Locked: God is the matchmaker, neither you nor I can escape

Upon seeing this, the Left Prime Minister knew that things were not going well. The young emperor above was not as easy to control as the previous emperor. If he was provoked, he would really dare to draw his sword and kill people. Therefore, he could only act behind the scenes and not give the emperor any handle.

"Your Majesty, my daughter is not talented, and I am sorry for your praise. She does not deserve the title of 'talented girl', but she is well-educated, modest, and broad-minded. She is indeed a good girl.

"I, your humble servant, shall not avoid relatives when selecting virtuous people, and I believe that my daughter will certainly be able to be the queen." The left chancellor stepped forward and said.

"Hmm? From what the Left Prime Minister said, a woman who is 'well-educated, modest and broad-minded' can be the queen of my country?"

Hiss—the Emperor is confronting the Left Prime Minister again!

But, thinking about it carefully, what the emperor said makes sense. Is the queen of their Zhao Kingdom so ordinary?

Many wise ministers and opponents of the Left Prime Minister turned their eyes to him, waiting for his answer.

How could the left prime minister say that his daughter was of noble status? No matter how noble she was, who could compare to the nobility of the royal family? Wasn't this just digging a hole for himself?

"Yes, my daughter is not talented. I wonder if the emperor has any candidate he likes?" The Left Prime Minister did not answer, turning the passive state into the active one.

As long as the emperor named a person, he would compare that woman with his own daughter from beginning to end. He firmly believed that his daughter was the best!

Zuo Rui is the daughter he has spent the most time and effort to raise. How can other ugly people be compared with her?

The emperor smiled and said, "No, my queen is destined by heaven. The queen chosen by heaven must be my favorite."

Except Mu Jiasong, no one knew the emperor's intention of reconciliation.

"What does your Majesty mean by this?"

The emperor sat up straight, his expression serious and solemn: "The Imperial Master once predicted my marriage for me. The Imperial Master predicted that my queen needs to be recognized by my younger sister, who is my half-sister. Otherwise, the Kingdom of Zhao will be destroyed."

When these words were spoken, all the officials below gasped in shock and could not help but whisper to each other.

Upon hearing this, the Left Prime Minister's face turned dark. He didn't expect that the Emperor would actually bring out the Imperial Master.

The princess, who was born to the emperor, had a strange sign when she was born. The imperial teacher calculated that she was the lucky star of the Zhao Kingdom, but her soul was unstable. After a hundred days, she was sent to the royal temple, where she practiced Buddhism with her hair uncut and sought the protection of the Buddha.

Five years ago, a coup d'état led to war and the ten-year-old princess was affected by the war and disappeared without a trace, never to be heard from again.

If the princess was still alive, she would show up on her own initiative at the age of ten. Even if she didn't return to the palace, she would at least return to the temple. However, five years have passed and there is no news, as if time has made this person disappear and no trace of her can be found.

Now the emperor has proposed to wait for the princess to return and let her choose the queen. Who knows when she will return to the palace?

What if the princess has died somewhere unknown?

Does she want her daughter to wait until she is old and ugly?

No!

The left chancellor immediately winked at Lord Tang, who understood and said, "Since the position of empress is vacant now, we can wait for the princess to return, but expanding the royal family is a major matter. Why don't you choose a concubine first?"

The emperor still maintained a serious and stern expression: "The Imperial Master has instructed me not to break my pure body. I must have a pure body like the Queen, so that the offspring I bear can be protected by the way of heaven, thus protecting the country and benefiting the people."

What I mean is, if you dare to cause me to lose my chastity and fail to give birth to a good son to inherit the Kingdom of Zhao, you will be the sinner of the Kingdom of Zhao!

Forget about taking a concubine, don’t even think about getting one as a concubine!

Imperial Master: Huh? How come I didn’t know that I had told the Emperor to keep his chastity?

The emperor glanced at the officials under him and saw that they had different expressions, some of which were ugly. A mocking smile flashed across his lips. He was not his father, who liked to fool around with so many women and almost died in a woman's bed.

One of the reasons was that my father was lustful, but the most important thing was that those women were spies and eyes planted by various ministers. Not only was my father's body drained by alcohol and sex, but he was also poisoned by more than one kind of chronic poison. In the end, it was found that it was his favorite concubines who poisoned him.

When the emperor learned the truth, he was so angry that he died of poisoning.

Tsk, it’s not only shameful to have such a father, but also to clean up the mess made by such a father. I must be unlucky to be reborn as his son.

Although the officials with ulterior motives did not believe the emperor's nonsense, they did not dare to question it since the emperor himself admitted that it was the imperial teacher's intention.

In their minds, the national master is like a god. Who dares to question the national master?

Even if what the emperor said was all false, who among them would dare to go to the Imperial Master's Mansion to verify it?

What the emperor said was not a matter of great danger to the country. He simply didn't like being forced to get married by them, so he brought in the imperial teacher.

There was no need for the Imperial Master to slap the Emperor in the face over such a small matter, so in the end, even if the Imperial Master had not said such words, he would silently take the blame for the sake of the Emperor's reputation.

I have to say, this move of the emperor is really brilliant!

After a month of noisy affairs over the selection of a concubine, it finally came to an end after the emperor brought in the imperial teacher as his main backer.

Eunuch Fu received the emperor's reminder and said loudly: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please leave the court!"

Mu Jiasong received the emperor's eye signal and immediately stepped forward: "Your Majesty, I have something to report."

The officials were thought to be preparing to go off work and gossip with their colleagues about the aftermath of the concubine selection, but unexpectedly someone jumped out to stop them from leaving get off work early. They all turned their eyes to Mu Jiasong.

"Please speak, Lord Mu."

"Yes, I found out that villagers in a small mountain village under Liangguan County have grown high-yield grains with an output of 1,000 kilograms per mu. Moreover, I also found out that after the magistrate of Guyang County learned about the high-yield grains, he immediately reported it to the prefect of Liangguan County. However, more than two months have passed, and no report on the high-yield grains has been submitted to the court."

“The yield per acre is a thousand catties!”

"Oh my god! How is it possible that the grain yield is so high? Could it be a lie?"

“What does the yield of jack-a-acre grain look like?”

All the officials were talking about it, but the left prime minister's face became even darker. When Mu Jiasong said that he had not seen the memorial, didn't he mean that he had deliberately suppressed the memorial?

But he had no idea that one mu of grain could produce 1,000 kilograms!

It goes without saying that it was those incompetent idiots under him who caused him trouble.

The emperor pretended to know about this for the first time, and showed just the right amount of surprise: "Oh? High-yield grain that produces 1,000 kilograms per mu? Does Lord Mu have any? How did you know about this?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, please send someone to tell me that the things are in the carriage I am riding in."

Eunuch Fu received the emperor's signal and hurried down to make arrangements.

Mu Jiasong didn't even look at Prime Minister Zuo, and acted impartially, which made Prime Minister Zuo angry.

Xie Biyou had long discovered the relationship between the Emperor and Lord Mu. Others didn't know, but as the Emperor's companion and confidant, he naturally knew the relationship between the Emperor and Lord Mu.

If Lord Mu had obtained such a treasure, he should have reported it to the Emperor early in the morning. I believe that what happened today was arranged by someone between the two of them.

Xie Biyou looked at the left prime minister meaningfully: It seems that the left prime minister is a bit unlucky today~