Sure enough, as Xu Miaoyi expected, Mao Xiang not only found out that the East Palace was spreading rumors outside, but also found out that Deng Ming had repeatedly entered and exited the East Palace before framing Wang Yinnu, and Concubine Lu was suspected of instigation.

Concubine Lu was the actual mistress of the East Palace, and Mao Xiang didn't dare to do anything, so she reported both things to Emperor Hongwu, and asked the emperor to decide whether to continue to investigate.

Emperor Hongwu looked at the sleeping baby boy in the cradle stupidly, as if he didn't hear Mao Xiang's words, his withered right hand floated above the baby's cheek, as if talking to himself, and as if he said to Mao Xiang: "Look at his forehead, does he look like my queen?" ”

Great-grandson Zhu Wenkui is the son of Ma and Zhu Yunwen, the bloodlines of the two families of Zhu Ma are connected, and Emperor Hongwu will ask the nurse to hold Zhu Wenkui and watch as long as he is free.

The babies are all white and fat, and the ones you see look like the kind Queen Ma?

Mao Xiang knew that Emperor Hongwu must be in love with Queen Ma, and said: "Yes, it is very similar to the queen's mother." ”

At this time, the baby boy struggled in the swaddling clothes, his face was flushed, as if he was dreaming, Emperor Hongwu gently shook the rocking basket, singing the tune of Fengyang countryside, and coaxed his great-grandson to sleep.

After the baby boy calmed down and continued to sleep, Mao Xiang told Emperor Hongwu about the changes in the East Palace.

Emperor Hongwu looked at the baby boy almost without blinking, and said: "Cut down those who spread the rumors, so as to set an example, and give the Yan Wangfu to clarify the rumors." I know that Shiro has been wronged this time, but Donggong is Donggong, and Shiro is sensible, and he knows what to do. ”

Mao Xiang responded, "Yes." ”

Before he had taken a few steps, Emperor Hongwu asked, "How is San Lang's leg?" ”

Mao Xiao said: "The imperial doctor over there in Fengyang said that the bone of his left leg was broken, and he delayed treatment, and I am afraid that he will be on crutches for the rest of his life and will be disabled for life." ”

Emperor Hongwu was stunned for a moment, and then muttered: "It's good to be lame, so that he doesn't run around." San Lang never causes trouble, I thought he was a worry-free person, but I didn't expect him to be okay, Yiming wants my dragon chair, I must have owed him in my last life. ”

Seeing that Emperor Hongwu was sad, Mao Xiang swallowed the rest of the words: the imperial doctor said that the king of Jin refused to take medicine and was bent on death, and the wounds began to rot and grow maggots, and I am afraid it will be difficult to survive this spring......

Half a month later, Zhu Li, who was imprisoned by the throne, died of illness in Fengyang.

In the spring of the fourteenth year of Hongwu, it seems that God is as sad as Emperor Hongwu, who has suffered the loss of his wife, son, and betrayal by his own son, and it is always raining, and the south of the Yangtze River suffers a flood.

Emperor Hongwu sent the prince who had just recovered from illness to Jiangnan for disaster relief, and a month later the flood receded, Jiangnan began to replant crops, and the prince returned to the capital and fell ill again!

And this time, the crown prince was infected with a terrible plague!

The East Palace was full of the pungent smell of lime, and Zhu Yunxi and other imperial grandsons moved out of the East Palace and moved to other palaces, only the eldest grandson Zhu Yunwen insisted on staying in the East Palace and taking care of his father in person to fulfill his filial piety.

Zhu Yunxi also wanted to stay by his father's side, but was stopped by his brother Zhu Yunxi, "My father is infected with the plague, you are still young, and your health is not as good as mine." What's more, my aunt is back, she swore for you not to marry for life, and the honor and disgrace of this life are tied to you, if something happens to you, won't my aunt be in pain? ”

Zhu Yunxi knows that his younger brother and Chang Jin are in love with mother and son, and his father doesn't like the crown princess, and he has always been indifferent to his younger brother, so in Zhu Yunxi's opinion, the mother-son relationship between him and Chang Jin has long exceeded the father-son love for the prince.

Concubine Lu always said that Chang Jin was Zhu Yunxi's weakness, but in fact, Chang Jin was not Zhu Yunxi's weakness!

For the sake of her sister-in-law Chang Jin, Zhu Yunxi no longer insisted on taking care of her father who had the plague, and was easily taken advantage of filial piety by her eldest brother Zhu Yunxi.

No one thinks that the young Zhu Yunxi is unfilial, but everyone thinks that Zhu Yunxi is the most filial. Even Emperor Hongwu thought so.

However, Zhu Yunwen's careful care at the risk of his life did not save his father's life.

In early summer, the East Palace rang the cloud board, and the crown prince Zhu Biao died.

The national prince was shaken, and the government and the opposition were shocked!

The prince's funeral was handled by the Zongren Mansion, Emperor Hongwu was already old, and the government and the opposition were most concerned about the establishment of a new crown prince as soon as possible!

At the court meeting, all the civil and military officials were wearing mourning clothes and looked sad, but the words were exchanged with swords and swords, and they did not give in to each other, and the scene was already noisy, so they almost rolled up their sleeves and started to do it.

"Your Majesty! There is a grandchild, and there is no grandchild to grow! This is the inheritance rule for thousands of years, and Shinong industry and commerce have abided by this rule, how can it be broken if it is broken? Weichen thought that Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the emperor of the East Palace, was the only descendant, and if he wanted to establish the emperor's grandson, it must be Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the emperor! ”

"Your Majesty! The suspicion of the lord and the country is the taboo of inheritance! What we are talking about today is the prince, which is related to the Jiangshan Sheji of the Ming Dynasty, not a few acres of land and a few boxes of gold and silver! If you don't have toss, you can still earn it back, Weichen thinks that Zhu Yunwen, the eldest grandson of the East Palace, is virtuous and filial, talented, generous and benevolent, please be the emperor's grandson! ”

Zheng Guogong Chang Mao, who had been silent for a long time, finally stood up and spoke, "Lord Zhang, do you mean to say that Zhu Yunxi, the grandson of the emperor, is not virtuous and unfilial, and is dull and immoral?" ”

Chang Mao has been fighting outside all the year round, and he has an air of coercion that is not angry and self-threatening. He is Zhu Yunxi's maternal uncle, and when it comes to the critical moment of establishing a prince, he must stand up and speak for his nephew.

However, in the court, it is the mouth of the tongue that fights, not the art of fists and feet. Master Zhang was not afraid of him, and retorted: "Zheng Guogong's words are wrong! Xia Guan also went to the main hall as a lecturer, Zhu Yunxi has a docile personality, respects the teacher, is polite to his younger brother, is diligent and studious, and is really good, but now we are going to discuss the national prince, as the heir of the Ming Dynasty, these advantages alone are far from enough. ”

As soon as these words came out, a minister immediately echoed: "Yes! The emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Yunwen, is gifted and intelligent, never forgets, can write poetry at the age of three, has the reputation of a prodigy, the first prince was infected with the plague and was seriously ill, only the emperor's eldest grandson is filial piety at the sickbed, such a pure filial piety person, can be a model of filial piety in the world! ”

Zhu Yunxi's mother, Concubine Lu Fangfei, was born in a scholarly family, and Zhu Yunxi's maternal grandfather Chang Yuchun was known as a "killing general" before the spring. Therefore, although Zhu Yunwen is a concubine, most of the civil officials tend to support Zhu Yunwen.

In fact, most of the military generals in the DPRK and China admire Chang Yuchun, but how can the generals compete for the Wenchen who eats by mouth? Soon, the call for support for the chief at the court meeting was louder than that of the liyan.

The Liyan faction was so angry that they vomited blood, and a straightforward military general roared loudly: "Since you claim that the lord is suspicious of the country, and you must appoint the elder as the prince of the country, so that you can have the ability to protect the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, then Weichen thinks that Zhu Di, the eldest king of Yan, should be appointed as the prince!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the Great Dynasty would be silent for a while, and then the generals who nominated Zhu Di would attack it in groups.

This military general is called Huoli Huozhen, is the general of the Northern Yuan surrender, Hongwu surrendered to Emperor Hongwu in the early years, outstanding achievements, he once followed the Northern Expedition of Zhu Di, the king of Yan, admired Zhu Di's military talent and personality, he used to be a Mongolian tribal nobleman, in the rules of the steppe tribe, whoever has a strong fist is the heir, is the accepted rule of the tribe, because a weak heir leads the tribe, will soon be annexed by other tribes.

The fist is the truth.

Huohuo really doesn't understand what this Wenchen is arguing about, what is there to be noisy? Let's see who can fight!

What is filial piety? What is the origin? Can you eat it? Can he shelter his subjects?

Attacked by the ministers, the fire in the fire was really out of the way, and according to reason, he was burly, his voice was loud, and he roared over, which was enough to drown Wenchen's thin voice.

Mao Xiang stood next to the dragon chair and looked down, as if he saw a black bear being besieged by a swarm of bees while stealing honey.

Wenchen: "The fourth prince, King Yan, is a concubine, the fourth in line, and he was born to a Goryeo Gongnu, how can he be appointed as the crown prince?" ”

Huo Lizhen: "I'm not mistaken, right? Could it be that the emperor's eldest grandson, Zhu Yunwen, is not a concubine? ”

Wenchen choked, if Zhu Yunwen had any weaknesses, then Shuchu was the only weakness.

Huoli Huozhen was the happiest Wenchen was deflated, opened his throat and continued to spray wildly: "King Yan is the fourth prince, everyone in the world knows it!" But there is no way, the first prince fell ill, the second prince and the third prince also went, and King Yan is the boss and should take on the responsibility of protecting the family. ”

"As for King Yan's biological mother, she is a Goryeo Gong girl...... There are so many Goryeo tribute girls in the palace, and there are also Goryeo concubines in the mansions of so many big people in the court, but the children they give birth to are all Ming people! Or does this adult think that the prince and princess of the Goligong girl are not worthy of being the prince and princess? ”

Emperor Hongwu's face was not good-looking, "My harem has many tribute girls from Goryeo, they are scattered for the royal family, and the children they produce are all my children." ”

It is really fatal to dare to question the bloodline of the prince and princess.

Wenchen hurriedly knelt on the ground, "Weichen doesn't dare!" That's not what Wechen meant! ”

Huo Lihuo Zhen said: "Since this adult doesn't mean this, they are all concubines, what else are they divided into?" Then arrange according to the seniority and seniority, regardless of age, just talking about generation, King Yan is Zhu Yunwen's imperial uncle! ”

Immediately, Wenchen retorted, "Although King Yan has a high rank and the first prince died, the East Palace is still there, and the orthodoxy of the lineage is still there, how can the position of the prince fall to the head of the vassal king?" ”

Huohuo really spread his hands helplessly, "Alas, in fact, the first prince of the East Palace is not a descendant, the first prince was sealed into the East Palace because of the chief." Now that King Yan is the elder, why can't he be the prince? ”

"Hey, I think you're too unreasonable, just now Zheng Guogong told you that you have a grandson, and you told Zheng Guogong that you should be established. Now I tell you that you should be established, and you say in turn that you should be established, this lord, you are like a swaying wall grass, do you support the establishment of the heir, or do you stand up? ”

"If you say that you will establish a grandson, then you will establish Zhu Yunxi, he is the only grandson of the East Palace. If you say that you are long, then you will be the king of Yan with the highest rank and the oldest. That is to say, whether it is a successor or a long, it has nothing to do with Zhu Yunwen, why do you all want to establish Zhu Yunwen? 166 Reading Network