Ming Dynasty: Zhu Biao's younger brother, the most rebellious son in history

Chapter 20 Zhu Gang: Dad, I want to be the emperor!

Neither Zhu Kai nor Zhu Biao wanted to be emperor, which made Zhu Yuanzhang feel like a failure.

But at the same time, Zhu Yuanzhang also felt resentful. He didn't believe that none of his sons wanted to be emperor.

pat!

Concubine Li Shu was panicked for a moment.

The chopsticks fell on the table, and he looked at Zhu Di in panic, his eyes full of fear: "Your Majesty..."

"Why are you panicking?"

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Concubine Li Shu with dissatisfaction.

He hates it most when a family acts like outsiders. When a family closes the door, what can't be said?

Zhu Chong looked at Zhu Yuanzhang without saying anything, but Zhu Gang on the side raised his hand:
"I, Dad...I want to be the emperor!"

Concubine Li Shu was even more panicked: "Tian'er! Shut up, Your Majesty, he, he..."

Concubine Li Shu had indeed thought about her son becoming emperor, but in the past five years, the relationship between Zhu Yuanzhang and Ma Xiuying did not diminish with their age, but became even closer. Seeing that Zhu Biao was supported by the civil and military officials who followed Zhu Yuanzhang to conquer the world, Concubine Li Shu could only give up this idea.

But today, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly asked Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang who wanted to be the emperor, which scared Concubine Li Shu. Even if she had the idea, she didn't dare to say it in front of Zhu Yuanzhang!
"I said, nothing's wrong!"

Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his impatience and told Concubine Li to shut up. Then he looked at Zhu Gang with a smile and said, "Fourth Brother, why do you want to be the emperor?"

"Of course it's because of Kai! He bullies me and my third brother all day long!"

Zhu Gang clenched his fists, an angry look on his face, and looked into Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes and said seriously:

"If I were to become the emperor, I would definitely keep five hundred, no... a thousand dogs in the palace, and I would change their names to Zhu Kai!"

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless. He suppressed his inner restlessness and asked Zhu Gang, "What about state affairs?"

"There is a big brother. Big brother can do it."

"...What about the remaining Yuan?"

"I have a second brother!"

Zhu Gang said happily, "I will first let the dog bite Zhu Kai, and then let him go out to lead the troops to fight! Oh, fifth brother is also OK, second brother likes him very much, saying that he is the champion marquis of our Zhu family. The talent that second brother values ​​will naturally not be bad."

"..."

Zhu Yuanzhang was speechless. So, if you become the emperor, you will raise a dog to bite Zhu Kai, right?

When Zhu Kai bullies others, you call him Zhu Kai, and when you need to fight, you call him Second Brother. You have such a shameless face!

Zhu Gang has no chance to become emperor.

Then he looked at Zhu Chong and said, "Third brother, what about you? Are you willing to accept the throne?"

"improper!"

Zhu Chong's answer was even more straightforward. Without waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to ask why, he said, "Except for Dad, among us brothers, only my eldest brother can be the king, because my second brother only recognizes my eldest brother, and I can't beat him, so I can't be the king. Besides, my eldest brother takes good care of us, so you beat him, Dad... Anyway, my eldest brother is very good, and we think he can be the king."

It’s Zhu Kai again!

Zhu Yuanzhang's face darkened again: "Where are the fifth and sixth brothers?"

Before Zhu Chong could say anything, Zhu Gang rushed over and said, "Old Five becomes the emperor? Hahahaha... Dad, don't be ridiculous. If he becomes the emperor, the second brother will definitely ignore him! Eh? Dad, you came up with a good idea. Why don't we let the fifth brother become the emperor? This way, the second brother will ignore him, and the three of us can beat him up."

Zhu Chong added: "My sixth brother Zhu Su likes reading and is good at medicine. My second brother helped him find a few masters to learn medicine. My second brother said that healing people can also heal the country. I hope that when my sixth brother grows up, he can become a wise prime minister of our Ming Dynasty, or the most famous doctor in the world! Seventh brother..."

Bang!
As Zhu Chong was speaking, Zhu Yuanzhang became furious!
The freshly baked pancakes on the table no longer smelled good. He slapped the table with his palm as big as a palm fan, pointed at Zhu Chong and Zhu Chong and angrily cursed: "You two bastards, open your mouth and say second brother, shut up second brother, I am your father! I asked you to be the emperor but you refused! You little bastards, why did your father work day and night? Wasn't it to give you a stable and peaceful world?"

"Little bastards, what's wrong with letting you be the emperor? Can your father harm you? You don't want this or that, but you guys despise my throne so much?"

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's rage, Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang immediately ran behind Concubine Li Shufei to seek shelter from their mother.

Concubine Li Shu also didn’t understand why Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. My son doesn’t want to be the emperor anymore, why are you still so angry?

Concubine Li had no idea that Zhu Yuanzhang had asked his four sons in a row, and none of them wanted to be emperor, so there was no need to ask the fifth and sixth sons.

Zhu Kai arranged everything for them clearly. The seventh child was still young, so it was useless to ask.

I have worked so hard to raise my sons, and now I want them to follow in my footsteps, but they keep making excuses and unwilling to do so. As a father, how can I not be angry?
Zhu Yuanzhang himself felt that his throne was rubbish.

"Zhu Chong, follow Yuan Qi to find Lao Wu, Lao Liu, and Lao Qi. Each of you will be punished with thirty lashes! Get out!"

When Zhu Chong heard this, he immediately ran outside the palace to find Yuan Qi to beat Zhu Di, leaving Zhu Gang standing behind Concubine Li Shu in a daze: "Dad, what about me?"

Why were the three and the fifth, sixth, and seventh brothers all beaten, but I was left out?

Zhu Gang seemed to have figured out the key to the problem. He hid behind Concubine Li Shufei, revealed his face and looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, whose face was dark, and asked:

"Dad, do you think what I said makes sense? Do we have to keep a thousand dogs named Zhu Kai in this palace?"

"..."

This brainless idiot!

"You? I'll come myself!"

Without saying a word, Zhu Yuanzhang put his left foot on the heel of his right shoe, lifted his right foot upwards, and raised his hand at the right time to catch the flying shoe in his hand.

This set of operations is extremely gorgeous. Without practicing three to five hundred times, it is impossible to control the strength exactly.

Zhu Yuanzhang held the shoe in his hand and pointed at Zhu Gang: "You little bastard, your second brother is a dog, but I am still your father, what am I?"

"..."

Zhu Gang then realized that when he scolded Zhu Kai, he also scolded Zhu Yuanzhang.

But, you want to hit me just for this?

Zhu Gang refused to accept!

While circling around Concubine Li Shu and the dining table, hiding from Zhu Yuanzhang, he retorted:

"Dad, you have to be reasonable. It's true that I called my second brother a dog, but you also called me a little bastard and a bastard. If I am a bastard and a bastard, then what are you? Mother... Help me!"

There was no way Concubine Li Shu could save his life.

I am still confused myself... Why was Your Majesty so angry when he heard that Zhu Chong and Zhu Gang would not be emperors?

Could it be that His Majesty wants Xun'er or Xun'er to be the emperor?
Have Zhu Biao and Zhu Kai lost the trust of His Majesty?

Thinking of this, Concubine Li Shu's breathing suddenly became heavier.

When Concubine Li Shu saw Zhu Gang running towards her, she grabbed him without saying a word and refused to let go.

This kid is so stupid!
His Majesty wants you two brothers to be emperors, why are you running away?

It's worth it to get the throne in exchange for a beating!
Ignoring Zhu Gang's struggle, Concubine Li Shu grabbed his sleeves with both hands and said, "Your Majesty, I will catch him for you!"

"..."

Zhu Gang never expected that his life-saving straw would stab him in the back.

"Mother, you...ah——!"

In Concubine Li Shufei's hall, Zhu Gang's screams and howls were no different from Zhu Kai's.

After a while, Zhu Yuanzhang calmed down a lot, put on his shoes and left Li Shufei's palace, muttering as he left:
"If none of you want to be the emperor, then I won't be one either. Whoever wants to go to the court tomorrow can go! I'm done with this, too!"

(End of this chapter)