I Steal Xu Miaoyun from Under Their Noses! Empress Ma Rises from the Dead and Beats Old Zhu in a Rage

In the fifteenth year of the Hongwu era, Empress Ma lies gravely ill, and the whole realm is plunged into grief! Prince of Yan Zhu Di, fed up with the stiff and proper daughter of the Xu family, flees beyond the frontier in the middle of the night to escape the wedding! Old Zhu, overcome with grief and fury, raises his sword and roars that he’ll slaughter the entire Xu clan to keep them company in death! Just as the whole court despairs, sixth prince Zhu Chen awakens the 【Ming Dynasty Bandit System】. He strides forward, pulls Xu Miaoyun into his arms, and looks Zhu Yuanzhang straight in the eye: “Father! If Fourth Brother won’t marry her, then I’ll take the Xu girl!” Old Zhu flies into a rage and draws the imperial sword. “You little rebel! I’ll cut you down myself today!” Zhu Chen doesn’t panic. Instead, he pulls out a Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Pill and stuffs it into Empress Ma’s mouth, holding open her jaw even though she has just breathed her last. The next moment, a stunning turn of events! Empress Ma sits bolt upright, yanks off her cloth-soled shoe, and starts whacking Old Zhu across the face: “Zhu Chongba! How dare you lay a hand on my darling boy? Sixth Brother is willing to marry the Xu girl. Your ancestors must have done something right!” Old Zhu clutches his face, completely stunned. The whole court gasps and frantically kowtows. From that day on, the Ming dynasty takes a sharp turn in a new direction. With Empress Ma as his “protective shield,” Zhu Chen becomes the Ming dynasty’s number-one bandit, kicking the Huai-Xi nobility and punching the Jiangnan plutocrats. Years later, when Zhu Di returns to Jinling after suffering countless hardships beyond the frontier, eager to reclaim his place, he spits out a mouthful of blood on the spot. “Where’s my huge empire?!” “And why is my wife lying in my sixth brother’s arms?!” Zhu Chen holds the female Zhuge Xu Miaoyun close and smiles faintly. “Fourth Brother, from now on, you can call her Sixth Sister-in-law.”