"As early as this spring, when I accompanied the Queen Mother to Xiyuan, the Queen Mother mentioned something about the imperial heir, and I didn't care about it at that time; I thought, maybe the queen mother was thinking about hugging the emperor's grandson, but she just mentioned it casually. However, in recent months, the Queen Mother has frequently mentioned this matter, which has surprised me a little. I'll tell you the truth today, I'm afraid I won't have children in this life. Zhengde sighed, looking very melancholy.

Song Nan hurriedly whispered: "How could the emperor have such an idea? Although the emperor's body has been ill recently, he will be raised for a period of time, and he is in the prime of life, so there will be a turnaround soon. ”

Zhengde shook his head and sighed: "I know that you are comforting me, as the commander of the Jinyi Guard, you must have heard a lot of rumors, I told you today, those things are true." ”

Song Nan pretended to be confused and said, "The minister doesn't understand what the emperor is talking about. ”

Zhengde ignored him, and sighed leisurely: "Why did Lu Zhen, the original judge of the Tai Hospital, suddenly resign and return to his hometown? Why did he die more than ten days later? I don't believe these things, you don't check the Yamen of the Jinyi Guard. I told you today, you don't know about this matter, although all the things are handled by the Queen Mother, but I know everything. The Queen Mother asked Lu Zhen to diagnose whether I was infertile, and Lu Zhen came to the conclusion that it was difficult for me to have children in this life, and I had no idea of an heir, I didn't believe it at all, but Lu Zhen was not a fool, how could he dare to talk nonsense in this matter? I think about it, I'm afraid what he said is true, I ...... Something seems wrong with my body. ”

Song Nan was so shocked that he didn't dare to speak, the emperor said this in front of him, which was tantamount to telling himself a big secret, so Lu Zhen's fate was known to him, although he was not at the mercy of others like Lu Zhen, but it was obviously an extremely dangerous thing to know this secret; Maybe as soon as he turns his head, Zhengde will regret saying these things, and if there are any rumors outside, he will doubt them all.

"Your Majesty, how can such a thing be diagnosed? Although Lu Zhen has superb medical skills, he is not straightforward to say anything. Thinking that the minister had married a wife and taken a concubine for several years, the stomach of several concubines had not moved, and the minister also thought that something was wrong with his body. But later, almost within a year, the wives and concubines in the family became pregnant, no, four were born at once. The words of the doctor must not be believed, but also not all of them. ”

Zhengde muttered: "Of course I hope that what you said is right, and I also understand that Lu Zhen's death was the Queen Mother's attempt to keep it a secret, but the more the Queen Mother is like this, the more it proves that this matter is not false." In particular, the Queen Mother has been constantly mentioning the matter of the imperial heir in the past few months, which is obviously reminding me that if I have no children, I should find someone to choose the imperial heir as soon as possible. The Queen Mother once said: If the emperor is established early, the delusional thoughts of some people in the royal family can be cut off, and there are successors to the Ming Society, and the hearts of the subjects of the world can be appeased. I thought, she was right. ”

Song Nan frowned and said, "Then what does the Queen Mother want the emperor to do?" ”

Zhengde said: "If I really have no heirs, how can there be no successors in the Ming Dynasty?" I can only choose the right person among the clan to succeed as the prince and inherit my Ming dynasty. ”

Song Nan was silent, this matter came out of Gu Dayong's mouth in Nanjing, until now in the face of Zhengde's own words, there are basically eight. Ninety percent credible. As the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, if Zhengde is not sure that he can't have children, how can he consider passing on the Ming foundation to the side? Although they are from the same royal family, it is always a helpless choice to hand over the inheritance to someone who is not their own.

"Your Majesty, the minister doesn't dare to speak out about this matter, the emperor has a heart for the minister, and the minister also wants to have the courage to express his opinion, I don't know if the emperor is willing to listen to it."

"Tell me, there's anything I can't hear, you know? I dreamed that the emperor didn't dare to look at the emperor, if it was just a state affair, I ...... I haven't even been able to pass on the orthodox emperor's heir, no wonder my father sneered and was silent in my dream. As Zhengde spoke, there were faint tears in the corners of his eyes.

Song Nan didn't expect that this matter would be pulled out at today's practice banquet, and these things that came out of the mouth of the party were difficult for Jinyi Wei to investigate for a few months, since the matter had come to this point, Song Nan was determined to simply ask today and figure out his own questions.

"Don't be sad, the emperor has not yet been decided, even if he takes 10,000 steps back, he must choose a clan candidate to succeed him as the prince, that is also the blood of Taizu, the orthodoxy of the Zhu family, as long as the foundation of the Ming Dynasty can be passed on steadily, the emperor will fulfill his responsibility. People say that the matter of the rest of the child is like marriage, in the hands of God, and sometimes God arranges it in this way, and it is also that manpower has not changed. ”

Song Nan blushed when he said these words, as a good young man in the 21st century who has been educated in materialism, sitting here at this moment and talking about God's arrangement, he really can't stand the twenty years of hard study in the later generations and countless gardeners who have worked hard to teach themselves. But knowing that it was nonsense, Song Nan could only comfort Zhengde like this, did he say to Zhengde: "You deserve it, let you start engaging in women before you are a teenager, it's okay, it affects your development." So that you don't know moderation every day, and every night you don't have a woman and don't be happy, now you know the preciousness of that essence. ”

"Even if it is to succeed the son of a clan as the heir of the emperor, it is not the worst thing, in fact, the minister is very worried about another thing after learning about this today."

"Worried about what?"

"The minister is worried that someone will find out about this and make a small move out of it. The queen mother knows about this, the emperor knows, and now the ministers also know, the more people know, the more secrets will be unkept; Before the selection of the imperial heir, if the local feudal lord knew about these things, it was difficult to guarantee that he would have a strange idea. ”

"What the hell are you trying to say?" Zhengde frowned.

"The minister just heard that Prince Ning brought his eldest son and princess to live in the queen mother's bedroom, and the queen mother is very fond of Prince Ning's son, and the minister is thinking about ......it."

"You mean, Zhu Chenhao did this on purpose? Deliberately brought his eldest son to the capital, won the favor of me and the queen mother, and had the idea of making his son the emperor's heir? Zhengde exclaimed.

Song Nan frowned and said softly: "Although it is the minister's speculation, it is difficult to say about this matter." ”

Zhengde shook his head and waved his hand: "Impossible, how could he know that there was something wrong with my body, and how could he make such an arrangement in advance." ”

Song Nan said in a low voice: "There are no absolutes in things, there are rumors outside, and the people who know are only the emperor and his ministers, in addition to the queen mother, there is also the emperor who said that the scholar Liang Chu has also hinted at this matter, that is, if Liang Chu knows, there must be a lot of people who know." ”

Zhengde exclaimed: "Could it be that this matter has been leaked out?" I asked Liang Chu where he heard such a rumor, and Liang Chu insisted that he had seen that I had been married for several years without children, so he was concerned as a minister. If he really knew, and sued King Ning for making such a design, then they were looking for death. If this matter is announced, even if it is a public selection of royal candidates, it is not a problem for him Zhu Chenhao to bring his son to participate in the selection, if he colludes with the ministers of the court in advance, this is disloyalty to me, and I will not spare it. ”

Song Nan said: "The emperor is angry, there is no conclusion yet, where did Prince Liang learn about this, and whether he revealed it to King Ning, this all needs to be investigated, the ministers will send someone to investigate secretly, but if there is no evidence, the emperor cannot condemn others." Maybe it's all a coincidence, Prince Liang really cares about the matter of the imperial heir, and Prince Ning is just taking his son and princess to visit relatives. The emperor calmed down, Rong Chen finished the matter at hand, and then personally checked the matter to make a conclusion. This matter can no longer spread, and the emperor wants to ask the queen mother to be cautious. If there really is someone in the court who is planning for the future at this moment, the minister will be the first to come forward and eradicate these disloyal people. ”

Zhengde nodded slightly, and after sighing, fine sweat oozed from his forehead; His comfortable life has been too long, and this is the first time he feels a sense of oppression on the throne, it turns out that there is a danger around him, and many pairs of eyes are watching the throne under his ass, which feels terrible to think about.

"I will not allow anyone to be disloyal to me, and if I really have no children, I will personally choose the heir of the emperor, and if someone designs it carefully, I will make him regret it for the rest of his life."

Zhengdesen's cold voice echoed in the room, Song Nan had goosebumps when he heard it, this was the first time he saw Zhengde gritting his teeth and staring at his fists to speak, Da Mingzi is no longer the drunken man who is addicted to alcohol at this time, but a hungry wolf who chooses people to eat.