"Tell me, what happened?"
An old but dignified voice came from a towering palace.
The owner of the voice was sitting in the main hall with one hand on his forehead.
He didn't look at the person standing at the bottom of the stairs. His slightly closed eyes flashed with a hint of light.
It indicated that the old man was not as old as he looked.
This old man was the ruler of the Ming Empire, Zhu Yuanzhang.
It was now the twenty-fifth year of Hongwu. Crown Prince Zhu Biao had just passed away and the whole country was in mourning.
Zhu Yuanzhang was in deep grief. His sister, Empress Ma, had just passed away.
Before he could recover from his sadness,
The successor that he had painstakingly nurtured had left him again.
This was a very heavy blow to Zhu Yuanzhang, who was already over 60 years old!
If it were an ordinary person, they would probably not be able to hold on long ago!
However, as the Hongwu Emperor who had crawled out of a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, Zhu Yuanzhang knew very well that he could not fall yet.
The future successor of the Great Ming Empire had not been decided yet.
Once he fell, the fate of the Great Ming Dynasty was likely to fall apart, and the entire Central Plains would once again fall into chaos.
The Mongolians, who he had finally chased out of the Great Wall, would definitely make a comeback. They had been eyeing the Central Plains covetously.
After all, no one wanted to live in the bitter cold plains, and the Mongolians naturally did not want to.
At that time, the people of the Central Plains would be plunged into misery. This was what Zhu Yuanzhang, who was born poor, did not want to see the most!
The person standing at the bottom of the steps was none other than Zhu Yuanzhang's fourth son, the King of Yan, Zhu Di.
After the death of Zhu Biao, all the vassals went to Beijing to mourn.
Zhu Di was no exception.
He had rushed from Beiping to Jinling to attend his brother's funeral!
However, after the funeral, Zhu Di, the King of Yan, did not follow the rules and mourn in the King of Yan's residence.
Instead, he had left the King Yan's Residence in secret, acting sneakily. No one knew what he was up to.
Even though Zhu Di had been very careful, he still could not hide it from the Jinyi Guards all over Jinling.
Every move in Jinling was under Zhu Yuanzhang's control.
In addition, the Crown Prince had just passed away, so the Brocade Guard did not dare to neglect him.
He immediately reported the news to Zhu Yuanzhang.
Zhu Yuanzhang was furious when he heard this and ordered someone to call Zhu Di over.
He asked Zhu Di why he didn't mourn in the residence but went out on his own!
Hearing his father's question,
Zhu Di was so scared that he broke out in a cold sweat.
He knew that his whereabouts had been grasped by his father.
Thinking about it, it was normal. As the founding emperor of Ming Dynasty, his father.
It would be strange if he didn't have such a method.
Therefore, he did not dare to hide it and told Zhu Yuanzhang everything.
"Reporting to Imperial Father, your son did not mean to be disrespectful.”
"It's because I have a son in Jin Ling City!”
"Your son went to visit this son!”
It turned out that before Zhu Di got married, he already had a woman he liked.
The two of them were in love and were about to talk about marriage.
However, Zhu Yuanzhang had suddenly given her to Xu Miaoyun, the daughter of the Duke of Wei.
Zhu Di had no choice but to marry Xu Miaoyun!
However, before the wedding, the woman was already pregnant.
Zhu Di had no choice but to buy a house in Jinling.
They kept the mother and son inside and specially sent people to take care of them!
Zhu Di would secretly visit the mother and son whenever he had the chance.
However, Zhu Di had let her down in the end. This woman had been depressed for many years because of this matter.
He passed away a few years ago.
Only this illegitimate child was left.
This made Zhu Di feel very guilty.
Every time he returned to Jinling, he would find an opportunity to visit his son.
This time, he ignored the funeral and sneaked out of the residence to see how his son was doing.
Unexpectedly, the Jinyiwei discovered it and reported it to Zhu Yuanzhang.
After hearing this news, Zhu Yuanzhang's spirits were lifted.
He actually had a grandson?
Zhu Yuanzhang didn't really care about the so-called illegitimate child.
Zhu Yuanzhang himself was born poor and had once been a monk begging for food.
Moreover, he had insisted on the marriage back then. This child should have been the heir of the King of Yan, but now he had fallen into an unknown situation.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little guilty towards this grandson he had never met before.
As long as they were the descendants of the Zhu family, Zhu Yuanzhang would treat them equally.
This unexpected joy made the pain of losing his son slightly diluted.
Therefore, he asked,
"Why are you only saying such an important thing now?”
"Where is this child now?"
Hearing his father's words, Zhu Di was stunned.
He had thought that his father would fly into a rage over this matter.
He didn't expect that he would actually ask. Moreover, his obedient tone didn't seem to reject this matter!
It seemed that he had dodged it this time!
Zhu Di let out a long breath and then told him the location of his illegitimate son!
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard about the whereabouts of his grandson whom he had never met before, he suddenly had a whim.
He wanted to go out and see this grandson.
Because his parents had died when he was young.
As for this illegitimate grandson, although his father did not die.
However, she had never been by his side for many years.
It was almost as good as death!
Coupled with the early death of his mother, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but feel a little heartache and sympathy for this grandson he had never met.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Di and said,
"What is this child's name?"
Zhu Di, who was glared at, was confused.
They were clearly talking nicely just now. Why did he suddenly glare at him?
However, Zhu Di did not dare to be negligent when he heard Zhu Yuanzhang's question. He quickly said,
"This child's name is Zhu Gaoye!"
Hearing Zhu Gaoye's name, Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but glance at Zhu Di.
It seemed that his fourth brother still valued his grandson very much.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have let this illegitimate child enter the genealogy!
Gao Zhanqi Jianyou was the generation he had given Zhu Di!
This illegitimate child was actually ranked higher, which showed that Zhu Di did not treat him casually.
Then, Zhu Di heard a piece of shocking news.
"Let's go, we'll leave the palace with you. We also want to see this brat!”
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Di instinctively raised his head and exclaimed.
His face was filled with surprise.
He had never thought that his father would want to meet his illegitimate son!
Zhu Di, who was completely unprepared, panicked.
She didn't know why her father wanted to see Zhu Gaoye.
Seeing the flustered Zhu Di, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was originally in a good mood, suddenly felt unhappy.
"What are you afraid of? Can we eat him?!”
Hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Zhu Di's heart relaxed!
If his father could say this, it meant that before he met Zhu Gaoye,
Zhu Gaoye was safe!
"Imperial Father, please follow me!"
Because it was during the national mourning period, Zhu Yuanzhang did not choose to dress up.
Instead, he changed into casual clothes and transformed into an ordinary old man.
He walked out of the palace with Zhu Di, who was also in plain clothes.
Zhu Di led the way in front while the Embroidered Uniform Guards guarded in the dark.
The two of them walked towards Zhu Gaoye's location one after the other!
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