Empress Dowager Chen instinctively wanted to refuse, but looking at Empress Dowager Li's face of respecting her and not daring to be exclusive in everything, as the first emperor and queen, it was difficult for her to shirk again.

Urging the emperor to draft a wide selection of women to enrich the harem in order to extend the heirs and stabilize the country is an unshirkable responsibility for her.

Empress Dowager Chen had no choice but to send her henchmen eunuch to pass on Zhang Gui in person.

Zhang Gui was surprised when he heard that Empress Dowager Chen had an edict.

Empress Dowager Chen does not respect him more than Empress Dowager Li, and has rarely summoned him, but this time she sent someone to summon him, but I don't know what happened.

Zhang Gui didn't dare to slack off.

Although Empress Dowager Chen is not in power, she is the first emperor and the queen, the emperor's mother-in-law, and her identity is more noble than that of Empress Dowager Li.

What's more, his relationship with Empress Dowager Chen has never been very close, and naturally he can't be as casual as in front of Empress Dowager Li.

Even if Zhang Guidang arranged the matter at hand, he went to Ciqing Palace with the people.

When I arrived at Ciqing Palace, I learned that it was originally for the purpose of choosing a concubine for Qi Yu.

Zhang Gui didn't think much about it, after all, as a mother-in-law, it is not too much for Empress Dowager Chen to worry about this matter.

However, the women's family is short-sighted, and now that the new policy has been fully implemented, the resistance they face is getting bigger and bigger, they don't think about how to stabilize the court and promote the new policy, but they are like ordinary women, thinking about how to choose a concubine for the emperor, so that they can hold their grandson as soon as possible.

Zhang Gui sighed secretly in his heart, but said respectfully: "The two queen dowagers are worried about the emperor's heir, and the ministers understand it very well. However, at present, the government is surging, and the implementation of the new policy is even more hindered, His Majesty has just been in power, and now he is still unable to do it, if the concubines are widely selected to enrich the harem, I am afraid that it will not be suitable......"

The Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces didn't expect Zhang Gui to refute, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Empress Dowager Chen was present, and it was not good for Empress Dowager Li to speak first past her, but thinking of Empress Dowager Chen's assumptions about political affairs, Empress Dowager Li was worried that she would follow Zhang Gui's words and accidentally say the wrong thing for a while.

Sure enough, as expected by Empress Dowager Li, Empress Dowager Chen followed Zhang Gui's words and said: "The reason why the implementation of the new policy is opposed by those people is because it is harmful to their interests. In this case, it is just the right time to take advantage of the opportunity to choose a concubine and accept their daughters and granddaughters into the palace as concubines, so as to calm their hearts and calm the disputes......"

When Empress Dowager Li heard this, she immediately secretly screamed, "It's not good."

What Empress Dowager Chen said was not wrong, and there was no shortage of previous dynasties who used the harem to contain the previous dynasty, but the object of the speech was Zhang Gui, so this trick not only did not work, but backfired.

What Zhang Gui wants is not the peace of the court, but the great achievements of the history, the power to overwhelm the whole dynasty and completely cover up the light of others. Therefore, for those who are disobedient, Zhang Gui has always been to kill things, such as joining forces with Feng Yongting to get rid of the former cabinet assistant Gao Heng, who oppressed him in everything, and then taking Xu Gelao, who has already been Zhishi's mentor, to implement the new land policy......

How could such a tough Zhang Gui accept Empress Dowager Chen's gentle strategy?

I am afraid that as soon as Empress Dowager Chen's words came out, Zhang Gui's idea of opposing the selection of a concubine for Qi Yu was further strengthened.

Empress Dowager Li regretted it.

I knew that she shouldn't have cared about any dignity and humility, and she spoke before the Empress Dowager Chen, so as not to fall into the current situation.

Empress Dowager Li was worried and annoyed, but Empress Dowager Chen didn't know that she had made a mistake, so she only looked at Zhang Gui and waited for his reply.

This can't be blamed on the Empress Dowager Chen, after all, since Qi Yu ascended the throne and Empress Dowager Li assisted the government, she consciously retired to Ciqing Palace, had little contact with the courtiers, and knew far less about Zhang Gui's temperament than Empress Dowager Li.