King Huainan came out to speak, in fact, it was expected by many people. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

The Sima family wanted to send Miss Sima into the palace and finally became the queen, and many people knew it at this time.

When the first emperor died, the undercurrent surged, Sima Lan urgently mobilized the black knife battalion into the capital, and then supported Longtai to inherit the unification, and also with this support, the Sima family can be described as infinite glory, the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, no one can compare with the scenery of the Sima family.

Today's queen mother is the eldest daughter of Sima Lan, Sima Lan was promoted to the prince of Zhenguo, and his son Sima Changshen inherited the title of Marquis of Loyalty, and there are many officials of all sizes who defected to the Sima family, this is already a moment of power, if Miss Sima is sent to the palace again, inside and outside the palace, there are all traces of the Sima family, and then this Da Chu really doesn't know whether it is surnamed Xiao or Sima.

Although there are people who defect to the Sima family and rise step by step, there are not a few people in the DPRK who are disgusted with the Sima family.

Needless to say, the Huainan Wang party is self-explanatory, but many officials are thinking in their hearts that the power of the Sima family is too strong, and it is also a big threat to today's son.

The Manchu Dynasty was civil and military, and only the Huainan King was able to compete with the Sima family.

The other three of the four hereditary candidates, the golden sword candidate is low-key and silent, and it is difficult to distinguish the position, but the Wuxiang Hou Su Yu is closer to the king of Huainan, and the little marquis of Jinyi Hou Qi Ning seems to be very close to the emperor, and he is deeply respected by the emperor, these three marquises, the strength of any one of them is far from enough to compete with the Sima family.

The ministers all knew in their hearts that the Sima family was rising step by step, and among the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, the most jealous person was of course the King of Huainan, as long as there was an opportunity, the King of Huainan would never let the Sima family be unscrupulous.

Now the Sima family and the king of Huainan are already well-known opponents, the two sides have come to this point, there is no possibility of retreat, this kind of struggle, there can be no advance or retreat, once retreat, the face can only be a defeat, and in this power game, the end of defeat is self-evident.

Longtai was secretly happy to see King Huainan come out at the most suitable time, but his expression was still calm, and he asked, "Uncle Wang, do you think that my Da Chu can also form an alliance with Dongqi through his in-laws?" ”

The king of Huainan said respectfully: "Your Majesty, the dispute between my Great Chu and the Northern Han Dynasty, this Eastern Qi is indeed very important, whether we are or the Northern Han Dynasty, which country has a good relationship with the Eastern Qi will definitely be greatly advantageous." Over the years, my Great Chu has tried his best, and the Northern Han people have also searched for thoughts, both of them want to form an alliance with the Eastern Qi, but they have all returned in vain. After a pause, he continued: "Now the situation between my Great Chu and the Northern Han Dynasty, as Jin Yihou said, is like a balance, maintaining a delicate balance, while Dongqi is like a small stone, no matter which side it is placed on, the balance will tilt. If the emperor sends an envoy to Dongqi to ask for relatives, the minister thinks that Dongqi will consider it carefully for the interests of his country. ”

Qi Ning smiled: "The prince praised it falsely. In fact, it's not that the prince didn't think of it, nor did the Manchu Dynasty think of this strategy, the prince was far-sighted, but the emperor never mentioned the big wedding in the past, we as courtiers, of course, we can't admonish indiscriminately, today's emperor is sage, let the ministers speak freely, and the speaker is not guilty, so I dare to admonish. ”

"Jinyi waits for self-humility." King Huainan laughed and said: "You are the first minister of the Manchu Dynasty to propose a marriage with Dongqi, if everything is true, you are a great meritorious." ”

The ministers all looked at each other, looking at the King of Huainan and Qi Ning praising each other, and they all thought in their hearts, it seems that not only the King of Huainan does not want to see the empress of the Sima family, but the Qi family in brocade clothes also does not want to see the power of the Sima family expand, so the two reached a tacit understanding in an instant and temporarily formed an alliance in this matter.

Wuxiang Marquis Su Yu has not said a word since the last dynasty, and at this time he also saw the clues, and he was naturally afraid of the gradually expanding strength of the Sima family in his heart, and Sima Lan was originally one of the four marquises, on an equal footing with him, but now he has changed, and the Sima family has become a duke, instantly overriding the Su family, breaking the pattern of decades, which makes Su Yu naturally very dissatisfied in his heart.

But among the four hereditary queens, the Wuxiang Hou Su family since the death of the old Marquis of Wuxiang, day by day, although he is dissatisfied with the Sima family, but the strength is weak, naturally dare not fight against it, today I saw Qi Ning stand up, and the king of Huainan came out to help, but also felt that Qi Ning was only afraid that he was also jealous of Sima Lan's promotion to the duke, so he wanted to join forces with the king of Huainan to deal with the Sima family, at this time he did not hesitate to stand up, and said loudly: "Qi Emperor, it is the responsibility of the upper to ask for relatives in the east." As far as the minister knows, the monarch of the Eastern Qi Dynasty has a total of three sons and two daughters, the eldest princess of the Eastern Qi Dynasty has already been out of the cabinet, and the husband is the Governor of the Eastern Qi Dynasty, Shen Tuluo, and another princess, called Princess Tianxiang, is the youngest daughter of the monarch of the Eastern Qi Kingdom, it seems that she is less than eighteen years old, and it is rumored that she is extremely beautiful, and she has not yet married out of the cabinet. ”

"When Princess Tianxiang went to Eastern Qi, I also saw it." Longtai bowed slightly: "Dignified and graceful, she is indeed a gentle girl." ”

The ministers all know that when the Eastern Qi held the ceremony of establishing the prince, Longtai was ordered to go to the Eastern Qi in person to congratulate the prince of the Eastern Qi, Longtai was still the prince at the time, and the first emperor sent the prince to go, which was also to express his sincerity to the Eastern Qi, and there was a sense of wooing, Longtai said that he had seen Princess Tianxiang, which was naturally true.

Some people secretly thought in their hearts, Qi Ning's admonition to go to Dongqi to ask for relatives, is it just the little emperor's thoughts? Could it be that when the little emperor went to Dongqi, he saw Princess Tianxiang, fell in love at first sight, and fell in love with him, so he has this today?

The ministers are not fools, of course, they can all see that from Yuan Laoshangshu admonishing the emperor about the emperor's wedding, to the emperor asking the ministers, and then to Qi Ning's proposal to ask Dongqi for marriage, is it obviously a play, I am afraid that the little emperor has already arranged it.

Although the little emperor is the Ninety-Five, but after all, he is young, if he looks at the princess of Dongqi and the young man is excited, it is not an unbelievable thing.

Chen Lanting, the servant of the Ministry of Officials, suddenly came out and said: "Your Majesty, the people of Eastern Qi are two-faced and three-sworded, and they are very cunning, if they are .......!" He hesitated, but did not continue.

The little emperor said: "If you have something to say, I have said it, and I am not guilty." ”

Chen Lanting said: "Your Majesty, the minister is worried that the people of Eastern Qi will take advantage of this marriage and plan to do it, which will be harmful to my Dachu and not beneficial. ”

Su Yu frowned and said, "Lord Chen, where did you start with this?" How do the people of Dongqi do the calculations? ”

"Your Majesty, if the people of Dongqi agree to the family affair and really let Princess Tianxiang marry me Dachu, Princess Tianxiang will inevitably bring a large number of servants from Dongqi." Chen Lanting said: "Once these people enter the palace, will they pose a threat to the emperor's safety?" Princess Tianxiang is a native of Dongqi, once she is established, she will naturally be able to be close to the emperor from time to time, and the ministers are worried about ......! ”

Qi Ning had already interrupted with a smile: "Is Lord Chen worrying about the sky?" Before Princess Tianxiang married to Da Chu, she was indeed from Dongqi, but once she married, not only her, but also those servants she brought with her would also be from my Da Chu. If Princess Tianxiang becomes the queen of my Da Chu, of course, it is in the interests of my Da Chu, is Lord Chen worried that Princess Tianxiang will assassinate the emperor at close range? ”

Chen Lanting said with a straight face: "The people of Eastern Qi are deceitful, and they must be guarded against. ”

King Huainan said lightly: "The villain of the Eastern Qi Kingdom is thin, and my Da Chu marries Princess Tianxiang to give them great face." If it weren't for the confrontation with the Northern Han Dynasty, my Great Chu would raise troops to march eastward, and the Eastern Qi Kingdom would be wiped out within a few months. ”

Long Tai said: "Chen Aiqing, you are worried about this, but also for the sake of my safety. It's just that if I can't even deal with a woman, how can I deal with the powerful Northern Han? ”

As soon as he said this, the ministers were even more sure that the little emperor had obviously decided in his heart that he was going to Dongqi to ask for marriage.

Zhenguo Gong finally said: "Your Majesty, if you go to Dongqi to ask for relatives, but you don't know who to send as an envoy?" He glanced at King Huainan and said, "The emperor wants to marry Dongqi and form an alliance with each other, which is also a good thing for the benefit of the country and the people." That being the case, when I send envoys to Dachu, of course, we must also show enough sincerity and will definitely succeed immediately. ”

Longtai thought that Zhenguo Gong would not compromise so easily, but he didn't want him to agree, and he was slightly happy, some of the ministers listened to Zhen Guogong say this, thinking that today's Huainan Wang, Jinyi Hou and Wuxiang Hou joined forces, and it was the meaning of the little emperor, it seems that Zhen Guogong also knew that it was not easy to deal with, so he compromised.

"Zhen Guogong, asking for marriage to Dongqi is naturally to prepare enough generous gifts." Longtai looked at Dou Kui: "Dou Aiqing, you must do this well." ”

Dou Kui immediately said: "The minister is smashing the pot and selling iron, and he will definitely prepare a courtesy." ”

"Your Majesty, it's not the most important thing to prepare a generous gift." Zhenguo said: "Who the envoys sent this time are is the most important. He glanced at Yuan Laoshangshu of the Ministry of Rites and said: "Yuan Laoshangshu is in charge of the Ministry of Rites, if he is the envoy, it is also appropriate, but Yuan Laoshangshu is over the age of old, and he has traveled all the way through mountains and rivers, but I am afraid that Yuan Laoshangshu will be difficult to persevere." ”

Yuan Laoshangshu immediately said: "Trekking through mountains and rivers, the old minister can hold on, but the old minister is old, and his reaction is slow from time to time. ”

The ministers thought to themselves that Yuan Laoshangshu's words were not wrong, going to the capital of Eastern Qi, the mountains are high and the road is far away, this seventy-year-old guy has to travel for a long time, and this old bone may not be able to hold on.

Longtai said: "Lao Shangshu is old, and it is indeed difficult to travel far. Wei Yi groaned and asked, "Zhen Guogong, do you have a suitable candidate?" ”

"The minister thinks that if you want to express the sincerity of my great Chu courtship, this makes the minister naturally not sloppy, not only to be wise, capable and shrewd, but also to be noble, the minister thinks that the prince is the most suitable candidate." Zhenguo said: "The prince is the royal bloodline, far-sighted, wise and extraordinary, if the prince goes to Dongqi, he will definitely let the people of Dongqi feel the sincerity of my Dachu, and this family business will be completed immediately." ”