Qin Fengqin didn't hesitate at all, lowered his head and said, "Please make it clear to the saint"

Liu Ziqiu nodded and said: "I have issued an edict, all palace maids must be dismissed from the palace to marry the people when they reach the age of twenty-five, if you continue to stay in Xiyuan, you must be the same as other palace maids, you must leave the palace to marry before the age of twenty-five, if you regret it again, it's too late."

Once the palace gate is as deep as the sea, once it is elected to the palace, whether it is a concubine or a palace maid, it is difficult to have the opportunity to return to the people, most of the palace maids will die of old age in the palace, so there is a saying that there are many resentful women in the deep palace, the reason why this is the case is because those palace maids stay by the emperor's side all the year round, and naturally they have a lot of ulterior secrets, some of these secrets involve concubines, some involve courtiers, and some are even related to the emperor

Liu Ziqiu's thoughts from later generations are naturally different from most people in this era, on the one hand, he feels that such a result is too cruel for those palace maids, and on the other hand, he has always felt that he is an open-minded person and has no unsavory secrets, so he doesn't want to keep those palace maids in the palace all the time

After listening to Liu Ziqiu's words, Qin Fengqin's face was uncertain, she had seen Yang Guang, she knew that Yang Guang was handsome, and Liu Ziqiu was younger and more handsome than Yang Guang, if she could get Liu Ziqiu's favor, she was lucky to enter Xiyuan this time, it was not in vain, she was only thirteen years old when she was elected to Xiyuan, and now she is only sixteen years old, and now it is the right time to marry, if you can't get Liu Ziqiu's favor after another nine years, then you will be forced to marry again, but you are already a person, and you will be old and yellow, whether to stay or not, this is a question

In fact, the reason why Liu Ziqiu set the age of the palace maid to be twenty-five years old is because he thinks that is the most attractive age for women, but unfortunately people at that time were already used to early marriage

Qin Fengqin was silent for a long time, and suddenly bit her lip and said, "The concubine of the Huisheng is willing to stay."

This is a gamble, but Qin Fengqin, who is bent on getting ahead, still wants to gamble

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After dealing with the affairs of the Sixteenth Academy of Shanglin, Liu Ziqiu issued another edict to respect the Jiangnan Xie family as the head of the world's families

Jiangnan Xie family does not belong to the seven major families, if placed in the Central Plains, it can only be regarded as a second-rate family, but Liu Ziqiu's edict, once promulgated, is bound to make the Xie family's status skyrocket, in order not to arouse the disgust of other families, Liu Ziqiu also announced the reason for doing so in the edict, first of all, the Xie family was the first to fund Liu Ziqiu's action, which is Liu Ziqiu's feedback to the Xie family's help back then, and it also shows that Liu Ziqiu is not an ungrateful person, secondly, the current queen Gao Xiuer is the granddaughter of Xie Wengshan, the head of the Xie family, and the Xie family has become a relative of the emperor, and the boat is naturally rising, and other families are not easy to compare

Of course, this edict inevitably caused some waves among the family, and the Boling, Cui, Fanyang, and Lu families all openly objected to this, but the Li family in Longxi and the Wang family in Taiyuan expressed their willingness to be headed by the Xie family, and the other three chose to remain silent, and the remaining second- and third-rate families were not qualified to make irresponsible remarks about this edict

In the past, in the eyes of outsiders, the seven great families who were monolithic and advanced and retreated together finally showed a crack because of an edict from Liu Ziqiu, and the alliance of the seven great families was a very headache for any emperor, although this was not the original intention of Liu Ziqiu to issue the edict, but it still had an unexpected effect, if the seven great families wanted to regain the unity of the past, it was necessary to accept the Xie family, a new member, and the Xie family must be pushed to the first place, it would be a long process, Liu Ziqiu would have enough time to divide and disintegrate them

Xie Wengshan was also startled when he received the edict, he definitely didn't expect that Liu Ziqiu would hold the Xie family to such a high position, after all, the Xie family had done something sorry for Changshan Village, although he woke up in time later, but the stain has been left, there are many powerful people in history, after taking power, some people who have dealings with him in the past often only hold grudges, although Liu Ziqiu can have today, the Xie family has indeed made a contribution, but the Xie family has always been worried, very afraid that Liu Ziqiu will come to settle accounts after the next autumn, but did not expect that Liu Ziqiu is open-minded, only remembering grace and not holding grudges

Another point, Xie Wengshan didn't expect that Liu Ziqiu's wife Gao Xiuer turned out to be his own granddaughter, when the Xie family came and went with Changshan Village, Xie Wengshan had heard of Gao Xiuer, but he didn't get her involved with him, but Liu Ziqiu said it clearly in the secret letter to him, and also mentioned his other granddaughter Chen Sui, after learning the news, Xie Wengshan decided to go to Chang'an in person, on the other hand, his most beloved granddaughter Xie Muyu became a nun, and the matter of becoming a nun was also a heart disease of his, and he also wanted to ask Liu Ziqiu for a holy decree in person, and take Xie Muyu back to the customs, of course, if Liu Ziqiu can continue to fulfill the marriage contract and take Xie Muyu into the palace, it would be better, so that the status of the Xie family will be even betterplus consolidation

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Just when Xie Wengshan left Moling with Xie Zhiwen and Xie Zhiwu's brothers, Fan Lihua also came to Luoyang with her two-month-old son

Wen Hao was not only named a first-class duke, but also became a general, Liu Ziqiu has abolished the government military system, and the official positions of generals at all levels have been changed to generals, generals, thousand-commanders, centurions and ten-division generals, and the generals are the highest generals

Knowing that Fan Lihua arrived in Luoyang, Liu Ziqiu held a banquet in the palace to entertain Wen Hao and his wife, Gao Xiuer personally accompanied him, and also invited Empress Xiao, who had retired outside the palace

Empress Xiao actually didn't want to attend such a banquet, but she was always afraid that one day, Liu Ziqiu would put their ancestors and grandchildren to death, so she had to swallow her anger and come to the palace that belonged to her in the past, and Queen Xiao was accompanied by Fan Lihua's good sister Xue Ye'er

Strictly speaking, Fan Lihua met Gao Xiuer for the first time today, talking about Liu Ziqiu's assassination of Yang Guang in Qiyīn Courtyard, and later suffered a sword from Fan Lihua, both of them were embarrassed, you must know that Fan Lihua almost died at the hands of Gao Xiuer at that time, and now one has become a queen and the other has become a general's wife

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Ziqiu suddenly said: "Brother Wen Hao, the last time you repelled the Wagang thief, Kou Zhen promised to give you a heavy reward, I don't know what reward you want."

Although the status of the monarch and the minister has been decided, Liu Ziqiu has always been known as a brother to Wen Hao, which made Wen Hao particularly moved, and hurriedly said: "It is the minister's duty to serve His Majesty, and the minister does not dare to ask for reward."

"Isn't that a place where you are trapped in words and have no faith," Liu Ziqiu laughed, and suddenly turned to Gao Xiu'er and said, "Xiu'er, what reward is more appropriate for Brother Wen Hao?"

Liu Ziqiu invited Empress Xiao to participate in this banquet, Gao Xiu'er understood what he meant, and couldn't help laughing: "General Wen must be rewarded for meritorious service, and punishment for mistakes is the foundation of the founding of the country formulated by the saint, so don't shirk it anymore, Miss Xue is a good sister of the palace, and there is no good couple in the age of Xuan, so the palace will give you a good relationship."

Xue Ye'er came to the banquet as Queen Xiao's personal escort, she had been standing beside Queen Xiao, and when she saw Wen Hao, her heart was suddenly numb, and her expression became more and more haggard, and she suddenly heard Gao Xiu'er mention that she was stunned, and quickly peeked to see that although Queen Xiao had Gao Xiu'er in charge of her, she was still Queen Xiao's person, and Queen Xiao always had to pass this level

Empress Xiao's face turned pale and she couldn't say a word, although Yang Qi had already given up the throne to Liu Ziqiu, but she was still worried all day long, for fear that one day Liu Ziqiu would suddenly send a holy decree to take the lives of their ancestors and grandchildren, so I heard that Gao Xiu'er was going to marry Xue Ye'er to Wen Hao, and the first thing that came to mind was that Liu Ziqiu was going to cut off her wings, and the next step was probably to do something to her, and what she was thinking about now was how to save her life, where would she care about Xue Ye'er's belonging

But when she heard the sound of "pop", Fan Lihua had already slapped the case and said loudly: "No, I don't agree"

"Yu'er, sit down, you must not be rude in front of Your Majesty," Wen Hao knew that Liu Ziqiu was no longer the leader of the Xihai clan in the past, nor was he the governor of Hexi Province, but the emperor of the Han Dynasty, who held the power of life and death, was distressed, and he would be killed at worst, and his family would be destroyed and his clan destroyed

Liu Ziqiu knew that the biggest obstacle to this matter was Fan Lihua, he had already been mentally prepared, so he was not angry, pointed to the wine jug on several cases and said: "It is common for a man to have three wives and four concubines, Mrs. Wen, you see, it is like this wine jug with four wine cups, if a wine pot is only one wine cup, it is too abnormal."

Fan Lihua snorted coldly and said: "Others don't care about my family, Langjun can't marry three wives and four concubines"

Liu Ziqiu laughed and said: "Okay, I don't allow him to marry three wives and four concubines, only allow him to marry two wives, so it's okay."

Fan Lihua's speech is not negotiable at all: "It's not good"

Liu Ziqiu's face sank, and his tone became stern: "Mrs. Wen, how can you let my brother Wen Hao marry another wife?"

Fan Lihua was not afraid to say loudly: "Unless I die"

Wen Hao was shocked: "Madam, don't say such unlucky words, for your husband to no longer marry a wife and take a concubine."

Liu Ziqiu sneered and said: "I am the son of heaven, Xiu'er, and the mother of the country, how can I not count the words I said, Brother Wenhao, you must marry Miss Xue home today."

Fan Lihua held her head high: "Then please give me a death."