Han Jian couldn't figure out how to keep him drunk by the king of Yanning County that day. Before, Han Jian thought that the king of Yanning County wanted to borrow him to stay in the mansion and enhance the relationship.

Sima said: "If that old guy really believes that the young prince is the illegitimate son of His Majesty...... Of course it wasn't true, and he also believed that his granddaughter was also from His Majesty...... Then he wants to marry his granddaughter to the young son, he ...... Don't want to live anymore? ”

"If the king of Yanning County knows that he does this, his heart can be punished. However, the rumor-mongers are even more punished, and this rumor was originally created to the king of Yanning County. Han Jian sighed, "There is no real evidence now, everything is speculation." The king of Yanning may not be as we think, we just wait and see. ”

Sima Yi said a little anxiously: "But young boy, now that the rumors outside are flying all over the sky, I'm afraid that the official will soon spread the news to His Majesty." I'm afraid this is not good for the young son. ”

Han Jian said calmly with an indifferent face: "Rumors stop at the wise, and now we don't need to pay attention to rumors." In the past few days, His Majesty will decide on the candidate for the prince, Yang Gongzi has not left the palace in the past few days, and he should not come out before the dust settles on the matter of establishing the prince. ”

"It's okay if Yang Gongzi doesn't come out, otherwise it will be troublesome. found that Yang Gongzi was a disaster star, as long as he came to ensure that something happened. ”

Faced with Sima Yi's complaints, Han Jian smiled indifferently and ignored them.

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On the morning of the second day, someone from the palace came to spread the word, saying that His Majesty had summoned him. It was not Lu Shaokun who sent the message, it was just an ordinary eunuch, but the empress summoned the edict and there was no written letter.

"This father-in-law, I don't know what is the matter with His Majesty's summons?" Han Jian asked.

"I don't know." It was just a little eunuch who was questioned by Han Jian. Nervous, he replied with his hands together.

"The young son enters the palace?" Sima came out yawning. "It won't be...... That was said yesterday, right? ”

Han Jianxin said that even if the empress learned about the rumors about illegitimate children and illegitimate daughters from the mouth of the official. I won't ask him for questioning. What to say to him? Sue sù don't think much about it? It's a bit of a cover-up, and it's hard to make him think about it too much. According to the tradition of the Wei Dynasty, when the emperor established the heir, he would ask the princes and nobles in Luoyang City for their opinions, saying that it was to discuss, but Han Jian knew that there was nothing to discuss.

Han Jian took the guards and entered the palace with the little eunuch and a group of palace guards.

The place where the Empress summoned was not in the main hall. is still in Ye'an Pavilion, so there is not too much restraint in summoning him. Han Jian was also very worried about going to the court to talk to so many courtiers, what he wanted to do as a fairy was to keep a low profile as much as possible, because he had just found out about fraud and corruption, which made it difficult for him to keep a low profile now.

In the Ye'an Pavilion, the empress was still sitting behind her desk. Han Jian arrived relatively late, and when he entered, there were already three people standing inside, two of whom he had seen for the first time. One is a man in his thirties who looks oily and powdery, and the other is a woman, who is very temperamental in her twenties, and is a royal nobleman in palace clothes. The last one. Han Jian recognized that it was the King of Yanning County who gave him a large piece of white jade yesterday.

"See Majesty." Han Jian saluted.

The empress was originally looking down at the notebook, but when she heard this, she raised her head and looked at Han Jian. With a smile, he put down the notebook in his hand.

"King Dong, you're a little late." The Empress laughed.

"Please atone for your sins." Han Jian said hurriedly.

"Your East Palace's Mansion is the farthest away from the Imperial Palace. It takes time for the messenger to pass and go back and forth. Do you know all of them? The Empress smiled. Again, "I think you have been in Luoyang for a few days, and I don't know you yet." This is my imperial uncle, the king of Yanning County. Uncle Huang, this is the king of the east, the backbone of the southeast of the future Wei Dynasty. ”

Han Jian bowed to the king of Yanning County, and the king of Yanning County smiled and said: "Haha, the old minister has already met the king of the east, not the beginning." The old minister also invited the East King to the mansion to eat and drink, and the three emperors' nephews were also there at that time. ”

The Empress smiled, nodded, and did not comment.

"This ......" the empress raised her hand and gestured to the man in his thirties, "It's the son of King Kang, King Kang is old and old, he has been sick in bed for many years, and he can't come in person, and the son of King Kang came on behalf of his father." ”

"I've seen the son." Han Jian smiled and bowed.

Han Jian had heard about Lao Kang before, King Kang and Han Jian are also county kings, now he is over eighty years old, he has many sons, but there is only one son-in-law, I heard that he is a mediocre talent who does not learn and has no skills, likes some "strange and obscene skills", and lingers in the brothel Chu Hall all the year round. King Kang has been ill for many years, and some people say that the reason why King Kang has not returned to heaven for a long time is that he can't let go of what happened after his death, and he is afraid that his son will completely ruin his family after his death.

"The East King is polite." King Kang Shizi smiled at Han Jian, and there was a sense of obscenity in his smile that made Han Jian's hairs stand on end.

After the first two introductions were completed, only the woman in her twenties had not yet been introduced, this woman, in fact, Han Jian didn't need to guess to know, was the lord of Anping, the eldest daughter of the king of Anping County, the king of Anping inherited the family business after his death, and took care of the younger siblings in the family to take care of the palace industry, which is very similar to the situation of the empress.

Yang Xiuxiu had a marriage contract in the early years when the king of Anping County was alive, but unfortunately before he got married, the king of Anping County fell ill and died. Because her father passed away in this year, she had to keep filial piety for three years, and even if she wanted to get married, she would have to wait three years later, so the empress did not agree to Yang Xiuxiu's request, but only asked her to wait for the expiration of filial piety before marrying. Now, Yang Xiuxiu's three-year period of filial piety will also expire, which means that it is not surprising that she will also marry a wife soon.

"This is the county lord of Anping, the royal sister of me, she rarely goes out of the mansion on weekdays, and you shouldn't have seen the king of the east." The Empress introduced with a smile.

"I've seen His Royal Highness the King of the East." This time it was not Han Jian's salute, but Yang Xiuxiu's first salute, and her demeanor was extraordinary.

"The county lord of Anping is polite." Han Jian smiled and arched his hand.

After the introduction of the people present, there are two county kings, a county lord, and a prince of the county, which is the highest title in the Wei Dynasty except for the three princes. There were many county kings in the Wei Dynasty, but most of them were hereditary from the royal sideline, and they were divided into foreign places, with land but no soldiers and no administrative power, and they were far from the core of power.

"I have summoned a few of you to come and consult with you about the appointment of a prince. I don't know what you guys think? The Empress asked bluntly.

After the empress finished speaking, she looked around at the four people in the Ye'an Pavilion. Among the four people, the first to change was the prince of King Kang, who first glanced at Han Jian, as if he wanted to listen to Han Jian's opinion, but it was the king of Yanning County who spoke first.

The king of Yanning County bowed down and said: "The establishment of the prince is a matter of a country's society, and it is a major matter of the heavenly family. The old minister is shallow in his knowledge and does not dare to discuss himself. ”

Han Jian glanced at the King of Yanning County, this old guy is really good at withdrawing. The scene is also beautiful. I just don't say, you are the emperor, what can you do to me?

The empress smiled, as if she was accustomed to the style of talking and doing things like the king of Yanning.

"Everyone else says that Uncle Huang is the idle king, I don't seem to be false, Uncle Huang doesn't say it, and I don't force it." After the empress finished speaking, she looked at the other people, hoping to have a good opinion.

After the king of Yanning finished speaking, the remaining three people had to say that Han Jian didn't want to speak first, he wanted to listen to the other people's meaning first, and let them test the empress's tone.

At this time, King Kang still didn't speak, his eyes were still looking at Han Jian, which made Han Jian very unhappy.

At this time, Yang Xiuxiu saluted and said: "Your Majesty, the imperial sister is just a woman, and there should be no more discussion about court affairs......"

The empress smiled and said, "Aren't I also a woman?" ”

"His Majesty's talent is beyond the reach of the imperial sister. The royal sister just thinks that His Majesty is now in his prime, so why rush to set up a prince? Why don't you wait until later? ”

After Yang Xiuxiu finished speaking, Han Jian heard what she said, could it be that Yang Xiuxiu was hinting that the empress would have heirs to inherit the throne in the future, and there was no need to put her two younger brothers on the throne of the crown prince?

The empress shook her head slightly and said, "I am now in the prime of life, but when I was the first emperor, I was also in the prime of life, and it was not ...... Alas, the things of life are good and bad. I just hope that once I have three strengths and two shortcomings, the Wei Dynasty will not be in turmoil, and at that time, I will not have the shame to see the ancestors of the Yang family under the nine springs. ”

The empress was very emotional in her words, and after saying this, she didn't wait any longer, and asked King Kang directly: "I don't know what King Kang thinks?" ”

"This ......" King Kang Shizi looked very cramped in the face of the empress's question, and when he was so cramped, he still couldn't help but look at Han Jian's side.

Han Jian really wanted to blind King Kang's eyes, what was there to look at?

"陛xià...... Minister...... The minister thinks...... 陛xià可...... You can choose an ...... The prince is coming...... Come and be the crown prince. The Third Prince...... Sub and ...... The six princes are all ...... It's all good. ”

Stumbling in a word, saying it is equivalent to not saying it. Han Jian thought to himself, King Kang's son is a stammer?

"Prince Kang, you speak slowly." The empress said, "Specifically, which of my third brother or sixth brother is more suitable to be the crown prince?" ”

"This ......," Prince Kang looked at Han Jian again and said, "The minister thinks...... It's still the third prince. ”

Han Jian felt that this Prince Kang was not stammering, but he was a little nervous about being asked such an important question for the first time. Han Jian also found it difficult to understand, a person in his thirties, who had been soaking in a brothel all the year round, and had a lot of contact with people, how could he be so nervous when he was summoned in front of the emperor?

Although the prince of King Kang said stumbling, he also expressed his meaning, and he supported Yang Yu as the crown prince. Han Jian secretly thought, there is no reason to have a position, this kind of opinion is equivalent to not saying it.

The empress didn't overly harsh on Prince Kang, but just turned her head to look at Han Jian and said, "What does the East King mean?" ”

Han Jian bowed and saluted, and said with a natural attitude: "The minister believes that in terms of knowledge and character, the sixth prince is more suitable for the position of prince. ”

As soon as Han Jian said a word, everyone in the room, including the palace maid, looked at him. His answer was too simple, compared to the answers of several people in the past, his answer can be said to be a blueprint-level reply, but the content makes some people puzzled.

"Oh?" The Empress frowned slightly, still unremarkable.

However, Yang Xiuxiu on the side looked at Han Jian with some resentment, as if she felt that it was very inappropriate for Han Jian to say this. (To be continued......)