Daming: I really don’t want to be an emperor!

Zhu Yunhuan immediately issued an edict to fulfill the promise he had made to Wang Chunsan.

"I thank Your Highness for your grace. May you live a thousand years and a thousand thousand years."

Wang Chunsan kowtowed to express his gratitude.

"Okay, my dear ministers, please stand up. Let's discuss other things." Zhu Yunhuan asked everyone to stand up.

"Thank you, Your Highness."

Everyone thanked him and stood up to talk about other things.

In the Qianqing Palace.

Zhu Yuanzhang leaned back in a recliner, eating melon seeds.

"Wang Zhong, do you think he can really be a good crown prince?"

Wang Zhong shook his head, "I don't know."

"Why did he set up a cabinet to share the power of the emperor? He also strengthened Huaixi. Isn't he afraid that Huaixi will use the imperial power to gain respect? After all, he was promoted by Huaixi. They can promote him, but they can also pull him down."

Zhu Yuanzhang had calmed down a lot in the past few days and began to let Wang Zhong learn about the situation outside through the eunuchs and maids who delivered meals every day.

Zhu Yuanzhang felt that Zhu Yunhuan was an absolute tyrant, but the news he learned today made Zhu Yuanzhang confused again.

"Huaixi doesn't dare to pull him down, because except for His Royal Highness, no matter who else becomes the crown prince, Huaixi will not have a good ending. Their personal interests have long been tied to His Royal Highness. They will rise and fall together."

Wang Zhong replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang shook his head. "But you say he doesn't trust Huaixi, and he gave all the most important power in the court to Huaixi. But if you say he trusts Huaixi, he ordered all his uncles to come back for the enthronement ceremony. I don't think he asked the princes to return to Beijing just to participate in the enthronement ceremony."

"Perhaps His Highness found that Huaixi was difficult to control, so he wanted the princes to return to Beijing to help." Wang Zhong guessed.

Zhu Yuanzhang spat out the melon seed shells, "No, he ordered the expansion of the army, and he still has considerable military power. Huaixi has no intention of stopping him, so there is no unhappiness between the two sides. Then how could he realize that Huaixi is difficult to control?"

"I don't understand either."

Wang Zhong shook his head.

"Is there any news from Song Zhong?" Zhu Yuanzhang asked.

Wang Zhong reported, "No, but he said that His Highness has expanded the Jinyiwei and his authority has also increased."

Zhu Yuanzhang hummed, "Let Song Zhong continue to hide and report any situation at any time. This Jiang Li is really not loyal to us."

Song Zhong was a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

According to the normal plot, Jiang Lin was involved in the Lan Yu case and was killed two years later, and Song Zhong became the new commander of the Jinyiwei.

Although the Jinyiwei were the emperor's personal army, Zhu Yuanzhang would not put all his eggs in one basket. There were also Zhu Yuanzhang's loyal soldiers among the Jinyiwei.

The kind that is willing to die for Zhu Yuanzhang.

Song Zhong is one of them.

"Yes, sir." Wang Zhong accepted the order.

The reason why Zhu Yuanzhang could leisurely eat melon seeds here was mainly because the situation was still under his control.

Zhu Yuanzhang was very angry in the first two days, but he figured it out in the past two days. Since Zhu Yunhun was not stupid, he decided to come and see what Zhu Yunhun was capable of.

As Zhu Yunhuan is the legitimate grandson, if he is truly capable, then it would not be a bad idea to hand over the throne to him.

After all, to make Zhu Yunwen the crown prince, he would have to work hard for another two years to help Zhu Yunwen clear the obstacles. If Zhu Yunwen was capable, then it would not be a problem for him to inherit the Ming Dynasty as the legitimate successor.

But if Zhu Yunhuan acted recklessly, Zhu Yuanzhang would let Song Zhong lead his assassins to break into the Qianqing Palace under the cover of night to rescue him, and then he would go out to control the situation.

Zhu Yuanzhang relied on the Jinyiwei, but he also did not trust them.

……

After retreating from the court.

Zhu Yunhuan asked the Right Vice Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Wang Chunsan to come to the Imperial Study to see him.

But Chang Sheng also said that he had something to say to Zhu Yunhuan.

Zhu Yunhuan first met Chang Sheng in the imperial study, while Wang Chunsan and Kong Youde were waiting outside the palace.