Ming Dynasty: Domination of the World from the Imperial Examination

Chapter 340 Mental Imprisonment!

Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned completely dark.

The fists behind his back were clenched so tightly that veins bulged.

His eyes were filled with hostility as he looked at Zhu Biao.

The prince whom he had worked so hard to train, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty, has now become like this. In an instant, his murderous intent towards Xia Zhibai reached its peak. He believed that it was all Xia Zhibai's fault. Before Xia Zhibai existed, his prince was so gentle and honest that he would never have such messy thoughts.

But since Xia Zhibai came to the court, his son has changed.

A lot more thoughts.

I gradually couldn't understand what I was doing.

It’s all Xia Zhibai’s fault!
Zhu Yuanzhang suppressed his anger and said with his hands behind his back, "Boss, I'll give you one last chance. Tell me, it was Xia Zhibai who instigated you to say all this, right?"

Zhu Biao shook his head.

He was also completely angered by Zhu Yuanzhang's words and complained, "Father, why do you always refuse to believe that this is my own idea? Can't I, Zhu Biao, have my own ideas? In the past, whenever I thought of something that disobeyed your words, you would always impose these words on others. Before, it was Song Lian and others, and now it's Xia Zhibai."

"In the past, I was afraid."

"They didn't dare to tell the truth and pushed the words onto other people."

“But this time.”

"I won't deny it anymore."

"This is my true thought, and it has nothing to do with others."

"Whether Xia Zhibai is there or not, I will tell you all these things one day, because I can't stand it anymore. You control me too strictly. I can't have a moment of peace or tranquility. What I eat, what I wear, how much I spend, who I meet with, and what I say are all under your supervision. You put too much pressure on me."

"I didn't lie."

"Father, you have always been a towering mountain in your heart."

"But this high mountain is now pressing down on me and I am almost suffocating. I even want to escape."

"In the past, due to the prestige of the emperor, I never dared to speak out my thoughts. Even if I did something, it was always a small move in private, and the emperor would stop me immediately. The son's temperament is a bit weak, and he really didn't dare to disobey the emperor's orders. Even a glare or a raised eyebrow from the emperor would scare the son out of his wits."

"But Father"

"I can't stand this horrible life anymore."

"I feel like my life is suffocating. I am afraid that I will die here soon, just as Xia Zhibai said. This is because I am too scared of my father. I have lived in fear of him all my life. I really can't stand this kind of life any longer."

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Zhu Biao was already crying like rain.

The whole person collapsed to the ground.

It seemed as if saying the previous words had exhausted all his life's energy.

But there was still a happy smile on the corner of his mouth. He finally let out the resentment in his heart and finally did not keep it in his heart any longer. That feeling was too uncomfortable and too depressing.

Zhu Biao opened his mouth wide and breathed hard.

It was like a fish out of water, gasping for breath on the verge of death.

Originally Zhu Yuanzhang was furious, but when he saw Zhu Biao's miserable breathing, he was stunned. He could tell that Zhu Biao was not lying. He really was like a suffocating person who suddenly breathed in fresh air. His eyes were full of greed and desire.

There was also a deep fear. Zhu Biao was undoubtedly in an extremely bad and embarrassed state now.

But seeing the son he had raised with so much effort being so miserable in front of him, Zhu Yuanzhang was in a trance.

Did he really put so much pressure on Zhu Biao?

So big that Zhu Biao couldn’t breathe?

How can this be?

How could he be so strict with Zhu Biao?

Whatever Zhu Biao wanted, had he never failed to satisfy it?

He has given Zhu Biao his greatest tolerance and benevolence, and also given Zhu Biao enough tolerance and trust. Throughout the dynasties, whoever has Zhu Biao's power, second only to the emperor, and above everyone else, even the second, third, and fourth sons all have the desire to compete for the throne, and even the third son has performed exceptionally well, but he has always stood firmly on the side of the eldest son.

He even went so far as to banish the second and third brothers.

It is to maintain Zhu Biao's status.

What was wrong with him?

He tried so hard to consider Zhu Biao, but Zhu Biao actually looked at him like this. Who did he do so much for? Was it for himself, an old man? Wasn't he doing it for Zhu Biao and for the descendants of the Zhu family?

But all the anger in his heart turned into a sigh when he saw Zhu Biao's miserable appearance of crying and laughing.

Zhu Yuanzhang's body seemed to be hunched over. He looked at Zhu Biao and his voice suddenly became low. He said, "Biao'er, am I so unbearable in your heart? I have done so many things for you, and you see me like this? Do you know how uncomfortable your words make me feel?"

Zhu Biao was still sitting on the ground. He smiled sadly and said, "Father, your achievements will surely be passed down through the ages."

"But allow me to say something extremely treasonous."

"Father, you have never considered me, your son. You have always been thinking about the Ming Dynasty."

"It was you, the Emperor, who personally conquered the Ming Dynasty."

"Everything you did was done from the perspective of an imperial ruler. All the systems of the Ming Dynasty were designed based on your knowledge and preferences. They have nothing to do with me, your son."

"Now it is only my son who is the crown prince. If it were the second, third, or even the fourth son, it would not be any different."

"Because you, father, can only see the longevity of the empire, but not the exhaustion of your subjects and the people."

"Father, you believe that if the world follows your established ideas, it will last forever. You even think that the descendants of the Zhu family must follow the system you set. But I am a human being, a living person. On the one hand, you ask me to read more, but on the other hand, you don't let me apply what I have learned. Then, I and the emperors of the Ming Dynasty in the future are like birds deliberately locked in a cage by you."

“There is no freedom!”

"I don't even have the power to walk out of the cage."

"This is not the life I want."

"This is not the life that you, the descendants of the Zhu family, should have."

“You have suffered and you don’t want future generations to suffer, but how is what you are doing different from putting them in jail?”

"One is physical, the other is spiritual."

"Physically, you have to at least escape from prison, or find other ways to get away, but mentally, you have to remain imprisoned. Once you start to act on your own, the civil and military officials below will rush over to stop you like defending against a flood or a beast."

"Father, I can't stand it!!!"

(End of this chapter)