Father can be an enemy to the country

On August 23, the army escorting the emperor's grandson and Prince Lu and his wife returned to the capital and drove straight to the Forbidden City.

"Dad!" Seeing that the prince came to greet him in person, Zhu Xiongying jumped off the horse happily and threw himself into the prince's arms.

"Take it easy, take it easy..." The prince looked embarrassed, not because he was worried that his son would fall, but because he was afraid that his severely strained waist would not be able to bear it.

And he wasn't here to greet his son. He touched Xiongying's head and asked him to stand aside.

Seeing Prince Lu and his wife getting off the carriage, shivering in the cold wind like a pair of frightened quails, he sighed and said, "Lao Shi, younger brother and sister."

"Brother!" The two of them knelt down in front of the boss as if they heard the fairy voice, grabbed the life-saving straw, and cried: "Brother, please save us, we really know that we were wrong..."

"Oh, if I had known today, why did I do it in the first place?" The prince's eyes were red, and he beat Lao Shi's shoulder hard, and said with hatred: "You said that you are always well-educated and courteous in front of me, how come you act like a corporal as soon as you leave my eyes? It’s like a different person, forgetting all etiquette and integrity!”

Lao Shi endured the pain in his shoulder and did not dare to move. He just cried: "I was too naive and was deceived by others, so I made the wrong mistake. Brother, you have to give me another chance. I promise to change my mind and start a new life." Be a human being.”

Princess Lu's wife Tang also cried bitterly. She already knew that her father-in-law mentioned twice in the imperial edict that she would be executed in Lingchi. Everyone was almost stunned.

Seeing the sorrow and misery of the two people, the prince couldn't help but burst into tears.

As soon as the two of them saw that there was a way out, they cried even harder.

Unexpectedly, the prince sighed and said: "Lao Liu took you back to the capital under great pressure. Before my father convicts you, I can't speak for you, otherwise who will I be?" "

"Brother, Lao Liu is unkind and unjust. You are not that kind of person!" Lao Ten said in horror when he heard this.

"You're talking nonsense. My sixth uncle is the most emotional person! How many times have I given you opportunities, but you don't cherish them!" Zhu Xiongying couldn't stand listening to it. He pointed at Lao Shida and cursed: "It's just the evil you did in Yanzhou." It's nothing like a beast! Even if my grandfather and father spare you, I won't be able to spare you in the future!"

"..." Lao Shi was stunned for a moment. Only then did I remember that I almost castrated the emperor's eldest grandson...

"Heroing." The prince scolded his son to shut up, and then said to Lao Shi in a deep voice: "Your only way out now is to admit your mistake to your father and reflect deeply, instead of slandering others!"

"Yes, I understand..." Lao Shi nodded with a sad face.

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In Wuying Hall, Zhu Yuanzhang was reviewing memorials.

I heard the prince report: "Dad, the old couple brought us here."

He nodded, put down the memorial, stood up and walked towards the sword hanging on the pillar, grabbed the hilt and pulled it out suddenly.

The prince quickly stopped him: "Father, you cannot wield a sword when you are angry."

"We are going to kill those pair of evil beasts!" Zhu Yuanzhang was not furious, but his face was so angry that he looked livid. This was a sign of his true anger.

"Get out of our way!" Zhu Yuanzhang pointed his sword at the prince.

"Don't be impulsive, Father, you can't punish me without teaching me!" How dare the prince dodge? If he didn't stop him at this time, his father would kill both of them with one sword strike.

"You farted, why did we punish you without teaching you? Didn't we send eunuchs to scold him and stare at him to fart all those children?!" Zhu Yuanzhang roared: "Get out of my way, the king of heaven is here today! Yeah, I’m going to kill this beast too!”

"No, I won't let you! My father will definitely regret it in the future!" How could the prince let his father kill his own son? Isn’t that a human tragedy that will be talked about forever? Naturally, he tried his best to block it.

After all, Zhu Yuanzhang was already old, and the prince was trying to stop him, so he really had no choice. Finally, he threw the sword to the ground angrily and said angrily: "Bring me the whip!"

Then he asked the prince coldly: "Are you going to stop even the whip?"

The prince shook his head, moved out of the way and said, "If you don't stop me, you should be beaten hard."

"Huh!" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly, walked to the door of the palace with a dark face, took the whip from the eunuch, swung it in the air to try the feel, and was satisfied when he saw that it was a genuine cooked whip. Nodding, he walked to Prince Lu and his wife who were kneeling outside the palace.

"Father..." Lao Shi was about to salute in fear, but Zhu Yuanzhang's whip had already been whipped out.

"Don't call me father, we don't have a son like you!" Zhu Yuanzhang said through gritted teeth, rounding up his whip and whipping King Lu hard.

He screamed in pain, hugged his head and huddled up. Every blow felt like an electric shock, and his whole body shook non-stop.

Zhu Yuanzhang struck very hard, and every whip cracked his skin and flesh, and the brocade robe on his body was already torn to pieces, turning into blood-stained butterflies, flying to the ground...

After being whipped twenty times, King Lu stopped moving and stopped shouting, leaving only a faint moan...

The prince watched with tears streaming down his face, but he clenched his fists tightly and refrained from speaking to persuade.

At this time, a heartbroken scream came from the palace gate.

"Tan'er..."

Then he saw Lao Shi's biological mother, Concubine Guo Ning, shouting in sorrow, flying over and lying on her son's body, wanting to bear the anger from the emperor for him.

Zhu Yuanzhang hung on the whip forcefully. Concubine Guo Ning was not an ordinary concubine. Back then, when Zhu Yuanzhang had just defected to Guo Zixing and was still a big soldier, he went out on business and passed by the home of Guo Shanfu, a fellow countryman. Guo Shanfu fell in love with him at first sight and believed that he would do great things in the future, so he insisted on marrying his beloved daughter to him.

Zhu Yuanzhang said that he was already married, but he didn't care and let his daughter be Zhu Yuanzhang's concubine. From then on, the Guo family followed Zhu Yuanzhang and lived a wandering military life. The time spent with Zhu Yuanzhang was second only to Queen Ma...

Moreover, her three brothers were all very brave and joined the Red Scarf Army. Later, when Zhu Yuanzhang was excluded by Guo Tianxu and left Haozhou to start a business in Dingyuan, her brothers Guo Xing and Guo Ying were among the twenty-four people he took with him.

For decades, the Guo brothers have been loyal, brave and good at fighting, and have made great contributions to the prosperity of the old Zhu family.

Concubine Guo Ning also took Empress Ma as a role model and tried her best to help Zhu Yuanzhang. She cared for Zhu Yuanzhang in every possible way and was called a virtuous housekeeper. For more than thirty years, the two have had a very deep relationship.

How did Zhu Yuanzhang do this?

"Get out of the way." Zhu Yuanzhang panted and pointed at Concubine Guo Ning: "Today we must kill this traitor!"

"Then your Majesty, please beat me to death." Concubine Guo Ning hugged her son tightly and cried, "I just beg you to spare Tan'er's life. I have never begged the Emperor in my life, so I beg you this time." Ok?!"