If the biggest thing in the palace and court these days is the pregnancy of Concubine Jiang.
Considering Concubine Jiang's favor and status as the richest man in the Jiang family, if Concubine Jiang gave birth to a prince, and the emperor was in his prime, it would be enough to change the future situation.
Therefore, some people are distracted.
Inevitably, the matter came to the attention of Emperor Yongning.
Emperor Yongning looked at the memorial letter requesting a title and reward for Concubine Jiang and laughed angrily: "I didn't know that the court officials were so concerned about a concubine's pregnancy!"
He knew in his heart that what the courtiers were concerned about was that a concubine was pregnant!
But this concubine is Concubine Jiang, who comes from the richest Jiang family.
What they really care about is the prince that Concubine Jiang may give birth to, who is the foundation of the future of the country!
He slammed several memorials on the imperial desk with force and snorted coldly: "I'm still alive!"
"Your Majesty, calm down, Your Majesty, calm down!" All the maids and chamberlains in the palace hurriedly bent down and lowered their heads, not even daring to express their anger.
The fight between gods brings disaster to mortals.
They also know that even if the emperor is angry, he will not do anything to these courtiers, but it is hard to say that they are the people who serve in front of the emperor.
Emperor Yongning squinted at these memorials, and his violently heaving chest gradually calmed down: "Yes, I want to calm down."
When he said this, Xue Gong secretly felt bad.
The more the emperor behaves like this, the angrier he becomes, and the harder it becomes for them as personal servants.
The emperor has never shown any joy about the concubine's pregnancy. Now the courtiers are constantly asking for more awards for the concubine. Doesn't this add fuel to the fire?
Speaking of which, why did the imperial concubine suddenly become pregnant?
Emperor Yongning no longer looked at the petitions, and immediately ordered: "Call Fan Zhishou over."
Fan Zhishou was ordered by the imperial physician.
Soon, Fan Zhishou arrived at the Zichen Palace. When he arrived, Xue Gong had already asked the other palace maids and chamberlains to retreat.
Of course, Fan Zhishou knew what the emperor was going to ask, and replied: "Your Majesty, I have already taken the pulse of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine's pregnancy was very short, and her pulse is not very strong."
He raised his eyes and glanced at Emperor Yongning, and said after careful consideration: "The imperial concubine has not been pregnant for many years. This pregnancy may be difficult. To safely give birth to the emperor's heir, we need to take careful care."
In the end, whether the imperial concubine can safely give birth to the emperor's heir does not depend on the imperial concubine's body or the medical skills of the Imperial Medical Office, but on the emperor.
If the emperor wants the imperial concubine to give birth to the prince safely, then the imperial concubine will definitely give birth to the prince safely; if the emperor is unwilling, then...
"Weak pulse? What does this mean?" Emperor Yongning was unhappy.
Fan Zhishou pretended to be frightened: "Your Majesty, your Majesty's phoenix body is beyond my control, so I couldn't see it right all of a sudden. Please forgive me, Your Majesty!"
This is to explain why he didn't find out in time that the imperial concubine was pregnant.
Speaking of which, he himself felt unjust about this matter. The emperor had already ordered him to stop taking the medicine of the imperial concubine. Considering the number of times the emperor had visited the imperial concubine, it was very common for the emperor to be pregnant.
But he only dared to say these things in his heart, how could he dare to say them out loud?
The emperor cannot make mistakes. Even if he makes mistakes, it is because his ministers have not fulfilled their duty to remind them.
At this moment, he was not sure what the emperor meant.
So, he cautiously asked: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine needs ministers..."
Emperor Yongning didn't know what he thought of and fell silent for a moment.
After a long time, he said: "The imperial concubine is accompanied by Dr. Lin. Please pay careful attention to the pulse record written by Dr. Lin. Let's talk about the rest later."
"Yes, Your Majesty." Fan Zhishou replied, knowing that there was nothing to do now.
In fact, Emperor Yongning himself didn't know what to do with Concubine Jiang's pregnancy.
Accident? Of course it was a surprise.
Five years ago, when he asked Fan Zhishou to stop taking the medicine, he never thought that Concubine Jiang might give birth to a child.
A prince.
But five years later, Concubine Jiang was still not pregnant, and his mind changed again.
At this stage, it is best for Concubine Jiang not to be pregnant.
But things didn't go as expected. Concubine Jiang Guifei became pregnant, breaking the current peace.
He doesn't like things beyond his control, but he hasn't figured out how to deal with it yet.
However, even with the power of an emperor, he cannot control everything. This matter is still changing at an unstoppable speed.
On this day, at the Xuanzheng Hall in the morning, Zhang Yansu, the imperial censor, once again came out to report the corruption case in Jiangnan Road.
This time, he was no longer begging for a thorough investigation like before, but was directly targeting Lin Heyun and the Jiang family!
At the same time, Zhang Yansu also directly listed some evidence, including the private sealed letter of Princess Changding, the records of Luji Bank, and the confessions of many officials.
Among them, the most important confession came from Lin Heyun, Minister of Industry.
When the palace and court were in an uproar over Concubine Jiang's pregnancy, Yushitai did not stop investigating the corruption case in Jiangnan Province, and a breakthrough was made.
This breakthrough development, of course, came from Lin Heyun, Minister of Industry.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Lin has confessed that the Jiangnan Road corruption case was instigated by the Jiang family. All the evidence is here..." Zhang Yansu bent down and respectfully presented the thick file.
At this moment, his mood was a little hard to describe.
How should I put it? The evidence in this file, like the evidence obtained by the previous inspection of the censor, was actually not found by the officials of the censor's station.
Instead, someone specially sent it to the Yushitai, for fear that they would not be able to find the same thing.
Zhang Yansu has been handling cases for so many years, but it is still so easy to collect evidence. Moreover, one after another people continue to take the initiative to submit evidence.
Although it is strange, since he has the evidence, he cannot ignore it due to his fair temper.
After careful verification and several arguments with Yushitai officials, he finally concluded that the evidence was true.
This matter concerned a relative and the most favored father of Concubine Jiang. Zhang Yansu also hesitated whether to make a statement in the morning, but finally decided to speak out.
The Jiangnan Province corruption case was too involved. More and more officials were involved, and even with his own power, there was nothing he could do to stop it.
Following Zhang Yansu's report, officials from the Ministry of Punishment and Dali Temple came forward one after another to second the proposal, all asking Emperor Yongning to issue an order to thoroughly investigate the Lin family, Jiang family and others.
In contrast, another group of officials came out and said that the Jiang family never participated in court affairs. This was a false accusation made by Lin Heyun. Someone should be targeting the pregnancy of the imperial concubine, and so on.
Coincidentally, these officials who defended the Jiang family were the same officials who had previously submitted a petition to concubine Jiang Guifei!
In this way, officials from the two factions came and went and made heated speeches. Suddenly, the Xuanzheng Hall was filled with saliva and became as noisy as a vegetable market.
Emperor Yongning, who was sitting high on the throne, looked at the quarrel among the officials in the palace with a confused look on his face.
At this moment, outside the court, there was also a rumor that became more and more intense.
