These vassal kings were still proud of themselves, not knowing that they were not far from their death period. Fortunately, Zhu Yunwen gradually regained some rationality under the persuasion of several concubines, otherwise the lives of these vassal kings would have been frozen.

"Your Highness, these vassal kings deserve to die, but have you ever thought about the consequences of killing them?"

"Sister Ying'er, what are you talking about?"

"Hui'er, don't interrupt, let her continue talking."

Huang Ying said seriously, "Your Highness, we don't know if the emperor is sick now. If the emperor is really sick, your behavior will definitely aggravate his condition."

"this"

"Your Highness, this is not the worst thing. If this matter is used by the King of Yan, it will definitely be a big problem, and it will even change the entire situation."

Zhu Yunwen suddenly understood what Huang Ying meant. She was afraid that history would be rewritten. As we all know, the war between Zhu Yunwen and King Yan broke out after the death of the founding emperor of the Ming Dynasty. If it exploded now, it would mean that all history would be rewritten. This was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Zhu Yunwen. Zhu Yunwen didn't know what would happen, but this terrible result was not something he could afford.

"Ying'er, thank you for your reminder"

"Your Highness, what should we do now?"

"You didn't beat us hard, the only thing is to leave the lives of these princes."

Zhu Yunwen called out the cannon and the cannon sounded. The shells seemed to have eyes, specifically attacking places with dense ambush. Most of the troops of King Qi and King Qing died in this round of attacks. The vassal kings still had the intention to continue fighting, and they ran away in fear, but they could not escape. The war horses could no longer distinguish between the east, south, west and north due to the fright of the artillery fire, and they immediately rolled these vassal kings into the ditch.

"My waist is gone"

"Your Highness, what's wrong?"

"Idiot, why don't you help me up quickly"

King Qi just dodged his waist. This result was very lucky compared to other vassal kings. Other vassal kings were not so lucky. Most of them fell off the frightened horse, and it was inevitable that they would break their legs. King Qing was the most serious. Not only did he break his legs but he also broke several ribs. Although he could still stay awake, he could not move at all. Fortunately, he was not in danger of his life.

None of these vassal kings could escape, and they fell into Zhu Yunwen's hands before they even resisted. The shameless vassal kings dared to ask Zhu Yunwen to rescue him. Of course, Zhu Yunwen's concubines were not happy. After a round of scolding, they could not resist Zhu Yunwen, but they were not so easy to talk to. They promised to treat them, which was the condition that they had to confess who was the mastermind, otherwise no one would think of treatment.

Luo Yue said fiercely, "You can't say anything, but when you arrive at the emperor, you will be treated as the main culprit."

“We say”

The vassal kings all pointed out the King of Qi, and soon they knew the truth of the whole matter. Although the mastermind of this matter was King of Qi and King Qing, the real culprit was the person who created the Gaomi letter. After the agreement, Zhu Yunwen did not intend to participate, and all this was handed over to the emperor to handle. Zhu Yunwen's statement made the vassal kings breathe a sigh of relief, but this does not mean that Zhu Yunwen did not pursue it at all.

"This is the last time. If you don't blame me, my nephew, for not thinking about family affection."

"this"

The vassal kings couldn't help but gasp. They had already smelled the murderous aura on Zhu Yunwen, which also meant that they would dare to do anything randomly. Zhu Yunwen would kill them all without hesitation. This was definitely not a joke. Zhu Yunwen placed the vassal kings in the Imperial Army and brought the Crown Princess and Luo Yue into the palace, but they searched all the palace and fought but couldn't find the emperor.

"Eunuch Gao, you are the emperor's personal eunuch. How could you not know where the emperor goes?"

"I know the crime, but the emperor doesn't let me follow me, and finally even debuted as an imperial edict."

Zhu Yunwen thought for a while and asked, "Eunuch Gao, the emperor has not attended court, so how should we deal with major affairs in court?"

"Report to His Highness the Crown Prince, before the emperor left, he issued several imperial decrees. On the one hand, he wanted the ministers in the court to perform their duties, and on the other hand, he asked Huang Zicheng and Qi Tai, the ministers of the court to join forces to manage the government affairs."

Zhu Yunwen never expected that Zhu Yuanzhang, who had always been diligent in state affairs, would actually play the role of a hand-off manager. It seemed like Luo Yue said, I don’t know if it was a real disease or a fake disease. Zhu Yuanzhang’s chance of pretending to be sick is quite high, otherwise these vassal kings would have been in trouble for a long time, but it wouldn’t be normal for him to show his face for so long.

"Eunuch Gao, I don't know that the emperor has the most contact with that concubine during this period, or he was with that concubine when he left."

"Your Highness, the emperor has been the bed of Concubine Guo Hui during this period."

This was actually Concubine Guo Hui. Zhu Yunwen was indeed surprised, but when he went to find Concubine Guo Hui, she actually knew that Zhu Yunwen would come, which surprised Zhu Yunwen and his team members even more.

Zhu Yunwen said politely, "Concubine Guo Hui, why do you know I will visit you?"

Concubine Guo smiled and said, "This is what the emperor told me. He also said that you should wait for him at the place where you take the sword. Remember to allow you to go alone."

Zhu Yunwen said goodbye to Concubine Guo Hui and rushed to the underground palace. Sure enough, not long after entering the underground palace, he saw Zhu Yuanzhang who was stunned in front of the ice coffin. He was a little haggard from his face. It seemed that he had not had a rest for this period.

"Grandpa Emperor, you are"

"One of my old friends is gone"

"Old friend"

Zhu Yunwen never expected that the old friend his emperor grandfather mentioned was Liu Bowen. After a round of explanation, Zhu Yunwen realized that Liu Bowen died by using the secret technique of defiance against the will of heaven and change his fate. It can be said that his death was sacrificed for Zhu Yuanzhang.

"Grandpa, don't be too sad."

"Yunwen, you don't know. Bowen wouldn't die, but for my wish, he secretly used this forbidden technique again."

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, tears burst out, and he even regretted telling himself what he wanted. Zhu Yuanzhang and Liu Bowen had a relationship with the king and his subjects on the surface, but they were more like brothers. Zhu Yuanzhang would avoid everyone but would never avoid Liu Bowen. Throughout the way, only Liu Bowen had been silently supporting him. Suddenly, he lost his confidant, and Zhu Yuanzhang could not accept it.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!