The twenty-fifth year of Hongwu.
On the outskirts of the capital, the royal mausoleum.
Jiang Wei led the royal guards to protect the entire imperial mausoleum.
"Our sister is gone, our eldest grandson is gone, and now even Biao'er is gone..."
"Why is our life so miserable?"
"God...why would you do this to us?"
In front of Zhu Biao's mausoleum, Zhu Yuanzhang burst into tears.
The last time I was so sad was when Queen Ma left.
The old eunuch standing next to him quickly knelt on the ground.
"Your Majesty, pay attention to the dragon body."
"I think the prince and the queen don't want to see you like this."
Except for the old eunuch, there was no one beside Zhu Yuanzhang.
All the Jinyi guards will keep a certain distance from Zhu Yuanzhang, and their backs will be turned to Zhu Yuanzhang.
The emperor's current appearance is not something they can listen to, nor can they see.
"Yunqi, tell us what we did wrong."
"We overthrew the rule of the Yuan Dynasty, restored the glory of the ancestors of the Han Dynasty, and eliminated tens of millions of Han people."
"We are still the emperor, controlling the fate of the world."
"We...we..."
"No matter how strong we are, what can we do? We can't save the girl, and now we can't even save our Biaoer..."
"God, what have we done wrong to make you treat us so cruelly?"
Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and roared, heartbreaking.
But he quickly lowered his head helplessly and turned back into the father who lost his son.
The son who has been held in the palm of his hand since childhood and taught wholeheartedly for so many years left as soon as he was told to leave.
The hope of Ming Dynasty is gone.
For him as a father and for him as an emperor, it felt like the sky was about to fall.
Two hours later, Zhu Yuanzhang stood up from the ground.
"Yunqi, order the two tigers to drive back to the palace."
He is not only a father, but also the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and must be responsible for the people of the world.
...
Three miles away from the imperial mausoleum, there is a small river upstream.
An old eunuch placed a baby on a wooden basin, looked at the baby carefully, and then pushed it out cruelly.
"Princess, I'm sorry."
"I really can't do anything to hurt the prince's bloodline."
He was originally a eunuch in the Crown Prince's East Palace. He had been gifted by Zhu Biao. Two days ago, he had received a special order from the Crown Princess to go out of the palace to kill an expelled palace maid.
When he saw the palace maid, she was already suspicious and gave birth to a baby boy. Looking at the young baby boy, his human nature made him unable to do anything.
After knowing that this was the bloodline of Prince Zhu Biao, he found an opportunity to leave with the baby and fled here.
The Crown Princess's people had been chasing him, and it was difficult for him to escape with the baby, so he had no choice but to make the decision to let the baby wander.
Although this may cause the baby to drown.
But it's better than leaving the baby where he was and being discovered by the killer.
Drifting along the river, there may be a glimmer of hope.
If you stay where you are, you will definitely die.
"Whether you survive or not depends on your luck."
After the old eunuch finished speaking, he turned and left without looking back.
Behind him are assassins sent by the Crown Princess, and he cannot stay here for long.
On top of the wooden basin, Zhu Ming opened his eyes and saw the blue sky.
What I feel is the slowly flowing body.
"What is this place?"
"It feels like I'm floating on water."
"My hand...my hand..."
"Why did my body turn into the shape of a baby?"
Zhu Ming wanted to see what was going on, but was surprised to find that he had completely transformed into a baby, sitting in a wooden basin.
His eyes also noticed the situation outside the tub.
At this moment, he was floating on a small river, drifting towards the lower reaches of the river at a slow speed.
"Am I... traveling through time?"
"Still traveling through time and becoming a baby?"
Through the surrounding situation, Zhu Ming quickly judged his current scene.
A baby emerged from him and was still floating on the river. The situation was extremely dangerous.
Once he encounters Dian Dianpo or encounters a rock, he will definitely die.
The nearby scenery kept changing, but no living person could be seen.
He was just a newborn baby and had no memory. He didn't even know what world he had traveled to or even his own identity.
"What do my cheap parents think?"
"What do I say? It's also a baby boy, and you just threw me away like this?"
"Even if you don't like it, you can give it away. There's no need to kill it directly, right?"
"It's so hateful!"
Zhu Ming gritted his teeth with hatred, but found that he had no teeth at all.
He drifted all the way along the river. He was hungry and sleepy and didn't know how long he would have to drift.
I don’t know what fate is waiting for me...
Did he die accidentally, or was he lucky enough to be rescued?
If he never meets anyone, he will starve to death even if no accident occurs.
Fortunately, the weather was nice today, with clear skies and no wind.
The water flow was gentle and not rippling, so it was safe for the time being.
"It's not an option to keep floating like this. I have to find a way to save myself."
"But I'm just a newborn baby, what can I do?"
Zhu Ming was thinking in his mind, but there was nothing he could do.
A newborn baby cannot do anything.
The only thing I could do... was to cry loudly.
Zhu Ming's eyes lit up when he thought of crying.
Maybe making some noise will attract other people's attention.
Wow...wow...
When Zhu Ming found a way, he burst into heart-wrenching tears.
The miserable cries echoed throughout both sides of the river.
"Listen... there seems to be a baby crying over there."
"I think I heard it too."
"Come over and see what's going on."
I don’t know how long I have been crying, but two male voices suddenly came from a distance.
When he heard someone speaking, Zhu Ming suddenly cried louder and more miserably.
This was his only chance to survive, and he couldn't let it go.
"Look at that tub, is there a baby?"
"A real baby."
"Who is so cruel to put such a young child here?"
"Rescue the people first before we talk."
The two men said, jumped into the river and swam towards Zhu Ming.
Not long after, two dark faces appeared in front of Zhu Ming, and what they were wearing were Jin Yiwei's flying fish uniforms.
"This little doll looks so pretty."
"Take it back first and talk about it later."
The two held the wooden basin and carefully came to the shore.
The man in eunuch uniform on the shore saw Zhu Mingshi and quickly said to the old man beside him: "Your Majesty, what a cute little baby."
After being safe, Zhu Ming's tense nerves gradually relaxed.
At this moment, I also heard clearly the conversation between several people.
His eyes subconsciously looked towards the old man, and he immediately saw that the old man was wearing a yellow robe, embroidered with dragon patterns, and his frowning face under the gray hair contained a majesty that was not angry and self-respecting. .
"Your Majesty...dragon robe?"
"Am I saved by an emperor?"
