Ming Dynasty: A mere unruly commoner is rebelling against the heaven?

Chapter 123 The terrifying truth! (Part )

Zhu Youtang took a few deep breaths and tried his best to suppress the anger in his heart.

While feeling angry, Zhu Youtang also felt a chill in his heart.

After all, Zhang Min was just a eunuch, a slave serving the emperor.

Zhang Min poisoned Zhu Youtang's mother just by following orders.

As for whose orders he was following, it was either Concubine Wan or the late Emperor Zhu Jianshen!

The cabinet and Zhou were cruel, and so were Concubine Wan and Zhu Jianshen!

The cabinet and Zhou made the Holy Mother Empress Dowager ill, and used the moral principle of filial piety to force Zhu Jianshen to move Zhu Youtang out of Zhaode Palace.

Zhu Jianshen and Concubine Wan were even more cruel, they directly caused the Holy Mother Empress Dowager to pass away!
Without his sick mother, Zhu Youtang no longer needed to visit her all the time, and he no longer needed to move out of Zhaode Palace!
What an irony!

Zhu Youtang was still investigating the case of his father being poisoned.

But then he turned around and found out that his mother was poisoned by his father.

Compared with his father and grandmother, Zhu Youtang's tactics are still not ruthless enough!

Zhu Youtang turned his head and looked at Huai En, who was lying on the ground and trembling, and continued to question.

"If that's the case, then why did I go to the Cining Palace in the end?"

"Tell me now!"

"Yes, yes, Your Majesty, I will tell you right away."

When Huai En spoke, he had already concealed nothing and told everything he knew.

"Because... because in the second month after the death of the Holy Mother Empress Dowager, Concubine Wan Gui's father, the Jinyiwei Commander Wan Gui, died suddenly."

"Mrs. Zhou took His Majesty to the Cining Palace on the grounds that there was a funeral in Concubine Wan's family and it was not appropriate to raise the prince during this period."

"There will be no talk of returning it from now on."

When Huai'en said this, Zhu Youtang understood everything at once.

Why were all the emperor’s surviving princes, except Zhu Youtang, born after the eleventh year of Chenghua?
Because in the 11th year of Chenghua, the crown prince had been decided, and it was Zhu Youtang, who was close to the cabinet and Zhou.

Now that the crown prince has been determined, the cabinet and the Zhou and Wang families no longer need to target other concubines to prevent them from becoming the crown prince.

The most direct proof of this is the emperor's second son, Zhu Youlang, who was born in the 12th year of Hongzhi.

Less than a year had passed since Zhu Youtang was enthroned as the Crown Prince.

There was a full eight years between the birth of Crown Prince Daogong Zhu Youji and the birth of Zhu Youluo!

Another point worth noting is that after the case of the evil man Li Zilong in the 12th year of Chenghua, Concubine Wan was promoted to Imperial Noble Concubine by Zhu Jianshen.

Like Queen Wang, she also held the golden book, golden seal and golden treasure, and had the ability to compete with Zhou and Wang in the harem.

From then on, Concubine Wan suppressed the Wang family and the cabinet, and protected the other princes to grow up smoothly.

Why was Concubine Wan, who was the most favored concubine in the harem and had great power, unable to protect even her own child?
Because in the second year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen had just ascended the throne and his power was unstable. Even Concubine Wan had no power and could not confront the cabinet and Zhou.

Why did the Zhou and Wang families join forces to hide Zhu Youtang and the Holy Mother Empress Dowager?
Why was the identity of the Virgin Queen Mother tampered with?
The answer to these two questions is the same, that is, because the Wang family has no children, they want to snatch a prince to help them win the throne!

Why was Zhu Youtang first sent to Zhaode Palace and then to Cining Palace?

Because this battle for the throne started with Concubine Wan having the upper hand and ended with Zhou and the cabinet's complete victory.

Why did Zhu Youtang never get to see the Holy Mother Empress Dowager until her death?
Because Zhou and the cabinet made the Holy Mother Empress Dowager ill, and Zhu Jianshen and Concubine Wan caused the Holy Mother Empress Dowager to pass away!
Why did Zhu Jianshen depose Zhu Youtang from the position of crown prince?
Because in the 21st year of Chenghua, Zhu Jianshen had already taken full power.

Zhu Youtang was raised by Zhou since he was a child and was on the side of Zhou and the cabinet.

So Zhu Jianshen wanted to replace Zhu Youtang and make Zhu Youlang on his side the crown prince!

However, what is recorded in history books is that Liang Fang was afraid of being liquidated by Zhu Youtang, so he instigated Concubine Wan and advised Zhu Jianshen to replace the crown prince with Zhu Youtang. This is pure fabrication!
Changing the crown prince to Zhu Youlang was originally Zhu Jianshen’s idea!

All questions have a perfect answer.

Zhu Youtang stood in the room, closed his eyes, and digested the news he had just received in his mind. He couldn't calm down for a long time.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhu Youtang finally opened his eyes. Huai'en was still lying on the ground, looking terrified.

Zhu Youtang ignored Huai En in the room, walked slowly to the door and pushed it open.

In an instant, the biting cold wind blew Zhu Youtang's robe, and the bright snow scene outside made Zhu Youtang squint his eyes slightly.

Everything seems like a lifetime ago.

"I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"

The four Tengxiang guards around him, the young eunuch from the Silijian, and Wang Zhi all knelt on the ground and paid their respects to Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang ignored them and walked straight to his dragon chariot and sat on it.

"Go... to Qingning Palace."

Zhu Youtang lowered his head and waved his hand.

"promise!"

The dragon chariot set off towards Qingning Palace.

Wang Zhi was worried about Zhu Youtang's condition, so he quickly followed.

After making many turns in the Forbidden City, the dragon chariot finally stopped at the gate of Qingning Palace.

Zhu Youtang stepped down from the dragon chariot, took a look at the plaque of Qingning Palace, and walked in.

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty!"

The four Tengxiang guards guarding Qingning Palace immediately knelt down and saluted Zhu Youtang.

Zhu Youtang walked slowly past them and entered the gate of Qingning Palace.

Qingning Palace was extremely cold and there was no luxurious decoration at all.

The eunuchs who served Zhou in the palace hurriedly sang the greetings: "The Emperor has arrived!"

Afterwards, a large group of palace maids and eunuchs walked out of the hall and knelt beside Zhu Youtang.

"Your servant greets His Majesty!" "Your servant greets His Majesty!"

The leader was Nanny Liu, who had served Zhou for more than 40 years.

Zhu Youtang ignored them and slowly walked into the main hall of Qingning Palace.

In the main hall, there were stoves burning on all sides, making it warm as spring.

Zhou, dressed in brocade and mink fur, knelt in the middle of the hall and prayed sincerely.

Because her title was stripped away, she could not wear any clothes embroidered with phoenix patterns and could only wear simple gorgeous clothes.

She closed her eyes and kept turning the Buddhist beads in her hands.

On the table in front of her, there were two tablets, with smoke rising from incense sticks.

Among these two tablets, one tablet is inscribed with: The tablet of Emperor Yingzong, the Fa Tian Li Dao Ren Ming Cheng Jing Zhao Wen Xian Wu Zhi De Guangxiao Rui.

Another tablet reads: The throne of Emperor Xianzong, the Emperor of Heaven, Ningdao, Chengming, Renjing, Chongwen, Suwu, Hongde, Shengxiao, and Chun.

These two tablets are the tablet of Emperor Yingzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Qizhen, and the tablet of Emperor Xianzong of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Jianshen.

This is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Not only did he not live longer than his wife, he also did not live longer than his mother.

"Evil woman! How dare you offer sacrifices to the tablets of the two former emperors?!"

Zhu Youtang stood at the door and spoke coldly.

The Buddhist beads in Zhou's hand froze for a moment, then continued to spin.

"Tell me, was the late emperor poisoned by you?"

"boom!"

Zhou exerted force with her hand, and the Buddhist beads in her hand fell to the ground, scattering in the empty hall, making a tinkling sound.

Zhou sighed, opened her eyes and looked at Zhu Youtang at the door without saying anything.

Zhu Youtang walked slowly towards Zhou and knelt down in front of the tablets of the two former emperors.

"Huai En has told me everything, starting from the fifth year of Chenghua, when you and Wang teamed up to control the Holy Mother Empress Dowager."

"Until the twenty-third year of Chenghua, when you instructed Liu Wentai, the Imperial Hospital Director, to prescribe that medicine for the late emperor."

Zhou said calmly: "Since you already know everything, why are you still asking me?"

"I want an answer."

"I want to hear it from you in person!"

"Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs."

"The late emperor is your biological son, how could you have the heart to do that to him?!"

Zhou's face was cold: "Why are you still talking about this now?"

"You are now an emperor with absolute power. You should know what power feels like."

"If you didn't inexplicably have so many loyal and trusted factory guards."

"Do you think you can talk to me in this tone now?"

After such a long period of confinement, Zhou no longer had any trace of the panic he felt when he suddenly lost all power on the day of the coup.

Now Zhou has calmly accepted the result that he lost everything.

The power he had worked so hard for half his life was destroyed overnight.

Along with his power, the people of the three clans of Zhou family were also destroyed.

Now she no longer has any weaknesses.

In the entire Changping Zhou family, she is the only old woman left.

Her husband and son also passed away.

And the grandson whom he helped to ascend the throne was the culprit behind all these consequences.

If Queen Zhou knew that Zhu Youtang had such powerful strength and decisive and ruthless tactics after he ascended the throne.

She would definitely not support Zhu Youtang in his bid to seize the throne.

But at the same time, Zhu Youtang, who possessed a decisive and ruthless hand, felt that no matter how vicious his hand was, it could not be as vicious as the grandmother in front of him.

Zhu Youtang could wipe out his uncle's three clans without blinking an eye because he was not familiar with these royal relatives at all.

We haven't even met each other a few times, let alone have any feelings for each other.

The three nominal uncles of the Wang brothers have no blood relationship with him at all. They are his stepmother's younger brothers.

When killing, there is no psychological burden at all.

But Zhou was different. The person she killed was her own son!

If it were Zhu Youtang himself, he would never be able to do anything to his own biological parents or his own children.

Zhu Youtang looked at Zhou with an excited expression.

"So you admit that you killed the late emperor?"

"Did you also tamper with the identity of the Holy Mother Queen?"

"You also killed Concubine Wan's eldest son and Concubine Xian Bai's second son?"

"The description you gave me of Concubine Wan was also deliberately slandered by you?"

"Wu was the one who raised me before. Was it you who ordered her to do so?"

"You have kept me by your side since I was a child, just so that I can win the throne for you?"

Zhou didn't say anything, but closed her eyes again, unwilling to answer.

　It would be more fun to read these two chapters together, so I will post them together. Tomorrow's update time will be the same as usual, one chapter in the morning and one chapter in the afternoon. This month is over, and when I wake up, there should be a month-end summary. Those who are interested can take a look and leave your valuable suggestions and opinions. Finally, I wish that the monthly votes will exceed 1,000 next month. I will update on time every day and write a more exciting plot!
　　
　
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