current emperor as the emperor, and also hid the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Yunxie, and even said that Zhu Yunwen might have been killed!"

"It's nonsense!" Li Jie was so angry that he slapped the table. This rumor was so bold that he actually arranged both him and Zhu Yunxi into it, and it was a big deal like the replacement of the throne, which was simply seeking death.

"Stop the anger of the prince, the subordinates have asked their subordinates to investigate. As long as they find out who made the rumors, they will immediately arrest the other party!" Huang Hua was shocked when he saw Li Jie getting angry and immediately explained.

However, after Li Jie got angry, he suddenly calmed down again. He suddenly walked back and forth twice, and finally stopped and said, "No, this is a trap!"

"What trap?" Huang Hua was stunned at first when he heard this, and then asked in confusion.

"This is someone who is throwing a stone to ask for directions. The purpose is to mix up the water from the capital and take the opportunity to find an opportunity to escape!" Li Jie touched his chin and said to himself. It is impossible for outsiders to know the details of Zhu Biao's death, and those who know it will not easily spread it, so the only possibility is that these news was deliberately released by Zhu Yunwen and others.

Huang Hua was also very smart. He woke up immediately when he heard Li Jie's words. He immediately slapped his hands and said, "So that's it. These people are indeed cunning. If it weren't for the reminder of the prince-consort, I would have been deceived by them!"

"Wait a minute, I remember three days later, it will be the day when Emperor Taizu's coffin left the capital?" Li Jie suddenly thought of another thing.

Zhu Yuanzhang died in Beijing, but Xiaoling Mausoleum was in Nanjing, and after Empress Ma passed away, he was buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum. Therefore, Lao Zhu had a last word and asked him to be buried in Xiaoling Mausoleum after his death. Mei Yin had been busy with this matter before, and the funeral team was ready.

However, it is worth mentioning that when Zhu Biao was alive, he was going to personally guard Lao Zhu's coffin to Nanjing. However, now Zhu Yunqiu did not plan to go. Instead, he sent someone to summon King Zhu's coffin to Beijing and asked him to escort Lao Zhu's coffin to Xiaoling for himself. You must know that before Lao Zhu passed away, in order to prevent the prince from causing trouble, he personally issued a will to "never come to the capital if the kings come to the country." However, Zhu Yunqiu still made an exception and invited the King of Zhou to the capital to replace him.

In fact, it’s not that Zhu Yunyu is unfilial, but that he can’t move at all. After all, he is not Zhu Biao. Zhu Biao inherits the throne in a stable manner. Not only does Lao Zhu have many arrangements, but Zhu Biao himself is also very popular. It can be said that as long as Zhu Biao is there, Zhu Di, and Zhu Xi are all obedient.

But now Zhu Biao suddenly died, and Zhu Yunyu succeeded to the throne without any preparation. It can be said that the throne was extremely empty, and Zhu Yunwen escaped, which made Zhu Yunyu feel an incomparable crisis. Therefore, Zhu Yunyu could only sit in the capital and dare not go anywhere. After all, if he dared to leave the capital, someone would dare to rebel afterwards.
Chapter completed!