King of Han Dynasty of Ming Dynasty

In the courtyard.

Facing the Crown Princess's cold gaze.

Zhu Zhanji, who had been arrogant and unconvinced just now, suddenly became introverted. He lowered his head subconsciously and opened his mouth several times, but he didn't know how to start or how to answer the question. He looked like he wanted to say something but stopped.

"Say!"

"Don't hesitate here."

"What?"

"You are born in the Year of the Ox? Do you need us to take action before you speak?"

The Crown Princess's cold eyes suddenly fixed, she glared at him viciously and scolded him angrily.

About it.

In fact, it was not the Crown Princess's fault that she was so serious. It was because of Zhu Gaochi's appearance just now. It could be said that this was the first time she saw him get so angry in all the years she had been with him. How could she take it seriously?

Moreover, the Crown Princess knows her son better than anyone else.

This person is definitely not someone who will keep content with his lot. He is bold enough to do anything and say anything.

Seeing that he could not avoid it, Zhu Zhanji urged for a moment, carefully raised his head to look at his mother, shrank his neck and spoke timidly, telling her everything that had just happened without hiding anything and without adding any exaggeration.

After saying that, he subconsciously asked, "Mother, I did this, am I right?"

As Zhu Zhanji spoke and recounted what happened today, the Crown Princess's expression darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye. She raised her eyes slightly and shouted angrily:
"You're a piece of shit."

"Not bad?"

"How can you have the nerve to say or ask such a question?"

"Who gave you the courage? Who gave you the confidence?"

As she spoke, the Crown Princess became extremely angry. She felt that she could not vent her anger by just scolding him. She stretched out her delicate hand and grabbed Zhu Zhanji's ear, and continued:

"Looking for death."

“Be content, and you will always be happy.”

"These six words, do you know what they mean?"

"I let you be self-righteous, I let you be unsatisfied, I let you ..."

Zhu Zhanji, whose ears were being pulled and whose soft spot was being pinched, felt the increasing pain in his ears. His facial expression became ugly, and he begged for mercy with his teeth bared:

"Hey hey..."

"Mother, mother, mother, oh my dear mother!"

"Gently, gently, gently!"

"You're almost pulling my ears off. Stop it, stop it. It hurts... It hurts!"

"I was wrong, I was wrong, I was wrong...Is that not enough?"

"Hey, this, this... let's talk it out nicely, okay?"

"You came up and pulled my ears. I'm being scolded. It hurts so much that I can't even say anything!"

"Please let me go, please let me go."

See this situation.

Looking at his son with a look of pain on his face.

Although the Crown Princess was very upset, still full of anger and dissatisfaction, she couldn't help but let go of her hand subconsciously. After all, how could there be a mother in this world who didn't love her son? How could she really bear to do anything to him?

If she wasn't forced into a corner and was really angry, she would naturally not be willing to let the Crown Princess deal with Zhu Zhanji.

Feeling the restraint on his ears disappear, Zhu Zhanji subconsciously took several steps back, grimacing in pain and rubbing his ears, which had been pulled red. He took deep breaths from time to time and complained:

"My dear mother! You are really my dear mother."

"This is definitely a fatal move!"

"Am I still your biological son? Is there any mother who would be so cruel to her own son?"

"call……"

"Hiss..."

"It hurts..."

“But it really hurts me to death!!”

The Crown Princess couldn't help but feel distressed when she saw this, but it was so fleeting that she hid it very well. Her expression remained the same without any change. She said in a deep voice:

"pain?"

"You still feel pain?"

"Is this considered painful? Are you crying for your parents now?"

"Weren't you arrogant and fearless in front of your father before?"

"Where did that fierceness go?"

"just you……"

As she spoke, the Crown Princess seemed to have thought of something, and she sighed and continued:

"What's this little pain now?"

"This little bit of pain can make you wake up and put away your self-righteous thoughts. I think it is worth it."

"It's better to suffer now than to cause our family to lose their lives later."

"Compared to pain, compared to life, what does it mean?"

Upon hearing this, Zhu Zhanji's expression changed involuntarily. He raised his head suddenly and looked straight at his mother. His expression was full of shock and he was completely confused.

The prince opposed him, but he believed that it was because he cared about their brotherhood and could not bear to fight against each other.

But now his mother, at this moment, also said almost the same words as his father.

This really shocked him.

Some people don't understand, what is going on?

Why are the two of them able to reach a rare consensus on this matter?

When did the Crown Princess, who used to support him and regarded Zhu Gaoxu as a thorn in her side, change so much?

Why now, even she thinks that it is not possible to do so.

What happened in the middle?
What secrets are there that she doesn't know?

Thinking of this, Zhu Zhanji was stunned for a moment, and spoke subconsciously:
"Why?"

"Why is this happening, mother?"

"Haven't you always been..."

The words have not yet fallen.

The scolding voice from the Crown Princess exploded in Zhu Zhanji's ears.

"Shut up!"

"what do you know?"

"That was the past, not the present."

"Today is different from other days. Do you understand what I mean?"

"I was shallow before, ignorant of things, and didn't know the interests involved."

"Now I understand..."

“Naturally, there are different views.”

As she spoke, the Crown Princess paused, her expression suddenly becoming extremely solemn. She reached out and gently rubbed Zhu Zhanji's ears, which had just been pulled red by her, and said earnestly:

"Son!"

"I'm not saying this to you, but why can't you turn the corner sometimes?"

"As father and mother, would we harm you? Don't we want to give you the best?"

"Many times it's not that I don't want to, but we are born as human beings, and we are in the vortex of the royal palace. Although interests are important, life is more important. Because if you don't even have life, what's the point of having more interests?"

"Do you know why your grandfather the Emperor has always disagreed with your second uncle going to his fiefdom?"

"Do you know your uncle's prestige in the army?"

"You know why your second uncle wants to force his concubine to be sent to the fiefdom. Do you really think that he will simply leave this storm vortex? Or do you think that based on your attitude towards your second uncle, he really doesn't have a backup plan for himself?"

"I am not afraid to tell you that according to reliable information, in the Hanwang Mansion, all the people have implemented a rotation system of soldiers, and they are rotated every six months. Do you know what this means?" "This is definitely a system of soldiers and generals in wartime, and civilians in peacetime."

"Do you know how many people there are in the King of Han's fiefdom? Hundreds of thousands."

"And after the Han princess left, Qiu Fu, who went to the fiefdom with her, disappeared half a month after entering the fiefdom. No one knows where he went or what he was sent to do."

The Crown Princess narrated what happened in the King of Han's fiefdom, as well as some secret speculations.

Zhu Zhanji was so shocked that he was stunned. His mouth was so big that it seemed like an egg could fit in.

Damn it.

Are you going to play it that hard?

With such a long-term vision, have you already started making plans for the future?

All the people in the fiefdom were subject to the system of discussing with the generals and soldiers once every six months. There were hundreds of thousands of people in his fiefdom, and there was also Qiu Fu who had disappeared.

Zhu Zhanji couldn't help but feel his scalp tingling and his body shivered involuntarily.

That's it.

After a long time, Zhu Zhanji came back to his senses from his daze, suppressed the restlessness and fear in his heart, and spoke carefully:

"Mother."

"You all know about this matter. Does Grandpa Huang know about it? If not, why don't we report this news?"

"With Grandfather Emperor's temper, I'm afraid he will punish Second Uncle for such a reckless act!"

After hearing this, the Crown Princess glared at him and said, "Naive! Do you really think we need to report this matter? Do you really think the Royal Guards are vegetarians? Do you really think His Majesty doesn't know this news?"

Zhu Zhanji was confused and asked:

"what?"

"Grandpa Emperor knows, so why doesn't he care? Why doesn't he restrict it?"

"Why don't you stop it? Why don't you stop it?"

"No, what does Grandpa Huang mean?"

"Could it be..."

Although the following words were not spoken out loud, everyone is not a fool.

Naturally, I understood what Zhu Zhanji meant.

"Bastard!"

"what are you thinking?"

The Crown Princess raised her eyebrows, glanced at him indifferently, and continued:
"Control? Restrict? How to restrict?"

"Others are playing within the rules and have not exceeded the limits of the rules."

"How do you manage it?"

"Of course……"

"And the most important point is that, to His Majesty, your uncle is valuable enough that he can turn a blind eye to certain things to a certain extent."

"It is possible that there is still deep fear. After all, these are the forces that are exposed in the open. The most terrifying ones are the forces hidden in the dark."

"Do you know that the Japanese bandits attacked you, and what role your uncle played in arresting the Japanese bandits?"

"I'm not afraid to tell you that among the Japanese bandits arrested this time, there are people from your second uncle who are undercover, and they are even high-ranking members of the Japanese bandits!"

"I would like to ask, against such a force, would you easily act?"

"Do you really think that your uncle is so simple-minded and harmless even though he seems to be making so much noise?"

"I tell you……"

"Based on what your father said just now, that is the best outcome."

"If you really don't know the seriousness of the matter and insist on messing around, based on what you've shown now, are you sure you can really beat your second uncle?"

"answer me!!"

As soon as these words came out.

Zhu Zhanji was completely stunned.

Can he defeat Zhu Gaoxu 100%?
Can?

still can not?

In the past, he believed that as long as he or his father sat in that position, they would have the upper hand.

Dealing with Zhu Gaoxu was a piece of cake.

But now listening to what the Crown Princess said and the secret plans Zhu Gaoxu had made.

At this moment.

He really has no confidence.

I'm really not sure and I'm no longer confident of winning.

After all, these are all the arrangements that they know about, but... who can guarantee whether there are still many forces hidden in the dark and have not been exposed?

Who knows this?
Zhu Zhanji fell into silence. He opened his mouth several times as if wanting to say something, but in the end he could not utter a single word.

"Ugh……"

Seeing that he didn't speak, the Crown Princess sighed, reached out and gently rubbed Zhu Zhanji's head, and said softly:

"The end of Emperor Jianwen is still fresh in our memory."

"Child, we can't be confused."

"There is no such thing as 100% success in the world, so why take such a big risk when you can be stable?"

"Even if it really succeeds, think about it carefully, is it proportional to the benefits you receive?"

"Once it comes to that, it will be a bloody battle to the death."

"No matter which side wins, it will be a pyrrhic victory."

"By then, the power of the Ming Dynasty will be weakened, and the mountains and rivers will be broken."

"Do you know how much it would cost and how much effort a king would have to make to restore the broken old mountains and rivers?"

"And once the country is weak and surrounded by wolves, will there really be enough strength to resist?"

"Won't this lead to the destruction of the country and the ruin of the family, and make way for others?"

"so……"

As she spoke, the Crown Princess shook her head and said solemnly:

"A qualified person should not only consider the benefits."

“It requires a balance and trade-offs in many aspects.”

"If you only focus on the present, you will never go far, and it is easy to lose yourself and send yourself into eternal damnation."

"Think about it carefully!"

then.

The Crown Princess had no intention of staying any longer, so she reached out and gently patted his shoulder, then turned around and walked away in small steps.

The originally noisy courtyard suddenly became quiet after he left.

Zhu Zhanji stood there in a daze, without saying a word, and there was no expression of any unusualness on his face. However, his heavy, rapid breathing explained everything. At this moment, his thoughts were not as peaceful and quiet as his expression showed.

That's it.

After a long while, Zhu Zhanji slowly came back to his senses from his daze, looked around, and finally locked his gaze in the direction of Zhu Gaoxu's residence. A few extremely complicated expressions flashed across his face, and he muttered to himself in a low voice:
"Second uncle! Second uncle!"

"He's ruthless and capable enough, and he's hiding really deep."

"I'm afraid that many people in the entire court have been deceived by the coat you approved!"

"It is really unbelievable that such a terrifying force is hidden in secret."

"That's all! That's all."

"Now that things have come to this, I hope your assurance is sincere and not false."

"otherwise………"

(End of this chapter)