During this time, the imperial court has been paying attention to the war in the northwest, and any wind and grass in the northwest will make Zhu Youzhi think about tea and dinner. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Originally, Emperor Hongzhi had just recovered from a serious illness, his body was weak, and he rested for more than six hours a day, and he had little energy to check the recital, and basically asked the master of ceremonies to directly submit the recital Zhu Pi after the cabinet vote was drafted, and only the instinct that rarely involved local natural and man-made disasters was presented to him.

Zhu Youzhi ate and lived in the Qianqing Palace, but this day was the day of Empress Zhang's delivery, since his wife's amniotic water broke at noon, he stayed in the main hall of Kunning Palace, eager to know if he could add a son.

"The ancestors and the ancestors bless, you must be a prince, so that my Ming foundation can be stable, even if I am under the nine springs, I will have the face to see the ancestors and the ancestors!"

The biggest regret of Zhu Youzhi's life is not that he has not made achievements in governing the country, whether it is the court or the common people, he has a lot of praise for the governance of Emperor Hongzhi, and even he feels that he is the holy lord of the Ming monarch, and the biggest regret in his life is that there is only one son like Zhu Houzhao, which makes the future succession of the throne variable.

Originally, Zhu Youzhu could have more concubines, but perhaps he and Empress Zhang were a husband and wife in distress, coupled with mutual respect, Empress Zhang was extremely strong in the harem, and the husband and wife gradually reached a tacit understanding, even if Zhu Youzhu had other women, but they were not given a name, and in the end there was only one wife for Empress Zhang.

After the second prince and the eldest princess died of illness one after another, Zhu Youzhi's health was not as good as before, and after many years, Empress Zhang was finally pregnant again, and Zhu Youzhi had high expectations for this.

"Your Majesty, rest more, the queen's side...... It's not a big deal! ”

Xiao Jing, as the eunuch in charge of the seal, was the most trusted person around Zhu Youji, and at this time, he saw that Zhu Youzhu was anxious, and he sympathized with the emperor in his heart, so he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

Zhu Youzhu waved his hand: "It's been almost two hours, and there is no news yet, which really makes me suffer...... Father-in-law Xiao, go and ask, what's going on? ”

When a woman gives birth, her husband can't be with her, whether it's the royal family or ordinary people, it's this rule, even if Zhu Youzhu is worried, he can't go in and disturb his wife's birth. Listening to the absence of any news from the side room, Zhu Youzhu couldn't sit still in the dormitory of Kunning Palace, his mental pressure increased, and his body couldn't help trembling slightly.

"Yes, Your Majesty...... Jiren has its own natural appearance, you don't have to worry too much! ”

After Xiao Jing finished speaking, he trotted out of Kunning Palace and went in the direction of the side room.

In the side room, many people gathered at this time, including midwives and palace maids who were busy delivering hot water, towels and various things used in childbirth, a busy scene.

Not long after Xiao Jing entered the outer hall, a female official soon came out to report the queen's situation in detail: "...... Father-in-law Xiao, the queen fainted at this moment! ”

"Huh?"

Xiao Jing was shocked, "Queen...... How can I faint? Fast...... Find a way! ”

"The imperial doctor has entered the house for diagnosis and treatment, the queen mother has a difficult birth, do you want to explain to Your Majesty?" The female official is an old palace maid in the palace, and she is familiar with some things about women's childbirth, and she wants to stop talking, and it seems that she wants to raise the thorny question of "keeping the big or the small".

Of course, the wisdom of the court struggle that has been formed over the years, the female official categorically did not dare to say so, because the emperor would not make such a dilemma...... Giving the emperor a problem is purely asking for trouble.

Xiao Jing said angrily: "What are you waiting for, go in and serve the queen, no matter what, the queen and the fetus in the womb must not have problems, otherwise no one in the Kunning Palace will survive!" ”

The female palace was so frightened that she quickly retreated.

Xiao Jing entered the bedroom and took a look, the old lady doctor was diagnosing Empress Zhang's pulse through a thick gauze tent, and seeing the princess doctor's sweaty appearance, he knew that Empress Zhang's condition was not very good. Xiao Jing didn't dare to go back to the main hall, he was afraid that if he returned like this, Zhu Youzhi would be in a hurry, after all, Zhu Youji's situation was not much better, so he could only wait bitterly.

After waiting for a stick of incense, Empress Zhang woke up quietly, although the child had not yet been born, Xiao Jing was a little relieved, as long as Empress Zhang was awake, then he could go back to tell him.

Back in the main hall, Xiao Jing said the general situation, and Zhu Youzhu slapped the table: "Useless thing, the queen is not the first child, didn't she say that she was born naturally?" How so? cough cough cough cough ......"

Under Long Yan's anger, Zhu Youzhu coughed violently, and Xiao Jing hurriedly went over to help Zhu Youzhi straighten out his breath.

Zhu Youzhu remembered in his heart, and unconsciously remembered his mother, and he whimpered alone.

As the Son of Heaven, he actually cried because he was worried about the safety of his wife and children, which made Xiao Jing feel very nostalgic. In Xiao Jing's eyes, the emperor is like his child, and Zhu Youzhi gradually changed from a mediocre and incompetent prince to a prince who took charge of himself under his witness, and worked hard to get to this day after inheriting the throne.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to worry, the queen mother and the little prince in her belly will definitely be safe!" Xiao Jing comforted.

"It must be that I have too many requirements for God, even God thinks that I am insatiable, now that the queen can have a dragon seed and give birth to children, I don't want to be a prince!"

After Zhu Youzhu cried, his mood finally calmed down, although he said that he had no extravagance for having children, he still looked forward to being a son in his heart.

When he said this, he was actually just praying for mercy from God.

Not long after Zhu Youzhu finished speaking, suddenly a female official ran in quickly, and without even informing, Zhu Youji's heart immediately hung up, ignoring the rudeness of questioning the female official, and asked: "How are the queen and my emperor?" ”

"Your Majesty, the Empress has ...... Successfully gave birth to ......"

The female officer said half of it, and didn't dare to say any more.

Xiao Jing "chuckled" in his heart, the female official didn't dare to make a mistake, since he said "smooth", it should be the mother and son or the mother and daughter are safe, but seeing the female official's hesitant appearance, he knew that it was not the prince who gave birth.

Zhu Youzhu coughed twice more and said, "Make it clear!" ”

"Back to Your Majesty, the queen gave birth to ...... Princess! The female officer finally told the truth.

Zhu Youzhu sat there paralyzed, not even having the strength to straighten his waist, as if his body had been hollowed out, and he had no energy.

Zhu Youji's excited emotions had calmed down, but at this time, he couldn't help crying bitterly: "Why does God treat me so kindly, is it because I haven't worshiped heaven and earth all these years, or has I not appeased the people?" I just hope that there will be one more prince who can stabilize the Ming Dynasty, is this wrong? ”

"Your Majesty, please take care of the dragon body!"

Xiao Jing was struggling to persuade beside him, but he himself burst into tears.

Zhu Youzhu wiped the tears on his face casually, and said: "Father-in-law Xiao, help me go to the side room to see the queen, the queen gave birth to a princess for me, all this is not her fault!" ”

When Zhu Youzhu got down from the soft couch, he suddenly remembered something, and said, "Send someone to inform the prince and let the prince come over, I miss him a little." ”

Some time ago, because Zhu Houzhao did not listen to discipline and did a lot of things that made Zhu Youzhi unhappy, Zhu Youji's attitude towards his son was extremely cold.

Especially when the queen is about to give birth, Zhu Youzhu puts all his expectations on his pregnant wife, and now knows that Queen Zhang gave birth to a princess, with his current physical condition, he doesn't know how long he will have to wait to have another child, so he can only pin all his hopes on his eldest son Zhu Houzhao.

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At this moment, Zhu Houzhao was extremely unhappy, because he knew that his mother was about to give birth, but he couldn't know for the first time that he had an extra brother or a sister.

On the way to Kunning Palace, Zhu Houzhao muttered in a low voice: "...... If it's a princess, it's okay, hehe, the little girl's house is very fun, I can bully her, let her call me brother, have something delicious for her to eat, and find her a colt when she grows up...... But it seems that it will take a long time, maybe you will die halfway? ”

"If it's a prince, it's not fun, what if he robs me of the crown prince in the future? My father has always said that I am not angry, and if my father deposes me as the crown prince and makes this prince the crown prince, I will ...... Yes, I'll go to Mr. Shen and my uncle, and ask them to help me rebel and have a Xuanwumen change! Hum! See how dare you rob me of the throne! ”

After thinking about it again, "No, the Xuanwumen change is that the second brother robbed the eldest brother of the throne, in case he also has a group of people to support him in the future, and he will kill me if he makes a Xuanwumen change, what should he do if he becomes the emperor himself?" The eldest and second uncles are also his uncles, and the two uncles are not very good to me on weekdays, what if they think it is more appropriate to make this little cub emperor? No, no, I have to take precautions as soon as possible! ”

Zhu Houzhao is no longer a childish who is ignorant of the world, now he has a sense of crisis, from the very beginning he regarded his possible younger brother as an imaginary enemy, and even used Shen Xi to teach him some simple probability calculations, and came to the conclusion that "the prince in the womb of the queen mother must not live to adulthood", of course, the logic of his calculation is basically wrong.

Zhang Yuan and others accompanied Zhu Houzhao to the outside of Kunning Palace, Zhu Houzhao looked into the main hall, there were only palace maids inside, not even a eunuch, let alone his father and mother.

"What about people?"

Zhu Houzhao had doubts in his heart.

"Your Royal Highness the Prince, you're here!"

Xiao Jing was ordered to come out to greet the prince, and when he saw Zhu Houzhao, who was alive and well, he was very relieved, after all, the prince was healthy, as long as the prince was safe and sound, in his opinion, it was the blessing of the Ming Dynasty, and the orthodox heir to the throne was alive, so it would not involve the issue of the inheritance of the imperial heir.

Now that the prince has slowly grown up, he will be able to take a concubine and have a child in a few years, as long as the prince has a son, the inheritance of the royal heir in this vein will be completely stable.

Zhu Houzhao asked impatiently: "Father-in-law Xiao, what about the father and the mother's descendants?" ”

"Your Highness, Your Majesty and the Empress are in the side room, you come with the old slave!" Xiao Jing stepped forward to take Zhu Houzhao's hand and go to the side room together.

Zhu Houzhao pushed Xiao Jing's hand away and asked loudly: "Now that this palace asks you, I am one more ...... Sister, or brother? ”

"Huh?"

Xiao Jing realized that the prince did not know whether the fetus born by the queen was a man or a woman, and with a sad face, he replied: "Back to the prince, it is a princess!" ”

"Princess, is that my sister? Hey! ”

Zhu Houzhao was originally very worried, but after hearing the news, the big stone in his heart finally fell, and he couldn't help laughing out loud when his true feelings were revealed, this smile made Xiao Jing a little incomprehensible.

Xiao Jing asked in surprise, "Prince, ...... you?"

Zhu Houzhao cleared his throat and said with a big grin: "It's nothing, I heard that there is an extra sister in this palace, and I am happy, my father and mother should want a prince more, right?" But it's a princess, and it's excellent. (To be continued.) )