Upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, King Yi Seong-gye of Goryeo was immediately shaken.

The Ming emperor's meaning was simple: from now on, the Goryeo Kingdom would cease to exist.

It will be renamed Goryeo Province.

The Ming Dynasty court would also send a military commander to serve as a provincial-level administrative official.

From then on, Goryeo became an integral and complete part of the Ming Dynasty, no longer a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty as before.

However, upon hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, Li Chenggui dared not utter the slightest rebuttal or opinion.

He could only keep his head down. At this point, whether Goryeo was a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty or part of the Ming Dynasty's territory was no longer important to him.

At this moment, all he cared about was whether he could survive; that was the most important thing.

Whether he can still sit on the throne, enjoy wealth and honor, or continue to carry out his grand ambitions is no longer important.

After all, these things can only be done if one is alive.

If you lose your life, everything else is meaningless.

Seeing that the King of Goryeo remained silent, Zhu Yuanzhang paid him no further attention and simply waved his hand.

Immediately, Imperial Guards stepped forward and took the King of Goryeo away.

The King of Goryeo was filled with terror, and kept shouting:

"Your Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, spare my life..."

However, Zhu Yuanzhang remained unmoved.

Li Chenggui must die.

Even if he were willing to make Goryeo a part of the Ming Dynasty, it still wouldn't change the fact that he had to die and pay the price for it with his death.

Seeing that King Yi Seong-gui of Goryeo was being dragged away and beheaded, the princess of Dongdao Kingdom finally became afraid.

It's impossible not to be afraid. Who can face death calmly? I'm afraid no one can.

At the very least, people like King Yi Seong-gui of Goryeo, the princess of Dongdao, and Zhu Yunwen were absolutely, positively, extremely afraid of death.

After all, their desire for power is so great that they have always sought only to enjoy wealth and luxury.

With such great ambitions to begin with, how could they possibly risk their lives?

They are often willing to pay any price for what they want.

But life is the most important thing, so how could they be willing to lose this most important thing?

Therefore, the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom finally showed a look of panic on her face.

She finally turned her pleading and fearful gaze to Zhu Yunwen, and before Zhu Yuanzhang could speak, she spoke to him first:

"I don't want to die... Could you spare my life?"

Upon hearing the words of the princess from the Eastern Island Kingdom, Zhu Yunwen's face revealed a hint of mockery, and he then said to the princess:

"I never expected you to be begging me here. What's the point of begging me?"

The princess of Dongdao Island remained silent for a while before finally speaking slowly:

"At least... at least I really liked you... right back then, in this very hall. When the people of our Eastern Island Kingdom were competing against you, I was captivated by you and fell in love with you."

Furthermore, during the time you visited my Eastern Island Kingdom, I genuinely wanted you to stay and to marry you. I wanted you to be the King of Eastern Island, or the King of both Eastern Island and the Great Ming Dynasty.

I am absolutely not lying about this, and it is truly the truth.

Zhu Yunwen scoffed dismissively and said:

"I remember saying that I, a person of noble Chinese descent, would never have anything to do with people of such lowly blood as you. You people of the Eastern Island, from ancient times to the present, have always harbored evil intentions and sought to bring harm to others."

People like you, with your treacherous hearts and lack of conscience, are inherently inferior to true human beings and to the sons and daughters of China. So how could you possibly be worthy of me? Put away your laughable, ignorant, and foolish thoughts.”

Upon hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom looked at Zhu Yunwen with inexplicable anger and said:

"On what grounds? On what grounds do you say that we people from the Eastern Island are so despicable?"

Zhu Yunwen laughed. He thought to himself, "Do I have to tell you all about how I'm a time traveler?"

Do you expect me to recount in detail how those invaders from your mere island nation repaid kindness with enmity and harmed the sons and daughters of China in the aftermath?

So he began to speak:

"Take what has already happened as an example. The Eastern Island Kingdom, from before the Tang Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty and even for many years afterward, came to our land of China to learn and develop."

Our Chinese nation has helped you many times, imparting cultural seeds and technologies to you. However, ever since the Song Dynasty, as you have grown slightly stronger, you have begun to reveal your wolfish ambitions.

Not only do they fail to repay the land of China, but they have also repeatedly plotted to seize it from the shadows. Is this how you repay the benefactors who once helped you?

"Aren't you willing to admit that the person who did this is a despicable, inferior beast?"

Zhu Yunwen's words left the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom speechless.

Zhu Yunwen then continued speaking:

"Ever since the last time you brought envoys to make things difficult for and provoke the Ming Dynasty, I warned you, but you have not repented and then caused the Japanese pirates to harm the people of my Ming Dynasty."

That time, I flexed my muscles to intimidate you and gave you a serious warning once again. I even went to your eastern island nation to issue this warning to you in person.

However, I have done everything I could, yet you still insist on courting death and coming to my Great Ming to cause trouble.

Now that they're begging for mercy, these crocodile tears are unlikely to evoke any pity in anyone.

Princess Dongdao opened her mouth, seemingly wanting to argue, but unable to utter a single word.

After a long silence, she could only grit her teeth and say to Zhu Yunwen:

"So what do you want? Do you also want to incorporate my Eastern Island Kingdom into the territory of the Ming Dynasty, just like you did with Goryeo?"

Zhu Yunwen narrowed his eyes, then shook his head and said:

"Such an inferior race from the Eastern Island is not worthy of being called Chinese. That tiny island is not worthy of being within the territory of the Ming Dynasty."

These words deeply hurt the princess of the Eastern Island Kingdom, who longed to conquer the territory of the Ming Dynasty.

However, for Zhu Yunwen of the Ming Dynasty, even though he could easily have the island nation in his possession, he simply didn't care for it and was unwilling to take it over.

So she looked at Zhu Yunwen with some despair and said:

"Then how will you treat my Eastern Island Kingdom?"

Zhu Yunwen smiled:

"Your Eastern Island nation, the so-called Imperial family, will all pay the price for their ambitions and ridiculous behavior, and that price is death."

As for the officials of the Eastern Island Kingdom, they will also be wiped out by the soldiers of our Great Ming Dynasty.

From this day forward, your island nation will be nothing more than a group of ordinary people living on the island.

"Under the suppression of my Great Ming, they will never be allowed to establish a nation, and never be allowed to form any power."