Ming Dynasty: The Jingnan Rebellion has just been successful, and Zhu Yuanzhang has been resurrected

Chapter 137: The Wedding Night, the Kings' Confusion

"As expected, the noble lady from the Duke of Wei's mansion became the queen. It's within expectations."

"The difference in their backgrounds is too great. It's only natural for the Xu family's daughter to be the queen. If the Zhao or Zhang family's daughter became the queen, it would cause a huge mess."

"I knew that His Majesty would not leave such a big hole for himself. The position of Queen is indeed decided."

"From now on, the Duke of Wei's Mansion is completely tied to the Ming Dynasty."

"The queen has been decided. That's good. People's hearts are now stable."

"That was a close call. I was just thinking about waiting and going to the Zhang family. Luckily, His Majesty made the decision. Otherwise, if I had waited any longer, I would have been in big trouble."

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Various thoughts arose in the minds of the ministers. Except for a few people, most people seemed to have expected Xu Miaojin to be crowned queen.

The Xu family is far superior to the Zhao family and the Zhang family. There is no comparison between the two.

If a girl from the Zhao family or the Zhang family were to become the queen, there might be a big mess.

It is clearly written in black and white in the Ming Dynasty's ancestral precepts that the throne is inherited by the eldest son.

What is the eldest son?
The son born by the queen is the eldest son!

Although there is a big gap between the Zhao family and the Zhang family and the Xu family, as long as Zhao Rou or Zhang Yan is named queen, the gap will be instantly narrowed.

Even when Zhao Rou or Zhang Yan becomes pregnant and gives birth to a legitimate eldest son, the Zhao family or the Zhang family will immediately suppress the Xu family.

All this is the normal course of things.

However, what makes us human is that we have complex thoughts.

For example, in the face of all this, will the Xu family do anything? Will those who have good relations with the Xu family choose to side with the Xu family at this time?

For example, would the Zhao or Zhang families try to win over court officials in order to protect themselves or for other purposes?
There are too many things involved behind the scenes.

All of this could be stopped if Zhu Yunhuan gave the position of queen to Xu Miaojin.

The Zhao family and Zhang Yan were not as good as the Xu family to begin with. After Xu Miaojin took the throne of queen, they did not dare to have too many thoughts.

After all, the fact that their two families were able to send their daughters to the palace and have them become imperial concubines was already a matter of great honor to their ancestors.

"I accept your order and thank you, Your Majesty!"

Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan knelt down to receive the order.

Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand.

Several maids came forward, helped Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan up, and took them to the harem.

"Everyone, please take a seat!" Zhu Yunhuan greeted with a smile on his face.

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

After hearing Zhu Yunhuan's words, everyone found their seats and sat down.

The banquet officially begins.

"Brother Hun!"

"His Majesty!"

"We toast to you!"

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong stepped forward, came to Zhu Yunhuan's side, and said with a smile.

"Okay, come on!" Zhu Yunheng nodded, smiled, picked up the wine glass and drank it all.

"Good drink!"

Zhu Gaoxu and Li Jinglong praised him and bowed before leaving.

Xia Yuanji, Xie Jin, Hu Yi, and Yang Shiqi glanced at each other, then stood up, holding their wine glasses, and stepped forward to congratulate, "Cheers, Your Majesty!"

"Okay!" Zhu Yunhuan picked up the wine glass again, raised it towards the four people, and drank it all in one gulp.

"Your Majesty, congratulations!"

Zhu Gang, Zhu Di, Zhu Chun and others stepped forward.

"Uncles, cheers!" Zhu Yunhuan poured another full cup and drank it all in one gulp.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty!"

Lan Yu, Fang Xiaoru and other ministers came forward.

"Okay, okay, come on!" Zhu Yunhuan picked up the wine glass again and drank it all.

After drinking several large glasses of wine in succession, Zhu Yunhuan remained calm, smiling and with clear eyes, as if he had just drunk water.

"Your Majesty really has a good alcohol tolerance!"

"Your Majesty's drinking capacity is quite impressive!"

"Your Majesty, what's going on? Can you drink so much?"

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Everyone looked at Zhu Yunhuan with strange expressions.

However, this was just a small episode. After seeing that Zhu Yunhuan had a good alcohol tolerance, the atmosphere on the scene gradually became lively. People formed groups of three or four and came forward to toast Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan accepted everyone who came to him.

Gradually, everyone became a little hesitant to come forward to toast, and each of them felt indescribable strangeness in their hearts.

I've been drinking for a long time.

Even those who were toasting him felt a little dizzy, but Zhu Yunhuan seemed to be still extremely sober.

To know.

Zhu Yunhuan was the one being toasted, and he drank much more than them, but now he is still fine.

"Bacchus!"

A thought popped up in everyone's mind, and they looked at each other with bitter expressions.

At this moment, they finally understood why Zhu Yunhuan accepted everyone who came to him. With his drinking capacity, what was there to be afraid of?

One more thing is.

They were afraid that something might happen to Zhu Yunhuan.

What if Zhu Yunhuan looks fine, but has actually reached his limit?

Now Zhu Yunhuan is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If something happens, it will be a big problem.

"Shua!" Zhu Yunhuan stood up, holding a wine glass and walked in front of Fang Xiaoru and Tie Xuan. He said, "My dear Fang, my dear Tie, come here. I said I came here to toast you. Thank you for running back and forth for my marriage these days. I'll drink first!"

"Your Majesty, this is what we should do." Fang Xiaoru and Tie Xuan stood up hurriedly, picked up the wine glasses and drank the wine in them.

"Sit down, sit down!" Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand, stepped back onto the platform, and said to everyone, "Everyone, I won't leave until I'm drunk today!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" everyone responded in unison.

The atmosphere throughout the banquet was extremely lively.

"Haha!" Zhu Yunhuan looked at the scene in front of him with a smile on his face. At the same time, he sighed in his heart: "This hangover pill is really a good thing. I'm only just feeling a little drunk now."

In the morning, in order to prevent himself from drinking too much, he found a [Waiting Pill] from the system warehouse and took it.

This is why he can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk.

Today is his big day. Xu Miaojin, Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan are waiting for him. How could he get drunk?

Two lives are human beings.

After more than 20 years of waiting, how could I miss it while drunk?

Northern Yuan Dynasty, Tatar!
Aluta was standing in front of a huge map, frowning in thought.

He needed to plan a route for his troops.

"Grand Master, here's the Prime Minister's reply!" The personal guard came over and presented a letter to Aluta.

"Huh?" Aluta was stunned, then reached out and took the letter from his personal guard.

The guard bowed and turned to leave.

"Let me see if that old dog Mahamu agreed." Aluta took a deep breath, opened the letter, and looked down at the contents.

After a while.

After reading Mahamu's reply, Alutai smiled and said, "Just as I expected, this old dog Mahamu will definitely follow me as soon as he smells something fishy."

Taking a deep breath, he stepped out of the tent and headed towards Ben Ya Shi Li's Khan's tent.

As Mahamu expected, he agreed to send troops.

In this case, we must go south as soon as possible.

No one knew when the internal chaos of the Ming Dynasty would end, and what he had to do was to go south to plunder before it ended, to see if there was a chance to muddy the waters even more, and finally take over the Ming Dynasty in one fell swoop.

The opportunity before them can be said to be the best time for the Northern Yuan Dynasty to move south again. If they cannot move south this time, it will probably be difficult in the future.

After a while.

Alutai came before Bayanshili and said, "Great Khan, Mahamu has replied."

"Oh?" Benyashiri's expression changed. He asked, "What did Mahamu say? Does he want to go south with us?"

"He agreed and wants to go south with us!" said Aluta.

"Agreed?" Ben Yashiri was a little surprised.

"Yes!" Alutai nodded. Turning on the computer, Ben Yashili hesitated and said, "Khan, the Ming Dynasty is in chaos right now. This is our greatest opportunity. If we give up, when the Ming Dynasty recovers, the new emperor may target our grasslands to establish his authority."

"Swish!" Ben Yashiri's face changed when he heard this.

Throughout the dynasties, new dynasties were established on the ruins of the previous ones, but the situation changed in the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty did not destroy the Yuan Dynasty, but only drove it out of the Central Plains.

For most people, it may not be a big deal, because the Central Plains has already belonged to the Ming Dynasty anyway.

However, Zhu Yuanzhang obviously could not accept it.

Zhu Yuanzhang believed that he had not destroyed the Yuan Dynasty, which was an imperfect plan. Moreover, the fact that the Yuan Dynasty was not destroyed led to many local officials in the Ming Dynasty still missing the Yuan Dynasty and waiting for it to return to the south. This was a huge hidden danger.

Therefore, during Zhu Yuanzhang's reign, the Ming Dynasty launched attacks on the grassland from time to time.

Zhu Yuanzhang dreamed of destroying the Northern Yuan Dynasty and making the Ming Dynasty's status "legitimate."

Unfortunately, the Northern Yuan Dynasty was not completely destroyed until Zhu Yuanzhang's death.

However, although the remnants of the Yuan Dynasty were not destroyed, the Ming Dynasty's occasional military expeditions to the grasslands still caused great trouble to the Northern Yuan Dynasty.

Many people began to fear the Ming Dynasty.

"Grand Master, please take care of the preparations. If there is anything you need my cooperation with, please feel free to ask." Ben Ya Shi Li said in a deep voice.

He was afraid that the move south would provoke the Ming Dynasty, but he was also afraid that the situation in the Ming Dynasty would be just as Aluta said. After the Ming Dynasty overcame the current difficulties, it would directly attack the grassland.

The two powers harm each other, whichever is less.

Instead of waiting for the Ming Dynasty to adjust before attacking the grassland, it would be better for them to take the initiative and perhaps make the situation within the Ming Dynasty even more chaotic.

"Yes, Khan!" Aluta achieved his goal, bowed to Bayanchur, turned around and walked away.

Ben Yashiri's eyes were blank for a moment, and after a long moment he sighed and said, "I hope it won't cause any big trouble."

For him, he would rather develop more stably now and slowly look for opportunities.

The current Northern Yuan Dynasty is no match for the Ming Dynasty.

However, as Aluta said, the current situation in the Ming Dynasty is indeed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Of course, the more important point is that he was supported by Aluta. Now Aluta wants to go south and join forces with Mahamu.

In this situation, how can he stop it?
If he really tried to stop him by force, who knew whether Aluta would kill him just like he killed Guilichi!

It’s hard to say!

Therefore, for the sake of your life, it is better not to go against Aluta.

Imperial Palace, Kunning Palace!

The banquet came to an end and everyone left one by one.

The palace was still brightly lit, but without the hustle and bustle.

Zhu Yunhuan took a deep breath and walked towards the harem, his heart burning with excitement.

After a while.

Zhu Yunhuan walked into Kunning Palace.

Inside the palace, Xu Miaojin was sitting on the bed step. When she heard the noise, her body suddenly tensed up.

"Go down!" Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand.

As a relatively conservative person, he doesn't like people watching his fights!
"Yes, Your Majesty!"

The eunuchs and palace maids serving in the hall bowed slightly and walked out of the palace.

In the blink of an eye.

In the huge palace, only Zhu Yunhuan and Xu Miaojin were left.

Zhu Yunhuan took a deep breath and walked towards Xu Miaojin.

Xu Miaojin became more nervous as she heard the footsteps approaching.

"Haha!" Zhu Yunheng smiled faintly when he saw Xu Miaojin's appearance.

Then, a sense of evil interest arose in his heart, and he wanted to tease Xu Miaojin.

He sat down next to Xu Miaojin, and reached out to lift the red veil covering Xu Miaojin's head, but looked at Xu Miaojin quietly.

One minute.

Two minutes.

three minutes.

Xu Miaojin couldn't sit still any longer. After a moment of hesitation, she called out weakly, "Your Majesty?"

"Haha!" Zhu Yunheng laughed and hugged Xu Miaojin with both hands.

Xu Miaojin's cheeks turned red instantly, knowing that she had been fooled by Zhu Yunhuan.

"Swish!" Zhu Yunheng took off the red veil on Xu Miaojing's head, revealing Xu Miaojing's delicate and fair face. She looked particularly beautiful today.

Zhu Yunhuan couldn't bear it anymore, so he lowered his head and kissed her.

Seeing this, Xu Miaojin's eyes became a little flustered, and finally she closed her eyes and acted like a coward.

a long time.

Zhu Yunhuan and Xu Miaojin separated, stood up, picked up the wine jug on the table, and poured two glasses of wine.

"Come on, Miao Jin!"

Zhu Yunhuan handed one of the glasses of wine to Xu Miaojin.

Xu Miaojin took the wine glass with a shy look on her face.

The next moment, the two of them put their hands together and drank from the cup of wine.

The wedding wine, also known as the Heqin wine, originated in the pre-Qin period. It is the wine that the newlyweds drink after entering the bridal chamber. They first drink half a cup each, and then exchange and drink each other's half cup of wine, which means that you are in me and I am in you, and we will hold hands and grow old together.

After drinking a glass of wine, Zhu Yunhuan didn't know if it was an illusion, but he felt that Xu Miaojin looked even more charming.

"Miao Jin, it's late, let's go to bed?" Zhu Yunxun said.

"Yeah!" Xu Miaojin nodded gently, her cheeks flushed, and her voice was as soft as a mosquito.

"Shh!"

Zhu Yunhuan picked up Xu Miaojin and walked towards the bed not far away.

The red silk curtain fell.

Prince Jin’s Palace!
Zhu Zhen, Zhu Tan, Zhu Chun and others came to Zhu Gang's house one by one with full of doubts.

"Third brother, why did you call us here?"

"Yeah, Third Brother, what's going on?"

"Third brother, what happened? Why are you being so secretive?"

"Third brother, almost everyone is here. If you have anything to say, please tell me now. Today is Yunxun's wedding. I drank a little too much and I'm very sleepy now."

"That's right, that's right. Speaking of which, Yunxun's alcohol tolerance is really amazing. He seemed to be fine until the end."

"Who said it wasn't true? Yunxun is such a weird guy. I've never seen anyone who can drink as much as he does."

"You make it sound like I've seen it before. Yunxun drinks alcohol and it feels like he's drinking water."

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At first, everyone was curious about why Zhu Gang called them over, but as they talked, the topic shifted to Zhu Yunhuan's drinking capacity.

Today they were really eye-opening. They had seen people who could drink, but they had never seen anyone who could drink as much as Zhu Yunhuan, and they had never even heard of him.

"Okay, everyone, be quiet!" Zhu Gang listened to his brothers' discussions and smiled bitterly in his heart.

He was also shocked by Zhu Yunhuan's drinking capacity.

However, he called all his brothers to his house tonight not to discuss Zhu Yunhuan's drinking capacity.

"Shhhhh!"

When everyone heard Zhu Gang speak, they stopped discussing and looked at him with curiosity.

Zhu Gang cleared his throat and said, "Everyone, have you heard about the Fourth Master's recent renovations on the palace?"

"Fourth brother is renovating the palace? What's going on?"

"Fourth brother is renovating the palace? I don't know!"

"I knew it a long time ago. However, this is normal. Gao Xu is following Yun Hun now. Fourth Brother probably did it for Gao Xu."

"That's right. Gao Xu and Yun Hun are on very good terms now, and he will probably follow Yun Hun in the future. It's normal for Fourth Brother to renovate the palace in advance and let Gao Xu live there."

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Everyone was talking about it, some didn't know, some did, but in the end, everyone expressed their understanding.

Between Zhu Di and Zhu Yunhuan, there is also Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gang smiled wryly and said, "What if I tell you that the Fourth Master renovated the palace not because of Gao Xu, but for himself?"

"What? Fourth brother for himself? Third brother, what do you mean by this?"

"Third brother, if you have anything to say, you might as well say it directly."

"Third brother, do you know something? There are no outsiders here, so just tell me."

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When Zhu Zhen, Zhu Chun and others heard Zhu Gang's words, they were stunned and then frowned.

It doesn’t matter whether Zhu Di renovated the palace for himself or for Zhu Gaoxu. What matters is Zhu Gang’s tone just now. They sensed something was wrong.

"Huh..." Zhu Gang took a deep breath, his face solemn, and said, "Just now at Yunhuan's wedding banquet, I asked the fourth brother why he suddenly renovated the palace. He told me that he had already taken refuge with Yunhuan and planned to live in Yingtian Prefecture permanently."

"what!"

When everyone heard what Zhu Gang said, they were all shocked and their faces were full of disbelief.

"Third brother, did I hear correctly? Fourth brother has defected to Yunxun?"

"Is this true? Fourth brother would actually defect to Yunxun. This is simply impossible!"

"No way? Fourth brother is joining Yunxun? That's not right. Fourth brother is not like that. Third brother, are you mistaken?"

"Third brother, are you sure Fourth Brother wasn't kidding you? Maybe he got mad at us for selling him out, and he's probably lying to tease you!"

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Everyone was completely sober, and their faces were filled with shock that they couldn't hide.

(End of this chapter)