"What, Heling, Trillium died in Liaodong."

When she suddenly heard the bad news, Empress Dowager Zhang felt as if she had been struck by lightning. She was fine before, so why did she suddenly die?

"Yes, the bitter cold in Liaodong did not make it possible for the two uncles to survive, and they passed away peacefully in Liaodong a few days ago."

Liu Jin said respectfully, but only he knew how true his words were.

"Haha, died of illness..."

Empress Dowager Zhang smiled miserably, she was not easy to fool, whether she died of illness or not, it was clearly her good son who took action.

She knew that Zhu Houzhao was ruthless. Over the years, the land of Liaodong had buried the bones of countless people who opposed Zhu Houzhao.

But she didn't expect that Zhu Houzhao was ruthless to outsiders and he was equally ruthless to his own people. Even if the Zhang brothers were wrong and guilty in every way, they were still Zhu Houzhao's uncles. How could he be so cruel that he insisted on killing them?

Such a style, such a character, and such methods are completely different from the Hongzhi Emperor who was famous for his benevolence and filial piety, and he is comparable to Emperor Taizu!

At least in terms of ruthlessness, Zhu Houzhao and Zhu Yuanzhang are almost identical.

"My condolences, Queen Mother!"

At this time, Liu Jin broke another piece of news that was difficult for the Queen Mother Zhang to accept: "Your Majesty, considering that the bodies of the two uncles were left in Liaodong and no one was there to carry out the funeral arrangements, your Majesty has ordered the uncle to lead the Zhang family's children to get ready and set off for Liaodong today. To take care of the funeral affairs of the two uncles."

"What?"

Empress Dowager Zhang couldn't sit still at all. This was Zhu Houzhao's prelude to drive out the Zhang family. He said he was going to attend the funeral of the Zhang brothers, but could he still come back?

Chen Wu, the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, the general manager of the criminal reform camp in Liaodong, and Zhang Yong, one of the Eight Tigers under Zhu Houzhao, are all loyal and ruthless people to Zhu Houzhao. Can they let the Zhang family go?

Snapped

Sitting on the soft couch in despair, Queen Mother Zhang knew that the Zhang family was finished, completely finished, and there was no possibility of turning around.

She also knew why the Zhang family was in ruins. Gu Dayong's arrest of Mrs. Wang beside her was not hidden from her eyes and ears, but she did not expect that Zhu Houzhao's reaction would be so extreme.

She was just instigated by her cheap niece and asked Zhu Houzhao to release the Zhang brothers. Zhu Houzhao simply had her two brothers killed and sent the entire Zhang family to Liaodong.

The emperor is ruthless and the royal family has no relatives. Only then did Empress Dowager Zhang truly understand the meaning of these two sentences. Zhu Houzhao was not her son, but a ruthless and ruthless emperor who deeply understood the essence of an emperor.

In an instant, Queen Mother Zhang seemed to have aged ten years. Her son's ruthlessness and indifference and her family's dismal fate made this elderly noble woman exhausted.

She didn't ask Zhu Houzhao to let the Zhang family go, because she knew it was useless. She didn't know since when, her son had changed and became ruthless and ruthless. He would not be like her husband, Emperor Hongzhi. She accommodates herself to everything.

But when did Zhu Houzhao change? When he first ascended the throne, or after he was plotted to assassinate by the Zhang brothers and almost died...

She knew the answer, and Zhu Houzhao also knew it. However, to this day, what is the meaning of talking about the past? It can only be said that the cause and effect cycle, everything is already doomed.

"Liu Jin, go back and tell the emperor that I hope he will leave a root for the Zhang family."

After saying this, Empress Dowager Zhang slowly closed her eyes. She could not save her father and brother, so she could only try her best to preserve some blood for the Zhang family, so as not to break all the roots!

"My slave takes orders."

"Aijia is tired, please leave!"

Waving her hands tiredly, Empress Dowager Zhang signaled that Liu Jin could leave. She did not anger Liu Jin because of the Zhang family's affairs.

After all, Liu Jin is just a knife in Zhu Houzhao's hand. He cuts wherever Zhu Houzhao points. The real mastermind behind the scenes is Zhu Houzhao. What's the use of scolding Liu Jin! It's just to vent the anger in his heart!

Are there not many people in the world who scold Liu Jin and scold the Eight Tigers of the Chamberlain? Not only are there a lot, but the number is outrageous, but so what, Liu Jin and others are still living well under the protection of Zhu Houzhao.

"Slave, please leave."

Liu Jin bowed respectfully, not daring to go overboard in etiquette. Although Zhu Houzhao had a bad relationship with Empress Dowager Zhang, he was not someone he could offend at will.

.......

"How could Zhu Yuanzhang have such embarrassing descendants?"

In the Hongwu world, Zhu Yuanzhang was beating the young Zhu Di violently again. The reason was naturally because of the emperor Zhu Qizhen.

With such a shameful, shameless descendant, shouldn't Zhu Di be beaten?

Zhu Yuanzhang was very satisfied with Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Zhanji, but he was really angry to death with Zhu Qizhen. The more he thought about it after he came back, the more unhappy he became, so he pulled young Zhu Di over to teach him another lesson.

Young Zhu Di was almost crying at this time. He didn't understand why he kept getting beaten for no reason in the past two days, but facing the furious Zhu Yuanzhang, he didn't dare to ask for fear of being beaten more violently.

"Chongba, why did you hit the fourth child again?"

"Dad, stop fighting..."

When Queen Ma and Zhu Biao came in from outside, they saw that Zhu Yuanzhang was holding down Zhu Di and beating him violently again, and quickly stepped forward to stop him.

Zhu Biao pressed Zhu Yuanzhang's hands and shouted to Zhu Di: "Fourth brother, run away quickly."

Young Zhu Di was granted amnesty and disappeared without a trace. He was not afraid of the trouble Zhu Yuanzhang would cause him afterwards. With his elder brother Zhu Biao in charge, he felt at ease and reassured.

"Chongba, what's wrong with you? You always catch the fourth child and won't let go."

Queen Ma said speechlessly.

"Sister, you don't know..."

Zhu Yuanzhang gritted his teeth and told Empress Ma and Zhu Biao about calling him the emperor, and his anger only increased: "We have such a useless descendant. If we don't beat him, we will be unhappy."

Queen Ma, Zhu Biao was speechless after hearing this. She called her the emperor. Never since ancient times, Zhu Di was beaten unjustly.

Debts from descendants should be paid by ancestors, and there is nothing wrong with that.

"Where's the hero?"

Zhu Yuanzhang's anger subsided a little. When he saw that his precious grandson was not there, he immediately started shouting. He was very nervous about his precious grandson now. He felt that someone was trying to kill his grandson even if he didn't see him for a quarter of an hour.

"Dad, I sent someone to take Xiongying back to the Prince's Palace. It's not good for him to stay in the palace all the time."

Zhu Biao said softly that he also had a wife and concubines who could take good care of Zhu Xiongying. He did not want to trouble Zhu Yuanzhang and Queen Ma. After all, Lao Zhu was the emperor and Queen Ma was the mother of a country. She was usually busy with affairs and had to be distracted from taking care of Zhu Xiongying.

, he was worried that the second elder would be tired.

"Fart, Xiongying is our grandson, this palace is his home, he can stay as long as he wants, what's the point?"

Zhu Yuanzhang was furious. After learning that Zhu Yuanzhang would meet early, he wished he could take Zhu Xiongying with him twelve hours a day. How could he allow Zhu Xiongying to leave his sight and let some people with evil intentions plot to kill Zhu Xiongying?

Opportunity.

He glared at Zhu Biao fiercely and shouted loudly to the door: "Er Hu."

"The end is here!"

A leader of Jinyi guards wearing Feiyu uniform walked in.


Chapter completed!