Chapter 630 Giving birth to a son
Finally gave birth!

Liu Jin had been waiting outside for a while. He knew that the prince was very anxious, so he hurriedly asked, “Is it a boy or a girl?”

“It’s a little emperor’s grandson!”

Liu Jin’s face trembled with excitement. Good, good, good!

It’s a little grandson, that’s great!
“Quick, wash the little grandson, put on his clothes, and follow me to the Palace of Heavenly Purity!”

“Here!”

……

Inside Fengtian Hall.

Emperor Hongzhi was saying his final goodbye to Chen Ce. He knew he would not survive the night.

His time has come.

“Chun Jian! Live well. If you were not sick… I would be so happy!”

“I can now safely hand the crown prince over to you… This child will still panic when encountering big things, he can’t do without you!”

“But you… Houzhao, go tell Ma Wensheng to confer the titles of Prince Taifu, Grand Secretary of Fengtian Palace, and Duke of Fuguo of the Ming Dynasty on Chunjian!”

Chen Ce was stunned for a moment, and said, “Your Majesty… don’t do this! The outer court officials will not agree, and I’m afraid they will argue with the prince again. I don’t need these empty names, and I can’t take them away anyway, so why create trouble?”

Emperor Hongzhi shook his head and said, “This is what the Ming Dynasty owes you, and it is also what I owe you. You cannot let the Crown Prince say these words, but I can say them.”

“At this time, no one will oppose me. Only at this time can I bestow glory upon you!”

“Chun Jian, I’m sorry for wronging you.”

Chen Ce took a deep breath, his eyes were a little moist, his nose was sour, and he said: “I don’t feel wronged.”

……

When Zhu Houzhao conveyed Emperor Hongzhi’s order to the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel, the two ministers were stunned. No one expected that Emperor Hongzhi would actually confer the title of Duke on Chen Ce.

The title of Duke of Shengshi is of such great value!

However, Emperor Hongzhi was about to die, so the civil officials naturally would not object at this time. Besides, Chen Ce would not live long either. It was indeed Chen Ce who had created the Ming Dynasty to its current state. There was nothing wrong in bestowing these honors on Chen Ce.

“My prince… my prince…”

Emperor Hongzhi’s voice became increasingly quiet. “Go and call the two elders from the cabinet.”

“it is good!”

Fei Hong and Xie Qian soon arrived at the Fengtian Hall. Seeing the dying Emperor Hongzhi, they burst into tears and said, “Long live the emperor!”

Emperor Hongzhi said weakly: “The Crown Prince Houzhao is still young, so we will have to trouble the two elders to assist the Crown Prince in governing the country in the future!”

“The minister obeys the order!”

Emperor Hongzhi looked at Zhu Houzhao and whispered, “Houzhao, hurry up, hurry up…”

Zhu Houzhao said anxiously, “Go to the East Palace! Go to the East Palace to find Liu Jin! Go and ask about the situation! Quick!”

“Father, father…”

Liu Jin had already rushed in from outside and said to Zhu Houzhao, “Your Highness, it’s born, it’s born! It’s a little grandson!”

Zhu Houzhao quickly knelt at the head of Emperor Hongzhi’s bed and said, “Father, please wake up and take a look. Your grandson is born. Our Zhu family has an heir!”

Chen Ce sat aside, staring at this scene in a daze. History really changed!
Zhu Houzhao actually had a child, and Chen Ce had also taught him how to swim before, so it is believed that he would not end up being easily soluble in water in the future.

Emperor Hongzhi took the little grandson gently with trembling hands. Looking at the chubby little guy, Emperor Hongzhi squinted his eyes with a smile on his face.

Time seems to be frozen at this moment.

The grandfather and grandson looked at each other. Emperor Hongzhi smiled, and the little guy cried loudly, as if he was saying goodbye for Emperor Hongzhi.

“Father…Father!”

Zhu Houzhao knelt at the head of the bed and cried loudly!

Huai En stood silently by the side, sadness spreading, blood spurting out of his mouth, and he fell down.

The master and servant accompanied each other for a lifetime. Now seeing his master leaving this world, Huai En was so sad that he followed Emperor Hongzhi.

Chen Ce raised his eyes, which were already filled with tears. He stared blankly at Emperor Hongzhi who was lying peacefully on the bed, and began to cough and spit blood.

Fei Hong and Xie Qian cried bitterly as they bid farewell to the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

Liu Jin quietly opened a door in the Fengtian Hall and shouted to the outside world: “Your Majesty… has passed away!”

Immediately, the high officials outside the Fengtian Hall cried bitterly, and the officials outside the Meridian Gate cried bitterly! A generation of heroes finally turned to dust, and there is no Ming Xiaozong in the world anymore!

Chen Ce was in tears as he sat silently by the side, breathing heavily. His heart seemed to be blocked by something and he felt extremely uncomfortable!

Empress Zhang sat blankly in the hall and fainted several times.

The Zhang brothers knelt on the ground and cried loudly. The sadness spread, and the entire Fengtian Hall was filled with crying.

Only the little guy was smiling…

Emperor Hongzhi was a good emperor. No matter what the outer court officials thought, Chen Ce always thought he was a good emperor.

Before his death, he arranged everything for the Ming Dynasty and gave Chen Ce the noblest honor. He did not forget Chen Ce’s contribution to the Ming Dynasty, and he gave Chen Ce everything he could.

……

Vision begins to blur.

On the bank of the Yongding River, a middle-aged man with black and white hair came up to Chen Ce.

Chen Ce is fishing.

“The lake may seem calm on the surface, but there are actually undercurrents surging beneath the lake.”

“You said there are undercurrents in the Ming Dynasty?”

“I didn’t say that.”

……

Chen Ce took a deep breath and recalled every detail of his time with Emperor Hongzhi. However, the image of Emperor Hongzhi seemed to become increasingly blurred. Then, a strange man in a dragon robe appeared in front of Chen Ce.

Chen Ce didn’t know what was wrong. The emperor in front of him was clearly not Emperor Hongzhi.

Is the mental stress building up again?
……

It was snowing heavily, and the Forbidden City was covered in white. Zhu Houzhao came to the Qianqing Palace and said, “Father, I want to go out and play!”

“presumptuous!”

“I’m going out to play! Father!”

“No!”

“Then I’ll sneak out!”

“you!”

“Let the Royal Guards follow, Liu Jin, take good care of the prince!”

“Old slave obeys!”

Outside Donghua Gate.

“Your Highness, stop hunting. You have come a long way out in the wilderness. Don’t run into any danger.”

“There is a mountain temple ahead, come with me and take a look!”

The setting sun shone on the snow-covered suburbs, and it seemed as if someone in the mountain temple was staring at Zhu Houzhao.

Liu Jin said, “Sir, there seems to be someone there.”

“I see!”

“How could there be anyone in this remote place?”

Zhu Houzhao: “Nonsense! Could it be a ghost?”

“I’m telling you Liu Daban, I’m tired, let’s go back first.”

“Master, we are not going to the mountain temple?”

“No! What’s the point of going there? There’s nothing fun to do there.”

“There seems to be someone there.”

“Bullshit! It’s freezing cold out in the wilderness, there’s no one here, hurry back to the palace, I’m tired!”

……

The scene in front of Chen Ce began to blur again. It was clearly Xia Liuyue, but he couldn’t help but tremble and said, “It’s so cold! So cold!”

(End of this chapter)