On the 29th day of the lunar month, it was the last day of the new year, and the rumors between the DPRK and China about changing the country name and the yuan were still not broken. In the morning, Ning Yuan entered the palace to report to Han Jian, but the purpose of the performance was not the real purpose, mainly to listen to Han Jian's tone and want to know about the primary election of the show girl.

Han Jian put down the matter at hand, in the afternoon he was ready to rest for a while, and took out a list, which was the primary draft girl selected by the female dependents around him yesterday, the roster and portrait of nearly a thousand show girls, and finally the primary draft girl selected by Han Jian's side female dependents was only more than 80 people, and at most five or six people were selected in each palace.

Ning Yuan took the list that had been circled and looked at it, and he tried his best to find the ladies and ladies of the relevant families on it, although some of them were checked, but he was still a little disappointed, and many women who were deliberately ugly also passed the primary election.

"Your Majesty, there are many beautiful girls in this show, does Your Majesty let the people from Tonghua Temple of the Ministry of Rites make another selection at your discretion? Such a sloppy ......"

Han Jian interrupted Ning Yuan's words and said: "It was only two days before and after Master Ning sent the list of show girls, and the preparations were not thoughtful, since even Master Ning said that you should let the selected show girls enter the palace before the end of the year, I will try to promote them as soon as possible." Master Ning thinks I'm in too much of a hurry? ”

Ning Yuan hurriedly said: "The old minister doesn't dare. Just ......"

"It's just that there aren't many people that Master Ning likes, right?" Han Jian said coldly.

Ning Yuan immediately knelt down and pleaded guilty, although he knew that he couldn't hide this from Han Jian, but originally he expected that Han Jian would not have an attack with him about this matter, but now Han Jian was also very aware of it, and he knew everything about the calculation in his heart, which made him very passive. Han Jian said: "If the draft girl is sent to the palace, there will be relatives in the palace to choose, the good ones will stay, and if the bad ones will be sent back to the palace." Master Ning, you understand. ”

Ning Yuan hurriedly responded.

Han Jian said again: "Things will be a little urgent, just past noon today." There will be two days tomorrow morning, according to the roster, and the people will be sent to the palace. ”

Ning Yuan hurriedly went to handle it, in fact, he was also a little anxious, originally according to his calculations with his cronies, this time Han Jian could choose a few women to enter the palace as concubines no matter what. But now that Han Jian has handed over the task of selecting a show girl to the relatives of the palace, the situation is very delicate, Han Jian seems to be clearly going to choose a female official for the palace instead of a concubine, even if the family behind him has a show girl selected, in the end he can't explain to his cronies and family.

Han Jian returned to the inner garden of the palace, and Han Jian rarely returned during the day on weekdays, so even the maid who used to be in the East Palace's mansion felt a little strange when he saw it.

Han Jian went directly to the palace where Yang Li'er lived, and when he entered it, Yang Li'er was holding his son and teasing. The two little palace maids next to them have just entered the courtyard, and they have never seen a master who is so easy to talk like Yang Li'er, and they let them serve next to them and not be mean to them, and they are helping the little prince to walk with Yang Li'er, but in fact, Han Xi is only two years old, and it is still very difficult to walk, but this does not affect the enthusiasm of several women in the house.

"See Your Majesty." I don't know who shouted first, and the women reacted. Hurriedly came over to give Han Jian a salute.

Yang Li'er picked up Han Xi and walked over with complaints. first gave a salute, and then said: "Your Majesty didn't know when he entered the door, but he scared the concubine to death." Stand down first. ”

"Yes."

The palace maids and the maidservants brought into the palace by Yang Li'er all withdrew from the door. Yang Li'er then remembered that there was a troublemaker in her arms, so she walked to the door and beckoned the nurse to come over and take Han Xi away, then she turned around and sat down on the chair next to Han Jian, poured tea and said, "Why did Xianggong come back so early?" But nothing to do in the afternoon? ”

Han Jian said: "It's not that it's okay. In the afternoon, he had to meet secretly with the envoys of the Southern Dynasties, and it was only half an hour in between, and some state affairs had to be discussed. ”

Yang Li'er nodded and said, "State affairs are not trivial, so is the prime minister coming over for lunch or a lunch break?" The concubine body makes people prepare...... By the way, it should be prepared by the imperial dining room. I always used to think that I was still in the Dongwang Mansion, and I had to find someone to get everything in person. ”

"Since you are used to it, then follow the habit and eat some food at noon." Han Jian said with a smile.

Yang Li'er had a warm smile on her face, which was also a favorite of the two in the boudoir, and she had never told anyone about it. Yang Li'er got up and said, "Okay, the concubine body will let people prepare for things." ”

"No, it's not too late to arrange it later." Han Jian stretched out his hand and pulled Yang Li'er into his arms, Yang Li'er gently pushed Han Jian but didn't get up, and sat directly on Han Jian's lap.

Han Jian said: "There is another thing to tell you, I have explained to Ning Yuan, the minister of Lingshangtai, that in the afternoon, the Ministry of Rites will send the show girls who were selected yesterday to the palace, and the original selection of show girls was in the Chuxiu Palace, but this time it is different, the courtyards, especially the aunts, are selected in the courtyard, and you will send people over, so that they can see it, if it is good, it will stay, and if it is bad, you can send it out of the palace if you reward the silver." ”

Yang Li'er nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked, "Then what else is there to worry about?" Didn't Xiang Gong say yesterday that Ning Taishi seemed to have some conspiracy in the matter of draft girls, and painted the show girls who were not in line with his family very ugly? ”

Han Jian said with a smile: "So I have selected a few women, all of whom are selected by the family who are not in line with Ning Yuan's back, and when you enter the palace, you can check the portrait to see if he has any ghosts." As for the matter of the draft girl, it will be completely handed over to you to be responsible. ”

Yang Li'er was a little ashamed and said: "The princess has tormented the concubine, Sister Xin'er knows...... It's bad after all. ”

Because the selection of the show girl has always been done by the lord of the six palaces, at the moment, Han Jian has not been sealed, but now he is letting Yang Li'er be in charge of the current affairs, which obviously means to make Yang Li'er the queen.

Han Jian said with a smile: "My husband knows what you are thinking, and the queen's affairs will be known tomorrow, and you and Xin'er will definitely not have any difficulties." Alas, it's not easy to level a bowl of water. ”

Rao is Yang Li'er has always said that she doesn't care about anything, but when she heard Han Jian say that she would know about the queen the next day, she still seemed very nervous, this is a question involving the orthodoxy of the emperor's heir, if it was nothing in the past, she gave birth to the eldest son and Gu Xin'er has no heirs, but the current situation is very different, whoever becomes the queen between her and Gu Xin'er, the son will be the son-in-law, and may even become the prince in the future. That's a little bit important to her. As his wife, Yang Li'er doesn't mind competing with Gu Xin'er or anything, as long as Han Jian is by her side, she will be satisfied, but as a mother, she doesn't want the eldest son she gave birth to to end up becoming a concubine, which will make her, a mother, feel very incompetent.

"Oh." Yang Li'er responded, but in fact, she was already absent-minded and completely thinking about who could become the queen.

Han Jian smiled: "Qi'er." You still don't understand the heart of a husband? Since I said that I won't treat you and Xin'er badly, there will definitely be a proper way to solve it, you don't have to worry, this afternoon and tomorrow, just deal with the matter of the show girl. ”

"Hmm." Yang Li'er looked at Han Jian, and her eyes suddenly became a little worried. It's not that she doesn't believe Han Jian, because even if she thinks about it from Han Jian's position, the question of who will be the queen between Gu Xin'er and her is also very tricky, and this is not something that Han Jian can solve with pity. She understands Han Jian's plight. It's just that I'm afraid that it will be my son who will suffer in the end, which makes Yang Li'er very entangled in her heart.

After that, let people prepare things, and when the two of them ate together, Yang Li'er was a little absent-minded. Han Jian kept giving her food, but he didn't tell her what happened, although he knew that this would make Yang Li'er continue to worry, but he couldn't explain the matter too clearly for the time being.

In the afternoon, Han Jian nominally stayed in the palace, but in fact, he asked people to make arrangements. Weifu went out of the palace to meet with Li Fangwei, the envoy of the Southern Dynasty. Li Fangwei has been in the Northern Dynasty for more than half a month, although Han Jian has also sent people from the intelligence system to receive him. But he has never expressed his position on the matter of peace between the two dynasties, from the wordless letter sent by Han Jian to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty Xiao Zhan, he has already expressed his attitude, there are some things to talk about, but in terms of etiquette, he still wants to meet Li Fangwei and listen to what kind of instructions Li Fangwei brought to the emperor of the Southern Dynasty.

Han Jian saw Li Fangwei for another reason. It was because Li Fangwei was recommended by Sima Yi to Xiao Zhan, Han Jian knew very well that Sima Yi was a lonely man in the Southern Dynasty, and it was rare for Sima Yi to trust a person, if he didn't see it, he would always feel a little sorry for this old friend.

When Han Jian saw this envoy of the Southern Dynasty in the secret residence where Li Fangwei lived, he knew that he was a middle-aged man who was not good-looking. Before, Han Jian knew that this Li Fangwei was originally a retainer of the Huiwang system, but now it cannot be said that he defected to Xiao Zhan, and the political beliefs of the officials in the Huan Sea are difficult to guess, and Han Jian does not need to be concerned about him.

"Xiaguan has seen it...... Uh, I've seen Your Majesty. Li Fangwei learned that the young man in civilian clothes in front of him was the emperor of the Northern Dynasty, and hurriedly saluted, but he hesitated in the title, he obviously had no experience in envoys, the two dynasties interacted, if it was a reciprocal relationship, everything was in accordance with the etiquette of diplomatic relations, but he was not very familiar with these etiquette.

"Li Taishou, I have heard about it, please take a seat." Han Jian stepped forward with a smile, the people who came with Han Jian next to him were all people from the intelligence system, as the person in charge of the intelligence system, Onishi Yanagi would be responsible for receiving Li Fangwei and Li Fangwei's daily security, and no one in the imperial court system and the military and political system would know about Li Fangwei's existence, and even if they knew, they would not have any interference in this.

Han Jian naturally sat down, but Li Fangwei still stood and did not sit down, Han Jian said: "Regarding the matter of friendly consultation between the two countries to negotiate peace, I will send someone to send a letter to the Son of Heaven of your country, and Li Taishou does not need to worry too much. ”

Li Fangwei was also worried in his heart these days in the Northern Dynasty, after all, Han Jian didn't give him a chance to negotiate, once he went back, he couldn't face it on King Hui's side, and Xiao Zhan couldn't explain it, then his political career might come to an end. But with Han Jian's words, he felt that he had a bottom in his heart, which meant that his task was basically completed. It's just that he didn't know what Han Jian said, but it was a wordless letter, which was equivalent to a war letter without a declaration of war, and he didn't know how bad the mission of this trip to the north was.

Although the matter was not related to Li Fangwei, Han Jian's letter to the Southern Dynasty happened during the time period when Li Fangwei sent an envoy to the Northern Dynasty, and Li Fangwei would be held accountable no matter how he returned.

Li Fangwei said: "I confessed to Your Majesty before the envoy sent an envoy, saying that it was ...... Your Majesty has taken care of your Majesty and asked your subordinates to express their gratitude. ”

Han Jian nodded, this title made him feel a little confused, but he could roughly understand, one country cannot accommodate two masters, he and Xiao Zhan are now both sons of heaven, there is always a need for a break between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, and the world needs to be unified. Although the current situation of people's livelihood is very bad because the war in the north has just ended, Han Jian still feels that this is the best opportunity to fight with the southern Korea, and the opportunity will be lost after a few years. Since the people are already in distress at present, then simply suffer to the end, and after the world is completely unified, you can have a long time of recuperation, which is the way to reassure the people. If you recuperate for a few years, and the people's lives have not yet recovered, they will go to war again, and the people will suffer again, even if the court can get rid of this ruthlessness, the people may not support it.

Han Jian said with a smile: "It should be that I thank Li Taishou for taking care of Sima Gongzi in the Southern Dynasty." ”

Li Fangwei hurriedly said: "Don't dare to be, Mr. Sima is now my right minister, a high and powerful position, the lower officials are just his subordinates, and it is his duty to be able to take care of him, it is his duty, it is his duty......" said this, but he was very happy in his heart, originally he was worried that the emperor of the Northern Dynasty would not know that there was such a person as him, but now it seems that he not only knows him, but also knows his relationship with Sima Yi, it seems that the relationship between the emperor of the Northern Dynasty and Sima Yi is still very close, which is equivalent to twice the result with half the effort for him.

Li Fangwei thought to himself: "Mr. Sima really didn't lie to me, if I make a contribution this time, after returning to the dynasty in the future, if there is any contact between the Southern and Northern Dynasties, Your Majesty will definitely need me, and it is not far from the day when I will enter the court." ”

Han Jian nodded and said, "It's about to be the New Year, Li Taishou lives in the north, and I will send someone to send Li Taishou back to the south on the same day." At the same time, I also bring my greetings. ”

"Yes, yes." Li Fang was the only one who responded, in fact, he was also concerned about the issue of the national credentials, he had already submitted the credentials of Xiao Zhan's personal letter before, he expected that Han Jian should have read it, if the two countries needed to sign an alliance, they naturally needed to let him submit the credentials back. But Han Jian didn't say a word about the national letter.

Han Jian said again: "If there is nothing to do, I will go back to the palace first." If Li Taishou has any orders, just give orders, and someone will entertain him well. ”

After saying that, Han Jian got up and went back to the palace, Li Fangwei suddenly felt that his heart sank, this posture didn't seem to be right, he still wanted to ask something, but he couldn't ask, he was still afraid of the emperor of the Northern Dynasty. His mind suddenly moved, thinking of what Han Jian said before that he had gone to the Southern Dynasty, and he seemed to understand something in his heart, as if the matter had been settled, and he didn't seem to be able to help him when he came to the Northern Dynasty.

He was immediately relieved, this is equivalent to a beautiful difference, and the task will be completed as soon as he walks around. He was still grateful to Sima Yi in his heart, which was equivalent to Sima Yi's credit for giving him. (To be continued......)