The door of the palace was gently pushed open, and an old eunuch silently came before Zhu Yuanzhang.
"Your Majesty!"
Old Zhu's eyes narrowed when he saw the old eunuch.
"Did you get a result from the matter I asked you to investigate?”
The old eunuch bowed.
"After receiving the order today, this old servant will ride a horse to the little prince's burial place. When they arrived at the mausoleum, everything looked normal. The gold, silver, jade, and other items that had been buried with them were all there. This old servant boldly opened the coffin, only to find…it was empty!”
Upon hearing this, Old Zhu's entire body trembled!
Before this, all the clues pointed to Zhang Che being her youngest son.
However, before there was any conclusive evidence, Old Zhu did not dare to rashly acknowledge them as relatives.
Even the commoners valued bloodline inheritance, not to mention the fact that the Zhu family was the Ming family.
He had to be even more careful in such matters!
This was not a coincidence!
Che 'er…as expected, Zhang Che is our Che' er!
For a moment, Old Zhu's heart was filled with mixed feelings, and he could not control his emotions.
Images flashed in Old Zhu's mind.
More than ten years ago, the warmth of that obedient and clever child accompanying her surfaced in her heart.
The premature death of his youngest son was an eternal pain in Old Zhu's heart.
This child was the one that Old Zhu cared about the most among his many children.
It was a pity that heaven's will played a trick on him. In the end, he became the most regretful one among the princes and princesses.
Thinking about how Zhang Che had suffered all these years without him, Old Zhu blamed himself.
This was supposed to be a child who was doted on by thousands of people.
However, Zhang Yong had been fighting with the army for the past dozen years, leaving Zhang Che alone to guard his home.
Old Zhu had also experienced losing a father when he was young. He knew better than anyone the pain of being alone.
Perhaps Zhang Che didn't have to worry about food and clothing all these years, but the mental anguish and loneliness he felt was something that even an adult couldn't resolve.
Old Zhu didn't even dare to imagine how many tears this child had shed in the dead of night.
Perhaps it was because of the lack of kinship since he was young that he was so attached to his father and brother.
He had been so enthusiastic when she and Zhu Biao had visited him for the first time, and he had even brought out the medicine that he had prepared beforehand.
If an ordinary person grew up in such an environment, they would have some psychological problems.
Old Zhu was deeply moved by this.
However, it was rare that this child did not have such a problem.
Even when he was alone, he had never given up on his positive attitude.
He was exceptionally intelligent. Although he did not leave the house, he could analyze the general situation of the world. Many of the words he said were very convincing even to Old Zhu himself.
Moreover, he was not a visionary who only knew how to talk.
Spending all of their wealth to hire people to go out to sea to search for exotic food seeds was not something that ordinary people could do.
After all, if he was not careful, he would lose everything.
This child was a person with great perseverance and wisdom!
Thinking of this, Old Zhu felt very gratified.
As expected of my child!
The old eunuch looked at Old Zhu worriedly.
He had served Old Zhu for many years and was Old Zhu's most trusted aide.
One had to know that not just any eunuch had the right to address Old Zhu as an " old servant."
For those eunuchs who held power, Old Zhu might call them factory ministers or internal ministers, but they had to call themselves ministers.
There were only a few 'old slaves' that were acknowledged by Old Zhu.
This was the first time the old eunuch had seen Old Zhu lose his composure in so many years.
He thought about the order that Old Zhu had suddenly given him today and what he had seen in Zhu Che's tomb.
The old eunuch had a lot of guesses in his heart, but after seeing Old Zhu's reaction, he understood.
Could it be that the little prince was still alive?
Thinking of this, the old eunuch was both surprised and happy.
" Your Majesty, the little prince..." the old eunuch asked carefully.
Old Zhu looked at him strangely.
"You're actually curious?”
The old eunuch fell to his knees.
Old Zhu sighed and said,"Get up." You also watched Che 'er be born. Zhen remembers that you were in the Empress' Palace at that time and were Che 'er's companion. It's only right that you care about Che 'er.”
"You guessed right. Che 'er is not dead. He has already grown up and is in the Ying Tian Prefecture!”
The old eunuch's face, which had been calm all this while, was now filled with ecstasy.
"This old servant congratulates Your Majesty!"
"Don't make this matter public for now." Old Zhu nodded and said in a deep voice. After Che 'er was buried, who took him away? What was the purpose of the person who took him away? They still needed to continue investigating!”
After saying this, Old Zhu slammed his palm on the table.
Naturally, he was extremely happy to have his youngest son back.
In terms of feelings, he did not hate the person who took Zhu Che away from the tomb.
After all, if it weren't for those people, Little Zhu Che would really have been buried underground.
However, it was impossible for the person who took him away not to know that it was the prince's tomb.
It could be said that the separation of his flesh and blood from Zhu Che for more than ten years was also related to him!
No matter what, Old Zhu had to thoroughly investigate what had happened to Zhu Che back then.
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