After doing all this, it was already the early morning of the 19th.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the empty palace, and only felt empty in his heart.

This was and is the center of power in the world, and it is a place that all the people in the world look up to.

This is the place where the royal family of the Ming Dynasty and the Zhu family lived, and it is the most sacred and solemn place in the whole world.

But now, this is going to be the place where his bones are buried.

Sitting in front of the door of the main hall, Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but recall his life.

He couldn't help but sigh a little, if only he hadn't accepted this throne.

If after Zhu Youxiao died, he did not sit on this throne, but honestly became his own free prince, would it not be this ending.

He will also wonder if he is a good emperor and whether his deeds are really worthy of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

But none of this has anything to do with him, because the Ming Dynasty is gone.

That's all in the past, and there will be no more Daming from today.

Da Ming is dead.

He died at the hands of Zhu Youzhen.

Immediately, Zhu Youzhen picked up the long knife on the side.

There were also traces of his daughter's blood on the long knife.

Looking at this long knife, Zhu Youzhen's heart became even more uncomfortable.

He killed his own daughter with this knife, and he will use this knife to end himself.

I just don't know if it will hurt when I commit suicide.

But no matter how painful it is, it won't make him more uncomfortable than the fall of the Ming Dynasty in front of his eyes.

Zhu Youzhen thought so.

Then, Zhu Youzhen dragged a long knife and walked out of the hall.

As far as he could see, he could see the flames that had spread into the Imperial City.

You can even hear a lot of shouts and cries.

In this way, Zhu Youzhen wandered aimlessly in the palace step by step.

He wanted to take one last look at the Forbidden City.

Zhu Youzhen didn't go far before he ran into Wang Chengen, who had gone and returned.

Looking at Wang Chengen, Zhu Youzhen was stunned.

"Chengen, didn't you let you run away with the three princes?"

"Why are you back again?"

His three sons may be the only ones Zhu Youzhen cares about now.

Wang Chengen heard Zhu Youzhen's words, and replied respectfully: "Your Majesty, the minions have already been arranged. ”

"Don't worry."

"The servants have arranged for a few trusted eunuchs to take the three princes out of the palace."

"As for leaving the palace, it depends on the creation of the three princes."

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen muttered back: "It's good to be able to get out of the palace." ”

"It's up to them to make it."

"I only hope that God can leave a bloodline for the Ming royal family."

Then, Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen again: "Chengen, aren't you already gone." ”

"What are you doing again?"

"If you don't hurry, run for your life."

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen, and his voice sank: "Your Majesty, Chengen will come to take care of you." ”

"Chengen grew up in the palace since he was a child, and the palace is Chengen's home."

"Chengen has no relatives, even if he leaves the palace, he doesn't know who to go to."

"Your Majesty, let Chengen accompany you for the last ride."

After speaking, Wang Chengen knelt down and bowed.

Zhu Youzhen looked at Wang Chengen, who was kneeling in front of him, and suddenly felt a little better in his heart.

There are still people who will not leave him, although this person is a eunuch.

"Cheng'en, then let's walk around."

Zhu Youzhen said lightly.

Immediately, the two wandered around the imperial city one after the other.

Before they knew it, the two of them were in front of the big clock in the imperial city.

This bell is used to summon the officials of cultural relics.

Generally, when the bell rings, it means that the emperor is going to summon a hundred officials.

Looking at the big bell, Zhu Youjia walked forward and reached out to stroke it.

In normal times, this bell rings early every day.

That means that he is going to court again, and he has to deal with national affairs again.

But now, the bell will not ring again.

Even if this bell rings, it is not him Zhu Youzhen who has gone to court.

"Cheng'en, you ring this bell again."

"After today, we won't hear the bell anymore."

"You don't have to accompany me to the court anymore."

"What court, what official business, what cultural relics and hundreds of officials."

"It's none of our business."

Zhu Youzhen muttered.

I don't know if he is reminiscing about his previous days in the court, or saying goodbye to the previous days.

It may even be that Zhu Youzhen has not completely died.

He wanted to ring the bell and see if any miracles would happen.

Will there be hundreds of officials coming to answer him?

However, Zhu Youzhen and Wang Chengen both know it in their hearts.

All this is nothing more than wishful thinking on their part.

The fire light from the imperial city has already said everything, there will be no miracles.

"The minions obey."

Wang Chengen replied respectfully.

He then walked to the bell and pushed the pestle to ring it.

Seeing this, Zhu Youzhen walked towards Wang Chengen: "Chengen, let's knock together." ”

"After so many years as an emperor, I have never struck this bell myself."

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen walked over and held the bell pestle.

The two of them pushed the bell pestle and knocked it slowly.

"Phew!"

"Phew!"

"Phew!"

The mighty and loud bells rang throughout the imperial city, but no one responded.

Some are just the bell that is not willing to be lonely and keeps echoing.

After the bell dissipated, Zhu Youzhen stood in place for a long time.

It still doesn't seem to be able to fully accept this reality.

"Your Majesty, it's windy here, let's go." Wang Chengen stood aside respectfully and whispered.

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen came back to his senses.

"Let's go?"

"Where can we go?" Zhu Youzhen couldn't help but smile bitterly.

Now he is a real loner, the king of the lost country.

is a man who has been utterly outcast.

Where else can he go?

The world is so big, there is no place for him Zhu Youzhen.

At this moment, Zhu Youzhen was very uncomfortable.

The evening breeze in early spring was also a little cool, blowing on Zhu Youzhen's body, making him feel a kind of bone-chilling cold.

Looking around and looking at the Forbidden City, Zhu Youzhen's heart rose with infinite emotion.

Just like he told his two daughters before.

Why was he born in an imperial family.

If there is a next life, he will definitely not be reincarnated in the emperor's family.

Although he enjoys all the glory and wealth, fine clothes and fine food, but at some moments he is the saddest person in the whole world.

He is the most miserable person in the world.

buried the inheritance of his ancestors with his own hands, cut his own flesh and blood with his own hands, and forced his wife to death.

Zhu Youzhen looked at the night sky in the distance, and his heart was extremely depressed.

The royal family of the Zhu family of their Ming Dynasty is finished, and this royal family is also ruined.

As soon as their Zhu family is finished, it means that the entire Ming Dynasty will also perish.

Zhu Youzhen looked up at the sky, and at this moment he wanted to let out a long howl to express the discomfort in his chest.

But he couldn't make a sound.

I don't know if it's because of excessive grief or because I'm exhausted.

Anyway, he couldn't say a word, so he could only look at the night sky quietly and remain silent.

The boundless night was like a big net, sweeping him all and enveloping Da Ming deeply.

There is not a shred of light in sight, except for the fires brought by war.

Wang Chengen on the side looked at Zhu Youzhen, who was stunned, and did not speak.

Although he may not be able to understand Zhu Youzhen's mood at the moment, he knows that this moment is the most uncomfortable time for Zhu Youzhen.

Then let Zhu Youzhen sigh with emotion, there is no need to interrupt him.

Although Zhu Youzhen is the emperor, he will still be afraid, afraid, dazed, and sad at such a moment.

Let Zhu Youzhen express the emotions in his chest wantonly at this moment, so that at least he will be a little more free and easy in the future.

In this way, the two stood quietly under the night sky for a long time.

The two did not say a word between them, and they both remained silent very tacitly.

Zhu Youzhen is still indulging in the grief of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, and Wang Chengen is also lamenting his life.

Wang Chengen entered the palace at a young age and has always grown up in the deep palace.

There are no relatives, no friends, just high-walled compounds in the deep palace and eunuchs and maidservants who have no favor.

Although he was only the most lowly eunuch, he had seen too many people and things.

So in the face of the fall of the Ming Dynasty, he was not as uncomfortable as Zhu Youzhen.

On the contrary, there is a kind of relief in my heart.

A kind of uninhibited refreshment.

Of course, this is not to say that Wang Chengen hopes that the Ming Dynasty will fall.

It's that he still has feelings for Daming, but it's not that deep.

Wang Chengen knew in his heart that since the Ming Dynasty had fallen, his own life would come to an end.

He has been a eunuch all his life, and he is unwilling to continue to be a eunuch under Li Zicheng.

It is better to accompany Emperor Chongzhen to die in a dashing manner.

The physical disability and lack of emotion make Wang Chengen have little nostalgia for this world at all.

He is ready to follow Emperor Chongzhen and die at any time.

I don't know how long it took, but Zhu Youzhen, who was standing there, began to move.

He turned his head to look at the coal mountain on the side, and said lightly: "Chengen, it's not too early." ”

"I'm on my way too."

"Lest it fall into the hands of Li Zicheng and be humiliated for no reason."

"Do it yourself."

"Your loyalty to my Daming, I remember it."

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen walked over and patted Wang Chengen lightly on the shoulder.

Immediately, he raised his feet and walked towards the coal mountain.

Zhu Youzhen has decided to die at this moment, but he also wants to find a quieter place.

Seeing Zhu Youzhen leaving, Wang Chengen followed suit.

Seeing Wang Chengen follow, Zhu Youzhen was also stunned: "Chengen, why don't you leave." ”

"Your Majesty, the slave lives and dies." Wang Chengen replied without hesitation.

Hearing this, Zhu Youzhen was stunned again.

He looked at Wang Chengen, and was silent for a long time before muttering back, "Okay."

Immediately, the master and servant began to walk towards the coal mountain.

When he arrived at the mountainside, Zhu Youzhen found a tree with a crooked neck and prepared to hang himself here.

Before hanging himself, Zhu Youzhen also deliberately tidied up his clothes and hair.

As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, even if he dies, he has to die a little more decently.

Seeing this, Wang Chengen hurriedly stepped forward and began to help Zhu Youzhen sort it out.

The movements of the two were extraordinarily careful.

As if this was not to seek death but to go to the court, or perhaps their actions should look more solemn than the court.

After tidying up, Zhu Youzhen took out a piece of red silk from his sleeve and hung it on the tree.

He took one last look at the Ming Dynasty, and his eyes were full of nostalgia.

But he knew that the Daming Jiangshan he loved so much had left him forever.

Zhu Youzhen took out the suicide note he had already written from his arms.

It reads, 'Let the thief divide the corpse, and don't hurt a single person'.

It means that Li Zicheng can trample on his body at will, but he can't hurt any of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

This is what Zhu Youzhen was able to do for the people of Daming in the end.

It is also the last time he proves to the world that he is not a faint king, not a king of the dead country.

He's a good guy.

"Cheng'en, I'll go first."

Zhu Youzhen, who had done all this, said in a deep voice to Wang Chengen.

After speaking, Zhu Youzhen directly put the red silk on his neck and calmly went to death.

The pain in his neck and the suffocation in his chest made Zhu Youzhen instinctively start to struggle, but he didn't struggle for long, and his soul flew out of the sky.

completely left the land of Daming.

Wang Chengen looked at Zhu Youzhen quietly until he didn't move.

"Your Majesty, the minion is here."

Wang Chengen muttered.

Then he also pulled out a hemp rope from his sleeve and put it on the tree.

In this way, he hanged himself face-to-face with Zhu Youzhen on a tree.

A master and a servant calmly went to their deaths.

Until the bodies of the two were found by Li Zicheng's rebels.

At this point, the Ming Dynasty established by Zhu Yuanzhang has completely become a thing of the past.

Under internal and external troubles, Li Zicheng's rebellion became the last straw that broke the camel's back.

The Ming Dynasty, which ruled the Central Plains for more than 270 years, completely withdrew from the stage of history.

And Chongzhen Emperor Zhu Youzhen was also recognized by later generations as the king of the Ming Dynasty and the last emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

After listening to Zhu Youzhen's account, Li Xiao, Zhu Yuanzhang and others all frowned.

This Zhu Youzhen is like telling a story, and he even told a sad story.

He seemed to be helpless and helpless.

even kept hinting that he was a good emperor and a wise monarch, but the courtiers were too corrupt and mediocre.

For the collapse of the Ming Dynasty, he was also involuntary and powerless.

Li Xiao looked at Zhu Youzhen with a frown.

This Zhu Youzhen is clearly beautifying himself in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.

Because according to historical records, although the Ming Dynasty taken over by Zhu Youzhen was already in turmoil, he himself was quite suspicious and stubborn.

If it weren't for him killing Yuan Chonghuan without permission, reactivating the eunuchs, and increasing taxes on the people of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if Da Ming is going to be finished, it won't be so soon.

It seems that Zhu Youzhen wants to say a few good words for himself in front of Zhu Yuanzhang, the ancestor, so as to get rid of his title of the king of the Ming Dynasty.

Immediately, Li Xiao opened his mouth and said:

"Zhu Youzhen, what you said is a little different from what I know."

(End of chapter)