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

Chapter 1415

A murderous glint flashed in the eyes of the monk Daoyan as he glanced sideways at Zhu Di, who was kneeling on the ground, and said, "Your Highness, if you're going to do something, do it all now! Those who achieve great things don't concern themselves with trifles! If you don't do this, you'll never have another chance! You... will only ever be the Prince of Yan!"

Then he raised his eyes again, looking coldly at Zhu Yuanzhang and said, "Your Majesty is right here in front of this humble monk and His Highness the Prince of Yan, with many personal guards present. You have no choice!"

Clearly, he has completely abandoned all pretense of civility.

Hearing that the monk Daoyan dared to act so madly and uncontrollably in front of his own father, Zhu Di felt a strange sense of fear and dread. He had always known that the monk Daoyan wanted to help him seize the throne, but he never expected that the other party would be so obsessed.

This put Zhu Di in a difficult position.

Does he want the throne? Yes! He dreams of it! But he can only do so at the cost of his own father—his instinctive fear, his fatherly bond, his moral bottom line… are all fighting against this desire.

"This king..."

So... Zhu Di fell silent.

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang casually spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells and said, "You bald monk, you can't win. You never could win from the beginning."

The monk Daoyan jumped up and retorted, "This humble monk does not believe it."

"How could a general and an army that have fought countless battles be defeated so easily? It must be... it must be that they used some trick. Those warriors are all brawn and no brains, and they may have fallen for that man's trick!"

"They might fall for it, but I won't fall for it beforehand!"

"There is still a chance, this humble monk will definitely have a chance! As long as we can use your name and your influence to fight our way to Yingtian Prefecture, there will definitely be a chance!"

"..."

The monk Daoyan was not lacking in the courage and madness to go all in, and at this moment he seemed to have already decided on this last straw.

But even when faced with his fierce gaze.

Zhu Yuanzhang maintained a cheerful expression throughout, even scattering the remaining melon seeds on the ground and open his arms wide: "So, do you want to capture me? Or kill me? If I really intend to do this, you... Monk Daoyan, forget about conquering Yingtian Prefecture, first of all, you won't even be able to go south!"

"What do you think we have to fear now? Our great-grandson is worthy of being the future emperor of the Ming Dynasty. He is benevolent and loves the people, decisive in killing, and has the ability to intimidate and subdue everything. We have nothing to worry about in handing over the Ming Dynasty to him."

"The Hongwu Emperor died in the twenty-fifth year of his reign. Even if you kill me now, you're just killing an insignificant peasant named Huang Shiliu!"

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha!!!"

At this moment, Zhu Yuanzhang's face showed only composure and ease.

For him, he had already witnessed Zhu Yunwen's ability and responsibility firsthand. Even if he were to be killed by this bald monk, he would probably only secretly regret it and say: It's a pity I couldn't watch him for a little longer.

At this point, life and death are no longer such a big deal.

Monk Daoyan's expression changed, and he said in a deep voice, "A corpse can be used! Your sons... won't fail to recognize their own father!"

He's completely gone mad, so of course he'll stop at nothing.

Zhu Yuanzhang remained calm, shaking his head and teasingly saying, "You bald monk, that's why I said you're in a hurry. People tend to forget things when they're in a hurry, don't they? Have you forgotten that you already had this thought in mind the moment we arrived in Beiping and appeared before you?"

Although Zhu Yuanzhang had little regret at this point and had become indifferent to life and death, his ability to remain so calm throughout was largely due to the contingency plans he had prepared beforehand.

Lu Wei also drew his long sword from his waist.

Stepping forward and blocking Zhu Yuanzhang's path, he threatened, "His Majesty left behind more than one edict in Yingtian Prefecture. If anything happens to His Majesty, the current Emperor Qianlong will immediately possess the complete succession edict from the late Emperor!"