Chapter 8: The Great Wall of Xiangxi (I)

Zhu Yinglong took Li Qing directly to Jingren Palace. Since Li Qing was the sister of Concubine Huang Xu Ruying, although she was a seventh-rank imperial doctor and a woman, she was considered the first half of the master in the palace. She was cautious at the beginning until she had been dating Xiong Hu and other women for a long time and became much easier-going. But today, it was different. Zhu Yinglou pulled her to Jingren Miyamoto with her. But in addition to visiting her sisters and the newborn eldest prince, there seemed to be an extra concubine who was being maintained. Suddenly, she was about to end the light-free relationship and officially went to see the eldest wife. Compared to Zhu Yinglong's happy and excited mood, Li Qing was more nervous and nervous.

The little guy asked Xiong Hu's close-fitting palace maid to hug her. Xiong Hu was sitting on the cushion, looking at Xiao Zhu Cilang with a loving look on her face, with her mother's glorious smile on her face.

"Come on, let me hug you." Zhu Yinglong walked in quickly. Before the palace maids and eunuchs inside could even salute, he stopped him by saying "I'm sorry, I'm sorry!"

Zhu Yinglong took over the son of the palace maid. The little guy's little eyes were turning up and down to look at the father who was holding him, and the corner of his mouth actually smiled.

"Li Niang, look, is he smiling at me?" Zhu Yinglong was surprised and carried his son to Xiong Hu to offer treasure.

Xiong Hu leaned over and opened. As Zhu Yinglong said, the little guy was really smiling at Zhu Yinglong and smiled happily: "Emperor, does Xian'er seem to like the emperor's arms very much?"

"Li Niang, look at his eyes, do you think it's like sleeping?" Zhu Yinglong loved this little guy very much.

"Of course he looks like the emperor." Xiong Hu looked at the father and son with a smile and said.

"Like me?" Zhu Yinglong was stunned for a moment, looked back at Xiong Hu, and shook his head with a smile.

"Not like?" Xiong Hu was stunned.

"Of course it's not like it, I look like you!" Zhu Yinglong observed carefully and made a very positive judgment.

The couple teased the little guy for a while, and Zhu Yinglong felt that most of the time had passed, so he could not just care about the family happiness of the couple and leave state affairs aside.

After Li Qing came forward to meet, Zhu Yinglong briefly told Xiong Hu about his incident with Li Qing last night.

Xiong Hu could not have thought that Zhu Yinglong would do such a ridiculous thing after he was drunk, but the big mistake had been made. Li Qing's fate only had one way to go. She was not a jealous woman, but she felt a little uncomfortable with taking over a woman on the first night of giving birth to her husband. But in general, if it weren't for Li Qing's care, she wouldn't have given birth to Lin'er smoothly. Xiong Hu was always a little grateful to Li Qing, so there was absolutely no problem with accepting her. The problem was how to get along in the future.

Zhu Yinglong left Li Qing to talk to Xiong Hu, and took the people back to the Yangxin Palace alone.

Li Qing also needs to adapt to it. Kuang Xionghu has a superb medical skill around Li Qing, who is taking care of him, and he is relieved that the relationship between the two women is gradually deepening in the care and being taken care of. Zhu Yinglong’s greatest ambition is to bring the weak Ming Dynasty to the prosperity. His greatest wish is that his family, that is, this harem, is no longer a cold place to compete for favor and profit, but the most peaceful and warm harbor after he handles military and political affairs every day. If anyone insists on destroying his wish, even if he is already his own woman, women can be tolerated. Women can be spoiled and loved, but they must not be spoiled. Because of the beauty of women, even if the country is destroyed, is it a fault for the indulgence of being the monarch of a country?

There are quite a few memorials today. Zhu Yinglong thought, no one of the civil and military officials in Beijing is qualified to submit memorials to him.

Zhu Yinglong was in a very good mood just after holding his son, but when he opened the memorials, his face became worse and worse as he turned down.

Most of these memorials congratulate the birth of the little prince, but most of them are obscure or implicitly suggesting that the emperor should be appointed as the queen. Originally, except for the imperial concubine who gave birth to a daughter, no one else was published. The ministers below didn't know the truth all thought that he thought that after the concubine had the first prince, he would be the eldest son, and then the mother's mother naturally became the queen. There were no fewer officials among the officials who had such thoughts.

If you turn over memorials from one book after another, most of them are the same. Although Zhu Yinglong hates this, he cannot scold all officials because of this. This will make them feel cold. From the perspective of being a minister, they can't do anything like this. In addition to being too flattering, it seems that they all represent the inner thoughts of these officials.

"Xu Yingyuan, go and tell me about the old president Sun, Han Du, Minister of Personnel Huang, and Minister of Personnel Xu." Zhu Yinglong thought for a while, and still asked several loyal ministers to discuss.

After Xu Yingyuan went there, about an hour later, Sun Chengzong and Han Yu arrived first, Huang Zunsu and Xu Guangqi arrived immediately. After performing the rituals of the king and the ministers, the four of them sat on both sides, waiting for Zhu Yinglong to ask questions. The birth of the little prince is always a good omen, especially the auspicious words that came out, which even indicated that the current emperor is the true emperor, otherwise how could auspiciousness come from heaven? Therefore, the four ministers looked smiling on their faces today and were very full of energy.

After reading less than half of the memorials in front of Zhu Yinglong, he saw that the four ministers summoned had arrived, so he put down the memorials in his hand and slowly looked up and said, "The four are true ministers. I have passed you here, so I have something to discuss with you."

"Prince, please tell me, the old minister will never refuse to die." Han Du took the lead.

"Yan'er was just born, and some ministers in the court suggested that I make a crown prince soon. What do you think of this suggestion?" Zhu Yinglong swept the expressions on the faces of the four people and found that as soon as he said this, all his smiles slowly faded from their faces, replaced by deep thoughts.

Here, Sun Chengzong, Huang Zunsu and Xu Guangqi are old men around the emperor. Although Han Yu is the chief minister of the cabinet, he is also a master of calculating the will of the saints. It is related to destruction and establishment. What a minister is most afraid of is that he encounters such questions. Except for Huang Zunsu, the other three are old and probably cannot see the next emperor ascend the throne. Moreover, the current emperor is young and strong, and they may not have much impact on themselves whether they oppose or agree.

"His Highness the Great Prince is still in his infancy. Is it too early to establish the crown prince at this time?" Han Du thought for a long time before he said something.

It is definitely not what Han Yu wanted to see that Zhu Cilang was made the crown prince. As a result, the strength of foreign relatives in the court has soared, and the Xiong family and his son are both generals who lead troops outside, holding more than 100,000 troops. In their opinion, this is definitely a major threat to the imperial power, but due to the current form, he cannot explain it explicitly.

"Director Sun, what are you good suggestions?" Zhu Yinglong nodded. What can a child still in his infancy see? Zhu Yinglong is very inclined to secretly establish a crown prince. He has many concubines, so it is absolutely impossible to give birth to a son. Even if these concubines can live in harmony but are not seen, the sons born to him are all kind and filial, and they are guarded against the precautions. It turns out that in that time and space, the historical lessons of the kings fighting for the throne in his later years of Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty have been deeply imprinted in his mind. It is cruel and bloody, and it is chilling to think about it. He does not expect to encounter such a blow in his later years.

"The old minister thinks what Mr. Han said is reasonable. The late emperor appointed the crown prince too early, which caused several crown princes to die in their infancy. This is a lesson from the past, and the emperor must be careful." Sun Chengzong also learned to mix with the slightest.

The reason is far-fetched, and it is a bit like that. In this superstitious country, far-fetched reasons can become unbreakable truths. Sun Chengzong has been with Zhu Yinglong for so long, how could he not see that the emperor does not want to establish a crown prince at all now? Once the crown prince is appointed, the prince's mother will definitely be the queen regardless of whether she is biological or adopted, otherwise what is this?

The rest of Xu Guangqi and Huang Zunsu remained silent, as if the emperor asked them without saying a name. They absolutely kept silent and remained silent.

However, there is no need for Zhu Yinglong to ask these two people again. Although Xu Guangqi is not so sharp in his eyes, he is definitely not stupid, otherwise he would not have become a world-famous natural scientist. Although he is the leader of Han, he is definitely on the side of Sun Chengzong. Needless to say, Huang Zunsu, this meticulous Minister of Personnel is still in his own study. Avoiding the important and being less careless is definitely the best choice at the moment. The ball was still kicked on Zhu Yinglong.

"Since the Grand Secretary of the Cabinet and the Military Museum believe that the Crown Prince cannot be appointed for the time being, I will naturally behave as good as the flow and will not be appointed for the time being." As an emperor, you cannot always take responsibility for yourself. You always have to let your subordinates do something, and it is normal to take the blame.

As soon as Zhu Yinglong said, the four of them suddenly complained. Now it was the emperor who was not willing to establish a crown prince in his heart, but instead he was advised by his own people not to establish a crown prince. Only then did he realize that the emperor was asking them to take the blame. The officials below had not counted the accounts of the emperor's refutation of their memorials to establish a crown prince on their heads, especially Han Yu and Sun Chengzong couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was plotted by the emperor. If he had known this was the case, he would not say it just now, but even if he avoided the important and the real and the false, he would probably understand the same thing.

Xiong Hu had already heard some rumors in the palace, and she was also very worried at this moment. The emperor summoned Han Yu and four other ministers to discuss, and she raised her heart to her throat. She said that she had never thought about letting her son be the crown prince and becoming the queen. She knew better than anyone else that the emperor was very fond of her, but it did not mean that she was spoiled by her, especially since her father and brother held military power. For balance, the emperor would never make Zhu Ciyang the crown prince. Although she knew that her father and brother would never take power, who would believe it?

When Xiong Hu heard that the emperor had left four adults for lunch and frequently persuaded him to drink, but she had not drunk a drop, she felt relieved. The emperor would not have made any prince for the time being, because she knew that if the four ministers agreed to make the prince, the emperor would have been bombarded out of the Palace of Harmony, so how could he leave for lunch together? How could the emperor, the person next to her, understand the emperor's thoughts?

However, when Li Qing heard that the emperor had not dripped the wine, her slightly pale face turned red inadvertently, and an unspeakable feeling surged into her heart.
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