Changsheng: Peak at the Beginning

Chapter 1517: Legend of the Hidden Sea 37

The tribes in the northern border are all smart, or they are temporarily unable to organize the manpower to resist Dayong's wool-grabbing scheme. After all, there are always very few people with knowledge, and most of the powerful people in the northern border have been boiled like frogs in warm water by the abundant products from Dayong.

Xiao Jinyue temporarily put aside his worries about the northwestern border and focused on developing various mineral resources in the territories of the northern border tribes. Apart from anything else, there are several open-pit coal mines in the Hetao area. If they are used on both sides of the Yellow River, the people can cut down fewer trees, which will reduce the sediment deposition in the lower reaches of the Yellow River.

The herbal medicine planting plan in the Hetao area has also begun to advance gradually. For this reason, Xiao Jinyue even replaced many officials from several nearby states with her own people, which shows her determination.

Emperor Zhenshun certainly did not comment, even though this was a matter that benefited the country and the people. But since he had won the support of the people, he just focused on carrying out his longevity plan.

Xiao Jinyue and Cang Hai's eldest son was born on a sunny morning in the golden month of October. The weight of this kid was almost seven kilograms when he was born, which made Gao Ming and Liu Chu feel that he was too heavy to hold. Cang Hai, the new father, didn't want to let go of him after holding him. If Shen Mudan hadn't remembered to report the good news everywhere, I'm afraid people would have to go to the door in person to inquire about the news before they would know the joy of the addition of a baby to the Qinghe Palace.

Xiao Jinyue was very resistant to the idea of having children at the beginning, but her family did have a throne to inherit, and her father was becoming increasingly unreliable, so Xiao Jinyue had no choice but to accept reality.

When Emperor Zhenshun received the news in the palace, perhaps the long-lost father-daughter love prevailed, or perhaps after a period of calm in his heart, he had gradually realized that the pursuit of immortality itself was unreliable and he needed to be prepared for both situations. So he went out of the palace incognito and came to the Qinghe Palace, where he personally hugged his fat grandson who was only two or three hours old.

After seeing his fat grandson, Emperor Zhenshun began to be concerned about the condition of Xiao Jinyue, the former pearl in the palm of his hand. The two imperial doctors who were watching over Xiao Jinyue's delivery had not left yet, so they replied: "Your Highness began to feel some pain after breakfast. He walked slowly in the yard and took a bath before he slowly started to move."

"The young prince also felt sorry for his mother, and the baby was born peacefully in just over an hour. The prince was just a little tired, but there is nothing wrong with his body. He will recover as long as he is carefully cared for during the confinement period."

Perhaps it was because he realized late that he had suddenly neglected Xiao Jinyue since he became obsessed with the art of immortality. Emperor Zhenshun cleared his throat uncomfortably and said to Cang Hai, "This child has always picked the good points of his parents. He will definitely have a good appearance in the future. I will give him the name 'Xian', Xiao Xian."

"Broad-minded and versatile, a saint can imitate the laws of nature."

The two imperial doctors on the side looked at each other in horror and saw the fear in each other's eyes. At this moment, they finally reacted. Emperor Zhenshun insisted on making Princess Xiao Jinyue a king. Perhaps he was waiting for Xiao Jinyue to give birth to a child so that the child could inherit the throne!

Zang Hai was also very surprised. After all, although he had the idea of pushing Xiao Jinyue to the throne, he didn't know that Emperor Zhenshun had also thought about it. In particular, Emperor Zhenshun had obviously neglected the Qinghe Palace in the past year, and tacitly allowed Xiao Jinyue to control several states in the Hetao area, which prevented him from being bullied by court officials.

But today, when the name Xiao Xian came out, it clearly announced to the world that if anything happens in the future, the throne will fall on Xiao Jinyue's biological son Xiao Xian!

Emperor Zhenshun calmed down a little and felt somewhat regretful for showing such open emotions. After all, he was very clear about the fighting power of the court officials. The matter of the throne belonging to Xiao Xian was far more serious than the matter of Xiao Jinyue being crowned king. The royal family would be the first to jump out to oppose it, and even the Yongrong Palace was very likely to be the backbone of the opposition.

Taking advantage of the momentum, Emperor Zhenshun simply returned to the palace and convened the cabinet to prepare to enthrone the Crown Prince.

Emperor Zhenshun came and went in a hurry, and he didn't even have a chance to say a few words to Xiao Jinyue. Zang Hai hurried into the room through the screen to explain the current situation to her: "Father just came over to hold the baby. He likes our baby very much and named the baby Xiao Xian on the spot, which means knowledgeable and versatile, and a saint who can follow the will of heaven."

Xiao Jinyue was a little surprised, but not that surprised. "I thought that my father had given up on that matter. I didn't expect that he would still think of making preparations today. It shows that his brain has not been completely rusted by that damn immortality."

When Zang Hai heard Xiao Jinyue say this, he understood that Emperor Zhenshun had probably long wanted to let his grandson ascend to the throne.

But he was also personally involved in it, and for a moment he really didn't know what he felt.

After a long while, he muttered, "But not everyone can sit on the throne. If you don't want to be a mediocre king, you will have to work very hard..."

This hardship didn't just start after he ascended the throne; it started from the time he was old enough to understand.

Zang Hai compared the pain and hardship he had gone through for revenge. He really didn't want his child to go through the same. "Our baby already has a prince title to inherit. I have already thought about it. In the future, he just needs to read the Four Books and Five Classics and learn a few things that interest him. I will train someone to complement him and accompany him from childhood. I just don't want him to go through what I went through."

To put it bluntly, although Zang Hai understood the various benefits of Xiao Xian's ascension to the throne, he felt even more distressed about the hard work he would have to put in for it, and could not bear the prospect of him being alienated by power, even though these were just guesses at the moment.

Xiao Jinyue knew that the child had to ascend to the throne. "Now that things have already happened, if the baby cannot succeed in ascending to the throne in the future, he won't even have the chance to be a vassal. You should understand this just by looking at Uncle Prince Yongrong."

Zang Hai turned around and directly resigned from his position in the Ministry of Works, and only took an official position as the Director of the Imperial Observatory. He did not need to attend court, and had leeway for his duties. He wished he could accompany Xiao Xian, the baby who was not even a month old, day and night, and let him relax for as long as he could.

Emperor Zhenshun personally held Xiao Xian's baby on his third day of birth, which greatly upset the court officials, but they had to admit that Xiao Xian's succession order was affected only by his young age.

Even if the royal family was dissatisfied, according to folk tradition, the only daughter could not marry out of the family, and the child who married into the family could inherit the family legacy.

When Emperor Zhenshun granted the marriage, he mentioned it by name. Zang Hai was the Princess of Qinghe, not the prince consort, so Xiao Xian's line of succession was quite high.

So some court officials secretly found Prince Yongrong, but unfortunately, after Prince Yongrong saw through the Changsheng Game and the defenses of Emperor Zhenshun and Xiao Jinyue, he estimated the cards he could play and felt that he had no chance of winning. So he simply ignored it, dealt perfunctorily with the person who came to him, and then turned around and sold the person to Emperor Zhenshun and Xiao Jinyue.