I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 10 The Queen Mother Teach Her Son
"My son met a divine being while he was in a coma. The divine being said that my son was a man of good fortune and that he was not destined to die. So he brought my son back from the brink of death."

Concubine Liu hugged Zhu Houxuan in her arms and kept saying, "Buddha bless you! Buddha bless you! I don't know which god or Buddha blesses my son, I will definitely build a golden statue for him."

The last thing she feared was Zhu Houxun falling into the water and passing out.

"My son was weak at the time and didn't see clearly. He only saw that the god had golden hair." Zhu Houxuan said in a buzzing voice.

"Oh? Then what does this god have to do with you and the craftsmen?" Concubine Liu came to her senses a little and asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"After the divine man pulled me back, he also gave my son a lot of unfamiliar knowledge, saying that this knowledge could make the Ming Dynasty great again. It took my son two months to organize this knowledge, which turned out to be some knowledge about business and industry. So my son found some craftsmen and used the knowledge bestowed by the divine man to create some magical objects." Zhu Houxuan lied with a sincere face.

After hearing this, Concubine Liu became hesitant. "The God gave you the knowledge of business and industry? How can this knowledge make the Ming Dynasty great again? This God is not a figment of your imagination, right?"

"Is it my son's imagination? Can't we just verify the knowledge given by God?"

Concubine Liu looked into Zhu Houxuan's eyes, her expression gradually turning cold. "Is your mother so easy to deceive? Don't deceive me again! This is absolutely not feasible! Go back and study hard with the teachers, and drive those craftsmen out of the house!"

"Why?" Zhu Houxuan was a little confused.

"You are my flesh and blood, so I naturally know what you are thinking. You just don't want to study and want to hang out with those craftsmen!"

"My son doesn't think that way. I just want to make the Ming Dynasty great again!" Zhu Houxuan said stubbornly. Although things were out of his control, he still wanted to fight for it.

Concubine Liu looked at her stubborn son and couldn't help but soften her tone. "Xun'er, don't blame your mother for being cruel. People in your Zhu family are born to enjoy a good life. You should just enjoy it. Why do you have to do such menial work and hang out with those dirty, smelly and lowly craftsmen? If it gets out, and those humble people call you 'Prince Blacksmith', what will you do?"

Prince Blacksmith?

This sentence pattern looks so familiar!

Carpenter Emperor?

Zhu Houxuan suddenly felt that some dead memories in his brain began to attack him, but he felt that the title of "Prince Blacksmith" was not bad.

Concubine Liu looked at the silent Zhu Houxun, thinking that she had persuaded him, and continued to press on: "If you were born in other princely palaces, it would not be a big deal to hang out with a few craftsmen, but it is not allowed in our Jing Palace. You know that our Jing Palace has a very bad reputation outside. Your father worked diligently and carefully for more than ten years before he restored some of the reputation of the Jing Palace. So I can't watch you ruin the reputation of the Jing Palace, not at all!"

Zhu Houxuan was silent for a moment. He could understand Concubine Liu's feelings. He also knew why the Jingwang Mansion had a bad reputation, because the biggest scandal of the royal family in the Ming Dynasty for more than 100 years happened in the Jingwang Mansion.
The story begins with the third generation of Jing Wang Zhu Jianyu. The third generation of Jing Wang Zhu Jianyu and Duliang Wang Zhu Jianpu were both born to Queen Wei. Wei loved the youngest son Zhu Jianpu, which caused strong dissatisfaction from the eldest son Zhu Jianyu. After inheriting the title of Jing Wang, this rebellious son actually imprisoned his biological mother in the palace, deprived her of clothes and food for 10 years, and eventually caused her to die of depression.

After Wei's death, Zhu Jianpu still held a grudge against his mother for loving his younger brother. In August of the 26th year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianpu tricked his younger brother into the palace under the pretext of riding and shooting. He then had his attendants tie him up and beat him with an iron ruler. Zhu Jianpu cried out in pain, hoping that his brother would spare him for the sake of their brotherhood. Unexpectedly, these words only added fuel to the fire. Zhu Jianpu ordered his brother's mouth to be stuffed with clothes, and had his attendants beat him to death with a copper hammer. He was only years old when he died.

After Zhu Jianpu died, Zhu Jianyu sent his body back to the Duliang Palace, falsely claiming that he was "trampled to death by a horse". What was even more outrageous was that Zhu Jianyu later took advantage of his brother's wife, Duliang Princess He, to go to the palace to pay homage to his grandmother, Jingxian Princess Zhou, and shamelessly took possession of her. In addition, in the 19th year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianyu coveted the beauty of his cousin, Duchang Prince Zhu Jiantan's princess Mao, and even repeated his old tricks, tricking Zhu Jiantan into the palace, covering his face with dirt and suffocating him to death, and then kidnapping Mao and taking possession of her. In order to prevent Zhu Jiantan's two younger brothers, the generals Zhu Jianfu and Zhu Jianyu, from avenging their brother, the two brothers were detained in the palace and starved to death.

Besides these, there are countless other evil deeds.

Almost all the adult male members of the Jing Wang clan were killed by Zhu Jianyu in an extremely cruel manner. The female members of the Jing clan were also forced to be raped and humiliated by Zhu Jianyu.

Zhu Jianyan, Prince of Fanshan, was the only adult member of the royal family left alive. Fearing that he would also be killed, he secretly reported the incident to the court in the fifth year of Hongzhi's reign. The incident shocked the court and the public. Emperor Xiaozong Zhu Youtang, together with the six ministries, nine ministers, and royal relatives, tried the case at Wenhua Gate. In the end, Zhu Jianyan was demoted to a commoner and given the death penalty.

Normally, since such a big scandal had occurred in the Jing vassal state and almost all the adult males had been killed, according to the national policy of successive emperors to continuously reduce the power of the vassal states, the Jing vassal state should have been eliminated. However, unexpectedly, Emperor Xiaozong took pity on the suffering of the Jing vassal state and let Zhu Youtang, the son of Zhu Jianpu who was killed by a hammer, succeed to the throne of King of Jing.

Zhu Youzhang is Zhu Houxuan's father, and Zhu Jianpu is Zhu Houxuan's grandfather.

Although Zhu Houxun's branch was completely the victim, outsiders didn't care so much. Therefore, the reputation of the Prince of Jing's Mansion has been terrible for so many years. That's why Concubine Liu was so sensitive about matters related to the reputation of the Prince of Jing's Mansion.

Although Zhu Houxuan understood the concerns of Concubine Liu, he could not give in. "Please understand, mother. What I have done is to make the world look at my Jingwang Mansion in a new light. When I succeed, the reputation of Jingwang Mansion will improve!"

Seeing Zhu Houxuan's insistence, Concubine Liu also became angry: "Am I too good to you? You actually don't take my mother's words to heart!"

"My son doesn't dare. He just wants to do the right thing!"

"Okay! In ancient times, there was Meng's mother who taught her son. I will follow her example today and let you, my rebellious son, see my determination." After saying this, Concubine Liu picked up the scissors on the loom and started cutting the weaving cloth randomly.

Zhu Houxuan was startled and stunned for a moment, then quickly tried to snatch the scissors away, but it was too late. The loom was cut into pieces.

"Mother, please calm down!"

The palace maids and eunuchs waiting outside heard the noise in the bedroom and rushed in.

"Get out! Get out now! I don't want to see you, my rebellious son, today. Go back and think about it carefully!" Concubine Liu pushed Zhu Houxuan away.

Zhu Houxuan wanted to say something, but seeing that Concubine Liu was still angry, he tactfully said nothing and left in shame.

Former Mengmu, choose a neighbor.

If you don't learn, you will lose your chance.

(End of this chapter)