This would also appease Zhu Yuanzhang's anger, thus saving Zhu Gang's life.
Zhu Yunwen could easily see that Zhu Yuanzhang was reluctant to kill his own son.
Otherwise, Zhu Yuanzhang could have directly ordered Zhu Gang to be killed, but he didn't; he simply stepped forward and took action to vent his anger.
This shows that Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't bear to kill his own son for such a thing.
After all, he was his own son, so it was normal for him to have such thoughts. Zhu Yunwen naturally couldn't force him to kill his third uncle just because of this.
Then Zhu Yunwen spoke:
"Grandfather, let's imprison Third Uncle in that palace as well, so he can keep Fourth Uncle company and Zhu Yunwen company."
Zhu Yuanzhang breathed a slight sigh of relief. He was indeed very angry, and for a moment he even wanted to kill his son Zhu Gang.
Unfortunately, they were father and son after all. Although Zhu Yuanzhang was a ruthless person, he ultimately couldn't bring himself to kill his own family and children.
However, he was also very angry about Zhu Gang's behavior. Fortunately, Zhu Gang did not participate in harming Zhu Yunwen, otherwise Zhu Yuanzhang might have really been ruthless enough to kill him.
Right now, Zhu Gang is only trying to collude with foreign enemies in order to secure his own position.
Thinking of this, Zhu Yuanzhang still raised his hand and slapped Zhu Gang's face more than a dozen times, making Zhu Gang's face swell up like a pig's head, spitting blood, and breaking one or two teeth before he stopped.
In any case, sparing his life is already the greatest act of mercy.
If they weren't taught a good lesson, even Zhu Yuanzhang himself wouldn't be able to accept it.
And so, Zhu Gang was severely beaten and subsequently imprisoned in the imperial palace.
The palace next to the main palace was heavily guarded, and two members of the royal family lived there.
One was Zhu Di, the fourth prince of the Ming Dynasty and the Prince of Yan, and the other was Zhu Yunwen, the grandson of the Ming emperor.
Now the door opened, and another person came in, naturally it was Zhu Gang.
Zhu Gang looked utterly dejected and disheveled as he walked inside, and then the door was closed and locked again.
He sighed in despair, then walked toward the closed door and pushed it open.
The dimly lit room appeared somewhat messy.
Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen were sitting inside, with smiles on their faces, despite their disheveled appearance.
It seemed like something was making them very happy.
Their smiles faltered for a moment when they saw Zhu Gang walk in.
They all looked at Prince Jin, Zhu Gang, with suspicion. After a moment, Zhu Di finally spoke:
"Third Brother, what brings you here? We've heard you've been riding high these past few days, and it seems you're very likely to take that position. What brings you here?"
This indeed puzzled Zhu Di. Although they were staying in this place, they weren't completely cut off from outside information.
It is possible to obtain some information.
They had already heard that Zhu Yunwen had died that day, which made them smile every day.
Zhu Gang first surveyed the situation inside before calmly saying:
"The victor is king, the loser is villain; one wrong step can lead to eternal regret. I lost, so I have no regrets. It's already a miracle that I'm still alive."
Prince Zhu Gang of Jin has now become an ordinary prisoner, imprisoned here forever.
This amused Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen, as it seemed to be an inescapable fate for the Zhu family descendants.
In fact, Zhu Gang was not in much pain.
Although one wrong step led to eternal regret, forcing him to become a prisoner here and thus losing his former glory as a prince.
But at least you can survive.
What puzzled him was how Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen could still laugh in such a place.
This mindset seems even better than Zhu Gang's.
Confused, Zhu Gang asked:
"Staying in a place like this, where there's no hope of ever seeing the light of day again, yet you can still laugh here. Have you gotten used to it? Or are you just laughing at me?"
Zhu Di shook his head, then smiled.
At this moment, Zhu Yunwen finally spoke:
"Uncle, don't misunderstand. We're laughing because we heard some good news recently."
Zhu Gang asked in confusion, "What good news?"
Zhu Yunwen laughed heartily again and said:
"Don't you know? You couldn't possibly not know. Zhu Yunwen is dead, isn't he? Hahaha, isn't this fantastic news for me and my fourth uncle?"
Zhu Gang was stunned for a moment, and then...
He then sighed and said:
"Then you're just like me before, celebrating a little too soon."
Upon hearing this, both Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen were taken aback and looked at Zhu Gang with a puzzled expression.
Zhu Gang sighed and said:
"Zhu Yuntong is not dead. He is alive and well. Otherwise, why would I be imprisoned here?"
Upon hearing this, the smiles on Zhu Di and Zhu Yunwen's faces vanished instantly, and they could no longer laugh.
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