Chapter 74: We’ll change it for you now!
As soon as Mrs. Lu arrived at the Qianqing Palace, she regretted her decision. If she had known that the old man was beating his grandson, she should have come later.
But if she arrived too late, she was afraid that the old man would cover it up for his grandson, and then all her arrangements would be in vain.
After the young eunuch in charge of communicating came in, a group of princes immediately surrounded him.
"Crown Princess, what favor are you bringing them here to thank for?"
When Mrs. Lu heard what Zhu Shuang said, she pretended to be surprised.
"Your Highness Prince Qin, don't you know?"
"Originally, I have led the women of the Crown Prince's Mansion to collectively petition to be buried with His Majesty, and His Majesty has approved it."
"But just when the women of the Crown Prince's Mansion were about to be buried alive with him, His Majesty ordered Zhu Yunhuan to come and pass on the decree, saying that God is merciful and exempted the women of the Crown Prince's Mansion from being buried alive with him, and only their portraits would be buried with them!"
When Zhu Shuang heard this, he was stunned. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that there was something fishy about this matter.
Based on his understanding of his father, his father is not so aware!
At that time, my ninth brother Zhu Qi died before he was one year old, and my father even found fault with him and executed two palace maids to bury him with him.
After my mother passed away, my father even slaughtered hundreds of palace maids to bury her alive. If my mother had not begged him to do so, all the doctors who had treated her would have been sent away by my father.
Now that the Crown Prince has passed away, given how much love your father had for him, how could he have the heart to let him be buried with just a few paintings? This is totally unreasonable!
The other princes had similar thoughts when they heard this. No one believed that their father had such a kind heart.
Of course Zhu Gang didn't believe it either, and he would never believe it even if he was beaten to death, but he finally understood why his grandson was beaten again.
This grandson is so bold that he even dares to fake an imperial decree?
No wonder Eunuch Qin said that if it were someone else, they would have killed all nine clans long ago...
However, even though this grandson committed such a serious crime, his father just beat him up and let it go. It seems that his father likes him very much!
When Zhu Gang thought of this, he suddenly felt happy, as if the sound of his grandson's wailing had turned into beautiful music.
beat!
Hit hard!
Beating is love, scolding is care, don’t beat or scold, just let it go to the border!
Since we were young, my father has been quite polite to my second brother and myself, but what’s the use of being polite? Aren’t we still destined to go to the frontier and serve as vassal kings to guard the border?
This kid is lucky to have his father personally teaching him. Even though he committed such a serious crime, his father just beat him up to vent his anger and had no intention of alienating the child at all.
If it were someone else, my father would definitely comfort him with a smile, then turn around and make him a king, and kick him to the sky!
Just as Zhu Gang was daydreaming, Zhu Yuanzhang had already strode out of the bedroom, standing on the imperial steps with an arrogant look, looking down at the people below.
Zhu Yuanzhang first looked at the women of the Prince's Mansion who were kneeling on the ground. After a long while, he retracted his murderous gaze and looked at Lu who was kneeling just below him.
When Mrs. Lu saw Lao Zhu looking at her, she immediately bowed down.
"My daughter-in-law and the ladies of the Crown Prince's Mansion thank Your Majesty for your heavenly grace!"
Old Zhu snorted twice.
"Now that we've thanked you, please go away!"
Upon hearing this, Mrs. Lu sneered in her heart, thinking that the old man wanted to get rid of her now. Isn't he underestimating herself too much?
"Father!"
"The ladies of the Crown Prince's Mansion just heard the oral instructions from Zhu Yunhuan. They didn't dare to obey without seeing the official imperial edict!"
When Old Zhu heard this, he sneered in his heart and thought that this must be Lu's purpose!
If he could not produce the imperial edict, then Zhu Yunhuan would be guilty of forging the imperial edict!
Once this child is found guilty of such a serious crime, he will never be able to ascend to the throne in this life.
Because no matter whether in public or in private, I have no reason to cover up for him.
By then, when all the ministers are so excited, I can only give him a title and let him go to the local area to be a vassal king!
But if this happens, wouldn't all the efforts I've spent on this child over this period of time be wasted?
When Old Zhu thought of this, he felt a suffocation in his chest, which made his chest heave violently.
This was the reason why he hit Zhu Yunhuan so hard. It was because this grandson's recklessness almost ruined his future and also ruined his own plans!
"An imperial edict? Of course there is one..."
"Just wait, I'll go in and get it for you!"
As Old Zhu said this, he walked into the bedroom, sat down on the imperial desk angrily, took a blank imperial edict and was about to write. But just as he was about to start writing, he suddenly realized that he was so angry with that rebellious grandson that he had forgotten the content of the imperial edict!
"Erhu, what did the traitorous grandson say?"
"Reporting to the Emperor, Young Master is saying that I spoke nonsense when I was in grief..."
As Old Zhu listened, he wrote quickly on the imperial edict and cursed his traitorous grandson.
"You little rebellious grandson, just because you dare to scold me and say something reckless, I should hang you up and beat you today!"
"Erhu, what's down there?"
"Your Majesty, there is an old saying that says that God is merciful... God has received the mandate of heaven..."
"Hey!"
"You know what, this rebellious grandson is quite talented. The imperial edicts he made up are much better than our usual ones!"
"Down there!"
"Now I have specially ordered that people will be exempted from burial alive with their loved ones, and all those buried with the dead will be replaced by portraits."
When Lao Zhu wrote this, he started cursing again.
"This is such a rip-off that even your father can be fooled!"
"Your father raised you to this age, and when he dies, you want him to take a few pieces of paper with him?"
"If I die in the future, this rebellious grandson won't even want to give me a coffin!"
Old Zhu finished writing while cursing, and without waiting for the ink to dry, he took the imperial edict and delivered it to Lu.
"Lu!"
"This is the imperial decree you want!"
When Lu heard this, her heart skipped a beat. This old man must have guessed that I was up to something...
However, what I did was an open conspiracy, so no matter how you look at it, I am in the right and no one can find fault with me!
As the mistress of the Prince's Mansion, what's wrong with trying to make a name for my stepson?
After Lu had prepared herself mentally, she felt that her heart had calmed down. But when she opened the imperial edict, she was almost angry to death.
The ink hasn't even dried yet, and you can tell at a glance that the old guy wrote it right away!
What's so good about Zhu Yunhuan that this old man would rather take the blame and protect his grandson like this!
Lu carefully read the contents of the imperial edict, and was suddenly delighted.
Although this old guy was determined to protect his grandson, he had made all kinds of calculations, but he didn't expect that he himself had written the imperial edict wrong, hahaha!
"Father!"
"The content of this imperial edict is different from the oral instructions just delivered by Zhu Yunhuan. My daughter-in-law dare not obey the imperial edict!"
When Old Zhu heard this, his face suddenly darkened and two cold rays of light shot out of his eyes.
"Mrs. Lu, you have to look carefully. Where is the discrepancy in this imperial edict?"
When Mrs. Lu heard this, her heart trembled, but when she thought that she could use this opportunity to drive Zhu Yunhuan out of the capital and let her son rest assured, she made up her mind.
"Father!"
"The oral instruction conveyed by Zhu Yunhuan was that all the concubines should be replaced with portraits, not the people buried with the deceased as written in the imperial edict ..."
"Also, there are two words at the end: 'Qinci', which were not written in the imperial edict."
When Zhu Yuanzhang heard this, he immediately waved to the young eunuch beside him.
"Go to the house and get us a pen!"
"promise!"
Soon, the young eunuch brought the pen. Old Zhu snatched the pen and said to the eunuchs beside him.
"Spread the imperial edict in the Crown Princess's hand in front of us!"
"promise!"
Upon hearing this, the two young eunuchs immediately walked down the steps, took the imperial edict from Lu, and then each of them pulled the two corners and placed it horizontally in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.
Old Zhu held the pen in one hand and looked at Lu.
"Ms. Lu, what did you just say was wrong with the imperial edict?"
"We'll change it for you right now!"
