In the Yangxin Palace, Emperor Mingzheng stood up and patted Yu Qizhe's shoulder in a soothing manner, "Zhanxing, Concubine Rong said what she meant, don't take her words to heart, a real man never has trouble finding a wife. If you take a fancy to a girl in the future, I will personally grant you a marriage."
Yu Qizhe said respectfully, "I have not thought about getting married yet. I just want to share the worries of Your Majesty and do my best to help."
Emperor Mingzheng smiled and said, "Okay, there is no rush to marry a wife. When you are promoted to a higher position in the future, you will have no worries about having no beauties around you. Forget about Changle. Although she is very talented in the capital, she is arrogant. You should marry a virtuous wife, otherwise there will be endless troubles in the small inner house."
Yu Qizhe's eyes flickered slightly. There seemed to be a deeper meaning in Emperor Mingzheng's words. He lowered his eyes slightly and replied, "Yes."
Emperor Mingzheng took Yu Qizhe to Fengtianzhai with a smile on his face. He seemed to be in a very good mood, as if he was not affected at all by his sudden fainting a few days ago. However, Yu Qizhe knew that was not the case. He often went in and out of the palace now, and he had a say with several eunuchs and palace maids who served Emperor Mingzheng closely in the Yangxin Palace. Several palace maids also deliberately showed their goodwill to him.
According to the palace maids, on the day when Emperor Mingzheng woke up from his coma, he lost his temper with all the doctors in the room, and two of them almost lost their lives. Later, Taoist Qingxu sent someone to invite Emperor Mingzheng to Fengtianzhai. Since then, Emperor Mingzheng's mood has improved. He lavishly rewarded Xue Rong, saying that the royal heir in Xue Rong's belly was a sign of good fortune.
You have to know that for an emperor who fears death and is obsessed with taking elixirs, the thing he fears most is health problems.
To cause Emperor Mingzheng to have such a change, Taoist Qingxu must have said something to Emperor Mingzheng, and it must be related to the royal heir in Xue Rong's belly.
Yu Qizhe has been secretly trying to find out who Taoist Qingxu belongs to, and the information that can be traced out on the surface is that he is related to Cheng Ying.
Before Emperor Mingzheng seized the throne, the first person he killed was Li Si, the director of the Imperial Observatory, who was in charge of the yin-yang calendar of the Tianming Department. Li Si was married to a princess at that time and was the son-in-law of the former Princess Huaiyang.
She died in the fire together with the former eldest princess, and later all members of the Li family suffered.
Speaking of the former Princess Huaiyang, few people would think of her husband Li Si. They just thought that Li Si's misfortune was only because Princess Huaiyang and the former crown prince were born of the same mother and he was implicated by the eldest Princess Huaiyang.
But the information Yu Qizhe found out was not so. Before Li Si entered the officialdom, he was an orphan and was adopted by a Taoist priest. He made great achievements in observing the celestial phenomena and calculating yin and yang. Later, he entered the Imperial Astronomical Observatory and made great achievements. He calculated the solar terms of the previous dynasty and formulated an extremely accurate calendar, which was highly valued by the late emperor. Later, he was granted marriage to the eldest princess.
It is said that when Emperor Mingzheng was still the eldest prince, Li Si once divined that the world would be in chaos and the eldest prince had ulterior motives, so he told the crown prince to eradicate the disaster as soon as possible, otherwise the crown prince would be imprisoned and the country would be in ruins.
However, the late crown prince had a kind nature. Although he was born in a royal family, he attached great importance to family affection. Emperor Mingzheng always acted like a coward with no scheming. The late crown prince was unwilling to attack his eldest brother and start a war with his fellow emperor just because of an illusory hexagram.
Princess Huaiyang deliberately criticized Emperor Mingzheng because of Li Si's words, and also mentioned the matter to the late emperor. The late emperor was old at that time, but he was not confused, so he found an excuse to suppress several followers close to Emperor Mingzheng.
Emperor Mingzheng was keeping a low profile at that time. It happened that Concubine Yuan was seriously ill. He stayed by her bedside for many days without taking off his clothes, and he fainted from exhaustion.
As soon as the news came out, the late emperor was grateful for Emperor Mingzheng's filial piety, and was moved by sympathy between father and son, and could not bear to blame Emperor Mingzheng any more.
It seems that the real wolves, tigers and leopards in this world are all good at acting. They are cruel to themselves so that they can deceive others.
It was precisely because of the late emperor's momentary thought and the late crown prince's womanizing kindness that the world changed. The one sitting on the dragon throne today is the most inconspicuous Emperor Mingzheng.
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