I am the prince of the Ming Dynasty, I don't give up

Chapter 18 Original Sin
Everyone present was stunned by Zhu Houxuan's words and looked at him in shock.

Concubine Liu had mixed feelings in her heart, mostly relief and joy, but also a hint of worry and concern.

At this time, Yu Chunlai straightened his clothes and walked in front of Concubine Liu and Zhu Houxuan. He knelt down on the ground very solemnly and said loudly:
"This old servant congratulates the Concubine Dowager! Congratulations to the Prince!"

When the other palace maids and eunuchs saw Eunuch Yu kneeling, they also knelt on the ground.

"Oh? What are you congratulating me for?" Concubine Liu asked even though she knew the answer.

"Although I haven't read much, I still know that the last person who improved the loom was Huang Dao Po in the Song Dynasty. The people appreciated her achievements and built temples in various places in Jiangnan to worship her. For two hundred years, the incense has never stopped. Now the young prince has also improved the loom. His contribution is no less than Huang Dao Po. When this loom benefits the people of the world, the people of the world will be grateful for the kindness of my Jingwang Mansion."

Zhu Houxuan couldn't help but look up to Yu Chunlai. Anyone who could become the chief steward of the palace was indeed extraordinary.

The eldest and second uncles also reacted at this time and looked uncomfortable.

Yu Chunlai's flattery was extremely accurate and he directly touched upon what Concubine Liu cared about most.

This flattery made Concubine Liu so happy that she could no longer hold back her smile.

She walked up to Zhu Houxuan, patted his shoulder gently and said, "Today I know how great my son is. Your father in heaven will surely be very pleased when he knows this."

"My son always remembers his father's teachings and always remembers to restore the glory of my Jingwang Mansion!" Zhu Houxuan said solemnly.

In fact, he still felt a little uneasy because he did not tell the whole truth about this matter.

He really didn't care about the spread of the flying shuttle loom, because he knew the future development direction of the textile industry. With the progress of the Industrial Revolution, the textile industry would transform from a family handicraft industry to a large-scale machine industry powered by steam engines.

In this process, countless families' hand-woven cloths will be squeezed out of the market, and countless families will find their lives more difficult or even go bankrupt due to the loss of income from textile production.

The results of the Industrial Revolution can benefit all classes, but the process of the Industrial Revolution is likely to offend all classes.

Zhu Houxuan will definitely promote the industrialization of the textile industry, so the Prince of Jing's Mansion will probably be met with a lot of infamy at that time.

But Concubine Liu would not have expected all this. She was very satisfied with Zhu Houxuan's attitude. She took him to have dinner together and asked him a lot of questions about that divine man.

The two uncles quietly slipped away at some point in time.

While answering Concubine Liu's questions, Zhu Houxuan secretly looked for Liu Yourong, but to no avail.

The two chatted for a long time, but they never got to the point of what Zhu Houxuan cared about. He tried to redirect the topic several times, but Concubine Liu easily avoided it.

After Concubine Liu said she was tired and wanted to rest, Zhu Houxuan left with a lot of doubts in his heart. He couldn't figure out what the problem was.
"Concubine Dowager, the prince has gone back." Yu Chunlai came back from outside the palace and reported, but found that Concubine Liu, who had just said she was going to rest, had lost her previous tiredness and was thinking with a frown on her face. Liu Yourong, dressed in white, was massaging Concubine Liu's shoulders, and her eyes were still red and swollen.

Concubine Liu didn't say anything, just nodded slightly.

"It's getting late, please take care of yourself and go to bed early!" Yu Chunlai advised.

"I also rested early, but I still can't let go!" Liu Taifei sighed. "Taifei, there is such a big happy event today, but why do I feel that you are not that happy?" Liu Yourong asked curiously.

"Yourong, you are such a down-to-earth girl, not cunning at all. Yu Chunlai also saw what you saw, but he didn't even ask, but you, such a silly girl, asked directly."

When Liu Yourong heard this, her eyes turned red and she was about to cry.

Concubine Liu quickly grabbed Liu Yourong's hand and said, "My dear girl, I don't mean to blame you. I just want to remind you that you will become a concubine in the future, so you have to be a little shrewd and can't be so naive."

"The Concubine is making fun of me again. Brother Xuan doesn't like an old girl like me. Now I just want to serve the Concubine well for the rest of my life." A trace of resentment flashed in Liu Yourong's eyes.

"What nonsense are you talking about! I know my own son. He gave you the cloak and the jade pendant, and he let you ride on his sedan chair back home, which shows that he has you in his heart. Besides, if he doesn't want you, I won't let him go!"

Liu Yourong wanted to say something else, but in the end it all turned into a sigh, "Teacher, Yourong knows."

After pacifying Liu Yourong, Concubine Liu turned her gaze to Yu Chunlai, who was standing by and pretending to be invisible. "Chunlai! Go to the account office tomorrow morning to get five thousand taels of silver and send it to the prince."

"I obey your command!" Yu Chunlai said simply.

Concubine Liu looked at Yu Chunlai, who was still calm, and suddenly said, "Chunlai! Why don't you answer Yourong's question just now?"

"I dare not guess what the concubine is thinking." Yu Chunlai said slowly.

"Just say what I tell you to say. Stop talking so much nonsense." Concubine Liu scolded with a smile.

"Then please forgive me for my nonsense," Yu Chunlai said with a bow.

"Speak quickly! There are no outsiders here!" Concubine Zhang had already dismissed her attendants.

"What the Concubine Dowager is worried about is the young prince. The young prince is gifted, filial, and has a broad mind. He is also protected by gods and immortals. Improving the loom to promote the name of our Jing Palace is a genius method, but everything is excessive or insufficient. I'm afraid that the young prince will suffer the backlash of this method!" Yu Chunlai paused.

"Backlash?" Liu Yourong listened attentively and asked hurriedly. As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he felt something was wrong and his face turned red again.

"Interesting, tell me more about it." Concubine Liu looked at Yu Chunlai approvingly.

"This law benefits the whole world. It is a law to show kindness to people all over the world. If the person who uses this law is a commoner, there will be no harm. But Your Highness is a member of the royal family of the Ming Dynasty after all, and he is still a prince. I am afraid that if I continue to show kindness to the whole world..." Yu Chunlai suddenly stopped talking.

Both Concubine Liu and Liu Yourong heard the hidden meaning in his words.

Zhu Houxuan's royal bloodline was the foundation of his life, but also his original sin. To be precise, the right of inheritance brought by the royal bloodline was his original sin, even though he was a distant branch of the bloodline.

Why did the Ming Dynasty have such strict restrictions on the royal family's involvement in politics and military affairs? Wasn't it just to suppress the inheritance rights of other royal family members?
Without political and military support, these so-called inheritance rights are like water without a source and trees without roots.

This is what Concubine Liu was worried about. As a member of the royal family, she showed favors to people all over the world, which might very likely bring about a blow from the imperial power.

(End of this chapter)