Daming: After self-explosive time travel, Lao Zhu's mentality collapsed

"I appreciate the envoy's kindness. However, my Ming Dynasty will not rely on ceding territory to seek peace." Chu Ze's tone was cold, with unquestionable majesty.

Li Mu's face changed. He didn't expect Chu Ze to be so tough. He was about to say something else, but Chu Ze's face suddenly darkened and he slammed the table:
"Someone, come here! Drag this Nan Chu spy out and execute him!"

The air in the imperial study seemed to freeze. Li Mu's face turned from red to white, then to blue, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead. He never thought that Chu Ze would be so decisive and wanted to take his life if they disagreed!

"Your Majesty! When two countries are at war, envoys should not be killed! Aren't you afraid of causing a war between the two countries by doing this?" Li Mu shouted in a stern voice, his voice trembling slightly.

Chu Ze sneered: "Two countries at war? The envoy thinks too highly of himself. You are just a chess piece coming here to test me. I am killing you today just to scare the monkeys and let the Emperor of Southern Chu know that I am not someone to be trifled with!"

He waved his hand, and two guards immediately stepped forward and dragged Li Mu away.

Li Mu struggled and kept cursing Chu Ze, but his voice was soon drowned out outside the imperial study.

Chu Ze looked at Li Mu being dragged out, with a cold light flashing in his eyes. Nanchu will sooner or later become the possession of the Ming Dynasty!

He turned around, walked to the window, looked at the palace wall in the distance, with a lot of thoughts in his mind.

It has been three years since he traveled to this world. From an unpopular prince, he has walked step by step to where he is today, becoming the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Only he knows the hardships he has gone through.

He knew very well that in this world where the strong prey on the weak, only by possessing absolute power could he protect himself and everything he wanted to protect.

"Your Majesty, the Second Prince requests to see you." An eunuch's voice broke Chu Ze's thoughts.

There was a hint of amusement in Chu Ze's eyes: "Let him in."

A moment later, Chu Yun walked in. He lowered his head, not daring to look Chu Ze in the eye.

"Royal brother..." Chu Yun's voice trembled a little.

Chu Ze looked at Chu Yun, his eyes full of teasing: "What? Have you figured it out? Are you willing to work for me?"

Chu Yun gritted his teeth and finally lowered his head: "I am willing to serve you, my brother."

Chu Ze laughed loudly: "Great! A man who knows the times is a hero! I was right about you!"

He walked up to Chu Yun and patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, as long as you work hard for me, I won't treat you unfairly."

Chu Yun raised his head and looked at Chu Ze, with a complex emotion in his eyes. He didn't know whether what he did was right or wrong, but he knew that he had no choice.

"I plan to make you the crown prince." Chu Ze said suddenly.

Chu Yun heard this and raised his head suddenly, his eyes filled with shock: "Brother, this..."

Chu Ze smiled and said, "Why? Don't want to?"

Chu Yun hurriedly shook his head: "I am willing! Thank you for your grace, brother!"

A hint of deep meaning flashed in Chu Ze's eyes. Establishing Chu Yun as the crown prince could appease the court officials, and also paralyze Nan Chu, making them think that the civil strife in the Ming Dynasty had not yet been resolved and they would not dare to act rashly.

"I'm tired, you can leave first." Chu Ze waved his hand.

Chu Yun bowed and retreated.

Chu Ze looked at Chu Yun's departing back, a sneer appeared on his lips. This game has just begun.

As night fell, the palace was brightly lit.

Chu Ze sat alone in the imperial study, reviewing memorials.

Suddenly, he felt a palpitation and a strong sense of crisis surged in his heart.

He suddenly raised his head and looked out the window.

I saw a black shadow flash by, as fast as lightning.

"There's an assassin!" Chu Ze shouted, pulling out the sword from his waist. A black shadow instantly appeared in front of him, holding a sharp dagger in his hand, stabbing him straight in the heart.

Chu Ze reacted very quickly and swung his sword to block the dagger.

With a "clang" sound, sparks flew everywhere.

The black shadow was knocked back a few steps, and a hint of surprise flashed in his eyes.

"Who are you?" Chu Ze asked coldly.

The shadow attacked him again without saying a word.

Chu Ze and the black shadow had a fierce fight in the imperial study.

The black shadow's martial arts skills are extremely high and every move is deadly.

Although Chu Ze also had martial arts skills, he was not a professional assassin after all, and gradually fell into a disadvantage.

At this moment, a figure suddenly appeared and stood in front of Chu Ze.

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"How dare you, a bold assassin, to assassinate the Emperor!"

The person who came was Eunuch Cao.

Although Eunuch Cao's martial arts skills are not as good as Black Shadow's, he is loyal to Chu Ze and protects Chu Ze at all costs.

Seeing that he couldn't succeed, the black shadow made a feint and turned to flee.

"Chase!" Chu Ze shouted.

Eunuch Cao and the guards immediately chased after him.

Chu Ze looked at the dark shadow disappearing into the night, his heart full of doubts.

Who sent this assassin?
What is his purpose?
All of this remains a mystery.

He rubbed his aching chest and suddenly felt dizzy. His eyes went dark and he almost fell to the ground. During the fight just now, he seemed to have been scratched by the black shadow's dagger, but the situation was urgent at the time and he didn't notice it.

He staggered to the table, sat down with the help of the table, and tore open his clothes, only to see a long wound on his chest, which was slowly oozing blood. Although the wound did not look deep, it was faintly black, and it was obviously poisoned!
Chu Ze felt dizzy and his vision began to blur. The toxin spread much faster than he thought. He bit the tip of his tongue hard, and the severe pain made him barely stay awake. He had to find a way to detoxify as soon as possible, otherwise he might die here tonight.

He forced himself to walk to the bookshelf and searched for books about poisons. He knew that the palace was filled with all kinds of rare treasures, including secret recipes for detoxification.

"Cough cough..." The erosion of the poison made it difficult for him to breathe, and his throat felt like it was burning.

Finally, he found an ancient book called "Anti-poisons". He flipped through the book and quickly browsed the table of contents, hoping to find an antidote that matched the poison he had been poisoned with.

"Black blood... cold poison... bone-eroding..." He muttered the names of the poisons in the book, beads of sweat the size of beans oozing out of his forehead.

Suddenly, his eyes stopped on an entry - "Seven-star Begonia".

"The Seven-Star Begonia is extremely poisonous. The poisoned person will bleed from all seven orifices and die. There is no medicine to cure it..."

Chu Ze's heart sank. Could it be that the poison he was poisoned by was the Seven-Star Begonia, which had no antidote?

No, he couldn't give up! He continued to look down, hoping to find a ray of hope.

"But if we take the silk of the thousand-year-old ice silkworm together with the Tianshan Snow Lotus, we can suppress the toxicity and delay the onset..."

Thousand-year-old ice silkworm, Tianshan snow lotus! Both of these are rare treasures in the world, where can he find them?

Just when he was in despair, he suddenly remembered that he had seen a Tianshan snow lotus in the national treasury, which was a tribute from the Western Regions. As for the thousand-year-old ice silk... He remembered that there was a cloak made of thousand-year-old ice silk in the Queen Mother's bedroom. (End of this chapter)