On the second day after returning to Kaifeng Mansion, Wu Haogu slept a lot and didn't get up from bed until nearly noon.

After washing up, Wu Haogu went directly to the hall where the family had dinner. Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing have already arrived, but Yan Po'er is not there, it seems that they are going to Yihong Courtyard in Kaifeng Mansion. If she wants to sell this kiln, she will have to work hard for a while.

His good apprentice Du Wenyu was also not there, and he went to his mansion early in the morning to report to his grandfather Du Yongde - to Wu Hao Gu as an outer room, and to have his own mansion in Jiehe Shang City, it looks good, at least he doesn't have to suffer from Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing's anger.

Wu Haogu did not let the two pregnant women get up, but walked between them and sat down among them.

"When will the eldest sister give birth?"

Ximen Qing was stroking his belly, and the fetus inside was "naughty" again, and when he heard Wu Haogu's question, he smiled and said: "It should be born after the year, it is said that it is conceived in October, in fact, it is nine months, my body is strong, and I have been active since I conceived the child, and the fetus should be able to stay until term, and it will not be too difficult to give birth." ”

Although she doesn't know how to deliver babies, she is a gynecology master in the end, and she is no stranger to pregnancy and childbirth. So under her arrangement, she and Pan Qiaolian have had a certain amount of exercise these days, and their diet is relatively reasonable, and the two women are not too fat to talk.

The date of childbirth can naturally be calculated, and Ximen Qing himself is from the middle of January to the end of the month after the year. Pan Qiaolian will be later, in April or May next year.

Judging from the current situation, the fetuses of the two pregnant women are relatively healthy, Ximenqing's fetal position is also relatively positive, and Pan Qiaolian's fetal position is not yet known - now the fetal position can only be checked by the midwife's hand, Pan Qiaolian is only more than three months pregnant, and she can't touch it at all.

In addition, a team of midwives is already in place. It was Ximen Qing who wrote a letter from Xuzhou to summon them, all of them were women in their thirties, and they were about ten years old when they were midwives. Experienced, but not to the point of being conservative.

Ximen Qing passed on the forceps and the "Han's disinfection method" to them, and also let them try the forceps and disinfection method when they delivered the pregnant women of Jiangmen customers outside the city of Kaifeng Prefecture. The effect seems to be good, and it is said that it also saved the life of a pregnant woman with difficult childbirth.

Wu Haogu counted the days and said with a smile: "Then I will wait for the eldest sister to give birth and then go to Jiehe Commercial Market, and find an excuse to go back to Kaifeng Mansion after making arrangements...... In this way, I will be able to catch up with the eighteenth sister to have a child. ”

Pan Qiaolian nodded and smiled softly: "Well, Da Lang is outside the door, and the slave is at ease." ”

"Slaves too." Ximen Qing is just echoing Pan Qiaolian, she is not so attached to her husband. If a man wants to make a contribution, he doesn't have to guard his wife all the time.

Wu Haogu nodded, and just as he wanted to continue speaking, he heard Luo Han and maid shouting outside the door to report: "Master, the tall officials of Duanwangfu are here." ”

Gao Yu is here!

Wu Haogu smiled: "Haha, it's better to come early than to come by chance, I really plan to go to him in the afternoon to do business." ”

"Buying and selling?" Pan Qiaolian blinked, "What do you have to do again?" ”

"Big deal!" Wu Haogu smiled, "And it's a Sven deal." ”

With that, he stood up and strode out the door. Although Gao Yu's official son is not as good as Wu Hao, the master of the family is Zhao Ji, and he will be an official in the future! However, Gao Yu did not wait outside the gate in a daze, but went straight into the Pear Blossom Courtyard.

Therefore, when Wu Hao Gu arrived at the moon gate between the inner and outer houses, he saw Gao Yu standing outside with a smile, and when he saw him, he sang a fat song.

"Da Lang, you've been gone for a long time, why haven't you come back now? Aren't you afraid that the beauties of Kaifeng Mansion will be anxious? ”

Wu Haogu is a righteous gentleman, but in the eyes of outsiders, he must have used the unspoken rules to hold hands with the Oiran ladies of Kaifeng Mansion.

Wu Haogu also arched his hand and said with a smile: "Brother Gao, don't make fun of the younger brother, the younger brother is a person of rules." ”

"I know, I know, come one by one according to the rules!"

That still doesn't sound right!

Wu Haogu shook his head, "Brother Gao, you came just in time, the family has just started to eat, how about you come and taste the food in the Pear Flower Courtyard?" ”

"Hehe, this is great, the Pear Blossom Courtyard is Pan Lou's craft! I wonder if there is a family to accompany you? And that two-pot head wine can't be missing. ”

"There is really no housework, Yan Po'er has just returned to the city." Wu Haogu took Gao Yu to a side hall and said with a wry smile, "But there is a second pot of wine, but you can't drink it freely, lest you get drunk and can't talk about business." ”

"If Yan Po'er is gone, there is no one else?" Gao Yu smiled, "It's not going to be all sent out on the errand to Cheongju, right?"

By the way, what kind of business are you going to tell me? ”

"I'll talk about it when I get inside, and I'll talk as I drink."

The two of them quickly entered the side hall, which was the side hall of the outer house, not the inner hall where Wu Haogu, Pan Qiaolian, and Ximen Qing had dinner just now.

Now it is the Song Dynasty, and the family members of the eunuchs and nobles cannot meet outsiders casually, let alone accompany outsiders to drink and eat together - this work is done by "Ji" and "housekeepers", not wives and concubines. Even if it is a close friend like Gao Yu and the martial family, at most, he will let Pan Qiaolian and Ximen Qing come out to say hello.

But now that both women are pregnant and have difficulty moving, there is naturally no need to be polite.

"Dalang, let's talk about something serious." After taking a seat in the side hall, Gao Yu didn't wait for tea, so he chatted with Wu Haogu first.

"It's a picture album thing." Wu Haogu said, "I want to draw a photo for the Jinshi of Chunfu Dabi High School, and then print it into a picture album." It is also good that the whole world is fortunate to see the face of my great Song Xinke Jinshi. ”

"That's a good thing." Gao Yu nodded. "Is there anything you want me to help with?"

Wu Haogu said with a smile: "I don't want to bring this matter up, I have to ask King Duan to give a recital." ”

Wu Hao Gu Guan is small, and it is impossible to attract attention if he puts it forward, so he may put it on hold. Zhao Ji is a prince and a popular candidate for the future official family, and no one dares to take it seriously if he wants to play.

"Okay," Gao Yu said with a smile, "You ask King Duan, how can King Duan not help?" ”

"I have to ask King Duan to take over the errand of painting and printing albums." Wu Haogu smiled, "In this way, the Oiran Bank can make this big deal." ”

The errand of letting Zhao Ji take over the painting and printing album was also decided by Wu Haogu after some consideration, because Zhao Ji was about to be enthroned as emperor in the spring of the third year of Yuanfu.

At that time, the album of "Wenqu Xing" will be equivalent to the business created by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty himself, and it will be easy to turn into a newspaper in the future.

Gao Yu smiled: "No, go and talk to King Duan by yourself tonight, King Duan will not agree." ”

"Tonight?" Wu Haogu was stunned, "King Duan invited me to the palace?" ”

"Go to the Fang Building."

"Pick up Fanglou? That's a green building! Wu Haogu's brows furrowed.

"Qinglou just asked you to go." Gao Yu grinned, "You know the Oiran of the Fang Building, right?" ”

"No, no, no." Wu Haogu shook his head again and again, "His Royal Highness King Duan shouldn't go to Qinglou, at least not now." ”

"What's wrong?"

"He's a prince." Wu Haogu said.

"Why can't the prince go?" Gao Yu still looked ignorant.

Wu Haogu frowned and said, "The official family's health is not good!" In case ......"

"In case ......" Gao Yu's face changed, and he lowered his voice and said, "You mean the official family, he will be ...... soon"

Zhao Xu's illness has not been crooked for a day or two, and everyone is quite optimistic about Zhao Ji's succession. But since Zhao Ji's wife became pregnant, everyone was a little unsure. Maybe Zhao Ji is a "father of the emperor"?

Of course, for Gao Yu, it is also good to tie up "the emperor and his father". If Zhao Ji can become the emperor, then he will soar!

Wu Haogu waved his hand and said in a low voice: "Don't say, don't say." But as long as this possibility still exists, as long as there is the Empress Dowager Xiang...... Therefore, King Duan should be serious these days, and he can't regard himself as the future imperial father. ”

If Zhao Ji is definitely the future of the "imperial father", then needless to say, it is good to sleep in the Qinglou every day! But if he is likely to be the emperor, then he has to be a little more serious, so as not to be hated by the "powerful" rulers and block the way to heaven.

However, Wu Haogu now wants to persuade King Duan, not because he is afraid that he will not be able to be the emperor, but because he is afraid that Zhang Dian will be hot-headed and block Zhao Ji's way. Wu Haogu now knows that the issue of Zhao Ji's accession to the throne is arbitrarily decided by the Empress Dowager, and there is no way for Quan Xiangzhang to confront it.

Because this power of Zhang Dian is an illusion at all!

It's not the time for him to just wear his soul, he has been a long-term leader in the Hanlin Painting Academy, and he often enters the palace, so he naturally knows the power structure within the palace.

Unlike the situation in which the eunuchs of the Tang Dynasty controlled the court, the one who could really play a decisive role in the court of the Northern Song Dynasty at a critical moment was not the Nei Servant Province, but the Gate Division. And all the people in the door division are Kaifeng Jiangmen, and they are all pro-old party.

Once Zhao Xu died, between the ruling power of the new party and the queen mother of the old party, the general of the gate division would definitely support the queen mother. As long as they hold the palace gate, temporarily block the news, send someone to invite Zhao Ji into the palace first, and then inform Zai Zhi of the news of the emperor's death, then there is nothing to discuss about the succession to the throne, that is, Zhao Ji, who has already entered the palace, has a yellow robe.

Even if Zhao Ji's son has been born, as long as the Queen Mother is determined, Zhao Ji can still be made emperor. There is no room for resistance at all for the chamberlains who support Zhangdun to resist!

Because not only is the Gate Division the territory of the old party's generals, but even the Sanya Forbidden Army of Kaifeng Mansion is also under control. The armed forces that the Zhangdun brothers can influence are far away in Shaanxi, and they can't control the affairs of Kaifeng Mansion at all.

Therefore, Zhang Dan, the "minister of power", has no power at all - because he can't train soldiers - the real power is Zhao Xu, after Zhao Xu's death, he has the power to the Empress Dowager, and the power of the "Yiwen Yuwu" rulers is paper-paste in front of the sword handles of the Gatekeeper Division and the Sanya Forbidden Army.