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

Chapter 138 Zhu Yuanzhang was confused. The fourth son defected to Yunhu?
The reactions of Zhu Zhen, Zhu Tan, Zhu Chun and others did not surprise Zhu Gang.

He waved his hand and said calmly, "Do you think I would joke about something like this?"

"This"

Everyone was stunned, with complicated expressions.

They never dreamed that Zhu Di would actually defect to Zhu Yunhuan. This was simply not something Zhu Di could do.

"Third brother, is there any hidden story behind this?" Zhu Zhi hesitated.

"Yes, yes, Third Brother, there must be some hidden story behind this. Fourth Brother's personality doesn't seem like the kind of person who would bow to others, although I admit that Yunxun is very outstanding."

"That's right, I don't believe that Fourth Brother would bow his head for no reason. He must have noticed something that we don't know, so he turned to Yunxun."

"Third brother, do you think there might be something wrong with Yunxun asking us to go out and fight for our fiefdom?"

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Everyone spoke up one after another.

They all knew something about Zhu Di's personality, and it was simply impossible for them to defect to Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Gang shrugged, his face full of bitterness, and said, "Don't ask me about this matter. I don't know now. I did ask the fourth brother, but he insisted that he was too tired, so he wanted to stay in Yingtian Prefecture."

"This..." Everyone looked at each other, frowning, not knowing what to do.

"Fourth brother is holding a grudge against us!" Zhu Zhen's face was full of helplessness.

Zhu Chun thought for a moment and said, "How about we go ask Yun Hun? After all, we're already in Yingtian Prefecture now. Our life or death depends entirely on Yun Hun's whim. If he wants to harm us, there's no need to hide it."

"That's a good idea!" Zhu Gang thought about it and nodded.

"Let's ask tomorrow. Yunhuan is getting married today, and it's so late." Zhu Li said.

"That's right, Yunxun is getting married today, so we should not disturb him."

"What do you think? Is it possible that we are overthinking it? Is it really because Fourth Brother is simply too tired to join Yunhuan and wants to join Yunhuan?"

"This possibility cannot be ruled out, but the probability is very, very low."

"Alright, alright, stop overthinking it. I think Yunxun should be fine. Although I haven't been around him for long, I don't think he's the type to say one thing in public and another behind the scenes."

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Everyone said one after another.

Although they were still somewhat uneasy about Zhu Di's sudden allegiance to Zhu Yunhuan, their uneasiness was slightly alleviated when they thought of Zhu Yunhuan's character.

During this period, Zhu Yunhuan's actions made them more trustworthy.

After some discussion, everyone finally decided to go and ask Zhu Yunhuan tomorrow, and then they all got up and left.

"Hey, Fourth Brother, what's going on with you?" Zhu Gang looked at the dark night and shook his head.

In the small courtyard!
Zhu Yuanzhang and Tang He were both drunk and talked about the past.

Of course, most of the time it was Zhu Yuanzhang who was talking, and Tang He was speaking quietly.

It’s not that Tang He was unwilling to speak, but Tang He didn’t dare to respond casually to what Zhu Yuanzhang said.

"Brother Dingchen, it would have been great if Biao'er hadn't died. In that case, we wouldn't be in this situation now."

"Brother Dingchen, sometimes I dream of the time when we were little and herding cattle together. Back then, all I wanted every day was to have enough food to eat. I never thought that I would become the emperor in the end."

"Brother Dingchen, don't you think we deserve what we have now? If I hadn't thrown Yunhuan behind the walls of Fengyang, he wouldn't be treating me like this now. Yunhuan is getting married today, but I can't even take a look."

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Tang He looked at Zhu Yuanzhang with a melancholy expression, opened his mouth, and didn't know what to say.

If Crown Prince Zhu Biao were still alive, Zhu Yuanzhang would not have to worry about choosing Zhu Yunhuan or Zhu Yunwen to inherit the throne.

Unfortunately, Zhu Biao died early.

Zhu Yuanzhang had no choice but to fight back.

Of course, Tang He did not believe everything Zhu Yuanzhang said. For example, there must have been many confusing reasons for choosing Zhu Yunwen to inherit the throne.

If it were before, Zhu Yunhuan could be said to be timid and cowardly, but later Zhu Yunhuan suddenly was not timid and cowardly at all.

But what did Zhu Yuanzhang do?
He threw Zhu Yunhuan into the high walls of Fengyang and imprisoned him.

But none of that matters now.

Perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang had many other thoughts at the time, but now he felt a deep regret from Zhu Yuanzhang.

He can understand it too.

If he were in Zhu Yuanzhang's situation, he would regret it now.

Who made Zhu Yunhuan so outstanding!
"Squeak!" The door of the courtyard was pushed open.

Jiang Li walked up to Zhu Yuanzhang and said respectfully, "Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head, looked at Jiang Li drunkenly, and said, "Jiang Li, what's the matter?"

"Your Majesty, the choice for the queen has been made and has fallen to the Duke of Wei's Mansion. The daughter of the Zhao family and the daughter of the Zhang family have been named Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu respectively." Jiang Lin said.

"Haha, this kid Yunhu has indeed decided on the candidate for the queen, and it's that girl Miaojin. Yes, this is the most correct answer." Zhu Yuanzhang showed a smile on his face.

Before, he was a little worried, afraid that Zhu Yunheng would get impulsive and give the position of queen to Zhao Rou or Zhang Yan. If that happened, there would be a lot of trouble later.

Now that the results are out, he realized that he was worrying too much.

"The emperor's grandson Yunhu is prudent in his work and will not dig a hole for himself." Tang He flattered.

Giving the position of empress to Xu Miaojin not only saved Zhu Yunhuan from trouble, but also reduced a lot of fighting in the Ming Dynasty court.

"Your Majesty, there is one more thing." Jiang Li looked hesitant, as if he wanted to say something but stopped himself.

Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned and waved his hand, saying, "Speak!"

Jiang Li did not speak, but looked at Tang He beside him.

Tang He understood, stood up shakily, and said, "Your Majesty, it's getting late, I will go back first."

"Brother Dingchen, you are not a stranger. You don't have to leave. Let's listen together. What are you afraid of?" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

"Your Majesty, you misunderstood. I'm not afraid, it's just too late. I'll come to see you tomorrow." Tang He said, turned around and walked away.

He knew Zhu Yuanzhang too well.

Maybe Zhu Yuanzhang really doesn’t care at the moment, but what will happen when Zhu Yuanzhang sobers up tomorrow?
Jiang Li's expression made it clear that what he was about to say was extraordinary. If he heard it, it would probably bring him unnecessary trouble.

He still wants to live for two more years, so it's not worth taking such a risk.

"Brother Dingchen, you...ah!" Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head, looking quite helpless.

Turning around, his eyes turned cold as he looked at Jiang Li and said, "Tell me, what's going on?"

He was having a happy chat with Tang He, but Jiang Li suddenly took Tang He away, which made him very unhappy.

Jiang Li must give him a reasonable explanation!

Jiang Li did not dare to hesitate any longer and said, "Your Majesty, I have heard a piece of news. His Royal Highness the Prince of Yan has taken refuge with the grandson of the Emperor Yunhu."

"What!" Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked when he heard this and looked up at Jiang Li.

Jiang Li's expression was calm.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head vigorously, trying to clear his mind a little, and said, "Let's confirm. Did you just say that the fourth brother defected to Yunhu?"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Jiang Li nodded.

Zhu Yuanzhang stared at Jiang Li for a while, and after confirming that Jiang Li was not lying and that he had not heard wrongly, he was completely stunned: "What's going on?"

Among his many children, Zhu Di was the one who looked most like him.

Therefore, he asked himself if he knew Zhu Di very well.

Given Zhu Di's personality, would he join someone else's army?
This is simply impossible!

Zhu Yuanzhang tried to calm himself down and asked, "Why did the fourth brother defect to Yunhu?"

"Well, Prince Yan said that he was tired outside, so he wanted to go back to Yingtian Prefecture to rest." Jiang Lin hesitated.

"Nonsense!"

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head without even thinking.

Were you tired outside, so you decided to join Zhu Yunhuan?
Isn't this excuse a bit too arbitrary?

If anyone believes it, then it will really happen in this life!
"Has Yunhu done anything recently?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"No!" Jiang Li shook his head.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned, his eyes filled with doubt. "That's strange. With the Fourth Brother's personality, he wouldn't want to work for someone else, even though Yun Hu is indeed very capable."

Jiang Li's mind suddenly struck him. "Oh, I just remembered that the Prince of Yan seemed to have visited the palace yesterday and had a long chat with Your Majesty." "The Fourth Prince visited the palace and chatted with Yun Hu for a long time?" Zhu Yuanzhang was startled, then nodded. "That must be it. Do you know what they talked about?"

"I don't know!" Jiang Li shook his head.

"Okay, we know about this matter. You go down first and send someone to find out what Yunhu and the fourth brother talked about." Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand.

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Jiang Li nodded and turned to leave.

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes were filled with doubt and curiosity. He thought to himself, "What on earth did Yunhu talk about with the Fourth Brother? How could he make the Fourth Brother bow down to him?"

Kunning Palace!
Silent all night.

The next day, Zhu Yunhuan woke up and felt refreshed.

Last night, after he captured Xu Miaojin, he went to Jingde Palace and Cining Palace successively to accompany Zhao Rou and Zhang Yan. In the second half of the night, he returned to Kunning Palace to sleep with Xu Miaojin.

There was no other way. Xu Miaojin was the queen, and he had to sleep in Kunning Palace on the first night no matter what!
"Swish!" Zhu Yunhuan stood up and prepared to get dressed.

Xu Miaojin was awakened and said, "Your Majesty, I am here to help you change your clothes!"

After she finished speaking, she struggled to sit up. The next second, her eyebrows were tightly furrowed and a hint of pain flashed in her eyes.

"Haha!" Zhu Yunhuan smiled, helped Xu Miaojin lie down, and said, "Lie down and have a good rest. I'm not without hands or feet, I can put on my clothes by myself!"

"Your Majesty." Xu Miaojin wanted to say something, but Zhu Yunhuan covered her mouth.

Finally, Zhu Yunhuan put on his clothes, kissed Xu Miaojin lightly on the forehead, and walked away.

Xu Miaojing looked at Zhu Yunhuan's back as he left, her eyes full of emotion. At this moment, she knew that she had made the right decision by marrying Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan walked out of the palace and said to the palace maids standing outside: "Take good care of the queen!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!" The palace maids nodded.

Zhu Yunhuan walked away, but after taking two steps, he stopped and said, "You must also take good care of Concubine Ning and Concubine Shu!"

"Yes!"

The maids nodded again.

Zhu Yunhuan nodded, and walked away without stopping.

In the palace.

Zhu Yunhuan walked over and said to Ma Sanbao, "Sanbao, send someone to call Xia Yuanji, Xie Jin, Hu Yi, Yang Shiqi, Fang Xiaoru, and Yao Guangxiao over here. I have something to discuss with them."

"Yes, Your Majesty!" Ma Sanbao nodded.

Seeing that Zhu Yunhuan had no further instructions, Ma Sanbao said, "Your Majesty, early this morning, the Prince of Jin, the Prince of Chu, and others came to the palace, clamoring to see Your Majesty. When they learned that Your Majesty was resting, they did not continue to make noise, but instead went to the Imperial Study to wait."

"My uncles are waiting for me in the imperial study? Or they came so early in the morning?" Zhu Yunheng showed a look of surprise on his face.

"Yes." Ma Sanbao nodded, thought for a moment and said, "Prince Yan didn't come, but all the other princes came."

"Fourth uncle didn't come? Everyone else is here." Zhu Yunhuan became even more confused.

Coming to see him so early in the morning, knowing that he got married yesterday, must be an urgent matter.

However, what urgent matters do the princes have now?
Are you in a hurry to return to your fiefdom?
We shouldn't be so hasty about this kind of thing, right?

With doubts in his heart, Zhu Yunhuan walked towards the imperial study.

After a while.

Zhu Yunhuan came to the outside of the imperial study.

As soon as he approached, he heard a noisy sound inside.

"I told you, we're here too early. It's the first day of Yunxun's wedding, so there's no way he's going to get up too early."

"That's right, it's the first day of Yunxun's wedding. Look at what we've done. I don't know why you're so anxious."

"Everyone has become a good person now, so why were you here earlier? I suggested coming earlier because I wanted to get things sorted out as soon as possible. I basically didn't sleep at all last night."

"You're talking as if someone is asleep. Look at my eyes, they're full of bloodshot."

"You didn't sleep well, that's your own fault. I feel like this might just be a misunderstanding. Fourth Brother might really be impressed by Yunxun."

"Alright, alright, stop talking now. We're already here, so we can't leave now, right?"

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Zhu Yunhuan stood at the door and listened briefly, then suddenly realized that the princes came to him early in the morning because they knew that Zhu Di had defected to him.

Shaking his head and smiling, he pushed open the door and walked in: "Good morning, uncles!"

"Shhhhh!"

Seeing Zhu Yunhuan walk in, Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others were startled at first, but then they forced smiles on their faces and stepped forward to bow and salute: "Your Majesty!"

"Uncles, please stand up!" Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand.

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

All the princes stood up.

Zhu Yunhuan walked past the princes, found a seat and sat down. He waved to Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and the others and said, "My dear uncles, please take a seat!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others nodded and each found a place to sit down.

Afterwards, everyone looked at each other, no one wanted to speak first, and everyone was waiting for others to speak.

"My dear uncles, there are no outsiders here, so feel free to say whatever you want to say." Zhu Yunheng looked at Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others with a smile on his face.

Still no one speaks.

"Shhhhh!"

I don’t know if it was discussed beforehand, but everyone looked at Zhu Gang.

"Why are you all looking at me?" Zhu Gang felt a little annoyed.

Everyone was looking at him, so he stood out a bit.

Everyone looked embarrassed.

There was no answer to Zhu Gang, but they did not look away.

This cannot be blamed on others. Among all the princes, Zhu Gang was the oldest and the strongest. Moreover, it was Zhu Gang who told them the news that Zhu Di had defected to Zhu Yunhuan.

Therefore, it is Zhu Gang who should talk to Zhu Yunhuan now.

"Uncle San, please tell me. Relax a little and don't be nervous." Zhu Yunheng looked at Zhu Gang and said with a smile.

"You guys, just wait for me!" Zhu Gang was secretly resentful.

However, at this point, he didn't have any better solutions. After thinking for a while, he said, "Your Majesty, the situation is like this. I heard from the fourth brother yesterday that he will stay in Yingtian Prefecture. After we all knew this, we thought of asking Your Majesty about this matter."

Zhu Yunhuan nodded and said, "It's true. My fourth uncle came to me and said he didn't want to go out and fight for his fiefdom anymore. He wanted to serve the court. After I confirmed that my fourth uncle was serious, I agreed to his request."

"This..." Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others looked at each other in confusion.

Zhu Yunhuan looked at everyone and said with a smile, "My dear uncles, you don't think there's some hidden secret behind this, do you? For example, am I forcing Fourth Uncle?"

When Zhu Gang, Zhu Zhen and others heard what Zhu Yunhuan said, their expressions changed and they said quickly:

"Haha, no, no, Yunxun, don't think too much."

"Yunxun, we definitely didn't think that."

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Zhu Yunhuan waved his hand and said, "My dear uncles, there's no need to be nervous. It's normal for you to be worried. I understand. However, there's really no hidden reason behind Fourth Uncle's joining me. You're just worrying too much."

"Could it be that we are really worrying too much?"

"No, Fourth Brother really wanted to join Yun Huan willingly, didn't he? What's going on?"

"What the hell is wrong with Fourth Brother? Is he giving up?"

"No, giving up being a vassal king and staying in Yingtian Prefecture to serve the court is totally not my character!"

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The princes were stunned and looked at a loss.

However, while they were confused, they all breathed a sigh of relief in their hearts.

They saw Zhu Yunhuan's expression and he didn't look like he was lying. Moreover, given the current situation, it seemed that there was no need for Zhu Yunhuan to lie to them.

This matter is really a complete misunderstanding.

(End of this chapter)