Chapter 336 The Emperor Has a Son, and the Court Changes Dramatically

"Why a daughter?"

The emperor looked at the baby girl in front of him with disappointment, and the excitement in his heart was diluted a lot. However, after all, she was his child, so the emperor still held her gently in his arms.

She just murmured to herself: "Oh, it would be great if you were a boy!"

Hearing the emperor's silent sigh, the midwife, who was originally very excited, trembled with fear and dared not speak!

After everything was done in the delivery room, the emperor came to Rong Fei with the child in his arms. Looking at Rong Fei, who was sweating profusely, the emperor said:

"Thank you for your hard work, my beloved concubine. I still have state affairs to deal with, so you should rest well!"

As he said this, he placed the child beside Rong Fei's pillow, and then instructed Rong Fei's personal maid beside him:
"You must take good care of Concubine Rong and not slack off in the slightest!"

After saying that, the emperor left Rong Fei's bedroom and went towards Jing Fei's bedroom. Jing Fei was due to give birth in the next few days. He hoped that Jing Fei could give birth to a prince for him!
"Your Majesty~!" Concubine Rong struggled to get up.

But seeing the emperor not even turning his head, she felt extremely disappointed and knew that all her visions had come to nothing.

After all, what the emperor wanted was a prince, an heir who could inherit the throne, not a princess.

At this moment, Lin Hao, who had been invisible, sat on the edge of the bed and gently embraced Concubine Rong, holding her gently in his arms and said:
"Don't worry, I'll take care of everything!"

Concubine Rong was suddenly startled. She didn't expect Lin Hao to be so bold. However, when she looked around, she found that the eunuchs and palace maids in the room had already left at some point.

Concubine Rong also reacted immediately. She knew better than anyone else who the child belonged to. After all, he was not the emperor's biological child.

Therefore, there is no need to worry about the emperor's attitude. So what if the emperor doesn't like the child? As long as the man in front of him likes the child, then everything is not a problem.

At this time, Lin Hao was holding the little one gently. This was not Lin Hao's first child, so he was naturally familiar with the method of holding a baby.

Holding this wrinkled child, Lin Hao's face was filled with a bright smile. This was Lin Hao's first child in this world, and also his own flesh and blood.

Looking at his daughter who was smacking her lips, Lin Hao placed the child in Concubine Rong's arms and said:
"The child is probably hungry, let's give her her first meal quickly!"

Concubine Rong was stunned when she heard this. She didn't expect Lin Hao to say this. She said shyly:

"You, turn around!"

Lin Hao said with some amusement:
"You're still shy now. It's not like you haven't seen it before. You even fed it to me before. Hurry up, don't let my daughter starve!"

Seeing that Lin Hao was so close to his daughter, he knew Lin Hao's attitude and put aside his worries!

But she still couldn't let go. However, as Lin Hao said, she had done everything she should and shouldn't have done before, and she didn't care about watching her breastfeeding anymore.

Then Concubine Rong undressed and let the child take his first sip of milk.

But Lin Hao began to think in his mind at this time. His previous plan was that if Concubine Rong gave birth to a son, he would naturally use the method of using someone else as a substitute and there would be no need to usurp the throne.

Lin Hao only needs to be Huo Guang for a while in the future, support the emperor to stabilize the Song Dynasty, and then grant Yanyun or Ryukyu to himself.

After returning power to his son in the future, he will take his family to his fiefdom and become his own emperor!
Of course, this is just one of Lin Hao's backup plans. In fact, Lin Hao thinks that with his personality, he may not have the patience to wait for more than ten years.

However, now that Concubine Rong gave birth to a daughter, these plans are naturally canceled. Now we have to wait and see whether the other two concubines give birth to boys or girls!

Whether it is a prince or a princess, Lin Hao has a way to deal with it, so Lin Hao has already prepared a plan!

On the other hand, the news that Concubine Rong had given birth to a princess finally spread outside the palace after half a day.

Among the court officials, when they found out that it was a princess, some did not express any attitude at all and waited for follow-up news before making any plans.

Some people felt it was a pity, because if the baby was a prince, there would naturally be fewer disputes in the court.

However, some others believed that the emperor was old and did not have much time left, so they naturally began to try to contact Prince Yong and Prince Yan.

However, after Prince Yong and Prince Yan received the news, they also secretly contacted the outside world, hoping to get the news from the palace as soon as possible.

Eight days later, Lin Hao accompanied the emperor again and guarded outside the door of Concubine Jing's delivery room. This time Lin Hao did not help, after all, it was not his own child.

However, even without Lin Hao's help, Concubine Jing still gave birth to the child, and this time it was still a daughter.

At this time, the midwife still held the princess in her arms and came before the emperor. Then, she gritted her teeth and said carefully:

"Your Majesty, it's a princess!"

When the emperor heard this, his body staggered, and Lin Hao immediately stepped forward to support him.

The emperor's face turned extremely ugly at this moment. He had shown concern and encouragement to Concubine Rong before, but this time he didn't even want to go in to see Concubine Jing and prepared to leave.

At this time, Lin Hao bowed to the emperor and said:

"Congratulations, Your Majesty, the royal family has a new addition!"

Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, Lin Hao continued:

"No matter what, it's a good thing for Your Majesty to have a new baby and a prosperous family!"

At this time, the emperor's complexion finally looked much better. It was indeed as Lin Hao said, having children was always better than being alone, and there was Concubine Yi, the only hope~!

So after the emperor went in, he encouraged Concubine Jing a few words and then left directly!

But before leaving, he instructed the female officials to take good care of her and went straight to Concubine Yi.

Lin Hao discovered that when the emperor left, his back looked rather desolate. Lin Hao was sure that if Concubine Yi gave birth to another daughter, the emperor would not live long!
When the court officials outside the palace learned that the emperor had given birth to another princess, most of them hoped that Concubine Yi would also give birth to a daughter, so that everything could return to normal!
At the same time, Prince Yong and Prince Yan, who had already made contact with the outside world, were celebrating wildly, and were both hoping that the next child would be a girl!
However, it seemed like they celebrated a little too early!
Three days later!
"Wa~Wa~, Wa~!" The baby's crying cheered up the emperor!
Then the midwife came running out in great joy, shouting:
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's the prince, it's the prince!" Upon hearing this, the emperor jumped up and grabbed the midwife like crazy, shouting:

"Son, where is my son?"

"Your Majesty, the child is still being washed and will be ready soon!" said the midwife happily.

The emperor no longer cared about anything else and rushed into the delivery room impatiently, but Lin Hao did not go in and continued to guard outside.

This is the time that belongs to the emperor. After all, the emperor has a successor, and the Song Dynasty has an heir. There is no need to adopt other people's children. Everything becomes clear!
Looking at the emperor holding the child carefully, Lin Hao began to think again. Now that the emperor had an heir, the direction of his plan was confirmed.

When the news of the prince's birth spread outside the palace, many people were heartbroken, and they were all people who had placed heavy bets on Prince Yong and Prince Yan.

But most of the court officials were celebrating. After all, they were worried that the emperor would have no successor. Now that the emperor already had an heir, they naturally would not confront the emperor anymore.

Therefore, at the court the next day, many ministers shouted in unison:
"Congratulations, Your Majesty, on the birth of your prince. Your Majesty has a successor, which is cause for celebration!"

Ever since Concubine Yi gave birth to the prince, the emperor has never stopped smiling, and he looks radiant. It seems that he will have no problem living a few more years.

The emperor also directly announced that Concubine Yi had made an invaluable contribution by giving birth to a prince, and he named Concubine Yi as Noble Concubine Yi, and at the same time appointed Prince Zhao Shu as the crown prince.

The emperor then began to clean up the court, gradually kicking out the court officials who had defected to Prince Yong and Prince Yan from Bian Jing and sending them to serve in local positions.

In this way, the entire court was gradually cleaned up, and one-third of the court positions were vacant. Sheng Hong also benefited from the emperor's cleanup this time. He was promoted from a civil official to a fifth-rank court official.

You should know that officials of different ranks in the Song Dynasty wore clothes of different colors. Officials above the third rank wore purple official uniforms, those above the fifth rank wore red official uniforms, those of the sixth and seventh ranks wore green, and those of the eighth and ninth ranks wore cyan.

Although the Chaoqing Doctor was still a civil official without real power, he had become a Chaoqing Doctor and his rank had improved a lot!

The key is that after crossing the threshold of the sixth rank, Sheng Hong changed his green robe into a red robe. This is a big step forward, and his future career will be smoother!
Of course, where some benefit, others suffer. After the wings of Prince Yong and Prince Yan were clipped, it became difficult to hear voices speaking for them in the court!
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And just like that, a year passed.

Lin Hao has resigned from his post as the commander of the imperial guards, and has been concentrating on studying in the Sheng family under the guidance of Master Zhuang!
During this year, classmates Lin Hao, Chang Bai, Chang Feng, Gu Tingye and Qi Heng all passed the imperial examination and became juren.

Yes, Lin Hao also retook the exam for Juren, because the imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty were different from those in the Ming Dynasty. The Juren exam in the Song Dynasty was a one-time thing.

Juren was only a temporary status for students when they took part in the preliminary examination and the palace examination. Once the imperial examination was over, in principle they could no longer be called Juren and they had no qualifications to become officials.

Therefore, if Lin Hao wanted to take the imperial examination, he would need to take the examination for Juren again. This time, Lin Hao naturally lived up to expectations and passed the examination easily.

And the children that Lin Hao had been training before also participated in this test!
Furthermore, Lin Hao used his skills to obtain the questions, and then provided special training to his students, replacing the questions to be tested with similar ones and conducting systematic analysis of the questions.

Therefore, a total of more than 50 people passed the exam this time, and now they are waiting to take part in the provincial exam!
In the past year, Prince Yong and Prince Yan have behaved unusually calmly, except that they still dislike each other occasionally and would argue with each other from time to time!
This looks very normal?
Shit!

That day, Lin Hao came back from the Sheng family and went to the attic where the archives were stored and began to look up some information!
Since Lin Hao took charge of the Imperial City Bureau two years ago, he obtained access to the Imperial City Bureau's database. Subsequently, the files in Lin Hao's attic underwent a major update in the past two years.

It can be said that no one in the entire Song Dynasty knows the people and things in Bianliang better than Lin Hao, especially those secrets that cannot be seen in the light!

At this time, Liu Jing, the commander of the Imperial City Department, came to the Duke's Mansion to report to Lin Hao:
"My Lord, the brother who monitors Prince Yong and Prince Yan reported that Prince Yong and Prince Yan have been sending messengers to various provinces across the country over the past two days. Something is amiss!"

The commander of the Imperial City Division was the person arranged by Lin Hao to lurk in the Imperial City Division. His responsibility was to monitor Prince Yong and Prince Yan.

Lin Hao smiled, then said calmly: "Don't pay any attention to it, just continue to monitor!"

Liu Jing hesitated for a moment and said, "Sir, do we need to report this matter to the Imperial City Envoy?"

Lin Hao patted Liu Jing on the shoulder and said:

"Destroy the relevant files and just pretend you don't know anything about it!"

"My subordinate understands!"

In fact, as early as six days ago, Lin Hao received reports from insiders in the two royal palaces and already knew about the little moves of Prince Yong and Prince Yan. He even knew more than the Imperial City Bureau!
The Imperial City Bureau only found the correspondence between the two kings, but they didn't know that they had already met secretly!
It turned out that King Yong and King Yan did not want to sit and wait for death, so they sent people to contact each other at the same time.

Just three days ago, the two of them secretly disguised themselves and met in a manor outside the city.

No one knew what they talked about, nor did anyone know the reason why Lin Hao sent someone in. Even few people knew about this matter.

However, since this meeting, Prince Yan and Prince Yong still appear to be hostile to each other on the surface, but their private connections have become increasingly close.

After Lin Hao learned about this, he personally used his illusion skills to investigate. It turned out that the two of them were contacting those ministers who were exiled after joining them.

At the same time, the two kings gradually sent their direct forces in Bianliang to these prefectures, preparing to do something big!
After Lin Hao discovered this, he not only did not stop it, nor did he report it to the emperor. He even helped Prince Yong and Prince Yan to clean up the mess. Otherwise, the Imperial City Administration would have discovered the problem long ago.

Then Xiaodie came in and said to Lin Hao:
"Master, the old master is back and wants you to go!"

"Well, let's go!" Then Lin Hao followed Xiaodie and left. At this time, Lin Hao suddenly said:
"Xiao Die, there will be a polo match in two days, come with me then!"

Xiaodie looked at Lin Hao in confusion at first, then said happily:

"Master, is this true?"

Ever since Lin Hao took her in, she has been staying in the inner house and rarely goes out. She didn't expect that the young master would take her out this time. Of course she was happy!
Lin Hao smiled and said, "Remember to prepare yourself. You might meet someone you know!"

"Acquaintance?" Xiaodie looked at Lin Hao in confusion.

Her hometown is Yangzhou. Her parents died early, so she was alone in Bian Jing, and she had nothing in Bian Jing~!

Wait! Thinking of this, Xiaodie suddenly had an idea.

Sheng family, if she had to talk about acquaintances, it could only be people from the Sheng family. The Sheng family was in the capital, and she used to be the personal maid of Wei Xiaoniang of the Sheng family.

When Wei Xiaoniang became pregnant, she also took care of Minglan. After she was driven out of the Sheng Mansion, the only people she could consider familiar with were Minglan and Xiaotao!
This means that she will be able to see them in a few days!
(End of this chapter)