Chapter 224: The Fall of the Fang Family
After listening to Zhu Chengwu's story, not only Zhu Xiulan was stunned, but even the group of Fang family members who were still bowing their heads were shocked.

Above the Grandmaster!

This is the first time that someone has explained so clearly the conditions and requirements for achieving Grandmaster status!
Although no one knows whether what Zhu Chengwu said is true or false, whether he may have deliberately deceived Zhu Xiulan, or whether he may have deliberately lied because of the presence of the Fang family, but just because of Zhu Chengwu's identity as an invincible martial arts legend in the world, these words have a lot of audiences and are of great value.

Once Zhu Chengwu succeeds in reaching the Grandmaster level, the value of what Zhu Chengwu is saying now will be further increased.

"So Yang Lei Zhen Yan is so important. So this is why you, big brother, would rather give up Fu'an Marquis Mansion, give up our mother and the Zhao family..."

After understanding everything, Zhu Xiulan could only mutter to herself.

Above the Grandmaster!

Martial arts practice!

force!

Over the past few decades, Zhu Xiulan has gained a very deep understanding of the importance of military force!

If she or her mother Zhao Yushan had enough military power, they would never have encountered what they are experiencing now, let alone pinning all their hopes on Zhu Chengwu.

If she and her mother Zhao Yushan had the military power that her elder brother Zhu Chengwu has now, it would not be impossible for them to set a precedent in the Ming Dynasty and become the first empress in the history of the Ming Dynasty!
However, although Zhu Xiulan began to understand her elder brother Zhu Chengwu's choice after Zhu Chengwu's explanation, Zhu Xiulan still could not forgive Zhu Chengwu's selfish choice twenty-five years ago.

Understand, but cannot forgive!

This is Zhu Xiulan’s current attitude.

Just like Zhu Chengwu's attitude towards Fang Huiju in the Ming Palace!
“Strength is everything, so even though I lost a lot for Yang Lei Zhen Yan, I never regret it!

Even if I were given another chance to choose, I would make the same choice!

Third sister, don’t blame me! "

Zhu Chengwu looked at Zhu Xiulan and spoke earnestly.

These words are also Zhu Chengwu’s truest thoughts deep in his heart.

"Yeah! No regrets!
But, brother, you don’t regret it!

But what about those who died because of you?
How should they express their opinions?

Zhu Xiulan laughed at herself at first, then stared at Zhu Chengwu and questioned him.

“There are too many people in this world! Everyone has their own ideas and wills. No one can listen to everyone’s ideas and satisfy everyone’s wishes!
If you want others to hear your ideas, you must be strong enough!
Only when you are strong enough can you suppress the voices of others, let the world hear your voice, and act according to your own wishes!
Those who died because of me!

I regret!

I will try my best to make up for it!
But if I have to choose the most fundamental reason for their tragedy, I think there is only one, that is, they are not strong enough!

If they are strong enough, tragedy will not find them!

Strong enough, strong enough that tragedy cannot keep up with my speed, strong enough that the world must listen to my voice and act according to my will. This is why I have been concentrating on martial arts training! "

Facing the questioning from his third sister Zhu Xiulan, Zhu Chengwu continued to explain.

I have to say that Zhu Chengwu’s remarks are really like those of a “demonic dictator”.

If Zhu Chengwu was not strong enough, such remarks would have been enough to sow the seeds of disaster for Zhu Chengwu.

“What a sentence! It’s not strong enough!
But, brother, do you think everyone has your birth, your resources, and your talents?

Brother, do you know that many people do not lack the desire to become stronger, and they do make efforts!
It is their birth, resources and talents that determine that they will never reach your heights!

Big brother, your starting point has exceeded the end point of too many people!"

Zhu Xiulan does not agree with Zhu Chengwu's point of view.

Zhu Xiulan believes that Zhu Chengwu’s views are heresy.

"Third sister, this is what we call people with different ideologies cannot work together!"

In addition to words, Zhu Chengwu could also sense Zhu Xiulan's disdain for his views through the powerful spiritual perception of the Supreme Grand Master.

But so what?

That is Zhu Chengwu’s truest thought deep in his heart.

In the end, Zhu Chengwu could only sum up the differences between the two with one sentence: "People with different ideals cannot work together."

"Brother, you are right! People with different ideals cannot work together!

But, brother, you betrayed everyone's trust 25 years ago, and now you are trying to make everyone not blame you. Isn't that too much?"

Zhu Xiulan looked at Zhu Chengwu, her eyes revealing a final question.

"I never expect not to be blamed! I have already done it..."

Having said this, Zhu Chengwu suddenly stopped talking.

Because Zhu Chengwu recalled what he had just said, "Third sister, don't blame me."

Perhaps, that was just a casual remark made by Zhu Chengwu just now.

But perhaps, this is Zhu Chengwu’s truest thought deep in his heart. He hopes that everyone affected by Zhu Chengwu’s sudden disappearance, including Zhu Xiulan, will not blame him!

What exactly is Zhu Chengwu thinking deep in his heart? I'm afraid Zhu Chengwu himself is deliberately avoiding the question!
"Brother, kill me! Kill him too, and everyone present here! Go and strive for the Grandmaster you've always dreamed of, without any worries!"

Just when Zhu Chengwu suddenly stopped talking and fell silent, Zhu Xiulan suddenly took a deep breath, stared at Zhu Chengwu with her eyes, and said.

When talking about "him", Zhu Xiulan also glanced at her son beside her.

It is obvious who that "he" refers to.

"Little girl~~~"

Hearing Zhu Xiulan's words, the young man standing next to Zhu Xiulan turned and looked at Zhu Xiulan, his biological mother.

"Zhu Xiulan!!!"

At the same time, all the members of the Fang family, including Fang Shenyi, the head of the Fang family, suddenly looked up and looked at Zhu Xiulan in disbelief.

Fang Shenyi, the patriarch of the Fang family, couldn't help but roar in anger as he looked up.

Although Zhu Chengwu's deterrent power is very great, at this time, the Fang family has no time to care about Zhu Chengwu's deterrent power.

Everyone in the Fang family present knew that based on the Fang family’s past actions, if Zhu Xiulan and her son were no longer there as a buffer, Zhu Chengwu would definitely wipe out the entire Fang clan.

Among Zhu Xiulan and her son who act as a buffer, Zhu Xiulan is obviously the one who occupies the main position.

But now Zhu Xiulan actually asked Zhu Chengwu to kill her and her son...

As the saying goes, even ants try to survive!
As the saying goes, even a tiger won’t eat its own cubs! As the saying goes, women are gentle by nature, but they are strong when they become mothers!

But now, all these have been broken by Zhu Xiulan!

This…

"Have you decided?"

Zhu Chengwu ignored Zhu Xiulan's son and Zhu Xiulan's husband who were shocked and roaring. He just looked at Zhu Xiulan's third sister calmly and asked silently.

At this moment, for Zhu Chengwu and Zhu Xiulan, the people around them seemed to have disappeared, and the only thing left was them communicating with each other.

"Yes, it's decided!

I should have died more than twenty years ago!
If I had died with my mother at that time, I wouldn't have to suffer for more than twenty years, and my mother would have had an extra companion on the road!

As for my son, although he is my own son, he is not my son! He is the son of the Fang family, and I am just his little mother!"

Zhu Xiulan looked at her elder brother Zhu Chengwu and said this with emotion and determination.

In the first ten years of her life, Zhu Xiulan was the beloved daughter of the king.

Prince Ming doted on her, his youngest legitimate daughter, and her mother, Zhao Yushan, treated her even better than her father, Prince Ming.

Although there were conflicts and clashes of positions between her father and her mother, Zhu Xiulan never suffered any hardship while growing up.

Later, as time passed, Zhu Xiulan grew up and understood a lot under the guidance of her mother Zhao Yushan.

I understand the difference in positions, the conflict of interests, and the fact that I have no choice.

However, although she understood many principles, under the protection of her mother Zhao Yushan, Zhu Xiulan never had to do anything against her will.

Even when his father wanted to arrange a marriage for him, his mother strongly rejected it.

Unfortunately, no one thought at that time that big brother Zhu Chengwu would suddenly disappear.

The good situation of the Zhao family and the Fu'an Marquisate will be ruined because of the disappearance of the eldest brother Zhu Chengwu!
In order to help her mother Zhao Yushan save Zhao, Zhu Xiulan was forced to voluntarily give up her status as a princess and become a concubine of her enemy Fang Shenyi, and bear a son for him.

Later, after her son was born, Zhu Xiulan once thought about giving up everything for her son.

Unfortunately, she can't do it!
Therefore, over the years, Fang did not send anyone to teach her son the ways of literature and martial arts, and she also pretended to be dead and did not interfere with her son's education.

It’s all because of this child, who shouldn’t have come into this world.

After her son was taken away for education and brainwashing a few months ago, and after learning that her elder brother Zhu Chengwu had reappeared in the world, Zhu Xiulan, who understood the role of her and her son, began to think about what choice she should make.

Should I plead with big brother Zhu Chengwu, or let big brother Zhu Chengwu be more ruthless.

After much thought, Zhu Xiulan finally decided to take away some people who should not be alive, and some people who should not be born!

Of course, she, as an unfilial daughter and unkind mother, should also leave.

It was precisely because of this determination and decisiveness that after Zhu Chengwu appeared, Zhu Xiulan dared to speak to Zhu Chengwu like that, and even kept questioning Zhu Chengwu.

All this is because having no desires makes you strong, and having no demands makes you brave!
If Zhu Xiulan really intended to plead with Zhu Chengwu to let her son go or even let the Fang family go, Zhu Xiulan would definitely not dare to speak to Zhu Chengwu in this way.

You know, Zhu Xiulan and Zhu Chengwu are not close, they are just siblings in name only!
How could Zhu Xiulan dare to constantly question Zhu Chengwu, the invincible martial arts legend, when she needed help from others?

"Okay, as you wish!"

As soon as Zhu Chengwu finished speaking, after Zhu Chengwu blasted through the gate of the Fang family mansion, the flaming ball that had been hovering above the Fang family mansion began to expand and fall down.

"Mother... Mother, I am your biological son!"

Under the threat of death, the young man next to Zhu Xiulan shouted at her in tears.

In contrast to the young man, Fang Shenyi just stared at Zhu Xiulan blankly, with the words "He is the son of the Fang family, and I'm just his wife" echoing in his mind.

In the end, the Fang family was being too clever and ended up trapping themselves!

Aunt Huiwei once warned them to raise Zhu Xiulan's son to be a man of both literary and martial talents, and to raise him to be Zhu Xiulan's son rather than Fang's son. Only in this way could Zhu Xiulan and her son be protected from the inevitable consequences if Zhu Chengwu reappeared.

Unfortunately, because his father Fang Xuedao was murdered by Zhao Yushan in the Fang family mansion, the people of the Fang family hated Zhao Yushan deeply.

Because of the hatred towards Zhu Xiulan and her son, all members of the Fang family disapproved of her.

Although because of Zhu Xiulan's identity, the purpose of keeping Zhu Xiulan, and Fang Huiqi's warning, the Fang family would not make things too difficult for Zhu Xiulan and her son in public, but all kinds of small actions were inevitable in private.

Fang Shenyi knew all this, but he ignored it!

As for Zhu Xiulan herself, due to the limitations of the overall situation and the fact that her martial arts skills had long been abolished, Zhu Xiulan was unable to resist at all.

Later, when the news of Zhu Chengwu's reappearance came, although the Fang family took Zhu Xiulan's son out of the isolated courtyard, the Fang family always treated Zhu Xiulan's son as a tool.

The ideas that were instilled in him were all beneficial to the Fang family.

Unexpectedly, such a selfish act would eventually destroy Fang Huiqi and the Fang family's more than 20 years of preparation.

Although he understood that many of their previous actions were wrong, Fang Shenyi had not given up hope of preserving the Fang family heritage.

Because in some matters, they did go against the arrangements of Aunt Fang Huiju and acted on their own, but in some matters that were obvious, Fang Shenyi and others still insisted on doing so.

"My Lord, Xiulan's child has not yet been named. Please give her a name, my Lord!"

For example, Zhu Xiulan’s son was not given a full name, but only a nickname.

In this way, not only will Zhu Xiulan's son not be recorded in the Fang family genealogy, but if Zhu Chengwu reappears and nothing can be done, the right to name Zhu Xiulan's son can be given to Zhu Chengwu, and even Zhu Xiulan's son can take his mother's surname, Zhu, or take his grandmother's surname, Zhao.

These two surnames, plus the relationship between uncle and nephew, give them the right to name!
Fang Shenyi believed that this kind of flattery would make Zhu Chengwu's heart moved!

After all, Zhu Chengwu still has no children!

Thinking of this, Fang Shenyi suddenly had an idea in his mind.

Maybe his son may become Zhu Chengwu's successor and inherit everything from Zhu Chengwu.

Although his son no longer has the surname Fang, once his son becomes Zhu Chengwu's successor and inherits everything from Zhu Chengwu, the benefits to the Fang family will be beyond imagination.

However, when Fang Shenyi was looking at Zhu Chengwu with expectation, he found that Zhu Chengwu's expression did not change at all, and the fireball falling from the sky not only did not stop, but its speed became faster and faster.

"My Lord, I am from the family of Madam Shuyun's second sister-in-law. I am willing to sever my relationship with the Fang family. Please let me and my child go!"

Just as Fang Shenyi was stunned that his advice was useless, another voice sounded beside him.

But it was the voice of his wife, Ai Zhuling.

(End of this chapter)