In the hall, Ji Xi had been gossiping with a few people from the Ministry of Rites for a long time, and when he saw Nie Yuansheng and Mu Biwei accompanying Ji Shen in, they were a little unhappy, but they couldn't say anything in front of Ji Shen, and after seeing Ji Shen, Ji Shen waved his hand and ordered them to be seated, and Mu Biwei naturally followed him to serve tea.

Although Ji Xi and the others were disdainful of her, they saw that Ji Shen had never sent her out, and naturally knew that she was still favored, and they didn't want to offend her openly, so they all turned a blind eye to Mu Biwei, and after sitting down, Ji Shen asked Ji Xi first: "Why did the second brother come over?" But what's wrong with the queen mother? ”

When he asked this, his eyebrows gathered slightly, Mu Biwei now relied on him in this palace, and he relied on him a little more than the Sun family, who was already a noble concubine, and naturally he was full of spirit and did not leave Ji Shen, and immediately noticed it, I wanted to hear that although the Empress Dowager Gao had three sons and one daughter, but the most beloved was the second son King Guangling, Ji Shen had just driven away Xiao Qingyi and Song Qingyi, today the King of Guangling came over, Ji Shen asked the Empress Dowager Gao, it must have been a misunderstanding that the King of Guangling came to advise him for the Empress Dowager Gao to tell him about Xiao and Song, So I don't like it for a while.

Ji Xi shook his head and said, "Lone will go to the Xuanshu Hall first, and I plan to go to the queen mother later—isn't the queen mother good lately?" ”

"The queen mother is naturally good, but the queen mother felt sorry for me earlier, and sent the palace people who taught me well, but there was no clever person in the Ganquan Palace, and I knew it a few days ago and sent people over, but I was also worried that the queen mother was still not worried about me here, if the second brother passed in a while, it was just to relieve the queen mother, so as not to worry about the queen mother all the time." When Ji Shen heard this, he frowned slightly, and took the opportunity to add an errand to him - Ji Shen also knew that Empress Dowager Gao had always liked Ji Xi the most, although she drove away Xiao Qingyi and Song Qingyi in a fit of anger, but Empress Dowager Gao was Ji Shen's biological mother, and Ji Shen didn't want to make Empress Dowager Gao too sad, thinking that it was just right for Ji Xi to enter the palace this time, just to appease and appease Empress Dowager Gao.

Ji Xi saw Mu Biwei earlier, and listened to Gu Changfu say a few words, probably guessed what happened, and at this moment, he heard Ji Shen speak and picked Mu Biwei clean, and couldn't help but be a little displeased, and persuaded: "Since Your Majesty knows that the Queen Mother cares about the Holy Body, why did you send Xiao Qingyi and Song Qingyi back to Ganquan Palace?" Why not leave one of them behind to teach the new Tsing Yi a lesson or two? ”

Nie Yuansheng made a look, Mu Bi understood slightly, and without waiting for Ji Shen to answer, he knelt down with an aggrieved face, took his sleeves with both hands and said: "The slave and maid know that they are clumsy, far less than Xiao Qingyi and Song Qingyi are very clever in serving Your Majesty, so since entering the palace, they have been cautious in their words and deeds, and pay attention everywhere, although they have not been able to compare with their predecessor Qingyi, but the slave and maid must do their best and never dare to slack off, and beg Your Majesty not to drive away the slave and maid!" ”

As she spoke, she let go of one hand and took the handkerchief and wiped the corners of her eyes, and the tears suddenly hung on her long eyelashes, making her look more and more pitiful and weak.

Kneeling and crying like this, Ji Xi frowned unconsciously, but Ji Shen was spoiling her, and when she heard this, she suddenly felt that although Ji Xi said that she was not here for the Empress Dowager Gao, in fact, it was clearly because of this, he was a little displeased in his heart, and first comforted Mu Biwei and said: "You have always served me with your heart, how can I not know?" Although the Xiao family and the Song family were taught by the Queen Mother and acted neatly, it was just because they had been serving in the palace for a long time, and they were the people who were taught by the Queen Mother, so they naturally knew how to serve the Queen Mother, and it was my intention to send them back, which was also because of your good service, otherwise why would I send both of them back to the Queen Mother? ”

Mu Biwei listened, secretly changed the position of the handkerchief in his hand, wiped away his tears again from the place where the ginger juice was not stained, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty's words, the slave and maid are willing to die immediately!" ”

Ji Shen loves to see the appearance of a beautiful girl who is disgusted and coquettish, and when he saw this, he helped her up with his own hands, so troubled, Ji Xi's face gradually sank, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites looked at each other a few times, but they were all silent, and they didn't dare to look at Mu Biwei with disdain anymore - when I entered the palace, I heard that Ji Shen rested in the prayer hall yesterday, and said that this Mu family only had so many days of favor when he entered the palace, but she didn't want Ji Shen to interject and cry when he was discussing matters with King Guangling, Ji Shen not only thought it was strange, but Wen Yan was relieved, although Ji Shen did not mention Ji Xi in his words, But this style is tantamount to refuting the face of King Guangling.

Ji Xi has a generous personality, but when he saw that a mere low-ranking female official dared to sweep his face in public like this, he was also unhappy, and interrupted coldly: "Your Majesty, how many days has this Mu clan heard that he has entered the palace?" In the past, she was also an official girl, and she wanted to grow up in the brocade clothes and jade food at home, Her Majesty was generous, and she served well, but Xiao and Song Tsing Yi have been in the palace for many years, and they have been serving by Your Majesty's side for a long time. Lone said that Mu Qingyi should ask Xiao and Song Tsing Yi for advice, but he didn't know what was wrong? Why is this the case? ”

Mu Biwei secretly scolded Nie Yuansheng in her heart, but she made a gesture of dependence on her face, saluted Ji Xi, and said timidly: "What King Guangling said is very true, Xiao Qingyi and Song Qingyi are naturally better than slaves, but the slaves and maids are worried that they are not dedicated enough to serve Your Majesty, and after listening to the words of King Guangling, they were terrified, so they hurriedly begged Your Majesty not to drive away the slaves and maids, and they had no other intentions, and they also looked at King Mingjian of Guangling!" ”

She said this, although Ji Xi's face was still not good-looking, he disdained to chase and beat a woman, so he ignored her, and only said to Ji Shen: "Since this matter involves the queen mother, wait until Gu has been to Ganquan Palace." ”

Ji Shen's expression also faded, and said, "So what is the second brother coming here for today?" ”

"The eldest brother wants to ask for the title of county lord for his daughter." Ji Xi got straight to the point, "I don't know what Your Majesty means?" ”

King Anping?

Ji Shen immediately thought of what Nie Yuansheng mentioned when he was under the emperor's throne, he didn't think that Nie Yuansheng was against the concubine of King Anping as the county lord, but thought that Nie Yuansheng was also entrusted by King Anping to intercede, a county lord title is nothing to Ji Shen, the county lord's share is just a little thing, besides, King Anping, King Guangling and himself are all from the same mother, Ji Shen was about to agree happily, Nie Yuansheng suddenly stood up, and solemnly said: "Your Majesty, this matter is not a court matter, but a clan matter, Moreover, the county lord is the seal of the daughter of the sect, so it is right to ask the queen mother's meaning. ”

Seeing Nie Yuansheng come out and intervene horizontally, Ji Xi suddenly frowned: "Nie Shilang is a waiter of the Yellow Gate, and he is responsible for passing on the edict, not discussing political affairs and royal family affairs!" Isn't it too much to talk about coming out now? ”

As soon as he spoke, several people in the Ministry of Rites were naturally not far behind, and one of the scarlet-robed officials answered: "Nie Shilang, today we are all in front of Your Majesty, so I won't work for Shilang to pass on His Majesty's words, and please don't be impatient!" ”

The other person said lightly: "Your Majesty is arbitrary, why is Lao Shilang worried?" ”

Nie Yuansheng was ridiculed like this, but he didn't see embarrassment, his expression was calm, but he insisted on refusing to retreat, and still said to Ji Shen: "The position of the county lord is the seal of the sect daughter, and it is supposed to belong to the jurisdiction of the Zongzheng Mansion, and now that the queen mother is still alive, it is an ordinary family to buy some industrial dowry for her granddaughter, and she always has to talk to the old lady in the family, not to mention that the queen mother is the elder of the clan, how can this matter not be reported?" As for the Ministry of Rites, unless it is passed by the Zongzheng Mansion and the Queen Mother issued a canonization decree, it is the turn of the Ministry of Rites to carry out the canonization ceremony - now he is in the palace like this, is it sure that His Majesty will definitely agree to it? ”

After he finished speaking, everyone in the hall had different colors, Mu Bi secretly applauded, and said in his heart that Nie Yuansheng was worthy of being Ji Shen's favored minister, and even the prime ministers dared to contradict him, and his kung fu on his tongue was indeed good. His words were high-sounding, especially when he bluntly said that Empress Dowager Gao was an elder of the clan, and compared him with ordinary people, which was also a secret deduction of filial piety, which was tantamount to reminding Ji Shen that Empress Dowager Gao might not agree to this matter, otherwise since King Guangling was deeply liked by Empress Dowager Gao, why did he bypass Empress Gao and then find Ji Shen to talk about it? In addition, the people of the Ministry of Rites appeared here, and Nie Yuansheng's last sentence was to stab them for persecuting the monarch with King Guangling!

The officials of the Ministry of Rites changed their faces for a while, but Ji Xi's face was more ugly than them - he has a gentle personality, so since King Anping entrusted his daughter's request for the title to his head, Ji Xi looked at his brother's face and refused badly, and the other also understood Ji Shen's personality, just a county lord, if it is Xingtou, it doesn't matter if she is a princess, it doesn't matter if she is a princess, in these, Ji Shen has always been more generous than Gaozu and Ruizong, so he acquiesced to King Anping and called the officials of the Ministry of Rites to come over, This is calculated that Ji Shen will not mind giving his niece more dignity, and because of the opposition of the Empress Dowager Gao, it is best not to wait for the Empress Dowager Gao to react, the Ministry of Rites has already finalized the matter, and when the time comes, the Ministry of Rites has prepared the canonization of the county lord as soon as possible, and rushed to the Anping Palace.

In fact, King Anping felt that he was the same, the reason why he dragged King Guangling forward and did not come was nothing more than to scruple about the Empress Dowager Gao - Empress Dowager Gao liked King Guangling, if he knew that this matter was mentioned by King Guangling, he was naturally reluctant to pursue it too much, and this plan was not impossible to see the King of Guangling, but he also felt that Princess Anping had no daughter under his knees, so King Anping wanted to register a concubine as the county lord, it was nothing, in the end, it was the brother of the same mother, and he also thought that Ji Shen was the best to pass, so he agreed.

Where did he think that Nie Yuansheng was killed in the horizontal stab, and Nie Yuansheng's words were actually heart-wrenching when he thought about it carefully, Ji Xi couldn't help but refute: "But the position of a county lord, the eldest brother has no concubines under his knees, so he tied his love for his daughter to the concubine, which is also understandable, and it is not so prudent for the prince to be canonized, the county lord's example, it doesn't matter if the eldest brother wants it or not, it is nothing more than a pity that there is no concubine, so I want to give the concubine a little more dignity and the right to be a concubine, Nie Shilang said this too shockingly, Is it deliberately dividing Lonely from His Majesty and pacifying the King? ”

Nie Yuansheng didn't answer, but Ji Shen spoke: "The second brother doesn't have to be suspicious, Yuansheng also has a good intention to remind me, but the second brother doesn't have to think too much, I think what Yuansheng said, it is reasonable to ask the queen mother about this matter, after all, the queen mother is an elder, and the canonization of the county lord is more decent than the queen mother's decree, that is, the eldest brother asks for the seal for the concubine, and I want to get the permission of the queen mother." ”

He opened his mouth, and raised Mrs. Gao, Ji Xi was not a person like Nie Yuansheng who was good at eloquence, and he had nothing to answer for a while, and felt that Ji Shen would rather trust a six-grade petty official than believe in his own brother-in-law, which was really chilling, and looked up at Ji Shen, just in time to see Ji Shen also looking over thoughtfully......