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Chapter 644 Death (I)

Zhu Di died.

The ministers in the court were not surprised by this. After all, since the imperial teacher Lingjiu took over the power, Zhu Di never appeared in front of the court officials again.

Regarding Zhu Di's death, many people even speculated that he had actually died a long time ago, but it was only revealed now. It could be that Lingjiu had made all the preparations to usurp the throne, or it could be something else. Only she herself knew the details.

However, for the remaining officials in the court, it no longer mattered whether the emperor was Zhu Di or not. Although there were still many human officials in the court who regarded Lingjiu as a great enemy, they had no way to change anything.

Wu Yun's cleaning and filtering function certainly cannot filter out those people he hates, and in the current court, there are quite a few people he hates but cannot do anything about.

However, this situation is very common for Wu Yun. After all, when he was in his hometown, there were many people whom he extremely disliked and hated, but he could never kill them.

As for the people in the court, he just didn't like them. As for hatred, that's not the case. After all, he had never met them. He just took a look at them and felt that they were not pleasing to his eyes, that's all.

However, although Zhu Di passed away, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi did not ascend the throne. In fact, like his father, the crown prince Zhu Gaochi never appeared in the public eye again after Lingjiu took over the power.

Now, even though Zhu Di has passed away, there is still no news about Zhu Gaochi.

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On the same day that the Ming Empire officially announced the death of Emperor Zhu Di, on an official road 150 kilometers away from the capital.

A team of knights were escorting each other in an extremely luxurious carriage, galloping at a very fast speed on the official road.

The attire of those knights was very similar to that of the elite cavalry of the current Jinyiwei. Both men and horses were wearing heavy cloth armor, but among this group of cavalry, there were also some soldiers wearing lamellar armor.

Although the lamellar armor worn by these soldiers is similar in shape to that worn by ordinary southern border troops, the details are completely different.

At first glance, the armor worn by these knights is decorated with exquisite reliefs on every plate, but if you look closely, you will find that they are actually words, densely engraved.

In addition, the edges of their shoulder armor and lower body skirt armor are inlaid with gold, which looks extremely gorgeous.

The styles of their helmets were also very different from those of the Jinyiwei cavalry. The lamellar armor cavalry were mostly equipped with phoenix-wing helmets, while the cloth armor cavalry's helmets were no different from those of the Jinyiwei's cloth armor cavalry.

Unlike the feathers on the helmets of the Jinyiwei cavalry, these knights only had a huge fluffy red feather on their heads, without exception.

In addition, there are beast emblems on the shoulder armor of those armored cavalrymen, which are in the image of a mythical bird called the Green Heron.

He wears a red-feathered phoenix-wing helmet on his head, a black-gold iron helmet on his body, dark-gold boots with cloud patterns on his feet, a black-gold armored warhorse on his crotch, and a blue phoenix flag with gold patterns on his back.

The attire of these knights clearly revealed their identities: the Qinglu Cavalry of King Zhao.

This is the exclusive cavalry unit for the descendants of the emperor, specifically responsible for guarding the royal bloodline, and is also one of the top cavalry units of the Ming Dynasty.

As the extraordinary Ming Dynasty in another world, its ace army is naturally different.

The carriages guarded by these knights consisted of six carriages, belonging to the level of vassal kings. According to the Ming Dynasty ritual system: the emperor had nine carriages, the vassal kings had six carriages, and the kings of different surnames had five carriages. The totem of the region where the King of Zhao was enfeoffed was a divine bird, which was different in each vassal state, and the soldiers from these regions would often have their flags with the corresponding totem of that region.

"Sir, just as our teacher predicted, Zhu Di has passed away."

Inside the car, a middle-aged beardless man wearing a martial crown was standing, bending over, reporting to a beautiful lady with a jade crown in her hair and a dark martial costume, who was sitting on a soft seat and drinking tea.

The carriage pulled by six horses is very large: 2.6 meters high, 4 meters wide and 6 meters long.

Its decoration is also extremely luxurious - the four corners have exquisite jade lamps, and the lamp oil is North Sea cape whale oil, one or two ounces of which are worth hundreds of gold; and the carvings on the carriage are obviously the work of masters, and are also inlaid with a large amount of precious jade as embellishment.

"He has passed away..." The beautiful woman who was called the prince stopped what she was doing, played with the wine glass in her hand with her jade-like fingers, and murmured.

"What is the current situation of the garrison in the capital? Are they on full alert? In addition, has there been any unusual situation in the city recently?" Then she turned her head, looked at the middle-aged man, and asked.

"The garrison is already on high alert!" the middle-aged man said respectfully, "Just as the prince said, the garrison troops in the city have already started to be mobilized a few days ago, but for some reason, the city has not implemented a curfew."

"Is that so..." Prince Zhao put down the jade cup in her hand, pondered for a while, and then looked at the old man in front of her again.

"The imperial guards are on high alert, but there is no curfew in the city, and no strict checks are carried out on the entry and exit of outsiders..."

As she spoke, the woman stroked her chin, "This demon is really confident."

"Yes, yes." The middle-aged man next to him echoed, "Sure enough, even if he entered the court and took over the power, he is still not as good as..."

"No." Before the middle-aged man could finish his words, the woman interrupted him first, which made the middle-aged man stunned. However, as the woman's subordinate, he naturally knew the hierarchy and knew that he should remain silent and let his master speak:

"This Lingjiu Grand Master is not only courageous and confident."

The woman looked at her subordinates and said, "Being able to prevent the court officials from rebelling until now and being able to control the army left by the late emperor, no, Taizu, is not something that can be achieved by relying solely on so-called self-confidence."

"Yes, yes. Your Highness, you are absolutely right." The middle-aged man echoed, "I really underestimated that monster."

"Monster?" The woman glanced at her subordinates with a hint of teasing in her eyes, "That's not a monster at all. Maybe in a few days, you will have to call her the emperor."

"Haha, that's right, that's right!" Hearing this, the middle-aged man also laughed and nodded in response.

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Prince of Zhao Zhu Gaosui, okay, actually it’s not this guy, but Zhu Zhen.

In the Ming Dynasty of this time and space, the King of Zhao was conferred by Zhu Yuanzhang, and the first King of Zhao was Zhu Zhen.

The sixth son of Zhu Yuanzhang, the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and his mother was Consort Zhaojing Taichong, Hu.

(End of this chapter)