The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 341
"Bingkuan, you told me before that you would cause trouble because of a little military merit, and I believed you."

"It seems that you have decided to keep one side and give up one side."

Zhu Youtang remembered that Zhang Zhou had analyzed in front of him that the soldiers from the two towns might argue over military merits after they dispatched troops, so he stopped worrying about it.

"In short, the result I want, the great victory in Huangshui, has already been achieved. This year, Pianguan, Ningyuan, Weininghai and Huangshui won four battles and four victories. My wish has been fulfilled, and it can be regarded as a successful conclusion. Haha."

Zhu Youtang wanted to leave the matter to Zhang Zhou to worry about military merits and the like.

And he himself can enjoy the joy of victory.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will coordinate as appropriate."

"Okay, you come out of the palace with me tonight, and I will take you to a place, and then I will take you to meet someone." Zhu Youtang said with a proud face.

"..."

Zhang Zhou was thinking.

At this time you have joy, shouldn't you go to your wife and son to share it?

You actually want to leave the palace and take me to meet someone?

There is something to be said for this.

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Zhu Youtang was dressed in casual clothes and went out of the palace with Zhang Zhou.

If you don't take a Luanjia, you just walk out, but there will be a sedan chair waiting after you leave the palace gate.

"It was not easy for me to come out once before, but recently I often go in and out of the palace gate. Sometimes I also want to be a guest at your house, but I know you are too busy and don't want to disturb you."

Zhu Youtang squinted and smiled.

Zhang Zhou was also pondering, it seemed that the emperor was delighted not only by the Huangshui victory, but also by other things.

Zhang Zhoudao: "If your Majesty wants to come to the door, just send someone to tell the minister first, and the minister will welcome you well."

"No need." Zhu Youtang said, "It's not good to bother you all the time. You have done too much for the court this year, and I have nothing to give you back. I also asked someone to prepare a Chengluan for you. You go Just sit down."

What is Chengluan, that is, it must be an ordinary sedan chair.

Zhang Zhouxin said that the emperor probably didn't know what to call some things used by the people.

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Under the strict escort of the palace guards, the two arrived at the theater in the city.

This place can't be called a strange place, and it's only just getting dark at this time, and the theater building is still hanging lanterns.

Originally, this place was used by Zhang Zhou for business, and it was opened on the street, but he never received guests. In Zhang Zhou's view, this place probably became Zhu Youtang's entertainment, or even a place for the golden house to hide her beauty.

The two went in and went upstairs, but there was a woman standing there waiting.

Zhang Zhou had met this woman long ago, and it was Changning Bo Zhou Yu who sent her to see her, and at the same time asked him to teach her singing and so on.

"Excuse me." Zhu Youtang said to the woman, he smiled and pushed the subordinate back, and then he pulled the woman's hand over, the woman also looked shy.

Zhang Zhou looked embarrassed.

It's like seeing something that shouldn't be seen.

Zhu Youtang smiled and said: "I won't hide anything, my concubine, come and meet Bingkuan quickly, you can call him Mr. Zhang."

"My servant has seen Mr. Zhang." The woman's voice was soft.

Zhang Zhou cupped his hands and said, "I've seen you little nobleman."

"Bingkuan, you don't have to call her that, just call her real name Xiaolian. It's all thanks to you bringing me to see her... Now she... is pregnant." Zhu Youtang said with a happy expression.

Zhang Zhou hurriedly said, "Congratulations, Your Majesty."

While congratulating, I was also thinking.

Xiaolian?

It can't be Zheng Jinlian, right?

There should be no connection between the two. As far as Zhang Zhou knows, the so-called Zheng Jinlian does not seem to exist. These days, it is common for women to be named after Lian, Cui, and Ping.

"Haha, your prescription really works. My health has improved a lot. Recently, I always miss her." Zhu Youtang looked at this woman with that expression...

From Zhang Zhou's point of view, it seems that a heartless scumbag has an affair, but he wants to hide it. It feels similar.

Zhang Zhou was also thinking.

As an emperor, do you still need to be so sneaky to find a woman?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, I have something to say, but I don't know whether to say it or not."

Zhu Youtang nodded, and then said: "My concubine, I and Bingkuan still have state affairs to discuss, you can go down and rest first. Come and watch the play with me later."

"Yes, the slaves retire."

The woman looked very graceful, and went out under the guidance of the little eunuch.

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"Bingkuan, just speak up if you have something to say." Zhu Youtang asked Zhang Zhou to sit down first, and didn't serve tea or anything. He didn't seem to stick to those things either.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, this little nobleman is pregnant, shouldn't it be time to consider entering the palace?"

"Alas!" Zhu Youtang sighed heavily, "I didn't want you to be involved in it, but now it is precisely because of this that I have no idea, so I want to discuss it with you."

Zhang Zhou knew it when he saw it.

Even Zhu Youtang became anxious about the new concubine entering the palace.

Usually, you can have a little love and love, and live a little bourgeois life hidden in a golden house outside the palace, but once you are pregnant, things will be different.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, as the Ninth Five-Year Honor, shouldn't such things be difficult?"

Zhu Youtang expressed emotion with vicissitudes on his face: "I don't know how to tell the queen. I always feel that I have betrayed the queen. Originally, I wholeheartedly hoped to have more relationships with the queen. Unfortunately... Bingkuan, I want to What do you think should be done if you don't want the queen to take it seriously and want to do things well?"

Live up to your sweet wife, but also want to live up to your mistress?
Zhang Zhou wanted to say, you are the emperor, let alone the colorful flags fluttering outside, even if you have a colorful flag party at home, the queen can't do anything to you.

When the emperor sees that you are so useless...

After thinking about it for a while, Zhang Zhou also felt puzzled, how can an emperor feel like a strict wife?

You fucking have the courage to find a woman, but not the courage to tell your wife?
Zhang Zhou asked: "Your Majesty is not worried that the queen will not agree, nor is he worried that the ministers of the court will criticize?"

Zhu Youtang lowered his head, as if a man who had done something wrong was asking his friend for help: "I hope that the empress can not only accept it, but also live in harmony with her. I know that you have always been very experienced in handling the affairs of the inner court, so I decided to ..."

Can you compare with me?
Zhang Zhouxin said, saying this should be reversed, I can't compare with you.

"Your Majesty, in fact, this matter depends more on your attitude. As long as you insist on doing one thing, nothing is impossible." Zhang Zhoudao, "As long as Your Majesty shows his attitude, I think the queen, as the master of the six palaces, should I understand His Majesty's difficulties. After all, the Imperial Palace is His Majesty's Imperial Palace, and the Sixth Palace is His Majesty's Sixth Palace."

Zhu Youtang said with an aggrieved face: "But it's me, I can't be ruthless, I don't know how to tell the queen."

Zhang Zhouxin said, that's over.

If your attitude is not firm, Queen Zhang will naturally see that your husband is useless, so she will make a big fuss.

"Besides, I am also worried that if a commoner girl is allowed to enter the palace, there will be no one to protect her, and some bad things may happen to her. Back then, my mother and concubine... Sigh! In the palace, there are too many conflicts of interest. I also thought about letting Xiao Lian stay outside the palace and not enter the palace, so there would be nothing wrong with it."

To be an emperor to raise a woman outside the palace?
Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, do you want to let the minister go and tell the queen?"

Zhu Youtang was at a loss for words for a while.

Husbands are too embarrassed to mention it to their wives, but let their friends tell their wives?
He also knew that it would look useless, and it made Zhang Zhou a little embarrassed.

After all, no matter how dissatisfied Queen Zhang was, she couldn't do anything to her husband who was the emperor, but Zhang Zhou, as a courtier, might not be treated in the same way after he said those words.

"If His Majesty really finds it difficult to speak to the Queen, I am willing to help and do my best to make this matter happen." Zhang Zhou said.

"Okay." Zhu Youtang finally nodded.

Zhang Zhou could also see that it was probably for this purpose that Zhu Youtang asked him to come here.

If there is no way out, find a way.

When the emperor pouted his wings, Zhang Zhou knew where Zhu Youtang wanted to fly.

To put it bluntly, didn't he want to use his status as a half-immortal to use some nagging things to coax and deceive Empress Zhang, and then let Empress Zhang offer to accept a concubine for her husband?

Old tool man.

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It was settled.

Zhu Youtang is in a good mood.

"Bingkuan, I plan to change her place first." Zhu Youtang said with a smile on his face, "Although she was taken care of before she entered the palace, she was afraid that the care would not be taken care of well, and such places would be too intrusive. If anyone treats her If it is unfavorable..."

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, how can someone be unfavorable to such a nobleman?"

"This... I don't know what to say..." Zhu Youtang hesitated to speak.

Zhang Zhou thought of what the Empress Dowager Zhou had told him before.

This woman had an older sister who had a past with Zhu Youtang, and this woman's older sister died suddenly, and Zhu Youtang opened his heart to accept her precisely because he felt guilty about her sister.

Therefore, the things arranged by the Queen Mother Zhou are more particular.

The light is beautiful and the light is considerate, but it can't open Zhu Youtang's heart at all.

Then Zhang Zhou had to ponder whether the person who killed Sister Xiaolian was the Queen Mother Zhou or Queen Zhang.

What happened in the court... who can tell clearly?

"Your Majesty, there are many places in Huangzhuang official land that can accommodate people in the capital, but Your Majesty is still worried, right?" Zhang Zhou tentatively asked.

"Yes." Zhu Youtang didn't hide anything.

Just to say the least, I was afraid that my beloved concubine, who hadn't been married yet, would die tragically.

Not only the matter of the concubine's sister, but also Zhen's mother...don't mention who killed her, in short, Zhen's mother was a victim of court struggle.

A woman who is pregnant with the dragon species is likely to give birth to the second son of the emperor, and the entanglement behind this will be serious. The point is that she can't enter the palace gate yet... If she is placed in any place that can be noticed by others, she will be in danger. It's possible to make her die very randomly.

"I believe that it doesn't matter where a person is. It is most important to find a trustworthy person to protect him. It is best not to be coerced by others." Zhang Zhoudao.

"Bingkuan, you still understand me. I think so too." Zhu Youtang felt that Zhang Zhou was his bosom friend.

Logically speaking, the emperor's woman is still pregnant, who would dare to harm her?

Hey.

Since ancient times, concubines who have been victims of court struggles can be found everywhere.

It doesn't have to be to kill her, a bowl of abortion pills is often enough... Those who want to murder the emperor's wife don't necessarily have to be against the emperor. This woman will kill your whole family... Just ask if you will harm me?
What Zhang Zhou wants is not whether this person is loyal to him, but more whether he is afraid of being restrained by court interest groups.

Zhu Youtang almost said, Bingkuan, you are the one to protect.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, I heard that before this girl came to the theater, she was taken in by the Changning Bo Mansion for a while."

Send it back where it came from.

No matter how bastard Zhou Yu is, he should listen to her sister, Queen Mother Zhou, right?Will Zhou Yu harm this girl?

"Bingkuan, it's not that I haven't thought about Uncle Changning, it's just that... you know, some things are inconvenient. Later, I will take her into the palace, from Uncle Changning's mansion...how do the ministers of the court think about this?" Zhu Yutang looked troubled.

Zhang Zhoudao: "I'm afraid it's not suitable for the minister's house."

Zhu Youtang nodded: "What I mean is that you decide where to place it, and you can arrange the person to protect. There is no need to reveal her identity to the public, and you must explain to the queen as soon as possible."

Zhang Zhou wanted to say.

Your Majesty, you can give people problems.

I am afraid that the place where I will be resettled is the courtier's mansion, if a pregnant woman enters the palace, the minister will suspect the blood of your concubine's child.

I'm also afraid that people around me will find out, lest you be threatened by your wife or others, lose your children, or even kill your woman... Forget about your entanglement as an emperor, do you want to entangle your ministers?
Zhang Zhou is not an ordinary person either, he said: "Your Majesty, what do you think of the lady's house before Zhijie?"

"Huh?" Zhu Youtang frowned.

This is Ning Tong.

You don't want to entrust your pregnant concubine to a certain man's house, and you want to cover up others' eyes. Besides a house headed by a woman, do you have any other options?
But these days, it's hard to find such a family.

It's better to have a man who doesn't have a man in the house, and doesn't usually come into contact with any man... Zhang Zhou thought for a while, and it seemed that only Ning Tong was suitable.

"Your Majesty, this former Mrs. Zhu, now the Ning family, she is doing some women's cosmetics business, and she will never have any contact with any man." Zhang Zhoudao, "The big hermit lives in the city, and it is also a kind of kindness in her house. With a good cover, I can send two skilled maidservants to help at home. In the name of someone harassing the former wife of An Bianhou, I will send a few guards around me to protect Zhouquan..."

The so-called skilled maids are naturally the two brought by Wang Mingshan.

"Very good. Letting Xiaolian live in the same courtyard as Zhijie's wife doesn't mean she's humiliating her identity." Zhu Youtang was very satisfied with Zhang Zhou's arrangement.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Your Majesty, it's up to you, do you want to explain this matter to Ning?"

Zhu Youtang thought about it for a while, then shook his head and said, "Bingkuan, it's better not to make extra trouble."

Zhang Zhou understood.

Zhu Youtang is not doing the work of communicating with his wife now, and he is also afraid that Ning Tong will find out about this matter, or even leak it, and it will become a scandal.

"The minister said that he was from an old friend's family and wanted to find a temporary residence in the capital." Zhang Zhou said.

"Okay." Zhu Youtang nodded again, "After the matter is completed, I will not treat Ning's daughter badly. I will give her some money so that she can live a better life, and even... remarry."

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, it should be Ning's honor."

"Bingkuan, let's not bother talking about it, let's drink tea and listen to the play together. I still have a lot of things I want to ask you tonight... This year's matter is over with the battle of Huangshui. Before the beginning of spring next year , our monarchs and ministers should also take a good rest. Try to do a few more important things in the coming year." Zhu Youtang will be proud of his career and family.

Zhang Zhou didn't quite get used to having more children all of a sudden, with a spring-like smile on his face.

This is really different from Zhu Youtang's dead fish face before.

"Your Majesty is right. I also want to have more children at home. It happens that I can't go anywhere in the winter, so I have to work hard." Zhang Zhou smiled.

"Okay, okay. Bingkuan, my beloved concubine... I will leave it to you."

Zhu Youtang probably has the intention of entrusting his wife to offer up his son.

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Zhu Youtang stayed in the theater that night to get along with his concubine.

Zhang Zhou is not ignorant either. After watching a play and eating, he wants to go back.

He was not in a hurry to find Ning Tong to make arrangements. In fact, Ning Tong had asked someone to see him recently, and he didn't know whether Ning Tong planned to discuss business with him again or question him, anyway, Zhang Zhou didn't go to see him recently.

To see Ning Tong, it is impossible to go at night, when I send Xiao Lian to go in the next day, I will see him naturally.

What if Ning Tong disagrees?
Zhang Zhou wanted to say, I'm sorry, you, Ning, don't have the right to choose.

"Brother Zhang." Zhang Zhou came out of the theater and went directly to his mansion in the north of the city.

At the door, I saw Zhu Feng waiting there anxiously, because everyone knew that this was Marquis An Bian, who was also known as Zhang Zhou's close comrade-in-arms, and no one dared to drive Zhu Feng away.

It is also because Zhu Feng has a high reputation in the army now, no one dares to offend him.

"What are you doing here?" Zhang Zhou frowned.

Zhu Feng personally held the lantern, walked up to him, and said with a mournful face: "Grandmother is sick and can't get up from the couch. She said she wanted my father to come back to visit, so..."

Mrs. Zhu's wife, Mrs. Zhu Hu, is sick?

Zhang Zhouxin said, with that old lady's cunning, she wouldn't be deliberately pretending to be sick, taking the opportunity to transfer his son back from the dangerous Ningxia, and then taking the opportunity to intercede with Zhang Zhou and transfer Zhu Fu back to Nanjing as a guard, right?

Zhang Zhoudao: "Go in and talk. What does it look like standing at the door?"

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The two entered the yard together and arrived at the main hall.

After sitting down, Zhu Feng also poured out bitter water, saying that his grandmother was sick and hoped that his father would come back soon, according to the old lady's need to stay on the sick bed before saying everything.

Zhang Zhoudao: "Gaotang is sick, and his son stays with him before the sick bed. This is the filial piety that His Majesty has always respected. It should be mentioned to His Majesty. I think His Majesty will also be a favor."

"That's good, that's good." Zhu Feng felt that he had fulfilled his mission.

"By the way, Zhijie, after you returned to the capital, have you ever met... who you used to be?" Zhang Zhou asked.

"Who?"

After thinking about it, Zhu Feng realized that it was Ning Tong.

He shook his head: "I want to see you, but she said, since it's nothing to do, there's no need to see you again. But she wants to see you. "

really.

Zhang Zhou wanted to say that when Ning Tong wanted to find a relationship to meet him, the first channel that Ning Tong thought of was her ex-husband.

He insisted on reconciling with others, and after the reconciliation, he insisted on using the resources of his ex-husband's family.

Why bother?
Now that you have divorced, you can live the harmonious married life you want?
(End of this chapter)