The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 311 Zhu Yunwen's Ambition
Zhu Yunwen also felt that he had become an apprentice in a somewhat confused manner.

During this time, his mother took him everywhere, to learn from various masters, and he has lost count of how many masters he has had.

In short, each mentor could not teach him much, but only told him that he must reach that position in the future, and his eyes were full of excitement.

Even though he wasn't active in court, and even though his grandfather and father didn't approve of him, so many people still supported him. He was indeed the true chosen one.

Zhu Xiong Ying was just lucky; he was only a little older than me. Other than that, he had no other advantages.

Especially the masters I've apprenticed with during this period, each one of them is extremely famous.

The Kong family's Duke Yansheng, Kong Ximing; the Meng family's great Confucian scholar, Mencius; the Zhu family's Zhu Ying; and the Cheng family's Cheng Daoan.

Any one of these people would be a prominent figure in the outside world, yet they all approached me at the same time, wanting me to become their apprentice. Such a good thing doesn't happen every day.

Lu Chang, the head of the Lu family, was worried that his daughter was getting too involved.

After all, it's clear to anyone with eyes to see how stable Zhu Xiong Ying's power is in the court. If Zhu Yun Wen were to ascend the throne, not only would the officials in the court disagree, but the emperor and the crown prince would probably be the first to object. Otherwise, with the emperor and the crown prince both present, why would they let Zhu Xiong Ying oversee the country? Isn't it just an opportunity to test Zhu Xiong Ying's power?

As long as Zhu Xiong Ying doesn't do anything that would incur public wrath, he won't step down from that position. However, Lady Lü doesn't think that way. In her view, Zhu Xiong Ying has already offended many people, especially the civil officials in the court and scholars throughout the country. Now he has even offended the Duke of Yansheng. This is even better. Anyone offended by Zhu Xiong Ying will eventually flock to her son's side. Before long, her son will be able to wield even greater power. Lady Lü, the Crown Prince's concubine, still fantasizes about her dream of becoming Empress.

However, when he returned to the East Palace, he saw a very familiar figure. Crown Prince Zhu Biao had actually returned to the East Palace, which made him somewhat incredulous. You see, the Crown Prince had not returned to the East Palace for a long time since his last visit, and had been living in Renshou Palace during this period.

He was very excited to finally be back, but at this moment, Crown Prince Zhu Biao's expression was not particularly good, as he had already learned about the activities of the Crown Prince's concubine.

Especially Zhu Yunwen.

The Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, completely treated Zhu Yunwen as an emperor, and even gathered so many people for him. Besides the Duke of Yansheng and his group, there were also powerful families from Jiangnan and nobles from Huaixi. It seemed that almost all the forces that Zhu Xiong Ying had offended had been brought under Zhu Yunwen's control.

When the Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, saw that the Crown Prince Zhu Biao had arrived, she felt a sense of urgency and impending danger.

"Your Highness, what brings you back?"

The Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, had a hint of expectation in her eyes.

Six parts melancholy, and one part confusion.

Crown Prince Zhu Biao sighed and said.

"I've been very busy lately. Although I've entrusted the affairs of the court to Xiong Ying, my father and I are still very worried. That's why I haven't been home from the palace. I'm so grateful to you for taking care of the Crown Prince!"

The Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, was extremely excited upon hearing this.

As expected, the Crown Prince was still the same Crown Prince, humble and polite, without any change.

"Thank you for your understanding, Your Highness. Actually, I didn't do anything. It was Yunwen who helped with many things. Yunwen has been working hard to learn all these years."

He also studied under many famous teachers!

“Actually, Yunwen has grown up and can now share the burdens for Your Highness!” Crown Prince Zhu Biao asked, looking at his concubine, Lady Lü.

"I heard that Yunwen took on several masters today, is that true?"

When the Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, heard this, she nodded. Although the Crown Prince Zhu Biao had already heard about this matter, whether he admitted it or not was no longer important.

"That's true. I didn't expect Your Highness to know about this. It shows how much Your Highness cares for Yunwen!"

"That's right. Today, Yunwen has taken on four masters, all of whom are highly respected and virtuous!"

"I believe that Yunwen will definitely become even better under his guidance!"

Crown Prince Zhu Biao sneered upon hearing this, thinking that it was nothing more than him still harboring ambitions for that position.

How could Crown Prince Zhu Biao not know what she was really thinking? As long as Zhu Xiong Ying was still alive, that position would not fall to Zhu Yun Wen.

“Mrs. Lü, you should know that only Xiong Ying is qualified to sit in that position!”

"Yunwen, your future is destined to be that of a regional king. Why are you so fixated on this?"

The Crown Prince's concubine, Lady Lü, had a flurry of emotions as she listened to these words. She was filled with resentment. Why should everything belong to Zhu Xiong Ying, just because he was born to that lowly woman?

However, he didn't dare to say all of these things out loud, and could only smile and say them.

"Your Highness misunderstands. I didn't mean that to Yunwen. In the end, he can only be a vassal king, so I wanted to teach him more so that he could be a good vassal king in his local area!"

"It will be able to help U.A. at that time!"

Crown Prince Zhu Biao naturally knew that what his concubine, Lady Lü, said was not true.

He said it with a smile.

"It's good that you can think of these things. In fact, with your family background, you could indeed be promoted to Crown Princess, but you should be clear about this!"

"The position of Crown Prince Xiong Ying must not be shaken in the slightest. If I were to promote you to that position, some people would have some inappropriate thoughts, so it is absolutely unacceptable!"

You should understand my predicament!

Crown Princess Lü gave an awkward smile, but she was already furious inside.

Just because of that little Zhu Xiong Ying, he's been stuck in this position for so many years. What makes him so special? That lowly person can only hold that position, something I can't normally do. And the throne too, why is it that little brat Zhu Xiong Ying can sit in that position while my son Zhu Yunwen can't? What's so great about that lowly person?

Then there's Zhu Xiong Ying. He's offended almost everyone in the world. Even the Duke Yansheng, the representative of all scholars, was thrown out by him. This is an utter disgrace. She doesn't understand why Crown Prince Zhu Biao can still tolerate Zhu Xiong Ying's existence and let him continue to oversee the country.

(End of this chapter)