The news of Empress Nie's joy spread throughout the harem as quickly as possible!

"Is it true?" Even if the imperial doctor confirmed it again and again, the queen asked uneasily, "This palace ...... Is this palace really happy? Do you see that it is a happy pulse? Yes? ”

The imperial doctor was about to affirm again, but saw the queen suddenly raise her sleeves to hide her face and whimper!

"What are you crying about such a big happy event?" Song Yixiao's eyes also flashed with tears, and while handing the handkerchief over to wipe the queen's face, she choked up and said, "You should be happy - quickly put away the tears, this is the most important time, but you can't move your emotions!" ”

While trying to resist the urge to cry, Empress Nie said incoherently: "I don't have any hope for a long time, the menstrual affairs have not come for the past two months, I only said that it was because I was too tired and sad to serve the Queen Mother and handle the affairs of the Queen Mother, and I was afraid that I would worry about Your Majesty if I said it, so I specially told the people around me to keep their mouths shut." Who would have thought - who would have thought - fourth sister-in-law, you pinch me quickly, am I dreaming?! ”

"The sun is hanging outside, what are you dreaming of in the blue sky and daytime?" Song Yi smiled and inhaled and patted the back of her hand, "You calm down, this is your first pregnancy, although the imperial doctor and your aunt will definitely tell you, but I still can't help but nag first-do you want to listen?" ”

"Of course!" Empress Nie cried and laughed, held her hand, and said in a crying voice, "I don't expect this child to be good, whether it is male or female, it doesn't matter if you are stupid!" As long as the child is healthy, I am willing to do anything! ”

Song Yixiao persuaded for a while, and Empress Nie finally calmed down, but she still failed to point out the taboos during the queen's pregnancy, because Emperor Sutai came over in person!

Looking at the increasingly majestic emperor, walking in with tears in his eyes, Song Yi smiled and got up without saying a word.

Sure enough, before she had time to salute, Emperor Sutai had already pounced on the couch, ignoring the surrounding palace people and her, the lady of Yanguo, who was still present, and hugged Queen Nie, and the emperor and queen cried at the same time!

"I'll retire first, you go back and talk to Your Majesty and the Queen for me!" Seeing this scene, everyone retreated outside the hall with interest, Song Yixiao tidied up her appearance, swept her sideburns, and whispered to Fang Yu, "I'll enter the palace another day to see the queen's mother-Niangniang's sex. You also know that the most innocent is the first time to be happy, and the next ...... Please also ask my aunt to help watch a little! ”

Fang Yu was also wiping her eyes, nodding again and again when she heard the words, and said with regret: "It's a pity that the Queen Mother went a few days earlier and didn't hear this good news." Otherwise, the Queen Mother must be very happy! ”

She is the secret son sent into the palace by Fufengtang, and she has followed the Empress Dowager Su for decades, and she belongs to the henchmen of the henchmen.

A few days ago, when the Empress Dowager Su was about to die, she deliberately discussed with her and left her to Queen Nie - the Queen Mother was afraid that after she went, she would not have her own guidance and aftermath, and Queen Nie would not be able to cope with the affairs of the Sixth Palace.

Unexpectedly, she and Lu Mian came to Queen Nie's side, and the queen was happy.

Although Empress Dowager Su was a little angry with Emperor Sutai until her death, Queen Nie has always respected and loved her as her own mother over the years, and the Empress Dowager has no true feelings for the queen. As Fang Yu said, if the Queen Mother knew that Empress Nie was finally happy, she would definitely be very happy.

Perhaps, the Queen Mother can delay for a few more days......

"The Queen Mother has a spirit under the spring, and she may not know it." Song Yi smiled and comforted, "Moreover, the queen has no children for many years, and the queen mother left the queen to come to this Weiyang Palace, there is such good news, it can be seen that this is the queen mother sheltering the queen!" ”

Seeing that Fang Yu heard this, more and more tears welled up, she hurriedly lowered her voice and whispered, "Over the years, there have been six princes who have stood under Your Majesty's knees, and the eldest prince will be able to discuss marriage in two years, the queen is happy at this time, although it is a matter of universal celebration, but ......"

"Madam, please rest assured, when the Queen Mother asked the slave maid to follow the Queen Mother, it was for this reason." Fang Yu wiped his face three times and twice, and said solemnly, "The slave will definitely take care of the queen mother and the little prince!" ”

After explaining Fangyu, Song Yixiao returned to the Yanguo Mansion, and went to see Princess Chengyang first as usual, and after talking about it, Princess Chengyang bowed slightly, squinted and said: "The queen can be regarded as finally coming out!" However, two days ago, someone in the court mentioned that it was time to establish a prince, she was in a hurry to get pregnant at such a time, according to the emperor's consistent kindness to her, it was inevitable to delay the proposal to establish a prince to see if there was any hope of establishing a concubine. ”

"Fortunately, the Queen Mother was thoughtful and left her own people to the queen." Song Yixiao understood what Princess Chengyang said, but she didn't feel that Queen Nie was pregnant in time, and she was happy when the court had not yet established a prince, otherwise when the prince was established, the queen would have another son-in-law, but it would be embarrassing; Instead, he tactfully reminded himself that the queen would probably become a thorn in the side of many people, and pursed his lips, "And as my grandmother said, who doesn't know Your Majesty's intentions for the queen over the years?" The concubines and concubines are all understanding people, and they don't have that ability to think about it below. ”

"The daughters of the Shen and Liu families are expected to be so confused." Princess Chengyang nodded and said, "But Hu Jieyu and others, it's better to remind the queen to keep an eye left and right, and if you are not afraid of ten thousand, you should know that if the queen is not pregnant at this time, the eldest prince is the most expected to enter the East Palace." ”

Although Emperor Sutai was generous to his subordinates and did not mean to hide the bow, he was not completely inattentive to balance.

The most important thing is that the six princes at present, except for the two youngest ones who are still in infancy, the other princes so far seem to be half a catty to eight taels in terms of qualifications, and there is no obvious gap - the prince born by the concubine and the concubine is probably because the biological mother can teach the child, he is extra sensible, and his demeanor is also very good, and he is indeed better than other princes in terms of bearing.

However, from the perspective of electing the prince, their talent still could not satisfy Emperor Sutai.

And Emperor Sutai was not a person who was greedy for beauty, and his thoughts were all on the queen, after seeing that there were six princes under his knees, the number of times he went to the concubines in the past two years was less and less - because of his family background, Emperor Sutai had to go to see at least a few times a month, and the other concubines were from humble backgrounds, and they were admitted to the harem purely to continue the heirs, and Emperor Sutai was too lazy to spend effort, but he ordered someone to bring the child to Xuanming Palace to see him - it is estimated that this is also because Queen Nie is pregnant, After all, in recent years, Emperor Sutai lived in Weiyang Palace almost every day, and it was not until this time that the Empress Dowager Su passed away and moved back to Xuanming Palace.

The biological mother was born in poverty, and there will be no strong relatives to interfere in politics in the future, which is always an advantage compared to the prince born by the second concubine of Guishu; Although the qualifications were not significantly stronger than those of her younger brothers, Empress Nie did not hug as many people expected in Sutai's early years. Raise the prince.

When everyone is a concubine, it is natural to focus on the eldest son.

What's more, Emperor Sutai loves Empress Nie so much, but Empress Nie has never had children before, how can Emperor Sutai not think about the queen in the future?

If the prince's biological mother is from a humble background, Queen Nie, the mother-in-law, can still hold up the scene; If Concubine Shu became the Queen Mother, where would Empress Nie have a place to speak in the future? It's nice to be fed with good food and drink.

All in all, the emperor's eldest son's hope of becoming the prince would have been the greatest.

Now that Queen Nie's pregnancy is tantamount to cutting off his future, it's hard to say whether the eldest prince's mother and son will have any thoughts and actions!

Song Yixiao also had such worries in her heart, and said: "What my grandmother said is that when I enter the palace to visit the queen in two days, I will definitely tell her!" ”

Princess Chengyang actually didn't care about the biological daughter of the female enemy, mainly because she felt that the queen had always been favored, and she was friendly with Song Yixiao, the hostess of the Yanguo Mansion, which was also a benefit to the Yanguo Mansion, so she said a few words. nodded at this moment, and said: "Actually, it's just just in case, after all, although the queen is happy, I don't know if it's a man or a woman!" ”

However, Queen Xu is Nie did come to the bitter end - her pregnancy was smooth and smooth, and all kinds of situations that Fang Yu and others took precautions against did not happen, and in early April of the sixteenth year of Sutai, she gave birth to the seventh son of the emperor.

The seventh son of the emperor is very healthy, which makes the originally nervous Empress Nie breathe a sigh of relief.

In the end, she is already the age when she can be a grandmother, and she has only given birth to her first child, and it is inevitable that she is no longer a teenager, and her physical strength and energy have declined, which will affect the child's body and bones.

"It's said that you can be a grandmother, but you and Your Majesty are both in the prime of life, where will it affect the Seventh Prince?" Song Yixiao knew that the latter was half teasing and half relieved and said to her, "Look, let me say yes, right?" Nothing - the complexion of the Seventh Prince, looking at it, he knows that he must be a strong one in the future. In another three or five years, you will see what kind of lively method is on this Changle Palace! ”

In fact, there is no need to wait for the seventh son of the emperor to be able to run and jump, and Weiyang Palace is already very lively.

The concubine of the main palace, the queen is also deeply favored by the emperor, and there is no special outstanding among the rest of the princes, isn't it a ready-made candidate for the prince?

If it weren't for Emperor Sutai's consideration that he had already died several princes and princesses so far, and worried that the hard-won Seven Princes would follow in the footsteps of his brothers and sisters, he decided to wait for the Seven Princes to grow up and see if they could stand, and then mention this matter, it is estimated that the Seven Princes will be canonized in the East Palace before the full moon.

In this case, Weiyang Palace, which was originally a party that did not dare to be contemptuous, became more and more popular.

In the twenty-third year of Sutai, after confirming that the Seventh Prince was in good health and would not die suddenly, and although his talent was not particularly good, it was not much worse than his brothers, Emperor Sutai finally made up his mind to set up his son-in-law as the prince and live in the East Palace!

This year, the seventh prince is only eight years old, and if it is an ordinary prince, it is not yet time to live in Jiamu Palace.

Empress Nie has nothing to do after the Seven Princes, and she is inevitably very reluctant.

But after Emperor Sutai's persuasion, she had no choice but to agree.

In fact, why didn't Emperor Sutai feel sorry for his son-in-law? After all, this is the child he has been looking forward to for many years and has only welcomed after several years of despair.

The problem is that he is almost at the age of no confusion, although he is still strong and strong, and he has not yet felt the coming of aging, but his biological father, Emperor Xianjia, and his biological mother, Empress Dowager Su, are not considered to be long-lived.

Even though Emperor Xianjia only lived for about 40 years, because he suffered too much in the palace in his early years, Emperor Huizong, the father of Xianjia, actually did not live to be 50 years old.

Further up, Rui Taizu lived for more than sixty years - but when His Majesty Emperor Taizu became emperor, he was already in his fifties, and he actually reigned for less than ten years.

Emperor Sutai didn't say anything, but he was actually worried that he would live forever like his father.

What's more, as an emperor who was praised as the "Emperor of the Ages", Emperor Sutai also felt that he had little chance of a long life: he had too many things to worry about!

There are many opportunities in the day, but it's not just talking.

In this case, even with the best doctors in the country around, and a group of palace people carefully serving day and night, Emperor Sutai also deeply felt the hard work and difficulty of governing the country.

This is still after he resolved the contradictions between the monarchs and ministers of this dynasty step by step, and the monarchs and ministers worked together to greatly reduce the burden on each other.

Therefore, Emperor Sutai could not help but take precautions and cultivate the prince as soon as possible.

In order to avoid the incompetence of leaving his father to abolish the emperor, Emperor Sutai canonized the prince on the second day, and made the remaining six sons all crowned princes, and allowed them to go to the court to listen to the government after they were ten years old.

A discerning person knows at a glance: "Your Majesty is going to let the eldest prince and them be the whetstone of the prince and sharpen the prince." ”

However, including Jian Xubai, no one stopped this, and even Queen Nie was persuaded by Song Yixiao's words: "Do you think you still have a way out?" If you have no children all the time, say that no matter who becomes the prince, it will be fine. Now that you have given birth to a son-in-law, and your son-in-law has become a prince again, once the prince can't keep his position in the future, you two mothers and sons, may not be able to have the end of Wei's mother and son - after all, who can guarantee that the new monarch will have His Majesty's magnanimity?! ”

What's more, the reason why Emperor Sutai pardoned Wei's mother and son was not all magnanimous, but also because of the consideration of the overall situation.

Song Yixiao continued, "If you have the means of a city government like Wei's, you can still share some of the burden for the prince, but you are not this material at all - you said that now you don't let Your Majesty personally teach the prince and protect him in front of you, is this distressing or hurting him?" ”

Empress Nie was finally silent, and only said bitterly: "When I didn't have children in the past, I thought about seeing the sky." At that time, I felt that as long as I was a healthy child, I would be satisfied and have nothing else to ask for! Now that I have a child, I realize that it was too early to talk about it. ”

"Whose parents aren't like that?" Song Yixiao comforted her, "When you don't have children, you think about children, and when you have children, you can't finish your heart!" However, His Majesty is the biological father of the prince, even if the prince is sent to the East Palace and arranges the future road for the prince, is it difficult for His Majesty to harm the prince? ! ”

Emperor Sutai naturally wouldn't harm his hard-won son-in-law, in fact, it turned out that it was very necessary for him to take precautions.

Because including Emperor Sutai himself, who had long thought that he would live forever, he did not expect that he would go so early - Sutai was thirty years old, the prince was fifteen years old, and Emperor Sutai, who was only forty years old, suddenly felt unwell, and after calling the imperial doctor for diagnosis and treatment, he was strongly advised by the solemn imperial envoy to immediately put down all state affairs and recuperate on the couch!

After only two months of recuperation, Emperor Sutai couldn't hold on.

had to summon Jian Xubai and other important ministers into the palace overnight to entrust the aftermath.

Early the next morning, the edict was sent to Qingzhou, and the song was suspension!

This edict was agreed by Jian Xubai, and when Emperor Sutai was there, with his skills and ability, he was not worried about the dominance of Jian Xubai's family in the court.

But the young crown prince obviously doesn't have such ability, at least not now, so whether it is for the safety of the royal family, or to avoid Jian Xubai changing his mind after monopolizing power for a long time, the new dynasty must have a balancer who can compete with Jian Xubai.

The prince has not had time to discuss his marriage, and Queen Nie's maiden family "depends" on the Yanguo Mansion, and this candidate can only find Su Shaoge.

In terms of blood, he is the prince's cousin; In terms of ability, he is also the person who is most likely to balance Jane and Void; In terms of family history, the Qingzhou Su clan behind him is more complete than the Splendid Hall in Jian Xubai's hands.

And Jian Xubai, who has no intention of usurping the throne, also recognizes the revival of Shaoge for the crown prince, after all, he and Su Shaoge fought when they were young, and they know each other very well.

Whether it is an enemy or a friend, with this understanding, it is easy to advance and retreat, so that there will be no real conflict, and the court will once again be brought into a situation of intrigue.

The imperial capital is far away from Qingzhou, even if Su Shaoge set off immediately after receiving the order, and when he rushed to the imperial capital in the starry night, Emperor Sutai had only one breath left.

He stretched out his hand tremblingly, held the hands of Jian Xubai and Su Shaoge at the same time, and entrusted the crown prince and Queen Nie to them with great difficulty. Now, I am ahead of you, and I have to worry about whether you will be willing to assist the prince with all your heart! ”

The two didn't know whether Emperor Sutai was beating or unintentionally ridiculing when he said this at this time, and they both assured with solemn expressions that they would definitely try their best to support the prince and make him continue the prosperity of Darui.

"Please Mrs. Yanguo to comfort my queen, don't make her too sad, the prince is young, and she still needs to take care of her." This was Emperor Sutai's last words - at this time, Empress Nie had to be carried to the side hall for placement due to several faintings.

And the still childish prince between the eyebrows knelt in front of the couch, weeping silently as Emperor Sutai slowly closed his eyes - this is the early summer of the thirtieth year of Sutai, Darui is recognized as the most virtuous and generous king, and ends his life of hard work.

When the death knell rang, the whole city wept.

As the bad news arrived everywhere, almost every household spontaneously wore linen and filial piety, and even many people from other races beat their chests and tears to mourn the emperor who had ruled Darui to a level that no one had done before.

In that year, the crown prince succeeded to the throne in front of the spirit, and the proposed year name was Yanjing.

This era name was chosen by the young prince himself, which means to continue the prosperity of Darui.

"I won't let my father down!" Xinjun watched Emperor Sutai's coffin being sent to the imperial mausoleum, his eyes were red again, but he tried to clench his fists, resisted the urge to cry, and seriously said to Jian Xubai and Su Shaoge, who were accompanying him, "I will definitely make Da Rui as prosperous as his father was when he was here!" ”

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The finale of the next chapter.