Ming Dynasty: I risked my life to teach the prince, the emperor begged me not to die

Chapter 469: Shocked Zhu Youqiu

Chen Ce originally thought that nothing would happen to him now. After all, among the high-ranking officials in the entire capital, who didn’t know that Chen Ce and Emperor Hongzhi had a good personal relationship?
But he was wrong about one thing. These arrogant and domineering princes of the Ming Dynasty seemed to be unaware of his strategy.

Sometimes being too low-key is not a good thing.

Soon, Mou Bin hurriedly came up and said to Emperor Hongzhi with an embarrassed look on his face: "Your Majesty, the sea is turbulent and has swept Prince Anhua away. We can't save him."

Emperor Hongzhi's face suddenly changed. He glared at Chen Ce fiercely, then quickly said to Mou Bin, "Go and get rid of all the followers of Prince Anlu!"

"Here!"

Chen Ce was stunned for a moment.

Emperor Hongzhi pointed at Chen Ce tremblingly, wanting to say something, but finally put his hand down helplessly.

"He is my clan relative, he is from the Zhu family, he is my relative and brother!"

"Only kill this one. Don't kill any more on the way."

Chen Ce: “???”

Emperor Hongzhi snorted and left in anger.

Chen Ce was right. Zhu Zongxuan could do such beastly things under the nose of Emperor Hongzhi. How could he still take himself, the emperor, seriously?

In these years, he has been the local emperor of his fiefdom.
Chen Ce's words touched Emperor Hongzhi, making him feel that his imperial power was deeply despised. These princes and relatives all acknowledged that he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but who was really afraid of him?

They don't take him, the emperor, seriously at all!
Just as Chen Ce said, the one who did not take himself seriously was not Chen Ce, but King Anhua!
So just kill him.

So after Emperor Hongzhi calmed down, he only gave Chen Ce a verbal warning.

As for the dead King Anhua, let him be dead. His death can also be used as a warning to others. In this way, when he lands on the Japanese island and announces the establishment of the vassal state, he will not encounter major protests!

This opportunity can also be used to let these princes of the Ming Dynasty know that he, the emperor, is not as kind as he appears!
Chen Ce narrowed his eyes, and soon he figured out Emperor Hongzhi's methods. No wonder he didn't deal with him. On the one hand, it was because they had a good personal relationship, but the bigger reason was probably that he had his own deeper meaning.

Chen Ce suddenly began to look at Emperor Hongzhi with new eyes. People outside said that he was benevolent and righteous, but how could a real emperor be benevolent and righteous?

Madam Wu asked Chen Ce with some concern: "Husband, you just... He is the prince of the Ming Dynasty, this..."

Chen Ce patted Madam Wu's shoulder and said with a smile, "It's okay, madam."

"We don't cause trouble, but we're not afraid of it either. You have such superb martial arts skills, why hold back? Just kill him directly."

Madam Wu whispered, "I'm afraid of causing trouble for my husband."

Chen Ce smiled and took him into his arms, saying with a smile: "What trouble can you bring to me? I am your man, no matter what mistakes you make, I will take care of you, Master, I will help you."

"Don't be afraid. Even when I'm gone, you don't have to be afraid. If anyone bullies you, don't back off or be afraid."

Madam Wu nodded heavily, and then hurriedly said, "My husband, don't say these things. You need to be healthy."

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The martial law on the ship made all the princes and officials on the ship feel uneasy, especially the Jinyiwei who blocked them all and did not allow them to know the situation outside!

This made them wonder if something happened at sea. Fortunately, the martial law did not last long, and the Jinyiwei soon lifted it.

But a piece of news made everyone on the ship fall into deep panic again.

King Anhua slipped and fell into the sea and died after drinking!

The Embroidered Uniform Guards killed all the servants around Prince Anhua, accusing them of failing to protect their master!

These two pieces of news seem normal, but if you think about it carefully, you will find that there are many logical loopholes in them.

Even if King Anhua drank a lot of wine, he would not fall into the sea. How could so many servants fail to protect King Anhua?

Unless King Anhua’s death was not caused by falling into the sea, but by being killed by someone!
Who else on this ship, besides Emperor Hongzhi, could have killed Prince Anhua?

At this moment, all the princes and vassals could not help but tremble violently in their hearts.

When King Xingxian Zhu Youlang heard the news, he couldn't help but gasp!

Unlike other vassal states, they naively believed that the death of Prince Anhua was caused by Emperor Hongzhi, but Zhu Youqiu knew that this was not the case!

Today, Prince Anhua Zhu Zongxuan came to him to test Chen Ce's identity. He knew Zhu Zongxuan's character and also knew that he had evil intentions towards Chen Ce's wife.

So he deliberately said that Chen Ce's identity was simple, he was the emperor's household slave and the governor of the inner factory.

As a result, Zhu Zongqiang had the courage to harass Chen Ce's wife.

Zhu Youlang's purpose in doing this was to see how Chen Ce would react and how he would deal with Zhu Zongqiang. This would allow him to determine what Chen Ce's position was in Emperor Hongzhi's heart.

If the ending was that Chen Ce was executed or Chen Ce was arrested, it would be enough to show that Chen Ce's status in the heart of Emperor Hongzhi was ordinary.

If Chen Ce was fine in the end, it would mean that Chen Ce had a very high status in the heart of Emperor Hongzhi.

However, he had never expected such a result. Not only was Chen Ce fine, but Zhu Zongqiang died!

What role did Chen Ce play beside the emperor?
Why was he able to kill Zhu Zongqiang and escape safely? !
Zhu Youqiu was shocked to the extreme. Instead of blaming Chen Ce, the emperor even tried to find excuses and ways to help Chen Ce conceal the truth about Zhu Zongqi's death!
A biological son is nothing more than that, right?

What else does the emperor intend?
Zhu Youlang had always been feeling somewhat uneasy, and this feeling of uneasiness had become more and more intense since he boarded the ship heading east.

He felt as if he had been deceived. Emperor Hongzhi had gone against all odds and was determined to take them, his vassal clans, on a journey eastwards. Although it was said that this was to allow them to witness together the glory of the Ming Dynasty's expansion of territory, was this really the case?
Almost all the princes of the Ming Dynasty came on this trip to the east. Except for those whose sons and daughters were still inland, all of them came. If they could not return after this trip...

Thinking of this, Zhu Youqiu’s eyes suddenly widened!
Xie Qian and several other court officials also felt that King Anhua's death was very strange, but they could not figure out the reason for a while.

In a room on the ship, Prince Ning and several vassal princes were discussing the death of Prince Anhua. They did not think that Prince Xinghua fell into the sea after drinking, but rather that he was killed.

Although these princes lived a life of luxury in their fiefdoms, not all of them were fools. They had always thought that Emperor Hongzhi was weak and easy to bully.

That was why they united and pressed the emperor step by step. They refused to give in at all regarding their salaries. Until this moment, they had to re-evaluate the character of Emperor Hongzhi.

It seems I have to be more careful next time.

(End of this chapter)