Chapter 12 Chapter 12 Dragon Son

When the God of Spring flapped its wings gracefully and gracefully returned to the world, bringing back vigorous vitality, making a hundred flowers bloom and all things revived, Concubine Zheng De became pregnant willingly. "Congratulations, empress! Congratulations, empress -- empress is overjoyed!" The imperial doctor who had originally called in for an examination because of her occasional feeling of discomfort, after taking her pulse, immediately knelt down in the gauze tent with a smile on his face, kowtowed and praised repeatedly. Of course the imperial doctor was rewarded a lot, and Concubine Zheng De, who was in the gauze tent, heard every word the imperial doctor said clearly and carefully into her heart, although she tried her best to suppress the smile on her face, she tried her best to He showed that he faced this good news with a "normal heart", but he couldn't help being elated in his bones.

Pregnancy is not just a "good news" for her, but the beginning of her career... She was born in a wealthy family of salt merchants. The superior economic environment made her understand the taste of life better than ordinary girls, and she also had more opportunities for education than ordinary girls; Enlightenment, literacy, and reading with brothers and sisters of the same age group; at the age of ten, boys and girls are educated separately, and the family specially invites female teachers to teach them for their sisters. When practicing stereotyped essays, she read some books such as the Four Books for Women and the Daughter's Classics, and also learned other talents. She is smart and careful by nature.

In those few years, she really developed a great interest in reading and writing, and spent a lot of time on it, which formed a virtuous circle. She became more intelligent, careful, sensible, and considerate——she Her appearance was already the most beautiful among the sisters, and with the influence of the book, her temperament became more elegant and extraordinary-compared with her sisters, her inner beauty and outer beauty were far ahead. When I was thirteen years old, my family invited a fortune teller to tell everyone's fortune; I counted the horoscopes of several children one by one, and the fortune teller's reaction was very normal, except for the last one, and suddenly showed Surprised, he asked, "Who does this belong to?"

Her father, Jung Seung Heon, replied: "Little girl Rouyun..." The fortune teller pondered for a long time before saying: "Looking from the horoscope, Ling Ai's life is unspeakably precious, and she is the crown of all the people in the house; moreover, the husband and wife love each other, and the blessings are endless; but the strange thing is that the descendants are the first to be honored." Hou Jie—I’m a young student, so I really can’t understand this point—in short, Ling Ai’s fate is extraordinary, since she was born in the family, she should be in the family of her son-in-law—you should be careful in choosing a son-in-law!”

Hearing what the fortune-teller said, Zheng Chengxian was skeptical, but the conditions for choosing a son-in-law were naturally strict, and it was delayed for a long time before the decision was made; but unexpectedly, the Emperor Wanli chose a lady next. She was selected for her outstanding beauty and entered the palace to serve the emperor. Now, Zheng Chengxian believed that what the fortune-teller said was true: "Heh——heh—it's really too expensive! It's too expensive!" However, what the fortune teller said may not be completely true. Her wealth and glory are not all based on her innate "unspeakable" fate. Most of the reason is because she has put in more effort than others.

After stepping into the gate of the palace, I realized that the situation inside the resplendent palace is completely different from what people outside imagined. She was selected as a lady, but she also failed to "fly on the branch and become a phoenix"-the women in the palace have There are thousands, but the real man is only the emperor, and it is difficult for the emperor to even look at him! She has heard the story of Wang Zhaojun of the Han Dynasty, and has personally experienced the deserted "court life". If she wants to avoid Wang Zhaojun's end, or die of old age in the palace, she must try to break through the predicament in front of her!

Therefore, she tried her best to fight for opportunities; the conditions of being able to read, write, and be smart and sensible helped her a lot—compared with ordinary women, the scheming and means she developed from these conditions were all Higher than others—plus outstanding and touching beauty, after half a year of hard work, she finally took the first step of success. Emperor Wanli just took a look at her, and was deeply attracted by her, and fell into the The net of love she casts. Soon, she was registered as a Shu concubine—and promoted to a concubine of virtue—during the three years before and after, she first tried her best to firmly grasp the heart of Emperor Wanli, and secretly Prudently and carefully observe and study the environment you are in, so that you can design a set of methods suitable for you to improve your status according to the limitations of the real environment.

After a period of careful observation and thinking, she had a very clear judgment in her heart: Except for the two empress dowagers who were not in the competition at all, there were only two women above her in the palace, one was the empress Wang. The other is Concubine Gong, the biological mother of the eldest son of the emperor, Chang Luo; and these two women are not enough to constitute competition for her. personal! What really hindered her from "mother's ceremonies in the world and ruling the six palaces" is the system of this dynasty, which is the unbreakable ancestral family law; under this clear and strictly enforced system, she has almost no possibility of turning over...

However, she is not reconciled; she thinks that her intelligence and beauty far exceed mediocre kings and queens, and her weight in Emperor Wanli's heart is far higher than others. She made up her mind to change this fact, and she also believed that she would be able to achieve her goal, not to mention that Emperor Wanli had already promised: "As long as you give birth to a prince and be named the crown prince, you will be able to give birth to a prince, and you will be able to give birth to a son..." After thinking about it several times in her heart, Concubine Zheng De couldn't help stretching out her hands, gently stroking her flat belly, and said to herself secretly: "You have to fight hard, if you are pregnant with a dragon The child is good!"

And Emperor Wanli's reaction to her pregnancy was very different from hers - he didn't have any thoughts in his mind, just pure joy, joy, and jumping for joy; he put his arms around her shoulders more than once, hugged her waist, kissed her cheek lightly, called her nickname, and said softly: "My little Rouyun, I want to give birth to a white and fat son Luo! I look forward to left and right, and finally hope Arrived!" He has actually been the father of several children, but this time, he has the joy of becoming a father for the first time—spiritually, he is indeed a father for the first time, because the children born in the past are just the product of desire , only this one is the crystallization of love...

However, for those children, he is not completely devoid of fatherly love; for example, for the eldest son of the emperor, Chang Luo, although since Chang Luo was born, he has rarely actively wanted to get close and give care, and the father and son have almost no love. What a chance to meet; but, once, when he went to greet the Empress Dowager Cisheng, it happened that Concubine Wang Gong was still staying there with Chang Luo, and Chang Luo was hugged by the Empress Dowager Cisheng, giggling. The Empress Dowager Cisheng even had a contented expression on her face, and she couldn't close her mouth from ear to ear. Seeing this "family relationship picture", his heart moved involuntarily, so he walked forward, reached out and took Chang Luolai into his arms. Chang Luo looks like his father and not like his mother. Therefore, he has the same long and handsome face with thin eyebrows, phoenix eyes and thin lips. He can feel the feeling of father and son connecting hearts with just one glance. Although it is only for a moment, but He clearly felt it. He never mentioned this feeling to anyone, and only kept it for himself to taste—occasionally, this feeling would come back to his mind inadvertently—but when the joy of Concubine Zheng De's pregnancy filled his heart, his whole body He forgot about this feeling; he only had Concubine Zheng De and the unformed little life she was carrying in his heart, he was busy with Concubine Zheng De Concubine every day, sweet talk and generous rewards to please her, counting down the days when the child was born , Watching the palace people sewing small clothes and shirts, and using flower petals to give birth to boys and girls—he almost forgot that he was the emperor, and like an ordinary man, he gave all his time to his beloved wife. Therefore, the number and time of his court visits have been reduced a lot, and he doesn't know that the "concubine Zheng De is pregnant" has set off a turbulent undercurrent and unavoidable influence among the ministers, and they are heading towards an unknown future together. Some of the ministers were already worried, while others were betting as if they were trying their luck in a game of gambling. The side that bet on Concubine Zheng De's victory had even started to follow the path of her mother's family... Li Chengliang was of course the first and smoothest person to go this route—although he was in Liaodong, he had a large number of eyes and ears in the capital, and he was very well informed, and he couldn't hide any trouble from his eyeliner—but, his The basic attitude is not based on "gambling", he has made up his mind long ago, he will make friends with anyone who is in power and has influence on the emperor, and he will not miss anyone. "Things have to be handled thoughtfully..." He instructed Li Rumei, "If there are no traces and no leaks, then it is called high!" However, although he tried his best to be thorough in everything, he still made a few mistakes, and that was about Nurhachi. Nurhachi, who had stayed in his mansion for six years, was no stranger to the strategies, tactics, and tactics he often used. The strategic strategy was also used on him by "returning the way of others to others". The first is the practice of "distributing eyes and ears". Nurhachi imitated Li Chengliang's method of widely spreading eyes and ears in the capital, and took advantage of Li Chengliang's opportunity to fight with Rabbit and Chaohua, and bought several Li Chengliang's middle-level cadres and a family general with a lot of money. Ask them to provide all information about Li Chengliang continuously. With the channel of intelligence sources, he can grasp Li Chengliang's movements in more detail and clearly—of course, he is very clear that so far, the strengths of the two sides are still in a disparity. Avoid attracting Li Chengliang's attention, so as not to follow in the footsteps of Wang Gao and Ah Tai; however, being able to grasp Li Chengliang's movements will be of great help to him in making any plan-the money for buying information will not be wasted ! Therefore, when he got the news that Li Chengliang was preparing his army to fight against the Tuman, Taining and other tribes who came again, and that the two sides might go to war in about May, he immediately made a plan to attack the Zhechen tribe ——He guessed that Li Chengliang was doing his best to deal with Tuman and others, and he would not take care of other things before the battle in May was over. This was another good opportunity for him to expand his strength, so he immediately decided to take the lead Attack the Zhechen Department in April.