Chapter 1029 Life (1)
On the way back, Shen Miao thought about what Empress Xian De said, and her heart could not calm down for a long time.
Concubine Jing and her child were finally safe, and Empress Xian De hadn't gotten into any trouble. It seemed like a perfectly happy ending, but Shen Miao couldn't help but feel that something wasn't right. By the time she returned to Prince Rui's residence, it was almost dawn. It would be too late to go to bed, and Shen Miao wasn't in the mood to rest.
Seeing this, Jingzhe and Guyu instructed the small kitchen to make some sweet soup for them. Shen Miao and Xie Jingxing returned to the house, closed the door, sat down at the table, and looked at Xie Jingxing and said, "Concubine Jing is pregnant. What should the Lu family do now?"
Logically speaking, Emperor Yongle had no other children, so the child Concubine Jing was carrying was precious. If she was carrying a son, the future crown prince, barring any unforeseen circumstances, would naturally be her child's. This was logically the case, but Empress Xiande's words were full of disapproval, which is thought-provoking. Unless Emperor Yongle had other children, why would this be the case? With the Lu family now feeling secure thanks to Concubine Jing, would Emperor Yongle's plans to deal with them be shelved?
Shen Miao felt it was impossible.
Upon hearing this, Xie Jingxing said calmly, "My royal brother has already taken action against the Lu family. It doesn't matter whether he lives or not."
The implication was that the child in Concubine Jing's belly was one thing, and the fate of the Lu family was another. At most, Concubine Jing's life was temporarily saved because of the child, while the Lu family still perished according to the original plan.
Shen Miao frowned, "I spoke with the Empress Dowager and found it a little strange. I heard that she had a miscarriage before, and it was because of Concubine Jing. Whether this was intentional or not is not discussed for now. But no matter how magnanimous the Empress Dowager is, how could she have watched Concubine Jing live safely for so many years?"
Xie Jingxing was pouring tea for her, but he paused when he heard this.
Shen Miao stared at him: "Tell me honestly, why does the emperor still have no children? Is it intentional or is it out of necessity?"
After much thought, she felt that the fact that Emperor Yongle had no offspring was too strange. Every emperor, whether wise or foolish, hoped that he would have as many offspring as possible. The more princes there were, the more checks and balances there would be, and the more stable the dynasty would be. Even someone like Fu Xiuyi never lacked offspring. Shen Miao had been wondering before, how could the Yongle Emperor, with such outstanding political achievements and the people living and working in peace and contentment, still have such an unstable court? Later, when she saw the offspring, she understood. Because Emperor Yongle had no offspring, this alone would have caused the court officials to complain. In fact, Emperor Yongle was already very remarkable. If it were an ordinary emperor, if he had no offspring, let alone maintaining a stable government for so many years, he would have been stripped of his yellow robe and driven off the stage to become an ordinary person.
Xie Jingxing looked at Shen Miao after a long while, his eyes were a little strange: “Do you really want to know?”
"When you fell unconscious after returning from the Royal Hunting Grounds, I had a premonition that something was going to change. However, I had just arrived in Longye at the time and didn't know much about the situation in Daliang, so I couldn't do much. So, apart from going to Fengtou Manor to find that 'expert', I couldn't help with anything else." Shen Miao said, "I don't like being so passive. If one day you have something important to do, I always hope that I won't be useless. However, I know nothing. Even if I wanted to, how could I help?"
Xie Jingxing looked at her for a while, then suddenly sighed. He patted her head with a look of relief and a teasing look, and said, "Our Jiaojiao is not only good at calculating people, but also considerate."
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