Traveling through: The down-and-out beauty refuses to be cannon fodder

At this moment, Liang Fang ran over tearfully, knelt on the ground and kowtowed fiercely: "Miss Fang just saw that the fire at the Qianqing Gate was small, and there were still people inside who hadn't come out, so she rushed in to save them, and I haven't seen her come out again!"

Zhu Jianshen felt like a bolt from the blue!

He looked at the Qianqingmen not far away, where the smoke was billowing and the flames were raging, he swayed, spit out a mouthful of old blood, and fainted to the ground.

It was already late at night when Zhu Jianshen woke up, and he was in Wenhua Hall.

Brother Chan was crying beside him, and the Empress Dowager Zhou was giving orders calmly.

The fire at Qianqingmen burned all night and was only extinguished the next morning.Among the rubble were two charred bodies.Several silver needles that Fang Yuanzhi carried every day were found on a corpse. From the remaining clothing and fabrics, it was determined that the deceased was Fang Yuanzhi himself.

Zhu Jianshen felt incredible.

How is it so coincidental?
But he remembered that she had mentioned that she had fallen into a flood in order to save someone, and felt that this was in line with her behavior.

However, Queen Mother Zhou mentioned a practical question: "Brother Nai's biological mother, what are your plans?"

Zhu Jian was deeply silent.

Empress Dowager Zhou said to herself: "The prince cannot have a biological mother with bad character. You must keep this in mind."

Zhu Jianshen sneered: "Why not?"

"If the birth mother's conduct is not good, Brother Chan's royal blood will be questioned. In the future, the vassal princes from all over the world will make up an excuse casually, saying that he is not your biological son, and he will not be able to argue with it. Don't be confused. Fang is dead . If you want to treat her favorably, you must make up for it in other ways."

"What does Empress Yimu mean?"

"The Ai family has already found someone. She is the daughter of a chieftain of the Yao tribe in Guangxi. She entered the palace and became a palace maid nine years ago. All her family members have died, so there will be no further trouble."

Zhu Jianshen said unrepentantly, "The queen mother has a good plan."

"Emperor, this is not a trifling matter!"

Zhu Jianshen held Brother Nai in his arms and said in a half-hearted voice, "That's the Empress Yi."

There is something fishy about this matter, and the Queen Mother must be involved.

Yuan Zhi has kung fu, how could she be easily burned to death?Even if she is kind-hearted, she will not be so stupid as to sacrifice herself to save others.

It was hard for him to believe this.

He can understand the motive of the Empress Dowager Zhou, isn't she just wanting to raise Brother Cheng and hold the future power in her hands?
It's just that he couldn't understand Yuanzhi's motives.

How could she be so cruel in feigning death and leaving their father and son behind?

Even though she doesn't like to impose concubine status on him, is it necessary for her to use such decisive means to protest?
Where is this guy hiding now?

He had to put some effort into finding her!

……

Time passed day by day, and Zhu Jianshen ordered people to search the entire palace but could not find Fang Yuanzhi, not even the slightest clue.

There are more and more rumors about the appearance of a prince in the harem of the former dynasty.

Zhu Jianshen had to ask Huai En to go to the cabinet to let the cabinet elders discuss how the prince should show himself to the public.

Several pavilion elders talked about it and didn't come up with a clear answer.

Shang Ren finally said: "If the edict is sent to the Ministry of Rites with a proposed name and speech, then everyone will speak for themselves without saying anything."

Huaien thought this was a good move and went back to report to Zhu Jianshen.

Zhu Jianshen issued an order, and the Ministry of Rites said: "My prince is six years old and has not yet been named. He has made a decision with the Imperial Academy to hear about it."

Everyone inside and outside the court was happy!

Some excited courtiers even shouted in public: "The blessing of my court, the blessing of my court!"

In the end, Brother Chan's name was named Zhu Youtang, and he was written on the jade plate by the next clan's mansion.The person in charge of the clan mansion is Zhou Jing, the husband of Princess Chongqing, and Zhu Jianshen's direct brother-in-law, so naturally he would not make things difficult for him.

A few days later, Zhu Jianshen took Brother Chan to meet the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs outside the Wenhua Gate, which was the first time that the third prince met a minister.

A few days later, Zhu Jianshen summoned the four elders of the cabinet to Wenhua Hall, and asked gently: "Since the prince is out, how will he deal with it?"

This is obviously a sub-question of Taoism!

Shang Ren hurriedly took the lead and knelt down to salute: "The emperor has been on the throne for ten years, and the vice-president has not been appointed. The people of the world have been looking forward to this for a long time! Today, the prince is blessed by the real sect society! He should be crowned prince!"

Zhu Jianshen asked without changing his expression: "Are you going to establish the crown prince now?"

Shang Ren replied: "The weather is hot now, and it will take time for each government office to go through the process of registering a prince. It would be more appropriate to wait for the autumn to establish the crown prince."

Zhu Jianshen agreed.

Wan An said again: "Prince must worry about the festival when he is hungry and full of cold and warm."

Zhu Jianshen nodded and said, "I see." Then he gave wine and food to several old elders, and ordered Huai En, Qin Chang and others from the Supervisor of Rituals to accompany him.

My own son, can I not worry about it?
He has a big head.In the last few days, Yuan Zhi disappeared suddenly, Brother Chan was well-behaved in front of others, but he turned into a little crying bag behind him, pulling his sleeves all day long, crying and begging for his mother, leaving him with no time to deal with government affairs.

Yuan Zhi is really heartless. He just left without saying hello. What kind of trouble is this?

Are you angry that you said harsh words to her last time?
Still angry at the birth of the princess last year?

……

The person in the whole capital who was furious about the prince's appearance was Sun Zan of Huichang Houfu.

After this protracted struggle, his wife and children died, and he married a daughter of the Empress Dowager Zhou's natal family, but they seemed to be at odds with him.How could he be willing that Fang Yuanzhi's son of a bitch would become the crown prince?
But now most of his influence in the palace has been eliminated, and he has more than enough energy to do some bad things.

He was very drunk, and an idea flashed in his mind, and he thought of Concubine Wan Gui, who was rumored to be the most favored harem, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

He used the pretext of drinking with Concubine Wan Gui's father to get the words into Concubine Wan Gui's ears.

Concubine Wan Gui felt that her ears had heard wrongly, or that Sun Zan had gone crazy!
I am a good concubine, so I want to help him offend the emperor, a down-and-out person who has been stripped of his official position and his family's power?
The emperor is now her biggest supporter, and she is not that stupid!
The prince's biological mother, the Ji family, was named Concubine Shu and lived in the Yongshou Palace, but the Yongshou Palace was controlled by the Queen Mother's people, and not even a mosquito could fly in.

Wan Zhen'er didn't think that the emperor was willing to treat his beloved Fang Yuanzhi like this.

That concubine Ji Shu is probably only in name for a few days.

Sure enough, Concubine Ji Shu died of a serious illness before June was over.

……

Time passed by, and in September, civil and military ministers sang together to ask for the crown prince. They played three times and asked three times. The emperor agreed and asked the Ministry of Rites to choose an auspicious day for the crown prince.

Finally, it was decided that the eighth day of November in the 11th year of Chenghua would be auspicious, and the crown prince should be established.

After the prince canonization ceremony, Zhu Jianshen's heart became colder and colder.

It has been more than half a year since Fang Yuanzhi disappeared. He sent people to look for her inside and outside the palace, and even in Jiangnan, but no trace of her was found.

Did she really die in the fire at Qianqingmen?
Impossible, this is impossible!

But where did she go?

When the second prince was canonized as the crown prince, she cried hysterically.

Now that her son has been registered as the crown prince, why doesn't she show up?
This heartless woman! (end of this chapter)