"father......"
Zhu's words on the wall on the left came out, and he immediately thought that he and Queen Zhou had come here secretly, and hurriedly covered his delicate lips with soft water like green onion.
However, when she saw that there were only a dozen people in Zhu Yuanzhang's party, she looked at Empress Zhou with some confusion and said, "Mother, why did my father only bring this few people back to the capital?"
But what puzzled her was that Zhou Hou not only didn't answer her, nor did he show any joy, but instead his body trembled slightly and he stared down with a solemn expression.
At the same time, the previously triumphant generals behind the Meridian Gate looked panicked when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang, and unconsciously moved closer to the center.
Liu Chang and others in the middle also looked surprised when they saw Zhu Yuanzhang.
Especially Dai Ming, who had been the most active before, said that at this moment his legs were shaking violently and he murmured: "Impossible...how is this possible..."
After the group of civil servants in front were surprised, several people immediately ran towards Zhu Yuanzhang.
But after they ran a few steps, they stopped again and looked back worriedly.
On the other hand, Zhu Ci, who was at the front, saw Zhu Yuanzhang and hurriedly pushed away the crowd. Running quickly towards Zhu Yuanzhang, he shouted happily: "Father, you are finally back!"
But like the previous civil servants, he stopped after running a few steps.
However, he did not do so voluntarily, but was held back by Fan Fucui and others.
Seeing this, Zhu Ci shouted angrily with dissatisfaction: "Fan Fucui, what are you doing?"
Fan Fucui heard this and whispered: "Your Highness, have you forgotten the flow in Beijing..."
"ah!"
Before he could finish speaking, he suddenly let out a scream.
It turned out that Wu Laoliu and others saw that Zhu Yuanzhang's entourage was not large, and they were worried that Liu Chang and his men would make a surprise attack, so they hid in the crowd and monitored him.
At this moment, seeing that Fan Fucui and others dared to stop Zhu Ci, they immediately rushed to push them away, and then escorted Zhu Ci to Zhu Yuanzhang's side.
Zhu Ci came to Zhu Yuanzhang, straightened his clothes first, then knelt down and said: "My son is not good at overseeing the country, please punish me!"
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him first, then at the city wall, and then looked at him again and said: "Prince, since they want to die, why don't you fulfill their wish?"
When Zhu Ci heard this, his heart trembled.
Because Zhu Yuanzhang seemed to be dissatisfied with everyone, but in fact he wanted him to kill someone to prove his innocence.
You must know that many of those people just thought that Zhu Yuanzhang was not Chongzhen and urged him to ascend the throne.
If he didn't take action now, I'm afraid Zhu Yuanzhang would suspect that this was a play he directed and acted.
But if he wanted to attack those loyal veterans, he couldn't bear it.
"Prince!"
Just when Zhu Ci was thinking about whether to plead for everyone, Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded in his ears like thunder.
When Zhu Ci heard this, his body couldn't help but tremble. At the same time, he secretly regretted why he had to be soft-hearted before and put himself in a passive situation of dilemma.
It turns out that when Zhu Ci first arrived at the Meridian Gate, he did have murderous intentions.
However, later, when I saw Fan Fucui and others die generously, I felt that although their actions were extreme, they were also sincerely serving the Ming Dynasty, and the hostility in my heart was relieved a lot.
In order to appease everyone and save the situation, he walked down the gatehouse and prepared to use his body as bait to lure Liu Chang and others into action.
What he didn't expect was that before Liu Chang and others took action, Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly arrived, causing his plan to fail.
Seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang's tone was obviously much heavier than before, he knew that the other party was more suspicious of him and could not say any words of mercy.
Thinking of this, he thought hard again, thinking about how to eliminate the other party's suspicion.
But he had always admired Zhu Yuanzhang, and now he was suddenly questioned by the other party. He was so confused that he couldn't think of a solution for a while.
"Prince!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's voice sounded for the third time.
When Zhu Ci heard this, he found that although the other party's voice was not as loud as before, his tone was much colder, and he felt even more flustered.
He tried his best to think of a way to have both ends, but his mind was already confused and he couldn't think of a way.
In desperation, he had no choice but to kowtow repeatedly.
When Zhu on the city wall saw this, his body could not help but tremble slightly. He subconsciously grabbed the sleeves of Queen Zhou and said with a panicked look on his face: "Mother, what's wrong with your father?"
"Why do you keep forcing your brother? Does he suspect that he is up to no good?"
"It's fine!"
Empress Zhou lovingly held her in her arms and comforted her, "As long as my mother is here, everything will be fine!"
After Zhu heard this, he relaxed a little, then looked at Queen Zhou with a puzzled face and said: "Mother, you..."
"Don't worry, as long as your mother is here, nothing will happen to you or Lang'er!"
Zhou Hou gently interrupted Zhu's words, patted the other party's shoulder gently, and said to Fei Zhen'e beside him: "You go..."
"Your Majesty... there is no need to force His Highness the Crown Prince. The old minister and others are not under any instigation. They are actually here for our great Ming Dynasty!"
At this time, an angry voice sounded under the Meridian Gate.
Then he saw Fan Fucui walking towards Zhu Yuanzhang calmly.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at him coldly and said in a deep voice: "For the sake of the Ming Dynasty...Wu Laoliu, what are you doing standing still? Why don't you kill this rebellious person!"
Wu Laoliu heard the words and responded loudly without hesitation. Just as he was about to step forward, he suddenly heard Zhu Ci's voice saying: "Can't kill!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was stunned when he saw that Zhu Ci stood up angrily, looking like a madman, and then shouted loudly: "Prince, do you want to rebel?"
Zhu Ci was originally an instinctive reaction to anger. When he heard the angry shouts, he immediately woke up and whispered: "Father, my son is not..."
"Your Highness, there is no need to be afraid. We have already prepared everything. We are just waiting to capture this person pretending to be His Majesty, and then we will support you on the throne!"
At this time, Liu Chang suddenly walked out and shouted loudly.
Zhu Yuanzhang sneered: "Just you?"
Liu Chang glanced at Dai Ming and others who were retreating with some dissatisfaction, and said calmly: "Of course it's not just me. You dare to pretend to be His Majesty. All the subjects loyal to Ming in the world..."
"Wu Laoliu!"
Zhu Yuanzhang shouted loudly before Liu Chang finished speaking.
Upon hearing this, Wu Laoliu immediately led his people towards Liu Chang and others.
"boom!"
Suddenly, there was a sound of firecrackers in front of the Meridian Gate, and then hundreds of people rushed out and surrounded Zhu Yuanzhang and his party.
At the same time, screams were heard on the city wall to the right of the Meridian Gate, and then dozens of bloodstained and fierce-looking soldiers appeared on the city wall, holding firecrackers and pointing them downwards.
When Zhu Ci saw this, he immediately looked at Wu Laoliu. Unexpectedly, Wu Laoliu also looked surprised.
Just when everyone was panicking, Liu Chang looked at the left city wall again, and then said with some surprise: "Queen, are you also here for this person pretending to be Your Majesty?"
Everyone in the city heard the sound and went away, and they all looked surprised when they saw that Queen Zhou was actually on the city wall.
At this time, Fan Fucui took the lead and knelt down and said: "Fan Fucui, a common man, bows to the Queen!"
As Fan Fucui knelt down, dozens more people knelt down to salute Queen Zhou.
On the contrary, Zhang Sizhi, who had been standing with Fan Fucui, looked hesitant, and then slowly backed away.
Zhu Yuanzhang looked at everyone coldly, looked at Empress Zhou on the city wall and said, "Queen, what's going on?"
Zhou Hou and Zhu Yuanzhang looked at each other for a while, and then said coldly: "I don't know what's going on, but I hope your Majesty can clarify my doubts!"
When Zhu Yuanzhang saw Empress Zhou calling herself "concubine", he couldn't help but smile.
When Fan Fucui, who was kneeling, heard this, his body trembled for a while, and then he looked at Empress Zhou in surprise.
