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The process of establishing a crown prince is generally to issue a canonization first, and after the legitimacy of the crown prince is clarified, an auspicious day will be held for the establishment ceremony.

Choosing an auspicious day is the job of the Jingu Supervisor and the Ministry of Rituals, but the exact date will depend on the meaning of the above, and the speed is up to people.

In this regard, the opinions of the Empress Dowager and the new emperor have reached an astonishing agreement—a little later.

What the new emperor meant was that the grand ceremony for establishing the crown prince must be in accordance with the rules. After all, Wen Chen's status is special, and there are few old rules in history. There is no way to follow the old rules in everything, and time must be set aside to discuss disputes.

The Empress Dowager hoped that this grand ceremony would be held grandly and grandly, so it had to be done carefully, and the world must see the preciousness of Wen Chen's identity.

In the end, they determined the delicate boundary of "half a year", which was just two months before the average preparation time and the theoretical Ji Zan's delivery date.There is no way for Xindi to regret after seeing the child that really belongs to him, and it is enough to reflect Wen Chen's dignity.

When the new emperor made the decree, Chi Ning and Yu Xingchui were still idle in the prison. They were very sure that the new emperor would eventually release them, but the eunuch Ma brothers were already frightened.

Extremely bored, Chi Ning and Yuan Jun analyzed how the queen mother realized the psychedelic operation of feudal superstition.

It's probably because people are idle and their thoughts are wild, so Chi Ning really figured it out.

To be precise, it was Chi Ning who found the medium through which the queen mother allowed most people to see the blood baby.

In fact, the answer is very simple, it's right in front of your eyes, but Chi Ning was blinded by a leaf before entering Baoshan, but you can't find it everywhere - it is Yuelao Temple.

Chi Ning also thought of it after hearing that the Queen Mother could make golden lotuses bloom overnight, and seeing the relevant personnel of Yuelao Temple in prison.Everyone who went to the red thread tree to ask for a lottery, or was bound by the red thread, doesn't it mean that he has come into contact with the medium of holding power without knowing it?When this connection is established, what's wrong with it?

Especially the new emperor and concubine, Chi Ning didn't believe it anymore. When the Yuelao Temple was so prosperous, the concubine or the concubine's family could not hold back their thoughts.

Even if the master of Yuelao Temple said that the red line is useless to the nobles blessed by the real dragon, there must still be some people who would take the risk and go to the doctor in a hurry.

However, no matter how popular the Yuelao Temple is, not everyone will join in the excitement, and not everyone will be prayed to the Red Thread Tree for a relationship.

This is why some people can see blood babies, while others cannot.

The people who had contact with the Red Line Tree were only the majority, but it was enough to cause the sensation that the Queen Mother wanted. After Zuo Wang Xin Zhai intervened in the Yuelao Temple, the Queen Mother didn't care anymore.

There is another most important reason why Chi Ning doubts the Yuelao Temple - looking at the major events that have expanded so fast since the new emperor's ascension to the present, and are related to the practice, apart from the Tianshu Sect, there is only the Yuelao Temple .

The queen mother must not be related to the Tianshu sect. After all, the Tianshu sect already existed in the last years of Tianhe, and later there were remnants of the Tianshu sect who intended to harm His Royal Highness Wen Chen. It is impossible for the queen mother to have any connection with this organization.But the Yuelao Temple is different. The Yuelao Temple is inexplicably popular, and it is very arrogant. It dares to hit the sidelines against Chi Ning's name. do it.

It's just that before Chi Ning always thought that the person behind Yuelao Temple would be a prince, or a powerful minister, or a powerful eunuch, but he ignored the women in Da Nei.

This is something that shouldn't be true.

Yuan Jun comforted Chi Ning: [You just think too complicated. ] Some things cannot be thought of in a complicated way.

If you only look at the most straightforward and simple surface, then the connection between the Empress Dowager and Yuelao Temple is almost obvious.

Chi Ning shook his head: [No, I have clearly said that I think men and women are the same, and the women in the harem are also very powerful, so we should not underestimate them.But in fact, subconsciously, I still feel that men are more likely to cause trouble, and I have lost due precautions against women. ] After all, this is a society where men are superior to women, and some things are deeply rooted in brainwashing since childhood, so it is difficult to guard against.

However, if it was Qian Xiaoyu, he would not have made such a mistake.

Just like Chi Ning once heard a question from Master Zhang Eunuch:

Said, a father came back from reading the list, couldn't help himself in the lobby of the inn, and couldn't help shouting that my son had passed the exam, and the innkeeper also said to the son: "Son, good job!"

Ask what kind of relationship this is.

Chi Ning's three senior brothers gave all kinds of answers, such as the old king next door, the godfather, the broken sleeve, and even guessed that the son was called "son", but the answer was nothing. It's the simplest - the shopkeeper is the son's mother.

Who stipulated that the owner of the inn must be a man?Think about how many women run restaurants and hold up the door as female households. When they are called respectful, they are also "treasurers".

Mindsets are really scary things.

Chi Ning thought that he must overcome it. Before the queen mother became an enemy of him, she had already taught him a vivid lesson in social dangers.

[Most of the old lady's methods are related to plants. I feel that I should also prepare from this aspect. ] What kind of red thread tree, golden lotus, or even the blood mist may point to something related to plants that Chi Ning doesn't know.Only when you know the source of power, can you start to find the object of restraint.

Chi Ning hasn't had any quarrel with the Queen Mother so far, but that doesn't mean there won't be any in the future.It is always right to take precautions in advance.The queen mother is a god when she is a teammate, but she is a devil when she is an opponent.

It is really thanks to the new emperor that Chi Ning was able to know something in advance and guard against the Queen Mother's feudal superstition.

Speaking of which, the new emperor, a miraculous man, while canonizing the prince, also honored the queen mother as the Queen Mother of the White Lotus.Although Chi Ning knew that the new emperor was given this honor to fit the legend of Jin Guang destroying evil spirits, but inexplicably Chi Ning felt that the new emperor was cursing people.

The Queen Mother knew that there was a problem, but she still accepted it. This is the level of rank.

Of course, from Chi Ning's point of view, he is still very happy. The queen mother is worthy of this "White Lotus Virgin", obviously she is eager for the new emperor to know the existence of the old lady Tibetan, but when Chi Ning and Yu Xingchui revealed this After being sent to prison by the new emperor for being secret, the queen mother didn't even ask a question.

The Empress Dowager Youqin is really cold and iron-blooded, it doesn't matter whether the people driven by her will die because of her.Whether as an opponent or a teammate, Chi Ning doesn't really appreciate Youqin's style of acting, especially since he is still in prison.

On the contrary, he noticed that Chi Ning's godsons were missing, and Prince Jing's son Wen Huaigu and others were very worried.

Fortunately, in the end, Chi Ning was released.

Before being released, Chi Ning and the others had separate meetings with the disciples of Zuo Wang Xin Zhai.It was Situ Wang that Chi Ning saw, and from Situ Wang's mouth, Chi Ning knew that it was because of Wen Huaigu's request that all this happened today.

Chi Ning also never expected that Wen Huaigu would still be willing to work tirelessly for him now that the matter of Wen Huaigu had ended and passed away. Obviously, these things had nothing to do with Wen Huaigu, so he had every reason to stay out of it, but he didn't.It's a pity that such a mind was born in the emperor's family.

Or it can be said the other way around, that is, Wen Huaigutuo gave birth to the only son of King Jing, so that he can always be blessed and protected.

To be honest, Chi Ning is almost jealous of Prince Jing's son.How could he not be jealous? He has a good background, a good marriage, and everything. He has always been able to live in a Utopia.

But, but...

Even if he is so jealous, Chi Ning still hopes that Prince Jing's son will be so happy for the rest of his life, and that he can live forever in the way that Chi Ning is most jealous of.

If you have money, leisure, and a lover, you don't need to see through all the ugliness in the world.

After blessing King Jing's son in his heart, Chi Ning swallowed it without hesitation—the one that Situ Wang handed to him—the one that is said to die if he tries to reveal the emperor's secret. black pills.

【Is there really such a thing? 】 Chi Ning asked Yuan Jun in his heart while eating.

Yuan Jun was a little angry, because Chi Ning took the pill without asking him, did he trust Wen Huaigu so much? [Is it important to be true or false?You have eaten it all. 】

This pill is colorless and tasteless, and it melts in the mouth. After taking it, you will feel a burning sensation from the dantian instantly, and it will disappear after a long time.

【That's fake. ] Chi Ning made a judgment by himself.It was almost as he expected, if there was such a thing, the new emperor would not have to hesitate until today.It should be Wen Huaigu who went to ask Situ Wang, and Situ Wang came up with such an idea for the new emperor.

It is not poisonous.Yuan Jun is still very upset: [Are you so sure? 】

[Can you still watch me die? 】Chi Ning gave Mr. Yuan a hand without any trace, 【I am your property, how can I be branded by others? 】

Although he knew that Chi Ning was just flattering him habitually, Yuan Jun still had to admit that these words were very useful to him.

"Belonging to him" is really an expression that God cannot refuse.

Yuan Jun decided to stop the cold war and forgave Chi Ning.

Chi Ning... didn't know that he had been "cold war".

Chi Ning was released from the imperial prison at about the same time as senior brother Yu Xingchui and brothers Eunuch Ma.Yu Xingchui seemed to be fine, so he probably guessed that the pill was useless.But eunuch Ma and his brothers took it seriously.Of course, what excited them the most was that they were able to come out alive, and they were so moved that they hugged each other and cried.

Even taking that kind of pill would not make them change their loyalty to the emperor.At this moment, their minds were full of the greatness of the emperor's favor, and they wanted to smear the ground for the new emperor.

However, from the different treatment they received after they came out, Chi Ning tasted a little difference.Only the eunuch brothers Ma received the people around the emperor to pick them up and personally appease them.From the perspective of others, this may be a signal that the eunuch brother Ma has won the Sacred Heart, but...

Looking at each other with Yu Xingchui, Chi Ning saw the same idea - the new emperor's anger would not be eliminated so easily, he could not kill them, it is only human to keep venting his anger.

It can even be said that the more the new emperor retaliates, the safer their lives will be.People like eunuch Ma are full of weirdness.It felt like letting him eat a meal of severed head, or that he was paralyzing the eunuch Ma, and he didn't know what the new emperor was going to do.

Of course, the new emperor is still suspicious of eunuch Ma and the queen.

For the people on the queen mother's side, it is a victory for His Highness Wen Chen to become the prince, and a stage can finally come to an end.But for others, life goes on and the nightmare is far from over.

It's like Xindi.

There are still many things he needs to think about and deal with.For example, how to protect the child in Ji Zan's womb, which may be his only blood, or how to... kill the queen and the child in her womb.

Chi Ning guessed right before, the new emperor would definitely not let this "evil species" live to be born.The other children who have been born, after all, have been in love for so many years. Xindi also took some luck, thinking that there must be his own flesh and blood among them. In order to avoid killing by mistake, he can only let them all live healthy and healthy. It can be regarded as fulfilling the bond between father and son, and doing the last of his father's heart.

But the one in the queen's stomach was different. After all, "it" hadn't been born yet, and it hadn't even had fetal movement.Xindi didn't regard "it" as a person at all, and even harbored a strong resentment.

The more he looked at it, the more he felt that it was not his own species.

After all, he and Empress Liu have been married for so many years, and they never conceived a child when they were in the feudal land. No matter how much Liu asked for medical treatment, asked gods to worship Buddha, he never saw the slightest mercy from God.Why did the queen conceive when they entered the palace and desperately needed a son?

Moreover, when the evil spirit appeared that day, the queen's behavior was really too extreme.

During this thorough investigation of Chi Ning and others, the new emperor really discovered a horrifying fact—eunuch Ma may really be a fake eunuch.

One of the points of knowledge involved here is that Daqi's purification will not be completely cut, and there will be more or less differences in this aspect in the past dynasties.

Daqi can be regarded as giving the eunuchs dignity to the greatest extent.

And because most of the servants were still young when they accepted the cleansing, there was enough room for redevelopment, so it was difficult to tell the difference between them and normal men just from the appearance.The father-in-laws in the palace can even be understood as a different kind of eunuch, except that they can't do human things, they are really ordinary people.

One of the problems this caused was that when checking whether the father-in-law was the father-in-law, it was more difficult, and they could only reason from the cleansing they accepted back then.

It happened that there was a problem with eunuch Ma's group.

For this reason, the new emperor almost wanted to thoroughly investigate all the servants in the harem to see how many people were still in this situation.Of course, in the end he endured it and changed to an orderly, batch-by-step secret investigation.

But in short, at this moment when things that were enough to overwhelm the new emperor accumulated to this moment, he finally turned into demonization.

That is, the expansion and distortion that Chi Ning had expected.Just like a person who gets rich suddenly, his retaliatory consumption will not occur immediately, but there will be a process of digestion and acceptance first, and then the desire will gradually increase like a snowball until a certain At the critical point, after a "bang", there will be a concentrated explosion, producing the so-called retaliatory emotions.

The new emperor is consuming the supreme power of the emperor in a retaliatory manner.

The targets of his revenge, he chose to start with the queen and the eunuch horse.He will not let them die so easily, he will make their life worse than death!

He could have been a good guy, but if they insist on making him, don't blame him.He also wanted them to experience the feeling of being knocked from the clouds into the mud!

That's why he held them first.

Of course, it was also because before the final thunderbolt came, the new emperor needed Eunuch Ma to make the best use of his possessions and continue to thoroughly investigate the matter of Tianshujiao for him.

The new emperor went to the queen's bedroom every day, staring at her belly, and on the surface he looked like a good father who valued his son, but when the queen didn't notice, he would look at "" it".The mind feels joy by imagining its future fate.

The news that the queen is pregnant, everyone knows now, and the new emperor has also become extremely high-profile, which is really happy and sad for several families.

There are even boring people who laugh at Ji Zan.

The jealousy of the people in the harem towards Ji Zan has reached a limit.From the beginning, she was an outsider who chose marriage, she was the beauty in the painting of the new emperor, she was pregnant with the dragon seed as soon as she became engraved, and she had to be a concubine as soon as she entered the harem... She received too much special treatment .What about the rest?I can only wash my face with tears day and night, and be eaten by jealousy.

Only now did he finally let out a little bit of anger.

The emperor attached so much importance to the queen's belly, so what if Ji Zan was pregnant?

"If you want me to tell you, some people should know their position. Who are you showing them to be so charming all day long? No, they were immediately beaten back to their original form."

"There was such a story in my hometown. The concubine Ji, who was a servant of Israel, was pregnant and thought she was a big deal. What happened? After all, she was not a son of a concubine, neither a concubine nor an elder. There is also the face of the sky. The color fades and the love relaxes, some things will not last long after all."

"Who said no?"

Ji Zan would go for a walk in the back garden every day without hesitation, and would not even frown when she heard these sour words about Sang Sang and Huai Huai.

Because they don't know how happy she is inside.

Ji Zan really thought she was pregnant at first, but soon she realized that she wasn't, it was because Zuo Wang Xin Zhai made a mistake in the test.She was in a panic every day and didn't know what to do.The importance that Xindi attached to her was both a shield to protect her and a spear to stab her, making her dare not even tell the truth to Xindi.The anticipation was so heavy that she almost couldn't breathe.

now...

Ji Zan looked at the colorful blooms in the garden, so let me see, which delicate flower should be responsible for my stomach?Is it the noble man who speaks sourly?Or did he "kindly" come to her every day and tell her that the emperor went to Zheng Meiren in the queen's palace again?Or her good sister Ji Ruxue?

Wow, there are so many choices, it's really frustrating.

***

Although it was said that Chi Ning was released, he was forced to take a leave of absence. Except for the admiral of the East Factory, he lost all his positions and errands.Xindi really disliked him.

Yu Xingchui is better, the new emperor is quite particular, and he doesn't like to do the same thing, and he won't do it with Yu Xingchui just because Yu Xingchui is Chi Ning's senior brother.The palm print of the eunuch was firmly held by Yu Xingchui, and he became one of the most powerful eunuchs in the eunuch, and there was no servant who did not envy and look up to him.

Even their master Zhang Jingzhong, at Yu Xingchui's age, had not climbed to the position of eunuch in charge of internal officials.

However, considering that he knew the new emperor's big secret about his heirs after all, Yu Xingchui chose to keep a low profile for a while, keeping a low profile and not taking the initiative to attract the attention of the new emperor.

Faced with the rare vacation, Chi Ning thought about it and decided to use it to show his favor to the senior brother first, and to compensate Jiang Zhiwei for being implicated by them, forced to sit in the bureau and misunderstood by them.

To make up for it, eating and drinking is always indispensable.

Therefore, Chi Ning urgently contacted his eldest son, Xu Tianci, the owner of Wangjiang Tower.

One was so old that his face was full of wrinkles, he was old enough to be Grandpa Chi Ning... godson.

The relationship between Xu Tianci and Chi Ning began with Xu Tianci's last exam for a scholar.

Xu Tianci was an old boy in Sudi's reign. He failed many times, but never gave up.While running the family's property and shop, while going to battle with weathered wrinkles, he is old-hearted and eager to win a scholar.He is already at this age, and obviously he has no idea of ​​pursuing political ambitions in his official career. He just wants to realize his dream and comfort his dead wife who also grinds tofu for him to study.

This persistence persisted from the period of Emperor Su to the period of Emperor Tianhe.

The examiner saw that Xu Tianci was still at such an advanced age, and was still persevering in the exam. He was repeatedly defeated and defeated, and his heart softened for a while, so he gave him a consolation prize, making him a scholar.

This is actually an unspoken rule in the workplace. For candidates who are too old to be an official, as long as they are not too far behind, the examiner will generally show compassion and fulfill the other party's wishes.

It was supposed to be a beautiful thing that was cheap for both sides, but there was a villain who made troubles and sued an examination room for cheating.

This is just a test for talent, where did the examination room come from?

But Xu Tianci is located in Yongji, the capital city, at the foot of the Son of Heaven, if someone complains, he must take it seriously.Not to mention that the accuser is still a spokesman for the six subjects.

If you want to say what Chi Ning hates the most in this life, it must be some villains in the team of speech officers who have no real skills and spend all day thinking about suing this tricky person and exposing that old man.What they said was never for the sake of helping the community and justice, but just to make themselves famous and to be called officials.

Daqi's officialdom sent people to investigate something. In addition to the officials of the Sanfa Division, they would usually send an eunuch from the palace to supervise.

In order to train his apprentice, Eunuch Zhang asked Chi Ning to go, saying that he wanted him to watch more, listen more and talk less.Whether this matter is big or small, what Eunuch Zhang means is that if there is a problem, he will be slapped, and he will be upright; if there is no problem, he will settle the matter and return the scholar's innocence.As long as Chi Ning has a good mind, he will get a good reputation no matter what.

Chi Ning also wanted to investigate honestly and try not to speak, but he didn't expect to find out such a dumbfounding result.

Xu Tianci was indeed a little short, but he was able to become a scholar, not because of his bribery, but only because of the mercy of the examiner.

Such unspoken rules have existed since ancient times. Although it is a matter of convention and there is no express regulation, it is really wrong for the official to spread rumors maliciously.There are things that can be reported.

For a time, everyone was in trouble.

Chi Ning didn't have the patience to come up with a good way to get the best of both worlds, so he simply recruited the parties and spread out all the investigations, hoping that they could negotiate a satisfactory result by themselves.

But the official who reported the report with his real name is not forgiving. His purpose is to make his name through this matter. Whether it is accepting bribes or sympathizing with the other party's age, isn't this all fraud?He is not wrong!

The chief examiner was frowning, he wanted to do a good deed, who would have thought that there would be such a big trouble.Not only did he implicate himself, but he also failed to fulfill the old boy's last wish.

Xu Tianci didn't want to hurt the well-meaning examiner, so he asked himself that he cheated and deceived the examiner, and wanted to settle the matter.

The officials of the Three Law Departments did not want to cause trouble, and said that since the parties were willing, so be it, and the case can be closed.

Everyone was unhappy, only the speaker was proud.

At that moment, Chi Ning didn't know what to think, probably because he had never seen anyone who dared to be so arrogant in front of him, so he was furious and refused to compromise.So, he took advantage of his one-two relationship with the Prison Supervisor to directly bring this matter to the sky.Ding is Dingmao and Maodi are all written in the memorial, which tells Tianhe Emperor.

The matter is such a matter, and this is the result of their investigation, but they don't have a charter for how to judge, so they can only ask His Majesty to decide.

Just when Chi Ning thought that he would definitely be scolded by Tianhe Emperor for his ineffectiveness, Tianhe Emperor looked at the memorial and smiled, and asked Lan Jieting beside him: "Look at this kid, does he look like the one you defended back then?" Looks like a little maid."

Lan Jieting pursed his lips and smiled: "This is a loyal apprentice."

"No wonder, it's a narrower." A "Zhuo" finalized the matter.

The next day, Emperor Tianhe personally summoned Xu Tianci and the others, and told them about his holy order in person——Xu Tianci was indeed unqualified, and his reputation as a scholar in the government examination was gone.

Before the speaker had time to be proud, he heard the sage ask Xu Tianci again: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

"Your Majesty is wise. The grassroots are responsible for their own fault. I have no objection. I just ask Your Majesty to report that this matter is entirely my fault and has nothing to do with anyone else." Xu Tianci didn't want to implicate the chief examiner, nor did he want to implicate those who had worked hard for him with good intentions. Lin Eunuch.

"Beyond legal principles, there are human feelings." Tianhe Emperor was very satisfied with Xu Tianci's answer, and appreciated such loyalty, he said that he would be kind to Xu Tianci outside the law, and then he would give Xu Tianci the fame of a scholar.

This touch of permission is the emperor's reason and compassion.

As for the "cheating" of the chief examiner, Tianhedi used his usual tricks, saying "I know", and the matter was hastily passed.Well, you report, I know, there is nothing wrong with it.As for whether to punish and how to punish, we will discuss it later.This is discussed and discussed, but the matter will be gone.

It's just a word trick.

As for the speaker who reported the report, if the report is meritorious, the world will announce it.Tianhedi wants to see, who else dares to continue to communicate with such an old thing that breaks the unspoken rules.

There are so many scholars in the world, and there are many who have tried and failed. There are also people in their seventies and eighties who just want to wait for a sympathy point.They have so many classmates, friends, children and grandchildren, and even relatives of the same clan, how will they treat the officials who exposed this matter, which will definitely reduce their sympathy points in the future?This is not something Tianhedi needs to worry about.

Xu Tianci's wish was fulfilled, and he was so moved that he had to thank Chi Ning afterwards.

Chi Ning was still a young boy at that time, and he was not used to being thanked so much by others. He kowtowed and acted like a cow and horse, but Xu Tianci was stubborn and insisted on calling him "benefactor".

In a rage, Chi Ning said, "I don't need someone to repay my kindness, but I lack a son."

Xu Tianci was also a wonderful person, so he immediately called out: "Father."

Then, there is no more.That day, it was as if he had opened up Chi Ning's second line of Ren and Du. He remembered the story that his master had told about Cao Cao after he became an eunuch, and felt that there was nothing wrong with being a father.

And the matter of recognizing a son is the same as raising a cat.At first there was only one, but later I felt that I should raise another one to accompany the previous one, the third, the fourth... When I realized one day, he already had countless sons and grandchildren.

Formed a big happy family.

The author has something to say:

*The mother and son mentioned earlier in the article are a foreign social experiment I have seen before.

Many people were interviewed in the video, asking why the son was sitting with his father, but another CEO called and said, congratulations, son...

Few people can give the answer - because the CEO is a mother.

Everyone thinks more about the relationship between the old king next door, godfather and son, because when seeing "CEO", the first reaction is the image of a white old man, and it is difficult to break this thinking pattern.