Chapter 718 Weakness

In early March, the imperial concubine Mu was about to give birth.Zhu Gaoxu returned to the harem and stayed in the East Palace; however, according to experience, men cannot enter the delivery room, otherwise it will be unlucky for pregnant women.He could only listen to the movement outside.

Many female officials and palace maids were summoned in the imperial concubine's palace first, as well as several midwives.

Unexpectedly, from day to midnight, Mu Zhen still did not give birth to a child.

Zhu Gaoxu also ordered the medical officers of the Imperial Hospital to enter the palace overnight and standby.

Later, the Hyun-pin from North Korea came to Dongyi Palace and reported that the Park family wanted her to enter the Korean Palace at first, so she taught medical skills since she was a child, so she could help.Zhu Gaoxu then allowed her to enter the delivery room.

He stayed in Dongyi Palace for a night and stayed until dawn.Until the next morning, the people in the delivery room finally reported that the imperial concubine gave birth to a prince.

After hearing this, Zhu Gaoxu breathed a sigh of relief.

He waited for a while before entering the delivery room.

The palace maid brought the child over with her. He hugged her in his arms and looked at the child crying with her eyes closed, and suddenly she felt an indescribable sense of intimacy.

He turned his head and said to Mu Zhen a name: His name is Zhan Qi, what does Zhen'er think?

Mu Zhen nodded weakly while lying on the bed.

According to the rules set by Taizu for his descendants, the descendants of Zhanhe Zhanqi of this generation must use the name next to Obito.

There are many descendants of the royal family, and it is not easy to find a suitable name.

The word Qi has the meaning of boundaries, which is very consistent with Zhu Gaoxu's wishes.

He spoke kindly to Mu Zhen and sent eunuchs to the Duke of Qian to inform the imperial concubine of giving birth to the prince.

...The imperial concubine gave birth to a prince was a big event in the palace, and it almost spread throughout the palace that day.In view of the inheritance of the throne between the two emperors of Taizu and Taizong, even the ministers in the court were very concerned.

There is a person Guo Yan who is almost forgotten by people. She was also mixed with feelings when she heard this news.

Guo Yan can already guess the pressure from her sister and the entire Guo family.

There are many emperors and concubines, usually more than one prince, and it is common to have a second son; but it is the prince born by the daughter of the Mu family, which is different.

This means that the people of the Guo family are even less willing to Guo Yan continue to cause trouble for the queen in the palace.

Guo Yan has certainly not been doing well in the past month.

As the queen's sister, she would not lack food and clothing in the palace, and no one dared to make things difficult for her; when the weather was good, she could still go to the imperial garden during the day, and life was not difficult.

Guo Yan had a relatively tight life when she was at her parents' home, so she would not feel that she was not doing enough to have a poor daily life.

The most tormenting thing is probably the state of mind.

Her worries about the future made her unable to fall asleep many late nights.

At a young age, I went to Fengyang Imperial City to live in secluded places. I had no family, children, relatives and friends, and no hope. Most of the people living there were old palace maids and eunuchs.

Guo Yan shuddered when she thought of living the rest of her life without any life.

She will suffer the palace maid who serves her because of her inner irritability.

The palace maids feared the queen's status and power and did not dare to confront each other in person, but they said bad things about Guo Yan behind their backs.

The people in this yard had a bad relationship at one time.

Sometimes she would feel sad and depressed. Thinking of the time when Zhu Gaochi was in power, the fat prince and emperor once disappointed Guo Yan; but now she thought that Gaochi's days were quite good, at least they wouldn't let Guo Yan rely on them.

Sometimes her heart was filled with anger and resentment.

The death of her son Zhan's son not only made her resentful towards Ma Enhui's party and other suspected people, but also made her resentful of this world!

Because Guo Yan gradually understood that the collapse of Hong Xi's court was the root of everything.

She was just drifting with the flow in the face of the huge waves of the world.

The despair in front of her made her hate her parents' home.

Because of her illegitimate status, she remembered the injustice she suffered at home since she was a child; because she was the wife of the deposed prince, and now she has been disliked and abandoned by them again.

In the long and cold night, she endured the swallowing of her inner unfairness.

Guo Yan has nothing to do now, and the most important thing is to think repeatedly and think hard about how to change the destined destiny.

Her only subtle opportunity came from the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu; before that, when she made that request to her sister, she had already understood this truth.

Now, only Zhu Gaoxu, who is sitting on the throne, is the one who decides everything!

But she didn't plan to do exactly what to do.From last month to now, this is what Guo Yan is thinking about day and night.

Guo Yan thought about it very carefully.

She tried her best to think about Zhu Gaoxu, hoping to find some of his weaknesses.

Just like my sister Guo Wei, her weakness is that she feels lingering guilt towards Guo Yan, so she promised that Guo Yan faced the saint. Such a request was unreasonable.

Judging from what Zhu Gaoxu did, he seemed to have a very paranoid desire, that is, the more he should not touch the woman, the more he wanted to touch, the more he should not do, the more he wanted to do.

He seemed to be venting something and resisting something, causing a seemingly distorted mind.

Perhaps he was born as the second son of the late emperor and a prince who was good at fighting. He had faced too much pressure before?

Guo Yan and Zhu Gaoxu have not had much contact and are not sure about the reason.

She just speculated from the women enthroned by Zhu Gaoxu.

Like Miaojin, Guo Yan had called her little aunt before; there were nuns, brothels (Fuleyuan), singing girls, and even Ma Enhui, who might have an unusual relationship with him.

In addition to the wife appointed by the father and mother, and the marriage between the Mu family, how many of the concubines of Zhu Gaoxu are normal?

Guo Yan had to have a fantasy that her own identity was also very special.If it is really useful, Guo Yan is willing to compromise with her current situation.

But Guo Yan thought more carefully and felt that it was too late.

If it were a little earlier, it might be possible to start paving this retreat slowly before.

But just doing it now will probably only bring shame on yourself!

Because Zhu Gaoxu is very likely to feel that Guo Yan is teasing the immoral things he does; he will have bad feelings of being despised and belittled.

So after careful consideration, Guo Yan felt that this method would backfire.

When she was full of hostility and thought about good plans and was desperate and helpless, a crazy idea came up one time.

If Zhu Gaoxu was not willing to give her a pity, she would think of hiding a sharp weapon and attack Zhu Gaoxu at the opportunity of the face of the saint!

Zhu Gaoxu is strong and Guo Yan is weak, so it is impossible to find a weapon with lethality, at most something like a hairpin, and she also knows that it is impossible to succeed... but she will ask the Guo family to go into the water!

Guo Yan has the urge to retaliate against their selfish actions.

However, most of the evil in people's hearts is just thinking about it.

Guo Yan had such an idea and gave up after a moment; fear and weakness instantly retaliated against her heart.

She felt that women were too weak and even if they were desperate, they would be threatened by violence.

If she did that, she would definitely be subjected to violent revenge by the angry emperor; when she thought of the torture, Guo Yan shuddered.

After calming down a little, Guo Yan thought of her sister's guilt and her father's kindness.

Even if the Guo family treats her unfairly, they are better than those irrelevant people in the world.

In this cold world, what is the point of taking revenge on people close to you and letting strangers discuss and insult them...

At this moment, a palace maid hurriedly ran in and said: Madam Guo, the Empress is here!

Guo Yan put away her thoughts and walked into the yard. Sure enough, she saw that her sister had already walked in.

She was a little worried while coming forward to greet her.

Mu just gave birth to a prince yesterday, and today my sister Guo Wei came. Will the sister break her promise and be unwilling to let Guo Yan face the saint?

Guo Yan welcomed the queen into the living room.The queen stopped the eunuchs and palace maids around her and stayed outside.

The two sisters took their seats together, and Guo Yan said: I'll ask someone to have tea.

No.The queen said.

Guo Yan fell silent and waited to hear what her sister wanted to say.

The queen indeed took the initiative to say: Recently, the emperor wants to confer the Korean Li as Concubine Zhuang and Shen as Concubine Zhuang.Before this, the emperor should have come to Kunning Palace to discuss with me; the emperor used to accept the concubine Xian, Shufei and others, and most of them would come back early.If the same is true this time, I will ask the emperor to come to the Imperial Garden for a walk.At that time, my sister came to the Imperial Garden and could meet the emperor.

Guo Yan hurriedly asked: Which day?

The queen said: It’s hard to say now. Then I will send the eunuch yellow dog to come over and inform my sister in advance.

Guo Yan agreed.

The queen said again: What if the emperor did not come to Kunning Palace specifically, or it might be too late.Let's give up this matter for the time being, and I will find another opportunity to let my sister see him.

After hearing this, Guo Yan nodded.

The queen asked about her well-being again, and most of them were talking about whether she lacked any amount or not.

But Guo Yan felt that these words were just polite words; what she needed most now was not those things outside her body.

But the queen seemed to have nothing to say, otherwise she would have nothing to say. She sat for a while before saying goodbye.

Guo Yan remembered the affection between the two sisters before they got married. Although they would fight for things and quarrel, they were not as irrelevant as they are now. After getting married, the feelings of sisters seemed to have changed too much, and the things they care about were different.

In this world, it seems that even the closest friendship can be broken.

After the queen left, Guo Yan realized one of the details: the place where the Saint faced was the Imperial Garden.

The place of Imperial Garden is not secret.The palace is very large, but there are many people. Tens of thousands of people are active here, and there are eyes and ears everywhere. The truly hidden place is only in the house, not the garden.

Will my sister have noticed Guo Yan’s desperate plan?

Guo Yan couldn't make up.

However, she gradually realized that her younger sister was not a thoughtless person under the gentle and kind surface, and she just didn't look very smart.