Chapter 450 Hu Shanxiang 41
The Prince of Han's face froze for a moment, then he curled his lips in dissatisfaction. The Prince of Zhao, on the other hand, glanced at Zhu Di's expression and suddenly laughed, "Your Majesty is right. My nephew is truly formidable this time. I heard you killed so many people this time that they were almost piled up like a Jingguan. You even nearly chopped off Fan Zhong, who came to call out to you? You're truly a man of courage!"
"I felt sorry for my brother Fan Zhong who was frightened. Why didn't you apologize or offer any compensation afterwards?"
Before Zhu Zhanji could open his mouth to explain, the usually kind and honest Fan Zhongxian replied, "I wasn't scared. Besides, the Crown Prince was only thinking about killing the enemy and serving the country at that time. Fan Zhong admired him very much!"
Looking at Fan Zhong's admiring eyes, King Zhao just wanted to slap himself. He was so blind to choose such a straightforward person. He deserved to be angry to death.
Zhu Di smiled and raised his glass. "Well, well said. You all went to the battlefield to kill the enemy and serve your country, to defend the territory of the Ming Dynasty, and to protect the people of the Ming Dynasty. I hope you can remember this and never forget it."
"Swear allegiance until death, and never forget!"
Everyone drank up the wine in their hands, and the atmosphere at the banquet seemed like a harmonious relationship between the emperor and his subjects.
At this moment, an unassuming soldier walked in and leaned over to whisper something in the emperor's ear. Zhu Di's expression remained unchanged, he just smiled and nodded to indicate that he understood. He waited until the banquet was over and everyone dispersed before leaving the crown prince alone in the tent.
"Grandpa, do you have any other instructions?"
Zhu Zhanji and Zhu Di entered the tent where the emperor usually slept together. Zhu Di lifted the pillow and took out the things underneath. Zhu Zhanji saw the familiar jade pendant at a glance.
An ominous premonition suddenly enveloped his heart, and Zhu Zhanji didn't know why, but his heart suddenly beat very fast.
Zhu Di opened the secret memorial first, and what caught his eye was the sentence that the prince's life was in danger at any moment. His body shook violently twice and was supported by Zhu Zhanji.
"grandfather!"
"I'm fine..."
Zhu Di continued to read, and saw words like the Crown Prince vomited blood and fainted, was exhausted, and his spirit was completely depleted. Then there was the Crown Princess who gave birth prematurely due to anger, and they were twins!
It had been at least seven days since the news reached him. Now the fate of the Crown Prince, the Crown Princess, and their two unborn children was unknown!
He turned to the last page and saw a piece of letter paper pasted on it. When he opened it, he saw Hu Shanxiang's handwriting inside, with only one sentence: My young son and my old father, please have mercy on me.
"She really doesn't want to plead for herself? Is she sure that the Zhu family won't save her first?" Zhu Di subconsciously didn't believe that there would be such a selfless person in the world. She didn't plead for herself, the only outsider, but instead only thought about them, the Zhu family.
But Zhu Di also knew that there were such people in the world. He looked at his eldest grandson who was anxious but did not dare to ask, and just sighed: "You are very lucky."
After saying this, he silently pulled out a jade box the size of a longan from his bosom and handed it to Zhu Zhanji along with the letter. After Zhu Zhanji finished reading the letter, Zhu Di said in a deep voice: "This pill in your hand is what I left for my descendants to use to save their lives. You carry it with you day and night. As for who you give it to, it depends on whether God is willing to let you go."
"Your father and your wife are waiting for you, go quickly!"
Zhu Zhanji finally woke up from his dream. He put the box and jade pendant into his chest, took the token handed to him by his grandfather, mounted the chestnut, and ran towards home without looking back.
Just like that night, he ran all the way back to the East Palace carrying Shanxiang, who was covered in blood, and kept praying devoutly to the moon above his head: Hurry up, let me go faster, don't let me... suffer this ordeal.
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"Mr. Mo, please think of a solution! The prince has been unconscious for days! He's breathing more than he's breathing, it scares me!"
In just seven days, white hair had grown on both sides of Zhang's temples. During the past two days, she even ignored the Princess of Han and the others, saying that the battle on the front was unclear and she had no mood to stay. She stayed by the Crown Prince's side day and night, not even daring to close her eyes.
"When it comes to matters of life and death, we doctors are not gods or Buddhas. We are powerless to save the patient." Mr. Mo was also in a state of confusion. He had tried many methods these days, but he could only feed the prince medicine to keep him alive. There was no other way.
"I……"
"Princess Consort, there's a commotion going on at Wu's place. Would you like to go take a look?"
"She started a fuss? With so many of you watching, how could she start a fuss?"
"She was yelling so loudly that I was afraid someone would overhear and gossip about her. She also said that if no one came to see her, she would commit suicide."
Zhang slammed the table and flew into a rage: "Then let her die! If she refuses to live a good life, then forget about it!"
"I'm afraid she can't die for the time being."
At this moment, Ruo Wei walked over and whispered softly to Zhang's puzzled eyes, "The Crown Prince's concubine is related to An Ge, one of the Crown Prince's subordinates. Since the Crown Prince's concubine gave birth to twins safely, she has been frequently communicating with the Crown Prince's concubine."
"This is outrageous! There's just a temporary disturbance at home, and yet all sorts of monsters and demons dare to mess with Tai Sui!"
The Crown Princess's eyes were like torches, and she suppressed her emotions to the extreme but smiled: "What message did she send to that Wu?" She even stopped calling the Crown Princess.
"Last night, she slipped the note into a loose brick on the south wall of the Wu family's courtyard."
Sun Ruowei explained as she handed over the note, which said that the prince was in critical condition. Zhang felt as if her heart was on fire.
"An Ge is usually honest and dutiful. Originally, no one knew about this matter. But today, during her nap, the Crown Princess suddenly felt anxious and woke up early. She sent me to check on the child. Unexpectedly, there was only Wu in the room. When she saw me, she panicked and I was at a loss." Sun Ruowei was also afraid when she talked about this matter:
"They only spoke the truth after seeing the truth exposed. It turns out that ever since the Crown Princess became pregnant, someone has given gold and silver to these selected wet nurses. After they were chosen, their families had problems and needed money, so they couldn't hold back. After receiving the news today, they planned to take advantage of the Crown Princess's daily nap to torture the two children a little bit."
"When the Crown Princess learned of this, she was terrified and suspected someone under her command was harboring evil intentions. She sent her servants and Jinxiu to investigate, catching Ange off guard."
Zhang suddenly thought of something when she heard this: "No wonder the two daughters-in-law of the King of Han and the King of Zhao were so easy to get rid of today. It turns out that they have some other informants."
"They are trying to wipe out the entire lineage of the Crown Prince!"
In just a moment, Zhang had figured it out. The Crown Prince was dying, and the Grand Crown Prince was on the battlefield with the King of Han and the King of Zhao. According to the Imperial Ming Ancestor's Instructions, even if the first two were gone, the first-in-line heir would still be the eldest son born to the Grand Crown Princess.
Not to mention that the old man is still alive. With him holding them back, it would be difficult for the two brothers to snatch the property.
But if that infant died...
Hehe, then there is no other way. Old man, you can only look at your remaining legitimate sons and choose a new "eldest legitimate son" from them, such as the King of Han.
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