Kou Ji shouted a lot in his heart, but he said something lightly.
"How do the officials determine that the child born to the wife's wife must be a daughter, and the child born to Zhang Jieyu must be a dragon?"
Zhao Zhen glanced at Zhang Jieyu and said calmly: "I believe that Zhang Jieyu must be carrying a dragon child."
Kou Ji asked, "What if?"
Zhao Zhen said boldly: "There is no such thing as a chance."
Kou Ji was taken aback for a moment and curled his lips slightly, "I rarely see officials with such confidence."
Zhao Zhen glanced at Kou Ji and asked, "Shouldn't I believe in myself?"
Kou Ji was stunned again. Zhao Zhen had not only grown up and matured now, but also gained some of the majesty of an emperor.
only……
Am I, Kou Ji, the kind of person who is led by your nose?
Kou Ji smiled calmly and said, "Why do officials insist on getting married to me?"
Zhao Zhen said calmly: "You and I are like brothers, and I don't mind getting closer to each other to bring you and me closer together as kings and ministers."
Kou Ji pondered: "My wife has just shown her pregnancy, and Zhang Jieyu has not shown her pregnancy yet. It is too early to talk about marriage now."
Zhao Zhen was taken aback for a moment and frowned slightly, "You don't want to be your son and daughter with me. Is this your excuse?"
Kou Jiqian smiled and said: "I am afraid that both Zhang Jieyu and my wife will give birth to a baby boy. When the time comes, the in-laws of the children will become a joke."
Zhao Zhen muttered: "If it is a boy and a girl, then they will become husband and wife. If it is two baby boys, then they will become brothers."
The smile on Kou Ji's face was a little stiff.
Zhao Zhen continued: "I can also accept him as my adopted son, give him the surname Zhao, make him a county official, make him an attendant, and accompany my emperor to study."
The smile on Kou Ji's face became even stiffer.
The meaning of Zhao Zhen's words is obvious.
If Xiang Yanruo gives birth to a daughter, she will be his daughter-in-law, and she will become a princess upon landing.
If there is a son left, he will be his son's little book boy.
Kou Ji could also guess the reason why Zhao Zhen could give such a generous gift to Kou Ji's son.
Zhao Zhen grew up alone in the palace, but he had few playmates and one friend who could talk to him. He lived a very lonely childhood.
He has experienced that kind of loneliness and knows how scary and painful that kind of loneliness is.
So he didn't want his prince to experience the fear and pain he had experienced again.
If this matter had happened to anyone else, that person would have immediately knelt on the ground and shouted thanking the Lord for His grace.
But when it fell on Kou Ji, Kou Ji looked reluctant.
Why does my son have your last name?
Isn’t it amazing to have the surname Zhao?
Why does my son want to be your son's follower?
Just because your son’s surname is Zhao?
Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji each have their own thoughts.
Empress Cao, Zhang Jieyu, and Xiang Yan were shocked.
The three girls all knew that Kou Ji was very favored by Zhao Zhen, but they did not expect that he would be favored to this extent.
The child in Xiang Yan's belly has not yet been born.
The noble status has already fallen on him (her).
As soon as he comes out of his mother's womb, he becomes a being inferior to one person and superior to ten thousand people.
Whether it is the identity of Zhao Zhen's daughter-in-law or the identity of Zhao Zhen's godson, they are both precious.
"I think it is too early to talk about this matter now."
Kou Ji smiled stiffly and rejected Zhao Zhen's proposal.
Empress Cao, Zhang Jieyu, and Xiang Yan were even more shocked.
You just casually refuse an identity that no one else could ask for even if they broke their heads?
The expression on Zhao Zhen's face also froze, and he said with an ugly expression: "Kou Ji...are you so unwilling to get closer to me?"
Kou Ji had already thought of an excuse when he rejected Zhao Zhen. He held up his hand and said, "It's not that I don't want to get close to the officials. It's just that our government has rules and foreign relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics.
If the official family wants to marry the minister as a son or daughter, they must first remove the minister from the position of Cao Shangshu, a powerful official, and expel the minister from the court."
Zhao Zhen was stunned, "I forgot that there is such a rule. I still have many political affairs and need to rely on you, but I am not willing to expel you from the court. Please allow me some time until I think of something safe.
We will discuss this matter with you and your ministers."
When Kou Ji heard this, he said with a straight face: "In the official family, relatives are not allowed to interfere in politics. It is an ancestral system and cannot be exceeded without authorization."
Zhao Zhenrao glanced at Kou Ji meaningfully.
Kou Ji stared at Zhao Zhen without blinking.
Zhao Zhen let out a long breath and said quietly: "I am tired and want to take a rest."
Kou Ji immediately stood up, helped Xiang Yan up, and saluted Zhao Zhen together.
"I will retire first."
Zhao Zhen nodded helplessly and said, "When Wenchang Academy opens, just come over and invite me."
Kou Ji nodded and helped Xiang Yan out of the main hall.
As soon as you exit the main hall.
Xiang Yan couldn't help but ask: "Ms. sir, the officials have said that they will give our son the title of county magistrate and give our son the surname Zhao, but you didn't agree?"
Kou Ji glanced at Xiang Yan and said, "My child can only be named Kou."
Kou Ji said this with force and force, and could not be refused.
Xiang Yan looked doubtful.
Being given the imperial surname is a great honor.
Xiang Yan didn't know why Kou Ji refused to do something that no one else could ask for in eight lifetimes, so simply and unquestionably.
Seeing that Xiang Yan's eyes were full of doubts, Kou Ji curled his lips and said: "If the child in your belly is really a boy, then he is the eldest son of the fourth generation of my Kou family. If the surname is Zhao, do you believe that your grandfather will break into the family?"
Go into the palace and demolish the Chui Gong Hall?"
Xiang Yan looked stunned.
After thinking about it carefully, I think what Kou Ji said makes sense.
Both Kou Zhun's son Kou Li and Kou Zhun's grandson Kou Ji were adopted.
He was not born in Kou Mansion.
The heels are always a little shallow.
Even though Kou Zhun regarded Kou Ji as his own grandson, no one knew whether there was any estrangement in his heart.
But if Xiang Yan gave birth to a baby boy in the Kou Mansion, she would be a direct descendant of the upright Kou Zhun lineage.
No one can find any fault with Kou Zhun's great-grandson.
Kou Zhun finally had a bloodline inheritance, if he was given the surname Zhao.
It would be strange if Kou Zhun didn't get angry.
What about the imperial surname Zhao?
In the Song Dynasty, there were many royal relatives named Zhao, but there was only one sage named Kou.
The descendants of dignified saints and sages are not as good as the royal surname of a wild man?
Xiang Yan thought about a lot in an instant.
But don't know.
Kou Ji's words were just rhetoric.
In the final analysis, it was because he did not want his child to be named Zhao.
He does not think that someone with the surname Zhao must be more noble than someone with the surname Kou.
His children don't need to change their surnames to seek wealth.
Xiang Yan thought about it and gave up the idea of letting the child in her belly take advantage of the royal family, but doubts arose in her heart, "Ms. sir, why do you think the official family firmly believes that the child in Zhang Jieyu's belly must be a dragon?
Where is the son?
What if it’s the Dragon Girl?”
Kou Ji pondered for a moment and said: "In the past, the Wei king's lineage was deprived of their status because of their evil intentions and was sent to Fangling. After the late emperor ascended the throne, he thought of his old family ties and awarded them one or two awards, but they eventually left the center of power.
For too long, it has been forgotten by people, and it is difficult to enter the center of power again.
Those high-ranking officials and ministers in the court were rarely treated as relatives of the emperor.
The Taizu lineage was purged once due to some reasons during the reign of Emperor Taizong.
During the reign of the late emperor, another erysipelas case broke out. As a result, the late emperor deprived many people of Taizu's lineage of their titles and demoted them to common people.
Because of this, Taizu's lineage was separated from the center of power.
The Eight Kings rebelled, the King of Chu burned the palace, the Eight Princes' Mansion, and the sons and grandsons of the Chu King's Mansion were all demoted to common people.
The number of heirs in the families of other princes in Taizong's lineage was relatively small.
The Zhao clan has reached an unprecedentedly thin period of population.
The official family naturally continued to give birth to baby boys, and the Zhao family flourished.
More importantly, during the reign of the late emperor, only one prince from the official family survived in the palace.
The official family was somewhat afraid of repeating the mistakes of the late emperor, so they urgently needed to give birth to a prince.
Only by giving birth to a few more princes will the panic in the hearts of the officials be eliminated.
This is why the officials firmly believe that the child in Zhang Jieyu's belly must be the prince."
After listening to Kou Ji's explanation, Xiang Yan suddenly realized.
"Then it's strange that the officials never mentioned anything about Dragon Girl..."
Kou Ji smiled faintly.
"Let's go back to our room and rest."
"Listen to your father-in-law..."
Kou Ji helped Xiang Yan back to her room to rest.
In the main hall of the Kou Mansion.
Zhao Zhen, who threatened that he was tired, did not go to rest, but asked Empress Cao melancholy.
"Queen, I asked Kou Ji to get married, but Kou Ji refused in every possible way. Why do you think this is?"
Empress Cao poured a cup of tea for Zhao Zhen and laughed in a low voice: "Didn't Kou Aiqing say that if the official marries him, then he will not be able to appear in the court or help the official in the future?"
Zhao Zhen picked up the teacup, then put it down, shaking his head and saying, "I always feel that what he said is not sincere. I feel that from the bottom of his heart, he doesn't want to marry me."
Empress Cao also felt so, but she didn't say it out loud, and instead spoke for Kou Ji.
"I think it's probably because Kou Aiqing seldom refuses to be an official. Occasionally he refuses an official once or twice. The official doesn't feel happy, so he doesn't like him and thinks the worst about him."
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment, pondered for a moment, and said, "Maybe..."
Queen Cao smiled calmly.
After Zhao Zhen was silent for a moment, he added: "Others are eager to send their daughters to the palace to become the wives and concubines of my emperor, but Kou Ji is unwilling to do so. It's really strange."
Queen Cao was stunned for a moment, but she didn't speak for Kou Ji again.
Talk to Zhao Zhen and say it once, which is called admonishment.
If you frequently say nice things to someone, you have an ulterior motive.
Zhao Zhen is now gradually maturing and gradually beginning to master the emperor's mental skills.
As Zhao Zhen's pillow, Queen Cao has begun to understand some of Zhao Zhen's thoughts.
Therefore, she knows when to speak for others and when to keep silent.
Queen Cao said nothing.
Zhang Jieyu spoke.
"The officials don't have to worry, our emperor's son hasn't been born yet. After the emperor is born, it won't be too late for the officials to arrange a betrothal for the emperor. The officials can take advantage of the opportunity before the emperor's son is born to take a closer look and make arrangements for the emperor.
Find a good wife."
Zhao Zhen heard Zhang Jieyu's words and held his chin in thought.
"idiot!"
Queen Cao cursed secretly in her heart.
Zhang Jieyu's words could be regarded as a disguised refusal to marry the Kou family on behalf of the child in her belly.
So Queen Cao thought Zhang Jieyu was a fool.
Zhang Jieyu had no idea how deep the friendship between Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji was.
Zhao Zhen used Kou Ji's words to kill Guo Yunu with all his tricks. Empress Cao knew about it.
But Zhang Jieyu didn't know.
Zhao Zhen could kill one of his concubines just because of Kou Ji's words.
But Zhao Zhen would never kill Kou Ji because of his concubine's words.
Although Zhao Zhen dotes on Zhang Jieyu, he has not yet gone to the extent of causing trouble for Zhang Jieyu.
He would not embarrass Zhao Zhen because of Zhang Jieyu.
When there is a conflict between Zhang Jieyu and Kou Ji, Zhao Zhen will definitely favor Kou Ji.
There is no other reason.
Zhao Zhen called Kou Ji "fourth brother" in private.
That's not a random call.
But he truly regarded Kou Ji as an older brother from the bottom of his heart.
After Zhao Heng, Liu E and other Zhao Zhen's closest relatives passed away one after another, a large part of the family affection in Zhao Zhen's heart was pinned on Kou Ji.
The other part rests on Concubine Yang.
Although Zhao Zhen's biological mother, Concubine Li, is still alive and with Zhao Zhen.
But Zhao Zhen did not grow up in the hands of Concubine Li, and he did not have much affection for Concubine Li.
When Zhao Zhen treated Concubine Li, she was more like a junior treating an elder respectfully.
Instead of treating him like a son, treating his biological mother.
It is precisely because Zhao Zhen places some affection on Kou Ji.
Therefore, Kou Ji's position in the court from now on is destined to be as stable as Mount Tai.
Empress Cao has personally experienced how powerful Kou Ji's methods are.
Because she was able to sit on the throne of queen entirely because of Kou Ji's planning.
Kou Ji is destined to enter the inner court and become a high-ranking minister.
If such an important minister could become his son's father-in-law, Empress Cao would be able to wake up from her dreams with a smile at night.
Because if your son has a high-ranking minister as his father-in-law, then your son's hope of sitting on the throne in the future will be much higher than that of others.
In addition, Kou Ji’s grandfather behind him, Kou Zhun, and Kou Ji’s grandfather-in-law, Xiang Minzhong.
And the old disciples behind them.
As well as the Cao family, the martial arts attached to the Cao family.
Almost most of the court will support their son.
It can almost be said that it is almost certain that his son will take the throne.
With such an in-law, you don't want to get married, but you still insist on throwing it out?
Do you think you are an insignificant in-law if thrown out?
No, what you are throwing away is a throne.
Isn't that stupid?
That is to say, Queen Cao is not pregnant. If Queen Cao is pregnant and can successfully give birth to Longzi, she will definitely shamelessly use all the power in her hands to tie Kou Ji into her son's chariot.
Let Kou Ji run for his son's throne.
Empress Cao weighed the pros and cons in her heart, but said with a smile on her face: "Sister Zhang is right..."
Zhang Jieyu thought she was smart and took the initiative to decline the matter.
There was no need for Queen Cao to remind her, let alone help her become smarter.
When Zhang Jieyu saw Empress Cao speaking for her, a bright smile appeared on her face.