Zhu Biao walked back and forth at the door several times, like a donkey in a grinding mill. It was all his unconscious actions. His mind was in a mess. Thousands of strange and unreasonable thoughts kept pouring out. When he thought about it carefully, he couldn't find anything.
No.
From time to time, Wenpo palace maids came in and out of the Chengqian Palace, but no screams came from inside. Zhu Biao's face turned red, and he suddenly grabbed a palace maid carrying a basin and asked, "How is the Crown Princess?"
The little palace maid was also extremely nervous. She was suddenly pulled and almost cried: "Slave... I don't know."
Zhu Biao swallowed and let go of her. He felt that his consciousness was very clear, but he seemed to be dreaming. He found a step and sat down helplessly. A group of eunuchs surrounded him but he did not dare to speak to comfort her.
After a while, Chang Luohua's screams suddenly started to be heard inside, but Zhu Biao breathed a sigh of relief inexplicably. It had been too quiet. He thought his wife and children were dead. Those eunuchs and wives were afraid, so they colluded to pretend.
Lie to him.
At this time, he even thought about how to torture them. When he heard his wife's cry during childbirth, he finally felt relieved. All the strange and cruel thoughts receded like a tide, but his heart began to beat up and down again.
At this moment, a panting figure walked over quickly, with a group of eunuchs hanging far behind him. Zhu Yuanzhang's chest kept rising and falling, and the dragon on his chest seemed to come alive, with teeth and claws dancing.
Although he was very tired, Lao Zhu had no intention of sitting down. Instead, he glanced at the palace door and then at his son. He kept turning around with his hands behind his back, suddenly stopped and ordered the eunuch who came over: "Immediately
Let the Ministry of Rites offer sacrifices to the Xian Palace!"
"By the way, we can't stop the Emperor Fengyang Mausoleum either. Send people there immediately to offer sacrifices without any delay!"
After seeing his father, Zhu Biao finally calmed down and regained his previous calmness. He stood up and comforted his father, but Lao Zhu was not in the mood to listen to his nagging at this time.
Seeing this, Zhu Biao smiled helplessly, pulled a palace maid aside and whispered: "Go and tell Granny Zhang that if necessary, you must sacrifice your little one to protect your big one. There is no need to come out to ask for instructions. If you dare to act smart, you will be responsible for the consequences!"
The palace maid looked at Zhu Biao in a daze, as if stars were twinkling in her eyes. Then she nodded firmly, bowed and walked towards the delivery room.
In this era, women are just tools for giving birth. Even being as noble as a princess cannot change this essence. If we really encounter that moment soon, Lao Zhu will definitely order the elder to be sacrificed to protect the younger. Even the Wang Chang family of Kaiping will not have any objection. With them
The birth of a grandson of the Chang family's bloodline is enough.
But for Zhu Biao, children are very important, but his wife who has been with him for several years is even more important. If Chang Luohua left like this, Zhu Biao would really find it difficult to accept it.
Queen Ma arrived soon after. She didn't even look at the father and son who were milling around. She paused silently at the door for a while, and then walked into the delivery room. Queen Ma was leading the women and children at the rear, while the men were fighting at the front.
, she always goes to the delivery room when every woman gives birth, and she has rich experience.
The sounds inside were up and down, and the concubines and princes and princesses from the harem also came over. Seeing that the couple were a little upset, they wanted to say a few words of kindness, but Lao Zhu found their chirping annoying and told them to get out with a glare.
, don’t cause trouble here.
Immediately, the concubines turned pale and ran away, covering their faces. The three brothers, who had just finished their work and were disgraced, still wanted to stay with their eldest brother and wait to see their eldest nephew. However, they were forcibly dragged away by their mother and concubine.
The eldest princess Zhu Jingjing, who was leading the younger brothers and sisters, cast a comforting look at her brother, and then coaxed a few little carrots who wanted to join in the fun to leave. They didn't know that their sister saved their butts.
According to Lao Zhu's character and traditional superstition, it is not impossible to suddenly drag a few princes to beat their butts and make them cry, so as to add some children's cries to the East Palace to denounce good luck...
After half an hour of tossing, Princess Lan of Kaiping finally arrived in a hurry. After a hasty salute, she stood outside the delivery room and comforted her daughter. She came in a hurry and was carrying a cold wind, so she did not dare to enter the delivery room directly.
No one needed any instructions, the lights in the palace were as bright as day, the sacrifices in Fengxian Hall had already begun, and all the civil and military officials outside the palace had also received the news. Most people earnestly hoped that the Crown Princess would give birth to the grandson smoothly.
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In particular, the Xungui Group, the royalists, and the officials affiliated with the Eastern Palace, their wealth, life, ancestors, and glory are all closely linked to the Tianjia orthodoxy.
More and more officials gathered in front of the Chengtian Gate, talking in low voices to wish the emperor's grandson a smooth birth and to continue the inheritance of the Tianjia ancestral temple.
There were some officials who were wearing court uniforms and some who were wearing ordinary clothes. The higher the rank, the more of them were wearing court uniforms. They all looked serious. Many low-ranking officials saw this and sneaked home to change clothes.
There were also some officials who were not good enough but secretly sneered, thinking that it was already night, and even if the grandson was born successfully, the emperor would not let them into the palace for a banquet. They were just here to watch the fun, so why bother to pretend like this.
Let’s not mention the officials in the DPRK, but the lower-level officials in Beijing are gearing up. Since last month, the governor of the capital has ordered the officials to secretly prepare many red and purple silk ribbons, which will be hung all over the country when the grandson is born.
The city is auspicious, Bo Sheng, His Highness, smiles.
If something goes wrong and something unbearable happens, just pretend that nothing happened, the red silk ribbons will be destroyed on the spot, and weddings will be banned in the city for the next few days, waiting for the court's order.
Time passed little by little, and the originally lively scene became more and more silent. Everyone knew that a woman had to go through hell when giving birth, let alone twins this time.
It is false to say how sad and depressed they are. After all, they are not their heirs. Besides, the fact that the Crown Princess is pregnant means that there is nothing wrong with His Highness. The Crown Prince is in good health. The birth of the Emperor's grandson is just a matter of sooner or later. It does not matter.
It will affect the overall situation and will not shake the foundation of the country.
But it is true that they are in a bad mood. His Majesty loves His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and Ai Wu and Wu Xia must also cherish the grandson of the Eastern Palace. If there is any chance, then His Majesty may take out his temper on them in sorrow...
The sky is pitiful, their life is already very difficult, but they can no longer withstand the torment of the Holy One, so they still bless the Crown Princess to give birth to a grandson safely, so that the joy of family relationship can resolve the panic of the Holy One.
Pots of bloody water were moved out from the East Palace, and screams were heard one after another. The eyes of the two men turned black. There were mountains of corpses and seas of blood. There were millions of dead souls under a military order, but what happened
It's not so easy to calm down when it comes to your own bloodline.
Zhu Biao was preparing to be a father, and it was the first time for a eldest daughter to get on the sedan chair. Zhu Yuanzhang had no experience. Although he had many children, it was just like when Zhu Biao was born, he led an army to besiege Jiqing. When the first few children were born, he
They are all fighting abroad.
By the time the country was founded and proclaimed emperor, there was no need to go out to fight, and there were already a large group of sons and daughters, so the new ones were naturally not so rare. Empress Ma was basically asked to go and see them, and she could do whatever she wanted.
This is the first time that I have come all the way to wait outside the main hall like this. The only thing I am thinking about is my grandson, and not just my grandson, he is probably the future prince of Ming Dynasty, the future emperor, and the future successor of Zhu Ming Dynasty.
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"Wow~wow~wow~"
Finally, a cry that belonged to a baby suddenly sounded in the East Palace. Zhu Biao shivered uncontrollably, while Zhu Yuanzhang on the side raised his head and laughed.
After a while, a palace maid walked out briskly and kowtowed to the father and son happily: "My slaves congratulate Your Majesty, Your Highness the Crown Prince. The Crown Princess has given birth to the Emperor's eldest grandson for me, Ming Dynasty!"
Zhu Yuanzhang's eyes lit up and he waved his hand to distribute rewards widely. Then he was going to go to the Fengxian Hall to kowtow to his ancestors in person and tell the good news to his ancestors. Our family's legacy will definitely be passed down.
Zhu Biao hurriedly asked: "How is the princess' health? Is there another one?"
The palace maid replied: "The Crown Princess is well. The Queen is personally feeding the Crown Princess ginseng soup to replenish her strength. Granny Zhang said that the other little Highness's fetal position is also correct and she will give birth soon."
"Okay, we get it, you go back and serve us right away. We'll get lots of rewards after that. We'll all get lots of rewards, hahaha!"
"Biao'er, you are going to be a father, and we are going to be the emperor's grandpa too. We are so happy. We will go to our ancestors with our father later to thank our ancestors for their blessings in heaven for blessing our descendants of the Zhu family and continuing the ancestral temple."
Zhu Biao was also completely relieved, and then he had to face the reality. He had a son, but there was another one who was not sure whether it was a boy or a girl. It would be great if it was a daughter, and he would have both children at once. If he was still a child,
It's very difficult to handle.
Zhu Yuanzhang reacted after he was happy, and the two men looked at each other. Lao Zhu had always been a staunch defender of the eldest son inheritance system, but if these two grandsons were born almost at the same time...
At this moment, another baby cry started to sound, and the one that had just stopped was also stimulated to cry, one after another in an orderly manner.
Both of them wanted to know whether this person was a boy or a girl, but they were too hesitant to ask. They could only wait eagerly for someone to come out to inform them, but it took a while for Queen Ma to come out.
She was not holding the baby in her arms. After all, it was a late autumn night and a newborn child couldn't stand the slightest bit of wind and cold. Queen Ma's expression was also a bit strange, with a mixture of joy and confusion. Lao Zhu understood it as soon as he saw his wife's expression, and she couldn't laugh or cry.
Empress Ma said: "Luo Hua strives for his best and adds two imperial grandchildren to my Zhu family in one breath. This is a great thing, isn't it Chongba?"
"Yes, it's a great thing, we have to let our ancestors have fun too!"
Zhu Yuanzhang was naturally happy. It was better to have grandchildren than no grandchildren, not to mention two grandsons, double the happiness.
Since the reality is like this, there is no need to worry about it. They are both determined people and have never seen any big storms. What's more, they are just two childish people. Really speaking, they are nothing.
After all, Zhu Yuanzhang himself was in his prime, and the crown prince Zhu Biao was not even a weakling. It was not an urgent matter to appoint him as the emperor's grandson. There was plenty of time to think carefully.