Zhu Yunwen waved his hand slightly and said:
"Get up, all of you," he said calmly, then turned to the judge.
"You'd better go to the higher authorities and explain your and your son's crimes clearly. Otherwise, if I, Your Highness, personally intervene in these matters, your fate will only be worse."
The judge, covered in sweat, kowtowed heavily and said:
"This guilty subject understands, and thanks Your Highness for sparing my life..."
Because at this point, if Zhu Yunwen wanted to kill him, it would be as easy as turning his hand.
Zhu Yunwen was too lazy to say anything more. He waved his hand, turned around, and walked into the crowd.
He had just left the place, but after taking two steps, he hesitated, turned around, took out a tael or two of silver from his pocket, and slowly placed it beside the old man at the tea stall.
"Grandpa, take this money and go see a doctor!"
The old man knelt on the ground, expressing his gratitude in various ways.
His daughter also kowtowed, but Zhu Yunwen said nothing more and left with ten Imperial Guards.
Only the people behind him remained, whispering amongst themselves.
Everyone is speculating: which imperial grandson is this?
Whether in ancient times or in modern times, there is nothing that ordinary people cannot find out if they want to know it.
So it was quickly confirmed that this grandson of the emperor was Zhu Yunwen, the third son of the late Crown Prince Zhu Biao.
Zhu Yunwen's name quickly became the talk of the town in Chang'an.
Meanwhile, in the palace, Zhu Yunwen had already tidied everything up.
However, Zhu Yuntong was nowhere to be seen. Puzzled, he went to Zhu Yuntong's bedchamber to see why he had not set off yet.
When they arrived, they learned from the palace maids that Zhu Yunwen had already left.
This infuriated Zhu Yunwen. He had promised to go with them, but this guy had actually abandoned him.
They completely disregarded me!
Zhu Yunwen was furious and wanted to seek justice from Zhu Yuanzhang.
But then I thought about how Zhu Yunwen was the one who was primarily in charge of this matter.
He said he wanted to go on his own initiative.
If we don't keep up with the pace and go to find Zhu Yuanzhang now, we probably won't be in a very good position.
So he could only go back and discuss it with Lady Lü before trying to catch up with Zhu Yunwen as soon as possible.
After all, only by being on Zhu Yunwen's side could they make arrangements to kill him.
Therefore, Zhu Yunwen quickly led some of his men to chase after Zhu Yunwen.
Meanwhile, in the imperial study, Zhu Yuanzhang received a report from Jiang Huan, the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and couldn't help but chuckle, saying:
"This Yunwen, we really can't understand him anymore. He left with the Embroidered Uniform Guard without saying a word, without any regard for Zhu Yunwen's feelings. Haha... He's quite a character, quite different from his previous reputation for being weak and incompetent."
Jiang Huan hesitated for a moment and then said:
"Your Majesty, I have just received news that His Highness the Third Prince has killed an arrogant and domineering son of an official in the capital to uphold justice for an old man at a tea stall."
Jiang Huan recounted the entire incident to Zhu Yuanzhang, word for word.
Upon hearing this, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up with great joy and excitedly said:
"Decisive in killing and eliminating harm for the people, good, this is the good grandson of our Zhu Yuanzhang."
Then Zhu Yuanzhang said to Jiang Huan:
"Go and thoroughly investigate this so-called magistrate of Shuntian Prefecture. Find out what other shameful things he has done. If he can tolerate his son's rampant oppression of the people, he himself must be no better. Once found out, punish him severely."
Jiang Huan nodded, and at that moment he realized a problem.
That was a significant change in Zhu Yuanzhang's attitude towards Zhu Yunwen.
Previously, they didn't seem to like this third grandson of the emperor much, but now they've even changed how they address him, calling him Yunwen and Zhu Yunwen all the time.
The gap has shifted quite a bit.
Moreover, it seems that no matter what Zhu Yunwen did, Zhu Yuanzhang would praise him immediately.
Although what Zhu Yunwen did was indeed praiseworthy.
Even after Jiang Huan left, Zhu Yuanzhang's face still showed considerable joy, and he paced back and forth excitedly in the imperial study.
He then muttered to himself:
"Thank God, Yunheng has undergone such a great change, it's truly a wonderful thing. Yunheng, we hope you will continue to impress us."
The better Zhu Yunwen performs, the more stable the Ming Dynasty's rule will be after the throne is handed over to him, which is exactly what Zhu Yuanzhang wanted to see most.
Now let's talk about Zhu Yunwen.
After upholding justice for the people, he left the capital without stopping.
I had only walked a short distance.
Then he saw a young girl riding a horse ahead, looking at Zhu Yunwen with a strange expression.
Zhu Yunwen was somewhat puzzled, as he didn't seem to recognize the girl.
However, the girl rode closer on horseback.
He nodded slightly at first, and then said:
"You are His Highness Zhu Yunwen, the Third Prince!"
Zhu Yunwen asked in confusion, "Who are you?"
The girl said:
"I am your fiancée."
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