Ming Dynasty: At the beginning, the house was ransacked and the ancestral temple was burned down.

Chapter 125: Not willing to give in after all! Meaningful Emperor Wanli! [Please don’t skip the booking, if you do it again I’m serious]

Although Wang Xijue's 'incomprehensible' questioning did not shock Zhang Chonghui, it did shock Fan Zi in the cell next door.

After being stunned for a while, Fanzi recorded Wang Xijue's "absurd and unruly" words in the book.

"Wang Yuanfu, are you crazy?" Zhang Chonghui spoke slowly and asked rather strangely: "My grandfather has been dead for ten years, and you still call him by his full name?"

Faced with Zhang Chonghui's pretentiousness, Wang Xijue was not surprised. He sneered and asked:
"Zhang Juzheng! It's not enough that you designed the 'Demon Book Case' to drag Shen Rumo into trouble! Now you've created this 'Three Kings Together'! You want to drag me into trouble too, right?"
Zhang Juzheng! What is your purpose? You dismounted us all because you wanted to return to the court and be the chief minister of the cabinet again? "

Wang Xijue's loud questioning once again shocked Fan Zi in the next cell!

While recording these 'ridiculous words' in the book, Fanzi was even more surprised and said:

"Is it possible that Wang Shoufu is also crazy?
Of course Wang Xijue knew that Zhang Chonghui was not Zhang Juzheng, but he wanted to deliberately identify him as Zhang Juzheng!

"I don't know what you are talking about." After Zhang Chonghui answered calmly, he turned to look at the next corner and said deliberately:

"This spy, Wang Yuanfu is crazy. You must not record the crazy things he said in the book, so as not to taint the holy ears of the Holy One."

Wang Xijue said something incomprehensible again. He thought Zhang Chonghui would continue to pretend to be stupid, but this time, the other party made a big reaction!

Queen Mother Li, who was sitting on her knees in front of the Guanyin statue, couldn't help but cover her face and chuckled after listening to the words of her daughter-in-law, Princess Lu, Princess Li:
"Is it too small? How big does he want? However, it seems that he is really capable of coming out. It's just a pity that the little girl has to wait until later to come to the palace to accompany me."

"Wang Xijue." Zhang Chonghui suddenly stood up, called him by his full name and walked towards him, and asked with a strange smile:

"Mr. Zhang, at this critical moment, I have to help you with this last push."

"Zhang Juzheng, I don't know what your purpose is! I just want to warn you that for the sake of your reputation, it would be better for you to die sooner and with less trouble!"

……

The unreasonable feeling of uneasiness struck 'again', and Wang Xijue almost subconsciously wanted to 'escape' from this place of right and wrong!
However, it's too late!

"Your Majesty, that boy Zhang Chonghui is so audacious! Not only does he pretend to be his grandfather, but he also dares to force Mr. Wangge to kneel down to a junior like him!
Hearing that Mr. Wangge was so angry that he cried. He cried in prison and said that he was so humiliated by "Zhang Juzheng" that he had no face to face the saint again. He even shouted that he would resign immediately when he returned! "

Queen Mother Li was quite speechless at her daughter-in-law's childish idea and said:
"It's just a beauty, is it such a waste to use it? The most indispensable thing in the world is beauty. Moreover, a smart beauty is needed, and a stupid one is useless. The one you chose is Youfu, she is too stupid to be successful. thing."

Faced with this question from His Majesty the Emperor, Zhang Cheng was speechless because he had never read Lao Shizi's "The Foreign History of King Wu's Conquest of Zhou" nor "Water Margin".

Fanzi said nothing and recorded what Zhang Chonghui said in the book.

"Wang Yuanfu, who said you have to beat someone if you are sick?"

……

"Is it just a 'coincidental' collision of names?" Zhu Yijun closed the book and said again:
"It would be fine if the title is unknown, but these two are the most popular storybooks on the market today. Are you really not copying them?"

Princess Lu, Princess Li, left, but Queen Mother Li was not idle. For the first time, she expressed that she wanted to see her grandson Zhu Changxun.

Forbidden City, Cining Palace.

Why does he always feel that... this scene in front of him... seems a bit familiar?

Seeing Zhang Chonghui getting closer and closer, and seeing that the other person, who was Zhang Juzheng's grandson, dared to call Zhang Juzheng's grandfather by his full name without any rules, Wang Xijue had already guessed that Zhang Chonghui was pretending to be crazy again and wanted to Start beating yourself up!

Even if I haven’t seen it yet, I still have to reply. Zhang Cheng changed his mind and gave an answer that was hard to fault:
"Returning to the emperor, I think that the title of 'Tota King' in these two story books may just be the same name by coincidence? After all, isn't Li Jing, the Tota King, the same as the one from the Tang Dynasty? Did General Li Jing get famous?"

Princess Lu's thoughts were seen through, and she didn't dare to hide it, so she could only admit it generously: "The queen is wise."

Zhu Yijun didn't seem to hear what Zhang Cheng said. He was only immersed in the story, and even asked such a question that seemed inexplicable but was actually meaningful.

"Didn't you say I am Zhang Juzheng? Okay!"

However, Queen Mother Li knew it beforehand: "You are afraid that the third son of the emperor will become the crown prince, which is a pity that you will lose a chess piece, right?"

The young man who has been hungry for two or three days should be weak and weak, but at this time Zhang Chonghui is still moving quickly!
I saw Zhang Chonghui closing the cell door very quickly and blocking the door, blocking Wang Xijue who wanted to 'escape'!
"Here comes someone!" At this moment, Wang Xijue was really panicked. While hurriedly calling for help, he was so excited that he even forgot to call the other person 'Zhang Juzheng' again, and directly shouted angrily:
"Zhang Chonghui! What on earth are you going to do!?"

However, Wang Xijue did not hide. Not only did he not hide, he even took two steps forward, giving the impression of a slap in the face!

The chief minister of the cabinet, Wang Xijue, knelt down. Emperor Wanli Zhu Yijun didn't have much reaction after hearing the news. At this moment, his desk was already filled with stacks of memorials, but he didn't even look at it. He was holding a book called "The Outer History of King Wu's Conquest of Zhou" and was fascinated by it.

Facts have proved that Wang Xijue's bet was right. Faced with such a naked threat, Zhang Chonghui stopped in his tracks!
Seeing Zhang Chonghui stop and put his hands behind his hands to think, Wang Xijue breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he also began to wonder about the scene in front of him.

Empress Dowager Li shook her head: "There are so many things going on right now. How can the emperor have any thoughts about beauty? Let her stay with Chang Luo and serve her. She may be useful in the future."

"Didn't I kneel down for you once back then? As a courtesy, you should kneel down for me too!
When Zhang Chonghui finished speaking, Wang Xijue's knees had already been bent by a kick!

Suddenly, Princess Lu seemed to have remembered something, and she cautiously asked Queen Mother Li:
"Mother, the queen who serves the eldest son of the emperor is really a rare beauty. Should we think of a way to arrange for her to be in front of the emperor again?"

Although Princess Lu was a little confused, she still nodded with a respectful smile and said, "Queen Mother Shengming."

Seeing Wang Xijue's panicked look, Zhang Chonghui raised the corners of his mouth happily and smiled heartily, but even more weirdly.

Zhang Cheng seemed to feel "pity" for Wang Xijue, and told the story of the ridiculous incident that happened in the prison not long ago with added jealousy.

At this moment, Zhang Cheng didn't know how to answer, because he heard that His Majesty the Emperor was not asking anything at all, and he didn't copy the words!

"What the mother blamed was that I was narrow-minded and I knew I was wrong." After Princess Lu respectfully admitted her mistake, she also completely 'thrown away' the chess piece Wang Youfu in her heart.

"You said you were thinking about Zhang Juzheng's later name? But Zhang Juzheng was a guilty minister! What kind of late name could a guilty official have?
Also, did you just say that I was Zhang Juzheng? Then I also said that the person named Gu just now was Zhang Juzheng! "

Looking at the Guanyin statue on the wall, Queen Mother Li smiled deeply.

"What? You want to pretend to be mentally ill again?" Wang Xijue sneered and exposed: "Boy! This trick is useless! Do you dare to touch me and try it?"

Qianqing Palace.

"Yes, I know." After Princess Lu answered respectfully, she had new doubts, but she did not dare to ask.

"Eh? How come Li Jing, the King of Pagodas in this book, has the same name as Chao Gai, the King of Pagodas in "Water Margin"? Who copied whom?"

His Majesty the Emperor is using this topic to ask whether Zhang Chonghui is 'pretending' to be Zhang Juzheng!

If it was just a pretense, why did so many people believe it? First it was Yu Shenxing, and then Shen Shixing!

Now, even Wang Xijue believes it!

If it's not pretending, then...

Zhang Chengcheng didn't know how to answer such a question. At this time, he even wished that Chen Ju could come out to "steal the credit."

However, Chen Ju seemed to be busy with 'other' things at the moment and was not serving in front of the emperor for the time being.

Just when Zhang Cheng's scalp was numb and he was thinking about how to deal with this "weird" topic in a smooth way, Chen Ju arrived like a timely rain!

Now that Chen Ju is here, Zhang Cheng will naturally have nothing to do with him.

Recently, this "honest" eunuch who is devoted to his duties can be said to be extremely favored by the Holy Spirit. His Majesty the Emperor seems to be "inseparable" from this old eunuch. Unless it is "a last resort", he has to keep Chen Ju by his side almost all day long. Serve closely.

The two of them spend time together day and night, many times more than the time His Majesty the Emperor spends with his beloved concubine Zheng.

Zhang Cheng withdrew, leaving only Zhu Yijun and Chen Ju in the hall.

"Chen Ju." Zhu Yijun rubbed the book in his hand with some irritability. He didn't beat around the bush and asked directly:

"You said...why do they all believe that Zhang Chonghui is Zhang Juzheng?"

Chen Ju seemed to have expected that His Majesty the Emperor would ask such a ridiculous question. He always liked to go out and tell the truth, so he directly replied:
"In reply to the Emperor, please forgive me for being bold. I think that since you want to know whether Zhang Chonghui is Zhang Juzheng, in fact you...

In fact, you can try to 'detect' him yourself! After all, you should be the person who knows Zhang Juzheng best in this world..."

If Chen Ju's answer had been spoken by Zhang Cheng, Emperor Wanli would have ordered him to be dragged out to make plans at this moment.

However, even if it was what Chen Ju said, Zhu Yijun was still angry.

"Chen Ju, am I too spoiled to you?"

Zhu Yijun had a cold face. He had been emotionally stable recently and was not like a normal person. But at this moment, he smashed the storybook in his hand onto Chen Ju!
"Your Majesty, forgive me!" Chen Ju did not explain anything, but knelt down and kowtowed.

Although this old eunuch is not very smart, after spending time with His Majesty the Emperor day and night, he has also seen the knot that is tightly wrapped around the Emperor.

It is a very complex, very twisted, and even more contradictory knot.

That is a hurdle that has deeply stumbled over the soul since childhood.

Chen Ju knew that only His Majesty the Emperor could untie such a knot; only Zhu Yijun, who had stumbled down alone, could get up from such a hurdle.

No one can help Zhu Yijun, even if he is the rich and powerful emperor of the world, even if the knot that entangles him and the hurdle that stumbles him is already dead.

"Your Majesty." Chen Ju seemed to be dying. He said all the words he had been holding back in his heart recently: "I know that you want to make the third emperor the prince. I know that you actually want to hear whether Zhang Chonghui is the prince." There really is a better way to help you make your third son the crown prince than to confer the title of three kings together!

Your Majesty, what if what Zhang Chonghui said is true? There are no absolutes in the world. Although he may not be Zhang Juzheng, what if he really has a way to help you make the third emperor the prince? "

Chen Ju almost held his head in his hands and said something that could kill him at any time, but he actually hadn't said it yet.

For example, Chen Ju knew that His Majesty the Emperor actually wanted to personally and face-to-face interview whether Zhang Chonghui was the 'real' Zhang Juzheng!

But, His Majesty the Emperor dare not!

Chen Ju knew that his Majesty the Emperor was not afraid that Zhang Chonghui was fake Zhang Juzheng, he was just afraid that it was the real thing...

If Zhang Chonghui is really Zhang Juzheng, how should His Majesty the Emperor face Mr. Zhang, whom he once vowed to "only take care of his descendants"?

"Fifty sticks, get out." Zhu Yijun said coldly.

Yes, His Majesty the Emperor, who has been in a "stable mood" for a long time, is not considered young, but he got angry again.

Even though Chen Ju is the only person Zhu Yijun can speak his mind to so far.

But Zhu Yijun was angry, so he wanted to punish the other party, because he was the emperor, and the emperor had this power.

"I will receive my punishment." Chen Ju still didn't make any excuses. He even stepped back to receive his punishment with some joy.

This old eunuch who was devoted to his own affairs was really happy. He was happy that His Majesty the Emperor had finally vented his anger. Rather than seeming to be emotionally stable as he has recently, in fact he has accumulated mountains of negative emotions deep in his heart.

"Isn't it just fifty sticks? If you can make 'Long Live Master' happy, it doesn't matter if you are a slave and get beaten." Chen Ju thought to himself.

However, when the stick hit him with a "crack", Chen Ju still screamed in pain.

Fortunately, His Majesty the Emperor is not a "hard-hearted" person, and he only gave forty-nine blows before ordering the people to stop.

……

After Chen Ju's forty-nine strokes, his buttocks were already bloody.

In fact, this is already exaggerating. After all, Sun Hai only used a dozen sticks and died without even shouting a few times in pain.

……

Qianqing Palace.

Chen Ju needed to recuperate, but Zhang Cheng came back happily and helplessly.

I feel helpless that I have to accompany you like a tiger again, but I am happy that the disaster I escaped was 'blocked' by Chen Ju, who has been in the limelight recently!
Zhang Cheng didn't know why Chen Ju offended His Majesty the Emperor. He only knew that God had pity on him. He was worried about how to serve the angry emperor, so God once again sent down a "timely rain".

His Majesty the Emperor's favorite son, the third son of the Emperor, Zhu Changxun, came to pay his respects to his emperor father.

Zhu Yijun's mood improved after seeing his precious son. However, this was nothing, because Zhu Changxun's next move made his emperor's father even more 'surprised'!
"Father, this is a painting painted by my son. Do you like the painting?"

Zhu Changxun changed from his usual naughty behavior and actually held a painting in his hands and sat down next to Zhu Yijun in an orderly manner.

Zhu Yijun took his son's painting and opened it to see a crooked and extremely abstract painting.

Although it was abstract and ugly, Zhu Yijun still saw that the painting on it was Zhu Changxun himself, and the content of the painting was Zhu Changxun fighting crickets.

"Xun'er, why do you only draw yourself?" Zhu Yijun was a little disappointed because he wanted to see his precious son draw his father.

Zhu Changxun did not answer his father's question. Instead, he asked: "Father, can you tell me whether my painting is good-looking?"

"Of course it looks good." Zhu Yijun smiled naturally and nodded. Even if the paintings his six-year-old son drew were as ugly as shit, in the eyes of his father, even if it was shit, it was still shit carved from gold.

Zhu Changxun, who received the approval, smiled happily and asked: "As long as it looks good, do you like it, Father?"

Zhu Yijun naturally nodded again: "I like it, I like it very much."

"Since your father likes the paintings painted by my son, starting from tomorrow, my son will draw you a picture of what he is doing every day, okay?" Zhu Changxun asked again.

At this time, Zhu Yijun was surprised. His precious son was usually too lazy to do anything, so why did he have to draw pictures for him? One pair every day?
"Xun'er, let me ask you, why do you draw a picture for me every day? To be honest, children are not allowed to lie, let alone their father." Zhu Yijun pretended to be serious.

Zhu Changxun was someone who couldn't hold back his words. When his old father asked him this question, he felt like a deflated ball. He not only lowered his head, but also held his mouth shut.

Then, the fat baby suddenly said "Wow!" and started crying!
"Father! I don't want to leave you! I don't want to leave!"

Zhu Changxun was crying, thinking about what his grandmother, Queen Mother Li, said to him not long ago.

"Xun'er, when you are older, according to the ancestral system, you will have to go to the fiefdom and become a vassal. By then, your parents will no longer be with you. Although you are a prince, after all, you will be alone outside. But you have to be careful everywhere and take good care of yourself.”

Empress Dowager Li's words, let alone a pampered six-year-old like Zhu Changxun, would be disturbing even if they fall on an adult who has stayed with his parents all year round and has never been independent.

What's more, Zhu Changxun is only six years old. A six-year-old child who grew up in the honeypot of his parents, after hearing these words, his first reaction was - "Mom and Dad don't want me anymore?"

Zhu Changxun was really scared. When he thought that in the near future, he would leave his loving father and mother alone, and leave the baby in the safe haven, he was frightened to death.

Zhu Changxun was so frightened that he almost cried when he was in front of Empress Dowager Li. However, his grandmother repeatedly 'encouraged' him and advised him to be a 'sensible' good boy, otherwise his emperor Dad will be disappointed.

Although he is naughty and still young, Zhu Changxun still understands some rights and wrongs in his heart.

The six-year-old baby knows that his father loves him very much, and he also loves his father very much, so he does not want to disappoint his emperor father.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu..."

"Father...I will draw a picture for you every day from now on...so that after I leave you...you can look at these paintings...and think of me..."

"Father, you must not forget me..."

Zhu Changxun cried and cried.

The little baby might lie, but the tears that couldn't be stopped said it all.

Seeing his precious son crying into tears, Zhu Yijun was completely stunned...

Yes, his precious son is not a prince. When the prince grows up, according to the ancestral system, he must go to the feudal land and become a feudal lord.

Being a vassal means that his father may not even have time to see his son before he dies.

This is such a sad thing. Even ordinary people can have sons on their beds to serve them before they die.

However, as the emperor and the father of all people in the world, he could only be alone until his death.

"Don't be afraid, Xun'er! Dad won't let you leave! Don't worry!"

Zhu Yijun tried to comfort his son. Even if his son could not become the prince, it would not matter. He was the emperor and he could force his son to stay with him. After all, his younger brother Zhu Yijun still lived in Beijing.

Just when Zhu Yijun felt that this method was feasible, his six-year-old son said something to him in a childlike manner, which was heartbreaking.

"Father, those annoying ministers will not agree. They will force you to drive me away, wuwuwu..."

Zhu Yijun was stunned again...

Yes, what his ministers like to do most is to oppose for the sake of opposing.

Even if he can indeed let his precious son, like his younger brother Lu Wang Zhu Yili, stay in the capital, so what?

Is it possible that he still wants his precious son Zhu Changxun to bear the same responsibilities as his unlucky brother Zhu Yili and bear the brunt of the bad words spoken by "people all over the world"?
King Zhu Yili of Lu was scolded as a piece of shit by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty because of his permanent residence in Beijing. Zhu Yijun didn't want his precious son Zhu Changxun to be scolded like that, and he couldn't bear it.

Zhu Yijun was reluctant to give up, and he even wanted to give his precious son Zhu Changxun the best in the world!

However, no matter how good everything is, can it still be better than the throne?
If you receive orders from Heaven, you will live a long and prosperous life!
It was only then that Zhu Yijun, who originally thought he was "heartbroken," realized that if his precious son Zhu Changxun failed to become the crown prince, he would leave him "forever"...

Only at this moment did Emperor Wanli truly react!

In fact, from beginning to end, he was never truly willing!

In fact, from beginning to end, he was unwilling to truly compromise!

……

Zhu Yijun had forgotten how Zhu Changxun stopped crying and how he left.

Looking at the ugly painting in his hand that was stained with his son's tears and snot, Zhu Yijun couldn't help but blur his eyes. At the same time, he recalled what Chen Ju once said to him——

——"Your Majesty, Zhang Chonghui said that he has a better way than 'conferring the title of three kings at the same time', and can help you make your third son the crown prince!"

(End of this chapter)