Chapter 275: Happy to Get a Thousand Gold
Shulan, Rulan and Yu Yanran were already favored and formed a small group.
If Zhang Guifen targets Shulan, she will naturally deal with Rulan and Yu Yanran as well.
Although Shulan and others were also favored, there was still a gap compared to Zhang Guifen.
Zhang Guifen is the Crown Princess, so Shulan and the others are no match for her.
If Shulan and her friends were ignored, her chance would come.
No one knows what Li Liangdi is thinking.
"It's born!"
"Quick, bring the scissors."
Suddenly, a surprised cry came from inside the house. Zhang Guifen outside the door smiled and said, "Go, inform His Highness!"
"Yes!" a palace maid answered and trotted out.
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"Is it born? Is it a boy or a girl? Is Concubine Sheng Zheng safe?"
Zhao Xing heaved a sigh of relief after receiving the report from the palace maid, and asked with a happy look on his face.
"Your Highness, Concubine Sheng is fine. As for whether she is a prince or a princess, I don't know." The maid replied.
According to etiquette, the descendants of the crown prince are given the titles of prince and princess. Only after he ascends the throne in the future can his descendants be given the title of prince and princess.
Upon hearing this, Zhao Xing walked out directly and prepared to go and take a look.
"Your Highness!" The maid who reported the news said hurriedly, "The Crown Princess asked me to come here to report the news so that Your Highness can rest assured. The Crown Princess told Your Highness not to rush over, and she will send someone to inform Your Highness once everything is done over there."
Zhao Xing calmed down after hearing this and said, "I understand. You can go ahead."
Upon hearing this, the palace maid bowed and left.
"Whoo~"
Zhao Xing breathed a sigh of relief. As long as the baby was born safely, it didn't matter whether it was a boy or a girl.
Thinking of this, Zhao Xing was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Sanshui, did you hear that? I am a father now!"
It was indeed a bit unfriendly to say these things to a eunuch.
However, Sanshui didn't think about these things at all. He was happy for Zhao Xing and said with a smile, "Congratulations, Your Highness!"
"Haha, rewards!" Zhao Xing said happily, "Today, everyone in the East Palace will be rewarded. Ten taels of silver will be given to everyone!"
There are quite a lot of people in the Eastern Palace, with more than 400 palace maids and eunuchs alone.
After all, he now has a lot of concubines. Depending on their rank, the number of people serving them in the courtyard ranges from a dozen to dozens.
There were more than two hundred palace maids and eunuchs serving in the concubines' courtyard alone.
In addition, there are 5,000 guards of the Eastern Palace, and the reward will be 50,000 to 60,000 taels of silver.
But Zhao Xing was happy and didn't care about it.
"Yes!" Sanshui replied.
After waiting for a while, Zhang Guifen sent someone to report again that Shulan had given birth to a daughter.
Zhao Xing's joy did not diminish at all when he heard this. He waited for a while, and Zhang Guifen sent someone to inform him that he could go over. Zhao Xing then hurried to Shulan Pavilion.
Because the weather is cold, Zhao Xing feels cold and cannot go into the inner room directly. He has to warm up in the outer room for a while to get rid of the cold.
"Ah." Rulan exclaimed, "Why is it so ugly?"
"Didn't Mother Cui and the others say that babies are like this when they are born and it will be fine after a few days. Fifth sister, please speak softly and don't wake her up," Minglan reminded.
When Zhao Xing was waiting outside, he heard Rulan's exclamation in the room and was very upset.
Rulan actually dared to say that his daughter was ugly. She must be taught a lesson later!
He didn't hear Minglan's reminder because her voice was so soft.
After waiting for about a cup of tea, Zhao Xing entered the inner room.
As soon as he entered the house, Zhao Xing smelled a strange odor that had not yet dissipated.
Among his concubines in the house, only Li Yunchu was left there.
Old Mrs. He was taking Shulan's pulse, and Zhang Guifen was standing beside her.
Li Liangdi and others stood aside, Rulan held the child in her arms, and Minglan and Yu Yanran were around teasing them.
"Meet His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Seeing Zhao Xing coming in, everyone hurriedly saluted.
"No gift!"
Zhao Xing came to the bed, glanced at the pale Shulan, looked at Old Madam He and asked, "Is my concubine okay?"
"Your Highness, Concubine Sheng Zheng just gave birth to a child and her vitality was damaged. She just needs to recuperate for some time and there will be no serious problem." said Old Lady He.
"Then I'd like to trouble Madam He to take more care of her and help her recover." Zhao Xing said.
"This is what I should do." said Mrs. He.
Zhao Xing squatted down beside the bed, reached out and stroked Shulan's face, and said with a smile: "You have done a great service by giving birth to a daughter for me. Just rest assured and take care of yourself."
"Yeah!" Shulan smiled and nodded.
When she learned that she was giving birth to a daughter, she was a little worried, but when she saw that Zhao Xing didn't seem to care at all, she finally put her mind at ease.
Zhao Xing talked to Shulan for a few words before standing up.
"Quick, let me hold my daughter." Zhao Xing said.
"Your Highness, look how much this child's eyebrows resemble yours." Rulan smiled and held the child in her arms.
In fact, she couldn't tell what she was thinking, but Yu Yanran just said that.
"I just heard you say my daughter is ugly."
Zhao Xing glared at Rulan, then reached out and carefully took the child.
After taking a look, the corners of his mouth twitched.
So ugly!
In his two lifetimes, this was the first time he had seen a newborn baby.
The little face is wrinkled and looks really ugly.
But Zhao Xing didn't mind it, he thought it would be fine after a few days. "Your Highness, it's time to send someone to the palace to announce the good news." Zhang Guifen reminded.
"Yes, yes, Sanshui!"
Zhao Xing then remembered that he was so happy that he had not sent anyone to the palace to announce the good news.
"Wow…"
As a result, his voice was so loud that he woke up his daughter in his arms.
The little guy burst into tears.
"Your Highness, please keep your voice down." Zhang Guifen gave Zhao Xing a reproachful look and stepped forward to take the child.
Zhang Guifen was very skilled in holding the child. She coaxed the child into submission with just a few gentle pats.
Before she got married, she helped her sister-in-law to take care of the children at home, so she naturally understood these things.
Zhao Xing touched his nose awkwardly and walked out.
He came to the outer room and ordered someone to go to the palace to announce the good news.
In fact, what Zhao Xing didn't know was that when Shulan was about to give birth, someone had already gone to the palace to report the news.
When the emperor heard the news, he ordered people to prepare to leave the palace.
Regardless of whether he was born out of wedlock or not, he was his first grandson and the emperor still attached great importance to him.
Shulan's childbirth was relatively smooth. Before the emperor left the palace, the news that Shulan had given birth to a daughter was sent to the palace.
When the emperor learned that it was a granddaughter, he instantly gave up the idea of leaving the palace.
When the person Zhao Xing sent to the palace to report the good news arrived, the emperor only gave him a symbolic reward.
When the emperor learned that Shulan was pregnant, even though she had been married once, he made an exception and appointed her as the prince's concubine.
If Shulan gave birth to the emperor's eldest grandson this time, she would most likely be promoted to the rank of a noble lady.
Unfortunately, only a daughter was born.
Zhao Xing didn't know the government's reaction, but he loved his daughter very much.
Not only did he reward the people in the East Palace, he also went to see it every morning and afternoon, and personally held it in his arms and played with it for a while.
But his daughter didn't give him any face. Every time she fell asleep or cried when he held her, she even peed all over him.
The plan to stay at the hot spring villa for a few days was cancelled because of the birth of my daughter.
A few days passed like this, and the Lantern Festival was over in the blink of an eye.
After the Lantern Festival, all government offices of the imperial court officially opened for business, ending the long holiday.
On the sixteenth day of the first lunar month, the first morning court of the new year, Zhao Xing got up early and took a carriage to the palace.
At the morning court session that day, the Minister of Personnel Hu Zhongyan was impeached by many people.
More than twenty officials were impeached.
These people are not censors and do not have the authority to report on rumors.
Therefore, the reason for their impeachment was that Hu Zhongyan's brother was obstructing the land.
As the saying goes, an elder brother is like a father.
Hu Zhongyan's father passed away more than ten years ago. As an elder brother and the Minister of Personnel, he failed to fulfill his responsibility of educating his son and has an unshirkable responsibility.
This excuse was also valid in ancient times and cannot be considered groundless.
Ancient laws never emphasized that one person should be held responsible for his own actions.
If an official from the same clan or family makes a mistake, the other officials will be implicated to some extent.
Like in the original drama, when Sheng Changfeng and a few young masters were drinking and talking nonsense in Fanlou, the emperor did not look for them, but went directly to their father to question them.
It is for this reason that the ancients attached so much importance to the relationships between clans, teachers and students, and in-laws.
Since we all share the same destiny, we should naturally help each other.
Hu Zhongyan was the Minister of Personnel, holding a high position of power, so this kind of impeachment naturally could not shake him.
He didn't even need to say a word as many officials came out to defend him and the court was in chaos.
In the end, it was the officials who spoke up to stop the quarrel.
After the morning court session ended, the emperor called Zhao Xing to Longtu Pavilion, sent away the palace maids and eunuchs, and said unhappily, "I thought you had contacted some officials and had some support, so I didn't stop you. After all this time, this is all you can do?"
The emperor naturally knew that Zhao Xing had hosted a banquet for officials and asked them to impeach Hu Zhongyan.
The government was also very dissatisfied with Hu Zhongyan.
Jiangning Prefecture is Jinling.
Before that, it was the capital of Southern Tang and was very prosperous.
Although it is not the most economically prosperous place in Jiangnan, its status is very special.
It was his order to measure the land. Hu Zhongyan's younger brother served as the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture, but he caused trouble for Hai Wenyou.
After being captured by Hai Wenyou, Hu Zhongyan colluded with many officials to impeach Hai Wenyou. How could the government not be angry?
Therefore, he acquiesced to what Zhao Xing did.
He wanted to let Zhao Xing do whatever he wanted, but Zhao Xing turned out to be all talk and no action. Based on this matter alone, he couldn't do anything to Hu Zhongyan.
The emperor cannot do whatever he wants. The Minister of Personnel is in a high position and has great power. He cannot be moved lightly without a legitimate reason.
"Your Majesty, Hu Zhongyan is the Minister of Personnel and a very cautious person. I, your son, can't find any handle on him at all." Zhao Xing said helplessly.
Ever since Yu Xianggong and Hai Wenyou took charge of the land inventory, many officials from various places have caused trouble for them.
However, those officials acted rather covertly, except for Hu Zhongyan's younger brother who was extremely arrogant and almost openly refused to cooperate.
Hai Wenyou's poor progress in Jiangnan has a lot to do with this person.
Hai Wenyou had no choice but to temporarily dismiss him from his post for non-cooperation.
After Hu Zhongyan learned that his brother had been dismissed from his post, many officials, at his instigation, impeached Hai Wenyu for abuse of power.
The prefect of a prefecture is a high-ranking official. Even if Hai Wenyou has the power granted by the government, he cannot dismiss a high-ranking official without asking for permission.
(End of this chapter)