When the divine beast rushed in, the people in the East Palace subconsciously protected Zhu Yunwen and retreated, and when this thing died, Zhu Yunwen also came up, and he looked carefully at the things on the ground.

It's really a bit unusual, the limbs are slender and slender, the neck is even longer, and it has grown to an outrageous extent, standing with his head held high, it is estimated that he can be as tall as six or seven zhang.

"W-what the hell is this?"

Zhu Di hadn't seen it before, and at this time, Zhu Neng behind him came over, "Lord Wang, this thing looks so strange, I think it's better to give it to the Son of Heaven as a gift!" ”

Zhu Di was very annoyed, "I was killed, how can I give it to my father?" ”

"It doesn't matter." Zhu Neng smiled and said: "The second son liked to play with insects when he was a child, Liu Chun taught him to make specimens, some time ago the second son returned to Beiping and hunted a lot of fierce beasts, including tigers, black bears, and leopards...... Didn't he make them all into specimens, and put them in the yard, the prince had seen them! ”

Zhu Di thought about it and couldn't help laughing: "This proposal is good, so it's done!" ”

After he finished speaking, he remembered Zhu Yunwen and asked, "Your Highness, do you want it?" ”

Zhu Yunwen didn't like this scary thing, he hurriedly waved his hand, "The fourth uncle is the best to dedicate to the emperor's grandfather." ”

After such an episode, Zhu Yunwen accompanied Zhu Di, and the guards carried the corpse of the "divine beast" into the palace.

What they didn't know was that just this morning, Lian Zining, the imperial history of the right capital, had already gone to the book, not only went to the book, but also asked to see Zhu Yuanzhang, painted his voice and color, and told Lao Zhu about it.

"Your Majesty, just last night, at dusk, it was really a thousand rays of light, thousands of colors, auspicious clouds, like lotus flowers, falling from the sky, all over the Tanglin ...... Above the auspicious clouds, there is a divine beast unicorn, stepping on the clouds, this divine beast is covered with golden light, covered with scale armor, one zhang five or six high, the head is rounded, there are weapons and do not hurt people, it is the natural beast of benevolence, descending to the mortal dust! Lian Zining exaggerated.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born at the bottom, and he was used to seeing messy things, so he didn't believe it in his heart.

He said with a calm face: "Lian Zining, as an important minister of the imperial court, you should know that most of these auspicious beasts are made up and cannot be taken seriously." How dare you talk nonsense? ”

Lian Zining was shocked in his heart, but fortunately, he had already prepared his stomach case, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, although the minister knows that Xiangrui's words are mostly absurd. But yesterday was absolutely different, the divine beast unicorn came into the world, and the surrounding people all witnessed it with their own eyes...... This divine beast descended on Dongling, circled three times around the tomb of Prince Yiwen, and then knelt down on its front legs, making a mournful sound, and the people heard it and cried. Then the unicorn got up and walked eastward, where the divine beast passed, the crops were unharmed, and the surrounding people witnessed the unicorn disappear into the sea of clouds......"

Lian Zining talked a lot, and seeing that Zhu Yuanzhang still didn't believe it, he decided to come up with a killer idea.

"Your Majesty, there is also a picture of a unicorn drawn here, please take a look at it Your Majesty!"

As he spoke, Lian Zining handed over a scroll more than a foot wide.

Zhu Yuanzhang took it in his hand and watched it.

On the picture, the glow and auspicious clouds are as Lian Zining said. Indeed, there was a monster that knelt down in front of his son's mausoleum.

This mythical beast has a long neck, long limbs, horns on its head, golden scales, round hooves, and a horse's tail...... In general, it can be matched with the unicorn depicted in ancient books.

But if you want to say that this is a unicorn, Lao Zhu still doesn't believe it, after all, the neck is a little long, and the overall feeling is not thick enough, which is not much different from the imaginary beast unicorn......

Lian Zining peeked and found that His Majesty was in thought, and he secretly prayed in his heart.

In fact, he has made many changes to this unicorn diagram, such as shortening the neck to one-third, making the head bigger, the limbs thicker, and the horns on the head have increased branches, making it similar to the antlers of a deer.

But even so, the giraffe's foundation, no matter how you get it, is almost meaningless, and it is completely different from the unicorn.

But if it is drawn out of thin air, no one will testify, and it is difficult to say that the unicorn came into the world.

All in all, let the people who see it see that this unicorn picture is not fake, they do see it, but it is slightly different.

Lian Zining thinks it's okay, at least he can fool around.

Finally, after a long time, Zhu Yuanzhang muttered: "You said this...... Qilin, why did it appear in Tanglin? ”

It's done!

Your Majesty believed!

Lian Zining forcibly suppressed his joy and bowed: "Your Majesty Mingjian, Prince Yiwen is benevolent and filial, respectful and loves the people, although he died young, he failed to inherit the unification. However, the benevolent name of Prince Yiwen has moved the heavens, and it has been almost five years. This time the unicorn came to the world, which is to recall Prince Yiwen, and it also shows that I have a great Ming country, with the blessing of God, and the mountains and rivers will be high and long, and they will last forever! ”

"The minister has the courage to propose, please build a Qilin Temple next to Dongling, and ask a famous Confucian to write an article to commemorate the benevolence of Prince Yiwen!"

Zhu Yuanzhang pondered for a long time and nodded slowly, "This proposal is feasible, I will allocate 200,000 silver from the internal treasury to repair the Qilin Temple, as for the article, please ask Liu Sanwu to write it!" ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Lian Zining kowtowed again and again, and when he came out of the palace, he felt that the sun outside was unprecedentedly bright, the whole body was comfortable, the pores were opened, and the aura of heaven and earth poured into his body, as if he was about to fly up!

He reported auspiciousness to Zhu Yuanzhang, from beginning to end, he was talking about Zhu Biao, what kind of calculation did he have?

This is discussed by Lian Zining and Qi Tai, Zhu Yunwen can become the prince, all depends on Zhu Biao's legacy, and Zhu Yuanzhang hesitates, and it is also related to Zhu Biao, the relationship between father and son, that is called a deep!

Building the Qilin Temple, remembering Zhu Biao, is equivalent to telling the world that God is favoring Zhu Biao, now that Prince Yiwen is dead, the grandson is the eldest son of Prince Yiwen, and the son inherits his father's business to continue to become the prince and inherit the Ming Dynasty, which is logical.

In this, there is a hidden problem of patriarchal succession.

Many people know the eight words, which are called the father dies and the son succeeds, and the brother dies and the brother dies...... In the Ming Dynasty, the last four words were diluted, mainly by father and son, and it was inherited by the eldest son...... At this point, Zhu Yuanzhang is very dead.

Zhu Yunwen is the eldest son of the concubine, a little reluctant, but he is the son of Zhu Biao after all, and from the perspective of the death of the father and the succession of the son, he is indeed in front of all the vassal kings.

Of course, there is also a question here, that is, where did Zhu Yunwen's position as the prince come from?

Zhu Biao is the crown prince, but he has no right to designate who to be the crown prince! Unless he becomes the emperor, he can make a prince.

In other words, since Zhu Biao has never been the emperor, the prince inherited the throne from Zhu Yuanzhang...... Of course, Lao Zhu can choose his favorite son to inherit the throne after the death of his eldest son!

This is the problem of etiquette, for example, the great etiquette discussion that happened to Emperor Jiajing, Yang Ting and these people insisted that the father died and the son succeeded, and the Zhengde Emperor had no children, so they welcomed Zhu Houyu to succeed to the throne and asked Zhu Houyu to recognize Emperor Hongzhi as his father.

As for Zhu Houxi, he insisted that I also have a father, and my father is also a dragon, and I am here to inherit the throne, not to be a son to others, and I am following the example of my grandfather, with a small sect and a large sect...... Because of this, Zhu Houxi fought with Yang Tinghe and other old ministers for more than ten years, and Yang Shen was beaten because of this incident, and he was sent to Yunnan, leaving the popular "Linjiang Immortal".

Speaking of which, Qi Tai and Lian Zining's plan is very clear.

They elevated Zhu Biao's status to strengthen the so-called succession of the father to the son and increase the rationality of Zhu Yunwen.

So far, it's working.

"Your Majesty nodded, you're done!"

Lian Zining said happily, but found that Qi Tai's face was a little wrong.

"Brother Qi, what's wrong? No, something is going to happen, right? ”

Qi Tai's old face flushed, "That...... That is true. He lowered his voice, "The people below won't do anything, then, that divine beast...... Run! ”

"What?" Lian Zining was so frightened that he panicked, exclaimed loudly, what are you kidding, I also offered the picture here, and I also said the idea, you told me, the unicorn is gone?

If this is discovered, it will be dedicated to Your Majesty, and it will not cure me of a crime of bullying the king!

"You, why are your subordinates so careless?" Lian Zi asked angrily.

Qi Tai was helpless, "I have asked the people below to look for it, and after finding it, I will be killed immediately, and buried immediately, there will definitely be no future trouble!" ”

Lian Zining had a dark old face, and said angrily: "You have to hurry up, don't leak it, otherwise, neither of us will be fine!" ”

What can Qi Tai say, not only the two of them, but even Zhu Yunwen will be implicated.

This is unlucky, and a fart will hit the heel.

He planned everything very well, and the unicorn came into the world at sunset, and many ordinary people witnessed it with their own eyes, and they knelt on the ground and kowtowed. Then the unicorn walked through the farmland and disappeared into the sea of clouds...... In fact, it was not a sea of clouds that disappeared, but was stuffed into the car by Qi Tai's men and transported away.

Originally, Qi Tai wanted to kill him immediately and destroy the corpse.

But the people below didn't dare to kill this divine beast.

There was no way, so Qi Tai asked them to get the divine beast on the ship, transport it far away, and then throw it into the sea.

But who would have thought that the caretaker was careless for a while, and he actually let the unicorn run away!

These people also told Qi Tai that it was true that the divine beast had a spirit, and they knew that someone wanted to harm it, so they used their magic power to escape.

If that's the case, then there's no way to get it back.

Qi Tai was so angry that he blew his lungs, what kind of divine beast?

If it's really a divine beast, can I get it? What do you think!

It must be found, as soon as possible, and never let the second person know......

Qi Tai begged the gods and Buddhas all over the sky to bless him, and he must not make a mistake, he must be!

But just when he was as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, suddenly Zhu Di entered Beijing, Zhu Yunwen sent the fourth uncle to the pavilion to rest, he returned to the East Palace, and all the gentlemen gathered together.

As soon as they met, Zhu Yunwen wiped the sweat on his forehead, and said fearfully: "Gentlemen, you said that it was a coincidence, Gu Gang picked up King Yan from the dock, and before he went far, he met a monster, which was two feet high, and rushed towards us. ”

Hearing this, Qi Tai and Lian Zining stood up together.

"Your Highness, where are the monsters?"

Zhu Yunwen saw that the two gentlemen were out of shape, and he didn't know what was going on, so he said casually: "Let King Yan beat him to death!" ”

"Killed? So, what about the corpses? Lian Zining's voice trembled.

"Corpses? King Yan said that he wanted to give it to the emperor's grandfather as a gift! ”

"It's over!"

Lian Zining lay down straight, stunned and scared to death!