Seeing Zhang Yan mentioning his daughter who was just born, Zhu Youxiao really wanted to take a look.
In order to be faster, Zhu Youxiao didn't even return to Qianqing Palace, but took off his armor directly in Kunning Palace.
Zhang Yan quickly ran to the palace to get him regular clothes and change into them.
Zhu Youxiao felt extremely relaxed after taking off the heavy armor, and his whole person seemed to be much lighter.
While he was waiting, he found the letter on the table written by Zhang Guoji to Zhang Yan.
He picked it up and looked at it. When he saw that the envelope had no signs of being dismantled, he put it back.
He doesn't have the habit of peeking into other people's privacy.
Then Zhang Yan finally took out a brand new emperor's uniform from the palace and dressed it for Zhu Youxiao herself.
Zhang Yan also realized that the letter was still on the table. She quickly ran over and took a look, and found that it was still there intact as before, so she quickly took it in her hand.
Then he turned around and took a secret look at Zhu Youxiao who was looking in the mirror. After finding that there was nothing strange, he breathed a sigh of relief.
But who knew that Zhu Youxiao's voice suddenly sounded behind her, which startled her.
"This letter must be from the father-in-law. Why don't you read the orb?"
Zhang Yan replied in a panic:
"I just wanted to watch it, but His Majesty is back. I'll just wait until night to watch it!"
Afraid that Zhu Youxiao would become suspicious, she continued:
"Father, there is nothing wrong. I just want to ask my concubine how she is doing in the palace and whether she is used to it."
Zhu Youxiao stared into her eyes for a few seconds, then smiled and took her hand and walked out of the palace.
At this time, Wang Chao Fu, who was the emperor's personal eunuch, finally arrived belatedly.
Zhu Youxiao did not notify him in advance when he returned to the palace. He only found out that the emperor had returned after listening to the report from the palace gate guard.
As soon as I arrived at the gate of Kunning Palace, I saw the emperor and the queen holding hands and coming out together.
He trotted up to meet him, knelt down and said loudly:
"My slave, I bow to you, long live the Lord! Long live the Holy Lord!"
"Kowtow to the Queen, the Queen is well!"
"Get up."
"Thank you, Long Live Lord!"
After Wang Chaofu thanked him, he stood up and walked towards the emperor's side and back, very skillfully.
"My companion, I haven't seen you for a few months, but you haven't changed at all. It seems that the palace is still the same as before, with no changes!"
Upon hearing the emperor's greetings and side questions, Wang Chaofu felt flattered and hurriedly replied:
"Slave, thank you, Lord Long Live, for your concern!"
"After Lord Long Live leaves the palace, not only will everything be fine in the palace, but also in the capital. Lord Long Live, don't worry!"
Zhu Youxiao nodded, and then walked towards the palace where Concubine Chun was located without stopping.
After nearly a month of recuperation and recovery, Chun Fei's body showed no abnormality, but she was still a little weak.
Zhu Youxiao knew that this was the reason for his poor foundation. He had worked since he was a child and had a simple life. How could his foundation improve?
Zhu Youxiao walked to the bed, held her hand and comforted her warmly.
Zhang Yan went to the next door to take out Chun Fei's daughter. Zhu Youxiao looked at his daughter, not to mention how excited he was.
He carefully took the child from Zhang Yan's hands. The little kid was sleeping soundly, and Zhu Youxiao was afraid that she would wake him up.
He held his daughter and looked at her for five minutes, and then reluctantly handed her over to Zhang Yan to take her back. In the end, he couldn't hide the love in his heart and kissed the child gently on the forehead.
The people around him were also smiling and surprised when they saw this. They never expected to see the gentle side of the emperor.
Feeling their strange looks, Zhu Youxiao coughed twice in embarrassment, and then said seriously:
"The birth of the eldest princess is the best gift God has given me. You must take good care of it and pay attention day and night. If anything happens to the child, don't blame me for being merciless!"
At this time, Concubine Chun was about to burst into tears of joy.
After she gave birth to her child, she spent every day in fear and anxiety.
After all, in the royal family, the prince and the princess are simply incomparable. Even if she gave birth to a bastard, the princess cannot compare.
She came from a humble background, she was a palace maid, and she got to where she is today by chance because of His Majesty's favor.
If you want to gain more favor and a higher status, giving birth to a prince is undoubtedly the easiest way.
But unfortunately, she didn't give birth to a prince, and she lost her best chance to rise to power.
As the saying goes, the palace is as deep as the sea. She has been in the palace for nearly two years, and she knows more or less about the dirty things in the palace.
Although the concubines of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty were not from high-ranking families, it was inevitable that they would be scheming and ambitious people who wanted to fight for power and gain.
As a concubine who was born as a palace maid, she can say that she has nothing. Unless she has superb means, it will be really difficult to protect herself.
There were not a few concubines who were born as palace maids in the Ming Dynasty, it could be said that there were very many, and many of them gave birth to princes, and even the princes they gave birth to were heirs to the throne.
But even so, they still could not escape the fate of being framed, tortured, and died suddenly or melancholy in this deep palace.
She knew clearly that if she did not have enough favor from the emperor and had no foundation of power, she would most likely not end well.
Even if she gives birth to a prince this time, it will only bring greater disaster to them.
Just like the late emperor's biological mother, how similar are their fates?
The maids serving in the Cining Palace were all attracted by the young emperor, and then naturally became pregnant.
But in the end, her "predecessor", the late emperor, was completely separated from her when he was born, and they never saw each other until his death.
She was really afraid that the same tragedy would happen again.
But when she saw that the emperor was extremely excited and happy, the worries in her heart slowly dissipated. His Majesty did not seem to care whether the child she gave birth to was a prince.
Zhu Youxiao did not stay in Concubine Chun's palace for too long. After taking a look at his daughter and expressing condolences to her, he and the empress went to Cining Palace to pay their respects to Concubine Liu.
After seeing the emperor, Mrs. Liu felt very sudden at first, and then she cried with joy. She held Zhu Youxiao's hand for a long time and refused to let go.
She didn't ask why, she just said it would be good to come back, it would be good to come back.
"The emperor has lost a lot of weight and darkened a lot. He seems to have suffered a lot. There is no place like the southwest that can compare with the palace!"
"The concubine only sees her grandson's appearance, but she doesn't know his growth. After this trip, my grandson's body and bones are much stronger than before."
Concubine Liu patted Zhu Youxiao's chest gently again, and then said happily:
"The emperor has become much stronger and more mature. He is becoming more and more like an emperor!"