Emperor Zhaowu solved the difficult matter of how to recognize his son, and the dragon heart was happy, leaving Jiang Shoufu to drink together, not caring about the trivial matters of the harem.

Most of the chief eunuchs, celebrant eunuchs, and eunuchs who can come to the stage are all traveling with Emperor Shenwu, and almost all of them fold in Lu Jiang's rebellion.

There are no tigers in the mountains, and the monkey is called the king, coinciding with the new emperor's accession to the throne, and the eunuchs who were suppressed by several famous eunuchs in the past fought very hard to be close to Emperor Zhaowu.

The dispute in the inner court, Jiang Shoufu was unwilling to say a word.

Emperor Zhaowu has been on the border for many years, and he has always disliked eunuchs and eunuchs, and he was extremely disgusted and distrustful of this group of eunuchs, so he waved his hand: "Whoever is the chief eunuch, Bingbi, palm print eunuchs let Ah Jiuding, don't bother me." ”

"Your Majesty......" Jiang Shoufu was so frightened that he almost threw the wine glass in his hand on the ground, and most of the wine spilled wet sleeves, was Emperor Zhaowu sincere, or deliberately tempted?

You must know that these key positions have to be held by the emperor's most trusted eunuchs.

"I believe in Ah Jiu and Tianyang, and besides, I don't want to be an emperor at all." Emperor Zhaowu's face was bitter, "This dragon robe is very uncomfortable to wear, I am the one who occupies a position for Tianyang, and after a few years, Tianyang has a son, and I will abdicate and go away." ”

"Your Majesty can't say that, the Emperor Taishang is wise and martial, he chose you among many princes, and entrusted Jiangshan Sheji, you are the most suitable, now the Jiangnan is in turmoil, and the traitor Lu Jiang hijacks the Emperor Taishang to occupy the hometown of Dongliao, it is the time for Your Majesty to show his ambitions, welcome back the Emperor Taishang, and punish the abolished prince who participated in the rebellion."

Emperor Zhaowu looked at Jiang Shoufu thoughtfully, and asked casually, "I heard that there is a proverb in the capital. Giving birth to a child should be like a heavenly nourishment, isn't it? ”

Jiang Shoufu didn't dare to sit anymore, and got up to ask for guilt, but was held by Emperor Zhaowu's arm. Don't let him kneel, Emperor Zhaowu worked hard, he didn't let him kneel, Jiang Shoufu couldn't kneel even if he was tired, "Yes, the emperor is saying, but that's because the people don't know His Majesty's merits." ”

The Father is the Son. The son's light completely overshadows the father, which is fine in ordinary people's homes, but if it falls on the royal family. It's not a good thing.

"Haha, I scared you so much, my face turned white, and the calm Shousuke was also afraid."

Jiang Shoufu bowed his head shyly. How can you not be afraid? Win Tianyang used interlocking tactics to force Lu Jiang to rebel. Push King Qi, who has little chance, to the throne, and after his identity is exposed, he will inevitably get the full support of the Mu family, and Jiang Shoufu is the first person in the foreign dynasty.

Ying Tianyang's powerful connections are enough to subvert the throne.

Emperor Zhaowu took a sip of wine, "No wonder you think about it too much, you group of people just love to think about things and wests, and you don't understand me, and if you don't understand me, you will only be proud of my son." ”

"You don't know how proud I am. How much it hurts. Emperor Zhaowu sighed, his eyes complicated: "I am ashamed of the heavens. Raised by my side for more than ten years, I didn't know that he was my biological son. I can't catch up with my father, he said that he was familiar when he saw Tianyang, you all think that you are familiar because of your uncle, but in fact, it is because of me! ”

"Thinking back to the past at the border, he came in the wind, went in the fire, and he did the most dangerous things, and at the age of ten, he went to the battlefield to fight, practice martial arts, and only slept for one hour a day. Seeing how he suffered, I couldn't do it. ”

"My father actually wants to give him the throne."

"Your Majesty......"

"You don't have to say it, I am self-aware, not a ruler." Emperor Zhaowu patted the armrest of the dragon chair with a proud face, "I can eat, drink and be merry, and be the most freewheeling emperor, because I have a good son, and those emperors of the previous dynasty who were tired of state affairs and took care of the overall situation were envious." ”

"Tianyang is no matter how capable he is, maybe the courtiers will assist. I don't want him to be tired of himself, I am telling you this today, I just don't want to see your resignation. The empire can't do without you, Jiang Shoufu, and your talent and ability can only be fully displayed in the Heavenly Cultivation Lordship. ”

Jiang Shoufu burst into tears when he heard this, and it was this trust that the courtier asked for, "Your Majesty, the minister is willing to serve his life." ”

Emperor Zhaowu patted Jiang Shoufu's arm, "Assist Tianyang well, and round a good story of ancient monarchs and ministers." ”

"Yes." Jiang Shoufu dispelled the idea of avoiding suspicion.

Starting from Jiang Shoufu, Emperor Zhaowu summoned a number of important ministers of the imperial court, and there were also a few young officials whose official positions were not very high, these people came out of the palace with red circles in their eyes, and they were extremely enthusiastic about their own work, and they were sincere enough to plan to assist King Qi to win Mu and create a prosperous era that went down in history.

Emperor Zhaowu knew in his heart which people were the capable ministers and cadres that his son relied on, and his son could not do without their assistance, and his words might not be able to make them serve their lives, at least give them a reassurance.

"Come on, prepare the horses."

"Slave and maid, go now."

A white-faced and thin eunuch followed Emperor Zhaowu, his surname was Ma, and he was the righteous son of Emperor Shenwu's most trusted eunuch Ma Gonggong.

Because of this relationship, he was selected by Ah Jiu to be the chief eunuch of the Qianqing Palace, serving Emperor Zhaowu and handling all the mundane things in the Qianqing Palace.

Ma Gonggong fell into the hands of traitors with the emperor, and the godsons he accepted were in a panic, but he didn't expect Ah Jiu to promote them all, and their power was better than when their godfather Ma Gonggong was there.

They are grateful for the pictorial newspaper and always send news to Ah Jiu, even if Ah Jiu doesn't want to know Emperor Zhaowu's movements at all.

For example, the news that Emperor Zhaowu went to the eldest princess's courtyard, before Emperor Zhaowu left the palace, Ah Jiu knew.

"Tell them that they are His Majesty's minions."

Ah Jiu looked at the roster of the harem, his eyes did not lift, "Whoever sends me news in the future, I ask Your Majesty to withdraw them." ”

"Yes, ma'am."

There was a large group of palace maids who were waiting next to him, and every palace maid who came in and out, Shang Gong was respectful to Ah Jiu.

But Ah Jiu would rather not be so respectful, she has been in charge of the overall situation in the palace for two whole days, and the queen is really not a good job.

Emperor Zhaowu quickly stabilized the previous dynasty, and the affairs of the harem were so cumbersome that they could drive Ah Jiu crazy.

Let's not talk about how the queen should deal with it, but how to arrange the beauties who filled the entire harem of Emperor Shenwu will make Ah Jiu scratch his head.

The thick stack of rosters proves that Emperor Shenwu's lust is worthy of his reputation.

There are concubines, and the palace concubines with concubines are many years old and have long fallen out of favor. Ah Jiu suggested to Emperor Zhaowu that all palace concubines who had sons under their names could have sons to take them out of the palace. Take care of your days.

Therefore, there are not many high-level palace concubines who need to be placed by Ah Jiu, and there are occasionally a few young palace concubines who have no children, and Ah Jiu lets them be raised in the West Palace.

The most difficult thing to deal with are the beauties who are in their prime and have a low reputation, and these people are the majority.

Of course, the expenses for them are also very large, Ah Jiu feels that the palace has not yet made ends meet, and Emperor Shenwu and the empress are already very powerful.

Ah Jiu admired the queen. Not only is he broad-minded and not jealous, but he is also very good at coordinating the distribution of silver.

However, Ah Jiu would never leave this group of beauties in the harem. After all, Emperor Zhaowu had done the same thing as the Emperor Taishang to rob women, and he raised them in vain, not only did it cost money, but Ah Jiu didn't want to see them die in the palace. Withered youth.

The beauty that Emperor Shenwu has not touched can return to his hometown. Summoning a blessed beauty is the most difficult to deal with.

It is difficult for a woman who has become an emperor to remarry, but Ah Jiu doesn't want to stick to the rules and send them out of the house and waste their youth like going to the temple.

Using the beauties of the world for the emperor to choose alone is really not in harmony with Ah Jiu's thoughts.

Since Emperor Zhaowu handed over the affairs of the harem to her, she had to make an appearance, at least reduce the number of beauties.

Taking advantage of the fact that Emperor Zhaowu doesn't care about beauty, it is better to set a limit for the beauty pageant, and it can also regulate the emergence of a lustful king like Emperor Shenwu in the future.

After staying up all night, Ah Jiu wrote a beauty pageant plan and submitted it to Emperor Zhaowu. In addition to elaborating on the process and quantity of beauty pageants, the number of years. It is recommended to let all the beauties in the harem who have not given birth to a prince and princess under the age of thirty go out of the palace and return to their hometowns.

Since Emperor Zhaowu can make the Zhaohua county lord who is separated from him as a concubine, he will naturally not organize women who leave the palace to remarry.

Emperor Zhaowu laughed while looking at it, sent it to the cabinet of Mingfa Tianxia, and according to Ah Jiu's suggestion, made the beauty pageant plan one of the supplementary articles of the law, and recorded it in many files of the Zongren Mansion.

This is also one of the ancestral teachings of the royal family.

The courtiers were noncommittal about the inclusion of the law, thinking that it was a big deal. They don't believe that the law can bind the emperor, in fact, Ah Jiu doesn't believe either, after all, he is in an era when imperial power is higher than the law.

If you want to make the law above everything else, without the wisdom of the people, without revolution, you will definitely not be able to do it.

Ah Jiu is not an anti-feudal fighter, and she can't change the political system of the empire and change the legal system that has long been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

She can only influence slowly, and it is better to set a rule first than to do nothing all day.

"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, please ask Madame to go."

This is the tenth time that the eldest princess has sent a message, and Ah Jiu didn't go once on the grounds that she was busy, seeing that tomorrow was the enthronement ceremony, Ah Jiu couldn't shirk it anymore.

If she doesn't go, the eldest princess will come over in person, there are many people in the palace, and if there is a big trouble, no one will look good on their faces.

Ah Jiu no longer wanted to, so he had to take a carriage to Zhuangzi on the outskirts of Beijing to meet the eldest princess.

When he arrived at the destination, the thin and handsome An Guogong stood at the door, and beside him stood Mu Yanyu with a smile and ease.

Mu Yanyu's appearance surprised Ah Jiuda, and he greeted him happily, "Senior Brother Mu." ”

Compared with when he was in the imperial capital, Mu Yanyu not only grew a lot taller, but his temperament also changed significantly, he was tall and arrogant before, but at this time, his bronze handsome face had a smile that made people close, warm as jade, and a gentleman's demeanor.

"Little junior sister." Mu Yanyu smiled like a warm sun, "I am very happy to see that the little junior sister is all right, showing her talent outside the Saiwai and in the palace." ”

This is the woman he once loved.

"Without the vigilance of the little junior sister and the Tianyang senior brother, the reputation of the Mu family will be ruined, and it will be difficult to turn over." Mu Yanyu thanked him, his demeanor was chic and sincere, "Thank you little sister for saving my father's life." ”

"It's not me who changed the poison."

"I know it's Senior Brother Tianyang."

Mu Yanyu avoided relatives and was only commensurate with his senior brother, "If Senior Brother Tianyang doesn't hurt and doesn't care about the little junior sister, he won't care about my father's life or death." ”

"When did Senior Brother Mu return to Beijing?"

Ah Jiu saw Mu Yanyu smiling reservedly, and had a clear understanding, "Sure enough, it is a generation of heroes who are worthy of their reputation, with a senior brother here, no wonder the capital is as stable as Mount Tai, and the troops are quickly deployed, and the fortresses that return to Beijing are guarded." ”

"You can't let Senior Brother Tianyang specialize in beauty, because I was as famous as him."

Mu Yanyu's smile gradually faded, "I'm not as good as Senior Brother Tianyang, when I stayed in the imperial capital, I couldn't catch up with him." It is better to read 10,000 books than to travel 10,000 miles, and the unity of knowledge and action is the way for a gentleman to establish the world. ”

"Senior Brother Mu has the qualifications of Confucianism, and the Mu family will produce a Confucian saint in the future."

"Don't dare to be, don't dare to be."

Although he is modest in his mouth, Mu Yanyu has a firm gaze, and he has traveled for many years, and he has not lost his competitive and competitive mind, and he is not as good as winning Tianyang in governing the country, but in Confucianism, he is confident that he can make a name for himself.

"For thousands of years, there have been changes of dynasties, and there are hundreds of emperors, and there are very few great Confucian saints, and the real famous ones in history are not the prominent emperors, but the great Confucian saints."

Ah Jiu playfully winked at Mu Yanyu, "In the future, Senior Brother Mu's reputation will be very loud, and the Mu family will be glorified through the ages because of you." I think His Royal Highness the Kaishan King will also feel gratified. ”

Isn't it gratifying, he has created an empire that dominates the world, and among his descendants there are great Confucian saints, who can compare with him?

"Grandmother and then the living room." Mu Yanyu scratched her forehead and said in a low voice: "This incident has hit my grandmother very hard, my aunt's health has not completely improved, and the emperor said something to her again yesterday, grandmother can't make up her mind, little junior sister, be careful." ”

Having chosen the path to take, Mu Yanyu would not pay too much attention to the open and secret battles between the Mu family and Senior Brother Tianyang, he could help the Mu family stabilize the situation in the imperial capital, but his heart had already jumped out of the box and pursued the avenue.

Ah Jiu saw Mu Yanyu leave with a smile, damnable!

"An Guogong."

"Mother, I can't persuade me, I can't move." An Guogong coughed twice as if he was sick, "At home, my mother still has the final say." ”

"Do you always remind me what the eldest princess wants? What was there about her undecidedness? ”

"Naturally, it's your husband, Ying Mu!"

"My father is not doing well, what is she still tossing, she didn't let Lu Jiang succeed, she is already loved by God, isn't it good for her to take care of her old age?"

"It's better to come in and talk to me face to face than to talk at the door."

The voice of the eldest princess came from the living room, Ah Jiu took a deep breath, pushed the door and walked in, "I've seen the eldest princess." ”

An Guogong pondered for a moment, closed the door and left quietly with apologies to Ah Jiu, just like his son Mu Yanyu.

The eldest princess looked at Ah Jiu with relief, pride, and astringency, "Sit down and say." ”

"I'd better be standing." Ah Jiu smiled reluctantly, "It's not right, it annoys you." ”

"Whatever you want." The eldest princess has confronted Ah Jiu many times, understands Ah Jiu's stubbornness, and bluntly says: "Yesterday, the emperor came and said that it was Feng Zhaohua as a concubine. ”

"Are you dissatisfied with the princess's status as a concubine?"

Ah Jiu replied coldly: "I don't think the county lord will care about this. ”

"Why can't it be a queen? If he dislikes Zhaohua, why should he let Zhaohua enter the palace? I and the prince's daughter can only be a concubine, and the emperor asked me to make the Mu family lose face? ”

"Your Highness, I'm afraid you're only thinking about yourself, if you think about your children and grandchildren, you won't say this."

Ah Jiu's heart was furious, and his tone was naturally not very good: "Face? The biggest loss of face is not you, nor the county lord of Zhaohua, but my husband, obviously he can become a frank minister and be crowned king with military exploits, but now he is difficult to advance and retreat, and he is criticized by the world. In fact, even if the facts are in front of him, he is unwilling to admit that he is the biological son of the county lord of Zhaohua. ”

"You feel sorry for the grievances of the county lord, it's easy to do, I'll tell Your Majesty in a while, find another mother for the Hou Ye. There are a lot of rumors outside the left and right, and it doesn't hurt to have one more. (To be continued......)