The old east wind comes to dream

Chapter 110

In an instant, Gu Zizhan understood the deep meaning in Emperor Tianshun's eyes.

When something like this happened, he would be the first to suspect Gu Zizhan, which is indeed very reasonable.But it is one thing to know, and it really happened, but it is still unavoidable to be a little unhappy.However, I can't take care of these right now.Gu Zizhan quickly followed Emperor Tianshun and hurried to Hekun Palace.

Outside the Hekun Palace, Liu Mulan led a group of female soldiers with solemn faces, waiting for them.Her gaze was as sharp as an eagle, scanning the maids and servants who were hurrying back and forth.

Seeing Emperor Tianshun's dragon push, Liu Mulan stepped forward quickly and saluted Emperor Tianshun and Gu Zizhan.The group of female soldiers behind her didn't move at all, still sticking to their duties, guarding Hekun Palace like an iron bucket.

Emperor Tianshun glanced at Liu Mulan, waved his hand casually, Liu Mulan stepped aside, and Emperor Tianshun quickly walked towards the main hall of Hekun Palace.In the main hall, teams of maids and servants came in and out in an orderly manner. Although they were busy, they were orderly and not in a panic.Emperor Tianshun felt at ease when he saw that the queen was guarding outside the side room, and the woman's intermittent cries of pain could be faintly heard in the room.

Emperor Tianshun walked faster and walked in front of the queen.For old couples, the two of them did not salute each other, before Emperor Tianshun opened his mouth, the empress said firstly: "Yi Xu and You'er are being treated inside, more than half an hour has passed."

Emperor Tianshun frowned and nodded. Hearing that Su's voice was weak, he couldn't help feeling a little anxious, and asked: "What's the matter? Why do I hear this voice... so small?" Then he was a little annoyed, "Why did you just pass by?" It’s been so long before you came to tell me.”

The queen glanced at him, and pointed to the soft chair next to her, "You are not too young, so be careful about your body. The news that Su's childbirth is difficult has just come out, so I will send someone to spread the word immediately. The baby is fine. You'er and Yixu have already prescribed a prescription to induce labor, and now they are waiting for the effect of the medicine to take effect, so it is not good for her to waste all her strength right now. Take it easy, the medicine will take effect soon, and it is time to work hard When I was a child."

Hearing what the queen said, Emperor Tianshun calmed down.Sitting down beside the queen, he looked at Gu Zizhan who was standing aside, and waved, "Ah Che, please sit down too, let's sit down and wait."

Gu Zizhan also sat down.From the queen's tone, it seemed that she was not too worried about Su's dystocia, so Gu Zizhan felt much more relieved, and waited quietly for the movement inside.

After about a stick of incense, Su Shi suddenly let out a long and shrill cry from inside.Immediately afterwards, a scream that was sharper than the other sounded suddenly.

Gu Zizhan's scalp was numb from the shock, and he couldn't help standing up, his face turned pale.The queen's complexion was also not very good, and the knuckles holding Sipa were a little white.On the contrary, Emperor Tianshun was the calmest one.

The queen's face was pale, she couldn't help it, and said: "Ache, let someone go in and see what's going on."

Gu Zizhan nodded, and asked Liu Fu, the chief eunuch in charge of Hekun Palace, to investigate inside as instructed.Soon, Liu Fu came out with small steps, and said in reply: "My lord, the head of Yiyuan and His Highness the Crown Princess are looking after her, and the child has already appeared."

The Empress looked happy, and heard Liu Fu say: "It's just Su Shi—" At this point, Liu Fu looked a little hesitant, bowed even lower, and said in a low voice: "Su Shi, she has already suffered from blood collapse. trillion."

The queen's face froze immediately, and she looked at Emperor Tianshun.Emperor Tianshun pressed his eyebrows, waved his hand, and said without a moment's hesitation: "The child is important."

Liu Fu then went back to report.

Gu Zizhan's eyebrows twitched, and he endured it for a long time, but finally he didn't speak.Sitting back on the chair, Gu Zizhan stopped talking, there was no change on his face, but he couldn't help feeling a strong sense of powerlessness in his heart.

That's all there is to it, what else is there to understand?

Another hour passed, and a loud cry of a baby was heard from the side room.

Although there was a midwife who waited on Su's body, Chu Lan's hands were still stained with blood due to the first aid just now. Fortunately, the child was finally born safely, and Su's also slowly recovered.The palace maid behind her was very winking, and she was already waiting by her side with a basin of clear water.

Chu Lan washed her hands in the water, and the midwife also quickly scrubbed the baby, and changed into a clean and soft bright yellow swaddle.Over there, Su's breath gradually weakened, and he cried out in pain intermittently.Her legs trembled uncontrollably, and the blood flow under her body slowed down, but it hadn't completely stopped.

However, at this moment, the Su family, who had gradually calmed down, suddenly let out a scream!The voice was extremely stern, and everyone's already calm hearts were raised again.

Chu Lan's eyes darkened.With Su's like this, it's clear that he's collapsed!But just now, there were already signs of hemostasis, why did such an accident happen again?Seeing Yi Xu who was indifferent, Chu Lan shouted and asked: "Head of Yi Yuan, why don't you give needles to save people!"

Yi Xu raised his head slowly, and cast an inexplicable look at Chu Lan.Afterwards, Yi Xu stood up, stood between Chu Lan and Su Shi, and said to the midwife who was holding the baby: "Why are you still standing there, why don't you ask His Highness the Crown Princess to take the little grandson out to meet the saint!"

The midwife trembled, but luckily her hands were still firmly protecting the baby.It's just that there was a bit of sadness in her expression, and her eyes were also red.Nodding her head, the midwife walked up to Chu Lan and persuaded her sadly, "Your Highness, please go out with this old slave to announce the good news."

Chu Lan looked straight at Yi Xu with a cold gaze.

A wry smile slowly appeared on Yixu's expressionless face.Then, he said lightly, "I'll leave something decent for her."

An overwhelming sense of powerlessness spread across Chu Lan's heart.

That night, good news spread from the palace that the former crown prince's side concubine Su Shi gave birth to a grandson.Emperor Tianshun was overjoyed and immediately decreed that the child be named Lang according to what he had said before, and that after the full moon of the emperor's grandson, he would hold the ceremony of registering his grandson.

As soon as the news came out, several families were happy and others were worried.

As for the Su family who died prematurely due to dystocia, Emperor Tianshun made an exception to allow him to be buried with the courtesy of the crown prince and concubine, but there was no sound and did not attract any attention.

Only Gu Zizhan felt depressed.The last thing she wanted to see finally happened.

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This little baby has already been named Emperor Tianshun, and Gu Zizhan has given him the nickname.Gu Zizhan thought for a while, her real nickname was Cheng Cheng, because when she was born, it was a day of clear autumn and clear sky.And little Gu Lang was born on August [-]th, when the moon was full, so Gu Zizhan named her Manman.

Emperor Tianshun also went with her.But in his opinion, being full is not considered complete.Because, Manman is actually a girl.And because of the folk saying that "men are afraid of the first day of junior high school, and women are afraid of the fifteenth day of the junior high school", Emperor Tianshun still has a little regret in his heart for this granddaughter who was born on a positive date.

Man Man, it would be great if he were a real man!

It's just that right now, he must have a grandson. This supreme throne must have an heir through his blood!As for the following things, there is only one step to take, one step to count.But it was also because of this that Emperor Tianshun had some different ideas about the political affairs that Gu Zizhan had been promoting.

However, in the past few days, Gu Zizhan has always been somewhat unhappy in his heart.It was as if a big stone was pressing on her chest, which made her feel very depressed and a little out of breath.And she also found that this kind of emotion would change even more intensely when she was getting along with Chu Lan intimately.

Chu Lan naturally noticed her strangeness.Chu Lan felt that Gu Zizhan was probably because Man Manfu walked the road they least wanted to see when he was born, and he had some sympathetic hurts.It just so happened that the affairs in the palace have decreased recently, and she has some free time, which she spends on getting along with Gu Zizhan.

It's just that as they spent more time together, Gu Zizhan's mood became more and more unstable.

Chu Lan checked Gu Zizhan's pulse, and apart from being a little tired, there was nothing wrong with it.It's just that seeing Gu Zizhan's more and more distractions, anxiety also arose in his heart.Suddenly thinking of what Yen Hui Dao Chang Qiang had left for her, Chu Lan's hesitation gradually shifted.

That night, while Gu Zizhan was asleep, Chu Lan took out the crimson blood jade from his bosom and put it under Gu Zizhan's pillow.

Because of the great joy of the birth of the emperor's grandson, Emperor Tianshun gave the courtiers a three-day rest.

Three days later, the courtiers once again gathered at the Great Court Meeting.No matter what they think in their hearts, in short, everyone hides their thoughts and congratulates Emperor Tianshun and Gu Zizhan with joy on their faces.

After three days of consideration, Emperor Tianshun included Gu Lang in Gu Zizhan's name.This not only gave Gu Zizhan a firm position as the crown prince, but also rewarded her for keeping the secret.But at the same time, Gu Zizhan was completely tied to him.

Gu Zizhan was not surprised by this, nor did he pay much attention to it.On the first day of returning to court, Gu Zizhan smashed the draft evaluation regulations on everyone's heads.

Unsurprisingly, except for those ministers who had known about it in advance, everyone, regardless of faction, wrote a letter to oppose it.

Gu Zizhan was full of patience, it seemed that becoming a "father" did not conceal her vigor at all.No matter who came to bite, she blocked them one by one.After a verbal battle, everyone saw that the new prince was not willing to enter, and went to report to Emperor Tianshun one after another.

Gu Zizhan saw that the heat was almost ready, he exchanged a glance with Emperor Tianshun, pretended to be irritated, threw his sleeves back and leaned back in the chair, and said no more.

Emperor Tianshun shook his head and chuckled at everyone, and then asked Li Ruoyu to announce his resignation.

Later, Emperor Tianshun began to complain of illness and stopped going to court.For several days, it was Gu Zizhan who presided over the court meeting instead of Emperor Tianshun.Those memorials presented to Emperor Tianshun by the courtiers were all approved by Gu Zizhan on his behalf.As if intending to oppose the courtiers, Gu Zizhan found many mistakes in those memorials, and directly moved them to the court meeting to comment one by one in public, which made many people lose face.

These courtiers were so angry that they couldn't see the emperor, so they began to criticize and curse Huai secretly, feeling that someone was deliberately preventing them from meeting the emperor.

Five days later, when Emperor Tian Shun reappeared at the court meeting with a ruddy complexion, he immediately reprimanded Gu Zizhan, scolding her for not being considerate to his subjects, and for being too tit-for-tat, which made him unable to rest even during his illness.But what was inside and outside the words clearly scolded those who flocked to the letter.

As a result, some shrewd people began to faintly realize that perhaps, behind the new crown prince's actions, there was the shadow of the emperor.The remaining ones who couldn't see the situation clearly felt that someone could finally come and take care of this yellow-mouthed child who didn't know the heights of the world and turned into a phoenix for them.

Immediately, these people said one after another that verbal punishment was not enough, and His Majesty the Emperor had to issue an order to reprimand the crown prince.

As soon as these words came out, Emperor Tianshun's face darkened instantly.

At this moment, Taifu Chu came out and took out a few more memorials from his arms.Looking into the eyes of Emperor Tianshun, Chu Taifu said loudly: "Your Majesty, the governors of the four prefectures of Hexi, Hedong, Jiangnan, and Jiangbei, please allow the governments of the prefectures and counties to unify with the northern border and select women as officials. Dazhao’s current law stipulates that those who are excellent in the evaluation of officials will be selected as officials.”

The words of Grand Tutor Chu immediately made the courtiers who were already tense with swords dumbfounded.They never expected that it was only the Jiangnan government that was messing around with them before, why now, there are so many senior officials with sick brains, what are they going to do?

Looking at Taifu Chu again, everyone couldn't help but grit their teeth.Your own daughters are all princesses, what's the matter, are you still not satisfied?Could it be that he is still thinking about issuing another decree so that the crown princess can also be a female dowager one day?

So, everyone looked at Emperor Tianshun.

Emperor Tianshun was frowning, as if he was seriously considering Taifu Chu's proposal.

After a long time, Emperor Tianshun opened his mouth, but he first said to Gu Zizhan: "The Yushitai has the responsibility of correcting the emperor and all the officials, and it cannot be easily deposed."

Those courtiers were overjoyed.Later, Emperor Tianshun asked, "Where is the Minister of the Household?"

Tan Sixian, who had just taken over the post of Shangshu after Xing Kang's downfall, stepped forward and said, "The minister is here."

Emperor Tianshun glanced at him, and asked again: "What is the population of Dazhao now? How many men and women are there?"

Without thinking about it, Tan Sixian blurted out: "At the end of last year's population inspection by the Ministry of Household Affairs, the population of Dazhao was more than 700 million, and there were more than 900 million males. But among them, more than [-] million households were only counted Men are included, but women are not counted.”

Emperor Tianshun continued to ask: "What is the ratio of male to female in these families?"

Tan Sixian replied: "Speaking of the younger ones, one to one to three."

Emperor Tianshun frowned, for a long time, he simply asked Gu Zizhan directly, "Do the math, how many women are there?"

Gu Zizhan immediately replied: "Sixty-one million four hundred thousand."

Emperor Tianshun was furious immediately, slapped the armrest of the throne fiercely, and scolded: "So many people have been hidden! You are so courageous!"

Looking at the censors at the Yushitai team again, Emperor Tianshun continued to scold: "The household department just spends money and does nothing. You are in charge of correcting the rituals. I want to ask, where have you all corrected the rituals for me? "

Immediately, Yushitai and Hubu shouted in unison.Tan Sixian's voice was the loudest, and he shouted: "Your Majesty, please check clearly! Women are not allowed to stand on the head of a family, nor can they be officials or officials. They live in the backyard of a boudoir for a long time, and many prefectures and counties don't check well at all. Therefore, the Ministry of Households has no way of knowing!"

Emperor Tianshun was still not satisfied, and scolded: "If so many people are counted, why can't the tax money be collected, and how can the national treasury be in deficit every year! You still have the face to always say that there are not enough people, nonsense! Everyone is hiding , how can it be!"

Looking at Yushitai, Emperor Tianshun looked around but didn't see any familiar faces. He remembered that two of the three masters of Yushitai were in prison now, and the remaining one who made a report was driven back Home.Emperor Tianshun became even more angry, "Where is Zheng Qian! After checking for a long time, he is innocent, why don't you go back to court?" He was talking about the one who exposed the tricks in the evaluation of officials , Zheng Zhongcheng.

Seeing Emperor Tianshun like this, all the officials dared not show their anger, and the whole hall was as quiet as an empty mountain and a quiet valley.

Emperor Tianshun turned his head and said to Gu Zizhan: "Prince, you pass the decree for me, find that Zheng Gan, and rectify the Yushitai for me! Isn't he too courageous and unwilling to join forces? It just so happens that the population check of the Ministry of Household Let him lead the supervisor of Yushitai to co-organize it!"

Gu Zizhan took the order, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, it's just that most of the women's relatives live in the backyard of the boudoir. The officials are investigating. What if the people don't let them in?"

Emperor Tianshun glared at her, and his beard trembled a few times in anger. "Why are you so brainless? First recruit some women as officials. If the common people hide and don't report, let these people come to investigate directly!"

Gu Zizhan smiled openly: "The minister leads the decree!"