Empress Dowager Li looked at Qi Yu sharply, guessing whether Qi Yu didn't understand her words, or deliberately pretended not to understand, and used her words to block her, so as to postpone the selection of concubines.

Qi Yu responded calmly, his eyes were gentle, but there was no embarrassment or panic.

Empress Dowager Li understood from Qi Yu's gentle but firm look that Qi Yu understood the meaning of her words, but she did not understand her concession as a mother, but resolutely chose the path of postponing the selection of concubines for a long time.

Empress Dowager Li turned her head to look at Huang Yi'an, her gaze becoming deep and scrutinizing.

It is true that Huang Yi'an is the queen she personally selected, but she didn't expect Huang Yi'an to subdue Qi Yu so properly.

The last time she didn't avoid Huang Yi'an and Qi Yu to discuss political affairs, it was because she saw this, hoping to use Huang Yi'an to further ease the mother-son relationship with Qi Yu.

However, today, seeing Qi Yu's many maintenance of Huang Yi'an, she suddenly doubted whether what she did was right or wrong.

It's not necessarily a good thing to have a queen who has a deep influence on the emperor......

In Empress Dowager Li's view, as an empress of a dynasty, she must first see the emperor as an object of tame obedience, and then as her husband—and only when the emperor and queen spend time together in private, just as Empress Dowager Chen did with the first emperor and many other emperors and queens.

A person like Huang Yi'an, who makes the emperor plan for her everywhere, is not to say that he is the queen of the country, but it is not far away.

Empress Dowager Li's eyes sank, and she did not object directly, but asked: "It has been nearly a year since Your Majesty and the queen were married.

"Your Majesty did not select the second concubine to serve in the palace with the queen according to the ancestral system on the grounds of sympathy for the frontier soldiers, which has caused a lot of discussion among the courtiers. Now that the matter of choosing a concubine has been repeatedly delayed, I am afraid that the court will be uncertain and secretly speculate.

"It's been a long time, but I'm afraid that the queen's reputation will also be hindered."

"Has Your Majesty figured out how to deal with it?"

Empress Dowager Li was worried, and her words were full of concern for Qi Yu and Huang Yi'an, but it made people unable to hear her own dissatisfaction.

If it weren't for Qi Yu and Huang Yi'an, they would have known Empress Dowager Li's firm attitude towards choosing a concubine, but I am afraid that they would really believe it.

Huang Yi'an heard that Empress Dowager Li only asked Qi Yu how to deal with it, but did not mention her, so he knew that in front of Empress Dowager Li, she did not have the right to express her opinion on the matter of choosing a concubine, so she could only bow her head for the time being.

Qi Yu pretended not to understand Empress Dowager Li's words, and said with a smile: "Then there will be Queen Lao to help you turn around." ”

Empress Dowager Li rarely saw Qi Yu playing coquettish in front of her, every time Qi Yu did this, there was something to pit her, last time it was for Zhang Chi and Zhang Lan's brothers to help the northwest, and this time it was to favor Huang Yi'an......

Empress Dowager Li didn't want to have a conflict with Qi Yu, and then stiffened the mother-son relationship that was finally eased, so she turned her eyes to Huang Yi'an and asked lovingly: "What does the queen think about the choice of concubine?" ”

Huang Yixin knew that Empress Dowager Li saw that Qi Yu's road was impassable, so she picked up her "soft persimmon" and pinched it, and immediately cheered up, and replied according to her usual virtuous and docile attitude: "The concubines dare not discuss such a major matter, but listen to the arrangement of Your Majesty and the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Li touched a soft nail and was unhappy in her heart, but Huang Yi'an answered well - she has always been so virtuous and docile, and she couldn't reprimand Huang Yi'an in front of Qi Yu, so she had to lower her eyelids and drink tea without speaking, so as to express her dissatisfaction. Love Literature Network

Qi Yu was very happy that Huang Yi'an could stand on her side, so she became more and more dedicated to refusing to choose a concubine, made a thoughtful look, and said in a deep voice: "If there is no child in the middle palace, the concubines will be widely selected, and the children are really worried that the people in the palace will be restless and waiting for the opportunity to make trouble, but it will be unfavorable to the emperor's heirs. Are there still few such lessons in the past dynasties? ”

Qi Yu leaned forward slightly and looked at Empress Dowager Li.

It's a gesture of waiting intently for the other person to answer.

But Empress Dowager Li still lowered her head and concentrated on drinking tea, and did not answer.

Seeing this, Qi Yu persevered, and continued to persuade: "Besides, since the queen mother knows that the courtiers will be dissatisfied because of the delay in choosing a concubine, then I also know that how many of those people are really worried about the imperial heir and the inheritance of the country, and how many are eager to take the opportunity to send the daughter into the palace, once conceived, or even become a great treasure, and the family chicken dog ascends to heaven."

"If you really select concubines at this time and include people with such thoughts in the palace, I'm afraid that there will be endless troubles......"

Empress Dowager Li grabbed Qi Yu's words and took the opportunity to say: "It is precisely because of this that Your Majesty can use the grace of the harem to balance the previous dynasty, why not?" ”

This is also the choice of many emperors.

Qi Yu frowned when he heard this, and said awe-inspiringly: "The child disagrees with the queen mother's words.

From the day the child ascended the throne, Yuanfu taught the child to be a wise and strong monarch who worked hard to create a prosperous era of Great Qi. The child has always kept it in his heart, and he doesn't dare to forget it for a moment, how can he be willing to use a woman to win over the courtiers and be constrained by others?

"Besides, if this is the case, then the concubine must be from a famous family. With the support of her powerful mother's family and her own ambitions, how can the queen who has no heirs and is from an ordinary background be able to control them?

"When the harem is not peaceful, how can the previous dynasty be calm? The prosperous world that the child and Yuanfu are committed to creating is afraid that it will come to naught! ”

Qi Yu is righteous and awe-inspiring, and thoughtful.

Even though Empress Dowager Li knew that what he said was true or false, it was still to protect Huang Yi'an, but it was not easy to refute it directly.

The war between mother and son ended in the end with no one convincing the other.

Qi Yu was worried that Empress Dowager Li would have a back-up move, so he took the first step to find Zhang Gui, wanting to end the matter as soon as possible.

On this day, when Zhang Gui was speaking, Qi Yu told him all about his troubles.

Zhang Gui has always been straight and unscrupulous in front of Qi Yu, and when he heard this, he asked directly: "Your Majesty is worried that someone will take the opportunity to send a woman to the palace and cause trouble to the government, or is it unwilling to choose a concubine in order to favor the queen?" ”

Qi Yu had long expected Zhang Gui to ask this question, because Zhang Gui had never been in awe of him as an emperor like others, and he was not even as tactful and subtle as Empress Dowager Li's mother.

Qi Yu also did not intend to hide Zhang Gui, in front of a shrewd Zhang Gui, lying is the most unwise choice, even if he is the emperor - because Zhang Gui has never been afraid of his dignity as an emperor, and will not expose his lies.

"I don't dare to hide Yuanfu, I am worried that someone will take the opportunity to send a woman to the palace and cholera to the government - after all, the queen has no heirs and is from an ordinary background, and it is inevitable that someone will be ambitious and want to replace her; is also worried that the queen will be bullied by the former dynasty and the harem......"

Qi Yu was honest and worried.