The identity of the direct son - Xu I's prosperous world

The emperor suddenly carried a full-moon baby back to the palace from outside the palace. He brought it back around noon. The palace servants who greeted the emperor were all shocked. He would talk nonsense, but the news spread to the entire harem on the same day through a secret method.

The emperor carried the baby back to the Qilin Hall, and it was a boy, and he looked very similar to the emperor, so it was self-evident what this meant.

This child is the prince, since the eldest prince died young and did not go to Yudie, now this is the eldest prince.

Speaking of the sea disaster on the southeast coast, it was a major event that shocked the government and the public, but after all, it was too far away from the capital. In the hearts of these women and palace people in the palace, pirates are just ordinary bandits, and it is impossible to attack the palace. , so instead of the upper-class figures in the harem who care about the interests of the family, these harem people don't care about the sea trouble at all, but the child who was carried into the palace is close at hand and has something to do with everyone's vital interests, so whoever Everyone is concerned about this, and this matter spread so quickly, and the reaction it caused may be greater than that caused by the Fuzhou case in the court.

The emperor took the child back to the palace at noon, and hurriedly let the Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the clan enter the palace when he was eating lunch. Anyone with a brain would know what the emperor was going to do.

In the afternoon, the emperor summoned Lord Ouyang, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Qinan, the patriarch, in the Hall of Qinzheng.

Because the clan's mansion is already under the Ministry of Rites, the clan has almost no power in its hands, but because Yang Qin'an is valued by the emperor and is the second son of King Qi, the status of the clan is much higher than before .

Although it was already rumored in the palace that the emperor brought back the child, Lord Ouyang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Qinan, the patriarch, did not know about it yet.

However, since the two were summoned at the same time, when the two met outside the Hall of Qinzheng and were waiting to be summoned by the emperor, they greeted each other, and they had already guessed.

But Master Ouyang thought that he was talking about moving the tomb of the Empress Dowager Cisheng again, so he had a well-thought-out plan, and he greeted Yang Qin'an very kindly and with a dignified manner.

Yang Qin'an was only in his 20s, and was appointed by the emperor as the patriarch of the Clan Mansion. Although the Clan Mansion is now under the control of the Ministry of Rites and he doesn't have much authority, he can be regarded as a noble, young and powerful man. for.And from what he saw, the emperor meant to separate the clan mansion from the Ministry of Rites, that's why he was promoted in this way.

After the servant announced the two of them, they adjusted their official robes and hats, and stretched their sleeves. Yang Qinan made a gesture of invitation and asked Mr. Ouyang to go first, and then they entered the Palace of Qinzheng, Your Majesty study.

The emperor seemed to be in good spirits after sitting behind the court case. He was still smiling when he saw the two of them. After the two of them saluted, he said gently, "You two lovers, please sit down."

Since the emperor granted him a seat, it might be for a long talk. After the two thanked each other, Lord Ouyang went to sit in the first seat on the right, and Yang Qinan took the seat next to him.

The emperor was also polite, and began to treat him with a pleasant face, and at this moment he directly threw a powerful bomb.

"I met a person outside the palace, and I fell in love with him, but the other person didn't want to enter the palace. I couldn't force it, so I had to give up."

When the emperor said this, his tone was a little helpless and sympathetic, but he heard the two people, one old and one young, at a loss, wondering what the emperor meant by saying this to us, besides, you have not always favored Ji The number one scholar is so spoiled, why did he fall in love with someone else again.But as long as the other party is not a married woman and is pregnant with someone else's child, the two feel fine.

Although there were doubts in their hearts, the two did not interrupt, and listened attentively.

The emperor continued, "He gave birth to a son for me. Since he is my son and of royal blood, there is absolutely no reason for him to live among the people, so I took him back to the palace. I asked you to come, the first thing is to name him. The second is the matter of the Shang Yuzhu."

The first sentence is a beautiful introduction, like spring flowers and autumn moon, but the latter sentence is like someone jumping out suddenly and shouting, "Save your life!" It really caught people off guard.

Lord Ouyang and Yang Qinan raised their heads to look at the emperor in shock, with astonishment on their faces, as if they did not understand what the emperor said.

The emperor also let them take time to react, so he just sat there and looked at the two with a deep expression.

It was Mr. Ouyang who, as a veteran minister, encountered a lot of storms and waves. He reacted first and said in a daze, "His Royal Highness, have you been admitted to the palace?"

The emperor said calmly, "Exactly. I have already decided on a name for him, but since I have invited you, Mr. Ouyang, I hope that the Ministry of Rites can write a note to invite the name. The clan's mansion will also repair the jade certificate this year." , put him on the jade ultimatum."

Lord Ouyang was in a daze and didn't know what to say, but Yang Qin'an had always obeyed the emperor's order, and he had already stood up and congratulated the emperor, saying, "My humble minister congratulates the emperor on the joy of the prince. The harem has not been released for many years, and the eldest prince died again. It is the time when the emperor is sad, to be able to get the prince again, to comfort the emperor, it is indeed the blessing of Dayong and the subjects."

The emperor was very pleased with Yang Qin'an's understanding, but Mr. Ouyang was not so knowledgeable about current affairs, so he got up and said, "Since His Royal Highness was born outside the palace, it may be difficult for the ministers to accept it."

The emperor was happy before, but Lord Ouyang's words stabbed a hornet's nest, and he snorted coldly, "That's my son, do you still want the ministers to accept it? Besides, my son, don't you know it's my son?" , do you still need every minister to take a look and admit it? What a joke!"

Master Ouyang thought the same thing, since the emperor has carried the child back to the palace, how can the emperor not know that it is his own son, the emperor will not joke about the royal blood and the succession of the throne.

However, there is no precedent for this matter, what to do, all the ministers must accept it, but Lord Ouyang felt embarrassed, so he said, "My minister congratulates the emperor on the joy of the prince, but how to tell the world about this matter is still up to you." Let the emperor decide."

Seeing that Lord Ouyang had also figured it out, the emperor was more happy, and said, "I am happy to have a prince, so naturally I should announce it to all the subjects in the world and amnesty the world. When he is one year old next year, he will be crowned prince."

Lord Ouyang and Yang Qinan were bombarded by this bomb again, and Lord Ouyang said tremblingly, "canonize the prince?"

The emperor said, "He is the eldest son of the emperor and the only son, so can't he be crowned prince?"

Master Ouyang said, "But his biological mother..."

Before he finished speaking, the emperor was already furious, "Master Ouyang means that he thinks that his biological mother's identity is unknown, so it's not enough to be a crown prince!"

Master Ouyang stood there neither humble nor overbearing, although respectful, but that's what he meant.

The emperor said again, "You go down first. Since I have already told you about this matter, Lord Ouyang please go back to the Ministry of Rites to do your duty well. The matter of inviting names should be invited when he is one year old, but he is My eldest son is also the only child now, so it is all right to ask for a name now. The matter of rebuilding the Jade Letter in the clan mansion will be done soon."

Master Ouyang wanted to say something more, but the emperor said, "Okay, that's all."

Lord Ouyang let out a long sigh, and glanced at Yang Qinan again. Yang Qinan looked calm as usual, and the two of them came out after paying their respects to the emperor. When they were walking from Qinzheng Hall to the Office of the Ministry of Rites, they met again on the road. Lord Ouyang is not a pedantic person either to see the emperor or to be specially summoned by the emperor. Since the emperor said that he and Yang Qinan were the first people to summon the emperor to talk about the prince, they will naturally be responsible for spreading the news. When I met Mr. Ji Ge, Minister of the Ministry of War, Minister of the Ministry of Households, and Minister of the Ministry of Industry, Qin Jianan, the Minister of the Ministry of Industry, looked at Lord Ouyang with a deep expression and asked, "Is the emperor summoning you again?" Why do you want to talk about moving the tomb for the Empress Dowager Cisheng? Why does your lord look so sad?"

Master Ouyang said, "Don't dare. This old man is not worried. It's too late to be happy." After speaking, he saluted in the direction of the Qinzheng Hall where the emperor was, and said, "The emperor is happy to have the prince, and I want my minister to give it to you." Ask for your name, announce it to the world, and ask for amnesty. This is all a good thing."

These high-ranking ministers, all of whom belonged to the emperor's humerus, were all surprised. Liu Shangze, Minister of the Ministry of War, immediately said, "The emperor is happy to have a prince? I haven't heard that any lady in the palace is pregnant before."

Only Mr. Ji knew what was going on, but he kept his face calm and said nothing, and also acted curious.

Lord Ouyang groaned softly, but he knew that it would be bad if the emperor found out about the groaning, so he said, "My lords also know that our majesty is young and vigorous, and likes to go out of the palace in modest clothes. This The prince was born with a woman outside the palace, and the emperor brought the child back."

"Ah?" Several adults were all surprised, and even more than before. The Minister of the Household Department was newly promoted by the emperor. He was in his prime, in his forties, and he was the most impatient. He said, "Then Your Highness mother."

Master Ouyang said, "This, the old man didn't ask."

Several adults looked at each other, and finally Master Ji said humanely, "The emperor lost the eldest prince, and the harem has not been seen for many years. Now the emperor has brought a prince back to the palace. Although it is not from the harem empress, it is the royal blood. Waiting for the ministers to congratulate the emperor, that's right."

Although Lord Ji said so, the adults were still inexplicably shocked. They just brought a child into the palace from outside the palace, saying that it was the prince, so how would they convince the people all over the world.

However, the emperor was still young and had a great talent, and his methods were very decisive. Although the ministers were shocked by this matter, they did not say much.

Several adults bid farewell to Lord Ouyang and Yang Qin'an again, and the two sides parted ways. Lord Ouyang and Yang Qin'an went to the Ministry of Rites, while the other adults went to the Palace of Qinzheng.

A few of them went to discuss with the emperor about the fight against Japanese pirates in the southeast coast, because the governor of Fujian and Zhejiang, Mr. Wang, had already arrived in Fujian, and within a few days he wrote a note to the emperor, explaining the specific circumstances of the Fuzhou case that he investigated. And the current scale of Fujian Haiphong.

The emperor read this note, and sent a few more copies to the cabinet for the ministers to read. Now they are summoned to discuss it.

These few ministers were all ministers who were inclined to attack pirates while opening commercial ports. The emperor only announced them to go. It can be seen that the emperor was indeed very resolute in affirming this policy and must implement it in this way.

Even if the words of the Forbidden Sea faction prevailed, they could not shake the emperor's decision.

These few ministers who were going to discuss the matter of coastal defense also gave up the matter of coastal defense at this time, and paid attention to the matter of the emperor taking back the prince.

Mr. Liu, Minister of the Ministry of War, whispered, "With the emperor's temperament, the prince will be recognized even if he is not recognized by the court. But now this prince is the only prince in the palace. I don't know which lady's palace the emperor will put him in. education."

The adults all know the emperor's temperament. Since he took the child back to the palace, then the matter should be settled. It is useless for the ministers to make trouble. Besides, it is the emperor's blood, and it has not been let down. The reason why he is exiled among the people can only be carried back to the palace.

So now the question is how to position this prince.

Because Mr. Ouyang did not say that the emperor has made a decision to make this prince the prince, these ministers are still discussing that because the child was brought back from the people, when the time comes, the concubine of the harem will give birth to a prince again. In the case of establishing a queen, it is natural to establish the elders but not the young, so will the prince be established as the crown prince?

These fine ministers naturally knew about these follow-up questions. Mr. Liu said so, but no one answered. In the end, it was Ji Ge who said, "Everything depends on the emperor's decision."

Now that the Ministry of Rites is preparing to name the prince, and the clan's mansion has to rebuild the jade certificate and announce to the world that the emperor will pardon him because he is happy with the prince, so this matter was naturally spread among the courtiers the next day. all over.

This incident caused even greater waves than when the emperor got the eldest prince, because the child was brought back from outside the palace, and the emperor attached great importance to the child, so he asked for his name and a jade certificate when he brought him back to the palace , and amnesty the world because of the celebration.

Xu lived in the palace for a few days with the prince before leaving the palace.

Perhaps because of the new environment, His Royal Highness Yang Qi'er couldn't get used to it that night. After crying for half the night, the emperor and the Xu family almost didn't rest. At the same time, there were also imperial physicians Weng, Imperial physician Lu, and several others who did not rest. Pediatric physicians, His Royal Highness cried like this, the imperial physicians did not find out what was wrong, they just prescribed calming medicine, but because several imperial physicians disagreed on prescribing the medicine, in the end the emperor was furious and did not use this medicine.In the end, the imperial physicians had no choice but to hold the baby in Xu's arms for almost the whole night.

Xu felt that the palace was too cloudy and the child was too young to bear it, so she cried.

Even so, she didn't say it out loud, and the emperor seemed to have thought of this problem afterwards, so he hugged Yang Qi'er in his arms, and carried him from the west pavilion to the east room where he lived.

And I kept holding it, and felt that my body was full of yang, so it should be better.

I don't know if this is the case, or His Royal Highness was really tired from crying, so he fell into a deep sleep at Yinshi.

The next day, the emperor asked the nanny to take care of the child in his bedroom in the east room, and invited eminent monks from Zhenguo Temple to perform rituals in the palace. He also opened all the windows of the west pavilion to let the sun shine directly, so as to drive away the evil spirit in the room. .

After several days of tossing around like this, His Royal Highness returned to the West Pavilion, and did not cry as much as before.

Mrs. Xu took care of her grandson in the palace for a few days, but she couldn't live in the palace all the time, so she received a gold medal from the emperor to leave the palace. In the future, she can enter the palace with the gold medal without asking to see her in advance. Mrs. Xu is very grateful for this The emperor's kindness went back with the gold medal.

A few days after the prince entered the palace, the entire capital has changed from discussing the case of Fuzhou in the southeast sea to discussing the emperor carrying the prince back to the palace. Naturally, the ministers are concerned about whether the prince will be made the prince if he is so favored by the emperor. It's the question of which empress the prince will raise, but folks' thinking is much more romantic. Besides, the emperor is an upright young man, and it is said that he is tall and heroic, so many poor girls met the emperor and fell in love at first sight, but because For some reason, she failed to enter the palace when she was pregnant with the child, and died of dystocia when giving birth to the child, so that only the prince took it back to the palace, and the child's mother died in peace under Jiuquan.

Xu Shi didn't go out of the palace for a few days, so Ji Heng asked his servants to move back to Ji's mansion. He also heard some romantic and poignant stories about the birth of His Royal Highness from the people, but he didn't take it to heart.

Ji Heng returned to the Ji Mansion, Fu Yang was ordered by the emperor to send someone to be a full-time guard of the Ji Mansion, and he himself returned to the palace to return to his command and continue to be the commander of the imperial army. Because Ji Heng did a good job in this matter, he was promoted to a level and won another With many rewards, he became a celebrity in front of the emperor.