Chapter 1260 Pregnancy in the abdomen, Ruoxi's suspicion

At night.

In Rouze's bedroom.

The beds of Yixiu, Yushu and other girls creaked until midnight.

Rouze waited for a while until the disturbing sound stopped, and then she saw the man crawl into her bed.

It's already April.

However, you still need to cover yourself with a blanket at night in the capital to avoid catching a cold.

As soon as Su Mingzhe entered the bed, a soft and warm body snuggled into his arms.

After letting the man hug her for a while, Rouze suddenly raised her head, looked at the man with clear and gentle eyes, and slowly said:

"Master, Chu Rui is pregnant. Should we tell the clan office?"

"Hmm? Why don't you tell...?"

Su Mingzhe was stunned at first, then he realized what Rouze was worried about.

It is now April and Song is two months pregnant.

Anyone with a little common sense can calculate the time and deduce the exact date when the Song family was infected, which should be in late January or early February.

At that time, Su Malagu had just passed away, and Kangxi issued an edict, ordering the princes to mourn for Su Malagu for a hundred days according to the etiquette for the death of a concubine.

The Qing Dynasty inherited the Ming system.

During the mourning period, one cannot shave his hair or beard, eat meat, drink alcohol, have fun, marry, have sex, or have children.

Now, Su Mingzhe made his concubine pregnant during the mourning period. According to the etiquette, this is considered "sleeping together while in mourning" and is considered unfilial.

The etiquette of the Qing Dynasty stipulated that "anyone who has sex with a woman while in mourning will have his title stripped."

Facing Rouze's reminder, Su Mingzhe couldn't help but laugh:
"Wan'er, do you still remember the year and month when our ancestor (Xiaozhuang) passed away?"

It had been nearly twenty years since Empress Xiaozhuang passed away. At that time, Rouze was still a little girl under ten years old. Her eyebrows were slightly frowned, and after a moment, she remembered:

"The ancestor passed away... It should be December 25th, the 26th year of the Kangxi reign!"

Su Mingzhe asked again:

"Then do you know the Ninth Princess' birthday?"

Rouze recalled for a moment before answering:
"The Ninth Princess' birthday should be the seventh day of the second month in the twenty-eighth year of the Kangxi reign!"

Su Mingzhe saw that Rouze was familiar with this and immediately smiled and said:
"Then calculate again, when did Concubine Yuan become pregnant with the Ninth Princess!"

"That should be around April of the 27th year of the reign of Emperor Kangxi..."

After Rouze made this calculation, her body trembled and she was afraid to speak.

According to etiquette, after the death of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, Kangxi had to observe mourning for a year and could not have sex within that year. However, Concubine Yuan became pregnant with the ninth princess less than four months after the death of Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang.

Now if we calculate, it seems that it was Emperor Kangxi who first broke the ban.

No wonder Prince Su Mingzhe doesn't care about this at all.

Seeing that the woman had figured it out, Su Mingzhe laughed and said:

"Although Aunt Su is highly respected by the Emperor, she was born a slave after all. It is already a respectable thing to give her a posthumous honor to express Emperor's grief."

"If we really let the princes and nobles observe a hundred days of mourning for her, wouldn't that be like not distinguishing between the noble and the humble?"

"That's what I said, and that's the truth."

After hearing what the man said, Rouze immediately relaxed her worries after a day of worrying, but she still couldn't help but remind him:
"But, the Emperor has issued an order after all, so we should be careful!"

"Listen to you."

Su Mingzhe had always let Rouze handle the affairs of the inner house. Seeing that she was determined to be careful and low-key, he just let her do as she wished.

Seeing that the man listened to her, Rouze smiled and said:

"Master, when you mentioned the Ninth Princess just now, I suddenly remembered that the Ninth Princess is already seventeen years old and still unmarried. What do you think, should I go to the Queen Mother to discuss this matter?"

"Better say goodbye!"

Su Mingzhe hurriedly stopped Rouze.

There is a plot in "Startling by Each Step" where Ruoxi was selected as a concubine and after some training, she was eventually sent to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to serve tea. After Ruoxi arrived at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she reminded Kangxi not to work too hard.

When Kangxi saw Ruoxi, he suddenly felt that she was somewhat similar to the married Ninth Princess, both of them cared about him very much, so he gave up the idea of ​​enjoying Ruoxi.

According to the plot, the Ninth Princess should have gotten married last year.

Unfortunately, the crown prince was deposed last year, and the "Bai Guan Xing Shu" case happened. Kangxi was so angry that his old illness relapsed, and the ninth princess' marriage was delayed for a year.

Thinking of the plot of "Startling by Each Step", Su Mingzhe couldn't help but persuade Rou Ze:

"We don't need to worry about Ninth Sister's affairs. The Emperor dotes on her so much that he will definitely make proper arrangements."

"I hope so!"

Rouze didn't have to worry so much, because there was no queen in Kangxi's harem, and the only concubine was Concubine De.

But this Defei is old and doesn't care about managing the harem at all.

As the Crown Princess of the Eastern Palace and the future Queen, Rou Ze can only assume the responsibilities and obligations of the master of the harem.

Turn around.

Rouze comforted Song and asked her to stay at home and not tell anyone about her pregnancy for the time being.

Naturally, the Song family dared not disobey Rouze's words.

A few more days passed.

Yinxiang, who was far away at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains, submitted a memorial stating that he would lead his troops to fight again in April and sweep across the Tianshan Mountains.

After receiving the memorial, Su Mingzhe immediately issued an order to Shi Shilun, the governor of Shaanxi and Gansu, ordering him to do everything possible to support the Thirteenth Prince's military operations in Tianshan.

June.

Yinxiang brought good news again. The Junggar tribe and its affiliated tribes were all wiped out.

Su Mingzhe took advantage of the situation to set up provinces north and south of the Tianshan Mountains and appointed Yinxiang as the first General of Yili, in charge of the Tianshan Province.

In July, Yinxiang wrote a letter stating that there were few Han Chinese and Bannermen north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, and requested the court to relocate people from the interior to settle on the border.

Su Mingzhe approved the request and ordered Shi Shilun to assist in the matter, relocating 30,000 bannermen and 100,000 Han people to settle on the border.

In addition, Su Mingzhe also dispatched capable officials from the Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works to develop farming facilities such as karez.

When Kangxi, who had fled to the frontier to escape the summer heat, learned that Su Mingzhe had established provinces north and south of the Tianshan Mountains, he immediately sent back an imperial edict, requesting that Yinxiang be rewarded and be conferred the title of prince.

Su Mingzhe proposed that the title be "Prince Yi" and that it be hereditary.

Kangxi approved the request.

……

Zhen Beile Mansion.

Ruoxi has been frowning for several days.

Ruolan initially thought that her sister was disturbed by the hot weather.

However, even after Su Mingzhe brought a lot of ice cubes, Ruoxi still tossed and turned and couldn't sleep or eat.

Ruolan didn't understand why. Seeing her sister getting thinner day by day, she could only find someone to report her sister's condition to Su Mingzhe.

Su Mingzhe thought Ruoxi was angry because he hadn't visited her for more than a month, so he rushed over immediately.

Who would have thought that after seeing the man coming, Ruoxi regained some spirit, but she looked at the man with sharp eyes and asked in a questioning tone:
"My Lord, I heard that you are meeting with envoys from Goryeo, Ryukyu, and Wadao, and are planning to establish provinces in these three countries. Is that true?"

"Not bad!"

Su Mingzhe's heart trembled, realizing that he had taken a big step and would definitely arouse Ruoxi's suspicion.

However, he could not give up on reforming the Qing Dynasty just because he was afraid of being suspected by a woman.

Therefore, after considering the words, Su Mingzhe explained:

"When our Qing envoys went to the Japanese island, they discovered a large silver mine. According to preliminary estimates, if our Qing Dynasty were to open the mine and dig it, it would produce at least 50 million taels of silver per year... This is equivalent to our Qing Dynasty's annual tax revenue!"

"It's just a coincidence that Goryeo and Ryukyu have always wanted my Qing Dynasty to station troops for protection, so I proposed to set up provinces in the three countries..."

(End of this chapter)