Chapter 40: All parties calculate [one hundred months
Fortunately, Emperor Tian Qi now has no children. Once she gives birth to a dragon seed, the mother will be more valuable than the child, and the child may become the future emperor of tomorrow.
The worry is that she has no children at all, and once this news reaches the ears of the Hakka family, with Hakka's character, whether it is true or not, she will take action against herself.
Concubine Wang knows how ruthless the Hakka family is.
The original name of the Ke family was Ke Yinyue, also known as Ke Baba. She was originally from Hebei and was the wet nurse of Emperor Tianqi.
She was beautiful and enchanting in life, but had a vicious heart. She was deeply favored by Emperor Tianqi, and was later promised to Wei Zhongxian as a reward, and was named the "Holy Lady".
Although Hakka was the wet nurse of Emperor Tianqi, she acted unruly, was ambiguous with Emperor Tianqi, and was extremely vicious. She was afraid that the emperor's concubine would threaten her status after giving birth to a little prince, so she used all kinds of means to kill the concubine and the prince.
Even Queen Zhang's child unfortunately miscarried and even lost the right to be a mother again.
The year before last, Concubine Zhang had unintentionally offended the Hakka family, so she was falsely told by the Hakka family and others. She was eventually imprisoned in the cold palace and starved to death together with the fetus in her belly.
But there is no evidence, and Emperor Tianqi favors the Hakka family, so others have no way to deal with the Hakka family.
Once the news of her pregnancy spread, Wang Guifei knew that Hakka would most likely take action against her former "ally".
But once Dr. Hong said this, he couldn't hide it at all. He only hoped to attract Emperor Tianqi's attention!
Moreover, the royal concubine also has her own means to become a concubine in the harem, which is naturally not easy for her.
Dr. Hong's medical skills make it impossible to misdiagnose, so there is only one possibility, and that is that someone has given instructions, and Concubine Wang has already made a guess in her mind.
At this moment, Wei Zhongxian came to the imperial concubine's palace.
As soon as he entered the palace, Wei Zhongxian asked the maids and eunuchs to go out.
Concubine Wang sat lazily on the edge of the bed, looked at Wei Zhongxian, and said coldly: "Mr. Hong said that I am overjoyed to be pregnant with a dragon seed, and he has already informed the emperor."
"Slave congratulations to the empress."
Wei Zhongxian expressed his congratulations.
"Huh, but I know that I don't have a dragon seed at all."
Concubine Wang glanced at Wei Zhongxian angrily and asked, "Why did you instruct Dr. Hong to tell me that I am pregnant? Do you know that if something goes wrong in this matter, it will be a crime of deceiving the emperor and will result in beheading!"
The old god Wei Zhongxian said: "Since the emperor ascended the throne, he has been looking forward to the harem giving him a prince as soon as possible. Unfortunately, the three sons and three daughters died one after another. Once the empress gives birth to a prince, he will definitely be the prince."
Concubine Wang took a deep breath: "At this point, I have no way out. You have to be careful, Madam Feng Sheng. I don't want to be thrown into the cold palace and end up starving to death!"
Wei Zhongxian nodded and whispered: "Madam, don't worry, I have already found several women who are expecting to give birth. I guarantee that you will give birth to a dragon son."
"As for the holy lady, I will pay attention to it."
"I do this because I want the empress and the emperor to have good luck and good luck. The Ming Dynasty will last forever. After all, the emperor's dragon body is not in good condition. There may be something bad at some point. The country cannot live without a king for a day. For this reason, I risk the disapproval of the world.
, I just want to solve the problems for the emperor and the empress, empress, do you think this is true?"
Although Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family were friends and had a close relationship, he also had his own little plans.
Eggs cannot be put in one basket, otherwise once Emperor Tianqi has a problem and has no heirs, other vassal kings will have to take the throne.
As the emperor and his ministers, no matter which prince ascends the throne, Wei Zhongxian may lose the power in his hands, which Wei Zhongxian cannot tolerate.
The Hakka family has no status, so even if you want to change things, you won't be able to do so.
Only when the royal concubine gives birth to a prince can Wei Zhongxian be able to protect himself. Once he has control of the future "prince", he may not be able to blackmail the emperor and order the princes.
Even if you can't become the emperor, it's not bad to be the emperor behind the scenes.
However, Wei Zhongxian would naturally not speak out these inner thoughts.
Concubine Wang thought about it and felt that it was feasible.
Otherwise, if Zhu Youxiao fell, she would have no backing, and if other vassal kings came to power, even if she did not have to be buried, she would have to become a nun and live in poverty.
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Xinwangfu.
Zhu Youjian received secret messages from Lu Wenzhao and other Jinyi guards and learned that many Donglin officials had been arrested, so he couldn't sleep all night.
Fearing that the matter would be exposed, Prince Xin's Mansion was also raided by the Jinyi Guards.
After a sleepless night, Zhu Youjian did not dare to act rashly the next day and could only ask Wang Chengen to go out to explore the wind direction.
Zhu Youjian was uneasy when he learned that many Donglin officials and wealthy businessmen had their homes confiscated.
Some of the officials knew part of the inside story. Once they couldn't bear it in prison and broke out, not only would their years of planning be in vain, but they would also be killed.
"We can't wait any longer, we must advance our plans!"
Valley
With a decision in mind, Zhu Youxiao made a prompt decision and prepared to speed up the plan.
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cabinet.
Hong Chengchou, Zhou Yanru, Han Xu, Gu Bingqian, Ye Xianggao, Huo Weihua and other court ministers took the memorials and paced back and forth in the signing room, with anxious and uneasy expressions.
Huo Weihua looked at Zhou Yanru who was wandering in front of him and said, "Master Zhou, don't be anxious, just sit down for a while."
Zhou Yanru said angrily: "How can I sit down? Last night, the Jin Yiwei arrested dozens of officials from the imperial court, and the cabinet was in chaos!"
Han Xu patted the table: "Isn't that right? It is really lawless for Jinyiwei to act like this. We want to see Eunuch Wei and the emperor to jointly impeach Jiang Fan, the envoy of Jinyiwei."
Standing aside, Eunuch Liu kept smiling and observing the expressions of these elders.
"My lords, please calm down and have a cup of tea first. Governor Wei has something to deal with now and will be here later."
Eunuch Liu was laughing and looking at the anxious ministers as if he were watching a monkey show.
Hong Chengchou smiled but said: "Master Yang, Master Zhou, and Master Han are all important ministers of the country. There are urgent state affairs and we need to report to the emperor urgently. No matter how busy Eunuch Wei is, he can't sit in the government for the emperor, right?"
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As soon as these words came out, the expressions of the officials present changed.
Eunuch Liu hurriedly said: "Master Hong, don't you dare to say this nonsense. Governor Wei has served the emperor loyally and conscientiously, so how can he sit in the government and manage the government? Isn't it because the emperor's dragon body is not in good condition? Even if a few adults want to handle state affairs,
We can’t ignore the emperor’s dragon body, right?”
Hong Chengchou did not dare to accept these words, otherwise if something happened to Emperor Tianqi, he might not be able to escape the involvement, so he immediately retreated and said: "Well, since the emperor's dragon body is not in good condition and I don't want to disturb you, I think we should come back another day.
Bar!"
"Go, go, go!!"
Other ministers also agreed.
Seeing this, Eunuch Liu hurriedly said: "My lords, please stay. I will go and report to the governor. Please wait a moment."
With that said, Eunuch Liu went to the room where Wei Zhongxian was.
Seeing Eunuch Liu walking away, Hong Chengchou cursed: "What the hell?"
Huo Weihua looked like he was doing it for you: "Mr. Hong, why do you need to provoke Eunuch Liu? Now, if the ministers want to see the emperor, they have to get Eunuch Wei's consent. If he blocks the car, there is really nothing we can do!"
Hong Chengchou snorted coldly: "Others are afraid of Wei Zhongxian, but I, Hong Chengchou, are not afraid."
Huo Weihua is not impatient. As a double agent, he is still under great pressure, especially several elders in Donglin, who are urging him to donate "Xianfang Lingde Drink".
This is a serious crime against the Nine Clan, and whether it succeeds or not, he will not reap the consequences.
After all, Zhu Youxiao is Zhu Youjian's brother. Is there any guarantee that King Zhu Youjian won't settle the scores after he comes to power?
But Dong Lin has his handle. If he doesn't donate the medicine, he will also be punished. He can only bite the bullet and don't show anxiety on the surface, otherwise once Wei Zhongxian's suspicion is aroused, the end will be worrying!
the other side.
Wei Zhongxian had nothing to do now, so he was just playing with the birds in the room. The reason why he was hanging around the ministers was to see their reactions before making a corresponding decision.
When Eunuch Liu came to report the situation, Wei Zhongxian put down his bird-teasing stick and asked, "Are they in a hurry?"
"I'm so anxious, I'm so anxious!" Eunuch Liu said.
Wei Zhongxian asked: "Who is the most anxious?"
Eunuch Liu made a small report: "Hong Chengchou, the Minister of War, is quite unfair to you in his words. He is too young and narrow-minded. I don't think he has much future!"
Wei Zhongxian said calmly: "You are wrong. This man has deep intentions. The disrespectful words he said to me just now were not meant for me, but for Han Xu, Zhou Yanru and others. That's it.
Only then can he show that he is noble and upright, and that he is clearly different from me."
Eunuch Liu laughed dryly: "Master Shengming, you are too young to have a narrow-minded vision."
Wei Zhongxian asked again: "Who among them is the least anxious?"
Eunuch Liu replied: "Huo Weihua, Minister of the Ministry of War."
"Ginger is still very old, I underestimated him before!"
After learning that Huo Weihua's demeanor was normal and unhurried, Wei Zhongxian's murderous intention became even stronger.
"Okay, let them wait for another half hour."
Although Wei Zhongxian wanted to cut this bad guy Huo Weihua to death immediately, the time had not come yet, so he could only endure it for the time being.
As for whether these elders would really be angry and leave, he wasn't worried at all.
There is so much commotion in Jin Yiwei right now, which one of them is not worried about disaster coming from the sky?
It took three years to clean up the prefecture, and a hundred thousand snowflakes of silver. As long as the royal guards inspected it, there were not many officials in the court who had been corrupted for a long time.