Do you know: I am the crown prince

Chapter 458: Molan's Ending
Zhao Xing had already considered the matter of establishing a crown prince.

The system of primogeniture became the mainstream, and in the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang even made it the ancestral system. This naturally makes sense.

Of course there are drawbacks. After all, whether a person is wise or not depends not only on later education, but also on talent.

If you really meet a fool like Emperor Hui of Jin, no amount of teaching will be of any use.

But what Minglan said is very right. It is difficult to tell who is mediocre and who is virtuous, but who is older and who is younger is known to everyone.

During the Qing Dynasty, there was a system of appointing a crown prince with a will. The will was placed behind a plaque with the words "Glorious and Honest" in advance and would be taken out after the emperor's death.

This method seems to be useful, but it also has its drawbacks.

The biggest disadvantage is that no one knows who the crown prince is, and everyone thinks they have a chance. There are variables before the emperor passes away.

This led to fighting among the princes and the ministers taking sides.

Although the system of primogeniture has its drawbacks, it is relatively better compared to others.

Zhao Xing was eager to appoint a crown prince, partly to avoid harem struggles.

As more and more concubines in the harem have children, it is inevitable that some people will have some small thoughts.

It is said that parents who love their children will plan for them in the long run.

For Zhao Xing, both the palms and the backs of his hands were his flesh and blood, but this was not the case for his concubines.

Even someone as smart as Minglan might make plans for her son once she has one.

Zhao Xing didn't want the women in the harem to fight for the position of crown prince in the future, so he executed them or sent them to the cold palace.

Even if there is no emotion in the relationship, it is somewhat unbearable to give birth to children for him.

In this case, it would be better to appoint a crown prince early to avoid conflicts.

In this situation, if someone still has thoughts that are not what they should have, don't blame him for being cruel.

In addition, Zhao Xing had another purpose in appointing a crown prince so quickly.

Since he wanted to use this incident to calm the storm, the excuse that he was happy just because the queen gave birth to a child was not enough.

The officials in the court were not stupid either, and some of them would inevitably speculate that he was deliberately taking advantage of the situation to back off.

The purpose of establishing a crown prince was also to show Zhao Xing's love for this son.

Zhao Xing liked the son born to Zhang Guifen so much that he made him the crown prince when he was only one month old. So it was understandable that he did not kill the officials this time in order to accumulate blessings for his son.

The Duke of England did not know all this, but Zhao Xing made Zhang Guifen's son the crown prince, which was not only good for the Zhang family, but also meant that Zhang Guifen's position was stable, so he was naturally happy.

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When the queen gave birth to a child, Zhao Xing had a good excuse not to meet with court officials, and he didn't even have to pretend to be sick.

I don't know where the news came from, but it said that the emperor intended to appoint a crown prince after the eldest son was one month old, and in order to accumulate blessings for the prince, he planned to give lighter punishment to those officials.

Although they didn't know what the standard for leniency was, the court officials did not continue to make trouble and cause trouble for Zhao Xing when he was happy.

Three days after Zhang Guifen gave birth, Minglan also gave birth to a son, and both mother and child were safe.

Compared to Zhang Guifen's childbirth, the news of Minglan's childbirth did not cause much stir, but the Sheng family was very happy about it.

Zhao Xing was so happy to have two more sons that he couldn't stop smiling.

He was so busy accompanying the two of them that he rarely neglected the affairs of state.

Of course, this is just an appearance. After all, he has to hide from those officials and wait for the results of the investigation of the officials in prison.

It is said that good fortune never comes alone, and misfortune never comes singly, but Zhao Xing has received good news one after another recently.

Not long after Zhang Guifen and Minglan gave birth to their son, Rulan and Xiao Shen were found to be pregnant one after another.

I heard that when the emperor found out, he ate one extra bowl of rice for dinner that day.

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Molan walked out of the Imperial City Prison and put her hands up to block the glaring sunlight. It took her a while to adapt.

She has been imprisoned in the Imperial City Prison for more than half a year. Although she has not been tortured, she feels like she has been reborn after being released from the dark prison for so long.

"Let's go!"

The jailer urged impatiently.

Molan finally came to her senses and followed the jailer out.

The Imperial City Division was in the Imperial City. The jailer took Molan to the side gate of the Imperial City before leaving. "My wife!"

"Lady!"

There was a carriage parked at the side door. Wen Yanjing and a maid were standing beside the carriage. When they saw Molan coming out, they hurried to greet her.

The maid put the cloak in her hand on Molan, and Wen Yanjing pulled Molan with a happy face and said, "My wife, you have suffered a lot during this period. The family has prepared food. Let's go home first."

Molan let him pull her in a daze, and only came to her senses after getting on the carriage.

"Father and mother have already returned to their hometown, and I have also received an order to be transferred to another place. After you have some time to recuperate, you can follow me to take up the new post." After getting in the car, Wen Yanjing told Molan about the situation at home.

"You're not going to divorce me?" Molan said with a complicated expression.

"Divorce you?"

Wen Yanjing was stunned, shook his head and said, "I am incompetent. Although what my wife did was wrong, she was also trying to help me. How could I divorce you?"

Molan was silent for a while after hearing this, and then asked, "Where were you exiled to?"

"I'm the county magistrate of a county under Yangzhou. Didn't you live in Yangzhou for a few years? This can be considered a revisit to an old place." Wen Yanjing said with a smile.

Molan had a complicated expression. She did it for Wen Yanjing's future, but in the final analysis, it was also for her own face. She never liked Wen Yanjing.

She even despised and hated him, but she had committed a crime and was sent to prison. Although she was not finally investigated and released, Wen Yanjing had every legitimate reason to divorce her, and even the Sheng family had no right to say anything.

Before she came out, she had actually decided to become a nun in a nunnery, but she didn't expect that Wen Yanjing would still be willing to have her.

"Madam, why are you crying?"

Wen Yanjing hurriedly and clumsily wiped away Molan's tears.

"Puch."

Molan looked at Wen Yanjing's clumsy appearance, burst into laughter, and said, "Sir, tell me about the situation at the Sheng family."

"Okay." Wen Yanjing briefly told Molan what he knew about the Sheng family.

When Molan heard that Minglan had given birth to a prince and Rulan was pregnant, her expression did not change at all and she still had a smile on her face.

She now understood why Wen Yanjing did not divorce her.

She was able to get out and not be held accountable because the emperor gave face to Rulan and Minglan.

Even though because of this incident, there will be almost no contact with the Sheng family in the future, but this relationship still exists.

For Wen Yanjing, even if he divorced her and remarried, it would be difficult for him to marry someone like her who could help his future.

Molan didn't know whether her guess was right or not, and she didn't want to continue thinking about it.

Even if Wen Yanjing was insincere towards her, as long as he could continue to be like this, it would be real.

At this moment, she suddenly understood the meaning of what Mrs. Sheng said.

Marry a woman of high status and marry a woman of low status.

Because only if she marries a lower class, the other party will always treat her well.

If she married a man of equal social status or a man of high status, I'm afraid that when she was caught, the man would write her a letter of divorce and sever all ties with her.

"Madam, what's wrong with you?" Wen Yanjing asked when he saw Molan in a daze.

"Nothing, has the official's appointment document come down?"

"Already down."

"Then let's leave tomorrow. I've been away from Yangzhou for many years and I miss Yangzhou a little bit."

Although they were only in Yangzhou for a few years, and there were some unhappiness between the brothers and sisters at that time, we were still young after all, and it was more of a fight than hatred.

She missed her life in Yangzhou.

"Okay, let's leave tomorrow." Wen Yanjing nodded.

Molan came out but did not go to the Sheng family, and the Sheng family did not send anyone there.

The next day, when they arrived at the dock and were about to board the ship, a servant from the Sheng family came and brought some money.

Molan held the wooden box containing the silver bills, knelt down towards the direction of Bianjing with a complicated expression, kowtowed three times, then stood up and boarded the boat with Wen Yanjing.

(End of this chapter)