Father can be an enemy to the country

Baohan Hall, Prince Tan's Mansion.

At this moment, Zhu Zhen and Zhu Xiongying's uncle and nephew were in the hall.

"Good boy, Uncle Six did not love you in vain!" Even when he was idle, Lao Liu praised his eldest nephew: "You have helped Uncle Six a lot."

"Hey, Uncle Six, was the move I just made to defeat the enemy pretty good?" Zhu Xiongying asked proudly.

"What do you mean by throwing yourself down to defeat the enemy?" Zhu Zhen corrected him: "You just wanted to stand in front of me, but you ended up bumping into your grandma Da. Her legs and feet were weak because of her age, so she sat down on the ground. Who asked? Do you know what you said?"

"Oh, I understand." Zhu Xiongying asked half-understanding, "Uncle Six is ​​afraid that my mother will beat me, right?"

"Yes." Zhu Zhen nodded with a smile and did not tell Zhu Xiongying too much.

"That can't be done. If I stand up for Uncle Six, it's too late for my mother to be happy." Zhu Xiongying said confidently: "She often said that our three mothers' lives were given by Uncle Six, and she told me to protect Uncle Six for the rest of my life. "

"That's upside down. Uncle Six is ​​the one who wants to protect you for the rest of your life." Zhu Zhen couldn't help but hold his arm around Xiongying and said, "You have done a great job this time. Tell me, what reward do you want?"

"Then, Uncle Liu, when you go to Shandong, take me with you..." Zhu Xiongying immediately blurted out: "I have grown up and I have never left the capital."

"I'm mistaken. Uncle Six's fiefdoms are in Suzhou and Yunnan. If you want to go to Shandong, you have to find Uncle Seven and Uncle Ten." Zhu Zhen corrected him with a smile.

"I heard grandpa told grandma that he wanted you to go to Shandong?" Zhu Xiongying was confused.

"You must have misunderstood." Zhu Zhen said.

"That's impossible." Zhu Xiongying scratched his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "That day I was writing in the back room and I clearly heard my grandpa say 'Shandong, Shandong' several times. Grandma even got angry with him and scolded grandpa for having no conscience. Woolen cloth."

"I'll go..." The corner of Zhu Zhen's mouth twitched, feeling that Zhu Xiongying must have heard correctly, and his head couldn't help but buzz. He was ready to return home, but he didn't want to cause any trouble and go to Shandong.

"What I said is true. If you don't believe me, you can ask Grandpa Huang some other time." Before Zhu Xiongying finished speaking, the eunuch's loud singing sounded at the door: "The Emperor has arrived."

"Father."

"Grandpa Huang." The two quickly stood up to greet him.

"Xiongying, what do you want to ask us about?" Although Zhu Yuanzhang's face was gloomy, he unconsciously slowed down his tone when talking to his eldest grandson.

"No, it's nothing." Zhu Xiongying quickly shook his head.

At this time, Queen Ma and Princess Tan also came out to greet Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Mother-in-law, is that evil dead?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

"How are you talking?" Queen Ma glared at him and briefly explained Lao Ba's situation in a low voice. "My life was saved, but I haven't woken up yet. Zhou Yuanzheng has come to see him, but I can't say whether there will be any sequelae. We have to wait until he wakes up."

"Huh, it's better to die neatly!" Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily, and went to bed with a dark face. As expected, he saw Lao Ba lying motionless on the bed.

Seeing Lao Ba's wretched appearance, Zhu Yuanzhang became even more angry and raised his leg to kick him. "Get up, you beast!"

"Father, don't be impulsive!" The prince and Lao Liu hurriedly grabbed him from left to right. Concubine Da Ding even threw herself in front of the bed, protected her son with her body, and screamed:

"Your Majesty, kill me first!"

"Chongba, why are you crazy?!" Empress Ma also scolded: "You're still beating Lao Ba when he's like this. Is he your son?!"

"If he hadn't been my son, would he still be lying here? He would have been dragged out, chopped into pieces, and fed to the dogs!" Zhu Yuanzhang looked up and said something unpleasant. He pointed at Lao Ba and roared:

"Does this idiot think he can escape this disaster by crying, making trouble, and hanging himself like his mother?! Let's just dream. Even if he becomes a fool and never wakes up, we still have plenty of ways to find out. ——What secret is this that this beast would rather die than tell?!"

Then he gritted his teeth and ordered Lao Liu: "Immediately ask the Jin Yiwei to seal Prince Tan's Mansion and dig three feet into the ground to look for evidence! See if he wants to rebel or go to heaven?! Everyone around him, including Princess Tan, must be strict. Additional interrogation! He is a prince who is surrounded by people all day long, and never leaves the sight of the palace guards wherever he goes. Someone must know what he has done!"

"Your Majesty, you insist on Lao Ba's life, right? Then I won't live either!" Concubine Da Ding originally thought that Lao Ba was like this, and the Emperor should be able to let him go. Unexpectedly, Zhu Yuanzhang not only had no intention of letting Lao Ba go, but wanted to make the case public and expand it, which immediately completely broke the defense.

"Then you should die with him!" Zhu Yuanzhang did not miss his old feelings at all, and looked at Concubine Da Ding coldly and said: "What we regret most in this life is that we made an exception and included you in the harem, ruining our reputation for the rest of our lives. What else did you give birth to to us?!"

"I originally thought that Lao Qi was a cruel and cruel beast, but I didn't expect that Lao Ba was also a beast without a king and a father. He dared to be a beast but did not dare to be! This is a good son you gave birth to, and he still has the nerve to roar at us?!" As he spoke, he waved his sleeves and said:

"Someone, take her to Nei'an Le Hall and take a closer look at what kind of stupid disease she has! Even the son she gave birth to is sick?!"

"Hahaha, okay, Zhu Yuanzhang! That's not what you thought more than ten years ago. Now that I'm old and bloated, you're going to abandon me like a worn-out shoe, right?!" Seeing how ruthless the emperor was, Concubine Da Ding was completely in despair. He pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang and yelled:

"Even if my son is not a thing, he is still the father of you..."

"Why are you still standing there? Throw her down!" Zhu Yuanzhang roared.

Eunuch Wu had no choice but to take a few female officials with him and ask the concubine to change places.

Concubine Da Ding was a little panicked and looked at Queen Ma for help.

Empress Ma waited until she was taken out. Fang sighed and said to Zhu Yuanzhang: "Your Majesty, she was so anxious and crazy when she saw Lao Ba like this that she said countless crazy things. Let her go back to Changyang Palace first. , shut up and think about it for a few days before we talk. If you still insist on relegating her to the cold palace, I promise not to stop you."

"..." Zhu Yuanzhang looked gloomy, but he had to listen to Empress Ma's words and said: "Let her go to Nei'an Le Hall to calm down for a few days first."

"Hey, okay." Queen Ma nodded and did not insist anymore. Then he said: "As for the case of Lao Qi and Lao Ba, you can handle it as you see fit. But there is one thing, don't hurt their lives. If the emperor kills the prince, it is unlucky for the country."

"We understand." Zhu Yuanzhang nodded.

"You go out and discuss it, I'll watch Lao Ba here." Queen Ma immediately chased them away.

The father and son walked out of the palace in despair. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Zhu Xiongying back again, and then said to his two sons: "Go out for a walk."

Zhu Biao and Zhu Zhen nodded and followed their father out of Baohan Hall. Zhu Yuanzhang looked back at the plaque in front of the hall and said coldly: "Take off this plaque, what is the 'Baohan' Hall? Don't you know that a well-fed man is hungry?"

The two brothers looked at each other, wondering where this was going.