Beijing, Zhu Hongke dormitory of Zhongshu University.

Zhu Hongke held his cell phone in his hand and stuck it in his ear, listening to the butler's report.

"Your Highness! That killer nicknamed "Gun King" was taken away by General Jin last night. He was taken away together with six other serious offenders in the prison of the Central Guard. Tang Shoucheng of the Central Guard did not dare to stop him! Your Highness! That "Gun King" may not be able to cure his crime!"

Zhu Hongke frowned with his delicate eyebrows and asked unhesitantly: "Did Tang Shoucheng not claiming the title of my king? Who gave me such a courage to share the Du Ding Jin? Tang Shoucheng was so unscrupulous? With this king to support him, he would not dare to offend the Du Ding Jin? What face does he have to be in charge of the Central Defense Department? I must report to the emperor and dismiss him and investigate him! It's simply outrageous! There's Du Ding Jin, who is so bold, clearly not taking me seriously, and it's just a leopard courage! Does his Du Ding family want to rebel?"

Housekeeper: "Your Highness..."

Zhu Hongke frowned even more tightly. He heard different opinions from the butler's hesitant tone, which made him feel even more depressed.

"What? Who do you want to talk to for? Tang Shoucheng? Or is it a one-on-one share of gold?"

Housekeeper: "Your Highness! The old slave recently heard that the Duan Die Jin is now very close to King Lu, and Tang Shoucheng dared not fight against him... It is understandable."

"Uncle?"

Zhu Hongke's face changed slightly and he fell silent for a moment.

King Lu Zhu Lixi is his uncle. In terms of seniority, Zhu Lixi is also the uncle of the current emperor, Emperor Xingyuan, Zhu Hongqi, although King Lu Zhu Lixi is more than teenager younger than Zhu Hongqi.

Zhu Hongqi has been ascended the throne for 17 years and has never had any descendants. This is the main reason why Zhu Hongke, as the emperor's brother, is still called the third prince.

Zhu Lixi was the younger brother of the late emperor. Logically speaking, the throne of the late emperor was passed to Zhu Hongqi, and the throne had no chance of Zhu Lixi. However, Zhu Hongqi still had no children for 17 years since he ascended the throne, which gave many hope.

For example, Lu Wang Zhu Lixi.

For example, King Zhu Lixin of Jin, King Zhu Litao of Fu, Zhu Hongke's emperor brother Zhu Hongyuan, and the emperor's brother Zhu Hongtu.

Zhu Hongke himself has no ambitions for the throne, but he is very clear about the current situation and knows that the current power of King Lu Zhu Lixi is the most powerful. In private, he also heard that his brother also intends to pass the throne to King Lu in the future.

All of this forced Zhu Hongke to give in to King Lu. Over the years, he has been doing this, trying not to offend King Lu. Even the other princes and his second emperor and his brother, the emperor, tried to be unofficial.

Among these contenders to the throne, King Lu is the highest in his opinion and secretly controls one-third of the imperial guards in the capital. King Jin is the most powerful in the world's army. As Zhu Hongke heard, King Jin has secretly gained support from two legions; King Fu Zhu Litao has the most financial resources. Among the top ten consortiums in the Ming Dynasty, it is said that two consortiums belong to King Fu completely, and several other consortiums also have shares of King Fu.

His emperor brother Zhu Hongyuan is not very powerful, but he is a compatriot with his mother and is closest to Zhu Hongyan.

The emperor's brother Zhu Hongtu is not very old and is only 18 years old now. However, he is a genius, both civil and military. At a young age, he has become a master of three major martial arts masters in Beijing and has learned amazing martial arts. At a young age, he has been known as the number one master in Beijing.

Zhu Hongke had seen one of the unique skills of the emperor's brother Zhu Hongtu, and that sword technique shocked him greatly.

This is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that Zhu Hongtu’s mother’s mother’s family is the Cao family.

The Cao family has only become famous for the past century, but the Cao family is now extremely powerful, spanning both military and political circles. Cao Yu, the Minister of Works, is Zhu Hongtu's uncle.

If we want to sort the top families in the Ming Dynasty except the royal family in a order, then the Cao family will definitely be able to enter the top three.

Therefore, it is better to say that Zhu Hongtu, who was only eighteen years old, had ideas about the throne, but the Cao family had ideas about the throne.

This is the current situation in the Ming Dynasty. Because Emperor Zhu Hong was left with no descendants, the capital, which was on the surface, was already surging in the dark and very dangerous.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Hongke said with joy and anger: "I understand."

After saying that, he hung up the call.

After the call was hung up, Zhu Hongke sat at the desk, remained silent for a long time, and fell completely silent, King Lu...

Unexpectedly, he kept staying away from the throne and avoided conflicts with Lu Wang and others, and devoted himself to his studies. He only used novels to pass the time in his spare time. In this way, he still had an intersection with Lu Wang.

As a prince, he just let someone punish a killer and couldn't do it as he wished. This hurts his self-esteem and makes him suddenly lose interest in reading and other things.

Zhu Hongke couldn't help but begin to wonder whether his previous decision was right or wrong?

In the imperial family and as the current emperor brother, is it really useful to fight for the throne? Now that the emperor is still in power, he is almost a decoration. King Lu clearly did not take him seriously!

Logically speaking, Zhu Hongke is also the legitimate son of the late emperor. In the battle for the throne, he has clearly shown unintentional competition. Lu Wang and others should give him respect and win his support. However, what Lu Wang did to let the Duan Die last night was clearly ignoring him Zhu Hongke.

To put it bluntly, I just don’t care about his support from Zhu Hongke.

"Is it because I'm too useless?"

Zhu Hongke asked himself sadly, his situation is already like this now. When King Lu or others ascend the throne in the future, will Zhu Hongke still have a foothold?

But, what can he do?

When it comes to people's expectations, the influence in the army, the financial resources, the relationship with the emperor's brothers, etc., he is far inferior to those emperor uncles, the emperor's brothers and the emperor's brothers.

Even if he is determined to fight, he has no hope at all.

...

In Nanjing, Zhao Yan finally returned to Hanlin College and stayed in the dormitory for the whole morning. He went to the classroom to attend class with a nervous mood in the afternoon.

Throughout the afternoon, Zhao Yan was worried about whether an ugly woman would suddenly come to their classroom and call him by his name, and then call him in public.

That afternoon, Zhao Yan was always like a frightened bird, and his spirit was always tense. Whenever a stranger appeared at the door of the classroom, whether it was the front or back door of the classroom, no matter whether the stranger appeared, he would immediately become nervous.

Why was he nervous even when he saw a strange boy appearing at the door of the classroom?

Because Zhao Yan thought a lot, he was not only worried that the woman would come to the house last night, but also worried that the other party's boyfriend or relatives and friends would come to the house.

For Zhao Yan, no matter which of the above situations, it means that he will be troubled and his face will be completely wiped out.

I was so worried for the afternoon, and it was not until the bell for the last class in the afternoon that Zhao Yan breathed a sigh of relief and finally showed a relieved smile on his face.

I thought to myself: This **** day has finally been over!

However, as soon as he thinks that someone might come to him every day in the coming days, the smile on his lips is uncontrollably bitter.

...

For several days, Zhao Yan spent his life in fear and was almost like a year. Once, he dreamed that a woman with a bloody mouth came to the classroom and cried and asked him to take responsibility.

When he woke up that time, Zhao Yan found that his back was wet and his forehead was covered with cold sweat, and he was still scared.

In the past few days, Zhao Yan’s biggest hope is that the final exam will come soon, and finish the final exam quickly, go home during the holidays, and go home to avoid the limelight.

What Zhao Yan didn't know was that the woman had already come to him.

For three consecutive days, Zhao Yan went to the back mountain of the college and was exploring and practicing time back by the Crescent Lake, Xun Qing's figure was always in the nearby pavilion, hidden in the swaying shadows of trees.

When Zhao Yan went deep into the woods to practice boxing. When he practiced the Nine Styles of Breaking the Wind, Xun Qing always watched quietly not far away. Every time he watched Zhao Yan practice time retracement, practice boxing and knife skills, Xun Qing's eyes were always a little complicated.

She herself didn't notice that her eyes had become different. She just watched quietly but never approached.

This morning was the same again. Xun Qing stood quietly in the pavilion, quietly watching Zhao Yan practice time retracing with oranges by the lake. She didn't know what Zhao Yan was practicing. She only saw Zhao Yan taking out one orange after another from the paper bag like in the previous few days, and rolling down on the slope. Most of them rolled into the lake. Occasionally, a few of them were blocked by the rock edges by the lake and stopped there.

There was no curiosity in her eyes, no longer curious about what the kid was playing, just watching.

After all, this young man was her first man from Xun Qing. She wanted to take a few more glances and leave more memories for herself, that's all.

Unlike the previous few days, today Zhao Yan finished practicing time and still made no progress. When he walked into the deep woods in disappointment, he was about to practice boxing. Xun Qing stood in the pavilion without moving and did not follow him again.

It was not until Zhao Yan's back completely disappeared into the woods that Xun Qing withdrew his gaze, his expression did not change much, and he walked away from the pavilion.

When he got home and had breakfast with his parents, Xun Qing said while eating: "Dad! Mom! I'm going back to the capital today. When I'm not here, you two elders will take good care of yourself! Tell me if you have any questions!"

When Mrs. Xun Li heard this, she immediately lost the mood to continue eating. She stopped chopsticks and looked at her daughter reluctantly: "Xiaoqing! Are you leaving again? Can't you stay at home for a few more days? You've only been back for a few days..."

Xun Guangyuan also stopped chopsticks, but the things he cared about were different from his wife.

"Xiaoqing! Have you considered it?"

Xun Qing knew that her father was asking about her job choices. She first smiled at her mother comfortably and said, "Mom! I have been at home for a long time this time. I can't let go of the matter in the bureau for too long. Next time I will take time to come back to see you and dad!"

Then he looked at his father, restrained the smile on his face, nodded and said, "Dad! I've thought about it."

After pausing, she looked apologetic on her face and said to her parents: "Dad, Mom! I don't know if my choice is right or wrong this time. If I am wrong, you must announce that you have severed your relationship with me as soon as possible! Don't let me be shameless to see you after death! Dad, Mom! Please agree to my two elders! Please!"

After saying that, Xun Qing looked at his parents beggingly with a serious expression.

"Xiaoqing! What are you talking about? Our family of three is one! Parents are not afraid of you being implicated! If something happens to you, what is the point of living with your dad in this world? How could mommy and your dad break up with you?"

Mrs. Xun Li became anxious when she heard this and blamed Xun Qing without thinking.

"Mom! You guys..."

"Okay! Dad promises you!"

Xun Qing was about to persuade him again, but Xun Guangyuan unexpectedly agreed. Not only did he agree, he also stopped his wife from speaking with his eyes. Mrs. Xun Li was angry and anxious, and her eyes turned red in an instant. She couldn't help but reach out and hit Xun Guangyuan.

But Xun Guangyuan grabbed the arm that she called and did not look at her. Xun Guangyuan looked at his daughter seriously and said again: "Xiaoqing! Dad promised you! Dad knows your concerns! He also knows that you have to make a choice this time. Dad only hopes that since you have made a choice, you will do your best to strive for the final success! Dad and your mother, you don't have to worry! Dad promises you that once you fail, you will announce your severance of relationship with you in time! Don't let you bear the infamy of being unfilial!"

Xun Qing looked at his father seriously. After a long time, Xun Qing smiled.

"Dad! Thank you!"

No more words.

Xun Guangyuan also nodded with a smile, only Mrs. Xun Li was crying next to her, staring at Xun Guangyuan with resentful eyes, and from time to time, she looked at her daughter with a heartache and worry.

Xun Qing knew her worry. After reaching an agreement with her father, she reached out to hold it on the back of her mother's hand and comforted her: "Mom! Don't you do this! Xiaoqing is your pride, right? You always told me like this before! Xiaoqing is better than a man! What Xiaoqing is doing now is Yiqing's ambition since childhood! You know! Right? Besides, my choice this time may not be wrong. If you succeed, your daughter will be famous in history! You should be happy for me, Mom!"

The more Xun Qing said comforting words, the more heartache Mrs. Xun Li felt, and tears kept falling like broken beads.

After Xun Qing finished speaking, Mrs. Xun Li held Xun Qing's hand tightly and said in tears: "No, no! Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing! Mommy doesn't want you to be famous in history! Mommy doesn't want you to be better than a man! Mommy just needs you to live safely, Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing! Is it okay for us to resign? You will resign immediately when you go back this time! Mommy begs you..."

Xun Guangyuan closed his eyes and turned his head slightly to the side. His wife's words made him feel uncomfortable.

Xun Qing smiled and shook his head, and said softly: "Mom! You know in your heart that I can advance but not retreat in my current position. There is still a possibility of winning. If you retreat, you will die. No one will let me escape with those secrets! Mommy! You should bless me!"

Mrs. Xun Li's expression suddenly became extremely painful. She really understood the truth her daughter said, she could advance but not retreat, but she really didn't want to understand this truth, because it meant that she could only watch her daughter, her only daughter fell into a dangerous situation full of murderous intent.

I can only watch it. (To be continued.)
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