"Pregnant?"
Li Qing was surprised, then pleasantly surprised.
It's so pitiful that after working so hard for so long, I'm finally pregnant... Li Qing let out a long sigh of relief.
Zhu Youtang also felt the same way.
The two grown men were very happy.
At this time, Empress Zhang murmured: "It's not certain yet, just...ask Divine Doctor Li to check the pulse and make sure."
"Yes, yes, yes, Doctor Li, please feel the pulse quickly." Zhu Youtang urged hurriedly, rubbing his fat hands with nowhere to put them, nervous and expecting.
Li Qing took a deep breath, stepped forward and said, "Give me your hand."
Empress Zhang opened the sleeves of her wide robe and exposed her beautiful wrists. She was also extremely nervous, fearing that her joy would be in vain.
After being married for so long, and seeing the results coming soon, how could she not be nervous and excited?
She didn't dare to breathe, and stared straight at Li Qing. Zhu Youtang did the same, with her heart in her throat, and Na Fei trembled at this sight.
Li Qing held his breath and concentrated, feeling his pulse beating, frowning and saying nothing.
In fact, he had not felt the joy pulse, but it was not easy to make a judgment. In the early stages of pregnancy, it was impossible to feel the joy pulse, and it would take at least one or two months.
"Empress, what...reactions have you had recently?" Li Qing pondered for a moment and asked, "For example, a big appetite, loss of appetite, nausea when seeing greasy food, or lethargy?"
Queen Zhang shook her head, "None of them."
Li Qing: "..."
"Then how did the empress know that she was pregnant?"
"This..." Queen Zhang blushed, hesitated, and said: "This month... I didn't come. "
Li Qing nodded slowly, cleared his throat, and said, "I don't need to be embarrassed about my illness. I don't need to be embarrassed. I would like to ask, do you usually have your menstrual period on time?"
"Very accurate." Queen Zhang's voice was as thin as a mosquito's, "The error is within three days."
"How late is this time?"
"It's been more than seven days."
"Hmm..." Li Qing continued to feel the beating of his pulse. Perhaps because of hearing these words, he actually felt like he was feeling his pulse.
"Isn't your Majesty a little... strange?"
"Yes, yes," Zhu Youtang interjected and said excitedly: "The Queen's recent love is sour. As the saying goes, sour sons are hot women. Am I going to have a son?"
"..." Li Qing was speechless: Not to mention whether this argument is accurate, even if it is accurate, it is a reaction only after two months of pregnancy!
Then he thought, forget it, he had to leave regardless of whether he was pregnant or not. Instead of letting Zhu Jianshen help him escape, he might as well follow the couple himself.
"Your Majesty is wise, that's probably it." Li Qing gave the answer the couple wanted to hear.
"really?"
Zhu Youtang was overjoyed and paced back and forth excitedly. He couldn't find a way to express his inner joy, and his face turned red from holding it in.
After a while, he stopped and said:
"really?"
Li Qing: "...Can't be wrong!"
"Okay, okay!" Zhu Youtang was elated. He had been begging for a son for many years, and once he got his wish, you can imagine his excitement. "Reward, I will reward you, reward you heavily."
"Tell me what you want, nothing..."
"Your Majesty, the common people want to go to Jinling." Li Qing interrupted him hastily. He really didn't want to hear those four words. He was allergic.
"Going to Jinling?" Zhu Youtang was suspicious, "Why are you going to Jinling?"
"That... Li Chen's family... you know."
Zhu Youtang was stunned for a moment, and then he realized it. He couldn't help but feel even more moved in his heart, and sighed: "It's hard for you. You have been running back and forth this year, and you can't have a moment of leisure... In this way, this matter is over, and you can join the cabinet."
Seeing that Li Qing was about to refuse, he added: "In addition to the cabinet bachelor, how about letting you also serve as a minister?"
A bachelor's degree is a practical job, but the title is not high. If you add the official position of minister, it will be different. You will be in the first echelon.
It has to be said that Zhu Youtang is really impressive and much better than his ancestors.
However, Li Qing does not want to enter the court now. Now is the time for the Ming Dynasty to "turn the wheel", and the effect he can have in the temple is limited.
He wants to be the helmsman in the field, rather than fighting in the temple. The structure of the Ming Dynasty is quietly changing, and relying solely on the power of the temple will no longer work.
Seeing that he didn't speak, Zhu Youtang frowned slightly and said, "How many people will never reach this point in their lifetime, so don't be too ambitious."
"Your Majesty has misunderstood." Li Qing was busy putting on a show, "The common people are frightened and flattered."
After a pause, he said, "How dare you think about fame and fortune before the work is done. If the emperor wants to reward you, it should be after the common people have done it. Otherwise, the common people will feel guilty."
Zhu Youtang was startled for a moment, and couldn't help but feel more pleased, and praised: "Well, I'm waiting for your good news."
Li Qing continued to act, looking full of energy, "The common people will live up to the emperor's expectations, and the common people will resign."
He cupped his hands, turned around and left.
"Wait a moment."
Li Qing paused and cursed in his mind: Damn, I knew it wouldn't be so easy to escape.
"Your Majesty, please tell me."
"The Queen is pregnant, is it confirmed?" Zhu Youtang asked worriedly.
"How dare common people deceive the emperor?" Li Qing slapped his chest loudly, "There is no mistake."
Hearing this, Zhu Youtang's last worry disappeared, and he said with a smile: "In that case, I will prescribe another fetal medicine for the queen."
"Okay!" Li Qing didn't hesitate at all.
This thing is actually just for peace of mind and has no effect. However, he can understand Zhu Youtang's mood.
"Two qian for mugwort, one qian for Atractylodes, half a qian for donkey-hide gelatin..." Zhu Youtang took the prescription and recited it again, and asked, "How often should I take it?"
"Take it once every seven days for three months." Li Qing added, "The diet should be light, avoid greasy, spicy food, avoid tonic food, move around more, but don't get tired, and prohibit sexual intercourse... "
Zhu Youtang wrote them down one by one and felt relieved.
"Does your Majesty still have any questions?" Li Qing asked.
Zhu Youtang laughed dumbly: "Doctor Li leave in such a hurry?"
"That's just my personality. I don't like to grind." Li Qing said bluntly.
I don't like to complain. Every time I ask you to come, I have to wait... Zhu Youtang slandered, but he didn't refute.
He has been emperor for several years, so how could he not grow? Not to mention anything else, Li Qing's attitude of being willing to take charge of things, willing to take responsibility, and not being accommodating makes him completely better than most people.
Zhu Youtang asked: "How is the Supreme Emperor's dragon body?"
"It's still fine." Li Qing said, "I came to the palace today to deliver medicine to the Supreme Emperor. A full year's supply of medicine will ensure that the Supreme Emperor is in good health during my absence."
"Well, okay, there's nothing else." Zhu Youtang nodded, "Since you are in a hurry to leave, I won't stay any longer."
After a pause, he smiled and said: "When we meet next time, we will be kings and ministers."
Li Qing: "..."
I don’t know if I have learned other things, but I have learned 100% of this painting cake.
"The common people resign."
"Sir, wait a minute." Zhu Youtang said gently, "Come, go and get a hundred taels of gold from the money."
He smiled and said: "This is just a payment for you, there is a big reward behind."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." Li Qinggong cupped his hands, and Gu Jing Wubo's face showed a smile.
Yellow currency is his favorite currency color.
~
Watching Li Qing leave, Zhu Youtang turned around and said with a smile: "Xiao Zhang, you have to take it easy in the future, and you must not make any mistakes, you know?"
"Yes, I will do it." Empress Zhang nodded, also full of joy.
She is finally pregnant. Let’s see who dares to gossip behind her back... Empress Zhang’s back is hardened.
"Your Majesty, will you still accept concubines?"
"Look what you said, you are pregnant, why should I take a concubine?" Zhu Youtang shook his head in amusement and said affectionately, "I have you, that's enough."
"Your Majesty, you are so kind." Queen Zhang said touchedly.
"That is, you are my wife. If I am not good to you, who should I be good to?" Zhu Youtang said thoughtfully, tenderly and generously, "Being pregnant with the emperor's heir is a great achievement, and I will also reward you. Tell me, what do you want? , my husband will not allow anything."
"Really?"
"Of course, you don't have any words to say." Zhu Youtang was full of masculine spirit.
Empress Zhang asked tentatively: "Can the emperor give my concubine's natal family... a title?"
This request of hers is not too much. Several empresses of the Ming Dynasty have received this treatment.
She was not pregnant with a child before and never dared to mention it. Now that she is pregnant, she doesn't need to be so cautious.
It has been said since ancient times: A son is valued by his mother, but a mother is also valued by her son. She is the empress of the palace, and her son is the future emperor. What's wrong with asking for a title for her mother's family?
Besides, this is not too much.
Zhu Youtang pondered for a while, nodded and said, "Okay, can I make my father-in-law a marquis?"
"Your Majesty, I have two younger brothers. Look..." Queen Zhang whispered, "Just make me an uncle."
Zhu Youtang frowned and said, "Xiao Zhang, there is nothing wrong with granting the title of marquis to your father-in-law. After all, there is a precedent, but to grant the title of uncle to your two younger brothers... is a bit inappropriate."
"Just create a count, is that okay?"
Zhu Youtang shook his head: "Xiao Zhang, among the hundreds of officials, there are not a few who have opinions against you. Did you know that some time ago, some officials made a fuss about Empress Hu of the Xuande Dynasty. Both their words and their words were implying that I am useless. later married another;
Now that you are pregnant with the emperor's heir, they dare not make any fuss, but if you do this... you will give them a reason to attack you. "
Zhu Youtang sighed: "I didn't tell you some things because I didn't want to make you sad. Foreign ministers called you jealous, arrogant and so on. I have already defended you very much. If you... Oh, don't It’s embarrassing for me.”
Hearing this, Queen Zhang felt a chill in her heart, and then she became angry and said in a hateful voice:
"How could they do this?"
Zhu Youtang said amusedly: "Even me and the others are scolded. I'm just an official. Why should I be the same as them?"
"Your Majesty, you are too kind, so they dare to have confidence. If you ask me, they should make a decision..." Queen Zhang stopped abruptly, realizing that she was really arrogant and did not want to say this.
Sure enough, good-tempered men rarely become indifferent.
Thinking that she was just pregnant, Zhu Youtang didn't say anything harsh, but just chanted:
"Learn to calmly regulate the energy and nourish this body. If this body is healthy, it will be innocent. The Zhou family will have eight hundred years of glory, and the safety of the country will depend on having people."
Zhu Youtang said calmly: "The emperor wants to cultivate himself, win people, and be tolerant of others. How can he not let people talk?"
"Yes, your Majesty is wise." Empress Zhang nodded repeatedly and hurriedly complimented: "Your Majesty is really talented in literature. This poem is very good, haha... wonderful."
Zhu Youtang had never blushed towards her, and even though she had been married for several years without getting pregnant, he had never lost his love for her. Empress Zhang was still very afraid of this sudden loss of face.
