Su Yan was a little at a loss in the face of Yuan Bolang's aggressiveness, so he could only look at Liu Yu for help. Liu Yuzheng said: "Yuan Xiangguo, now it is the period of national mourning, and the matter of choosing a concubine can't wait until the emperor enters the soil to prepare?" ”

Yuan Bolang said arrogantly: "The new imperial concubine, this matter is related to the continuation of the royal bloodline, what a big deal?" If the emperor knew about it, he would definitely agree with the old man's approach. Commander Liu, the old man still persuades the emperor to put the country first! ”

Raising the emperor's wife and concubines to the level of the family and the country, this Yuan Bolang is also pedantic. Although Liu Yu thinks so, he still stands on Yuan Bolang's side in the matter of choosing a concubine, on the one hand, as Yuan Bolang mentioned, choosing a concubine can bring the emperor closer to the family of ministers in Chang'an, so that the weak new emperor has more helpers. Moreover, Su Yan is the kind of lord who is full of lust and lust, and instead of letting him toss in the harem, it is better to take a concubine to make friends with the minister.

Liu Yu said a few words to the emperor, although Su Yan was a little reluctant, he still agreed to go with him and let Yuan Bolang go back to do it. I will go to Yuan's Mansion in the afternoon.

"Master, can I go and discuss with Xiaoyu?" After Yuan Bolang left, Su Yan looked at Liu Yu with a somewhat aggrieved look and asked.

said that it was "discussion", but it had to be done, Su Yan just told Xiaoyu to make her feel prepared.

Liu Yu accompanied Su Yan to the inner court, but Xiaoyu was still suffering from a fever, with a towel on his head, and his face was not very bright. Liu Yu didn't want to disturb the conversation of other couples, so he waited at the door, it seemed that Xiaoyu didn't mind Su Yan's concubine too much, after all, it was extremely rare for emperors to have only one wife since ancient times. But Xiaoyu's position as the queen, Liu Yu will help Su Yan and Xiaoyu fight for whatever he says. After all, Xiaoyu is Su Yan's wife of chaff. This is about Su Yan's responsibility as a man.

The little fish is innocent and kind. Su Yan is also a pure love and affection, which is the condition that the mother of a country should have. Liu Yu was just afraid that she would be too weak and would not be able to control the women in the inner palace in the future.

Su Yan came out and said with a little emotion: "Xiaoyu didn't say anything, just said that he wanted to go with us." ”

Liu Yu looked into the room at Xiao Yu, who was sitting on the sickbed with an expectant look on his face, and nodded to Su Yan: "Xiao Yu is your wife, you want to take a concubine, and the old man who is next to his wife can't say anything." ”

It was almost noon. When it was time for lunch, Su Yan wanted to leave Liu Yu to eat together, but Liu Yu politely declined. Although his relationship with Su Yan is not ordinary, he still has to abide by the rules of the imperial court. Eating with the emperor for no reason must not be criticized by the officials.

Originally, Liu Yu planned to go home for dinner, but met Yang Lie at the gate of the palace, Yang Lie had been tracking down the whereabouts of Qian Hui and the King of Chu for the past two days, his eyes were red like a beast, and his face was shiny.

"Commander Liu, there is news from the King of Chu. The king of Chu killed all the spies who went to greet him, and went south under the escort of a group of men. ”

Liu Yu's previous worries were confirmed. The king of Chu was really encouraged by Ming Jin, and went south to seek refuge with the king of Huai. Seeking skin with the tiger, doesn't the king of Chu know the trick? Or is it because Mingjin is a genius of lobbying?

Yang Lie said again about the situation of tracking down Qian Hui: "Qian Hui's whereabouts are still unknown, all the gates of Chang'an are strictly guarded, and he will definitely not be allowed to go out of the city in a fool's way, and today he also caught a person in front of Xiangguo's mansion, according to that person's confession, it was Qian Hui who asked him to contact Yuan Xiangguo." ”

Fortunately, Liu Yu had been on guard before, afraid that Qian would go back to tell Yuan Bolang about the informant, so Yang Lie arranged secret agents around the houses of some courtiers who might endanger the emperor's power, and investigated the movements of these people at any time, also in order to control the situation in Chang'an City. Unexpectedly, I caught a big fish.

"That person gave you the location of the contact?" Liu Yu asked hurriedly.

"I went, but I ......," Yang Lie said with a little regret, "I didn't find anyone, so I should have escaped first when I heard the wind." ”

Liu Yu comforted Yang Lie a few words, and also told him to rest, after all, the iron body can't withstand the toss. Yang Lie was grateful to Dai De and said: "My subordinates will go back to make up for sleep, and my subordinates will send a royal forest army to intercept the king of Chu going south, and I will inform the local assistance, there should be news tonight." ”

Liu Yu nodded, patted Yang Lie on the shoulder and let him go. Qian Hui and King Chu cannot be arrested for the time being, which has always been Liu Yu's heart disease.

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On the afternoon of the seventh day of the eighth month, less than two days after the death of the first emperor, the new emperor was about to start choosing a concubine.

The third generation of the Yuan family is the two phases, the five generations are in the court, this can be said to be one of the most wealthy families in the capital, this time the concubine, Yuan Bolang also listed the young daughter of the second son as a candidate, plus the women from other families in Chang'an City, adding up to more than 30 people.

These women are the daughters of the family, have a status in the family, have been taught by famous teachers since childhood, and walk in a proper manner on weekdays, which can be said to be a model of a good woman. And another reason why these women are qualified to be candidates for the imperial concubine is that their appearance must not only be beautiful, but also not charming, their demeanor must be sluggish, and they need to be healthy and healthy.

Liu Yu as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army, the new emperor's first exit from the palace naturally needs him to be responsible for escorting, Liu Yu has asked the right commander Lan Jing to seal the road to the Xiangguo Mansion in advance, and a large number of Imperial Forest Army are arranged along the way, and Su Yan is also the most solid Luan, and the bow and crossbow cannot be shot through. In short, Liu Yu couldn't let Su Yan be a short-lived emperor.

The road was smooth, Liu Yu rode on the horse, and also told Su Yan some truths. To sum up, if you don't choose, you don't choose one, and if you want to choose, you have to do all of them. This is to weigh the face of the candidate princess family, and there can be no partiality. Seeing that Su Yan was in trouble, Liu Yu explained again that the selection was just to give them a name temporarily, and then how Su Yan faced these women was up to him.

Yuan Bolang personally took his children and grandchildren to pick up Luan in front of the mansion, and the candidate imperial concubine entered the mansion through the back door. Su Yan and Xiaoyu, accompanied by Liu Yu and Yuan Bolang, went to a landscape courtyard in the backyard, through the shade of the weeping willows, they could see from a distance that those young ladies were chattering, it was rare for them to go out of the house once, and the family did not explain the reason for their trip, they just regarded it as a rare gathering to make new sisters.

There are so many warblers and swallows, Su Yan's eyes are dazzled, in the past, when it was his turn to see and even evaluate these deep boudoir ladies, now not only are they standing in front of them, but they are also selected by himself, and even if they move their mouths, they will become their concubines. After two days of being a depressed emperor, he felt for the first time that being an emperor was really a rare and beautiful thing. It's a lot more fun than fighting crickets.

When he heard Yuan Bolang's words, he came back to his senses, but found that Xiaoyu was looking at him curiously. Su Yan's face turned red at the moment.

Su Yan looked a little twisted, he had no idea in his heart, and he was afraid that Xiaoyu would blame him for being kind, so he looked at Xiaoyu and asked, "Aifei...... What do you think? ”

This is the first time that Su Yan has called Xiaoyu "Aifei", which is also what Liu Yu has specially instructed, and he can't call Xiaoyu by his name in front of people.

A fresh smile bloomed on Xiaoyu's face, and even the sickly color seemed to fade, even more touching than those warblers and swallows.

"It's all good." Xiao Yu looked at Liu Yu again as he spoke, and Liu Yu was looking at the candidate princesses in a daze. Because he found out that one of them was Li Sha'er, who he hadn't seen for many days.

"Yuan Xiang, can I ...... Got all selected? Su Yan asked according to Liu Yu's previous meaning.

This time, there was no need for Yuan Bolang to answer, Liu Yu replied directly: "No! ”

Su Yan was stunned: "Commander Liu, why is this?" ”

"Choosing an imperial concubine is a top priority. Be cautious and cautious. Liu Yu took out Yuan Bolang's tone and put on an official tone.

Su Yan nodded inexplicably, he still didn't understand why the master suddenly changed the direction of the wind. Liu Yu almost told him, if you choose all, Lao Tzu will play with you! (To be continued......)