Ye Chunqiu bowed to Zheng Shixue. Zheng Shixue smiled and said, "Go, this is all the meaning of Your Majesty. You don't have to ask me for instructions every time."

He said this, but he couldn't hide his appreciation for Ye Chunqiu's unpride and impatient attitude. At a young age, it was rare to be so persistent. If someone else had changed, if he had received a little favor, he would not know where his tail would be raised.

Ye Chunqiu smiled with his lips and followed the eunuch into the palace. Unexpectedly, as he walked, he was neither going to the direction of Taiye Lake nor the warm pavilion. Ye Chunqiu was a well-informed person, and he remembered the paths in the palace almost all. For example, this direction was to the Taihe Palace, and that direction was to the Chongwen Palace.

But looking at the eunuch's meaning, he passed through the numerous corridors and walked forward, and the guards began to strengthen. When he arrived at a city tower, Ye Chunqiu saw Xu Pengju and Ye Juncai. Ye Juncai was standing there, being scolded by Xu Pengju. When Xu Pengju turned his eyes and saw Ye Chunqiu, his eyes blew fire.

It's unbearable. When the enemy meets, he is extremely jealous. Ye Chunqiu's grandson is the most unkind.

Ye Chunqiu looked at him without looking sideways. Following the eunuch, the eunuch said to Xu Pengju: "Your Majesty invite Ye Chunqiu to the inner palace."

The inner palace is the harem. Unlike the Chongwen Hall and Baohe Hall in the outer court, it is a private place for His Majesty and his concubines. Ordinary people are not allowed to enter and exit. If it is not allowed, anyone staying here will be a death penalty.

But obviously, this road is not to go to Queen Mother Zhang’s palace, and Ye Chunqiu is a little confused!

Xu Pengju glared at Ye Chunqiu, without saying a word, but only said nodded to the eunuch.

Then the eunuch and Ye Chunqiu walked through the small gate hole. Ye Chunqiu glanced at Ye Juncai at the end. Ye Juncai looked at his cousin pitifully and didn't say anything.

When he entered the inner palace, everything in front of him was no longer like this. The styles of the palaces were different from those in the outer court. Without thinking about it, Ye Chunqiu saw a palace with a plaque outside the door with the words Kunning Palace written on it.

Ye Chunqiu was stunned for a moment, Kunning Palace? Isn’t this the Empress’s Palace?

He was a little wild, and it was not suitable for foreign ministers to see the queen. However, at this time, he happened to see Zhu Houzhao inside waved to him: "Aiqing Ye, come."

Ye Chunqiu felt relieved and quickly accelerated his pace. He saw Zhu Houzhao behind the ritual gate and put his hands behind his back: "I have been waiting for you for a long time, come quickly."

Ye Chunqiu followed Zhu Houzhao into Kunning's bedroom and began to get entangled again, but Zhu Houzhao walked in.

There seemed to be many imperial doctors in the bedroom, and there was a fragrance of medicine coming from it. Queen Xia was on the phoenix bed, but... it was covered with a tight curtain.

Zhu Houzhao said: "After the queen was diagnosed with pregnancy, she had always felt colic in her abdomen. The imperial doctors had seen it and had used the medicine, but it was still the same. The reality was helpless. I remembered you, come and take a look."

When Ye Chunqiu heard this, he didn't dare to neglect it.

To a certain extent, although five concubines were pregnant, the real key for all the ministers in the outer court was Empress Xia.

Empress Xia is the main palace, and ministers are always greedy for the sake of the river. When the emperor had no children, the concubines were not pregnant. At that time, everyone was looking forward to it. It would be good that His Majesty had a child. No matter who gave birth to the child, even if it was just a girl from an ordinary palace, it would be fine. Wasn’t the late emperor a girl from an ordinary palace?

But now five of them have come at once, and all the officials from the outside court have new expectations. They all hope that Empress Xia will give birth to a son, because Empress Xia is the main palace and the son she gave birth to is the legitimate son. If she is the eldest son, it would be even better.

After all, this is still a matter of reputation. Only the eldest son is indisputable. If something goes wrong with Empress Xia or her daughter, then the sons born to other concubines will be a little confused. All dynasties have caused some turmoil because of this problem.

Therefore, the foreign dynasties are eagerly looking forward to that even Ye Chunqiu, he hopes that Empress Xia will give birth to an indisputable crown prince, because this means that the imperial power can be successfully handed over in the future. Everyone knows who the crown prince is, so there is no need to worry about supporting which prince. This not only saves worries, but also affects the continuation of the grace of many people.

When Ye Chunqiu heard about the colic in Queen Xia's belly, his face soon became unfavorable.

Ye Chunqiu said: "Your Majesty, haven't the imperial doctors seen it?"

Zhu Houzhao sighed, but looked at the imperial doctor beside him.

One of the imperial doctors stood up and said, "Written by Ye Xiu..."

The attitude towards Ye Chunqiu is quite complicated. We are professionals. At best, you are a wild way, which is a bit of a snatching job. However, the imperial doctor still honestly said: "I have seen it. It seems that the fetus in the empress's belly is showing signs of instability. According to the report of the close servants in the palace, some blood has been out in the past few days, and the empress's belly has hurt for a few days, so I asserted that this child is probably not able to be saved."

In this era, even in the palace, the prince died or miscarriage was a common sign. The imperial doctor seemed very helpless, and several other imperial doctors bowed their heads.

Obviously, Queen Xia is not lucky.

On the phoenix couch, although Ye Chunqiu could not see Queen Xia lying on the couch under the heavy curtains, he could hear a faint crying sound.

Ye Chunqiu sighed. He could understand Empress Xia's feelings very well. This child is very important. After all, not every time there is a chance. After so many years, I finally had a child in my stomach. Before I could be happy for a few days, the child was gone.

This is a fact that no mother can accept, not to mention that Empress Xia is the queen. If she missed this opportunity, who would know if she could have a child in the future?

Once this happens, this involves her personal interests. In the palace, all mothers are precious by their sons, and they are not just jokes.

Just like the reason why Empress Dowager Zhang has a transcendent status in the palace, on the one hand, she was the queen of the Hongzhi Dynasty, but the most important thing is that the current emperor is her own son. It is precisely because of this that the Zhang family was once prominent and glorious. The funny couple Shouning Hou and Jianchang Bo can happily cause trouble in the capital every day, and they are constantly grateful. Isn’t it because of this? If it were someone else, they would have been cut into pieces and fed to the turtle. If it weren’t for this, it would have been a miracle to survive in such a family.

Zhu Houzhao seemed a little anxious, and she was not happy for a few days. He didn't care which son gave birth to the concubine inherited his country. Everyone is his own son, just be his own son, but the problem is that he really hopes to keep his record of killing five birds with one stone.

(To be continued.)
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