Chapter 140 The Whereabouts of the Emperor

A circle of white cloth had been hung on the Meridian Gate, and faint sounds of mourning were heard from the palace. Zhu Gaoxu stood on the Thousand-Step Corridor and heard Wang Bin say that the emperor had committed suicide by burning himself in the Fengtian Hall and had passed away. Zhu Gaoxu looked back to the north and thought to himself: When the Fengtian Hall caught fire, I went in personally, and I didn't see the emperor inside at all.