Chapter 81 Live Another Five Years
"Brother, after all these years, I finally figured it out recently!
The position of Crown Prince will never be in Wu Ge'er's hands!"

Zhao Yushan finally stopped fiddling with the sandalwood and turned to look at her brother Zhao Jinyu.

"younger sister…"

Zhao Jinyu looked at Zhao Yushan worriedly.

Now we have come to this point!

The old man has already taken action in Xuzhou. At this time, Queen Zhao Yushan must not lose her fighting spirit!
She is a crucial link.

"Brother! My silly brother! There is no necessary connection between becoming a Ming King and being a Crown Prince!

Wu Ge'er is a smart one!

If it weren't for Wu Ge'er's determination to obtain Cui's treasures, and even to marry into Cui's family...

I will not review what Wu Ge'er has done over the years!
Who knows, maybe I am still holding the unrealistic dream of pushing Wu Ge'er to the position of crown prince, just like you guys!"

When Zhao Yushan talked about Zhu Chengwu, her tone suddenly unconsciously carried a hint of pride and honor.

After receiving the letter that Zhu Chengwu asked Zhao Yuguang to bring, Zhao Yushan still couldn't understand why Zhu Chengwu attached so much importance to Cui's rare treasure. After all, once Zhu Chengwu became the King of Light, he would have plenty of opportunities to obtain the rare treasure. Why rush now?

On a whim, Zhao Yushan reviewed Zhu Chengwu's growth experience from childhood to adulthood. Only then did Zhao Yushan realize how precocious and amazing Zhu Chengwu was from childhood to adulthood!

When Zhu Chengwu was young, Zhao Yushan, who was a mother for the first time, did not think much about Zhu Chengwu's many behaviors that were not suitable for his age.

It was not until now that I had Min Jie'er and Lan Jie'er that I reviewed it again!
With the comparison and reference, many of Zhu Chengwu's words and deeds as a child seemed out of place in Zhao Yushan's eyes.

"An unrealistic dream?
How can this be an unrealistic dream!

With the current strength of our Zhao family, the position of Crown Prince should be easily grasped..."

Zhao Jinyu was about to make a big statement to show how powerful the Zhao family was now, but suddenly he thought of the fact that the Zhao family had been working hard and making memorials for so many years, but had never been able to push Zhu Chengwu to the position of crown prince.

Immediately, no more big words could be said!
"Brother! Brother Wu is a smart one!

Let’s follow Wu Ge’er’s rhythm!
I believe he will not let us down!"

Zhao Yushan once again emphasized that her Wu Ge'er was smart.

“Follow his pace?

My good sister!

Don’t you see what he has done over the years?
After being granted the title of Xuzhou Prefecture, he kept hanging out with those wanderers, holding small competitions every half month and big competitions every month.

He lived like a warrior, completely forgetting his identity and the expectations placed on him!

According to Wu Ge'er's pace, when will he be able to take the throne of the crown prince? "

However, Zhao Jinyu had a different opinion from Zhao Yushan.

Listening to Zhao Jinyu's words, Zhao Yushan suddenly felt that everyone in the world was drunk but she was the only one sober, but she couldn't wake others up.

Is this how Wu Ge'er once felt?

It's really painful and helpless!

"Speaking of time, now is the time for me to urge King Ming to take his medicine!
Five years, he has to persist for at least five years!

"Brother, you are an outsider, even if you are my elder brother, you should not stay in the palace for too long, you should leave the palace!"

Zhao Yushan looked at the time and suddenly made a gesture to see the guest off.

"Sister, do you trust Brother Wu so much?"

Zhao Jinyu followed Zhao Yushan and stood up and walked out of the hall.

Zhao Jinyu didn't know what had happened to his sister recently.

I actually began to believe in Wu Ge'er unconditionally.

He is also very concerned about the health of the Ming King.

"Of course!"

Zhao Yushan, who had just stepped out of the palace, responded firmly.

"Xiao Qingzi, send my elder brother out of the palace!"

Zhao Yushan walked out of the palace gate and called a middle-aged eunuch who was waiting outside the palace.

"Yes, madam!"

The middle-aged eunuch responded.

This middle-aged eunuch is Queen Zhao's confidant and has followed her for more than twenty years.

"Xiao Yu, follow me, I should go and supervise the king to drink medicine and rest!
Your Majesty, please don’t fall too quickly! "

Zhao Yushan looked at the back of her elder brother Zhao Jinyu who was leaving the palace under the leadership of Xiao Qingzi.

He turned around, called the palace maid Xiaoyu, and went to the Qinzheng Hall where King Ming handled official business.

Although King Ming is so old, people still think that he is still handling government affairs for more than eight hours every day, just like he was a few years ago, a dozen years ago, or even dozens of years ago.

If Queen Zhao did not supervise King Ming and make him rest well and take the tonic medicine from the Imperial Hospital on time, King Ming might not be able to last for five years.

And five years was exactly the promise Zhu Chengwu made to Queen Zhao.

In the letter that Zhao Xinghan brought to Queen Zhao, Zhu Chengwu made a promise to Queen Zhao that after marrying Cui and obtaining the rare treasure "Fire Lotus" from heaven and earth, he would become a master within five years, return to the capital and seize the throne.

In order to wait for Zhu Chengwu to fulfill his promise, Queen Zhao had to supervise King Ming and ask him to hold on for at least another five years.

As for why Queen Zhao trusted Zhu Chengwu so much?

The truth is that Queen Zhao has no choice now!
I can only trust Zhu Chengwu!
After reviewing the past, I recalled some of the "crazy words" Zhu Chengwu said when he was alone with her when he was a child and before he was enthroned, and compared them with Ming Wang's various actions in the past few years.

Queen Zhao finally discovered that King Ming seemed to trust her and the Zhao family.

In fact, he had always been on guard against her and Zhao.

The position of crown prince was a mirage that the King hung before her and Zhao's eyes, forever out of reach.

As for giving her and Zhao the illusion that they could push Wu Ge'er to the position of crown prince, it was only because King Ming was worried that she and Zhao would go to extremes after seeing that there was no hope.

Until now, the Zhao family has been played around in the palm of the Ming King's hand.

Thinking of the worst case scenario, Zhao Yuguang is already old, and the Zhao family has not produced a new master, so it is inevitable that Ming Wang is behind this.

The Zhao family, which has such a high status but has no master to suppress the fortune of the clan, may even be the target left by King Ming for the new king to establish his authority.

If she and Zhao want to save themselves, they can only trust Wu Ge'er and rely on Wu Ge'er to ascend the throne to break the deadlock.

Just now, elder brother Zhao Jinyu asked her why she believed in Wu Ge'er so much. The truth is that she had no other choice but to believe in Wu Ge'er now!

"The Queen is here!"

As soon as Queen Zhao entered the Qinzheng Hall, King Ming's voice rang out.

Recently, Prince Zhao has been coming to the Qinzheng Palace very frequently, and he comes at this time every day. Prince Ming has gotten used to it.

Queen Zhao first bowed to King Ming, then looked towards King Ming's desk.

Sure enough, there was a bowl of medicine that had not been touched and had lost its heat.

"Yes!
Your Majesty, I am here!
Didn't you take your medicine and rest?
The medicine is cold!

"Chief Steward Wang, go and warm up the tonic medicine prescribed by the Imperial Hospital. I will stay here to supervise His Majesty to drink the medicine and rest before leaving!"

When Queen Zhao saw that the medicine had not moved at all, she frowned slightly and gave instructions to the eunuch beside King Ming.

After giving the order, Queen Zhao sat on a chair not far from the desk, staring at King Ming with her eyes, as if she would not stop until King Ming drank the medicine and rested.

"You! Don't you feel tired doing this every day?"

In the end, just like in the past few days, King Ming could not ignore the burning gaze of Queen Zhao. He put down the memorial and the imperial pen in his hand and smiled at Queen Zhao. "Your Majesty, you may not like to hear this, but I still have to say it!
You are no longer young, you should take care of your body!"

Zhao Yushan talks a lot.

"My queen, I understand!

But these things cannot be done without me!"

King Ming knew very well that he was no longer young, but he would always feel uneasy if he did not take care of many things personally.

Just like the past few decades!
“The government affairs are handled by the ministers and the crown prince!

Your Majesty, there are some things that you should learn to let go of when you should let go!"

Queen Zhao comforted her.

"Yes! One cannot refuse to accept aging!
Letting go when it’s time to let go is not a bad choice! ”

Hearing what Queen Zhao said, King Ming was stunned. He looked at Queen Zhao deeply and then said.

"It's good that Your Majesty has figured it out!"

Queen Zhao seemed not to understand the double entendre of King Ming's words, and was still happy that King Ming had come to his senses and let go.

"Your Majesty, Queen, the medicine is ready!"

While King Ming and the Queen were talking, the chief steward came into the hall carrying a hot tonic.

"Your Majesty, would you like to drink it yourself or would you like me to serve you?"

This is another question that Queen Zhao asks almost every day.

"Queen, you don't have to urge me like this every day!
I am already half buried in the ground, come on your own!"

When King Ming heard Queen Zhao's question, he smiled bitterly, then took the bowl of medicine from Chief Steward Wang and drank it all in one gulp.

"Alright, Queen!"

After drinking it, King Ming turned the medicine bowl over in front of Queen Zhao to show that he had finished drinking it.

"Now that you have finished the medicine, Your Majesty should go to bed early!

Chief Steward Wang, the responsibility of supervising the king's rest is now on you!
If you fail to take good care of and supervise the King, he will be overworked!
This palace will never let you off easily!"

Seeing that Prince Ming had finished drinking the tonic from the Imperial Hospital, Queen Zhao stood up and gave routine instructions to Chief Steward Wang.

"My lady, I understand!

I will take good care of the king!"

Chief Steward Wang answered and respectfully saw Queen Zhao off.

"Cheng'en, have you confirmed that the tonic from the Imperial Hospital is okay?"

After confirming that Queen Zhao had gone far away, King Ming asked.

"Your Majesty, I have had it confirmed again and again!

Medicine, no problem!

Moreover, she had never touched the medicine bowl since she became queen, so it was impossible for her to tamper with it!
Perhaps, the Queen is really just simply concerned about your health, Your Majesty?"

The chief eunuch Wang Chengen bowed and reported.

“Maybe I’m too suspicious!
Now it seems that the Queen has been married to me for more than 30 years and there is still affection between them!
Recently, as my health has been getting worse, Zhao, the second brother, and the prince have been doing more and more small things in private!

hum~
I am not dead yet!

They just can't wait!
But, Queen~ Queen~~
How can I protect you and Wu Ge'er?
Brother Wu, I hope you won’t let me down!

Perhaps only you can ensure your mother's peaceful old age!"

As he spoke, a look of sadness appeared in Ming Wang's eyes.

After taking the position of Ming Wang, he truly became a lonely man!
Not only his son, but even his wife, who had slept in the same bed with him for decades, couldn't fully believe it.

Now, if you want to keep a loving and loyal wife, you have to rack your brains and place your hopes on her son.

How sad~
However, King Ming was unwilling to let Zhu Chengwu succeed to the throne in order to preserve Queen Zhao's power, status, wealth and glory.

The Zhao family is too powerful!

The game has been set up!
No changes allowed!

Just as King Ming was looking at Xuzhou from afar, in the Xuzhou Marquis' Mansion, Zhu Chengwu's face happened to show excitement.

"It's done!
I didn’t expect that the “Fire Palm” would be able to be perfected faster than the “Innate Qi”! "

Zhu Chengwu's internal strength surged, and countless flames burst out from Zhu Chengwu's hands.

Looking at the raging fire in his hand, Zhu Chengwu's eyes showed excitement.

Before his "Fire Palm" was perfected, Zhu Chengwu could only use fiery masculine palm force when attacking. Most of the time.

Only by exerting all your strength and fighting hard, can you make a tiny flame appear in your palm.

But now, there is no need to use all his strength. As long as Zhu Chengwu wants, real flames will appear in his palms!

Such a change will greatly enhance Zhu Chengwu's offensive power.

After all, it is said that water and fire are merciless!

And Zhu Chengwu now has control over the power of fire.

Zhu Chengwu had not expected that the "Earth Core Fire Lotus" would contain so many fire rules. As a result, before Zhu Chengwu's injuries were healed, the "Fire Palm" was successfully developed under the impetus of the fire rules.

The "Earth Core Fire Lotus" is indeed a high-level treasure that surpasses ordinary treasures!

In addition to the fire rules in the "Earth Core Fire Lotus", Zhu Chengwu also felt very obvious earth rules that were no less than the fire rules.

Earth element has heavy defense!
Zhu Chengwu was able to fully integrate his understanding of the earth rules into the "Xiantian Gangqi", making the power of the "Xiantian Gangqi" even higher.

After his injuries healed, Zhu Chengwu's only goal was to make every effort to break through the realm of internal strength and accumulate internal energy!

The practice of martial arts is actually a process of continuously pouring water into the pond and expanding the volume of the pond and the inlet and outlet.

The pond is the human dantian!

The water inlet is the realm of the foundation of internal strength.

The higher the level of the internal strength foundation, the faster the warrior can accumulate internal strength.

The water outlet represents the realm of martial arts.

The stronger the martial arts, the higher the level of martial arts, the more internal force the martial artist can output at the same time, and the greater the power.

The impact of a great martial art on a martial artist's strength is like two ponds, one large and one small.

Originally, the water inlet and outlet of a large pond are larger than those of a small pond.

But the outlet of the small pond has been artificially dug so that its outlet is no smaller than that of the large pond.

This means that the outlet of the small pond will not be slower than the outlet of the large pond for a period of time before the water in the small pond dries up!

This is why a top-notch martial arts master can gain power comparable to that of a true master within a period of time, and is even called a "little master" or "pseudo master" by some people in the martial arts world.

Attack, defense, speed!

Two of the three most important water outlets were artificially enlarged by Zhu Chengwu to a size comparable to that of the Grandmaster's pond outlet.

The remaining water outlet is almost expanded!
After the last outlet was expanded, Zhu Chengwu's only goal was to expand the water inlet and make the pond bigger so that there would be more water in the pond.

(End of this chapter)