Xingwangfu.

Zhu Youqian summoned the main members of the royal family's history department, and Tang Yin, who had no official and no rank, was also listening. At this time, they were discussing the news returned from the capital, involving the truth about the pregnancy of the emperor's concubine.

"... After investigation, it was found that a pregnant woman entered the palace, pretending to be lucky, and the whole government and the public were shocked... In March, the first assistant Yang Gong Dingyou returned to his hometown, and after the incident was revealed, the second assistant Liang Shaoshi mentioned Song Renzong again Since the sons of the clan are raised in the palace, Your Majesty, please appoint the sons of the side clan as adopted sons..."

As Zhang Zuo told the news about the capital.

The faces of everyone present were stagnant. It was obvious that these people had no opinions on the issue of the royal family's eldest son.

Zhu Youqian asked: "Everyone, what do you think about this matter?"

The Changshi Division were all civil servants, nominally under the management of King Xing, but in fact they were officials of the imperial court, and it was difficult to interfere in issues such as the inheritance of the throne.

Jin Tian, ​​the deputy of the Department of Cheng Feng, walked down the aisle and said: "Your Majesty, if your Majesty wants to raise his adopted son in the palace, the prince will never have another chance."

Jin Tian was the deputy minister and eunuch, and he still considered everything for Prince Xing's palace.

But what he said was the most taboo thing in the royal family, or the things that the civil servants wanted to say but did not dare to say.

Prince Xing's Mansion has always been guarded by the court like a scourge. According to the Ming Dynasty's legal system, if the current emperor dies, the new emperor will appear in Prince Xing's Mansion... After being restrained for twenty years, the emperor has no son, but now he wants to establish another prince, and the throne will not be the same as Xing's. Doesn’t it have anything to do with the palace?

This is so unfair!

Zhu Youtiao looked at the palace chief, Shi Si, and the others, feeling annoyed that Zhang Jingming and Yuan Zonggao were not here, and that there was no one to come up with an idea at the critical moment.

Zhu Youqian looked around, and finally his eyes fell on Tang Yin, "I wonder what Mr. Tang thinks of this matter?"

Everyone looked at Tang Yin with a bit of jealousy in their eyes.

Tang Yin had not been in the palace for a long time. He was a staff member in name, but in fact he was just a teacher without even a formal official position. He taught knowledge to the prince in the palace, but was treated as a "sir" by King Xing, as if Zhang Jingming and Yuan Zonggao were not in Tang Yin. It was the chief staff member of Prince Xing's Mansion who made those who had served the Prince's Mansion for more than ten or even twenty years dissatisfied.

Tang Yin pondered for a moment and said: "It seems that now that the concubine's false pregnancy has been revealed, His Majesty is extremely passive in front of the ministers, and it is possible that he will comply with the advice of Grand Scholar Liang..."

Dian Baozheng Yang Xiu said mockingly: "Mr. Tang, do you need to say this?"

The meaning of regurgitating is obvious.

Zhang Zuo winked and told Yang Xiu not to be so bullying, but Yang Xiu turned his head to the side and pretended that he couldn't see it.

Tang Yin was not disturbed by this, and his voice remained calm, as if his colleague had nothing to do with him: "But if it is really as what the great scholar Liang said, and we are looking for descendants of the current royal family to enter the palace, I am afraid that the bloodline of the chosen eldest son will be too long ago. Some, right?"

When everyone heard this, their eyes lit up and they were all inspired.

Zhu Youqi was obviously startled.

Zhu Houzhao wanted to select his "adopted son" from the clan. If he selected from the line of King Yan and could only select from the generation with the character "Zai", then the situation would be delicate.

The Ming Dynasty itself has a tradition of establishing elders rather than virtuous people. Although several emperors gave birth to children sooner or later, in fact, there were only a handful of children in the royal family. The only one who was closest to the royal family was Emperor Taizong Zhu Di. His son, "Prince Zhao's Mansion" is now Zhao Wang Zhu Youdi's eldest grandson Zhu Zaipei.

Among the emperors of recent generations, including the descendants of Emperors Xuanzong, Yingzong, and Xianzong, none of them have a generation name.

You, a great scholar and an example of civil servants, actually proposed that the eldest son of the royal family should be raised in the palace as the crown prince, and you wanted to raise a descendant from a branch to be the crown prince. What are your intentions?

Isn't it to facilitate control and achieve the goal of civilian officials taking control of the overall situation?

The choice is so narrow, and the relationship with the current emperor is so far away. This selection is obviously the wishful thinking of the ministers of the DPRK.

Zhang Zuo heard the key points in Tang Yin's analysis, and became energetic and asked: "What you said, sir, is that... Your Majesty will not agree to the courtier's proposal today?"

Tang Yindao: "Your Majesty is currently in the prime of the Spring and Autumn Period, and the period of your ascension to the throne is still short. It is not known whether he will have an heir in the future. If you are eager to establish an heir, you will easily be hijacked by civil servants... Even if your Majesty cannot see all this clearly, the Queen Mother will make suggestions for it. This matter should be Don’t worry too much.”

After hearing Tang Yin's well-founded analysis, not to mention Zhu Youqi, all the officials present in Prince Xing's Mansion breathed a sigh of relief.

Come to think of it...

Establishing a royal eldest son?

Nowadays, there are not many royal descendants of the thick generation, and there are too few choices. Do we still have to choose from the lineage of Taizu? Emperor Taizong finally snatched the throne, and now because he has no sons for the time being, the minister wants to persuade him Will the throne be handed over to a branch of the royal family?

Please also ask the emperor and the queen mother for their thoughts first!

Now even the chief minister Yang Tinghe has gone home to mourn, and Liang Chu is not as strong as Yang Tinghe. It will be difficult to accomplish this matter.

So, can Prince Xing’s Mansion still produce a true dragon?

Zhu Youqi sighed: "No wonder a large number of Jin Yiwei people have gathered in Anlu recently."

He didn't go into detail.

Everyone in the palace can feel how tight the security is, but not everyone knows that this is related to the Jin Yiwei having evil intentions towards the palace.

Prince Xing's Mansion must be on guard against the imperial court. This kind of thing should not be publicized and conflicts should not be made public.

Zhang Zuo sighed: "It seems that the people in Jinyiwei have known for a long time that the story of His Majesty's concubine conceiving a dragon heir... is false. Fortunately, Prince Xing's palace was warned in advance and took precautions. Otherwise... the consequences would be unpredictable."

Hearing what Zhang Zuo said, Zhu Youqian looked at Tang Yin with a bit more trust.

This is treating Tang Yin as a think tank.

Tang Yin was very ashamed.

"Then Your Majesty, from now on everyone in the palace should be careful and vigilant... Will the children of Jinyiwei Zhu Qianhu's family be kicked out of the palace?"

Yang Xiu had previously questioned Tang Yin. Seeing that King Xing relied heavily on Tang Yin, he couldn't help but remind him again and wanted to point the finger at Tang Yin's disciple Zhu Hao.

Zhu Youqi didn't say anything.

Zhang Zuo had already understood the meaning of King Xing, and said with a smile: "It's just a child, don't be too nervous, the palace must gradually return to normal."

…

…

Zhu Family Manor.

Mrs. Zhu Jia fainted at the door of her daughter-in-law's shop and was taken to our shop by Butler Liu. After being treated by a doctor, she regained consciousness and was bedridden after being sent home.

The next morning, under the careful care of the doctor, she took decoction and her health improved a little, but she still looked weak and unrecovered from a serious illness, and could not even get off the bed.

Housekeeper Liu was ordered to greet the visitors who came from the family to visit the patient.

Zhu Jiashi was silently listening to the commotion outside, when she suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and then Butler Liu appeared outside the bedroom.

Zhu Jia asked in a whisper, "But someone from the third room is here?"

Butler Liu replied: "Exactly."

"Then why don't you let her in and let me take a look?"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Zhu Jia's mouth, waiting for her daughter-in-law to fall into the trap.

Butler Liu said in embarrassment: "The third lady did not come in person, saying she was ill, so she sent someone to deliver condolences. There were as many as seven or eight boxes, and there were also some silk cloths, tea leaves, etc., which were carried on picks.

of……"

"Cough cough cough..."

When Zhu Jia heard this, she coughed violently.

The sound of coughing was louder than the sound of talking before.

Mrs. Song, who was standing by the side, asked in a low voice: "Old madam, are you okay?"

Mrs. Zhu Jia raised her hand to push away Mrs. Song, who was about to come over to take care of her. Mrs. Song led the maid out of the room. Mrs. Zhu Jia didn't need anyone to help her, she just sat up with her elbows on the bed.

Even though Butler Liu guessed that the old lady might be pretending to be sick, he never expected that his mistress would react like this.

"Old madam, please slow down."

Butler Liu hurried over to help him.

Zhu Jiashi looked sullen and looked at Butler Liu: "Do you think I am pretending to be sick?"

Butler Liu was silent.

This sound...

Although the sound is not as loud as a bell, it is no different from usual.

Whether you are pretending to be sick or not, God knows, you know it and I don’t, but I don’t want to find out the truth.

"I was sick, and she was also sick. Even when I was sick, I sent people to give gifts...a lot of people came, right? Did some people praise her and say that she was very filial? Even on the sickbed, she was thinking of me as her mother-in-law?"

Zhu Jia asked through gritted teeth.

Butler Liu continued to pretend to be dumb.

You have already asked and answered your own questions, so what else do you need me to say?

The generous gifts he received were much richer than those given by other relatives who came to visit him combined. Not to mention, the scene alone gave people the feeling of "the three-bedroom family has become prosperous after the separation of the family".

Even my own family members think that my third wife’s daughter-in-law and grandson are very filial, let alone an outsider who doesn’t know what’s going on?

"I still underestimated her... Since she dared to hand over the workshop to the Zhu family, and even proposed to separate the family, she should have thought that she had planned everything. I am afraid that the person named Su had already been in cahoots with her, just waiting to see the Zhu family

What a joke."

Zhu Jiashi was very angry.

Butler Liu really wants to persuade you that it doesn't matter whether you pretended to be sick before. If you continue to be so entangled and angry, don't really get sick. Then no one in the Zhu family can really deal with your daughter-in-law.

If you want to fight and compete, you must first not create obstacles for yourself.

"Send someone to call the boss back."

Zhu Jiashi gave an order to Butler Liu.

Butler Liu said with a bitter face: "Old madam, after you fell ill yesterday, you sent someone to the city to inform the eldest master, but... I didn't see anyone else. You said you were out on business and didn't come back... You were transferred back to the capital again.

...I haven’t seen any movements from Jinyiwei recently, this is...difficult..."

Zhu Jiashi's pale lips trembled non-stop.

"Old madam, you should be more open-minded. In fact, as long as the glaze made in the workshop is sold at a cheaper price, it is not that no one will buy it. As long as it is operated reasonably and legally, it is not difficult to earn two to three hundred taels of silver in a year...

Quite a few.”

Butler Liu felt that the old lady was too demanding.

Do you really think that you can get rich overnight by opening a workshop? Being down-to-earth is the way to run a business. Isn’t this what you taught the descendants of the Zhu family?

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Chapter completed!