The ancients took the matter of asking gods for divination very seriously, and almost always asked the gods for their opinion on any major matter, so Qin Tian Jian came into being.
Kou Ji didn't believe in things like gods and ghosts, but Chen Lin believed in them before, but now she is half-convinced.
The reason for the change is thanks to Zhao Zhen.
Because Zhao Zhen, under the influence of Kou Ji, did not believe in those gods and ghosts.
As a loyal servant of Zhao Zhen, Chen Lin naturally wanted to follow Zhao Zhen.
For Chen Lin, the inheritance of royal heirs is above all else, so even though he had sensed that Kou Ji was telling lies, he still pondered the matter.
Kou Ji saw Chen Lin lowering her head and thinking about this matter, and the corners of her mouth twitched slightly.
He just said it casually, and Chen Lin actually started to think about it.
Chen Lin thought for a long time and said in a deep voice: "Our family will send people to investigate later. If the people from Qintian Prison really did something to offend God and harm the official family's heirs, our family will definitely not let it go."
them."
"Who won't be let go?"
Chen Lin's voice was a little louder, so she woke up Zhao Zhen who was in a daze.
After Zhao Zhen woke up, he only heard the end of Chen Lin's words, so he asked casually.
Chen Lin bowed and truthfully repeated what Kou Ji had just said.
After hearing this, Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and said: "If the queen cannot give birth to a son this time, then I really should send someone to check the Qintian Prison."
"It's time to check..."
Kou Ji fits the sentence.
He had no intention of excusing Qin Tianjian.
In Kou Ji's eyes, the existence of the Qintian Prison was harmful rather than helpful to the Song Dynasty.
Qin Tian Jian, just engage in astronomy research.
It is a very stupid behavior to use some astronomical phenomena to affect national affairs.
It is also a very foolish act to leave the decision-making power of important affairs of the country to astronomical phenomena.
After Zhao Zhen finished speaking, he fell into a trance again.
Kou Ji coughed dryly and woke Zhao Zhen up again.
Zhao Zhen looked at Kou Ji suspiciously, "What's wrong, Fourth Brother?"
Kou Ji said frankly: "The official family does not need to worry. I believe that the official family will be full of children and grandchildren in the future."
Zhao Zhen sighed, "I don't even have a son yet..."
Kou Ji smiled bitterly.
Zhao Zhen was really bewildered by what happened to his son.
Just when Kou Ji was about to give Zhao Zhen a few more words of advice, a palace maid hurriedly entered the Yanfu Palace.
"Guan family, the Queen is about to give birth!"
Gong'e entered the palace, saluted and said hurriedly.
Zhao Zhen stood up suddenly and said anxiously: "Are you going to give birth again?"
Why use another one?
Because this was not the first time that Queen Cao had given birth signs.
Counting this time, it has been four times.
"This time it's true."
Gong E quickly added.
Zhao Zhen ran out in a flash, and the chessboard was knocked over by him, but he didn't even care.
Chen Lin chased Zhao Zhen and ran out.
Kou Ji got up and followed him out.
All the way to the place where Queen Cao gave birth, she saw a large group of eunuchs and palace ladies surrounding the palace.
After Zhao Zhen arrived, they quickly bowed and saluted.
Zhao Zhen ignored them and ran all the way to the front of the palace. As soon as he settled down, Queen Cao's screams rang out.
"It's really happening!"
Zhao Zhen trembled all over and shouted hurriedly: "Quick, get the nun who delivered the baby and the doctor over here."
"Back at the official's house, the nun who delivered the baby has already gone in, and the imperial doctor is waiting in the side hall next to it."
The female official in Queen Cao's palace reported softly.
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a moment and said mockingly: "I'm a little too nervous..."
Kou Ji stood behind Zhao Zhen. Hearing Zhao Zhen's words, he smiled bitterly and shook his head.
Zhao Zhen was indeed a little too nervous.
Empress Cao expected to give birth three times, and everyone in the palace was nervous.
Almost all the midwives and imperial doctors lived next to Queen Cao's palace, guarding Queen Cao twelve hours a day.
Now that Empress Cao is really about to give birth, how can they dare to neglect her?
Unless their heads don't want it anymore.
After Zhao Zhen laughed at himself, he heard Empress Cao screaming in the palace and paced nervously.
Not long after Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji arrived.
Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Du hurried to the front of Empress Cao's palace.
Zhao Zhen saw Empress Dowager Li and Concubine Du and hurriedly greeted them.
After giving a cursory salute, Zhao Zhen said anxiously to Empress Dowager Li: "Mother, please go in and take a look for me..."
Concubine Li knew that Zhao Zhen was full of worries, so she readily agreed.
Then he took two female officials and entered the palace.
The screams lasted for two sticks of incense.
After two sticks of incense.
A loud cry sounded in the palace.
Outside the dormitory, everyone was shocked and looked eagerly at the door of the dormitory.
"Squeak..."
Under the eager eyes of everyone, the door to the palace was slowly opened, and Mrs. Li walked out, the joy on her face difficult to conceal.
When Zhao Zhen and Kou Ji saw this, their hearts beat rapidly.
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said: "The official family is a son."
The stiff look on Zhao Zhen's face melted away at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then he laughed heartily.
"Hahahaha... I have a son! I have a son!"
Zhao Zhen grabbed Kou Ji's shoulders excitedly and shouted: "Fourth brother! I have a son!"
Kou Ji also had a smile on his face, and he was also happy for Zhao Zhen, "Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the official family!"
"Congratulations to the official family, congratulations to the official family..."
As Kou Ji spoke, other eunuchs and palace maids also congratulated him happily.
Zhao Zhen let go of Kou Ji's shoulders, laughed and rushed into Queen Cao's palace.
Kou Ji did not rush in with him, but walked up to Queen Mother Li and said with a smile: "On behalf of the eunuchs and maids in the palace, I would like to ask the Queen Mother for a reward!"
Zhao Zhen was in a hurry to see his son and had no mind to pay attention to other things.
Kou Ji naturally wanted to help him take care of things that he couldn't take care of.
When Queen Mother Li heard Kou Ji's words, she was stunned for a moment and said with a smile: "I'm afraid the official family won't be able to take care of this matter now. The rewards in the palace are decided by the Ai family. Everything outside the palace is left to Kou Aiqing.
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Kou Ji bowed and agreed.
Empress Dowager Li smiled and said to all the palace maidens and eunuchs: "The official family is happy to have a dragon son, and the whole world should celebrate it. Logically speaking, it is the official family that has the final say on how to reward you. But now that the official family can't take care of this matter, the Ai family will have to do it for you.
To convey the Ai family's decree to the inner palace, the monthly salary for the upper and lower palaces will be doubled for this month, plus ten thousand coins, a palace flower, three feet of cloth, a pot of royal wine, and three pounds of mutton.
The eunuchs and concubines in Queen Cao's palace will be given an additional hundred thousand coins."
When the eunuchs and concubines heard this, they all happily bowed to Empress Dowager Li and thanked her.
After they thanked them, Queen Mother Li said with a smile: "The Aijia will then take out some personal money and give each of you an additional ten thousand yuan, which will be regarded as a reward from the Aijia."
When the eunuchs and concubines heard this, they were even more happy and saluted Queen Mother Li again to express their gratitude.
After Empress Dowager Li had rewarded the palace maids and eunuchs, Kou Ji ordered Chen Lin's deputy, the Minister of Internal Affairs, to call the officials: "Send someone to ring the bell and summon all the officials to the palace. Then send someone to Cao Mansion to invite Cao Cao."
The husband and wife enter the palace."
The Minister of Internal Affairs agreed and immediately ordered the eunuchs around him to follow Kou Ji's instructions.
Empress Cao is Zhao Zhen's royal wife, and the son she gave birth to is the eldest son.
In this era when legitimate sons and daughters are distinguished, the identity of the eldest son contains many things.
One of them is the right of preferential inheritance.
The eldest son can inherit the title, family property, etc. first.
The identity of the eldest son of the royal family includes more things.
When the eldest son of the royal family was born, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty naturally had to enter the palace.
After the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent someone to ring the bell, the civil and military officials of the entire court knew that a prince was born.
There are rules for ringing bells, and different bell ringings represent different meanings.
When a prince is born, there is also a corresponding number of bells.
Lu Yijian and the other three were the first to enter the palace, because their residence was closest to the palace, and they were also the ones most concerned about the issue of Zhao Zhen's heirs.
So after hearing the bell ringing, I couldn't wait to urge the groom in the house to drive quickly to the palace.
After they entered the palace, they were received by all the chamberlains.
Kou Ji was called into Queen Cao's palace by Zhao Zhen.
In the bedroom.
Queen Cao was lying on the bed, her face a little pale, but her eyes were very bright.
She has practiced martial arts since she was a child and has a strong body.
She was really struggling during the delivery, but after the delivery, she was not as weak as the big and small Zhangs after giving birth.
Zhao Zhen sat next to Queen Cao, holding a baby carefully in his hands.
Seeing Kou Ji enter the palace, he flaunted his swaddling clothes.
Kou Ji was helpless at Zhao Zhen's childish behavior, but he still smiled against his will and said, "I saw it, congratulations to the official family..."
"son!"
Zhao Zhen held the baby and handed it to Kou Ji. After letting Kou Ji take a closer look, he shouted in a show off.
Kou Ji stood aside, smiling and saying nothing.
Zhao Zhen reluctantly placed the baby next to Queen Cao, turned back to look at Kou Ji, and called out affectionately, "My dear brother..."
The smile on Kou Ji's face froze, and without saying a word, he turned around and ran away.
"In-law?!"
Zhao Zhen stood up and called out with a look of astonishment.
Seeing Kou Ji walking faster and faster, he hurriedly shouted again.
"Fourth brother, don't leave."
Kou Ji walked quickly and decisively ran out of Queen Cao's palace.
Zhao Zhen stared at Kou Ji's figure disappearing into Queen Cao's palace, then turned around with a blank look on his face and asked Queen Cao, "What did I say inappropriately?"
Queen Cao forced a smile on her face and shook her head slightly.
Zhao Zhen said suspiciously: "Then why is fourth brother running?"
Empress Cao thought for a moment and said with a smile: "Maybe she is reluctant to give her daughter to our prince."
Zhao Zhen was stunned, "Am I coveting his daughter by calling him my father-in-law?"
Queen Cao was also stunned, "Isn't that what the official family meant?"
Zhao Zhen said dissatisfied: "I just think that he has children, I also have children, and my daughter married his son, so it is more affectionate to call him a relative."
But what does he mean by turning around and running away?"
Empress Cao said faintly: "He thought that the official wanted his daughter to enter the palace and become our emperor's concubine, so he ran away..."
Zhao Zhen's face turned dark instantly.
"Does he think my prince is not worthy of his daughter?!"
Empress Cao chuckled and said: "The official's words are wrong. There is no woman in the world who is not worthy of our emperor. She should be a woman in the world who is not worthy of our emperor."
Zhao Zhen's expression softened a bit, and he snorted: "As it should be!"
Empress Cao continued: "I heard that Privy Kou loves his daughter very much. Perhaps that is why he is unwilling to send his daughter to the palace."
Zhao Zhen was unhappy again, "Is my palace a den of tigers and wolves? Is it that scary?"
Queen Cao smiled and said nothing.
Zhao Zhen said with a dark face: "It may have been a bit unbearable before, but after you and I worked together to rectify it, our palace is the best place in the world."
Empress Cao pondered for a moment and said: "Maybe Privy Kou doesn't think so..."
Zhao Zhen snorted and said: "He doesn't want his daughter to be my daughter-in-law, so I insist on letting his daughter be my daughter-in-law."
A faint smile appeared on Queen Cao's lips and she said no more.
Zhao Zhen sat next to Queen Cao and planned how to bring Kou Ji's daughter into the palace to become his daughter-in-law.
Just as Zhao Zhen was making secret calculations, people from Zongzheng Temple arrived.
After the people from Zongzheng Temple made detailed records of the newly born prince, they withdrew from Queen Cao's palace.
Later, Lu Yijian and three others arrived.
The three of them entered the palace, and after saluting Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao, they kept looking at the little baby lying beside the bed.
Seeing this, Zhao Zhen opened up the baby's swaddling clothes and let them have a good look at it.
After Lu Yijian and the others saw what they wanted to see, they left Queen Cao's palace laughing.
Before leaving, Wang Zeng smiled and said to Zhao Zhen: "From now on, I, the Song Dynasty, will have no worries..."
Zhao Zhen deeply thought so.
Shortly after Lu Yijian and the other three came together, Cao Qi and his wife entered Queen Cao's palace and took a look at their grandson.
After Cao Qi and his wife left, no one entered Queen Cao's palace again.
Those civil and military ministers in the court are not qualified.
They could only learn the details of the prince through the mouths of Lu Yijian and the others.
Lu Yijian and the others left Queen Cao's palace and took the civil and military officials of the Man Dynasty to Chui Gong Hall.
Except for Kou Ji, all civil and military officials from the Manchu Dynasty gathered in the Chui Gong Hall.
It was only after nightfall that Zhao Zhen appeared in Chui Gong Hall.
After the officials saluted, Zhao Zhen glanced left and right and asked, "Where is Kou Ji?"
The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty looked at me and I looked at you without saying anything.
In the end, the chamberlain minister Douzhi whispered a warning.
"Privilege Kou said that he is ill and will return home to recuperate for three to five days..."
Zhao Zhen curled his lips.
Kou Ji was obviously avoiding him.
However, the more Kou Ji behaved like this, the more Zhao Zhen wanted to bring Kou Ji's daughter into the palace to be his daughter-in-law.
In Zhao Zhen's view, he treated Kou Ji's son Kou Tianci as his own son and married his daughter to Kou Tianci.
Kou Ji should treat his son as his own son and marry his daughter to his son.
Zhao Zhen had no intention of publicizing this matter to the officials, so he did not mention Kou Ji again.
He ordered Lu Yijian and three others to tell the world about the birth of the prince.
At the same time, the Cao family and his wife, Cao Yi, etc. were granted the title.
During the general amnesty for the whole country, I inquired the Minister of the Ministry of Justice and learned that this year's prisoner had been sent to the border, so he decisively issued an amnesty for the whole country.
Finally, he symbolically said "King Wu can't help it" and the whole country celebrated together.
The reason why I said it symbolically is because no one in Bianjing City cares about the curfew.
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Kou Mansion.
After Kou Ji returned to his house, he went straight to the backyard.
When they arrived in the backyard, they saw Xiang Yan taking her daughter for a walk.
Xiang Yan was slightly stunned when she saw Kou Ji, "The prince is born, shouldn't you stay in the palace to listen to the decree? Why are you back home?"
Kou Ji did not answer Xiang Yan's question, but said to Xiang Yan very seriously: "I am going to send my daughter to practice martial arts."
Xiang Yan stared at Kou Ji in astonishment, "Let your daughter practice martial arts?"
Kou Ji nodded solemnly.
Xiang Yan frowned and said, "Why?"
Kou Ji said in a deep voice: "Whoever wants to marry my daughter in the future must beat her first."
Xiang Yan was stunned, thought for a moment, raised her brows, looked at Kou Ji with a surprised look on her face and said, "The official wants our daughter to be the prince's concubine?"
"Pooh……"
Kou Ji spat and said viciously: "He thinks beautifully!"
When Xiang Yan saw this, she didn't know whether to laugh or cry, "It's really..."
Kou Ji snorted coldly: "It is absolutely impossible for my daughter to become a prince's concubine."
Xiang Yan hesitated and said: "My husband, why do you refuse something that no one else can ask for?"
After a pause, Xiang Yan continued: "The prince born to Empress Cao is the eldest prince. My husband, you should know what this means."
Kou Ji said disdainfully: "He is not the prince yet! So what if he is the prince? My daughter will not enter the royal family."
Kou Ji naturally knew what it meant for Empress Cao to give birth to the eldest prince.
The chance that the eldest prince born to Empress Cao will be crowned prince is as high as 90%.
The innate advantage of being the eldest son determined that he was in a favorable position when seizing the legitimate son.
Once Zhao Zhen is determined to establish a prince, the officials will definitely ask Zhao Zhen to establish the eldest prince as the prince in accordance with the rules between legitimate concubines.
In addition, his mother's family is the Cao family, and with the support of the Cao family, it is almost certain that he will be crowned prince.
Unless he himself is born with deficiencies or dies the day after tomorrow.
Kou Ji, the eldest prince born to Empress Cao, has been seen and found to have no congenital defects or symptoms.
Therefore, unless he dies in infancy, the position of prince belongs to him.
But the prince does not mean that he belongs to the official family of the Song Dynasty.
Since the founding of the Song Dynasty, four people have been appointed as princes.
But there are only two people who sit on the throne as princes.
Kou Jicai didn't care whether Queen Cao's remaining prince would become a prince.
Even if he becomes a prince, his daughter will not marry.
"If your husband doesn't want your daughter to enter the palace, then she won't enter."
Seeing Kou Ji's resolute attitude, Xiang Yan said with a smile.
Kou Ji was stunned and said suspiciously: "Didn't you just say that others can't get anything they ask for..."
Before Kou Ji could finish speaking, Xiang Yan smiled and said, "Yes, I'm talking about someone else, not our family."
Kou Ji laughed out loud.
Xiang Yan continued to smile and said: "It's just a matter of letting my daughter practice martial arts. I hope your husband will think twice."
Kou Ji sighed and said: "I was also frightened by the officials, so I just said it casually. She is still a little old and can't speak, so how can she practice martial arts."
"It's good if my husband knows..."
Kou Ji chatted with Xiang Yan for a while, and after relaxing his mood, he stopped thinking about the matter.
The next few days.
Kou Ji did not enter the palace, but stayed at home with his family.
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Bianjing City will not stand still just because Kou Ji stayed home, and the same was true for the Song Dynasty.
Kou Ji stayed at home for several days without leaving the house.
The news of the birth of the eldest prince has spread throughout the world.
The Song Dynasty was full of joy.
The officials were happy because the court had an heir.
The people were happy that Zhao Zhen arrived because Zhao Zhen had a son.
In short, everyone in the Song Dynasty was happy because of the birth of the eldest prince.
People from all over the country offered their auspicious blessings.
All the vassals also presented generous gifts and congratulations.
Just when everyone in the Song Dynasty was happy.
Dali fell into endless sorrow.
After the Song Dynasty gained Jianchang Mansion, everyone in Dali thought that the war between the Song Dynasty and Dali was over.
But less than two months after the Song Dynasty took Jianchang Mansion, the soldiers and horses of the Song Dynasty appeared in Dali again.
In just three days, half of Dongchuan Prefecture was destroyed.
Everyone in Dali was shocked.
There is no doubt that it was Dali who offended the Song Dynasty again this time.
The Lord of Dongchuan Mansion, after the Song Dynasty captured Jianchang Mansion, seduced the people from the small tribes in Jianchang Mansion and quietly fled Jianchang Mansion and returned to Dali.
After this incident was discovered by Zhong Shiheng, Zhong Shiheng sent Zhu Neng and led 10,000 troops south to attack Dongchuan Prefecture.
After half of Dongchuan Prefecture was captured.
Song Dynasty and Dali once again entered into a new round of peace talks.
The Song Dynasty took Dongchuan Prefecture into its hands in almost the same way as before.
The war between the Song Dynasty and Dali came to an end again.
But after this war is over.
Duan Suzhen, the king of Dali County, dispatched Gao Zhisheng and led 100,000 troops to Huichuan Mansion to keep an eye on Zhong Shiheng in Jianchang Mansion.
After Zhong Shiheng informed the court of the matter.
Kou Ji and Zhao Zhen discussed it and sent Di Qing, leading fifty thousand forbidden troops, to quietly go south.
Just when the Song Dynasty court was planning to launch a complete offensive against Dali.
The war in Jiaozhi also changed.
With the Jiaozhi Army, Annan Army, and the Divine Grace Army established by the Great Cannibal, the conflict between the three parties continued to intensify.
Jiaozhi turned into a complete mess.
After the Great Eater established the Divine Grace Army with the help of the Song Dynasty's military equipment, he immediately parted ways with the Annan Army.
They broke away from the battlefield of Annan Army and Jiaozhi Army and invaded all the way south.
With the help of Mamu's guests, they were almost hopeless and disadvantaged, and captured nearly seven cities in Jiaozhi.
Seeing this, the King of Jiaozhi County had to send heavy troops to deal with the cannibals.
Heavy troops were deployed to deal with the cannibals, and there were far fewer Cochin troops to resist the Annan army.
Annan's army took this opportunity to advance westward and captured the five cities of Jiaozhi.
The reason why the Annan Army's offensive was so rapid was also due to Jiaozhi and the Great Cannibal.
The appearance of the giant cannibal stimulated the witches in the mountains and forests.
In order to deal with the big cannibals, Wu constantly sent out the barbarians in the mountains and forests to join the Annan army.
The number of Annan's troops increased sharply.
The Annan Army was accustomed to asking the Song Dynasty court for armaments, so after the number of soldiers and horses increased, they decisively sent people to the imperial court to ask for armaments.
With Kou Ji's black heart, it was naturally impossible to give them the military equipment for free.
They must pay a certain amount of money.
Then, the Annan army handed over all the money they had captured in Jiaozhi to Kou Ji.
After Kou Ji got the money, he generously sent military equipment to them.