The Ming Dynasty: The most ruthless imperial grandson, Old Zhu begged me not to kill him.

Chapter 431 Low Prices Hurt Farmers
At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang fumbled with the token in his hand, his eyes filled with emotion.

"This token has been with me for a long time. With this token, I can mobilize the power of the Embroidered Uniform Guard. Now I am giving this token to you, and I hope you will make good use of it!"

Zhu Xiong Ying was extremely shocked to hear this, but he did not object. He nodded and took the token back.

Zhu Xiong Ying also knew that this token was of great importance. If he could obtain the power of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and combine it with the strength of the Western Depot under his control, it would be even more powerful. At that time, monitoring the world would not be just empty talk.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I will definitely do this matter well!"

Crown Prince Zhu Biao, standing nearby, pursed his lips. His father had already handed these things over to Zhu Xiong Ying, completely bypassing him. It seemed that his father was very satisfied with his son. Thinking of this, he sighed. His son had done a very good job, and he, as the father, felt a lot of pressure.

However, this is not so bad. Now he is in charge of matters in the court, while Zhu Xiong Ying is in charge of other matters. This is a good thing for both of them.

Just as the three generations of the family were enjoying a happy time, suddenly a person came running in, tumbling and crawling.

"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened! Her Majesty the Empress has fallen ill!"

The three were shocked upon hearing the news and hurriedly ran towards Renshou Palace.

When they arrived at Renshou Palace, it was already crowded with people, many of whom were weeping in that one place.

Seeing these people crying, Zhu Yuanzhang immediately lost his temper.

"What are you crying about? You've made something terrible out of a perfectly fine person by crying like this, so get out of here right now!"

Upon hearing this, the people quickly fled the place.

Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Empress Ma lying on the bed, her face pale, and his eyes were filled with anxiety.

"Girl, are you alright? Girl, get up quickly! You were fine this morning, how did this happen?"

"Where are the imperial physicians? What are they doing? Why haven't they arrived yet?" Just then, several imperial physicians from the Imperial Hospital arrived at the scene. After examining Empress Ma's condition, they couldn't help but frown.

At this moment, the leading imperial physician hurriedly spoke.

"Please forgive us, Your Majesty. Empress Ma's illness stems from her youth and has become quite severe. Coupled with her advanced age, she is finding it increasingly difficult to perform her duties. She has also caught a cold, which has exacerbated her condition. We can only treat her with gentle, nourishing remedies. As for when she will recover, we cannot guarantee that!"

The men all looked extremely grim. Zhu Yuanzhang looked at them angrily and said...

"You're all a bunch of useless trash! What good are you? I'm warning you, get our girl treated right now! If anything happens to her, I'll make you pay!"

Upon hearing this, the imperial physicians hurriedly nodded and began the treatment.

Empress Ma looked extremely haggard. Just then, the princes, ministers, and grandsons of the emperor in Yingtian Prefecture arrived at this place and began to weep as soon as they reached the entrance, as if someone had died.

This made Zhu Xiong Ying and the others look very ugly. Zhu Xiong Ying walked out and looked at these people and said...

"Enough! Her Majesty the Empress's illness isn't that serious. What do you all mean by this? Get out of here right now!"

Everyone was stunned upon hearing this, as it differed from the information they had received. They had been told that Empress Ma was seriously ill and near death. Who could be so despicable as to spread false information?

Hearing Zhu Xiong Ying's words, Zhu Yunwen felt extremely resentful. After all, they were both imperial grandsons, and even Zhu Xiong Ying couldn't drive him away. Furthermore, Empress Ma's words to Zhu Yunwen were meant to encourage him not to compete with Zhu Xiong Ying for the position.

She knew it very well.

With Zhu Yunwen's abilities, he was no match for Zhu Xiong Ying. If he didn't fight, he would still have a chance to survive in the future. But if he dared to continue fighting, his fate would be extremely tragic.

Empress Ma really didn't want the brothers to fight each other and end up with their own family members' blood.

However, to his surprise, Zhu Yunwen had no understanding of this matter at all.

He took this as Empress Ma's affection for him, so from then on he would come to this place every few days to pay his respects to Empress Ma.

Empress Ma was utterly speechless; she never expected this guy to be like this.

Given their incredibly poor comprehension, I had no choice but to acquiesce to this.

You can't reason with a dead man; if he won't listen to your opinion, then there's nothing more you can say.

At this moment, Zhu Yunwen looked at Zhu Xiong Ying in front of him and snorted coldly.

"We only heard that the Empress Dowager was seriously ill, so we came here specifically to visit her. If you can come, why can't we?"

"Or is there some unspeakable secret involved?"

Zhu Xiong Ying snorted coldly after hearing this.

"Grandfather and Father are both in this place, how could anything possibly go wrong?"

"But we need to investigate where you got this information from!"

"Don't think you can just arrange your people however you want in this palace. I know exactly what you're thinking. I advise you to think carefully before you speak, or you should all know what will happen to you!"

Upon hearing this, the people exchanged glances, their faces filled with embarrassment.

Just then, as Zhu Yunwen was about to continue his rebuttal, Zhu Xiong Ying suddenly pulled out two tokens from his pocket. Everyone looked at these two tokens and their expressions immediately turned extremely ugly.

One could mobilize the Western Depot, and the other could mobilize the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

No one was surprised that the token to mobilize the Western Depot was in Zhu Xiong Ying's hands, after all, the Western Depot was established by Zhu Xiong Ying himself. However, the Embroidered Uniform Guard had always been a force under Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang, and no one expected that it would now be in Zhu Xiong Ying's hands. Everyone was very panicked, including Zhu Yunwen.

But his eyes held more resentment and jealousy.

The Embroidered Uniform Guard was an extremely important organization, and its existence posed a great threat to them.

Even the affairs of his subordinates can be thoroughly investigated.

Unfortunately, the Embroidered Uniform Guard and the Western Depot are elusive and their operations are extremely secretive. Under normal circumstances, you would never encounter them, and you would never think of how to bribe them.

(End of this chapter)