Born a phoenix? The husband I picked up is the young emperor

Chapter 483

There were three unique skills popular in the capital at that time.

The one with lofty ambitions refers to the current Emperor Mingde.

When he was a young prince, he often pretended to be an ordinary person to understand the sufferings of the people. Since he was young, he set a great ambition to ensure that the people had clothes to wear and food to eat, and did not suffer from displacement.

This ambition was reflected in his article "Looking North"; it was also this article that enabled him to stand out among the princes and finally ascend the throne.

The second most talented person refers to Huang Haoqing; and the third most beautiful person in Beijing is Zhu Lingxiu, and the "beautiful" here really refers to her appearance.

Huang Haoqing and Zhu Lingxiu were both Mingde Emperor's study companions. These three people almost dominated all the hot topics in the capital.

Among them, Zhu Lingxiu was the most popular.

Emperor Mingde often pretended to be angry and accused Zhu Lingxiu with a stern face of not doing his job properly and using his looks to bully others, which drove all the girls in the capital crazy.

Zhu Lingxiu was a shy and introverted person. He could never tell that Emperor Mingde was joking, and every time he was scared he would kneel down and beg for mercy.

Emperor Mingde was so angry that he even called it boring and said, "I don't know what kind of woman can be worthy of a face like yours."

Indeed, Zhu Lingxiu's appearance was truly the best you'll see once in a century. How good was he? He was so good that even the most beautiful woman in the capital at that time didn't dare to appear with him. Anyone who met him would feel ashamed of himself.

It was such a person who was ruined by the case of Princess Yuyang.

At the birthday banquet that day, there was also a shameless live pornographic scene like today.

The man was Zhu Lingxiu and the woman was Princess Chanyu.

In addition to punishing Princess Yuyang's family that day, the Empress Dowager also did one more thing. She threatened Zhu Lingxiu with the lives of more than a hundred people in the Zhu family on the grounds of preserving the reputation of the royal family, and forced them to marry Princess Chanyu and choose a date for the wedding.

Emperor Mingde later tried to interfere in Zhu Lingxiu's marriage, but Zhu Lingxiu refused.

He knelt before Emperor Mingde, feeling extremely ashamed, "Your Majesty, I am incompetent, which is why I fell into the evil scheme. You must not ruin your plan for me. I am already like this, it is not worth your help."

Back then, Emperor Mingde couldn’t even protect his own sister, let alone him, a humble companion?

Besides, you can protect someone for a while, but you can’t protect him for a lifetime.

At that time, there were undercurrents of various forces in the court. If Emperor Mingde acted rashly, everything would be overthrown.

What to do? Just endure it!

Everyone thought that being an emperor would allow him to control everything. However, they did not know how difficult it was for a new emperor without any help to secure the throne and create a prosperous era for the North Wing.

Didn’t the Queen Mother support him to ascend the throne because she saw that he had no support from his maternal family?

Even his harem was full of people placed by the Empress Dowager.

How frustrated he felt at that time!

Therefore, Emperor Mingde endured it; Zhu Lingxiu also endured it, and married Princess Chanyu with a heavy heart, becoming the most aggrieved prince consort in history.

Not long after, Zhu Jinxi was born, and Princess Chanyu asked for the title of Princess for Zhu Jinxi.

Emperor Mingde considered it for a long time and finally agreed.

From then on, the Zhu family relied on this relationship to rise in status. In just over a decade, the Zhu family became the most powerful family in the noble circle.

Just ten years ago, a murder occurred.

Zhu Lingxiu, the son-in-law of the emperor, secretly raised a concubine. The two lived together outside, but were brutally murdered by a group of thugs who broke into their house to rob them.

Especially Zhu Lingxiu's face, which was cut badly by the knife, with not a single spot of intact skin.

But all the characteristics on her body matched Zhu Lingxiu's, so she was buried like this. From then on, there was no more Zhu Lingxiu, the most beautiful woman in Beijing.

Emperor Mingde always felt that Zhu Lingxiu's death was suspicious, and even thought that the body was not Zhu Lingxiu's, but he had no evidence.

He once sent the Western Shadow Guards to investigate secretly, but apart from finding that Princess Chanyu led a licentious life, he found no other clues.

But just when Emperor Mingde was about to execute Princess Chanyu, a person was unexpectedly dug out from the underground palace.

That person was actually Zhu Lingxiu.

Zhu Lingxiu was carried out of the underground palace on a rack by the Western Shadow Guards. He looked extremely weak, with all the tendons in his hands and feet severed. He was skinny and his face had an abnormal flush.

But you can still vaguely see his stunning facial features. That is a masterpiece carefully crafted by God!

However, because of this face, he was favored by Princess Chanyu and embarked on a miserable life path from then on.

The first time Zhu Lingxiu saw Emperor Mingde, his eyes turned red and he cried hoarsely, "Yun De..."