Zhu Xu's face changed and he said, "What happened?"

Yao Qingqing trembled in his voice and said, "I don't know, Miss Qing didn't make it clear when she came, but it's worse than last time. I'll let you come back and go there immediately."

Zhu Xu turned around and hurriedly ran towards Kunning Palace, while feeling extremely anxious.

What disease did Queen Zhang suffer from? Last time he only got the word "woman's disease". Naturally, he could not ask too much about this situation, but this time, Zhu Xu had a bad premonition in his heart.

In history, Queen Zhang eventually gave birth to a stillbirth. Historical books record that Keshi sent someone to hammer her waist, which caused her to seriously damage and also injured her fetus.

But in the archaeological class, Zhu Xu vaguely remembered that the professor had guessed at the time that the heavy hammering may not be the cause, and Queen Zhang may have some hidden disease. Generally, such a result is either a miscarriage or a disability, and it is unlikely that a stillbirth will be born.

When we arrived at Kunning Palace, just like last time, Emperor Zhu Youxiao and the chances of concubines in the harem came, and they squeezed the Kunning Palace into a group.

At this time, naturally no one had time to pay attention to Zhu Xu, and they were all around Queen Zhang's phoenix bed.

Zhu Xu stood not far from the door, looking at the crowd inside, with a serious expression and a calm heart.

"Your Highness."

The maid carrying a hot water basin came and went, walked to Zhu Xu, and would bow slightly.

Zhu Xu looked at the blood cloth and dyed red water in the basin, and felt more and more worried, as if a big rock was pressed down, and she couldn't feel relieved.

Time passed by a little bit of torture, and Zhu Xu had no way to find out, so he could only wait.

A group of imperial physicians were busy inside. Zhu Youxiao stood not far away with a cane, revealing half of his head, and the others were all concubines and maids.

After Keshi's death, Empress Zhang's status was prominent, and she was a legitimate son. If she was a boy, she was destined to be the eldest son. She had a special status inside and outside the Ming Dynasty and could not tolerate anyone's neglect.

I don’t know how long it took, Zhu Youxiao came out of the crowd with a cane, his face turned pale and his expression was listless, as if he had suffered a great blow. He walked over and looked at Zhu Xu, without saying anything, turned around and left the palace gate.

Zhu Xu's heart suddenly sank and his eyes kept looking inside.

The concubines left one after another, and Wu Qing and Wu Rou also came over, but they didn't say anything, which was obviously very taboo.

Zhu Xu felt heavy in his heart, but he also knew that it was probably a woman who was more sensitive to, so she could not reveal it.

He had been waiting, wanting to go in and meet Queen Zhang.

It was almost dark, and Huan'er had time to come over. Her expression seemed to have cried several times. She pursed her lips and still wanted to sob with red eyes: "Your Highness, go back, the empress is already asleep."

Zhu Xu gasped and looked at Huan'er and said, "Tell me honestly, is the disease of the emperor's sister-in-law very serious?"

Huan'er frowned, glanced around, bit her lips and whispered: "The imperial physician said that the empress is deficient in qi and blood, is weak, and is not suitable for childbirth. Now she can only protect her fetus, so she said while watching."

Zhu Xu looked at Huan'er and knew that there must be other important things in her words that were not said, but Zhu Xu could almost guess it.

"Yeah, I understand." Zhu Xu nodded and turned to leave the palace.

Walking out of Kunning Palace, Zhu Xu slowly walked back to his palace, but sighed in his heart.

Sure enough, history is history, and powerful inertia cannot be changed by little things. If Empress Zhang cannot give birth to a prince, then the future Emperor Chongzhen will still succeed the throne normally, and everything seems to have returned to the starting point.

Yao Qingqing watched Zhu Xu walk into the room listlessly and lying weakly on the chair. He couldn't help but worry, "Your Highness, is the Empress okay?"

Zhu Xu's eyes were dim. He always thought that Queen Zhang would give birth to a prince, so he would have more room for operation in the future. But if he still believed in the king and Chongzhen came back, then it would be difficult not to say what he wanted to do, it would be difficult to survive.

"It's okay." Zhu Xu waved his hand and said, "I am sleepy, don't bother me if you're fine."

Yao Qingqing also knew the relationship between Zhu Xu and Queen Zhang, so he took a blanket and quietly retreated.

The incident has been going on for several days, and Zhu Xu cannot eat well and sleep well, but it is still not suitable for Queen Zhang to meet people.

In the past few days, there has been good news outside the palace. Huimin Chamber of Commerce has been very successful and the channels have been built very quickly. With the original channels, thousands of taels of profit every day. Huitong Trading Bank has also slowly gotten on track and is planning to open its first branch.

Fu Changzong has solved the coal problem, and intercepting a batch of them from the official ships entering Beijing should not cause much thought.

As for the matter of the salt field, Fu Changzong used Zhu Xu's remaining power to search the six departments and opened up all the joints of the Transport Department. Now there is a shortage of people to arrange for the salt field to be fully controlled.

It took about ten days before news came from Queen Zhang that she could see someone.

Upon hearing the news, Zhu Xu almost rolled and crawled out. It is important to have a prince, but people are more important.

Queen Zhang sat at the table with a pale face and a little blush. She watched Zhu Xu run in in a panic and chuckled and said, "Okay, don't be like a monkey. After all, she is a prince, be more serious."

After saying that, she turned to Huan'er on the side and said, "Go and bring some of the snacks that King Hui likes."

When Zhu Xu saw Queen Zhang, he felt relieved and said with a forced smile on his face: "Sister-in-law, you are worried about me these days."

Queen Zhang nodded slightly, then didn't know what she thought of, smiled and said, "Okay, sit down."

Queen Zhang's complexion has recovered quite well and is also very energetic, but Zhu Xu always feels that she is still less angry when she looks at her.

Zhu Xu sat down opposite Queen Zhang, looked at her face, and said carelessly, "Sister-in-law, are you okay?"

Empress Zhang took the plate from Huaner's hand and handed it to Zhu Xu and said in a gentle voice: "Sister-in-law is fine. You, listen to my advice and stay honestly, otherwise I will not be able to help you in the future. In a few years, I will let the emperor let you go back to the fiefdom. In the fiefdom, you can do whatever you like."

Zhu Xu vaguely heard something from Queen Zhang's words, and took the snack and said vaguely: "Sister-in-law, I'll be relieved if you're fine. You and the prince are still young, so sooner or later, if this time doesn't work, we'll be next time."

Queen Zhang smiled, still sitting there calmly, but she lacked embroidery in her hands.

Zhu Xu was not as funny as usual. She sat in a while and was driven out by Queen Zhang.

Huan'er surrounded Queen Zhang with a thin cloak and whispered, "Empress, Isn't it great to have Your Highness Hui talk with you? Why did you drive him away again?"

Queen Zhang sighed lightly and said powerlessly: "This little monkey is worried about me, just take a look. After sitting for a long time, I'm afraid he will be uncomfortable."

Huan'er looked at Queen Zhang's somewhat thin face, and pursed her lips, whispered, "Empress, this palace wants me to tell me, the emperor may not care as much about you as your highness."

Regarding this taboo, Queen Zhang just smiled faintly and said, "Well, I know, go, I'll be alone later."
Chapter completed!