Longtai Longyan was furious, and suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside, and heard someone say: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, the Queen Mother is here." Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Then I heard someone shouting from afar: "The Queen Mother has arrived!" ”

Long Tai's face became more and more ugly, and he sneered: "I know that she can't bear it. Signaling Qi Ning to avoid first, Qi Ning was familiar with the road, and hid behind the bookshelf again, Long Tai returned to the imperial desk and just sat down, he saw a figure come in from outside the door, Long Tai got up, and said, "Queen Mother!" ”

The Queen Mother snorted coldly, her expression was very ugly, she went over and sat down, and said coldly: "Your Majesty, I heard that you are going to send someone to Eastern Qi?" ”

"Erchen is preparing to report to the Queen Mother......!" Long Tai said calmly: "Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites also gave advice, let me get married as soon as possible, and I discussed this matter in the court...... ”

The Queen Mother didn't wait for him to finish, and already asked: "I heard that someone from the Jinyi Qi family advised him to send someone to Dongqi to ask for relatives?" ”

"Yes!" Longtai Road.

The Queen Mother stared at Longtai and asked, "Your Majesty, this palace wants to ask you, is it the meaning of the surname Qi or your own meaning to send envoys to Eastern Qi to ask for relatives?" ”

Long Tai frowned, but he said patiently: "Erchen doesn't know what the queen mother means? ”

"Your Majesty, this palace has already told you that the harem is also a part of national politics, and without a stable harem, the emperor will not be able to manage the government well, and the people will suffer." The Queen Mother said: "In order to let the emperor manage the government well, the palace has worked hard to select the right queen candidate for you, but you have never sympathized with the painstaking efforts of the palace, every time I mention marriage with you, you are pushing back, today's court meeting, you are so simple, you want to marry a woman from Dongqi and come back to become the queen of my Dachu, the emperor, the palace wants to ask, what do you mean?" ”

"Since the queen mother knows about this, of course she knows the reason." The emperor tried his best to control his temperament, but the clay figure still had three points of rusticism, and the little emperor was obviously a little impatient, "Marrying the princess of Dongqi will be able to form an alliance with Dongqi, which can enable my Dachu to get time to recuperate, so as to prepare for the Northern Expedition to destroy the Han Dynasty, which is a major plan related to national policy, and the queen mother should know better than her sons." ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "It's a matter of national policy? It's only been a few days since you ascended the throne, and you're going to go north to destroy the Han? The people of Dongqi are cunning and cunning, the first rat is at both ends, you marry a Dongqi woman as the queen, don't you lure the wolf into the house? ”

"The Northern Expedition to destroy the Han Dynasty is a grand wish made by Emperor Taizu from the beginning." Longtai said: "Emperor Taizong, as well as my father, are all taking this as my national policy of Great Chu. Although Erchen has not been on the throne for a long time, the ambition of the ancestors must of course be continued, and in order to complete the great cause of the empire, many things do not need to be too careful. If you marry the princess of Dongqi, you will lead the wolf into the house, and the sons do not think so, since ancient times, there are not a few in-laws alliance between the two countries, but it is rare to cause trouble in the harem or even the country. He said lightly: "The queen mother is in charge of the harem, even if the princess of Dongqi really comes to my Dachu, with the queen mother here, the harem will not be chaotic." ”

The Queen Mother said: "It seems that you are iron-hearted and want to marry a woman from Dongqi?" ”

"It's not that Erchen is hard-hearted, but that this matter has been discussed by the court." Long Tai said: "The envoys have been selected, and there is nothing to change. ”

The Queen Mother's face was ugly, and after a while, she finally said: "The emperor wants to marry a woman from Dongqi, and it seems that the palace can't stop it, but ..... The position of queen must not be handed over to a person from Dongqi, and she should be made a concubine. ”

"For a concubine?" Long Tai said with a smile: "Queen Mother, although Dongqi is a small country, in today's situation in the world, after all, it is very important, let the princess of Dongqi become the princess of my Great Chu, the queen mother thinks the people of Dongqi will agree?" ”

"If you don't agree, forget about this family business." The Queen Mother said: "I am a great Chu person, whether it is a beautiful woman or a talented woman, there are many people, choose a Dongqi woman as the queen, I am afraid of the world's jokes." ”

Long Tai shook his head and said solemnly: "Queen Mother, I am the emperor, and I am a man of my word, since the decree of the dynasty is announced, how can there be a reason to take back the fate?" If the princess of Dongqi is really set up as a concubine, not only will the alliance between the two countries not be reached, but it may even anger the Dongqi people. ”

The Queen Mother sighed: "Your Majesty, do you know that this palace is all for your good." He got up, walked over, stood at the imperial desk and said, "Your Majesty, you naturally remember why you were able to sit in this position." ”

"The queen mother doesn't remind me, but I remember." Long Tai said lightly: "Without the Ma family of Zhenguo Company, I am afraid that my position belongs to someone else." ”

"It's good that the emperor knows." The Queen Mother said: "Your Majesty, the Duke of Zhenguo is the pillar of the imperial court, he is loyal to the emperor, as long as there is the Duke of Zhenguo, there is no worry about state affairs." If Sima Yunqiong is established as the queen, the Sima family will definitely do their best and swear allegiance to the imperial court, and the emperor should pay more attention to the Sima family than the small country of Dongqi. He sighed lightly: "The emperor also knows in his heart that some people are worried about the emperor's succession to the throne, and they are thinking about other things all the time....... ”

Longtai didn't wait for the Queen Mother to finish speaking, and already smiled: "Without Zhenguo Gong, this dragon chair of mine will not sit steadily, and it will be occupied at any time, does the queen mother mean this?" ”

The Queen Mother was stunned, frowned slightly, and Longtai said lightly: "Queen Mother, I have given the title of Duke of the Sima family, and I have also inherited the marquis, the Sima family is now a duke and a marquis, looking at the imperial court, I am afraid that no one can match the glory of the Sima family." In addition, the list of rewards listed by Zhenguo Gong was also approved by me one by one, but I don't know where else I can't live with the Sima family? Leaning forward slightly, staring at the Queen Mother's eyes, she said in a low voice: "Queen Mother, do you know that I don't want to let Sima Yunqiong enter the palace, not because I want to disobey the will of the Queen Mother, let alone have any dissatisfaction with Sima Yunqiong, this is completely to protect the Sima family." ”

"Protect the Sima family?"

Long Tai sighed: "The queen mother is in the deep palace, and she may not know the thoughts of those courtiers in the court. In fact, this time Jin Feng Zhenguo Gong, many people are dissatisfied in their hearts, if I set up Sima Yunqiong as the queen again, the Sima family will become the target of public criticism, harmful to the Sima family, the queen mother should know this better than me. ”

The Queen Mother sneered: "Who dares to talk nonsense and dare to be dissatisfied with the emperor's family affairs?" ”

"Does the queen mother want everyone to think that the Sima family has become a powerful minister?" Longtai said lightly.

The Queen Mother's face changed slightly, and she immediately said, "Your Majesty, what do you mean by this?" ”

Long Tai said: "It's not what I mean, but what the ministers of the court will mean." Queen Mother, if you really want to let Sima Yunqiong enter the palace, I will not stop her, I can make her a concubine, but the position of this queen has been decided at the court meeting, this time I went to Dongqi to ask for marriage, once successful, I can only be the princess of Dongqi to come to my Dachu to become the queen. ”

"What if the courtship fails?" The Queen Mother asked, "Then who will the emperor appoint as the queen?" ”

"Does the queen mother want this marriage to fail?" Long Tai stared at the Queen Mother's eyes, and his eyes were shining.

The queen mother's body shook slightly, and finally said: "Since the emperor's holy will has been decided, this palace will not say more." As the Empress Dowager of Great Chu, there are some things that the emperor doesn't like to hear, but when he thinks of the emperor's love for the palace, he will not get tired of it. But he said no more, turned and left.

When the Queen Mother walked away, Qi Ning came out from behind the bookshelf, walked over and said softly: "Your Majesty, it seems that this level should have passed." ”

Long Tai smiled coldly, then sighed, and said, "She wasn't like this before. After the death of my biological mother, my father made her the queen and handed me over to her care..... She used to be kind to me, I still remember that I used to be weak and often sick, and whenever I got sick, she would hold me in her arms, tell me stories, and put me to sleep .......! Speaking of this, his voice was full of sighs.

"Your Majesty, maybe the Queen Mother just hopes that the Sima family can prosper." Qi Ning said in a low voice: "She didn't think too much, she didn't understand that once the Sima family was too powerful, it would pose a threat to the imperial court. ”

Longtai was silent for a moment, and finally said: "Qi Ning, this time you go to Dongqi, you must negotiate the family matter, you also heard it, if the family matter with Dongqi cannot be honest, then the Sima family must bring up the old matter again, and when the time comes, I am afraid that I will force Sima Yunqiong to be the queen." ”

"Your Majesty, the ministers don't dare to play full tickets, but they will do their best." Qi Ning said solemnly.

Long Tai smiled slightly and said, "I will rely on you now." After a pause, he said: "Yes, when you arrive in Dongqi, if you have the opportunity, walk around with Ling Huxu more, I will ask someone to prepare a generous gift for Ling Huxu, and you can send it to him in private." ”

"Linghuxu?"

Long Tai patted his head, smiled and whispered: "I almost forgot, you fake brocade clothes, naturally you don't know who Ling Huxu is." Motioning for Qi Ning to come closer, he said in a low voice: "Although the Eastern Qi Kingdom is a small country, there are two top talents, if it weren't for these two people, the Eastern Qi Kingdom would have ceased to exist long ago." ”

"The emperor is talking about the Eastern Qi Shuangbi?" Qi Ning was at the court meeting, but he heard Lu Xiao mention it.

Long Tai nodded and said: "One general and one phase, the Eastern Qi is shuangbi, Ling Huxu is the prime minister of the Eastern Qi State, and Shen Tuluo is the governor of the Eastern Qi Water Division, and the first general of the Eastern Qi State." The Eastern Qi Water Division can have today, all thanks to Shen Tu Luo's merits, this person is brave, his father Shen Tu Bei built the Eastern Qi Water Division back then, but at that time it was not taken to heart. After thinking about it, he explained: "When the Beitang family usurped the throne and stood on its own, Song Yu of Qingzhou raised troops to resist Beitang, the Han army of 50,000 troops attacked Qingzhou, Song Yu was only 20,000 soldiers and horses, and was defeated and retreated by the Han army, and the losses were exhausted. After the death of Shen Tu Bei, the eldest son Shen Tu Luo inherited the position of the governor of the navy, and was more powerful than his father's time. ”

Qi Ning asked: "Your Majesty, why did you only bring a generous gift to Ling Huxu when you went to Eastern Qi?" Doesn't this Shentuluo need to be dotted? ”

Long Tai said: "Do you know who Ling Huxu is? ”

"Isn't it the Prime Minister of Eastern Qi?"

"Not bad." Long Tai said with a smile: "In addition, he is also the junior brother of Mr. Zhuo Qingyang Zhuo, and the two used to study together and have a good relationship." ”