After four months of jerky rule, the overall stability of the Holy Han Empire has not been disrupted, and in fact, the operating procedures of the empire have not been damaged, as long as the central government does not make too many moths, there will not be too many accidents and troubles. And Zhang Xiaowu did not carry out large-scale surgery on the country as a whole after taking power, introduced his own ideas, and even the most controversial tax law reform was suspended, and the day of the restart is unknown year and month, everything shows that the Longdu court has restored the old decree.

Zhang Dang's persistence in exchange for blood, Zhang Xiaowu only thought about it a little and accepted it, but they paid the sacrifice of eighty-seven families and millions of taels of silver. Many Zhang Dang, who did not participate in the rebellion, also understood that Zhang Xiaowu was not targeting Zhang Dang, he was targeting the rich - the imperial court lacked silver, so they dug from these rich scholars, so everyone worked more carefully to avoid giving Zhang Xiaowu an opportunity.

In the process of government operation, people feel more and more that the role of the central government is very large, although there are only six people in the central government now, but the real handling of government affairs is the various departments, and the central government is the final decision of the department, the combination of the old, the young and the team, it is very difficult to appear hot-headed or obstinate. Although Zhang Xiaowu served as the central commander, he did not rely on his power to act nonsense, but actively listened to the suggestions of other central governors, and the six of them got along harmoniously and the decree was unimpeded. In the first half of the third year of Dade, the Shenghan Empire was able to quickly recuperate, although everyone could not see the emperor, but it felt no different.

The system of the central government is actually the prime minister system in disguise in later generations, and during the period when Emperor Daide was in a coma, the influence of imperial power was basically equal to zero. However, the result of the non-interference of the imperial power made the Longdu and even the Shenghan Empire gradually recover its national strength after a massacre, and many people suddenly found that sometimes the imperial power brought very serious disasters to the country, such as Emperor Taiqian, who had ignored internal affairs for many years and focused on expanding the territory, resulting in internal and external difficulties, and finally threw the mess to the Great Emperor.

Just imagine, if Emperor Taiqian focused on domestic economic and cultural development, he would not only end up in internal and external difficulties, but also would not even have to borrow money from wealthy merchants for the salaries of his courtiers.

Gradually, there are no longer so many officials who are waiting and watching, everyone performs their duties, and for Zhang Xiaowu's governance, they no longer fiercely resist, but more silently accepts.

However, a sudden incident caught Zhang Xiaowu off guard, one day he was at home reading the second lady Wanqiu, criticizing her and saying that it was written too Mary Sue, except for the official wife and the brain idiot lady who was quite an official wife, when people with life experience would not read it, he saw Wei Yuan coming in a hurry and said that the emperor had summoned him.

Zhang Xiaowu looked at the sky, it was already midnight, and he wondered why he was recruited into the palace at this time. The so-called emperor's summoning was just an excuse, it must have been Tang Guifei who summoned him, but he was called in the middle of the night, which made him a little reluctant.

Zhang Xiaowu came to Zhonghe Palace, and now Zhonghe Palace is the place where the emperor cultivates himself and recuperates, and it is also the place where Tang Guifei takes care of Emperor Dade. The concubine summoned the ministers into the harem late at night, and Zhang Xiaowu did not dare to step forward to approach, but Tang Guifei was very anxious to retreat. Zhang Xiaowu had no choice but to let his subordinates go down, and then asked what happened to the concubine, who needed to be so anxious to call him into the palace, Tang Guifei gritted her silver teeth, wrapped her fingers around the tips of her hair, and only after some hesitation did she whisper: "Lord Shaobao, I ...... Pregnant. ”

Zhang Xiaowu didn't hear it clearly at first, and asked, "Niangniang, what's wrong with you?" ”

Tang Guifei cried: "I'm pregnant. ”

Zhang Xiaowu smiled: "This is a good thing, why are you crying." ”

Tang Guifei said: "I don't know now, is this child His Majesty's, or ...... Or the rebels. ”

Zhang Xiaowu opened his mouth wide, and suddenly thought that His Majesty loved Tang Guifei deeply, but Tang Guifei was indeed attacked by the rebels on the day of the Jin King Rebellion, although he killed all the tenants and generals of Liyang Hou that day, no one knew about it, but it did not mean that this incident had not happened. At this time, Tang Guifei was pregnant, and she didn't even know who the father of the child was, which suddenly caught Zhang Xiaowu off guard, he scratched his head and asked, "Can't you be sure?" ”

"Not sure." Tang Guifei cried.

"How long?"

"About four months."

"Do you count the days, is it a time of joy with Your Majesty?"

"Yes."

"Oh, then I'm relieved."

"However, your majesty and I are really happy on the twenty-seventh, and - when I meet someone, it is the twenty-nineth."

Zhang Xiaowu suddenly had a big headache, the twenty-seventh and twenty-ninth are two days apart, in terms of the probability of pregnancy, it can be said that this child may be the Great Emperor of the Great De, or it may be a rebel gangster, this is difficult to do, not to mention that he can't judge it, even the imperial doctor can't judge it.

Tang Guifei's face was like tears raining down, and one hand kept beating her stomach, "Wronged! O iniquity! ”

Zhang Xiaowu was anxious and angry, jumped up and pointed at her and reprimanded: "Why didn't you say it earlier? If you had told me earlier, if you had said something earlier, you-you-you'd me off! ”

Tang Guifei's face showed a look of remorse, and she even explained a little frantically: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid to be in a hurry, I don't dare to let anyone know about this." But I also wanted this child to belong to His Majesty, so I was very conflicted, and I delayed the time. But in the past few days, as my belly has grown bigger and bigger, I—I can't believe it anymore, if this child belonged to someone else, not His Majesty's, I wouldn't have become a sinner for the ages. Lord Shaobao, how should I be good, how should I be good. I can't be sorry for Your Majesty, I can't let other people's children be born in the palace. ”

"Seed!" Zhang Xiaowu was so angry that his hair stood on end, his fingers were trembling when he pointed at her, and it took a while for him to say a word, shouting: "Can you still hesitate about this matter?" His Majesty already has Chenghua, and one more child, whether it is his child or not, will not help. This child can't stay, must not stay. ”

Tang Guifei knelt on the ground and begged, "I don't know what to do? I don't know what I can do, Zhang Shaobao, you must help me, you must be able to help me. If you don't help me, I really can't help it. ”

Zhang Xiaowu took a few heavy breaths, and then he recovered his emotions, this matter must not be known, otherwise it will be a scandal for the entire empire. The reason why Tang Guifei chose to hide was that she was really afraid, worried that she was raped by gangsters and became pregnant, which would destroy her and the honor of the royal family, and she was also lucky, thinking that maybe the child was the emperor, but the emperor was stupid, who could believe that the child was his in this case, and even Zhang Xiaowu suspected that someone would take the opportunity to frame the child as his own.