Zhu Yuanzhang Returns from Modern Times

Chapter 7: The Power of Empress Ma

An angry roar suddenly rang out, mixed with the cold wind outside, and poured into the Wuying Palace.

The light brought by the opening of the door also tore through the darkness, making the entire Wuying Hall bright.

Inside the Wuying Palace, Zhu Yuanzhang, who was trying to stop Zhu Biao from protecting the Eighth Brother with one hand and beating him to death with the other hand, froze in an instant.

It's like being cast under a spell!
I won’t smoke Lao Ba anymore.

After a pause, he turned his rusty neck and looked towards the door.

Just then, I saw Empress Ma walking towards Wuying Palace step by step.

The visitor was not wearing any makeup and was about forty years old.

If she had not been allowed to come directly to Wuying Palace without informing him, and because it was New Year's Day, she would have worn the bright yellow dress that belonged only to the empress.

It is hard to associate her with the most legendary queen of the Ming Dynasty.

But Zhu Yuanzhang was fascinated by it.

The girl who was holding two big pancakes, ignoring the burns on her chest, and urging herself to eat quickly with a look of heartache and concern, overlapped with the figure in front of her.

This is the girl he thinks about day and night and dreams about!
This is also the person he wants to see the most, but he is afraid that it is just a real dream, so he dare not meet her for a while!

Now, she shows up!
Coming towards me!

Even when he was being scolded and disciplined, Zhu Yuanzhang still felt so excited.

Zhu Chong, Zhu Gang, Zhu Gui and the others all looked towards the door.

When he saw Queen Ma coming, he almost cried.

The Queen Mother is finally here!

Very good!
Now that the queen is here, they won’t have to be beaten anymore!

Zhu Yuanzhang was holding a shoe in his hand and wearing one shoe on his foot. He walked towards Empress Ma in a daze, one foot high and the other low.

He was unaware of this, and his mind and eyes were filled with only his sister.

"Sister...sister!"

He called out, his voice sounded a little dry and trembling uncontrollably.

Empress Ma walked around and didn't let Zhu Yuanzhang touch her.

Looking at his sons lying on the ground, he felt very distressed.

He almost couldn't help but unsheath the feather duster in the bag in his hand and hit Zhu Yuanzhang in front of his sons.

"You guys go out."

Queen Ma said to her sons.

Empress Ma issued an order that if several people were pardoned, they would not stay here.

He endured the pain and left Wuying Palace as quickly as possible.

Among them, Zhu Yuanzhang's eldest son Zhu Biao was very considerate and closed the door of Wuying Hall.

"Sister..."

His sister had been away for so many years, and Zhu Yuanzhang had a lot of things to say to her.

But now that we really say goodbye, I don’t know what to say.

I just called out "girl" and then it got stuck.

"You are so good, Zhu Chongba!"

Empress Ma had no idea what her husband had been through. She immediately unsheathed the feather duster in her hand and hit Zhu Yuanzhang on the back.

"What did my son do to you? Why did you kill them?
You are busy all year round, and when you finally find some time to spend with your children, you beat them to death!
The rich landlord doesn't even let his servants work on New Year's Day!

The government hasn’t made a judgment on this day yet!

You beat your child on New Year's Day!

You have such a cruel heart!
Is there a father like you?

Aren't they your sons?!

Don’t you feel bad?!”

Queen Ma scolded him while hitting him with the feather duster in her hand.

Chicken feathers are flying everywhere.

It looked exactly like when Zhu Yuanzhang beat his son just now.

Sure enough, we are not a family, we don’t enter the same family.

This time, Zhu Yuanzhang did not run around the Wuying Palace to dodge, but just stood there and let Empress Ma beat him.

With a happy smile on his face.

Full of enjoyment.

correct!

That's it!
This is his sister!

It’s not a dream. The girl in the dream didn’t feel any pain when she was beaten, but this one hurts!
This feather duster feels so comfortable when used on my body!
God knows how much he missed his girl's feather duster during the sixteen years from August of the fifteenth year of Hongwu to the thirty-first year of Hongwu, and during the fifteen years of his modern life!

That's really the dream of being beaten up by a girl!
The more Empress Ma smoked, the more the smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became.

But... as I laughed, my eyes became red and my vision blurred.

Empress Ma blew a few feather dusters and found that Zhu Yuanzhang was not in a good state.

Just stopped.

When I looked up, I found that Lao Zhu had tears in his eyes while smiling, and I immediately panicked.

He threw the feather duster to the ground.

"What's wrong?"

"Did I hurt?!"

"You idiot, why don't you know how to dodge? Weren't you very fast at dodging before?"

"Why are you so motionless today?!"

Empress Ma was panicked and reached out to wipe Zhu Yuanzhang's tears helplessly, with full of heartache.

And wanted to check Zhu Yuanzhang's back.

Zhu Yuanzhang didn't say a word, but suddenly reached out and held Empress Ma in his arms.

He hugged me so tightly, not willing to let go even for a moment!
He was afraid that if he let go, Empress Ma would fly away.

Feeling the warmth of the person in his arms and smelling the familiar body odor, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that he was the happiest person in the world!

The heart-wrenching pain brought by my sister's death and the thirty years of longing and torment were all filled with happiness at this moment.

After experiencing life and death, and the baptism of thirty-one years.

This feeling, this memory, not only has not been diluted by time, but has been imprinted even more deeply.

But because they are separated by heaven and earth, the two will never see each other again.

The biggest regret in life is this...

Looking back at this time, I suddenly found that time had gone back to the past.

You are here, and the person you are worried about and can never forget is also here, and you hold him tightly in your arms.

Zhu Yuanzhang truly realized how wonderful this moment was!
How intoxicating!
His tears kept flowing, turning from silent tears to soft sobs, which became louder and louder.

In the end, he couldn't hold back and buried his head in Queen Ma's shoulder, crying loudly.

The dignified Hongwu Emperor cried like a baby in confinement...

Queen Ma felt endless heartache.

He hugged Zhu Yuanzhang tightly, and then patted his back gently.

"Chongba, don't cry, don't cry, Chongba."

She comforted him softly, full of concern and heartache.

It would have been fine if Empress Ma hadn't said anything, but once she opened her mouth, Zhu Yuanzhang cried even harder.

Simply can not stop.

Tears flowed out like they were free...

It took a while for the emotions that had been suppressed in my chest for many years to be released through tears, and my emotions gradually calmed down.

"Zhongba, what the hell did those guys do? I'm going to find them!!!"

Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, whose eyes were as red as a rabbit, and asked with strong anger in her voice.

It is true that she protects her sons, but she does not blindly protect them.

He came in a hurry this time because he knew that his son Chongba had a bad temper and was afraid that if he got angry, he would beat his sons to death.

But now he found that Chongba, who rarely cried, was crying like this while hugging himself.

These bastards must have done something evil.

Otherwise, Chongba would never be so angry!
As she spoke, she was about to break free from Zhu Yuanzhang's arms and give these sons some motherly love.

Zhu Yuanzhang hugged her tightly.

"Sister...sister, it has nothing to do with...with them."

She cried so hard just now that Zhu Yuanzhang even spoke with sobs.

"Then Chongba, why are you crying like this?"

How could Empress Ma believe what Zhu Yuanzhang said?

"Yes...I was dreaming, I dreamed that you, my sister, left me early.

I have been living alone for a long time. I want to see my sister, but I can’t see her…”

As Zhu Yuanzhang spoke, his voice choked again.

Queen Ma felt as if something had hit her heart hard.

"Fool, you believe in dreams? Dreams are the opposite of reality. Dreams of death and life!

Am I not accompanying you well?"

Empress Ma comforted Zhu Yuanzhang in a gentle voice, with some pampering and heartache.

"Yes! Yes! It's all the opposite!

Sister, you can definitely accompany us all the way!

When we get old, I will pass the throne to Biao'er in advance and take you, my sister, to visit the famous mountains and rivers of our Ming Dynasty!
Girl, wherever you want to go, we will accompany you!
After working hard all my life, it’s time to relax and unwind!”

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded vigorously, affirming what Queen Ma said, and began to imagine the future.

While speaking, he still held Empress Ma tightly...

……

"Zhongba, let go."

An hour later, Empress Ma looked at Zhu Yuanzhang, who was clinging to her like a pendant, and spoke.

There is a bit of helplessness in happiness.

"I won't let go. I'll hold you like this for the rest of my life!"

"You old man, you have no shame! You already have grandchildren, and you still say such things."

Queen Ma reached out and gently tapped his forehead...

……

"Zhongba, you should go to the dinner party."

Half an hour later, Queen Ma gave a reminder.

"Don't go!
Go find a date!
Let them wait there!
Being with them is fun!"

Zhu Yuanzhang hugged Empress Ma and decisively refused.

"Aren't you afraid that someone will write a poem to curse you, and the king will stop attending court early in the morning?"

"No matter how well we do, we can't escape being scolded by a lot of bastards!

The scolding was much more unpleasant than not attending the morning court.

All kinds of nonsense are being fabricated!"

……

In the Fengtian Hall, all the people who should have come had arrived, except for Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang and Marquis Chengyi Liu Bowen.

Right Prime Minister Hu Weiyong couldn't help laughing in his heart when he saw Liao Yongzhong sitting at the main seat at the second table with a sullen face and an expression that said "keep away from strangers".

I became more and more looking forward to the upcoming banquet.

This time, he secretly arranged a wonderful program for the emperor and the nobles, and it is waiting to be performed!
……

After half an hour, Zhu Yuanzhang left Kunning Palace.

Back to the eighth year of Hongwu, my sister was still there, Biaoer was still there, and everything was still in time.

I have met the people I wanted to see the most, and the softness in my heart has been filled.

I also learned so much about the future.

Then let’s make up for the regret and create a bright and clear world!

Zhongdu City is too far away. Even if he puts all his efforts into it, it will take some time to get rid of Li Shanchang.

Out of reach for now.

But later on, the New Year's Eve dinner that I attended was very close.

There are also people who deserve to die among those who attend the dinner!

Let’s start from this dinner and clean up the bugs in the Ming Dynasty!
The Ming Dynasty that he built with his own hands has been ruined into such a state!
Liao Yongzhong, Marquis of Deqing, was one of the people closest to the title of Duke after the six founding dukes.

The portion size was ok.

Before the army sets out on an expedition, they would hold a flag-worshipping ceremony.

This time I have returned, and my ambition to dominate the world begins from now on, so let me kill a founding marquis first to liven things up!
In the eight years since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, he has never killed a single founding hero.

This is also why they become more and more rampant and have no regard for the law.

In this case, let’s break this record from now on!

Zhu Yuanzhang gripped the hilt of the Emperor's Sword at his waist, his face grim as he strode towards the Fengtian Hall...

(End of this chapter)