Su Heng gave the order, picked up the tea beside him and took a sip.

"I obey your orders."

Hearing this, the Yuanwailang of the Ministry of Rites was stunned, but he quickly realized that the other party was trying to get rid of him!

After all, although he was a member of the Ministry of Rites, the rules for maids and servants had nothing to do with him.

Wangchun came out and led the way for Yuanwailang.

"sit down!"

Seeing that the person had left, Su Heng asked him to sit down.

A maid also brought tea.

"Where's the imperial edict?"

Su Heng opened his mouth and asked.

When the Minister of Rites, who had just sat down halfway, heard this, he immediately stood up and took out the imperial edict he was carrying with him.

Su Heng took it, opened it and started to look at it.

"I accept the imperial edict. There is no need for the ceremony."

Su Heng casually placed the imperial edict in his hand on the table and spoke calmly.

"Does Second Uncle have anything for you to say?"

Su Heng thought of something and asked again.

"This is something that the Minister of the Central Secretariat asked me to give to His Majesty."

The Minister of Rites did not hide anything and took out a secret letter from his sleeve.

The special mark on the secret letter is still there and has not been opened.

Su Heng took it and examined it.

After reading it, his eyes narrowed slightly, and then he exerted force with his hand, and the paper was shattered into pieces.

"Send the Minister down to have a good rest."

Su Heng spoke and gave an order, but there was a hint of anger in his tone.

The Minister of Rites is a shrewd man. It seems that the letter said something that made the prince angry, otherwise he would not have acted like this.

He immediately bowed to the prince and left with Wen Xia.

Since the ceremony was cancelled, it wouldn't hurt for them to stay a few more days.

Jingheng Courtyard.

After returning to the yard, Su Heng immediately recovered and there was no trace of anger on his face.

But Li Chen made a good move.

He used the Imperial Observatory's strategy to expand his harem, intending to consolidate the imperial power and disperse the power of the aristocratic families.

After all, these so-called concubines also represent aristocratic families.

As long as it is beneficial to it, why bother about which side it is on?

The reason why Su Heng did this was because many aristocratic families were affected.

His second uncle did not have many children, only one son and one daughter.

And the only woman was also among those selected in this audition.

Not only that, even his mother's maternal family, the Jiangnan Jiang family, was on the draft list this time.

The Jiang Chamber of Commerce, although not as wealthy as a country, is definitely not too bad.

It's not surprising that the royal family wants to take control of it.

But the royal family is not afraid of taking too big a step and causing trouble.

Choosing so many girls from aristocratic families to enter the palace at once does not necessarily mean causing backlash from the major families.

No wonder he chose to pretend to be sick and temporarily transfer power to his second uncle.

It turned out that he wanted his second uncle to bear all the pressure, or in other words, he wanted the current Zhongshu Ling to take the lead.

He sent his daughter into the palace first to set an example.

But is this possible?

Although this matter has nothing to do with Su Heng, there are no women from the Zhennan Palace on the list.

But in this matter, Su Heng will never let the other party's plan succeed.

He was not worried about the Jiang family. After all, if they were able to protect such a huge foundation without strong enough strength, they would have long been coveted by other forces.

Besides, the Jiang family is located in Jiangnan, one of the most prosperous regions in the entire Daqian.

Far away from Qianjing, the emperor is far away and the royal family will not do anything too excessive.

What he was worried about was his second uncle's family. After all, they were living at the foot of the imperial city, and it was inevitable that they would be held hostage.

I still have to find an opportunity to get my second uncle and his family away from Qianjing.

The Zhennan Army moved extremely quickly. By the second day, they had assembled their troops and stationed them at the border of Ningzhou.

On that day, the Baili tribe was destroyed. In order to prevent the Nanzhao and Jiuli tribes from taking action, the Zhennan Army did not make any rash moves and continued to stay in Ningzhou to intimidate the two tribes.

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