Empress Zhang gave birth to the princess, and Zhu Youzhu and his wife were sad, but Zhu Houzhao smiled, because the tragedy of the brothers who Shen Xi told him would finally not happen, which also confirmed the judgment of the second son of the old lady that the bear child had made before would not live to adulthood, and he was complacent for a while. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After Zhu Houzhao was happy, he suddenly realized a problem, and now the crisis has been temporarily lifted, but who knows if the father and mother will have sons in the future?

"Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince, you ...... Come in quickly, Your Majesty and Empress are waiting for you. ”

Xiao Jing didn't understand why Zhu Houzhao was so happy, thinking that maybe the prince was wide-hearted and fat, and he was already very happy to have a younger sister, although the younger brother was better, he didn't force it.

Zhu Houzhao happily went in to see his father and mother, but this time he was shrewd and did not show the joy in his heart. What the bear child thought to himself was: "Both the father and the queen mother want a son, and if I am happy, they must think that I am gloating, so I try to be as plain as possible and pretend to be sympathetic...... Hey, why does it sound similar to the 'hidden' heroes in Mr. Shen's martial arts novels? ”

A family of three has become a family of four, and the family atmosphere is different from the past.

It's not that Zhu Houzhao hasn't seen a baby before, this is already his second sister, but the last sister died early, when he was only seven or eight years old, he was not impressed, but he knew Shen Xi not long after his sister died, and he was already very familiar with Shen Xi at this time, and four or five years passed in a blink of an eye.

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In the Kunning Palace in the Forbidden City, the queen gave birth to a princess, and the first time Zhu Youzhu saw his wife and daughter, he sent someone to spread the news.

At this time when martial law was imposed in Beijing and everyone was in danger, Zhu Youzhi was ready to use the royal celebration to turn it into a celebration of the Ming court and the people, although Zhu Youzhu himself was actually full of disappointment, and there was not much joy at all.

The relatives of the Zhang brothers learned the news of the queen's birth early that day, they were not summoned to the palace, and could only stay in the Shouning Marquis Mansion to wait for the news, but the sun set in the west mountain, there was no news in the palace, and the two brothers were a little anxious.

Zhang Yanling said: "Brother, you said that my sister gave birth this time, there won't be any accidents, right?" The first few births were all more than an hour before the news came out, but this time, ...... It's been more than two hours! Could it be that my brother-in-law has forgotten us? ”

"Don't worry."

Zhang Heling was quite calm and comforted, "The queen did not give birth to the first child, but now it is the fourth child, and it has already encountered dystocia, and the previous fetuses were very smooth." It is estimated that there is something in the palace at this time, and it is too late to pass the news out. ”

Zhang Yanling looked forward to it: "Big brother, did you say that this time my sister gave birth to the prince, Your Majesty was happy, and first went to the celebrant and the people from the Ministry of Rites to discuss the matter of giving the prince a name, but we were forgotten?" ”

Zhang Heling didn't bother to answer.

The palace is the most mysterious place, and there is no rule that the queen's birth must be notified to the uncle's family as soon as possible, not to mention that Jingshi is still under martial law at this time.

The sky gradually darkened, and finally, the eunuch sent by the palace to deliver the message informed the Shouning Marquis Mansion of Empress Zhang's birth of the princess.

The faces of the Zhang brothers sank.

Although the mother and daughter are safe, the difference between a daughter and a son is too great, and it may even be related to the rise and fall of the Zhang family.

History proves that it was precisely because Empress Zhang failed to give birth to a second son who could live to adulthood that Emperor Jiajing turned over and ascended to the throne, which was also doomed to the tragedy of the Zhang family.

Zhang Heling sat down with a black breath on his face, while Zhang Yanling slapped the table, looking extremely annoyed: "Why did my sister give birth to a daughter again?" Can't you fight for some anger and leave another dragon heir for Your Majesty? ”

Zhang Heling shouted: "Bastard! Is this kind of thing human decided? ”

"That's the injustice of God! My Zhang family is loyal to the imperial court, but my brother-in-law himself is incompetent, and the seeds sown are not good...... There are also various rumors outside that the prince is not his sister's biological ......"

Speaking of this, Zhang Yanling paused, because he knew that these were taboos, even his own family members couldn't talk about it casually, and instead found a target to attack, "Then blame the kid surnamed Shen, he presided over the blessing ceremony for the queen's birthday, it seems that this kid didn't want to let my Zhang family live in peace, maybe what the hell was behind my back, so that my sister first suffered a difficult birth, and then gave birth to a baby girl!" ”

Zhang Heling reprimanded: "This kind of thing, just talk about it in the house, and then talk about it after you go out, aren't you afraid of being laughed at?" How can such a thing as a blessing be done? ”

"Not sure? Then why does the brother-in-law have to arrange for someone to pray for blessings? Whether we believe it or not, at least my brother-in-law believes it, isn't there a monk and a Taoist priest in the palace? Can't they make a way to turn the daughter in my sister's womb into a son? ”

Zhang Yanling seemed to have been poked in the sore spot, and he had to blame others for giving birth to the princess instead of the prince.

Zhang Heling stood up: "Don't say anything like this, let people prepare congratulatory gifts and send them to the palace...... Your Majesty always needs an explanation, I think we will not be able to enter the palace to see the queen again in a short time. ”

"These days the capital is under martial law, the city gates must be strictly guarded, I heard that there are officials in the gate to guard the city gate is not strict, let people pass through the city gate at night to barter privately, this matter must be thoroughly investigated!"

Zhang Yanling's face became a little ugly, and he didn't dare to mention this matter to his brother that he was behind the scenes.

Zhang Yanling thought to himself: "The silver I earned this time is not dedicated to Your Majesty, nor is it shared with my brother, but all of it is kept for myself and hidden for emergencies!" ”

He knew that at this time, the imperial court was using troops in the northwest, and the treasury was empty, once Zhang Heling knew about it, Zhang Heling would let himself stop this secret transaction to ensure the safety of the Jingshi, and at the same time let him take out most of the goods and hand them over to the treasury to relieve the urgent need of the Son of Heaven.

This is not a scene that Zhang Yanling wants to see, so he greedily used all the money and didn't even tell his brother.

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Twilight is heavy.

Wenyuan Pavilion in the southeast of the palace, Xie Qian just came in from the palace gate, he did not work in the palace during the day, but went to the cabinet at night to be on duty.

Xie Qian found that the atmosphere in the palace was very different from usual on the way into the palace, and it seemed that people were in a hurry.

"Why didn't I know about such a big thing?" Xie Qian suddenly found that he had been so busy in the past few days that he had even forgotten about the queen's delivery.

However, Xie Qian did not go to the inner garden of the palace to inquire about the situation, and walked quickly to Wenyuan Pavilion. What Xie Qian thought was that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were both in Wenyuan Pavilion that day, and the two of them had been staying in the palace, so they must have gotten more news than him, and they would know if they went to Wenyuan Pavilion to ask Li Dongyang and Liu Jian.

Xie Qianxin said: "This time the queen must be born as a prince, so that the foundation of the Ming Dynasty can be stable!" ”

But all the courtiers who have a sense of responsibility for the Ming Dynasty hope that the emperor will have more heirs, and the more princes the better, as for the number of princesses, it is completely icing on the cake.

The Ming Dynasty has strict etiquette, and there will never be a situation of a female crown prince, even if she is a princess, she will have to marry and have children in the future.

When Xie Qian walked into the inner courtyard of Wenyuan Pavilion, he found that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang were sitting in the duty room talking, looking at their depressed expressions, he knew that the queen's birth was not a happy event, so there were only two possibilities, either the queen had a difficult birth, or the queen gave birth to a princess.

As soon as he asked, he knew that these two things had been encountered, and at this time the princess had been born, and the emperor was accompanying the queen in Kunning Palace, and the crown prince had also passed.

"Yu Qiao, it looks like you're going to be busy for a while tonight."

Li Dongyang said to Xie Qian, "After that, the celebrant and the people from the Zongren Mansion may come over, and you can deal with it when the time comes!" There are also some tickets for the book, so I have to bother you......"

Xie Qian looked at the stacked notebooks on the table, it seemed that the height was much higher than when he left in the morning, which made him quite helpless, although a large number of notebooks would be sent to the cabinet during the day, but Liu Jian and Li Dongyang's processing speed was not even comparable to the speed of the accumulation of notebooks, indicating that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang "pitted" him and wanted him to stay up late at night and work overtime.

Xie Qian shook his head and said, "Everything has its own rules, and each department is responsible for its own responsibilities, how can there be an errand to the cabinet?" Are you going home? ”

Liu Jian didn't reply, Li Dongyang said: "It's not early, I've waited for a day of news, the queen's dystocia has depressed the atmosphere in the palace, I have no intention of going to business with Young Master Liu, Yu Qiao is more bothered, I'll take over tomorrow morning!" ”

Xie Qian was even more angry.

The queen has a difficult birth, what does it have to do with you, as for worrying that you won't approve the legato book and wait for me to come? It's clearly an excuse to be lazy!

The queen gave birth to a son, and it was not you who gave birth to a son, what cares about the country and society, it is simply empty talk!

But Xie Qian couldn't keep it, firstly, his status in the cabinet was lower than that of Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, he was the last of the three cabinet ministers, and it was normal for him to be assigned official duties by his boss, and he knew that Liu Jian and Li Dongyang had a lot of things in recent years, one was old and weak, the other was old and had psychological problems with cutting off children and grandchildren, plus the stubborn disease of hemorrhoids and couldn't sit for a long time, Xie Qian didn't have the heart to worry about them.

Seeing off Liu Jian and Li Dongyang, Xie Qian sat down, picked up the notebook on the table and read it, but he was not in the mood to write a ticket at all.

"All the scripts are clichés, and there are all kinds of things involved, if Shen Xi'er is here, it will be easy for him to review it!"

Xie Qian misses Shen Xi very much at this time, with Shen Xi here, not only does he not need to use his brain, he doesn't even need to move his hands, he directly has a ticket made in his handwriting, and he can even submit it directly to the celebrant without reviewing, and it can be heard by the heavens.

As night fell, Xiao Jing, the eunuch who was in charge of the celebrant seal, came to the cabinet. Xiao Jing saw Xie Qian's sad face, thinking that he was worried about the queen's birth of a princess, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "Xie Gebu!" ”

"Father-in-law Xiao, you are ......"

Xie Qian was a little surprised to see Xiao Jing, the emperor had added a daughter, what would bother the cabinet? After the birth of the princess, the number of ceremonies about genealogy and sacrifice is mainly responsible for the celebrant and the Zongren Office, and Honglu Temple and Taichang Temple will also assist from the side, what does the cabinet need to do?

Xiao Jing said: "Xie Gebu, this is what Your Majesty meant, saying that he wanted to invite ...... Gentlemen, give the princess a name! (To be continued.) )