What about the palace.

The Emperor is playing chess with the Empress.

The emperor's chess skills are not good, and there is no way to compare with the queen, but his emperor himself and his enthusiasm for playing chess, as long as he has time, he will grab people's hands to talk about a few sentences, and he is still an extremely strong character, and others deliberately let him make the emperor very disliked, and he has to ask others to play chess with him at a 100% level.

However, there are policies and countermeasures, and the emperor hopes that the civil and military officials will use all their strength to play chess with him, and the civil and military officials will try their best to lose to the emperor and at the same time let him not see the flaws.

The emperor had no choice but to reduce the number of times he played chess with hundreds of officials.

Fortunately, in a huge palace, there is still a queen who can play chess with him, and the emperor who kills in the chess game every time does not leave a piece of armor.

However, the more this was the case, the happier the emperor became.

In the words of later generations, this is a shaky.

On the chessboard at this moment, the emperor is embattled, and the big dragon is also in danger. The queen has already connected the four battlefields and is ready to launch a final attack. The emperor twisted the chess pieces for a long time, racking his brains to think of how to deal with it.

The queen was not in a hurry, and even ran to get some porridge for the emperor.

When the queen came back with the porridge bowl, she found that the emperor had left the chess table and was talking to the chief eunuch.

The emperor's face was solemn, and he subconsciously turned the wrench on the thumb of his left hand.

This is a small habit of the emperor, whenever he encounters a more difficult problem, he can't help but turn the wrench.

"Got it, keep staring. The emperor waved his hand and motioned for the chief eunuch to step aside.

The queen walked over with a bowl of porridge and asked with concern, "Your Majesty, why are you upset?" ”

The emperor took a sip of porridge: "Well, the queen's craftsmanship is getting better and better, after playing chess all night, drinking such a bowl of steaming porridge is really a great enjoyment." ”

The queen said: "This is not what my majesty would say, and besides, this bowl of porridge is not boiled by the concubine." ”

The emperor was a little embarrassed and said, "Ha, is that the subordinate boiling the craft? The craftsmanship is so similar to the queen, and he almost has the charm of the queen." ”

The queen said angrily, "Your Majesty." ”

The emperor smiled and pulled the queen to the dragon chair, if he let the hundred officials see it, he would say that the emperor had violated the royal etiquette.

"Your Majesty, the concubines have been worried about you for a few days, even when they play chess, they are always distracted, what happened to make Your Majesty so worried? The concubines know that the harem cannot interfere in politics, but the concubines, as the wives of His Majesty, share their husbands' worries is also a matter of duty. The empress gently stroked the emperor's cheek and said worriedly and distressedly.

The emperor sighed: "Left Xiang." ”

The queen's face was slightly strange.

Li Wuji's wife and the queen are relatives of the family, so the queen and Li Wuji can also be regarded as having a relationship, and in some small matters, the queen will also help Li Wuji speak.

However, once it comes to the country, the queen is only the emperor in her eyes.

"What has he done again? Is he still dissatisfied with his current position?" said the empress, "Could Prime Minister Li Zuo be too greedy?" ”

The emperor said lightly: "Li Wuji has already mentioned the matter of Lichu to me three times and twice. ”

Speaking of Lichu, Wei Wan's face was a little unsightly.

Although she and the emperor are in love, it has always been the biggest regret in Wei Wan's heart that she failed to give birth to the dragon seed, and she has also tried various methods and postures, but she still can't successfully conceive the dragon seed.

Li Hong has been unwilling to be crowned prince all these years, in fact, he is waiting for her.

Wei Wan also once expressed the view of letting the emperor canonize the crown prince, after all, the East Palace can't be without an owner for a day, and if the prince is not canonized for a day, the princes will not be at ease, and the party competition will become more and more intense, although Li Hong still has the ability to suppress these people, but the power of the group is strong, once it really comes to fight for power and profit, Li Hong can't control it.

"Your Majesty, the concubines also feel that the matter of the crown prince cannot be delayed. Wei Wan whispered.

Li Hong put his arms around her and said softly: "I am still young, and you are also young, so why worry about having no heirs?" Besides, I once asked Yin Yang, and he told me that I would definitely have children with the queen in the future. Therefore, I am not in a hurry to deal with the prince. ”

Wei Wan was still quite moved by the emperor's safety, but as the queen, she had to take a long-term view.

"But Your Majesty, if the prince does not stand for a day, the court will not be able to settle down for a day. Li Wuji has mentioned it many times, which is not necessarily a signal. The eldest prince he supports, but he is backed by the entire Longxi aristocratic group, and as for the fourth prince, he is backed by the Jiangnan aristocratic group. Once the fight between the two sides breaks out, it will hurt the country. ”

"I don't know, but the more this happens, the more I can't easily ordain anyone. Whether it is Longxi or Jiangnan, these two big aristocratic groups have become my henchmen, even stronger than the barbarians and the other five countries. They control the economic and cultural lifeblood of my Tang Dynasty, if it weren't for the rise of the academy in recent years, my court would be full of descendants from these two aristocratic groups, the queen can imagine, what a terrifying scene it would be. ”

Li Hong smiled indifferently: "I, Datang, established the country by force, and at the beginning of the founding of the country, I did receive the support of these two big aristocratic groups, one supported financial resources, and the other supported human resources, and both sides made great contributions to Datang." But this does not become their capital to blackmail me, whether it is the eldest prince or the fourth prince, I will not canonize them as crown princes. ”

Wei Wan was stunned.

The emperor is angry with the two big interest groups.

It's not good to go on like this, and it's easy to have big problems.

Since they all talked about this topic, Li Hong simply went on and told what he really thought in his heart: "Queen, do you know that the son I admire the most is the third child." He is the best candidate for the crown prince in my mind, because he is very similar to me when I was younger, and seeing him is like seeing myself thirty years ago. ”

Wei Wan said: "But the third prince has returned to the fiefdom, which shows that he has no intention of getting involved in the dispute between the princes." What's more, General Zhou Dingzhou, a supporter of the Three Princes, has ......"

"Zhou Ding's matter is indeed my mistake. Li Hong said with emotion: "During that time, I didn't know what was wrong, it was inexplicable irritability, especially after seeing Zhou Ding, I would become more and more irritable, so I couldn't wait to get rid of him." Now that I think about it, I was in a very wrong state during that time. ”

Wei Wan said: "Your Majesty, is there some kind of secret here?"

Li Hong said: "I also secretly investigated afterwards, but there is no clue to prove that I was manipulated, so I should be uneasy." That's it, don't talk about this, General Zhou's matter has already passed, and talking about it again will only add to the sadness. The top priority is to think about how to rekindle the third child's desire to compete for the crown prince, and only when he participates in this game can it be regarded as a real opening. ”

Wei Wan was a little worried: "Your Majesty, the three princes don't have any backers, how can they fight against the other two princes? And they are all your children, if you hurt any of them, Your Majesty will also be sad." ”

Li Hong said indifferently: "Since ancient times, the struggle for imperial power has been accompanied by blood, and the same is true of my succession. Without a cold heart, how to face the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty. Queen, do you know how lucky I am, because of your presence, I can retain the last softness in my heart, and not become a complete hard-hearted heart. Compared to my father, the Emperor, and the Emperor, I have gained so much. ”

Wei Wan snuggled into Li Hong's arms, and at this moment they were no longer the emperor and empress, but the most ordinary couple among the people.

After a moment of warmth, Wei Wan looked up at Li Hong and said, "Your Majesty, how are you going to persuade the third prince to come back?"

Li Hong said: "I still don't get along with this point, but I already have a very suitable candidate in my heart." ”

"Who?"

"Zhou Fei. ”

Li Hong touched Wei Wan's face: "He is Zhou Ding's son, and he also played with the third child when he was a child, and the two sides can be said to have a good friendship." Although the General's Mansion is gone, Zhou Fei's current identity is not much higher than that of the former general's son, he is the world's representative of the academy and the last apprentice of the master. If he stands up to support the third child, in the eyes of outsiders, it means that the academy supports the third child, and the master supports the third child. ”

"Longxi and the aristocratic chaebols in Jiangnan are powerful, but who dares to really say that they can wrestle with the academy? As long as the master is still there, the academy is the strongest combat force in my Tang Dynasty, and there is no one. ”

Wei Wan said: "But I see that Zhou Fei has a deep grudge against His Majesty, and I'm afraid that he won't easily get involved in the matter of Lichu." ”

"Do you know what Li Wuji is looking for Zhou Fei to do?" Li Hong said: "Li Wuji invited Zhou Fei to dinner, and directly talked about Lichu at the dinner table. Zhou Fei is a cunning little fox, he doesn't give any flaws, so Li Wuji can't find a place to speak. But once this kind of thing starts, it's hard to pick it out. Zhou Fei has already entered the game, he can only go forward with this torrent, whether he retreats or exits, he will be crushed into powder by this torrent. This is the power of imperial power. ”

Wei Wan naturally understood the meaning of the emperor's words, "But in this way, wouldn't Zhou Fei be even more resentful of Your Majesty?"

"If you are resentful, you will be resentful, there are many people in the world who resent me, and he is not one of them. Li Hong said: "And the future of Datang belongs to them after all, if I can exchange my hatred for the strength of my Datang, I will die without a corpse, and it is worth it." ”

Wei Wan hurriedly covered the emperor's mouth: "Your Majesty, don't talk nonsense, you are admired by all the people and you are a wise monarch of the ages, how can you end up so sloppy." Don't say such things next time, the concubine is distressed when she listens. ”

Li Hong laughed: "Okay, I won't say it again." Queen, accompany me in another game of chess, this time I will definitely win against you. ”

The Empress nodded, took the Emperor's hand and returned to the chess table.

The emperor fell a son, and it turned out to be in the center of the chessboard.

This son has already revealed the emperor's thoughts at the moment.

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