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

Chapter 37 Finding the Reason
Through the contact of his fingers, Zhu Yuanzhang was immediately shocked.

He thought that as an emperor, he could enjoy the best things in the world, but when he touched these modern clothes with his own hands.

The touch shocked him!
Soft, flowing, and light, this feeling was something he had never experienced before.

Zhu Yuanzhang was already mostly convinced of Yang Chen's identity.

Hand it back to Zhu Biao.

Zhu Yuanzhang closed his eyes and thought quietly.

After collecting the things, Yang Chen put everything back into the bag and tied it up.

This is one of the few modern items he has. If he really can't go back, at least he can remember the people by looking at them.

Well, although he has basically no close friends in modern times except his colleagues.

"How did you appear in the Ming Dynasty from the afterlife, and how did you escape the guards and sneak into the harem?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's heavy voice sounded, and it was hard to tell whether there was any emotion in it, it was very plain.

As an emperor, having a poker face is a necessary skill.

Few people could guess his emotions from his tone.

Except Queen Ma.

“Your Majesty, this question is difficult to answer, but I will explain it as I remember.

That night, I went out for exercise and running, but suddenly an accident happened, and the next moment a curtain of light surrounded me.

When I opened my eyes again, I found His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan and the Crown Prince walking towards me.

After asking around, I realized that I had arrived in the Ming Dynasty."

Zhu Yuanzhang did not ask the reason for the matter for no reason.

How could Zhu Yuanzhang not feel resentful when a stranger appeared in his harem for some unknown reason?

Today he is Yang Chen, tomorrow he may be a lustful man.

If someone committed adultery in the harem and asked Zhu Yuanzhang to raise the child, wouldn't that be a great shame and humiliation!
However, Yang Chen's answer did not satisfy him.

According to the other party, Yang Chen suddenly appeared in the harem, and even he himself didn't know what happened.

In this case, wouldn't it mean that I can't even defend myself?

Zhu Yuanzhang lowered his eyes and stared at Yang Chen, thinking for a moment, his brows relaxed, and he asked the doubts in his heart.

"Yang Chen, I already know a little bit about your situation. Tell me, my sister said that you have a method that can save our descendants. What is this method?
What happened to us, our descendants?"

"This"

Yang Chen hesitated. After all, this concerned Zhu Xiongying's life. He didn't expect that Empress Ma had never mentioned this matter to Zhu Yuanzhang.

So at that time he looked at Queen Ma to see if she agreed with what he was saying.

Realizing that this matter seemed not simple, Zhu Yuanzhang also looked at his wife.

Queen Ma put down the teacup in her hand and sighed.

"This is all fate, Chongba. Since you want to know now, let me tell you."

In this way, Empress Ma told Zhu Yuanzhang about Zhu Xiongying's death.

Although he already knew this in advance, Zhu Biao still looked extremely ugly when he heard that his son might have died as a result of the conspiracy theory.

On the stage, Zhu Yuanzhang had a gloomy face and was in a low mood.

His most beloved grandson actually had less than three years to live.

As the parties involved, they have no idea what exactly happened.

If Zhu Xiongying really died due to an accident caused by God, then Zhu Yuanzhang would think that God is unfair.

He will do everything he can to prevent these things from happening.

But what if my grandson died as a result of a conspiracy for the benefit of others?

Then Zhu Yuanzhang would definitely not allow it.

"Lu."

Chang passed away unexpectedly, and her son was busy with government affairs. In order to prevent his grandson from having personality problems due to lack of maternal love, Zhu Yuanzhang proposed to quickly let the concubine Lu become the master of the East Palace.

At that time, Zhu Yuanzhang had too many things to deal with.

Chang's departure meant that a very few individuals in the army would need to be dealt with.

He didn't think much about making this decision at the time.

Now looking back and thinking about it carefully, I realize that this decision seems to be wrong.

His son Zhu Biao will definitely be the heir to the throne in the future, and his son will definitely become the next emperor.

However, although Lu was the Crown Princess, her biological son was not the Crown Prince.

To outsiders, it is easy for gossip to spread.

These words may not cause any harm under normal circumstances, but at certain specific times, they can burst out with infinite possibilities.

It even encourages people to do things that they usually desire deep in their hearts.

"Sister, Biao'er, since Xiongying might be in danger, why don't we order the abolition of the Crown Princess of the East Palace now!"

Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it and felt that only this simplest method could solve the problem.

Hearing this, Zhu Biao frowned and tried to dissuade him.

"Your Majesty, you can't do that. It's hard enough for Mrs. Lu to take care of the children, and she hasn't done anything wrong.

How will the officials in the court view me if I deprive her of her status as Crown Princess for no reason?"

As the most important part of the imperial palace, anything that happens in the East Palace will be noticed by others.

After Lu became the Crown Princess, many members of her family were promoted, both in the court and in the public.

But if Lu is removed from office, these officials might do something behind the scenes.

It would cause damage to the prestige of the imperial court and the cost would outweigh the gain.

Not only Zhu Biao opposed it, but Queen Ma did too.

“Chongba, what Biao’er said makes sense. Although Lu is suspicious and has motives, she has taken care of three children over the years.

She personally worked on Yunwen, Yunxun, and Xiongying, and even if she had no credit, she had worked hard.

We don't have any evidence to prove that she has done anything to harm Xiongying, and it's really unfair to remove her status for no reason.

I have already thought about how to deal with this matter.

Ask Biaoer to bring Yunxun and Xiongying to me later, and I will take care of them personally."

Empress Ma spoke personally, which relieved Zhu Yuanzhang's anxiety.

But soon, he remembered something.

"You said that smallpox will spread in the Ming Dynasty in the future. Can you tell me where this smallpox will occur?"

Zhu Yuanzhang treated smallpox, a thing that people were afraid of, with great caution.

There's nothing we can do about it, bad things happen in pairs.

Whether it was the accidental death of his eldest grandson or the spread of smallpox within the court.

None of it can be treated with care.

Otherwise, if we are not careful, the Ming Dynasty will be in danger of extinction.

However, Yang Chen shook his head and did not give Zhu Yuanzhang a satisfactory answer.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, but I don’t know exactly where this smallpox is.

The only thing we know is that it happened in the South, because of an uprising of tens of thousands of people.

I think there may be Westerners among the rebels.

Although my memory is not very good, I remember that during this period, plagues also broke out all over the world and in Western countries.

It is possible that someone fled here and encountered an uprising in the Ming Dynasty, so the court sent people to suppress it.

Coupled with the hot and dry weather, the corpses were not properly handled, and piled up to rot, which eventually led to the outbreak of smallpox."

(End of this chapter)