Speaking of heirs, Empress Xiao's heart was as bitter as Coptis chinensis, and she was always graceful in the past, but she could hardly hold back tears in front of her father: "Does my father think it is still possible for me to have children?" Father, forget it, don't bother to find a famous doctor in Dali, if you can't cure it...... "She has been married for more than ten years, and she is no longer a delicate little girl in the eyes of her parents, and her parents can never imagine how painful her life is. My father still daydreamed that she would give birth to a son-in-law and inherit the throne logically.

"Now I have let the Ye family move to live in Changxin Palace, if I can get a man in one fell swoop, it will also be a way for our family." Empress Xiao clutched the quilt tightly in her hand: "Father, all my people in Changxin Palace are strictly controlled. I'm here to boldly say a word to you, the emperor is no longer the five princes who came to our house to beg for sweet potatoes back then, please remember. ”

The muscles on Prime Minister Xiao's face moved, and in the end he didn't say anything, and nodded in response.

There are many things that Queen Xiao doesn't say, and he understands it. This time, the emperor set up a military aircraft department, and he was also one of the ministers of military aircraft, but Chu Dakai and Xiao Zhen were originally under him, but now they want to share power with him. With the Military Aircraft Department, the authority of the left and right prime ministers and the six Shangshu has been weakened the most, and he has been up and down in the officialdom for many years, and he can see at a glance - the biggest significance of the existence of the Military Aircraft Department is to suppress the prime minister and the six departments! Since then, the situation of his dominance in the court as the prime minister of Zuo no longer exists.

Among these ministers of military aircraft, Yang Qi, King Xianyu and Xu Shizheng are not afraid. Although Lord Yang is a seat, he is old, and for a long time, he has only been a prince with no real power and does not participate in court battles, and he will only play a balancing role in the military aircraft department in the future, not a big threat. King Xianyu is a prince of the imperial family, and many times he only represents the emperor, and it is impossible to join the courtiers in the struggle for power and profit. Xu Shizheng is a great Confucian, in charge of the Qingshui Yamen, and has no real power at all. Even if he entered the military aircraft department, he had no right to speak.

The most difficult thing to deal with is Xiao Zhen and Chu Dakai, the emperor ostensibly let him enter the military aircraft, but the only people who really relied on the emperor personally pulled them up.

Prime Minister Xiao Cheng stabbed his heart when he thought of Xiao Zhen. It's just a kid from a poor family......

Looking at the harem again, his eldest daughter Yueyi has been suppressed by the emperor. The concubine of the Chu family was not on the stage, but she actually fell into the eyes of the queen mother, and she was promoted to the concubine position in just one year, and she saw that the Chu family was just around the corner; On the Wanshou Festival, the emperor supported the Fan Jade Emperor Ji and the concubine Hui Jieyu in public, which was to slap the queen in the face; Later, in the witch curse, I heard that the emperor actually reprimanded the queen for not being able to run the palace, which was unprecedented. Although Yueyi is old, it is common sense that he is not favored, but this emperor treats Yueyi too ruthlessly, and almost forgets who supported him to ascend to the throne in the first place...... Yue Yi never said these things, but his connections in the palace had long been secretly reported to him by Yue Yi.

For Prime Minister Xiao Cheng, the decline of the Shen family not only made people happy, but made him feel shocked and sad in his heart. Why can't the emperor tolerate the Shen family? Because they have gone too far, they have long planned the future, step by step, how to seize power, seize the position of inheritance, and seize the position of the queen mother, and there have been secret reports that the Shen family has the intention of assassination. But what about the Xiao family? How much better is the Xiao family than the Shen family?

It was only because the Xiao family was too powerful and more difficult to deal with than the Shen family that the emperor did not move them......

"Father, don't be too anxious, at least General Shangguan is not the Minister of Military Aircraft." The queen said comfortingly.

Shangguan Yue, the general of Shangzhu State, came down to guard the frontier for several years, and naturally did not enter the military because he could not return to the capital to serve because the troops were away.

Prime Minister Xiao Cheng snorted coldly and said: "Shangguan Yue is the emperor of the soil in the northwest, and he is happy, I am afraid that he is still unwilling to let him come back." There was another sentence he didn't say, since the emperor could let a military general with 500,000 troops stationed thousands of miles away, this at least showed a kind of trust. And their Xiao family is no longer trusted by the emperor.

When Prime Minister Xiao Cheng and his daughter met and left the palace, not only did their mood not improve, but their faces became heavier and heavier.

The previous dynasty was bloody and stormy, and the women in the harem who had no heirs also washed their faces with tears every day, and the entire Great Qin royal family felt a little gloomy and bleak. It's just that fortunately, in such an uneven day, the canonization ceremony of Concubine Tian and Hui Jieyu is also going to be held, which can be regarded as adding a little joy.

At that time, Lin Yuan's injuries had already healed most of them. Early in the morning of the first day of December, she was knocked up from the bed by the palace people to freshen up, and her whole head was clouded.

Today is a happy event, but it's a pity that she is just a foil, and the concubine is the main one - especially after her father entered the military aircraft department, the concubine Tian has a bright future, and the concubine will be just around the corner in the future.

The first snow is full of joy, and they get up before dawn and start to pick up, and the inner hall and outer hall are hung with light purple and peach-colored curtains, and the palace silk is orange, and the handicraft aunt of the Shang Palace Bureau is invited to cut paper and paste the window flowers, if Lin Yuan is the wife uses vermilion and bright yellow, this posture is like a newlywed marriage. Chu Tao led the palace maids to serve Lin Yuan to make up, and treated her as a porcelain doll from head to toe, and pressed her in the poke five times only for bathing, Chu Tao also smiled and said: "Although Jieyu is not in a high position, after all, it is the first canonization ceremony, and it is a good omen to be grand." In the future, I am still waiting for the concubines and concubines......"

Lin Yuan was tired enough, but they were all happy.

Just after freshening up, An Gui, the former internal supervisor of the second rank, personally sent the auspicious clothes and jewelry worn at the canonization ceremony at the emperor's behest. Coming with An Gui was an elderly grandmother surnamed Fang, who was ordered to comb Lin Yuan's hair.

Mama Fang trembled when she walked, her hands were thin and withered, but when she picked up the comb and landed it in Lin Yuan's hair, it was stable at all, and Lin Yuan didn't even feel the slightest pain in being pulled by her hair. Mama Fang's fingers swiped between Lin Yuan's foreheads, and she smiled kindly and said words of congratulations: "The heirs are extended, the blessings are 100 years old, everything is going well, auspicious and healthy......"

Although it is a cliché that every concubine canonization will say, Lin Yuan still likes it in her heart.

When the hour came, Lin Yuan and Concubine Tian went to the temple to kowtow together. The canonization ceremony is causing the attendant of the Ministry of Rites, Lord Li Qian, to recite the holy decree of the four or six pun in front of the two, and take the golden seal to award the newly sealed Tian Concubine Niangniang and Hui Jieyu Niangniang. The etiquette of canonizing concubines and Jieyu is not very complicated, but it is just a walk in the Taimiao Temple, and then go to the queen's palace to listen to the teachings. But the etiquette of this day is of great significance to the two who became concubines a few years later.

Lin Yuan became the emperor's favorite, and Chu Huashang became an important chess piece. The value of their existence in the palace is no longer just a small concubine room for the emperor to enjoy.

The skirt of the auspicious dress is heavy, and even in winter, it will fall into a panic when worn on the body. Lin Yuan and Chu Huashang repeatedly saluted, bowed, and prayed, until the sun was bright before they completed the ritual and left for the queen's palace.

In the Changxin Palace, the emperor sat with the head at the back, and his expression was very solemn. Although the queen was sick, she still made up a lot, wearing a bright yellow scarlet gold thorn five phoenix luan clothes, and sixteen nine-tailed beaded mandarin duck golden hairpins were inserted in her hair bun, and her figure was very dignified. She quietly waited for Lin Yuan and the two of them to bow three times and bow nine times, and then said in a deep voice: "Zi'er Tian's concubine Chu's family, Jieyu Lin's family, are blessed by heaven and serve the palace." Wang'er is diligent and cultivates Ned, self-denial and etiquette, harmony and harmony, and extends the heirs. ”

Because of her weak body, the queen's voice was a little suppressed and hoarse, but it still couldn't hide the majesty and solemnity in it. Seeing Licheng, Tuoba Hong smiled and said: "The two of you have been serving in the palace for a year, and you have won the heart, and you have made contributions to the Great Qin royal family, and now you have become a serious master, which is well deserved." After that, he praised the queen again: "This group of women who entered the palace in the seventh year of Qianwu is very outstanding. ”

The queen replied with a tired look and a warm smile: "The emperor is right. First, Chu's father did a few major things for the emperor, and then the Lin family rescued him, and now Ye is still pregnant. Being able to have these virtuous women to serve the emperor in the harem is a good sign for the prosperity of the royal family and the prosperity of the world. ”

Tuoba Hong has been very cold to the queen recently, and he doesn't want to stay in Changxin Palace for long, so he helped the two concubines with both hands and said to the queen: "Since you are sick, don't work more." I will take them to see the queen mother, and you can go back to the inner room to rest. ”

The queen's expression was lonely for a moment, and then disappeared immediately. This is accustomed to Xiao Yueyi, but every time she sees her husband's cold look and gentle love for the woman next to her, she can't help but feel depressed and uneven.

Of course, she was able to hide it every time.

However, just as she was trying to make a perfect smile and salute the emperor, a sudden intense pain welled up in her heart, and her face was distorted. She clutched her chest and coughed.

"Mother, mother!" The palace maids exclaimed regardless of etiquette, Tuoba Hong thought at first that she was being snubbed and angry, but he definitely looked at her for a moment but felt that it was wrong, and he was busy and ordered the imperial doctor.

"No, no, it's not the first time ......" Empress Xiao said with difficulty. Bang Qiu sat on the soft couch with the two grandmothers, and after feeding her a glass of water, she was a little more stable and gasped for breath. She looked at Tuoba Hong apologetically and explained, "It was a happy day for the two of them, and it was the concubine who swept everyone's happiness. The emperor doesn't have to pass on the imperial doctor, I had a seizure two days ago, but the pain passed in a moment, and nothing happened after that. Lord Liang came to diagnose and treat me for half a night, but there was no result, I could only say that I was sick and weak, and asked me to drink the most bitter tonic with Coptis chinensis, which made my tongue numb but had no effect on the disease. I don't think it's better to diagnose and treat it anymore, and it's not a big deal. ”

Tuoba Hong knew that the queen's illness in the palace cold had become commonplace over the years, so he nodded when he heard her say this: "It's okay if you have nothing to do." It's just that I have to ask Liang Shouchang to come and take a look, and after Concubine Xiang gives birth, let the Lan family next to her come over to show you. ”