Chapter 2 The Jingkang Story
Hao Guangming knew that Zhu Yurao could not believe it.
If it were him, he wouldn't believe that his arm would be cut off by a close relative.
No, to be precise, it was Chongzhen who wanted to kill Zhu Ya'a, but because Zhu Yu'a waved his arm to stop him, his arm was only broken and his life was spared.
When Hao Guangming learned about this incident from reading history and related novels, he would sigh every time.
Thinking that the girl in front of him might be Zhu Yurao in history, Hao Guangming couldn't help but feel something in his heart - maybe, he has a chance to change history!
Thinking again that Li Zicheng had already surrounded the city of Beijing, and time was running out, Hao Guangming decided to be more ruthless to make Zhu Yuluo accept the reality as soon as possible.
So he said: "If there is no difference between our two histories in time and space, after the city of Beijing was destroyed, your father was afraid that his wife and daughter would be defiled and the honor of the royal family would be damaged, so he ordered your mother, queen, and all the concubines to hang themselves.
Then he took up the sword himself and first killed your sister, Princess Zhaoren, and then you.
It's just that you waved your arm, and one of your arms was cut off first.
Your father didn't have the courage to retaliate, and he was mentally disturbed at the time, so he didn't care about you anymore, and you barely managed to survive."
"Impossible! Absolutely impossible!" Zhu Yuyao shook her head, still with a look of disbelief on her face.
But her heart had been shaken.
Because as far as she understood, with her father's character, if there was no hope of escaping from the city, he might really do what the man in front of him said.
Hao Guangming couldn't help but sighed when he saw that Zhu Ailao still didn't want to believe it, and took out his cell phone.
Use Du Niang to search for the relevant history of 1644 in the late Ming Dynasty, and then hand the phone to Zhu Yuluo to read.
"You see, the history here is clearly written. Unless things develop differently in our two time and space, this is what you will face."
Seeing Hao Guangming hand over a luminous object, Zhu Yasuo reluctantly came back to her senses and looked over.
I saw that this thing was extremely delicate. It seemed to be made of metal as the shell and crystal or glass as the surface.
Not only does it emit light, it also has writing on it.
Although the text was written horizontally, with many abbreviations, and even a serious lack of strokes, she could probably read it.
What is written above is clearly what Hao Guangming said just now, as well as what happened later when Chongzhen hanged himself in Jingshan and died for his country.
Afterwards, she had no intention of looking at it, turned her head and ran straight out the door!
"Hey, what do you want to do?" Hao Guangming called out quickly.
Then I saw Zhu Ailao running out the door and disappearing immediately.
Hao Guangming was slightly stunned and couldn't help shaking his head and sighing: "It seems she still has difficulty accepting it.
However, if you delay for one more minute now, you will waste one minute of opportunity to change history, and you don’t know what she will do after she goes back, and when she will come back."
Thinking again of the adventure of meeting the two princesses in the late Ming Dynasty, Hao Guangming wanted to find the black jade ring that had been broken before.
But I found that I couldn’t find it!
'Strange, where did the black jade ring fragments go? If they took it away, then where did the fragments in my hand go?'
Hao Guangming thought carefully and vaguely remembered that it seemed that after Zhu Yushuo first appeared, the black jade ring fragment was missing from his hand.
‘It can’t be a one-time travel item, right? Directly opening a wormhole between two time and space?’
'But I can't get over there. Is this a one-way wormhole?'
'If this is the case, then Zhu Ainao will not take Emperor Chongzhen to take refuge with me, right?'
Thinking of this, Hao Guangming's expression became wonderful.
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When Zhu Aina returned to the Ming Dynasty, she first handed over Zhu Aoshan, who was still playing in her palace, to the care of a close palace maid.
Then she ran straight to Wuying Palace.
Because she knew that her father had been handling government affairs and military affairs in Wuying Palace these days.
Because the previous kings of the Ming Dynasty met with their ministers in Wuying Hall, this hall also symbolizes the illustrious martial arts in the early Ming Dynasty.
Zhu Aelao rushed to the front of Wuying Palace, but was quickly stopped by the guard eunuch who looked surprised.
"Your Royal Highness, Long live the Lord is handling military affairs, so you can't trespass."
Zhu Ainao raised her eyebrows and said, "I have something urgent to ask my father!"
He said that he would go straight in.
She had too many things on her mind to care about.
When the eunuch tried to stop her again, he heard a tired and slightly hoarse voice coming from inside, "But concubine? Come in."
The eunuch did not dare to stop him anymore, so Zhu Ainao ran in.
In the hall, a man in his thirties but with gray hair was sitting behind the imperial desk. There were also some memorials piled on the desk.
The man looked haggard and even had dark bags under his eyes, obviously he had not rested well.
Seeing Zhu Ailao, the man was tired, with a look of kindness on his worried face, and asked: "Ailao, what do you want to see your father for?"
Seeing Chongzhen, Zhu Aelao remembered the "history" she had learned from Hao Guangming before, and her expression suddenly became complicated.
After a slight hesitation, she still asked: "If the capital is invaded by intruders, what arrangements will the father make for his daughter, sister, mother and other concubines in the harem?"
Upon hearing this, the kindness on Chongzhen's face disappeared, his expression became solemn, and gradually became complicated.
Immediately she said: "Do you know what happened to the concubines and princesses of the Zhao family after Bianliang was conquered in the Northern Song Dynasty?"
Affected by the current situation, Zhu Yurao did know about the history of Jingkang in the Northern Song Dynasty, so her heart sank and she said: "I heard that he was kidnapped by the Jin people."
Chongzhen sighed: "Not only were they kidnapped by the Jin men, but they were also defiled. Among them were even the Zhao family's princesses, and their concubines were pregnant with the Jin thieves' evil offspring, which made the Zhao and Song royal families lose their face and became a laughing stock in history.
Auntie, we have learned from the past, do you think that the princess of the Ming Dynasty can repeat the same mistakes and be defiled by thieves and bandits?"
After Zhu Yushuo imagined that scene, she felt it was so terrifying and unusual, and she couldn't help but shake her head.
Chongzhen thought that Zhu Yusao agreed with his statement, so he continued: "So, if the city is really destroyed, I will let your mother and the concubines and maids hang themselves to protect their reputation.
Your sister is young, so if I can't take care of her when the time comes, please help her."
Zhu Yurao did not expect that her father would really let them die.
Although it sounded like there was a last resort, she still couldn't accept it.
Thinking again that my father only mentioned women and not the princes, I couldn't help but ask: "What about my elder brothers and younger brothers?"
Chongzhen closed his eyes and said: "I will send guards to protect them and hide them in the minister's mansion in the city. When or after the city is destroyed, one by one can escape."
Born in the Ming Dynasty, affected by her childhood environment, Zhu Yuyao never felt that her father treated her and several princes unfairly.
But perhaps because she first learned about her fate from Hao Guangming, and then heard Chongzhen's words with her own ears, she instantly felt that Chongzhen was unfair.
I couldn't help but asked angrily: "Father, the emperor and his brothers can hide and escape, so why do they let their daughter and sister die?"
Chongzhen probably didn't expect his daughter to ask such a question. He opened his eyes and looked at Zhu Yu'ao in surprise, and then said calmly: "They are men, even if they are caught, they will probably die.
But you and my grandma are the royal daughters. If we are caught by intruders, who can guarantee that our reputation will not be damaged and the innocence of the Zhu family's royal family will not be tarnished?"
After hearing this, Zhu Aao was stunned for a moment and looked painful.
Because she felt that what her father said was true, she couldn't guarantee it, and no one could guarantee it.
Suddenly, she remembered her previous adventure, and her eyes immediately lit up.
He immediately said excitedly: "Father, my daughter suddenly got an incredible adventure today. Maybe she can help us avoid disaster!"
"What adventure?" Chongzhen frowned, not quite believing his daughter's words, but with a little curiosity and expectation.
Now that the country is about to be destroyed and the family is about to die, why doesn't he hope that there will be a turn for the better?
Zhu Ya'ao thought for a while, but found that words could not describe her adventure at all, so she stepped forward and grabbed Chongzhen's hand and said: "Father, you will know after you go with your daughter."
As he said that, he thought about the strange house where he saw Hao Guangming.
Zhu Yuluo's idea is very simple.
If she could bring others into Hao Guangming's place, then she could bring her father, mother and other people who needed protection.
In this way, even if the intruders attack the capital, they will not be found.
Chapter completed!