Zhu Zhen was in great pain, he knew that he couldn't live, and now he confessed, to a certain extent, that he hoped that the emperor's subordinates would be merciful and let go of his wife and children, although Zhu Zhen knew that this was not realistic, but he still had a faint hope.

It was this hope that prevented him from breaking the jar, and he even had an urge to stand up and shout: "I'm just the opposite!" What can you do with me? ”

But he didn't dare, he knew that as long as he did that, the emperor's nephew in front of him would immediately push out his entire family and behead him, and he would not hesitate at all.

In fact, Zhu Zhen can't figure out what kind of person Zhu Yunwen is, Zhu Yunwen is a very contradictory person. After he ascended the throne, he abolished tortures such as Ling Chi, beheading, and punishing the nine clans, and won praise from the government and the public; But on the other hand, he killed people, and he was not soft at all, Zhu Di's rebels were escorted to the court to behead, there are probably tens of thousands of people before and after, Beiping is empty, it is said that Zhu Yunwen still wants to kill, but he was persuaded by the courtiers.

When Zhu Zhen confessed, Zhu Yunwen was most concerned about the reactions of other princes, and as for the content of the confession, he didn't care too much, because he had already made it clear, because everyone in the Chu Palace, as well as the civil and military officials in Wuchang, had walked through the prison, and Zhu Yunwen knew even more about the case of the King of Chu than Zhu Zhen.

After Zhu Zhen finished explaining, Zhu Yunwen looked around, and then whispered a few words to Liu Zhen, Liu Zhen nodded, and greeted him at the door, and two eunuchs came in at the door, each holding a stack of books in his hand, and put one on each prince's table, and in front of the king of Chu, there was also one.

"Okay, let's take a look," Zhu Yunwen raised the book in his hand and shook it: "This is the confession of all the prisoners in the case of King Chu, I asked him to print it, you can read it here, or you can go back to read it, I give you three days, each of you write a piece of experience for me, and before sunset in three days, your experience will be handed over to me, do you understand?" ”

"Got it!"

"Your Majesty, the minister understands!"

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"As for you, Zhu Zhen, I can tell you about the disposition now, and since you confess your guilt more sincerely, I can open up to you!"

"What?"

Everyone couldn't help but raise their heads, especially Zhu Zhen, who raised his head and looked at the emperor with hopeful eyes.

Zhu Yunwen glanced at the King of Shu and said, "Zhu Chun, this matter is up to you!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Chun stood up and bowed!

"Zhu Zhen's daughters are all demoted to concubines, and all the princesses are given to death, as for the male members of Zhu Zhen's family," Zhu Yunwen suddenly slowed down his speech and said softly: "Zhu Zhen! ”

"The sinner is here!" Zhu Zhen trembled and cried.

"I've given you a chance, and I hope you can take it. You have nine sons, plus you, that is, ten people, you pick one person out before dawn tomorrow, and tell the king of Shu that this person can live, but he will be demoted to a concubine and imprisoned Fengyang for life! Did you hear me clearly? ”

"Ahh

Zhu Chun, the king of Shu, was stunned for a moment, looked up at the emperor, and then at the king of Chu, and stopped talking, and after hearing this, Zhu Zhen, the king of Chu, was first stunned, then happy, and then looked miserable, prostrate on the ground, and begged: "Your Majesty, be gracious!" Your Majesty, be gracious! ”。

Everyone quickly understood, and they couldn't help but shudder, and their bodies were cold and biting.

Zhu Chun hesitated for a moment, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, Weichen has a question, if Zhu Zhen chooses himself, then can he also live?" ”

"Yes!"

Zhu Chun's face was pale and he nodded: "Minister, minister, understood!" ”

"Well, you're in charge of supervising this matter, and you'll be executed tomorrow at noon. As for the location, it's in the Zongren Mansion! ”

"Yes, Weichen Command!"

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"You can only live one, you can only live one, you can only live one......"

Looking at Zhu Zhen's dejected back, listening to the faint whispers, there were several princes who were good friends with him, and they couldn't help but bow their heads and secretly wiped the tears from the corners of their eyes with the sleeves of their robes......

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In the Qianqing Palace, the singing and dancing continued, but the atmosphere was a little dull, the princesses looked at the door from time to time, they were worried about their husbands, the kings were called to discuss matters, it had been an hour, but no one turned back, which could not help but make people worry. Under their influence, the atmosphere in the banquet was much duller, and even the princesses and horses who sat with them were a little restless.

"Pony, is something wrong?"

Geng Xuan retracted his gaze, glanced back at Princess Jiangdu, and saw that she was holding a note in her hand, and couldn't help but smile and said, "Princess, someone asked you?" ”

"Well, it's the second sister-in-law, over there." Princess Jiangdu gestured with her gaze.

"Princess Tai?" Geng Xuan was stunned for a moment, and then followed Princess Jiangdu's gaze and saw Princess Zhao Shurou of Taiwan looking eagerly over here.

Geng Xuan hesitated for a moment, nodded to the other party, then turned around and said in a low voice: "Princess, I'm just a concubine, how could I know about the affairs of the king of Taiwan?" ”

"However, you are often by His Majesty's side, so you should know a little, right?"

"I don't know!"

"But ......"

Princess Jiangdu still wanted to speak, but was stopped by Geng Xuan, Geng Xuan leaned close to the princess's ear and said in a low voice: "Tonight, Your Majesty does have something to deal with, but I really don't know what the specific matter is, I only know that Your Majesty ordered me to be on duty at any time!" ”

"Really?" Princess Jiangdu's face suddenly turned pale: "Then the second brother, he?" ”

"I don't know about this, but," Geng Xuan hesitated: "The affairs of the King of Taiwan are not something we can manage, nor should we take care of it, everything has its own Your Majesty's holy judgment!" ”

"Moreover," Geng Xuan hesitated for a long time, and said: "The king of Taiwan should not be worried about his life, but how to deal with it is not something we can ask!" ”

"Oh, donkey, Hongu understands!"

Princess Jiangdu raised her head and shook her head at Princess Tai, saying that she didn't know either, but in Zhao Shurou's opinion, this meant that the King of Taiwan was hopeless, and she couldn't help but shake her body, and her eyes were dark, and she didn't know anything.

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I don't know how long it took for Zhao Shurou to wake up slowly, she struggled to raise her head, and found that the king of Taiwan, Zhu Yunxi, was sitting next to her, leaning on the edge of the bed and falling asleep. Zhao Shurou was happy in her heart, and hurriedly shouted: "Lord, Lord!" ”

Zhu Yunxi was awakened by the sound and found that Zhao Shurou was awake, so he quickly got up, helped Zhao Shurou up, leaned on the pillow, bowed his head and said, "Shurou, you woke up, but it scared me, why did you faint suddenly?" You are pregnant, you must pay attention to your body! ”

"Hehe," Zhao Shurou smiled bitterly: "The prince has been gone for so long and hasn't come back, isn't the concubine worried about you?!" ”

"This king is fine, it's okay, you don't have to worry!"

"Lord, where is this?"

"It's the side hall of Cining Palace, this king just arrived in the courtyard, I heard that you fainted, but the king was frightened, and then the queen mother heard about it, so she let people carry you over and arrange to rest here."

"Oh," Zhao Shurou was stunned for a moment, then sat up and leaned on the pillow: "Lord Wang, what time is it now?" ”

"It should be around the end of the day, and the sky is about to dawn!"

"Lord Wang......" Zhao Shurou hesitated for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty summoned you last night, for what?" ”

"This," Zhu Yunxi's face immediately turned pale, with a look of palpitations, he looked around, and said in a low voice: "Shurou, don't ask, you will know later!" ”

"Okay," Seeing Zhu Yunxi's face, Zhao Shurou gently leaned over and leaned into Zhu Yunxi's arms: "Lord Wang, are you still going back to the Zongren Mansion?" ”

"This ......" Zhu Yunxi smiled bitterly: "This king doesn't know either." ”

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