In the imperial court, Zhu Yunwen's words caused the Goryeo envoy, King Fuxing Zhao Pang, to break out in a cold sweat.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned and roared angrily:

"How dare you! Envoy from below, is this true?"

Fatty Zhao quickly kowtowed twice and said:

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not true, absolutely not true! Our Goryeo Kingdom would never dare to do such a double-dealing and opportunistic thing."

Zhu Yunwen snorted and said:

"Are you really unaware, or are you just pretending to be confused? You'd better think this through, otherwise it won't be so easy to resolve once we find out!"

Hearing Zhu Yunwen's words, Zhao Pang, the Prince of Restoration, became even more flustered and said:

"I...I don't know if another pair of envoys were sent to the Northern Yuan..."

Zhao Pang's hands were trembling slightly. He swallowed hard, but still dared not give a direct answer.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Yuanzhang already had an answer in his heart.

His face was somewhat gloomy as he spoke to Fatty Zhao, who was kneeling below:

"How audacious is Goryeo! On one hand, it submits to our Great Ming, and on the other hand, it colludes with the Northern Yuan. Does it want to recognize two masters? What? Does it think that recognizing our Great Ming as its master is not secure enough?"

"You all know perfectly well that the Ming Dynasty and the Northern Yuan are mortal enemies, yet you simultaneously serve two masters. What a cunning scheme! If the Crown Prince hadn't questioned you today, we wouldn't even have imagined you could do such a thing!"

It's clear that Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry.

Who wouldn't be angry? It's clearly a vassal state, yet it's colluding with its mortal enemy. To put it bluntly, that's betrayal.

Zhu Yuanzhang clearly could not tolerate such betrayal.

If this trend is encouraged, won't other vassal states follow suit?

Where is the majesty of the Ming Dynasty then?

How can it still be called the Celestial Empire?

Therefore, Zhu Yuanzhang would never let this matter rest.

Zhao Pang was trembling with fear. After all, the Ming Dynasty was the suzerain state of Goryeo, and its strength was far greater than that of Goryeo.

They are definitely not someone that Goryeo (Korea) can afford to offend.

Therefore, if Goryeo offended the Ming Dynasty, it would inevitably fall into crisis.

Thinking of this, Fatty Zhao quickly said:

“Your Majesty the Emperor of the Great Ming Dynasty, our Goryeo Kingdom has absolutely no courage to betray the Great Ming. So this is definitely a misunderstanding. Our envoys to the Northern Yuan were not there to recognize the Northern Yuan as their suzerain state.”

Zhu Yunwen sneered and said:

"What did they go there for? Tourism?"

For a moment, Zhao Pang didn't know how to answer.

Zhu Yuanzhang then looked at Zhu Yunwen and said:

"Yunwen, what do you think should be done about this?"

Zhu Yunwen said, "In my opinion, the newly established dynasty of Goryeo has begun to show its rebellious nature. If we don't put pressure on it and give it a good blow, I'm afraid it will do more of these two-faced, opportunistic, or even outright betrayal things in the future."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said:

"Then let's send troops over and teach Goryeo a lesson!"

"We still have to rely on Zhu Yuanzhang!" Upon hearing this, the envoy Zhao Pang below was so frightened that he almost lost his soul.

If this leads to the Ming Dynasty launching a major military campaign against Goryeo, the consequences would be far too severe, far beyond what he could bear.

So he quickly kowtowed and said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Your Majesty, please don't! Our Goryeo Kingdom is absolutely loyal to the Ming Dynasty. We beg Your Majesty the Ming Emperor not to go to war over this. We beg Your Highness the Crown Prince to give our Goryeo Kingdom a chance."

Zhu Yunwen snorted and said indifferently:

"Giving you a chance? That sounds nice, but if this matter isn't severely punished, won't you go even further in the future?"

Fatty Zhao kowtowed, not daring to refute.

Zhu Yunwen paused for a moment, then said to Zhu Yuanzhang:

"Grandfather, why don't we send someone to Goryeo first to deliver an imperial edict and punish Goryeo? If the new king accepts the punishment, that's fine. If he doesn't, we can send troops directly to teach them a lesson."

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded: "That's a good idea, but who do you think would be the most suitable person to send?"

Zhu Yunwen looked down at the ministers below, who were all very nervous at that moment.

Because this job is probably not so easy.

Zhu Yunwen himself said that he would send people to Goryeo to punish the new king of Goryeo.

If the new king is punished, then everything will be fine.

If they do not accept it, it means they are indeed rebellious and prepared to break ties with the Ming Dynasty.

In this situation, wouldn't the envoys sent there be in danger?

Therefore, if Zhu Yunwen sends someone at this moment, that person has a 50% chance of dying in Goryeo.

Obviously, no one wants to do something so dangerous.

Unfortunately, the initiative now lies in the hands of Zhu Yunwen.

Zhu Yunwen looked around and finally fixed his gaze on Qi Tai, the Minister of War.

Qi Tai suddenly felt a chill run through his body. At that moment, he was overwhelmed by a deep fear and intense regret.

The fear naturally stemmed from Zhu Yunwen, while the regret came from standing on Zhu Yunwen's side and opposing Zhu Yunwen.

It should be noted that from the very beginning, Qi Tai, the Minister of War, could be considered one of the main forces opposing Zhu Yunwen.

He usually helped Zhu Yunwen with his plans and schemes, but he also caused Zhu Yunwen a lot of trouble.

Although this sixth brother's schemes often backfired.

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