After three days of drenching and drizzling, the willow trees on the edge of the imperial city became more and more light and green, and the breeze brought a burst of freshness and coolness to the imperial city.

There were still sporadic light raindrops in the palace, Liu Ce went down to the court, walked out of the Huangtian Gate, wearing a first-class crane pattern supplement, in July, the former first assistant Zhang Yilian died of illness, Liu Ce took over the post of first assistant with high respect.

Liu Ce walked down the steps slowly, his eyes were like torches, his thin lips were pursed without anger, thinking about the lock matter above the court, and now the court was arguing about the establishment of the prince, but the saint pressed it but did not send it, and the meaning of the prince was unknown.

"Shousuke-sama." A short and fat man behind him quickly caught up, deliberately half a step behind Liu Ce.

"Lord Huang." Liu Ce looked back, and it turned out to be Lord Huang Ziqing of the household department.

"Lord Shousuke, the lower officials are going to congratulate." Huang Ziqing arched his hand, his face was springy, and his smile was eager to please.

"Lord Huang, where does the joy come from?"

"Lord Shoufu, just above the court, Lord Sun of the Ministry of Rites proposed to set up the second prince as the prince, this is a happy event, the second prince is smart and studious, respectful of teachers is the best candidate for the prince, and it is the blessing of my dynasty." Huang Ziqing said with a smile, the emperor has been on the throne for more than six years, but he has not set up a prince, the eldest prince died early, and now there is only one prince from Liu Guifei, and the future crown prince will be the second prince.

There was a cry from the government and the opposition, and they asked the saint to appoint the second prince Shen Che as the crown prince.

"In the future, I will ask Lord Shoufu to give me a lot of help." Huang Ziqing said with a smile, the meaning of the knot jumped on the table, the Liu family is the second prince's foreign family, and now Liu Ce sits on the position of the first assistant, a very human minister, and the power is inclined to the government and the opposition, in the future, the second prince will be crowned with the great security, and the right of the Liu family will go to the next level.

Huang Ziming's blatant flattery did not make Liu Ce laugh, and his face did not have the joy of gaining power, but his face was full of anger and scolded softly.

"Lord Huang, don't lie about it." Liu Ce's face was full of seriousness, and he said seriously: "Lord Huang, don't speculate about the king's heart, the Holy Heaven is full of talents, and it is in the prime of life, and it is too early to talk about the position of the crown prince." ”

The Son of Heaven is in the prime of life, there are countless beauties in the harem, and there will be more and better princes in the future, if he can still give birth.

"Yes, what Lord Liu taught me is that it was the lower officials who lost their words." Huang Ziqing knew that he was speechless, bowed his head to accompany the crime, but his face was strange, the saint ascended the throne for six years, during which only the second prince and one prince lived to be four years old, and the other princesses and princes either died early or were stillborn.

The royal heirs are difficult, the emperor is the king of a country but only has one son and two daughters, it is too little, the saint has favored Liu Guifei in the past two years, and there is no rumor that there is a concubine in the harem who has a dragon heir; The queen's eldest prince died at birth, and the throne will not be passed on to the second prince born by Liu Guifei in the future, isn't this world the world the Liu family?

"The food king's Lu is worried about the king, and we should do our best to share the worries for the saint, and now there are three days of heavy rain, and the floods in the south have become a disaster, and Lord Huang, as a household official, should be aware of the situation and open a warehouse for relief." Liu Ce said solemnly, and in a blink of an eye, he saw the little eunuch who came out from behind the willow tree and saluted him respectfully.

"I still have something to do, you can go first."

"Yes, the official will take his leave." Huang Ziqing was reprimanded by Liu Ce, his face was not good-looking, and he left in a huff, feeling angry in his heart, you are a scheming old horseman, who doesn't know that Sun Jinghuai of the Ministry of Rites is your protégé, and he came forward to ask for the position of the crown prince for the second prince It was not you who instructed him behind, but he pretended not to know anything in front of people.

Liu Ce walked alone in a secluded place, and no one looked at the little eunuch left and right, he recognized this person as the little eunuch beside Liu Guifei, and the little eunuch walked over quickly and saluted in front of Liu Ce.

"Lord Liu, the concubine is invited."

Liu Ce frowned and said indifferently: "Got it, lead the way ahead." ”

"Yes."

Liu Ce stepped into the Yong'an Palace where Liu Guifei lived, and when he entered the courtyard, there was a little palace maid wearing a pale pink palace dress kneeling in the courtyard, the little palace maid was only fifteen years old, with her head lowered, revealing her white neck, her hair was a little messy, and there were bright red finger prints on her face, or because she was afraid that her body was trembling, her thin and thin body knelt on the wet ground like this, and her trouser legs were full of mud.

"Little, kneel for me." There was a slightly older palace maid on the side who took a slender wicker and whipped it from time to time, which made the little palace maid tremble all over, gritting her teeth and whimpering.

"What's going on?" Liu Ce asked with a frown.

The palace maid holding the wicker found that Lord Liu was coming at this time, and hurriedly threw down the strip in her hand and hurried over to salute.

"Lord Liu, this little palace maid is unruly and has knocked over the blue and white porcelain vase that the concubine likes to be, and the slave is teaching her a lesson." The palace maid said that she was Aunt Hua who was in charge of the practice of law in the Yong'an Palace.

"Hmm." Liu Ce didn't say much, and stepped into the palace.

"Meet the concubine." Liu Ce saluted through the curtain.

"Father, please." The voice inside the curtain sounded, the voice was tactful and soft, gentle and polite.

"Go down, all of you." Concubine Liu stood up and ordered the palace people who were waiting to go out.

After the palace people retreated, Liu Guifei personally opened the curtain and walked out, Liu Guifei is a soft beauty in her twenties, her skin is like condensation, her black hair is like a waterfall, her eyes are like autumn water, her eyebrows are like distant mountains, and her cherry lips are like a nose.

Bright and beautiful, elegant and dignified.

This glamorous and famous beauty in the capital is Liu Ce's daughter, Liu Mingzhu.

"Father, please sit down, I haven't seen you for many days, my father is fine, and Anli's mother is in good health?" Liu Guifei asked with concern.

"Thank you Niangniang for worrying, everything is fine at home, but I often talk about the concubine Niangniang." Liu Ce sat down.

"It's the daughter who is unfilial and can't serve her parents." Liu Guifei was sad, and her beautiful eyes were full of tears.

"Niangniang's words are serious, Weichen is afraid, it is a blessing for the Liu family to be able to wait for the emperor." Liu Ce bowed his head.

After turning over the gossip between you and me, Liu Guifei said the purpose of inviting her father to come this time.

"Father, what did the daughter entrust last time?" Concubine Liu asked, she was quite concerned about this matter, and she couldn't sleep for a day.

"Rest assured, this time for my father has been arranged." Liu Ce said with a firm mind, in order to be foolproof in this matter, he did not hesitate to slaughter hundreds of people in a village.

For the sake of his daughter's future, in order to let the Liu family go to the next level in his hands, he did not hesitate to stain his hands with blood to achieve his goal.

"The kid?" Liu Guifei asked with a little hesitation.

She said it vaguely, but of course the clever Liu Ce could hear the off-strings.

"You can rest assured, that kid will not be able to cross His Royal Highness the Second Prince." Liu Ce comforted.