Yin Qiu has never been He Niangzi's goal, what she really wants is the head of Zhu Bajie. Don't look at Zhu Bajie, who has no military power or financial power, but he has the closest relationship with Li Chengzong. If he can win Zhu Bajie under his hands, He Niangzi will be able to have one more arm.

Of course, He Niangzi knew that she couldn't buy Zhu Bajie with money. And Zhu Bajie obviously has the best relationship with Xiao Qianniang in the palace, probably because of Li Mingyue's relationship, after all, Li Mingyue has been taking care of him for a long time. And with Queen Pei Jing, separated by a Lin Long, the relationship is not much better.

This Lin Long once managed some business for Li Chengzong in Dunhuang, and later returned to Chang'an, Pei Jing kept hinting that Li Chengzong had accepted Lin Long. But Li Chengzong was 10,000 indifferent to this woman, and pretended not to hear it at all. I wanted to send Lin Long out to marry a few times, but she still didn't leave, which made Li Chengzong a little headache.

In view of this, He Niangzi moved to find out the secret of Zhu Bajie, and took the opportunity to coerce him into joining the gang. Before there was no foolproof insurance, no matter how bold He Niangzi was, he didn't dare to tell Zhu Bajie, in case he told Li Chengzong, it would be a catastrophe. But today, nothing was found, and it seemed that he had offended Zhu Bajie.

Zhu Bajie just complained a few words in his heart, and he really couldn't talk about it.

"Concubine De invited you to dinner, didn't she, I can't see your ghost for a day?" Li Chengzong knew that He Niangzi called him away, but he didn't expect that it would be a day to go. I had the heart to send someone to ask, but for the sake of face between husband and wife, I thought about it and forgot it.

"I didn't even give the little one a sip of water, I put the little one in the house for a day, and then I put it back." Zhu Bajie was really a little hungry, thinking about where he would go to get some wine and food.

"Didn't anyone ask you?" Li Chengzong asked.

"No, I left the little one and General Yin Qiu dry for a day." Zhu Bajie emphasized.

"Let's go down first!" Li Chengzong thought that the lady just wanted to scare him, and didn't think about anything else, and the matter was over.

Not long after, when the selection of concubines was about to officially begin, some people angered Li Chengzong.

"There is no need to support so many people in the palace, didn't I say it a long time ago?" Li Chengzong was thinking about the three hundred beauties in the harem early on, but that was a few years ago. Now there are only four, and Li Chengzong feels that it is difficult to deal with it, this mortal is a mortal, and he does not have the body and bones of the gods. That day, Sun Simiao also said to him that this color is a taboo, and many kings have fallen on this word. On the other hand, Li Chengzong felt that this was hard to put together without any emotional foundation, which was really torturous. There's no fun at all, let alone a sense of accomplishment. These women are not surrendering to you as a person, but to your status and identity. This is not a contradictory thing, but it is not impossible for you to insist on separating him.

Ma Zhou took the roster and said: "Your Majesty has just ascended the throne for more than a year, and there are only four concubines in the harem, so this time so many people will be selected to enrich the harem."

The harem system of the Tang Dynasty was purely a copy of the old system of the Sui Dynasty.

The reason why so many people are willing to spend money on Li Chengzong's first choice of concubine is that he sees that there is almost no one in Li Chengzong's harem, and many positions are still empty. Let's just say that the four concubines other than the queen have only been concubine Xiao Qianniang, Shufei Tana, and Concubine He Niangzi, and the background of these three people is extremely bad, and their children basically have no hope of winning the position of the Ninety-Five.

Li Chengzong said: "The chaos has just been settled, everything should be simple, five is five, and no more than one will work."

Wei Zheng said: "Absolutely not, Your Majesty. This is not in line with etiquette, and it will make the world see a joke. ”

A dignified emperor has less than ten wives and concubines, so do you make the officials and eunuchs below still alive? You said that the people in this family with a lot of wives and concubines are muttering in their hearts, which is the so-called doing what they like. The emperor doesn't like many women, so the courtiers should follow suit, if you do the exact opposite of what the emperor does, isn't that looking for a draw!

"Where are there so many rules and etiquette, go down!" Li Chengzong did not talk to them either.

The five members of the cabinet really didn't dare to refute Li Chengzong, and obediently retreated. These five people are not stupid, they have been cabinet ministers for more than a year, and they feel quite cool. It's just a fatal problem, and there are days a year that wake them up from their dreams.

These five people sat in this position, firstly, they were envied by many people, and secondly, they offended many people in the court. The reason why they can live so safely is entirely because Li Chengzong covers them, and no one dares to beat them. If Li Chengzong didn't cover them one day, those officials who had been reprimanded and punished by them would not eat them alive. So their status quo is that anyone who dares to provoke is not afraid to make the emperor angry.

Wei Zheng has always been righteous and Ling Ran, and he didn't dare to have a big temper in front of Li Chengzong. Resisting the emperor and letting the emperor execute may still be able to go down in history. If there is no Li Chengzong, he will be played to death by those ministers, let alone leave his name in history, and he will be Amitabha Buddha if he does not leave a stench for 10,000 years.

"Don't go, let's talk about it!" Xu Jingzong called a few people not far from the palace gate and gathered around.

"The twenty-five people in my hands were all stuffed by Master Pei Lone." Ma Zhou was the first to answer. He is also unlucky, somehow Pei Lin has been very good to him recently, and he has also taken special care of him. Who knew that the good days would not be a few days later, and this Pei Lin would give him such a job.

The old man is true or not, don't look at Pei Lin in political affairs is not as bright as before, this sense of smell is still very sensitive. This selection of concubines is a strict and extremely cumbersome matter, and the emperor will not deal with it personally. And the people around the emperor who can do this must be these five people. Pei Lin picked Ma Zhou because he was young and easy to deal with, and the other four were not unable to deal with them, but they were a little more laborious.

Fang Xuanling said: "Lord Pei Lian's face has to be given, and this Lord Xiao Yu's face has to be given even more, he has recommended a full hundred and fifty-two people."

"This Xiao Yu boss is really harmful, and Zhang Luo is not tired of so many people." Ma Zhou said with a smile.

Xu Jingzong said: "What are you talking about, I have 1,200 in my hand."

Wei Zheng said angrily: "You asked for it, and I don't know how much money you received from others."

"Nonsense, I'm looking for a beauty for Your Majesty." Xu Jingzong was anxious.

Du Ruhui said: "The most important thing at the moment is to solve the matter, if there are really only five people who can enter the palace, it will be difficult for everyone to explain."

This Wei Zheng was also worried when he thought about it, originally he didn't have much to do with this matter, Xu Jingzong had been in Zhang Luo. However, Wei Ling, Wang Qi, and Xue Wanche from the old East Palace all said hello, hoping that their relatives or daughters could enter the palace, he thought it was not a difficult thing, so he should come down, but he didn't want to make such a fuss.

"Alas!" The five members of the cabinet felt sorry for themselves at the palace gate, which stunned the guards guarding the palace gate.

What kind of thing can the heart say can make them worry! (To be continued.) )