Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Fu Youwen showed a shameless smile, and several more wrinkles appeared on his face.

He patted his chest righteously and said, "At worst, the wine and food expenses for the next two months will be all on my shoulders!"

Zhan Hui rolled his eyes at him and said, "Who cares about your wine and food money?"

After saying this, a trace of worry appeared on his face. "Right now, this isn't the most important thing. The most important thing... is His Majesty's attitude towards this matter! It's true that Old Liu went to advise His Majesty that day, and it's true that he overstepped his bounds. His Majesty was certainly angry, but he's never been as indiscriminate as outsiders seem..."

Fu Youwen also put away the playful smile on his face.

His expression suddenly grew serious. "Yes... Could it be that His Majesty has truly made a choice? Or rather... he has been forced to make a choice? He chose... the side of the Huaixi nobles!"

The two exchanged a dark look.

They chose to bring up this matter in the court today. Firstly, they really wanted to help Liu Sanwu, their revolutionary comrade. Secondly, they were concerned about Zhu Yunhuan's attitude towards the Huaixi nobles.

But they are not like Zhang Wen, who has a pair of sharp eyes and is fully immersed in the situation, nor are they like Zhu Yuanzhang, who is far away in Peking but still knows the situation in Tianfu very well.

They knew nothing about the big promises Zhu Yunhuan had made to the nobles of Huaixi, nor did they have the ability of the Jinyiwei to immediately know everyone's movements after the incident. Naturally, they had no idea about Zhu Yunhuan's psychological tactics of alternating tension and relaxation, arrest and release.

In their view.

It was Liu Sanwu who went to persuade Zhu Yunhuan and was severely punished.

Why the heavy penalty?

The only explanation can only be for the Huaixi nobles!

Especially since they tentatively mentioned Liu Sanwu in the court today, it caused Zhu Yunhuan great anger...which seemed to further prove this point, which made them even more uneasy.

Zhan Hui nodded, his face as gloomy as water, his eyes narrowed slightly as he said, "I'm afraid... it's almost certain. Between two evils, choose the lesser. For Your Majesty, neither choice is good. It's better to indulge the Huaixi nobles than to oppose them and immediately incur disaster."

There was no harsh condemnation of Zhu Yunhuan in his words. Zhan Hui was a smart man and understood that when one was stuck in a dilemma, one had to choose a path.

Just as he was stroking his beard, frowning, and looking serious, Fu Youwen beside him suddenly said, "But... Heqing Hou and his men in Fengyang have all stopped."

"Uh..." Zhan Hui was speechless for a moment, not knowing what to say. He just felt that although the situation... seemed... to be getting better.

But it seems a bit weird.

How could that group of barbarians be so honest?

They were already ready to take action. Logically speaking, after His Majesty made his attitude clear, they should have acted with all their might and determination!

Zhan Hui couldn't figure it out for a moment, so he could only spread his hands in a helpless smile: "Could it be that our Majesty... is really the so-called destined one, with even the heavens on his side?"

Fu Youwen pinched his chin and pondered for a moment.

Then he looked at Zhan Hui and said, "Could it be that... there is something we don't understand?"

Zhan Hui raised his eyebrows.

He did not comment on what Fu Youwen said.

Obviously, he doesn't agree with it in his heart.

After all, ever since he entered the officialdom, he had been able to thrive and rise rapidly under the difficult-to-serve emperor Zhu Yuanzhang. He felt that he could see through the so-called court affairs, strategies and calculations... no matter how he put it.

In the silence, the coachman who had been driving the carriage outside let out a "whoosh", and the two of them leaned forward due to inertia.

"What happened?" Zhan Hui asked somewhat unhappily.

"Master, the housekeeper is here. He looks quite anxious... as if he has something important to tell you." The coachman outside responded.