Ming Dynasty: pacifying the rebellion and defending the border, dominating the world

Chapter 46 Hesitation and the news leaked

Zhu Houzhao threw a golden order representing "as if I were personally in charge" into Lu Xiaofeng's hands.

"I grant you the right to act at your own discretion."

"Two factories and one guard, you can transfer them as you like."

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your kindness." Lu Xiaofeng took the token without showing too much excitement. Including this one, he already had two gold tokens in his hand, representing both the Prince Su's Mansion and the Emperor.

There is no other such honor in the Ming Dynasty.

"Before that, I have one more thing I need your help with."

"Your Majesty, just ask."

Lu Xiaofeng knew he had no choice, so he nodded decisively.

"I want you to help me arrange a meeting with Prince Su. I want to have a good talk with him."

Make an appointment with Prince Su?

Lu Xiaofeng looked at Zhu Houzhao in shock, wondering if he had heard it wrong.

Zhu Houzhao nodded gently: "Go, I believe Prince Su will understand."

"Yes!"

Lu Xiaofeng felt that this was an extremely hot and thorny matter, but he knew that he had no right to refuse, so he had no choice but to accept it. He secretly prayed that the Emperor and Prince Su would not start a fight or cause any accidents as soon as they met.

Otherwise, he, Lu Xiaofeng, would really become the dead Lu Xiaofeng.

After Lu Xiaofeng left.

Zhu Houzhao's eyes suddenly turned cold.

As the Son of Heaven, and with his special experiences, Zhu Houzhao no longer trusted anyone except himself. Lu Xiaofeng was no exception, and of course Prince Su Zhu Jinzhen was no exception.

"Do you think Prince Su will come to see me?"

"As a subject, he should appear before His Majesty if he is summoned."

"Do you believe this?"

"Hehe, Your Majesty just wants an answer, doesn't he?"

"If Zhu Jinzhen has nothing to hide, he will come naturally."

"Then, Your Majesty, do you wish that Prince Su to attend the banquet, or not?"

"I don't know."

Zhu Houzhao shook his head. He had not made up his mind yet. First, he was not sure. No matter how beautiful his words were, without his tacit approval, those rumors would not be able to spread widely in the capital.

Even if Zhu Houzhao intended to take advantage of the situation, it was undeniable that he had the intention to eliminate the Prince Su's Mansion.

Second, one is still unsure of the trade-offs and costs of doing so.

As an emperor, the gains and losses he cared about were not temporary gains and losses, but choices to be made.

What can he gain and what will he have to pay for killing Prince Su?

Can't be blind.

Otherwise, the fainting of Emperor Jianwen, Hu Hai, Emperor Yingzong Zhu Qizhen and others who were despised by history would serve as a lesson for him.

"Your Majesty, sometimes hesitation in making a decision can lead to chaos!"

"Stop talking too much." Zhu Houzhao glared at him. Although he was scolding him, there was not much anger in his eyes.

Instead, he fell into deep thought because of the shadow's words.

……

Great Song Dynasty, Yujian Villa.

Over the past hundreds of years, Yin Zhong, who had personally experienced the changes of several dynasties and witnessed countless rise and fall, received a piece of news that surprised him greatly.

"The Water and Fire Dragon Balls appeared?"

"Is the news true?" Yin Zhong excitedly grabbed Yin Hao. "I don't know for now." Yin Hao glanced at his red wrist and shook his head. "There's no smoke without fire. Although this news is extremely confidential, based on my calculations, I think there's a 70% chance it's true."

"Seventy percent?" Yin Zhong asked in confusion.

"Yes, 70%." Yin Hao nodded and expressed his guess: "Although the successors to the Mongol Yuan Dynasty were not Kublai Khan's sons, Temur was his grandson."

"As the Mongol Emperor, and rumor has it that this was revealed in an imperial edict conspired with the Ming prince, even if some of it is false, this matter should be true."

Yin Hao's voice was somewhat excited.

Although he is the owner of Yujian Villa and his martial arts skills are not weak, with the master's cultivation reaching the peak of Zhixuan, looking across the Song Dynasty, except for a few old monsters and those celestial and land immortals, there is basically no opponent that Yin Hao cannot defeat.

But the Water and Fire Dragon Balls are related to the legendary realm of heavenly beings on land.

And immortality!

Who in the world does not envy the beauty of immortality?
Emperors and generals have been like this since ancient times, and Yin Hao is no exception. If he was not out of reach, he would have asked all the disciples of Yu Jian Villa to go out and help him find the whereabouts of the Dragon Ball as soon as he received the news.

"Water and Fire Dragon Ball, I once saw it in an ancient book."

"It's rumored that there are two divine dragons hidden within it. If the water and fire dragon balls merge, one's power will increase greatly, and one can even achieve immortality. I wonder if this is true?"

Yin Zhong's voice trembled: "It's true."

The Water and Fire Dragon Balls come from the Long clan. Their earliest source was indeed the essence of two fallen dragons integrated into their inner elixir, and they possess extraordinary power.

At the same time, it is also the key to whether the Dragon God's functions can be truly fully developed and transformed into a dragon.

"The Water and Fire Dragon Pearl is in Daming?" Yin Zhong smiled, but a chilling coldness emanated from the depths of his eyes. "Whether it was to heal these injuries or because I secretly learned the Dragon Divine Art from the Long family."

"I'm determined to get both the Water and Fire Dragon Balls!"

Yin Zhong's greatest wish in his life is to take revenge on the Tong family of Shuiyue Dongtian. Now that he realizes that the opportunity is right in front of him, how could he miss it?

"As long as I can further develop the Dragon God Art, or transform the Tong family's magic, I may be able to surpass the celestial beings on earth and cultivate an immortal body of a god or demon."

"By then, even if Long Teng is resurrected, he won't be able to stop me!"

……

The next day, Tiance Mansion.

Zhu Jinzhen was unaware of the news about Dragon Ball, which had already spread like wildfire before he received the imperial edict. He saw Murong Fu, whose face was covered in blood and who was in a miserable state, in Tiance Mansion.

"Murong Fu, a descendant of the emperor of Yan, came from the small Xianbei nation. He was born into the Gusu Murong family and was named "Fu", meaning he shoulders the mission of restoring the Great Yan Kingdom and becoming emperor."

Murong Fu remained silent.

He didn't expect that Zhu Jinzhen could get detailed information about him overnight, and even investigated the most secretive things and origins of the Murong family. His heart sank.

"Murong Fu, how about I make a deal with you?"

"What do you want?" Murong Fu was overjoyed at the unexpected turn of events and quickly said, "As long as I have something, I can agree to anything."

I am a fisherman and a fisherman.

The way Murong Fu thought of to escape was to keep a low profile and save his life first before worrying about anything else.

Zhu Jinzhen didn't find it strange at all. He had seen too many people who were afraid of death and just wanted to survive. "Your cousin Wang Yuyan is a beauty, and I like her very much."

As he spoke, Zhu Jinzhen turned his gaze to Wang Yuyan, who was pale with fear because of his words.

Murong Fu was stunned: "Cousin?"

He thought of many possibilities, including the Murong family's unique martial arts, asking Murong Fu to serve him, etc., but he did not expect that Zhu Jinzhen actually set his sights on his cousin Wang Yuyan.

Murong Fu's mind was full of thoughts. "Could it be that this great and powerful Prince Su of the Ming Dynasty is also a lustful person?"

Considering that Zhu Jinzhen was only in his early twenties, at the age of full vigor and vitality, Murong Fu felt that this was indeed possible.

Since ancient times, heroes have been sad for beauty.

And his cousin Wang Yuyan is extremely beautiful!

(End of this chapter)