As soon as Zhao Jinyan's voice fell, not only the Empress Dowager was shocked, but Fu Hui also raised her head in some surprise.

In fact, Zhao Jinyan didn't express her sincerity to Fu Rui at the beginning, but Fu Rui Rao was naïve, and she also knew that many things couldn't be too good for her, and she could be said to dare not think about that aspect at all. She is selfishly willing to believe, but she prevents her excessive naivety.

But she didn't expect that Zhao Jinyan would be true, and today he said it in front of the Queen Mother, in public, that he only wanted her and didn't need other women.

Fleur only felt a warm/hot feeling in her heart, and even with her eyes, she couldn't help but heat up and mist.

If Fleur is surprised with joy, then the Empress Dowager is stunned with shock and anger.

She looked at Zhao Jinyan in disbelief, but Zhao Jinyan's expression when he said this was too serious, and his eyes were too categorical, with unquestionable determination.

With trembling hands, she picked up the teacup at her hand, took a sip into her mouth, and then put it down tremblingly. It may be because of the power of this sip of tea, or it may be because she has been innocent/hard, after all, she has experienced countless winds and waves, and after the shock, she stabilized her mind, she took a deep breath, looked at Zhao Jinyan and only said one sentence: "Your Majesty, this kind of thing is not child's play, and you can't just talk nonsense." ”

She tried to get Zhao Jinyan to retract this sentence.

And after Zhao Jinyan heard the words of the Empress Dowager, he only smiled slightly, and his tone was still flat: "How can the imperial grandmother think that I am joking, my heart for the queen can be learned from heaven and earth, and what I said today is no joke since I am the king!" ”

"Your Majesty!"

Before Zhao Jinyan's words fell, the Empress Dowager scolded loudly. She spoke righteously, looking at Zhao Jinyan's gaze as if she was looking at an ignorant child: "Does the emperor know what the consequences of your words today will be?" ”

The Empress Dowager's questioning did not make Zhao Jinyan's face change in any way, he didn't even look at the Empress Dowager at this time, but looked at Fu Hui with a gentle smile in his eyes, and there was also a bit of ridicule in his eyes, it seemed that it was because Fu Rui's appearance of crying and wanting to laugh made him laugh. His hand held Fleur's hand, carelessly playing and playing, but cherishing it.

And his attitude made Fleur a little embarrassed, with sweetness in her heart, and she didn't know how to deal with it, so she only lowered her head and thought of herself as a wooden man.

The Empress Dowager looked at it, but she was furious, she took a deep breath, trying her best not to let her feelings out, but she still couldn't help but shout at Zhao Jinyan a little sharply: "Your Majesty! ”

Her voice didn't scare Zhao Jinyan, but it scared Fu Hui a little, Fu Wei raised her head and glanced at the Queen Mother, only to see the fire in the Queen Mother's eyes, and the coldness in her eyes seemed to be able to freeze the whole room.

If Fu Hui is left to face it alone, it will inevitably be timid, but at this moment, Zhao Jinyan held Fu Hui's hand tightly, as if it also gave her strength, and she was no longer so timid. She lowered her head again, but she didn't see the Queen Mother like this.

After all, at this time, if Fu Hui went to persuade the Empress Dowager, it seemed that she was cheap and behaved, and if she went to persuade Zhao Jinyan, she didn't know what to do, so she still didn't say anything.

She also has a little idea in her heart, and she also wants to see what kind of Cheng Dù Zhao Jinyan can do for her.

Zhao Jinyan also seemed to see Fu Yuan's careful thoughts, although his face was still cold and calm, but the slightly upturned corners of his mouth showed his mood at this time. He raised his head, his eyes fell on the angry Empress Dowager, and his tone was not hurried: "What do the Empress Dowager's words mean?" Could it be that there is anyone in my harem, will it still be related to the country/family's life? ”

“……”

The Empress Dowager subconsciously wanted to nod her head, but her nodding action stopped abruptly, although it was all about the emperor's harem, and it was indeed related to the dynasty/politics, but this is not something that can be put on the surface. The women in the harem are mostly the daughters of the courtiers' families, so they have a balancing effect on the previous dynasty.

This is something that everyone knows, but if it is said openly, it is not so appropriate, and when it is put on the table, others listen to it, and they don't think that the emperor is useless, and they still have to rely on women to govern the court.

The Empress Dowager took a deep breath, looked at Zhao Jinyan, and said calmly: "The emperor must not forget that the matter of the heir is not only related to the continuation of our royal family, but also the stability of the imperial court and the foundation of the country/family!" ”

"I know it."

Zhao Jinyan smiled on his face, nodded his head in agreement when he heard the words, and then said to the empress dowager with a smile: "The matter of the heir is a royal matter, now that I have a wife and a queen, I will naturally put the matter of the heir on the agenda, and in the harem, there is a queen, and there is naturally hope for the heir, so why bother to go to the palace to take the concubine into the palace." ”

How is this, spreading branches and leaves, it is about letting the emperor water/irrigate more, and it is good to do it on a large scale.

Now there is only one queen in the harem, what kind of branch is this!

The Empress Dowager was about to refute Zhao Jinyan's words, but Zhao Jinyan did not wait for the Empress Dowager to speak, and said with a smile: "Since ancient times, our royal tradition has always been to respect the eldest son, only the heirs of the queen can be called the eldest son, and it is also orthodox, and what others come out of, where can they compare to what the queen is." Even so, I should also go more on the right way, before the queen has no heirs, how can I waste my energy/energy on others, and if the queen can give birth to an heir, the royal heirs will continue, and the country will have a prince, then what is the point of accepting other concubines! ”

Zhao Jinyan's words were reasonable, but he connected all the logic and circled it around.

The Empress Dowager naturally disagrees with it in her heart, and she disagrees very much, and even thinks that this is a crooked reason, but ...... Let her say the words to refute Zhao Jinyan, and her mind was really a little confused/confused for a while.

The queen is orthodox, and she is more noble than other concubines, and the eldest said that it is even more in line with tradition, and the queen mother has always advertised that she is the most disciplined and traditional, so it is naturally impossible to say that the emperor is wrong. However, in the second half of Zhao Jinyan's sentence, he said that the queen has an heir, and the meaning of other concubines is not in this sentence, and the empress dowager can't refute it, this is also what she said herself, isn't it that the role of the concubine is to give birth to heirs for the royal family?

The Empress Dowager looked at Zhao Jinyan, and really didn't know how to say Zhao Jinyan, Zhao Jinyan himself was a concubine, and his identity was even worse than that of an ordinary concubine.

But Zhao Jinyan, who was born like this, is a grandson at this time, and he looks at it with that posture, and he doesn't respect his concubine at all. Could it be that it is because of his dishonorable background that he wants to find it back in his children/grandchildren?

The Empress Dowager couldn't help muttering a little in her heart, and she opened her mouth, and she really didn't know where to refute Zhao Jinyan's words, and after a long time, the Empress Dowager found her voice, and said to Zhao Jinyan a little dryly: "The responsibility of giving birth to a royal heir is borne by the queen alone, the burden is too heavy, and the queen can't bear it alone." ”

"The mourning family is old, and what they want is just their children and grandchildren around their knees, and now there are not many grandchildren of the mourning family, and they can only look at their great-grandchildren, but if they wait for the queen to give birth, they are afraid that the mourning family will not be able to see the scene of their great-grandsons around their knees, so they don't care about their concubines at all, anyway, no matter who gives birth to them, they are all the emperor's sons and great-grandchildren."

"The Empress Dowager said with a smile, you have always been in excellent health, since you can wait for the birth of your great-grandson, I and the Empress will also work harder, and strive to let the Empress Dowager see her great-grandson as soon as possible."

Zhao Jinyan didn't reply softly or hard, but only choked the Queen Mother.

Seeing this, the Empress Dowager was not polite, and said bluntly: "The emperor is afraid that he still doesn't understand the meaning of the family, if there is only one queen in the emperor's harem, then it is gratifying for the mourning family to be able to see two great-grandchildren in three years, but if there are other concubines in the emperor's harem, then within a year, the mourning family may add two great-grandchildren." ”

It seems that the Empress Dowager is determined to persuade Zhao Jinyan to accept the concubine. Fu Yuan and Zhao Jinyan naturally saw that this stubborn old lady was not so easy to persuade at all.

Zhao Jinyan was no longer polite when he saw this, looked at the Empress Dowager, and said with a smile: "The Empress Dowager is afraid that she has miscalculated this account, you must know that the royal account can never be solved with a simple folk algorithm." ”

"I remember that the number of people in the harem once reached hundreds during the Tai/Zu period, but the heirs of the Tai/Zu were only the emperor/grandfather and the same father and mother and a younger brother. During the Tai/Ye period, except for the queen in the Tai/Ye harem, there were only three concubines, and there was no favor. But there are three princes and a princess in the harem of the princess/lord, and these four are all raised by the grandmother, and if it is so, it is obvious that the more concubines the queen mother said, the more heirs there are, and the statement is not true at all. ”

"The more concubines there are, the more difficult it is to manage in the harem, and even become disorganized, and it is even more difficult for the royal heirs to survive."

"Rather than this, if I start from now on, I will seriously live with the queen alone, which is not only conducive to the growth of our royal heirs, but also saves a lot of unnecessary expenses and troubles."