"Lin Shu, the court is full of famous ministers and generals who have followed His Majesty's actions and made many meritorious achievements, and when it comes to the court meeting the day after tomorrow, you can't be as radical as today."

After hastily eating lunch in the inn, before leaving, Tang Jingsong reminded again and again.

"Juniors understand."

He Ziyuan responded with his hand, and the expression on his face had returned to normal.

"After arriving at the house tonight, the two of you will rest for a while, and tomorrow morning I will write a policy and I will pass it on to Your Majesty, so that Your Majesty may have an understanding of your abilities in advance."

"We don't have to wait for tomorrow, when we return to Mr. Tang's residence at noon, Ji Fu and I can start writing a strategy."

"In recent days, while resting on the road, Brother Lin Shu and I are in good spirits, just taking advantage of the opportunity to think clearly, to write out the manuscript in my heart, if it is delayed for a day, there may be some content missing from the written strategy, in that case, it is not good."

"Yes, as you will."

…………

In the back garden of Chang'an Imperial Palace, two one-year-old children are learning to walk crookedly among the flowers with the support of a man in the prime of life.

"Good Xin'er, slow down, first the left foot, then the right foot."

Li Mingyuan supported the girl in front of him with both hands, and at the same time guided him in a similar manner.

"Your Majesty, Xin'er has just turned one year old, how can I understand your guidance."

Empress Wu Lingxuan stood aside, looked at Li Mingyuan's serious appearance, and said with a coquettish smile.

"Hehe, I forgot."

Li Mingyuan had a smile on his face, his eyes looked at his daughter with two little arms moving wildly, and said happily: "Good little Xin'er, when you grow up, you will learn from your mother and be a beautiful and lovely little lady, okay." ”

"Babble, yes."

Xiao Xin'er waved her two little arms, tilted her neck and said wonderful, crisp words to Li Mingyuan.

"Haha, my good daughter agreed."

Li Mingyuan picked up his little daughter, felt Xiao Xin'er's unwillingness to behave, walked a few steps slowly, carefully handed over his daughter to Queen Wu Lingxuan, and advised: "The girl is young and weak, so I should arrange a few more people to take care of her." ”

"Your Majesty, rest assured, Xin'er's diet, rest, physical examination and other aspects are arranged to be supervised by special people, and Xin'er will not be exposed to dangerous things."

When Empress Wu Lingxuan and Li Mingyuan were talking, they teased the little girl in their arms: "Little Princess Xin'er, tell your father and the emperor, is what the queen mother said right?" ”

“ma、ma”

The little girl buried her head in Wu Lingxuan's neck, and her mouth made a crisp sound.

"Xiao Xin'er will call her mother."

Hearing his daughter speak for the first time, Li Mingyuan was quite touched.

"A month ago, Xin'er was able to say simple words such as mother, father, and brother, but His Majesty has been busy with government affairs recently, and she has little time to go to Weiyang Palace.

Wu Lingxuan said with a hint of resentment.

"It's me who snubbed your mother and son, and after dealing with the affairs of the court in the future, I will take time to accompany your mother and son more."

Matters related to the overall development of the government and the country took up a lot of Li Mingyuan's time, and on the other hand, after 1882, more than 20 women who were elected to the palace also took up a lot of Li Mingyuan's time.

"There are more than 20 concubines in the harem, Your Majesty goes to rest in other palaces on weekdays, and the concubines are not easy to say, but recently I heard that Your Majesty often lingers in the Xian Concubine and Concubine Kang in the Chunhua Hall of Changle Palace, and the concubines are worried that there will be some gossip outside, which will damage Your Majesty's reputation."

"Xuan'er, I know what you're worried about."

Li Mingyuan hugged the queen in his arms and explained: "I have heard some rumors in the palace and the court, the ministers are worried that the prince born to Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian will threaten the status of the second prince, after all, Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian are white women in the West, and the children they gave birth to are not pure Chinese blood, if they are appointed as princes, first, it will be unfair to Jingliang, and second, it will attract national criticism, which will then lead to the prestige of the royal family among the people. ”

Li Mingyuan lowered his head, looked directly at Empress Wu Lingxuan, and said in a gentle tone: "Xuan'er, do you think what I said is right?" ”

"Your Majesty is wise, and whatever the concubines think and think can't escape Your Majesty's eyes."

Being seen through by Li Mingyuan, Wu Lingxuan was a little weak-hearted, looked up at the other party, and then lowered his head again.

"The long-term development and stability of the country and the inheritance of the royal family are put in the first place, although Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian are favored, but I have a clear priority, if the two of them give birth to a prince, I will give their children the same love as other harem princes and princesses, but even if I love Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian, I will not make their children princes, this point will not change."

"Your Majesty, is this unfair to Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian?"

When she first married into the palace, Wu Lingxuan was an innocent and kind little girl, who lived in the palace for nearly nine years, and successively gave birth to the emperor's concubine Li Jingliang and Princess Li Xin'er of Le'an.

"Born in the emperor's family, where is there absolute fairness, I just hope that Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian can understand my hard work and not be resentful."

"The concubine has embarrassed Your Majesty, and please punish Your Majesty."

"The matter of Concubine Kang and Concubine Xian, making it clear earlier can also make the ministers feel at ease as soon as possible, no one is wrong with this matter, if you want to blame me, I can only blame me for relaxing my requirements for myself a few years ago, and not refusing to refuse those twenty show girls to enter the palace, otherwise there would be no problems today."

"Your Majesty is the lord of a country, and it is Your Majesty's responsibility to spread the branches and leaves for the royal family, and the matter of twenty beautiful girls entering the palace is allowed by the concubines, and Your Majesty does not have to blame himself."

After getting along with Li Mingyuan for a long time, Wu Lingxuan understands her husband more deeply than before, above the court, Li Mingyuan is a wise and martial artist, a saint-like king, and in the backyard of the palace, a few times of indulgence, so that Wu Lingxuan gradually understands that Li Mingyuan is also a flesh-and-blood ordinary person, he will be like other men, like young and beautiful women, and will be like a willful child, sometimes showing his young and innocent side, but unlike others, Li Mingyuan has higher requirements for himself, knows how to control his desires, when getting along with the harem woman, he will put down the emperor's shelf, get along with ordinary husband and wife, say some considerate love words, and do some small actions that care about people, all of which made Wu Lingxuan deeply moved, therefore, since five years ago, Wu Lingxuan used the power of the queen to take the initiative to select suitable women to enter the palace among the people, and make efforts for the reproduction of royal heirs.

Wu Lingxuan's actions won Li Mingyuan's gratitude, and at the same time established an image of sensible and knowledgeable in foreign courts, and as a result, although Wu Lingxuan gave birth to a prince later than the noble concubine Zhang Baoyi, the second prince Li Jingliang's position was more stable than the emperor's eldest son Li Jingan, and was regarded as the first heir to the royal family by many ministers outside the court.

In the face of the discussion of the prince outside the court, Wu Lingxuan has not made the initiative to fight for her son, so she and many harem concubines have personally experienced, although the emperor Li Mingyuan is nearly 37 years old, but the body is the same as nine years ago, 37 years old, every few days can still be the same as the young guards officers and soldiers, fifteen kilometers of long-distance cross-country running, and Li Mingyuan, who is generally more than ten years older than the harem concubines, does not show any aging when standing with them.

Her husband is a special person, since the secret incident in 1868, the legendary events that happened to him are difficult to understand in a reasonable way, and this mysterious color shrouded in Li Mingyuan has increased the confidence of Wu Lingxuan and other harem concubines, who believe more than the ministers of foreign dynasties that Li Mingyuan's physical condition will not have problems for a long time in the future, and also believe that the issue of establishing the prince of the country can be discussed ten or even twenty years later.