Daming: Grandpa Emperor, please get up and sit on my throne!

As countless thoughts flashed through my mind, as all the confusion, doubt, and bewilderment from before suddenly connected in my mind...

Fu Youde was filled with horror, fear and awe.

Scared.

Naturally, it was just a matter of one thought at the beginning.

Because he was looking at Duke of Song Feng Sheng, who was riding towards him with a smile on his face and at a leisurely pace...

Suddenly I remembered something that I hadn’t paid much attention to before!

Thinking back, both he and Feng Sheng were ordered by the late emperor to command and train troops in Shanxi and Henan. The late emperor passed away suddenly, and Yingtian Prefecture underwent a very smooth transition from the old to the new, and no transfers or arrangements were made for them. He just performed his duties step by step.

During this time, I also heard about how the newly enthroned young emperor of Yingtian Prefecture was foolish, stubborn, and willful, and I always felt dissatisfied and disappointed. How could the previous emperor, who was so wise and powerful, have such a descendant?

Fortunately, later on, news came out about the great thing that the young emperor had done.

While he was eating melon, he unexpectedly received a message from his cousin Fu Youwen who lived far away in Yingtian Prefecture.

Almost at the same time.

His Royal Highness the Prince of Jin in Taiyuan City, Zhu Gang, who was also my relative just married last year, went out hunting and paid me a private visit while he was there.

He also talked to himself about the now-controversial "cheap fabric incident", and even asked him indirectly about his views on the matter, the behavior and opinions of the new emperor, and mentioned the remarks of "the person behind the new emperor" that many people are secretly speculating about.

Because these were things that everyone in the government and the country talked about at that time.

Fu Youde didn't think much about it.

But he kept in mind his cousin in the capital who seldom contacted him, and warned himself very seriously: "Don't mess around, respect His Majesty at all times and in all places, there is no such thing as false advice behind your back."

Even in front of this relative whom he had just married last year, he didn't dare to say anything nonsense.

For nothing else.

The cousin in the capital was a very cautious person. Whether in the previous dynasty or the current dynasty, he had always been concerned about the two of them, one civil and one military. One commanded troops in an important place like Shanxi, and the other was the head of the Ministry of Revenue in the court. Both had sensitive identities, so he had never dared to get too close to him, for fear of being accused of forming a clique for personal gain.

Even in the past two years, there has been almost no contact.

It was precisely because of his caution that he was trusted by the suspicious late emperor and was put in charge of the Ministry of Revenue. Now that the dynasty has changed, he has even been officially promoted to the Minister of Revenue.

But such a cousin suddenly contacted him and said those words, he had no reason not to believe it.

There are nine clan ties between them!

So it is.

During Zhu Gang's seemingly casual chat, Fu Youde only spoke in a righteous manner and did not reveal any other thoughts.

"Thinking about it now... Prince Jin must have had this intention back then! He didn't come looking for me just because he happened to be nearby on a hunting trip. He was deliberately using the excuse of a hunting trip to test me!"

"He's plotting rebellion, and the more supporters behind him the better. So, he's definitely considering me as his relative. However, I've been with the late emperor since before the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and I'm also close friends with Lan Yu and his faction. So, his first move is to test him!"

"But I only acted righteously at the time..."

“That’s why he gave up!”

Thinking of this meeting and chat that he had never taken seriously before, Fu Youde's hands began to tremble belatedly.

He is somewhat skeptical about the new emperor.