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

Chapter 404 Zhu Yunwen's Helplessness
After the court assembly ended, Zhu Yunwen returned to the Eastern Palace with great eagerness.

The general named Lu Xiang-sheng under Zhu Xiong-ying appeared far too quickly. In such a short time, it was unknown whether the powerful families who had pledged allegiance to him had actually benefited from this matter. When he returned, he saw Huang Zi-cheng, Lian Zi-ning, and the others sitting there at a loss, and he immediately had a bad feeling.

When the group saw Zhu Yunwen return, their eyes showed some shame.

Zhu Yunwen said somewhat impatiently.

"How is it? What's the situation?"

Lian Zining sighed somewhat awkwardly.

His eyes were filled with complex emotions.

At this moment, he lowered his head and spoke.

"Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

"The army under Zhu Xiong Ying appeared far too quickly. Before our men could even react, Chen Yong's troops from Linjiang had already been scattered by them!"

"Most of the men we sent out came up empty-handed!"

"The troops that went to the rear suffered particularly heavy losses and gained nothing!"

Zhu Yunwen's face was very ugly. They wanted to take advantage of the rebellion of Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang to gain some benefits.

On the one hand, those nobles who had already submitted to Zhu Xiong Ying were used to get rid of them and clean up the valuables in their mansions.

As for those officials who remain neutral, we should seize this opportunity to control them, and then we won't have to worry about them not supporting Zhu Yunwen.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Revenue had stockpiled a large amount of silver.

These are the things they want most. They want to take advantage of this chaos to secretly transport this money out of the country, whether by private or private means.

Whether it's stockpiling troops or using them to win over officials, it's extremely important.

When the tide turns and the balance shifts, his power and influence will definitely far surpass that of Zhu Xiong Ying.

However, to his surprise, such a thing happened before his men even took action, which made him very frustrated.

At this moment, his face was gloomy, and his eyes were fixed on Lian Zining and the others.

"Where did these suddenly appearing troops come from? And what about that guy named Lu Xiang-sheng?!"

"This incident hasn't been going on for very long, so this army must be located around Yingtian Prefecture!"

"We must investigate this matter thoroughly, otherwise, when trouble arises, we won't even know where the enemies attacking us are from!"

Lian Zining nodded after hearing this.

"Please rest assured, Your Highness, we will definitely investigate this matter thoroughly once we return!"

"Now that His Highness the Crown Prince has secretly raised so many troops, does His Majesty intend to remain indifferent in any aspect?"

Zhu Yunwen sighed deeply after hearing this and remained silent.

Seeing Zhu Yunwen's expression, Lian Zining immediately understood what was going on. He never imagined that Zhu Yuanzhang would trust Zhu Xiong Ying so much.

It's illogical that he would be so indifferent to the fact that he secretly trained such a powerful army. Li Shimin already possessed immense power before his rebellion, and Zhu Xiong Ying still commands such a force. Wouldn't this cause them losses? They couldn't understand Zhu Yuanzhang's actions. At this moment, Huang Zicheng sighed.

"It seems we greatly underestimated His Majesty's trust in Zhu Xiong Ying. Taking him down in ordinary matters will not be easy!"

Everyone felt a sense of powerlessness. This matter was far too troublesome for them. Both His Majesty and His Highness the Crown Prince had extraordinary trust in Zhu Xiong Ying.

If things continue like this, it won't be an easy task to bring down Zhu Xiong Ying.

At this moment, Qi Tai, who was standing to the side, sighed and said.

"Dealing with Zhu Xiong Ying is a very important matter, but there is something even more important for us now, and that is how to explain what is happening now!"

We've mobilized quite a few people this time, and His Majesty will probably find out about their deployment, since the Embroidered Uniform Guard's intelligence capabilities are not to be underestimated.

Therefore, I guess it won't be long before the Embroidered Uniform Guard will also be mobilized.

We must make those powerful families prepare before the Embroidered Uniform Guard finds out anything, otherwise it will inevitably implicate us.

Upon hearing this, everyone sighed; no one had expected things to change so drastically.

Inside Renshou Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang looked at the intelligence report in his hand, his heart filled with rage.

"What a brilliant idea Zhu Yunwen has come up with! He actually managed to come up with such a plan, to cooperate with those powerful families!"

“Those guys are all so wicked, how could they possibly do anything good? If he does this, isn’t he just asking a tiger for its skin?”

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was furious.

The powerful and influential families are all ruthless, and now Zhu Yunwen is actually associating with these guys in order to climb to that position.

More importantly, the fact that these powerful families reacted so quickly to the rebellion of Marquis Chen Yong of Linjiang shows that they already knew about it beforehand.

However, Zhu Yunwen's actions in trying to persuade Zhu Xiong to agree to unite with these powerful families so that they could benefit from it were extremely foolish.

The hero hasn't even reached that position yet.

"To do such a foolish thing, if one day he were to actually ascend to that position, he would still have to think of this place," he sighed regretfully. Crown Prince Zhu Biao, standing beside him, smiled and said.

"Please rest assured, Father, we are well aware of Yunwen's situation, and your son will absolutely not let him get his way!"

"If he is capable, then it is not impossible for him to compete for that position. However, judging from his performance over this period of time, if he were to actually take that position, it might not be a good thing for our Great Ming!"

"The reason we're doing this is to bring those rats hiding in the shadows to the surface. I believe it won't be long before our idea comes true!"

"With the power of heroes, we will surely be able to control more territory. We just need to distribute it out, and I believe that similar incidents will not happen again!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded after hearing this.

"It's good that you have your own thoughts!"

"It's hard to treat everyone equally when it comes to family matters, so you need to be clear about what you really want to do. But a prince is a prince after all, and he can never become the crown prince!"

(End of this chapter)