My God, I am the emperor, the lord of mankind.

Chapter 314 Adoption
So Zhu Houcong urged himself to try his best to become the ideal sage king who can create a peaceful world so that the people can recuperate and live a good life for a few days.

And live up to the expectations of all people.

But there is always a gap between ideal and reality.

Zhu Houcong knew very well that as long as Huang Jin walked out of the Wanshou Palace.

The Third Judicial Division will definitely declare that Li Fuyuan was arrested by mistake as quickly as possible and acquit him immediately.

Then Zhu Houcong could feel at ease and give Li Fuyuan a promotion and salary increase just like he gave other relatives titles and wealth.

Even if there were any problems later, it would be those officials of the Third Law Department who were so audacious that they dared to break the law and blaspheme the emperor's wisdom in order to curry favor with their uncle. They must be severely punished.

But Zhu Houcong didn't want to do it.

Before Huang Jin received the order, he specifically warned.

"If the Third Law Division finds that Li Fuyuan deserves what he deserves, he must not bend the law for personal gain because of the emperor's relatives. He must be severely punished without mercy to show that our Ming court's laws are fair and strict."

Zhu Houcong reminded.

Huang Jin in front of him looked increasingly frightened when he heard the emperor's reprimand.

"I don't dare! I must supervise the officials so that they don't dare to blaspheme the emperor's holy principles!"

"Good, if you have this intention, the world can be settled."

Zhu Houcong nodded.

He turned his attention to the princes below who seemed to be unaware of everything happening in the hall and were still playing around.

"Tell me where the princes in front of me come from?"

"Yes--"

Huang Jin replied in a low voice, with a hint of panic still uncontrollable in his tone.

Following Huang Jin’s explanation.

Zhu Houcong clarified the relationship between the six sons and four daughters in front of him.

The eldest son, second son and fourth son all came from the two concubines of Jingyang Palace.

His qualifications are considered the best among the princes, with first-level and second-level spiritual roots respectively.

However, Jiang Wan was related to the Queen Mother, and the third prince Zhu Zaihe, who was raised by her, always appeared closely after Zhu Zaiji of Jingyang Palace.

The spiritual root was perfectly inherited from Zhu Houcong, and he had just passed the passing line for cultivating immortality.

In the eyes of many people, the third prince, who was adopted by the Empress Dowager Chiang, was a strong candidate for the imperial throne after the eldest son Zhu Zaiji.

The fourth prince Zhu Zaizhen is the daughter of Yin Huaisu in Jingyang Palace, and currently has the best relationship with the other two princes in Jingyang Palace.

And because he is the only prince among the few whose mother's line represents the Jiangnan traditional Confucian classics family.

Therefore, even though he had not yet begun to read and write, rumors began to circulate in the court that the fourth prince Zhu Zaizhen was talented, pro-Confucian, and had the image of a benevolent lord.

It seems that these Jiangnan literati, who opened tea lecture halls all over the Yangtze River and were well versed in the art of public opinion and momentum, could not sit still when they saw that various forces came to Beijing directly to see their relatives and forces without respecting martial ethics, and began to build public opinion and momentum in advance.

Even some old Taoist priests in Qintian Prison took the opportunity to make some rubbish prophecies like "Wenchang, Wenchang, Sichuan and Tu, and eventually become unified."

The backgrounds of the remaining two princes are nothing to say.

The sixth son, Zhu Zaiwei, and the seventh son, Zhu Zai, had one mother's family from a wealthy family in Weisuo and the other from a well-to-do family in the south.

He may still have some influence locally, but looking at the whole world, he is just a meager one among the many powerful people.

The power of the mother clan is not enough to influence the decision-making of the empire's decision-makers.

After listening to Huang Jin's explanation.

Zhu Houcong stood up.

He looked at his daughters.Except for the second daughter Princess Chang An who was adopted by Jiang Wan together with the third prince.

The other three daughters, mothers and concubines were all from ordinary wealthy families in the capital, from official families.

Zhu Houcong felt that his genes were quite strong after cultivating immortality.

After all, most of the concubines in the harem who slept with them were hit with one shot.

The efficiency is very high.

However, it seems that whether a child has spiritual roots or not depends on the qualifications of the parents.

If both parents have spiritual roots, the probability of their children having the aptitude for cultivating immortals is indeed much higher.

"Is Chang An now being raised under Jiang Wan's name with Zai Wei?"

Zhu Houcong walked to the princes who were eager for the golden ball in Zhu Zaihe's hand.

But due to Chang Ning's relationship, even the oldest Zhu Zaiji seemed a little frightened when he saw her, but he didn't dare to actually go up and snatch it.

Sure enough, some clues of the transformation of people by high spiritual roots can be seen from an early age.

It not only makes the host's body stronger, but also makes the mind run faster.

Even the sixth sense has been strengthened.

Let it stay away from danger.

In fact, they have reason to fear Zhu Shou's concubine with Princess Chang'an.

"Alien spiritual roots——"

Zhu Houcong vaguely remembered that his spiritual roots seemed to have detected characteristics similar to those of alien spiritual roots.

And even if it doesn't count the blessing of alien spiritual roots, from the purity point of view, the strength of this little guy's spiritual roots is enough to be above B.

Only the second prince Zhu Zaihen's first-class spiritual roots could overwhelm her.

However, Zhu Houcong felt that Zhu Zaihen was hiding among the brothers, instigating others to join the battle, while he was hiding behind to catch fish.

It feels like this kid has absolutely no awareness that with great power comes great responsibility.

well!Educational failure!
Zhu Houcong shook his head and sighed, and Zhu Zaihan, who was still in the crowd with a confused look on his face, slipped out and placed him at the front of the princes.

It’s decided, in order to exercise your courage, you will take the lead in the charge!
When Huang Jin next to Zhu Houcong saw this scene, he could only rush over and separate like an old woman from the prince and princess who were about to fight each other.

As if she felt threatened, Princess Chang An opened her eyes, roared with her not yet fully developed vocal system, and stood in front of Zhu Zaihe, like an angry lioness.

Then he crawled towards Zhu Zaihan aggressively, looking like he was going to scratch Zhu Zaihan's face at any time.

Obviously, the second prince with the best qualifications in Jingyang Palace made the second daughter of the emperor feel an unprecedented threat from him, so he wanted to protect the golden ball in his brother's hands from being taken away.

At this moment, the hair all over his body was about to explode, and he wanted to nip the threat in the cradle for his little brother.

Just when the war was about to break out, as the fuse was lit, a brutal civil war between the princes seemed inevitable.

However, the next moment, all the fighting was accompanied by Huang Jin, one by one, releasing Zhu Zaihen, who was shaking with fear, and Zhu Shouyu, who was showing his teeth and claws, from isolation.

Under the suppression of the divine hand, which is invincible in the world and enemies from heaven.

This was the first battle between princes to compete for resources. It centered on the hearty head-on conflict between the two strongest princes and princesses. After all, it was terminated early by Huang Jin in front of Zhu Houcong and Zhu Changning, who had disappointment written on their faces. .

"Your Majesty, since the death of Concubine Li, Empress Dowager Jiang felt pity for the second princess because she had no one to take care of her, so she asked Concubine Jiang of Changchun Palace to adopt her under her name."

While Huang Jin carefully calmed Zhu Zaihen's fear of having just walked away from the gate of hell, he also groomed Princess Zhu Shou of Chang'an.

He answered cautiously.

(End of this chapter)