When it was nearing evening, Xu Da returned happily.
There was also a flintlock gun on his waist, the one that Zhu Yuanzhang had seized.
Seeing this, Zhu Xiong was even more certain of his previous guess.
His brothers 'joke had actually become a possibility.
At least, there was no problem on Xu Da's side.
As for Xu Miaojin, Xu Miaoqing, and the little Miaohua in his arms, he would have to deal with them himself.
However, as an upright person, Zhu Rong felt guilty when he saw these little girls, especially Little Miaohua, who only thought about eating candy all day long.
However, the guilt only lingered in his mind for a moment.
He knew that Xu Miaoyun would never allow such a thing to happen.
It might be possible to make a few women outside the palace as secondary consorts, but if he extended his claws to these girls, that would be really hehe.
"Haha, my good son-in-law, it's all thanks to you for putting righteousness before family. Otherwise, this flintlock would have been seized by that old bastard Zhu Zhongba.”
Even the way he addressed him had changed. It was enough to show how happy Xu Da was after obtaining the flintlock.
"Of course, of course. After all, this was prepared for you, father-in-law.”
Zhu Rong hit the snake with a stick and followed Xu Da's call of son-in-law, changing the way he addressed Xu Da from Uncle Xu to father-in-law.
Xu Da felt very comfortable calling him father-in-law.
Humph ~
Zhu Zhongba, you have a good son, and I have a good son-in-law. Moreover, this son-in-law is more filial to his father-in-law than you.
Early the next morning, Zhu Xiong was called into the palace by his elder brother Zhu Biao.
"Old Five, the people from the War Bureau have already discussed the blueprints.”
"What was the result?"
Zhu Xiong asked with some anticipation.
This matter was related to whether he could use the same information to scam the expansion twice in a row.
"The discussion isn't very optimistic. Your flintlock is too complicated. I'm afraid it's impossible to make five hundred of them in a short time.”
Zhu Biao shook his head.
Zhu Xiong was a little disappointed, but it was within his expectations.
"Big brother, you…"
Zhu Xiong thought for a while and suggested to Zhu Biao.
"That's a good idea.”
Zhu Biao nodded in agreement.
Just as the two brothers were about to finish their conversation, Li Heng, the Crown Prince's eunuch, ran in in a panic.
"Your Highness, the Prince of Yan has been found.”
"I found Fourth Brother!"
"Where is he?" Zhu Biao asked, his eyebrows raised in delight. Where is it?"
"This…"
Li Heng suddenly became hesitant.
"Say it!"
Zhu Biao urged.
"In the Duke of Wei's military camp, and because His Highness the King of Yan impersonated Prince Wu's residence's personal guard to join the army, the Duke of Wei wants to punish him by military law.”
"Fifty strokes!"
Zhu Biao widened his eyes in shock.
Zhu Rong was speechless when he heard this.
Uncle Xu was really ruthless. Fifty strokes of the stick could almost take half of Zhu Di's life.
However, when he thought about how Zhu Di had reminded Xu Da about the bet in front of so many people at the Southern Emperor Manor, causing Xu Da to leave in anger, he felt relieved.
This was probably Fourth Brother's retribution for talking too much.
"Your Highness, 50 strokes of the cane can take half a person's life, let alone 50 strokes of the cane.”
Zhu Biao frowned and pondered for a moment before instructing Li Heng,"Go to the Palace of Earthly Tranquility and invite the Empress to the royal study immediately.”
"Yes, Your Highness!"
After Li Heng received the order, he left in a hurry.
"Old Fifth, let's go. Follow me to the royal study. We have to hold down Imperial Father. Otherwise, Old Fourth won't just be beaten fifty times.”
Zhu Biao grabbed Zhu Rong's hand and headed to the royal study.
Hearing this, Zhu Xiong raised his eyebrows.
Big brother is indeed big brother. Why didn't I think of that?
Fourth Brother had secretly escaped from the palace and even dared to sneak into the military camp, preparing to secretly participate in the northern expedition. This was going against Old Zhu.
To put it bluntly, it was disobeying the decree.
With Old Zhu's temper, he was afraid that something big would happen.
...
Bang bang bang ~
The royal study was in a mess. Things were thrown out in a mess.
"Imperial Father, Imperial Father, please calm down!"
Zhu Biao chased after Zhu Yuanzhang, but he didn't do anything. He just crossed his arms and watched the show.
"Fourth Bro, this brat, he caused such a big trouble. Do you think he can get away with it with fifty strokes? I'm going to kill this little bastard with my own hands.”
Clang!
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he walked to the shelf, picked up his sword, and was about to go out and cut Zhu Di.
"Fifth, what are you still standing there for? Hurry up and help hold Imperial Father back!”
Seeing that the situation was not right, Zhu Biao quickly asked for help from Zhu Xiong.
"Old Fifth, try and stop me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang glared at Zhu Rong." I haven't settled the score with you for Tiande snatching our flintlock gun yesterday."”
"What has Uncle Xu done to me?”
"Father, you are the emperor of Ming Dynasty. You can't bully people indiscriminately." Zhu Rong said calmly.”
"I'm not only the emperor of Ming Dynasty, but also your father. It's only right and proper for a father to teach his son a lesson. Even if Confucius and Mencius were reborn, they wouldn't dare to stop him.”
Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he had nowhere to vent his anger." Before we kill that little bastard, let's teach you a lesson."”
Zhu Xi!
Oh no, he had hit the muzzle of a gun.
Old Zhu was being unreasonable.
Zhu Biao was also dumbfounded. How did things develop to this extent? Wasn't his father going to punish Fourth Brother? Why did he start with Fifth Brother?
Out of the thirty-six strategies, the best policy is to escape.
Zhu Rong ran out of the door in a flash and happened to meet Empress Ma, who had been invited by Li Heng. She immediately smiled.
Old Master Zhu had arrived. There was no need to run anymore.
"Zhu Zhongba, you want to rebel!"
As soon as Empress Ma entered the room, Zhu Yuanzhang did not dare to make a sound.
"Boss, come, take the sword away!"
Empress Ma snatched the sword from Zhu Yuanzhang's hand and handed it to Zhu Biao. She then said to the latter,"Zhu Zhongba, what are you doing? Are you rebelling?”
"Sit down obediently."
"Sister, you…"
"Sit down!"
Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to struggle for a while, but in the next moment, he cowered and sat down unwillingly.
"Look at you. Fourth Brother is your son after all. Don't shout and kill him for no reason.”
"Also, Fourth Brother made a mistake. Why are you so crazy that you even want to teach Fifth Brother a lesson?”
Empress Ma pointed at Zhu Yuanzhang's forehead and lectured him.
"We don't have a son like Fourth Brother."
Zhu Yuanzhang said angrily,"Stubborn and disappointing."”
"And this Fifth Brother, he betrayed us and incited Tiande to snatch our flintlock.”
"This little bastard, in order to please his wife and father-in-law, he even betrayed his own father.”
Zhu Xi pursed his lips and looked helpless.
"You have the nerve to say that Fifth Brother is a traitor. Do you really think I don't know the situation? Don't forget that I was also at the martial arts practice field yesterday.”
"That flintlock was originally prepared by Fifth Brother for Tiande. It was you who forcefully took it.”
Having the truth exposed, Zhu Yuanzhang felt a little embarrassed, but he didn't know how to refute. He could only glare at Zhu Rong.
Who knew that this little brat would actually rely on his mother's support and completely ignore him. He was so angry that he flew into a rage. However, with Empress Ma around, he did not dare to do anything. That was called anger.
"After talking about Fifth Brother, let's talk about Fourth Brother.”
"You're right. Fourth Brother is naughty and insensible, but who does he take after?”
"I don't know who kept saying that out of so many sons, Fourth Brother was the most like himself when he was young.”
"Have you forgotten that back then, when you brought Tang, Xu Da, and the others to secretly slaughter Mr. Liu's calf and eat it, your father-in-law shouted at you to kill it?”
"Have you forgotten that you were caught peeking at Widow Liu bathing back then and pushed Xu Da to take the blame?”
"In my opinion, Fourth Brother is far inferior to you.”
Hearing Empress Ma's words, Zhu Xiong and Zhu Biao couldn't help but laugh.
It turned out that their wise and mighty emperor father had peeked at the widow bathing in the past. Moreover, after being discovered, he actually made Uncle Xu take the blame.
This was really despicable!
"Sister, what are you talking about!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's face turned red at the mention of the embarrassing incident, not to mention that his two sons were still there.
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