And if Wanrong is the queen, then in this way, the emperor will have three concubines as the queen in less than two years after succeeding to the throne, which is something that has never happened since the establishment of the dynasty. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

If this happened to other concubines in the harem, the emperor would have unceremoniously returned the favor to make her avoid respect. However, now that only the most favored Wanrong forced himself to make this extremely difficult choice, the emperor had no other way to think of it, so he had to blindly use the method of delay, intending to make Wanrong dispel the idea of fighting for the crown after the dispute with the passage of time.

However, it was precisely because of the fact that Wanrong was fighting for the prince for his son and son in the harem, which invisibly made the emperor have a lot of dissatisfaction with Li Qi, the eldest son who was originally selected as the crown prince, so that in the past few months, the father and son have become increasingly estranged, which has made Li Qi have a strong sense of unease and fear.

The original cause of the incident can be traced back to eight months ago, when the emperor stayed at Bao Zhaoyi in Yifeng Pavilion and had a seemingly casual Q&A with Sakura.

At that time, Sakura didn't know what kind of idea she had germinated, so she had to pester the emperor to teach her swordsmanship, and kept saying that when she learned swordsmanship, she would be able to share her worries and relieve the emperor's worries at the time of the national crisis, just like the late Empress Zhenyi Jingxuan.

When the emperor heard her mention Jing Xuan, he was touched by his heart, so he bowed his head and remained silent. Seeing that she had said the wrong thing, Ying'er aroused the emperor's sadness, and deliberately took the words to make up for it, so she deliberately mentioned Li Qi, the king of peace, and deduced that the emperor has such a good son who is both civil and military, and is in charge of the three armies, where can he use himself to solve problems for the emperor. Who knows, if you don't mention Li Qi, it's just that, as soon as you hear Ying'er praise Li Qi in person, the emperor couldn't help but snort heavily, and immediately replied: "How can it be enough to have a famous person?" ”

Yes, since Li Qi ascended the altar as the commander and opened the government to govern the army, except for happily taking a group of people to Puzhou to walk around the former enemy, almost no work has been done: when he was driven out of Chang'an by the Tubo people, he did not see his shadow: that is, he was ordered to lead the army to Wangwu Mountain to search for the traces of Li Shu, the king of Ying, and he only found two inexplicable corpses of Linyi men to support himself. If he still has a little merit, it is that as soon as he became the commander, he asked himself to allow him to transfer Yu Chengen, who was stationed in Jingzhou, to Shaanzhou, so that he could meet Yu Chengen and lead the army to meet him halfway through abandoning the city.

Such a great achievement, incompetent and mediocre person, why did he choose him to give him a great responsibility in the first place?

Based on the strong dissatisfaction with Li Qi's various manifestations during the period of Chang'an's loss and recovery, the emperor sent an edict to include the Shenhe Army created by Chengen in the sequence of forbidden troops, and specifically affirmed that this army was not under the command and transfer of Li Qi's generalissimo's office, but directly obeyed his orders. In this way, it is equivalent to greatly weakening Li Qi's power, and the leading generals from all walks of life have the tendency to support the army and respect themselves, Li Qi's generalissimo mansion currently has 50,000 horses stationed in Fenning under the command of deputy marshal Jing Yuncong, which can be said to be useless, and there is not a single soldier in his hands for his disposal.

Seeing that his eldest son has been repeatedly courting and inviting favor to himself in recent days in a panic, in order to impress himself and get him out of the current very embarrassing situation, the emperor's heart softened, and he decided to give Li Qi a chance to turn over and make contributions again.

This is the real reason why the emperor asked Li Qi to lead the army to garrison Luoyang, the eastern capital, in advance. Since Li Qi failed to successfully seize military power from Fu Yi for the first time, and the war in Western Xinjiang is becoming increasingly tense, and it is urgent to transfer troops from Fu Yi to the west, this is undoubtedly another excellent opportunity for Li Qi to fight for military power from Fu Yi.

What made the emperor feel sorry was that Li Qi did not realize his good intentions, and he wanted to personally lead the three armies to the western Xinjiang to charge into battle, make meritorious contributions, and at the worst of all, he would stick to Chang'an for himself, and would never retreat to the eastern capital in advance.

"My stupid son, you have the ambition to establish meritorious deeds, but you do not have the insight and resourcefulness to adapt to the situation, even if I promise you to lead the army to the west, how can you be the opponent of the Tibetans?" The emperor sat in the Yanying Palace, remembering that there was no tacit understanding between himself and Li Qi, and couldn't help but let out a long sigh on his back.

"Your Majesty, there are regular attendants Wu Xiaozhong, Wang Bao'er, and Liu Wenxun outside the palace asking to see you." Pang Ming crept into the hall and cautiously spoke to the emperor.

"Let them come in with you." The emperor forcibly broke free from the chaotic mind of Lichu and said in a low voice.

Since Li Jinzhong, Xie Liangchen, and Shang Jing successively served as the three provincial eunuchs of the Inner Service Province who succeeded to the throne, they died one after another, and now the status of the Inner Service Province is not as good as before in the eyes of the emperor. Even if the three internal servants Wu Xiaozhong, Wang Bao'er, and Liu Wenxun, who are currently in charge of the internal service province, have to go back and forth to the emperor in advance, they must be communicated in advance, and they can no longer serve by the emperor's side sooner or later as before, and become indispensable close and confidants around the emperor.

The emperor was so obsessed with degrading the status of the Inner Servant Province, in fact, he had his own plans: first, after Shang Jing was beheaded for concealing the military situation and Lu Guangting was killed by the enemy, the emperor could not find a eunuch with both ability and political integrity to take charge of the Inner Servant Province for a while, so he could only temporarily conduct an all-round investigation of Wang Baoer and Liu Wenxun in a way that was old and new; Second, the current situation facing the imperial court did not allow the emperor to rely solely on the in-armed province to issue orders and detect lawlessness, and he urgently needed an army that could never be loyal to him and ready for his own use to ensure his own safety first. This is something that is absolutely difficult for the thousands of eunuchs and palace people under the jurisdiction of the Inner Servant Province.

When Lai Xing'er was still on an errand in Liangzhou, the emperor intended to give the title of Shenhe Yidu to Lai Xing'er's department, and the root of it was that he wanted to wait for Lai Xing'er to make contributions to the western frontier, and logically transfer him to take over the guards of the forbidden palace, so as to replace Yu Cheng'en and the internal service province that had been overwhelmed, and become a confidant force that he could rely on in the future. It is precisely for this reason that the emperor very rarely forgave Lai Xing'er for his disrespectful act of confronting him in front of him and wanting to save Lin Shu's life.

After several twists and turns, especially after learning that Lai Xing'er was outside the Chengtian Gate, the emperor had decided in his heart that Lai Xing'er was the best person to serve his side and serve him with peace of mind. Since sooner or later he will be cultivated to become the number one cronie and important minister around him, then why bother with him for the life and death of a mere traitor? Moreover, Lai Xing'er completely disregarded his own safety, even life and death, and spared Lin Shu himself, doesn't it also prove that he is not a merciless person? This alone is a hundred times stronger than Wang Bao'er, who sees the wind and steers the rudder and can personally push his father-in-law to death.

Asked to see by the three internal servants of the Inner Servant Province, the emperor naturally thought of the Lai Xing'er he had chosen, and only thought about Lai Xing'er's personality and strengths, but he didn't even listen to a word about what Wu, Wang, and Liu came into the palace to play to him. (To be continued.) )