Let's say that Emperor Chongzhen took Wang Chengen and other chamberlains to Kunning Palace, and Empress Zhou heard the news early and took the female officials and palace maids around her to hurriedly salute and greet her.

For the Empress Zhou, Emperor Chongzhen has some debts in his heart, since giving birth to the emperor's eldest son, the time he can stay in the harem is really limited, and even his own emperor's eldest son Zhu Cihong has not hugged him a few times.

Seeing that Empress Zhou led the middle chamberlain and the palace maid to greet her at the door of the Ming Hall in the main hall of Kunning Palace, Emperor Chongzhen hurriedly stepped forward to support her, and said:

"The queen is exempt! Excuse me! I came here an hour or two early today, just to talk to you and take a good look at my good son! ”

It is rare for Emperor Chongzhen to say such kind and homely words, and now he said it with a smile, and he was very happy to hear it in Empress Zhou's heart.

Now the queen Zhou, who is just in her early twenties, after giving birth to the emperor's eldest son Zhu Cihong, is much richer than before, with a dignified and beautiful face that is white and tender, with spring in her eyebrows and eyes, and a smile.

Whether it is in a past life or in this life, a young couple who got married at the age of seventeen, in the treacherous and turbulent and chaotic political situation of the Ming Dynasty after the death of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, they have supported each other to this day, and their feelings for each other are naturally unusual.

Although the emperor's speech and demeanor sometimes make Empress Zhou feel a little strange and unpredictable, and there are often some resentments and small emotions of loss in her heart, but the emperor pounces on the government every day, but she really can't bear to say anything.

Queen Zhou is not as tall as Concubine Lan, not as gorgeous as Concubine Tian, and not as sick and talented as Concubine Yuan, but when she was elected as the queen, she has the charm of being higher than the concubines and being able to mother the world.

For today's Emperor Chongzhen, if he compares it with the characters in the Dream of Red Mansions in later generations, Queen Zhou is like a dignified and atmospheric Xue Baochai among the concubines in the harem.

And Concubine Tian is like a combination of Shi Xiangyun and Qingwen, and Concubine Yuan is like Lin Daiyu, who has no quarrel with the world after removing her careful eyes, or more like Miaoyu.

As for Lanfei Hai Lanzhu, to him, it was like Qin Keqing who had learned to ride a horse and shoot arrows.

And Ulan Tuya, who was canonized as a concubine after giving birth to Princess Zhaoren, is like a hard-working and meticulous attacker.

Su Rina, who was promoted to an concubine after being pregnant, is like Qingwen in the dream of Red Mansions in later generations.

For these women in the Forbidden City, the current queen and concubines, Emperor Chongzhen has nothing to dislike.

And the reason why he rarely asks about the affairs of the harem, and rarely has a relationship with the queen and the concubines, is really because there are too many messy government and military affairs in the court, which need to rack his brains to calculate and deal with them.

This time, Emperor Chongzhen also forcibly suppressed the worries about the chaos in the northwest in his heart, put aside various affairs, and came to Kunning Palace, not wanting to ignore or neglect the queen's feelings after giving birth to a child because he was too busy.

Let's say that Emperor Chongzhen came to Kunning Palace, and when he saw the queen Zhou, who had added charm after giving birth, he temporarily put aside all kinds of troubles in the foreign court, and his mood was suddenly very good.

And Wang Chengen and other attendants of the Qianqing Palace who accompanied him saw that Emperor Chongzhen's face was clouded and foggy, and it was rare to show a heartfelt smile for several days, and several people were also relaxed.

Emperor Chongzhen took the empress's hand and came to the dormitory where the empress Zhou lived, and from a special crib, he carefully held the emperor's eldest son in his arms, humming a relaxing tune, blinking, and Nunu's mouth, making the prince who had just woken up from his sleep giggle.

"How good it is for the emperor to be like this! Hong'er likes the emperor to hug him, and every time he sees the emperor, he smiles happily! ”

As Empress Zhou said this, she was also smiling, thinking about how to hope that Emperor Chongzhen would be more concerned about this prince who was less than a month old.

"Where can things in this world be done, the emperor still has to cherish his body more!"

Listening to Empress Zhou's babbling about these common words, Emperor Chongzhen's heart also felt a rare warmth.

Every day on weekdays, it is definitely not a good feeling to fight with the enemy's foreign troubles, natural and man-made disasters, and even the daily life of fighting wits and courage with the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty.

"The queen cherishes me, of course I know it in my heart! I don't want to work all day, but I may be the life of this toil! In this world, there are always all kinds of things that must be done to find you and pester you, so that you can't be idle all day long, what can you do! ”

While saying this, Emperor Chongzhen couldn't help sighing, looked down at the baby in his arms who was less than three months old, was looking at himself with flickering eyes, and couldn't help laughing, and said to the queen:

"When this child grows up one day, maybe he will be able to solve my problems!"

Emperor Chongzhen's words made the queen sigh and be happy.

After the child was born, although Emperor Chongzhen was very happy and liked it very much, he never had anything to say about the child's future status.

It stands to reason that this child is not only the concubine born to the queen, but also the eldest son in the royal family, and there should be no doubt about the identity and status of the prince.

However, although Emperor Chongzhen was very happy, he did not say that he was the crown prince.

Although this is not explicitly stated in today's words, it is a step further than before.

Just this small progress made Queen Zhou very happy.

There was no entertainment in the palace at this time, especially Emperor Chongzhen, who was busy with various government and military affairs every day, and did not have much time to accompany the concubines to entertain in the palace.

finally got out of his body, and when he came to the palace of the concubines from the previous dynasty, he always talked and laughed when he remembered something, and suddenly sighed with a sad face.

Now a young man in his early twenties, he is as melancholy and deep as a young old man who has passed middle age all day long.

Fortunately today, when I came to Kunning Palace, with the existence of the emperor's eldest son, Emperor Chongzhen's smile was a lot more than usual, and he talked more, and he was no longer so melancholy and taciturn.

However, the good times didn't last long, and the couple were talking about whose children's eyebrows and eyes were more like their homely words, but they saw Wang Chengen, who was originally standing in the Ming Hall of Kunning Palace, suddenly bowed down to the door of the dormitory on the east side of Kunning Palace, and looked inside.

Seeing Wang Chengen's cautious but expressionless face, Emperor Chongzhen said in his heart, it's over, there must be something going on again.

Wang Chengen grew up in the palace since he was a child, and he is very proficient in the rules of the palace, especially the rules in front of the palace, and he is easy not to say a word, and he will not show any emotions.

However, after being valued by Emperor Chongzhen for a long time, occasionally when the emperor is happy, he will also show a smile and joy.

At this time, he came over with a blank face and a cautious face, and he must have had something to report to him.

At this time, Queen Zhou, who was saying this with a smile on her face, also saw Wang Chengen's expressionless fat face, and the smile suddenly stopped on her face, sighed, and said:

"I'm afraid the emperor has something to do again! Go for it, just don't get too late! ”

When Emperor Chongzhen heard this, he sighed, shook his head and smiled bitterly, then stood up gently, and carefully put the eldest son of the emperor, who had been in his arms and was now asleep, back into his crib.

"The queen takes care of the prince every day, and the hard work is no less than me, and she rests early at night, if it's too late, I won't be able to come!"

After saying this, Emperor Chongzhen got up and left Empress Zhou's dormitory, and hurriedly walked out with Wang Chengen and other attendants who were already waiting at the door of the Ming Hall of Kunning Palace.

It was also at this time that Wang Chengen followed closely beside the emperor who was striding forward, and said in a low voice:

"Emperor! I'm afraid that the old prince of the British government will not work! Zhang Zhiji, the eldest son of the British duke, asked for an audience with a letter from the old duke! ”

Hearing this, Emperor Chongzhen's heart sank, and he knew that this time he was afraid that the British Duke Zhang Weixian would really not be able to do it.

The British government had reported several times that he was in critical condition, but in the end he survived.

But this time, Zhang Zhiji, the eldest son of the British princess, came to the testament in person, and I am afraid that it will really be time.

Zhang Zhiji, the eldest son of the British Duke Zhang Weixian, is now in charge of the command of the Jinyi Guard, but since the British Duke lingered on the sickbed, this Zhang Zhiji was ordered by the emperor to stay in the British Mansion to serve his father, and rarely appeared in the Jinyi Guard's yamen, and rarely appeared in front of Emperor Chongzhen.

By the time Emperor Chongzhen returned to the Qianqing Palace, Gong Yonggu, the commander of the Jinyi Guard, had already taken Zhang Zhiji to greet him at the bottom of the white marble steps in front of the Qianqing Palace.

At this time, the sun was setting, the sky was dusk, and it was time for the palace to hold the lamp, Gong Yonggu and Zhang Zhiji saw Emperor Chongzhen coming hurriedly through Wang Chengen, and hurriedly knelt on the ground to salute.

Zhang Zhiji, who was in his forties, looked tired and sad, knelt on the ground and choked up and said, "Your Majesty! The minister's father did not wake up from time to time this afternoon, and told Weichen to come and present his letter in front of His Majesty in person! ”

After saying this, Zhang Zhiji took out the letter he said from his arms and raised his hands above his head.

Emperor Chongzhen took two steps forward, took the fold from Zhang Zhiji's hand, held it in his hand, looked at Zhang Zhiji with a sad expression and said:

"Old Guogong, what's wrong?"

After Zhang Zhiji heard this, he bowed his head to the ground and said, "Father——, I am afraid that my father will no longer be able to serve His Majesty in the future!" ”

As soon as he finished saying this, Zhang Zhiji kowtowed again, then straightened up, and talked about the situation of Zhang Weixian in the British public in the past few days with a slight choked and sobbing.

And Emperor Chongzhen also stood in the courtyard of the Qianqing Palace, taking advantage of this effort, he unfolded the fold presented by Zhang Zhiji, and looked at the lantern handed over by Wang Chengen.

After a long time, Emperor Chongzhen closed the fold, put it in his sleeve, stepped forward and patted Zhang Zhiji's shoulder, sighed and said:

"You go back first, I'll go to the British Mansion to inquire later!"