When the emperor arrived, the final selection of show girls had already been carried out more than halfway, and the show girls who came out of the Jiaotai Hall also returned to the North Palace one after another, preparing to leave the palace. There are not many show girls in front of the Jiaotai Palace.

In the Jiaotai Palace, the queen, Concubine Wu Xian, and Concubine Zhou Defei learned the news of the emperor's arrival, and hurriedly came out to greet them.

As soon as the emperor saw the empress, he had a little smile on his face.

Nowadays, there are fewer and fewer old people who come out of the subterfuge with him, and there are even fewer people like the queen who can make him feel at ease. Although the queen also has two sons under her knees, and they are both serious concubines (that is, the princes born after being canonized as the queen), the queen is cautious, not only restraining the popularity around her son, but also repeatedly restraining her own family members to not cause trouble for the emperor. Compared with those concubines who asked the emperor for this and that, the queen didn't know how many streets she dumped them.

In such a situation, the emperor of course preferred to make a face for the empress.

The emperor stretched out a hand, bent down, helped the empress up, and said, "Why does Zitong need to be so polite? ”

The queen said: "Your Majesty, the ceremony cannot be abolished." But he still obeyed the emperor and stood up.

This queen is still so strict.

The emperor smiled and entered the Jiaotai Hall side by side with the queen.

The emperor sat on the main seat in the main hall of the Tai Palace, and then asked the queen: "Who have you chosen?" The queen hurriedly presented the list.

Before coming in, the emperor saw that there were only a dozen or so show girls left in front of the Jiaotai Palace, he unfolded the list and counted the names, and found that there were only three or five show girls in this session who were picked up the brand, and he raised his eyebrows unconsciously.

When the queen saw the emperor, she unconsciously began to tap her knuckles lightly. hurriedly explained: "Long live, there were a lot of things in the court two years ago. Long live was worried, and the concubines didn't feel good to watch. But this harem is also prone to frequent accidents. There are several sisters, and even Sister Li left early. The concubine is a fool, thinking that if she can choose two agreeable people for Banzai this year, it will not be in vain. ”

The emperor looked at the empress and did not speak.

The emperor is different from the emperor, because he can only stay in the harem for many years, and he is actually very clear about the thoughts of women. He also knows it very well. The queen, like every woman in the palace, actually wants to be favored by him, even if not the only one. Be different, too. But the queen is a queen after all, even if she positions herself as a wife, but as the mother of a country, she can't help but be willful. Former queens made mistakes. Although the emperor enjoyed such a mistake. However, after that terrible encounter of being pressed by the concubines, the queen has changed.

The emperor knew that every time he accepted a new concubine, the queen was silent in front of people, but behind the scenes, she was just as disheartened and sat alone until dawn every day.

The emperor knew that the empress was upset, but the empress did it anyway. And he had to. This supreme couple, after more than ten years of bumps and bumps. Finally passed the run-in period. But if you want to say anything about the sweet and sweet life, there is no such thing. Between the two of them, only one gives the other decency and respect, and the other tries his best to cooperate with the former.

The emperor's considerations are very clear. With a new round of reshuffle of the forces of the previous dynasty, the harem will also change. Although there are not many high-ranking concubines in his harem, this is the result of his more than ten years of operation. With the fall of a large number of high-ranking officials or transfers two years ago, this year's harem is bound to add a few high-ranking concubines. The queen also considered this, so she left most of the show girls, even if they were flirted, they were just inconsequential people.

The emperor saw this very clearly, and this was also the other party he was most satisfied with the empress.

Although these show girls are still show girls, the forces behind them are still important assets that cannot be given up to the emperor.

The emperor also regretted more than once that those Qingliu and those women of the family always did not like to enter the palace, even if their names were on the list of show girls, they had a way to escape. For example, the disfigurement caused by pollen allergies, such as physical weakness, misalignment of the draft date when infected, or the inability to enter the palace during the filial piety period due to the funeral of the family, and various other reasons.

This also makes the emperor always have no way to deal with those families and Qingliu families. Accustomed to using the harem to balance the power of the imperial court, he was also accustomed to the arrogance of the family and Qingliu, and he was constrained by the emperor, even if the emperor had other methods, he couldn't summon it.

Now this queen, although she can't get along with him like Queen Yuan, but in this regard, the queen has really done a good job and helped him a lot.

After thinking about it in his heart, the emperor once again focused his attention on the list in his hand,

At a glance, he saw Jia Jiu written on the front, as well as Jia Qian and Jia Qing, the three girls of the Jia family, and none of the queen kicked them. His gaze lingered on the three names for a while, and the emperor couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

Just as Jia Jiu guessed, the emperor deliberately attacked him, not because of the scandal between him and Princess Changle, but because the emperor wanted to use this method to test those show girls, and of course the emperor also wanted to test the Daomen. However, what the emperor values more is Jia Jiu himself.

The emperor still remembered the first time he met Jia Jiu, at that time, this little girl, who was only eight years old, was rarely bold, even in front of his own king, she looked calm and articulate.

To be honest, at that time, the emperor actually didn't want to pay attention to this little girl.

He even messed up his own affairs, where did he have so much time and energy to care about other people's affairs? However, in order to establish a good moral model, in order to deter several sons who were about to move, the emperor had to make a look of love for Jia Jiu, and he had to make decisions for Jia Jiu.

If a servant can frame his master, can a servant frame him as a king? If a servant can steal from his master's property, can his servant ignore the country's hardships and keep defaulting on the country's deficit?

At that time, what this little girl said made him, the king, empathize, this matter of the Jia family, everything alluded to him as a king, but he didn't have much power in his hands, even if he did this kind of thing, it wouldn't have much effect, so the emperor was also in a lack of interest at that time.

But he still instructed his trusted brother to take his sons to deal with the matter, in order to make his sons realize that if they had a disagreement, then it would only give those subordinates an opportunity.

The problem is that his sons have yet to understand this.

When Jia Jiu really entered the emperor's sight, that was when he offered the red lotus, replaced others, and was allowed to exchange this for glory and wealth for the family, but this little girl exchanged the opportunity for his father and brother to live. This is the real reason why the emperor is impressed.

The emperor knew that if the world knew that the red lotus was made by the Jia family, then the world would definitely rise to an immortal family for the third thousand years. Even if the Jia family can't keep up with the Kong family and the Yan family, they can still overpower those great families who have been calling for wind and rain on this land since the Sui and Tang dynasties and even earlier.

But the little girl didn't do that.

At first, the emperor thought that this girl was short-sighted, but later, from the mouth of the spies below, he learned that this little girl had been fully considered. This little girl said that after Daqi, and after Daqi, there will be no new families in this land.

The emperor at the time did not know the meaning of this sentence. But later, the emperor understood.

The emperor was surprised by the political acumen of this little girl, and naturally paid attention to his big and small things.

Sure enough, the little girl gave the emperor a series of joy.

And now, the emperor admires this little girl, and fears it.

What I admire is this girl's loyalty to the court, and what I fear is his talent, his strategy, his force, and the forces behind him.

A plan to settle the displaced people not only included the power of the imperial court, Taoism, and Confucianism, but it also appropriately controlled the influence of the royal family below a certain level, and firmly curbed the family's hidden behavior. This is something that the kings of the Great Qi Dynasty have not done. At the same time, an additional small plan bought the hearts of most of the palace people, and even the emperor had to think about how much pressure he would face if he rejected this additional clause.

The emperor took advantage of the scandal between Princess Changle and Jia Jiu to attack Jia Jiu, not because there was really such a thing, nor because he had any evidence, on the contrary, it was because the emperor himself was afraid.

The emperor knew very well that if this girl really entered the palace, then he, the king, and even the emperor, would definitely have a limit in control of the court, and even the people around him could not be trusted. On the other hand, this girl is bound to cause competition among all parties in the palace. Even the Emperor Taishang, who holds the vast majority of real power, and he who has a reputation, cannot stand idly by, and even the concubines of the two generations of kings will join the competition.

The emperor knew that before this draft, this Jia Jiu had been hiding himself well. However, from the day the national teacher went to see him in the Honghui Palace, no, a little earlier, from the day he decided to hire those old palace people and provide for these pensioners, it was decided that this girl would be another force in the court in addition to the Emperor Taishang and him, who is now long lived.

The emperor couldn't even find a way to suppress him, nor could he find a suitable place for him.

The emperor believed that even the Emperor Taishang was the same.

The next three years must be very sad. (To be continued......)