Since the last time he gave Emperor Zheng Guifei a face and beat her, the emperor only came to Yikun Palace again last night, and today he came again.

Because Concubine Zheng Guifei heard the news from Princess Yongning, she began to pay careful attention to the emperor's expression as soon as the emperor entered her sight.

After several years of companionship, Concubine Zheng could see at a glance that the emperor was in a bad mood, and there was always a thick sadness between her eyebrows. Looking closely, she seemed to feel that the emperor's sorrow was half annoyed and half worried.

"Is the emperor tired? The concubine originally wanted to go and see the lotus tweed, but it would be gone after this season. Concubine Zheng took the emperor's hand like a little girl who didn't know anything about the world, pressed him on the pineapple wooden chair and sat down, gently helped him pinch his shoulder, and said with some resentment.

The action of "pressing" itself is a bit excessive, and I am afraid that only Concubine Zheng Guifei will do it in the harem, but Zhu Yijun doesn't mind, and even likes it a little.

"In a few days." Zhu Yijun sighed, leaned his head back, and closed his eyes gently.

"Someone upset the emperor again?" Zheng Guifei complained: "Why are there always these annoying things pestering the emperor? ”

Zhu Yijun didn't open his eyes, nor did he think about it, he just replied casually: "Qiuzhen said before that the greater the power of a person, the greater the responsibility. I am the emperor, the supreme in the world, of course, the responsibility is the greatest, and the responsibility is greater, and the troubles are naturally more. ”

"Gao Situ is a Wenqu star, what he said naturally makes sense." Zheng Guifei helped the emperor pinch his shoulder, while observing his expression, seeing that the corner of the emperor's mouth hooked slightly, she couldn't help but say: Sure enough, you can only say good things that are pragmatic, and the emperor will be happy.

But Concubine Zheng continued: "Since the emperor has something to worry about, why don't you talk to Gao Situ about it?" Although the concubines didn't know about the affairs of the outer court, they heard that Gao Situ had always been able to handle things, and he had not disappointed the emperor. ”

"This time it's different, and the trouble is on him." Zhu Yijun finally opened his eyes, but stared directly at the roof, and sighed: "He was impeached a few days ago......"

"Huh?" Zheng Guifei was "shocked" and opened her apricot eyes: "Which official is so eyeless that even Gao Situ is impeached?" What can Gao Situ impeach? ”

Zhu Yijun said angrily: "When I talk about this, I'm angry, a group of ...... Hmph, crazy words, saying that seeking truth from the previous "Take and Use Shu" slandered the king. ”

"Gao Situ slandered the king?" Concubine Zheng Guifei was even more surprised: "This ...... How can it be? ”

Zhu Yijun said hatefully: "Of course it's impossible, these people just want to collect their business taxes because they want to be truthful, so they bite indiscriminately, and they don't even know the severity, I think they just don't clean up!" ”

"Poof!" Concubine Zheng couldn't help but smile, and said, "Looking at the emperor's appearance, I think he has already cleaned up?" ”

"That's nature, I'm still used to them?" Zhu Yijun snorted lightly: "Two of them have been dismissed and repatriated, and one has been demoted to a foreign post." ”

Concubine Zheng pursed her lips and smiled: "The emperor helped Gao Situ out of this breath, presumably Gao Situ should come out and look at things, isn't that it?" ”

"That's the problem." Zhu Yijun sighed: "The person who seeks truth is very good, but he attaches too much importance to reputation, he begged me not to blame for the past, but I refused to agree, so he continued to stay at home and refused to go out of the mountain...... Do you say I'm annoyed or not? ”

"Oh, the emperor is sulking about this?" Concubine Zheng shook her head and said: "This is nothing, Gao Situ is also afraid that outsiders will gossip about him, so why don't you give another order to comfort him?" He won't disobey the wishes, if one doesn't work, there will be two, and if two doesn't work, the next three, it's just that the Chinese scholars are busy for a while, and Gao Situ will not come out sooner or later? ”

"Of course I know this truth, the problem is that time will be delayed, and if he doesn't come out, something big will happen!" The more Zhu Yijun spoke, the more annoyed he became, and he said with his hand on his forehead.

Zheng Guifei asked knowingly: "After the matter is dealt with, what else can happen?" ”

Zhu Yijun sighed: "Mr. Wang has entered Beijing. ”

"Which Mr. Wang?" Concubine Zheng asked again.

"Wang Xijue." Zhu Yijun thought that Concubine Zheng Guifei didn't know, and explained: "He is the new assistant minister who has just been promoted into the cabinet by the court, and Mr. Shen is the same year as Sandingjia, and he has been my lecturer in the past. ”

"When he enters Beijing, he enters Beijing, why is there a big incident?"

Zhu Yijun was speechless for a while: "He ......"

Concubine Zheng pursed her lips slightly, and said, "Oh, it's the government again, the concubine doesn't ask." ”

"Well, it's not exactly the ...... of the government" Zhu Yijun was a little entangled, seeing that Concubine Zheng really didn't ask, but felt a little sorry for her, hesitated for a moment, and sighed: "He advised me to be the country as soon as possible." ”

As soon as these words came out, Zhu Yijun found that Concubine Zheng's hand suddenly stopped, and after glancing at it, he found that she was a little distracted.

Zhu Yijun was a little unbearable, grabbed one of her hands with his backhand, and patted it gently: "Don't worry, don't move the fetus." ”

It turned out that Emperor Zheng was still pregnant at this time.

"What's the need for a concubine?" Concubine Zheng's eyes were full of mist, don't look over: "These things are not for the concubines to call the shots." ”

When Zhu Yijun heard this, he only felt a little blushing - the implication of these words was too obvious. "Concubines" can't be masters, can't the emperor be masters either?

Theoretically, the emperor can call the shots, but the reality is that the emperor really can't make the decisions. Previously, the third son of the emperor Chang Xun (the second son was also born by Concubine Zheng, but died on the same day) was born in January, and Zhu Yijun quickly promoted Concubine Zheng from a concubine to an imperial concubine, which has caused dissatisfaction among the courtiers and set off the first wave of national disputes.

Fortunately, Chang Xun had just completed the moon at that time, and after high-level pragmatic remarks, Zhu Yijun pressed down on the grounds of "Xudong Palace to wait for his son-in-law", so he didn't make a big fuss.

Now this time is a little different, Chang Xun is more than a year old, he is white and fat, his body is also strong, he has never had any illness, and there is a bit of Zhu Yijun's charm between his eyebrows, which is very favored by the emperor.

As a result, the courtiers' worries about the emperor's abolition of the elder and the youngest are increasing day by day, and from time to time there will be one or two recitals asking the emperor to appoint the crown prince, although the emperor either does not look at it, or demotes the person who is sparse to a foreign appointment, but this situation has not improved.

At this moment, Wang Xijue returned to Beijing with Shilin's fame, and as soon as he came, he asked the emperor to be the emperor early in the country, even if Zhu Yijun didn't care about the situation in the outer court, he completely guessed that there must be many people in the outer court now, and they wanted to perform well in this matter.

To put it simply, it was Wang Xijue who did this, and "Zhengguoben" suddenly became the most concerned event by the government and the opposition, and everyone's eyes were focused. No matter what Zhu Yijun thinks, he has to give an explanation.

More than a year ago, it was actually Gao Pragmatic who cooperated with the emperor to suppress it, and now Gao Pragmatic happens to be in "retreat", isn't that about to happen?

I can't give an explanation that satisfies the courtiers, and that's a big deal.

Zhu Yijun's face was red for a while, and he said with some discouragement: "Hate Wang Xijue and make a fateful suggestion, saying that he can let Queen Chang Luobai be his mother and ask the queen to raise him." In this way, the strategy of 'waiting for the son-in-law in the Xudong Palace' suggested by seeking truth last year was bypassed, alas! ”

Concubine Zheng didn't say anything personally, but tears fell down all of a sudden, and her sobbing appearance but refusing to say more made Zhu Yijun feel even more embarrassed.

He simply got up, hugged Concubine Zheng Guifei in his arms, stroked one of her green silk with his hand, and comforted: "Don't worry, I guess I won't agree to this method......"

"He's still at home!" Concubine Zheng finally sobbed and said a word.

"Yes, yes, I know, I'll make an order tomorrow and let him come out quickly." In a hurry, Zhu Yijun didn't say anything about me.

"But what about Wang Xijue's suggestion?" Concubine Zheng Guifei sighed: "I know what the outer court says about me, it's nothing more than a fox to confuse the lord, just for fear that the emperor will ...... the queen again Maybe Gao Situ also has this concern. ”

Zhu Yijun was about to speak immediately, but Concubine Zheng Guifei looked up at his eyes, shook her head, and said, "Needless to say, the emperor can always guess what the outer court thinks of me, and it is not surprising that Gao Situ has such worries." I think that if the emperor will fulfill their wishes......"

"Nonsense!" Zhu Yijun was a little annoyed and said, "Why? Are I emperors or are they emperors? My son, who I want to appoint, they have to say? ”

Concubine Zheng Guifei smiled bitterly: "Why does the emperor say such angry words, naturally they don't have the final say, but ...... This is the ancestral system. ”

"I ......" The emperor obviously wanted to say a "angry word", but in the end he held back the words, sighed for a long time, and gritted his teeth and said: "I think it's better to be truthful!" ”

Concubine Zheng was puzzled: "What? As he spoke, his heart tightened.

Fortunately, Zhu Yijun immediately said: "Qiuzhen once said, 'I want to follow the original intention of my ancestors, but I may not follow the old law of my ancestors', which is too right!" ”

This kind of thing is not the director of the harem, Zheng Guifei failed to turn the corner, and secretly wondered in her heart: What is the original intention of the ancestors? After Prince Yiwen became the crown prince, Taizu would rather cultivate the imperial grandson than let the rest of the sons be the crown prince, which ...... Isn't the original intention to insist on establishing a successor?

Zhu Yijun saw that Concubine Zheng's face was different, knowing that she didn't understand what she meant, and explained: "The original intention of the ancestors, if you dig deeper, is not simply to establish a successor, in fact, in the final analysis, it is for the stability of the world. Standing is justifiable; Standing long is the country's long-term monarch. This is all for the sake of the stability of the world, and we can't just think that the ancestors must not violate everything and blindly obey everything. ”

Concubine Zheng was stunned and said, "The last thing ......"

"Uh, this ...... Naturally, it is truth-seeking. Zhu Yijun said, and immediately emphasized: "But he is right, I can't only act according to the original words of my ancestors, but should study the original intentions of my ancestors, so that I can truly abide by the ancestral system." ”

"And now?"

"Right now? Now that the ministers are pressing, will the world be stable? Zhu Yijun snorted coldly: "I said before that unless the queen has a concubine, the country will be empty for the time being, and I will count it later!" ”

Concubine Zheng Guifei didn't have a bottom in her heart, and said secretly: Isn't this coming back again? Although there is no movement on the queen's side, it seems that there is no need to be in a hurry for the time being, but the important ministers are forcing the palace, the momentum is strong, and the ministers have followed up, can the emperor really withstand it?

Concubine Zheng still felt unsafe after thinking about it, but there was no good way, so she had to use the old method: "If you make the world uneasy because of this, it is the fault of the concubines, or the emperor will still do their ......"

Zhu Yijun said angrily: "I don't! I still don't believe it, I can't make this will, can they still push Chang Luo to be the prince on their own? ”

Zheng Guifei sighed: "But it's not a way to go on like this all the time. ”

"Don't worry, wait another three or four years at most, and I will definitely be able to solve this matter." Zhu Yijun suddenly said proudly.

"Oh?" It was the first time that Concubine Zheng had heard the emperor say this matter so categorically, and she couldn't help but wonder: "Why is this why the emperor is sure to persuade the ministers of the outer court in these three years?" ”

"Persuasion? Why did I convince them? Zhu Yijun snorted coldly and said proudly: "I want to subdue them!" ”

Concubine Zheng obviously didn't believe it, but she couldn't say it directly, so she had to say, "Your Majesty...... Sure? ”

Zhu Yijun took a deep breath and said, "As long as you use it well and seek truth, you will be sure of this matter." Belch...... At least 90% sure. ”

After all, it is a matter of personal interests, and it is the greatest interest, Zheng Guifei finally couldn't help it, and asked carefully: "Why is the emperor so confident, as long as it takes three or four years to subdue the outer court?" She deliberately accentuated the word "suppression" here.

Zhu Yijun was indeed very confident, raised his chin slightly, and said: "I have been in the Ming Dynasty for 219 years, do you know what troubles have always been with you?" ”

Concubine Zheng thought for a moment and asked, "Mongolia? ”

"Yes!" Zhu Yijun smiled: "Mongolia has always been the great enemy of the Ming Dynasty, and the ancestors of Chengzu can not be wiped out even if they attack Mobei, and now they are still hundred-legged insects that die but do not stiffen, and this is the trouble of the Ming Dynasty for two hundred years." ”

Zheng Guifei understood a little, and asked tentatively: "The emperor wants to destroy Mongolia, fulfill the unfulfilled wishes of the two ancestors, and then shock the world, compare with the majesty of the two ancestors after the founding of the country and the Jingjing, and dare to fight with each other at the end of the world, and then ......"

"Yes, that's right." Zhu Yijun took her hand, sat down on the brocade couch for a nap, and comforted: "I shouldn't have told you about this matter, but I don't want to hide it from you today." I have been planning for many years to seek truth in this matter, and it can even be said that I have been planning since the time when Mr. Gao was in power, and the first emperor was still in power at that time......

In short, now that the general trend is clear, I only need to accumulate some more money and food, so that I have no worries, and I can sweep away the northern captives and mix the universe, and then I naturally don't have to say anything more to some people in the outer court. The only thing to worry about is that this year, because of the reduction of military salaries, there was a rebellion in the northwest, so I can no longer think about throttling in the future, so I use truth-seeking as the ...... of Dasi Nong."