Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Yunwen's Furious Antics

As Zhu Dijun finished speaking, it was as if an invisible thunderbolt had been dropped across all time and space.

The shadow of the Khazars loomed over Emperor Yongle, Zhu Di!

This means that the earth-shattering battle between uncle and nephew, the Jingnan Campaign, was not a simple internal family conflict from the very beginning!

Beijing, the fifteenth year of the Yongle reign.

Zhu Di's imperial robes fluttered without wind, and a chilling killing intent suddenly erupted from his body!

He recalled the pedantic scholars who denounced him as a "traitor" when he raised his army during the Jingnan Rebellion.

He recalled Tie Xuan, who had used a scheme to almost wipe out his entire army during the siege of Jinan.

He recalled those like Fang Xiaoru who, after he became emperor, refused to surrender and cursed him with the most vicious language.

It turns out that the same ghost was standing behind them all!

"Well... well done, Khazar..."

Zhu Di gritted his teeth, finally realizing that what he had faced back then was not a weak nephew or a group of blindly loyal civil officials.

Instead, it was a massive conspiracy that had been planned for decades and aimed at overthrowing the Ming Dynasty!

Modern live streaming room.

Zhu Dijun looked at the comments on the screen saying "I feel sorry for Emperor Yongle," but his expression became somewhat strange.

"Family members, before we talk about how the Khazars Group besieged my ancestor, we need to talk about a widely circulated, and even today many people still believe it... unofficial history."

His tone was a mix of teasing and helplessness.

"This unofficial history, let's put it this way, is a bit mind-blowing, and you could even say it's outrageous to the extreme."

"It says that Emperor Jianwen, Zhu Yunwen, was not actually the son of Crown Prince Zhu Biao."

"But...it was the biological son of Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang and Crown Princess Lü!"

The voice just fell.

The entire live stream was silent for three seconds.

Immediately afterwards, the barrage of comments erupted like a volcano!

"Holy crap??????"

"Really? Is this a reenactment of Li Longji and Yang Guifei? Isn't this incredibly exciting?"

"Brother Jun, don't scare me! I just drank some water and sprayed it all over the screen!"

"This...this can't be! Zhu Yuanzhang loved Empress Ma so much, how could he do such a thing!"

"Upstairs, this is called unofficial history, it's just folk gossip, but this gossip is way too explosive!"

Modern audiences treat this as a sensational juicy story, but in the context of the eleventh year of the Hongwu reign, it was no longer a juicy tale.

May he be struck by lightning!

Yingtianfu, Fengtian Hall.

"boom!"

Zhu Yuanzhang's mind went blank, as if he had been struck head-on by a bolt of lightning from the heavens!

He was completely stunned, standing there dumbfounded, almost unable to believe his ears.

We...and Lady Lü...had Yunwen as our son?

Is this some kind of utter nonsense that even a human could come up with?!

The next second, an uncontrollable rage, like volcanic lava, shot from his chest straight to the top of his head!

"Bullshit!!!"

A roar that shook the entire hall startled the surrounding eunuchs and palace maids, causing them to kneel down in fear.

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he trembled all over, and his weathered old face turned a deep liver color.

He turned his head sharply, his gaze sweeping across the entire room.

He saw it!

He saw his wife, Empress Ma, looking at him with a shocked, heartbroken, and somewhat absurd expression.

He saw his beloved son, Crown Prince Zhu Biao, and his face turned deathly pale. He was completely stunned, his mouth half-open, looking as if he wanted to ask but dared not.

He saw Prince Qin, Zhu Shuang, and Prince Jin, Zhu Gang. Those two brats were desperately lowering their heads, but their shoulders were shaking uncontrollably, clearly trying to suppress their laughter!

He also saw Li Shanchang (who had not yet been arrested), Xu Da, Chang Mao and other civil and military officials. They all looked down at their noses and their noses were closed, but they could not hide the burning gossip in their eyes and that strange look in their eyes!

It's as if it's saying: Your Majesty, so you... like this kind of thing?

What infuriated him the most was that he saw Prince Yan, Zhu Di, standing not far away!

The fourth prince was looking at him with a blank expression, his eyes filled with pure confusion, as if to say: Father, did you really do it?

At that moment, Zhu Yuanzhang felt that his personality, dignity, and reputation had been trampled on by that descendant named Zhu Dijun!

"Aaaaaahh ...

Zhu Yuanzhang was so angry that he jumped three feet high on the spot, pointed at the sky, and cursed loudly.

"Which unfilial descendant is spouting nonsense! Get out here!"

"If we did something so despicable, may we be struck by lightning and sent to the deepest hell after death!"

"My sister (Empress Ma) and I have been husband and wife for decades. Everyone in the world knows how good our relationship is! Why would we fall for Lady Lü?!"

After cursing Zhu Dijun, he still felt unsatisfied, with nowhere to vent his anger. He suddenly turned his head and glared fiercely at the most innocent Zhu Di.

"And you, you unfilial son!"

Zhu Di jolted awake, his face completely bewildered: "Father, what... what does this have to do with me?"

"How is this none of your business!" Zhu Yuanzhang roared angrily. "The heavens say it's because you, this rebellious son, wanted to rebel that all this mess has come up! If you hadn't rebelled, where would Jianwen be? Where would all this filthy nonsense come from! It's all your fault!"

Zhu Di: "..."

I'm so wronged!

Empress Ma couldn't bear to watch any longer. She stepped forward, gently patted Zhu Yuanzhang's back, and said softly, "Chongba, calm down. Didn't the descendants on the sky say that this is 'unofficial history' and it's fake?"

Zhu Yuanzhang, panting heavily, pointed to his chest and said to Empress Ma, "Sister, listen to this! Is this even human language? This is stabbing us in the back!"

Above the sky, Zhu Dijun seemed to have anticipated the intense reaction this "bombshell" would cause, and he promptly steered the conversation back on track.

"Family members, I know this unofficial history is outrageous and absurd."

"But as history enthusiasts, we can't just look at gossip; we need to think about why these outrageous anecdotes came about and why they've been passed down."

His voice made Zhu Yuanzhang, who was in a rage, subconsciously quiet down for a moment.

Yes, why?

Zhu Dijun's expression turned serious.

"The reason is simple: Emperor Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision regarding his successor that was incomprehensible to everyone at the time!"

"After Crown Prince Zhu Biao died, he did not choose the Prince of Qin or the Prince of Jin, who had made great military achievements, nor did he choose the Prince of Yan, Zhu Di, who had made the most outstanding military achievements."

"He skipped over his sons and chose his grandsons instead."

"Even if a grandson is chosen, according to the principle of primogeniture, the first in line to inherit after Zhu Biao's death should be his second grandson, Zhu Yunwen, born to Lady Chang!"

"But Zhu Yuanzhang chose no one else; he chose Zhu Yunwen, the eldest son of Zhu Biao, born to Lady Lü!"

"A person who was not the best choice in terms of personality, ability, and legitimacy of bloodline ultimately ascended to the position of crown prince."

"This illogical arrangement is itself fertile ground for conspiracy theories and rumors!"

"Therefore, after the fall of the Ming Dynasty, in order to find a more dramatic explanation for the downfall of the Jianwen Emperor's lineage and the Yongle Emperor's 'usurpation,' this scandalous rumor that 'Zhu Yuanzhang had an affair with Lady Lü' was fabricated and spread."

"Because it can explain the most fundamental question in the simplest and most dramatic way—why did Zhu Yuanzhang choose Zhu Yunwen in particular?"

Zhu Dijun said, enunciating each word clearly.

"And now we know the real answer to this question."

"Because those 'Khazar' agents lurking in the court, those civil officials, need a benevolent, weak, and easily controlled emperor!"

"And Zhu Yunwen was, in their eyes, the most perfect candidate!"