Under the persuasion of Chen Hongyi, Xiao Qian agreed to the emperor's draft girl, thinking that this would be fine, but it backfired.

It's not that Emperor Liu Jian has to make inches, but Cui Ju is scheming.

Cui Ju sent 100 women to Xiangyang in the name of offering to the people's daughters.

It is impossible for Liu Jian to return all the women offered by Cui Ju, not to mention that this is still on the surface, and how many of them sent from other places were arranged by Cui Ju, it is unknown.

arrived with 100 women, as well as Cui Juxin's statement. Since the imperial court issued a system that does not allow women from the big families to be concubines in the harem, Xiao Qian naturally cannot be an exception!

Xiao Qian looked at her three-year-old son, and then thought about what Hongrui told her to retreat into the current situation, and finally asked the palace maid to come over with a pen.

When Xiao Qian's handwriting was taken to the front hall, everyone was stunned.

Xiao Qian, the unruly queen, in everyone's cognition, is impossible to give up, not to mention crying, making trouble and hanging herself, it will also disturb Liu Jian's peace.

But this time, everyone miscalculated, Xiao Qian took the initiative to resign from the queen, willing to be an ordinary concubine, not even a concubine, Liu Jian's first reaction was that someone forced Xiao Qian to write this handwritten letter: "Who coerced Queen Xiao to write such words?" This is also too presumptuous! ”

"I wrote it myself! No one forced me! Xiao Qian came in, and everyone was even more surprised, the ancestral harem of this dynasty is not allowed to participate in court proceedings.

However, because there is no ready-made palace in Xiangyang, this so-called palace is just a temporary requisition of a large piece of mansion to cobblework, and it will not take Xiao Qian half an hour to come to the front hall of the meeting.

At this time, everyone's focus was not on Xiao Qian's intrusion into the front hall of the discussion, but Xiao Qian's compromise!

"It's rare that Empress Xiao understands righteousness, and the ministers please make the son of Empress Xiao the crown prince!" Shen Yuanhao was the first to stand up and ask for the prince born to Xiao Qian to be the crown prince

"The minister seconded the proposal, Empress Xiao is willing to make sacrifices for the court and make her son the crown prince!"

"The ministers seconded it! Please make the son of Empress Xiao the crown prince! ”

"The old minister also seconded the proposal!" Chen Hongyi also expressed his position!

But there are still two people who disagree, one is Liu Mingge and the other is Murong Ling.

Liu Mingge poured a scoop of cold water on the emperor and everyone: "Today, Cui Ju can fight the idea of the harem concubines!" Can't you come up with a trick tomorrow to interfere with the abolition of the crown prince? Do you think that Empress Xiao is not miserable enough, and you want to harm the prince she gave birth to? ”

Liu Jian looked at Xiao Qian: "I want to hear what Empress Xiao means!" ”

Xiao Qian said lightly: "The concubine just wants my emperor to be safe!" ”

Liu Jian finally felt that she owed Xiao Qian's mother and son, but what Liu Mingge said was indeed the truth, and now making Xiao Qian's child the prince would harm their mother and son.

Murong Ling's reasons for opposing were very different

"I don't understand you Central Plains people, when you encounter something, you sacrifice women, what kind of kiss and what kind of red face and trouble, as if this day is harmed by women today? Your Majesty can't keep his wife's throne today, so why can he keep his throne tomorrow? ”

Even the people in the academy who have always adhered to the etiquette system feel that what Murong Ling said was too much, which made the emperor too faceless!

"Master Murong! Today, we are not talking about the responsibility of the world falling apart, but the expedient measures to deal with the current situation! Now that the wood is in the boat, if Your Majesty and the Queen can't make a choice, then our righteous name will be out of the question! Chen Zhengnan couldn't help but argue with Murong Ling

"Although I am a foreigner, I think that if Your Majesty can put his own women first and can stand up to keep his position as a woman, it will be a great hero! If Your Majesty is a hero, why can't you return to the heart of the world? "Murong Ling always has a reasonable mind when it comes to women

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In the end, it was Xiao Qian who came forward to resolve Murong Ling's repeated questions

"Murong Ling! We all know what you mean! To be honest, as a woman, I appreciate this kind of king you are talking about! But in the Central Plains, it is very different from your grassland! If the king of a country only exudes his heroism for his wife and children, it is just the courage of a horseman! As a king, you have to be patient, you have to be able to endure what others can't endure! ”

"I don't read much, and I also know that the siege of Han Gaozu Baideng, Wenjing sent the princess and relatives for two generations, and finally shamed Emperor Wu in front of the snow! Now that our Daliang is recuperating, there are some things that we can only endure! Li Xiaofei also spoke, he felt that he couldn't let Murong Ling persist like this, otherwise this court meeting would not be able to go on!

"Okay, I, Murong Ling, won't talk about this anymore! But I will watch you all, and I hope Your Majesty and all of you will remember the sacrifice that Empress Xiao made today! ”

Liu Jian was inexplicably moved, the people on this grassland are much more frank than the people of the Central Plains!

"Master Murong asked Taishi Ling to write down every word of today! This is also my shame! ”

The court meeting continued, and Xiao Qian left the front hall.

Since all parts of the country are already offering show girls, how to screen and leave thirty people to enrich the harem has become a matter that must be solved immediately.

However, the important ministers of the court don't know much about women, except for Liu Mingge.

Liu Mingge's words were amazing: "These women, put them in my hands, train them for three months, and keep them to teach the best thirty people!" Be faithful to Your Majesty! You can also be proficient in various talents! ”

Everyone almost laughed, what is this Liu Mingge going to do, the woman he chose for the emperor, he trained him for three months first

"Don't laugh! This draft has to be tested from the feet to the top of the head! Some have a long leg, some have a short leg, and some have legs that are too thick to be seen when they are covered by their dresses! Gotta let the female officer take a closer look! There are also many portraits that look like fairies, but in fact, they are full of stars, fat heads and big ears! I am responsible for Your Majesty! It is said that looking at more beautiful women can prolong life! ”

"Prime Minister Liu Cheng is really a master! However, this appearance and talent are not the focus of the imperial court! Their origins and family backgrounds are the most important thing! "Shen Yuanhao came to correct the deviation in time, lest Liu Mingge say it again, and even say such a thing as using the remaining women to open a green building.

"Haha, the family history of the women in the Qinglou is very miserable, and the stories are very twisty and bizarre!" This Liu Mingge really said the word Qinglou in the court

Everyone tried their best not to laugh, and Li Xiaofei was the first to cough a few times.

"Ladies and gentlemen, this draft aims to select folk women who have no family background and background! This is also worthy of your hard work! ”

The emperor also came out to control the atmosphere of this discussion, otherwise it would become Liu Mingge talking about the way of running the Qinglou.

"Don't hide it from Your Majesty and your lords, although the contemptible Li Xiaofei can't see whose family background is good, but she is not a real folk woman, Xiaofei can still distinguish it!" Li Xiaofei recommended himself

"Mrs. Li is only in his twenties, and there are only two wives in the family, how can he have such ability?" Chen Zhengnan obviously didn't believe in Li Xiaofei's ability to read women

"He grew up in the countryside, whether he is a folk woman, what he has done, and what things are in the folk, he knows!" Murong Ling couldn't help but expose Li Xiaofei's old bottom

The people in the academy immediately looked contemptuous, they used to think that Li Xiaofei had grown up with Liu Jian since he was a child, and he had spent time in the palace, but it turned out that he was a poor boy from the countryside.

"Minister Li Xiaofei is thanks to His Majesty and all of you to get to where he is today. Chen Dou dared to come up with three ideas to investigate whether she was a real folk woman! One is to let them wash and cook, the second is to farm rice, and the third is to weave and embroider! If these six things

If you can't do two things at the same time, then you are not a real folk woman! ”

These three ideas are really good, they can't be pretended, and they may not be able to learn proficiently in a short time.

"Then if some folk women are clumsy and can't do weaving and embroidering well, wouldn't they have no chance?" Huang Chuanting raised a different opinion

"If it's really clumsy, then staying in the palace will only harm her, and those who serve Your Majesty must be skillful!" Li Xiaofei's answer was impeccable

"But there are thousands of women from all over the country! According to Mrs. Li's method, I don't know what year and month it will be? And it's expensive! "I asked Xiaoyu a very real question

Chen Kuan suddenly thought of something: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Prime Minister Liu and Mrs. Li can be combined, and Prime Minister Liu Cheng has a good eye for talented women, so he can naturally screen out the impostors as quickly as possible." There are not many remaining ministers, after all, which magistrate from all over the country does not want to send his relatives to the palace? ”

The method of screening the people's girls finally came out in the unscrupulous discussion of everyone.

The emperor immediately approved Chen Kuan's invitation, and sent Qin Zhong and Qin Shun to choose the secret sorted out by Liu Mingge first.

Of the 1,200 women, 1,160 were screened out in the first round

The women who were screened out were very annoyed, but Liu Mingge advised them at this time that entering the palace was not as beautiful as they imagined, and that not everyone had a chance to climb the dragon bed to become wealthy in the family, and some women entered the palace at the age of fourteen and were not favored by the emperor at the age of forty.

But none of these women could listen, and they all clamored for an explanation from the court.

In order not to cause trouble, Liu Jian instructed Qin Zhong to take out some gold and silver from Da Nei and reward the 1,160 people before they calmed down.

The remaining forty people were screened according to Li Xiaofei's method, and only twenty-eight people remained.

Among these twenty-eight people, one woman is still from Cui Ju's dedication.

And this woman is so decent, a little fake, but she can't find any fake.

The woman's name is Huang Chunzhi, her name is very folk, and her life experience is according to her own words, she is a native of Huangjia Village on the edge of the Chenjiang River outside Chenzhou City.

However, the strange thing is that Huang Chunzhi's family members all died, and Ouchi secretly sent someone to investigate, but there was nothing unusual in this Huangjia Village, the villagers all knew this Huang Chunzhi, and what he said was no different from Huang Chunzhi.

Huang Chunzhi and the other twenty-seven people entered the harem as they wished.

Entering the palace does not mean that you will be able to meet the emperor immediately, and you have to be taught various etiquette in the inner palace garden, and Ouchi has to test everyone's family background and mental background for half a year.

Xiao Qian resigned as the queen, and the inner eunuch of the harem still only obeyed Xiao Qian's orders.

Xiao Qian followed Hongrui's suggestion and took the initiative to propose to Liu Jian to take the prince Liu Fu'an to the feudal country.

Liu Jian did not hesitate this time, and immediately took the land within a radius of 300 miles in the Jiangling area as Liu Fu'an's feudal state of Linjiang, named Liu Fuan as the king of Linjiang County, and sent Li Xiaofei as the minister of Linjiang.

Xiao Qian still has to stay in the palace, and Liu Jian urgently needs this virtuous helper now!

The emperor's eldest son is only named the king of the county, this signal is too strong, indicating that it is impossible for Xiao Qian and her son to enter the center of power.

The intention of sending Li Xiaofei to be the minister of state could not be more obvious, that is, to protect the three-year-old king of Linjiang County.

However, before Li Xiaofei left, Liu briefly Li Xiaofei swore on his knees and wrote a blood letter to promise that he would not drink from now on!

By the way, Li Youran, who is more than four years old, was left in the palace to be raised by Xiao Qian, and her diet and living clothes are according to the rank of a princess.