My father is Chongzhen? Then I have no choice but to rebel.

Chapter 52 Why does Chongzhen want to see me again?

After a long while, Zhu Cilang finally suppressed the anger in his heart.

Although Chongzhen would make heroes sweat, bleed and shed tears, he Zhu Cilang would never do that!
He wants to give Lu Xiangsheng additional pensions and titles!
This hero of the late Ming Dynasty deserves such a reward!

Thinking of this, Zhu Cilang looked at Li Ruolian and said:
"Go and bring Lu Xiangsheng's family here. I want to see them!"

Li Ruo Lian nodded and said:
"Yes!"

Then he turned and left.

About half an hour later, Lu Xiangsheng's younger brother Lu Xiangji hurried to Zhu Cilang with Lu Xiangsheng's wife Wang and Lu Xiangsheng's son.

"I, Lu Xiangjin, pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

"Commoner Wang, I pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Even Lu Xiangsheng's son knelt down in a formal manner, shouting:
"I, Lu Yizai, pay my respects to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Zhu Cilang said calmly:

"Get up."

After hearing this, the three of them stood up.

Lu Xiangji looked up at Zhu Cilang, and in just a moment, his face turned pale.

Because he recognized Zhu Cilang!
Previously in the teahouse, he had angrily cursed Chongzhen as a tyrant in front of Zhu Cilang.

At this moment, Lu Xiangji felt as if he had lost all hope.

He thought that Zhu Cilang summoned them in revenge for his previous arrogant words.

He is not afraid of death, but he is afraid of implicating his sister-in-law and nephew!

Thinking of this, he quickly knelt down again and said in a trembling voice:
"I, a humble person, was blind and did not recognize a great man. I beg Your Highness the Crown Prince to forgive me!"

"If His Royal Highness wants to blame someone, I will take full responsibility. I only ask that His Royal Highness not blame my sister-in-law and the child."

Lu Xiangsheng's wife didn't know what was going on and was at a loss for a moment.

She looked at Zhu Cilang blankly, her eyes filled with fear and anxiety, and even Lu Yizai was the same!

Zhu Cilang smiled and said to Lu Xiangji:

"What? Are you afraid now?"

Lu Xiangji didn't dare to speak, but just lowered his head, feeling extremely frightened, afraid that his impulsiveness at that time would implicate his relatives.

But it was obvious that he was overthinking it. Zhu Cilang didn't want to do anything to him.

Even in Zhu Cilang's view, Chongzhen was originally a tyrant.
But of course, these words must not be said.

"Alright, get up! For the sake of your brother Lu Xiangsheng, I won't bother with you this time!"

After hearing this, Lu Xiangji climbed up tremblingly.

Zhu Cilang continued:
"I know what you are here for. Regarding Lu Xiangsheng, it was indeed my father and the court that were wrong!"

"But you can rest assured. I will ask my father to make a decision for Lu Xiangsheng. He will receive all the necessary compensation and I will even confer a posthumous title on him."

"May his descendants and the Ming Dynasty live forever!"

After hearing Zhu Cilang's words, Lu Xiangji and Wang burst into tears.

They came to the capital this time just to ask the court to add a posthumous title and pension to Lu Xiangsheng, but they never expected that the court actually wanted to posthumously confer a title on Lu Xiangsheng!
This is something they dare not even dream of!

Then, Lu Xiangji and Wang knelt down again, thanking him repeatedly:

"Thank you, Your Highness, for your grace!"

"The Lu family will definitely live up to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince's kindness!"

Even Lu Yizai was pulled down to his knees.

Zhu Cilang continued:
"I will give you an answer on this matter tomorrow. You can go down and rest first!"

"Li Ruo Lian, take good care of them!"

When Li Ruolian heard this, he hurriedly bowed and said:
"I obey your command!" After thanking him repeatedly, Lu Xiangji left with his sister-in-law and nephew.

Soon, Zhu Cilang was the only one left in the palace.

Zhu Cilang touched his chin and began to think about what additional title to give to Lu Xiangsheng.

The title of Duke is definitely not enough. There are only a few Dukes in the Ming Dynasty, and Lu Xiangsheng’s contributions are not enough.

The Earl seems too stingy again.

Then it seems that only the Marquis is suitable!

Why not confer the title of Marquis of Loyalty and Bravery on him?

In addition to being the Prince's Grand Tutor, this official position is just an honorary title anyway.

In this way, Zhu Cilang finally finalized Lu Xiangsheng's title.

After lunch, just as Zhu Cilang was about to go to the palace to ask the Imperial Household Department to prepare the imperial edict, Wang Chengen suddenly arrived.

"My Lord, the eunuch guarding Kunning Palace said that the Emperor wishes to see you, and I'm here to inform you!"

Wang Chengen said respectfully.

Why does Chongzhen want to see me again?

Didn’t we just see each other yesterday?
Zhu Cilang was puzzled at first, but then he seemed to think of something and started laughing.

If he guessed correctly, it was probably because of the Ming Daily incident.

When he went out this morning, he specifically asked someone to give Chongzhen the Daming Daily that Xue Guoguan had delivered last night.

If nothing unexpected happened, Chongzhen would have finished reading it by now.

It just so happened that he was planning to go to the palace at this moment, so he might as well go and meet Chongzhen on the way!

"Let's go!"

Zhu Cilang waved his hand and then went to the palace in a sedan chair.

Kunning Palace.

Queen Zhou was not there because she was busy comforting the other concubines in the palace. After all, Zhu Cilang had blocked the entire harem, and the other concubines would inevitably have wild thoughts, so she had to comfort them.

This is also what Zhu Cilang meant.

At this moment, Chongzhen was flipping through the Ming Daily in his hand with a smile on his face, and it could even be said that he couldn't let it go.

Even though he had watched it over and over again, he couldn't help but watch it again!
Especially the front page, which actually called him a "sage king and wise ruler"!
In addition, the eunuch who had delivered the Ming Daily said that it would be distributed throughout the capital, which made Chongzhen even happier.

Because this means that all the people can also see the Ming Daily and know that he is a "sage king and wise ruler"!
He had come across official reports and Beijing newspapers before, but to be honest, compared with the Ming Daily in his hand, official reports and Beijing newspapers were simply not worth mentioning.

The Daming Daily is definitely the best sword for the imperial court to control public opinion!

With the Ming Daily in hand, he would no longer be afraid of those civil servants spreading rumors among the people.

But when Chongzhen thought that the Daming Daily was actually created by Zhu Cilang, he suddenly became less happy.

Because this is all Zhu Cilang's credit, and has nothing to do with him as his father!
I really don't know what's wrong with this rebellious son's brain? He actually came up with such a brilliant idea to control public opinion!
Chongzhen couldn't help but mutter in his heart.

Suddenly at this moment, there was a noise at the gate of Kunning Palace, followed by a voice:
"See His Highness the Crown Prince!"

Chongzhen quickly put down the Daming Daily in his hand and pretended to be calm. He couldn't let this rebellious son see that he was very interested in the Daming Daily.

Not long after, Zhu Cilang walked into Kunning Palace, but ignored Chongzhen.

Instead, he sat down directly opposite Chongzhen, poured himself a cup of tea and started drinking.

When Chongzhen saw this scene, he was stunned and thought to himself, what's going on? This rebellious son doesn't even ask me how I am when he sees me?

But Chongzhen couldn't bring up this matter on his own initiative, so he could only continue to sit there and sulk.

Zhu Cilang ignored him and continued drinking his tea with a calm look on his face.

The atmosphere started to get a little weird!

But soon, Chongzhen couldn't bear it anymore!
(End of this chapter)