As soon as Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Yue returned to the palace, Xiao Jing cried and told the emperor the shocking news that Huaien died of illness in his private residence three days ago.

Zhu Youzhu was extremely shocked when he heard this, and went to Huai'en Mansion to pay respects.

That night, after Zhu Youzhu returned to Kunning Palace, he was very sad and stayed awake all night, so Zhang Yue had to persuade her husband not to be too sad.

The next day, Zhu Youzhu issued an order to leave the dynasty for three days to show mourning. In addition, in recognition of Wynne's merits during his lifetime, a shrine was built for him.

The government and the opposition were shaken. A eunuch has received such an honor before and after his death, presumably Huai En should also smile at Jiuquan.

In the early summer of the third year of Hongzhi, the large-scale Yellow River water control project connecting the three provinces of the Central Plains was finally completed.

When the flood season came, the middle reaches of the Yellow River, which had been plagued by floods for decades, were spared from flooding for the first time. The people were able to live and work in peace and contentment.

After Zhu Youzhu received the report from the three provinces, he was very pleased, summoned Bai Ang to return to Beijing, and promoted him to the secretary of the Criminal Department, Bai Ang has always been fair and selfless, and after taking up his new post, he continued to adhere to the consistent style of iron-faced selflessness, and contributed to the country and the people.

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In the blink of an eye, it is the golden autumn season, and the osmanthus flowers in the imperial garden in the palace are blooming one after another, and the fragrance is fragrant.

On this day, the weather was exceptionally sunny, and Zhang Yue took Rushui, Zhiqiu and others to enjoy the osmanthus in the imperial garden.

The branches are dotted with golden flowers, a breeze blows, the falling osmanthus flowers are like golden butterflies, Zhang Yue reached out to catch one, put it in his hand and rubbed it, all of a sudden his hand was dyed a faint yellow, come to his nose and smell it, a refreshing fragrance is refreshing.

At this moment, several people came to him, the first one was in his early forties, wearing a crown of wings, wearing a dark green round-necked narrow-sleeved prince's regular clothes, with a blue complexion, big eyes and a collapsed nose, and a short beard.

When he saw the queen Zhang Yue in front of him, not only did he not retreat from the courtesy, but swaggered over.

Zhang Yue took a closer look, this person was Zhu Youzhang's uncle Zhu Jiantong, the king of Jing, and his fief was in Qizhou.

Only during festivals or major festivals or major sacrifices do they enter Beijing for pilgrimage. So Zhang Yue has met a few times and knows this person.

Zhang Yue saw him walking straight towards him, thinking that he was Zhu Youzhang's uncle, so he greeted with a smile, "When did Uncle Jing Wang enter the palace, his health has always been good?" ”

Zhu Jianyun glanced at Zhang Yue, snorted lightly in his nose, and said extremely arrogantly, "See the queen mother, this king just asked the two queen mothers to say goodbye, thanks to the emperor's Hong Fu, this king is still in good health." ”

Zhang Yue just wanted to say a few more greetings, but Zhu Jiantong turned around and was about to leave, Zhang Yue smiled and leaned sideways, intending to let him pass first.

Zhu Jianyun just took two steps, paused, and said loudly, "As the head of the six palaces, the queen mother should focus on my Ming dynasty's national honor and set a good example for the women of the world." ”

After Zhu Jianyun finished speaking, he brushed his sleeves and left.

Zhang Yue was stunned and didn't react for a while. What does she have to do with Daming Guozuo?

She looked at Zhu Jianyun's back, feeling strange in her heart, but she didn't think much about it and continued to appreciate Gui.

After a while, a little eunuch came to the imperial garden and sent a message to her, and the empress dowager of Cining Palace summoned the queen to meet her.

Zhang Yue felt a little strange, because the two queen mothers of Cining Palace were quiet on weekdays and hated outsiders to disturb them, so Zhu Youzhu and Zhang Yue only went to say hello on the first and fifteenth days of each month. Usually there is almost no contact. I don't know what happened to the summons today.

Zhang Yue agreed, and went to Cining Palace with Rushui Zhiqiu.

After arriving at Cining Palace, only the Empress Dowager Wu sat on the throne, and the Queen Mother was not in the palace. Empress Dowager Wu's face was solemn, and she couldn't see her joy or anger.

After Zhang Yue asked for peace, Empress Dowager Wu gave her to sit on the bottom.

Zhang Yue briefly greeted the Queen Mother's body and daily life. After Empress Dowager Wu replied a few words coldly, the conversation changed.

"Queen, I once heard the Queen Mother mention that in the selection and assessment article when you entered the palace, you had a deep understanding and perception of many benevolent edicts in Empress Renxiaowen's "Internal Training".

Zhang Yue was stunned for a moment, remembering that it was the third senior brother Li Dongyang who deliberately praised her in front of the first emperor during the selection that year, so she had to admit at this time: "Eh! Be. Empress Ren Xiaowen is a person admired by her sons. ”

"Since you admire Empress Ren Xiaowen, you should learn more from her old man's style of the mother of the country," Empress Dowager Wu changed her words, "I heard King Jing Zhu Jiantong say just now that the emperor's three-year filial piety period has expired, and the courtiers are very worried about the emptiness of the emperor's heirs, and they have asked for concubines, but the emperor has been shirking. If the queen wants to have the demeanor of the mother of the country, she should advise the emperor to choose virtuous and virtuous people, enrich the harem, and spread the branches and leaves for the royal family as soon as possible to ensure the continuation of the Ming Dynasty. ”

It's Guozuo again, Zhang Yue recalled what Zhu Jiantong, King Jing said in the Imperial Garden, she completely understood this time, daring to love the Queen Mother and King Jing means that you can't have a child, so don't stop the emperor from accepting a concubine, don't hinder others from having children.

Zhang Yue felt a sense of depression in his heart, and his face looked as usual.

"The sons and daughters should obey the emperor's will in everything."

Seeing that she replied lukewarmly, Empress Dowager Wu taught a few more words, and let Zhang Yue leave.

In the evening, Zhu Youzhu returned to Kunning Palace, and as soon as he entered the hall, he saw Zhang Yue leaning on the couch boredly, holding a copy of "Tang and Song Poems" in his hand, but there was no sign of turning.

The corners of his mouth rose slightly, waved his hand and retreated from the palace people in the hall, walked over gently, and hugged Zhang Yue from behind,

"What do you think? Thinking of being in a daze? ”

Zhang Yue's eyelashes blinked, turned around and hugged Zhu Youjiao's waist, and said sullenly, "Didn't think about anything?" ”

"Did you go to Cining Palace today?"

Zhang Yue thought that he couldn't hide anything from Zhu Youzhu in this palace, and nodded, "En!" ”

"What did Mother Wu tell you?"

"I just had some family chats, and then... And then..."

"And then what?"

"Then for the sake of the country's extinction, let me persuade you to take a concubine." Zhang Yue's voice was extremely bitter.

Zhu Youjiao's eyes were deep, "How did you get back?" ”

"I said that everything is subject to the emperor's will."

Zhu Youzhu gently cupped his wife's face and looked into her eyes, a hint of playfulness flashed in his eyes, "You mean to agree to let me take a concubine." ”

A trace of grievance welled up in Zhang Yue's eyes, "I don't want to ....."

Zhu Youzhu chuckled lightly and hugged his wife into his arms, "Don't worry, you are the only wife in this life." ”

Zhang Yue reached out and hugged her husband's neck, and snorted in her nose, "Hmm! ”

Zhu Youzhang's eyes flashed, and he suddenly picked up Zhang Yue horizontally, Zhang Yue exclaimed, "Ah! What to do? ”

Zhu Youzhu lowered his head and whispered in her ear, "For the sake of the continuation of the national ancestry, we have to work hard!" ”

Zhang Yue's face turned red, and Zhu Youzhu walked into the inner hall with his wife in his arms......

Early the next morning, Zhu Youzhu went to the palace of the Empress Dowager Wu to ask for peace, I don't know what the two talked about, and since then, the Empress Dowager Wu has not summoned Zhang Yue again.

A few days later, Zhu Jianyun, the king of Jing, was exposed, and participated in his two evil deeds of starving his mother to death and hammering his brother to death, the evidence was conclusive, Zhu Youzhu was furious, and he was deposed as a concubine and relocated to Wuchang.

Time flies, and at the end of the year, Zhang Yue and her husband have worked hard for several months, but there is no news from their stomachs.

Although Zhu Youzhu didn't say anything when he returned to the palace, Zhang Yue vaguely heard the complaints and dissatisfaction of the ministers in the previous dynasty against the queen's sole favor in the harem. It is conceivable that Zhu Youzhu must be under a lot of pressure.

On this day, when Zhang Yue was reading a book in the hall, he came in with a bowl of medicine like water.

"Mother, it's time to drink the medicine."

Zhang Yue's eyebrows wrinkled, she was most afraid of hardship, and she had obediently drunk the traditional Chinese medicine prescribed by the Taiyi to help her conceive in the past few months. I don't see any effect at the moment.

She held her breath, tilted her neck, and drank the medicine in one gulp. She hurriedly sent a candied fruit to her mouth, and then suppressed the bitter smell.

At this time, the little eunuch on duty outside the palace came in to tell the news, saying that Jinyiwei commanded Mu Bin's wife, the county lord Tongyi, to come to the queen to say goodbye.

"Xiaotong is here?" Zhang Yue was overjoyed, he hadn't seen her for half a year, "Let her in." ”

The little eunuch obeyed the order to go out to announce the people, and after a while, Xiaotong slowly walked into the main hall and saluted Zhang Yue, "Xiaotong sees the queen's mother, may the mother be a thousand years old." ”

Zhang Yue smiled and stepped forward to help Xiaotong up, looked at Xiaotong carefully, and was immediately surprised.