Become a winner in life after binding the childbearing system

Some things, if you don't say them out, there is still a glimmer of hope, but if you say them out, it will be a dead end.

Lianxiang's life and property depended on the Zhou family, and her master who had served in the palace had just left. What could she say? Who could she implicate?

It only took a moment to figure this out, and Lianxiang followed in her master's footsteps, and at least she ended up with nothing.

Li Guiquan: …

Li Guiquan said nothing, but told the people who stayed behind to bury this loyal servant together, "so that we can work together."

Although they each served their own master, what could they do as slaves? From the very beginning, their lives and property were not their own.

He turned around and went back to the Qianqing Palace to report. Fearing that the emperor would be unhappy, Li Guiquan did not forget to mention Shen Yao, who gave birth in Furong Palace.

After all, Shen Yao gave birth to the royal heir. Regardless of how to raise him after he was born, at least the emperor had to see the living child to cover up the bad things.

"Send me to Hibiscus Palace!"

The emperor couldn't sit still and insisted on going to Furong Palace. Even the imperial doctors kneeling on the ground couldn't persuade him.

Li Guiquan prepared a sedan chair and took the imperial physician with him, and a group of people carried the emperor over in a grand manner.

When the sedan chair landed and the emperor stepped into the gate of Furong Palace, he heard a faint crying sound.

emperor:……?!!!

The emperor was stunned for a moment, then raised his hand and patted Li Guiquan's arm, "Did I hear it right? It was the sound of a child crying!"

Li Guiquan leaned forward and replied, "Your Majesty, it's the little prince crying."

With tears in his eyes, Li Guiquan himself felt a little bit unbearable. After so many years, the harem finally heard the cry of a baby, and the emperor finally had an heir.

The emperor's lips stretched wider and wider, his eyes fixed on the delivery room on the side. He didn't care even if he staggered a few steps, he just walked quickly to see the child.

Before anyone arrives, the sound comes first.

"Your servant/your servant pays respects to His Majesty. Long live the emperor."

People were kneeling down outside the delivery room, and babies were crying inside.

The emperor was now even more impatient with these trivial matters. He walked through the crowd, holding his chest and about to push the door open, when he bumped into a midwife who was coming out holding a swaddling baby.

The midwife first paid her respects, then expressed her congratulations, and handed the swaddling clothes in her arms to the emperor, emphasizing that this was a real prince.

Prince?!

The emperor's eyes were shining, and he wanted to reach out and hold the baby in his arms, but the pain in his chest reminded him not to be reckless.

Looking at the "red monkey" in the cradle again and again, the emperor noticed that the midwife was following behind him, holding the cradle tightly with Xiaoji.

When his memory returned, the emperor remembered that Concubine Xin was pregnant with twins.

"This is" the voice was cautious and nervous.

Xiaoji took a step forward, bent over and brought the swaddling clothes to the emperor, "Your Majesty, this is the little princess born to Concubine Xin Zhaoyi."

It was only half a quarter of an hour between us and the little prince, so it can only be said that arriving at the right time is worse than arriving early.

Before the emperor came, the master was in premature labor and had a difficult delivery. She almost had to be given an induction soup. As soon as the emperor's sedan chair landed, the princes and princesses in the master's belly emerged one after another.

Xiaoji added compliments along with his words, which not only flattered the dragon but also brought honor to his master. If it weren't for the two newborn children who couldn't be exposed to the wind and cold for a long time, they might have chatted for a while longer.

"Take good care of Concubine Xin. I will come back later."

It was like energy was re-injected into his leaky body, and the emperor was full of energy. He turned around and asked Li Guiquan to arrange people to protect the inside and outside of Furong Palace and not allow anyone except himself to visit. Then he went back to the Qianqing Palace to deal with his assassination and all the dirty things that had happened in Furong Palace in recent days.

"I always try to value peace, save face, and consider kinship.

Li Guiquan, do you also feel in your heart that I did something wrong? "

As soon as he finished speaking, accompanied by a plop, Li Guiquan knelt on the ground and shouted, "I dare not."

"Don't dare?" instead of "can't."

The emperor also started to play tricks, sitting on the couch with his eyes slightly closed, holding the beads that he had been winding up.

Li Guiquan: …

The atmosphere around was extremely depressing, and Li Guiquan was so frightened that he didn't dare to breathe.

What's going on? Why would the emperor suddenly say something like this? This is not the emperor's style.

Li Guiquan was thinking about all sorts of things in his mind, but on the surface he kept his head pressed to the ground, hiding his expression tightly and not revealing a single bit.

"The decree has been issued. How are my brothers and sisters outside the palace? Is there any movement?"

Before going to Furong Palace, Yu Yu had already sent the Yulin Guards to besiege it. Now, several hours have passed since he issued the order, and who knows what the situation is outside.

Li Guiquan still didn't look up, but just replied, "The Yong Palace and Jin Palace haven't made any moves yet. The people in the Cheng Palace and Wei Palace are busy smoothing over their relationship. They want to see the Cheng and Wei princes who are imprisoned in the clan house. Several masters in the Dun Palace are sick or injured, and the whole house smells of medicine. They probably don't know that something happened in the palace."

It was Prince Dun's bad luck these days, so the gates of the palace were closed to outsiders.

Today, the Imperial Guards received orders to temporarily control the communication channels between several palaces and the outside world. Other palaces have more or less received some news from the palace, but it is estimated that the Dun Palace will have to wait for someone to come out before they can receive any news.

After a while, Yu Yu said, "Let someone guard for three days, and then withdraw openly."

As for why it is done openly, it is because we have to continue monitoring secretly.

Li Guiquan replied with a "yeah", thinking that the emperor was going to formally take action against these prominent royal princes? It seemed that the court was about to be swept by a bloody storm again.

"The bloody storm in the royal family is an opportunity for our Shen family."

Outside the palace, in the front yard study of the Shen family, Shen Chunbai and his son Shen Changyu were looking at each other, discussing intensely a series of events that had taken place in the palace.

Thanks to the attention Shen Chunbai and Shen Changyu received, the two realized that something was wrong as soon as something happened in the palace.

In addition, Shen Changyu and Shen Changhe both held positions in the Yulin Guard. Whether it was the birth in Furong Palace or the assassination of the emperor, Shen Changyu was keenly aware of some rumors.

"Father is right. Right now, the palace has not yet sent any news about Concubine Zhaoyi's safe delivery. The Emperor has even canceled today's morning court session. Add to that the changes in the Zhou family and the residences of several princes. I dare to speculate that the opportunity that the Shen family has been waiting for is just around the corner."

The Shen family is a military family, and the prerequisite for them to rise to the top is that something happens to the person occupying the position. And they can only play a 100% role on the battlefield.

The border has been unstable recently. The generals who control the border now are either the former veterans or the current confidants. Otherwise, how could the emperor dare to hand over the military power? If things go wrong, it may backfire on him, causing turmoil in the State of Yu and affecting the change of imperial power.

The Shen family now has a special status. As long as Empress Zhaoyi and the little prince are still in the palace, they will never betray.

"No news from the palace means good news." Shen Chunbai knew the emperor well. "The Zhou family was arrested and several princes' residences were surrounded. This just shows that the emperor has the upper hand and they can't make any trouble."

Otherwise, how could the Yulin Guard be so obedient? Everyone knows the situation inside the Yulin Guard.

Shen Changyu: ...

Shen Changyu looked embarrassed and scratched his head, "Father, it's my son who is incompetent."

Even after joining the Imperial Guard for several months and having risen several levels, there are still some troublemakers who only follow orders and not announcements.

Those who could join the Imperial Guard were all of good fortune. Shen Changyu relied on the Shen family and the palace, but his power was weak, so he could only suffer losses in secret.

Shen Chunbai patted Shen Changyu on the shoulder and said, "This has nothing to do with you. Even the emperor can't do anything about the troubles left by the late emperor," let alone royal relatives like them who are separated by a layer of relationship.

Shen Changyu saw that Shen Chunbai spoke very naturally and also understood the helplessness of the royal family.

When the previous emperor passed away, several princes were eligible to ascend the throne due to their age and status, but taking various reasons into consideration (the different parties' stances and power disputes), the current emperor was finally confirmed.

It can be said that the root cause of the conflict has been buried for too long, and the current outbreak is just a temporary phenomenon.

It is impossible for the Shen family to evaluate this matter completely objectively, and Shen Yao and the children in the palace are not just decorations.

"Chang Yu, do your job well in the Imperial Guards recently, and trust that the Emperor will make his own decision."

The topic came to a halt and Shen Chunbai raised his hand to touch his beard, then turned his head to look at the darkening sky outside the window.

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"The light is a little too bright. Turn off a few lamps. Remember to send more people to keep an eye on the two young masters."

In the main hall of Furong Palace, Shen Yao, who had just given birth, had been sent back.

Xiaofu and Xiaoji were looking after their master at the moment. Seeing that the light in the room was glaring, Xiaofu quickly asked the palace servants to extinguish a few lights to avoid disturbing the master's rest.

Xiaoji brought the cooked tonic soup and fed it spoonful by spoonful to Shen Yao who was half lying on the bed.

"Okay, take it down."

Halfway through drinking, he reached out and pushed away the tonic soup in front of him. Shen Yao asked about the two children.

After giving birth, she propped herself up and looked around for a few seconds, then fell asleep due to exhaustion.

When he opened his eyes again, he had returned to the main hall, and the two children had been sent to the decorated room next door.

"Master, the young masters are in good condition. They are taken care of by the wet nurse and the palace maids arranged by the emperor." Even the confidants selected by the emperor were sent by Li Guiquan himself, with a clear purpose, to protect the young masters.

"They are young, no matter if they cry or make a fuss, they must tell me in time, what is the situation with the emperor?"

As she spoke, Shen Yao rubbed her forehead with her hand, "I remember that day outside the Hibiscus Palace, the emperor's body..."

"Master," Xiaoji interrupted hurriedly and looked at Xiaofu not far away with a little panic.

"Master, the emperor suffered some external injuries, but you were giving birth at the time. I dared to hide the truth from you, please punish me."

Xiaofu knelt on the ground, followed by Xiaoji, both of them with their heads down.

After a while, Shen Yao spoke up, "Since I gave birth safely this time, the entire Furong Palace will be rewarded with half a year's salary. The two of you will offset your merits and demerits. Would you accept it?"

Xiaofu and Xiaoji looked at each other and said they could accept it.

"Get up."

Shen Yao let Xiaoji help her tidy up her bedding and asked Xiaofu to step forward and said, "Bring some soup to the Qianqing Palace for me tomorrow morning. The emperor is injured, and I should take care of him personally." But she had just given birth and was weak in energy and blood, so she had to ask her personal maid to do it for her.

I believe that once the emperor knows the truth, he will not blame her.