The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 153 Zhu Yuanzhang's Loneliness

The wind in June is a bit cool, blowing on the trees and flowers of Kunning Palace, making a rustling sound.

The moon and stars are sparse, which seems to indicate that tomorrow will be sunny again.

Zhu Ying quietly accompanied the old man, and you listen carefully to the old man's memories, which are also the memories of the original body.

Perhaps the tortoise named Xiao Hei was really impressive to Yuan Bo, or it happened that the memory of the little tortoise still existed.

After this, Zhu Ying didn't have the tingling memory before she appeared.

Zhu Yuanzhang has been tirelessly talking, and he has been telling many details about his eldest sister and grandson in the past.

There was a slow memory in his eyes, as if he wanted to tell his grandson everything.

Liu He stood aside respectfully, listening to His Majesty talking about the empress, he was a little frightened at first.

After all, since the empress passed away, whoever dares to mention the empress in this palace is destined to have no good fruit to eat.

At that time, His Majesty will be extremely irritable, and the punishment can range from heavy punishment to death. Even many princes and grandchildren will have to be punished.

But seeing His Majesty's smiling expression, Liu He finally understood what His Majesty wanted.

Liu He thought about it carefully and found a very strange problem.

In His Majesty's words, it almost always revolved around the empress and His Highness the eldest grandson, and His Highness the Crown Prince did not appear many times.

If it was ranked in His Majesty's mind, the first would be the Empress, the second would be His Highness the eldest grandson, and the third would be His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

Although such a thought seems a bit outrageous, Liu He still couldn't help thinking about it.

As the bright moon hung high, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice became smaller and smaller, and it didn't take long before he fell asleep leaning on Zhu Ying's shoulder.

"Your Highness, look at this." Liu He bowed, catwalked to the other side of Zhu Ying, and asked in a low voice.

Zhu Ying looked at the old man's sweet sleeping face, thinking that he was immersed in a sweet dream.

"Grandpa just fell asleep, wait for the first half of the incense stick, and then go to bed in the palace when Grandpa falls asleep." Zhu Ying instructed.

"Yes, Your Highness." Liu He replied softly, and then waited respectfully beside him.

Zhu Ying looked at the appearance of the old man again, feeling a little emotional in her heart.

A person like the old man, who fought in the battlefield when he was young and has been an emperor for 25 years, has always been very vigilant in his heart.

He can fall asleep on his shoulder, which shows that the old man has complete trust in him, and even relies on him a little.

"Grandpa, don't worry, you regard me as your closest relative. To your grandson, why is grandpa not?"

Zhu Ying sighed in her heart.

Old man, he is the second person he regards as a family member when he comes to this world.

The first one is naturally the adoptive father who fished him out of the river back then, no matter how poor he was, he still got him food so that he wouldn't starve to death.

During the time with his adoptive father, he really felt his adoptive father's love for him.

Although her adoptive father was not very good at communication, Zhu Ying, who was eight years old at the time, lived in her body, but in her 20s, she came from the soul of later generations.

In front of Prince Zhu Biao's coffin today, Zhu Ying didn't cry, and even didn't have much emotional fluctuation.

But when her adoptive father passed away, Zhu Ying cried her heart out. For Zhu Ying at that time, her adoptive father was his father, and there was no difference.

He already had a father's love, so for the prince Zhu Biao, it was impossible for him to substitute into it, because in terms of father's love, he already had someone in his heart.

Regarding the old man, he did not deny that when he first came into contact with him, he had the idea of ​​using the old man.

The emergence of this kind of thinking is inevitable, after all, he did not have the idea of ​​staying in Daming at that time, so naturally he had to use all available resources around him.

Although at first he believed that he had little relationship with the old man's grandson, they were not the same person.

It's just that I didn't expect that after going around in circles, I was really the grandson of the old man.

The time for half a stick of incense passed quickly. Although Zhu Ying was a little lost in thought, it had to be said that Liu He next to him was almost silently counting the time in his heart.

When the time is up, immediately remind Zhu Ying.

Liu He, as the eunuch in charge of the ceremony, waited by His Majesty's side, and his grasp of the time was extremely precise, just like a running clock.

Zhu Ying nodded slightly when she heard the words, and carefully put her arms around the old man. Just as she started, the old man's brows subconsciously frowned, and his body felt tense.

"Grandpa, it's me, grandson, grandson will take you to sleep together."

Seeing this, Zhu Ying stopped and whispered in the old man's ear.

As if hearing a familiar voice, Zhu Yuanzhang's brows relaxed, and his tense body relaxed.

Zhu Ying slowly picked up the old man, and then walked towards Kunning Palace.

Liu He immediately called the court ladies and eunuchs to help change His Majesty's clothes.

It's a little troublesome to undress, the old man's hand has been holding on to Zhu Ying tightly, just like a child who refuses to let go while holding his favorite toy when he is sleeping.

Seeing this, Zhu Ying's eyes flashed with warmth.

What is the difference between the current him and the original Zhu Xiongying?

Maybe Zhu Xiongying is him, and everything in the later generations is just a dream when he was suspended animation.

Thinking of this, Zhu Ying gently held the old man's big hand, and the old man felt the warmth of his palm, and let it go slightly, and then he finished changing clothes.

When the old man was lying down and covered with the quilt, Zhu Ying was about to leave when the old man suddenly curled up and trembled, as if he had a nightmare.

"Grandpa, grandson is here, always here." Zhu Ying said hastily.

Only then did the old man relax again.

Zhu Ying felt a little distressed when he saw it. The old man had endured so much longing for him to behave like this. Perhaps he had been living tenaciously in the past.

If it were someone else, I'm afraid he would have been depressed long ago, and the old man has been suppressing this depression in the deepest part of his heart.

It's no wonder that when others mentioned this matter, or when Empress Ma was mentioned, Zhu Yuanzhang would be extremely angry and even lose his mind.

This aroused the depression in Zhu Yuanzhang's heart, so that in Zhu Yuanzhang's later years, he became more murderous and more ruthless.

Zhu Ying waved to Liu He and the others. Liu He immediately understood what His Royal Highness Changsun meant, and retreated with many court ladies and eunuchs.

Zhu Ying just half-lyed beside the old man, but the old man slept soundly, but he was already suffering from insomnia.

According to common sense, Zhu Ying is almost certain to be the heir of the Ming Empire in the future, so she should be extremely happy to enter the palace for the first time and sleep directly in the Kunning Palace.

After all, the position of the emperor, especially in the early Ming Dynasty, the emperor of the most powerful country in the world, has the real power to cover the sky with one hand.

But in today's Zhu Ying's eyes, there is no emperor's power, and the only thing he sees is a lonely old man who finally has his grandson.

Candles were still burning in the bedroom, making it very bright.

When Liu He and the others left, they didn't blow out the candle. As the personal eunuch beside His Majesty, it was obviously a big event that they didn't even extinguish the candle when they left.

But Liu He did this, and it was very natural. There is only one possibility, that is, the old man is afraid of the dark, and he must have a bright light every night to fall asleep.

Zhu Ying sat quietly, listening to the grunts of the old man next to her, she didn't know how long it took before she slowly fell asleep.

At the door, Liu He has been quietly guarding, even if a little eunuch came to replace him, Liu He refused.

"His Highness Changsun slept in the palace for the first time tonight. I'm afraid he might not be used to it, so I'll take care of it myself."

The next morning, Western Regions, Qunying City.

In the City Lord's Mansion, six people headed by Liu Sheng and Jiang Yun sat together.

Those who can sit here are all Zhu Ying's top ten disciples, and they are the ten most outstanding among Zhu Ying's hundreds of disciples.

There are only six people in Qunying City, and four people are responsible for the jurisdiction of the forces in the desert and grassland respectively.

To be able to become Zhu Ying's top ten personal biographers, the things he has experienced in it are not enough for outsiders.

In order for Zhu Ying to ensure their loyalty to him, these ten disciples all passed the test of human nature.

For example, Liu Sheng was once "unintentionally" captured by the enemy, and then forced to ask all the secrets about Zhu Ying, intimidated and threatened, and even threatened with his wife and daughter.

The final result was that Liu Sheng refused to tell the truth, and suffered a lot, and was finally 'rescued' by Zhu Ying.

Almost all of the other top ten disciples have experienced similar situations and finally passed the test. Only then did they gain Zhu Ying's trust and gain access to the core power.

These things seem a bit dark, but for Zhu Ying, there is no choice.

Although the indoctrination of ideas is effective, when it comes to self-interest, no one knows whether it can be controlled or not.

The speed of communication in ancient times can only be maintained by relying on personality worship. It is impossible for Zhu Ying to grasp everything at once, so he can only make a bad plan.

Fortunately, not to mention other places, perhaps because of the intermingling of cultures in the Western Regions, everyone has a high degree of acceptance of such a test.

He even knew that he had passed the test, not only did he have no secret hatred, but he was also very proud, because he was in places like the Western Regions, deserts, and grasslands.

There are similar customs, such as coming-of-age ceremonies, warrior baptisms, etc., involving tests of loyalty, and there are countless more.

"I've also told you Li Xiucai's thoughts on the blank document. Now that the teacher's wooden box has been delivered to the Daming Station, what do you think of the teacher's other instructions?"

Liu Sheng called everyone into a meeting, first after finishing Li Xiucai's analysis yesterday, and then asking questions.

"Well, Liu Sheng, since it's the teacher's order, let's just do it, why, do you still want us to be with you, disobeying the teacher's order is impossible."

Hearing this, the tallest and strongest man among the six said in a buzzing voice, his tone was extremely displeased with Liu Sheng discussing the teacher's thoughts.

As soon as the strong man said this, except for Jiang Yun, the others immediately had unkind expressions in their eyes.

Liu Sheng immediately understood that they had misunderstood, and quickly explained:
"Of course we must obey the teacher's instructions. I don't mean crops, but whether the teacher will be in danger in the capital, and whether we should send someone to the Daming capital for support."

"If you really want to do something, you will not be afraid that the teacher will be unavailable. Even if you die, you must rescue the teacher."
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