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

"When the eunuch came to report just now, I already noticed that your face looked a little strange. Is there something unusual happening again?"

“No one knows a man better than his wife.”

"What's going on? Don't talk about it here. Let's go back and lie down to rest and talk slowly."

Empress Ma then arranged for the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs to clean up the mess, and she took Zhu Yuanzhang back to the bedroom.

"All of you please go down. Today I will personally serve the emperor and let him rest."

"Yes……"

Empress Ma asked worriedly while helping Zhu Yuanzhang undress.

"Chongba, there are only two of us here now.

If you don't want to say it because you feel too tired, just tell me when you want to say it.

But I hope you can understand that no matter what happens, I, as your wife, will always be by your side and will never leave you. It has not been easy for us to get to where we are today, and only by supporting each other can we have the motivation to keep going.”

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was really lucky to have such a good wife and such a good queen like Ma Xiuying.

"Queen, if I don't tell you about this today, I'm afraid you won't be able to sleep well tonight. Come on, let's lie down on the bed and tell you slowly."

Zhu Yuanzhang and Empress Ma lay on the bed and blew out the candles.

"Is it related to Zhu Kai?"

"It seems that you only care about your son. Don't worry, today's incident has nothing to do with Zhu Kai, but he may be involved soon."

"What serious matter is there that has to involve Zhu Kai?"

"Marquis Deqing, this guy is becoming more and more outrageous.

Considering that he has fought with me to conquer the world and has come all the way to where he is today, it is not easy to make him a marquis and a prime minister. I didn't expect that this guy would be so ungrateful.

He has been arrogant and domineering for so many years, even placing himself above the important officials of the court. I will not bother with him anymore.

He secretly makes friends with civil officials and military generals, but I don't bother with him.

I just received a secret letter saying that he built a big house in the capital, which is totally incompatible with his status and position.

To build such a large house, the houses of dozens of people were demolished. "

Ma Xiuying immediately understood why Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry.

"Marquis Deqing has always been arrogant and domineering. He thinks highly of his past with the emperor and looks down on everyone in the court. The only person he cares about is probably the prime minister Hu Weiyong.

But then again, birds of a feather flock together, and they like each other, but they just have similar tastes."

"Isn't that right? Hu Weiyong and Zhu Kai have always looked down on each other. This time when Zhu Kai brought Wang Baobao back, he was also jumping up and down, trying to spy on my intentions."

"What on earth does this old guy want to do?
Seeing that the Ming Dynasty has stabilized, is he still going to stir up trouble? Is he still not satisfied after becoming the head of all officials and still wants to win over Biaoer? "

"Yes, that's right. He doesn't just want to be the prime minister of my dynasty. I think he wants to continue to be the prime minister after the crown prince ascends the throne. He also wants to be a veteran for several dynasties."

"You're half buried in the ground, and you still have such great ambitions?"

“Power is in our hands, and no one is willing to give it up.

In fact, I am the same. If the emperor of the previous dynasty crawled out of the ground now, grabbed my neck, and asked me to return the throne to him, I would not be willing to do so. "

"Don't talk nonsense, we conquered the Ming Dynasty bit by bit.

How can someone like Hu Weiyong compare to him who put in so much blood and sweat?
However, the emperor should have been on guard against him in advance. He was a villain who was good at spreading rumors and was the most opportunistic. It would be a shame to have such a person staying by the prince's side.

If we are no longer around in the future, it will be difficult for the prince to cope with it.

He will cause unrest in the court to consolidate his power. This kind of person is simply a black sheep in the court. It is better to get rid of him as soon as possible. "

"Hu Weiyong is now the head of all officials, so we can't move him for the time being. We can't act rashly until we find any substantial mistakes he made.

However, this old fellow, Marquis Deqing, really needs a good beating. Considering the friendship between him and me for so many years, I really can't bear to do anything to him."

"From what channel did you get this secret letter today?"

“I heard that a pigeon flew in with this secret letter tied to its foot, but there is really no way to check.

Hand this matter over to the Imperial Guards tomorrow morning, and have Mao Xiang and his men investigate it thoroughly. I will then see who is secretly the one who informed on the matter."

"Yes, that's true. We can rest assured if we let the Royal Guards handle this matter.

However, Your Majesty must be more careful. We are unsure of what will happen. If something goes wrong, you must be mentally prepared in advance."

"Marquis Deqing has always been a man of ideas. In the early years, before we defeated the Yuan army, he was indeed my right-hand man.

It was not easy for the two brothers to come to us from Chaohu. We knew them and thought of their friendship, so we couldn’t bear to kill them.”

When Zhu Yuanzhang said this, he sighed helplessly.

At this moment, he even felt a little sad.

I don’t know if it was because I recalled the glorious years of my youth, or because I felt that the higher you go, the fewer people you can trust around you.

Sometimes, the reason why he warned Zhu Kai was because he was afraid that his son would become the second Marquis Deqing.

Zhu Kai's temper has always been very unpredictable. If you want to hand over the world to the prince, and Zhu Kai can assist him wholeheartedly, this eldest brother would of course be the best.

If he really wanted to fight for the throne, Crown Prince Zhu Biao might not be his opponent.

Zhu Yuanzhang had seen too many cases of brothers fighting against each other, and he didn't want such a thing to happen to his own son.

Therefore, he told each of his sons when they were very young that there was only one position of Crown Prince, which belonged to their eldest brother, and no one else could dream of competing for the position of Crown Prince.

Perhaps if this seed had been planted in their hearts earlier, they would not have really competed with the prince for anything.

Of course, this was just a beautiful vision in Zhu Yuanzhang's mind.

As the saying goes, a son is no longer under the control of his mother.

When children grow up, they will have their own thoughts. Besides, the entire Ming Dynasty and the entire world are too tempting.

The next morning, the first ray of sunlight just fell on the earth.

Li Wenzhong was suddenly awakened while lying on the bed. He opened his eyes and saw that it was already light outside. He immediately felt a little flustered. He didn't care about anything else, and didn't care that he had just woken up and his mind was not very clear, so he immediately got up from the bed.

He was putting on his shoes while muttering to himself.

"This is bad. I was supposed to go back and sleep for one or two incense sticks, but I slept until dawn and I don't even know what time it is outside."

The more anxious you are, the more likely you are to make mistakes. Li Wenzhong was sweating all over when he slept, and his feet were also covered in sweat, and he couldn't even put on his shoes.

"Here comes someone!"

Hearing Li Wenzhong's shout, the soldiers outside immediately rushed in.

"What are your orders, General?"

"Didn't I say I would sleep for the time it takes to sleep for one or two sticks of incense? Why didn't anyone call me? What time is it now?"

"Reporting to the general, it is already Yin hour."

"What? Isn't it already daybreak?
I slept very comfortably tonight, but it's a pity that I failed the arrangement of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. What should I do? If His Royal Highness the Crown Prince knew about this, I would not be able to explain it to him. "

Li Wenzhong said this on purpose. The soldier next to him was also very smart and spoke out immediately after hearing this.

"General, rest assured. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and His Royal Highness Zhu Kai are not here yet. There will be no problems at the inn tonight. You don't have to worry."

Hearing this, Li Wenzhong was finally able to breathe a sigh of relief. Zhu Kai had always looked down on him, and if he made any mistake at this time, wouldn't that be asking for trouble?

"These Royal Guards guarding the inn didn't get any rest all night, right?"

"General, they have orders from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, so they naturally dare not rest casually."

Li Wenzhong felt a little embarrassed after hearing this. He had also received orders from His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but he still came back and took a long nap. No matter what, he could not let the Crown Prince and Zhu Kai know about this.

He said this in a calm manner.

"These soldiers have been guarding the inn all night. Although the temperature here is not that low, it is still a bit chilly at night. Hurry up and call the other Royal Guards to take over the shift with them.

Let those who have been guarding the night have a hot breakfast, then go back and rest, and wait for the general's instructions."

"Then I will arrange it now?"

Li Wenzhong put on his shoes and immediately kicked the other person in the butt.

"Of course I'll arrange it now. What are you waiting for? Are you expecting this general to do this little thing personally?"

"Yes, yes, yes. I am stupid. I will make arrangements now. Please rest assured, General."

The reason why Li Wenzhong did this was not because he felt sorry for the patients who had been guarding him all night, but because he wanted to win people's hearts and prevent them from telling others that he had slept until dawn.

Thinking of this, he felt that he should not wait any longer, so he quickly put on his clothes and left the room.

As soon as I opened the door, I saw Wang Baobao walking out of the room.

The two people faced each other formally, and there was a little awkwardness when their eyes met.

"Um... General Li got up pretty early."

Li Wenzhong cleared his throat, but he didn't want others to hear that he had just woken up.

"Wang Baobao, I didn't expect you to get up so early.

This general just went back to his room to get something and happened to run into you. It's okay. The emperor will not summon you today. You can go back to your room and have a good rest.

Oh, come back, I have asked other people in the inn to prepare breakfast for you. I know you people from the border tribe are not used to the buns and soy milk we have here.

His Highness Zhu Kai also gave instructions yesterday. He said he would try his best to prepare some pancakes and milk tea for you."

Wang Baobao saw that the other person looked like he had just woken up, and he talked too much.

He remembered Zhu Kai once told him that when a person starts to talk more and more inexplicably, it means that he is feeling guilty or even wants to hide something important.

It seems that Zhu Kai's analysis is quite accurate, and Wang Baobao has no intention of exposing this person.

"General, you were really overworked last night. I feel really bad for asking you to guard us here. You must be exhausted after spending the whole night here. How about you go back to your room and rest first?"

When Li Wenzhong heard the other party say this, he felt even more embarrassed.

"That's not so troublesome. Protecting you is my duty and obligation. This is also what I promised His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. Okay, I won't say so much to you for now.

I have to go down and see how the others are deployed. It's already dawn and there will be more people on the streets outside.

The more people there are, the more danger there will be. You are from the border tribe, so you'd better be careful."

After Li Wenzhong finished speaking, he immediately fled and left the room.

Wang Baobao looked at the other person and he now knew everything.

"Humph, I didn't expect that there would be such a person around His Royal Highness the Crown Prince who keeps telling lies. He clearly slept in the room all night, but he pretended to be guarding downstairs all night. Who is he trying to fool?"

At this moment, Guanyinnu also woke up from the room.

He packed up immediately, opened the door and saw his brother standing at the door.

"Sister, are you awake?"

"I didn't sleep well tonight. I just changed the environment, and we had too many things on our minds. I barely closed my eyes."

When Wang Baobao saw his sister like this, he felt a little distressed.

"Since we are here, we should make the best of it. What Zhu Kai said to us makes a lot of sense.

I believe he will speak for us. You don't need to be so nervous. Besides, haven't we already discussed it?

Now that we have come to the territory of the Ming Dynasty and Yingtian Prefecture, we must obey the emperor's arrangements. I think he will most likely not summon us today, and we will have plenty of time to prepare."

"I just heard you and Li Wenzhong talking a lot in the room. What can you say to him? When we first came here, we saw that this guy's attitude was very arrogant."

“This guy follows the Crown Prince and can be considered a favorite of His Royal Highness.

Given the status of Crown Prince Zhu Biao in the court, it is normal for him to be somewhat arrogant, but now he has a handle in our hands. " (End of this chapter)