Faith is actually a very strange thing.

It can lead people to be positive, but it can also lead people to fall quickly; It can lead people to be fearless of death, or it can make people cowardly.

But sometimes, being positive doesn't necessarily mean a good thing, and not being afraid of death doesn't necessarily lead to success.

In the great despair of the collapse of faith, the soldiers and people of Junbao opened the city gates, trying to fight the Ming army to the death.

For these people, Zhu Zhanyan is respectful, but he is also ridiculed.

Fighting for faith is noble and admirable, but in reality it is not wise.

In the later generations, what faith and freedom the country that often purchased zero yuan proclaimed was nonsense in Zhu Zhanyan's view.

The opposite of self-discipline is freedom, but the end of freedom is self-destruction, and only self-discipline can make everything continue.

Just like the eagle sauce of later generations, freedom seems to be their everything, and it seems that they are not free or die, but what about later?

Besides, are these people in front of you free?

Yes, they are free to believe, but their so-called freedom is just what they think, and in Zhu Zhan's view, the so-called belief in giving them freedom is itself a shackle that binds them.

And now, their freedom is costing their own lives, the lives of their families, and even the oldest monarchy in Europe.

War brings death, but in the same way, it also brings new life.

Shuntianfu, Qingning Palace.

"Uhh......hh

Bursts of painful cries came from inside the hall, and the reactions of the people outside the hall varied.

The current Empress Dowager Zhang of the Ming Dynasty was very nervously lying on the bed, as if she wanted to see the situation inside through the windows and curtains.

Although she has also given birth to children, and she is also a person who has given birth to three children, Zhang also knows that she can't go in at this time because her mentality is wrong.

In the same way that doctors in later generations shy away from meeting their loved ones, the eagerness and worry about their loved ones are likely to make them make mistakes.

Today's Zhang is the same, even if she is experienced, she is afraid that her daughter-in-law will have an accident because of her eagerness.

And most importantly...... The eldest grandson in the womb of the daughter-in-law must not have an accident.

By Zhang's side, a man in a yellow robe but with a scruffy beard was spinning anxiously, although the yellow robe on his body proved his identity, but from his appearance, it was really difficult for people to imagine that this was the current emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Zhanji's face was dull at this time, and his beard was already messy, but his eyes were full of light.

Since being placed under house arrest by his cousin in this Qingning Palace, he has been in a state of despair, groggy all day long, and lives on the paralysis of alcohol.

But now, he seems to be a completely different person...... No, it should be said that now he seems to have found the original self.

People come and go in Qingning Palace, and the palace maids are constantly carrying various things in and out, and no one dares to slack off, even if they all know that the current emperor is no better than the previous emperor.

However, it is still not something that these subordinates can slack off.

You must know that although the emperor has lost power, the queen mother is still the last person to speak to the face of the emperor.

"Wow......"

A loud cry representing the new life rang out, causing everyone's movements to pause.

Zhu Zhanji stood at the door in a daze, looking at the closed door with a dull gaze, and only reacted after a long time, and wanted to rush in as if he was crazy, but was stopped by the palace maids.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your precious body can't enter this filthy place......"

Zhang stood quietly under the window, not seeming to stop his son, but quietly waiting.

"Your Majesty! Your Majesty! ”

Wen Po's voice sounded, and anyone could hear the surprise and excitement in this voice.

"Congratulations, Your Majesty! Congratulations, Your Majesty! Sun Guifei gave birth to a dragon son for His Majesty! ”

……

Zhu Zhanji's movements stopped abruptly, and he stared blankly at the child in Wen Po's arms.

On the side, Zhang's body suddenly softened and almost fell to the ground, but he still held on.

The birth of this child greatly stabilized her mind, removed the worries in her heart, and also made her greatly relieved.

Slowly straightening up, Zhang turned his head to look in the direction of the gate of Qingning Palace.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was leaning against the door, straightened up, bowed slightly to the Zhang family who came over, and turned to leave.

……

Sun Guifei gave birth to a dragon son for Emperor Xuande, and as soon as the news came out, it attracted the attention of all parties.

The people who paid attention to this matter were not limited to the officials, nobles and common people of the Ming Dynasty, but even the Warat and the Eastern Chagatai Khanate.

But if you want to say that you are most concerned about it, it must be the people of the Ming Dynasty, after all, the emperor's heirs, which are directly related to their interests, and even the future of their family.

In today's situation, if the emperor has an heir, it will have a great impact on the current situation.

If the emperor has no heirs, in the current situation, King Wu only needs to stay up, and wait until Emperor Xuande dies, and whether it is a normal death or an unnatural death, the throne will eventually be the line of King Wu.

King Wu killed Emperor Xuande? Not to mention whether it will allow you to find evidence, and even if it does, what if it does?

When the clouds cover the sun, even if you have light in your hands, it will not be able to illuminate the world.

Don't say anything about the two remaining sons-in-law of Emperor Hongxi, if Emperor Xuande dies, King Wu will definitely dispose of it early, and he will be sent away at the worst.

The current King Wu doesn't want to turn his face with the Empress Dowager Zhang, but when Emperor Xuande is really doomed to die, there will be no such thing as not turning his face, everything is inevitable.

But no one could have imagined that Emperor Xuande would have an heir.

If it is said that Emperor Xuande and Sun Guifei hid from King Wu and secretly kept this child until now, and it was not known until the time of childbirth, then this is too unreasonable.

After all, it is a palace, a palace under the control of King Wu, how could King Wu make such a low-level mistake?

Chang'an Street, Wu'an Building.

The name is somewhat arrogant, but if you go out and pull someone casually and ask, who doesn't know who is behind this restaurant?

Wu'an Building has a total of three floors, which is considered a high-rise building in this era, but it is not particularly high, which is enough for a restaurant.

Generally speaking, there are not many people in the entire Shuncheon Mansion who can go up to the third floor, but today, the third floor is forbidden to enter, just because there are already people.

"What should I do?" Chen Xun took a deep breath and looked at Xia Yuanji and Hu Hu in front of him.

"The birth of this child will make the whole Ming Dynasty go to the unknown, should we do something?"

"Do what?" Xia Yuanji was not very flustered, and it could even be said to be flat.

"Did you just find out about this? Didn't you know when Sun Guifei was pregnant with Liujia? Why didn't you think about it at that time? ”

Chen Xun was silent when he heard this.

Indeed, when he knew about this, Sun Guifei's pregnancy was less than three months, and he had up to half a year to think of a way or take practical action.

But why didn't he move?

In fact, it wasn't that Chen Xun didn't want to make a move, because he went to meet King Wu as soon as he knew about it.

His idea was simple and shameless, and that was to stillbirth the child.

But he was rejected by Zhu Gaoxu.

Chen Xun didn't understand very much, he tried to persuade Zhu Gaoxu, but Zhu Gaoxu blocked Chen Xun's mouth on the grounds that this was Zhu Zhanyu's decision.

Although Chen Xun was anxious at that time, he was not in a hurry, because Zhu Zhanji was not without descendants, and when he was still the concubine, Hu Shanxiang gave birth to two children to Zhu Zhanji.

It's just that the two children are daughters, and there were even rumors in Beijing at that time, saying that the Zhu royal family hurt the heavens and peace, and Zhu Zhanji had a daughter and no children was retribution.

Although Chen Xun didn't believe in the theory of retribution, he was more or less affected by this statement.

But what people didn't expect was that Queen Hu Shanxiang had no heirs, but the concubine Sun Ruowei exerted her strength at this time.

"Yuan Jie, you can also say something!" Chen Xun lost his square inch for a moment and looked at Hu Hu.

"There's no way." Hu Hu shook his head.

"The child has been born, the news has been spread, if you do it before that, everything will be favorable, but now it is like this, and everything will be unfavorable if you do it again."

"Now, it's better to be still than to move."

Chen Xun let out a long sigh when he heard this, and hammered his head in annoyance.

Looking at Chen Xun's movements, Xia Yuanji didn't react much, but Hu Hui's expression was a little meaningful.

He found that Chen Xun had changed.

People will change, and it is normal for a person to change, but some people cannot change, and once they change, it will have a great impact.

As Chen Xun, who is valued by Zhu Zhanyan, he is undoubtedly unchangeable, but he has changed.

In the past, Chen Xun was a person who worked hard for the Ming Dynasty, not for a certain monarch, but now he is not.

Now he has become a little paranoid, he stubbornly believes that Zhu Zhanyan is the only person who can lead the Ming Dynasty to strength, and even subconsciously rejects other possibilities for the sake of Zhu Zhanyan.

But today's Chen Xun is not bad.

For now, Zhu Zhanyan is not at fault, if he insists on saying that there is, it can only be said that he killed too much, in addition to this, he is still the son of King Wu who is better than Emperor Xuande.

Chen Xun's loyalty to Zhu Zhanyan and being paranoid about it is not a bad thing.

Tuk tuk! Tuk Tuk ......

Suddenly, a hurried knock on the door interrupted everyone's thoughts, the three of them glanced at each other, and Chen Xun, who was closest to the door, got up to open the door.

"Escort Zhu, what are you ......" Looking at Zhu Heng at the door, Chen Xun was a little puzzled.

"Hu Shangshu." Zhu Heng bowed to Chen Xun, and then looked at Hu Hu.

"You are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, there is a holy decree to be issued here, and there are some things that need to be done."

Hearing this, Hu Huo stood up, took the scroll of holy decrees, and subconsciously opened it and looked at it.

Hu Hu is not a passover, he is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, theoretically speaking, he can ask about anything that the Ministry of Rites handles, because in the feudal era, it can be said that etiquette is greater than everything.

But he was stunned when he saw it, and two big words appeared in his mind, lingering.

Scrapped!

(End of chapter)