If not abolished

Chapter 133 Arrival in Beijing

"I'm crazy. Why is it just a daughter? Why not a son? Why? Why..." Sun Ruoruo fainted before she could finish her words because she was too excited after giving birth.

"My Lady Concubine, please wake up, please?"

"Go and call the doctor quickly." Zhu Zhanqi shouted.

It was a mess here. The doctor came over and said that the concubine fainted due to excessive excitement and would be fine after a rest.

Zhu Zhanqi was relieved to hear that there was nothing serious, but suddenly his daughter in his arms started crying.

Zhu Zhanqi was not very good at coaxing children, and it was only until the wet nurse came over and held the child in her arms that the child stopped crying.

Zhu Zhanqi looked at his daughter. Ruoji was probably unable to take care of the child in her current condition. If she woke up in the same state as before, the child would be in danger. Otherwise, he should take the child to her mother first and wait until Ruoji figured it out.

Zhu Zhanqi thought this method was feasible and was about to tell the Princess of Han about it, but unexpectedly, the Princess of Han came directly over.

"Mother." Zhu Zhanqi bowed and saluted.

"Greetings, Princess."

"Everyone, get up."

The Crown Prince's wife also came with her, and Shu Ning helped the Princess of Han to sit down.

"I have also heard about what happened just now. Concubine Sun is definitely unable to take care of the child in her current condition. So I have come here to discuss it with you. You can leave the child with me for a while until Concubine Sun finishes her confinement." Princess Han looked at Zhu Zhanqi and said. Princess Han was not sure yet, so she came here in person to discuss it with her son.

"What you said is right, mother. You and I have the same idea. I was just about to tell you about this." Zhu Zhanqi and the Princess of Han had the same idea, so he readily agreed after hearing this.

"That's fine. In that case, prepare to move all the baby's things to my main courtyard. As for Concubine Sun, tell her to take good care of herself. You are still young, and the most important thing is to take good care of your bodies."

"Yes, son, I understand. I will persuade Ruoji when she wakes up."

"Then I'll go first."

"Farewell, mother/Princess."

"Qi'er was so easy to talk to this time. I had prepared a lot of words of persuasion, but they were not used." Princess Han said with some regret.

"Mother, my second brother agreed so readily. I'm afraid that my sister Sun's condition is really not good."

"That's true. If Sun was able to take care of the child, Qi'er would never let me interfere. It's also my fault. I insisted on talking about giving birth to a son, and now she's gone crazy. Sigh..." Princess Han felt a little regretful when she thought of this.

"You can't blame mother for this. It's Sister Sun's own fault. Since Sister Sun's obsession is to get the position of the principal wife, then you should..." The Crown Prince's wife wanted to persuade her.

"It's not that easy. Qi'er, that silly kid, went to see His Majesty before. Later, His Majesty also announced that Sun could only be canonized as the principal wife if she gave birth to a son."

"This is indeed difficult to handle..."

"Okay, at worst, Qi'er's position as the principal wife will remain vacant for another two years. The rest depends on her own ability." The Princess of Han finally took a step back.

"Your Majesty is kind and virtuous."

"I am doing this for my little granddaughter's sake. By the way, tell the servants that Sun is unable to raise a child temporarily due to a difficult childbirth. Tell them not to spread rumors."

"My daughter-in-law understands."

"Oh my, look, how cute this little baby is." said the Princess of Han while holding the child who had just finished drinking milk.

"Who says it's not?" the nanny at the side echoed.

"Your Majesty is here."

The Princess of Han quickly handed the child to the maid and went out to welcome the emperor.

"See you, Your Majesty."

"Yes." The King of Han raised his hand and walked inside, and the Princess of Han stood up and followed.

"Why is the child here?" the King of Han asked when he saw the child.

"Sun was weak after giving birth to a difficult child. The doctor said she needed to rest. I took the initiative to let the child stay with me for a while until Sun finished her confinement." The Princess of Han explained to him.

"Since you have already arranged it, let it go." The King of Han never cared about what happened in the backyard.

"Why did Your Majesty come back so late today?" Princess Han was relieved to see that he had no objection.

"Father has gone to Beijing, so naturally there are more things to do. It is normal for me to be busier."

"Zhan He also went to Beijing this time, otherwise he could help the prince here."

"What do you, a woman, know? It's a good thing that Zhanhe can accompany the emperor this time. In the past, the emperor only had eyes for that kid Zhu Zhanji, but this time he finally noticed our Zhanhe. This is such a good thing. It's a matter of the capital. Besides, isn't Zhanqi still here?" The King of Han mentioned his youngest son.

"Sun just gave birth, so Zhu Zhanqi can't stay with her for a few days." Princess Han thought about Sun's current situation and wondered if Zhu Zhanqi...

"What's the point of him accompanying her? This woman has maids and old women to take care of her during the confinement period. What's the point of him accompanying her? What's the point of giving birth to a girl? The matter of the principal wife that Zhanqi mentioned last time is invalid. He is not a child anymore, it's time for him to have a principal wife. Princess, please pay attention and find a girl for him." said the King of Han.

"Your Highness may be a little anxious now. Besides..." Princess Han originally wanted to delay it for a year or two in order to appease Lady Sun, but now it may be difficult to do so.

"What else are you talking about? If you don't have anyone suitable, you can ask Concubine Guo to see if there is anyone suitable in her family." The King of Han interrupted the Princess of Han loudly.

Suddenly, the child in the nanny's arms started to cry loudly. The King of Han became more and more impatient.

Seeing this, Princess Han immediately said, "The child may be about to fall asleep. Take him down first, and everyone else should go down as well."

"Yes."

After everyone left, Princess Han said, "I understand what Your Majesty said. If that's the case, my son's marriage is not yet to the extent of bothering Princess Guo. I will start preparing now."

“Don’t be angry, Princess. I was just angry just now.” The King of Han also realized how much his words had offended the Princess, and immediately tried to comfort her.

"I'm afraid Qi'er won't be willing?" Princess Han asked worriedly.

"Marriage has always been a matter of parents' orders and matchmaker's words. It doesn't matter whether he is willing or not. For the sake of this king's great cause, he should contribute as a son."

"Prince, what are you planning again? Haven't you given up yet? His Majesty has already appointed a crown prince and even a crown prince grandson. Are you still thinking about it?" Princess Han really couldn't understand why he was still unwilling to let go at this time.

"Give up, how can I give up? With the crown prince being like that, if you ask me to kneel in front of him in the future, I will have to think twice. So what if he is the crown prince or the grandson of the emperor? When Zhu Yunwen sat on the throne of the emperor, didn't the world be taken away from him? Besides, how many people in history could become emperors safely from crown princes? Isn't the Xuanwu Gate Incident an example? According to the ancestral precepts of Taizu, I am also the legitimate son. So what if I become the King of Qin?" The more the King of Han thought about it, the more he felt that it was a good idea. In the past, Li Shimin also helped Li Yuan to conquer the world. Later, he directly killed the crown prince, forced his father to abdicate, and sat on the throne of the emperor. He was also an elder brother, the second legitimate son, with military merits. Most of the generals stood on his side, and he also had his third brother as a helper. From this point of view, how could the crown prince fight with him? The world would be his sooner or later.

As for his father, it is time for him to abdicate and let others take over. Zhu Gaoxu will stage a Xuanwu Gate Incident. Zhu Di is in Beijing right now and no one cares about him. He will make some arrangements and wait for Zhu Di to return to the capital.

The Princess of Han knew from the expression on his face that he was probably dreaming of that beautiful world again.

"When will Your Majesty finally wake up? Isn't it better to just be a prince peacefully?"

"I was not like this from the beginning. If you want to blame my father, he himself disliked the crown prince and often told me that the crown prince was in poor health and asked me to work hard. But what happened? Later, because of Zhu Zhanji, he still made my eldest brother the crown prince. What am I? I conquered the world for him. In the end, I can't even think about becoming a prince."

Princess Han also knew that this was his obsession for many years, and no amount of persuasion would change his mind. She could only shake her head and sigh helplessly.

A few days later, in the side hall of Qingyun Palace

"Girl, your letter."

"Got it." Cao Wanyi opened the letter and started reading. After finishing, she said, "Xiao Kui, go find the medicine for external injuries. Let's go to my sister's place."

"Yes."

After a while, Cao Wanyi arrived at Hu Shanxiang's main hall.

"Greetings to your Majesty."

"Hurry up, there's no need to perform such a grand ceremony between us sisters and there's no one else here."

"That's not okay. The etiquette cannot be discarded."

"I really can't say enough about you."

"Is your injury better now, sister? I just remembered today that I brought a bottle of ointment from home when I went to the palace before, which is very good for treating external injuries. I asked someone to find it and send it to you." Cao Wanyi said as she handed the medicine to her.

"Thank you for your concern, sister. I am much better now."

"That's good."

"Sister, is there anything else?" Hu Shanxiang always felt that Cao Wanyi was not just here to deliver medicine. They met every day, and her injuries had almost healed. Why did she only remember to deliver medicine today? This was totally not her style. There must be something else.

"The queen has a keen eye. As expected, nothing can be hidden from my sister."

Seeing that she seemed to have something to hide, Hu Shanxiang said to the palace maids, "All of you go down."

"Yes."

After everyone left, "Sister, can you tell me now?"

Cao Wanyi took out a letter from her sleeve and handed it to Hu Shanxiang.

"What's this?"

"This is a letter sent from outside the palace. It was originally intended for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to read, but now His Royal Highness has gone to Beijing, so..."

"You want me to pass it on to you." Cao Wanyi did not have the right to give Zhu Zhanji the letter in Hutong, so she could only come to Hu Shanxiang.

"Yes."

"Okay." Hu Shanxiang took it.

"Your Highness, don't you want to take a look and be curious?"

"It's not a letter for me. I'm not interested in reading it." Hu Shanxiang took another envelope and put it in it. "It's a little late today. I'll send it out tomorrow."

"Yeah." Cao Wanyi nodded.

When the letter arrived, Zhu Zhanji and his colleagues had just arrived in Beijing.