Ming Dynasty: Emperor Wanshou is cultivating immortality!

The 1991th year of the Jiajing reign (), winter.

The world of the Ming Dynasty at this time has undergone tremendous changes. Many ancient cities have been transformed into high-rise buildings under the erosion of modern cities.

Only those great cities of immortal cultivation that were of great significance to the Ming Dynasty still retain some of their ancient buildings, such as Nanjing, the first great city of immortal cultivation in the Ming Dynasty, and Beijing, the imperial capital.

Beijing. Heavy snow fell, and the sky and earth were covered in silver.

Prince Yu’s Mansion. Three hundred years ago, Prince Yu was named Crown Prince, and the position of Crown Prince naturally fell on Zhu Yijun.

As for the title of Prince Yu, it was inherited by Zhu Changluo, while the title of Prince Rongchang, which originally belonged to Zhu Changluo, was inherited by Zhu Youxiao.

At this time in the capital, all the kings had long disappeared, having all gone to their fiefdoms throughout the Ming world.

For example, Prince Ning’s fiefdom was even on the ancient planet Mars. Well, the ancient planet Mars at this time had already changed greatly in appearance, and it was like a new world.

As for King Jing, he returned to his original fiefdom De'an.

Originally, Jiajing was the one who chose his own fiefdom among the kings who had performed brilliantly in the battle for the throne among the Nine Dragons and the struggle for the hidden dragon, including the stars in the Ming domain, including Prince Jing, Prince Gong, Prince An and Prince Ning.

King Ning chose the ancient planet Mars as his fiefdom.

After all, for King Ning, the ancient star of Yinghuo was the first one he developed, and then he built a teleportation array to go to Mingyu. He has already established his own power on the ancient star of Yinghuo.

Not only that, but the business is running very smoothly.

Now that the position of crown prince has been decided and there is no possibility for him to compete for it, he might as well manage his own piece of land well.

Prince Gong and Prince An chose to leave the Ming Dynasty and go to the Ming Territory to develop.

In their view, if the fight for the throne failed, the third brother Zhu Zaigui would become the emperor of the new Ming Dynasty.

A new emperor appoints new ministers. It would be better for them to head to the deep space outside the domain immediately while their father is still in power and can make decisions for them, so that they can develop and seek immortality with peace of mind.

Like other kings, most of them had similar ideas to these two kings and chose to go outside the territory.

In addition, they all understood that the Ming Dynasty would definitely invade the entire world of immortal cultivation in the future, and at that time all the materials they obtained in the world of immortal cultivation would belong to them.

After all, from a macro perspective, the increased strength of these kings means the strengthening of the Ming Dynasty as a whole.

So what if the third brother is now the crown prince?
He also cannot rely on the power in his hands to arbitrarily deprive himself and others of the resources they will obtain in the future world of immortal cultivation.

Don't forget, even though the third brother is the crown prince, there is still an emperor above him.

Of course, at this time, the old foxes in the court had completely severed their ties with the kings and no longer had any contact with them. Otherwise, there would be an old fox willing to contact these kings.

Needless to say, just a brief reminder.

Then these kings will instantly realize that Prince Yu's position as the crown prince will not last long. The crown prince is just a thunderbolt, and the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty must be chosen from among the princes.

Unfortunately, in today's court, the old foxes who can see through this are all important officials in the cabinet, six ministries, and five military commanders.

How sharp is the political sense of these old foxes?

Before the emperor wants to completely determine the candidate for the crown prince, they will never easily stand on the side of anyone.

Didn’t you see that even the three cabinet ministers Gao Gong, Zhang Juzheng and Zhao Zhenji completed the cut-off with the three kings at the first opportunity?

As for the local governors, some people with a keen political sense might have sensed something, but they would never bring trouble upon themselves by getting too close to other kings at this critical juncture.

Since one could see that Zhu Zaigui’s position as crown prince would not last long, it was not difficult to imagine that the crown prince’s lineage would frantically “conquer cities and territories” and make a fortune in the Ming Dynasty.

At this time, if the other kings knew that the position of the crown prince would not last long, then facing the strength of the crown prince's forces, they would inevitably choose to fight to the end, which would naturally harm the crown prince's interests.

No matter how long Zhu Zaigui could stay in this position, at least he was the legitimate crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

Blatantly cutting off the prince's financial resources and going against the prince's lineage? Even the old foxes in the court were unwilling to do something, so how could these frontier officials dare to do it?
So many smart people tacitly chose to keep their mouths shut.

It won’t be too late to take sides until Zhu Zaigui steps down and the emperor truly wants to decide on the candidate for the crown prince.

Besides, there may not be a candidate for the crown prince among the current kings. Who knows? Maybe in the past few years, the emperor has taken concubines again and given birth to other princes, and the candidate for the crown prince is among them?

"Is there any news about my fifth brother?"

At this time, Zhu Youxiao, who had inherited the title of Prince of Rongchang, had already taken control of the Prince Yu's Palace.

As for Zhu Changluo, since he realized that Zhu Youxiao was more suitable to inherit the palace and take on the heavy responsibility, he became a hands-off manager.

In this regard, Zhu Youxiao could only express helplessness.

There was no way out. From the moment he was willing to expose himself and stand up to protect his fifth brother Zhu Youjian, he knew that his peaceful life would be gone forever.

However, he does not regret his original decision.

At least he saved his younger brother Zhu Youjian, and of course he also saved the reputation of Prince Yu's Mansion. All of this was worth it to him.

At this time, on both sides of the hall sat Zhu Changluo's other descendants, that is, Zhu Youxiao's younger brothers. They were the second son Zhu You (xue), the third son Zhu Youji (ji), the fourth son Zhu Youmo (mo), the sixth son Zhu Youxu (xu), and the seventh son Zhu Youzhang (zhan), a total of five people.

"Heh," at this time, the second brother Zhu You opened the folding fan in his hand with a "snap" sound, shook it gently, looked at the eldest brother Zhu Youxiao nonchalantly, and said in an inexplicable tone:
"Brother, aren't you too partial to Old Five?"

"Outsiders don't know what Lao Wu did, but how can we, as brothers, not know?"

"Father said that from now on, there will be no such person in Prince Yu's Mansion! I really don't understand why you always mention this piece of trash in such an important occasion?"

As the second brother Zhu You finished speaking, the third brother Zhu Youji also spoke up: "We are here today to discuss the next matter of the imperial court's invasion of the world of immortal cultivation."

Zhu Youji paused as he spoke, "I'm not here to chat about family matters."

"If you still want to mention the useless Old Five, I think it's best for you to keep quiet."

"I think among all the brothers present here, no one wants to know his current situation. No one wants to have anything to do with him."

"That's right!" The fourth brother Zhu Youmo also shouted loudly: "Brother, we are all brothers. You always mention the fifth brother, making us look like outsiders."

"I know you and I have a good relationship, but there's no need to mention him on such an important occasion, right?"

As he spoke, Zhu Youmo, who looked quite honest and straightforward, looked at the others and said, "Don't you think so?"

However, if someone plays the good guy here, there will naturally be someone who plays the bad guy.

The sixth brother Zhu Youxu, who looked a little pale and had a somewhat feminine temperament, saw that his elder brother Zhu Youxiao's face had turned cold. He smiled and pressed his arms, looked around, and began to smooth things over:
"Alright, alright, we are all brothers. It's only natural for the eldest brother to care about the younger brother. There's nothing wrong with that."

"As for the fifth brother, although he made a mistake, he has been punished now. Let's not talk about him behind his back. Don't gossip about others, don't you agree?"

"Humph!" As the good old man, Old Liu Zhu Youxu, spoke, before the others reacted, the youngest, Old Seven Zhu Youxu, was the first to sneer and said:
"Stop pretending to be a good guy here."

"Since you like Lao Wu so much, why don't you give him half of the resources you got during your trip to the Immortal Cultivation World?"

"Seventh brother, you..." Upon hearing that half of the resources would be allocated to Zhu Youjian, Zhu Youxu, who had been a good guy just now, changed his expression slightly, and then opened his mouth to scold this ignorant brother, but before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by Zhu Youxiao!
"That's enough!" Zhu Youxiao slammed the table and said angrily, "It's already this late, and you are still scheming and arguing here."

"Three hundred years have passed, and the current world of immortal cultivation has long been suppressed by the natal weapon!"

"Strange things are everywhere, and this is a world where immortals are dying. This is the best time for our Ming Dynasty to enter the scene and reap the benefits."

"But don't forget, first of all, a lean camel is bigger than a horse, and a lion will use all its strength to fight a rabbit!"

"The dominant giants in the world of cultivation still have a deep foundation. The most important thing is that their life weapons have undergone three hundred years of degeneration and are now completely unrecognizable."

"There are many special types of weirdness. Even if the cultivators of the Ming Dynasty are infected, there is still a possibility of disease!"

"Once infected, your life force will be damaged, or at the very least, your life force will be removed. From then on, you can only rely on your own talents to cultivate!"

"In serious cases, he may die on the spot..." As Zhu Youxiao said this, he seemed to have thought of something and had a look of deep fear.

Then he looked around at his brothers with a serious look and said in a cold voice: "And these are only enemies from outside. Don't forget that there is also competition within our Ming Dynasty."

"It has been three hundred years since Grandpa ascended the throne of the Crown Prince. During these three hundred years, the world of immortal cultivation has been basically paralyzed and suppressed by the natal weapon."

"Then do you know what this means?"

"This means that in the near future, our Great Ming Immortal Dynasty will invade the world of immortal cultivation."

"After that, the national policy proposed by Elder Zhang to abolish the life-cultivation system will also be put on the agenda."

"The various immortal tribes of the Immortal Dynasty have long since grown strong, like towering trees, taking root in the interior of the Ming Dynasty."

"They are naturally unwilling to abolish their innate cultivation system. Because of this, the contradiction between the imperial power and the immortal forces has gradually begun to emerge..."

"We all know that the immortal race is bound to be weakened. The mistakes of the Sui and Tang dynasties will not be repeated in our Ming Dynasty."

"But you must not forget that others do not know the true situation of the prince's lineage, but the immortals of the six ministries and cabinets where these old foxes belong know it very well."

"The responsibility of weakening the immortal race in the future will fall on the prince."

"In other words, the relationship between us and the Immortal Clan is inherently hostile."

"Now, everyone in Chaozhou has begun to target the prince's lineage. Everyone is staring at us, waiting for us to make a mistake, so that the emperor will slow down his pace against the immortals."

"Therefore, when you enter the world of immortal cultivation this time, you cannot trust anyone. The only people you can trust are your relatives."

"At this time, you are still killing each other and squeezing each other. Won't you be defeated one by one by others?" Zhu Youxiao said in a cold tone:

"You all look down on my fifth brother, and think that he is the sinner of the palace. But ask yourselves, if he is as cunning and calculating as Lu, who among you can compare with him?"

"At least, if he is here, it will be much easier for us to go to the Xiuxian World to get resources!"

"..." (End of this chapter)