My father is Jiajing

Chapter 522 I enjoy happiness without children and grandchildren

The next day, when Zhu Zaigui went to the Wenhua Palace to supervise state affairs as usual, an imperial decree came from the Western Garden that shocked all the officials in the capital.

After hearing the meaning of this decree, all of these officials fell into confusion. They never dreamed why Emperor Jiajing would issue such an incredible decree.

At the same time, Yan Shifan, who was taking care of his father at home, was even more ecstatic after hearing the decree from Emperor Jiajing. He felt as if he was going to win again.

"Dad! Did you hear that? The emperor is getting old and confused. He actually ordered Prince Jing to be in charge of the Imperial Guard. This shows that he doesn't trust Prince Yu and wants to make things difficult for him."

Yan Shifan said with great surprise to Yan Song, who was drying books in the yard.

After hearing Yan Shifan's words, Yan Song's attention was still on the slightly damp ancient book in his hand, as if Yan Shifan's excitement had nothing to do with him.

Yan Shifan watched his father still sorting out who knew how many old books there were. He could not help but come closer, squat in front of Yan Song, and help with the sorting.

But he was not as careful as Yan Song in sorting them out. It was obvious that when he was sorting out these old books, his mind was not on this at all, he just wanted to show that he was a filial son.

That's why he squatted in front of Yan Song and helped Yan Song to sort out the old books, open them, and then expose them to the sun.

"Dad, did you hear what I just said?"

After Yan Shifan packed up the two old books, he stopped and couldn't help but look up at Yan Song and asked.

Yan Song was bewildered and asked, "Oh, what did you just say?"

Seeing his father's performance, Yan Shifan felt helpless. This old man was getting more and more confused as he got older. He couldn't even remember what he had just said.

Yan Shifan continued patiently, "Just now, news came that the emperor issued an order from the Western Garden to let Prince Jing take charge of the Imperial Guard. This is a big deal. It is clear that the emperor does not trust Prince Yu. Otherwise, why would he let Prince Jing take charge of the Imperial Guard?"

Yan Song also raised his head and stopped what he was doing, looking at his son squatting in front of him, and finally said slowly: "Does this have anything to do with you?"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he almost fainted. What happened to his father? This was his reaction to such a big thing?
Yan Shifan continued to explain for Yan Song: "This is a very serious matter, father. Prince Jing is the same age as Prince Yu, both are in their twenties, and now they have children. Logically speaking, he should be sent to a fiefdom, but why hasn't he been sent to a fiefdom, and why has he been in the capital all this time?"

"Now, the emperor is in seclusion cultivating his immortality, and has asked Prince Yu to supervise the country and act as regent in the Wenhua Palace. It seems that he wants to consolidate Prince Yu's position as the crown prince. But now he has ordered Prince Jing to be in charge of the Jinyiwei. Doesn't this mean that the emperor doesn't trust Prince Yu and wants to use another son to monitor another son?"

"And this is our chance. If we can help King Jing find Prince Yu's faults and present these problems to the emperor, then when the emperor's retreat is over, won't the future belong to King Jing?"

Yan Shifan's analysis was very logical and Yan Song listened with great interest.

Yan Song smiled and said, "Yes, the future belongs to King Jing. What does it have to do with us?"

Yan Shifan said anxiously, "Dad, are you getting old and confused? We support Prince Jing. If he can inherit the throne, won't we be his loyal subjects? Won't the position of the Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty still be yours in the future?"

Yan Song couldn't help laughing when he heard this, "Today I will make an exception and teach you a lesson."

Yan Shifan immediately said obediently: "Father, please speak."

Yan Song lowered his head slightly to Yan Shi's ear and said in a low voice: "There are no good people in the Zhu family. They are born in the mud. It is their nature to be petty and ungrateful!"

After hearing these words, Yan Shifan stared in disbelief with his only good eye, looking at Yan Song in disbelief. He never expected that his father, who had been cautious all his life, could have such a rebellious mind.

You have to know that in the entire Yan family, he is the most rebellious person, and he often regards himself as the smartest person in the world.

But now Yan Song said such a fatal and treasonous statement, which really frightened Yan Shifan.

Yan Shifan was shocked and asked, "Dad! Can you say that?"

Yan Shifan quickly looked around, as if he was worried that there were other people in the yard who could hear them talking at this time.

Yan Song sat up with a smile again. He carefully opened the old book in his hand and placed it on the stone railing beside him.

Yan Song laughed and said, "You have such little courage and you still want to help King Jing ascend to the throne? In my opinion, you are leading the Yan family to a dead end!"

When Yan Shifan heard this, he became angry again. He felt that his father was playing tricks on him again.

Yan Shifan said angrily, "Dad, why don't you believe me? Who am I worse than? Apart from the fact that I didn't pass the imperial examination, how many people in the Ming Dynasty are as smart as me? I can fool the emperor around, I can help him make money, and I can help him bully people. Without him, can I concentrate on cultivating immortals?"

Yan Song listened to his son's angry words, and he said slowly: "That was the opportunity he gave you, not you helping him. If he wanted help, there would be countless people in the world who would be eager to help him."

"Look at Xu Jie. He has been cautious all his life. At the beginning, he acted on impulse and often said things that displeased the emperor. He was even banished from the capital because of this. But he was able to come back and become a cabinet minister. Do you think you are as smart as him?"

Yan Song's words also made Yan Shifan unhappy. What he despised most was a sinister villain like Xu Jie, who said one thing in public and another in private, and still called himself a gentleman. There was a bunch of foolish people following him, and he didn't know if these people were mentally ill.

Moreover, last year, Xu Jie was belittled by Prince Yu as a "follower of the cabinet."

Can such a despicable person be smarter than him?
Yan Shifan was dissatisfied and said, "Isn't Xu Jie a scheming villain? Isn't the reason he is in his current position because the emperor is worried that you, Dad, will dominate the cabinet, so he let him take over? Besides, what achievements has he made in these years? Isn't he just serving tea and water like a little wife under your power?"

Yan Song sighed. Sometimes he really didn't know whether Yan Shifan was truly smart or just pretending to be smart. He didn't share his scheming and vision at all. Instead, he learned a lot of arrogant and domineering skills from Yan Shifan. He was often proud of his cleverness. He was simply courting death!
If he had not been getting older over the years, had no reliable person to give him careful advice, and had no other sons to serve him and enjoy family life, he would have been unable to resist sending Yan Shifan back to his hometown in Jiangxi to look after the family business.

Yan Song said, "Okay, let's not talk about these things anymore. Please help me dry these books. I may have to retire and return home soon, and I will have to take these books home with me."

When Yan Shifan heard this, he couldn't help but snorted again, "You should just follow these books. As a son, I have been busy running around for this family and worrying about it, but you don't even appreciate it."

"Now that Zhao Wenhua, the ungrateful bastard, has openly joined Prince Yu's side, and Xu Jie and the others are all laughing at us, yet you still have the leisure to hang out at home and hang out your books? I really don't know what your plans are for the future."

Yan Song chuckled and said, "I just want to live a peaceful life in my old age and not follow in the footsteps of Prime Minister Xia."

After hearing this, Yan Shifan stopped talking. He felt that his father was getting more and more timid as he got older. He might have said that because he was really old and confused.

Otherwise it can't be explained at all.

Yan Shifan said, "Okay, okay, I will help you dry the books. When you retire, these books will accompany you. When you are a hundred years old, I will take these books with you to the underworld. Is that all right?"

Yan Song smiled and said, "I hope there will be such a day."

Yan Shifan was unhappy helping Yan Song to dry these old books. When he had only dried a few books, he couldn't help but find an excuse to leave Yan Song. Yan Song looked at Yan Shifan who was about to leave again. He knew that he could no longer stop Yan Shifan and could only leave everything to fate.

So Yan Song didn't say anything at this moment. He just turned around quietly and watched Yan Shifan's back disappear from his sight.

After Yan Shifan completely disappeared, Yan Song reluctantly withdrew his gaze, muttering softly, "Forget it, my children and grandchildren will have their own blessings. If I don't have any children and grandchildren, I will enjoy the happiness."

At the same time in Prince Jing's Mansion.

Prince Jing Zhu Zaizhen was now at a loss as he looked at the eunuch Huang Jin from the Imperial Household Department who came to announce the decree.

Zhu Zaizhen still couldn't believe that Emperor Jiajing would issue such an edict and actually put him in charge of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Zhu Zaizhen asked, "Eunuch, is this decree true?"

Huang Jin smiled and said, "Your Highness, what are you talking about? I came from the Emperor's side, how can this decree be false? You will go to the Jinyiwei Yamen later, and I will help you."

Zhu Zaizhen said "oh" and accepted the result somewhat unreally. He sat down on the chair and said, "Thank you for your hard work, eunuch. I will go change my clothes."

Without waiting for Huang Jin to reply, Zhu Zaizhen immediately stood up and asked Liu Dezhu to continue staying with Huang Jin while he went to the back house.

Zhu Zaizhen went straight to the courtyard of Princess Jing. At this time, he felt that the only person he could discuss things with was this nominal princess.

When they arrived at Princess Jing's courtyard, she was also sitting in the courtyard, holding her son Zhu Yi Zhong and basking in the sun.

The maids serving Princess Jing saw their own prince coming and hurriedly saluted: "May the prince be well."

Zhu Zaizhen said to the maidservant: "You all go down first, I will accompany the princess."

The maids glanced at Princess Jing, who nodded slightly, and then the maids retreated.

After all the maids left, Zhu Zaizhen could not wait to sit on the stone cushion covered with brocade cloth next to Princess Jing. "Something bad has happened to the princess, and my father asked me to be in charge of the Jinyiwei. What does this mean?"

After hearing what Zhu Zaizhen said, Princess Jing paused while holding Zhu Yi Zhong, and then looked at Zhu Zaizhen.

"When did this happen? Wasn't Father in seclusion?"

Princess Jing also looked at Zhu Zaizhen in confusion.

Zhu Zaizhen said: "Yes, the emperor has already gone into seclusion. This is the decree that Eunuch Huang Jin just sent. He is still in the front hall."

When Princess Jing heard this, she couldn't help but frown and start thinking.

After thinking for a while, Princess Jing looked at Zhu Zaizhen and said, "Your Highness, do you think this is what Third Brother meant?"

After hearing what Princess Jing said, Zhu Zaizhen was also slightly stunned, "Is that what Third Brother meant? But why did Third Brother do this?"

Princess Jing looked at her nominal husband and reminded him, "Your Highness, have you forgotten that when the ministers first suggested that you go to the vassal state, it was my third brother who specifically petitioned the emperor to postpone your going to the vassal state."

"And later when I was with my third brother, he told me that he didn't plan to let you, Your Highness, be a vassal outside the capital, nor did he plan to let future princes be vassalized outside the capital like the previous princes. Instead, he planned to change the method and let future princes stay in the capital and participate in some miscellaneous affairs."

"Now it seems that the emperor arranged for you to be in charge of the Imperial Guards because of my third brother's suggestion. Otherwise, why would the emperor choose you to be in charge of the Imperial Guards? You know, there are many people eyeing this position now."

After hearing Princess Jing's analysis, Zhu Zaizhen nodded in agreement.

At the beginning, he had also heard these words from Zhu Zaigui, but he did not pay much attention to them at that time, thinking that Zhu Zaigui was just saying this to comfort him.

After all, once he was sent to a fiefdom in another place, he would never be able to return to the capital in his lifetime, so Zhu Zaizhen was also worried about the matter of being a fiefdom, fearing that he would never return.

But after Zhu Yi Zhong came into being, Zhu Zaizhen also became more open-minded. He decided to become a fiefdom as long as the line of Prince Jing was still there.

But now, after hearing Princess Jing's analysis, Zhu Zaizhen couldn't help but start to think carefully about what Zhu Zaihui had said to him at the beginning.

It seems that what Zhu Zaigui told him at the beginning, that he wanted to change the idea of ​​future princes not to become fiefs, was true.

Zhu Zaizhen said: "But even if we don't go to the vassal state, what about the Jinyiwei's affairs?"

Princess Jing said, "It's simple. You just listen to your third brother about what the Jinyiwei wants to do. You just do whatever he tells you to do. When your third brother inherits the throne in the future, even if he can't change the fact that the princes are enfeoffed, he will find you a fiefdom close to the capital and won't put us too far away."

After saying this, Princess Jing deliberately held Zhu Yi Zhong in her arms and glanced at Zhu Zaizhen.

Zhu Zaizhen looked at Princess Jing's movements, then looked at Zhu Yi Zhong in Princess Jing's arms, and he seemed to understand the key instantly.

Zhu Zaizhen was pleasantly surprised and said, "Princess, you are right. How could I have forgotten our son?"

When Princess Jing heard Zhu Zaizhen say "our son", her expression was indifferent. Obviously, she did not agree with this answer, but she did not deny it either.

Princess Jing said, "Your Highness, Eunuch Huang is still waiting for you in the front hall. Don't keep him waiting for too long. He is the most trusted eunuch by the emperor's side. You brothers can't see the emperor, but he can see him every day. Don't neglect him."

Zhu Zaizhen said quickly: "Yes, yes, I'll go right away."

Then Zhu Zaizhen went to his own courtyard, hurriedly changed his clothes, and then went straight to the front hall.

After he arrived at the front hall, he immediately said to Huang Jin: "Sorry for waiting."

Huang Jin looked at Zhu Zaizhen who had just changed his clothes and came over, and said with a smile: "Soon, soon, Prince, shall we set off?"

Zhu Zaizhen hummed, "Please, eunuch!"

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