I, Zhu Yunwen of the Ming Dynasty, resurrected Empress Ma at the start.

After saying that, he picked up Empress Ma and walked out.

Zhu Yunwen quickly followed, and after a few steps, he looked back.

Zhu Yunwen knelt on the spot, looking completely dumbfounded.

The expression on his face was absolutely priceless.

Shock, resentment, fear, bewilderment... all mixed together, making his face look somewhat distorted.

He opened his mouth, as if trying to say something, but couldn't utter a single word.

Zhu Yuntong smiled at him, but the smile didn't have any special meaning; it was just mocking and ridiculing him!

Then he turned around and followed Zhu Yuanzhang.

Zhu Yunwen knelt on the ground, watching their figures disappear outside the palace.

My ears were ringing, and my mind was blank.

Is it all over? Completely over?

Isn't today the day he is to be officially designated as the Crown Prince?

How did it turn out like this?

He slowly turned his head and looked towards the side of the dragon throne.

The bright yellow imperial edict was still there.

What is all this?

……

Kunning Palace.

This place remains the same as it was many years ago. Although Empress Ma has passed away, it is still unchanged.

A dressing table, a soft couch, an embroidery frame by the window, and an unfinished handkerchief on the frame.

Even the teacups on the table were the same set she used to use ten years ago.

Zhu Yuanzhang gently placed Empress Ma on the soft couch, sat down on the edge of the bed, and held her hand tightly.

"A girl? A girl!"

He shook himself, but there was no response.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang was extremely afraid, terrified, and uneasy.

He was terrified that if his sister fainted like this, she would never wake up again, just like last time, once she closed her eyes, she would never wake up again.

He was extremely anxious at that moment and spoke hurriedly.

"Girl, wake up!"

I shook it again, but there was still no response.

Zhu Yuanzhang panicked and shook the door even harder.

"Girl! Girl! Girl, girl, girl..."

"stop!"

Zhu Yunwen couldn't stand it any longer, so he grabbed Zhu Yuanzhang's hand.

If they keep shaking like this, even if Grandma is fine, something bad will happen to her soon.

"Old Deng, stop shaking!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback, and he looked at Zhu Yunwen with a face full of doubt.

Old Deng?

What is this? What is this thing? Why has he never heard of it before?

Zhu Yuanzhang immediately retorted, "Old... what old? How dare you speak to your imperial grandfather like that? Where has your manners gone?"

"Old Deng!" Zhu Yunwen glared at him. "Don't talk to me about manners here. If you keep shaking her like that, Grandma, who just came back to life, will be shaken away again!"

"you!!!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes widened in disbelief.

"You unfilial grandson! How dare you still call me Old Deng?"

"Do you even know who I am? I'm your imperial grandfather!"

"And what are you saying? What do you mean by 'shaken away'? You're cursing your grandmother!"

He got more and more excited as he spoke, and pointed a finger at Zhu Yunwen.

"If you keep talking nonsense, we'll punish you right now..."

"Shut up!"

A roar exploded from the soft couch.

Zhu Yuanzhang shuddered, his fingers frozen in mid-air.

Empress Ma opened her eyes and stared straight at him.

"Sister... Sister?"

Zhu Yuanzhang quickly went over.

"Girl, you're awake? Are you alright? How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you?"

Empress Ma ignored him, staring at the finger he was pointing at Zhu Yunwen.

"What did you just say? Who are you going to punish?"

Zhu Yuanzhang recoiled as if he had been burned.

He knew that the girl seemed to be protecting Yunhuo, and if he punished Yunhuo now, it would upset the girl.

He immediately countered, "No...no! We didn't say anything!"

"We're asking Yun-hu if she's hungry! Yes, hungry!"

Empress Ma glared at him and said loudly.

"Zhu Chongba, do you think we're deaf?"

"I heard you clearly, you're going to punish my good grandson!"

She sat up from the couch and pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang's nose.

"You Zhu Chongba, you're really starting to look down on us! Do you even know how we've survived?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was taken aback. You know what, he really didn't know how the girl had survived.

This really made him very curious and puzzled.

"How...how did you come back to life? Girl, what happened?"

Empress Ma grabbed Zhu Yunwen and pulled him close.

"It's my good grandson! It was Yun-hu who saved our lives!"

"Although we don't know how it happened, we remember clearly in our minds that it was our good grandson who brought us back from the dead!"

Zhu Yuanzhang was dumbfounded.

He stared blankly at Zhu Yunwen, his eyes fixed on him.

"What...what did you say? Girl, you mean...Yun Hu? That he...resurrected you?"

Empress Ma nodded and said firmly.

"Yes, it's Yun-hu! Without Yun-hu, I wouldn't have been able to come back to life."

Zhu Yuanzhang's mouth slowly opened, growing wider and wider.

He looked at Zhu Yunwen as if he were a monster.

Bringing the dead back to life? Resurrection? Is this something a human can do?

"Yunhu..."

He swallowed hard, utterly shocked, and then said.

"How...how did you do that?"

Zhu Yunwen felt incredibly pleased to see the look of utter disbelief on his face.

He was just scolding me and saying he was going to punish me?

Now you're dumbfounded, aren't you? He puffed out his chest, looking inscrutable.

"Grandfather, this is a long story."

"Just remember, I saved Grandma."

"If you bully me again, Grandma won't stand for it."

Empress Ma slapped him on the back of the head.

Stop being so cheeky.

But his eyes were full of smiles.

Zhu Yuanzhang stood there, looking at Empress Ma, then at Zhu Yunwen, then back at Empress Ma, then back at Zhu Yunwen.

My mind was buzzing. What kind of person is this grandson of his?

Just then, a series of hurried footsteps came from outside.

"Your Majesty! The imperial physician has arrived!"

No sooner had the eunuch's shrill voice fallen than three old men carrying medicine chests rushed in, stumbling and crawling.

Leading the group was Liu Chun, the head of the Imperial Medical Academy, who was over seventy years old and whose hat was askew from running so fast.

"Your Majesty, we, your humble servants, pay our respects!"

They knelt down to pay their respects, but before they could even kowtow, they caught a glimpse of the person sitting on the soft couch out of the corner of their eye.

Liu Chun froze, and the two imperial physicians behind him also froze.

The three men, with their six eyes, stared intently at Empress Ma, their eyes fixed on her.

"This...this..."

Liu Chun opened and closed his mouth repeatedly, finally managing to utter two words after a long pause:

"A ghost...a ghost—!"

He regretted it as soon as he uttered the last "ya".

Because Zhu Yuanzhang's face had turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"What did you say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang took a step forward, his voice so somber it could drip water.

"Say it again?"

Liu Chun's legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground.

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, spare me! I... I didn't mean it! I just..."

"Just what?" Zhu Yuanzhang stared at him. "Just that you think our sister is a ghost?"

"Let me tell you, this is the Empress! This is our sister! Our sister, a real, breathing woman!"

He kicked over the stool next to him.

"If we hear the word 'ghost' again, we'll exterminate your entire family!"