Chapter 458 Mo Lan’s Ending
Zhao Xing had already considered the matter of establishing a crown prince.
It makes sense that the eldest son inheritance system could become the mainstream. In the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang even made it the ancestral system.
There are certainly drawbacks. After all, whether a person is wise or not depends not only on his later teachings, but also on his talent.
If you really encounter a fool like Emperor Hui of Jin, no matter how hard you teach him, it will be useless.
But what Minglan said is right. It's hard to say clearly who is mediocre and who is good, but everyone knows who is older and who is younger.
During the Qing Dynasty, a posthumous edict was issued to establish the throne. The edict was placed behind a large plaque in advance and was taken out after the emperor died.
This trick seems easy to use, but it also has drawbacks.
The biggest disadvantage is that no one knows who the prince is, and everyone thinks they have a chance. There are variables until the emperor dies.
This caused the princes to fight with each other and the ministers to take sides with each other.
Although the eldest son inheritance system has its drawbacks, it is relatively good compared to those.
Zhao Xing was anxious to establish a heir, on the one hand, he wanted to avoid harem battles.
As more and more concubines in the harem have children, it is inevitable that some people will have some little thoughts.
It is said that parents love their children, and their plans are far-reaching.
For Zhao Xing, the palms and backs of his hands were all flesh, but that was not the case for the concubines.
Even someone as smart as Ming Lan may not make plans for his son when he has one.
Zhao Xing did not want the women in the harem to fight for the position of heir in the future and have them executed or thrown into the cold palace.
Even if she has no feelings, she still has children for him, which is somewhat intolerable.
In this case, it is better to establish a reserve early to avoid fighting.
Under this situation, if someone else has thoughts that they shouldn't have, don't blame him for being cruel.
In addition, Zhao Xing had another purpose in establishing the throne so quickly.
Since he wanted to use this incident to calm down the turmoil, just because the queen gave birth, it was not enough for him to be happy.
Officials in the DPRK are not stupid either. Some people will inevitably speculate that he deliberately borrowed the donkey from the slope.
The establishment of the crown prince was also to show Zhao Xing's love for this son.
Zhao Xing liked Zhang Guifen's son so much that he established him as the crown prince at the full moon, so in order to bring blessings to his son, it made sense not to kill the officials this time.
The British duke didn't know this, but Zhao Xing made Zhang Guifen's son the crown prince, which was not only good for the Zhang family, but also meant that Zhang Guifen's status was stable, so he was naturally happy.
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When the queen gave birth, Zhao Xing had a reason not to see the courtiers, and he didn't even have to pretend to be sick.
I don't know where the news came from, saying that the official family intended to establish a heir apparent after the eldest son was one month old. In order to bring good fortune to the prince, they planned to give those officials a lighter punishment.
Although I don't know what the standard for this leniency is, the courtiers did not continue to make trouble and cause trouble for Zhao Xing when he was happy.
Three days after Zhang Guifen gave birth, Minglan also gave birth to a son. Mother and son were safe.
Compared with Zhang Guifen's birth, the news of Minglan's birth did not cause much disturbance, but the Sheng family was extremely happy because of it.
Zhao Xing was so happy that he had two more sons all at once.
He only cared about accompanying the two of them, and rarely neglected government affairs.
Of course, this was just an appearance. After all, he had to hide from those officials and wait for the review results of the officials in the prison to come out.
It is said that good fortune and misfortune never come alone, but good news came one after another for Zhao Xing during this period.
After Zhang Guifen and Minglan gave birth to a child, it wasn't long before Ru Lan and Xiao Shen were found to be pregnant.
I heard that after the Emperor learned about it, he ate an extra bowl for dinner.
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Mo Lan walked out of the Imperial City Prison and stretched out her hand to block the dazzling sunlight. It took a while to get used to it.
She has been imprisoned in the Imperial City Prison for more than half a year. Although she has not been tortured, she has been in the dark prison for so long. Now that she is released, she feels like she has been reborn.
"Let's go!"
The jailer urged impatiently.
Mo Lan finally came to her senses and followed the jailer outside.
The Imperial City Department was in the Imperial City, and the jailers took Mo Lan to the side gate of the Imperial City before leaving. "Lady!"
"Big lady!"
There was a carriage parked at the side door. Wen Yanjing and a maid were standing beside the carriage. When they saw Mo Lan coming out, they hurriedly greeted him.
The maid put the cloak on Mo Lan, while Wen Yanjing pulled Mo Lan with a happy face and said, "Madam, you have suffered a lot during this time. Food has been prepared at home. Let's go home first."
Mo Lan let him pull her blankly, and didn't come back to her senses until she got on the carriage.
"Father and mother have returned to their hometown. I have also received an order to be transferred abroad. After you have some time to train, you can take up the post with me." After Wen Yanjing got in the car, he told Mo Lan about the situation at home.
"You're not going to stop me?" Mo Lan asked with a complicated expression.
"Dive you?"
Wen Yanjing was stunned, shook his head and said: "It's because I have no ability. Although my wife did something wrong, she did it to help me. How could I divorce you?"
Mo Lan was silent for a while and said, "Where were you sent?"
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"In a county below Yangzhou, I serve as the county magistrate. Didn't my wife live in Yangzhou for a few years? It can be considered a visit to her old place." Wen Yanjing said with a smile.
Mo Lan's expression was complicated. She did do it for Wen Yanjing's future, but in the end it was also for her own face and she never liked Wen Yanjing.
He even disliked him, but he committed a crime and was imprisoned. Although he was eventually released without further investigation, Wen Yanjing had every legitimate reason to divorce her, and even the Sheng family had no right to say anything.
Before she came out, she had already thought about going to a nunnery to become a monk, but she didn't expect that Wen Yanjing would still want her.
"Madam, why are you crying?"
Wen Yanjing quickly and clumsily wiped Mo Lan's tears.
"Puch."
Mo Lan looked at Wen Yanjing's clumsy look, smiled, and said, "Guanren, tell me about the situation at the Sheng family."
"Okay." Wen Yanjing briefly told Mo Lan what he knew about the Sheng family's situation.
Mo Lan heard that Ming Lan had given birth to a prince, and Ru Lan was also pregnant, but her expression did not change at all and she was still smiling.
She now understood why Wen Yanjing didn't divorce her.
She was able to come out without being held accountable because the officials looked at Rulan and Minglan's face.
Even though because of this incident, there will be almost no contact with the Sheng family in the future, this relationship still exists.
For Wen Yanjing, it would be difficult to marry someone like her who would be helpful to his future if he divorced her.
Mo Lan didn't know if her guess was right, and she didn't want to continue thinking about it.
Even if Wen Yanjing was lying to her, as long as Wen Yanjing could continue to be like this, it would be true.
At this moment, she suddenly understood the meaning of what Mrs. Sheng said.
Marry a wife high and marry a man low.
Because only by marrying low will the other party always treat her well.
If she marries a well-matched person or a high-ranking person, I am afraid that when she is caught, the other party will write a letter of divorce and end the relationship with her.
"Madam, what's wrong with you?" Wen Yanjing asked when Mo Lan was in a daze.
"Nothing. Have you received the official appointment documents?"
"Already down."
"Then let's leave tomorrow. After leaving Yangzhou for many years, I miss Yangzhou a little."
Although we only lived in Yangzhou for a few years, and the brothers and sisters were not happy at that time, they were still young at that time, and there was more grudge than hatred.
She misses her life in Yangzhou a little bit.
"Okay, then we'll leave tomorrow." Wen Yanjing nodded.
Mo Lan came out but did not go to the Sheng family, and the Sheng family did not send anyone there.
When we arrived at the dock the next day and were about to board the ship, a servant from the Sheng family came and brought some money.
Mo Lan held the wooden box containing the banknotes and knelt down in the direction of Bianjing with a complicated expression, kowtowed three times, then stood up and joined Wen Yan on the boat.
(End of chapter)