Father can be an enemy country

Chapter 1361 Change of Owners
Zhu Zhen stayed in Jeonra Island for five days and inspected the entire island. When he returned to the General Administration Office, Deng Duo reported that the King of Goryeo had been brought there.

"Okay." Zhu Zhen's expression brightened up. This was what the Celestial Empire should look like, so he ordered in a deep voice, "Bring it here."

When Feng Cheng brought Wang Yu into the lobby of the General Administration's Mansion, Lee Seong-gye, Jin Tao, Zheng Mengzhou and other Goryeo officials had already been off duty in the hall.

Seeing their own king being brought up, the Goryeo officials had different expressions. The people of Lee Seong-gye's faction naturally couldn't suppress their joy.

They thought this was a brilliant move. Zheng Mengzhou and other royalists felt as if they had lost their parents, and many of them couldn't help crying on the spot.

Officials like Jin Tao, who were pro-Ming but still had feelings for the royal family, had a much more complicated mood. They were sad but afraid of being seen. They wanted to be consistent with Lee Seong-gye, but they couldn't do it emotionally. They could only lower their heads as low as possible, hoping to be ignored...

At this time, Wang Yu bowed deeply to Zhu Zhen, who was sitting in the main seat, and said, "I pay my respects to the prince. May you be blessed with good health."

"Your Highness, please stand up." Zhu Zhen raised his hand slightly and asked someone to give him a seat, saying, "You are a prince canonized by the Ming Dynasty, so you can sit down and answer."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Wang Yu thanked him, then sat upright on the chair and asked, "What advice do you have for me, Your Majesty?"

"I invited you here to ask you why you have never come to the court to congratulate me in the more than ten years since I ascended the throne?" Zhu Zhen asked in a deep voice, "My father summoned me, but you ignored him. What is your intention?"

"Reporting to the prince, because I was still young at that time and had not yet learned the etiquette." Wang Yu replied: "I was afraid that if I rashly entered the court, I would offend the emperor, so I did not dare to go."

"Oh, really? What about now?" Zhu Zhen asked, "You are already in your twenties, and you still haven't learned etiquette?"

"Ah, this," Wang Yu could only nod helplessly and said, "I already know how to do it."

"Then come with me." Zhu Zhen said in a deep voice, "It's just in time for the New Year's Day ceremony. Father will definitely be very happy."

"Yes, sir." Wang Yu sighed. He knew that there was a 80% chance that he would never be able to return to Goryeo after this trip.

"Your Majesty!" Zheng Mengzhou and others cried out in grief, kneeling on the ground and begging Zhu Zhen, "Please have mercy on us, Your Majesty, and let our king go..."

"You said that as if I wanted to harm him." Zhu Zhen snorted and smiled faintly at Wang Yu: "If you don't want to go, forget it. I won't force you."

Everyone looked at Wang Yu, but Wang Yu looked at Lee Seong-gye's cold old face.

After a long while, Fang said with difficulty: "Little Prince, I am willing to follow the prince."

"You all heard it, right? I didn't force him." Zhu Zhen said to Zheng Mengzhou and others, "Don't worry, he is a prince of the Ming Dynasty, so he will be treated as a prince. Our Celestial Empire will not treat him harshly."

"Your Majesty, no..." Zheng Mengzhou and others continued to beg. "The country cannot be without a ruler for a day, and the king cannot leave Goryeo!"

"Hasn't he left Goryeo now?" Zhu Zhen sneered and said, "Zheng Fangbo is really worried, so let's go with your king."

"Ah?" Zheng Mengzhou was stunned.

"That's it." Zhu Zhen was too lazy to waste time talking to him. He had given him a chance before but he didn't cherish it. Who could he blame? ~~
The guards then took Wang Yu and Zheng Mengzhou away and put them under custody.

Zhu Zhen encouraged Jin Tao and others with kind words, asking them to continue to be loyal to the emperor and patriotic and to perform their duties conscientiously, and said that the court would never treat them unfairly.

Jin Tao and others have already taken sides, and naturally expressed their firm stance that they will be loyal to the Ming Dynasty and the emperor, and will never let down the prince's high hopes. They will manage Goryeo well for the court.

"Okay." Zhu Zhen nodded in satisfaction and said to Jin Tao, "You are a Jinshi of the Ming Dynasty and an old friend of mine. You are the Korean person that I trust the most. So if you have anything to say, you can write to me directly and send the letter to the Tamra General Administration Office, and I will receive it."

Jin Tao was flattered to hear this, but Li Chenggui felt a pain in his balls and wanted to ask his father, isn't his son a human being?
"Your Highness, thank you for your praise. I have not done enough. I will report to you more often in the future." Jin Tao quickly expressed his loyalty.

"No need to wait until later, we can do it now." Zhu Zhen said with a smile.

"Yes." Jin Tao gritted his teeth and said, "Reporting to the prince, Wang Yu is not only licentious and immoral, but also has a very problematic background. The prince should have heard about it ten years ago. King Gongmin likes men and has no fertility at all. He is the son of the evil monk Sin Don. He was taken into the palace by the late emperor when he was seven years old. He said that he was born to him and Sin Don's maid."

"Afterwards, King Gongmin was assassinated. Queen Mother Mingde was unwilling to let him succeed to the throne because of his background, but the traitor Li Renren insisted on putting him on the throne for his own selfish interests. The capital was very dissatisfied at the time, but no one dared to object due to Li Renren's power." Jin Tao continued: "Of course, I have no conclusive evidence to prove that he is not the descendant of King Gongmin. But there is no doubt that there are huge doubts about his background, and we must inform the Heavenly Court to avoid deceiving the emperor."

"Good, you are very good." Zhu Zhen nodded approvingly and said in a deep voice: "I will report this matter to my father and see how he will deal with it."

"Yes." Jin Tao responded and stepped back.

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After Jin Tao left, only Li Chenggui was left beside Zhu Zhen, massaging his back and legs.

"Are you satisfied now?" Zhu Zhen looked at Li Chenggui who was acting like Lao Lai entertaining his parents and reached out to take the teacup.

Lee Seong-gye quickly picked it up and handed it to his godfather. He smiled and said, "I am satisfied. I am very satisfied. This will spoil my son."

"You and I haven't seen each other for ten years. Today we are going to separate again." Zhu Zhen took the teacup and took a sip, saying, "Of course I have to help you solve your problem."

"Yes, father really loves his son too much..." Li Chenggui wiped his tears and said, "After I retire, I will definitely come to my father to show my filial piety."

"Puff..." Zhu Zhen almost spit water on his face, thinking, damn, wait until you retire at the age of 70, then who of us will be filial to whom?

Lee Seong-gye, however, was not embarrassed at all, and he began to flatter her again, and finally asked tentatively, "By the way, father, can Sin U come back?"

"You already call him Xin Yu, can he still come back?" Zhu Zhen said with a mischievous smile.

"Hey, hey, I really don't want him to come back. This guy is not only biased and credulous, but also suppresses my son in every way. He is also licentious and does all kinds of evil. The people in Kaifeng are terrified when they hear his name, and they all hope that he will die soon." Li Chenggui said quickly.

"Well, in that case, even if he can come back, I won't let him come back." Zhu Zhen gave Li Chenggui an affirmative answer and asked, "Then how about you come to change the dynasty?"

Li Chenggui's heart skipped a beat.

(End of this chapter)