It is said that King Wen of Zhou had a hundred sons, so the Zhou royal family was prosperous. Guo Ziyi had eight sons and eight sons-in-law, so the Guo family was full of descendants and the population was prosperous. As for the current emperor, he has seven or eight concubines, with a total of four sons and five daughters. Zhu Jingyuan is married
The late stepmother Jiuniang only had two sons and one daughter. Considering their status, it can be said that the number of descendants is actually a bit thin.
Therefore, when the emperor said these words, there was a buzz of discussion in the Wenhua Palace.
But even if most people agree with the emperor's words - put yourself in the shoes of the emperor and Duke Zhao, if Zhang Shouzhen is the son of either of them, then they will definitely recognize him even for the sake of their heirs.
But... what if the three people were confused when they were born, so the three parties can't tell the difference clearly?
And what the emperor said next made everyone in the entire Wenhua Palace seem to stop breathing.
"What happened back then was my fault. I thought that the world was peaceful, so I wandered around in white dragon fish suits all day long. That day, I even called my cousin Zhao Guogong Zhu Jing, and brought with me Concubine Yu and Mrs. Zhao Guo, who were pregnant at the time.
I went to the temple to pray for blessings, and the opportunity was taken by the King of Industry who was always looking for loopholes. I think many of you know what happened next."
"But, there are some things you don't know. When the situation was most critical, it was Concubine Yu and Mrs. Zhao Guo who gave all their guards to me and Zhu Jing, asking us to climb over the wall and leave first, leaving them two weak and pregnant women to themselves.
On the way to escape from behind the temple, they saw Widow Zhang grabbing a knife and killing people to escape, so the three of them teamed up and worked together to fight their way out and escape..."
The emperor never saw how the three women escaped, but he was a witness to the Ye Wang Rebellion. Most of the officials knew that he himself had narrowly escaped death. But the emperor kept secret about such disgraceful things.
Everyone was naturally horrified that this topic was mentioned today. Some even secretly peeked at the Queen Mother, but they did not expect that the Queen Mother just sighed and did not stop her.
When the emperor told that Concubine Yu and Mrs. Zhao Jiu Niang fled to the Zhang family, she was in danger of giving birth due to excessive exertion. Widow Zhang went to the next door to invite Po Wen with her big belly, but Po Wen was drunk because of drinking too much.
, even those Taoist gentlemen who usually call themselves "see no evil and hear no evil", at this moment they all pricked up their ears and listened to every word.
Until the emperor mentioned that Concubine Yu and Mrs. Zhao Guo almost gave birth to daughters one after another, and when he mentioned that Widow Zhang suddenly felt severe pain in her abdomen. At this moment, everyone had an idea in their mind - the drama is coming!
Sure enough, the next moment, the emperor said calmly: "When Widow Zhang was about to give birth, Mrs. Wen was already so drunk that she could hardly deliver the baby, and she actually had dystocia. Concubine Yu and Mrs. Zhao Guo, who had just struggled to give birth, also
There was nothing I could do to help, so the only thing I could do was give her the boiled scissors. Although she fought hard to give birth to the child, she lost too much blood and had to be cared for by an orphan on her deathbed."
"As for Concubine Yu and Mrs. Zhao Guo, they naturally felt ashamed and heartbroken when they came back to their senses. But when they came back to their senses and went to see their children, Po Wen was already drunk to death. The two girls were confused and couldn't tell them apart at all.
Know who is who.”
The matter involved her own life experience, and her grandmother and parents were unwilling to mention it to her. They always talked about the old story of Chen Guzi rotten sesame seeds and refused to tell him the specific details. Zhu Ying listened very attentively, but
I hope I can know what happened when my mother gave birth to her.
Therefore, since the emperor suddenly mentioned this matter because of the second prince's doubts about Zhang Shou, she did not care that the emperor clearly said to drag the people out. After the two chamberlains grabbed the eldest prince and the second prince, they did not immediately give them away.
He was escorted away and just listened intently to what the emperor said.
But when she heard this last sentence, she was completely stunned. She subconsciously looked at Princess Yongping, but she saw that her face was extremely calm, as if what she heard was not her own life experience. When her eyes met
When she bumped into her, she found that Princess Yongping even smiled at her, but the smile was full of bitterness, and she suddenly woke up.
Miss Zhu is just too lazy to use her brain, and she is not really stupid. How can she not understand? Although she only learned the inside story of her life until today, Princess Yongping had obviously heard about it from somewhere a long time ago!
It is precisely because she knows that Princess Yongping has never dealt with her! Probably because Princess Yongping has always been worried about gains and losses due to her life experience, she always dislikes her!
Zhu Ying had no idea what she was feeling in her heart at this moment. She couldn't help but look towards her father and brother, but she saw Zhu Jing's face was as dark as water, and Zhu Tingfang's face was full of shock and anger. She knew that her father was an insider, and probably her eldest brother was too.
The person who was kept in the dark. She didn't want to see other people anymore, she didn't want to show her weakness and helplessness in front of outsiders, but unknowingly, her eyes turned to Zhang Shou.
But this time, she immediately discovered that Zhang Shou was also looking at her. When their eyes met, she saw Zhang Shou smiling at her reassuringly, and his lips twitched slightly. Although she was not very good at lip reading.
, but at this moment, it was as if his soul was blessed, and he understood the few words Zhang Shou had not said.
Don't worry...I'm here...
Zhu Ying immediately gave Zhang Shou an angry look. You told me not to worry about such a big thing. Besides, you were also a party to that incident. Could it be that you could help determine whether I was the emperor or my father's daughter?
?Having said that, her extremely anxious mood just now seemed to have softened a lot, and she was able to calmly go to see the emperor and the queen mother.
Although the Queen Mother's gaze when she glanced at her was no different from usual, she could see a bit of kindness and pity in it; and the Emperor was even more obvious, and even smiled at her apologetically.
When she went to see Zhu Jing again, she saw her father, who had always held her in his hands since childhood, coughing a little guilty, and even looked at her with a guilty look.
As for her eldest brother Zhu Tingfang, he seemed expressionless at the moment, but suddenly he bumped his elbow into Zhu Jing calmly. As for her father, who was always majestic, he actually received this blow so hard.
, without even frowning. What made her even more laughable was that when her eldest brother came so hard, the second brother also secretly gave her father a kiss.
Even so, Zhu Jing did not move at all. Faced with this scene, Zhu Ying couldn't help but feel completely better. Big brother and second brother, you can just play tricks now, but when you go back, dad will definitely have a lot of trouble for you!
Seeing that the emperor had stopped, obviously to give everyone below him time to digest, Zhu Ying suddenly said with a smile: "No wonder I have felt that since I was a child, the Queen Mother and the Emperor are all like my elders in front of me! Look!
I'm so lucky, besides my parents and my eldest and second brothers, I have other people doting on me and others loving me!"
"In addition to my parents and grandmothers, I also have powerful backers that no one else can imagine. Let's see who dares to mess with me in the future!" Zhu Ying looked around at everyone arrogantly. She saw that some of the ministers were holding their foreheads with their hands, some were avoiding their eyes, and some were avoiding their eyes.
Sighing dejectedly, there was someone... just like Ge Yong, who smiled and gave her a thumbs up, which made her smile even brighter.
"I now have two fathers, two mothers, and two grandmothers. Who else in this world can be more lucky than me? Besides, compared to A Shou, I am really blessed. Your Majesty, please don't treat me as a child.
My child, you should have told me this kind of thing earlier, so that I wouldn’t be sad for the spring and autumn, sighing and crying, I, Zhu Ying, am not so weak!"
Zhang Shou didn't expect that Zhu Ying would compare himself with him, so he suddenly burst into laughter. Seeing that the emperor looked dumbfounded by Zhu Ying's words, he calmly said: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for answering my questions. I have not known this since I was a child."
Regarding my life experience, I heard Mrs. Zhao Guotai and Concubine Yu mention it one after another after arriving in the capital, but none of them were as detailed as the emperor's explanation."
"I confessed to the crime of misconduct in front of the emperor just now, but I don't regret it. If it weren't for the second prince in this Wenhua Palace, if the second prince dared to slander my mother wantonly, I would definitely kick him more than just these! As for the eldest prince..."
Zhang Shou turned his head and glanced at the eldest prince who was already gagged and had his arms twisted, struggling like a prisoner. He finally said calmly: "I don't want to argue with him, but I can't tolerate him slandering the teacher. The kindness of my teacher is like a mountain.
Please, Your Majesty, give justice to the teacher!"
Hearing what Zhang Shou said, Zhu Ying was keenly aware of the double entendre. Seeing the emperor looking at the eldest prince with a murderous look, she muttered angrily: "One is just relying on conjecture and making wild claims."
.One is a parrot who imitates what others have said to him, and in all likelihood, he imitates what others have said to him and says it in public, like a trapped beast fighting with all his might."
"But when did Ah Shou's mother and Grandpa Ge ever offend them? How dare they be so humiliated by them!"
Pretending not to hear Zhu Ying's obviously loud murmur, Zhang Shou bowed his head and said word by word: "I can't be where I am today without the grace of my late mother in giving birth, the grace of my adoptive mother in raising me, and the favor and kindness of Yingying."
Recommendation is also inseparable from the support of students, but it is even more inseparable from the guidance and support of teachers before it can be seen by the emperor."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for putting your life experience in front of everyone today. But..."
This time, the emperor finally did not wait for Zhang Shou to name Ge Yong again. Just kidding, it was true that he was Zhang Shou's teacher, but Ge Yong was also his mentor! If he was betrayed by someone who
The eldest son's face and reputation were ruined in this way. Didn't his long-standing respect for teachers become a joke?
He coughed heavily, interrupting Zhang Shou's words.
"Since he has been expelled from the clan, he can no longer be called a prince from now on. Since Zongzheng Temple is riddled with holes, and anyone can sneak in to ventilate a sinner, then, let him
I sent him to Chengde Imperial Mansion and asked him to cultivate the land himself, without working or eating, so he could have a taste of the hardships of the farmers!"
"It is the fault of the father that the son does not teach. For his own selfish reasons, he even slandered my teacher, Mrs. Ge, who he should be called the ancestor of. As a father, I am not only shameless, but also derelict in my duty."
!I will personally copy the entire "Book of Rites" and give it to the clan to teach them how to respect their teachers in the future!"
"As for his disrespect for his teacher and his wanton slander, he has wasted more than ten years of studying! In the future, when the farmers are slack, I will ask him to copy the "Book of Rites" a thousand times. If he copies less than fifty pages a day, he will not be given water.
rice!"
At this moment, all the ministers were in an uproar. Even Chief Yue Shan, who originally wanted to see if he could shake Ge Yong's prestige and influence on the emperor, following the eldest prince's words, was extremely glad that he did not rashly interfere.
and.
The eldest prince never expected that his father would be so contemptuous of him. His face suddenly became like white clouds in the sky - in fact, it was as if he was stepping on light white clouds at this moment, so soft that he could not even stand without someone to support him.
The law stands.
Being locked up in Zongzheng Temple, although others knew that he was probably dead, at least they would not deprive him of food and clothing too much. He was just like a trapped animal. But once he was thrown into the imperial village to farm, what face would he have?
?With his little ability, how can he farm? How many days can he survive?
And not only farming, but his father actually ordered him to copy books. How much effort would it take to copy fifty pages a day? And if he didn't copy fifty pages, his diet would be cut off! After copying the Book of Rites a thousand times,
Wouldn't his hand be broken off?
However, even though I was sad and angry, even though I was crazy, my arms were tightly twisted and my mouth was blocked by a ball of cloth. I could neither struggle nor roar. When I just launched the attack, I thought I might be able to provoke my father's anger, so I chose
The eldest prince, who has a wiser path than the second prince, just feels that at this moment he is in such a state that he is worse than a wild dog.
But when he heard his father's next words, his heart that was about to explode with anger suddenly regained its balance.
"As for the second child, thanks to you, I can finally reveal the life experiences of Mingyue, Yingying and Zhang Shou to the public. This saves people from guessing in the streets and almost makes it into a popular drama!" The emperor said and paused for a moment.
, then he laughed and said, "What Zhang Shou just said is right, the adulterer will see adultery and the evil person will see evil. Then you should reflect on your adultery and evil!"
"Originally I wanted to wait until mid-October for you to set off, but now I don't have to wait...I will take him to Tianjin immediately and have people prepare a boat to send him to Qiongzhou Prefecture! If the whole island of Qiongzhou Prefecture cannot be planted, it can cure falciparum malaria.
The sacred tree, he will never have to come back in this life!"
Sacred trees are planted all over the island...
At this moment, even Zhang Shou, who knew best how big Hainan Island was in the future, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth. You know, it took a long time for him to travel from Haikou to Sanya by car! Not to mention the third prince.
With 10,000 people, it is hard to say how long it will take to plant cinchona trees on Hainan Island. Because transplanting to change the environment has a survival rate!
However, the emperor's angry outburst did not end there. Instead, he said word by word: "The prince will not be ennobled without merit. This was the old system of Taizu. However, in the following years, it gradually became empty words due to the emperor's preference."
.Although there are no royal titles, when these princes go out, let alone the noble princes, even the ministers have to pay three points of respect. It is simply a waste of Emperor Taizu's efforts!"
"From now on, the prince's clan will take four quarterly exams and one major exam every year. If he fails the quarterly exam three times, his family salary will be suspended. If he fails the major exam twice, he will be removed from the genealogy! As for the two in front of me... one has been removed from the genealogy.
, let’s get rid of the other one too! I would rather have no descendants in the future than let such trash tarnish my reputation!”