In early March, the imperial concubine Mu was about to give birth. Zhu Gaoxu returned to the harem and guarded the East Palace. However, according to experience, men cannot enter the delivery room, otherwise it will be unlucky for pregnant women. He can only listen to the movement outside.

Many female officials and maids and several midwives were summoned in the palace of the Imperial Concubine. Unexpectedly, from day to midnight, Mu Zhen still did not give birth to a child. Zhu Gaoxu ordered the medical officers of the Imperial Hospital to enter the palace overnight and wait for the time being.

Later, the Virgin Park, who came from the Korean Kingdom, came to Dongyi Palace and reported that the Park family wanted her to enter the Korean Kingdom, and at first, they taught medical skills since childhood, so she could help. Zhu Gaoxu then allowed her to enter the delivery room.

He did not sleep all night in Dongyi Palace and stayed until dawn. Until the next morning, the people in the delivery room finally reported that the imperial concubine gave birth to a prince.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief. He waited for a while before entering the delivery room. The palace maid brought the child over with her child in her arms. He held it in his arms and looked at the child crying with her eyes closed, and suddenly felt an indescribable sense of intimacy.

He turned his head and said to Mu Zhen a name: "He is Zhan Qi, what do Zhen'er thinks?"

Mu Zhen nodded weakly while lying on the bed.

According to the rules set by Taizu for his descendants, the descendants of Zhanhe Zhanqi, all the descendants of this generation had to use the name next to Obito. There were many descendants of the royal family, and it was not easy to find a suitable name. The word "Qi" has a boundary meaning, which is very consistent with Zhu Gaoxu's wishes.

He spoke kindly to Mu Zhen and sent eunuchs to the Duke of Qian to inform the imperial concubine of giving birth to the prince.

...The imperial concubine gave birth to a prince was a big event in the palace, and it almost spread throughout the palace that day. In view of the inheritance of the throne between Taizu and Taizong emperors, even the ministers in the court were very concerned.

There is a person named Guo Yan who is almost forgotten by people. When she heard this news, she was also mixed. Guo Yan could already guess the pressure from her sister and the entire Guo family. There were many emperors and concubines, usually more than one prince. It was common to have a second son; but it was the prince born by the daughter of the Mu family, which was different.

This means that the people of the Guo family are even less willing to Guo Yan continue to make trouble for the queen in the palace.

Guo Yan has certainly not been doing well in the past month.

As the queen's sister, she would not lack food and clothing in the palace, and no one dared to make things difficult for her. When the weather was good, she could still go to the imperial garden during the day, and life was not difficult. Guo Yan had a relatively tight life when she was at her parents' home, so she would not feel that she had poor daily life with luxury and food. The most tormenting thing was probably the state of mind.

Her worries about the future made her unable to fall asleep many late nights.

At a young age, he went to Fengyang Imperial City to live in secluded place. He had no family, children, relatives and friends, and had no hope. Most of the people living there were old palace maids and eunuchs. Thinking of such a lifeless way, Guo Yan was chilled.

She would suffer the palace maids who served her because of her irritability. The palace maids were afraid of the queen's status and power and dared not confront each other in person, but they said bad things about Guo Yan behind their backs. The people in this yard had a bad relationship at one time.

Sometimes she would feel sad and depressed, thinking about the time when Zhu Gaochi was in power. The fat prince and emperor once disappointed Guo Yan; but now she thought that Gaochi's days were quite good, at least she wouldn't let Guo Yan rely on him.

Sometimes her heart was filled with anger and resentment.

The death of her son Zhan's son not only made her resentful towards Ma Enhui's party, and other suspected people, but also made her resentful of the world! Because Guo Yan gradually understood that the collapse of Hong Xi's court was the root of everything. She was just drifting with the flow in the face of the huge waves of the world.

The despair in front of her made her hate her mother's family. Because of her illegitimate identity, she remembered the injustice she suffered at home since she was a child; because she was the wife of the "deposed prince", she is now disliked and abandoned by them. In the long and cold night, she endured the devour of her inner injustice.

Guo Yan has nothing to do now, and the most important thing is to think repeatedly about how to change the destiny that is gradually destined.

Her only subtle opportunity comes from the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu; before that, when she made that request to her sister, she had already understood this truth. Now, only Zhu Gaoxu, who is sitting on the throne, is the one who decides everything!

But she did not plan to do exactly what to do. From last month to now, Guo Yan has been thinking about it day and night.

Guo Yan thought about it very carefully. She tried her best to think about Zhu Gaoxu, hoping to find some of his weaknesses. Just like her sister Guo Wei, her weakness is that she has a lingering guilt towards Guo Yan, so she agreed to let Guo Yan face the saint. Such a request was unreasonable.

Judging from what Zhu Gaoxu did, he seemed to have a very paranoid desire, that the more he shouldn't touch a woman, the more he wanted to touch, the more he shouldn't do, the more he wanted to do. He seemed to be venting something and resisting something, which caused a seemingly distorted mind. Perhaps he was born as the second son of the late emperor and able to conquer the prince who was good at fighting, and he had faced too much pressure in the past?

Guo Yan had not had much contact with Zhu Gaoxu, so she was not sure of the reason. She only guessed from the women enthroned by Zhu Gaoxu. Like Miaojin, Guo Yan had also called her little concubine before; there were nuns, brothels (Fuleyuan), singing girls, and even Ma Enhui, who might have an unusual relationship with him. In addition to the wife appointed by the father and mother, and the marriage between the Mu family, how many of the concubines of Zhu Gaoxu were normal?

Guo Yan had to have a fantasy that her own identity was also very special. If it was really useful, Guo Yan was willing to compromise with her current situation.

But Guo Yan thought more carefully and felt that everything was too late. If it were a little earlier, she would have started to pave this retreat slowly before, and it might be possible. But if she did it now, she would probably only bring shame on herself!

Because Zhu Gaoxu was very likely to feel that Guo Yan was teasing the immoral things he did; he would have bad emotions of being despised and belittled morality. So after thinking about it carefully, Guo Yan felt that this method would be counterproductive.

When she was full of resentment and thought about good plans and was desperate and helpless, a crazy idea came up one time. If Zhu Gaoxu did not pity her, she would think of hiding a sharp weapon and attack Zhu Gaoxu at the opportunity of the face of the saint!

Zhu Gaoxu is strong and Guo Yan is weak, so it is impossible to find a lethal weapon. At most, it is hairpins and other things. She also knows that it is impossible to succeed... but she will ask the Guo family to go into the water! Guo Yan has the impulse to retaliate and take revenge on their self-self-interested actions.

However, most of the evil in people's hearts is just thinking about it.

Guo Yan had such an idea and gave up after a moment; fear and weakness instantly repelled her heart.

She felt that women were too weak and even if they were desperate, they would be intimidated by violence. If she did that, she would definitely be revenge by the angry emperor; when she thought of those cruel and tortures, Guo Yan shuddered.

After calming down a little, Guo Yan thought of her sister's guilt and her father's kindness. Even if the Guo family treats her unfairly, it is better than those irrelevant people in the world. In this cold world, revenge on people close to each other and let strangers discuss insults and scold them. What is the meaning of...

At this moment, a palace maid hurriedly ran in and said, "Report to Mrs. Guo, the Empress is here!"

Guo Yan put away her thoughts and walked into the yard. Sure enough, she saw that her sister had already walked in. While she was a little worried, she just gave birth to a prince yesterday, and her sister Guo Wei came today. Will her sister break her promise and will she not want Guo Yan to face the saint?

Guo Yan welcomed the queen into the living room. The queen asked the eunuchs and palace maids around her to stop and stay outside.

The two sisters took their seats together, and Guo Yan said, "I'll ask someone to have tea."

"No need." said the queen.

Guo Yan fell silent and waited to hear what her sister wanted to say.

The queen indeed took the initiative to say: "The emperor will enthrone the dynasty - the young man Li is the concubine Zhuang and Shen is the concubine Zhuang. Before that, the emperor should have come to Kunning Palace to discuss with me; the emperor used to accept the concubine Xian, the concubine Shu and others, and most of them would come back early. If the same is true this time, I would invite the emperor to come to the imperial garden and have a walk. At that time, my sister would come to the imperial garden and meet the emperor."

Guo Yan hurriedly asked: "Which day?"

The queen said: "It's hard to say now. Then I will send the eunuch yellow dog to come over and inform my sister in advance."

Guo Yan agreed.

The queen said again: "If the emperor does not come to Kunning Palace specifically, or if he is late, let's give up this matter for the time being. I will find another opportunity to let my sister see him."

After hearing this, Guo Yan nodded.

The queen asked about her well-being again, and most of them were talking about whether she lacked any amount. But Guo Yan felt that these words were just polite words; what she needed most now was not those things outside her body at all.

But the queen seemed to have nothing to say, otherwise she would have nothing to say. She sat for a while and said goodbye.

Guo Yan remembered the love between the two sisters before they got married. Although they would fight for things and quarrel, they were not as irrelevant as they are now. After getting married, the love between sisters seemed to have changed too much, and the things they care about were different. In this world, it seems that even the closest love can be broken.

After the queen left, Guo Yan realized one of the details: the place where the Saint faced was the Imperial Garden.

The Imperial Garden is not secret. The palace is very large, but there are many people. Tens of thousands of people are active here, and there are eyes and ears everywhere. The truly hidden place is only in the house, not the garden.
Chapter completed!