Chapter 368 What do they think of me? !

Ou Zanghua arrived outside the Leopard Room Martial Arts Hall, and the rest of the people all retreated twenty feet away, obviously having received orders.

He walked in around the huge dragon relief and saw Emperor Zhengde, dressed in a simple robe, sitting cross-legged in the center of the hall, surrounded by a depressing atmosphere.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you!" It was the first time that Ou Zanghua saw such a serious expression on Emperor Zhengde's face. This made him also become serious, and he saluted in a very standard manner.

"Ou Qing is here!"

Emperor Zhengde opened his eyes, looked at Ou Zanghua, forced a smile and said, "Since we met, we have never sparred with each other bare-handed. Today, I will put aside my weapons and test your martial arts and body movements with my fists and feet. How do you think?"

"Since Your Majesty is in such a good mood, I shall of course accompany you." Ou Zanghua bowed in agreement. It happened that he had mastered the "Tianshan Six Yang Palm" and "Tianshan Plum Blossom Hand" to the tenth level yesterday, and his boxing and kicking skills were already quite good.

"Good good!"

Emperor Zhengde stood up, shouted "Be careful", and then attacked with a flying kick.

Ou Zanghua flipped his wrist and used his elbow as a shield, easily turning the attack of Emperor Zhengde into nothingness.

But Emperor Zhengde was like a dragon entering the sea. His body suddenly turned to the side, like a clear spring flowing around a rock. At the same time, he thrust out his fist, aiming directly at Ou Zanghua's vital point on the ribs.

Ou Zanghua took advantage of the Tianshan Six Yang Palm. His body was light and graceful, like catkins in the wind. He leaned back slightly to avoid the fierce attack. At the same time, his right leg swept out like an iron whip, intending to turn the tables.

Emperor Zhengde's eyes were as cold as stars. He used an exquisite empty step and intercept punch to gently dissolve Ou Zanghua's leg strength. He then used the force to counter attack, stepped forward, and punched with a heavy force that hit Ou Zanghua directly in the face. His momentum was so fierce that it should not be underestimated.

Ou Zanghua spun like the wind, flicked his wrist, and used his grappling skills to cleverly neutralize the Zhengde Emperor's punch.

However, Emperor Zhengde was an extraordinary martial artist, and his boxing skills contained endless changes. He instantly transformed it into the "White Ape Offering Fruit" in the Emei Four Elephants Palm. His palm shadows flew as fast as meteors and hit Ou Zanghua's temple directly. He was both flexible and ferocious.

Ou Zanghua crossed his arms to block and then pressed down, but was freed by Emperor Zhengde. The two men's fists collided, causing a wave of air, but they were also knocked back several steps by each other's internal force.

"Hahaha, very good! Come again."

Emperor Zhengde laughed loudly. This time he started with Xingyi Eagle Catch and changed to Three-Body Stance to open the stance. Then he came close and used the forward punch and left collapse punch successively.

Ou Zanghua blocked with his arm and counterattacked, but was stopped by Emperor Zhengde's horizontal punch.

Immediately afterwards, the fist force started again. The left collapse fist of Emperor Zhengde was as powerful as a bamboo breaking, the right chopping fist could split mountains and crush rocks, and the right drilling fist was like a snake coming out of a cave, hitting the vital points directly.

Ou Zanghua moved swiftly and sideways like a swallow, avoiding the attack at the critical moment. Then he took advantage of the situation to turn around and grabbed the collar of Emperor Zhengde, and threw him up with the grappling technique of Li Shi Bei Shan.

Emperor Zhengde exerted force from his waist in mid-air, struggled to break free and struck down with a palm.

The two men faced each other again, their internal energy surged out, and there was even a faint sound of a dragon's roar.

With a "bang", Emperor Zhengde turned over and landed steadily on the ground. He pushed off his feet and rushed up again.

He punched with his right fist with tremendous force towards his face, but Ou Zanghua deftly parried the attack with his hand.

Emperor Zhengde's offensive became increasingly fierce, and his fists whistled like a dragon and a tiger fighting each other.

After Ou Zanghua continuously resisted, he threw a knee and flew up. Emperor Zhengde retreated with both hands to defend. The internal strength of both sides exploded, making a thunderous sound. Under this force, the two men retreated several steps again.

"call"

Emperor Zhengde exhaled slowly, waved his hand and said, "Ou Qing's boxing skills have improved a lot, I am very pleased."

"Thank you for the compliment, Your Majesty!" Ou Zanghua's breathing was a little rapid and he bowed to express his gratitude.

When I looked up, I saw Emperor Zhengde sitting on the chair in a decadent manner, with red eyes.

Ou Zanghua was stunned and couldn't help asking, "Your Majesty, what's wrong?"

"Ou Qing," Emperor Zhengde said coldly while looking at the paintings on the wall of the martial arts hall, "Those bastards don't take me seriously at all!"

Ou Zanghua didn't know what was going on. While he was still thinking about how to answer, he heard Emperor Zhengde suddenly ask, "I remember that Mr. Ou's wife Liu is five months pregnant, right?"

"Yes." Ou Zanghua smiled when he heard that.

"Have you ever thought about whether it is a boy or a girl?" Emperor Zhengde looked at his disciple and asked calmly.

"No," Ou Zanghua shook his head and said, "In my heart, no matter male or female, we are all blood relatives. I love them like treasures and treat them equally."

"what"

Emperor Zhengde smiled and said with an embarrassed look: "I have a queen, a concubine, and many favored women. For eight years, I have no heir, so those bastards dared to humiliate me like this!"

Having said that, Emperor Zhengde threw the letters to Ou Zanghua.

Ou Zanghua looked solemn as he took the letter and opened it to read.

Only then did they understand why Emperor Zhengde was so angry. It turned out that among the nobles, Ningyang Marquis Chen Jizu and Anyuan Marquis Liu Wen were the leaders, and they had been secretly in close contact with Prince Ning.

In fact, Zhengde did not take this to heart. What really made him angry was that these nobles actually colluded with Prince Ning in private and planned to adopt Prince Ning's eldest son Zhu Gongyue to Emperor Zhengde to train as the crown prince.

In terms of blood relationship, the first King of Ning, Zhu Quan, was the seventeenth son of Emperor Taizu, so Zhengde and Zhu Chenhao could be said to be distant relatives.

You must know that the late emperor's younger brothers, Prince Xing Zhu Youlang, Prince Yi Zhu Youbing, Prince Heng Zhu Youji and Prince Rong Zhu Youshu, not only lived long lives but also had many children and grandchildren. How could it be the turn of Prince Ning's line?

In terms of seniority, Zhu Chenhao is Zhengde's grandfather, and his son is Zhengde's uncle.

Throughout history, has anyone ever adopted an elder as a son?

So these bastards didn't take Emperor Zhengde seriously at all.

"Mr. Ou, this is the noble whom I rely on! This is the descendant of the noble family who was personally granted the throne by Emperor Taizong to share the country's prosperity!" Emperor Zhengde was furious. He slapped the table hard with his palm. The rosewood on the table burst instantly, sawdust flew everywhere, and the tabletop was split into two. One can see how powerful his internal strength was.

"Where do they put me? And what do they regard the throne as?!" The emperor's voice echoed in the empty hall, filled with uncontrollable indignation, as if even the air was shaking.

Ou Zanghua felt the anger of Emperor Zhengde and finally understood why the palace guards, eunuchs and palace maids surrounding the martial arts hall retreated twenty feet away. There were some words that they really couldn't listen to.

He continued to read the contents of these letters and discovered that the reason why Lord Zhang was killed was because they were worried that if he continued to investigate, he would find out that the nobles were colluding with King Ning.

The reason why these nobles colluded with Prince Ning was to gain merit from following the king. Among these people, Anyuan Hou Liu Wen was the most active.

At this time, Emperor Zhengde looked hopeful and asked, "Mr. Ou, I remember that you got married for more than two years before you had your own child. How did you do it?"

Ou Zanghua was stunned. His situation was different from that of Emperor Zhengde!

He had planned from the beginning not to have children, and now that he has one, he can only say that it is God's blessing.

Therefore, in response to the question from Emperor Zhengde, he had no choice but to answer, "Your Majesty, I have not paid much attention to this matter. This kind of thing will happen naturally."

He thought of the absurd things that Emperor Zhengde did in history. All kinds of rumors and unofficial histories were flying around. He had more than a hundred adopted sons, more than King Wen of Zhou. However, there was no record in any documents that he had a son.

However, there were many women around him, and he even stole someone's wife.

This is enough to show that Emperor Zhengde's childlessness had little to do with women, but the problem lay with himself.

As an emperor, having no offspring means that his ideas and policies have no foundation, and the civil and military officials will not be completely loyal to him.

The situation of Emperor Jingtai is a clear example. If Crown Prince Zhu Jianji were still alive, the court would have been very different. The ministers would have helped him and worked together on state affairs instead of standing aside and watching the changes. Yu Qian's tragedy might have been avoided.

(End of this chapter)