The eldest grandson of Emperor Ming Dynasty!

Chapter 26 The Loophole in Zhu Ying's Life

"Nizi, don't kneel down for us yet."

In Huagai Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang waved back after entering the door.

Jiang Yu closed the door directly, leaving only Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Di inside.

Before talking with Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang drank violently.

The sound insulation in ancient times was very poor, and the sound was transmitted directly.

Jiang Yu, who was waiting outside at the door, trembled with fright, his legs went limp, and he almost knelt down.

The surrounding eunuchs who were in charge of ceremonies prostrated themselves on the ground without hesitation.

Several Jinyiwei guards who were guarding directly knelt on one knee.

Jiang Yu waved his hand, spread out among everyone, and was directly ten meters away from the door.

You can't listen to the royal affairs.

Inside the door, Zhu Di trembled, and immediately fell to his knees.

At his age, in his early thirties, even if he was fighting for his life on the battlefield, he would not frown at all.

But facing his father, he seemed to be the same child he used to be.

"Father, my nephew said that just now, I was just kidding with him."

Zhu Di is clever, there are only two of them now, he doesn't even call his father emperor, he calls him father according to the folk way of calling.

Sure enough, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally furious, heard about the "father".

Suddenly stopped.

Perhaps it inspired his past memories. After a long silence, Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said:

"Get up."

"Thank you dad."

Seeing that it was effective, Zhu Di quickly hit the snake with the stick, shouted again, and stood up.

Zhu Yuanzhang turned around and reprimanded: "We are angry, not because of the incident between your uncles and nephews just now."

"Let's ask you, Zhu Ying, what's going on, if it wasn't for Jin Yiwei's report, we wouldn't even know that grandson is back."

"Or, you don't even know your eldest nephew? Or, do you want to do something dirty secretly?"

Facing this series of questioning, Zhu Di lowered his head slightly, a gleam flashed in the depths of his eyes.

Then he raised his head and smiled wryly: "Father, how could it be possible that I don't know my eldest nephew, he is the darling of all of us."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang's expression eased a little.

Zhu Di continued: "Last month in Beiping, I just took one look at Zhu Ying. My son was stunned the first time he saw Zhu Ying."

"That's exactly the same as the eldest nephew."

"But I know that my eldest nephew is already buried, and when he was buried, I was also by my side, watching the coffin and covering it."

Hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

As the eldest grandson of the entire Ming Dynasty, the eldest grandson must be the heir of the Ming Empire.

Even if it was rumored among the people that children who died young were not allowed to enter the emperor's mausoleum, Zhu Yuanzhang strongly refuted it and forcibly buried him in Xiaoling Mausoleum.

What's more, all the gadgets that the grandson loved, such as jade carvings, gold jewelry, etc., were all buried with him.

Even after the eldest grandson was completely buried, Zhu Yuanzhang stayed for several hours before returning to the palace.

In the mausoleum of the great grandson, there are thousands of Xiaoling guards guarding it.

From any point of view, even if it was a fake death, there was no hope of surviving.

"You have investigated his identity carefully. Tell us about it." Zhu Yuanzhang asked calmly.

Although everything seems impossible, as long as he thinks of Zhu Ying, his intuition tells him that it is Da Sun.

"My son naturally sent someone to investigate carefully at the first time. Arrange his subordinates to conduct a search through the road guide."

"But the news we got was disappointing."

"Zhu Ying's father is indeed a merchant. He was born in the fifth year of Hongwu, and he is two years older than the eldest nephew."

"His mother died of dystocia after giving birth to Zhu Ying, and then her father took her with her and has been doing business outside. There are no other omissions."

After hearing what Zhu Di said, Zhu Yuanzhang frowned.

Of course he believed that the fourth child would never dare to lie to himself. After all, Jin Yiwei had already been dispatched, and more detailed information would come soon.

It's just that it sounds like Zhu Ying has nothing to do with the eldest grandson.

Not to mention that he was born two years earlier, Zhu Ying has been in business with his father since he was a child. This is easy to check, and there will be proofs on the road guide.

On the dossier, everything can be investigated.

It is the period from the seventh year of Hongwu to the fifteenth year of Hongwu.

The grandson lives in the palace.

Zhu Ying is doing business everywhere.

Looking at it this way, it is completely wrong.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned even more, feeling a sense of irritability in his heart.

He looked at Zhu Ying's appearance, how could he not recognize the grandson he brought up.

Even twins can't be exactly the same.

Including the look in the eyes and temperament, they don't belong to a businessman.

At this moment, a hesitant look appeared on Zhu Di's face.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were sharp, and he immediately said: "Fourth brother, what else are you hiding from us, tell me quickly."

Zhu Di's hesitation, of course, was for his father to see. Hearing this, he seemed to hesitate and said:
"Although the information obtained by my son is completely different from that of my eldest nephew, Zhu Ying's son is shocking."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked curiously, "What do you think?"

"Zhu Ying's father passed away in Hongwu 17 years ago. At that time, Zhu Ying was only 12 years old."

"But that's how it is. Zhu Ying is in the Western Regions, where he lives like a fish in water on the grasslands. He also gathered a group of wild Jurchen tribes and powerful people from other countries to form a small force on the border of our Ming Dynasty."

"In the past few years, I even got the way of snowflake salt from overseas fan merchants, and I must have made a lot of money."

Zhu Di said slowly, with shock in his tone.

It sounds so legendary.

A ten-year-old child, after the death of his father, made a group of savage Jurchens willing to serve him.

The hardships involved are unimaginable.

"You mean, our eldest grandson got the snowflake salt?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked in disbelief.

Of course he knew Snowflake Salt.

This thing has become popular in the entire Ming Dynasty since three years ago.

Regardless of the high price, it is as crystal clear as snowflakes, and there is no astringency at all.

When the snowflake salt was first delivered to the Daming Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang's food tasted even more delicious.

Any dish, completely raised a level in taste.

At this moment, Zhu Di heard that Zhu Yuanzhang was still addressing his eldest grandson, and a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes.

He understands his father's character, and once he decides that it's nine bulls, he won't be able to pull him back.

It only takes a little bit of doubt to make the whole thing change drastically.

"That's right, the channel of Snow Salt has always been controlled by Zhu Ying, and it was because of this that I first met him," Zhu Di said.

Walking around and thinking for a while, Zhu Yuanzhang stopped and asked again: "Why didn't you tell us about these things when you came to Beijing, the fourth son, and wait for us to find out?"

Zhu Di cried bitterly: "Father, at that time the eldest brother died, but at this moment, I really dare not talk about such things."

"If I didn't know about Eldest Brother's temper, I would have thought that Zhu Ying was Eldest Brother's illegitimate son."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded, he was very clear about his eldest son Zhu Biao.

He is kind and generous, and dares to act.

If there are other women outside, they will only bring them back directly instead of letting them go outside, let alone having children.

Zhu Yuanzhang also wanted to find another concubine for his eldest son Zhu Biao many times, but Zhu Biao refused.

So illegitimate children are completely impossible.

Seeing his father's frowning and deep thought, Zhu Di said in a low voice, "Father, in fact, I heard a theory about Zhu Ying when I was investigating."

"Huh?" Zhu Yuanzhang turned to look at Zhu Di.

Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "According to the villagers in Zhu Ying's hometown, it was about the 16th year of Hongwu, when Zhu Ying went home with his father to worship the ancestors and entered the genealogy."

"A familiar old man said that earlier, Zhu Ying was darker, like a mother."

"And when I came back that time, not only did I turn white, but my appearance changed a lot. They didn't even recognize her at once."

"It's just that at that time, Zhu Ying and her father hadn't been back for five or six years."

"Although it's a little strange, but young people have changed a lot, so I didn't think much about it."

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, the body that had just sat down stood up all of a sudden.

Walking in front of Zhu Di in two steps in three steps, he asked, "Your words are true!"

Zhu Di bowed his head and said, "I dare not lie to my father."

(End of this chapter)