Emperor Zhengde of Ming Dynasty

Chapter 176 Means
Inside the Cining Palace.

Empress Dowager Zhang looked at Mi Zhe, and her face became more and more ugly.

There is a woman in the palace who is pregnant and has an affair with the emperor.

The Queen Mother never tolerated the emperor's control.

But this time, the Empress Dowager couldn't bear it anymore.

In the past, as long as the emperor opened his mouth, the queen mother would make concessions, but today's secret report made the queen mother feel a deep fear.

It's not that the queen mother has never doubted Zhu Houzhao's fertility. After all, Bai Xue's pregnancy is normal, and Ouyang Jing also recorded her daily physical changes and diet in detail.

According to Zhu Houzhao, the poisoning case in the imperial dining room was caused by the Bailian sect colluding with the eunuchs in the palace to cause chaos, but later Zhu Houzhao vaguely heard that it was also related to Tie Dan Shenhou.

In the end, everything was pointed at Zhu Houzhao's uncle Tie Dan God Hou Zhu Wu Shi!

However, the Empress Dowager can't doubt this uncle with great achievements. After all, he is the younger brother of the late Emperor Hongzhi, and he has the iron certificate of the alchemy left by Emperor Taizu in his hand, and he also controls the Hulong Villa.

For the queen mother, it has been suppressing the matter. Regarding the case of poisoning the imperial dining room, she completely entrusted Zhu Houzhao to handle it, but in the end she was skeptical about Zhu Houzhao's answer.

However, the reason why he said so, he must have his own reasons, and she will not intervene too much anymore.

It would be unfair to either of the two families if suspicions were cast on Tiedan Shenhou's head and the relationship was torn apart.

If it was really a fight between dragons and tigers, it is estimated that in this world, how many people will die innocently.

However, today's secret book made Empress Dowager Zhang break out in a cold sweat.

I don't know if it's Jin Yiwei or someone else, word came from Hulong Villa that Shangguan Haitang was pregnant.

Moreover, this news shocked Queen Mother Zhang greatly. She would never have imagined that her son would do such a thing.

This shows what?
The queen mother took a deep breath, she felt that this incident was more terrifying.

Shangguan Haitang had indeed slipped away from under her nose last time, and Zhu Houzhao had also told her about her leaving the palace, but now, this woman is actually pregnant.

What about the child in her womb?

Who can prove that this child belongs to the emperor?

After all, she grew up in Hulong Villa and is still working in Hulong Villa, among other things, the title of Tiedan Godhou
The Empress Dowager's complexion became more and more ugly. At this time, the guard and eunuch beside her trotted over and said, "Empress Dowager, are you calling your servant?"

The queen mother glanced at him, her face softened a little and said: "Well, you came just in time, and the Ai family just happened to have something to tell you."

The little eunuch's eyes lit up and said: "I don't know what the empress dowager is talking about? The slaves will do their best to follow the orders of the empress dowager."

The Queen Mother looked around and saw that there were no other maids or eunuchs around. Queen Mother Zhang said to the young eunuch: "Just now, the Ai family received a secret order. Shangguan Haitang, who once served the emperor, seems to be pregnant."

"Since she left the palace last time, there has been no news. The Ai family once asked Cao Zhengchun to look for her, but she has been hiding in the Hulong Villa. The news came from there that she was pregnant."

"Who knows if she came to the cholera harem?"

As soon as the little eunuch heard this, he understood what the Queen Mother meant.

No one can prove that Shangguan Haitang is pregnant with the dragon species, but she is outside the palace now, so there is no way to confirm the emperor's dragon species.

"My queen, what do you mean?"

The little eunuch asked too much.

"What Aijia means. In the name of Aijia, you secretly issued a secret decree to Shangguan Haitang. Try it out. Aijia thinks it is a means for Tie Danhou to control the harem flag."

Ever since Shangguan Haitang entered the palace as a bodyguard, the Empress Dowager has been relatively indifferent to Shangguan Haitang, because she has the backing of Hulong Villa.

"Returning to the Queen Mother, this servant thinks that this matter needs to be treated with caution. After all, Shangguan Haitang is one of the four secret agents who are brave and brave. Moreover, she did serve His Majesty before she left the palace. It is best not to let this matter go. Your Majesty should know."

The Queen Mother listened to the little eunuch's words and was silent for a long time.Her weakness is the emperor, although she is the empress dowager, she cannot control the behavior of the emperor.

He said a lot about this matter, and he needed to act seriously. Once the emperor decided on something, she, as the empress dowager, had no way to intervene.

"This is exactly what the Ai family is worried about. The Ai family is worried that the emperor will be bewitched by a woman. Just like last time, the bewitched mind."

The Queen Mother let out a long sigh.

However, you can't stare at the emperor all the time, even at night, you can't keep staring at him. In case he falls in love with that maid, it's okay to have a relationship with the maid, just like the queen mother herself, who was born as a maid .
"This time, I'm afraid I can't let Tie Dan God Hou succeed. If Shangguan Haitang is really pregnant with the dragon species, the consequences may be unimaginable!"

The expression on the Empress Dowager's face became even more gloomy.

The Empress Dowager originally wanted to support her niece Zhang Xuan to come to the throne, and everything was ready, but the emperor left after that, and never went to the Compassion Palace. She probably hurt the emperor's self-esteem by this incident.

However, in Empress Dowager Zhang's mind, even if Zhang Xuan didn't want to be a queen, he had to stand out in this beauty pageant, and at the worst, he had to get a concubine, at least he would not worry about his future prosperity.

Empress Dowager Zhang had considered the choice of harem queen many times. Since Zhang Xuan was not favored for the time being, she would postpone it for a while.

Although she considered Bai Xue to be the queen in the harem, but because of Bai Xue's cowardly nature, she might not be able to deal with many things, so she put it aside for the time being.

If this Shangguan Haitang gave birth to a dragon seed for the emperor, when the matter is announced to the world, it may cause a lot of turmoil.

If Shangguan Haitang gave birth to the first dragon son in the harem, the mother is more expensive than the child, and she will have her own strength in the harem.

In other words, she is cultivating power for the Iron Dan God, which is simply an unreasonable method.

"The emperor should know this news. Now it depends on the emperor's will. If the emperor insists on letting Shangguan Haitang enter the palace and canonize her, I am afraid no one can stop her."

After the queen mother said this, a trace of sternness flashed in her eyes!
"Empress Dowager, she is outside the palace, so it is impossible to know who she has been in contact with. As long as His Majesty does not protect her or let her enter the palace, she has the ability to reach the sky, and she will not pose a threat to the harem in the future."

Listening to the little eunuch's words, the queen mother kept nodding her head and said: "For the sake of the purity of the royal blood, this kind of woman who has been out of the palace must never be allowed to enter the palace again in the future. Even if she has a child, she is not necessarily a royal The heirs of this kind of evil, our royal family will not allow it."

Empress Dowager Zhang has experienced many swords and swords. Many concubines have hooked up with guards for their own status. To keep your seat.

This kind of phenomenon abounds in the palace, so it's no wonder. Outside the palace, there is no one to supervise, so it's hard to say that some women can't do things that are embarrassing.

Since the Empress Dowager, the most worried and taboo thing is Tie Dan God Hou, as long as he does not get rid of it for a day, he will be a disaster for a day.

However, these queen mothers are overly worried.

At this time, the God of Tiedan, Zhu Wushi, was worried about Zhu Houzhao's methods in his mansion in the capital.

The No. [-] village in the world was destroyed. Although he looked righteous on the surface, deep down he looked gloomy and gloomy.

Shangguan Haitang staying by his side is also a dangerous pawn.

As for women, whoever makes out with them is better off.

He is Haitang's master, and he can't do anything against morality, so he believes from the bottom of his heart that Haitang is still loyal to the emperor.

The last time he said that she wanted revenge, he was just talking about it. He knew the personality of his apprentice very well. A strong woman like this has the most clear love and hate.

In fact, Goddess Tiedan had always regarded Shangguan Haitang as his adopted daughter and did not regard her as a tool in his hands.

Over the years, although he has been ambitious, he never thought of using women's means to seize power.

In the view of Tiedan Shenhou, fighting for the world can be fought through tactics, war, or underhanded means, but women can never be used.

He also disdains to use women's means to make himself superior.

In the recent period of time, he has had many confrontations with the young emperor.

The conclusion he finally got made him never imagined that the young emperor's methods would be so powerful, and even restrained him everywhere.

This method is not inferior to his own emperor brother.

Inside Hulong Villa.

Shangguan Haitang has wiped away her tears, she doesn't know when she will enter the palace, when will she have a chance?

If she had the opportunity to enter the palace, she would first explain the truth to His Majesty, and she would really not allow it then, even if she stabbed herself to death, she would not be able to embarrass the royal family.

She naturally knew the rules of the Forbidden City.

Women in the harem are not allowed to leave the capital, even for someone with a special status like her.

It is estimated that the queen mother cannot accept her.

Not only the Empress Dowager, but also civil and military officials in the Manchu Dynasty would probably find it difficult to allow her to enter the palace as a concubine.

If everyone is like this, if she sets a precedent, then the harem will probably be chaotic in the future, and the rules will be in vain, so it will lose its meaning, and if it is used by others, it will cause trouble.

She also thought of another method.

Abortion.

But she couldn't make up her mind. After all, medicine in this era is underdeveloped. Once an abortion occurs, it is very likely that she will never have a child again. As a woman, this is unacceptable.

Then, after being born, she hides her name and goes away with Duan Tianya.

She also mentioned this matter to Duan Tianya, after Duan Tianya heard about it, he was silent for many days, and finally he chose to be with Haitang.

Even if the child is born in the future, it will be changed to Duan's surname, and they will raise the child.

Shangguan Haitang stood up, took off the dragon protection token from her waist, and hung it on the pillar.

She is going to go far away, and it is basically impossible to enter the palace, because the rules of Daming are there, if she enters the palace by force, she can only die.

Even if His Majesty pardoned her, she would never be able to lift her head up with the Queen Mother.

Duan Tianya promised to be with Shangguan Haitang, and he promised her that he would never leave her.

However, she still left Hulong Villa alone.

The Empress Dowager's eyeliner in Hulong Villa didn't pay attention to this woman, as if she disappeared overnight.

Inside the Cining Palace.

The queen mother has already thought of a brilliant plan to deal with Shangguan Haitang.

After all, the resources she possesses are unavailable to other palace nobles.

However, the news from Hulong Villa is that Shangguan Haitang disappeared overnight.

And only the dragon protection order and official uniform were left behind, and nothing else was taken away, just disappeared without a trace.

Once she disappeared, the Queen Mother's brilliant plan fell through.

"She didn't even enter the palace!"

This surprised the queen wife.

In her opinion, what a woman who has the emperor's dragon species desires most is to enter the palace first.

But this woman left, choosing to leave silently, and took away all the beauty and status of the past, leaving nothing here.

"Could it be that Aijia misunderstood her? Could it be that Aijia was wrong from the beginning to the end?"

Only now did the queen mother realize that she had thought too much before, and she had no intention of entering the palace at all, so there was no possibility of cultivating power in the harem.

Then the series of consequences she thought of all came to naught in the end.

All of this is over before it even started. Shangguan Haitang is gone. From now on, she will never appear in Hulong Villa again, let alone in the imperial palace in the capital.

She was tired of the intrigues in the arena, and fell in love with the life in the palace after entering the palace.

She once imagined her future life, she would spend her whole life in the Daming Palace, give birth to a few children for the emperor, be a happy concubine for a few years, enjoy the splendor and wealth of the world, that's all.

However, a No. [-] farmer in the world really ruined himself.

If she hadn't taken the initiative to persuade the No. [-] Village in the World to serve His Majesty, she wouldn't have rushed to the palace on her own. Even if the No. [-] Village in the World was destroyed, what would it have to do with her?
But she chose such a road that few people take, this is her own choice.

She had regretted it before, and she didn't want to step out of the palace of the Forbidden City, but there was nothing to do with it, it was her fate.

She chose to become a monk, but Taoist Yuzhen said that she was not destined to die, so what else could she do?

Duan Tianya was silent at the beginning, until one day, when he vented his anger in the backyard, she realized that Tianya loved her,

However, she couldn't give Tian Ya a perfect body.

Although Duan Tianya also said that he would not care about this matter anymore, but in all fairness, who would accept it?
Not long after Zhu Houzhao came back from Tanggukou, the Empress Dowager asked Ouyang Jing if the emperor had favored anyone recently?

The answer was no one.

The Empress Dowager faintly felt that since Liu Ruyue gave Zhu Houzhao the "special pill" last time, it was likely that Zhu Houzhao had been destroyed.

The concubines who were taken out were eager to see through their eyes and wanted to be favored by His Majesty, but Zhu Houzhao didn't even look at them during the more than 20 days on the ship.

After listening to Ouyang Jing's reply, the queen mother said worriedly: "Zhao'er is still too young after all, Ai's family should find time to talk to him, he is so busy, he can learn everything from his father!"

He is not the only one who is doing the business of Daming. He can arrange things and let his subordinates do it. Isn't Emperor Hongzhi the best example?

Exhausted, who can say that he is still a good emperor?

(End of this chapter)