Reborn Ming Dynasty as Emperor

Chapter 8 The Queen
Wei Zhongxian was able to become the eunuch who was the supervisor of ceremonies and was deeply favored by the emperor, not because he was good at sycophancy, as the history of the Ming Dynasty said, but because he was good at judging the situation and was very obedient.

Now that Zhu Youxiao has made up his mind, he is not good at persuading him anymore, and he will not hesitate to die for his own political purpose like a civil servant, but honestly went to the cabinet with the emperor's oral order.

It was getting dark gradually, and just after Wei Zhongxian stepped back, Mrs. Ke and a beautiful girl wearing a phoenix coronet and Xiapei came over.

If Zhu Youxiao's memory is correct, this beautiful girl is her own queen Zhang Yan, who was later honored as Queen Yi'an in the Chongzhen Dynasty.

According to historical records, this Empress Zhang has a handsome appearance and a slender body. Now when Zhu Youxiao saw it, it was true. Zhu Youxiao was very happy to have a beautiful woman as his wife.

Empress Zhang bowed slightly to Zhu Youxiao: "I have met the emperor myself."

"Get up", but Zhu Youxiao found that his empress Zhang was pale and lacked righteousness, so he couldn't help asking: "Are you sick?"

Ke Shi who was at the side replied: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that the empress has just had a miscarriage and has just recovered from her body. Because she knew that her majesty's dragon body is safe, she hurriedly wanted to come and see her."

"Miscarriage?"

Zhu Youxiao suddenly remembered that it was mentioned in the book that Keshi, Wei Zhongxian and Queen Zhang were at odds and tried to frame Queen Zhang and cause her to have a miscarriage. Now that I think about it, it is full of loopholes.

Not to mention that Wei Zhongxian has nothing to do with the Ke family now, even the intimacy between Empress Zhang and the Ke family just now seems to be no contradiction.

Moreover, even if the Hakka family and Li Jinzhong really colluded with each other and had a rift with the queen, they would not be guilty of murdering the prince. You must know that once Zhu Youxue has no children, and Zhu Youjian, who is supported by the Donglin Party, inherits the throne, the most disadvantaged person is him. Wei Zhongxian.

If he were Wei Zhongxian, he would wish Zhu Youxiao had more heirs.

Because, if he has a son, Wei Zhongxian still has a chance to be the second Wang Zhen.

Thinking about the fact that he was almost poisoned to death by the Donglin Party and Xinwang people this morning, Zhu Youxiao is now completely sure that even if someone really harmed his queen's miscarriage, it is probably related to the Donglin Party!
This at least makes sense logically. The agent supported by the Donglin Party is his younger brother Zhu Youjian. If the emperor himself has no heirs, only then can Zhu Youjian ascend the throne smoothly and they can achieve their political goals.

Later, as soon as Zhu Youjian came to the throne, members of the Donglin Party were quickly employed, and almost all the eunuchs stepped down. Doesn't this just illustrate this point?
Seeing his queen's blood loss, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help asking: "How many times has my concubine had a miscarriage?"

"three times?"

"Damn! I must find out who did it!"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but feel very angry. His queen was only [-] years old, but she was framed and aborted three times in a row. As a doctor, he naturally knew how much it hurt a woman.

Zhu Youxiao directly grabbed the little hand of his concubine, which was soft and cold. Regardless of Empress Zhang's shy face, she put her fingers on Empress Zhang's wrist, and immediately raised her jaw: " Open your mouth!"

Empress Zhang obediently opened her small mouth, and the white tongue coating stretched out automatically, and said in a shy voice, "Your Majesty."

After watching it for a while, Zhu Youxiao guessed the seven or eight symptoms of his beloved concubine, and then asked the maid beside the empress: "Have you seen the imperial doctor, empress, whose medicine is it?"

Without waiting for the maid to reply, Mrs. Ke first came over and said: "The empress is currently taking the medicine of the imperial doctor Pan Xu of the imperial hospital, but after taking it for several months, it still doesn't work, and instead it gets worse?"

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but turn cold, and it was this Xu court judge who used tiger and wolf medicine for himself, but also attacked the queen. Thanks to this guy's sense of humor, he committed suicide early, or I would have to cut him!
"Since March, my concubine, the bleeding has never stopped." One of the people present was my husband, and the other was the wet nurse Hakka. Empress Zhang didn't have to shy away from it, and told her about the illness that had troubled her for a long time. It is a very normal psychological phenomenon that people want to tell their close ones when they are sick.

Keshi couldn't help sighing after hearing this, but Zhu Youxiao didn't speak, but pulled Queen Zhang into the warm pavilion inside: "Light up the lamp, and undress the queen!"

"Your Majesty, this is it, it's inconvenient for my concubine now." Empress Zhang didn't understand why her husband suddenly asked someone to undress her. She thought that her husband was going to do that. Being unwell and unable to serve him, I was angry because my husband didn't know how to take pity on me.

The Ke family on the side also came to persuade, but Zhu Youxiao had already roughly hugged Empress Zhang horizontally, laid it flat on the kang, and lifted up Empress Zhang's pleated skirt: "Get a basin of hot water and hold the lamp! "

Seeing that Zhu Youxiao didn't take off his clothes or do other things, the queen and Keshi just washed their hands with hot water and lifted the lantern to see a private place of Queen Zhang.

"Fortunately, it's just a little red and swollen, plus the pulse condition just now, there should be some slight poisoning, plus several miscarriages, it left the current insufficiency, you have to use high-quality donkey-hide gelatin and ginseng for recuperation, otherwise the life expectancy It’s hard to guarantee, and it’s even more difficult to have children.”

After Zhu Youxiao muttered a few words, seeing the maids around him stunned in place, he couldn't help but get angry and said: "Why are you standing still! Why don't you do what I said, go and get the best donkey-hide gelatin and ginseng! "

Seeing that the emperor was so furious, the female officer in charge ran out in a hurry, and soon brought ginseng and donkey-hide gelatin. Zhu Youxiao saw that they were all Xumo and inferior donkey-hide gelatin, and couldn't help being even more annoyed:
"Bull me because you only know carpentry and don't know medicine. You use these inferior goods to fool me and my queen. Is it possible that you really want to kill my queen?"

As soon as Zhu Youxiao asked, the female officer immediately knelt down: "Your Majesty, calm down, the imperial pharmacy said that there is only these. Due to the shortage of silver, there has been no medicinal materials for a long time."

Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but smile brightly, he is a majestic emperor who can't use good donkey-hide gelatin and ginseng, is this still a rich emperor?

Principal Zhu You had to buy some top-grade donkey-hide gelatin and ginseng. Although there were not many, it was barely enough for his queen.

At the same time, Zhu Youxiao also ordered that from now on, all the maids around the queen should be replaced except for a few maids who were close to the guest and the queen.

For a while, the entire inner court of the Forbidden City became panicked, and the management was much stricter than usual, especially the diet and daily life of Zhu Youxiao and Queen Zhang were strictly controlled.

No one understood how His Majesty the Emperor suddenly became so cautious. Only he himself knew that behind the seemingly peaceful Ming court, there were always ambitious people secretly trying to murder him.

(End of this chapter)