Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 432 Longqing Tuogu ([-])
The emperor's call was like a curse, driving countless people inside and outside the palace to move accordingly.

The chief inspector of ceremonies, Meng Chong, stayed by the emperor's side, while the five chief eunuchs Feng Bao, Chen Hong, Huang Mengyu, Zhang Hong, and Chen Ju went all the way to invite concubines, princes, and cabinet ministers to see him.

Considering the urgency of the situation, Feng Bao originally wanted to take over the errand of the three ministers from the cabinet, but after thinking about it, the cabinet is headed by Gao Gong, and he may not be able to talk to Zhang Juzheng this time, so whether to go or not What's the difference?So he simply put on the first strokes, and said to the other four people: "It's urgent, let's hire someone separately, I, Feng, is carried by the imperial concubine, so let's go to the imperial concubine's place."

None of the four had any objections, Chen Hong said: "In that case, I will go to the cabinet."

Huang Mengyu turned his head and asked Zhang Hong, "Where is Mr. Zhang going?"

Zhang Hongdao: "You decide first."

Huang Mengyu shook his head and said: "You have been in the palace longer than me, you go first."

Zhang Hongben is also a person next to the prince Zhu Yijun. Hearing this, he was secretly happy, but thinking that Chen Ju was also a person who got up from the prince's side, he couldn't help hesitating a little, and said: "I plan to go to Zhongcui Palace, but I don't know... "

Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju looked at each other, and said, "Very good, since that's the case, I'll invite the queen."

Chen Ju looked up at the sky, and said: "Recently, the prince likes to discuss history with Gao Yude, and now I don't know whether he has returned to Zhongcui Palace or is still in Wenhua Palace. Since Mr. Zhang went to Zhongcui Palace, I will go to Wenhua Palace." Let Huadian take a look."

Zhang Hong did not expect that these two upstarts in the inner court were so talkative, not only was he a little surprised, he thought to himself: the emperor is critically ill, and the crown prince is about to become emperor, these two people are not going to curry favor with the crown prince at this time, but one is going to invite the queen, One goes to the Wenhua Palace?The empress has been out of favor for two years, and the emperor didn't even mention her just now, even if she was mentioned, it was just the word "wait" for "noble concubine, prince, etc", which shows that it has no weight.

As for His Royal Highness, although he really loves discussing history with Gao Yude recently, but at this moment, His Royal Highness is returning to the palace to rest after lunch at the imperial concubine's empress, how could he be in the Wenhua Hall?Only Gao Yude is taking a lunch break in that place now, there is no point in going there!
Of course, Zhang Hong didn't care if Huang Mengyu and Chen Ju were going to be stupid. Instead, he felt relieved and said politely, "That's good, that's good, I'll take care of you two."

The five pen-holding eunuchs each went to one side, so there is naturally a distinction between distance and distance, so we have to talk from near to far.

The two closest places to Qianqing Palace are the Yongning Palace of Concubine Li and the Zhongcui Palace of the Prince, and Feng Bao was the first to set off, so he was naturally the first to arrive.

When Feng Bao rushed to Yongning Palace, Concubine Li had just coaxed the three princesses to sleep. These three princesses were her three daughters: Zhu Yao'e, Zhu Yaoxi, and Zhu Yaoyuan.

Longqing had seven daughters in total, but the eldest daughter and the second daughter both died, leaving five surviving daughters, and the three of them were the third princess, fourth princess and fifth princess, all born to Concubine Li Gui.

This also shows that Concubine Li Gui was favored and able to give birth——Zhu Yijun, Zhu Yao'e, Zhu Yaoyu, Zhu Yichun, Zhu Yaoyuan, in just seven years, Li Guifei gave birth to five children!What's more, in this era when the chance of premature death is extremely high, all five of her children survived in good health, which is simply a miracle.

Of course, with such a "miracle", it is not difficult to understand why Concubine Li Gui is so grateful and guilty for her younger brother Li Wenjin who came from the palace to serve her in the inner court.

As for the reason why these three princesses have no names yet, it is because the princesses of the Ming Dynasty are generally not canonized until they reach adulthood (Wufeng’s Note: But they can be granted after death), so now they can only be called according to their ranking.

The reason why there are only three princesses by Li Guifei's side is that apart from Zhu Yijun, who is the crown prince, who has already lived alone in the Zhongcui Palace, Li Guifei's second son, Zhu Yiyu, was also favored when he was only two years old in the fourth year of Longqing. The madman Longqing was conferred the title of King Lu, and he already lives in another palace, so naturally, Concubine Li Gui didn't bother to coax him to sleep.

When Feng Bao came, Concubine Li Gui had just come out from the three princesses and was about to take a bath and start her lunch break. When Feng Bao said that the emperor was seriously ill, he hurriedly summoned her, the crown prince and others to the Qianqing Palace. Under the color change, he ordered to go immediately.

After walking a few steps, he stopped again and asked how the prince was doing.

Feng Bao was in a hurry just now, and he didn't know who was going to invite the prince, but at this moment he naturally didn't dare to speak directly, so he said: "Zhongcui Palace is near, why don't the noble concubine go with the prince?"

As soon as Concubine Li Gui heard that it was reasonable, she ordered to drive to Zhongcui Palace, intending to pick up the prince and go with her.

As soon as I arrived at the gate of Zhongcui Palace, I saw that the prince's guard of honor was gathering urgently, and the prince was already jumping in a hurry. Some emperors occasionally dared to make minor changes or expediency, while the rest, even princes, had to wait for the prescribed guard of honor to be arranged before they could travel.

Concubine Li's guard of honor stepped forward, and the crown prince hurried forward to pay his respects, then his face turned pale and he said nervously: "Concubine Mother, Zhang Hong said that Emperor Father is seriously ill again, are you going to visit Emperor Father as well?"

Concubine Li Gui saw that her son's face was terrified and did not seem to be fake, she was happy and sad at the same time, she got off the soft sedan chair, stepped forward to put her arms around him, touched his head, resisted the urge to cry, and comforted him: "Xu Shi is that?" Helping the imperial physician was suspicious and startled, it’s all right, we’ll find out when we go to see it, your father is so blessed, it’s sure...it’s going to be all right.”

Seeing Concubine Li Gui hugging the Crown Prince, Feng Bao coughed loudly and winked at Concubine Li Gui.

This is the disadvantage of the prosperity of Confucianism in the Ming Dynasty. Even between the biological mother and the ten-year-old little prince, there cannot be such an overly intimate act.

Concubine Li Gui was reminded by Feng Baoyi, she immediately came to her senses, quickly let go of the prince, and said: "Jun'er, you are the prince, no matter what happens later, you must..." When she said this, she was also stunned.

She originally wanted to say "you must be strong", but there is a problem. If the emperor really collapses, shouldn't the prince be allowed to cry?The prince must be said to be extremely unfilial by the outside world.

But if the prince loses control of his emotions and cries, he can't do it. One is that he is extremely sad, and there are many things that are blinded by crying in this era; bully.

At this time, a familiar voice came: "The imperial concubine's words are very true, and I hope the prince will comfort the emperor well, and ask the emperor to rest in peace and recover soon."

"High Practicality?" Concubine Li Gui was slightly taken aback, then nodded and said, "Well, you are right, this is exactly what I mean."

This voice obviously still has a strong sense of childishness. Since it is not Zhu Yijun, it can only be the prince's companion to read Gao Pragmatism.

Gao Wushi was originally helping the crown prince to reprimand those eunuchs to quickly arrange the guard of honor, but at this time the guard of honor was over, he stepped forward, just in time to find that Concubine Li Gui had stunned him with a word, so he spoke out to help her out.

When Feng Bao saw Gao Yushi, his heart tensed unconsciously, and subconsciously asked loudly: "Gao Yude, why are you not in Wenhua Palace at this time?"

Just as Gao Wushi was about to answer, Zhu Yijun took a step ahead and said with a frown: "Big Companion, Yushi is my accompanist. Recently, my father and emperor have been in trouble. I feel deeply that I have not fulfilled my filial piety. These days I often discuss with Yushi how the ancient great sages performed filial piety. I hope it will be helpful. When Zhang Hong came just now, I was discussing the "Book of Filial Piety" with Pragmatic... Are you saying that I shouldn't bring him to Zhongcui Palace?"

　Thanks to the book friend "Lanyue 123" for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)