Ming Dynasty: Traveling through the harem, Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded

Chapter 21: Frightened Zhu Di

"The first grandson of the Ming Dynasty, your son Zhu Xiongying, is so beloved by the royal family that he doesn't even need to be named like the rest of his descendants according to the Ming Dynasty ancestral precepts.

As the crown prince, if nothing unexpected happens, he will surely become one of the powerful rulers who will take over the Ming Dynasty in the future.

Unfortunately, Zhu Xiongying passed away due to illness on the first day of May in the fifteenth year of Hongwu.

He lived only eight years old during the Hongwu reign and was buried in Zhongshan."

Yang Chen explained Zhu Xiongying's ending in as gentle a tone as possible so as not to cause too much distress to Empress Ma and Zhu Biao.

But the truth is like a cruel and sharp knife, which can always cause absolute and real harm to people.

And what he just said can cause a series of critical hits.

Even though Empress Ma had prepared herself mentally, she still suffered the news of losing her sons and grandsons one after another, especially as Zhu Xiongying only lived to be eight years old. No matter how strong she was, she felt as if all her strength had been drained away.

The fact that she was still able to sit upright was entirely due to the fact that her muscles had stiffened after hearing the news.

The blood color on his face disappeared at a speed visible to the naked eye, and was replaced by a pale color.

It was noon, and the sun was bright and dazzling, but in the eyes of Queen Ma it was gradually replaced by darkness.

Zhu Biao, who was sitting on Yang Chen's left, was even more emotional when he heard the news that his eldest son had died in the 15th year of Hongwu than when he knew that he had passed away in the 25th year of Hongwu.

His body, which had originally been strong in the waist, became limp and he almost fell backwards.

Fortunately, he instinctively grabbed the stone table, which prevented any accident from happening.

His son was only eight years old and his first wife had passed away long ago. Could it be that God was going to take his son away?

Zhu Biao felt so much pain in his heart that he couldn't speak.

The silence of the two was within Yang Chen's expectations.

But after all, he was not a member of the Zhu family, and he had only known Zhu Biao and Empress Ma for half a day.

Since they were not acquaintances, he felt powerless to say any words of comfort.

Queen Ma was very conflicted at the moment, not knowing how to face the current situation. Her eyes had become extremely empty, as if she had lost her soul.

Although Zhu Biao was young, no one could accept such a blow.

From yesterday till now, he has experienced several pieces of bad news.

First, the Ming Dynasty fell, and then he found out that it was his own father who caused the fall. He went to his father to argue, but he ended up being rebuked by his father so much that he didn't know what to say.

Then he received bad news about himself. He could only smile bitterly when he learned that he was actually killed by his father.

The second was the death of his mother and son.

Empress Ma was fine, at least she was over fifty years old, which was considered long-lived today, but her son was different!

The other person was only eight years old! He passed away at the age of eight! How could Zhu Biao accept this!
They say life is full of ups and downs, but this happened in less than a day.

Zhu Biao then realized what the bottomless abyss was.

His life went from a great rise to a great fall, then continued to fall, and continued to fall, with no one knowing where the bottom was.

Seeing that the two of them would definitely not be able to get out of this situation in a short time, he could only shift his gaze to Zhu Di who was standing next to him and also didn't know how to start.

Facing his gaze, Zhu Di's whole body suddenly became alert and his hair stood on end.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you looking at me? Can you please turn your head and stop looking at me? Do you know that it is really uncomfortable to be looked at by you?"

Even when facing thousands of troops, Prince Yan Zhu Di did not feel as terrified as facing Yang Chen.

The other person's eyes seemed to be able to see through everything, making Zhu Di feel a chill down his spine.

The feeling of the hair standing up on the scalp spreads all the way to the soles of the feet.

If he hadn't seen his mother and elder brother still in grief, he would have moved away long ago. In Zhu Di's eyes, Yang Chen was a jinx in the sky, and his mouth was a crow's mouth, even more vicious than the grandmother at the village gate.

Whoever is mentioned or talked about will be unlucky.

This was true even for the Ming Dynasty, which possessed the entire national destiny.

Therefore, facing Yang Chen's direct gaze, Zhu Di showed his attitude without any concealment, he just disdainful!

If he even noticed that the other person was still looking at him, he would directly ask the other person to shift his gaze and not look at him.

Yang Chen was confused at the moment.

He was wondering why he hadn't even said anything to Zhu Di yet, but the other party seemed to be very afraid of him and kept waving his hands to refuse.

The reason he did so was because the young man in front of him was the future Emperor Yongle.

The emperor who created the Yongle Era of Prosperity.

It could even make the Ming Dynasty a great power admired by the surrounding small countries.

Even foreign envoys who came to the Ming Dynasty didn't want to go back.

But he didn't expect that his impression seemed to be very bad in front of Emperor Yongle.

After an unknown amount of time, Queen Ma sighed.

"I never thought that the fate of my Ming Dynasty Zhu family would be so uncertain. Chongba, Chongba, is it because your fate is too hard? Can you really bring down the people around you?"

When she closed her eyes, Empress Ma recalled Zhu Yuanzhang, who was once the great marshal.

The ancients were somewhat superstitious about metaphysics. Although Zhu Yuanzhang did not believe in alchemy, he was still curious about those magical things that could bring blessings and comfort to the soul.

So during another fortune-telling process, the other party said that Zhu Yuanzhang had the appearance of an emperor, but this emperor was a killer. His life was so hard that it could even shorten the lives of his closest relatives.

Later, Zhu Yuanzhang didn't take it seriously, and neither did Empress Ma.

They believe in good things and regard bad things as feudal superstition. Both of them have extraordinary mental abilities.

This matter was later forgotten, but after hearing what Yang Chen said, Empress Ma realized that Zhu Yuanzhang's life was too miserable.

His parents died in his early years and he was separated from his relatives. His grandson left him in his middle age, and his son also left him in his old age.

Suddenly, Queen Ma thought of something and looked at Yang Chen with a last hope.

"The fifteenth year of Hongwu is now the twelfth year of Hongwu! There's still time! Biao'er! There's still time!"

Hearing his mother's voice, Zhu Biao was instantly freed from his sadness and looked at Yang Chen as if he were a life-saving straw, with the same pleading tone.

"Yes! Yes! There is still time! Yang Chen! You know what I mean, tell me, is there any way to save my son?"

"Yang Chen! I swear to you as the Queen Mother that as long as you can save my grandson, I will give you whatever you want in the entire Ming Dynasty, and you can go wherever you want.

Even Chongba can't stop it!"

Both mother and son are smart people. They did not continue to sink into sorrow. They both knew that there was no other way.

Instead of doing this, it is better to find a way to save it.

The most urgent task now is to figure out what happened to one’s relative that led to his death at the age of eight.

You know, in this era, it is reasonable that infants die before the age of three, and the highest probability is during the birth process.

As long as we can get through these dangerous stages, there won't be any major surprises.

But Zhu Xiongying was already eight years old and died in an accident. They thought they must find out what unknown things had happened!

(End of this chapter)