Having a child is a very physically exhausting thing. After using all his strength to finally give birth to the child, Zhang Yan didn't have time to look at her child and fell asleep. However, before she fell asleep, she vaguely heard the Wenpo say, "Congratulations... you gave birth to a prince!"

I don’t know how long it took, but Zhang Yan, who had just had a nightmare, finally woke up. She opened her eyes in a daze. When she opened her eyes, she saw Zhu Youxiao sitting on the edge of the bed and looking at her affectionately. After seeing her awakening, Zhu Youxiao held her hand and said softly: "Zi Tong, thank you for your hard work, you have made great contributions for me... for the sake of this Ming Dynasty. I finally don’t have to worry about having no face to see the ancestors after death."

Zhang Yan smiled sweetly when she heard this. At this moment, she seemed to have accomplished the most sacred and important thing. The heavy burden that had been pressed on her heart was finally removed. Although her face was still very pale and the hair on her forehead was tightly pressed against sweat, she was so beautiful in Zhu Youxiao's eyes at this moment.

Zhang Yan begged, "Your Majesty, I want to see the child, don't you know?"

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Of course, this is your child. Now Wenpo is helping him take a shower. I will tell them to report it immediately. Come on, bring the child over!"

"Here...here..."

As Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, a woman walked over quickly with a cradle in her arms and brought the cradle in front of Zhang Yan.

Zhang Yan raised her head and looked at the baby in the cradle. The newborn baby naturally looked wrinkled, but it looked so beautiful in the mother's eyes. Zhang Yan looked at the baby in front of her, carefully held it in her arms, and smiled at Zhu Youxiao, "Your Majesty, look at it, this is our child."

Zhu Youxiao looked at the baby in the cradle and showed unconcealed joy: "Yes, I've seen it, I'm a handsome little guy, very much like me."

Looking at Zhu Youxiao in a good mood, Zhang Yan thought about it and said to him: "Your Majesty, I want to ask you for something."

Zhu Youxiao said without hesitation, "Zi Tong, you, I, husband and wife are one, how can you ask for anything but ask? Just say it, as long as I can do it, I agree to you."

"Then I will say it." Zhang Yan mustered up the courage and said, "Your Majesty, I want to breastfeed my child."

"What... I breastfeed my own baby?" Zhu Youxiao looked at Zhang Yan in surprise, "Zi Tong, why?"

Nowadays, whenever a family with a certain identity is born, a housewife will hire a nurse to feed the child after giving birth. If she breastfeeds the child herself, it will be ridiculed when it is spread, let alone the queen of the mother of a country. If Zhang Yan's words are spread, it will inevitably cause a sensation.

Zhang Yan hesitated for a moment before saying, "Last time when Jiangning Hou's wife Hai Lanzhu went to the palace to chat with me, she told me that after giving birth, if the mother is a mother, she will be better for the child, and the child will be closer to her mother when she grows up, so I want to breastfeed the child by herself."

"Oh...and there is something else?" Zhu Youxiao was surprised, but he said in a little embarrassed manner: "It's just that there are rules in the palace. After giving birth, you have to hire a wet nurse as usual, otherwise if you spread it, you may be criticized."

"Criticize? Who dares to criticize him? Let him talk to me." Zhang Yan said unhappily, "I can't control other people's children, but can't I want to breastfeed my own children? Besides, the children of ordinary people are all breastfeeded by their mothers themselves, and they didn't see anyone laughing at anyone. Why can't I get here? "

"Okay!" Looking at Zhang Yan, who was extremely firm in his attitude and seemed to be desperately fighting with anyone who dared not let me breastfeed, Zhu Youxiao shook his head helplessly and could only agree: "Since that's the case, Zitong, you should breastfeed your own child."

"Thank you!" Seeing Zhu Youxiao agreeing to his request, Zhang Yan smiled again and kissed the baby in her arms, as if she couldn't kiss enough. After a while, Zhang Yan suddenly remembered something and asked again: "Your Majesty, when I gave birth to the emperor, I faintly heard a song from outside the palace, which was quite like the ancient Yan Zhao wind. I wonder who was singing?"

Zhu Youxiao explained: "Ji Tong, didn't you ask me to call the servants of Jiangning Hou to guard the Kunning Palace just now? That song was sung by Jiangning Hou's servants. It is said to be a military song from the Qin Dynasty, and it comes from "The Book of Songs·Qin Feng·Wuyi". I heard that this is also a military song of Jiangning Army."

Zhang Yan nodded thoughtfully: "So that's the case. I can't hold on now, but for some reason, after hearing the songs, I suddenly had the strength to give birth to the emperor without realizing it. It seems that these servants of the Marquis of Jiangning have really invited them right. Your Majesty must reward them well."

"That's natural!" Zhu Youxiao nodded repeatedly, "Zi Tong, don't know. When our prince was born, the sun in the sky was suddenly covered by a thick cloud. I originally thought that God was warning me, but when those servants sang military songs, the dark cloud was suddenly blown away by the strong wind..."

Zhu Youxiao told Zhang Yan vividly about the vision of today. Zhang Yan showed a look of surprise in her eyes while listening to it. After Zhu Youxiao finished speaking, Zhang Yan yawned and showed a look of fatigue on her face. Seeing this, Zhu Youxiao said considerately: "Zi Tong, you have a good rest first, and I will come to accompany you after you have rested."

After saying that, Zhu Youxiao covered her with a quilt before leaving the delivery room.

After Zhu Youxiao left the delivery room, Qing, a close-fitting palace lady in Zhang Yan, walked in with a basin of hot water. She took out a towel from the basin and wrung it out, carefully wiped Zhang Yan's face, and then wiped her hands and feet.

Zhang Yan just kept silent and asked after a while: "Ziqing, has that person been here today?"

Ziqing nodded, looked around and then whispered: "Empress, that person has not only been here, but also brought a few peaceful wives over, saying that he wanted to help. The eunuchs who were originally guarding the door dared not stop them. They were about to let them break in. Fortunately, the servants of Jiangning Hou arrived in time to stop the person. I heard that the person originally wanted to be arrogant, but the servants of Jiangning Hou pushed the tip of the knife to her throat without saying a word. The man was so scared that he ran away. It was so satisfying!"

Although Zhang Yan was still lying down, her originally closed phoenix eyes had already opened at some point. While listening to Ziqing's words, she kept flashing with the expression of glory, anger and fear in her eyes. It took a long time for her to close her eyes again, "I know, you go down first."

"Here!"

After Ziqing packed up, she walked out with the basin and closed the door.

When the door closed, an inauspicious voice rang in the delivery room: "Kess, I originally thought that you had begun to restrain yourself to this day. I didn't expect that your thoughts to harm me will still be immortal. Wait, one day, a Japanese palace will let you know how to write the word regret! But before that, I would have to thank the wife of Jiangning Hou. If it weren't for her reminder, I wouldn't have expected that Keess would be so crazy. It seems that Jiangning Hou's family is indeed the lucky star of me and Your Majesty!"

The news that Zhang Yan gave birth to the prince soon spread throughout the palace. Zhu Youxiao was delighted and ordered that all the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace be rewarded with three taels of silver and had a meal for five days to celebrate. When the news reached the ears of the people and officials waiting outside the Meridian Gate, cheers came from outside the Meridian Gate, and then the cheers began to spread throughout the capital.

The people in the capital were really happy for Zhu Youjian. With the popularization of high-yield grains such as potatoes, corn, and sweet potatoes in the Ming Dynasty, the people in the capital really felt the benefits. At least, the current grain prices have stopped rising year by year, and most of the people can fill their stomachs. The people in the capital alone have to thank Zhu Youxiao.

The people of China are actually the most simple group of people in the world. No matter who is an emperor, as long as they can fill their stomachs, they think you are a saint. You will never have to worry about your rule. But on the contrary, once you force them to the dead end, the energy they burst out is also very terrifying. Emperor Chongzhen, another historical time and space, probably has the deepest experience of this. The Ming Dynasty was in his hands and was overturned to the ground by a group of mud legs. Even Chongzhen himself could only hang himself on the coal mountain helplessly.

In Wenyuan Pavilion, after learning that Zhu Youxiao had added a prince, Gu Bingqian and others showed complex expressions of not knowing whether it was happiness or regret.

After a long time, Gu Bingqian said to several cabinet masters in Wenyuan Pavilion: "Your Majesty has added a prince, which is a happy event for our Ming Dynasty. We can jointly submit a memorial to congratulate Your Majesty later. I wonder if you are willing."

Everyone said, "I should do this, and we should jointly congratulate you on your Majesty!"

In the Marquis Mansion of Jiangning, the three daughters of Hai Lanzhu, Zhezhe and Da Yuer were also very happy after learning that the Empress had successfully given birth to a son. Of course, they knew that their men were so close to the current emperor that they had reached the point where they all prospered and lost.

Originally, they were worried that Zhu Youxiao would not have children until now. Once Zhu Youxiao is gone in the future, the status of the Jiangning Marquis Mansion will become very delicate. Now, Zhu Youxiao has a son. With the relationship between his own man and Zhu Youxiao, it also means that the status of the Jiangning Marquis Mansion will become very strong in the next hundred years, and they can finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Chapter completed!