Soon, the Ministry of Rites and the historians summarized the merits and demerits of the first emperor's life, and went to the temple for the Daxing Emperor to be called Dezong, worthy of enjoying the temple, and will be buried in Chongling. Exempt and exempt the country's taxes for half a year, and grant amnesty to the world.

On a certain day, the emperor's eldest son Li Chun was canonized as the crown prince and regent of state affairs.

The crown prince issued a holy decree on behalf of the saint, and gave a number of new science guards to the selection of jinshi, and promoted the official rank to a group of heroes who maintained the new emperor's accession to the throne, and appointed Wang Shuwen as a living housekeeper and a bachelor of Hanlin; appointed Wang Ling as a permanent attendant of the left scattered cavalry, serving as a bachelor of Hanlin; The two of them can enter and leave the inner court at will. In addition, Wei Zhiyi was appointed as Shangshu Zuocheng, Tongping Zhangshi; Liu Zihou is a member of the Ministry of Rites, and everyone has a reward.

Liu Zhenliang, the former head of the internal supervision of the Daming Palace, is still in his original position, and Li Zhongyan, the former head of the East Palace, went to the Taihe Hall to serve the new emperor and was promoted to the deputy head of the internal supervision of the Daming Palace. Xue Qixi was promoted to the head of the East Palace because of his meritorious service in contacting the Shence Army.

The concubines of the first emperor have all been dropped, the concubines of Li Yu of the original East Palace moved to Daming Palace, and the crown princess Guo Nianyun moved to the Chengen Palace, the main hall of the East Palace.

The inner palace of the East Palace was originally in charge of Nianyun, but after Li Yu's concubine moved into the Daming Palace, the crown princess did not live in the harem, so the crown princess was still responsible for the internal affairs of the East Palace, and the affairs of the six palaces were handed over to Wang Liangdi as an agent, and the favored concubine Niu was the assistant of the six palaces.

After His Majesty's concubines leave the East Palace, the masters of the East Palace, in addition to her and Li Chun, are just a few children, and Ji Dingxiang and Mao Lanzhu, the two nameless concubines, will not be greatly improved because Li Chun became the prince.

Nianyun, the crown princess, was idle.

Li Chun had not returned to the East Palace for several days, and Nianyun was not worried about him, so he ordered the small kitchen to prepare his favorite dishes and snacks, simmer them in a small red clay tea stove, and send them to Yanying Hall to wait for Li Chun to go down to the court.

From afar, I heard the bow of "His Royal Highness the Prince, Chitose Chitose Chitose", like a monstrous wave, echoing on the heavy rocks of Daming Palace, covering up all traces of opposition.

In the past, his world was just a small East Palace Chongwen Palace, facing a few small officials and young scholars. Now he is standing in the Xuanzheng Palace, facing the cultural relics and officials, pointing out the country. She faced the direction of the Xuanzheng Palace, and looked at the beast head rising on the ridge of the roof with some distraction.

I don't know how long it took, she felt that she was going back to Yanying Palace, but somehow, she suddenly felt a chill in her back, and a poisonous snake-like gaze fell on her body, and she felt uncomfortable all over her body.

She turned around and saw a red figure standing not far away.

His Majesty's concubines like to wear red the most, that is, that Niu Zhaoxun, but unfortunately she is not in a good position, and she can't wear red, so she has to wear pomegranate red or begonia red.

The harem has not yet been canonized, so her identity on the stage is still just a small Zhaoxun, but Nianyun is the crown princess who has already received the holy decree.

Nianyun didn't salute her, she didn't bow her head, the two walked to a distance of one zhang, and stopped at the same time.

Niu Zhaoxun bowed slightly: "I remember that Your Majesty did not have the will to summon the crown princess into the palace today?" ”

Nian Yun tugged at the corners of his mouth: "Each other, Niu Zhaoxun is now a person from the harem, can he come to the front with His Majesty's will?" ”

It is true that the crown princess needs a holy decree to enter the Daming Palace, but at this time, Li Chun's identity is not ordinary, so naturally no one will stop her as the crown princess. But here is between the Yanying Hall and the Xuanzheng Palace, there are often foreign ministers in and out, and it does not belong to the scope of the harem, Niu Zhaoxun came here, in fact, it is also unreasonable, but first, she is His Majesty's favorite concubine, and secondly, the women who came to the East Palace moved over, the management is chaotic, and the guard of the harem is also a little lax, so she also came here.

Niu Zhaoxun's eyes wandered, and the slightly raised tails of his eyes became more and more charming and moving, but the gaze was cold and resentful. She helped the peony flower and phoenix beads on her sideburns and shook her steps, "The princess is still sharp-toothed, but it's a pity, you say, how good would it be if you and I were not enemies?" ”

Nian Yun looked her up and down, it seemed that Li Yu had made a lot of money in order to show his favor to her. All kinds of complicated and rare jewels and jade were worn heavily, like a moving coral tree. This is a phoenix bead and a peony, not to mention comparable to the queen, at least comparable to the style of a concubine, but unfortunately she is still dressed in garnet red, but she has not dared to wear red.

If you are not an enemy, how can you not be an enemy? She never thought of being an enemy of Niu Zhaoxun, but Niu Zhaoxun wanted to harm her and her children, no matter how big her heart was, it was impossible for her to be friends with Niu Zhaoxun.

The skin of the face has already been torn, so I am not afraid of deeper resentment. Nian Yun said coldly: "It's better to be an enemy with Zhaoxun, so as not to worry about a friend stabbing a cold knife from behind every day." But is this what Zhao Xun is here to say to me today? ”

Niu Zhaoxun suddenly laughed, "Now that Your Majesty is very idle, I have nothing to do." I see that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very busy, so I just let him be a little busier. She took a few steps forward, leaned closer, and whispered in an almost seductive tone: "I asked someone to tell him in detail about your murder of Hui Niang, I'm afraid it's already over." Guess he'd be happy to hear that the fire wasn't an accident? ”

Nian Yun was slightly stunned, and then he also showed a smile: "If Zhao Xun has spare time, it is better to think about how to climb to the concubine position, and now the court does not know how much His Majesty has always been favored, and the uncles of Zhao Xun's mother's family are racking their brains to find beauties for His Majesty!" ”

When Niu Zhaoxun married Li Yu, he completely fell out with his family, and without the support of his family, he relied on his own strength, so that he always fell behind in the open and secret battles with Wang Liangdi. The Niu family was originally sent by King Shu, but now that they have watched His Majesty ascend the throne, they know that it is useless to beg her, I am afraid that they are really trying to offer new people to please Your Majesty, where will they care about her life or death!

As for this concubine, although His Majesty has already promised her verbally, the power is in the hands of Li Chun, and Li Chun may not be so easy to agree.

Although he didn't get a bargain in front of Nian Yun, it was too early to draw conclusions, so he had to wait and see. She snorted coldly and dragged her long skirt to the harem.

Although Nian Yun didn't let him go, he was also a little apprehensive in his heart.

Li Chun is not His Majesty, His Majesty knows everything, but he is good at making trouble, as long as he doesn't treat him as much as he likes, he will make trouble as much as he likes, and he will not die endlessly, and he is also inferior to others, and he deserves to be a stepping stone for others.

But Li Chun is a person who can't rub sand in his eyes, he doesn't like women to play those tricks of palace battles in front of him, and he doesn't like women to be self-righteous and self-righteous. When he knew that Hui Niang had harmed Nianyun, he grounded Hui Niang mercilessly, and even when she died, he didn't feel too much sadness.

If he knew that Hui Niang was designed by her at all, and was murdered by her in the end, what would he think?

In a trance, I saw that Li Chun had come out of the Xuanzheng Hall and was coming to the Yanying Palace, followed by several ministers, and it seemed that there was something to discuss. Nian Yun had no choice but to suppress the uneasiness in his heart and greeted him: "Your Highness." ”

"Hmm," Li Chun didn't have a different color on his face, and asked casually, "Why are you here?" ”

Nianyun said: "Your Highness sleeps at night, and he works very hard, so he must not have a proper person to take care of his bedtime." Nian Yun prepared some dishes and snacks to give to His Highness, and put them in the side hall to be hot. If His Highness is busy with state affairs, Nianyun will go back first, and His Highness will remember to use it while it is hot. ”

Many of these ministers had never seen Nianyun, but they had heard all the rumors. Now it's better to hear than to see, at first glance, I secretly admired this Guo Shi really gave birth to a good appearance, and when I heard her speak, I knew that the appearance was secondary, and the most rare thing was that this demeanor was graceful and magnificent, gentle and deferential, and it was really considerate of the husband, rather than relying on some small means of food and clothing to compete for favor and flattery. One by one, they can't help but envy in their hearts, such a rare woman with a good family background, good looks and good temperament is given by His Royal Highness the Prince.

Li Chun naturally didn't notice what these ministers behind him were thinking, and just said lightly: "You wait for me in the side hall, I also have something to tell you." ”

Nian Yun bowed slightly and saluted: "Yes." ”

After waiting in the side hall for about an hour, those ministers left the Yanying Palace, Li Chun took the tea from Liufu's hand, ate two bites, and walked to the side hall.

There were two large braziers of red copper in the side hall, which were not cold, but for some reason, Nian Yun always felt a chill, and unconsciously hugged his shoulders.

He walked up to her.

"Cold?"

Nianyun nodded, but felt a little ridiculous, and shook his head again.

Li Chun walked to the brazier and picked up the small shovel to make the charcoal fire stronger.

Seeing that she was still hunched by her neck, she simply took off her cloak and wrapped it around her shoulders.

His movements were gentle and natural, Nian Yun's body stiffened, and he was silent for a moment, "Did Niu Zhaoxun come to you?" ”

Li Chun nodded: "Yes, I just want to tell you about this." ”

Nian Yun lowered his head, "But it depends on His Highness's arrangement." ”

"I arrange?" Li Chun raised his eyebrows, "I can't pull away for a while, I always need you to unravel my mother." ”

"Unleash the mother? What are you talking about......" Nian Yun was a little stunned, didn't he come to ask her about that?

Li Chun saw that she didn't know what to do, and said with a slight smile: "I only know it when you already know, just now Niu Zhao sent someone to pass on His Majesty's message, and wanted to canonize the Niu family as a concubine." ”

"Concubine?" Nian Yun couldn't help but blurt out: "Your Majesty is too hasty, in terms of family lineage, seniority, and heirs, it can't be her turn, and sealing Zhaoyi can be regarded as promoting her." She is just a little Zhaoxun, and there are seven or eight people in front of her who are higher than her, if she becomes a concubine, how can she be canonized? ”

Li Chun nodded: "The Niu family is ambitious, and Your Majesty has no idea to handle, if her wish is fulfilled at this time, I am not allowed to make another Wu Zhou come out in the future." ”

But this is His Majesty's first verbal message, and it is not good for him to refute it directly, otherwise it will not be good for those ministers to criticize him. Since it's not easy to deal with, I simply bet on it first. It's just that I want to wronged Wang Liangdi, my sons have become princes, and she should have been respected as the queen early, but she was not embarrassed to continue to be this Liangdi in Daming Palace.

Nianyun understood, and responded: "In this way, I will go to the Xianju Palace, presumably Liangdi does not want to see Niu Zhaoxun become a concubine, she should be able to understand." ”

Li Chun nodded, and saw that she had gone out of the Yanying Palace, so he called Liufu over and ordered: "You go back to the East Palace immediately, and ask Old Xue Gonggong to secretly check what happened to Hui Niang's yard when it was fired." Also, the palace only gave her dumb medicine at that time, but everyone said she was crazy, you asked Lao Xue to find out and report directly to me - remember to check secretly, don't let the princess know. ”