"Mother, my father is only in his early 40s this year. He is in very good health. He might live to be 80 years old. It would be very easy to be the crown prince of the third child! It is not as affordable as the second and fourth children and I. All three of us will soon be The king... By the time the third child becomes the prince, we will almost be tired of being the king of a country!"
In a luxurious carriage heading to Laoshan Palace, Zhu Hehao was enlightening his wife, Zheng Chagu.
Zheng Chagu is 38 years old this year. She has given birth to seven children for Zhu Cixiang. Except for one who died in infancy, the other six children are still alive. Three of them are sons, namely Zhu Cixiang’s eldest son Zhu Hehao, second son Zhu Hekun, and fourth son Zhu and Zhen. Although she has given birth to so many children, Zheng Chagu has maintained a pretty good figure, and her oval face is not out of shape. She looks like a middle-aged woman who is nearly forty years old and has become a grandmother. Some people would believe any young woman who said she was twenty-seven or eighty-year-old!
"snort!"
Regarding her son's enlightenment, Zheng Chagu's reply was a cold snort. The imperial concubine was very young when she first followed Emperor Zhu, and she looked very well-behaved. But as she got older, her anger grew stronger, and the overt and covert fights with Queen Wu Sanmei never stopped for a moment.
Before the last re-examination at Jinling Women's University, Zheng Chagu once thought about reconciling with Wu Sanmei - in her opinion, making Zheng Min the crown princess was an opportunity to ease the dispute between Wu and Zheng.
But unexpectedly, Wu Sanmei didn't appreciate it at all, and instead tried her best to prevent the prince from choosing Zheng Min as his concubine. This pissed off Concubine Zheng... Even if Zhu Hehao got Wu Ahuan, he couldn't calm Zheng Chagu's anger.
"Aren't they just two principalities in the malaria land of Nanyang?" Zheng Chagu said coldly, "What's so rare? A land as big as a palm, said to be a country lord, is actually a city lord!"
"Mother," Zhu Hehao smiled, "my son is not talking about the principality of Malacca, but the big country of Xinzhou!"
Zheng Chagu was stunned, "What? A big country in Xinzhou? You want to split up the United States? This is not possible!"
"It's not about splitting up the United States," Zhu Hehao said, "Father said that the United States of my son can only go south to the border of the Kingdom of Jiaqing. And south of the Kingdom of Jiaqing, the land on the Pacific coast will be conquered in the future. The enfeoffment was given to Erchen's son, Erchen's brother and the prince's son... Among them, Erchen's son could get half. So Erchen wanted the second and fourth children to occupy the land of Xinzhou and build the country together. Our three brothers are all in Xinzhou, so we can have someone to take care of us."
Zheng Chagu was not happy when she heard this, "Why should we give a share to the prince's son? The whole Ming Dynasty belongs to him, and he is not satisfied?"
"Mother, don't worry about the prince's son grabbing the territory," Zhu Hehao said with a smile, "The prince is devoted to Ding Yuying, how many sons can he have in one belly?"
Zheng Chagu glared at her son: "Didn't my mother give birth to seven of your brothers and sisters? No... I still have to fight for my mother!"
"What are you fighting for?" Zhu Hehao looked at this old woman who refused to admit defeat, and her heart was a little worried.
Seeing her son's flustered look, Zheng Chagu burst out laughing, "Silly boy, what do you think your mother is going to fight for? You don't have a share in the crown prince's position, and I don't have a share in the queen's position... Even if Wu Sanmei dies, there will still be Wu Ake!
As a mother, I just want to have one or two more sons, so that you can be more helpful in Xinzhou and prevent Wu Sanmei's descendants from taking advantage of us. "
"Mother, you all..." Zhu Hehao didn't know what to say. His mother was already in her fourth year and she still wanted to continue having children. Is that okay? Even if she is in good health and can still have children, will her father be willing to have children with her?
Zheng Chagu chuckled: "Nouveau riche, don't think that your mother is old and has lost her beauty, so she won't be favored by your father. In fact, your father has always liked your mother... Previously, it was because of your mother and Wu Sanmei He fought too fiercely, so he deliberately ignored your mother. Now that your mother no longer fights with the Wu family, your father will definitely favor your mother again. "
can you? Zhu Hehao was a little doubtful. Now that Emperor Zhu had two beauties, Mary Mancini and Princess Nessa, would he still pamper his wife?
Zheng Chagu smiled and said: "Your mother will not be wrong... Your father likes to make peace between people from the south and the people from the north. In the palace before, the south was strong and the north was weak, and you are too smart and capable. Prince And too naive, that's why he ignored me.
Now that the prince has Ding Yuying, his status is stable. Before Wu Sangui died, he sent Wu Ake to the palace. She was young and beautiful, and she would definitely have children in the future. The only southern women in the harem are your mother and Concubine Xu. Concubine Xu is not young yet and has a weak temperament. So your father has no choice, he must pamper your mother and me! "
Zhu Hehao was also a little speechless! Does his father have to talk about politics no matter who he sleeps with at night?
Zheng Chagu smiled and said to her son: "Learn from your father... Your father never regards the things in the harem as simple housework! You must establish a firm foothold in Xinzhou Continent, You must be good at uniting all parties, and marriage is an indispensable means. And if many women in the palace are from marriages, you have to learn to make peace, do you understand?"
"I know, all my sons and I know!" Zhu Hehao nodded repeatedly.
"Long live my emperor! Long live, long live..."
Earth-shattering shouts rang out, interrupting the conversation between mother and son - it must have been Zhu Cixiang's car that left the pier and started heading towards Laoshan Palace.
Zhu Cixiang's carriage still consisted of nine identical carriages, all with curtains drawn. There were guards and guards on horseback beside the carriages, and the security was extremely tight.
As for which carriage the Ming Zhongxing hero was in, only the guards and the driver knew, and no one else knew.
Today, Emperor Zhu sat in the first carriage, beside Mary Mancini, who had "fallen out of favor". This Italian beauty is less than thirty years old this year. She has maintained her beauty and charm well, especially her figure is much more graceful than when she first came to Zhu Cixiang...if you don't count the one who has not yet entered the palace. Wu Ake, this Mary Mancini is still the most beautiful woman around Emperor Zhu!
"Mary," Zhu Cixiang looked at Mancini, who had been neglected by him for a while and had a pout on his face, with a doting smile on his face, "I'm going to spend the night in Pang's garden tonight... .We have to have a good time."
"Really?" Mary Mancini looked indifferent, but she still showed a smile of surprise on her lips - she was very good at pleasing men, and of course she would not push Emperor Zhu away.
"Of course it's true!" Zhu Cixiang smiled, "You are my favorite royal wife!"
Mary Mancini said coquettishly: "Your Majesty, you made fun of me again!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled even more cheerfully, "Mary, there is another good news! You will receive a large amount of money from the Dutch East India Company soon."
"Dutch East India Company?" Mary Mancini blinked her eyes, "Your Majesty, under the current circumstances, can I still accept their money?"
Of course Marie Mancini was capable of corruption. As soon as she heard the title of royal mistress, she knew she was very corrupt. Wasn't it because she could become someone's mistress just to be corrupt? But she doesn't accept any money, because she is a royal mistress who is very trustworthy.
She will only accept this money if she can get things done for others. And she would not use Zhu Cixiang's name to ask others to do things for her. She would directly request Zhu Cixiang... and also tell Zhu Cixiang about the bribes she received.
Because of her style, people in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty would not follow her path. Those who would give her money were the Dutch East India Company, the British East India Company, the French East India Company, the Australia and New Zealand Company, and others. The Spanish Pacific Company was such a "franchised foreign merchant". Instead of giving money directly, he paid a high price to buy "high-end tea" from Mancini Tea Company.
"Of course," Zhu Cixiang smiled, "Matt Solko, the governor-general of the Dutch East India Company, will be coming to Yingtianfu soon... I summoned him!"
"But don't the Netherlands and France want to contain our Ming Dynasty?" Mary Mancini used "our Ming Dynasty" as if she wanted to express her position - she is not French, her ancestral home is Italy, and she is now a Ming native!
Emperor Zhu smiled and said: "You are wrong...The actual situation is that I want to contain France!"
