In the house near the left of the Taihe Palace, at this time the charcoal fire has been lit, and a few palace lamps have been lit, in this house that is far smaller than the hall many times, the bright light of several palace lamps is brighter than in the main hall.

The emperor was sitting on a low bed, with a few volumes of Buddhist scriptures on his left hand and Taoist scriptures and some sparse tables on his right hand. Although the emperor believes in Buddhism more, he does not reject Taoism.

The emperor put down the sparse watch in his hand, raised his head and asked Zhang Mao on the side, "Where is King Rencheng?" Have you come back from Taimiao? ”

"I've come back, and I'm waiting for Your Majesty in the side hall at the moment."

"Hmmm! Go and declare that the king of the city has come here to see me. ”

"Yes"

King Ren Cheng returned to Deping City at night, because he still had to discuss some information about Guanzhong and the surrounding countries during the day, so he was only allowed to go to the Taimiao Temple to worship in the afternoon. At night, the emperor prepared to set up a small banquet in the Taihe Hall to entertain the king of Rencheng, just him and the king of Rencheng. So he instructed Zhang Mao to pay attention to the whereabouts of King Ren Cheng.

He has a good personal impression of King Ren Cheng, likes his erudition very much, and agrees with the Queen Mother's evaluation of King Ren Cheng's "head of the clan", and is ready to wait for him and King Xianyang to be transferred back to Pingcheng to assist him in a few years.

To say that the king of Rencheng is reused, not only because the king of Rencheng is quite talented, but also because the king of Rencheng is from the Jingmu Emperor's line, and the emperor is separated from the first emperor and the Jingmu emperor two generations, which belongs to the partial branch, not as close as the Wencheng department, the Wencheng department is the first emperor's siblings, and the queen mother did not use them too much, one is because they died a lot early, and the main thing is that the queen mother is wary of them, because they are too close to the imperial line. Therefore, when the Queen Mother was in power, she mainly used the kings of the Jingmu system. The emperor also agrees with this.

After waiting for a while, King Ren Cheng followed Zhang Mao into the house, and King Ren Cheng was about to pay respects, but was stopped by the emperor: "Today is only about family etiquette, Uncle Ren Cheng doesn't have to worship." He also ordered Zhang Mao to stay outside and not let people approach.

King Ren Cheng listened to the emperor's words, and still insisted on bowing, but it was not so formal. Waiting for King Ren Cheng to sit down, the emperor handed the watch in his hand to King Ren Cheng and said, "Uncle Ren Cheng will take a look at this first." ”

King Ren Cheng hurriedly took the table, only to see that the opening chapter on it read, "King Nanping, Yi Cao Shangshu, Shizhong, and the Captain of the Horse Birthday Worship Your Majesty in front of the table."

This is Feng Dan's sparse table, why would Your Majesty let me see, Feng Dan has always been very close to His Majesty, what else do you have to say? Hurriedly put away his thoughts and continued to look carefully.

The emperor drank water, waited for King Ren Cheng to finish reading the table, and then asked, "What did Uncle Ren Cheng see?" ”

In this sparse table, it is not big or small, and it is not small to say small. Feng Dan said in the table that the queen mother died, but the eldest son of the emperor was uneducated, and the eldest son of the emperor was not conducive to the growth of the future growth, I hope that His Majesty can choose the harem to raise the eldest son of the emperor, for the blessing of the country.

King Ren Cheng listened to the emperor's question, and he was also a little hesitant in his heart how to answer. To put this matter simply, Feng Dan is right, the eldest son of the emperor should find someone to take with him, but it seems that the emperor doesn't think so, otherwise he wouldn't have asked him what he thinks. And for the king of Rencheng, this kind of thing is the emperor's family matter, and he is not good at giving opinions, but the emperor wants him to say it now, and he has to say something if he doesn't want to say it.

"This matter is Your Majesty's family affair, and the minister has been in the foreign court for a long time, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense."

The emperor knew that King Ren Cheng was afraid that he would not be satisfied with his answer and would blame him, so he said this for a while, and the following is the text.

"Uncle Ren Cheng is my close relative, my family affairs are not state affairs, the emperor's uncle is an uncle on private, and the public is a minister. How can it be said that it is nonsense, Uncle but it doesn't hurt to say, there are only two people here, I and Uncle Huang. ”

Ren Cheng Wang Ke sorted out his thoughts and said: "On the theory of the king of Nanping, it is reasonable. The eldest son of the emperor grew up beside the Queen Mother since he was a child, and he was quite pampered. I should plan more for the eldest son of the emperor. ”

"It's just that the status of the emperor's eldest son is precious, and he should be cautious in choosing his mother, in the table of the king of Nanping, although it is only said that the concubine is selected to raise on his behalf, in fact, he should refer to Zuo Zhaoyi."

The emperor nodded and said, "It is precisely this reason, Uncle Ren Cheng can think about it, and he should not succeed Zuo Zhaoyi with his eldest son." ”

After listening to the emperor's words, King Ren Cheng said in a straight voice: "Your Majesty, the minister, the minister does not dare to hide it. It's just that the minister has a word that he wants to ask His Majesty to teach. ”

"Uncle Ren Cheng, please speak."

"Your Majesty Yu Feng, do you want to be expensive? Want to respect it? ”

"What Uncle Ren Cheng said, how is it expensive? How to be respected? ”

"If Your Majesty wants to honor the Feng family, you can confer the title of prince on them, and intermarry with the Feng family for generations. If you want to respect the Feng family, you can give him the post of assassinating the history of the big county and the state in the opposition, and you can give him the post of Shangshu and the superintendent of the book in the court. Feng respected himself to Wei. ”

After listening to King Ren Cheng's words, the emperor smiled and said, "Uncle Ren Cheng's words are exaggerated! The Feng family has not contributed much to the country, but it is because of the Queen Mother that they have obtained this wealth and glory, which is already extreme! I feel the virtue of the Empress Dowager's upbringing, and I am willing to rest with the Feng family and be friendly with each other, but I will never give the Feng family the idea of political authority. The country is my country, and it is also the country of the Tuoba clan. Is there any reason for a country to bestow a foreign surname? ”

"What Your Majesty said, it is justified, the Feng family was originally a remnant Yan Yuyin, and the queen mother was in the Pingcheng high family, and the public office, the surname Xun intermarried, its glory has been extreme, and my family can be said to live up to the queen mother."

"The eldest son of the emperor is now ten years old this year, and it is time to start to understand things. In the past, the emperors of the Later Han Dynasty lived with eunuchs since childhood, and when they grew up, they only trusted these people. If the eldest son of the emperor is handed over to the Feng family to raise and educate, the eldest son of the emperor does not know the reason, but he is afraid that he will not be able to understand His Majesty's deep meaning in the future, and will be bewitched by the unfilial children of the Feng family. Therefore, this verse has to be thought over. ”

The emperor nodded yes and said, "I also know this very well, and in the past two months, I have been taking Da Lang with me and teaching him personally, and I have made some progress recently, and I am no longer as greedy as I used to be. If it is handed over to the Feng family, I am afraid that they will not be able to supervise it from time to time, but it will make Da Lang revert to his old ways. ”

The emperor stood up, paced up in the house, and said: "I have already made a decision in my heart about Dalang's matter, but how to reply to King Nanping?" If I tell me bluntly, I am afraid that it will hurt the Taishi, who is still sick now, and the last time I went to see it, I could only eat some porridge and water. If there is a case, others will blame me! What is Uncle Ren Cheng's good way to reply? ”

King Ren Cheng lowered his head, thought for a while, and said: "In the past, when the Queen Mother was in Japan, she once joked that the eldest daughter of the King of Nanping would be allowed to be the eldest son of the Emperor, and Your Majesty could refuse their proposal to foster the eldest son of the Emperor this time. ”

"Good! It's a great idea. Uncle Ren Cheng is really my brainchild. ”

The emperor returned to his seat and sat down, put away Feng Dan's sparse table, and was about to personally draft an edict to reply to Feng. Since the reign of Emperor Taihe in the tenth year, these edicts have been written by him himself, and he has never pretended to others.

I had an idea in my heart, and just after opening a few words, I heard Zhang Mao's voice asking to see outside: "Your Majesty, please see the slave if you have something urgent." ”

The emperor did not stop writing in his hand, he did it as soon as he had an idea, and he didn't need to stop and think about it halfway: "Come in." ”

Zhang Mao came in and knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, there is a message from the Alto Hall that Zuo Zhaoyi is unwell. I hereby enclose you to Your Majesty. ”