Li Zhang didn't expect that he hadn't entered the house yet, but he was stopped by someone sent by Liu E, and he also sent a decree to let him enter the palace, although he wanted to refuse, but thinking of Liu E's care for himself, and the letter he wrote to himself before, he had no choice but to let the wild dog go home first, and he got into the carriage to enter the palace.

When the carriage was moving forward, Li Zhang also opened the window to look out at the scene of Tokyo City, although on the surface it seems that Tokyo City has not changed much, and the streets are still as lively as usual, but Li Zhang still feels that Tokyo City seems to be more prosperous than before, there are more shops on the streets, and there seem to be fewer beggars everywhere before.

For this change in the city of Tokyo, Li Zhang was surprised and felt a little taken for granted, after Liu E took power, no matter how controversial the outside world was about her, but Liu E's political achievements were real, since Zhao Heng's death, Liu E sent the Book of Heaven to the imperial tomb to accompany him for the funeral, and then began to implement the policy of recuperation in the Great Song Dynasty, in order to make up for the damage caused by the "Book of Heaven Movement" for more than ten years to the Great Song Dynasty, and now it is only two years, and the Great Song Dynasty has a momentum of prosperity.

In addition to the policy of recuperation, Liu E's most significant political achievement is now the ongoing potato promotion and planting, after several years of development, potatoes have begun to be widely planted near Tokyo, last year's potato harvest, Tokyo City streets suddenly have a lot of potato food, compared to the high price of the first year, last year's potatoes have become very cheap, plus the taste is also quite good, so immediately make potatoes very popular, it is estimated that this year's potato planting area will be expanded.

"The planting area of potatoes is still too small, otherwise we would have seen potatoes as military rations when we fought in the past." Li Zhang thought of potatoes, and couldn't help but say to himself at the moment, although the nutritional value of potatoes is lower than that of wheat and rice, but this thing is large and full, and it is also very urgently needed for the northwest, which is often short of food.

However, according to the decision of Li Zhang and Liu E, after the potatoes were promoted in the capital, they should be promoted to the south, rather than to the northwest and Hebei to plant, because there is a border, and Liu E is worried that the potatoes will spread abroad, especially the Liao State, which will greatly increase their strength, so in recent years, potatoes will only be planted in the area south of Tokyo.

Li Zhang was thinking about things in his mind, and at this time the carriage also came to the palace at a very fast speed, and then Li Zhang was taken to the vertical arch hall, when he stepped into the main hall, he saw Liu E sitting in the middle at a glance, but he didn't see him for more than half a year, Liu E seemed to be a little older, not only the fine lines on his face were more, but the hair on his temples was almost completely white.

Liu E seemed to be waiting for Li Zhang, but at this time, she didn't even approve the recital, and when she saw him come in, she immediately showed a smile and said: "I was supposed to let you rest at home, but there is something that you have to do, so I can only ask someone to summon you into the palace." ”

"The eldest lady is polite, but I don't know what it is, why is the eldest lady so anxious to see me?" Li Zhang also hurriedly stepped forward at this time and saluted, Liu E saw that he didn't ask about the war in the northwest, and directly explained the reason for looking for him, obviously this matter was very urgent, and Li Zhang also saw a little sadness in Liu E's eyes.

"Alas, what else can it be, it is naturally related to Your Majesty!" I saw Liu E suddenly sigh and say at this time, and at the same time, the worried look on her face became more serious.

Li Zhang was also shocked when he heard this, in fact, as early as in Gyeongju, he guessed that Liu E urging him to come back should be related to Zhao Zhen, and now hearing her say it with his own ears also confirmed his conjecture.

"Your Majesty, what's wrong with him?" Li Zhang hesitated for a moment before asking, Zhao Zhen is the king of a country, although he has a good relationship with the other party, but he is also very cautious about Zhao Zhen.

"This ......" I saw Liu E hesitate for a moment at this time, and then sighed and said, "It's also my fault for this matter, I usually only care about government affairs, so I care a lot less about him, and you are not in the capital, so there are fewer people who usually accompany him, and as a result, he is becoming more and more disagreeable now......"

Liu E said that she told Zhao Zhen about it, and it was really old-fashioned to talk about it, because Zhao Zhen was not young, so Liu E also began to choose the queen for Zhao Zhen, and finally three women were selected, namely Wang Shi, the daughter of Wang Mengzheng, an official in Shudi; Zhang, the great-granddaughter of Zhang Mei, the deceased general of the Xiao Cavalry Guard; The granddaughter of Guo Chong, the envoy of the Pinglu Army.

These three women are all women who have been selected by thousands of people, even if they can't be queens in the end, they must be the position of concubines, and now it is necessary to select the most suitable woman from these three women to serve as the queen, and there are two people who determine the queen's candidates, one is Liu E, and the other is the party Zhao Zhen.

It's just that in the selection of the queen, Liu E and Zhao Zhen's opinions conflicted, Liu E likes Guo Chong's granddaughter Guo, but Zhao Zhen likes Wang Mengzheng's daughter Wang, Zhao Zhen has always listened to Liu E's words the most, and he didn't dare to conflict with Liu E in general, but this time I don't know what's wrong, Zhao Zhen was determined to choose Wang as the queen, and even contradicted Liu E for this reason, and now the court and the outside know the news that the two palaces are not in harmony after the election.

"Ahem, I see." Li Zhang coughed dryly after hearing this, then thought for a moment and suddenly asked Liu E, "Auntie, I want to ask, why did you choose the Guo family as the queen?" ”

"The selection of the queen is very important, conduct, appearance, speech and demeanor, etc. need to be good, in addition to family background, among the three women who were selected, Wang's father is only a minor official in Shu, and the foundation is very shallow, and although the Zhang family has been prominent for a while, it has also declined, but the Guo family has not fallen after three dynasties, and is deeply trusted by Taizu, Taizong and the emperor, so Guo is the most suitable queen candidate!" Liu E replied without hesitation at this time.

Li Zhang couldn't help but secretly slander himself when he heard Liu E's words, if these conditions were according to Liu E's proposal, then Liu E herself should not be the queen, you must know that her background is much lower, let alone any family background, she doesn't even know who her parents are, but she also became the queen of the Great Song Dynasty?

Of course, Li Zhang could only think about the above words in his heart, and he didn't dare to say it even if he was killed. In addition, he has heard of Guo Chong, it is said that when Zhao Kuangyin established the Great Song Dynasty, he was worried that other generals would follow his old path, so he "released the military power with a glass of wine" and seized the military power of his military generals, but only Guo Chong had great trust in him, and still let him lead troops to guard one side.

When Zhao Guangyi became the emperor, the Guo family was still very trusted, because the daughter-in-law of the Guo family was the daughter of the privy envoy Li Chugeng, and Li Chugeng's other daughter was Zhao Guangyi's queen, so if it was true, the Guo family was still Zhao Zhen's distant cousin, and now the Guo family is still thriving, and has a lot of influence in both the military and political circles, and now Liu E is also in need of help, so she naturally hopes to win over the Guo family through marriage.

Understanding Liu E's thoughts, Li Zhang raised his head again and smiled: "Then why does Your Majesty like the Wang family, is there anything outstanding about this Wang family?" ”

"Hmph, how do I know what the Wang family used to make Zhen'er so obsessed with her, how to say that he just didn't listen, but I didn't like this Wang when I saw it, it was too coquettish and undignified, and it was definitely not a candidate for the queen!" As soon as she mentioned the Wang family, Liu E immediately snorted coldly and said, it seems that her anger towards Zhao Zhen has also been transferred to the Wang family, this little woman is really pitiful, not only can the queen not be able to do it, but it is estimated that she will not stay in the palace for long in the future.

However, Li Zhang almost laughed out loud when he heard Liu E's description of the Wang family, because he remembered that when Liu E first got along with Zhao Heng, he was ordered to break up by Zhao Guangyi, and the reason seemed to be that Liu E was too delicate, causing Zhao Heng to indulge in women, but now Liu E is using it on his son as it is, which is really ironic to think about.

"Ahem~, eldest lady, I also just returned to the palace, and I don't know much about this matter, if you are really in a hurry, why don't I go and see Your Majesty first, and see what he really thinks in his heart, and then we will discuss the following matters?" Li Zhang coughed again at this time and said, in the matter of the election, Liu E is obviously a little emotional, of course, Zhao Zhen is the same, so Li Zhang is not in a hurry to express his position, first go to find out Zhao Zhen's situation.

"It's okay, during this time, because of the events after the election, Your Majesty and I also had a very unpleasant quarrel, and he did a lot of ridiculous things in order to anger me, what a child's temper, you are his cousin, he is willing to say anything to you, you go and meet him, he probably doesn't know the news of your return!" Liu E also seemed to find herself a little excited, and waved her hand at Li Zhang.

Li Zhang immediately got up to say goodbye, and then slowly withdrew from the vertical arch hall, if this matter is placed in an ordinary family, it is just a family matter, but in the royal family, especially in the case of this kind of mother and strong son, it is likely to cause discord between the two palaces, which will lead to very serious consequences, which is also the reason why Liu E has been urging him to return to Beijing.

At that moment, Li Zhang immediately rushed to Jingfu Palace, and along the way, he was also thinking about Liu E's words just now, and it could be heard from Liu E's tone that she may not really have a good impression of Guo's family, but she is very disgusted with that Wang's family, which makes Li Zhang also very curious, what kind of ability does this Wang family have, so that Liu E, a person with a city government, is so disgusted with her?

After a while, Li Zhang came to Jingfu Palace, now it is almost dark, it is said that Zhao Zhen should be eating or reading, but he did not find anyone, and later met an inner servant he knew, which made him take himself to find Zhao Zhen, but at this time Zhao Zhen was doing something that Li Zhang could not have dreamed of.