Domineering Daming

After the death of the Ke family, Empress Zhang's status was prominent. In addition, this is the son of the eldest son. If it is a boy, he is destined to be the eldest son. He has a special status inside and outside the Ming Dynasty Hall, and no one can dare to neglect.

I don't know how long it took, Zhu Youxiao came out of the crowd with a cane, his face was pale and sluggish, as if he had been greatly shocked.He walked over and took a look at Zhu Xu, without saying a word, turned around and left the palace gate.

Zhu Xu's heart suddenly sank, and his eyes kept looking inside.

The concubines also left one after another, and Wu Qing and Wu Rou also came over, but they didn't speak, obviously very taboo.

Zhu Xu's heart is heavy, but he also knows that it is probably a disease that women are more sensitive to, so he can't reveal it.

He has been waiting, wanting to go in and meet Queen Zhang.

It was getting dark, and Huan'er had time to come over. Her expression seemed to have been crying for a few times, her lips were pursed, her eyes were red and she wanted to sob, "Your Highness, you go back, the empress is already asleep."

Zhu Xu panted heavily, looked at Huan'er and said, "Tell me honestly, is the illness of Huang's sister-in-law very serious?"

Huan'er frowned, glanced around, bit her lip and said in a low voice: "The imperial doctor said that the empress is weak and weak, so she is not suitable for childbirth. Now she can only protect her pregnancy. I will talk while watching."

Zhu Xu looked at Huan'er and knew that there must be other important things she didn't say in her words, but Zhu Xu could almost guess it.

"Well, I see." Zhu Xu nodded, turned and left the palace.

After walking out of Kunning Palace, Zhu Xu slowly walked back to his palace, but he let out a long sigh in his heart.

Sure enough, history is history, and a strong inertia cannot be changed by any small matter.If Empress Zhang is unable to give birth to a prince, then the future Emperor Chongzhen will still succeed to the throne normally, and everything seems to be back to the original point.

Yao Qingqing watched Zhu Xu walk into the room listlessly, lying on the couch weakly, and couldn't help but worried: "Your Highness, is the Empress okay?"

Zhu Xu's eyes were dim. He always thought that Empress Zhang would give birth to a prince, so he would have a lot of room to maneuver in the future. But if King Xin is still in power and Chongzhen comes again, it will be difficult for him to survive, let alone what he wants to do. .

"It's okay." Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "I'm sleepy, don't bother me if I'm okay."

Yao Qingqing was also aware of the relationship between Zhu Xu and Empress Zhang, so she brought a blanket over and quietly retreated.

Things went on for several days, and Zhu Xu couldn't eat or sleep well, but Queen Zhang's side was still not suitable for seeing people.

In the past few days, there is good news outside the palace. The Huimin Chamber of Commerce is very successful, and the channels are also being built quickly. In addition to the original channels, it is making thousands of taels of profit every day.Huitong Commercial Bank is also slowly getting on the right track and is planning to open its first branch.

Fu Changzong has already solved the coal problem, and it shouldn't cause too much thought to stop a batch from the official ship entering Beijing.

As for the matter of the salt field, Fu Changzong took advantage of Yu Wei of Zhu Xu's inspection of the six departments, and opened up the joints of the transshipment department. Now there is a lack of people to arrange to enter the salt field, and it is completely controlled.

About ten days later, there was news from Queen Zhang that she could see people.

Hearing the news, Zhu Xu ran out almost scrambling.Having a prince is very important, but people are more important.

Empress Zhang sat in front of the table, her face was pale with a little blush, she saw Zhu Xu rushing in in a hurry, she smiled lightly and said angrily: "Okay, don't be like a monkey, you are still a prince anyway, be more serious."

After finishing speaking, she turned her head to Huan'er and said, "Go, bring some of King Hui's favorite snacks."

Seeing Empress Zhang, Zhu Xu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a forced smile on his face, "Sister-in-law Huang, you've been worrying about me to death these days."

Empress Zhang nodded slightly, and immediately thought of something, she smiled and said, "Okay, sit down."

Empress Zhang's complexion recovered fairly well, and she was also in good spirits, but Zhu Xu looked at her and always felt that she was still a little bit out of breath.

Zhu Xu sat down opposite Empress Zhang, looked at her expression, and asked with concern, "Sister-in-law Huang, are you alright?"

Empress Zhang took the plate from Huan'er, handed it to Zhu Xu and said in a warm voice: "Sister-in-law Huang is fine, you, listen to my advice and stay honest, otherwise I will not be able to help you in the future. After a few years, I will ask the emperor to let you go back to the fief, and in the fief, you can do whatever you like."

Zhu Xu vaguely heard something from Queen Zhang's words, took the snacks and said vaguely: "Sister-in-law, I don't worry if you are fine, you and brother Huang are still young, and the prince will have it sooner or later. next time."

Empress Zhang smiled, still magnanimous and calm, sitting there quietly, but the embroidery was missing in her hands.

Zhu Xu didn't amused her as usual either, she sat there for a while before being kicked out by Queen Zhang.

Huan'er put a thin cloak around Empress Zhang, and said softly, "Madam, isn't it great to have His Royal Highness Hui Wang accompany you to talk? Why did you drive him away again?"

Empress Zhang sighed lightly, and said weakly: "This little monkey is worried about me, he can just take a look at it, and if he sits for a long time, I'm afraid he will feel uncomfortable."

Huan'er looked at Empress Zhang's thin and lonely side face, pursed her lips, and said in a low voice: "Madam, if you want me to tell you in this palace, the emperor may not care as much about you as His Royal Highness."

For such taboo words, Empress Zhang just smiled lightly and said, "Well, I know, go, I'll be alone for a while."

Chapter 96 Mutual Computation

Zhu Xu finally breathed a sigh of relief when he left Kunning Palace.Empress Zhang in history also had no heirs, but she was open-minded, and she did not lose her mind when she was framed like Ke's. He believed that she would survive.

"I have met Your Highness in person."

Just as Zhu Xu turned around a pavilion, Zhang Yanyao, dressed in red silk, appeared in front of Zhu Xu with a slight bow.

When Zhu Xu saw her, he squinted his eyes.

He knew that Zhang Yanyao had entered the palace, but she suddenly appeared in front of him, which surprised him very much.

Zhu Xu's expression just moved, and he squinted at Zhang Yanyao's bright red satin, which made him immediately think of the Ke family.Keshi likes to dress like this the most, it looks extravagant, gorgeous, and has status, as if this can break away from her origin.

Zhu Xu shook his head secretly in his heart, Zhang Yanyao might not know that she was dressed like this, it was obvious that Zhu Youxiao was entrusting his miss to Ke Shi, she was just a stand-in.

Zhang Yanyao looked at Zhu Xu, it was the first time she saw her, her face was soft and weak, and she looked like she couldn't help being blown by the wind.

The two looked at each other, looked at each other, and calculated each other in their hearts.

The corners of Zhu Xu's mouth curled up slightly, and he said, "Wei Zhongxian asked you to come?"

These days, Wei Liangqing has used a lot of connections, Jinyiwei, Dongchang, Shuntian Mansion, Xuncheng Youwei, he has almost used anyone who can be used. The capital seems to be calm, but in fact it is almost three feet of digging for Wei Zhongxian .

Wei Zhongxian and some people are helping to hide, but obviously they can't hide for too long.

Zhang Yanyao was not afraid of Zhu Xu, her face was still calm, she bowed slightly and said, "Yes, Eunuch Wei asked me to say a few words to His Highness."

Zhu Xu nodded, he pretended to be Empress Zhang, it was difficult for people outside the palace to tell the truth, but Wei Zhongxian in the palace would not be deceived.

"Tell me." Zhu Xu said.He is also curious now, why Wei Zhongxian dared to find him.

Zhang Yanyao looked at Zhu Xu's expression, and said softly: "Eunuch Wei was released from prison half a month ago, he knew His Highness was in trouble, he said, he can help His Highness solve it."

Zhu Xu put his hands behind his back and said with a flat smile, "What's the trouble with me?"

"Salt Field, Huitong Commercial Bank, Huimin Chamber of Commerce, and Eunuch Wei can all help." Zhang Yanyao looked calm, but kept her eyes on Zhu Xu's face, and said softly, "He knows His Highness likes silver, he said , can help His Highness earn more."

Zhu Xu sneered, shook his head and said, "The fun of making money is that you do it yourself and accumulate bit by bit. If I just want money, do you think it takes so much effort?"

Zhang Yanyao looked at Zhu Xu, remained silent for a while, and said, "The eunuch Wei said that His Highness has no power in the court, and even the Jin Yiwei can only be called by order. He can help His Highness control the Jin Yiwei, and there are many yamen. It will hinder His Highness from making money."

Zhu Xu narrowed his eyes, and his heart moved secretly. It seems that although Wei Zhongxian guessed that he was the person behind the recent series of events in the capital, he did not find out everything.It's right to think about it, he was imprisoned too suddenly, and when he came to his senses, if he tried to find out, he didn't have much power to use, so naturally his knowledge was limited.

Zhang Yanyao looked at Zhu Xu's expression, her eyes flickered slightly, she paused and said: "Your Highness, Eunuch Wei still has many people in his hands, and he can help His Highness do many things."