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9-20 Opposition

9-21 Upgrade to become a father

The most exciting time has arrived. The eldest princess's due date has arrived, and the response is very strong. She will give birth at any time. The whole alley is busy, everyone is waiting attentively, the ladies are busy, and the maids are coming in and out.

, all men, including Marquis Zhenwu himself, were not allowed to enter the delivery room and could only wait anxiously outside.

The important cadres of the Red Shirt Regiment all arrived at the scene. They were pacing back and forth like a revolving lantern, frowning and smoking cigarettes, as if it was not their commander but themselves who were going to be the father. Liu Ziguang was so angry that he scolded

: "You are so dazzling that my eyes are dazzled!"

Everyone stopped quickly and said one after another: "Commander, we are impatient. We are anxious to see the young commander." Liu Ziguang said angrily: "Who can guarantee that it will be a boy? What if it is a girl?"

Everyone said: "Didn't the experienced female officials in the palace say that it is probably a boy? Don't worry, Commander, you will have a successor, haha."

As he was talking, he suddenly heard earth-shattering crying and howling coming from the yard, and then a group of women shouted: "It's happening, it's happening!"

The big guys in the red shirt group threw away the cigarette butts in their hands one by one and said with joy on their faces: "Congratulations, Marshal, on your son." Liu Ziguang pretended to be calm and said: "Why do you think he is a son?"

Everyone said: "How can a boy howl so loudly?" One person even added in a pretentious manner: "He is quite like a father." Looking up again, their commander was gone, and he had already rushed in.

Went to the yard.

Before entering the room, a group of palace maids, Wen Po, ran out to congratulate Liu Ziguang: "Congratulations to the Marquis, congratulations to the Marquis, the princess has given you a little Marquis."

Liu Ziguang trembled a little when he spoke excitedly: "Reward, everyone will be rewarded heavily." The Zhenwu Hou family is very particular about rewarding their servants. Generally speaking, the reward is ten taels of silver, and the heavy reward is one hundred taels of silver. This

There were quite a few people in the alley today. This massive reward would cost at least tens of thousands of taels of silver. The capital invested by the Marquis was not small.

Entering the house, she saw Zeng Cheng lying on the bed, and a baby wrapped in swaddling clothes was placed beside her pillow. At this time, she had stopped crying and was sleeping with her eyes closed.

Liu Ziguang walked forward, and someone immediately moved a chair behind him with a wink, allowing the Marquis to sit and talk to the princess. Although it was the first child, the birth process was still very smooth, and Zeng Cheng did not shed much.

Xue, her complexion is still rosy now, and she also exudes a maternal radiance.

"Xiao Cheng, thank you for your hard work." Liu Ziguang held Zeng Cheng's hand and said. Zeng Cheng smiled, tilted his head and looked at his son. The palace maid next to him understood and helped to pick up the baby and put it in front of Liu Ziguang. Liu Ziguang took it.

The swaddling boy looked carefully. The baby was too small to tell who he looked like. Instead, he looked like a little skinned monkey. His hair was still wet and clinging to his scalp. His small eyes were tightly closed and he was sleeping quietly.

Liu Ziguang didn't know what to call him, and he wasn't very good at holding a child. He just raised his hands and shouted: "Child, kid, wake up and see who I am."

The child was woken up by him and started howling without even opening his eyes, which made everyone cover their ears. Zeng Cheng quickly picked up the child and coaxed him. Strangely enough, as soon as the child came into Zeng Cheng's arms, he immediately became restless.

There's a fuss.

Liu Ziguang was not used to having a little life appear out of thin air. He was not ready to be a father yet, so he sat by the bed like a spectator, feeling excited and inexplicably nervous at the same time. He didn't know what to do.

Just then a palace maid came over and whispered: "We have a distinguished guest." Liu Ziguang knew it was someone from the palace, so he straightened his clothes, whispered to Zeng Cheng and walked out of the room.

He was startled when he entered the courtyard. The whole courtyard was filled with glittering gold gifts from the royal family. Some were given by the imperial concubine, as well as those given by the emperor and the queen. Generally speaking, the princess's son was not a member of the royal family, not a clan member.

The government will not come forward, and the royal family will not give too many rewards, but Zeng Cheng is different. She is the first princess of the dynasty, the person whom the emperor and the concubine care about the most, so the gifts come extra timely and are extra generous.

.The reason why the concubine and the emperor did not come in person was because they were afraid of breaking the ancestral etiquette. After all, this was just a birth for a marquis family. Of course, after the official procedures were completed, the concubine and the emperor would still come to see the baby.

The person who presented the reward on behalf of the royal family was the chief steward of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the chief eunuch in charge of rituals, and the most powerful Eunuch Wei Zhongxian in the inner court. The young Eunuch Wei was already a little fat, with a slightly protruding belly, a fair complexion, and a pair of smiling eyes.

Crescent Moon, when she saw Liu Ziguang, she quickly saluted: "Congratulations, Lord Marquis, on the birth of your precious son."

Wei Zhongxian has always kept a low profile. Except for Dai Yi's incident, he has basically never had any conflicts with Nanchang. Moreover, today he is here to give gifts on behalf of the royal family, so Liu Ziguang naturally treats him with courtesy. After holding up the incense case and accepting the gift,

, the two of them exchanged some polite words, and Wei Zhongxian said: "The palace is busy with affairs, so we won't bother you too much. By the way, the emperor wants the birth date of his nephew, and he wants to ask Qin Tianjian to help him tell his fortune.

"

Zhu Youxiao was thoughtful. Liu Ziguang asked someone to write his son's birth date and give it to Wei Zhongxian, then sent him out of the alley. The glittering gifts were temporarily moved to another courtyard to avoid scaring Zeng Cheng and the palace.

After the gifts arrived, the generals of the Red Shirt Regiment also ordered people to carry the gifts, filling the small courtyards in the alley.

The telegram has been sent to Peng Jinrong. She is in Shanghai now. She will definitely put down her work and rush back immediately. As for Zhao Wen and other people, we will not notify them. They may have arrived in Shandong by now and will go back.

It's too late to rush, and besides, these crazy girls probably have no interest in children, so coming here will only cause trouble...

In the Red Shirt Regiment system, Liu Ziguang became a father relatively late. All the generals had married and had children as early as after the Battle of Jinan. Now most of them have children, and now everyone is brazenly giving birth to children.

Liu Ziguang was imparting parenting lessons when suddenly a person came outside the alley. It was the flag officer on duty at the telegraph machine room of the Red Shirt Regiment. He came over with a telegram beaming with joy. Liu Ziguang was overjoyed when he took it and saw it. It turned out that this was a telegram from Tianzhu.

According to the telegram sent by Duncan's fleet, after annihilating the Dutch East India Company's reinforcements, they took advantage of the victory and marched westward along the Strait of Malacca to another ocean. After capturing several slave ships, they headed north brazenly and sent England's troops to Tianzhu.

At the colonial point of Calcutta, a barrage of artillery defeated the British and occupied the port. The Tianzhu people had never seen such powerful weapons and were immediately shocked. They immediately kidnapped the fleeing British and presented them as gifts, admitting that the China Merchants Fleet was in Calcutta.

Since then, the Ming Dynasty has had a bridgehead in Tianzhu.

Tianzhu is a country that everyone in the Ming Dynasty knows. In the past, Master Tripitaka, the holy monk of the Tang Dynasty, traveled westward to seek scriptures from Tianzhu. This subcontinent is rich in thinkers and various religions. It is said that Buddha Sakyamuni was born in Tianzhu, and Tianzhu has a hot climate and an economy.

Crops are harvested three times and four times a year, and the people are quite different from those in the Ming Dynasty. They have always been submissive and easy to rule.

How did the British make their fortune? Not by plundering the wealth of India. Now the British were driven away by the Ming Dynasty just after they opened their business. From now on, this rich subcontinent will be the meat of the Ming Dynasty. Although they only occupy Calcutta now, the occupation

It is also a matter of time for the whole continent. Tianzhu, Tianzhu, is destined to be the jewel in the crown of the Ming Emperor.

"Haha, what a double happiness. Come here, put some wine. Don't leave today. If you get drunk, stay here." Liu Ziguang laughed loudly, and the generals agreed.

In the inner courtyard of the palace, in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Zhu Youzheng was reading a book called "Basics of Mechanical Drawing" compiled by the Academy of Sciences, when he suddenly heard someone next to him say cautiously: "Long live..."

Zhu Youxiao turned around and saw that Wei Zhongxian was here, and said, "Xiao Weizi, when do you think it would be better for me to visit my nephew?"

Wei Zhongxian said with a sneer: "Your Majesty's family affairs do not allow servants to talk too much. This is the birth date that Qin Tian Jian gave the young marquis. Please take a look at it." He took out a piece of paper.

Zhu Youxiao took the piece of paper and read it with a smile. After a while, the smile on his face cooled down and he said lightly: "Those bastards like Qin Tianjian are really good at talking nonsense. How can my little nephew have the destiny of an emperor?"

This must be someone secretly framing Marquis Zhenwu, the mere tricks are really ridiculous, Wei Zhongxian, go back and investigate this matter carefully, who is behind the scenes."

Wei Zhongxian bowed his body humbly and said: "Your Majesty is wise and has a sharp eye. I will go and investigate right now." He was about to leave, and when he walked to the door of Yangxin Hall, he heard Zhu Youxiao's shout from behind: "Come back!"

"

Wei Zhongxian trotted back quickly, and Zhu Youxiao said with a serious face: "Find a few more people to calculate my nephew's horoscope. Well, private fortune tellers can also do it. In short, more people's opinions must be kept confidential.

, do you know?"

Wei Zhongxian said: "I understand, long live my lord, you can rest assured."


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