Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 186: I also tried my best to present it to the princess

Chunhe Palace.

garden.

under the gazebo.

The Crown Princess Li Yao, the talented Wang Qihong, and the chosen attendant Shuying were sitting in front of a stone table in order of priority, sipping herbal tea and chatting.

After learning that Prince Zhu Gaoxu would accept Yili and take the princess of Li as his concubine, it was rare for the three of them to get together to discuss the same matter.

"I heard that the biological mother of the princess of the Khanate was a blond and blue-eyed Bai Yi. She must not look much better."

Wang Qihong uses herself to save others, thinking that she also tried to make the princess of the country look ugly.

When she gave birth to her first son Zhu Gaoxu, those who knew her origins from the Goryeo royal family might occasionally say in private that she was a foreigner.

But after she gave birth to a son for Zhu Gaoxu, no one dared to say such words anymore.

Just last month, Crown Princess Li Yao and the talented Wang Qihong gave birth to a son for Zhu Gaoxu, and Shuying, the attendant Quan, gave birth to a daughter for Zhu Gaoxu.

At present, Zhu Gaoxu's two new sons and a daughter are already one month old.

Because the son Li Yao gave birth to Zhu Gaoxu was the eldest son and Zhu Di's eldest grandson.

Therefore, Zhu Di was overjoyed and named Li Yao's son Zhu Zhanyu.

Territory refers to territory and land.

It can be seen that Zhu Di has high hopes for his eldest grandson.

In order to show that he treated all his grandchildren equally, he also named Zhu Gaoxu's third son Zhu Zhanjing, and took this opportunity to give Zhu Gaoxu's first son Que'er a famous name, Zhu Zhancheng.

At that time, after Empress Xu learned about this, she accused Zhu Di of favoring sons over daughters and asked him why he didn't also name Zhu Gaoxu's two daughters.

Although Zhu Di felt embarrassed, he later named Xiao Li Zhu Xiaoli (sounds the same as Li), and also named Zhu Gaoxu's second daughter Zhu Xiaoqing (sounds the same as Qing).

So far, Zhu Gaoxu's three sons and two daughters have official names.

Closer to home.

Although Zhu Gaoxu had no intention of pampering his concubine and destroying his wife, Wang Qihong, as a woman who gave birth to two sons for the current prince, her status in the harem should not be underestimated, and it had become increasingly stable at this time.

After Zhu Gaoxu succeeds to the throne in the future, Wang Qihong's two children will definitely be named princes. Only people with mental illness will offend her now.

Moreover, there is a crucial point, that is, the longer Queen Xu spends time with Wang Qihong, the more she feels that Wang Qihong understands Chinese laws and etiquette better than many Ming women.

Crown Prince Zhu Gaoxu, Crown Princess Li Yao, and Shuying, the chosen minister, have long regarded Wang Qihong as one of their own.

What's more, Wang Qihong also assumed the identity of the concubine of the Ming Dynasty Crown Prince, and her self-perception has transformed into an out-and-out, upright Ming Dynasty person.

Whoever dares to say that she is a foreigner does not need Zhu Gaoxu to express anything. The people under Zhao Junchen will make those gossips speechless.

Therefore, Wang Qihong looks down on the princess of Yili, but it is more in line with her style.

"Appearance is not the most important thing. I'm worried that the princess is just a hostage sent by Yili to compromise with the imperial court. Moreover, according to common sense, it is impossible for Yili to find someone to pretend to be its own princess. In this way, When the princess of the Khanate marries, how will His Highness treat her, as a hostage or a concubine? At that time, His Highness will definitely be in trouble. And we, as His Highness women, should plan for His Highness in advance, so as not to let His Highness suffer in the future. Difficult to do.”

Crown Princess Li Yao thinks deeper and sees further.

Therefore, what she said was all from Zhu Gaoxu's perspective.

For Quan Shuying, looking at the entire harem, there are two people she admires the most, one is Queen Xu, and the other is Crown Princess Li Yao.

Li Yao seems to be virtuous and kind, but she is very intelligent, resourceful, and very good at life. She is very shrewd, but she will not let others think that she is shrewd or hypocritical.

And this is not something ordinary people can do.

Previously, Li Yao had been trained by Queen Xu in the palace for a long time.

After Zhu Gaoxu married Li Yao with the solemn etiquette of marrying a princess, Li Yao often accompanied Queen Xu and listened to Queen Xu's teachings and guidance.

In other words, in Queen Xu's mind, when Zhu Gaoxu succeeds to the throne in the future, Li Yao is the confirmed queen.

In fact, Empress Xu trained Li Yao as the empress of the world. Li Yao naturally developed the scheming to control the concubines in the harem and the means to deal with harem affairs.

Quan Shuying saw that both Wang Cai and the Crown Princess spoke, so she could not remain silent.

But she was not easy to pick off others' words, so she thought for a moment and said slowly: "The children are still young now. I'm worried that when the children grow up in the future, they will inevitably have conflicts with each other for one reason or another. Contradiction or conflict.”

Quan Shuying's words were more subtle. In fact, she was referring to the fact that when Zhu Gaoxu's children grow up, they will discriminate against or antagonize each other because of their mothers' different identities.

The most important thing is that this kind of conflict between children may involve the forces behind their mother's clan, thus triggering some changes in the political situation.

Although Quan Shuying did not say this explicitly, Li Yao and Wang Qihong were both smart people, and they understood the implications of Quan Shuying's words.

"This kind of thing doesn't seem like a big deal, but it has far-reaching consequences. In my opinion, it's better to report it to the Queen Mother and let her make the decision."

Li Yao glanced at Wang Qihong and Quan Shuying's faces with gentle eyes, and asked slowly: "What do you two sisters think?"

"I have no objection. I will follow my sister's arrangements." Wang Qihong said.

Quan Shuying echoed: "I also listen to my sister."

That night.

Qianqing Palace.

dining room.

Zhu Di and Empress Xu were sitting around a dining table, having dinner together.

"I heard that Your Majesty wants the prince to marry the princess of Yilibali Khanate?"

Queen Xu stood up, first used a spoon to add a spoonful of green onion and egg soup to the palm-sized white porcelain bowl in front of Zhu Di, then sat down and asked softly.

"I haven't even said a word about this yet!"

Zhu Di was a little curious and asked with a slight smile: "Whose advice did the Queen listen to?"

Queen Xu's face drooped, she glared at Zhu Di and said, "Who did you listen to? This matter has been widely circulated, who else do you want to listen to? Aren't you going to discuss it with me about giving Gao Xu a concubine? I But his mother!" "Why does this soup taste a little salty?"

Zhu Di picked up the white porcelain bowl, drank the green onion and egg soup in one gulp, put down the bowl and said.

Empress Xu didn't believe it and reached out to serve herself a spoonful of egg soup.

Then, she blew on the soup, took a sip, and nodded: "It's a bit salty. I'll put less salt next time."

At this moment, Queen Xu suddenly remembered the topic just now, stared at Zhu Di and asked: "Your Majesty, please don't interrupt on purpose. What did your Majesty think about what I just asked?"

"My father had a rule during his lifetime that the harem should not interfere with politics. I asked Gao Xu to marry a foreign princess. It is a state matter for the court, so you should not interfere with it."

Zhu Di put down his bowl and chopsticks and said deliberately with a straight face.

"You really did it. Let me ask you, if this princess gives birth to several sons in the future, what will you do? Should you make her the king or not?"

Queen Xu asked angrily.

She stopped calling him "Your Majesty" and directly called Zhu Di "you".

Zhu Di wasn't angry either. After all, they were an old couple.

He stroked his beard and smiled and said: "Women's opinion. What happened to the title of king? If the princess really gives birth to several sons for Gao Xu in the future, I will allocate these grandsons to the Western Region in the future. In this way, won't this Western Region become Is it my fiefdom of the Ming Dynasty vassal?"

"That's a beautiful idea. Can the tribes in the Western Regions agree to let our grandson go there to become a loner?"

Queen Xu felt that Zhu Di was a little whimsical.

But Zhu Di took a piece of braised tofu and said while eating: "I tell you, according to the spy report, the Tatar tribe and the Oara tribe in the Northern Yuan Dynasty heard that they also tried to sacrifice the princess to the imperial court in order to calm down the army. After that, the two forces have sent envoys to the court, and they most likely want to present the princess in order to prevent the court from sending troops to the north."

When he spoke, he looked quite proud. After all, the offensive and defensive momentum had changed.

Now it is the Ming Dynasty that decides whether to attack the Northern Yuan Dynasty and the Western Regions, instead of the previous situation where outsiders could come and leave whenever they wanted.

"I am a woman who can see that this is an expedient measure by the people of the Northern Yuan Dynasty. The purpose is to please the court and gain time to recuperate. In my opinion, let Gao Xu marry the princess, let it go Bar!"

Empress Xu picked up the soup spoon and gave Zhu Di another spoonful of green onion and egg soup, saying, "Your Majesty, although the soup is a bit salty, it's better not to waste it."

"What you said makes sense. Although it is a temporary measure, the imperial court also needs to recuperate and recuperate at the moment. I plan to personally lead the troops in a few years and conquer the Western Regions and the grasslands in one go!"

Zhu Di thought about the bright future and said: "Think about it, a hundred years from now, when Gao Xu succeeds to the throne, his and Princess Mengyuan's children will have grown up. By then, Gao Xu will entrust these children to the grasslands and the Western Regions , Who dares to object? Don’t these children have the blood of the so-called golden family? In this way, the Western Region and the grassland will completely become the territory of our Ming Dynasty, which is a great cause for generations to come!"

Empress Xu was unwilling to attack Zhu Di. After a moment of silence, she slowly said: "Although Gao Xu has three sons and two daughters, currently only the biological mother of Yu'er (the eldest son), Li Yao, is Han. Wang Qihong, the biological mother of Jing'er (the second son of the concubine), is a Korean after all. If Gao Xu takes another Meng Yuan woman as his concubine, I'm afraid there will be something wrong."

"To put it bluntly, you are worried that the differences between Gao Xu's wives and concubines will cause conflicts. I think it is very simple to solve this problem. Just add two more Han concubines to Gao Xu."

Zhu Di said more and more enthusiastically: "Well, this is really a good idea. I think that in the future, every time Gao Xu takes a foreign woman as a concubine, he will take two more Han concubines at the same time."

He changed the subject, looked at Queen Xu, and asked: "Queen, you only have three grandchildren now. In a few years, I'm afraid there will be a dozen grandsons running around in front of you. Are you happy?"

Empress Xu blushed and said, "Your Majesty is not ashamed!"

"You used to always want your children to flourish, but now the second child is more successful than the eldest and third child. Isn't what I said the truth?!"

Zhu Di didn't feel ashamed at all and said seriously.

What he meant was that in May of this year, Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui's princesses gave birth to a daughter.

Fortunately, they are all daughters. If someone gives birth to a son, he will become Zhu Di's eldest grandson.

The eldest grandson of the current emperor was not the son of the prince, but the son of another prince. This was a very strange and easily troubled thing.

Therefore, Zhu Di lamented that Zhu Gaoxu was more impressive than Zhu Gaochi and Zhu Gaosui in terms of spreading branches and leaves.

Empress Xu did not want to get entangled with Zhu Di on the matter of "giving birth to a child", but said seriously: "Gao Xu's current concubines will all be concubines in the future. You cannot choose concubines for Gao Xu randomly, you must be cautious."

"If you don't tell me about this, I will understand."

Zhu Di stroked his beard and said: "I have inquired about it a long time ago. Sheng Hongyu, the third girl from the Shengyong family of Duke Licheng, will turn 16 next month. I heard that this girl looks like her deceased mother, and she is a very beautiful girl. , generous, gentle and virtuous."

Empress Xu is a smart person. After hearing Zhu Di's words, she instantly understood that Zhu Di was not interested in the third girl of Sheng Yong's family, but wanted Sheng Yong to retire.

Because in the future, after Sheng Hongyu gives birth to a son for Zhu Gaoxu, the child's grandfather will be Sheng Yong.

The emperor's grandson's grandfather was a general with military power, which was absolutely not allowed in the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, once Sheng Yong's daughter Sheng Hongyu marries Zhu Gaoxu, Sheng Yong will become a relative and must retire.

Zhu Di's plan was to let the older generation of generals retire smoothly after gaining a good reputation.

After that, let the younger generation, especially his former subordinate generals, have the opportunity to practice, and it is best to accumulate merit and become the new Ming Dynasty nobles, just like Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu and their sons.

Even if it was two princes from the same family, he, Zhu Di, was willing to give it!
Because after the Ming Dynasty's nobles experienced several major cases in the Hongwu Dynasty, the strength of the entire group of nobles had become very weak, and they were simply unable to compete with the growing number of civil servants.

At present, many of the new policies of the imperial court are mostly implemented by civilian officials. In the future, Zhu Di plans to rectify the imperial policy and reform the system. This will require not only civil servants, but also military generals with iron-blooded skills to implement it.

"I have seen that girl Sheng Hongyu. She is indeed beautiful and has a good reputation for her moral character."

Queen Xu said slowly.

What she meant by this was that she agreed with Zhu Di's arrangement.

After a pause, Queen Xu asked: "Your Majesty just mentioned two children. Besides the girl from the Sheng family, who is the other one?"

Zhu Di personally gave Queen Xu a piece of chicken, and then said: "Queen, the other child I like is Zhang Fu's little sister Zhang Yuerong."

"The little sister of Xincheng Hou Zhang Fu?"

Empress Xu frowned and said, "I recognize Zhang Fu. He is five years older than Gao Xu. His little sister is probably not yet 16 years old, right?"

"I'm already 15 years old. Let's get married first."

Zhu Di said nonchalantly.

PS: Thanks for the tip from Kuazhui [Shadow] Bu!grateful!

(End of this chapter)