In the past few months, they have experienced what it feels like to be superior to others, and all the folks, officials and gentry in their hometown have not flattered them.
When he went all the way north to the capital, he was escorted by Jin Yiwei, so he was very ostentatious. Officials from all over the country greeted him with smiles when they saw him.
They just barely built a memorial arch and shouted that they were the father-in-law of the country.
They were really afraid that days like this would never happen again, so when they were first promoted to head of state, they looked for opportunities everywhere to make money, first to protect their future wealth.
Although he did not hold any official position and had no reputation, he gave birth to a good daughter.
Therefore, there are not a few people who come to flatter him. Zhang Guoji naturally does not refuse those who come to give him money.
The most important thing is that through his so-called friends, he has collected a lot of money from some people. Gold, silver, fields, etc., it can be said that he has everything at his disposal.
There is absolutely no such thing as a good thing in this world: accepting money from others to share their worries. Zhang Guoji himself understands this truth.
In return, all he had to do was help these people say a few nice words in front of his daughter, and then blow them to the emperor's ears through the pillow wind.
Zhang Guoji is naturally willing to do such a small thing, just say a few words, that is not simple.
So they wanted to enter the palace to see their daughter, but they were driven back by the emperor's personal bodyguards, claiming that there was no order from the majesty.
This made the emperor's father-in-law and father-in-law of the Ming Dynasty very angry. After returning home, he immediately wrote a letter to his daughter, making a fuss about the matter and adding fuel to the fire to slander her.
The relatively simple Zhang Yan naturally believed in her parents, so she immediately sent someone to summon the commander to Kunning Palace and scolded him.
But it was just a verbal reprimand and warning, and there was no bloody plot like in TV dramas, where someone would be dragged out and killed with a stick if they disagreed with someone.
These are only useful to the maids and eunuchs in the harem, but she has no power to do anything to the guards in the front palace.
Unless the person has committed a heinous crime, she has the power to temporarily arrest him.
The Imperial Guard is not under the jurisdiction of anyone, not to mention that he is the commander of the emperor's guards and has the important task of guarding the palace gates. Only the emperor himself can impose punishment on him.
Zhang Guoji received a reply from his daughter and found out that he had just verbally reprimanded her a few times. He was so angry that he cursed loudly and even said a few words to his own daughter.
The general meaning is that as a queen, she is so useless that even a small guard dare not deal with her. Doesn't she know how angry her father is?
But the focus of the matter right now is on the concubine who has been pregnant for several months and is about to give birth.
Zhang Guoji was really afraid that he would give birth to a prince, so he got in touch with a maid of the queen.
This palace maid was originally a maid of her Zhang family. After Zhang Yan was canonized as queen, Zhu Youxiao was afraid that she would be too lonely alone, so he specially allowed the queen and other maids who served her to enter the palace.
But there are restrictions on them. Their scope of activities and objects of service are limited to Kunning Palace and the Queen, and they are not under the jurisdiction of the female officials in the palace.
Zhang Guoji learned a lot of palace secrets through this maid who served the queen day and night, and he also got to know the emperor's character better.
Not long after, Zhang Guoji, who was extremely concerned about the news that Concubine Chun had given birth to a princess, naturally knew about it. When he found out, he breathed a sigh of relief. He still had a chance.
So he quickly wrote a letter and sent it to the Queen in Kunning Palace through formal procedures.
Zhang Yan looked at an unopened letter on the table and sighed thoughtfully.
She didn't need to read it to know what the content of the letter was.
It was nothing more than those two sentences, telling myself to hurry up and get pregnant before the other concubines and then give birth to a prince.
This is the eldest son of the Tianqi Dynasty. He is probably the crown prince and the prince has not run away. When the time comes, as the prince's grandfather, it will not be a problem for their family to be prosperous for several decades, and maybe they can go further.
Just when she was melancholy, Zhu Youxiao, who was eager to return home, had already arrived outside Kunning Palace.
Because he was wearing a suit of iron armor and he was walking very quickly, the sound of iron hitting iron could be heard all the time.
The palace maid hurriedly entered the palace to report to the queen. The queen Zhang Yan, who was out of state, did not even react. Zhu Youxiao had already appeared in front of her.
"Baozhu, I'm back!"
Looking at the emperor standing in front of her with a happy face, Zhang Yan couldn't believe it at all. She covered her mouth in shock and was speechless for a long time.
Zhu Youxiao walked forward with a smile, hugged his beloved wife whom he had not seen for several months, and then gently patted her back with his palms to comfort her.
After Zhang Yan came to her senses, she quickly calmed down her emotions, and then asked the emperor why he came back so suddenly.
Zhu Youxiao told her the whole story.
Zhang Yan also smiled and joked with him:
"The concubine has been going to the Buddha every day to pray for His Majesty these days. From time to time, she also asks me when your Majesty will return. Your Majesty will have to accompany me to Cining Palace to pay my respects to the concubine later."
"Fortunately, Concubine Chun gave birth to the eldest princess. Otherwise, Concubine Chen would probably have to live alone this year, and Concubine Chun would have to worry about it for some time!"
Zhu Youxiao typed a few words of haha in embarrassment. He couldn't answer these words at all, let alone any explanation.
They had just gotten married, and it was indeed a bit outrageous to almost let the queen spend the first year alone. Even he himself felt that it was a bit outrageous.
Then he changed the subject and asked about Concubine Chun's physical condition and the health of the little princess.
Zhang Yan stopped joking and made a very rigorous report to the emperor.
Since Concubine Chun was about to give birth, the Queen would visit her in the palace every day. Especially after the birth of the little princess, she would take good care of her. It can be said that she was the ultimate queen.
And Li Changwen, a doctor with superb medical skills and rich experience, specially customized a nutritional recovery package for Chun Fei, and she is now able to go to the ground.
The little princess is also very healthy. Li Changwen will personally check her every day to avoid any accidents.
This was Zhu Youxiao's special instruction before leaving. Although he had cleaned the palace several times, there was no guarantee that there would still be crazy people. He was not in the palace. If something happened, it would be too late.
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After all, in this palace, the probability of the prince and princess dying is too high.
Just like his cheap dad, although he gave birth to more than a dozen children, the only surviving princes were him and Zhu Youjian, and most of his sisters died inexplicably.
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Zhu Youxiao sometimes wonders, if he were not the eldest grandson of Emperor Wanli, but someone who was more valued, would he still be able to thrive?