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Chapter 896
The only noble concubine in the palace was Concubine Zheng, and Zhang Cheng was talking about her naturally. Emperor Wanli didn't dare to stay in Qianqing Palace these days because he felt that it was not easy to meet Concubine Zheng.

Now that the Empress Dowager Cisheng of the Palace of Compassionate Ning stretched out her hand to take Zhu Changluo over, it was almost as if the establishment of the crown prince had been confirmed, and Emperor Wanli would probably have another embarrassing entanglement when he went to meet Concubine Zheng.

Hearing Zhang Cheng's words, Emperor Wanli sighed and said irritably:
"Go to Concubine Li De's side tonight, Zhang Banban, tell Shen Shixing and the others about the meaning of the joint title of kings. If this is acceptable, use this."

Zhang Cheng bowed to his orders, and just about to turn around, he heard a commotion outside the imperial study room. There was a commotion outside the imperial study room. This is really bad manners. Zhang Cheng frowned and wanted to ask questions, but Zhao Jinliang raised his voice and reported:
"The imperial concubine is here~~"

The Imperial Study Room was originally within the scope of the Qianqing Palace. When Zhang Cheng heard the announcement, he didn't look at Emperor Wanli's face, and directly bowed and said:

"Long live my lord, this servant will go down to do this errand first."

The master has come to the door, so the servants should get out of the way. Does it depend on the family affairs of the Long Live Lord? Emperor Wanli wanted to stop Zhang Cheng with a bitter face, but he didn't speak after thinking about it.

As soon as Zhang Cheng went out, he ran into Concubine Zheng who was holding the child. He hurriedly bowed to salute. Concubine Zheng nodded to him with red eyes, and walked into the room. After Zhang Cheng closed the door, he pulled Zhao Jinliang and spoke. Commanded and said:
"The waiters should stay away from the house, and you too. Outsiders should not listen to the things inside."

With these words, Zhao Jinliang naturally understood what was going on, and hurriedly backed away, and all the eunuchs and maids accompanying Concubine Zheng also rushed out of the way.

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Concubine Zheng entered the room, Emperor Wanli glanced at her, then lowered his head, Concubine Zheng took two steps, but knelt down with the child in her arms, did not speak there, only shed tears.

Emperor Wanli looked up and saw Concubine Zheng crying silently there. After all, his heart was still distressed, so he couldn't help but stand up and said:
"Why are you crying, nothing has been settled now, so don't worry, even if Zhu Changxun can't be the crown prince, I will seal a good place for Changxun when the time comes, and give him a lot of property and goods, and he will live a life of glory and wealth."

"emperor."

Concubine Zheng Guifei said something, but she couldn't help crying out, fearing that the sleeping child would be disturbed there, but this gesture made Emperor Wanli even more uncomfortable, so he stood up and walked to Concubine Zheng, and said:
"You just came here, what are you doing with the child, the weather is still a bit cold, what should the child do if he catches a cold, stop kneeling, get up, get up."

Concubine Zheng Gui didn't get up, she sobbed twice, and said in a crying voice:

"Your Majesty, my concubine doesn't expect Chang Xun to be a prince, but only wants him to live a healthy and safe life. But now that the officials are talking like this, and there is such a commotion outside, the concubine's mother and child have become the target of public criticism. Now I am afraid that in the future It may not be possible to seek a happy ending, everything will be watched by outsiders, and everything will become a traitor!"

"Nonsense! With Zhen protecting your mother and son, who dares to be so bold, the more you say it, the more shameful it becomes. According to the rules, this child Chang Xun can't be a crown prince, so don't you have so much resentment in your heart!"

When the other party said this, Emperor Wanli was also a little angry, and his words became a lot colder. Concubine Zheng held the child on the ground and cried again. After Emperor Wanli said this, seeing Concubine Zheng crying below, also Heart softened, sighed but wanted to reach out to pull Concubine Zheng up, and said:
"Stop thinking about it, so what if you make Chang Luo the crown prince? I want to make you a queen, but they don't agree, but you are not the most favored in the harem now. Besides, now that you are established, no one can say what will happen in the future. , the days are long."

Hearing these words, Concubine Zheng stopped crying, looked up at Emperor Wanli's face, and said firmly:

"Your Majesty, now that the Empress Dowager Cisheng has accepted Chang Luo into the Palace of Compassion and Ning, all the officials outside the palace are talking about it. Now that the empress dowager has made a final decision, if the empress dowager decides on the establishment of the heir this time, then the power of the empress dowager will be threatened again." Get up, Your Majesty, in the past Zhang Juzheng was the chief assistant, the Queen Mother and Zhang Juzheng were inside and outside, the Emperor lived very cautiously, and was worried all day long, if the Queen Mother decides the matter of the crown prince, the power will be greatly increased, and he should cooperate with those officials outside the palace , I'm afraid it will turn into the situation of Zhang Juzheng again, when the time comes, how the emperor will deal with himself, the emperor has only made up his own mind for a little over a year, is it going to go back to the old days of suffocation?"

The voice was a little high, and she shouldn't have said what she said, but the child in Concubine Zheng's arms was startled, twisted in its swaddling clothes, and cried loudly there.

"The miserable child."

Concubine Zheng said something, crying and comforting, Emperor Wanli was stunned by Concubine Zheng's words, and subconsciously wanted to scold him, but when the child cried like this, his temper was vented, he took out a handkerchief from his arms, squatted Come down to wipe Zhu Changxun's tears, and whisper a few words of comfort.

"Your majesty, the concubine's mother and son are really scared. This time's talk has pushed the concubine's mother and son to the forefront. From now on, the empress dowager will also regard our mother and son as a thorn in her flesh. In this palace, from now on, from now on."

Emperor Wanli sighed, stretched out his hand to lift Concubine Zheng's drooping hair, and said in a low voice:

"I didn't expect the situation to suddenly become so out of hand. Don't think too much. With Zhen protecting you, mother and child, no one can harm you."

"The emperor is willing to go back to the way it was before. The emperor can't even change the eunuchs who have errands in the palace. He has to talk to his concubines in private, for fear of outsiders eavesdropping."

The cry of the child became softer, and Concubine Zheng continued to say, Emperor Wanli didn't know what he thought of. He was able to open his heart in front of Concubine Zheng, but he didn't care about showing his weakness and confusion. He murmured:

"I'm also surprised, obviously everything is under control, the inner court and the outer court are respectful and respectful, but suddenly it's messed up, I didn't do anything wrong, and the people below are still loyal, why?"

Concubine Zheng stared into Emperor Wanli's eyes and hesitated for a while, as if she had made up her mind. Although there were only three of them in the imperial study, Concubine Zheng couldn't help lowering her voice, and she said:
"Your Majesty, the current situation is due to the fact that there is no one around the Emperor who is truly at ease and can do things freely outside. Your Majesty, let the Marquis of Dingbei come back to the capital. With his assistance, the Emperor will definitely be able to do it."

Concubine Zheng hadn't finished speaking, but Emperor Wanli's hand touching her face was suddenly withdrawn. Emperor Wanli straightened up, waved his hand a little irritably and said:
"Wang Tong is recuperating in northern Xinjiang. Why do you want him to come back? Without him, I can calm down this turmoil. My concubine should go back to rest first. Don't think about it, I am here for everything!"

Concubine Zheng bit her lower lip, her face turned pale, but she stopped talking, bowed and bowed, but the child in her arms cried even louder.

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When it was getting dark, Zhang Cheng brought back a letter from outside the palace. Regarding the strategy of conferring two kings, Shen Shixing bluntly evaded it and thought it was inappropriate, but the second assistant Wang Xijue felt that it was feasible. It was the wish of Emperor Wanli It has not been violated, and secondly, the current confusion can be resolved.

Now that officials don’t do errands, they are linking up the matter of establishing a reserve every day. Now that the situation has reached this point, a group of people will inevitably be promoted afterwards, and a group of people will inevitably be unlucky. Someone added it, which is exciting.

Conferring the two kings together means conferring the current eldest son Zhu Changluo and the second son Zhu Changxun as vassal kings at the same time. When they grow up, they will make calculations and decide who is the prince.

There is a little trick here, the crown prince and the vassal king are brothers, but their status is that of a monarch and a subject. If they are both named vassal kings, it will equalize the status of the two children, and they can also take actions in the future.

The news that the Empress Dowager brought the eldest son of the emperor Zhu Changluo back to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to be raised has spread outside the palace. The chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Shixing, naturally knows what this means, and he will definitely not make a sound, but Wang Xijue's temperament is not like a real civil servant , he considered less about the righteousness of the sages and more about the interests of the country.

Daming has a lot of things to do now, there is no need to entangle and fight internal friction for a meaningless matter, this is Wang Xijue's idea.

However, the next day, that is, the morning of May [-]th, the eunuch who was waiting in front of Wang Xijue's mansion hurried back to the palace to report. Wang Xijue said that he had not considered properly, was not comprehensive, and was not prepared to draft an order.

Dongchang was staring at that side, and the reason was soon sent up. When Wang Xijue wrote this letter, the news was spread by his subordinates. Two of his students hurried over to persuade him, and they made it very clear that the queen mother had already Taking the eldest son of the emperor into the Palace of Compassion and Peace, the situation is so obvious, teacher, if you write such a decree, in the future, I am afraid that you will be smashed to pieces, and the current trend of public opinion between the government and the opposition is also the same. Teacher, why bother to have trouble with so many people.

Wang Xijue took the overall situation into consideration, but it didn't mean that he didn't have political wisdom, nor did it mean that he didn't think about his own wealth and safety, so he naturally shrank back.

But when the news got out, the already passionate officialdom erupted even more. Some officials, Zhu Weijing, the prime minister of Guanglu Temple, said, "If you want to fool the world, you actually use the world as a play." Saving money is just as it should be. The emperor did this just to delay and play tricks.

Some people even went directly to Shu and said, Emperor Wanli was canonized as a prince when he was six years old, why he and Lu Wang were not conferred as vassal princes at that time, and when he grows up, he will decide who is the crown prince.

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In contrast to the chaos in the officialdom, Lu Wancai, the Prime Minister of Shuntian Mansion, summoned his captors and guards to order that the capital is now restless, so we must ensure security and not let thieves take advantage of the loopholes.

(End of this chapter)