Chapter 91 The breakup between father and son

Zhu Yunwen sat dejectedly on the steps in the Golden Throne Hall.

His face was filled with despair; he had not expected things to turn out like this.

"Your Majesty, let's go to Jiangnan and reorganize the court there. There is still a chance, there is still a chance." Luo Ming persuaded.

"There is no chance, no chance..." Zhu Yunwen shook his head with a wry smile and looked at Luo Ming with a very complicated look.

Because the current situation has reached this point, Luo Ming has made an indelible contribution.

But he really couldn't blame anyone, after all, he also agreed with Luo Ming's suggestions.

Secondly, even at this moment, Luo Ming is still by his side.

"Let's leave here." Zhu Yunwen pushed Luo Ming away: "Go back and look after Aunt Mingxi. She can't leave you."

"Your Majesty, we haven't lost yet! We still have a chance."

Zhu Yunwen shook his head, his eyes empty: "Alas... things have come to this point, I have nothing to say."

"In that case, I will go to hell with your majesty."

At the same time, Li Jinglong had already opened the gate of Yingtian Prefecture.

Zhu Di rode a tall horse and rushed into the city first, followed closely by the two brothers Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui. The army in the rear also took over the city defense soon after.

Zhu Di went all the way to the Zhengyang Gate of the Imperial Palace, at which time the guards at the Zhengyang Gate had already given up resistance.

Li Yuan, the commander of the Imperial Guard, stepped forward and said, "General Li Yuan, I pay my respects to His Majesty the Prince of Yan."

Zhu Di waved his hand, signaling his subordinates to take over Zhengyang Gate.

"Did that little bastard Zhu Yunwen run away?"

"Nothing."

"Seal off the Forbidden City immediately! No one is allowed to enter or leave." Zhu Di ordered.

At the same time, Zhu Di walked into the Forbidden City in high spirits. Zhu Gaoxu and Zhu Gaosui were so excited that they didn't know what to do.

When I arrived at the stairs in front of the Golden Palace, I saw a man standing there.

Zhu Di raised his eyebrows. Rosen, he is actually here.

Zhu Gaoxu was one step ahead of Zhu Di: "Where did this bastard come from? How dare you block the way? You are looking for death!"

But Zhu Gaoxu raised his knife and slashed towards Rosen.

When Rosen saw Zhu Gaoxu attacking him, he immediately grabbed Zhu Gaoxu's wrist and forced him to let go of his sword. He then kicked Zhu Gaoxu to the ground, and then kicked him twice and three times.

"Hurry... hurry and kill him for me..."

Zhu Gaoxu was beaten black and blue, and he quickly shouted to the back.

When Zhu Gaosui saw his second brother being beaten, he immediately went up to help, but Zhu Di waved his hand and instead folded his hands across his chest, watching his son being beaten with interest.

Only after kicking Zhu Gaoxu beyond recognition did Rosen stop.

"Zhu Di, meet Mr. Luo."

When everyone saw Zhu Di's attitude, they all looked at Rosen in surprise.

"Zhu Laosi, long time no see."

"Bold..." Zhu Gaosui immediately shouted loudly.

"Get lost! I'm here, why are you making such a fuss?" Zhu Di slapped Zhu Gaosui in the face, then turned to look at Luo Sen: "What are you doing here, Mr. Luo?"

Zhu Gaosui sat on the ground with his face covered, looking confused, not understanding why his father hit him.

"I want to have a bet with you," said Rosen.

"How would Mr. Luo like to gamble?"

"I'm offering a prize of 10 million taels. As long as anyone in your team can beat me, I'll give you 10 million taels."

"What if I lose?"

"I'll take that brat Zhu Yunwen away."

Zhu Di frowned slightly: "Mr. Luo, why do you keep jumping back and forth?"

"If Zhu Yunwen died, my son would probably never be able to get out of the shadow and would never be able to recover from it."

Zhu Di laughed and said, "Mr. Luo, you are the one who caused his current situation."

"That's my son. If I tell him to go east, he has to go east. If I tell him to go west, he has to go west. If he disobeys me, I will let him know that his father will always be his father." Rosen said with a smile, "But I don't plan to destroy him, so please give me some face."

"Dad, this old guy doesn't have 10 million taels. I think he is just stalling for time here."

"Let's forget about this bet. If Mr. Luo wants to protect that little bastard Zhu Yunwen, I will give him face, but I also ask him to agree to one condition."

"Please say."

"You are not allowed to leave the capital city in this lifetime."

Rosen roughly understood Zhu Di's thoughts. He was beginning to be wary of him.

Compared to Zhu Yunwen who was already at his wit's end, he was more afraid of Rosen.

"I can promise you that I will not leave the capital within 30 years."

"Okay." Zhu Di laughed: "Where is that little bastard Zhu Yunwen?"

"In the Golden Palace, my son is with him, planning to die together." Rosen stretched lazily: "By the way, the 10 million taels, you can come to me anytime you want."

Having said that, Rosen strode out of the Forbidden City.

"Dad, who is that guy?" Zhu Gaosui asked as he stood up, covering his face.

"The father of Luo Mingyan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue."

"Oh, that's Zhu Yunwen's favorite minister. Why are you so polite to him? I think it would be better to just kill them all."

Zhu Di walked into the Golden Palace in great majesty, but saw Luo Ming holding a long sword, protecting Zhu Yunwen behind him, and pointing the sword at Zhu Di.

"Yan Ni, die!"

"Take away Lord Luo's sword and don't hurt him." Zhu Di waved his hand, signaling his men to take action.

"Let me go, please let me go... Your Majesty, I cannot protect you, I will die today to prove my loyalty..."

As Luo Ming spoke, he suddenly broke free from the crowd's restraints and rushed directly towards the pillars of the Golden Palace.

Zhu Di's pupils suddenly contracted: "Stop him quickly!"

He didn't want to become a mortal enemy with Rosen, so when the soldiers heard this, they rushed forward and hugged Luo Ming.

Zhu Gaosui had been slapped by his father before, and now he completely vented his anger on Luo Ming, walking towards him with his sword in hand.

"Stop!" Zhu Yunwen shouted immediately, "Let Luo Mingyan and his family go, and I will write you a decree of succession."

Zhu Di was stunned for a moment, then he was ecstatic. He didn't expect to have such an unexpected gain.

He had not originally planned to do anything to Luo Ming, but he did not expect that Zhu Yunwen would lose his temper first.

"Gao Sui, send Luo Mingyan back to Luo Mansion safely." Zhu Di said.

Within one day, the wind direction in the entire Yingtian Prefecture changed.

The Luo Mansion, which used to be bustling with people, is now deserted, and even 80% of the servants have run away.

Of course, the Luo Mansion also has Princess Hanshan, so there will be no situation of murdering the master.

"Dad, Mom, I am an unfilial son and cannot protect the Luo family. Please go back to Kaiyuan County." Luo Ming was kneeling in front of Luo Sen and Chen Lian.

"That's enough. There's no need to be so alarmed." Rosen waved his hand. "I have a history with the King of Yan, so nothing will happen to our family."

"Dad, when did you become close friends with King Yan?" Luo Ming looked at Rosen in surprise.

"I was the one who escorted the King of Yan out of the city."

"What? Dad...you...you are being disloyal and unfilial, you..."

Luo Sen picked up the teacup and smashed it on Luo Ming's head: "I am your father, and you are talking to me about being unfaithful and unfilial? If it weren't for my personal relationship with Prince Yan, with your relationship with Zhu Yunwen, the grass on our family's graves would be three feet high now."

Luo Ming stiffened his neck and looked at Rosen sternly.

"You choose to serve your emperor, and I choose to support the King of Yan. We have different ideals and cannot work together."

Rosen had no intention of discussing any great principles with him.

Luo Ming's personality is different from his. Luo Ming is a paranoid person. Once he makes up his mind, ten oxen cannot pull him back.

Chen Lian is a typical woman. She doesn't understand those big principles. She only knows that as long as her family is safe and sound, that's enough.

"Well... since you support that traitor, from now on, you and I, as father and son, will be completely severing our relationship." Luo Ming said angrily.

"Ming'er, you...how could you say such a thing? Apologize to your father quickly." Chen Lian was shocked when she heard this.

"I, Rosen, cannot afford a good son like you who is loyal, filial, and righteous. Since we have severed our relationship, from now on, we will have nothing to do with each other."

Zhu Di heard about the breakup between Rosen and Luo Ming.

On that day, Zhu Di came to Luo's mansion.

"Hey, where is the top scholar?" Zhu Di stepped into the Luo family's gate with a smile on his face.

"Zhu Laosi, are you here to make me unhappy?"

"I have already ascended the throne, and Zhu Yunwen has drafted an imperial edict to abdicate. You still address me like this. Don't you think too highly of the imperial power?"

"Outside, I call you Your Majesty, but in this Luo Mansion, you are Zhu Laosi. If you have nothing else to do, please come. There are so many important things in the world waiting for you to deal with."

"You said so. If I need the ten million taels, I can always find you."

At this moment, Zhu Di no longer called himself "I", but directly used "I" to communicate with Rosen.

"Send someone to my old house in Luojia Village, Kaiyuan County to get it. Please confer a title on my brother. I guess my useless son has lost power now, and many powerful people in Kaiyuan County want to pounce on me and bite off a piece of meat from my Luo family."

Rosen contributed another 10 million taels of silver, and Zhu Di naturally gave him a title.

"Rosen, where did you find so much silver? Could it be that you can turn stone into gold?"

"Have you investigated me?"

"I've investigated." Zhu Di nodded.

"Then you should also know that I went out a few times when I was young."

Zhu Di nodded again. These were not difficult to find out. When Rosen was fourteen years old, he went out to travel. When he came back three years later, he had some property. Later, he traveled abroad for another half a year, and then the Luo family became more and more powerful.

"When I was traveling abroad in my early years, I once obtained a treasure map from the West. This treasure map depicted a place called the Silver Empire, which was a legendary ancient empire. I used the treasure map to find the former Silver Empire."

Zhu Di was fascinated by what he heard; Rosen's tone was full of temptation.

"The Silver Empire is a huge island, but it encountered a tsunami two thousand years ago. The entire island sank into the sea, and the Silver Empire was destroyed. However, the geographical environment there is very special. The Silver Empire will surface for three days every thousand years. When I found the Silver Empire, I spent three days transporting the two huge silver statues back to land."

"Where is the Silver Empire now?"

"Somewhere in the sea, you can send people to find it. There are countless treasures hidden in the sea."

"Then where did you find all that food and flesh?"

"As early as when I sent you away from Yingtian Prefecture, I guessed that you would be short of food and grass, so I had already started to prepare to supply you with food and grass and meat. Siam and South Vietnam both have three crops of grain a year, and meat can be purchased on the grasslands, which is not a difficult task."

Zhu Di finally understood at this moment. He had originally expected Rosen to tell some weird stories.

Unfortunately, the story Rosen told was far from what he had imagined.

However, Rosen's answer was consistent with Zhu Di's understanding.

"Do you have any money on hand?"

"Too much money will only bring disaster. Just like you, would you allow an ordinary person to have tens of millions of silver in his hands?"

"Am I such a petty person in your eyes?"

"The 10 million taels in the basement of my Luo family's old house are all my hidden silver. I guess you don't care about the remaining miscellaneous money. I have bought a lot of properties over the years, so it is not difficult to support my family."

"This is the Iron Scroll of Immunity from Death."

Rosen glanced at the death-free iron scroll and said, "When Butcher Zhu was alive, he issued dozens of iron scrolls. But in the end, no matter how many iron scrolls he issued, they were useless to the people he wanted to kill. Is your iron scroll more authentic than his?"

Zhu Di came here originally to mock and ridicule Rosen, but unexpectedly, he was angered by Rosen instead.

"You...you unruly person..."

But in the face of Rosen's ridicule, Zhu Di finally became discouraged: "How about I make you a Duke? With all the help you have given me, the title of Duke is more than enough."

"It's enough to make my elder brother a county marquis. A little wealth will do."

Zhu Di had already anticipated Rosen's answer. From the first time he met Rosen, he knew that Rosen had no desire for imperial power or the powerful.

"What plans do you have for your son?"

"I have severed ties with him."