Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 262: The Position of Taiji
After a sleepless night, in addition to pacifying the tribe, the fires that had been set by the tribe also had to be resolved. These matters were not completely resolved until the early morning of the next day.

Zhu Shenzui was exhausted. He forced himself to stay awake and met the two elders and the leader who had just returned from pacifying the Mongols. At this time, Wang Hai hurried over.

"Master, the Fourth Lady is gone." Wang Hai leaned over and whispered in Zhu Shenzui's ear.

Zhu Shenzhu was stunned. After killing Galiba, he had been busy all the time, and naturally he also learned about the Fourth Lady in the big tent. When he heard that the Fourth Lady had been humiliated by Galiba, Zhu Shenzhu could not help but curse a few words. Galiba was really a beast! Not only did he kill his father and brother, he also killed the First Lady and the Third Lady, and even treated the Fourth Lady as a plaything. Such a person can't be called a human being at all, he is even worse than an animal.

Now that Galiba is dead, Zhu Shenzui naturally has to make good use of the Fourth Lady as one of his nominal "mothers-in-law", so he arranged for the Fourth Lady to be relocated, and as for the others, he would discuss what to do after Tana arrived.

But I didn't expect that it had only been a short time and the Fourth Lady was gone? What was going on?
Seeing Zhu Shenzhui's surprise, Wang Hai whispered to him that the Fourth Lady had committed suicide. She dressed herself up in her yurt, put on her best clothes, and then took medicine to kill herself. Since Zhu Shenzhui had instructed not to disturb the Fourth Lady, their people were guarding outside the yurt. When they found out something was wrong, it was too late. The Fourth Lady's body was already cold.

"Master, the Fourth Lady is determined to die. She went to see Changshengtian with a smile on her face. And after what happened, it's a good thing for her to do so..."

Zhu Shenzhui sighed. The death of the Fourth Lady surprised him, but after thinking deeply, it made sense. After all, she had suffered such humiliation. If it wasn't for the sake of her family not being killed by Galiba, the Fourth Lady would have thought of dying a long time ago, right?
As the saying goes, you get what you deserve. If it were me, I would probably make the same choice as the Fourth Lady. It can be said that this woman was completely liberated by taking this path.

After thinking about it, Zhu Shenzhui asked Wang Hai to take people to restrain the fourth wife and deal with her together after Tana came. The tribe was seriously injured this time. Not only did Asitemur and his son die, but even Tana's brother's family and her biological mother died at the hands of Galiba.

With so many people to attend to, he simply took care of the Fourth Lady's funeral as well. The Second Lady was under control, and although she was Galiba's biological mother, Zhu Shencui did not kill her. After all, she was still one of his mothers-in-law, and she was just a woman who could not cause any trouble, so it was no big deal to keep her alive.

Tana, her son, and Ma Shizhou arrived on the third day. When Tana returned to the tribe, the Mongols in the tribe cheered, because now Tana was the only descendant of Ashitemur in the tribe, and her return also meant that the tribe would continue to exist. Everyone had a backbone in their hearts and were no longer as worried as before.

The couple were naturally very happy to see each other, but when they returned to the tribe again, saw the changes in the tribe, and learned about what Galiba had done, Tana couldn't help but feel heartbroken.

All parents and brothers are gone, and the culprit of all this is Galiba. Now Galiba has been beheaded. Although revenge has been taken, what will happen to the tribe in the future?
As the daughter of Taiji and a noble lady of the tribe, Tana met the elders and leaders, walked around the tribe in person, and after comforting the people of the tribe, she returned to her yurt without saying a word.

The big tent representing the Taiji was still empty. After the death of Galiba, except for the time when the Fourth Lady was taken out of it, this place was temporarily sealed up. No one was allowed to live in it until the next Taiji was determined, not even Zhu Shenzui.

When Zhu Shenzhui returned to the yurt, Tana had already been there for a long time. He lifted the curtain and walked in, only to see Tana sitting there with one hand on her knee and the other on a low table beside her, staring blankly, wondering what she was thinking about.

It was not until Zhu Shencui came to her side that Tana realized that Zhu Shencui had come and she forced a smile at him.

"Don't think too much. The dead are gone, and the living must live better." Holding Tana's hand, Zhu Shenzhui comforted her softly. The death of her parents and brothers was a heavy blow to Tana. Coupled with Galiba's evil deeds in recent days, not only did the tribe suffer huge losses, but even Tana and her children were almost on the verge of life and death.

Tana nodded slightly. She told Zhu Shenzhui that she planned to hold the funeral of her parents and brother in the next few days. Not only did the bastard Galiba kill his second brother Xuri in order to seize the throne, he even didn't hold the funeral of his own father Ashitemur.

Until now, Ashe Temur's body is still lying in the coffin, but after Xurigan, the first wife, the third wife and their families, as well as some tribal elders and leaders who opposed Galiba were killed by Galiba, their bodies did not even have a coffin. They were just hastily buried in a pit.

Today, Tana has had their remains dug out and reburied, preparing to hold the funeral together with Ashe Temur.

The Mongolians believe in Eternal Heaven and Buddhism. In the minds of the Mongolians, although everyone will eventually return to Eternal Heaven one day, it does not mean that there are no funeral ceremonies. Like the Ming Dynasty, Mongolia also has Mongolian rules, which are even more complicated in some aspects. In addition, they all died suddenly, and they must be prayed for by monks before they can return to Eternal Heaven safely.

Zhu Shencui naturally had no objection to Tana's request. It was the right thing to do. As her husband and son-in-law of Ashe Temur, he had to fulfill this obligation. "Thank you, my man! If it weren't for you, I'm afraid Abu and the others would never close their eyes." Feeling the warmth from Zhu Shencui holding her hands, Tana leaned gently on his shoulder, and a line of tears fell silently.

"Silly girl, your business is my business. Besides, isn't it my duty to avenge Abu and the others?" Zhu Shenzui said in her ear after kissing Tana's silky long hair.

Tana looked up and smiled. The smile was so beautiful that Zhu Shenzhu was stunned for a moment.

"My man, I have just made a decision, and I hope you can support me."

"Of course, you are my wife, and I will support you no matter what you want to do." Zhu Shenzhui answered without hesitation.

Tana said: "Now that Abu is gone, Aha is gone too, and the poisonous snake Galiba has died in your hands, the tribe's crisis is finally over, but the tribe still has to go on with its future."

"I am Abu's daughter. I was born and raised in the tribe. To me, the grassland is my hometown, the tribe is my home, and the people of the tribe are my family. I cannot make the decision to abandon my family."

"Tana...you..." Hearing Tana say this, Zhu Shenzhui seemed to have thought of something in his mind and was about to ask, but before he could finish, Tana stopped him with her eyes.

"Listen to me." Tana said in a firm tone: "We have discussed before. When there is a chance, I will follow you to Daming with my children. Daming, the most prosperous place in the world, is also what I have always longed for. My man, I am really sorry, I can't go with you, because I have my responsibilities. The grassland needs me, the tribe needs me, and my people need me even more..."

Reaching out to touch Zhu Shenzhui's face, Tana looked a little reluctant, but her eyes remained firm: "If I leave, the tribe will collapse. I can't watch my tribe decline and eventually disappear, and I can't let Abu's years of hard work be destroyed. I have made a decision. I will stay in the tribe in the future. My man, I hope you understand."

Zhu Shenzhui was not surprised by Tana's words, because he had just thought of this. With the great changes in the Ashitemur family, Galiba killed all the people who threatened him in the tribe. After Zhu Shenzhui led his men to kill Galiba, Tana was the only one left in the tribe with Ashitemur's blood.

Now, only if Tana stands up, the people of the tribe will be truly convinced and acknowledge that Tana is the next leader of the tribe. Even Zhu Shencui will not do it, because in everyone's eyes, although Zhu Shencui is the son-in-law of the tribe, he is a Ming Dynasty person after all, not a Mongolian, and he does not have the blood of Ashe Temur.

Zhu Shenzhui had considered this outcome. To be honest, it was not a bad thing for him to have Tana take over the tribe. On the contrary, it was very beneficial. Having a large Mongolian tribe of tens of thousands of people as a backing was completely different from just cooperating. Once Tana became the leader of the tribe, the tribe would also belong to Zhu Shenzhui.

But what Tana said was not wrong. Once she really became the leader, the promise they made before would be impossible. No leader of a Mongolian tribe would abandon the tribe and follow Zhu Shenzhu back to the Ming Dynasty. In the future, Tana would always live on the grassland and would never set foot in the Ming Dynasty again.

Thinking of this, Zhu Shenzhui felt a little sad about the sacrifice he made for Tana, but he couldn't change it. Reason told him that this choice was right, but emotionally he couldn't help feeling a little lost.

After thinking for a while, Zhu Shenzui finally nodded and agreed to Tana's decision, but he didn't expect that Tana's next words made Zhu Shenzui almost jump up, because Tana told Zhu Shenzui that not only would she stay in the grassland forever, but their children would also stay in the tribe forever. According to Mongolian customs, as a woman, it was impossible for her to become a real tribal leader and Taiji, and the only way was to let their son Tenger inherit the position of Taiji. As Tenger's biological mother, Tana would take charge of tribal affairs for him before he came of age, and Tenger would take over the power after he came of age.

"What did you say? Let our children become Taiji?"

"Yes!" Tana nodded and said, "Our child also has Abu's blood in his body. No one will object to him becoming Taiji. I am just a woman and cannot be Taiji, but Tenger is different. He is fully qualified, and this is the only way now."

Zhu Shenzhu was completely speechless for a moment. He had never thought that things would change to this extent. It would be fine if Tana stayed in the grassland. After all, he could still see her when he went to the grassland. Moreover, after Tana took control of the tribe, as her man, he would naturally not stand idly by. In the future, Zhu Shenzhu would help Tana make the tribe stronger.

But Zhu Shenzhui had never thought of letting Tengger become the taiji of the tribe and the real leader of the tribe. If this was the case, wouldn't it mean that both mother and son would not be able to leave the grassland? His own son, a member of the Ming royal family, actually became the taiji of a large Mongolian tribe. What...what was this?
(End of this chapter)