The cicadas chirp in the night, but the night of Zitai is as calm as stagnant water.

Emperor Yuanyou leaned on the bed of the Arhat by the window, reading over and over again the ministers' joint request for the abolition of the king of Changshan, and they unanimously advised to change the king of Changshan, except for his feudal state, the highest voice was the descendant Xu clan, which made him deeply annoyed.

What's even more infuriating is that there is a counselor who has been promoted not long ago, and the new official has three fires in office, which has caused a big problem for himself. The first one was burned on Xu Chao of the Xu family, and he embezzled military salaries in the East China Sea, and the second fire was used to impeach Fan Guifei Yu Zheng of Changshan Palace, and he dictated the cadres, and Li Min privately called her "the second heroine", which shows that the royal power has been usurped, and the third fire is the king of Changshan, who raises servants and corrupts the monarch's morality, blocks the way of speech and excludes the righteous, abuses rewards and punishments, and does not distinguish between loyalty and treachery.

"Maosheng, Maosheng." Emperor Yuanyou threw away the words benevolence, righteousness and love for the people, and looked depressed.

The chamberlains on the hall walked back and forth, each busy, Mao Sheng also held a dust tail to clean up all kinds of utensils, the antiquities displayed in the Changji Hall are handed down from the Yin Shang era, each one is very valuable, precious, so they are all taken care of by Mao Sheng himself.

Hearing the emperor's call, Mao Sheng came over, "What does Your Majesty command?" ”

"Let's fry a pot of Mengding tea."

Emperor Yuanyou was not in a good mood, and after visiting the annex, his mood was even worse, and his anger was congested in his chest, circling and condensing, unable to be relieved.

Mao Sheng stopped what he was doing, washed his hands, skillfully arranged the tea table, and tinkered with the tea set. After a while, the tea leaves boiled in the tea pan exuded the fragrance of leaves, accompanied by wisps of green smoke.

"I'm afraid that your tea art is unmatched in the country. Don't be busy, come and sit down, just want to talk to you. ”

Emperor Yuanyou put his hand on the wisp of green smoke, fanned the smoke in front of him, sniffed hard, coughed violently, and a little red splashed on his cuffs.

How long can such a body be supported, Emperor Yuanyou put down his sleeves without a trace, and said solemnly to Maosheng, who had been with him for most of his life: "I have already retired." ”

"Majesty!" Mao Sheng wasn't surprised, but he felt that it was too early for His Majesty to mention the matter.

"If you don't want to be an emperor, it's not bad to be a layman, treading snow and singing songs in spring, accompanied by moonlight residual lotus in summer, tasting a cup of tea, dancing a sword dance, no regrets in life, enough." Seeing that he was nervous, Emperor Yuanyou smiled and said, "It's not tonight, it's not tomorrow, but it's not far away." ”

Mao Sheng handed the teacup to a few fronts, opened his mouth, and quickly lowered his head, never letting His Majesty see his gaffe until the tears were dry.

"How can you say such a thing, your majesty is still in the prime of life......"

"Old thing, you come to comfort people again, you know best how I bow. The death of the king is nothing to the emperor, and it only takes a process of monarchy change for the people, but the children of the Yu Jin family are too dangerous. You know that, too. Emperor Yuanyou patted those pieces and sneered, "Do you know what is written?" The courtiers advised that Wei Hou was the orphan of the heir of the former emperor and could be established as the prince. It is not easy to stabilize the court, the princess was appointed by them, and it is they who want to disturb the peace of the city. Needless to say, what do you think of this person? After speaking, he dipped his tea and wrote on the table one by one.

"What kind of person Weihou is, no one in the kingdom knows, his virtue is ridiculous...... 陛xià no! Shigeru suddenly came to his senses. If the country is handed over to Wei Hou, what will the Jin state look like under the rule of Wei Hou, the people will probably be desperate, they yearn for peace and prosperity, but it is not something that can be created by a king who is addicted to male sex and morbid. Before the Jin Kingdom was completely plunged into the whirlpool of turmoil, they still held on to the hope that the savior who would end the war and help the people of Li regain their lives would appear. The fundamental reason for today's situation is that His Majesty has no surviving son.

Buddhists often say: the cycle of life and death, the cycle of cause and effect.

Cutting off children and grandchildren may be the retribution of Emperor Yuanyou for killing his brother and killing his brother. The blizzard many years ago was not only a disaster for the common people, but also a catastrophe for the life and death of the empire and the king.

Towering purple platform, goose feathers flying snow. The snow disaster was like a boulder falling from the sky, weighing heavily on the head of the Southern Dynasty and on the hearts of the subjects. The Jin people were afraid of the cold, or the undead of the court died in vain, the heirs of Emperor Yuanyou died one after another, the Jin palace funerals continued, and the empire that advocated extravagance no longer saw the beautiful skirt and green sideburns.

After a long month of frost damage, the long cold winter ended in the early morning of the rising sun, and the misty princes and nobles were relieved, and the craftsmen could not wait to make iron armor and sharp weapons for them—in the late spring, there were fresh young deer and wild pigs, and the nobles needed to hunt prey to comfort their wounded bodies and minds.

On the way back from the hunt, the army passed through the Qiaoxi Post and was scattered by the gale, and the mount of the prince suddenly roared wildly, and he crashed to death on the stone cliff, and the prince also slipped and fell from the horse, was seriously injured, and finally died at the age of sixteen.

Emperor Yuanyou has more than a dozen royal children, most of them died after a blizzard, since the prince of Qiaoxiyi Heng fell from a horse and died, there is no male heir in the country to inherit the unification, the clan heirs of the side ignited a trace of hope, the successor of the throne is eyeing the throne, the country can not be without a master for a day, the East Palace can not be vacant for a long time, the top priority is to select young talents who are worthy of the great responsibility from the clan to be the heir, in order not to bury the ancestral inheritance in their own hands, save face to see the ancestors, this is also the best solution.

And the clan people in the clan for the position of boiling beans and burning the seeds, and there is no royal weapon, can bear heavy responsibilities, the ministers boldly admonished, selected the virtuous princess to be the prince, as soon as the advice came out, the courtiers have echoed. On the authority belongs to the queen's daughter Princess Xu, on the daughter of Huo Guiji's daughter Tongqing Princess is the most suitable, Yuan Ling, who was still a princess, was only second to the two, but she did not understand the literature and martial arts, stubborn, deviant, Princess Cao has the reputation of "virtue and sensitivity", but she was born from a humble background and has no mother's support. With the support of the ministers, Princess Xu Yuanying entered the East Palace.

The original expedient measure has now become a foregone conclusion, whether it is providence or conspiracy, delving into the truth will surely break the peace, why not rush each other, and the tragedy of the heirs competing for the throne can not be repeated. When he was young, his father Emperor Wen said to him before he died: "Tears are the self-pity and self-pity of the weak, and the emperor's family must not have weak generations." Father's tears flowed only when the heirs were almost gone, at least only once.

Emperor Yuanyou thought of this, and forced back his tears, "If there was still a child, it would have been a long time ago, maybe it was the will of heaven." They always say that the succession of women is the next policy, and Emperor Taizong, who created the rule of prosperity, is not also a woman, if there is no Emperor Taizong, how can I bow today. ”

"What His Majesty said is very true. If everyone walks on the same path according to the rules, and when they reach a desperate situation, they find that it is a road of no return, and no one is spared...... Therefore, there must be someone who rebels against common sense and chooses a different path, and that person can lead those who have gone astray to the right path. Why don't you continue to be a guide. ”

The woman of the Jin Kingdom was the emperor early, the founding ancestor Emperor Wusheng was diligent in his life, his wife died early, he had no children for life, and he only had a daughter of Taizong under his knees. Although Taizong is a daughter, his heart is strong and does not lose his eyebrows, after ascending to the pole, he has a strong wrist, is cautious in words and deeds, develops agricultural handicrafts, digs canals and canals, builds Nanxue Yishu, and promotes poor students, which has laid a solid foundation for the prosperity of later generations and won the support and love of the people.

Take Taizong as an example, who dares to say that the girl is not as good as the son, Emperor Yuanyou is not a stubborn and conservative emperor, after he ascended the throne, there were many female civil officials and female generals who crossed the horse and insulted the court.

Now is not the past, in the current troubled times, the difficulty of women to save the country and govern the world is much higher than that of men, the princess recommended by the ministers has a weak temperament after growing up, overly dependent on the Xu family, and has no ideas in political affairs. However, Maosheng's words made him hesitate.

The people of the court were disheartened, the princess was cowardly, Fan Guifei's desire for power was unhindered, and King Changshan was in a worrying situation...... These things made Emperor Yuanyou exhausted.

"Majesty?" Mao Sheng looked worriedly at the emperor who seemed to have lost his soul. Emperor Yuanyou's robe swept through several cases, and overturned the piled up of chapters and documents, and a bronze crane candlestick also fell.

The flames raged and burned "zizi". Mao Sheng immediately copied the dust tail, and several attendants who rushed over to control the fire.