Why did the emperor rebel?

Chapter 1069
"...That's what His Majesty said. It just so happens that both of you are here, so we don't need to make another trip to our house..."

Therefore, Yu Shiyue and Wang Ao waited outside the Wenhua Palace for a long time before they received such a decree from Wynn.

Now the two of them should stop arguing, the selection of the host to rectify the military mansion will definitely not come to fruition today, but at this time, they don't have the heart to care about it anymore.

After hearing Wynn's words, the two looked at each other, frowning and hesitated again and again. In the end, although Wang Ao bit the bullet, he still spoke.

"Eunuch Huai, the birth of a prince is a good thing, but, is His Majesty's will a little aggressive? When the second prince and the third prince were born, there was no..."

"How can this be compared!"

Before he finished speaking, Wynn smiled and continued.

"The fourth prince is the son of the Empress of the Central Palace, and his identities are naturally different. His Majesty's will is so. If the two of you are dissatisfied, why don't you go to His Majesty to discuss it in person?"

Although the words were said with a smile, the meaning inside did not compromise at all.

So, the two smiled wryly and remained silent.

To see His Majesty?What do you say?
Said that your Majesty, although you have given birth to a son, don't be too ostentatious?Just be happy and be happy?
The imperial concubine had just been born, and His Majesty must be ecstatic at the moment. To say such things at this time, isn't it obvious to scold?
What's more, Wynn's words are not without reason. The three princes in front of His Majesty are all non-born. Now that the prince is finally born in the middle palace, His Majesty is delighted, and it is not unreasonable to reward him heavily.

At this time, if they said it was so inappropriate in the past, it would affect the status of the prince, and I am afraid that it would cause His Majesty to be dissatisfied with the prince.

only……

Alas, I sighed silently in my heart, and the two of them handed over their hands and accepted the order without further words.

Anyway, this kind of situation will come sooner or later, and they have already expected it, but since then, the political situation that has just barely stabilized, I am afraid that there will be another disturbance...

Soon, the cabinet drew up a decree, sent it to the palace for seal, and after six subjects, issued it to the yamen.

The emperor finally had a son-in-law, and he rewarded all the ministers for it. The news spread like wind throughout the entire capital, and naturally, it also spread into the Nangong Palace...

Under the flickering candlelight, Zhu Qizhen's face became more and more ugly when he heard the news reported by the servant beside him.

"Exemption from taxes, rewards to the ministers, and the return of maids... The emperor is really happy this time..."

"The whole world celebrates?"

Chewing these four words in a low voice, Zhu Qizhen's expression gradually sank.

"I'm afraid that by doing this, he still feels that he has wronged the emperor's son. When a son is born, the world should be amnesty..."

The inexplicable tone of these words made the young eunuch beside him feel guilty for a while, but he still had to say the words.

"My lord, there is also a news from the palace, saying that the emperor intends to bestow the title of Wang Ying, the father of the empress, but for some reason, it didn't happen, but the news should be true."

With a sound of "bang", the teacup in Zhu Qizhen's hand was thrown out, fell to the ground and shattered, accompanied by Zhu Qizhen's extremely gloomy expression.

Others don't know the tricks in the middle, but how could Zhu Qizhen, who was once the emperor, not know?

If the previous rewards can still be regarded as having a son-in-law, and he is really happy in his heart, then the news that he intends to bestow a seal on Queen Wang's mother's family really reveals the emperor's current thoughts.

In fact, the former is enough, you know, the birth of an ordinary prince is at best a reward to the palace, even if it is the birth of a legitimate son, it is enough to reward the officials.

But such things as tax exemption and the return of court ladies, in fact, as Zhu Qizhen just said, they are already part of the amnesty world.

Under what circumstances will the world be amnesty?
When the emperor ascends the throne, the crown prince assumes the throne, leaves the court, and gets married, only then will the world be amnesty according to the situation.

Now, a mere prince was born, and the emperor made such a noise, what is his intention?

Not to mention, he wanted to confer titles on Empress Wang's mother's family.

You know, up to now, even Empress Dowager Wu's father, who has been dead for some time, has not been able to win a title.

The only family of relatives with titles in the palace is the mother's family of the Empress Dowager Sun, but how did Zhu Qizhen, the grandfather, get the title?
It was conferred along with Empress Dowager Sun who was conferred the title of empress by Jin and Zhu Qizhen who was conferred the title of crown prince.

In other words, according to the former emperor's old rules, conferring titles on foreign relatives has always been the privilege of the crown prince's mother's family, and the crown prince must also be crowned prince as a prince born in the main palace, so that the mother's family can have this honor.

Back then when Zhu Qizhen was still in power, he wanted to bestow Empress Qian's mother's family several times, but each time, he was blocked by Empress Dowager Sun on the grounds that she had no children in the middle palace.

Now, as soon as Wang's prince was born, the emperor wanted to ennoble Wang Ying, and his intention was self-evident.

As for why the trip has not yet taken place, Zhu Qizhen guessed that it was probably because the Empress Dowager Wu's mother's family does not have a title now.

Although the origin of this former Concubine Wu Xian is unknown, but after she was named concubine, some relatives were indeed found. Now, there is still a concubine brother of her in the Wu family.

If the Empress Dowager Wu is surpassed, Queen Wang's mother's family will be knighted first, fearing that there will be troubles in the harem, so it is temporarily pressed.

However, I'm afraid it won't be long, Zhu Qizhen's expression changed for a while, and finally his eyes fell on Jiang An who was at the side, and said in a deep voice.

"Send a message to Zhu Yi and tell him that the matter of selecting a guard for the crown prince should not be delayed any longer and should be done as soon as possible."

"The servant obeys the order..."

Jiang An was the little eunuch beside him, and it was said that he was Ruan Lang's godson. Since Ruan Lang's death, Zhu Qizhen had kept him by his side to serve him personally.

After what happened last time, in Nangong, there are not many people left that he can trust, except for a few personal servants, Jiang An is the only one.

Seeing Jiang An go out to spread the message, Zhu Qizhen's brows were still tightly knit, looking a little restless.

Seeing this situation, a beautiful woman in a light blue jacket and skirt at the side gently handed over a new cup of tea, placed it by Zhu Qizhen's hand, and said.

"Your Majesty calm down, the anger hurts you..."

Although this woman is dressed as a female official, she can still serve beside her under such circumstances. It is obvious that she has a different identity. It is none other than Yexian's younger sister, Qi Muge, who was escorted by Bodu earlier!
Zhu Qizhen took a sip from the teacup, but his brows were deeply furrowed, but he didn't untie it. After a while, he didn't know what to think, and turned his head to look at Qi Muge, and said.

"You should have heard the news about the grassland. Your elder brother was attacked and killed by his subordinate Ala Zhiyuan first, and then Bodu avenged his brother and started a war with Alazhiyuan. Now Alazhiyuan fled, and Bodu became A new Oirat leader."

"Back then, Bodu sent you here because he was afraid that the civil turmoil in the grassland would affect you. Now that the civil turmoil has subsided, how about I send you back to your hometown in the grassland?"

Qi Muge's body trembled slightly, but his expression didn't fluctuate too much. Obviously, she already knew the news.

With a slight bow, Qi Muge said.

"Your Majesty, when my elder brother sent me to Nangong, he already said that since then, there have been no sisters of grand masters on the grassland. There are only concubines of His Majesty serving Qi Muge. In this life, where is Your Majesty? Where is Qimuge..."

Zhu Qizhen raised his eyes to look at her, with a slightly complicated look in his eyes, after a while, he stretched out his hand to help Qi Muge up, and said.

"Forget it, since you don't want to, just stay here. A few days ago, Zhang Min came to me and said that he lacks two capable guards, and I plan to give him some useful people. What do you think? "

Qi Muge blinked, and immediately understood what Zhu Qizhen meant.

Since the last spring hunting, the emperor had used excuses to clean Nangong. All the followers who followed Zhu Qizhen to the hunting grounds were sent to prison. There are very few capable people in Nangong.

Now, the only ones who can be sure that they are not spies inserted by the emperor, apart from the few people who serve him personally, are the fifty guards sent by Bodu back then.

However, these people are people from the grassland after all. Although they were sent to Zhu Qizhen, in fact, they came here to protect Qi Muge.

So now, His Majesty the Supreme Emperor is asking her for someone...

So, Qi Muge lowered his eyebrows and said.

"Everything about the concubine belongs to His Majesty. As long as His Majesty wishes, he can call it at any time."

So, a few days later, I went up early.

Standing firmly in the hall, Zhu Yi spoke in a clear and clear voice in front of all the civil and military ministers.

"Your Majesty, earlier, Yang Jie and Sun Dayong, the governor of the prefectural guards of the government army, went to the border to select the vanguards of the government army and prepare young troops for the East Palace. Now, the two of them have been back to Beijing for a long time, and the selected front guards of the government army have also been selected. Drilled in the Beijing camp for several months."

"I believe that it should be formally incorporated into the avant-garde of the government army as soon as possible. At the same time, people who are skilled in bows and horses will be selected from the noble residences to join the young army and assist the East Palace. Please allow your majesty."

Strictly speaking, Zhu Yi's current title in the court is the Commander of the Front Guard of the Mansion Army. However, his Commander is a false title, not a real one. The Jingwei Commander with this title is known as Yang Jie.

At the same time, Zhu Yi's real errand is the commander of the Young Army Battalion in the Eastern Palace. To put it bluntly, his position as the avant-garde commander of the government army is for the convenience of him being in charge of the Young Army. Although the relationship between them is a bit awkward, it is understandable It goes well.

The young army matter was first advocated by Zhu Yi. At that time, he hadn't even been reinstated. Up to now, it has indeed been delayed for a long time.

However, at this special time point, Zhu Yi brought up this matter again without warning, it is hard not to let people get in touch with the birth of the eldest son in the palace a few days ago...

There was a murmur of discussion in the court hall, and many people quietly looked at His Majesty the Emperor.

These days, with the birth of the prince, the government and the public are full of joy (mainly because of rewards), but there are also many rumors.

Many people are worried that the emperor now has a son, whether it will shake the status of the Eastern Palace, especially in the case of such great rewards inside and outside the palace, and even exempting the Gyeonggi tax, this kind of worry is even more serious. getting heavier...

But now, Zhu Yi proposed to select Xunwei for the East Palace, which is a good opportunity to test the emperor's thoughts.

Everyone's eyes converged, but they saw that the first emperor was slightly pondering, and his face was obviously a little displeased. However, as Zhu Yi said, this matter has a previous purpose, and it has indeed been delayed for a long time. If no one mentions it, That's all, since it's brought up, it's inappropriate to delay it.

After hesitating for a moment, the emperor spoke.

"Since that's the case, Cheng Guogong will do it!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Zhu Yi fell to her knees and cupped her hands to thank her.

At the same time, the officials in the palace also breathed a sigh of relief. Since the emperor did not stop the matter of the guards, it means that the previous big rewards inside and outside the palace were most likely due to the birth of the emperor's son, and the emperor was too happy, and there was no change. The meaning of moving the East Palace.

As long as it doesn't involve the country's reserve position, then it doesn't matter if there are more honors.

At the end of the morning court, Zhu Yi returned to Cheng Guogong's mansion, only to find that Zhang Min had been waiting for him for a long time in front of the mansion.

Seeing the extremely gloomy face of the other party, Zhu Yi smiled wryly, first invited Zhang Min into the mansion, and before he could speak, Zhang Min said angrily.

"Why didn't the Duke keep his word? I've already made an agreement. Before the matter of the military mansion is finalized, you don't mention the matter of the Xunwei. Why did you suddenly attack the court?"

Although she had already thought that Zhang Min would be angry, Zhu Yi never expected that he would be so angry.

Sighing, Zhu Yi said.

"Second Master, it's not that I didn't keep my promise, but that the Supreme Emperor personally ordered someone to pass down an order, asking me to finish this matter as soon as possible. How can I not obey the oracle?"

Zhang Min fell silent, but his face was still extremely ugly.

Seeing this situation, Zhu Yi continued.

"I know that this is a critical moment. However, the second master has also seen the current situation in the palace. The fourth prince was born, and the emperor was very happy. I want to bestow the title of empress empress mother's family."

"You should know that even the birth mother of His Royal Highness, Empress Zhou, has not been conferred by her mother's family. If this rumor is true, then..."

As if to confirm what he said, as soon as he finished speaking, a servant from outside came to report.

"My lord, news has just come from the palace that the emperor has just decreed that Wu An, the brother of the Empress Dowager of Jingyang Palace, will be named Uncle Anping, and Wang Ying, the father of the Empress Dowager of Kunning Palace, will be named Uncle Shouning."

There was a dead silence in the flower hall.

Even Zhu Yi himself was surprised. He originally thought that the emperor was appeasing the court by agreeing to select guards for the East Palace, but when this decree came out, it was obviously not the case.

After being stunned for a moment, Zhu Yi turned to Zhang Min and said.

"Second Lord, you've heard the news. The situation is like this. I really didn't deliberately break my promise. However, it's not that there is no chance to turn things around."

Like Zhu Yi, after hearing the news, Zhang Min frowned, not knowing what he was thinking, but after hearing Zhu Yi's words, he came back to his senses and asked.

"What else can the Duke do?"

So, Zhu Yi whispered something to Zhang Fu, causing Zhang Fu's expression to change for a while, but at the end, after pondering for a long time, he still nodded lightly...

(End of this chapter)