Chapter 116 Outrageous speculation

Chapter 116: Outrageous Speculations
There is no need to risk the execution of your entire family just for such an opportunity, and to go through the trouble of hiring a ghostwriter or impersonating someone else.

Zhang Quandan wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and kowtowed vigorously to express his gratitude as if he had been reborn.

Zhu Biao waved his hand and said with a smile: "You shouldn't thank His Majesty. If you want to thank someone, thank Brother Ye for not making a fuss with you."

Now that he had completely calmed down, Zhang Quandan belatedly realized that he had broken out in a cold sweat. He couldn't help but wonder how he could be so bold as to question a person who could sit with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.

That bit of ridiculous arrogance had long gone, and he didn't care that Ye Xuan was just a sixth-rank captain of the Jinyiwei. He hit Ye Xuan with several real blows with a few "bang bang" sounds.

While he kowtowed, he kept muttering: "Master Ye, please forgive me for my momentary carelessness!"

Ye Xuan is not a person who would not give in even if he is right, and it would be a bit difficult to ask him to prove that he is himself.

So he waved his hand generously and said, "It's okay, it's just a little misunderstanding!"

Having survived a great disaster, Zhang Quandan was so excited that he wanted to jump up, and he kowtowed a few more times.

At this point, the Chang sisters finally accepted the fact that Ye Xuan was Ye Liangchen, whom they had admired for a long time. The look in their eyes when they looked at Ye Xuan suddenly became extremely complicated.

After the short episode, everyone continued to stroll and chat in the Imperial Garden.

However, no matter whether they were the younger generation or the civil and military ministers, their glances would always inadvertently sweep across the pavilion and linger on Ye Xuan for a while.

"Hey, who do you think this guy is?" A middle-aged man dressed in second-rank official attire asked several colleagues around him while secretly glancing at Ye Xuan.

A third-rank official with a rat-like mustache stroked his beard and said, "Who knows this? I've never heard of this person before!"

"Hey, is Mao Xiang here? He is the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, and this gentleman is his subordinate, isn't he?" someone said suddenly.

Everyone looked around but did not see Mao Xiang.

Everyone was not surprised. The Jinyiwei were notorious and had always been at odds with civil and military officials. It was normal that they did not come to such occasions.

The second-rank middle-aged official suddenly pointed at Zhang Quandan, who was hiding in a corner not far away and dared not show off, and said, "My son said that gentleman had an argument with Zhang Quandan before. Maybe he knows some details?"

Everyone couldn't help their curiosity and said, "Let's go and find out."

"By the way, get his father here too. I don't think he would dare to go against the truth!"

"That makes sense!"

Soon, a group of people pulled Zhang Qiao, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Works, and surrounded Zhang Quandan, who was shivering in the corner.

Zhang Qiao didn't want to come at first, for fear that a group of people surrounding his son would attract Zhu Yuanzhang's attention again.

However, he was also very curious about the origins of the Jinyiwei. Secondly, given Zhu Yuanzhang's temper, since the matter had already been revealed, he would never settle accounts with such a small matter. So he followed everyone to find Zhang Quandan.

"Quan Dan, I heard that you had a few words with that gentleman?" Zhang Qiao pointed his lips towards the pavilion and said, "Do you know who that gentleman is? Tell me about him!"

Zhang Qiao looked at Ye Xuan in the distance with some fear. He didn't want to say anything, but when a group of officials who were either at the same level as his father or had higher official positions than his father saw him, he immediately spilled the beans.

"So you don't know either?" Mouse Whisker murmured, puffing his beard.

Everyone could not help but feel a little disappointed, but Zhang Qiao's eyes turned and he said strangely: "But there is still one strange thing, I don't know if I should say it or not."

Zhang Qiao's eyes widened immediately and he said, "Why can't you say this? Don't you see your uncles are waiting?"

Zhang Quandan's neck shrank, and he quickly said: "But when Princess Anqing came to see that gentleman, not only did she hold hands very intimately, but she also sucked him..." "What did she call him?" everyone asked.

Zhang Quandan just came to his senses now, still a little incredulous, "Call that gentleman, brother!"

"Brother!" Zhang Qiao exclaimed.

Apart from Zhu Yuanzhang's sons, the only people Anqing could call brother were the sons of several dukes.

But Ye Xuan was an unknown person, definitely not a royal relative or the son of a duke.

Because among the six founding principalities, there was not a single one with the surname Ye!

At this moment, Mousewhisker suddenly exclaimed, "Oh no!"

"What's wrong?" Everyone looked at Mousebeard.

Mousebeard looked around mysteriously and lowered his voice to ask, "Do you remember what the Crown Prince called that gentleman?"

“Isn’t it just Brother Ye Xuan…Brother!”

"Do you understand?" Mouse Whiskers said in a very persuasive manner, "It would be fine if only Princess Anqing called him brother, but even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince called that master brother. And when Zhang Quandan questioned that master, do you remember who was the first to stand up and support that master?"

"It's Your Majesty!" Someone suddenly remembered and exclaimed.

All the officials present were masters of conspiracy theorists, and just a hint from Lao Shuxu immediately set their imaginations into motion.

Someone couldn't help but ask: "Could it be that the gentleman is actually His Majesty's illegitimate child..."

"Shh...you're asking for your life, you can't just talk about this kind of thing everywhere!"

"That's right, we all understand it in our hearts."

"Don't spread this around!"

"Could it be that the situation in our Ming Dynasty is about to change?"

It cannot be said that these ministers had a rich imagination. Just imagine that Zhu Yuanzhang was a king on horseback who conquered the world through wars fought in the south and the north.

He often led large armies to conquer various parts of the country, and it was impossible for him to always have his wives and concubines with him.

Men always feel lonely sometimes, and when their wives and concubines are not around, they are bound to make some mistakes that all men make.

As long as a mistake is made, there is a possibility of leaving evidence of the mistake.

In everyone's mind, Ye Xuan was undoubtedly the evidence.

It’s just that perhaps Zhu Yuanzhang, who made the mistake at the time, didn’t know that this evidence had been left behind, or perhaps he was embarrassed to produce the evidence of his mistake as the world was not yet settled.

Now that the world is stable, and they are his own children and grandchildren after all, he can't help but feel soft-hearted and take them in Yingtian to take care of them by his side.

Although he tried to prove Ye Xuan's identity with great fanfare considering the emperor's bad reputation, he was still his biological son after all.

In this way, there are reasonable explanations for why Anqing calls Ye Xuan brother, Zhu Biao calls him brother, and even Empress Ma and the Crown Princess are very affectionate to Ye Xuan, and why Ye Xuan, a little-known Jinyiwei, can sit with Zhu Yuanzhang and Zhu Biao.

Without Ye Xuan's awareness, a misunderstanding that was enough to shock the world was born.

(End of this chapter)