First of all, I want to explain the concept of marriage in the Ming Dynasty.

Previous dynasties all liked to join forces, and the stronger the family background of the women in the harem, the easier it was to climb to the highest position.

But in the Ming Dynasty, because the founding emperor Zhu Yuanzhang hated the rebellion of his former relatives, he set a rule that his descendants would find women in the future and choose the daughters of commoners.

Since they are commoners, it is not easy to form a strong foreign relative force, and naturally it is not easy to cause trouble to the imperial court.

Therefore, only in the Ming Dynasty, it was often Cinderella who married into the royal family and slowly climbed to the queen, but the daughters of those official eunuchs did not necessarily have more advantages in the harem.

This can understand why Emperor Li chose a concubine for the crown prince, and directly chose from the new palace maids.

Emperor Li returned to his palace, and the prince asked to see him.

"Mother, are you alright?" Zhu Qi saluted.

"Okay, you're a drunkard, not drinking."

"The mother concubine really understands the thoughts of her son." Zhu Qi said with a smile.

Emperor Li Guifei lowered her face and said sharply: "You kneel down for me!" ”

Zhu Qi hurriedly knelt down.

"You didn't tell me the truth, you said that you wanted to pull Xia Chan into the show because you were angry. That's what I thought. As long as Xia Chan has participated in your draft, even if you don't like her, she will not be able to participate in Zhu Xie's draft again. But on the way back from your father, I heard that you not only sent the imperial doctor to the Huanyi Bureau to treat Xia Chan, but also sent Huzi to visit every day, saying, what the hell is going on?! Imperial Concubine Li asked sternly.

"Erchen was just curious to see what kind of character moved Zhu Xuan, but it turned out that Xia Chan looked very cute and felt sorry for her, so-" Zhu Qi defended.

Emperor Li Guifei interrupted him and exposed him: "You still haven't told the truth. Someone told me that as soon as you returned to the palace, you painted a portrait of a girl, one hung in your bedroom, and the other asked Huzi to look for the girl in the painting all over the palace, but is there such a thing? ”

Zhu Qi closed his eyes suddenly, damn it, the concubine's secret agent infiltrated the East Palace.

He was guarding against the secret agents of the camp in the East Palace, and everyone scrutinized it carefully, but ignored the people on the side of the concubine.

He had no choice but to confess: "Erchen did see the girl on the painting outside the palace, but it was only a one-sided relationship, and he was deeply impressed. Seeing that she was only 16 years old at that age, Erchen thought that she should run for the palace maid, so after returning to the palace, he drew her out and asked Huzi to look for her everywhere, but what he didn't expect was that she was actually Xia Chan. ”

"Where did you meet her?"

"On the street, I didn't even say a word to her, I just met. You don't know how beautiful she looks, she really looks like a fairy. ”

"Really?" Imperial Concubine Li stared into his eyes.

He couldn't take his eyes off it, raised his hand and said, "Erchen doesn't dare to hide his mother anymore. Erchen really likes this girl. ”

"Why don't you have a little bit of a scheming, it's going to get you in a lot of trouble!" Emperor Li angrily counted him down.

"What does this mean, mother?"

"Think about it, if you just play Zhu Xuan and let him not get the woman he likes, it's very relieving. In order to get that woman, he may make mistakes and also distract him. But if you keep the woman he likes with you, it's a thunderbolt that will flash at any moment, and you will become the target of his attack. Do you know the so-called red face and troubled water? So this woman, you definitely can't choose. ”

"Mother, even if I don't choose Xia Chan, I am also the target of his attack, and I won't be much better because I didn't choose Xia Chan. Don't you know who ordered someone to kidnap me outside the palace this time? Zhu Qi retorted.

Concubine Li was silent.

Zhu Qi said not without reason, as long as he sat in the position of the crown prince, it was impossible for him not to be attacked by Zhu Qi.

Although he was kidnapped by the thieves outside the palace on the surface, the mastermind behind it, without guessing, must be Concubine Zhang Xian.

Because the fugitive boss dung is her person.

Once the big guy was caught, Concubine Zhang Xian couldn't hide it.

But it is conceivable that the big guy dung doesn't want to come back alive.