Chapter 141 The Fourth Prince is also in trouble◇

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The Fourth Prince ultimately chose to abdicate, and Emperor Cheng Qian's heart sank as coldly as if a bucket of cold water had been poured over him! He had already decided in the room that if this brat would withdraw his troops, he would forgive his past and even pass on his throne to him...

But now?! Zhu Hongwu had never been afraid of threats from others in his entire life... not to mention that this guy was his own child?!

"You're quite ruthless, kid. Not bad! You want to take your father's position, right? Fine, then step over his dead body!"

Emperor Cheng Qian sat directly on the steps of the Qianqing Palace, covering the wound on his stomach and speaking to his fourth son who was kneeling on the ground and looking straight at him.

"What are you talking about, Father? Since you don't want to do it, then forget it..."

The Fourth Prince lowered his head again, looking submissive, but his words were extremely harsh...

"My son has been in his fiefdom for many years and hasn't been reunited with his brothers and nephews in ages. I can't even recognize some of them anymore. This is a great opportunity for us all to get together. What do you think, Father?"

Emperor Cheng Qian…naturally understood the meaning of his words and gritted his teeth and said…

“You dare!!”

"What are you talking about, Father? We're just getting together. What's there to be afraid of?"

Zhu Lin smiled and winked at his men behind him. A moment later, several adult princes and grandchildren in the palace, along with their families and children, all rushed forward...

Zhou Yu is naturally among them...

"What on earth are you going to do?!"

Seeing his children and grandchildren being captured, he was terrified, and the veins on Emperor Chengqian's face were popping out...

Seeing that only Zhou Yu was in the crowd, but Zhu Xi was nowhere to be found, and his youngest son, the commander of the guards, was also absent, he became even more panicked...

But Emperor Chengqian didn't dare show it on his face, because he couldn't figure out whether Zhu Xi and his nephew were hiding or had been killed... He also didn't dare look at Zhou Yu in the crowd, for fear of attracting Zhu Lin's attention...

Therefore, he could only watch helplessly as Zhu Lin's men pulled his second grandson and his family out of the crowd...

"Father knows what I'm going to do better than anyone else, so why would I need to ask for advice?!"

Zhu Lin stood up while speaking, and with a smile, he slapped the knife in his hand towards Zhu Chi's face, saying:

"Long time no see, nephew!"

Zhu Chi was so frightened that his whole body trembled.

"Let my son go! What are you doing?!"

Princess Jingyi, who was standing by, saw Zhu Lin grabbing her son and immediately screamed again, scratching and trying to pounce on Zhu Lin.

As a result, she was slapped in the face by one of Zhu Lin's men, and she fell backwards. She and Nanny Shi, who was supporting her, rolled to the ground together and could not get up!

Seeing this, Zhu Chi's legs went weaker, and he couldn't help but fall to his knees and beg Zhu Lin for mercy...

"Fourth uncle, please spare me! Fourth uncle, please spare me!"

Zhu Lin didn't even look at him, and stared straight at Emperor Cheng Qian...

“Father…?”

Emperor Chengqian...

…

Several of the firewood sheds in the Imperial Stables suddenly caught fire, and the horses were all released, running around in all directions. In an instant, the entire Imperial Stables was in chaos...

Zhu Xi felt that the only people who could do so many things without anyone noticing were his wife and his elder brother-in-law!

He immediately realized that it was his wife who came to save him! He was overjoyed, and his previous dejection was swept away. His confidence increased greatly...

Zhu Shan, standing by, also felt the opportunity had arrived. The uncle and nephew exchanged a glance and hurriedly retreated to the door in the chaos...

Not far from the Imperial Stables where Zhu Xi and the others were staying was the Imperial Household Department. The eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department was Lu Gong, who served as a close friend of Emperor Chengqian. He also managed thousands of eunuchs...

The fires Zhou Jin had set soon attracted the attention of the nearby Imperial Household Department. Eunuch Lu's godson, Eunuch Li, hurried over with his men to put out the fire...

But when he arrived, he found the door of the Imperial Stables closed and heard sounds of fighting coming from inside. Eunuch Li immediately realized something was wrong...

Zhou Jin was hiding on the top of the wall, holding a handful of dung he had just picked up when he killed those thieves. He was keeping a close eye on Zhu Xi, just in case Zhu Xi and the other two got into trouble and could come to his rescue. Looking down from above, he saw the people from the Imperial Household Department finally arrive, and he breathed a sigh of relief...

He quickly pretended to be a eunuch and shouted towards Eunuch Li in a shrill voice.

"The people from the Imperial Stables are trying to kill Prince Rui and the Twelfth Prince. Hurry and save them!"

When Eunuch Li heard that it was Prince Rui and the Twelfth Prince who were in danger, he knew that his godfather had always been on good terms with these two. He immediately didn't care who had shouted this, and hurriedly told his men to throw away the buckets, go back and get weapons, rattan ladders, and other things, and attack the Imperial Stables...

The Imperial Stables only had about thirty men left to deal with Zhu Xi and the other two. The rest had been taken away by the Fourth Prince. However, Eunuch Li had over a thousand men on his side, and it looked like the gate was about to be broken...

Yang Rong, who was standing by, immediately became anxious and called out to the several ambushing fighters.

"Don't worry about the Eighth Prince, just shoot the arrows! Shoot Prince Rui to death first!"

After shouting for a long time, the ambushing thieves remained silent...

Yang Rong...

…

Here at the Palace of Heavenly Purity,

Emperor Chengqian is still in a stalemate with the Fourth Prince...

The Fourth Prince felt that this would not work. His father would not be threatened unless he took real action. Zhu Chi's identity was there, so he had to save it for last. Therefore, he casually pulled Zhou Han, who was trembling beside Zhu Chi, and was about to cut her neck first to make an example of her!

Everyone around Zhou Han was so frightened that they dared not move, let alone stop him. They were even secretly glad that Zhu Lin hadn't captured them, including Zhu Chi...

Zhou Han was so frightened that he lost his voice and collapsed on the ground... He was so scared that he even peed and shit... He was about to lose his life!

"Wait a moment!"

At this moment, a delicate cry was heard...

Everyone looked in the direction of the voice and saw Zhou Yu standing out from behind Zhu Chi and the others with a helpless look on his face, and said to Zhu Lin,

"Fourth Uncle wants to threaten the Imperial Grandfather. What's the point of killing a little concubine? How could the Imperial Grandfather care? At least he should kill a princess or a prince, right? Otherwise, you can take my place?"

The Fourth Prince hadn't expected someone to rush to his death at this moment. He didn't even know Zhou Yu, so he was stunned for a moment...

Emperor Cheng Qian did not expect Zhou Yu to stand up at this time, and hurriedly tried to use his eyes to stop the girl from doing anything stupid. Compared to Zhou Han, whom he did not even recognize, Emperor Cheng Qian certainly cared more about the life of his granddaughter-in-law who saved his life!

But just as he looked at Zhou Yu, he saw Zhou Yu winking at him, as if asking him to cooperate with her?!

Emperor Chengqian...

"Yu girl! What are you doing?!" Emperor Cheng Qian immediately stood up pretending to be shocked and shouted at Zhou Yu.

At this time, Zhu Lin's confidant had already told Zhu Lin Zhou Yu's identity...

Zhu Lin laughed again after hearing this and said to Emperor Cheng Qian:

"The Emperor truly loves your grandson and his wife dearly. Well, since my nephew's wife is so determined to die, I'll grant her wish. This will also save my nephew from feeling lonely on his way to the underworld!"

After saying that, he kicked Zhou Han aside, took over Zhou Yu who was pressed by his men, and put the knife to her neck...

"What did you do to Xi'er?! How dare you?! He... is... your nephew?!"

If the anger just now was three parts true and seven parts false, then when Emperor Cheng Qian heard the Fourth Prince say that his grandson was dead, he was really furious!

In a fit of rage, he spat out a mouthful of blood... The ground in the yard was covered in a pool of red...

The Fourth Prince did not expect Emperor Chengqian to react so strongly. He forced the emperor to abdicate the throne to him, but he did not expect to really anger his father to death!

Therefore, I couldn't help but panic...

Zhou Yu took advantage of his distraction, tilted his head back, and slashed the knife hidden in his right hand at the Fourth Prince's wrist. At the same time, his left hand reached back and struck his groin...

This move was one of several self-defense techniques her sister-in-law had taught her in exchange for the medicinal powder she had developed. Knowing she was weak, she used clever strength in these moves...

Zhou Yu knew that it was the Fourth Prince's men who were surrounding the palace, so how could she not make some preparations? The knife in her right hand was one she had hidden in advance. It was only the size of a palm, so it was not obvious at all...

The Fourth Prince was momentarily stunned. Not only was his wrist cut by her knife, but his penis was also hit directly...

He could still bear the pain in his wrist, but how could he bear the pain in his penis? He immediately lost all consciousness and couldn't even hold the knife in his hand. He covered his body with both hands and screamed in pain...

"ah!!!!"

At the same time, Zhou Yu also broke free from his control and rushed towards Emperor Cheng Qian... At the same time, he took out the medicine powder in his arms and sprinkled it behind him...

Just as Zhou Yu was about to break free from Zhu Lin's control, the Duke of Zhenguo, who had been standing trembling beside Emperor Chengqian, suddenly pounced on Zhu Lin, who was bending over and covering his body, like a tiger. He pulled him over to their side and threw him into Mu Feng's arms...

Then he asked Zhou Yu who had just rushed over in confusion:

"What was that you just spread?"

Then, his eyes rolled back and he fainted...

Then, the person who had just stood beside the Fourth Prince also collapsed to the ground with a loud bang...

Including the fourth prince Zhu Lin who was just captured by the Duke of Zhenguo...

Seeing this, Mu Feng quickly put the knife to the neck of the unconscious Zhu Lin...

Threatened to Zhu Lin's remaining men:

"I'll see who dares to move!"

After Zhu Xi and his nephew, with the help of Eunuch Li, dealt with Yang Rong, Zhang Zhen and others from the Imperial Stables, and brought their troops to the Qing Palace, they saw this scene...

Emperor Chengqian, with blood still on his lips, was overwhelmed with emotion when he saw that his youngest son and grandson were safe and sound. He couldn't help but burst into tears...

…

Half an hour later, when the rebellion created by the Fourth Prince was quelled,

Emperor Chengqian was also seen by Zhou Yu, who said that the blood he vomited was not only harmless to his body, but also dissipated the evil heat in his body, which was actually beneficial to his health...

Just as everyone was relieved, they heard a report from outside the palace:

Lan Ting's son, Lan Renhao, led 30,000 of Lan Ting's soldiers and suddenly broke into Kyoto's outer city an hour ago. They were currently attacking the inner city's west gate... General Mu was currently leading his troops in the resistance...

Emperor Cheng Qian finally understood. No wonder his fourth son dared to so blatantly force the emperor to abdicate. It turned out that he had the support of Lan Ting?!

But Lan Ting had always been at odds with him and always stood on the side of his fifth grandson, so why would he suddenly join forces with him?! …

Emperor Cheng Qian was puzzled!

But this was not the time for him to think about this. Apart from the three major camps, the only soldiers around Kyoto were tens of thousands of soldiers stationed in the mountains around Kyoto, and most of the soldiers there were Lan Ting's men!

This is also the reason why Emperor Cheng Qian was still wary of Lan Ting even after he left office...

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