Daming: I am the Crown Prince

Chapter 165: The Clever King Qin

Zhu Yunhuan now felt like a donkey, and Old Zhu was hanging a carrot in front of him, enticing him to keep moving forward.

You haven't even gotten married yet, but you're already thinking about having kids. It's a bit too early.

As soon as Old Zhu returned, Princess Anqing and Princess Ningguo hurried into the palace. It was very convenient for these two aunts to enter the palace. In the past, they might have needed to be summoned, but now they have palace tokens in their hands. They entered the palace every few days, but basically came to the East Palace, and went to Old Zhu's place much less often.

Seeing the two aunts coming together, Zhu Yunhuan quickly explained, "Don't worry, aunt. It's just that my second uncle has caused some trouble, so I'll issue an imperial decree to let him return to the capital. Isn't it better to think about your own family members? So I'll let my eldest uncle go."

Princess Ningguo breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I shouldn't have lost my composure like that. It's just that the person who was delivering the imperial edict was in a hurry, and your uncle didn't even pack his things before rushing to Xi'an, so I was a little flustered."

"I said it's okay!" Princess Anqing said confidently, "You know Yun Hun, how could you not know him? If there is really a problem, can he let his uncle go?"

Zhu Yunhuan smiled and said, "Isn't it because I encountered a difficult problem? I felt that no one could persuade my second uncle, so my eldest uncle had to go to calm the situation. I also had no choice. It's not good for outsiders to let them go. If my cousin was here, he would have to go."

Princess Ningguo was naturally happy to hear Zhu Yunhuan compare Mei Yin and Li Wenzhong. Even though she knew that Mei Yin's ability was far inferior to Li Wenzhong's, she was the first choice of the royal family's relatives in some matters, and that was status.

The female Zhuges also arrived late, and when they saw Zhu Yunhuan, they complained, "We shouldn't have gone to Concubine Ning's place. If we had gone, our grandfather would have scolded us."

"He got mad at me, so he had to go to you!" Zhu Yunhuan said heartlessly, "Don't you think about it? I told you to hide in the study but you didn't go. When you went to visit someone, you chose to go to Concubine Ning's place. Isn't that uncomfortable?"

Zhu Yourong complained even more, "You knew everything, why didn't you remind us!"

Zhu Youling also complained, "I really loved you in vain. When we were little, you were always my sister, and we gave you all the delicious snacks we had. Now you don't even tell me when you're in trouble!"

Listening to the complaints of her two nieces, Princess Anqing asked, "What happened? Did Yunxun quarrel with his royal grandfather again?"

Zhu Yunhuan was speechless. What did he mean by 'again'? It was as if he had to quarrel with Old Zhu every day.

Zhu Yourong said, "I don't know either. Anyway, Yunxun came back because he was angry. My grandfather came here before. Then he went back to the harem and started scolding Youling and me when he saw us, saying that we were ignorant."

"He is just like that. His son and grandson are good, but his daughter and grandson are nothing." Princess Anqing said sourly, "He got scolded. He should know what happened, right?"

Seeing Zhu Youling and Zhu Yourong shaking their heads, Princess Anqing and Princess Ningguo looked at each other. These two nieces were really unreliable.

Zhu Yunxun smiled and said, "Anyway, I'll keep a low profile these days. I want to avoid that old man. Just wait and see. There will be a lot of people who will be scolded in the next few days. Whoever is in front of him will be scolded."

Princess Anqing asked with a smile, "Will you be scolded if you go there?"

Zhu Yunhuan took out his trump card, "I have been preparing to change my shoes these days. I am afraid that he will not scold me but beat me. If he can't find me in the East Palace, I will definitely hide in Fengxian Hall."

Princess Anqing and the others also breathed a sigh of relief. Something big must have happened, otherwise the emperor wouldn't be so angry.

But with Zhu Yunhuan's attitude, they naturally felt relieved. It wouldn't be a big deal, or it could be controlled. Otherwise, he wouldn't deliberately say some witty words.

But think about Zhu Yunhuan's character. If the emperor is really angry, it is very likely that he will go to Fengxian Hall. No one else dares to use this trick, but Zhu Yunhuan has used it time and time again. No matter how angry the emperor is, he will not lose his temper in Fengxian Hall. He can have a calm chat there.

Princess Ningguo asked, "Besides hiding these days, what else do you have to do?"

Zhu Yunhuan thought for a moment before speaking, "The eldest and the youngest aunts are my biological aunts, there are some things I can't tell other aunts and uncles. This time, the uncles will be scolded and punished, so the aunts should take care of the other aunts."

At this point, Princess Anqing and Princess Ningguo were both a little worried and nervous. It seemed that the second brother must have done something wrong, so that even the other brothers might be implicated.

Zhu Yunhuan continued, "There are also some noble women, you can also help to remind them. If there is any violation of the law and arrogance at this time, not to mention grandfather, even I cannot tolerate it."

Princess Ningguo asked, "How big of a mistake did Brother Qin Wang make?"

"He won't be abandoned, but he will inevitably be sent back to his hometown for at least one or two years. Whether he can go back depends on his performance." Zhu Yunxun sighed and said, "He makes grandfather angrier than my fifth uncle did back then."

Princess Ningguo and Princess Anqing were not in a position to say much. The fifth brother was almost driven to Yunnan and demoted to a commoner. He was charged with leaving his fiefdom without permission and secretly communicating with the generals, which meant he was imprisoned in his hometown for two years. The second brother privately built the dragon bed, and the emperor only reprimanded him with a lot of noise but little action. Even if he threatened to abolish him, it was just a shout, and there was no substantial punishment.

Continuous intelligence was delivered, indicating that King Qin Zhu Chong was indeed fine, although he was still in shock after being rescued.

The first reaction was naturally to kill the three old women, and he went on a killing spree in the Prince Qin's mansion.

Fortunately, Xu Guan ran over in time, and Jiang Lin, the commander of the Jinyiwei, stopped the King of Qin despite being almost hacked to death.

The local officials arranged by the Crown Prince kept an eye on the Qin Palace, and the person who poisoned was found out by the Jinyiwei. Qin Wang Zhu Chong was still in shock and terrified, and reluctantly handed the prisoner over to the Jinyiwei.

Then, he sent people to respond to Tianfu to report the news, and at the same time, he gathered all the guards and rushed to Yingtianfu without stopping.

Theoretically, this was considered leaving the fiefdom without permission, and he should have waited until the messenger replied with the imperial decree before returning to the capital. But as soon as he calmed down, he ran back without stopping with a small number of guards.

It is estimated that before Xu Guan's memorial impeaching Qin Wang Zhu Chong arrived at Yingtian Prefecture, Zhu Chong, along with his guards and the Jinyiwei including Jiang Lin, who had to follow him, had already arrived at Yingtian Prefecture. If he was lucky, he might even run into Mei Yin and others on the way.

Old Zhu looked at the report and was both angry and amused. "Well, this is a lesson learned that the crying child gets the milk!"

"I'll go and stop my second uncle right now. How can I let him speak first?" Zhu Yunhuan said with a helpless look, holding the report that arrived earlier. "I've said before that my second uncle is the most capable among the clan members."

"Your third uncle is cunning and sly. If your second uncle didn't do anything wrong, he would have been very cunning." Old Zhu said, "He thought that he could reduce the punishment by coming back to complain first. He really has a good plan!"

Zhu Yunhuan also smiled and said, "I guess he is still scared. Maybe he is still afraid of me."

Old Zhu glanced at Zhu Yunhuan and said, "Just wait. When your other uncles return to Beijing and find out about this, they will have no choice but to put up with it even if there are one or two unreliable people in the palace."

Zhu Yunxun said quickly, "No, those Jinyiwei were arranged by my grandfather, what does it have to do with me!"

Every royal palace has Jinyiwei people, which is something that everyone knows. Zhu Biao or Zhu Yunhuan basically don't need to make any arrangements, because they are all arranged by Zhu, and they just need to take over.

Old Zhu leaned back in his chair and said, "It's hard to say! Jiang Li, the commander of the Jinyiwei, went there in person with the order of the Crown Prince, and the case was investigated by the Crown Prince's people. Who would believe you if you said you didn't instruct or know anything about it? The Qin Palace is in a mess, and you arranged people to investigate without knowing the future. Aren't others afraid?"

Zhu Yunxun lowered his head and took a look, "My crotch is either filled with shit or not!"

Old Zhu smiled heartily, "That doesn't matter. Your uncles are afraid of you for a good reason. You saved your second uncle, which is also a favor. The title of King of Qin is special. We bypassed our son and established the grandson as the crown prince. Some people are unhappy in their hearts, but they just dare not say it. If anyone dares to discuss it again in the future, let your second uncle bring people to enforce the family law."

Zhu Yunhuan thought about it and it made sense, so he said, "Tomorrow I will arrange for someone to be Uncle San's cook. I will direct and act out a scene to save Uncle San, and by then Uncle San will be happy too."

Old Zhu, who was originally feeling comfortable, suddenly felt upset. This grandson was really narrow-minded and would use words to choke people whenever he had the chance.

Of course, it was also the case that Zhu Gang punished the chef for a trivial matter on his way to his fiefdom and was severely scolded by Zhu. This was an old story being brought up again.

Although Zhu was very anxious these days because his second son almost died, he was relieved now that he knew his son was fine. What he was thinking about now was to teach that beast a lesson and discipline the royal family.

So this time he recalled almost all his sons at once, as Zhu Yuanzhang believed that this matter was urgent.

What the second son did was really too absurd. With such a negative example, he had to give the other sons a good warning so that they would learn from it.

Therefore, imperial edicts have been issued one after another in the past few days, and the royal family and princes of the Ming Dynasty have once again gathered back to Yingtian Prefecture.

If you think about it carefully, this matter is quite interesting.

However, Zhu Yunhuan was in a relatively calm mood. The collective return of his uncles was never a hidden danger or something to worry about for him.

How to make good use of this incident to restrain the royal family is what he should be most concerned about.

(End of this chapter)