amaotonovel Chapter 1408
Chapter 1408
Just as Zhu Di and the monk Daoyan were talking.
Just as the gatekeeper had said, two hurried footsteps came straight into the courtyard, and as soon as two familiar figures stepped in...
Accompanying this were familiar, furious shouts: "Zhu Di! Zhu Di!!"
As the saying goes, what children fear most is their own parents calling them by their full names, let alone when that living father is none other than the Hongwu Emperor Zhu Yuanzhang.
When they heard Zhu Yuanzhang's voice.
The fear ingrained in Zhu Di's DNA still made him tremble.
He glanced guiltily at the monk Daoyan beside him and muttered in a voice only the other could hear, "Judging from my father's voice... something doesn't seem right? He really... came here to beat me, didn't he?"
“In the past, when we princes displeased him, he would order us to be beaten like this. Even my eldest brother got beaten the same way when he made a mistake!”
He saw his father walking angrily toward him.
Zhu Di's palms started to sweat.
The monk Daoyan stroked his beard in silence, saying nothing.
When Zhu Yuanzhang and Lu Wei approached, Zhu Di forced himself to remain calm and said, "Father...Father...Your son is here, but I didn't know that Father was in such a hurry...What is it about?"
After saying this, Zhu Di felt his throat go dry. He lowered his head, closed his eyes, and gritted his teeth, waiting for the storm to come.
But he hadn't expected it.
The first thing he heard wasn't a reprimand or a scolding, but Zhu Yuanzhang's suppressed anger as he ordered: "Assemble your forces as quickly as possible. You come with me, and we'll march swiftly to Yingtian Prefecture!"
Hear this.
Even the usually composed monk Daoyan's eyes widened considerably, secretly delighted: "The fact that this Hongwu Emperor is in such a hurry means that chaos has surely broken out in Yingtian Prefecture! Perhaps... the nobles of Huaixi have already taken control of the entire Yingtian Prefecture!"
He originally thought that Zhu Yuanzhang might have only gotten a little wind of the situation and was in a hurry to find Zhu Di to make preparations in advance. He didn't expect that the first thing he would do was to send troops to attack Yingtian Prefecture - this result was already better than expected.
Zhu Di's heart pounded instantly: "It seems I was indeed overthinking things before; Master Daoyan was right this time!"
He looked up in surprise and delight, then realized that he shouldn't have made such a gloating gesture in front of Zhu Yuanzhang. After all, his father had only arrived now that the nobles of Huaixi had caused a great disturbance in Yingtian Prefecture. This was enough to show that his father probably didn't know that the chaos in Yingtian Prefecture was his doing.
So he quickly composed himself and feigned surprise: "Gathering...troops? To attack Yingtian Prefecture?? Father, what's going on?"
Zhu Yuanzhang narrowed his eyes, his anger blazing. Enraged, he kicked Zhu Di in the leg and yelled, "Pretending! Still pretending with us!!"
Zhu Di staggered back a step, wincing in pain in his foot. His heart sank slightly as he thought to himself, "It seems they know about my and Master Daoyan's involvement..."
That being the case.
Zhu Di decided to drop the pretense and lay his cards on the table. He took a deep breath, a hint of smugness in his expression: "So... news has already come from Yingtian Prefecture? This rebellion that should have happened long ago... has already begun?"
Anyway, everyone knows, anyway, Yingtian Prefecture is in complete chaos, anyway, now my father has no choice but to rely on his own strength to quell the rebellion in Yingtian Prefecture.
Zhu Di, of course, no longer needed to hide it.
"You unfilial son!!" Zhu Yuanzhang couldn't help but curse, but he also knew what was important. The most urgent matter right now was the chaos in Yingtian Prefecture!
So he managed to suppress his anger for the time being and coldly ordered, "Immediately order the mobilization of your troops. We'll assemble them outside Beiping City!"
Zhu Di secretly breathed a sigh of relief.