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Zhu Yuanzhang was silent for a moment.

"Yes," he admitted in a rare moment, "it was because what he said made sense that I didn't kill him."

"I want to kill the nine members of the Hu Weiyong clan, and no one in the civil or military circles dares to say no. He is the only one who has stood up. Although the words are not pleasant, I know that he is telling the truth."

"There are too many people telling lies in the court. I need someone who tells the truth."

Queen Ma nodded.

"Then I'm curious," she said, "are there really people in this world who are not afraid of death?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at her: "He said he was afraid of death, terribly afraid. But he was even more afraid that the history books would say that all the loyal ministers and good generals were killed during the Hongwu period, and no one would be available after that."

Queen Ma was silent for a while.

"I want to meet this person."

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned: "What did you do to see him?"

"I just want to see what the person who dares to talk to Your Majesty like this looks like." Queen Ma smiled, "Didn't Your Majesty also keep him for three months? I want to see for Your Majesty whether this person is sincerely serving the Ming Dynasty, or whether he is just talking words."

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a while and had no objection.

He could never stop what Queen Ma wanted to do.

Early the next morning, Queen Ma called the maid next to her.

"Chunlan," she said, "go check up on a person. His name is Cheng Hechuan from Yushitai. Check out his details, how many people are in his family, who he usually associates with, what hobbies he has, and what his personality is like."

Chunlan was stunned for a moment: "Mother, what has this person committed?"

"Nothing has been done," Queen Ma said, "I am just curious."

Chunlan took the order and went.

Queen Ma sat in front of the window, looking at the flowers in the yard, thinking about what Zhu Yuanzhang said yesterday.

She had been in the harem for so many years and had seen too many ministers acting submissively in front of Zhu Yuanzhang.Some are really scared, and some are pretending to be scared.

But this Cheng Hechuan doesn't sound like it.

A person who dares to say in court that "there will be no official available in three years" is either a lunatic, or a person who truly cares about the country.

She wanted to see which one it was.

Cheng Hechuan had no idea that he had become the focus of Empress Ma's attention.

He was very busy these days. During the day, he discussed the history of the Yuan Dynasty with Song Lian at the History Museum, and at night he went home to sort out his notes. His life was quite fulfilling.

That afternoon, he came out of the History Museum and was about to go home when he was suddenly stopped by a eunuch.

"Master Cheng," the eunuch saluted, "the Queen would like to invite you to go to Kunning Palace."

Cheng Hechuan was stunned.

Queen Ma?

What to do with him?

But he did not dare to neglect, and followed the eunuch through the palace gates and arrived at Kunning Palace.

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