In the carriage, Zhu Yuanzhang took the two children back to the palace.

"In the future, you must be closer to your eldest brother, understand? Your eldest brother has lost his memory and has had no relatives for ten years. You are his younger brothers and sisters, so don't let your eldest brother feel lonely."

In the car, Zhu Yuanzhang said with some sigh.

The eldest grandson and the two children were all born to Biaoer and Chang. Now their parents are all dead, especially the eldest grandson, who has even forgotten what his parents look like.

Now Biao'er's coffin is still in the Renzhi Hall. Zhu Yuanzhang is planning to find a time to let his eldest grandson meet his father.

"Thank you, Grandpa Huang. Grandpa Huang, can I tell my father about my elder brother?"

Zhu Mingyue spoke first.

Girls' minds are always more delicate. Seeing the emperor's expression, Zhu Mingyue had some vague guesses.

"Good boy, of course you can."

Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but touch Zhu Mingyue's head, with a hint of pampering in his tone.

This made Zhu Mingyue feel very warm, although she knew that this kindness from the Emperor's grandfather was basically due to her eldest brother.

After arriving at the palace, Zhu Yuanzhang asked the two children to go to the Renzhi Hall, while he himself went towards the Kunning Palace.

Accompanied by Liu He, Zhu Yuanzhang once again walked into this unforgettable place.

"Big sister, you have seen it in heaven, our eldest grandson is very outstanding, but he has a very stubborn temper, which is the same as us."

"But he is our grandson after all. We can't bear to hit him or scold him. We can only coax him. If he starts to cry, what should we do?"

"With you gone, we don't know how to comfort him."

"The eldest grandson wants to attack Japan. From the looks of it, we can't stop him. Now he wants to attack Annan. It seems we can't stop him either. It's really giving us a headache."

"The key is that what Da Sun said is so complicated that I don't know how to refute it."

"Last time we sent Minister of War Ru Yan over there, we wanted to persuade our eldest grandson to give up the idea of ​​attacking Japan and just manage our own family well."

"Guess what happened, Ru Hong was actually persuaded by the eldest grandson."

"This grandson is really worrying. I guess you may have to wait for me for a while. How can I leave without worrying about this?"

"Sister, it would be great if you were here. My grandson has listened to you since he was young."

Zhu Yuanzhang dismissed his attendants and sat alone in his bedroom, muttering to himself.

There were some things in his heart that he could only come here and talk to his eldest sister. Apart from his eldest grandson, Zhu Yuanzhang looked around and found that there was no one else he could talk to in private.

In Renzhi Hall.

The two children's state today is completely different. Not only are they standing right next to their father's coffin without any fear at all.

They kept talking to their father about how they felt when they saw their eldest brother today.

"Father, you don't know that when my brother saw me for the first time, he actually called me daddy."

"My sister is the same, she's still scolding me, her voice is even louder than mine."

"I was scared by you, but Big Brother does look like Dad. No wonder Grandpa Huang recognized him at a glance."

"Humph, as the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father, so it's not wrong for me to call him dad."

"What are you talking about? You think you're right, right? But now I kind of miss my brother's monkey wine. It's so sweet."

"Me too, sis. When do you think we can see big brother next time?"

"You are so silly. Didn't Grandpa Emperor tell us to give us badges to leave the palace? Then we can go to see Big Brother every day."

"Sister, we went there today and just had a meal together. I didn't get to have a good chat with Big Brother. I have a lot to say to Big Brother."

"The Emperor is here, how can it be our turn? The Emperor is so busy every day, it's not easy for him to go there, we have more time."

"Sister is right."

The two children were obviously very interested in their elder brother who had come back from the dead and the rumors about the miraculous nature of the Xiaoling Mausoleum.

And unforgettable food.

"Sister." Zhu Yunheng looked around, called softly, and then carefully took out a palm-sized exquisite wooden box from his sleeve.

This was a special gift from their eldest brother to them before they left.

The two children each got a box filled with fruit-flavored sugar cubes.

You can imagine how harmful this thing is to children.

"Eat sparingly. Big brother must have spent a lot of effort to get these two boxes. We have never heard of them in the palace. I think they must be extremely precious."

Zhu Mingyue licked her lips subconsciously, touched the same wooden box in her arms, and then instructed her younger brother Zhu Yunhuan.

"Okay, I'll listen to my sister. Can I eat one every day from now on?" Zhu Yunheng asked reluctantly as he took the wooden box back.

Zhu Mingyue thought about it seriously and then replied, "Okay, then we'll just take one a day from now on."

Then he added: "Hide it well, don't let others know, this little bit is not enough to share."

It wasn't just the two children who lived together in Chunhe Hall. Besides Zhu Yunwen, there were also two other younger brothers.

There were originally three children, but one died before he was three years old.

…

In Chunhe Hall.

Zhu Yunwen had just had dinner with Huang Zicheng.

When Huang Zicheng looked at Zhu Yunwen, there was loyalty on the left and loyalty on the right.

After the incident with Jinyiwei, Huang Zicheng was completely devoted to them.

Even if he was asked to die for Zhu Yunwen, he would be willing to do so.

At this time, a young eunuch slipped in quietly and whispered something to Zhu Yunwen.

After saying this, he bowed and left quickly.

After the young eunuch left, Zhu Yunwen was so angry that he threw all the books in his hands to the ground.

"Your Highness, what happened?" Huang Zicheng asked anxiously upon seeing this.

"The Emperor took Yunhuan and Mingyue out of the palace in the afternoon and just returned now." Zhu Yunwen said with a gloomy face.

Huang Zicheng frowned when he heard this.

This situation is very abnormal.

It’s not that he felt that the second-born son Zhu Yunhuan posed a threat to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, but this action, without bringing His Royal Highness the Crown Prince along, had too far-reaching implications.

"Mr. Huang, who do you think Grandpa Huang is going to see? Why did he bring them along but not me? Is there someone else I cannot see?"

Zhu Yunwen gritted his teeth, his tone full of grievance. He suddenly felt that his grandfather the emperor seemed to be getting further and further away from him.

Before, he had been comforting himself by thinking that the emperor must be too busy with government affairs and came to look after him.

But now this self-comfort has been completely broken.

Zhu Yunhuan and Zhu Mingyue, these two were once the legitimate sons and daughters, but they were brought along, but not even the crown prince himself.

This shows that he no longer has much place in the emperor's heart.

How could the Emperor forget me? How could he forget me?

Confucian etiquette restricted him, otherwise Zhu Yunwen would have wanted to roar and scream without restraint.

After hearing this, Huang Zicheng did not respond immediately, but began to ponder.

He always felt as if something big was happening.

After careful consideration, nothing major has happened in the capital recently.

No, Xiaoling Mausoleum.

The name Xiaoling suddenly appeared in Huang Zicheng's mind.

Especially in the past few days, the rumors about the Xiaoling Mausoleum have become more and more crazy. When Huang Zicheng first heard about it, he instructed his servants not to talk too much and gossip.

But within two days, the news spread throughout the capital, and it seemed that even many ministers were talking about it.

When it comes to matters such as the Royal Xiaoling Mausoleum, His Majesty surprisingly did not prohibit speech.

Huang Zicheng even heard that even His Majesty's personal eunuch, Liu He, the seal holder of the Imperial Household Department, was talking about this matter.

Huang Zicheng found it a little unbelievable at the time.

Thinking of this, Huang Zicheng asked Zhu Yunwen: "Your Highness, have you heard about the recent events in Xiaoling?"

Zhu Yunwen, who had a lot of grievances but nowhere to vent them, said unhappily, "Of course I heard about it. It's been spreading all over the palace recently."

"I really don't know what these eunuchs and palace maids ate to be so bold as to spread rumors about Xiaoling Mausoleum."

After finishing speaking, Zhu Yunwen smiled coldly and said, "You'll see. Sooner or later, this matter will reach the ears of Grandfather Emperor. By then, I estimate that many people in the entire palace will die."

Hearing this, Huang Zicheng said hesitantly: "Perhaps, your majesty secretly allowed this matter to spread."

"Impossible. This is the Xiaoling Mausoleum, the ancestral tomb. How could the emperor allow the news to spread? What's the point?" Zhu Yunwen shook his head and said in disbelief.

"But I heard that even Liu He, who is beside Your Majesty, is talking about this matter." Huang Zicheng said.

Hearing this, Zhu Yunwen was shocked and shouted, "What? Liu Hean dared to do this? He is the personal eunuch of the emperor. Who gave him the courage to do this?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a trace of horror flashed in Zhu Yunwen's eyes.

Who else could give Liu He the courage except the Emperor?

"So, this matter was really secretly arranged by Grandpa Emperor. The rumor is so widespread, and it has spread throughout the palace, so it must have spread throughout the capital." There was still some disbelief in Zhu Yunwen's tone.

But judging from the current situation, it is most likely that the Emperor is the one behind this.

Huang Zicheng nodded and said, "That's right. The news about Xiaoling has spread like wildfire in all the teahouses and taverns in the capital, and no one is trying to stop it. It seems that even the army is spreading the news."

Zhu Yunwen said with some doubt: "I know about the Xiaoling Mausoleum. It's about the mausoleum of my eldest brother, Prince Yu. It is said that when my eldest brother was buried ten years ago, a dragon rolled over and caused the mausoleum to collapse."

"We dug it once ten years ago but didn't find it. We dug it again this time. It seems that we still haven't found the coffin."

Putting aside those weird things, Zhu Yunwen, who lived in the palace, obviously had a clearer understanding of such things.

However, when he heard the rumors about Xiaoling Mausoleum, he did not pay too much attention to it. After all, his eldest brother had died young and it had been ten years since his death, so there was not much to say.

Even Zhu Yunwen didn't really want to talk about his elder brother Zhu Xiongying, and subconsciously avoided him.

When he was young, the shadow left by his elder brother always existed in his heart.

He was six years old when his eldest brother Zhu Xiongying passed away, and he still remembers many things.

It’s not that he was bullied by his eldest brother, but the eldest brother at that time was the darling of the entire Ming Dynasty Palace. Even his father, grandfather, and grandmother had to obey him.

The feeling of being dominated by his elder brother really makes Zhu Yunwen feel a little breathless when he thinks about it now.

Even though his mother was promoted to stepwife and he became a legitimate son from a concubine's son, these were not enough in front of his eldest brother and made no difference.

"How can Your Highness say that His Highness Prince Yu is Your Highness's elder brother?"

Huang Zicheng asked in some surprise, he thought Zhu Yunwen had made a slip of the tongue.

Except for some top nobles, many people don't know much about royal affairs. Even the rumors from the outside world say that it is His Royal Highness the Prince.

Hearing Huang Zicheng's question, Zhu Yunwen did not think much about it and explained: "My eldest brother died at the age of eight. According to the rules, he could not be buried in the Xiaoling Mausoleum, so the emperor grandfather treated him as the eldest grandson and named my eldest brother the Prince of Yu."

"After this, he was buried in the Xiaoling Mausoleum."

Huang Zicheng thought about it subconsciously after hearing this, and suddenly a look of horror appeared in his eyes. He asked, "In other words, Prince Yu is actually the eldest son of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the eldest grandson of His Majesty, and the eldest brother of His Royal Highness?"

"Yes." Zhu Yunwen felt a little surprised when he saw Huang Zicheng's shocked expression and replied.

Huang Zicheng swallowed his saliva and continued to ask, "In other words, His Royal Highness Prince Yu must have been born to the former Crown Princess."

Zhu Yunwen nodded and said, "He was born to my great mother."

The shock on Huang Zicheng's face became more and more obvious, as if he had discovered some earth-shattering secret. He asked with a trembling voice, "It is His Highness Yunhuan, Princess Mingyue, and His Highness Prince Yu who are born to the same mother."

"That's right."

Zhu Yunwen frowned. He had not paid much attention at first, but when he saw Huang Zicheng's expression, he seemed to sense a hint of unusual charm.

But for a moment, he didn't react.

After all, his elder brother, who had been dead for ten years, had begun to fade from his memory.

If it weren't for the incident at Xiaoling Mausoleum, no one in the palace would have mentioned it, or dared to mention it, for all these years.

After all, this also involves the death of the Empress Dowager.

"If, I mean if, His Royal Highness Prince Yu was still alive, would His Majesty be extremely fond of him, and even the position of the Crown Prince would belong to him."

Huang Zicheng said this cautiously, for he was worried that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince would be unhappy about this.

However, Zhu Yunwen was obviously very self-aware and replied directly: "Of course, my eldest brother was brought up by Grandfather the Emperor himself. He never even lived in the Eastern Palace. He lived in Kunning Palace from the moment he was born and was brought up by Grandmother the Emperor."

"At that time, even my father could only go to see him every day. If my elder brother was still here, the position of the crown prince would naturally have little to do with me, and I would not have anything to do with it."

Zhu Yunwen said it frankly. He might have been a little jealous when he was a child, but now, it was impossible for him to bother with a dead person.

Huang Zicheng hesitated for a long time before hesitatingly saying, "Your Highness, do you think it is possible that His Highness Prince Yu is still alive?"

"Impossible, this is absolutely impossible, how could my eldest brother still be alive?"