Rebirth of Zhu Di's son

Chapter 121 I’m tired and sick ([-])

In the Daming Palace.

After Zhu Gaoxu and Li Yao had lunch together, they went to the residence of Wang Qihong, the side chamber of Changning Palace, to see his eldest son Queer and eldest daughter Xiaoli.

Que'er was born in May last year and is now one year and two months old. He is still in the toddler stage.

However, when Zhu Gaoxu arrived at his destination, he only saw Xiaoli and not Queer.

Wang Qihong told Zhu Gaoxu that in recent months, Queen Xu would send people to take Que'er to Kunning Palace to take care of her personally whenever she had time.

Although Que'er is now able to walk, he is not very stable yet and needs an adult to hold his little hands to prevent him from falling.

Zhu Gaoxu gently said some words of concern for Wang Qihong, and then he and the latter held the little raccoon left and right to teach the little guy how to walk.

After about an hour, he changed his route and went to Kunning Palace.

When Zhu Gaoxu entered the Kunning Palace compound, he found Queen Xu holding Que'er's little hand in the corridor and patiently teaching Que'er to walk.

"Mom, the baby is here to see you."

When Queen Xu saw Zhu Gaoxu coming over, she knelt down and took Que'er into her arms.

"Qier, look who's coming?"

Zhu Gaoxu took Que'er from Queen Xu's arms, then gently touched Que'er's forehead with his forehead, and asked with a smile: "Has Que'er learned to walk?"

"Yaaaaaaah!"

Que'er opened her mouth and said a few words that Zhu Gaoxu couldn't understand, as if she was responding to Zhu Gaoxu's question just now.

"Gao Xu, you came just in time. I have something to ask you."

Queen Xu first said something to Zhu Gaoxu, then called the maid not far away, and then told Zhu Gaoxu: "Leave the bird to her care and follow me to the side hall."

After the two entered the side hall, Queen Xu retreated to the left and right.

"You are the princess who got married in February this year, right?"

Queen Xu sat in the main seat and took the lead in asking questions.

Zhu Gaoxu stood beside him and said respectfully: "Yes."

Queen Xu continued: "It is July now, and five months have passed now."

Zhu Gaoxu felt a little embarrassed. He understood what Queen Xu meant, but pretended not to understand and looked down at the floor without saying a word.

Empress Xu asked angrily: "It has been five months, but the princess's belly has not changed at all. I want to ask, are you too busy recently and neglected her? Or do you think she is too young?"

"My child is really busy." Zhu Gaoxu replied immediately.

Li Yao is five years younger than Zhu Gaoxu, and he is only fourteen years old this year.

Although she has a slender figure, her breasts are not full, and her buttocks are not curved. In Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, she is still a developing underage girl. How could he do this?

"After all, she is the princess appointed by your imperial grandfather before his death. Her grandfather is a loyal minister of the Ming Dynasty. You must not neglect her."

How could Queen Xu not see Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts? She immediately spoke in a lecturing tone.

Zhu Gaoxu said hurriedly: "Don't worry, mother, I won't spoil my concubine and destroy my wife."

Empress Xu sighed helplessly and said, "I know that you have feelings for the Crown Princess."

"If I have nothing special to do, I will often have lunch with the Crown Princess as long as time and conditions permit. Don't worry, mother, I know what I'm doing."

Zhu Gaoxu bowed slightly and said respectfully.

At this moment, Queen Xu suddenly turned her head slightly, looked at Zhu Gaoxu, and asked in a low voice: "Do you know that your father is sick from overwork?"

Zhu Gaoxu was taken aback when he heard this.

He really didn't know that Zhu Di was sick. "Why didn't my child hear about this?"

Seeing that the surprised expression on Zhu Gaoxu's face did not seem to be fake, Queen Xu turned around, her eyes wandered to the floor in the hall, and slowly told the details of Zhu Di's illness.

Since Empress Xu was summoned to the capital by Zhu Yuanzhang as Princess Yan in the 26th year of Hongwu and lived in Changning Palace, many of Zhu Di's concubines also came to Beijing and lived in various side palaces next to Changning Palace.

These five or six years have passed, and it is understandable that she is not pregnant. After all, she is nearly forty years old. In the years since she married Zhu Di, she has given birth to three sons and four daughters, and her body is getting older.

But although Zhu Di doted on Queen Xu and often spent the night with her, he would occasionally dote on other young and beautiful concubines.

However, in the past few years, none of the young concubines who were favored by Zhu Di many times became pregnant. It was obvious that there was something wrong with Zhu Di's health.

"Has the imperial physician ever diagnosed and treated dad?"

Zhu Gaoxu asked in a low voice.

Empress Xu didn't answer but asked: "How can an imperial physician consult such a confidential matter?"

"Uh--"

Zhu Gaoxu was speechless by Queen Xu's rebuke.

He remembered that there were several opinions in later generations on whether Zhu Di had fertility in history.

According to historical records, Zhu Di had four sons and five daughters. Although the fourth son died young, the number of his children was not considered high-yield among emperors in the past dynasties, but it was not low-yield either and was within the normal level.

However, Zhu Di's nine children were all born to him when he was a vassal king. His youngest son, Zhu Gaoyun, was born in the 24th year of Hongwu, when Zhu Di was 32 years old.

In the more than 30 years since then, Zhu Di has never had a son or a half, which is quite strange.

"Records of the Li Dynasty" describes Zhu Di as a waning and cruel tyrant who beheaded three thousand palace maids. This is pure slander.

Zhu Gaoxu believes that it is probably because the pressure Zhu Dijing endured during his difficulties in history was too great.

By the time Zhu Di became emperor, he was already over [-] years old, and the functions of his body's organs began to decline. Later, he was overworked and exhausted from fighting in the north and south, which led to problems with his reproductive function.

Even in later generations, if a man's reproductive function has problems, it will be difficult to recover, let alone ancient times when the medical level cannot be compared with that of later generations.

After Zhu Gaoxu traveled through time, history was changed, and King Zhu Di of Yan succeeded to the throne according to the imperial edict. Naturally, he no longer had to bear the huge pressure of the crisis in history.

After Zhu Di succeeded to the throne, he was mainly busy arranging the military affairs of the northern frontier, reorganizing the garrison, rectifying the royal trading house, appointing and dismissing officials in various ministries, handling surrounding international relations, and receiving foreign envoys.

As for the implementation of new policies such as new currency and imperial examination reform, it was mostly the prince Zhu Gaoxu who insisted on it.

In other words, as the emperor, Zhu Di suffered much less pressure than in history. The pressure on the prince Zhu Gaoxu was really great.

"Mom said this because she wanted her to find a way to cure her father's illness?"

After Zhu Gaoxu cleared his mind, he asked helplessly.

Empress Xu did not nod, but said calmly: "Although your eldest brother is generous to others and has the style of a gentleman in ancient times, he likes to keep things in his heart. He is worried and hesitant when things happen, which makes him seem a bit cowardly. And he is so beautiful. , likes sweets, is obese, and my mother is worried that he will not live long enough to live up to his destiny."

"My eldest brother is benevolent and filial. With the blessing of God, he will surely live a long life." Zhu Gaoxu continued.

Empress Xu ignored Zhu Gaoxu's words, but continued to talk to herself: "Your third brother is very smart, but he has a bad temperament and no benevolence. It will not end well."

"Mom, please don't worry too much. In the future, my son will always advise my third brother to cultivate his moral character, be fair and abide by the law." Zhu Gaoxu said respectfully.

Empress Xu sighed and said, "Although your eldest brother and third brother got married in March and April this year respectively, my mother still only has one grandchild. Do you think I can not be anxious?"

"Mom, I understand, kid."

Zhu Gaoxu had to express his position: "My son will find a solution for my father's illness."

PS: This is the update for today, and there may be only one update tomorrow. My relatives come to the hospital for review and need to be accompanied in the past two days.

　Thanks to the skinny animal, Fu Xiao, everything depends on heaven and man, the struggle, the left hand, the three knowing and three guarding, the Buddha does not want me to wait for Lao Tie's vote!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)