The palace maid was honest and thought of the emperor's warning. She was so scared that she not only dared not speak, but also tried her best to cover it up.

But when it comes to having children, Empress Dowager Li is a fighter among experts, and she soon discovered that the palace maid was pregnant.

However, Empress Dowager Li was not furious. She was worried that she could not hold her grandson. Besides, there was only one man in the palace, so it wasn't that Xianggong Zhang did it, right?

So he quietly took her into the secret room for interrogation.

The palace maid dared to reveal the truth and cried that the emperor came to pay tribute. The empress dowager was worshiping Buddha in the Buddhist temple, so he did the slave outside. It hurts...

Empress Dowager Li was also a palace maid. When she saw the palace maid who cried like tears, she thought of her sadness and fear back then.

Empress Dowager Li, who established empathy, not only did not blame the palace maid, but also expressed her deep understanding of her experience and was happy that she had the opportunity to hold her grandson again.

The next day, Wanli came to have a meal with Empress Dowager Li.

During the meal, the Empress Dowager asked Wanli about this. The guy was frightened at the time and thought that the woman with no name and no name betrayed her. At first, she refused to admit that it was her own.

When I was asked anxiously, I simply remained silent, and looked like I was beaten to death and couldn't speak.

His attitude of not recognizing others when he lifted his pants completely angered Empress Dowager Li.

I don’t think about it. If the Empress Dowager puts such a thing on the table and says it, then she must be sure that it was him who did it. Otherwise, wouldn’t it cause a big scandal?

Of course, she would not believe it because of the one-sided words of the palace maid. What kind of character of Empress Dowager Li, how could she do such a thing without a six-day life?

Empress Dowager Li’s confidence comes from the human flesh recorder "Daily Notes"!

"Daily Notes" is a book that records the emperor's daily words and deeds.

The so-called "In ancient times, the king recorded events in the left and the historian recorded words in the right, so he prevented mistakes and showed the king of the next king."

Wanli is not a fool, so of course he knows the existence of "Daily Notes". But he is not panicked at all, because the Ming Dynasty no longer has a special living courtyard, but the Hanlin Academy is responsible for recording "Daily Notes". As for Hanlin, they are all in charge of the handle, can they still follow him into the inner palace?

However, what Wanli never expected was that Empress Dowager Li took it out and recorded it by the eunuch.

The existence of the "Inner Daily Note" has seriously affected the emperor's quality of life. People follow him everywhere and remember what he does. Is there any way to live this life? Even if the emperor gets used to it, he can't afford to lose that person.

Think about it, a hundred years later, the historian will edit the record. First, he opened the "Notes on Daily Life" and saw that the emperor was worried about the country and the people, and he was dressed in the night and had a taste of food. He felt admiration arose.

When I opened the Eunuch's "National Daily Notes" again, I saw that the guy was singing every night, one dragon and three phoenixes! Oh, I didn't even let go of the palace maids, and I was shocked to return the car, and I had fun... It turned out that the old emperor's people were all pretending, but they were still very yellow and violent in their hearts. The majestic image collapsed with a bang, and another desolate and foolish monarch stood up.

This is absolutely unacceptable to Emperor Yongle, who tried his best to shape his image as a wise ruler for all ages. In fact, he is not afraid of being called a very pornographic and violent person, but is afraid of a blank record of luck, confirming the rumors that he would not mention after usurping the throne...

Therefore, since the time of Yongle, the State Administration of China canceled the record of "Neiyuji Notes". Any existence must have its value. The main function of "Neiyuji Notes" is to record which women or women when and where the emperor slept in for future inquiries.

Without the original records, there are so many women in the harem. Once they are pregnant, how can they determine whether they are dragon species or give them a grassland to the emperor?

So the emperor later used rewards instead, sleeping with a woman and giving her a head and face. When she is pregnant in the future, she can take out her head and face and is considered a dragon seed. If she doesn't have one, I'm sorry, wild species, snap.

Wanli felt that he had not rewarded the palace maids, so he was naturally confident. However, he didn't expect that he would have such a disgusting thing as "The Notes on the Daily Life"...

His head buzzed, and he didn't know that he was also photographed in the palace.

Needless to ask, it must be that Feng Bao did a good thing! When the eunuch actually used Dongchang's methods on him, Wanli was furious and fell into deep thoughts...

This is also the main reason why he hated Feng Bao.

No matter what, Wanli could not deny it now, so he had to admit tremblingly that he was confused for a moment and made a mistake that all men in the world would make...

Seeing Wanli's insane appearance, Empress Dowager Li was worried that punishing him would make the palace maid even more unable to handle himself, so she advised him kindly: "I am old and don't have a grandson yet. If she gives birth to a boy, it will be a blessing for her ancestors and the country."

Wanli said for a while: "But she is just a palace maid."

Empress Dowager Li said a little displeased: "What are the palace maids afraid of? Women are all noble because of their sons. Besides, her status is low, you can add her to the title!"

Wanli had no choice but to confer helplessness the palace maid as Concubine Gong. Concubine Gong did not disappoint Empress Dowager Li's high hopes. On August 11 of the same year, she successfully gave birth to the eldest son Zhu Changluo.

But a narrow-minded and extreme person like Wanli has always disliked or even discriminated against the eldest son. At that time, the palace maids were called "Du Ren", so he always called Zhu Changluo "Du Ren". But he never thought about what kind of son he was...

From this point of view, Wanli doesn’t seem to be very smart either. How can normal people scold themselves?

But what's weird is that Wanli, who is so lucky and heartless, falls in love with Zheng at first sight, and feels very happy and comfortable with her.

It is said that she was not as trembling with the emperor as other concubines. Although she was obedient, she was very dry, which made the emperor very uncomfortable. Only this Beijing girl was careless and scruples. She dared to tease and satirize the emperor, and at the same time she could listen to the emperor's confession and relieve his worries.

That was when Emperor Wanli was in the most depressing stage of his life. Zheng gave him great comfort, even the only comfort. It is said that she would hug him and touch his head when the emperor was sad. This kind of rebellious behavior made Wanli very useful, so she regarded her as a spiritual companion who breathed and shared worries and was almost inseparable.

Zheng's belly was also very strong. He gave birth to the second daughter of the emperor in the eleventh year of Wanli, and was promoted to Concubine De. He was actually above Concubine Wang Gong, who gave birth to the eldest son of the emperor.

In the 12th year of Wanli, Concubine Zheng De, who was the only favorite in the six palaces, became pregnant again and was directly promoted to the imperial concubine. Her status was only below the queen, and the gap with Concubine Wang Gong even widened.

Although the second son of the emperor, who was born by Concubine Zheng, died on the same day, this did not affect her status in Wanli's heart. Because this was purely the cause of Wanli. When she was pregnant with Liujia, Wanli had a drama with him and hurt her body, which caused the second son of the emperor to die prematurely.

Concubine Zheng was very resentful to Wanli. Wanli felt very sorry for her, so she privately vowed her that if she had another son, she would be made the Eastern Palace!

If Zhu Yijun could realize that his vow could ruin his life or even destroy his ancestors' territory, he would not have made such a vow even if he was beaten to death.

But Emperor Wanli was still young at that time and was still blinded by love. Moreover, in his opinion, whoever he made the crown prince was his family matter, just like which woman he wanted to make the concubine, no one could interfere. Moreover, he had already disliked the "Son of the Capital", so he made such a guarantee with Concubine Zheng.

Concubine Zheng certainly chose to forgive him, take good care of her body and fight again, and successfully gave birth to the third son of the emperor in the 14th year of Wanli, Zhu Changxun, who was white and fat and very healthy.

Wanli was very happy and couldn't let go of his third son holding him. It perfectly interprets what it means to "the motherly loves the son hugs the son".

Concubine Zheng took the opportunity to re-report the old story. Wanli was immersed in the ecstasy of finally getting a satisfying son. He said that he still counted the words back then and would make Chang Xun the crown prince in the future.

Concubine Zheng was afraid that he would regret it in the future, so she took Wanli to the west of the northwest gate of the Forbidden City, which was built by his most admired grandfather, Emperor Jiajing.

The incense of Zhenwu is offered in the hall, and the wishes are very effective. The palace says that this is the true god who protects the royal family.

Wanli and Concubine Zheng burned incense and swore in front of the Zhenwu statue, and wrote the oath that "the third son of the emperor will be made Chang Xun the crown prince in the future" was sealed in a jade box and handed over to Concubine Zheng for preservation. Concubine Zheng was completely relieved.

However, Wanli also knew that deposing the eldest son and establishing the young man would inevitably make him scolded him as a dog by the censor, especially when Zhang Juzheng was still there at that time. He did not dare to expose his target too early and was ready to die of the terminally ill teacher.

But Zhang Juzheng was Zhang Juzheng after all. Since Concubine Zheng favored the six palaces alone, and the emperor's preference for the third son was far superior to the eldest son, he realized that his student was afraid of having the idea of ​​deposing the eldest son.

Zhang Juzheng knew that once Wanli did this, the Ming Dynasty would inevitably fall into unprecedented chaos. It was even likely that it would be exploited by some people who had long regarded the emperor as a thorn in their side, and eventually fell to the point where a country would be out of state.

Therefore, Zhang Juzheng submitted a memorial while he was sick, hoping that the emperor would have a eldest son as soon as possible and to stop the idea of ​​abolishing the eldest son as soon as possible.

‘If you are brave enough to kill, you will kill; if you are brave enough to live, you will live.’ This is the motto he gave to Zhao Shouzheng, and it is also his last warning to the emperor!

‘I have three virtues, namely kindness and frugality, and dare not be the first in the world!’ This is another motto from Lao Tzu, which is hung in Wanli’s grandfather’s bedroom. Unfortunately, Wanli never took it to heart…

Wanli did not dare to confront Zhang Juzheng head-on, so he carried out the queen as a shield. He said that the queen was still young and had a princess again, and it was very likely that she would give birth to a legitimate prince. Will she depose the prince at that time?

It makes sense for him to say so well, and Zhang Juzheng could not refute it. He wanted to talk about it in two years, but he passed away after the Chinese New Year.

As soon as Zhang Juzheng died, Wanli completely lost his scruples. Before the Taishi's coffin had left the capital, he surrendered to the Ministry of Rites and ordered the ceremony to prepare for a ceremony to confer Concubine Zheng as the imperial concubine.

This obvious signal also made the ministers realize that the situation was not good, so they submitted memorials to object.

First, the servant Jiang Yinglin, the chief minister of the Husbandry, wrote a memorial saying that the imperial concubine Zheng was grateful for her pregnancy, but her reputation was too respectful, "Is it too forced to force her in the central palace?" Did it affect the status of the queen?

Moreover, Concubine Zheng was born only as the third son of the emperor. She was named as the imperial concubine, and was close to the central palace and was adjacent to the emperor. However, Concubine Wang, the mother of the eldest son, resided in the lower house. Wouldn't it be reversed and the ethics were unsatisfied? Therefore, I asked to first appoint Concubine Gong as the imperial concubine, and later Zheng, and the eldest son of the emperor was appointed as the eastern palace.

Wanli was extremely furious when he saw this memorial. It is said that his hands were so shaking that he couldn't hold the pen, and almost cracked the sandalwood imperial desk. In his opinion, this was interfering in his own family affairs! Rape his own will!

I can’t decide if the Grand Master is alive, but I still don’t decide if the Grand Master dies. Then isn’t the Grand Master the same as not dead?

So he issued an order to demote him to the border history. He also issued an order to prevent the enthronement of imperial concubines and interfere with the affairs of the palace. He would all demote him to the border!
Chapter completed!