Li Xia helped the Empress Dowager Jin and lowered her head to walk forward.

It wasn't until she entered Xuanning Palace that the Empress Dowager Jin let out a long breath, slowed down, went up the steps, did not enter the main hall, ordered to move two chairs under the corridor, sat on the chairs, took the tea handed by Han Shanggong, sipped it very slowly, and looked at the blue sky above the courtyard attentively.

"Sixth brother is gone." Empress Dowager Jin finished drinking a cup of tea, put down the cup, and said in a low voice, "Okay, he has grown so big alone, from now on, he doesn't have to suffer in fear anymore." ”

Li Xia listened silently, did not answer, sooner or later he would die.

"Sixth brother's mother, surnamed Gu, the daughter of a petty official, twelve years ago, the palace selected a female envoy, and she came in, because she was literate and from an official family, so she picked up the Qinzheng Palace, which was regarded as waiting by the emperor's side. Gu was ambitious, very courageous, and had good means, and within two months, he was crowned a beauty and pregnant with his sixth brother. ”

Empress Dowager Jin's voice was gentle, revealing a faint coldness. Li Xia's heart tightened slightly, about the sixth brother's mother, the queen mother had never mentioned it before, all she knew was a few cold strokes in the harem booklet: Gu's, what is his father's name, his mother is He's, when he entered the palace, when he was promoted to a beauty, and when he died......

"The emperor loved her very much at that time, sealed the beauty, and circled a few rooms behind the Qinzheng Palace to live, and when she was pregnant with her sixth brother, she also waited by the emperor's side from time to time.

When she gave birth to her sixth brother, I took Brother Yan to Hangzhou to avoid Tai Sui.

I heard that when the sixth brother was born, the emperor was very happy, as if he also wrote a poem, which should be in the living note. Gu Meiren took her sixth brother and still lived in the Qinzheng Palace. ”

Li Xia had a strange feeling in her heart, the Qinzheng Palace is the place where the emperor handles official business, and she has been living in the Qinzheng Palace, she is very shrewd, and she is very ignorant.

"Before the sixth brother turned one year old, there were many natural disasters that year, from south to north, there was almost no place where the wind and rain were smooth, Qin Tianjian was on the fold, saying that the Qinzheng Palace was caged by filth, from the previous dynasty to the current dynasty, but there has never been a harem beauty, and the prince often lives in the Qinzheng Palace.

Gu Meiren and the Six Princes moved out and lived alone.

From the day he moved out of the Qinzheng Palace, the sixth prince fell ill, saying that he was frightened, crying at night, Gu Meiren and the emperor cried, saying that she and the sixth brother were both blessed and small, and in the past, in the Qinzheng Palace, it was all up to the emperor's Longwei Town, and she moved out at this time, she didn't care, she was afraid that the sixth brother would not survive. ”

Empress Dowager Jin laughed lightly, and Li Xia couldn't say anything on her face.

"The emperor was born as a prince, he learned to be the virtue of the king since he was a child, everyone in the world is his people, and he must treat it as one, but he will not trap the people of the world in a place of disaster for the sake of a son, Gu Meiren changed her way and cried, but after two or three times, the emperor was annoyed. Ordered the Jiang family to sort out the harem.

Jiang took the six princes over, and the imperial doctor saw it, saying that the crying was because the fetal poison of the fetal belt was too strong, and he had been drowning before, and the fetal poison rushed to the brain, so he naturally couldn't be at peace. In addition to fetal toxins, it has always been mainly to clean hunger. ”

Li Xia sighed softly. Empress Dowager Jin looked at her for a moment before she continued: "The next month, Gu's father delivered witch blessings and poisons to the palace, the Gu family copied the door, the Gu family died, and the sixth brother was hungry for more than half a year, and later, he was cured." ”

"Is it the emperor's will?" Li Xia asked in a low voice.

She didn't know about this matter, probably because the Gu family and the Gu family were too small, but in a year or two, they could drown in countless major events in the empire.

"Well, annoyed the emperor. After Yao entered the palace, she was also pregnant with a child, and later, her own thoughts flowed away. Empress Dowager Jin continued, Li Xia looked at Empress Dowager Jin in amazement, Empress Dowager Jin met her stunned gaze, looking peaceful, "Since then, Yao's has been meditating and cultivating, she is a calm person, the emperor will come to her every few days, and sleep well, this is her blessing." ”

"Concubine Yao Xian, and the Yao family...... My fourth sister-in-law is a girl from the Yao family. Li Xia's voice was quite peaceful, and the Empress Dowager Jin looked at her with a faint smile in her eyes, "It's a Yao family." ”

Li Xia was stunned by the Empress Dowager Jin's Yao family, the fourth sister-in-law never said that their family was Concubine Yao Xian's maiden family! When she got back, she had to ask.

"You go back first, today's matter, rest assured." Empress Dowager Jin stood up with the armrest of the chair, Li Xia hurriedly stepped forward to help her, and sent Empress Dowager Jin to the house before quitting and going back.

The emperor walked all the way from Ling Boxuan, went straight to the Qinzheng Palace, plunged into the Qinzheng Palace, supported the kang table with one hand, and sat down slowly, only to feel that this road was in a hurry, and his breath was chaotic.

"Your Majesty," the close attendant carefully looked at his complexion and made a suggestion, "Let the imperial doctor come in and ask for a peace pulse?" ”

"No, pass on the golden phase, the Wei phase, and the king phase, the important thing." The emperor took a few breaths and commanded impatiently.

The chamberlain agreed, and hurriedly ran to summon Jin Xiang and the others.

"How's the sixth brother?" The emperor sat with his head down for a while, grabbed his cup, drank two sips of tea, and asked.

"I couldn't save it, I'm gone." The chamberlain replied cautiously with a heart.

The emperor sighed softly and was stunned.

The three of them were summoned, and when they walked to the gate of the palace, a little chamberlain quietly handed over the letter, just now, the six princes drowned when they were fishing for shrimp in Ling Boxuan.

Jin Xiang stumbled under his feet, and on the flat ground, he almost tripped over, Wei Xiang's stunned mouth was half open, and Wang Xiang hurriedly asked, "Is the emperor okay?" What did the emperor see with his own eyes? ”

"Yes, in front of the emperor, there are also the Queen Mother, Jiang Niangniang, the emperor...... You will know if you go in and take a look. The chamberlain replied in a low voice, not daring to say more, but took a step to the side and hurried away.

The three Xiangye, you look at me, I look at you, each of them looked at it, and at the same time quickened his pace and hurried to the Qinzheng Palace.

The emperor sat on the wide brocade couch with a gloomy expression, and when he saw the three people coming in, he raised his hand and signaled, "No need to be polite, sit down, I invite you to come, there is something." The emperor's words paused, and after a while, he continued: "The sixth brother is gone, just now." ”

"Ahh Although I already knew it just now, when I heard the emperor say that the sixth brother was gone, the three of them still screamed in unison.

"The minister saw the sixth brother in the morning, why did he suddenly ...... What's going on? Jin Xiang's old tears flowed, and Wei Xiang and Wang Xiang's tears also fell.

"Falling into the lake...... Don't mention it, I asked you to come here to discuss the matter of picking people. The emperor looked tired, waved his hands, and signaled not to mention this extremely sad matter again.

Jin Xiang was stunned and didn't react, Wei Xiang looked at the emperor with a worried face, provoking people's things...... Who to pick? Wang Xiang was even more at a loss, the important thing was not to find out the cause of the death of the six princes? Oh, this picks people, is it picking people to investigate this matter thoroughly?

"A while ago, my mother said that I should pick someone to enrich the harem, and you know, I have never cared about this, but now I ...... Mother is right, I didn't choose someone to serve me, but for the royal heir, so let's talk about it first. ”

The three prime ministers completely understood this time, and Jin Xiang frowned, "The emperor's words are very true, what the minister meant, this matter should not be delayed, what does Wei Xiang think?" ”

All Jin Xiang was thinking about the death of the sixth prince along the way, and when he suddenly mentioned picking people, he had to slow down.

"Jin Xiang's words are extreme, it is true, the continuation of the heirs is the most important thing, this selection of people, there are precedents, these things, Wang Xiang is most familiar with." Wei Xiang was also in a mess, and handed the words to Wang Xiang.

"What the emperor said is very true, what Jin Xiang and Wei Xiang said is very reasonable, and there has been no one in the palace for more than ten years, Your Majesty, did the sixth master fall into the lake by himself?" Wang Xiang was originally the one with the best kung fu cultivation among the three, but at this moment, he couldn't say why, he only felt uncomfortable in his heart.

"I saw it with my own eyes...... Don't mention this, the sixth brother has passed away, and the country is important. The emperor frowned, he didn't even want to hear the three words of Sixth Brother now.

"According to the previous example, it was selected from the homes of officials above the seventh grade in the capital." Kim Seung picked up the conversation.

"Seven-grade ......" the emperor groaned, "The door should not be too low, more than five grades, and the rest, as usual, the last time we discussed it, you first discussed a charter." ”

"Yes." Jin Xiang hurriedly agreed, glanced at Wei Xiang, who refused to say a word, and stood up, "The ministers will retire, so they will draw up a charter and send it in for the emperor to see." ”

The emperor hummed, Wei Xiang hurriedly got up and retreated, Wang Xiang followed closely, but his expression was a little trance.

When the three of them got out of the forbidden place, they all breathed a sigh of relief, put their hands behind their backs, and walked back in silence all the way.

"Ahem." Wang Xiang coughed suddenly, his voice was slightly hoarse, "Years ago, I thought that at my age, I should beg for bones and go home to recuperate." ”

Jin Xiang and Wei Xiang stopped together and looked back at Wang Xiang.

Wang Xiang smiled bitterly, "I'm old, sentimental, I can't bear it, after a while, I will write an excerpt, and ask the two of you to take care of it." ”

Wang Xiang said, and after a long time, Jin Xiang and Wei Xiang hurriedly stepped forward and helped Wang Xiang up one left and one right.

"Old Xiangye, alas, ......" Jin Xiang sighed, "The old Xiangye has always planned and then moved, this matter, let it go first......"

"No need to put it away, that's all. I joined the company at the age of twenty-four, and today, fifty years, this heart has not been able to become a hundred steel, old, hard work, many years of colleagues, thanks to the two of them. Wang Xiang shook his head again.

Jin Xiang and Wei Xiang helped Wang Xiang up, and without much persuasion, one right and one left, slowly walked back with him.

Sending Wang Xiang back to his wing, Jin Xiang glanced at Wei Xiang, Wei Xiang lowered his eyelids, followed Jin Xiang, and entered Jin Xiang's east wing.

The two sat opposite each other and drank a cup of tea, Wei Xiang put down the cup, looked at Jin Xiang and said: "The sixth master died violently, the emperor is only afraid that he will be too sad and turn around ......."

"There are Jiang Niangniang, Su Guifei, and the Queen Mother in the palace, they must have been investigating, we shouldn't talk too much about this matter." Jin Xiang said with his eyelids down.

"Hmm." After a while, Wei Xiang snorted, the death of the six princes, indeed, should not be taken care of, and it cannot be done.

"Elder Wang's fold, about today and tomorrow, will be handed over, we can't leave anyone here at all times, does Wei Xiang have a suitable candidate?" Jin Xiang looked at Wei Xiang and asked.

"Well, since the last time Wang Xiang had the idea of retiring, I've been thinking about it." Wei Xiang was also dry, "Yan Kuan's family is knowledgeable, rigorous, and his ability and ability are obvious to all, which is very suitable." ”

"Yan Kuan is indeed very good, but I think Su Guangyi is more suitable. I have never experienced the Ministry of Officials, you too, in the past, the Ministry of Officials, many details, and Wang Xiang took care of it, now Wang Xiangrong raised, everything else is fine, if this Ministry does not have a very proficient person to dispatch the general, it is extremely inappropriate, in case something happens, I am afraid that it will be a big deal. Jin Xiang's tone was gentle, but his words were hard.

"I'm afraid that this matter depends on the emperor's intentions, and the emperor has always been arbitrary in such a major matter." Wei Xiang didn't directly confront Jin Xiang, and said euphemistically.

"Wei Xiang's words are extremely true." Jin Xiang nodded hurriedly, "It stands to reason that the Ministry of Rites is the prime minister, but it's just ......" Jin Xiang looked at Wei Xiang and smiled bitterly, Wei Xiang is the prince's father-in-law, and Zheng Zhiyuan, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, is a famous princeling, and the three ministers and two princes are in the same line, which is not suitable in any case.

Wei Xiang met Jin Xiang's gaze, and for a moment, his eyelids drooped slightly, "Whether it's Yan Kuan, or Su Guangyi, or the six Shangshu, I'm afraid that I will have to move." ”

"Well, this, too, should be carefully discussed. Lao Wei, we have been working together for many years, so I will rely on the infatuation to be a few years older, and say one more thing: You and I are both ministers of the emperor, both ministers of the country, and everything must be the priority of the country. Jin Xiang said solemnly.

"Wei is taught, Xiangye can rest assured." Wei Xiang bowed and agreed.

The two gossiped a few more words, and Wei Xiang got up to say goodbye and walked back into his room.