August is gold, July is fire, the capital in July is the turn of summer and autumn, the autumn tiger releases its power to the fullest, and the weather is very hot. After more than half a year, the bustling metropolis of Beijing has completely come out of the shadow of the siege of Alta last year, and has resumed its former liveliness, with a permanent population of more than one million.

Since the 26th of next month is the big day of Princess Yongfu's marriage, the bustle of the capital is especially better than usual, the nine city gates are full of traffic, and the vassal kings who enter the capital to congratulate, the envoys of various countries, the local gentry, and the traders who come from afar, etc., are endless, shoulder to shoulder, which can be described as a momentary prosperity!

At this time, the busiest is naturally the Ministry of Rites, officials at all levels are so busy that they are jumping to their feet, ordinary people's daughters still need three books and six ceremonies to marry, and the rules for Princess Daming to marry are naturally more and more cumbersome, otherwise how can you set off the identity of the princess Jin Zhi Yuye?

And the busiest of the Ministry of Rites is Yan Song, the Ministry of Rites, as the so-called two masters are not bothered, Yan Song was the marriage envoy before, and now he is assigned to be the main marriage envoy, responsible for handling the marriage of Princess Yongfu, it can be said that he is out of the limelight, and it is estimated that the official promotion is a sure thing after this matter is completed.

In addition, Yan Song's previous proposal to divide the sacrifices of heaven and earth, sun and moon has been approved, and the Ministry of Industry is stepping up the construction of the Temple of Heaven, the Temple of Earth, the Temple of the Sun and the Temple of the Moon.

Therefore, our Lord Yan is now proud, his career is bright, of course, the financial road is also a piece of light, as the princess's main marriage envoy, responsible for handling the marriage, the silver handled is a huge amount of money, and the random leakage of the finger seam is also considerable, and Yan Shifan, as his Laozi's left arm and right arm, is naturally the first to get the moon near the water.

It is said that Yan Shifan, this kid does have a way to make money, although the silver pulled above will not be directly handed over to his Lao Tzu, but this long-sleeved good dance, as soon as he comes and goes, he is familiar with the eunuch in charge of procurement in the palace, and everyone partners to designate a "supplier", and then eats kickbacks, and eats not ordinary Harpie.

On the third day of the seventh month of the fifth year of Jiajing, the cabinet, the first assistant Fei Hong, held the good news sent back by Xu Jin from the Wa Kingdom, and smiled with his long beard.

This good news was sent back to China after Xu Jinping killed Wang Zhi's father and son, and the time was in mid-May, due to the long distance, it was delivered to the capital after a full month and a half.

Xu Jin's recital was not only a success, but also put forward the idea of abolishing the emperor and dividing the Wa kingdom into four parts.

Don't look at the cabinet, these three old men who are full of poetry and books, are usually full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, and they are full of righteousness, but that is completely different from their own country, and it is completely different from other countries, and they fully carry forward the dark nature of politicians.

Including Fei Hong, Jin Xianmin, and Jia Yong, the three elders, as soon as they agreed with Xu Jin's proposal, Jin Xianmin also proposed to "invite" the king of Japan to the capital of Daming as a "guest".

In this way, the three elders of the cabinet wrote down the handling opinions on a slip of paper, and handed them over to the celebrant to be submitted to the palace for the emperor's approval, which is the so-called vote, and the emperor's reply with a red pen is the so-called approval.

The previous Zhengde Emperor was precisely because he gave his right to approve the red to the eunuch Liu Jin, which caused the old Liu Quan to lean towards the government and the opposition, but the eunuch Bi Yun of the Jiajing Dynasty did not have this blessing, he did not have the right to approve the red, and every time he got the book, he honestly gave it to Jiajing for a look, and Bi Yun was old, and he couldn't do it anymore, so he had already handed over a letter of resignation to Boss Zhu, and was waiting for other young eunuchs to take over his shift.

Let's say that in the Qianqing Palace's Heart Cultivation Palace, Bi Gonggong took Xu Jin's recital, and Jiajing laughed excitedly after reading it: "Xu Qing has never disappointed me, haha, and he also fished out more than two million taels of silver for me." ”

Father-in-law Bi reminded with a smile: "Your Majesty, there are also five million taels owed by the widow Weaving Nobumiko, with the means of the Marquis of Jinghai, you have to pay it back if you owe it, and when the Marquis of Jinghai triumphs, it is estimated that more than two million taels will be shipped back, didn't the Marquis of Jinghai transport five million taels last time he returned from the Wa Kingdom?" The old slave wants to congratulate the emperor in advance, congratulations to the emperor. ”

Jiajing laughed again when he heard this: "You old man will pick something nice to say, haha, Xu Qing is really my lucky general, how should I reward him?" ”

Zhu Hou seemed to be talking to himself, and seemed to be asking Bi Yun, but although Bi Gonggong was honest and mediocre, he was not an idiot, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense about rewarding ministers, so he just laughed and said nothing.

Zhu Hou tapped his brain and said, "Forget it, I'll talk about it when Xu Qing comes back, alas, I don't know if Xu Qing will be able to return to Beijing in time to attend the wedding banquet in Yongfu." ”

Bi Gonggong said with a smile: "This letter was sent out on May 15, Jing Haiye pacified Wang Zhi and his son in early May, it is simply a waste of effort, now it is July, it is estimated that the class has returned to China at this time, and it can still catch up with the fast horse after landing." ”

"I hope so!" Zhu Hou muttered in a complicated mood, he not only hoped that Xu Jin would be able to return in time, but also worried that he would come back to attend Yongfu's sister's wedding, because he had already vaguely seen his sister's thoughts about Xu Jin.

At this moment, a little eunuch ran in and reported with a pale face: "Your Majesty, it's not good, Concubine Niangniang...... See red! ”

"See Red...... See what red? Jiajing asked in amazement.

Bi Yun's face has changed greatly, he is an experienced old man, Concubine Shu is only four months pregnant, far from the time of giving birth, and now it is very bad to see red, and it is very likely to be a miscarriage.

After Jiajing listened to his father-in-law's explanation, he instantly ran out of the Heart Cultivation Hall like a whirlwind, and ran wildly towards Jingren Palace, and a group of eunuchs and palace people followed behind and crawled.

When Emperor Jiajing anxiously rushed to Jingren Palace, he was blocked by the palace people: "The emperor can't go in now, and the imperial doctor is treating Concubine Shuniang." ”

"Get out of here!" Jiajing roared with red eyes, and was about to rush in as soon as he pushed away the palace people who were blocking the way, but the palace people were loyal to their duties, hugged Jiajing's thighs and shouted: "The emperor must not, the lady concubine is very dangerous at the moment, go in at this time to disturb the imperial doctor's treatment, and if you can't save the corpse, you will have two lives......

Jiajing trembled, and hurriedly stopped, and then a shout came from behind him: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”

I saw that the Empress Dowager Jiang and the two princesses hurried to the palace, and the former asked anxiously: "Emperor, how is the concubine now?" ”

Zhu Hou shook his head with a pale face: "I don't know, the imperial doctor is treating me." ”

"Alas, how can a good person be like this, it must be that you minions have not served the lady well!" Empress Dowager Jiang scolded with a cold face, it was not easy to have a grandson, now that there is such an accident, how can you not be angry.

The palace maids and eunuchs who were in charge of serving the concubine were all silent, kneeling there and desperately kowtowing and begging for mercy.

"If the dragon species in Concubine Shu's belly has three long and two short, you don't have to live." Empress Dowager Jiang said ruthlessly.

The faces of the palace maids and eunuchs were colorless, and a few of them were even stunned on the spot. Seeing this, Princess Yongfu couldn't bear it, and said softly: "Queen Mother, I don't know what the situation inside is now, let's not make trouble, it's not good to make noise inside." ”

When Empress Dowager Jiang heard this, she hurriedly shut up, and those palace maids and eunuchs also stopped begging for mercy, and they didn't dare to take a breath, but they all cast grateful eyes to Princess Yongfu.

About half a year later, when it was spring, two female doctors came out with pale faces, and fell to their knees.

Jiajing couldn't help but blow up her scalp, and roared angrily: "What's wrong with Concubine Shu? ”

Ji Feng Chunzhan said tremblingly: "The emperor ...... Your Majesty, we did our best, and Concubine Shu's life was fine, but ...... The fetus in the womb can't be saved! ”

Zhu Hou's ears buzzed, and the whole person was stunned, his lips trembled, and he said in a casual voice: "I can't keep it...... No, how can it be, impossible! ”

"My good grandson!" Empress Dowager Jiang screamed and fainted directly.

"Queen Mother!"

"Queen Mother!"

Everyone exclaimed, and stepped forward to help and rescue, and they didn't even notice the arrival of Queen Wu.

Fortunately, Empress Dowager Jiang woke up after being pinched, and then cried loudly. Zhu Hou pointed to Fengchun and the two female doctors and shouted: "Come on, take down all these quacks and put them in prison." ”

The guards immediately stepped forward to tie up Ji Fengchun and the two female doctors and escort them away, being a doctor is like this, although the treatment is good, but once something goes wrong, even if it is not their own fault, they have to be unlucky, so being a doctor for the emperor's family is undoubtedly a high-risk profession in ancient times!

Zhu Hou entered the room like a salute, and there was a palace maid cleaning, and the water in the silver basin was stained red with blood, which was really shocking.

Zhu Houxing went to the bed, only to see Concubine Shu lying on the bed with a dying breath, describing haggard, and her eyes were straight as if she had lost her soul, until the former called her a few times before she came back to her senses.

"Your Majesty...... Our children are gone! Concubine Shu's tears were like springs, and she cried bitterly.

Zhu Hou's heart was like a knife, and he smiled and comforted: "It's okay if you're fine, we will have children in the future!" ”

Concubine Shu's heart warmed when she heard this, but she cried even more, Queen Wu stood a few steps behind Zhu Hou, seeing this, she was both jealous and hateful, but the corners of her mouth were filled with a hint of schadenfreude!

It's good to die, although the smile of Queen Wu is not obvious, it was just captured by Zhu Hou who raised his head. When Zhu Hou was full of grief, he suddenly became furious, and pointed at Queen Wu and scolded angrily: "You, a woman with a heart like a femme fatale, can still laugh at this time!" ”

Empress Wu's face changed greatly, and she hurriedly distinguished: "There are no concubines!" ”

"Come on, get her out, I don't want to see her!" Zhu Hou shouted angrily.

"The queen should go out first!" Yongfu said in a low voice.

Queen Wu naturally wouldn't be stupid enough to wait for the guards to pick her up, that would be too embarrassing, she gritted her teeth and stomped her feet, hid her face and ran in crying.