Reborn as a tyrant in the Ming Dynasty

In Zhu Youxiao's eyes, although Taiye fell into the water and the eunuch's assassination both occurred in the important place of Xiyuan, they were two separate events and could not be confused.

The truth of the former has not been found out yet, but the latter is extremely clear and clear.

The mute eunuch wanted to assassinate in Xiyuan, which involved the queen Zhang Yan, the eunuch Wei Zhongxian, and the wet nurse Keshi. However, from the perspective of a bystander, Wei Ke belongs to the same body, but no matter in any period, the strongest relationship will always be It's a triangle, whether it's hostile or close.

As for the emperor, whether it is in the Forbidden City or the entire Ming Dynasty, he is the existence that overrides everything else!

Whether it's to abolish the Empress or to depose Wei, it's all a matter of one sentence.

Therefore, in the previous inner court, there was still a hidden corner, but it was easily overlooked, and that was Concubine Liu who held the seal of the Queen Mother.

As for Zhu Youjian?

It is true that he was canonized as King Xin, and it is true that Emperor Tianqi built King Xin's residence for him, but he had no real freedom until he moved out of the Forbidden City!

By the middle and late Ming Dynasty, the relationship between the inner court and the outer court was complicated, which also caused successive kings to have to consider a lot when encountering certain things.

The increasingly rampant party strife has ruined the atmosphere! !

Once the atmosphere is broken, the rules become unimportant.

"Actually, before this, I have never doubted the concubine, nor thought that the concubine is that kind of person." Zhu Youxiao calmed down, looked at the concubine Liu in front of him, and said with a natural expression.

"Until I remembered another thing, Fan, who was still Concubine Hui at the time, was pregnant with Prince Minghuai. I was very happy to hear that. After all, as a king of a country, it was very unfortunate for the country that he did not give birth to an heir. OK."

"I inevitably drank a few more drinks during that time, until the female officer next to the concubine came to me and brought me cakes made by the concubine herself. She accidentally said a few words, which reminded me of the queen, so I summoned a lucky lady. A palace maid."

Mrs. Zhang!

Wei Zhongxian, who was behind the screen, changed his face slightly at this moment. This was definitely a secret in the inner court, and it must not be said nonsense, because this Zhang family dared to deceive the emperor and said that he was pregnant with a dragon seed. For this reason, the emperor canonized her as Concubine Yu, but in the end, she still hasn’t given birth after thirteen months of pregnancy!

This is simply audacious!

"When I found out that she was pregnant with a dragon, I wanted to give her to the Queen regardless of whether she was a boy or a girl."

Zhu Youxiao smiled half-heartedly, stared at Concubine Liu and said, "But in fact, this woman has never been pregnant from the beginning to the end. But the funny thing is, whether it is the medical history of Taiyuan Hospital or the booklet made, it shows that she is pregnant." Pregnancy, this matter is a big article."

"I was furious at the time and wanted to investigate the matter strictly, but it happened that the imperial heir born to the Fan family died not long after he was born. This was my second imperial heir. Although he was not the eldest son, But he was also a concubine. When I came to my senses, Mrs. Zhang was dead. She said she died of starvation, haha..."

Zhu Youxiao's laughter echoed in Dongnuan Pavilion.

Concubine Liu's expression was a little unnatural.

"Sometimes I wonder if I, the emperor, have done something so unqualified that God punished me like this."

Zhu Youxiao's eyes became sharp, "You must know that Fan gave birth to a daughter for me before giving birth to Prince Minghuai. She was very healthy when she was born. But as a result, on the eve of the birth of Prince Minghuai, Princess Yongning He died unexpectedly!! This caused Fan to be frightened and give birth prematurely!!"

"Also, Concubine Li became pregnant with Princess Huaining. She was healthy when she was born, but she died shortly after she turned one year old. This was a huge blow to me."

"Does Your Majesty want to say that this is all the fault of my concubine?"

Concubine Liu's eyes were slightly red, she looked at Zhu Youxiao and said.

"No, you're not that brave!"

Zhu Youxiao waved his hands and said: "The only person you have manipulated is probably the Zhang family. Even at the beginning, you didn't expect that the Zhang family would deceive you. In the end, the matter became known to everyone in the inner court, and you were forced to just Take it one day at a time."

Speaking of which, Emperor Tianqi was really miserable. Four years before Tianqi, the two emperors and the two princesses he gave birth to were both alive and died in infancy.

Their deaths were related to the young age of the above-mentioned concubines. After all, Zhu Youxiao was only twenty years old now!

At this age, he would still be studying in later generations, but in the Ming Dynasty, he would have become a father long ago!

The only one who is currently pregnant with a dragon seed is Concubine Rong Ren. She will give birth to the emperor's heir Zhu Cijiong. She was also very healthy when she was born. However, no one expected that a big explosion in Wang Gong's factory would scare her to death. , this made Tianqi Emperor Yuji ascend the throne for seven years, and in the end not even a trace of blood was left!

"So I think it is beneficial for the concubine to chant sutras and worship Buddha all day long."

Zhu Youxiao lifted up the sleeves of his robe, looked at Concubine Liu with a smile and said: "Before the mourning for the premature death of the crown prince, there were too many things that happened not only in the inner court, but also in the outer court. Let me first talk about the power eunuch Wei Zhongxian in the mouth of the world. Four years before the Apocalypse, he was frightened and uneasy when he was fought by the Donglin Party."

"If the Donglin Party hadn't wanted to be the only party to dominate and forced the remaining forces such as the Qi, Chu, and Zhejiang Party to bow to Wei Zhongxian in order to survive, I'm afraid that the nine thousand years old that the world is talking about would have been replaced by Wang An's ’s footsteps.”

"But the Donglin Party has overlooked one point. I originally re-appointed Wei Zhongxian and asked him to supervise the East Jishi Factory in order to restrain the Donglin Party. Although Wei Zhongxian was very disappointed with me at first, in the entire inner court, Wei Zhongxian was the only one who could control the Donglin Party. I'm quite brave enough to dare to fight with these Donglin Party members."

"People like Wang Tiqian and Li Yongzhen may be smarter than Wei Zhongxian, but it is precisely this that prevents them from having the courage to burn the boat."

Wei Zhongxian was sweating profusely behind the screen. He had never imagined that his prince had seen through everything, but he had never mentioned it before.

But now that he heard this, the fear in Wei Zhongxian's heart reached an unprecedented level.

Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger!

At this moment, Wei Zhongxian truly understood this.

It wasn't that Wei Zhongxian was so smart before, but the fact was that his own prince pretended not to know, just to let him suppress the Donglin Party!

At this time, Zhu Youjian was dumbfounded. This was completely different from the imperial brother in his memory.

But this is what Emperor Tianqi did before.

Maybe Emperor Tianqi does love to play, but loving to play doesn’t mean he’s stupid!

"As for my nurse, don't mention it."

Zhu Youxiao, who was sitting on the throne, didn't even think about Tike. In his eyes, she was a stupid woman who forgot her identity just because she was the emperor's wet nurse.

In memory, one of the reasons why Emperor Tianqi did not blame the Ke family was related to his childhood experience. The Duke family cared about him and loved him. The other reason was related to Wei Zhongxian. Emperor Tianqi wanted to use Wei Zhongxian to suppress and balance the Donglin Party.

The Hakka family really acted recklessly five years after the Apocalypse. After all, everyone in the Donglin Party at that time was shouting for beatings. Wei Zhongxian was extremely powerful in the government and the public, and his status and power in the inner court were even higher. This gradually gave the Hakka family Other ideas.

"Your Majesty said so much, I can't understand it."

Concubine Liu said at this moment: "What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

"What do I mean?"

Zhu Youxiao stared at Concubine Liu and said: "After all, the concubine was the emperor's grandfather's concubine. She stayed in this harem for decades. If she died suddenly at the beginning of my imperial examination, it was not because of Concubine Zheng." If you and Li Xuanshi are jumping around so much, the matter of holding the empress dowager's seal will never fall into the hands of the empress dowager."

"If Your Majesty misunderstands me in this way, I am willing to return the seal and move out of Cining Palace."

Concubine Liu said.

"Don't worry, I will take it back."

Zhu Youxiao smiled and said, "But I still have to clarify some things, otherwise the concubine will feel that I am trying to incriminate her."

"The good thing about the concubine is that she is kind-hearted, but the bad thing is that she is kind-hearted. From moving to Cining Palace, holding the empress dowager's seal, to drafting the queen for me, the difference in treatment before and after, Including that feeling that comes and goes away as soon as you call it, does it make the concubine feel very different?"

Concubine Liu's eyebrows frowned slightly.

"That's right when you think about it."

Zhu Youxiao stood up from the throne, "I am not like this. In a hurry, as the eldest son of the emperor, I followed the emperor's imperial edict to inherit the throne. A red pill case and a palace transfer case have been suppressed to this day. In my heart, sometimes I wonder, I am not the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, so why can’t some things be completely torn apart?”

"Later I figured it out, it's the royal face!!"

"It is because of this illusory existence that I have been suppressing and enduring it. But after knowing that Xiyuan fell into the water, I figured it out."

"What face, what decency, what posthumous reputation, they will be nothing after death. After I die, I don't care how the floods spread!"

"So I want to change my life. There are some scars. It's better to uncover them. If I don't uncover them, my existence will disappear. Do you think I'm right, Princess?"

Concubine Liu remained silent.

"With the Queen's entry into Kunning Palace, and with Wei Zhongxian being promoted by me, well, including my nanny, the concubine's short-term power can be regarded as a sideline."

Zhu Youxiao continued: "But the concubine is very smart, so smart that I can't help but applaud you. Because of Wei Zhongxian's power and my trust in them, you didn't come forward in person, but intentionally or unintentionally approached the queen. Especially since Prince Huaichong was born stillborn, although you didn’t go to Kunning Palace many times, those few times made the queen have inner demons in her heart.”

"The misunderstanding is that nothing was explained clearly. I owe the Queen this, but I didn't expect that Prince Huaichong would be such a big blow to the Queen. But when I thought about it, it was right. I also gave birth to several children. There are other bloodlines, but as for the Queen, she only has this bloodline."

"So I don't want to talk anymore. Concubine, I will take back the Empress Dowager's seal that you control. As for Cining Palace, if you like to live there, then I will let you stay there!!"

At this moment, Mrs. Liu was completely stunned. She didn't know what to say...