Dahan first prince

Chapter 373 Blame Zhang Aosheng for being late!

"in this case······"

"Am I a little anxious?"

In the afternoon of the next day, Changle Palace and Changxin Palace.

Hearing his mother Lu Zhi's hesitant questioning voice, Liu Le only shook his head with a wry smile, then moved his body towards Lu Zhi again, and then lightly took Lu Zhi's arm.

"The queen mother is more than impatient?"

"Even if the seedlings are plucked to help them grow, I have never heard of such a method..."

The slightly joking reply also caused Lu Zhi to feel a little embarrassed for a moment. He turned his head full of hesitation, and looked at Liu Le with hesitation in his eyes.

Seeing Liu Le smiled again, and at the same time hugged his arms tighter.

"Why don't you think about it, the queen mother: she is a folk girl, and she will get married on the [-]th or [-]rd of the year, and give birth to heirs on the [-]th or [-]th."

"Even if there are occasional women who are thirteen or fourteen and pregnant with Liujia, it is hard to escape the fruit of dystocia, one dead body and two lives."

"The "Huangdi Neijing" also has a saying: When a woman is fourteen years old and the sky is guizhi, she will have the ability to pass on to her heirs."

"Although Yan'er is a bit older today, she is still only nine years old; even if the queen mother issued an edict to force His Majesty to stay overnight in the Jiaofang, within three or five years, it will be difficult for Yan'er to have children and grandchildren?"

Hearing Liu Le's words, Lu Zhi also bowed his head with a stiff face, and there was a little embarrassment between his brows.

Tiangui, also known as 'guishui';
To be precise, Tiangui refers to the woman's first 'guishui'.

As a woman, Lu Zhi, especially a mature woman who has given birth to an heir, naturally knows the meaning of "Guishui" to women.

——Before Tiangui, women did not have the ability to conceive at all!

Not to mention the nine-year-old queen Zhang Yan now, even women who have reached the age of marriage, or even older than the age of marriage, as long as they haven't come to 'Tiangui', they still don't have the ability to pass on their offspring.

Thinking of this, Lu Zhi was aware of his urgency, and with a stiff face, he subconsciously changed the subject.

"Stay overnight in the pepper room?"

"So, this matter, should the emperor seek Ale first?"

"Humph!"

"Such things in the palace are due to his way?!"

Hearing the unhappiness in his mother's tone, and Bibi's deliberate intention to change the topic, Liu Le couldn't help but smile.

But the topic that was diverted by Lu Zhi was brought back by Liu Le again.

"What's the mother saying?"

"The former emperor had eight princes and dozens of princesses, but when it comes to one mother and compatriots, there is only one daughter."

"This kind of heart knot, if your majesty doesn't tell your daughter, who should you tell?"

Pretending to be coquettish and angry, he asked, before Lu Zhi's face changed, he saw Liu Le leaning his upper body to one side with a smile, as if acting coquettishly, or playing tricks, and put his cheek on Lu Zhi's forearm.

"Mother~"

"Even if you don't pity His Majesty, the Empress Mother should pity Yan'er when she is young?"

"Nine-year-old child, Mo Yan gave birth to an offspring, it is a matter of men and women, I am afraid I will be confused..."

Feeling her daughter's coquettish tone that has been rare for many years, Lu Zhi's expression only slightly warmed up, and there was no trace of firmness in his words.

"But the eldest son of the emperor has been born for several years..."

"If you wait another three or five years, even if Yan'er comes out, the eldest son of the emperor will grow up by then;"

"If you continue to bewitch someone with a heart, so that you will have the idea of ​​seizing the heir, what should you do?"

As he said that, Lu Zhi couldn't help but shook his head with a gloomy expression, and there was also a trace of deep worry on his brows.

"The eldest son of the emperor was born in the 12th year of Emperor Taizu Gao, and he can speak now;"

"If you are five years old, you will be eight years old. In terms of system, you can already become a king and a vassal."

"However, if at that time, Yan'er had nothing to do, or gave birth to a princess..."

In a few or two sentences, the gentleness between Lu Zhi's brows was replaced by a deep hesitation again.

Lu Zhi understands the truth, and Lu Zhi also understands his son Liu Ying's reluctance to Zhang Yan, who is only nine years old;

But the crux of the problem is: time, he waits for no one!
——Now, the eldest son of the emperor, Liu Gong, is almost four years old, and in two years, he will reach the age of becoming king;
In addition to the eldest son Liu Gong, the second son Liu Qiang and the third son Liu Buyi have all come to the world, and the fourth son Liu Shan was also born this summer;
In addition, at this moment, those harem concubines who are still walking in Weiyang Palace with their stomachs upright, raising their babies and waiting to give birth...
Thinking of this, Lu Zhi frowned, and there was only a lingering heaviness in his eyes.

Leaving aside those who have not yet been born, just based on the rate at which a prince was born every eight months in the past few years, five years later, when Empress Zhang Yan turned fourteen, she will be born in Weiyang Palace. I am afraid that the number of princes in the family will be no less than ten fingers!
When that time comes, what should we do?
Let Queen Zhang Yan give birth to a "eldest son" who ranks outside the tenth among brothers?
If that's the only way, that's fine.

No matter how many concubines there are, they are still no match for the concubine;

No matter how many concubines Liu Ying would give birth to in the future, as long as Zhang Yan could give birth to the eldest son, even the tenth and fifteenth sons of the emperor would definitely be crowned princes!
——As the empress dowager, especially as the founding empress, Lu Zhi has this confidence!
But the question is: five years later, can Zhang Yan really give birth to the eldest son as Lu Zhi expected?

At that time, will the emperor Liu Ying, who has already established a firm foothold in the court and fully controlled the power of the court, obey Lu Zhi's arrangement and give birth to the eldest son that Lu Zhi is looking forward to with the queen Zhang Yan?

On this point, Lu Zhi was extremely skeptical.

It is true that as far as the current situation is concerned, Lu Zhi is still very satisfied with Liu Ying's son, and he is also very relieved.

But the experience of the first half of his life made Lu Zhi really hard to believe: the emperor is a creature worthy of trust, especially worthy of women's trust.

Even the "woman" here refers to Lu Zhi, the mother who is the empress dowager, the emperor here, and Liu Ying, the son.

He even took a step back and said: Even after five or even ten years, Liu Ying still respects the queen mother as before, and has nothing to do with Lu Zhi's arrangements. It is also difficult to guarantee that Zhang Yan will give birth to the eldest son, not the eldest princess.

If one is unlucky, it is not impossible to conceive a second or third princess.

At that time, what should we do?
What attitude would the foreign court have towards a queen who had given birth to several princesses in succession but not even a single eldest son?

What would those princes in their teens and twenties who were already full-fledged think?
The most important thing is: How many years can Lu Zhi live?
How many years can Lu Zhi wait for Zhang Yan, and how many years can he wait for the eldest son?
Considering all the above, Lu Zhi was impatient, and even put pressure on Liu Ying regardless of the facts, so that Zhang Yan could give birth to the eldest son of the emperor as soon as possible.

As for whether Zhang Yan has the ability to conceive, Lu Zhi ignored it intentionally or unintentionally.

Until now, this layer of window paper was broken by his daughter Liu Le, Liu Leqiang pressed Lu Zhi's head, and put the fact that the "Queen is temporarily barren" to the sky, and Lu Zhi finally realized: I seem to be in a hurry. ·····

"Xuan Pinghou is also true!"

"Why didn't you give birth to Yan'er a few years earlier?"

Seeing her mother complaining about her husband Zhang Ao who "had not given birth to Zhang Yan a few years earlier", Liu Le couldn't stop laughing.

But when he regained his composure, Liu Le finally realized that his mother, Lu Zhi, had already been forced to do this.

——If not, according to Lu Zhi's past temperament, even if Liu Le was killed, he would never be able to imagine a scene where Lu Zhi was so arrogant and unreasonable!

Thinking of this, Liu Le raised his head without a trace, and cast his eyes on his mother Lu Zhi beside him. In his mind, the suggestion given by Liu Ying appeared again...

"The eldest son of the emperor, the queen mother doesn't have to worry about it?"

"After all, the eldest son of the emperor was born, and his biological mother died..."

Hearing Liu Le's words, Lu Zhi didn't react immediately, but waved his hand irritably.

"The eldest son of the emperor has no mother, how about the second and third sons of the emperor?"

"I can't!"

When it comes to urgent matters, the phrase 'I can't kill all the mothers of the princes' was almost blurted out by Lu Zhi!

After realizing his gaffe, Lu Zhi finally took a deep breath, but there was still a lingering irritability and gloom between his brows.

"The eldest son of the emperor has no mother, so there is nothing to worry about."

"In the past, the king of Qi was also born from a concubine and became the eldest, but the emperor was born from the second generation, and finally he was able to keep his throne."

"However, at that time, although King Qi had never coveted the reserve position, Huainan..."

In the middle of speaking, he stopped the conversation meaningfully, and handed Liu Le a color of "knowing everything", and saw Lu Zhi shaking his head and lamenting again and again.

"Yan'er is too young..."

"Too young..."

Speaking in a desolate tone, Lu Zhi leisurely got up from the couch, took two steps forward, looked out of the hall, and let out a long sigh indifferently.

For a moment, even the idea of ​​'killing all the princes' birth mothers' flashed through Lu Zhi's mind!

But in the end, Lu Zhi suppressed this impulse forcibly, and buried this idea deeply in his heart.

——One day in the future, when Lu Zhi is about to die, if Zhang Yan still does not give birth to the eldest son, this plan will become Lu Zhi's last option.

But right now, it's not that far...
"That is, the eldest son of the emperor has no mother, and Yan'er is young, and it is difficult to give birth to an eldest son at the age of three or five..."

"Why doesn't the mother give permission to make the emperor's eldest son succeed Yan'er?"

"In this way, for Yan'er to be raised by his side, even if the eldest son of the emperor has the idea of ​​seizing the heir, he should restrain himself a little because of the kindness of nurturing;"

"In the future, Yan'er will give birth to the eldest son, and the eldest son of the emperor will remember Yan'er's kindness, and he will be the hand, foot and arm of the prince in the future. Is it unknown?"

While Lu Zhi was thinking about it, Liu Le's voice suddenly appeared behind him, causing Lu Zhi's face to froze for a moment!
After only a moment, Lu Zhi turned around coldly, with a hint of depth in his eyes.

"This discussion is also what the emperor said to Lu Yuan?!"

Hearing Lu Zhi's obviously cold tone, Liu Le couldn't help but panic, and hurriedly got up from the couch, but there was a slight complaint on his face.

"What's the mother doing..."

"The daughter is only worried about it when she sees her mother, so she jokes. Is the mother annoyed?"

When he asked aggrievedly, Liu Le let out a coquettish voice, and immediately put on a posture of saying goodbye and leaving.

"If the mother doesn't like her daughter, in the future, her daughter will never enter Changle again..."

After saying that, I saw Liu Le walking down the imperial steps angrily, turned around, and bowed to Lu Zhi in anger.

"The queen mother is well, so let's rest."

"My daughter will step down now."

Seeing Liu Le's behavior, Lu Zhi's face was cloudy for a while, but he didn't ask to stay.

After Liu Le's figure gradually moved away and gradually disappeared from sight, Lu Zhi walked back two steps with a gloomy expression, and groped to sit back on the imperial couch.

"Following the eldest son of the emperor at the knee of the queen..."

"Following the queen's knee..."

He murmured twice with a gloomy expression, and saw that Lu Zhi didn't lift his head, but only raised his hand indifferently.

"Go forward and talk back."

Before the words were finished, the old eunuch who was bowing to the side hurried forward and knelt down beside Lu Zhi with a worried face.

"Recently, what has the eldest son of the emperor been busy with?"

"Emperor, have you ever met him?"

"Among the east and west palaces, among the ministers of the foreign court, is there any private discussion about the eldest son of the emperor?"

Hearing this, the old eunuch hurriedly kowtowed, and only raised his head a little tentatively after Lu Zhi gave a light 'huh'.

"Report, report to the Queen Mother."

"After Ji Xia, His Majesty sent the son to study and read the scriptures and classics of past sages in Tianlu Pavilion; after the Yandong War broke out, His Majesty was busy with state affairs all day long, and never looked at it."

"When it comes to the palace, if you talk about the son, you will feel sorry for the early death of your biological mother. Apart from that, there is nothing else to say; among the ministers of foreign courts, there are few who talk about the son..."

Hearing this, Lu Zhi only nodded silently, but the vigilant expression on his face remained the same.

"Studying the classics?"

"--what did you learn?"

"Who is the teacher?!"

As soon as Lu Zhi spoke, he saw the old eunuch tremble slightly, and quickly lowered his head again.

"The one I studied is the chapter "Cang Jie" written by Qin Prime Minister Li Si."

"And the teacher..."

"Uh······"

"And the teacher of the young master seems to be a literati selected by the examination. He is not very old, and he has never been famous in the counties and counties."

"I only heard that the eunuch's order occasionally said: This person is a disciple of Zhongni..."

Hearing this, the expression on Lu Zhi's face finally showed a slight warming trend, and a little indifference appeared between his brows.

"After Zhong Ni..."

"That's Confucianism?"

"You know what sect and sect his teacher came from, and how can he claim to be a Confucianist?"

This time, the old eunuch couldn't answer, he just hurriedly said "I don't know", and pressed his head tightly on the floor in panic.

But when Lu Zhi heard the words, he let out a short sigh indifferently.

"Go down and check."

"Look up the name, birthplace, and apprenticeship of the eldest son of the emperor..."

"Forget it, there's no need to check."

Inexplicably making an explanation, and then canceling the explanation, Lu Zhi waved his hand again, signaling the old eunuch to step down.

When the old eunuch straightened up tremblingly, he bowed deeply to Lu Zhi, and then retreated from the side of the hall while wiping his cold sweat, finally, there was a look of thought again on Lu Zhi's brows.

"The eldest son of the emperor..."

"The eldest son of the emperor..."

"Christine..."

"Gong Liu..."

(End of this chapter)