The cabinet ministers were noisy, mostly opposed, for the same reason: Liu Xue was a woman, not enough to be made a prince. Some ministers recommended other princes on the spot.

Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair without saying a word, Liu Xue sat on the side, and Yan'er sat with her. She looked sideways, and there were a large group of princes and princesses sitting beside her, most of whom had unconvinced expressions.

They showed themselves wholeheartedly, wanting to be appreciated by the emperor, but in the end, Liu Xue, an inconspicuous girl, stole her style.

However, several people congratulated her, including Cai Yan's children Liu Yan, Liu Huo and Liu Chun, Zou Yuan's son Liu Hao, and several princesses.

Especially Liu Yan, who bent over, sat down beside her, and said, "You are a good little girl, but you are indeed a very good heir!" I'll support you, Liu Xue, come on! ”

Liu Xue just smiled, and Liu Yan said, "There are so many people against you today, you have figured out how to deal with it." ”

Liu Xue said in a low voice: "I knew there was resistance, but I didn't think that there was such a big resistance. ”

Liu Yan said: "It's okay Xiaoxue, as long as your father supports you, it doesn't matter if everyone in the world opposes you, you don't have to be afraid of them!" ”

Liu Xue nodded.

At this moment, a minister said: "Princess Liu Xue is certainly a very good princess, and there is indeed no one in the royal family who can match her, but have you ever thought about it, Your Majesty?" Princess Liu Xue is a woman, after she ascends the throne and becomes the emperor, if she passes on the throne, the royal family will change her surname, and she will no longer be surnamed Liu, please think twice! ”

As soon as he said this, he immediately got a large number of responses, and when everyone had said almost that, Liu Xie stood up from the dragon chair, walked among the ministers, and came to the huge floor-to-ceiling window opposite, looking at the bustling Luoyang market outside the window, and pondering.

The 95-storey Qinzheng Building is not the tallest building in Luoyang, but it also stands tall in the area of the North Palace, which is a landmark building in Luoyang, which is known as the capital of the world.

At that time, the Qinzheng Hall was demolished and the Qinzheng Building was built, and there was a debate about how many floors to build, and it was finally set at 95 floors. It also has a deep meaning. The number 95 is taken from the ninety-five.

Therefore, in the area of the North Palace, no building shall be higher than the Qinzheng Building. If you want to build a taller building, you have to be 2.25 kilometers away from the Qinzheng Building!

There is also a saying why the distance of four kilometers should be chosen, because the I Ching believes that the number nine and five are in the middle, so the distance between the high-rise buildings around it must be more than 2.25 kilometers, that is, 4.5 miles.

That is to say, with the Qinzheng Building as the center of the circle, there shall be no building higher than the Qinzheng Building on the ground with a diameter of nine miles. And the maximum height cannot exceed half of the height of the Qinzheng Building.

But it was said that Liu Xie was standing in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, not saying anything, and the ministers argued for a while, and then slowly quieted down and came first, waiting for Liu Xie's decision.

And Liu Xie just stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out the window, not saying anything, and time flowed quietly. Some of the ministers began to whisper among themselves, which made people think that Liu Xie was confronting them in silence.

After standing for a while, Liu Xie walked back from the crowd, walked back to the dragon chair, picked up the teacup, and tasted the tea unhurriedly.

Time flowed so quietly, and a few ministers couldn't sit still and wanted to go to the toilet, but they didn't dare. Among the many ministers, Zhuge Liang, who is the first assistant, is the most conspicuous, and at this moment, he is closing his eyes and shaking his head slightly, and sitting next to him is his wife Huang Yueying, who is also expressionless, sitting there motionless.

Liu Xie sat on the dragon chair and said in his heart: I don't believe that you can sit down, if this matter is not solved today, no one wants to leave!

Protracted war, this is Liu Xie's killer weapon, when besieging Xuzhou, Jizhou, Yizhou and Health, he took the method of besieging but not attacking, until the enemy did not attack and broke down.

He is now taking this approach as well. Liu Xie is only in his early forties this year, and many of these ministers are very old, in their fifties and sixties, and even in their seventies.

And most of those who oppose him to appoint Liu Xue as the prince are these old ministers.

Liu Xie took a sip of tea, called Xiao Luozi to come to his side, and said: "There is a new tribute from Jiangnan before the rain green tea, such a good tea, I can't enjoy it alone, I should share it with everyone." So you ordered to go down and make a drink for every minister and member of the royal family present. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty," Xiao Luozi agreed, and then instructed the palace maid to make tea for the adults.

Everyone looked at each other, who wants to drink tea after sitting for so long?

After it was all brewed, Liu Xie raised his cup and said, "Good tea before the rain, I invite you to taste it, and you must not live up to my good intentions." ”

Everyone was helpless and began to taste tea, and one person said: "Your Majesty, this tea is indeed good tea, but let's make a decision on today's topic as soon as possible, right?" ”

Liu Xie smiled and said: "Don't be in a hurry, such a good tea needs to be savored." ”

Everyone was helpless, so they could only continue to drink tea. After a while, Liu Xie asked Xiao Luozi to fill up the tea for everyone, and in this way, Liu Xie kept persuading everyone to drink tea.

These ministers didn't dare to disobey the order, they could only drink with them, and they didn't dare to go to the toilet if they wanted to, the emperor didn't go to the palace, how could the ministers leave at will?

Finally, a minister couldn't hold it back, stood up suddenly, looked around, and said: "Ministers, listen to me, I think Princess Liu Xue is very suitable to be a prince, what's wrong with women?" Now in our Han Empire, women are everywhere, why not? Your Majesty, Weichen supports the establishment of Princess Liu Xue as the prince! ”

He wanted to end the meeting as soon as possible so that he could go to the toilet and relax.

But many of the ministers still disagreed, and his proposal was not answered. Liu Xie smiled and didn't speak, this tea tactic seems to be quite effective, Liu Xie is not in a hurry, he said in his heart, I have to get you all done today.

One of the ministers couldn't hold it back, stood up and said to Zhuge Liang: "Prime Minister Zhuge Zhu, you have been sitting and not talking, don't you have an opinion?" Tell me about it. ”

Zhuge Liang smiled, unhurriedly took out the feather fan, shook it, and then stood up, first bowed to Liu Xie, and then walked among the ministers.

said unhurriedly: "Ladies and gentlemen, your opposition to the appointment of Princess Liu Xue as the prince is nothing more than the following: first, Princess Liu Xue is a woman, and second, I am worried that because of her title of emperor, our Han royal family will no longer have the surname Liu. There are no other reasons. Let me give you an analysis:

"First of all, Princess Liu Xue is a woman, which is true, but her ability, you have all seen it, who else in the royal family is better than her?"

(End of chapter)