Ming Dynasty: Ask Zhu Yuanzhang to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 137 Zhu Yunwen is crazy!
East Palace.

There was a lot of crying.

The death of Concubine Lu caused quite a stir in the court and the country.

Many ministers were particularly puzzled when they heard that Concubine Lu had missed her husband so much since the death of the late Crown Prince that she had lost her appetite, became ill due to worry, and was finally beyond cure last night.

Because according to previous rumors, it was said that Concubine Lu had always been in good health.

Unexpectedly, he suddenly fell ill and passed away.

This is somewhat shocking.

But no one would question whether there is something fishy going on.

The main reason is that women in this era did not have a high status, and no one cared too much about their life or death.

Even though Concubine Lu was the mother of Prince Xian, and Prince Xian was a strong contender for the throne, court officials would not make any random associations.

She's just a woman. How much influence can she have on such an important matter as appointing a crown prince?

This is what most people think.

It is normal for someone to be in good health before and suddenly fall ill and pass away.

According to the medical technology of this era, even an occasional cold can send a person to the brink of death.

If you are not careful, you will die.

The sudden death of Concubine Lu was nothing more than a surprise.

I heard that Your Majesty was both saddened and angry about the sudden death of Concubine Lu.

An order has been issued to execute the imperial physician who treated Concubine Lu, as well as the palace maids and eunuchs who served her.

Upon hearing the news of Concubine Lu's death, all officials rushed to the Eastern Palace to pay their respects.

Zhu Yunhuan happened to be at the Ming Military Academy, which was quite far away from the Eastern Palace. When he arrived, the Eastern Palace was already covered with white curtains.

"Mother!"

Zhu Yunhuan fell in front of Lu's body and cried loudly.

Crying at a funeral is not simply a natural expression of emotion due to sadness and pain over the death of a loved one.

In fact, crying at funerals is a unique funeral custom in ancient China and even in the entire East Asian Confucian cultural circle.

When an elder passes away, all his descendants, especially the men, must "sing and cry" during the funeral.

Any descendant who does not cry at funeral will be regarded as "unfilial"!
And the louder and louder the cry, the more filial the child is!
Being able to cry and make the cry resound through heaven and earth is the concrete embodiment of "filial piety".

As for how much of this is true emotion and how much is just pretense, no one cares at all.

When Zhu Biao's funeral was held earlier, Zhu Yunwen's crying was so loud that it shook the earth.

Zhu Yunwen was therefore regarded as a "great filial son" and praised by court officials, and even Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him differently.

At that time, his predecessor was considered "unfilial" because he was ignorant and did not cry loudly. He was even secretly instructed by Lu to ask for food at the funeral.

In fact, how can a teenager understand the rules of the adult world?
He may be sad and upset because his father died, but he will not behave according to adult etiquette.

Especially when there is no one to teach, but someone deliberately does bad things.

But now times have changed, and now it is finally Zhu Yunhuan's turn to perform.

No one can take away the identity of a “filial son”!

As he cried, the crying of the people around him became louder and louder.

In front of His Royal Highness the King of Wu, everyone wanted to be the first to express their grief.

In an instant, the entire mourning hall was filled with cries that shook the earth.

"Zhu Yunxun, how dare you cry here?"

Suddenly, a loud shout, like a thunder, interrupted the crying in the mourning hall.

Everyone looked up and saw that the person who stopped them was none other than Prince Xian Zhu Yunwen.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen's eyes were red, bloodshot, and fierce like a demon.

Everyone was stunned and didn't know why King Xian suddenly behaved like this.

For a moment, they even forgot to continue crying and just stared at the scene before them.

The noisy mourning hall suddenly became extremely quiet.

"Wuwuwu... Second brother, what's wrong with you? Mother... Mother... has left us!"

They forgot to cry, but Zhu Yunhuan never forgot.

"Zhu Yunxun, stop pretending to be merciful here!"

Zhu Yunwen pointed at him.

"It's you, it's you...you killed Mother!"

"I'll fight you!"

He roared loudly and pounced towards Zhu Yunhuan.

Upon suddenly hearing the news of his mother's death, Zhu Yunwen's spirit really collapsed.

If his feelings for Zhu Biao were half true and half false, he was acting for outsiders.

Then his feelings towards Lu would be completely different.

As the crown prince, Zhu Biao had to help his father Zhu Di in governing the country and he rarely stayed at home. As a result, it was impossible for his sons to have deep feelings for their father.

For the emperor's grandson who grew up in the palace, the eunuch who was with him all day and grew up with him might be closer to him than his father who he could only see occasionally and who would scold and demand strict from him when they met.

After all, a child doesn’t understand too much about closeness or blood inheritance. He only knows that he will be good to whoever accompanies him and plays with him every day.

In fact, there is some distance between the prince's father and the children.

But my mother is different.

The mother did not have to go out to deal with state affairs. She was the one who looked after the children in the palace all day.

Zhu Yunwen had a very close relationship with Lu since he was a child.

Moreover, not long ago, Lu told him that she would help him get rid of Zhu Yunhuan during the birthday party.

Zhu Yunwen was full of expectations for this.

However, he did not expect that he would die before Lu's birthday party.

Zhu Yunwen had a guilty conscience and of course believed that Zhu Yunhuan had killed his mother.

However, before he rushed to Zhu Yunwen, he was stopped by the guards beside Zhu Yunwen.

No matter how Zhu Yunwen struggled, he could not break free.

"Second brother, don't say anything careless!"

Zhu Yunhuan's face also darkened.

Zhu Yunwen always pretends to be gentle and humble in front of outsiders, but today he seems like a different person. Is he ready to fall out with them?

"My mother passed away due to illness, but you are throwing dirty water on me and slandering me?"

"Although I am not her biological child, I was raised by her since I was young, and the relationship between us is deeper than that between a biological child and me."

"I will never do anything to harm my mother." "I think your second brother just lost his mother and is mentally disturbed, so I won't bother with him."

"If you continue to talk nonsense and slander me, don't blame me for being rude."

“I’m not lying!” Zhu Yunwen struggled even harder, his hair disheveled, and he looked like a madman: “You have a deep relationship with your mother? Hahahaha!”

"You are a child born to an outsider, and you actually said that you have a deep relationship with my mother?"

He shouted at the top of his lungs: "I am my mother's biological child, who do you think you are?"

"Mother raised you only for Daddy's sake and to prevent outsiders from gossiping about you."

"Otherwise, mother would have strangled you to death!"

"You don't think your mother would like a son born to a stranger, do you?"

"What a joke. What a joke."

"To tell you the truth, mother hates you to death!"

He staggered and swayed.

Everyone around was already terrified.

I never expected to hear such unbearable words at Concubine Lu's funeral.

But Zhu Yunwen was completely unaware and continued to shout, "Mother raised you, but you actually came to steal my position as crown prince."

"I am my mother's biological son. You are nothing but my mother's adopted son."

"You should be grateful that your mother didn't kill you, but you're trying to snatch it from me?"

"You deserve to die!"

He cried with tears in his eyes:
"Mother has told me that she will help me find a way to kill you, her unfilial son."

“Kill you…kill you…kill you!”

"You must have heard the news from somewhere, so you killed your mother first."

"Otherwise, how could my mother suddenly die when she was fine?"

"It's you...it's you...it must be you who killed my mother."

The expressions of everyone in the field changed drastically.

Everyone stared at the crazy Zhu Yunwen in amazement.

Is His Royal Highness Prince Xian really crazy?
How could you say such a thing?

Zhu Yunxun calmed down instead, stared at Zhu Yunwen, and shook his head, saying, "Impossible, my mother dotes on me and loves me so much, how could she want me to die?"

Zhu Yunwen laughed loudly, "At this point, do you still want to be so hypocritical?"

"Don't you really know? You are Chang's child!"

"Mother had been humble and subservient to Chang for many years, and finally waited until she died, and then she was promoted to Crown Princess."

"How could mother really love Chang's child?"

"To tell you the truth, Mother has long been planning to kill you at the birthday party..."

"Your fantasy of becoming the crown prince and ruling the Ming Dynasty has been completely destroyed."

"It's a pity that..."

"Shut up!" A stern shout interrupted Zhu Yunwen's next words.

Huang Zicheng suddenly slapped him hard on the face, which immediately stunned Zhu Yunwen.

Huang Zicheng bowed to Zhu Yunhuan and said, "Your Highness Prince Xian suddenly lost his mother and suffered a great blow. He is mentally ill and talking nonsense. What he said cannot be taken seriously. Your Highness Prince Wu must not take it to heart."

At this time, Zhu Yunwen was looking at the people around him in a daze.

Seeing the surprised and strange looks from the people around him and touching his aching face, it was like a bucket of cold water was poured over his head, and he woke up instantly.

He just felt his mind was empty. What on earth did he say just now?

I can't even remember a few things!
I……

Zhu Yunhuan stared at Zhu Yunwen coldly, then slowly glanced at everyone in the room, and said indifferently: "Mr. Huang is right, my second brother has gone crazy."

"Someone, take my second brother into custody immediately."

"From today on, he is not allowed to see anyone without my order."

"To prevent him from making crazy remarks everywhere and ruining the reputation of the royal family and the reputation of Concubine Lu."

At the command, the guards immediately stepped forward, grabbed Zhu Yunwen and took him away.

Zhu Yunwen panicked and shouted, "Zhu Yunxun, I am your second brother and the grandson of the emperor. What qualifications do you have to order my detention?"

Zhu Yunhuan turned his head away, too lazy to look at him.

At this moment, Zhu Yunhuan's heart was filled with joy.

Originally, when he saw Zhu Yunwen tearing his face off and making a scene without caring about anything, he was a little worried that it would not end well.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Yunwen actually went "crazy" and dared to say anything nonsense.

Zhu Yunhuan knew very well that Lu's death from "illness" at this time must have been due to Zhu's intervention.

To put it bluntly, Lu died as a result of the joint conspiracy of Yang Shiqi and Yao Guangxiao.

However, although Zhu Yuanzhang believed what the two said and executed Lu, he might have had some suspicion in the future.

After all, Yang Shiqi and Yao Guangxiao were both his men.

At this time, Zhu Yunhuan did not know how far Zhu's investigation into Lu had progressed, or how much "evidence" of Lu's crimes he had obtained.

But all in all, leaving an impression of "mother-killer" on Lao Zhu is not a good thing after all.

Now that Zhu Yunwen has made such a fuss, all the future troubles have been eliminated.

Thank him so much!
Zhu Yunhuan took great effort to suppress his laughter and tried his best to maintain a sad look.

Zhu Yunwen was still struggling and trying to explain himself, but unfortunately the guards ignored him and dragged him from both sides and dragged him outside.

"My Lords, save me!" Zhu Yunwen shouted, "Grandpa Emperor will never allow Zhu Yunhuan to do such a thing and imprison me, his grandson. You must save me!"

But the officials present were all watching, no one said anything, and no one tried to stop it.

Huang Zicheng closed his eyes in pain, sighed softly, turned his head and stopped looking at him.

Soon, Zhu Yunwen was taken away.

The field remained silent.

Zhu Yunhuan turned to look at Lu's body, bent down again, and started crying again.

Soon the mourning hall was filled with crying again.

What happened just now seemed like a small episode.

When it was over, there was no more sound.

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(End of this chapter)