Rebirth of the Demon Queen

Chapter 281 Face
"His Majesty the Crown Prince's sagely blessings, both internally and externally, have rules and regulations. I am very pleased."

Fang Luan's words were extremely humble, but the emperor's heart became more and more heavy.

Beidi is just a barbarian state, and the emperors of Dayan have always looked down upon Beidi.

Not only is there verbal contempt, but in Dayan's history books, there is nothing good to say about Beidi.

Xie Yao's peace agreement not only placed Beidi and Dayan on the same footing, but also made various concessions in front of Beidi.

In particular, ceding the five cities to Beidi was the most intolerable for the emperor.

Even though Dayan's current situation is obscure and inexplicable, in the bottom of the emperor's heart, he always regards himself as the master of Zhongxing.

Over the years, the emperor has devoted himself to political affairs, and made false claims with civil officials, in exchange for the reputation of being lenient.

If his position is divided, then don't think about it, the evaluation of him in the history books of later generations will drop a lot.

Such important issues, these pillars of the imperial court do not know.

However, they had their own minds and only cared about their own interests, and no one raised any objections.

Originally thought that even though Marquis Weiyuan had some careful thoughts on weekdays, he was still a person who understood the general situation after all.

Moreover, Dayan's civil and military officials have always been in the same situation, so they promised the Fang family the position of the crown princess, hoping that Fang Luan could give Xie Yao some help in the future.

Unexpectedly, this Fang Luan became the same as the cabinet.

"hateful!"

The emperor let out a low roar, pouring out the dissatisfaction in his heart.

When he looked up again, the emperor put on a kind expression again, and said: "After all, the prince is young, and there will always be some omissions. You can't flatter him and kill him. You still have to raise your opinions."

Fang Luan responded casually, Qian Minzhong and Lu Zhiyuan just bowed, but did not answer.

Qiu Guangzu and Rong Zonghou didn't talk much in front of the emperor not long after they entered the cabinet. Given this rare opportunity, they exchanged winks and said in unison: "Your Majesty, the Crown Prince has covered everything, and I am sincerely convinced."

The emperor immediately sank his face and turned his head to the side.

Zhang Ruogu noticed something strange, and quickly said: "Your Majesty, I think that the peace talks involve our national system in Dayan, so I can't be careless. I will discuss with His Royal Highness in a while to see if there are any deficiencies. Lord Lu will check it out, and I will report it to His Majesty in detail tomorrow."

Xie Yao couldn't help but wink at Zhang Ruogu, but Zhang Ruogu just pretended not to see him.

After resigning from the emperor and returning to the Wenhua Palace, Xie Yao finally couldn't help asking: "Master Zhang, the emperor is the only one left to decide on the peace talks. Why do we need to discuss it again?"

"His Royal Highness!"

Zhang Ruogu said bitterly, "Your Majesty has always wanted to be on par with Ruizong. This time, the situation forced me to give up my pride and talk to Beidi. If you rush, your Majesty will hate you."

Xie Yao paced hurriedly in the hall, and said, "Is there any way to convince father?"

Zhang Ruogu shook his head and said: "Haste makes waste. At this time, you must not act rashly. Your Highness will wait a little longer. Once the situation in Guanzhong is critical, at that time, His Majesty will not be able to hesitate."

Xie Yao knew that what Zhang Ruogu said was right, but he was extremely unwilling, and immediately complained: "We can afford to wait, but the third prince of Beidi can't afford to wait. If Beidi turns his face because of the failure of the peace talks, what can I do? "

Zhang Ruogu was contemptuous in his heart, but still said politely: "Your Highness, don't panic, Jinlan Pass is now guarded by elite soldiers, and Upu still has elite riders. Even if Bei Di wants to turn his face, it will not be so easy."

"How can I not know these truths? This is the biggest errand given to me by my father since I entered the East Palace. The civil and military officials of the court are all staring at the peace talks. If something goes wrong, wouldn't it be humiliating in front of the people of the world?"

Xie Yao is very concerned about the peace talks, and is determined to give the world a good answer.

But he seems to have overestimated the influence of the peace talks. What the people in the capital are most concerned about right now is not the peace talks, but the selection of concubines by the Ministry of Rites.

Today, he has always been very indifferent to the affairs of the harem. Since he became the throne, there has been a concubine selection ceremony.

Come to think of it, that was ten years ago.

It is rare that the emperor is willing to choose concubines for several princes this time. For those households with daughters of the right age, this is a rare and good opportunity.

Because of Taizu's decree, all the emperors, princes, concubines, and palaces were selected from commoner women.

When it comes to Jinshang, the shape is slightly out of shape.

His Royal Highness King Dun had already decided on the eldest daughter of Kang Ningbo's Mansion, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also seemed to want to choose the second girl of Weiyuan Hou Mansion.

However, there are still many positions left, after all, there is still a chance to fly to the branches and become a phoenix.

Therefore, everyone in the capital focused on choosing concubines.

A total of women of the right age were recommended by the states and counties in various places. They were first screened by the Ministry of Rites, and then evaluated by several nobles in the harem to select the final suitable candidates.

After more than half a month, the concubine selection has come to an end.

Even though the selection of concubines was held in the inner palace, there were still people with good intentions asking about those people who won the nobleman's favor.

And there are more than a thousand servants in the palace, and there are always some who can't keep their mouths open, and reveal the movement in the palace to the outside world.

It is said that among the current candidates, there is a girl surnamed Zheng who has won the favor of Concubine Tang Zhuang and is about to become the future third concubine.

"Zheng Peiyao?"

At Kang Ningbo's mansion in central Beijing, when Lin Zisu heard Xie Xi say this name, she felt that it sounded familiar, but couldn't remember who it was for a while.

"Do you remember that Zheng Mochen? Yes, that's the fortune teller we met on Qixi Festival."

It was Xie Xi who gave her the answer: "I heard that my father-in-law has a good relationship with Zheng Mochen. This Zheng Peiyao is the daughter of that Zheng Mochen."

Immediately, that quiet and handsome girl appeared in Lin Zisu's mind. When Zheng Mochen brought Zheng Peiyao to the mansion that day, the two had a few words of friendship.

Hearing that she was going to marry Xie Hui, she couldn't help feeling sorry for Zheng Peiyao.

Xie Xi mentioned this matter, and then shared the relevant news that she had found: "I heard that this Zheng Peiyao is the daughter-in-law of Luo Wenxin, the third master of the Luo family. .”

It was the first time Lin Zisu had heard about the relationship between Zheng Peiyao and the Luo family, and asked, "The first requirement for choosing a concubine in the palace is to have a clean family background. If the sister of the Zheng family has such an identity, how could she be chosen in the palace?" go?"

Talking about the reason, Xie Xi smiled happily: "The empress doesn't care about choosing a concubine, the choice of concubine is always concubine Tang Zhuang's opinion. Concubine Tang Zhuang and Concubine Zhang Xian have always been against each other. Now that there is such a Opportunity, naturally we will take the opportunity to disgust Concubine Zhang Xian, mother and son, and make them lose face."

(End of this chapter)