Sky Curtain: The Overlord Charges into Battle, Shocking Emperors of All Dynasties

Stop talking!!

We're begging you, please stop talking.

The civil officials of the Ming Dynasty were terrified and on the verge of tears.

How come their secrets were all exposed? Are people in later generations so good at solving cases?

Besides, there are some things we really didn't do!

What these civil servants feared was that they seemed to have lost control of public opinion.

In the past, the pen was in their hands; they could write whatever they wanted, and the people believed whatever they said, and future generations believed whatever they said.

Who knows what the real situation will be like hundreds of years from now?

Now that everything has been revealed on the sky screen, the people seem to trust the sky screen a little more.

Some lower-level officials even feel that ordinary people are pointing fingers at them when they go to the market to buy groceries.

Some of his colleagues who had been on the celestial stage even had their doors splattered with excrement.

Take Qiu Jun and Li Dongyang, for example; their reputations have become completely tarnished.

Now they can't sleep at night when they get home; they're filled with anxiety.

They feared that the Embroidered Uniform Guards might break down the door at any moment and imprison their entire family in the imperial prison.

The Longqing Emperor, having likely been overly repressed, indulged in sensual pleasures, becoming like a honeybee gathering nectar. He died at the age of 36, his body completely drained. However, he only had two sons.

The Wanli Emperor lived a long life, passing away at the age of 58. However, during his 48-year reign, he spent nearly 30 years not attending court or participating in state affairs, much like his grandfather. Thus, both grandfather and grandson lived to be nearly 60 years old.

The next legendary emperor, Emperor Taichang (Zhu Changluo), died after reigning for only 29 days.

Like his grandfather, this emperor had been a crown prince for over twenty years, which had been incredibly stifling. Upon ascending the throne, he became obsessed with women, and being physically weak, he fell ill just ten days later.

After falling ill, Cui Wensheng, a eunuch from Consort Zheng's palace, prescribed a cold-natured medicine, which could also be considered a laxative. After taking it, Zhu Changluo had diarrhea thirty or forty times in one night, became dehydrated, and became critically ill.

At this time, Li Kezhuo, the Vice Minister of the Court of State Ceremonial, presented a red pill that he claimed was a miraculous medicine. The cabinet ministers initially opposed its use, but Zhu Changluo was so desperate that he tried anything, and after taking one red pill, he indeed felt better.

After taking a second pill in the evening, Zhu Changluo collapsed and died suddenly in the Qianqing Palace in the early morning at the age of thirty-eight.

[But look at what Zhu Changluo did in those short 29 days: abolished mining taxes, reimbursed frontline soldiers' salaries, reorganized the court, and at one point it seemed that a wise ruler was about to reappear, but he actually died.]

However, the main reason is that he brought it on himself; he was simply a lustful monster.

Zhu Yuanzhang covered his face with his hands.

How embarrassing!!

How could these descendants be so disgraceful!

There's also someone who hasn't attended court for thirty years. How can the affairs of state be handled if he doesn't attend court?

The appointment of officials and the revenue of the national treasury—these major national affairs all require the emperor's personal approval!

Zhu Yuanzhang could have foreseen that the Ming Dynasty would essentially be ruined within these thirty years.

By the time of the later emperors, the situation had become too deeply entrenched to be reversed.

Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth.

It would have been better if Wanli had lived a shorter life, allowing his son to reign as emperor for a few more years. Perhaps that could have saved the Ming Dynasty and prevented the Manchus from gaining power.

And then there's Zhu Changluo, of all people to imitate, he had to pick his grandfather.

Both grandfather and grandson died at the hands of women.

Whose fault is this anyway?!

It's all the fourth brother's fault! These are all his offspring!

After the death of the Taichang Emperor, the Tianqi Emperor, Zhu Youxiao, ascended the throne. His death, like that of the Zhengde Emperor, was related to water.

In the fifth year of the Tianqi reign, Zhu Youxiao, accompanied by eunuchs, went boating in the West Garden. When they reached the shallow water north of the bridge, Zhu Youxiao rowed himself, but a sudden gust of wind arose, and Zhu Youxiao and the accompanying eunuchs fell into the water. He was greatly frightened by this fall, and coupled with the previous Wanggongchang explosion, the double shock left him devastated and bedridden.

After falling ill, the imperial physicians were still unable to cure him. At this time, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian and others found a miraculous medicine called Linglu Drink to cure his illness.

[After taking the elixir, Zhu Youxiao's condition not only did not improve, but worsened. He became swollen all over and was on the verge of death in August of the seventh year of the Tianqi reign. Before his death, he summoned his younger brother Zhu Youjian and said, "My brother should be like Yao and Shun." He died in the Qianqing Palace at the young age of 23.]

[And the last emperor, Chongzhen, Zhu Youjian, is a household name; he was the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so there's no need to elaborate.]

Many people in front of the canopy couldn't help but laugh when they heard this.

Easily soluble in water, yet fatal if ingested—Zhu Youxiao ingeniously combined these two elements.

He chose to drown himself and then consume an elixir of immortality.

Zhu Youjian, the last emperor, met a variety of fates for rulers who lost their kingdoms throughout history, so there's no point in discussing conspiracy theories anymore.

Throughout the history of the Ming Dynasty, emperors who lived long generally did not manage affairs much, such as the later Jiajing Emperor and the Wanli Emperor.

Those who aspire to great achievements all meet incredibly mysterious ends. One might be a coincidence, an accident, but it can't all be coincidences or accidents, can it?

[If it's said that there was something wrong with Zhu Gaochi's genes, then Prince Xiang, Zhu Zhanxian, lived to be over seventy, and many princes in his lineage also lived to a ripe old age. Didn't the Jiajing and Wanli emperors also live to be nearly sixty?]

[And the Qing emperors were fine; they all lived in the Forbidden City. The Qing emperors lived much longer than the Ming emperors. Could it be because they dared to kill people?]

Of course, these are all just speculations. After all, none of us know what happened back then. It's just that the events were so bizarre and illogical that it's impossible not to think about them.

However, no matter what, the truth is buried in the dusty archives of history. Only heaven knows for sure.

The people under the canopy fell into deep thought. The change of emperors in the Ming Dynasty was too bizarre, too far beyond their expectations.

However, some events served as a stark warning to them.

Palace maids, imperial concubines, imperial physicians

As for the ministers at the end, although they also vied for power, they probably wouldn't dare to murder the emperor... I guess so.

Other dynasties had already begun to learn from these experiences and strive to make their palaces as impregnable as an iron fortress.

Chaos and bloodshed had already begun to erupt in different parts of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji began to eat less sweets, focusing on recuperating and looking after his crickets, hoping to live a few more years.

We have no choice but to support him; Zhu Qizhen is still too young, and a young emperor ruling as regent is detrimental to the country.

Zhu Zhanji did not believe that his son could automatically become a qualified emperor at the age of ten, like the emperors of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

During the reigns of Chenghua and Zhengde, both emperors held military power, and their fiery temperaments led to a bloody upheaval!

Zhu Jianshen fared somewhat better, only needing to mobilize the Imperial Guard.

However, Zhu Houzhao directly ordered Jiang Bin to lead the border troops to blockade the capital, and even sent soldiers to strictly guard the homes of important officials in the court.

Zhu Houzhao ignored the fierce protests from Yang Tinghe and other civil officials, showing no concern whatsoever.

Are you kidding me? I've already flipped the table and you're telling me you regret it?

If you have any questions, go talk to my team.

The two lecherous men, Longqing and Taichang, unusually stopped their honey-gathering activities and began to abstain from sex. They also searched far and wide for renowned doctors in the countryside, determined to restore their depleted bodies.

They dared not take the medicine prescribed by the imperial physicians; it was more reliable and prudent to find some famous doctors from the common people.

I just don't know how long I can abstain from pornography.