One of Zhu Houwei's hands gently stroked Xue Zhilei's lower abdomen, where a small life was conceived, which was his bloodline.

It's strange to say, there are only a few women in his harem, except for Xue Zhilei, he has never favored the rest of the concubines, even if he has some resistance to going to Shou'an Palace, but in order for the queen mother's face to look better, the number of times he goes is not small, but why is Xue Zhilei's stomach fighting?

However, it is obvious that such a situation is what the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty are willing to see, and they don't care whether the other concubines are pregnant or not, but if the queen is not pregnant, this matter will be a big deal, and he may be advised to stay in Kunning Palace every day, and the few folds in the palace of other concubines can be piled up in a basket.

In the eyes of the ministers, the emperor has no family affairs at all, because family affairs are state affairs.

There is a grandson, there is no grandson, this is the most simple and clear way to inherit the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty has so far only Taizu passed the throne to the imperial grandson Zhu Yunwen because of the early death of his son-in-law Prince Yiwen, and was finally usurped by Zhu Di.

For traditional Confucian scholars, the uncertainty of the country means bloody storms, and only the queen's son inherits the throne in order to let the empire pass on in peace, even the eldest son can't.

The eldest son is the eldest son, who is the prince, and the rest of the sons are difficult to convince, so the fight is inevitable.

And the most important thing in the court is speculators, as long as the country is not right, these speculators will inevitably press the treasure, and it is one thing to lose it, but once the bet is right, it is from the dragon's work, and it is almost a sure thing to add officials to the knighthood.

For the sake of society and the stability of the imperial situation, the Confucian ministers of course hope that the Empress Zhenggong can give birth to a son-in-law, so as to correct the country, so that those ambitious speculators have no extravagant hopes to think about.

"Does Your Majesty like a prince or a princess?" Xue Zhilei asked softly, with hope in her voice.

Zhu Houwei smiled bitterly and retracted his hand, hugged Xue Zhilei in his arms and said: "If you have a conscience, I really like my daughter, but if you let me choose, I hope that your child is a prince."

Xue Zhilei was a little ignorant and asked, "Why?"

"Because my daughter is my father's intimate little padded jacket." Zhu Houwei laughed and said: "Every girl is a flower carefully cultivated by her father, but it is a pity that she has been cultivated for more than ten years, but in the end, she has to be taken away by a person called a concubine......

You are my queen, the mother of the Ming Dynasty, you give birth to the prince is naturally the prince of the Ming Dynasty, the emperor is in the court, the prince is in power, and the country is safe! ”

Xue Zhilei's eyes flashed with a strange brilliance, as a woman and the most noble woman in the world, her only pursuit in this life is that her child can become the crown prince, inherit the imperial system in one of the emperor's ten thousand years, and become the ninety-five lord of the world!

Nothing else!

Of course, she is the queen, and her son should be the prince, but nothing is absolute, as Zhu Houwei's wife, she knows too well what kind of monarch her husband is.

This is a male lord who will do anything for his own goals, in his eyes there is only the Ming Dynasty's Jiangshan Sheji, what legal principles and what ancestral system, as long as it is not conducive to the Ming Dynasty, it can be abandoned.

If she gave birth to the emperor, but the Son of Heaven did not establish a prince, then it means that the Son of Heaven is unwilling to establish a prince so early, but what is the reason for not establishing a prince?

Obviously, she wants to see if her son-in-law can bear the burden of entrusting Sheji, if not, Xue Zhilei will have no doubt that Zhu Houwei will abandon her grandson and establish a house, and the better way to put it is Lixian!

Now what the emperor said was undoubtedly a reassuring pill for her, telling her that there was no need to be too anxious, and her son would be the crown prince as long as he landed.

The crown prince's position is certain, then it is the same as the position of the middle palace, even if the emperor is not abolished if he wants to, the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree at that time.

"Why don't you speak? Happy silly? ”

Xue Zhilei smiled sweetly: "The concubine is just a little woman, she only knows her husband and children, and other matters are decided by His Majesty, and the concubine does not dare to say more."

In history, only Da Ming can barely be regarded as the ultimate in the ability to interfere with the harem and restrict the power of his relatives.

Such a system would be a joke in the future, but at present, it is still a good government.

"If you feel bored in the palace, I can take you out of the palace to go around."

"Really?" Xue Zhilei regretted it as soon as she blurted out her words, the two words seemed to show how eager she was, and how unwilling she was to stay in the deep palace, which was too different from the main palace Niangniang in the mother's world, like a little girl who suddenly heard the good news and wanted to cheer.

"The words of the Son of Heaven are the constitution of heaven, how can there be any reason to go back on one's word." Zhu Houwei deliberately straightened his face, as if he was unhappy with his queen's questioning of his words.

Seeing that the emperor was not angry, Xue Zhilei suddenly became a lot more happy and said: "The concubine heard that when His Majesty was still King Yong, he built a big theater in Huzhou, and the drama in the theater was very good, and now I heard that His Majesty also built a big theater in the capital, and the concubine wants to go and see it."

Zhu Houwei smiled and said: "Now the Grand Theater is performing "Dream of Red Mansions", this play has a good response in Huzhou, and now I have sold the Huzhou Grand Theater, and the girls who play the Red Chamber are now the original cast of Huzhou, if you want to see it, I can let the girls enter the palace to play for you."

"This ...... It's not in order. ”

"What I say is the rule." Zhu Houwei said with a smile: "But it is a completely different feeling to enjoy the performance alone in the palace and to watch the performance in the atmosphere of the Grand Theater, and a new play will be staged soon, and I will take you to watch it live at that time."

"Okay." After all, she is only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, even if she is a queen, how can the girl's heart be completely covered.

Zhu Houwei, who had been sitting in the hall for a day, was indeed a little tired, so he ate dinner in Kunning Palace, drank a few glasses of wine by the way, and fell asleep.

The next morning, when Zhu Houwei woke up, Xue Zhilei was curled up in his arms like a kitten, her long eyelashes moving slightly, how to look at it and make people pity.

As soon as Zhu Houwei moved, Xue Zhilei woke up, and when she saw that her husband wanted to get up, she had to get up, but Zhu Houwei stopped her and said: "The hour is still early, you are pregnant, move more when you move, and you should rest more when you are free, and get up to do more."

Xue Zhilei nodded lightly, waited until Zhu Houwei washed and dressed under the service of the palace maid, and after leaving, she got up and sat in front of the dresser slightly melancholy......

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