Han Jian and Yang Rui were only discussing the matter of choosing a concubine for Yang Xi in private, and the news passed through Gu Weipan, and immediately became the most sensational news in Luoyang City, but it did not cause much political reaction.

Although Yang Xi is the crown prince and a candidate for the future prince, it was three years ago after all, when Yang Rui was in power and there was the third prince Yang Yu, and then Yang Yu succeeded in plotting against usurpation, even if many people did not recognize Yang Yu's throne, he was the emperor for more than a year after all, and the facts were done. Yang Xi has only just returned to the dynasty, and the name of the former crown prince has not changed, and it remains to be determined whether he will be recognized as the prince of the Wei Dynasty in the future.

The main reason is that Yang Rui, as the emperor, is pregnant. Yang Rui's attitude towards his younger brother became more confusing.

The matter of choosing a concubine for the crown prince was drawn up by Shang Shutai, and then handed over to the Ministry of Rites to handle it at its discretion. In order to show the openness of this concubine selection, the list was also posted and known to the world, and even the news was specially transmitted to the counties around Luoyang, so that the local famous "filial daughters" could be selected and sent to Luoyang for selection.

The name is the crown prince's choice of concubine, but in fact, the candidate does not go through Yang Xi's eyes, and the shape will be nominated by the Ministry of Rites, and Yang Rui will decide it himself.

Originally, it was already the lunar month, and the local area was in a depression, and the war in the north was not over, and the local government had to bear huge military expenditures. Now, even if the prince's election of a concubine is a festive event, for the local government, it is necessary to work hard for the people, and the local response is mediocre, and there is very little to be done in the nearly half a month by the end of the year.

After Han Jian learned about it, he naturally thought that it was reasonable, but Yang Rui was a little angry in her opinion, she was very careful to choose a concubine for Yang Xi this time, and she wanted her younger brother to do her best to get out of the matter of being a proton. But now the Luoyang family and the local people do not cooperate. made her feel that she was a very wretched person.

In the past few days, every time Han Jian entered the palace, Yang Rui would mention the matter of Yang Xi's choice of concubine. Every time, he urged Han Jian to do a good job. But sometimes Han Jian can't help it.

"It's just to choose a concubine for Xi'er, so many marriageable daughters in Luoyang. How can there be so many candidates? Or are you taking possession of everyone? After Yang Rui received a lukewarm response from Han Jian, she was very angry.

Before Han Jian came to Luoyang, the families in the capital rushed to give Han Jian the famous lady, and they didn't even care about the reputation, and they scrambled to break their heads. It's good now, the prince chooses the concubine, and there are few responders, even if there are a few candidates, Yang Rui can't be satisfied.

Ultimately. Yang Rui still has an opinion on Han Jian, and he has an opinion on the strength of the East Prince's Mansion.

"Your Majesty's injuries have just healed, so you should rest more." Han Jian's tone was still very calm, "The matter of the prince's selection of concubines is already being handled below, and there are many things in each family at the end of the year, so you might as well wait for the Spring Festival to pass." ”

"No! If you want to do a happy event, you have to take advantage of the end of the year, what is the New Year? Can't you let the palace have a little more festivity? ”

Yang Rui's attitude is very persistent, and now Han Jian doesn't have to worry about doing things. She was even more annoyed. Han Jian is very busy doing many things, but she doesn't pay much attention to Yang Xi's choice of concubine, which makes her feel that Han Jian's sincerity is insufficient.

Han Jian shook his head helplessly. In the end, he brought up the matter of the crown prince and concubine, but now he is making trouble for himself, some famous families in Luoyang are not in a hurry to marry their daughters before the matter is unclear, not that they feel sorry for a few celebrities, but they don't want to be involved with the prince, and they will be involved when there is a power struggle in the future. In the final analysis, these families are guarding against the Dongwang Mansion, or some forces that may occupy Luoyang in the future.

While the power of the Imperial Palace is still weak, any political marriage with the Imperial Palace will affect the entire family.

Yang Xi returned to Luoyang for a month. All of them shrank in the room and didn't come out at all, and the impact of this trip to the south on him can be seen. The more so. The more anxious Yang Rui became, the younger brother couldn't come out of the shadows. She thinks the full responsibility lies with herself.

Han Jian said: "Do you force all unmarried daughters under the age of 17 in Luoyang to go to the government for the record, compile the roster and hand it over to the Ministry of Rites?" ”

"Forcibly?" Yang Rui was slightly stunned.

"How else? People are reluctant to send their daughters out, and now they want to find more people to choose from, except for the holy decree, let me steal but can't steal! Han Jian's tone was also not good. This kind of thing is really undemanding, Yang Rui is not ignorant, now many people are still waiting, Yang Ruiguang is angry with him here and angry with him.

"Don't force it! Now even if you steal, you have to steal people! After Yang Rui finished speaking angrily, he got up with Hui'er's help and left Ye'an Pavilion with an angry face.

Yang Rui will come to Ye'an Pavilion in the past few days, but she can't stay too long every time, her injuries haven't healed yet, and careful recuperation is also needed.

Han Jianxin said something unreasonable, guessing that it was probably because Yang Rui was pregnant, and his temper was also very big. Now it's clear that you're angry with him, and all the troubles are on him.

When he went to the listening office, Han Jian saw Gu Weipan, which could be regarded as conveying the edict and transferring Yang Rui's embarrassment to Gu Weipan.

Gu Weipan was also embarrassed, Han Jian had no choice, he was also at a loss here, who told Yang Xi to come out to preside over the government and not dare to come out if he let him come out to preside over the government, and now because the palace is weak, many people feel that sending their daughter out to marry Yang Xi is like waiting to capsize. There are also some small and medium-sized eunuchs who have other purposes and want to fish in troubled waters, so they will be impatient to hand over the names of their ladies.

"Mrs. Gu, if you don't help, I'm afraid no one will be able to help me." Han Jian sighed.

In front of Gu Weipan, Han Jian didn't have much of a fight, after all, he was a family, and the old man used to be stubborn and unkind to people. But after experiencing too many things, Gu Weipan also seemed to suddenly understand the reason, and now who in the whole of Luoyang doesn't know that Gu Weipan is good at talking?

Gu Weipan also sighed a little and said, "It is a good strategy to raise filial daughters from all over the world." The people of Luoyang have ghosts in their hearts, and I am afraid that few people will respond. ”

Han Jian said: "I naturally think it's good, but your majesty is over there...... It's hard to say. ”

Gu Weipan also smiled bitterly, Yang Rui needs to be satisfied with everything now, but if Yang Rui can be satisfied, it is best to hand over the military power obediently in the Dongwang Mansion now, how is this possible? As long as the Dongwang Mansion still holds the military power, Yang Rui will not be pleasing to the eye when he sees anything. Anything will be pushed to the East Palace. He can see this kind of thing clearly, and Han Jian can also see it, even if his heart is clear, he can't say it. It's useless to say it.

"Then you might as well let the prince choose it himself. Or Your Majesty will specifically allow it. Gu Weipan suddenly mentioned.

Han Jian nodded, now everything is considered to be handled by Yang Rui and him, although Yang Xi knows, he doesn't care about it at all. In Yang Xi's opinion, there seems to be no difference between whether there are multiple women around him. That's because Yang Xi hasn't "opened up" yet, and when he realizes how good it is to have a companion by his side, he may take the initiative to come out.

Han Jian took some rosters and portraits compiled by the Ministry of Rites, and went directly to the palace to find Yang Xi. Just arrived at the gate of the temple. was stopped by the little eunuch outside.

"Your Highness...... Do not enter. The little eunuch trembled with fear, obviously he also realized that there was no good end for him to stop the East King like this.

"Why, can't this king go in to see the prince?" Han Jian's face sank.

"Your Majesty has an explanation...... No one could see the prince, and he said...... Especially Your Highness. The little eunuch knelt directly on the ground and kowtowed, and his words were very weak.

Han Jianxin said that Yang Rui was creating family conflicts. I was angry with him in Ye'an Pavilion just now, and now I ordered such a foreign thing, which was clearly aimed at him.

"This king is going to go in and see if you can stop it!"

Han Jian said angrily, and went straight inside, and a few little eunuchs alone couldn't stop him. Wait for Han Jian to get inside. But seeing that Yang Xi was not there, he looked around, but there was still no one in sight.

"What's going on?" Han Jian could feel a breath around him. But he can't detect people, is it possible that Yang Xi has learned to play "hide and seek" now?

"Prince, he ......" The little eunuch pointed to the cabinet on the side, Han Jian's heart froze, could it be that Yang Xi was hiding in the cabinet?

Walking forward, Han Jian was also careful to guard against it, if it was not Yang Xi but an assassin inside, it would be a bit of a tragedy. Being in a high position, Han Jian will be cautious in doing things, and he knows that there are not a few people in the whole world who want him to die now.

Pick open the door of the cabinet with your sword. But listen to "Ah! It was Yang Xi's exclamation. But when he saw Yang Xi holding his head in the cabinet, he looked frightened. The whole person also seems to be crazy, and he can't help himself. Han Jian guessed that he was afraid of the sword in his hand, so he immediately put the sword away, and then went to help Yang Xi.

"Prince, this is ......"

Han Jian couldn't help but sigh secretly in his heart when he saw it.

I thought that Yang Xi would be able to find himself soon when he came back, but who knew that the longer it would take, it would make Yang Xi even more afraid of what he had experienced in the Southern Dynasty. In the Southern Dynasty, he is not only a proton, but also the object of humiliation by the people of the Southern Dynasty, Yang Xi is a small flower born in a greenhouse, he doesn't know the sinister world at all, for those humiliations, some people who can afford to let it go may be able to bear it, but for him, this is like the collapse of heaven and earth.

Yang Xi came out with the help of Han Jianxiang, and when he got to the back, Yang Xi simply sat on the ground, crying non-stop, and people seemed to be crazy.

"Is this often the case with the prince?" Han Jian said.

"No, the prince will be like this when he hears a loud voice...... His Majesty then ordered that no one should come over to disturb him, and he was not even allowed to use porcelain plates to deliver food to prevent them from being broken. The little eunuch trembled.

Han Jian sighed, after Yang Xi returned to the dynasty, he did rarely come over, mainly to avoid suspicion, for fear that others would guess what "conspiracy" he would have. Therefore, he didn't know much about Yang Xi's situation, and now it seems that Yang Rui knew that his younger brother was so vulnerable, so he was so anxious to find a companion for Yang Xi, so that Yang Xi could gradually come out of the shadows.

"Got it, you take good care of the prince." Originally, Han Jian also wanted to tell Yang Xi about letting him choose a concubine personally, but now it seems that Yang Xi no longer has such an ability, or that the things he paid attention to are not here at all. Maybe he's more withdrawn now and won't take the initiative to find someone to be with him.

Han Jian walked out of the palace gate, and couldn't help but think of the time when he was in Luoyang City, when he was idle with Yang Xi and Sima Ruan Ping, Yang Xi was completely a sunny boy at that time, where is the current appearance? Remembering that he had mentioned Yang Rui at the beginning and asked Yang Xi to go to the Southern Dynasty to "experience", it is a bit ridiculous to think about it now. But maybe it is precisely because Yang Xi went to the Southern Dynasty that he will grow up, although the road is very long, and for Yang Xi, who is pure in nature, this way of growing up is too cruel.

This time, Han Jian did not go to Shangshutai again, but went directly to Ning Yuan.

In the connections of the middle family in the capital, Ning Yuan called the second, and no one dared to call it the first. Since he wanted more families to send out the girlfriends, Han Jian needed Ning Yuan to come out and help.

Han Jian personally went to Ning Mansion, and Ning Yuan came out to greet him very carefully. When Gu Weipan came out to preside over the government, although Ning Yuan didn't have any big opinions, Han Jian could also feel the loss in his heart, and it would be uncomfortable for people to be suddenly pulled off the horse from a high position. So much so that Ning Yuan had a minor illness before, and he simply said that he was sick and recuperated at home for more than ten days and did not go to Shangshutai to do things.

"Your Highness is here this time, I don't know why?" Ning Yuan invited Han Jian to sit down in the main hall of the mansion, and asked in a very cautious tone.

"Ning Shangshu really doesn't know?"

"This ......"

Ning Yuan's face looked a little hasty, but with his cleverness and control of the current situation, it would be a lie to say that he didn't know at all. Han Jian went to the Ning Mansion in person, obviously not to visit his condition, urging him to serve the imperial court quickly. Now at the end of the year, how much is going on in Shangshutai, he himself knows, even if he goes to Shangshutai, there will be nothing to do, and now the entire court seems to be busy choosing a concubine for the crown prince. As for the rest, the court can't manage it if it wants to, it's all in the hands of the Dongwang Mansion itself.

"I won't say anything more to Ning Shangshu, this time the crown prince chose a concubine, but the king personally mentioned it to His Majesty, and with the consent of His Majesty, I was assigned to the imperial court to be responsible for the selection. The crown princess will also be the queen of my Wei Dynasty in the future, and the major affairs of the country have to be cautious. Ning Shangshu knew what to do? Han Jian said.

Ning Yuan was confused again, he still couldn't understand what Han Jian said, whether to handle it carefully or ignore it, he was also a little confused.

It stands to reason that the current identity of King Yidong has already made the empress commit to marry, and the empress is already pregnant, so he will not train the prince to come out as the future emperor. But in fact, Yang Xi was indeed welcomed back by the East Prince's Mansion, Yang Xi wanted to accept a concubine, and it was the East King who came out to Zhang Luo in person. What is the purpose, even if he thinks he can see through Luoyang, but he can see through it.

"Your Highness is better to be outspoken." Ning Yuan saluted respectfully.

Han Jian said angrily: "Do you still need to say it bluntly? Well, now this king has ordered you to convene the major families in the capital to discuss. If there is a family that doesn't want to send their daughter out, then just say that the woman who was once given to this king is now going to be taken back by this king, and see who dares to push it! (To be continued)