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For those maids and servants in the Zhao Mansion, the environment and atmosphere of the Zhao Mansion were a little depressing.

For example, Zhao Junchen, Fang Ru and others have been secretly investigating the spies and eyeliners planted in the Zhao Mansion by various factions, and even encourage the servants and maids of the Zhao Mansion to monitor and report each other, and secret surveillance can be described as ubiquitous;

For another example, Zhao Junchen has always hated noise and likes to be quiet, so the servants and maids of the Zhao Mansion are always light when doing things, and they are also as soft as possible when talking, and they are very cautious.

But the night of Chinese New Year's Eve is different, Zhao Junchen understands the way of relaxation very well, he not only sent a big red envelope to everyone in the Zhao Mansion this night, but also no longer restricts some outrageous behavior of everyone in the Zhao Mansion, allowing them to laugh everywhere, laugh loudly, set off all kinds of fireworks and firecrackers, and invite the drama team and storytellers, and the Zhao Mansion can be described as laughter and excitement for a while.

In the past year, Zhao Junchen has traveled all over the Ming Dynasty, and indulged in conspiracy and calculation, fighting for power, and rarely has the opportunity to accompany his family, which can be said to be a lot of debt, so he also deliberately took time out to stay in the main hall of Zhao Mansion that night, and guarded the fire of the year with his wife and two concubines.

Seeing Zhao Junchen's attitude, Cui Qianxue, Fang Ru, and Zhang Yuer were of course happy in their hearts, and the four of them sat in the lobby while watching the excitement of Zhao's Mansion and the fireworks in the sky, and chatting about family life and gossip on the other, most of the topics still revolved around the child in Fang Ru's womb.

During this period, Zhao Junchen also took out a piece of paper, which listed dozens of names, both male and female, all of which were the names that Zhao Junchen had prepared for his unborn child.

As a result, Zhao Junchen and the third daughter began to study the future name of the child in Fang Ru's womb with great interest.

"I think the word 'Jingqi' is very good, Jing is the meaning of peace, Qi is the meaning of beautiful jade, not only good, but also good!"

When she expressed her recommendation, Cui Qianxue's eyes glanced at the word "Junxi" in the list and quickly moved away.

Obviously, Cui Qianxue herself prefers the name "Junxi", "Jun" means tall and mighty, and "Xi" means bright future, Cui Qianxue thinks that Zhao Junchen's children will inevitably be outstanding people in the future, this name is the most suitable, but she will not recommend it to Fang Ru, but wants to leave this name to her future children.

Cui Qianxue is the main room of the Zhao Mansion, and the children of her and Zhao Junchen should take it for granted to inherit everything from Zhao Junchen, but Fang Ru's status in the Zhao Mansion is extraordinary, she has followed Zhao Junchen for a longer time, and she has won the trust of Zhao Junchen, and the child in her womb is also likely to be the son of the Zhao family, and she may have to compete with Cui Qianxue's children in the future. I hope that Fang Ru's child can grow up safely, and I also hope that this child will not have too much ambition in the future.

It's a pity that Cui Qianxue is really not good at intrigue, and her little caution naturally can't hide from Zhao Junchen, Fang Ru, and Zhang Yuer, and she was seen through at a glance.

Selfishly planning for the future of his children is not a sin, but human nature, so Zhao Junchen did not blame him, but nodded lightly and was noncommittal.

After Zhang Yuer's eyes fluctuated slightly, she smiled lightly: "In my opinion, the names 'Yinxu' and 'Mingzhe' are very good. ”

As she spoke, Zhang Yuer secretly looked at the change in Zhao Junchen's expression.

"Yin" is the meaning of descendants, and "Xu" is the meaning of the rising sun, and the combination of these two words means that the descendants of the Zhao family are stronger than the generation; As for the name "Mingzhe", it is easy to understand, it represents the meaning of wisdom, and it will be reminiscent of the four words "Mingzhe protects himself".

Although Zhang Yuer is Zhao Junchen's pillow person, and she also knows that Zhao Junchen secretly arranges many amazing plans, she has never known what Zhao Junchen's ultimate ambition is, and sometimes she will try it openly or secretly, but Zhao Junchen has always avoided talking about it.

At this time, Zhang Yuer took out these two names, obviously wanting to test Zhao Junchen's true thoughts.

Zhao Junchen is now about to become a supreme minister, if his descendants are stronger from generation to generation, wouldn't he be the emperor? If Zhao Junchen likes this name, it means that Zhao Junchen's ambition is far greater than his imagination, and he even has the idea of replacing the Zhu family! On the contrary, if Zhao Junchen prefers the word "Mingzhe", it means that all of Zhao Junchen's current practices are just for self-preservation.

Zhao Junchen naturally saw through Zhang Yuer's careful thinking, this time he frowned, ordered someone to take pen and ink, and then crossed out the word "Yinxu" on the list with his own hands, and said slowly: "When I was preparing these names, I only thought about the good meaning, but I forgot some taboos...... The name Zhao Yinxu sounds good, but it is easy to make people have unnecessary associations and suspicions, so don't put it on the list. ”

Zhao Junchen didn't say that he didn't like this name, but he was worried that this name would attract suspicion, so Zhang Yuer still couldn't guess his true thoughts, and couldn't help but be disappointed.

Zhao Junchen didn't pay attention to Zhang Yu'er's reaction, but just smiled and asked Fang Ru: "Ru'er, you are the child's mother, Qianxue and Yu'er are just providing advice, and in the end, you have to make up your mind...... Which name do you prefer? ”

Fang Ru's identity is a side room, but she has the mentality of the main room, and at this time, she didn't pay attention to Cui Qianxue and Zhang Yuer's careful thoughts, just looked at the list in detail and thought about it seriously.

After a long time, Fang Ru stroked his increasingly bulging abdomen, looked up at Zhao Junchen and smiled: "The names that the master thinks are all very good, but I like the names 'Linze' and 'Yuxuan' the most, but I can't decide which one is better for a while." ”

"Lin" is the meaning of nectar, "Ze" is the meaning of grace, together is the meaning of grace everywhere in life; "Yu" is the meaning of treasure, "Xuan" is the meaning of exaltation, and the two words together can be described as full of luxury.

The two names chosen by Fang Ru have been taken into account everywhere, not only containing good expectations, but also not letting all parties grasp the handle, and not letting Cui Qianxue and Zhang Yuer have too many ideas.

Zhao Junchen also liked these two names very much, and said with a smile: "If you like it, just set these two for the time being, there are still about two months before you give birth, just think about it slowly." ”

After speaking, Zhao Junchen glanced at the second half of the list again, hesitated slightly, but did not say anything more.

The first half of the list provided by Zhao Junchen is all male names, and the second half is all girls' names, but when Fang Ru, Cui Qianxue, and Zhang Yuer chose their names, they only stared at the first half and completely ignored the second half.

For such a situation, Zhao Junchen was a little helpless in his heart, but he also understood the thoughts of the three daughters, this is an era of patriarchy, Fang Ru naturally hopes that she can give birth to a son, Cui Qianxue and Zhang Yuer's two daughters do not dare to show that Fang Ru will give birth to a baby girl, for fear that it will cause Fang Ru's displeasure, so the three daughters turned a blind eye to the second half of Zhao Junchen's list and deliberately avoided it.

Zhao Junchen didn't have the idea of patriarchy, and even liked his daughter more, but he was worried that Fang Ru would be cranky, and he would not deliberately show his attitude, but secretly decided that if Fang Ru gave birth to a baby girl, he would choose the name himself.

"It's the Year of the Goat soon, Fang Ru's children must be sheep, sheep must eat grass to thrive, the name is best to contain grass and trees, I hope that my children will not only be healthy in the future, but also happy and carefree in their lives...... Well, the word 'Ruoyang' seems to be good, if there is a grass prefix, Yang is optimistic and brave, and together it is as healthy and happy as the sun......"

While thinking about it, Zhao Junchen's face also had a rare trace of warmth and expectation.

is accustomed to seeing Zhao Junchen's calculations and the city government, and then seeing Zhao Junchen's current performance, the three daughters all secretly remember this scene in their hearts.

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After discussing the future name of the child in Fang Ru's womb, Zhao Junchen and the third daughter chatted about some other things, and before they knew it, it was late at night.

Zhao Junchen rarely deliberately takes time out to concentrate on accompanying the three daughters, so Cui Qianxue, Fang Ru, and Zhang Yuer After the initial naming of the matter, they quickly restrained their careful thoughts, so as not to make Zhao Junchen feel disappointed, just chatting with each other about some anecdotes about the government and the opposition, Zhao Junchen also told a few jokes that the three daughters could understand in later generations, which made them all laugh and tremble, and the atmosphere could be described as harmonious and harmonious.

It's a pity that Zhao Junchen's physical condition has not completely improved, although he has the intention to stay up late with the three daughters to keep up the New Year, but as the night gets thicker, he soon shows fatigue.

Seeing that Zhao Junchen couldn't help but yawn again, Cui Qianxue persuaded: "Master, go back to the room to rest, don't accompany us to keep the New Year, tomorrow is Your Majesty's birthday, and there is a ceremony to sacrifice to the sky, I'm afraid that there will be no chance to rest all day, so it's better to take advantage of tonight to nourish your spirits." ”

Then, Fang Ru and Zhang Yuer's two daughters also expressed the same attitude, both worried that Zhao Junchen's body would not be able to bear it.

Zhao Junchen knew what was important, so he didn't insist, he had to get up and return to the room to rest first.

But at this time, Zhao Dali walked into the room quickly and reported in a low voice: "Pavilion Elder, news has just come from the palace. ”

Zhao Junchen couldn't help but froze his expression.

It's late at night now, and the palace gate has long been closed, so it's difficult for the eyeliner in the palace to deliver news to the outside of the palace at this time, if there is some news in the palace at this time, it must be an extremely important matter.

"What's the news?" Zhao Junchen asked in a deep voice.

Zhao Dali organized the language and said: "The news is very urgent, it was sent by Hui Concubine Zhao Ying'er, saying that His Majesty was in high spirits tonight, drank a few more glasses of wine, and seemed to be drunk, and then for some reason he reprimanded Hui Concubine, and also forcibly sent a palace maid beside Zhao Ying'er!" ”

Hearing Zhao Dali's answer, Zhao Junchen was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of his mouth gradually flashed a smile, and the sleepiness just now was suddenly reduced by half.

"Zhang Zhaodi's chess piece has finally played a role......"

Between muttering to himself, Zhao Junchen's eyes fluctuated slightly.

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Time rewinds to an hour ago.

In the Forbidden City, just like the information received by Zhao Junchen, Emperor Deqing was indeed very interested.

After all, tomorrow is his birthday, and it is the most beautiful birthday of his life!

The recovery of the homeland in the Hetao area, the Jianzhou Jurchens took the initiative to surrender with Monan, Mongolia and Korea, and the envoys from various countries came to the DPRK one after another, all of which were destined to be a good day to record in the annals of history.

Emperor Deqing's heart couldn't help but be full of excitement and anticipation, and he drank a few more glasses of wine during the palace banquet, which was inevitably a little drunk and a little carried away.

After the palace banquet on Chinese New Year's Eve ended, Emperor Deqing's eyes stayed on the palace maid Zhang Zhaodi behind Hui Concubine Zhao Yinger for a moment.

He has been eyeing Zhang Zhaodi for a long time.

Zhang Zhaodi's personality is weak and low-key, but she has a naturally good figure, even wearing a heavy winter palace dress can not hide her ups and downs, with a thin waist and fat hips, fair complexion, and a pure face, which will always make Emperor Deqing have an impulse in his heart that combines the desire to protect and conquer.

Therefore, taking advantage of the drunkenness and pride, Emperor Deqing said that he would stay in the palace of Concubine Zhao Ying'er tonight.

It stands to reason that on the eve of the New Year and Chinese New Year's Eve, Emperor Deqing should go to the empress to spend the night, and no matter how bad it is, he should go to the crown prince Zhu and Yu's biological mother Xiao Guifei to spend the night, but the empress has long been old and decrepit, and only knows how to eat fasting and chanting Buddha is not interesting, and Xiao Guifei is having trouble with the Deqing Emperor because the prince Zhu and Yu are about to be deposed, and the Deqing Emperor naturally resists in his heart, and he does not hide his thoughts at this time.

Emperor Deqing is the supreme son of heaven, when he took advantage of the strength of the wine to go his own way, although he violated the rules, no one dared to touch the mold and express his opposition.

On the other hand, Hui Concubine Zhao Yinger was very proud, Emperor Deqing did not choose the most noble empress on Chinese New Year's Eve, nor did he choose Xiao Guifei, who was the strongest in the harem, or even the most favored concubine Zhang Jiamin, but chose to spend the night with himself, which is simply the supreme glory for the concubines in the palace!

However, when Zhao Yinger triumphantly welcomed Emperor Deqing to her palace, the next development of events made her face dark.

Because, since Emperor Deqing entered her palace, his attitude has been extremely perfunctory, but his eyes have always been staring closely at Zhang Zhaodi behind her, and Emperor Deqing, who has always been very deep in the city, took advantage of his drunkenness and even showed some urgency, and from time to time he would find an opportunity to move Zhang Zhaodi's small waist and small hands, and anyone could see his thoughts.

Zhao Yinger was originally small-minded and jealous, and originally thought that tonight was the most beautiful time in her life, how could she control her emotions under such a gap?

So, Zhao Yinger was about to drive Zhang Zhaodi away on the spot, her attitude was quite rude, and she also screwed Zhang Zhaodi fiercely during the period.

Seeing such a situation, Emperor Deqing, who had been patient with Zhao Ying'er for a long time, suddenly broke out!

"I am the Emperor! The whole world is mine! I get what I want! In front of me, Zhao Junchen is only worthy of kneeling and talking, you are just a little related to Zhao Junchen, and you are also worthy of interfering with who I want to favor? It's not been a day or two since I forbear you! Now, get out of here! I don't want to see you again tonight! Zhang Zhaodi stayed! ”

The emperor's anger immediately made Zhao Ying'er frightened, and completely extinguished her jealousy, and hurriedly hid out of the room in a panic.

The person who was driven away became Zhao Ying'er, and the person who stayed to serve Emperor Deqing became Zhang Zhaodi.

After Zhao Yinger was kicked out of the room, she did not dare to go far, so she stayed at the door of the room, resisting the cold wind of Chinese New Year's Eve, hoping that she could wait for Emperor Deqing's change of heart.

But Emperor Deqing didn't care about her situation at all, but the old man chatted about the boyishness, and tossed a lot of movement in her bedroom, so that Zhao Ying'er stood outside the door and listened to the Huochun Palace for a whole quarter of an hour against the cold wind at night.

Zhao Ying'er was shocked, frightened and hated, until the movement in the Huochun Palace in the room was over and after hearing that Emperor Deqing had slept, she remembered that she was still Zhao Junchen's cousin, and at this time she should ask Zhao Junchen for help and let Zhao Junchen make decisions for herself.

So, there was a scene where Zhao Junchen received news from the palace late at night.

It's just that Zhao Yinger didn't know that after Zhao Junchen received the news, not only did he not worry about her and find a way to maintain her holy favor, but he looked forward to Zhang Zhaodi going further in the future.

As for Zhao Yinger herself, in Zhao Junchen's eyes, there is no more use value. Like Emperor Deqing, Zhao Junchen's mind was also transferred to Zhang Zhaodi.

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Sorry, after deleting the sensitive content of the first two chapters, the bugs have gotten into the horns of the bull these days and can't get around.

There is a lot of foreshadowing in this book, which has always been interlocking, and the deletion of certain plots will inevitably affect the outline of the whole book.

The sensitive plot deleted in the first two chapters has actually been foreshadowed a long time ago - do you remember that the Seventh Prince Zhu Hejian once ordered Dongchang to buy Wen Caining's apprentice? Yes, from the very beginning, the worm wanted Zhao Junchen to plant a big heel and force him to take a risk, and the plot of this book will continue to accelerate in thrills until the book is completed.

After everyone's advice, Bug realized that there were some plots that really shouldn't have happened, so he deleted the sensitive content - but this also meant that the subsequent plot of "Regent" had to be pushed and reconstructed in its entirety.

These days, Bug has conceived many new plots, but some of them are not logically smooth, and some of them are less exciting than they were originally conceived, making Bugs hesitate.

It wasn't until today that the bug finally conceived a follow-up plot that would satisfy him.

So, resume the update! This is the first update, and there is another one tonight!

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