In the East Warm Pavilion of the Forbidden City, Zhu Yuanzhang sat behind the bookcase with a black face, Zhu Yuning and Zhu Yunxi sisters and brothers knelt below, and next to them was Zhu Biao with a worried face.

"Yuning went out of the palace without permission, and asked the imperial grandfather to punish him!" Zhu Yuning took the initiative to admit his mistake at this time.

"Do you know you're wrong?" Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said angrily, he originally loved Zhu Yuning, the eldest granddaughter, very much, but what she did today was too bold, which made him a little suspicious, is he usually a little too pampered with her?

But as soon as Zhu Yuanzhang's words fell, he saw Zhu Biao next to him suddenly speak: "Father, I have already scolded them on the way to me just now, and Yu Ning also knows that he is wrong, after all, young people are inevitably impulsive sometimes, so you don't have to punish them anymore!" ”

Lao Zhu's eyes widened when he heard this, when he scolded Zhu Biao before, Zhu Biao was obviously angry, but why did he go out just once, and his attitude changed completely?

"Thank you father, but this time I did something wrong, the imperial grandfather is angry, if he is angry because of this, it will be my unfilial piety, so please ask the imperial grandfather to punish me!" Zhu Yuning spoke again at this time.

"Father, Yuning is a filial piety, her mother left early, I am not very qualified as a father, but my father has taught Yuning a lot, and now Yuning has made a mistake, and I, a father, am also ashamed, if my father wants to punish, punish me!" Zhu Biao also stepped forward and knelt down next to his children to plead again, at this time he was more like a loving father.

"Grandpa Huang, this time it's all my fault, blame me for not taking Sister Ah out, if you want to punish you, punish me!" At this time, Zhu Yunxi also plucked up the courage to join in the fun.

Watching the performance of Zhu Biao's father and daughter singing and harmonizing, Zhu Yuanzhang was laughed at angrily, he finally understood, it turned out that his good son also stood on Zhu Yuning's side.

Of course, it is clear that Lao Zhu is really difficult at this time, after all, Zhu Yuning is his favorite granddaughter, and there is Zhu Biao, the eldest son, to help intercede, and even Zhu Yunxi, who has always been timid, even plucked up the courage to intercede for his sister, which made Lao Zhu a little soft-hearted, and he was really ruthless to punish her for a while.

But at this moment, Lao Zhu's eyes suddenly swept over a playbook on the table, which made his eyes light up, and he immediately picked up the playbook and threw it in front of Zhu Biao, and said with a straight face: "Let's take a look at this first!" ”

Looking at the playbook thrown in front of him, Zhu Biao's father and daughter were also stunned, and then looked at each other, Zhu Biao finally reached out and picked up the playbook, but when he saw the content on it, he couldn't help but be surprised: "Congratulations to my father, the Japanese have finally been exterminated!" ”

"Take a closer look, your good son-in-law has made a lot of contributions!" Zhu Yuanzhang sneered and said again.

Zhu Biao also continued to look down when he heard this, Zhu Yuning next to him shouldn't have looked at this kind of script, but when he heard Li Jie's name, he couldn't help but peek curiously, and what surprised her was that among the names of the people who asked for merit below, Li Jie was actually tied with a general of the unified army named Fang Guan, it can be said that in addition to Tang and the main general, the two of them have the greatest credit.

"This time, we can exterminate the Japanese Invaders, all of which depend on Li Jie contacting Zhang Dingbian, and finding the nests of the Japanese Invaders overseas through Zhang Dingbian, so that they can be wiped out, and it is no wonder that the Xinguo Guild ranks him with Fang Guan, who commands the naval army!" Zhu Biao also nodded with satisfaction after reading the book, and he had always been very concerned about what Li Jie had done in the extermination of the Japanese Invaders.

"Li Jie's establishment this time is a lot of credit, plus his previous merits, I originally wanted to give him a knighthood this time, but now that Yuning has made a big mistake, his title will be exempted!" Zhu Yuanzhang said that at the end, he waved his hand.

Lao Zhu is indeed reluctant to punish his granddaughter, but it does not mean that this matter is over, since Li Jie is Zhu Yuning's fiancé, it is natural to accept the punishment for her, this kind of thing is very normal in Lao Zhu's opinion, when his son makes a mistake, he is reluctant to kill his son, but he is willing to kill his daughter-in-law, Tang He's daughter died like this.

"Grandpa Huang, you can't do this!" Zhu Yuning also blushed anxiously when he heard this, arguing, "One person does things and one person is responsible, obviously I made a mistake, why should I punish others?" ”

"Who made him your fiancé, and you left the palace this time because of Li Jie's family, who will be punished if he is not punished?" Zhu Yuanzhang saw that his granddaughter was anxious, but he stood up straight happily, and his heart was suddenly relieved.

"The relationship between Li Jie and me is a family matter, but his extermination of the Japanese is a state matter, how can family affairs and state affairs be confused?" Zhu Yuning argued eagerly again.

"I am the emperor, and the emperor's family affairs are state affairs!" Zhu Yuanzhang is once again in the way of the old god, and now the more anxious Zhu Yuning is, the happier he is, because this shows that his punishment is in the right place.

Zhu Yuning also lost her square inch now, although she is a woman, she also knows how rare the opportunity to be knighted is, if Li Jie misses this opportunity, he doesn't know how long he will have to wait in the future, and this matter is because of himself, will he blame himself for it?

"I'll tell you one more thing!" Zhu Yuanzhang smiled even more proudly at this time, "Before Li Jie left, he already had an agreement with me, as long as he exterminated the Japanese invaders, I would spare his parents and family, so even if you don't leave the palace, I won't do anything to his parents!" ”

"That's what happened!" Zhu Yuning also showed a depressed look when she heard this, on the way here, Zhu Biao had mentioned this agreement, but she didn't elaborate, now she knows the content of the agreement, and Li Jie not only completed the agreement, but also sent the good news over in time, and she was simply too much before.

Thinking of the above, Zhu Yuning was even more annoyed, blaming himself for being too impulsive before, if he could have calmed down at that time, maybe he wouldn't have caused trouble to Li Jie, causing him to lose the credit and title of his hand.

"Now that you know you regret it? It's late! Zhu Yuanzhang smiled proudly again, and then said again with a blank face, "Danyang Princess Zhu Yuning left the palace without permission, and should have been severely punished, but if you commit it for the first time, you will temporarily take away the title of princess, demote to the county lord, and punish you for copying the "Female Commandment" three hundred times!" ”

How is it enough to punish Li Jie, so Zhu Yuanzhang announced the punishment of Zhu Yuning again, but this punishment is much lighter, not to mention copying the female commandment, as for taking away the title of the princess, it looks serious, but don't forget, Zhu Yuning should have been the county lord, and he only made an exception to seal the title of the princess before, even if he takes it away now, in the future, Zhu Biao will ascend the throne, and the title of the princess will still be hers.

"Grandpa Xie Huang!" Zhu Yuning knelt down and saluted aggrievedly, not for herself, but for Li Jie, who would have thought that she was so kind-hearted that she would even affect the other party, and now she felt that she had no face to see Li Jie.

"Okay, you two go down, your father and I still have something to discuss!" Zhu Yuanzhang waved his hand again, Zhu Yuning and Zhu Yunxi also saluted again, and then turned around and left the warm pavilion.

After watching his children leave, Zhu Biao immediately stepped forward and said: "Father, is your punishment of Li Jie a little too severe, if you don't reward your merits, I'm afraid the court will ...... it."

"What's wrong? I discipline my grandchildren, who dares to make irresponsible remarks? Before Zhu Biao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Zhu Yuanzhang arrogantly.

Zhu Biao was completely speechless, in the face of such an unreasonable father, he often didn't know what to say?

"Alright, let's take a look at this again!" At this time, Zhu Yuanzhang picked up a letter from the table again and said, this letter was sent along with the paperwork of the report.

Zhu Biao also stepped forward when he heard this, and took the letter, only to find that the letter was actually written by Li Jie himself, and when he opened the letter and saw the content on it, the expression on his face began to become a little dignified.

Li Jie's letter described in detail the reasons for the formation of the Japanese Invaders, on the one hand, the civil strife between the north and south of the Japanese Invaders, which led to the bankruptcy of a large number of Japanese warriors, and on the other hand, some daimyo within the Japanese Empire, secretly connived at and supported these Japanese Invaders, so many Japanese people went to the sea to become Japanese Invaders.

Originally, if it was just a simple Japanese robber, it would be easy to clear them, but the key is that there are many people along the coast of Daming who collude with the Japanese invaders, and a hidden chain of interests has been formed.

At the end of the letter, Li Jie pointed out with great certainty that although we have now eliminated these Japanese and arrested many spies who colluded with them, with the passage of time, there will still be many Japanese people going south in the future, and perhaps within a few years, a new group of Japanese will be formed.

"Father, Li Jie's analysis is very reasonable, if you don't solve the problem of the Japanese invaders from the root, then the coastal areas will not want to be peaceful in the future!" Zhu Biao said solemnly after reading the letter.

"Then how do you say to completely solve the problem of the Japanese invaders?" Zhu Yuanzhang immediately asked rhetorically.

"This ......" Zhu Biao's fat face also turned red, and after a while, he shook his head and said, "Erchen doesn't know!" ”

"You really don't know, let alone you, even I don't know how to solve this problem!" Zhu Yuanzhang also said in a deep voice at this time, if he knew the solution, I am afraid he would not have waited until now.

"Then what should I do, do you just watch the Japanese make a comeback?" Zhu Biao saw that even his father, who had always been confident, didn't know the solution, and immediately said very anxiously.

"What's the hurry?" Zhu Yuanzhang glared at his son, "We don't know, someone just knows!" ”

"Who?" Zhu Biao was puzzled.

"Of course it's your good son-in-law!" Zhu Yuanzhang patted the letter in Zhu Biao's hand and said, "I have already seen through this kid, since he dares to write this letter, there must be a solution!" ”