"Uncle Jiading?"

Seeing Jiadingbo's name, Chongzhen immediately looked at Zhu Cixiang:

"Your Majesty, is your grandfather involved?"

Zhu Cixi sighed:

"It's not that I was involved in this, my minister had the Jiading uncle's house confiscated..."

"Nonsense, why did you confiscate the father-in-law's house and where did you put your mother?"

When he heard that the prince had confiscated the father-in-law's home, Chongzhen's expression changed, and he immediately stood up and paced back and forth in front of Zhu Cixiang, looking worried.

Zhu Cihong knew that the emperor did not know the inside story and would definitely be furious when he heard the bad news. He raised his hands and said:

"Father, please calm down. As the head of the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Kui cut corners and cut corners, causing the Zhonghun Temple to need to be rebuilt, and moved the saved cement back to his home.

Erchen went to Jiading Bo's Mansion to search for cement, and found property worth more than half a million taels of silver, and also found account books.

Father, please take a closer look at the account book. Zhou Kui and Jiannu had many illegal transactions and obtained 130,000 taels of silver from Jiannu. This is an act of treason. For the sake of the great Ming Dynasty, I had no choice but to confiscate the Jiading Count's Mansion."

Chongzhen thought that Zhu Cihong had killed Zhou Kui, and he had no time to care about whether Zhou Kui had done anything traitorous to the country. The crown prince's killing of his grandfather would leave a reputation for unfilial piety. In that dynasty that attached great importance to filial piety, the world would definitely despise him.

For Emperor Chongzhen, this was a big deal. Chongzhen's mind was blank for a while. He really didn't know what to do!

"This... this... you are so ruthless, you killed your grandfather, and you have to explain to your mother how you want her to live.

Alas, you are still young and do things without thinking. Why don't you discuss it with your father? After all, he is your grandfather. It is best to strip him of his title and drive him back to his hometown to fend for himself..."

Originally, he wanted to ask the emperor to remove Zhou Kui's title, but now Chongzhen said it himself. Zhu Cixiang was overjoyed and immediately said:

"Thank you, Emperor Father. I am asking you to send an edict to strip Zhou Kui of his title. No matter whether he is the head of state or a prince, as long as he dares to do something traitorous to the country, he will not be leniently spared. I will go to my mother to plead guilty!"

Chongzhen was overjoyed:

"You didn't kill grandpa?"

"No, he has become a madman!"

Hearing that the prince did not kill his grandfather, Chongzhen suddenly smiled on his face:

"Crazy? You deserve it. Go and talk to your mother. Don't talk back impulsively. Your mother is dedicated to serving the country. She will figure it out in two days!"

"Father, my son, please retire!"

Zhu Cixi took the account book and immediately resigned and went to Kunning Palace.

After his victory and triumph, he had not yet visited the Queen Mother. He wanted to give her a surprise, but now, the Queen Mother's father was killed.

Watching Zhu Cixi's leaving figure, Chongzhen nodded happily. He was very satisfied with the way the prince dealt with his grandfather.

As soon as Zhu Cihong left the Qianqing Palace, the weather suddenly changed and it rained heavily in an instant. Zhu Cihong was overjoyed. It was a timely rain.

Empress Zhou was weaving with her head down, when suddenly heavy rain poured down outside the window. A smile appeared on her pretty face, she put down the weaving shuttle in her hand, stood up, walked to the window and said to herself:

"Thank you God, it's a timely rain. I hope God can rain for a few more days to alleviate the drought in various parts of the Ming Dynasty..."

"Empress..."

Suddenly, Li Dahai, the chief eunuch of Kunning Palace, ran in in a panic. Queen Zhou's beautiful eyebrows couldn't help but wrinkled:

"Why are you panicking?"

Li Dahai hurriedly bowed and saluted:

"Your Majesty, the Crown Prince is kneeling in the rain, and my servants cannot hold him up. Please go and have a look..."

"Your Majesty..."

When she heard that the prince was kneeling in the courtyard of Kunning Palace, Queen Zhou was shocked and rushed out desperately.

Zhu Cixiang was Ming Dynasty's only hope and her most beloved son. The heavy rain outside would not damage his young body.

"Empress Umbrella..."

Li Dahai hurriedly grabbed an umbrella and chased after him.

In the front yard of Kunning Palace, a young figure was kneeling in the rain, with rainwater dripping from his face. This person was none other than Zhu Cixiang, the crown prince of the Ming Dynasty.

"Your Majesty..."

Seeing the emperor kneeling in the heavy rain, Empress Zhou felt heartbroken and hurriedly ran over to pick up Zhu Cixiang, but Zhu Cixiang held out her little hand and refused.

"Mother, the emperor is sorry for you. My grandfather oppressed the people and colluded with the slaves. I have been stripped of my title and driven back to my hometown in Suzhou. For the sake of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is really helpless. Please punish me..."

"What?"

Empress Zhou was struck by a bolt from the blue. The umbrella she had just taken fell from her hands and was blown away by the wind.

"How could this happen? As the head of the state, Your Majesty is not kind to you. Dad, you are confused..."

Tears and rain fell down from Queen Zhou's pretty face, and she felt like her heart was being cut by a knife.

The majestic Empress of the Ming Dynasty, the mother of a country, and the head of the country did something so embarrassing to her.

Empress Zhou did not blame the emperor for treating her grandfather and father-in-law like this, but she felt that she could no longer raise her head in front of Emperor Chongzhen. Suddenly her vision went dark, and Empress Zhou was so angry that she fainted.

"Queen mother..."

Zhu Cixiang was shocked and hurriedly reached out to hug his mother. He immediately took her back to the palace and placed her on the phoenix couch.

He stretched out his hand to check his mother's breathing and found that she was just out of breath and had fainted. Zhu Cihong was relieved.

"Come here, please change your wet clothes quickly!"

"yes"

Several palace maids hurriedly ran in to change Queen Zhou's clothes. Zhu Cihong patted his forehead and left temporarily.

Originally, he wanted to take advantage of the queen mother's heartfelt sympathy for the emperor's son, and get Empress Zhou's forgiveness in the rain. Unexpectedly, Empress Zhou fainted, leaving Zhu Cixiang speechless.

"Master, my wife is calling you!"

After standing outside for a while, a palace maid suddenly called him, and Zhu Cihong quickly walked into Queen Zhou's palace.

I found that the pale Queen Zhou had already changed her clothes and was sitting on the phoenix couch.

Zhu Cixiang hurriedly stepped forward to salute:

"See my mother!"

Queen Zhou stared at Zhu Cihong for a long time before saying:

"Your Majesty, how about showing the evidence in your hands to your mother?"

Zhu Cihong nodded and handed the account book in his hand to Queen Zhou.

Queen Zhou silently opened the account book and looked at it carefully. The more she read, the more angry she became:

"The ill-gotten gains actually amounted to five hundred thousand taels of silver. When His Majesty called for donations, he even complained to the Queen Mother. Your Majesty did the right thing. The Queen Mother does not blame you. Go back and rest. The Queen Mother is tired..."

After Empress Zhou finished speaking, she couldn't help but lie down on the phoenix couch...

When Zhu Cixiang returned to Zhongcui Palace, his heart was still heavy. He knew that his mother was in great pain, and all of this was thanks to Zhou Kui. Zhu Cixiang really wanted to hit Zhou Kui to death with a hammer.

Shengjing

In the past few days, Shengjing, the capital of the Jiannu Kingdom, was in chaos. Every station of the Eight Banners was filled with cries. Huang Taiji spewed blood after learning that the entire Jiannu army that had entered the country to plunder was wiped out.

Knowing that the Ming army's combat effectiveness was low, the Eight Banners Manchu soldiers, the Eight Banners Mongolian troops, and the Eight Banners Han troops before entering the Pass all sent troops one after another hoping to get a piece of the pie.

The Jiannu slaves all thought that they could return home with a full load just by wreaking havoc in the capital of the Ming Dynasty. Who would have thought that none of the powerful Eight Banners soldiers came back.

If it weren't for the many spies in the pass, Shengjing might not even know that their army that entered the pass was completely wiped out.

Huang Taiji sat blankly in the Chongde Hall, he could not believe that this was reality. I like the Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the prince's supervision, please collect it: (https://www.myxls.net) The Ming Dynasty, the prosperous age started from the prince's supervision, search and read novel network updates
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