my demon

Empress Dowager Sun was furious, but in the end no one was summoned, but she was so angry that she recited sutras for a long time in front of Avalokitesvara in the afternoon.

After dinner, Sun Xuexiao was left to copy the scriptures, and Sun Xuezhu also volunteered to copy the scriptures, but Aunt Gong politely stayed in the room.

After reading the scriptures, the Empress Dowager Sun became calm again, spoke softly, and regained her previous kind-hearted and graceful temperament: "Aijia will issue an order directly in the near future, just say Aijia has a cold, and you are good at serving me. For the empress, so you have to hold your breath. These servants, their power comes from the emperor, as long as the empress and empress are one, it is very easy for you to get rid of them."

"Now Aijia is putting up with them, but they need them to check and balance the former cabinet ministers. They know in their hearts that they want to rely on Aijia, even if they are greedy for money. After all, they are just servants with no descendants. .”

Sun Xuexiao responded with drooping eyelashes, and the Empress Dowager Sun counted the rosary beads, her eyes were peaceful and peaceful: "Be patient for a while, and it will be fine when you finish the important affairs of the Empress Dowager."

"In the harem, all you need is patience."

Maybe it was the dead of night, but Empress Dowager Sun clearly recalled those days that had caused her pain or sorrow: "At the beginning, Empress Wen was not favored, and later she was abolished as Concubine Jing, and died of illness quietly. What about Concubine Gao, She was born the most beautiful, the first emperor doted on her the most, but later she became suspicious, and in the end she could only become a monk in embarrassment. She has a strong temper, and she swallowed the gold by herself. You don’t know that when the emperor doted on her, Jiangnan who even used window screens The tribute gauze that was brought in was pasty, but it was actually not strong. A piece of gauze that was worth a thousand pieces of gold could be eaten by ordinary people’s families for a few years. how?"

"The people who stepped on the Ai family are now bones. Only the Ai family survived, and those concubines in the West Palace. Don't look at them all playing mahjong every day. In fact, when the first emperor was there, that Neither are fuel-efficient lamps."

"However, in this palace, there is a saying that is the most true. The palace depends on children to live and live. The emperor is still young. After entering the palace, you seize the opportunity to conceive a child. Regardless of gender, it is enough for you to gain a foothold."

Empress Dowager Sun hesitated for a while, then said calmly: "Then Wei Siniang is older than you, so she has more charm. The emperor is young, and the Ai family was more restrained in the past. That Gao Yuanling served the emperor for a while when he entered the palace. , wanting to be familiar with the emperor's temperament, that's why he specially picked such a person."

She sneered: "The face is like a silver plate, plump and fair, he is a good fortune to give birth, but the future will be long, and it is nothing to be favored for a while. Wei Baoshan is a member of Jixiang, and this is a chess piece that the cabinet wants to place itself. This It's time to back off a bit, and we will live in peace with each other, and first decide what you want to do next."

Empress Dowager Sun said indifferently: "Gao Yuanling is not a real man after all. He made a wrong idea. Even if the emperor likes it, he will not disobey Aijia's intention. On the emperor's side, Aijia will explain himself. If it is just a concubine , when she enters the palace, Aijia will clean up the situation for you, and you don't have to worry about the rest, just stay with the emperor at ease and give birth to the little prince."

Sun Xuexiao lowered her eyebrows and said pleasantly: "Auntie is absolutely right."

Empress Dowager Sun showed some emotion and kindness: "The Ai family hopes to hear that you are called Queen Ai's mother as soon as possible."

Sun Xuexiao lowered her head as if shy.

Empress Dowager Sun looked up and saw Wu Zhishu coming, and asked, "How is your Majesty?"

Wu Zhishu said: "The emperor cared about He Changan very much. He rewarded him with meals, gave him medicine, and even visited him in person. Because Director Gao had lectured him in the past, the emperor thought he was unhappy, and a servant was punished by slapping him."

The Empress Dowager Sun asked again: "How about the emperor's leakage at night?"

There was a trace of discomfort on Wu Zhishu's face, and he glanced at Sun Xuexiao quietly, but he still replied: "I have asked, about once or twice a month, I think my body has become stronger in the past two months, and I can have two months a month." Up to three times, there are records. The slaves beat the servants of the palace. The emperor strictly abides by the rules. According to the rules, there is absolutely no way to seduce the emperor."

Sun Xuexiao hadn't solved the Empress Dowager Sun's problem before, but after listening to Wu Zhishu's report, she suddenly reacted, her face flushed like blood instantly.

Seeing her embarrassment and embarrassment, Empress Dowager Sun smiled lightly: "You are still in the boudoir, you must be ashamed, but it will be your job to be in charge of the sixth house in the future. If you are chaotic, or you are ashamed , or indulging in love, it is better to discuss another marriage for you as soon as possible, without entering the palace. The emperor was born at the age of 12, and the Ai family planned a big wedding for him. He is still young, and when the time comes The family will ask the imperial doctor to take good care of it, and then send you a governor's mother to take care of you when you get the prince early."

Her face was calm, as if to say another very common thing: "Tongshi is in the hands of the queen, whoever the emperor wants to be lucky for is determined by the queen, and you have the help of the mourning family. If you can't even control the emperor's every move, then It's your incompetence."

Sweat welled up on Sun Xuexiao's back, but she still replied obediently: "Xuexiao, thank you aunt for teaching." But she was still terrified in her heart, how closely was the little emperor under surveillance in the palace?The Japanese, as the queen, will also be subject to such strict monitoring.Even the matter of the bed and curtain will be carefully watched and taught by the palace people to ensure that the prince can be won in one fell swoop.

After getting the young prince, what will happen to me and the little emperor?

A layer of goosebumps appeared on her skin, and she didn't know how she returned to the Lufang Pavilion where she lived.

Sun Xuezhu didn't fall asleep, and when she came back, she couldn't wait to come over to inquire: "Sister and aunt have been copying the scriptures for a long time, and I think they have learned a lot, so it is better to teach my sister more. From now on, my sister will be in charge of the sixth palace, and the palace affairs are busy. It's hard to see my sister, and our sisters will have fewer days like this."

After she finished speaking, she couldn't help feeling a little envious: "Sister is really lucky to be in the eyes of my aunt."

Sun Xuexiao was in a waning mood. What entered the Sixth Palace was just a puppet adding another one besides the little emperor. She laughed softly: "What good place can this palace be? I can't help myself, my sister is still outside the palace." Just marry a good man. Elder sister still envies younger sister, who can be free outside the palace."

Sun Xuezhu said: "I think the emperor is handsome and gentle, and his face is gentle. My sister will be the empress in the future, the lord of the six palaces. She is not free in the palace."

Handsome and gentle, with a gentle temper, Sun Xuexiao sighed when he thought of the graceful, prudent and well-behaved emperor Wu Zhishu said.

On weekdays, seeing how much the little emperor eats and wears, and what he does every day is arranged by his aunt. Before, she only thought that this was also because of her aunt's concern for the emperor. It was not until today that she deeply understood how suffocating this so-called concern can be. The situation, every word and deed, are closely watched and carefully analyzed, and there is no room for breathing.

Not only did she sympathize with the little emperor, she also sympathized with her future self, but she had no choice.

Thinking of the impenetrable and breathless days in the future, and being irresistible, she had no way to say anything to this envious cousin, but felt that her chest was so tight that she couldn't breathe at all, so she could only reluctantly nodded: "I'm tired , sister, let's go back and rest first, let's talk tomorrow."

The smile on Sun Xuezhu's face froze, but she could only stand up and say: "Okay, sister, rest early." The entire Cheng'en Mansion knew that Sun Xuexiao had the empress dowager's favor, and was going to enter the Central Palace in the future, Marquis of Cheng'en The government was still waiting for her to revive the lintel, so she could only back down aggrieved.

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Lagerstroemia Palace.

But Xiao Yan didn't know that he was being genuinely sympathized by the future queen. After He Chang'an was beaten, the other servants who served the emperor became more trembling. Then set up the phantom array, and happily went to the new house in Jin'ou Lane with Lich.

Since he bought the house, he hasn't stayed in the room seriously, so they went back to the inner courtyard, Wu Yunduo found them at the first time, and lightly jumped onto Xiao Yan's shoulder, Xiao Yan touched its back: " Go and call Zhu Rufeng to the study."

Wu Yunduo jumped out lightly, and after a while Zhu Rufeng strode in and saluted Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan nodded, simple and clear: "Find me a bag of croton powder."

Zhu Rufeng didn't move his eyebrows, he didn't ask what your majesty was doing for it, and he didn't seem to be at all curious about his sudden appearance in the room in the middle of the night. The croton powder was wrapped in high-quality white cotton paper and delivered in a sachet.

Xiao Yan took it and sent Zhu Rufeng away, and there was only one person left in the yard.

Ask the Lich: "Is there anything I need to buy? This room next door is reserved for you."

The Lich was surprised, he didn't expect Xiao Yan to reserve a room for himself - he was still a soul body, and it would take many years to condense the human body according to the current progress... But, dreams are always necessary, the Lich said : "Okay, I have magic furniture in my storage ring, let me go and release it."

Xiao Yan became interested as soon as he heard it: "Really? Then I must take a look."

For the first time, the Lich felt that some of the magic furniture in his storage ring for the convenience of travel was useful.

In the spacious room, the magic carpet suddenly appeared first. It was spread on the floor, a rich, soft, white, slender and long-haired carpet. Xiao Yan glanced at his embroidered gold brocade shoes. Although they came out of the palace, they were not dirty, but he Still a little timid to step on the spotless plush carpet.

"Don't worry, this is a magic wool carpet, hand-woven by elves, with cleaning magic, it won't get dusty, and it's also waterproof. It's suitable for bare feet to step on. It feels very comfortable. The bedroom is a place to relax."

Xiao Yan thought about it for a while, and sure enough, he took off his shoes and stepped in, his feet immediately sank into the soft wool, and the long dry hair lightly brushed against the back of his feet, which was an unusually fresh feeling.He narrowed his eyes slightly, a little unaccustomed to such unruly behavior, but...it is really comfortable, is the bedroom a place to relax?

He just walked in, and his eyes lit up. There was a gorgeous and bright magic crystal lamp floating on the top. The complicated crystal flower branches emitted soft light, and this light was not dazzling at all, spreading evenly in the room like moonlight. , but the whole room was illuminated in every detail.

"A magic lamp filled with moonlight magic, the night elves like this kind of little thing."

On the wall hung a huge and exquisite tapestry, on which was painted a whole valley of flowers, blooming like stars, lifelike.

"Magic tapestry, woven from magic silk."

Standing in front of the painting, Xiao Yan smelled the fresh fragrance of flowers. He looked at it for a long time before asking softly, "Is this the Valley of Stars you mentioned?" Lich really likes flowers.

The Lich said: "Yes."

In the center of the bedroom is a bed with white gauze hanging from all sides. The bed is full of snow-white and plump pillows and soft bedding. It is as white as a cloud. It seems that if you lie down, your body will sink deeply into the light and soft cloud. Medium, extremely comfortable.

Xiao Yan stared at the pure white pillow, imagining the lich's shiny golden hair lying on it, and was in a trance.

Lich thinks he should like it: "If you like it, you can live in this room. I am still a soul body now, so I don't need a room."

Xiao Yan touched the soul box: "Thank you, but the soul body also needs a space to be alone, I just sleep in my own room."

The Lich didn't force it.

Xiao Yan reached out and stroked the quilt lightly, and the Lich said: "It's made of swan down, soft and breathable, blessed with constant temperature magic and sweet dream magic, which can make people more relaxed and have a better rest." What he didn't say was However, these light-attributed guardian magics were already useless to him in a dead soul body.

He lived on a huge frosty tower in the later period. The white snow haze on the ice field is the scenery he has seen for thousands of years. No one can break into the ice field and the cold wind forest. Only his family messenger can hold his magic. Passing the Bone Talisman came to his tower intact.

He does not need to rest and sleep, the room is only full of bookcases and countless magic experiment equipment, runes, and dead spirits.

He may not remember the bed he used as a human for a long time.

Xiao Yan's eyelids became a little heavy when he heard his description, but he was a little excited at the moment, as if he had been able to enter a magnificent magical world and glimpse the place where the lich once lived.He walked slowly to the bookcase and desk beside him, and looked at the golden words on the spine of the bookcase: "Can I read it?"

The Lich said: "Please feel free."

Xiao Yan reached out to take it down, and felt that it was a leather book, and there were various graphics inside.

"This is a map of the magic array. The magic elements in your world are too low to mobilize such a large magic array."

Xiao Yan lightly touched the leather pages of the book, and put the book back as it was. His back turned cold, and the soul of a lich had appeared behind him. The bone hand tapped a dark green spine: "This book is suitable for you."

Xiao Yan took it off, but suddenly lost his mind: why is the Lich so tall?In the past, I was far away, and the soul body was floating in the air vaguely, without such an obvious feeling, but now it suddenly appeared behind me, the condescending sense of oppression was too obvious, and the cool feeling made the Lich have An unprecedented sense of presence.

His body was stiff and he didn't dare to move around, pressing his hand on the dark green cover, but the Lich didn't notice this, only thinking that he was too rigid in an unfamiliar environment, and opened the book for him on the table.

A long-haired monster with wings burst out of the paper and roared at him. Its huge eagle wings spread out, and its feathers were as hard as blades.

Even though he was usually calm, he still couldn't help but lean back slightly, and was supported by the Lich on his shoulders: "Scared, aren't you? It's just a magic beast map drawn with magic developing toner. I forgot that it can move."

Xiao Yan settled down, and carefully looked at the monster that almost came out of the paper. As expected, it just repeated the movement of spreading its wings and roaring, but did not really pounce. Very curious, he stretched out his fingers to touch the monster, and his fingertips The touch was fluffy, and the monster turned its head and slightly rubbed against his fingers.

"This is a griffin. It has wings of a lion's head and eagle. It can fly. It mainly has more light and wind attributes. Some knights like to use them as mounts, which are easier to tame."

Xiao Yan happily flipped through the pages.

"Unicorns, light attributes, a symbol of purity, ordinary people can't keep them, but they can detoxify and dispel most dark curses."

"Lava dragon, fire attribute, living in volcanic lava..."

The World of Warcraft map is very thick, but Lich was very patient and explained it to him one by one.

But after turning over ten pages, Xiao Yan couldn't control the heavy eyelids. The Lich picked him up and put him in the soft quilt. Xiao Yan struggled to open his eyelids: "I'll go back..."

Bone Finger gently tapped his forehead: "Sleep, I have everything to do, nothing will be missed." The voice seemed to have a little smile.

The crystal magic lamp has dimmed, soft and misty, and the face of the lich is even more blurred like a cloud of mist.

Covered with the quilt, Xiao Yan was wrapped in the dream magic that belonged to elves from another world. Xiao Yan felt refreshed all over, his eyelids were heavy, and his mouth seemed to be glued together, unable to speak. The sweet dream wrapped him in temptation. As he closed his eyes, his whole body seemed to be floating in the clouds, and he even remembered that the lich put his bare feet into the blanket and wrapped them up.

He had a dream, dreaming of gliding down from the sky with the Lich, it seemed to be riding on a griffin, and it seemed to be the "paraglider" that the Lich said, blowing towards the face with the scent of flowers, The valley is full of pits and valleys full of flowers blooming like stars.

Hei Tian had a dream, and when he woke up again, he was already lying on the dragon bed in the bedroom. Compared with the soft magic bed, the dragon bed was cold, and the gold-embroidered cloud dragon shoes were placed in front of the bed.

He didn't know when the Lich brought him back to the dormitory, but it should be very close to dawn, because the aftertaste of that dream is still rippling in his body, the kind full of freedom, happiness and joy, even with the excitement of the unknown and hyper.

After that, the days became calm again for a few days, Xiao Yan followed the routine, practiced sword, went to Jin Ou Fang to play with cats at night, read books, went out for a stroll when the weather was good, and then looked at the blueprints of the villa that Zhu Rufeng had made.

Because the villa is on the outskirts of the city and needs to go out of the city, and the curfew at night is inconvenient, Xiao Yan only asked Zhu Rufeng for the blueprints, and planned to take a look when there was more time, and then set up a teleportation array, so that they could have more bases one.

Without He Changan, Xiao Yan's nights are much freer, and he still needs an opportunity, Xiao Yan needs the daytime when no one is closely monitoring him.

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It was another night of falling asleep on the magic bed, and I was used to waking up from the dragon bed the next morning.It was raining patter outside the window, it was almost May, and the sky would be washed clean by the rain again and again.

But this time the servants yelled earlier than before, and the lich's voice was calm and calm: "He Chang'an has been waiting outside early in the morning. The desire for power always makes people full of strength." Even with injuries, this humble The servants still insisted on coming over and doing their duty.

The corner of Xiao Yan's mouth curled up slightly: "He is very important."

Lich: ...

I always feel that the young emperor's smile is very malicious.On the one hand, because he is too powerful, it is basically impossible to carry out conspiracies and tricks in front of him, which also makes him somewhat not good at strategy, and the young man in front of him has been controlled and monitored all the year round, and he has obviously learned He learned how to easily beat the desire and hatred of those around him, so as to achieve his goal.

Xiao Yan never concealed it from the Lich: "He Changan is Gao Yuanling's man, and the power of Queen Mother Sun is extended from the emperor. Queen Mother Sun needs Gao Yuanling to control the minister, and Gao Yuanling needs Sun The empress dowager controls the little emperor. Therefore, when I was young, the three parties became very stable."

"But now, I'm grown up."

"The Empress Dowager Sun's choice is to continue to control me and control the heirs by standing up."

"But Gao Yuanling is no longer satisfied with being the spokesperson of the Empress Dowager Sun—he wants more, and this is the conflict between them."

"Empress Dowager Sun can no longer bear Gao Yuanling's loss of control, but she can temporarily endure Gao Yuanling in order to become queen."

"The daughter of the Wei family is just a wooden thorn. In order for Sun Xuexiao to become a queen, the Empress Dowager can temporarily endure Gao Yuanling's greed."

"But when they found out that each other was no longer cooperating with them...hehe..."

"What are you going to do?" asked the Lich.

Xiao Yan said expressionlessly: "Their biggest failure is that they controlled all my words and deeds, but they didn't stop me from reading."

"In each dynasty, the reasons for the founding of the country and the end of the world are different, but they are all surprisingly similar. People keep repeating history. Therefore, if you read history books, you can easily find all the methods in it."

A night of very beautiful dreams and excellent rest made Xiao Yan's mind exceptionally clear.

"There is a very famous allusion of fratricide, called the Xuanwumen Incident."

Xiao Yan's face remained as usual: "It is said that the trigger for the change of Xuanwu Gate was that the King of Qin vomited blood after attending the prince's banquet and returning home...whether it is true or not, the history is complicated and confusing, but too many people know about this story gone."

The corners of Xiao Yan's mouth curled up slightly as if smiling, but there was no smile in his eyes: "What I want is that too many people know about this."

The lich had figured out what he was going to do.

There seemed to be light in Xiao Yan's eyes: "I can't ask anyone for help. I kept looking for the answer in the book, looking for it over and over again, thinking over and over for many years, and I was waiting for this opportunity."

"Books are like medicine. Good reading can cure stupidity." (Note)

The rain outside the window started pattering again.

The servants serving Xiao Yan have already come in, and He Changan stood at the front, smiling all over his face: "Did the emperor sleep well last night? Today is going to court, the emperor should pay more attention, the servant asked the imperial dining room to prepare snacks, drink less Tea."

Xiao Yan was stunned: "Today is not the day of the court, is it? Supervisor He, can you stand up to the court?" He can sit in the court, but he can't leave frequently, so he can only drink less tea, minister The same is true of them, otherwise it would be disrespectful, but almost all the servants have to stand and wait. He Changan was just beaten, so he can carry it like this?

He Changan narrowed his eyes with a smile, obviously he really took advantage of Xiao Yan's concern: "Don't worry, your majesty, slave, as long as you keep this tone, you will have to serve the majesty anyway. Today is a small court meeting, and the special discussion is to set up a meeting Regarding the Empress Dowager and the draft, the cabinet ministers, clans, and nobles are all here, and the Empress Dowager will also be present to discuss matters.”

Xiao Yan let out a breath slowly, and talked to the Lich with a mockery in his heart: "Although I know that I am a puppet, but even the servants know that after the establishment of the court today, I am just doing decorations, which is too tragic —but I am very grateful that they look down on me, so that I can do it in private."

Lich's voice carried a little smile: "Then do you want to use your croton today?" He saw Xiao Yan hiding the sachet of croton in his sleeve, a little girl who was looked down upon by everyone and under strict surveillance. Emperor, indeed, no one would think that he would poison.

Xiao Yan said: "Zhen will find a good time - but not today, just can't stay in the room to avoid being discovered."

The Lich fell silent, Xiao Yan ate snacks in an orderly manner, moistened his lips with bird's nest and white fungus soup, and then changed into complicated court clothes under the service of the servants. After that, even He Changan couldn't help but praise: "The emperor is really more and more dignified."

Xiao Yan had no expression on his face, and all the behaviors that strictly followed the rules were engraved in his behavior as if measured by a ruler. He stepped onto the chariot step by step, and waited for the servants to send him to the Hall of Supreme Harmony in the dark dawn.

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Today is the Xiaochaohui, so the court meeting is not in the main hall, but in the Zhongji Hall on the side. When Xiao Yan got off his chariot and entered the side hall of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, he saw Empress Dowager Sun waiting there. The usual kindness and peace: "Your Majesty, Aijia will make the decision for you."

Xiao Yan respectfully said: "Mother, don't worry."

Empress Dowager Sun stretched out her hand to lead him out slowly through the inner door, and the chief servant sang: "The empress dowager is here! The emperor is here!"

Empress Dowager Sun and Xiao Yan entered, the bead curtain had been erected, Empress Dowager Sun sat down, Xiao Yan watched Empress Dowager Sun sit down, and then walked out from behind the bead curtain, sat down on the dragon chair, and looked at the minister kneeling down and saluting Nobles, said softly: "Pingshen."

The servant hurriedly sent a message: "Pingshen!"

Xiao Yan sat with a blank expression like before, as if his mind was wandering, but he was actually counting the ministers below and introducing them to the Lich.

"The two who wear purple are both assistant ministers. Ji Xiangye is the left minister, called Ji Tongzhen, Zhang Xiangye is the right minister, called Zhang Chenying, and Ji Xiang is the left minister when he is young. The main reason is that he had a good teacher at that time, Gao Xiancheng. He is his teacher, very prestigious, and now he still goes to the palace to teach me from time to time... In fact, I really appreciate Mrs. Gao, a very orthodox loyalist, but his student Ji Tongzhen wants more. "

"Standing behind them are the six ministers and the chief officials of Dali Temple, Jingzhaoyin, and Yushitai. The chief officials of all the yamen are here, all in scarlet robes. We usually say that most of the nobles are third-rank above."

"The one standing on the right is the military general, um, there are not many generals, the general Zuo Duanwen... this general Zuo Duanwen is confused, he is just dawdling, and the princes and honorable princes... An Guogong also Here comes the Marquis of Guannei, Marquis of Donghai... how many are related to the royal family, it can be seen that they have been screened, and they are basically led by Marquis Chengen. In fact, if King Duan does not leave Beijing, King Duan should be standing here. He is still the regent prince and has a seat..."

The cabinet first reported a few important things, the first one was the arrival of Duan Wang, who supervised the construction of the river channel from Beijing, finally arrived. He first talked about inspecting and supervising the river channel along the way. Corruption and misappropriation of public funds, and asking the Ministry of Industry to allocate money, and choosing important gifts for the people's livelihood, the plague did exist, and it was not far from the capital generation, so it needs to be taken seriously to prevent the refugees from bringing the plague into the capital.

The cabinet debated endlessly on King Duan’s note, and there were quite a few disputes. Some insisted that the embezzlement of the silver was originally embezzlement for business purposes, while others raised the fear of extorting bribes for their superiors. The river workers still need money to repair the embankment, and the national treasury is empty, so it needs to be filled from somewhere.

Xiao Yan joked with the Lich in his heart: "Actually, people from all sides are playing games, some want to keep, some want to be demoted, and I don't know how many people are really for the sake of the people, and in the end they can always fight to a conclusion."

The Lich asked him, "If it was you, how would you deal with it?"

Xiao Yan sighed: "I can only let the cabinet discuss it first, and finally draw the circle with the imperial pen, because after all, I am also sitting in the Ming hall, and I don't know the real situation, so I can only trust these stories that have been reported."

He frowned, hearing that Ji Xiang and Zhang Xiang had already made up their minds, and after a while, each of them agreed on a few compromises. The Empress Dowager Sun just said indifferently: "According to the proposal of the cabinet—what about the emperor's opinion?"

Of course Xiao Yan knew that this was a routine procedure, but he nodded slightly: "Quite."

It was only then that the next paper was discussed, which was to be the chief examiner appointed by the imperial government to preside over the rural examinations.They discussed land reclamation and port taxation in the southeast coastal seaside one after another. After discussing several major issues one after another, Ji Xiang finally began to speak, asking the emperor to choose a son from a good family to enter the palace, choose him as a concubine, and register as a queen, so as to be an official Di bit.

He was only in his 40s, and he looked very young among court officials. His voice became clearer and clearer when he submitted the notes, and the reasons he said were very good for the country and the people.

Empress Dowager Sun spoke slowly: "Ji Xiang is loyal to the king and serves the country, and it is very appropriate to consider the matter. The candidate for the empress, Ai's family, has been selected. After Yuan."

Ji Xiang lowered his eyelids and said, "Empress Dowager, the establishment of an empress is a matter of the foundation of the country, and it is a concern for the country. Shizong said that in order to prevent the harem from interfering in politics, it is better to choose a good family to enter the palace, and choose a concubine. Cheng Enhou's mansion, The empress dowager has already been born, and no more queens can be born. The emperor is young, the emperor is young and the empress is strong, women and politics, disaster is in sight!"

Sun Heng, the Marquis of Chengen, stepped forward with a sneer: "The majestic Prime Minister is actually spitting blood, please bring up the illegal affairs of the Marquis of Chengen's mansion before saying this! The previous emperors in my dynasty always chose ladies with virtue, beauty and workmanship in the family of officials, poems and rites." Only then can the six palaces be unified and the ancestral temple be enshrined; if the empress of the Yuan Dynasty chooses from a poor family and makes the sluts rich, it will be a mess of the law! Ji Gong's break, false public benefit, vain attempt to coerce the emperor to order the world, his heart will be punished!"

Ji Xiang smiled lightly, and didn't take Cheng Enhou seriously: "I am doing my duty to the public and worrying about the country and the people. It is not for personal gain, but whether Cheng Enhou is doing it for justice or self-interest is obvious to all." The Queen Mother is selfish.

The two quickly quarreled, their words were sharp, they refused to give an inch, and attacked each other, and soon Yu Shitai also joined in the scolding battle.

Xiao Yan was very calm in the turmoil, and said to the Lich in his heart: "That is the queen mother's elder brother, Sun Heng, who looks a bit like the queen mother. When he was young, it was said that he was a rare handsome man. It is said that the first emperor heard that he had a younger sister. So she asserted that she must be a beauty, and ordered the Sun Mansion to be sent to the palace, and named a talented person, and she is now the Queen Mother."

The Lich said: "Do you know all of them? All the officials below."

Xiao Yan said: "Well, not only that, in fact, every year during the survey, the cabinet will invite me to meet the magistrates who come to Beijing one by one according to the usual practice. Before, the queen mother refused to let me see me because I was young and ill. The Taifu refuted it back, saying that if the emperor is unwell, the officials who go to Beijing will stay in the capital and see you when the emperor is well. The queen mother sees that the cabinet insists, that’s all. I persevered. I used to be young, but later I realized that Mrs. Gao had good intentions. This was to prepare for my own government. It's a pity he didn't know that his students have held power for too long, and they can no longer tolerate an incompetent The Young Emperor is above him."

The Lich smiled lowly: "Do you need to prove yourself?"

Xiao Yan said: "Let's go to the theater, who would have thought that during the court meeting in the upper kingdom, there would be a battle of words and guns, just like a vegetable market - I have been on the throne in the past few years, and I have been fortunate to see the ministers of the Golden Palace quarreling and even pulling their sleeves. punched..."

As soon as I finished speaking, there was already a quarrel in the hall, and there were people on both sides who were blushing and scolding sharply, but the two prime ministers Ji Tongzhen and Zhang Chenying were as stable as Mount Tai, and they didn't change their expressions. Obviously, they wanted to wait for the quarrel to show that the Queen Mother selfishness.

Suddenly the Marquis of Jinghai, He Fan hurriedly stepped out of the queue, bowed and saluted, and said loudly: "I have something to say! The elders of the third generation know how to be served, and the elders of the fifth generation know how to eat and drink. Naturally, the empress of the Yuan Dynasty must choose from among the noble daughters of the family. Marquis Cheng En Since the mansion is already a descendant of the ancestors, it is unspeakably noble, so it should be selected from the nobles of other families, the minister please continue the old practice, and select the young women of the right age from the third-rank nobles and the minister's mansion, and enter the palace to be selected!"

The Marquis of Jinghai, however, has no children and grandchildren. He only has one title, but he is downgraded to take over the title.Seeing that his son's success as an earl is almost coming to an end, he can only think of ways to rejuvenate the family. His family has few boys but many girls. There are about ten granddaughters alone. The concubine also has a great chance, after all, the emperor is only twelve!There are not many things in the He family, but there are many beautiful girls!Once she enters the palace and is reborn as the next prince and princess, there is great hope that the title of the He family will be extended for another three generations!

His heart was hot, and after the incident, he looked at the sunken Queen Mother, and felt a little timid, and then looked at Ji Xiangye who was expressionless, and his heart trembled again, and suddenly thought that King Duan was transferred out of Beijing to supervise the construction of river channels He went, obviously the cabinet was in a ring with the queen mother, and was afraid that the co-prince would help the queen mother, so he was transferred to leave Beijing. In this way... I became a rafter in the early days, poking a hornet's nest!

He gritted his teeth and saw An Guogong Weida dozing off with his eyelids down, his hands covered in his sleeves, standing as firmly as a mountain. In fact, the slight snorting sound had already betrayed the fact that he was asleep.An Guogong is always an old fox, he doesn't touch anything every time, and he is a good old man—Jinghai Hou thought about it for a while, and he had an idea, and quickly pushed Anguo Gong: "An Guogong, don't you? Cheng Enhou's mansion It is already too expensive, there should be no more rewards, the Empress Yuan is so important, the emperor will..."

An Guogong was pushed by him, his whole body trembled and he opened his eyes, sleepy as if he had just been awakened from a dream: "Ah? Your Majesty is in charge?"

The hall fell silent for an instant.

The hall suddenly became quiet, especially when An Guogong said pro-government very clearly, Jinghai Hou was tongue-tied, he just said the word "pro-government"?An Guogong seemed to wake up in a daze. He looked around blankly and didn't seem to have recovered. Jinghai Hou didn't have time to recall carefully, but thought that he had made a slip of the tongue or that An Guogong was deaf and couldn't hear clearly, so he hurriedly said: "An Guogong is The elders of the three dynasties have made great achievements, are always mature and prudent, and know the general principles, what do you think of the establishment of the queen?"

An Guogong Weida seemed to have not recovered, cleared his throat, thinking that his ears were really not very flexible, so his voice was quite high: "Ah... the opinion of the old minister... this is God's destiny, your majesty has accepted the order with holiness... Enshi is popular at home and abroad..."

Everyone saw him shaking his head and shaking his head, dropping his book bag to show his loyalty, speaking incoherently, showing his old age, and couldn't help snickering, but after all, he was the old Duke of the Three Dynasties, so they could only hold back their patience and listen to him dragging his voice: "This Yuan The future is related to the country... As the mother of the world, and the future king, if you don't choose well, you will be Daji Wuzhou and others. This kind of virtue, speech, work and family background are too important... It really needs to be discussed... "Ji Xiangye's expression softened slightly, and Empress Dowager Sun's complexion had already darkened, and she was holding the Buddhist beads in her hand as if she was about to be crushed.

However, Duke An changed his tone: "But after the establishment... In the final analysis... it is also a royal affair...