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

Chapter 556 Entering the City
Since Jiang Bin was persuaded by Zhang Yong to retreat, he gave up the idea of ​​​​killing the king. He also knew that he could not win, so he began to have a thought of surrendering.
However, the thought of surrender quickly grew stronger in Jiang Bin's mind and finally became unstoppable.
Jiang Bin quickly began to think about the feasibility of surrendering. He also knew that Zhu Houxuan must hate him very much. If he surrendered rashly, he would definitely not have a good ending. Therefore, if he wanted to surrender, he had to negotiate some conditions while he still had some bargaining chips in his hand. At least he would surrender only after Zhu Houxuan promised to protect his life and property.
He also began to think about who to ask to be the middleman to mediate, but he did not expect the situation to change so quickly. After just one night, people's hearts changed drastically. After the old guards entered the city, the guards' troops began to surrender or declare neutrality in an organized manner. The capital fell from his hands at a very fast speed, and for a time, he had fewer and fewer bargaining chips in his hands.
Just when he was worried about the outcome, the Old Guards came to his door.
The entire Leopard House was surrounded by the old guards
The observers on the hot air balloon had noticed long ago that the Leopard House was the most heavily guarded and strictest place in the capital. In comparison, the Imperial Palace did not have so many soldiers guarding it.
So we can basically infer that Zhu Houzhao is in the Leopard Room
So the old guards who entered the city rushed to the Leopard House as soon as possible, but after surrounding the Leopard House, everyone began to be cautious again.
Zhu Houxuan entered the capital from Xizhimen in a carriage. He entered the city very low-key this time. In fact, everyone opposed Zhu Houxuan's entry at this time, because the capital had just been restored, and the various situations in the city were not yet clear. The old guards did not completely control the capital, let alone "clean up" the capital thoroughly.
But Zhu Houxuan still insisted on entering the city, he was already impatient.
No one could stop him, but Zhu Houxuan also did not make a big fuss about entering the city for safety reasons.
Zhu Houxuan looked at the familiar buildings outside through the gap in the carriage curtains and couldn't help but sigh deeply.
Twenty-six days!

Twenty-six days ago, Zhu Houzhao was suspected to have fallen into the water. Twenty-six days later, Zhu Houxuan led an army of more than 200,000 and captured the capital in five days.
Now, only forty-five days have passed since Zhu Houxuan left the capital for Dalian.
Only forty-five days later, when Zhu Houxuan set foot in the capital again, he felt that everything had changed.
He couldn't care less at the moment, he was rushing to the Leopard House
When he arrived at the Leopard Room, the situation was still at a stalemate, and no one dared to act rashly.
After Zhu Houxuan arrived at the door of the Leopard House, he immediately revealed his identity and sent someone to tell Jiang Bin to surrender quickly, and he could consider reducing some of Jiang Bin's punishment.
Not long after, the door of the Leopard House was opened, and Jiang Bin surrendered himself with his upper body naked in the winter.
Jiang Bin was also forced into a helpless situation. He knew that he still had one last bargaining chip in his hand, which was also his biggest bargaining chip, and that was Zhu Houzhao. But what could he do with this biggest bargaining chip?

In exchange for a series of promises? Making Zhu Houxuan swear a bunch of poisonous oaths?
Don't be ridiculous! Jiang Bin clearly knew that when he used this bargaining chip, he would be doomed.
Zhu Houzhao threatened Zhu Houxun, but Jiang Bin didn't dare to believe the promise he got in return!
So after thinking it over, Jiang Bin decided to be more decisive in the end, so he surrendered very decisively.
With Jiang Bin's surrender, the forces guarding and controlling the Leopard House also gave up resistance.
The Old Guards quickly rushed into the Leopard House.
Zhu Houxuan raised his foot with a gloomy face and was about to follow
Chen Hong on the side quickly hugged Zhu Houxuan and said, "Your Highness, please wait a moment. The Leopard Room has not been cleaned yet. If you rush in, it may endanger your safety."

Zhu Houxuan was forced to stop. He glared at Chen Hong fiercely. He knew that what Chen Hong said made sense, but he still couldn't suppress the anger in his heart. The anger in his heart was getting stronger and stronger.
"Hurry up!" Zhu Houxuan roared.

Behind the layers of palace walls, Zhu Houxuan was extremely anxious and wanted to see Zhu Houzhao very much.
This was the first time that Zhu Houxuan behaved so badly in front of people. In the past, he always acted calmly and leisurely.
Seeing Zhu Houxuan's abnormal behavior, everyone was silent. They rushed into the Leopard Room as quickly as possible, checked every corner of the Leopard Room, and roughly dragged everyone out to complete the quick clearance.
Zhu Houxuan didn't have to wait too long before someone brought news that the area had been cleared.

Zhu Houxuan walked into the Leopard House quickly. His steps were big and his legs moved at a high frequency. The servants behind him had to trot to keep up with him.
When passing by Jiang Bin, Zhu Houxuan didn't even look at him, but walked past him indifferently, which made Jiang Bin feel a little cold in his heart.
Zhu Houxuan walked through the familiar corridors and headed towards the place where Zhu Houzhao usually rested in the Leopard House.
He was very familiar with this place. He arrived in the capital in the fifth year of Zhengde. When Zhu Houzhao met him for the first time, he took him to the Leopard Room and kept him company for several days to talk at night. But they stayed here overnight.
Twenty years have passed in a flash.
Zhu Houxuan felt a trance in his heart, and he even felt a sense of homesickness.
But he still shook his head and drove that feeling away from his heart.
He hurried to the door of Zhu Houzhao's bedroom, then suddenly slowed down his pace and walked in lightly.
"How is your majesty?" Zhu Houxuan asked softly.

The person inside didn't speak, but looked down at the ground, nodded first, and then shook his head.
Zhu Houxuan's heart sank, he took a deep breath and walked towards Zhu Houzhao's bed.
When he saw Zhu Houzhao's appearance on the bed, even though he had been prepared, his psychological defenses were still broken.
He looked at the extremely thin Zhu Houzhao and almost didn't recognize him at first glance, but then tears welled up in his eyes.
However, he tried his best to control himself and not make too much noise, for fear of disturbing the unconscious Zhu Houzhao.
"Royal brother! I'm back!" Zhu Houxuan whispered in Zhu Houzhao's ear.

"It's all my fault. I came back late and made my brother suffer," Zhu Houxun continued.

But Zhu Houzhao did not respond at all and remained in a coma.
Zhu Houxuan left the palace quietly. After leaving, he could no longer suppress his anger and asked, "Where is Jiang Bin? Where is he? Bring him here!"

(End of this chapter)