Time Travel: After Seizing the Throne, I Lead the Ming Dynasty to Take Off

Thinking of this, an unnatural expression flashed across Zhu Yuanzhang's face, and his eyes moved to the brazier in front of him with a hint of avoidance.

Then he revealed a sad expression and said, "There's no point in trying to comfort me. The dead can't be brought back to life. There's nothing we can do about it."

As he spoke, Zhu Di's health had recovered a lot.

He sat up, frowning thoughtfully as he studied Zhu Yuanzhang. He had clearly sensed something was amiss: "Dad looks sad... but he doesn't seem that sad..."

"Until I emphasized the importance of mentioning my second and third brothers, he seemed to have temporarily forgotten about it!"

Zhu Di was searching in his heart.

He pretended to be concerned and said, "That's why I want to stay by your side and fulfill my filial duty on behalf of my eldest, second, and third brothers, right? Otherwise, they would blame me if they knew about this."

What he said really hit Zhu Yuanzhang's heart.

Zhu Yuanzhang's heart suddenly warmed, his nose felt sore, and he said with a sense of loss: "You have always been a filial child..."

He had to admit that he felt a little relieved when he saw Zhu Di. After all, he was his eldest living child.

Seeing Zhu Yuanzhang's true feelings.

Zhu Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and then dared to test further, putting on an indignant expression.

"I just hate that thief who stole my country! Not only did he make you..."

At this point, Zhu Di paused at the perfect moment, not bringing up Zhu Yuanzhang's embarrassing incident. Instead, he dropped the topic and continued, "You also controlled your eldest brother's legitimate son, violated the Imperial Ming Ancestor Instructions that you personally set, and killed your second and third brothers. You truly deserve to die!"

After Zhu Di said this, Zhu Yuanzhang's face was indeed filled with sadness. After all, two of his own sons had died.

But... there was no hatred as expected.

Of course, he had nothing to hate - the non-existent "thief who stole the country" was able to suppress the internal and external forces and strategize at such a young age with his own strength.

It's difficult to fake a person's subconscious reaction, especially when they're feeling grief-stricken. And what's more, for a ruler like Zhu Yuanzhang, to whom everyone bows and scrapes, who never needs to conceal his true self?

Therefore, he was also a little slow to start: "It is really hateful that they have stolen the Zhu family's kingdom that we conquered with our own hands!"

However, even if he agreed with Zhu Di's words, his tone always lacked some warmth - his acting skills were not very good, which was another reason why he always tried his best to avoid meeting Zhu Di.

Zhu Di already had a lot of plans in mind.

I came here intentionally to test you.

And how sharp is his mind?

He immediately sensed something strange and frowned, muttering to himself, "This is so unnatural! I can't even... feel the hatred in Father's heart!! That man forced Father to flee to Peking and even killed my second and third brothers. How could Father not hate him?!"

At this moment, Zhu Di had a thousand questions in his mind - why?

The most outrageous thing.

This is totally not in line with my father's temperament!

Can a person's temperament completely change overnight?

"Or... has your Majesty also realized that the man is more likely assisting Zhu Yunhuan than usurping the Ming throne?"

“No, no…”

"Even if that man truly has no ambition or ill intentions, given my father's temperament, it's impossible for him to fall into his hands and remain silent."

"There must be another reason!"

Almost in the blink of an eye, countless thoughts and possibilities flashed through Zhu Di's mind, but unfortunately... he had never seen sweet potatoes, and had never seen so many things that he had no concept of. In addition, the mainstream opinion in Yingtian Prefecture was that someone was trying to steal the country... No matter how smart he was, he had no other clues.