Ming Dynasty: The ghost betrays the Confucian sage, my son Zhu Yuanzhang

Chapter 308: Tomorrow Never Sets on the Empire (Grand Finale)

East Palace.

Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi were drinking under the pavilion in the garden. The two brothers seemed to have endless things to say. Zhu Yunxi asked enthusiastically: "Brother, next time you go to Daozang, can you take me with you? I don't like staying in the East Palace."

"Yunxi, no, you have to be the prince." Zhu Xiongying waved his hand.

"Ah? No, no, no." Zhu Yunxi shook his head repeatedly, "Of course, eldest brother, you will be the prince. I don't like to manage politics. I have neither the talent nor the heart."

"I don't like it either, I just like to practice." Zhu Xiongying spread his hands.

"Then we won't all be crown princes. Whoever wants to do it can do it. Anyway, I won't do it." Zhu Yunxi said.

Zhu Xiongying looked troubled, pondered for a moment, drank a glass of wine, and said slowly: "If you and I don't have any intention of doing this, then the position of the prince will probably fall into the hands of Zhu Yunwen. But this man is quite deep in the city. If he gains power, the future of Ming Dynasty will be difficult to predict.”

However, Zhu Yunxi seemed quite free and easy: "Sooner or later, my father will establish another queen. If there is a new younger brother, the position of prince will be given to him."

Hearing this, Zhu Xiongying's eyes flashed with excitement: "This is very reasonable. We are still young anyway."

"Are you still lonely when you're with me?" Chu Xiangyu asked with a raised eyebrow, a bit of ridicule in her tone.

"Okay, okay!" Queen Ma came over with the newly prepared dishes, "With Wan'er accompanying us, the road will definitely be more lively."

At this time, Wener came in, and Queen Ma told her about traveling overseas. Wener was very happy. Then, she frowned slightly again, with worry in her eyes: "It would be great if Mengyao could come with us."

Kunning Palace.

The quilt began to rise and fall, revealing the movement inside. Fourth Master Zhu half-squinted his eyes and completely relaxed his body.

……

After saying that, the two brothers looked at each other, smiled, raised their glasses and drank again. Behind the shadow of a tree not far away, Zhu Yunwen stared at them gloomily, his heart full of resentment and calculations.

……

"That's a good idea." Fourth Master Zhu nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Empress Ma who was busy not far away, with longing for the future in her eyes: "Of course we still have to go back, but there is no need to rush. I think we can go overseas for adventure first, travel around, and finally come back. Daozang lives in seclusion."

"It's okay." Mr. Zhu said after feeling their pulses respectively.

As soon as he finished speaking, Fourth Master Zhu gently slapped Zhu Yuanzhang on the back of the head, and glared in mock anger: "You unfilial son! You want to go play, but you don't take me with you?"

Fourth Master Zhu smiled slightly, with deep meaning in his eyes: If you do this, I won't be lonely. "

……

Fourth Master Zhu raised his eyes and asked, "Aren't you going to return to Daozang?"

Fourth Master Zhu suddenly stretched out his arms and hugged Chu Xiangyu tightly. His eyes were blazing and he raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems I have to let you know whether I am still 'young and strong'."

puff!
Zhu Xiongying spit out a mouthful of black blood, and Fourth Master Zhu quickly took out a pill for him to take. Soon, Zhu Yunxi on the other side spit out a mouthful of black blood, and Fourth Master Zhu also fed him a pill.

"Who says I don't like it?" Fourth Master Zhu snorted, "I'm going too, and I have to bring Wener and Mengyao with me. Let's build a big boat and set off with the whole family."

"You don't understand this," Mr. Zhu took a deep breath of cigarette, exhaled it slowly, and said with a smile, "What we smoke is not cigarettes, but loneliness."

He leaned close to Chu Xiangyu's ear and whispered a few words. After Chu Xiangyu heard this, a look of struggle appeared in her originally quiet and beautiful eyes. However, she finally chose to obey and gently buried her head in the bed.

Fourth Master Zhu glared: "Meng Yao has grown up and has her own career."

"Then it's settled." Fourth Master Zhu solemnly confessed, "But before setting off, we must be fully prepared. Sailing on the sea and far away from the land is no joke."

"Old Dean, please have a cup of tea." Chu Xiangyu walked into the room lightly and handed the teacup gently.

In the next few days, they were preparing to go overseas. Fourth Master Zhu also used this time to deduce the teaching materials of Xuanwu Academy and form new teaching materials. Now that he is in the sub-sage realm, he can deduce much faster. He hopes that next, Ming Dynasty will completely enter the steam age.

"The position of crown prince belongs to me." He said secretly in his heart, "I still want to vindicate my mother."

Fourth Master Zhu walked out of the academy with satisfaction. As soon as he left the gate, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang running hurriedly: "Dad, come back with me quickly. Something happened to Xiongying and Yunxi. They were poisoned."

"Dad, don't worry." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand confidently, "Shibo Division will definitely prepare everything for us."

Brothers Zhu Xiongying and Zhu Yunxi were both at a loss. Zhu Xiongying frowned and recalled: "We didn't know either. We were just drinking, and suddenly we stopped."

A blush flew up on Chu Xiangyu's cheeks, but she did not flinch. Instead, she bravely looked directly at Master Zhu, with a provocative smile on her lips: "Really? Then give it a try."

When Chu Xiangyu heard the words, she moved slightly. She looked up at Fourth Master Zhu. Her unadorned face looked cold and charming under the light, and her red lips were glowing with an alluring luster, exuding Light aroma.

"Haha, you are over a hundred years old, can you still be called young?" Chu Xiangyu asked jokingly, with a mischievous flash in her eyes.

"Nowadays, men in the capital love to smoke. I really don't know what's good about it." Chu Xiangyu sneered, looking at the cigarette in Master Zhu's hand in confusion.

Before she finished speaking, Fourth Master Zhu kissed her red lips. This sudden kiss was as fierce and passionate as a storm.

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled broadly: "Dad, then you can go back by yourself. After a while, my sister and I will set sail."

Zhu Yuanzhang came to the two of them and asked in a deep voice: "Why were you suddenly poisoned?"

"What?" Fourth Master Zhu was shocked.

Half an hour later, everything calmed down. Chu Xiangyu was like a docile kitten, nestled in the arms of Fourth Master Zhu. Fourth Master Zhu hugged her with one hand and lit a cigarette with the other, trying to calm the turmoil in his heart.

Fourth Master Zhu and Zhu Yuanzhang were also drinking together, and the table full of delicacies were all cooked by Empress Ma herself. Zhu Yuanzhang took a sip of wine and spread his hands: "Father, it's better now. We have become the Supreme Emperor, and you have become the Supreme Emperor. Children and grandchildren will be blessed by themselves. From now on, we will not care about anything else and travel around the world with my wife."

He and Zhu Yuanzhang flew to the East Palace and saw that Wu'er was giving poison to Zhu Yunxi, while Zhu Di was giving poison to Zhu Xiongying.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and showed a helpless expression: "I thought you didn't like to make trouble with us, dad."

She was wearing a plain and elegant long skirt, the hem of which fluttered gently in the wind, highlighting her graceful figure. The jade-like skin shines in the light, and the fair and slender neck exudes an innate elegance. Fourth Master Zhu took the tea cup and said with a smile: "Stop calling me "President" and "Sir", am I really old?"

"Drinking, the food is poisonous?" Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes flashed with cold light, "Call the maids who prepare and serve the dishes."

After a while, a group of palace maids came to the palace and knelt down together. They all looked scared. Empress Ma stepped forward, comforted her for a while, and then said: "We are just investigating the poisoners, and we will not implicate innocent people. Please tell me everything that happened today, starting with the cooks."

The maids began to talk about what they had done today one by one. After they finished talking, there was nothing special about them. There is a poison testing process for the dishes in the palace, and they supervise each other, all under the eyes of others.

"This poison was poisoned by the Chang family back then. It should have been silent." Wu'er suddenly said, "But when this poison comes into contact with alcohol, its toxicity will suddenly increase several times. It seems that the person who poisoned it will , and don’t know the toxicity.”

After everyone heard this, their expressions changed. Everyone knows that the poison that was poisoned by the Chang family was administered by the former Crown Princess Lu, and wasn't she sentenced to death ten years ago?
……

At this time, a palace maid knelt down carefully and said with panic in her voice: "Today...there was another person who came to the kitchen. He said he was hungry and wanted a bowl of noodles. It was...His Royal Highness Yunwen." Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes suddenly turned cold. , he waved his hand to signal the maids to retreat. The hall suddenly fell into dead silence. After a while, Queen Ma said in a deep voice: "Go and tell Zhu Yunwen that he is here."

Soon, Zhu Yunwen stepped into the hall and respectfully saluted Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma: "My grandson Yunwen, please see the emperor's grandfather and the emperor's grandmother."

Zhu Yuanzhang asked sternly: "Zhu Yunwen, was it you who administered this poison?"

Zhu Yunwen's body was shaken, and he lowered his head and remained silent for a long time. Finally, he raised his head and roared with a distorted face: "Yes, I was the one who poisoned them, I wish they would die!"

"The Zhu family is so evil as you!" Zhu Yuanzhang angrily waved away his palm.

Snapped!
Zhu Yunwen was knocked away by the force of his palm and hit the wall heavily. He struggled to stand up, with a ferocious smile on his face: "Am I the culprit of the Zhu family? My mother was supposed to be the crown princess. If she hadn't been killed by you, she would be the queen now, and I should also be the prince. What exactly is this? Why?"

Snapped!
Zhu Yuanzhang slapped his hand hard again, his voice cold: "Don't you know what your mother did?"

Zhu Yunwen met Zhu Yuanzhang's cold gaze and snorted coldly: "Grandfather, in this case, you should also order me to die."

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his hand to strike, but finally put it down and sighed softly: "You are crazy, completely crazy. Hatred has made you crazy. We will not kill you. You will be imprisoned in the main courtyard of the Dazong, and you will never be able to come out. "

Following his order, the guards immediately stepped forward and took Zhu Yunwen into custody.

……

Wenhua Hall.

Fourth Master Zhu chatted with Zhu Biao for an hour, and Zhu Biao looked sad: "Yunwen was a good boy, but he was ruined by his mother. I am also responsible and don't care enough about him."

Fourth Master Zhu comforted him: "You don't need to blame yourself too much, at least he is still alive and well."

Zhu Biao calmed down and showed a wry smile: "Fortunately, Xiongying and Yunxi are both sensible. But neither of them wants to stay in the palace. Logically speaking, Xiongying has reached the age where he can be established as the prince, and he should start studying government affairs. But he made it clear that he did not want to be the prince, and Yunxi also wanted to follow his brother. "

Fourth Master Zhu pondered for a moment: "They are still young now and may change their minds in the future."

"No, they are not young anymore." Zhu Biao shook his head and said, "When I was their age, I had already started to assist my father in handling government affairs."

"Then I will force them to stay." Fourth Master Zhu suggested.

Zhu Biao shook his head again and sighed: "I understand them, they really have no interest in the throne."

Fourth Master Zhu had an idea: "Don't you have other sons?"

"None of them are useful." Zhu Biao commented briefly, then raised his lips slightly and handed Zhu Fourth Master a memorial. "Grandpa, I do have a very suitable candidate for the crown prince. I have recently carefully studied all his memorials and his work in the vassal domain. The new policies implemented by the country have been very effective.”

Fourth Master Zhu took the memorial in confusion, opened it and said in surprise: "Zhu Gaochi? He...isn't he your son?"

"But he is still a member of the Zhu family, right?" Zhu Biao said lightly, "I am willing to pass the throne to this nephew, as long as the fourth child agrees."

"Is this...is this really appropriate?" Fourth Master Zhu hesitated, "Are you sincere?"

"Everything I do is for the Zhu family and the world." Zhu Biao said firmly, "I have ordered him to go to Beijing. From now on, he will stay with me and be taught by me personally."

"Uh..." Fourth Master Zhu held his forehead.

……

Kunning Palace.

Fourth Master Zhu told Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma about Zhu Biao's thoughts, and they were both confused. Fourth Master Zhu spread his hands: "To be rational, Zhu Gaochi does have the talent to be an emperor, and his ability to govern the country is the strongest among the younger generations."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "If Biao'er's suggestion is sincere, it's not bad. But I'm worried about Xiongying and Yunxi. If they go back on their word in the future, the Zhu family may fall into civil strife."

Empress Ma seemed quite open-minded. She waved her hand and said: "Hey, let them decide for themselves! With you two Supreme Emperors and Supreme Emperors sitting here, how can the Zhu family easily get into trouble? It will not be easy for you two to live for another hundred years. What happened? Isn’t it possible to intimidate the younger generations of the Zhu family?”

Hearing this, Fourth Master Zhu nodded and said: "It is true. The Zhu family royal family is no longer what it used to be. Chongba, the two of us are living well and becoming the ancestors of the Ming Dynasty, which is enough to scare the younger generation. Therefore, as long as there is no civil strife in the Zhu family, we will Let them be."

Zhu Yuanzhang smiled relieved when he heard this: "Well, we won't interfere anymore. Let's continue with our travel plan. The Shipping Department has prepared a big ship for us. How about we go and see it together another day?"

Fourth Master Zhu laughed when he heard this: "I want a luxury cruise ship!"

The next day.

They came to Xuanwu Lake and saw a huge ship on the lake. Song Li from the Municipal Shipping Department said: "This is the latest steam iron ship with complete facilities. It can stop on the supply line midway and is enough to travel around the world."

"Not bad!" Fourth Master Zhu nodded with satisfaction.

He knew that as long as he enlightened the Ming Dynasty, talents in all fields would automatically come out. Steamships are available, and so will trains and airplanes in the future, as well as electricity.

"I have informed the overseas vassal kings that they will be ready and waiting for your arrival." Song Li said.

"When I saw this ship today, I really wanted to set off immediately." Fourth Master Zhu smiled.

"Dad, let's just leave as we say." Zhu Yuanzhang waved.

……

The first year of Yongle.

The Supreme Emperor and the Supreme Emperor of the Ming Dynasty began to travel around the world, and they wanted to personally travel through the mountains and rivers of the Ming Dynasty.

Yongle five years.

The Supreme Emperor, the Supreme Emperor returned to his country and lived in seclusion in Daozang.

Ten years of Yongle.

Emperor Zhu Biao officially made Zhu Gaochi the prince.

Yongle twenty-five years.

Emperor Zhu Biao celebrated the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, and all nations came to visit.

Thirty years of Yongle.

Zhu Biao abdicated due to serious illness and was taken to Daozang to recuperate. Prince Zhu Gaochi ascended the throne with the reign name of Hongxi. Ming Dynasty has entered the electrical age from the steam age.

Hongxi five years.

Emperor Zhu Gaochi was seriously ill and entered Daozang to recuperate. Zhu Zhanji came to the throne, and the Ming Dynasty ushered in the prosperous age of the "Renxuan Rule".

(End of this chapter)