Ming Dynasty: Evolution from snake to national guardian beast

Chapter 102 Transferred from Peiping
  Zhu Yuanzhang was lying on the hospital bed, his body was weak and his face was dull.

The sequelae of the stroke are still tormenting Zhu Yuanzhang's body.

After meeting Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang finally decided to let Zhu Di return to Peiping. The northern border cannot be lacked by the vassal king to guard it. But after Zhu Di heard this, he fell silent. It was not until a moment later that Zhu Di raised his head and said: " The father's body has not recovered yet, and the son wants to stay in the palace in the capital and fulfill his filial piety at the father's bedside.

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yunwen was naturally the most anxious.
  It was his privilege to stay in the palace. Zhu Di was just a vassal king, so what qualifications did he have to stay in the palace?
  And now Zhu Yuanzhang is at his weakest. If he sees Zhu Di taking care of him every day, his heart softens and he wants to pass the throne to Zhu Di, what should he do?
  Has this kind of thing never happened before?
  All civil and military officials only valued the imperial edict. For them, it made no difference whether he or Zhu Di would be the emperor. Zhu Yunwen felt that his fourth uncle wanted to stay in the palace.

Just to fight for the throne for himself.

After thinking about it, Zhu Yunwen hurriedly said

"Fourth Uncle, just leave Grandpa Huang to me to take care of you. There is no need to bother Fourth Uncle.

When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately said angrily:
  "I am the eldest son of my father. Now that my father is seriously ill, how can I not take care of him by his side?" Zhu Yunwen's face froze. After the death of King Jin,
  King Yan is indeed the eldest son of Zhu Yuanzhang.

For Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di's threat has been further enhanced, because now Zhu Di is fully qualified to compete with him for the throne. There was a King Jin in front, which was a hurdle that King Yan could not get around.

After all, whether he is the legitimate son or the eldest son, King Jin has an advantage over King Yan.

But now King Jin is dead,
  King Yan officially became Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son. If Zhu Yuanzhang established another heir apparent, it would definitely be Zhu Di, the Gong of Yan.

At this time, it was even more impossible for Zhu Yunwen to let Zhu Di stay in the palace and compete for the position of crown prince for himself. The Lord spoke again to stop him, but Zhu Yuanzhang spoke first:
  "Fourth, we already know your filial piety.

"However, national affairs must not be neglected for selfish reasons.

"Go ahead."

Zhu Di naturally refused to leave, but in the end, with the persistence of Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen, Zhu Di was eventually sent out of the palace.

As for the matter of establishing a vassal state, Zhu Di could not leave the capital because there was no imperial edict yet.

After leaving the palace, Zhu Di still looked sad.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was full of energy a few days ago, suddenly became slanted eyes and mouth, which was really unacceptable to Zhu Di. Although he was now taking longevity pills, Zhu Yuanzhang's words as if he were having a stroke still made Zhu Di sad.

Just when Zhu Di was immersed in grief, Bai Chu said abruptly: Your lord, I think something is wrong with the emperor.

"He seems to be poisoned!
  Zhu Di, who was in pain and hurting himself, was shocked when he heard this. He looked at Bai Chu with a horrified face and said in a voiceless voice, "Are you sure?"

Bai Chu nodded, shook his head and said:
  "It may be poisoning, but this kind of toxin should not cause any serious harm to ordinary people. However, it is likely to worsen the condition of people who have suffered a stroke." If the emperor had a stroke, it is absolutely impossible for him to become unable to speak in just two days. Words, eyes cannot see,
  This is not common sense. When Zhu Di heard this, he immediately turned around and was about to take Bai Chu back to confront Zhu Yunwen. But Bai Chu stopped Zhu Di and dissuaded him:
  "Your Majesty, Zhu Yunwen has controlled everything inside and outside the palace now. If we go in again, it will be a sheep entering the tiger's mouth." And we have no concrete evidence. Zhu Yunwen will never admit it and can only expose us in advance.

"This matter requires long-term planning, and it is not advisable to act too hastily." Zhu Di was stopped by Bai Chu, and his mood gradually calmed down. Then he glanced at the imperial city hatefully, and then left with Bai Chu unwillingly.
  Inside the palace.

After Zhu Yunwen fell asleep while serving Zhu Yuanzhang, he secretly found Huang Zicheng to plan again, "Mr. Huang, now that the emperor is awake, what should we do?" Zhu Yunwen was obviously panicked and asked with great worry:
  "If Grandpa Huang finds out and we poison his medicine, I'm afraid we will all die badly by then." Calm down, Your Highness, you must not mess up your position at this time. "

Huang Zicheng forced himself to calm down, and then persuaded Zhu Yunwen and said:
  "Except for Dr. Yang, the people who now know about our poisoning don't know about it at all.

"We only need to make Doctor Yang disappear, so that God and ghosts will not notice this matter.

"I will have Imperial Doctor Yang get rid of him tonight, so His Highness the Grand Sun can rest assured. "Don't worry? How can you rest assured?
  Zhu Yunwen was not at all relieved, his face was still gloomy and uncertain, and he said:
  "Just now, Grandpa Huang was still asking why I wanted to release you and asked me to find a reason to excuse you." But Grandpa Huang still wanted to bring you to justice and asked me to put you out again. Put him in jail. Huang Zicheng's originally calm expression finally changed after hearing these words.

Then Huang Zicheng thought of something, a fierce look flashed in his eyes, and he asked Zhu Yun:
  "What do His Highnesses think? If His Highness wants to bring me to justice, I will kill myself on this pillar right now, so as not to bear the reputation of killing my master.

Zhu Yunwen was shocked and quickly waved his hands and said: "What are you talking about Mr. Huang? I know that everything Mr. Huang does is for my consideration. How can I really kill Mr. Huang?"
  "Now that we are dependent on each other for life and death, it's time to think carefully about what to do next, how to face it?
  When Huang Zicheng heard this, the stone in his heart gradually fell to the ground, and then he said grimly to Zhu Yun:
  Since His Highness Taisun is unwilling to kill me, I boldly propose to Taisun. "

Dare I ask if your grandson still remembers what Tianlao said back then? I asked His Highness if he wanted to be the emperor?
  ""In my opinion, although the emperor is awake now, the situation has not changed. We only need to continue with the previous plan, and His Highness Taisun can still become the emperor.

Zhu Yunwen was shocked, his pupils suddenly dilated, and he said in confusion:
  "Mr. Huang is saying that we continue to take Grandpa Huang's medicine?"

Mr. Huang nodded and affirmed:
  "There is no turning back when the bow is fired, so we might as well not do one thing and keep doing the other."

But if King Yan comes to visit again, how should we respond? "

What Zhu Yunwen is most afraid of is King Yan Zhu Di. If Zhu Di comes again and sees Zhu Yuanzhang's condition getting worse, he is afraid that Zhu Di will explode immediately.

"Didn't the Emperor ask King Yan to return to Peiping? Then let's let him go back.

Huang Zicheng came up with an idea:
  "You only need to issue an order to Zhu Di in the name of the emperor. When the time comes, if you don't believe that Zhu Di dares to resist the order, he will continue to stay in the capital. Zhu Yunwen's eyes lit up immediately and he said:
  "Wonderful, just follow this plan.

"It's just that if Zhu Di returns to Peiping, he will become a serious problem for us sooner or later. How about returning as usual?" Huang Ziwan's eyes flashed fiercely and he said fiercely:
  “Then let him never go back to Peking in his lifetime.

"Mr. Huang, what do you want?"

Zhu Yunwen was startled, and then fell into silence. It was obvious that Zhu Yunwen had acquiesced to this.

Vertical sun.

Zhu Yuanzhang was in poor health, so he appointed Zhu Yunwen as the grandson of the supervisory state, with full power to handle government affairs.

And an imperial edict was issued to King Zhu Di of Yan, citing the abnormal movement of Waqi in the north, asking King Zhu Di of Yan to return to Peiping and guard the northern border. He set off immediately without delaying Zhu Di's tearful northward journey according to the order. On the way, a group of heavily armed horse bandits have been waiting for a long time!
  (End of this chapter)