Chapter 914: The Golden Boy and the Jade Girl

When the concubine gave birth, there was always a female imperial doctor, a female official, a palace maid, etc., to serve by the side, even when Sun Guifei was about to give birth, Zhu Zhanji was worried, and he couldn't go in to visit, so this time naturally let alone this time.

Thinking that the birth of the prince and the princess could be celebrated, he had to order one thing in advance, and then rushed to Renshou Palace. Accompanied the Empress Dowager Zhang for a while, he was restless after all, and in the end, the Empress Dowager Zhang, who had just recovered from a serious illness, looked at his appearance of gains and losses, and told Empress Hu to go over there to take a look. The gentle and quiet queen on this side didn't have long left, and someone rushed in like a gust of wind, but it was Cheng Jiu, the young eunuch who was ordered to stay there.

"Congratulations to the emperor, congratulations to the emperor, he is a prince!"

"Is it the prince?"

Zhu Zhanji asked eagerly, and after receiving an affirmative answer again, he was a little stunned. As the Son of Heaven but only one son of the crown prince, it is naturally dangerous in the eyes of the ministers, even if he himself feels that it is extremely unreliable, but now that he has the second son of the emperor, he can't help but think about the reaction of his mother, the Empress Dowager Zhang. Just like the cold and alienated Empress Dowager Zhang showed before, Sun Guifei has not been able to step here for a long time, even if she greets her, she can only kowtow outside the main hall, even ordinary low-level concubines have more face than her, and now that she has the second son of the emperor, if her mother really thinks about it, what should he do?

It's just that this is great news after all, so after standing stunned for a moment, he hurriedly returned to the Empress Dowager Zhang's bedroom and told his mother the news in person. Sure enough, Empress Dowager Zhang's eyes lit up after she was stunned for a moment, and then nodded with satisfaction: "Finally, Concubine Wu has merit and gave birth to this Lin'er safely." Since she is the prince, she will be named a virtuous concubine, and as for the child, she will be well taken care of and raised there. ”

What Zhu Zhanji was most worried about was that his mother said that the child was born prematurely, and now during the period of Concubine Wu's bedding, she raised the child with Queen Hu or simply Renshou Palace, so when he heard his mother mention this, he was stunned at first, then his face was embarrassed, and he nodded heavily and said: "Everything depends on the queen mother." ”

"The position of the prince has been decided, there must be an elder and a young and a young respect, so that some people will be wrong."

Empress Dowager Zhang said it very clearly. Putting aside her son's stubbornness, she has lived for so many years, experienced the competition between Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaochu and Zhu Gaosui brothers for the position of prince of the East Palace, and knows how important stability is to the court, so she has to put aside her personal likes and dislikes. Seeing that Zhu Zhanji had already knelt down on one knee in front of her, she gently pressed her solid shoulder and smiled.

"You're still young, so you don't have to think about it so much, but there are things that have to be just in case. Since several imperial doctors have vaguely said that my illness may be due to the legacy of my ancestors, then you must also be careful, after all, your father and your third uncle both died young, and what can be prevented must be prevented. As for you riding a horse and shooting in Xiyuan, in the past, I was afraid that the ministers would think that you, the emperor, were indulging in pleasure, but now it seems that you were taught by Emperor Taizong in the first place, and it would be a pity if you lost these. ”

Mother and son for many years, Zhu Zhanji has been accustomed to his mother's lessons all the time, but these days, he feels that his mother is very different from the serious and harsh before, as if she is more reasonable, and his heart is naturally very happy. At this moment, the Empress Dowager Zhang was even relieved of his most reprimanded safari by the ministers, and he was even more pleased, nodded his head hurriedly, and made many promises, including waiting for the Empress Dowager Zhang to recover from his illness and send him out of Beijing to enjoy the fun. Although he was blamed for not being considerate of the people, he finally brought the mother-son relationship closer.

By the time he left Renshou Palace, Zhu Zhanji's initial gains and losses had disappeared, and he was replaced by a touch of self-satisfaction. When he went to the palace of Concubine Xian to see the child, he found that it was only a little old, and the imperial doctors were also a little trembling, so he gave birth to a trace of fear and palpitations, but he could only order strict care and care, and then returned to the Qianqing Palace.

"It's a pity that it's not more than a month, I just hope that God can bless some...... I don't know if Zhang Yue's daughter-in-law is pregnant with a man or a woman. ”

The news of the emperor's joy in the palace has not yet spread, and Zhang Fuzhong is thinking about what the emperor said, but it is also your eyes and my eyes. It is not easy for a princess to marry, and it is even more difficult for a county lord to marry, especially in the face of the deteriorating status of the vassal king, the marriage of a prince and a dozen county lords has become a big problem. Because the scholars want to enter the imperial examination, they will never think of being a guest of honor, and those with a little future also want to rise step by step, and are unwilling to marry a county lord's daughter-in-law to go home and offer it high, so those who can marry the county lord are not only royal officials with empty titles, or ordinary children of wealthy families, or children of hereditary military positions, these three types of people have replaced the nobles who married the county lord the most and became the main force of honor guests. As for the lord's concubines, there are few children of the family.

"Unless the horses can be officials, even if they are parents and officials, whether they are the lord or marry the lord of the county, they will still be regarded as a daunting path." Zhu Ning himself came over like this, so when Zhang Yue talked about the reason for this matter, he quipped, "It's just that the emperor wants to give the princess to your family, it's not just a joke." Juan'er's tutor is well-known, and I also mentioned it to the Queen Mother, so probably the emperor is interested. Jingguan is the eldest son, even if he doesn't take the imperial examination in the future, he will always have grace, or take the martial road, it all depends on him, but you have to leave one out of the younger generation...... Don't talk about these jokes. I also see two princesses, although they are young, they are not arrogant, if they marry hastily just because of their status as princesses, it will be too embarrassing......"

Although Zhang Yue avoided the barrier of blind marriage and dumb marriage, if it wasn't for the elders' plans, it would be useless for him to calculate to the sky alone. Therefore, Zhu Ning made fun of their little couple, and also mixed with his feelings about himself, and when he heard it in his ears, he couldn't help but think about it quickly in his heart. It's just that, throughout the ages, from the unscrupulousness of the princesses of the Han and Tang dynasties to the nobility of the princesses of the Song, Ming and Qing dynasties, there is hardly any era where there is really a good system, so he can only put aside those inherent consciousness.

"If you want princesses to marry well, in the final analysis, the first thing is to be inferior and humble. If the princesses not only don't have to serve their aunts, but also have to salute the second elder, this horse family is too short in etiquette, who is willing to marry a bodhisattva like this and go back to offer? Second, it is the official position of the horse, if there is no talent, it is enough, and if there is talent, it is not the blessing of the country. If there is a talent of the county, the county will be awarded; If you have the ability to govern a province, you should not be given the title of participating in politics and making it in charge; As for the talent of the ministry, even if it can't really be given to the ministry, the second official might as well give it a try. ”

It was Zhu Ning who spoke, and seeing Du Xuan's eyes widening at her, Zhang Yue was also frowning and thinking, she smiled faintly: "This is something I thought about a long time ago, but I never mentioned it even in front of the Queen Mother and the Emperor." It's good for you to be a reference, I'm not just thinking about these noble princesses who seem to be golden branches and jade leaves, nor are I just thinking about the horses, but what matters is two words - resentment. The same is true of the affairs of the vassal kings, how to alleviate the resentment of most people, this is the most important thing. ”

Zhu Ning was talking, and suddenly there was a babbling sound from his head, and when he looked down, he saw that it was four children, and you were already rolling into a ball with you pressing me and I pressing you. Zhang Yue was originally thinking about the word resentment, but when he saw this scene, he immediately laughed, and hurriedly stood up and hugged Duanwu and Sisi, and was taken out by Amber and Qiu Zhen to watch one by one, and then he thoughtfully hugged Zhu Rujun, and saw that his round eyes were staring at him, he looked at it for a while before returning the child to Zhu Ning.

"It turns out that Sister Ning said that it was the princess and the princess, but the drunkard didn't mean to drink."

Du Juan also came back to his senses at this time, so he said in a low voice: "After the Song family moved south, it once relaxed the restrictions on clan relatives in the past, and quasi-clan relatives took official positions. ”

"To say that this is the best, it is Tang Shi. Li Shizhi is the grandson of the abolished prince Li Chengqian, but he was able to be the official to the left for a time, which can be seen from this. Moreover, the reduction of the rank of the lord has gone through the Tang and Song dynasties, and it has long been proved to be a wise policy, which is more effective than the division of the Han Dynasty, if it was ...... at the beginning"

Even if he said this to his closest wife and concubine and confidant like Zhu Ning, it was already a bit taboo, so Zhang Yue skipped it out, but he wondered in his heart that Zhu Yuanzhang was completely self-righteous and self-serving in some aspects, how could he completely miscalculate in some things, so that the vassal system was changed again and again, completely lost its original intention, and became a complete pig raiser? The people who became emperors were from different classes, and the direction of this major policy was originally different.

"Now the resentment has been stimulated, but it is not easy to suppress it. How to effectively guide these grievances to relieve them in different directions, or even give a sweet date with a stick, this is the most important ......"

"Young master, young master, someone has sent news from outside!"

The familiar voice of Cui's mother outside the door woke up a man, two girls and two children inside, Zhang Yue hurriedly stood up, and when he arrived at the door, Cui's mother whispered a few words, and Zhang Yue, who was still with a relaxed smile on his face just now, suddenly lost his smile, nodded to Cui's mother and turned back, and immediately said to Zhu Ning and Du Juan in the house: "King Jin gave himself to commit suicide, and not long after that, the emperor was happy to get the second son of the emperor, and he already had the intention to enshrine Wu Concubine as a virtuous concubine." ”

Is the King of Jin already dead?

This news surprised Zhu Ning, Du Juan was carefully pondering the origin of this matter, and suddenly felt abdominal pain, his face changed greatly for a while, he bit his lip and endured it for a moment, and the beads of sweat on his forehead rolled down one by one, and then he moaned. Seeing her like this, Zhang Yue jumped up almost instantly, stepped forward and grabbed Du Xuan's hand and was asking something, Zhu Ning had already rushed out of the room with an arrow step, calling people loudly. After a while, Sun came with a few elderly mothers-in-law, and when he saw Du Juan's appearance, he drove Zhang Yue out of the house, and ordered to call Wen Po, who had been prepared a long time ago, and sent orders to get hot water, etc. However, before the anxious Zhang Yue took a few turns outside, Zhu Ning came out with two girls holding children.

"Inside......

"It shouldn't be in the way, it's not the first time for Juan'er......" Zhu Ning reluctantly showed a smile, even if it wasn't the first time to see this kind of scene, but seeing the struggling appearance of her close friend, she still felt her heart fluttering violently, and then sighed and said, "Concubine Wu Xian's child is less than a month, and now Juan'er's child is also less than a month...... That person in the palace, messy news has a lot to think about, but Wan'er shouldn't be like this, could it be that she has been too tired recently? ”

Tire...... As soon as he thought of these two words, Zhang Yue's face sank suddenly, and he slapped his cheeks twice, and the whole person fell into a kind of regret. Although Du Juan no longer has to worry about housework, there are more things to worry about, the two people his father found for him can only deal with the letter and write an abridgement, and the rest of the use has not been used for the time being. What if something happens this time?

As if to make him scared, Du Juan, who had been in danger in the previous two productions, dragged on until the night this time, but Zhu Ning didn't have the heart to go back at all, and directly made up a pair with Zhang Jing, who was in a group, one with a long sigh and one with a short sigh, and he was very anxious. And Zhang Yue didn't know how many circles he had paced on the bluestone ground, and even Zhu Zhanji, who had just been happy with his noble son, complained - how could it be so coincidental that he gave birth to two children together, didn't he tell the emperor that it was bad?

Seeing that time was about to pass, a crisp baby cry finally liberated Zhang Yue from endless crankiness. He rushed to the door of the room almost in an arrow step, and when he saw the steady woman leaning out, he immediately asked, "How are the adults and children?" ”

"Young grandmother is blessed, mother and daughter are safe, congratulations to the young master!"

Cui's mother in the back directly snatched Wen Po's words and reported the good news like a cannon. At this time, Zhang Yue finally came back to his senses, took two steps back and almost stumbled, but Jing Guan, who had been hiding at the gate of the courtyard for a long time, quickly helped him, and heard a sentence that made him sluggish.

"This should be Xiaoliu?"

Jing Guan hurriedly let go of his father's hand, pulled Sansan and stepped aside, but his face was still a little strange. The younger sisters are one three, three, one four, four, four, and now they have added a little six, if they all have a nickname like their father, it will be too convenient. When he was shaking his head, he didn't expect Sansanyi to let go of him, but he leaned next to Zhang Yue and raised his head and asked, "Dad, why am I three and my sister is four, so it becomes six?" ”

"If there are still five, then it will be heavy on your fifth aunt!"

Zhang Yue was in a good mood at this time, and after answering, he found that all the people in the courtyard were looking at him, and he coughed dryly and confused about it. It's just that the Sun family, who happened to come out with the child in his arms, listened to it in his ears, and told him for a while, and finally taught him angrily: "I told your daughter-in-law, if you dare to push her for anything in the future, I won't give you a rest!" ”