Ming Dynasty: The Crocodile King of Han Prince Zhu Gaoxu's Family

Chapter 515 Princess Yuming 2
"Whoosh!" To everyone's surprise, after Yu Qian's wife calmly finished speaking, the group of knights who had been riding on horseback and surrounding the crowd suddenly jumped off their horses and respectfully knelt on one knee in front of everyone!

Even two young men who looked very richly dressed quickly jumped off their horses and knelt on one knee.

"What is this?!" For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene fell into an eerie silence. The people surrounded stared dumbfounded at what was happening before them, not daring to utter a sound. Even the official in charge of escorting them twitched his eye, his face filled with astonishment.

"Aunt Yuming, please allow me to report:"

The young man is Zhu Qijia, the twenty-third son of Emperor Longwu of the Dragon Kingdom;
"I am Zhu Qizhang, the twenty-fourth son of Emperor Longwu of the Dragon Kingdom!" Amidst the stunned gazes of the crowd, two richly dressed young men knelt on the ground and respectfully introduced themselves to everyone.

In an instant, Yu Qian's wife's originally solemn expression turned blank and empty.

After all, the name Yu Ming was both familiar and unfamiliar to her! And the names and identities of the two young men in front of her were so sensitive to her!

"Big brother?!" Yu Qian's wife's eyes welled up with tears. She knew that the fact that these two children were here must have been arranged by her long-lost older brother!

"Your Highnesses, please rise quickly!" Yu Qian's eldest son, Yu Mian, after the initial shock, although still unclear about the general situation, quickly stepped forward to help the two princes who were kneeling on the ground to their feet. He then respectfully stood behind his mother once again.

"What brings you here?" At this moment, Yu Qian's wife, seemingly recovering from her memories, did not refute the identities of the two princes in front of her. Instead, she asked with a sigh.

"When Father heard that Aunt's family had suffered misfortune, he specially ordered my brother and me to bring Aunt back to the Dragon Kingdom!" Zhu Qijia replied with a smile.

"At the same time, Father has already revealed Aunt's identity in the Dragon Kingdom and sent a letter of state to the Ming Dynasty," Zhu Qizhang added promptly.

"Brother Crown Prince, we have already cleaned up Aunt's fiefdoms again. After Aunt and her brothers and sisters have entered the capital to pay their respects to Father Emperor, they can go to their fiefdoms at any time!" Zhu Qijia and Zhu Qizhang, the two brothers, said to each other.

Little did they know, the brothers' casual remark had left the escorting officials dumbfounded. After all, they were just low-ranking officials, not fools; they could glean shocking information from the mouths of these two elegantly dressed noblemen!

After all, who would have thought that Lord Yu Qian's wife was the younger sister of Emperor Longwu of the Dragon Kingdom, the eldest princess of the Dragon Kingdom!

Not only were the guards escorting them stunned, but even the children behind Princess Yuming were filled with disbelief. Given their current status as prisoners, who would have imagined they were actually royalty? And their mother was none other than the eldest princess of the Dragon Kingdom!

For a moment, the atmosphere at the scene became quiet.

"You're too late. Lord Yu has already..." Just as the scene fell silent, one of the officials in charge of escorting the prisoners suddenly spoke up with a dejected expression.

After these words, even Yu Qian's descendants became somber.

"Auntie, I'm sorry."

The Crown Prince said that his uncle's passing was due to an agreement between his uncle and the Emperor.

Your uncle forbade your father to reveal your identity, so much so that he didn't even send your dowry to you.

Now that my uncle is gone, that promise is naturally no longer valid.

"So, please, Aunt and all my brothers and sisters, come back to the Dragon Kingdom with us." Seeing the dejected state of the crowd, Zhu Qijia quickly stepped in to explain. "If we don't go with you two brothers, you two boys might resort to force," Princess Yuming, Yu Qian's wife, said irritably, looking at the little child calling her "Aunt" and then at the group surrounding them.

"Hehehe~!" Upon hearing their aunt's question, Zhu Qijia and Zhu Qizhang exchanged a glance, then simply smiled without replying.

"Auntie, please get in the carriage!" Seeing that Aunt Yuming was no longer speaking, the young man Zhu Qijia immediately invited her to get in the carriage with great enthusiasm. Strangely enough, a spacious carriage actually appeared behind them at some point!
"Okay~!" Seeing that he couldn't refuse, Zhu Yuming stopped refusing and agreed directly.

"Children, get in the car and come with your mother to find your uncle!" After agreeing to go to the Dragon Kingdom with her two nephews, Zhu Yuming also showed the demeanor of the matriarch of the family, turning her head to speak to her children behind her.

Immediately afterwards, Yu Qian's sons and grandsons followed their mother onto the carriage in an orderly fashion.

"Brother officers, thank you for escorting us all the way."

After you return, you don't need to worry about being harassed by your superiors. My elder brother, Emperor Longwu, has already sent a letter of state to Emperor Tianshun of the Ming Dynasty. They will not dare to make things difficult for you.

My husband devoted his entire life to Daming, and now he's gone. From now on, my Yu family's children will have to start their own lives.

"Thank you again for escorting us all this way. We'll take our leave now!" Just before leaving, Zhu Yuming opened the car window, leaned out, and thanked the officials who had escorted them all the way.

"Your Highness, you are too kind. This is simply our duty!" The group of officials, who had been staring in disbelief at Yu Qian's wife's transformation from a prisoner to a princess of the Dragon Kingdom, were jolted awake by Zhu Yuming's words and quickly replied politely.

"Goodbye!" After saying that, Zhu Yuming drew the curtains again.

Then, the carriages swayed and headed back the way they came, while the group of officials stared blankly at the departing group, exchanging glances without uttering a word. After all, what had just happened was simply too unbelievable, too surreal!

Suddenly, another rapid clatter of hooves sounded, and the officers tensed up again, glancing nervously in the direction from which the sound came.

"Bang!" The newcomer was a richly dressed cavalryman. The cavalryman stopped his attack from a distance and threw a package at them before not approaching any further.

"Our two princes have expressed their gratitude to all of you friends for escorting Princess Yuming of our Dragon Kingdom. This is just a small token of our appreciation, please do not refuse it!" With that, the cavalryman turned around and rode away.

"Boss, what do we do?!" Staring blankly at the cavalrymen's figures disappearing into the distance, one of the officers asked the leader next to him.

"Whoosh!" The leading officer didn't speak, but cautiously approached the package on the ground. He used his long sword to pry it open, revealing a glittering bag of gold and silver inside! Instantly, all the officers exclaimed in surprise.

"Brothers, divide it up." Looking at the bag full of gold and silver, the leading officer was momentarily dazed. After regaining his composure, he looked in the direction the cavalry had gone and silently said to his brothers behind him.

"The Dragon Kingdom truly lives up to its reputation as a great nation!" The leading officer murmured to himself, watching the knight disappear into the distance.
On the other side, the carriage creaked along, and inside, Yu Qian's children looked at their mother, each hesitant to speak. But seeing that their mother had no intention of saying anything, they also remained silent, heads bowed, demonstrating their excellent upbringing.

At this moment, the bewildered crowd could only listen intently to the conversation between the two princes outside the carriage.

"Twenty-fourth brother, where do you think Father will grant me this fiefdom?" Zhu Qijia asked his younger brother Zhu Qijing from his horse outside the carriage.

(End of this chapter)