Grandpa Guo, there is news from the palace. ”

In the Dingguo Mansion, Ama hurriedly came in from outside.

Dingguo Gong Xiao Changdun put down the wolf pen in his hand and said in a deep voice: "Say." ”

"Today, although the Empress Dowager mentioned in the court that she wanted to choose a concubine for the emperor, in fact, two candidates have been decided, one is Mao Yueru, the eldest daughter of Mao Yuanjiu, the secretary of the ministry, and the other is Lin Wan'er, the granddaughter of Zhongnian Bolin, who is loyal to the righteous Bolin." Ama said.

The corners of Xiao Changdun's mouth moved, Mao Yuanjiu is the son-in-law of the old protector Yang Feng, the niece and son-in-law of the Empress Dowager, and his daughter and Empress Yang Lanshu are cousins.

The Yang family is not satisfied with having a queen, and they have to send another one in.

As for Lin Zhongnian's granddaughter, Xiao Changdun sneered, it was purely to cover up the crowd.

After Taizu established the dynasty, he once ordered that the concubines should be selected from the daughters of officials below the fifth grade, and the relatives of the nobles and powerful ministers could not be harem women, but royal wives.

Taizu's order was to guard against interference in the harem and avoid collusion between the ministers and concubines to disrupt the dynasty.

Among Taizu's concubines, Concubine Rong is the only one who is noble, and Concubine Rong is a princess of the previous dynasty, and she has long been supported by her mother.

This order had an immediate effect, in the first twenty years of Emperor Taizu's reign, even if he was as strong as the Empress Dowager, he was only seen in front of people as a virtuous queen.

However, Emperor Taizu's imperial order only lasted for two generations, and it was about to be changed when Emperor Chongwen arrived.

On the surface, the Empress Dowager wanted to be drafted according to Emperor Taizu's imperial order, but in fact, she had already set the highest position.

There was Empress Yang first, and then Mao Yueru, worried that the courtiers would have objections to this, so they canonized Lin Wan'er to cover people's eyes.

The title of Zhongyi Bolin Zhongnian was awarded by Chongwen in the fourth year, and this title was given by the Empress Dowager, so why not send a granddaughter into the palace to repay the Empress Dowager's kindness?

Moreover, if Lin Wan'er can please the Empress Dowager and Empress Yang, it will also be a good thing for the Zhongyi Uncle's Mansion.

"Grandpa Guo, there is one more thing, I don't know whether to say it or not." Amma squeaked.

"There is no one else here, what should be said and not said." Xiao Changdun sighed.

"Yes, the old slave heard from Imperial Doctor Ye that several imperial doctors who were serving in the Chengqian Palace have been using medicinal materials frequently recently." Ama said.

"Is the emperor sick?" Could it be that the emperor is pretending to be sick again? Didn't you go to the court today?

"The emperor is sick, but it is not an ordinary illness, but ...... Imperial Physician Ye said that the medicinal materials used by those imperial physicians were all to strengthen (prevent) yang and replenish qi. Ama couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he said this.

"What?" Xiao Chang Dunhuo stood up, his face was undisguised with anger, the emperor was only fourteen years old!

"True?" He asked again.

"Imperial Doctor Ye has always been calm, if he is not completely sure, he will not say it rashly." Ama said.

Xiao Changdun sneered, the Empress Dowager and the Yang family, this appearance is too ugly.

is worried about the recurrence of the crown prince's affairs, so let the emperor stay early, with the little prince, the empress dowager does not have to worry about the emperor's early death, and does not have to worry about the emperor's disobedience, once the emperor is difficult to control, let him die, there will be a younger and more obedient emperor. Even if the Empress Dowager is dead, there is still Empress Yang, this harem, this court, and this Daqi are still from the Yang family.

Xiao Changdun paced back and forth in the house for a long time, and then he said to Amma: "Let them arrange people." ”

"Grandpa Guo, rest assured, the person has been arranged, and he will definitely be able to be sent to the palace by then, but this ......" Ama hesitated.

"Position? Do you think that sending people into the palace is to compete for favor? Xiao Changdun said in a deep voice.

"Of course not, there are two nieces and granddaughters of the Empress Dowager, and which concubine dares to compete with them for favor." Ama said.

"Well, go ahead." Xiao Changdun said.

Ama answered.

Xiao Changdun let out a long sigh, and then there was a greeting from outside the door, and then, a small servant passed through: "Grandpa Guo, the sixth prince is here." ”

"Let him in." Xiao Changdun said.

Xiao Yun, the sixth prince of the Dingguo Mansion, walked in. He wore a bamboo-blue robe and held a jade fan, looking like a scholar at first glance.

"Daddy, did you look for me today?" Xiao Yun said.

"Well, where have you been?" Xiao Changdun asked.

"Today is the Shuo Dynasty, where else can I go, of course, I will go to Tianxianglou and wait to hear the news." Xiao Yun said with a grin.

Tianxianglou is very close to the Liubu, since it is also very close to the palace, once every half a month, the Shuowang Dynasty, those officials who finally went to the last court, after the next dynasty, will go to Tianxianglou in groups to gather in groups, which has been a habit for more than ten years.

Flying Fish Wei used to fortify Tianxiang Building for this reason, and later saw that the people who came here for a small gathering were some low-grade officials of six or seven grades, and these people were not talking about the affairs of the court, so Feiyuwei did it, and Tianxiang Building was still the place where these low-level officials gathered in the court.

"What do you hear?" Xiao Changdun asked.

"The child heard that Bao Jing's blood was splashed in the court, and Feiyuwei went to Bao Jing's house after the next court, and it is estimated that Bao Jing's family has already entered the edict at this time." Xiao Yun said.

"What do you think about this?" Xiao Changdun asked.

Xiao Yun was stunned, grabbed his hair, and said, "Daddy, you're not mistaken?" Didn't this sentence ask the eldest brother and the second brother? ”

"Can't you ask?" Xiao Changdun said angrily.

"Okay, you're Daddy, you can ask anything, but I'm still young, this kind of court event, I'll just listen to the fun, what do you think of it? I can see what's going on. Xiao Yun grinned, he was laughing, but the smile was more ugly than crying.

"You're small? What about Xiao Qi? Isn't he younger than you? You're just spoiled by your mother. Xiao Changdun said angrily.

Xiao Yun felt that he was really unlucky, in a family with many brothers, he would either be the eldest or the youngest, but he didn't occupy either end, neither the biggest nor the smallest.

In Daddy's eyes, he is the one who owes the most beating.

In order not to be beaten, Xiao Yun had no choice but to say his opinion: "The child thinks that Bao Jing should have been tricked, and deliberately instigated him to make a scene, that person must tell him, don't worry, as long as you start, there will be a lot of people seconding it." Bao Jing thought that he realized that he had been tricked, and he knew that he was also a victim no matter what this time, so it was better to fight to the death, maybe he could leave a name in history and become a generation of loyal ministers, but he didn't expect that instead of becoming a loyal minister, his death would have made him guilty...... Daddy, is this going to use him to make an example of the monkeys? ”

Xiao Changdun nodded, being able to see these shows that his youngest son is not stupid.

"Well, go back and pack up, and leave Beijing in three days." Xiao Changdun said.

"Leaving Beijing? Daddy, are you talking about me? Xiao Yun was startled and looked at his father in disbelief.