Empress Dowager Li didn't dare to tell the Li family about that incident, although last time in front of Ye Wenyan, she talked about what kind of water her married daughter spilled, but it was all angry words that she said in anger, and she couldn't do it.

In fact, she relied on the Li family very much, when the Li family became the queen, in order to avoid suspicion and make a gesture, all the clansmen with official positions resigned from their positions, in order to express their determination to the emperor: relatives will never interfere in politics!

But that's just superficial effort, the Li family hasn't done nothing over the years, and it's not that they can't do anything without an official position. The queen's maiden family, that is the uncrowned king, is not just doing whatever she wants.

If they are not officials, they will take other roads, such as business routes, and for example, the female guards used by Empress Dowager Li's side over the years have been secretly cultivated by the Li family. The silver used by the Empress Dowager Li was also given by the Li family.

She and the Li family complement each other and rely on each other, unless they don't want to live, no one can leave anyone.

Empress Dowager Li fell into deep thought, and thought of many things in a short period of time, such as the smashing of Suwang's Mansion, and the fire in Suwang's Mansion on the fifteenth night of the lunar month. There is also the news that has come into the palace in the past two days, and there has been a lot of commotion in the Nioh's Mansion, not only the wall of the palace has collapsed, but even the house where the three highnesses are sleeping has also collapsed.

In this world, apart from the one in Yanhua Palace, who else can have such great ability?

What's more, on the day Ye Wenyan came, Lian Shi had already said that if she said that she would kill the fourth lady, their Li family would definitely follow the melon branding.

She was prepared, but she didn't expect it to be such a big melon......

The destruction of the ancestral tomb was a major event of bad feng shui, although she is not sure whether the tomb collapsed by herself, or if it was related to Ye Wenyan's incident, but in short, Ye Wenyan's matter must not be told to the Li family.

Otherwise, even if the matter of the ancestral tomb was not done by the Yanhua Palace, the Li family would definitely think about it, and then they would think that she was not doing well in the palace and brought trouble and disaster to the mother family.

Empress Dowager Li settled down, and in turn asked her brother: "How does Li County guard the mausoleum?" ”

Li Zhiyuan was also very helpless: "The mausoleum is guarded to prevent people from invading, although I also go to check the solidity of the mausoleum every day, but if there is a crack from the inside, it can't be seen from the outside." In short, it collapsed, and the family would like to ask you to get an idea, whether to restore the original site again, or to move the grave directly? ”

Empress Dowager Li breathed a sigh of relief in her heart, fortunately, her brother took the initiative to find a reason for the collapse of the ancestral tomb, which also saved her more trouble.

So he pretended to be serious and said: "It's better not to move, the movement of moving the grave is too big, and the first emperor died not long after, and it's not good for our family to toss with it." Moreover, this is also almost the New Year, and it is not a good thing to move the grave in the New Year. Also, when our Li family chose the site to set up the tomb, they also asked someone to calculate it, it was a treasure land, and it should not be moved. ”

Li Zhiyuan nodded, "Okay, then I'll go back and tell my family what you mean, and they still listen to you." ”

Empress Dowager Li didn't say anything more, in fact, where was she thinking about the first emperor and Danian, she clearly felt that no matter where she moved, as long as the emperor made a move, the ancestral tomb of the Li family would collapse even if it stood at the ends of the earth.

Rather than letting the Li family notice the abnormality and suspect that they came to her at that time, it is better not to move the ancestral grave. If it collapses again, it will be a geological problem, or the foundation was not laid when the mausoleum was built.

Anyway, she had to be taken out, and she couldn't get along with it.

After talking about the ancestral tomb, Li Zhiyuan didn't plan to leave, so he sat in the chair and stared at Li Xiaohan.

Empress Dowager Li frowned, "Is there anything else going on with my brother?" Now it's not as good as before, the emperor is not our person, and I am not the only one in charge of the harem, so the entry of relatives into the palace is still too conspicuous. If my brother is okay, go back early! The affairs of Li County also have to be tightened, and strive to complete the repair before the New Year, and the Li family can have a good year. ”

Li Zhiyuan shook his head, "It's unlikely that it will be completed before the New Year, haven't you seen it, the ancestral tomb has collapsed completely, and the clansmen over there in Li County are cleaning it up, I hope you don't hurt the bones in the coffin, otherwise it will be too unlucky." ”

Empress Dowager Li panicked in her heart, and became more and more sure that this matter must be the hand of Yanhua Palace. Recently, there has been no earth dragon turning over, and the earth has not trembled at all, how can the ancestral tomb completely collapse?

"Girl, what are you going to do?" Li Zhiyuan no longer mentioned the matter of the ancestral tomb, and asked her such a sentence.

Empress Dowager Li was disturbed when she heard it, because the same thing had just been asked to her, so her mind was hot, and she said, "What are you going to do?" Why are you asking me what I'm going to do? ”

Li Zhiyuan heard the door: "Who else asked?" ”

"No one." She hurriedly shook her head, "Brother just talks about you." ”

Li Zhiyuan didn't ask any more questions, but only told her: "Now that the matter is a foregone conclusion, you have to think about it, and you have to go on." What the family means is that it is unlikely that the court bureau wants to turn the tables, even if it is overturned, with the current relationship between you and the Ye family, it is difficult for the old general and the old general to hold it in their hands. But the family still has to develop, and we can't just let it go, so we might as well choose another relatively safe and more natural path. ”

Empress Dowager Li frowned, and faintly had a bad premonition, "What way?" ”

"Marriage." Li Zhiyuan said, "Send the women of the Li family into the palace and be the future queen." ”

"The woman of the Li family?" Empress Dowager Li laughed, "Among the juniors of the Li family, the most outstanding is my brother's daughter!" Does my brother want to send his daughter into the palace and marry the current emperor? ”

Li Zhiyuan nodded, "Yes!" But it's not me who wants to send it, it's the family's decision. ”

"What about me?" Empress Dowager Li asked him, "The Li family has a new queen, what about me?" ”

"You are still you, and your status as the queen mother will not change."

"That's different." She shook her head, "Brother, that's different. That's it, you won't listen to what I say now, and you will blame me for Lu'er's affairs, so let it be you! It's just that the emperor is only sixteen years old, and he is only seventeen when he turns this year. There is a system in the Northern Qi Dynasty, and men need to be at least eighteen years old before they can get married, so you have to wait! What's more, although the new emperor is young now, he is also a person with ideas, and he has a biological mother sitting in the East Sixth Palace, so it doesn't matter if he is willing to marry a girl from the Li family. ”

Li Zhiyuan is gone, he doesn't care whether he waits or not, and he doesn't care whether his sister has the final say or not. As long as Li Xiaohan nods his head, the Li family can operate this matter. As for whether the emperor is willing to marry, it depends on the ability of the Li family and his daughter.

Empress Dowager Li sat until Li Zhiyuan had been gone for a long time, and she didn't move.

Later, Bao Chan changed to a new tea, and then she asked, "What do you think of what the Li family said just now?" ”

Bao Chan sighed, "It's useless no matter how the slave and maid look at it, the Li family wants to do this, even if you don't nod your head, they will do it." We can't turn our faces with the Li family now, after all, we still have to count on the Li family to help, it's too difficult for the mother to be in the palace. ”

"It's too difficult, there are not any ten female guards left, and I have to ask the Li family again."

"Then why didn't Niangniang mention it to the Li family just now?"

"I can't mention it, once I mention it, the matter of the Li family's collapse of the ancestral tomb can't be stopped."

She has to have a choice, the Li family has begun to plan for the future, and she has to plan for her own future.

Although it is her niece who the Li family wants to send to the palace, how can a niece have a son, in case the relationship between the young couple is good in the future, it is a blink of an eye to get rid of her.

What the Li family wants is to be the country's father-in-law, and as for whose father-in-law it is, it doesn't matter so much.

Just listen to the words of the power, after all, it is her own flesh and blood, and she will be the queen mother at all times.

"Brother, you forced me." She muttered.

Bao Chan didn't hear clearly, "What are you talking about?" ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head, "I didn't say anything." ”

……

It's almost the New Year, and the royal family has begun to prepare for the palace banquet.

There is a big funeral this year, and it is impossible to prepare for the palace banquet as joyful as in previous years, but there is still a lot of excitement, and the people who should be invited still have to be invited.

The imperial court received a report that the envoys of the Guiyue Kingdom would enter the palace before Chinese New Year's Eve, accompanied by a county lord.

Quan Qingcheng calculated, the envoy of the Yue Kingdom could enter Beijing before the Chinese New Year's Eve, at least a few months in advance, and it was decided when the first emperor was still there.

He didn't know about it earlier, because he was just a little mute at the beginning, and the court affairs had nothing to do with him.

Now that he has ascended the throne as emperor, receiving the envoys of Guiyue has become the first diplomacy of his dynasty.

Quan Qingcheng was a little nervous, especially when he thought that there was a county lord with him, he had to carefully ponder the intention of the envoy to return to the moon.

He shared this pondering with Wu No, who could see it better than him: "Now that both countries have great mourning, both countries are new emperors ascending the throne, and the proton has been returned, then there will be no previous relationship between each other, and the constraints must be re-established." But I heard that the new monarch of Guiyue Kingdom has not yet got married, so it will not work in the matter of exchanging protons. Then in addition to the exchange of protons, another form of diplomatic relations between the two countries is only marriage. ”

Quan Qingcheng shuddered, "You mean, they want me to marry the county lord?" After speaking, he shook his head desperately, "No, no, no, how can I marry someone else's county lord, I am only sixteen years old, and I have not yet reached the age of marriage!" ”

"They can wait before they are old." Wu Wei said, "Your Majesty, you have no better choice. It's not that you can do whatever you want if you are an emperor, and it's not that you can casually refuse what you don't like if you are an emperor. On the contrary, if you are just a prince now, you can have many choices in life. It's a pity that you are the emperor, once you sit on this throne, it is equivalent to an arrow on the bow, and there is no turning back. You are destined to make many personal concessions for the country, including marrying a wife and having children, and surrounding the front and back harem. This is a compulsory course for a monarch, and it is a dereliction of duty for the old slave not to explain it to the emperor before. ”

Kwon Qingcheng was silent......