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

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[Golden Bean and Copper Pea are truly a pair of hidden dragons and phoenix chicks!]

Follow-up comment: If you ask me, these two are a pair of smiling tigers, two black sharks!

Can these two really be called the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix?

Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong stared wide-eyed. How could they give such an evaluation based on the actions they had just performed?

Could it be that in later generations, the terms "Sleeping Dragon" and "Young Phoenix" have become a negative evaluation?

Zhu Gaosui, courtesy name Kuangwang, sobriquet Meilai Jushi, nicknamed Copper Pea

The nickname "copper pea" perfectly describes Zhu Gaosui; he's tough, slippery, and impossible to kill, he can still bounce around.

Although this is all fictional in the drama "Ming Dynasty", Zhu Gaochi did have ambitions to seize the throne in historical records, but he never rebelled while Zhu Di was alive.

Zhu Gaochi felt as if he had been granted a pardon and hurriedly pointed to the sky, loudly defending himself.

"Father, you see, that's all made up by later generations. Your son does indeed have ambitions to vie for the throne, you know that, but your son would never dare to rebel against you!"

During the Yongle reign, Zhu Gaoxu made no secret of his ambition to seize the throne. Zhu Di rebuked him many times and reduced his power, all to prevent him from following in Li Shimin's footsteps.

Zhu Gaosui felt relieved. If his second brother hadn't rebelled, and the accusations were fabricated, then he was even less likely to rebel. He was safe now; his life was spared.

Later generations, too, why do they like to make up all sorts of nonsense? It's really scary!

Moreover, his reputation as an arrogant hermit is likely to spread throughout the entire Ming Dynasty; he himself has even seen the officials recording the emperor's daily activities diligently writing them down.

She was writing while looking at him and laughing; she was making fun of him!

However, although Zhu Gaosui did not lead an army in rebellion, he did intend to poison Zhu Di when he was seriously ill.

Follow-up comment: It was his subordinates who wanted to poison him, but he had planned it all along and even prepared a will to depose the crown prince and install the Prince of Zhao in his place.

Follow-up comment: That's right, in the end it was Zhu Gaochi who intervened, saying that it must have been done by a servant and had nothing to do with Zhu Gaosui, which saved his life.

Follow-up comment: Otherwise, he might have had a peaceful end later on; he was just too scared this time.

He was incredibly filial, so filial! I never imagined there could be someone even more filial than Zhu Gaochi.

The Zhu family is full of talented people.

As Ying Zheng watched Zhu Gaosui's series of actions, especially his attempt to forge an imperial edict to depose the crown prince, a sense of familiarity welled up within him.

He was furious. He recalled that the Qin Dynasty had been destroyed because of Hu Hai and Zhao Gao's forged edict.

He raised his whip and lashed it at Zhao Gao, making him howl in pain and cry out incessantly. Bloody welts covered his body, especially when the whip struck old scabs, adding new wounds to old ones that had not yet healed.

Ying Zheng spared Zhao Gao's life because he didn't want him to die too quickly.

If it weren't for Zhao Gao, how could his Qin Dynasty have perished after only two generations!

Yongle,

Zhu Di's expression was quite interesting; his face was flushed red with rage, which was clearly visible, and his hands were repeatedly drawing and sheathing his sword.

He was quite pleased when the news on the screen said that his two sons did not actually rebel in history. All they did was have designs on the position of crown prince.

Which prince didn't covet the position?

He himself had some thoughts at the time.

In addition, some of the things he himself had said in the past fueled their ambitions that they shouldn't have had.

Now things have gotten worse; the son is planning to poison his own father.

Zhu Di believed that he was seriously ill at that time and would not live much longer, and that he did not want to take his son down with him when he died. So he took the opportunity to forgive Zhu Gaosui.

But he's still alive!

Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaoxu knelt on the ground, looking at their third brother with expressions of horror.

Originally, it was thought that Zhu Gaosui had no ideas of his own and no courage, but he quietly did such a big thing.

Zhu Gaosui, who had been standing tall, bent over completely again, his whole body trembling uncontrollably.

Oh no, oh no, this is terrible!

My life is in danger now.

Throughout history, regicide has been a more serious crime than treason. Even Qin Er Shi (Hu Hai) only forged an imperial edict; he dared not poison his father.

Besides regicide, this was also patricide. How could I, in my later life, have been so foolish as to do such a thing?

"King Zhao! I never knew you possessed such a filial heart!"

Zhu Di's tone was chilling, his words filled with murderous intent.

Upon hearing this, Zhu Gaosui trembled, lowered his head, and remained silent.

At this point, no amount of explanation would help; it all depended on the old man's mood and whether his elder brother would step in to vouch for him.

"father!"

Zhu Gaochi spoke decisively, saying that if Zhu Di were allowed to continue speaking, Zhu Gaosui's head would probably be chopped off.

"How can we judge people today based on the sins of future generations?"

"Besides, the message on the screen says it was my subordinate who orchestrated it, and it has nothing to do with my third brother!"

Zhu Gaochi uttered the same words as those seen on the sky; he still wanted to protect his ignorant younger brother.

"Ren, my lord, you truly deserve the temple name Renzong!"

Zhu Di was indeed furious because of Zhu Gaosui's plot to poison him, but after all, that was his own son. If he really took his life, how could he face his wife in the afterlife?

He would have been disappointed if Zhu Gaochi hadn't stepped in to dissuade him.

His gaze fell on Zhu Gaosui, who was kneeling on the ground. In his eyes, besides the lingering anger, there was even more disappointment and frustration.

"Third brother, you can stay in the palace and keep this old man company from now on!"

Both of them consciously ignored the words spoken on the sky that Zhu Gaosui knew about it.

Some things are different when you say them out loud.

During the reign of Emperor Zhongzong of the Tang Dynasty,

Emperor Zhongzong of Tang, Li Xian, was eating the soup noodles personally delivered by his daughter, Princess Anle, and was quite pleased with himself.

"Zhu Di was actually poisoned by his own son; what a failure as a father!"

He ate the soup dumplings bite by bite, finding them exceptionally sweet today. He wondered what Anle had added; she had really put her heart into it!

Li Xian was unaware that his empress and beloved daughter, one aspiring to be a second Wu Zetian and the other to be the crown princess, had long felt that Li Xian was in their way.

During the Kaiyuan era

"I wonder how Zhu Di will deal with his two sons. One wants to rebel and seize the throne, and the other even wants to poison him."

Li Longji was quite curious. He believed his achievements were no less than Zhu Di's. He might not be able to match Zhu Di as a great emperor of all time, but he was certainly better than Zhu Di.

He couldn't help but think of himself. If his own son were to rebel, he probably wouldn't let him off easily; at the very least, he would strip him of his title and reduce him to a commoner, just like Li Chengqian had done when he rebelled.

In this respect, Li Shimin set a good example for him, both in the way he ascended the throne and in the way he dealt with his son's rebellion.

A cold glint flashed in Li Longji's eyes. No one could covet my throne, not even my son.

I have plenty of sons!

On the sky, Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were kneeling outside the main hall, their buttocks sticking out high, waiting for Zhu Di and Zhu Gaochi inside to discuss how to deal with these two traitors.