The Holy Emperor of Ming

Chapter 73: The Emperor's Death
"Zhu, Hou, Zhao."

Kublai Khan uttered three words coldly and forced himself to calm down.

I know I can't argue with him anymore.

Zhu Houzhao clearly didn't care about his reputation, so he couldn't do that.

Besides, the other party was only a thirteen-year-old spoon dancer after all. If he continued to curse at her, he would be the one to be ridiculed.

With a wave of his hand, the army moved and headed towards Emperor Wu's dragon cavalry.

Zhu Houzhao sneered, and began to circle slowly with Emperor Wu's dragon cavalry and five thousand slave soldiers.

At the end of the day, no major war broke out.

Kublai Khan was very cautious and did not send any more troops to launch an active attack.

Zhu Houzhao kept looking for flaws, but couldn't find any.

If he charged forcefully, he was worried that the Emperor's Dragon Riders would suffer too much damage.

The stalemate lasted for a whole day.

The next three days were spent almost like this.

At most, Kublai Khan tried every possible way to set up baits.

However, because of the defeat on the first day, Zhu Houzhao was too cautious and the benefits were small and the risks were too great, so he did not try again.

The two sides fought for several days, and neither could do anything to the other.

During this period, Kublai Khan did not attack Gansu Town, forcing Zhu Houzhao to fight a decisive battle with him.

Because he was worried that Zhu Houzhao would go directly into Gansu Town and not come out.

By then, there will be no chance.

At this time, the news that Kublai Khan had been defeated by Zhu Houzhao also spread.

In this regard, the overall mood of the Ming Dynasty became even happier and more excited.

In the court, the voices of middle and low-level officials calling for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to return to the capital had almost disappeared.

Only the top management looked increasingly worried and heavy.

October 5th.

This is the sixth day of confrontation and entanglement between the two armies.

The wind was howling and the weather was getting colder.

"Kublai Khan, you stupid dog, do you dare to come? This prince allows you to lead 20,000 cavalrymen, let's fight, what are you doing?
You incompetent piece of shit, you coward.

Come if you have the guts.

This prince will beat you so hard that your father, no, even your grandfather won't recognize you." Zhu Houzhao put his hands on his hips and cursed happily.

The Emperor Wu's dragon riders let out a deafening laugh.

The atmosphere is relatively relaxed and morale is high.

On the opposite side, the Mongol army was quiet, their morale slightly lowered, but they were also holding back their anger.

They had been listening to Zhu Houzhao's unilateral scolding of Kublai Khan for five or six days.

The emotions of both parties are naturally different.

In front of the Mongol army.

"Brother Prince, are you still allowing Zhu Houzhao to speak rudely?" Si Hanfei, who had recovered a lot, said in a deep voice.

After being defeated for a while, if the Mongol army had just let Zhu Houzhao scold them, the army would have returned empty-handed in the end.

It is foreseeable that Kublai Khan will be ridiculed by people all over the world.

The prestige within the Mongols will also suffer a significant blow.

This is by no means a trivial matter.

"Let him scold." Kublai Khan said calmly and patiently, "The more he scolds, the more arrogant and complacent he will be.

I just don’t believe that he won’t make any mistakes in this state.”

Si Hanfei already knew Kublai Khan's purpose, but time was running out.

Would Zhu Houzhao really make a mistake in the last three or four days?

"Keep sending out baits," Kublai Khan said calmly.

Things happened one after another, no different from the previous few days.

The Mongols laid bait and tested.

Emperor Wu's Dragon Riders probed and looked for flaws.

Both sides were very patient and waited for their chance.

at the same time.

In the center of Gansu Town, Zhu Hui, Li Guang and Zhang Fengfu, who stayed behind, looked extremely heavy after receiving an urgent secret letter.

Li Guang, in particular, looked gloomy and sad, as if he had aged ten years in an instant.

In the room with only three people, the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

"What should we do now? Should we notify His Highness immediately?" Zhang Fengfu was the first to break the silence.

"No, Your Highness is leading the army to confront Kublai Khan, and there can be no mistakes.

Let's wait for His Highness to come back." Zhu Hui immediately objected and calmed himself down.

Zhang Fengfu and Li Guang nodded, understanding this truth.

After making the decision, the three of them fell silent again.

His expression became increasingly heavy and worried.

Your Majesty, how...
As the sun was setting, Zhu Houzhao led his army back to Gansu Town.

"Hahaha, stupid Kublai Khan, you still want to trick this prince?
Do you think this prince is as stupid as him?
This prince knew what he wanted to do at a glance. If you want to fight with this prince, you will never be able to do it in your next life.

Hahaha." Zhu Houzhao's arrogant and complacent laughter spread all around before he even entered the mansion.

Behind him, the old man, Zhu Wusi and others were following, listening with smiles on their faces.

"This Kublai Khan is a coward. I have scolded him for so many days, but he has not responded.

He is so shameless and not a man at all.

Useless stupid dog." Zhu Houzhao cursed in annoyance while laughing.

Zhu Wusi, Zhu Ye and others behind him all smiled bitterly with helplessness.

This is not a gangster from the time when the country was founded and the empire was conquered. This is the orthodox Ming Dynasty, and his Royal Highness the Crown Prince was trained in an upright manner.

The most honorable. Why don't you pay attention to etiquette and manners?

A real barbarian and a ruffian.

But what can they do?

I tried to persuade him, but he just wouldn't listen.

As for taking a tougher attitude, haha.

Faced with the rising Crown Prince, how many people in the entire Ming Dynasty dare to be tough?
Moreover, even though they didn't say it, the presence of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince made them feel closer and more at ease.

Zhu Hui and the other two who were waiting outside the mansion, after they entered the mansion, Li Guang knelt down with a plop, tears streaming down his face, and said with a tearful voice:

"Your Highness, His Majesty has passed away!"

Zhu Hui and Zhang Fengfu also knelt down immediately, looking grief-stricken.

Zhu Houzhao, who was still talking recklessly, was startled and looked at the three people.

The faces of the others all changed drastically, except Xu Ruowu who sighed in his heart, they all looked at the three people kneeling down in disbelief.

How can it be?

But who would dare to lie about such a big thing?

What's more, the person in front of him is a Duke, the Supervisor of the East Factory, and the Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

What these three people say together cannot be false.

Xu Ruowu was the first to kneel down. Except for the old man who stepped aside, the rest of them knelt down hurriedly, looking at the prince with sad expressions and worried eyes.

"My father is dead? Haha, are you kidding me?" After staring at Li Guang in a daze for two breaths, Zhu Houzhao suddenly laughed and said in disbelief.

Everyone was silent, and suddenly felt a palpitation, as if they were facing a prehistoric beast that was about to get angry. As a result, no one dared to speak for a moment.

Looking at the silent crowd, the smile on Zhu Houzhao's face froze. He was stunned for a moment, his face twitched a few times, and his breathing became heavy.

The terrifying might was like a volcano or a giant beast that was about to get out of control. He grabbed Li Guang by the collar and lifted him up, gritting his teeth and saying, "How could my father die? How could my father die?"

Li Guang was like an ant encountering a real dragon. His whole body was sore and limp, and he had no strength left.

With grief in his heart, he cried bitterly, "Your Highness, His Majesty's health has always been poor, and he has been overworked in recent years. The imperial physician had long told His Majesty to rest and recuperate, but His Majesty refused to listen.

Years ago, Your Majesty started coughing up blood.

Today, I received urgent news that Your Majesty suddenly fell seriously ill and was bedridden eight days ago.

However, in order not to affect His Highness's ability to lead the army in the battle against Kublai Khan, His Highness was not informed.

Until two days ago at midnight, His Majesty passed away."

Zhu Houzhao felt dizzy and his hands, which had always been strong, suddenly lost their strength, so he let Li Guang collapse.

He took a step back, his eyes red and full of confusion.

"My father is dead."

"How could my father die?"

"How could my father die?"

"I don't have a father anymore."

"Go home, go home."

He muttered to himself, as if he remembered something, and he regained his strength and rushed out of the mansion quickly.

But after running only a few steps, he stopped again.

He looked at the people who were still kneeling, and then looked at the place where the Emperor Wu's Dragon Cavalry was stationed in the distance.

After standing there for a while, he sat down on the ground and burst into tears.

"Ah~!"

She didn't care at all that there were other people around and cried heart-wrenchingly.

"I don't have a father!"

Seeing the Crown Prince (His Highness) crying like a child, the kneeling people all lowered their heads and cried regardless of what they were thinking.

There was a lot of crying.

"Old Lord, have you known this a long time ago?" Zhu Wusi seemed to have thought of something and whispered something in his voice.

The emptiness of the ghosts and gods is nothingness. If you don't see anything in advance, then there is a problem.

"I have reminded the late emperor, but I didn't expect it to happen so soon." Xu Ruowu sighed and replied helplessly.

He looked up at Zhu Houzhao who was crying bitterly, but he was not surprised.

The true dragon has already taken off, and the false old dragon will naturally give way.

Since ancient times, which true dragon did not domineeringly sweep away all obstacles?
Father must come first.

The Qin Emperor, Emperor Wu of Han, and Emperor Ming were all like this.

Alas, real dragons are hard to get along with. Should we...
Amid the crying, everyone's minds could not calm down and were flickering rapidly.

There are worries, sighs, heaviness, excitement, anticipation, and so on.

After a while, as they cried, everyone realized something was wrong.

The old man standing not far away was the first to notice something was wrong and stared at Zhu Houzhao who was still crying bitterly.

Many pairs of eyes followed suit.

The power of heaven and earth changed from peaceful to agitated and poured into the body of the Crown Prince (Your Highness).

The speed was getting faster and faster. The aura of the Crown Prince (His Royal Highness) was like a sleeping dragon awakening, growing stronger at an extremely fast speed.

"Your Highness is about to break through! You guys guard the surroundings, I will cover it to prevent the Mongols from finding out." The old man suppressed his surprise and decisively sent a message to everyone.

Everyone was shocked again and looked at the Crown Prince (His Royal Highness) in amazement.

How can I break through if I am still crying without caring about my image?

But no matter how incomprehensible they were, no one dared to disturb such a major breakthrough, and everyone began to take action.

Finally, the old man couldn't help but look at Zhu Houzhao as if he was looking at a monster, and flew towards the north gate.

boom!
With a silent roar, the power of heaven and earth within a radius of ten miles began to boil.

It was like a hundred rivers flowing into the sea, pouring into Zhu Houzhao's body.

It made its aura more powerful and terrifying, and seemed to be undergoing a huge transformation.

"Ah~!"

"I don't have a father anymore."

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