Chapter 102: Qin State
The emperor obviously didn't want to discuss with him, and told him a lot of things about the court and politics, and gave him a lot of instructions before letting him leave the palace and return home.
Concubine Qiong pinched his legs, "Your Majesty, why do you want to talk to His Royal Highness King Duan about some political matters, these are probably not as interesting as poetry and songs for His Highness." ”
The Emperor took her hand and held it in his hand, "I, it's not for your sake. ”
Concubine Qiong still needs to ask, for our sake? Does Your Majesty really want to establish King Duan, how can King Duan's temperament compete with others, this is not harming King Duan.
As if seeing her worries, the emperor comforted, "Don't worry, I will naturally arrange it." You sharpen the ink for me, I still haven't finished dealing with the folds. ”
Concubine Qiong understood that the emperor didn't want her to ask more, so she had to get up and study the ink.
The older Emperor Chu gets, the more diligent he is within ten years of ascending to the base, especially after suffering from headaches, his body ages faster, and gradually there is an empty shelf left. After the death of the old national teacher, Emperor Chu was even more incomprehensible, and the matter of establishing a prince has always been something that Emperor Chu is unwilling to face, but in the past month, he seems to have made up his mind and began to arrange it.
Early the next morning, two holy decrees were taken out of the palace of Emperor Chu.
King Jun's biological mother was canonized as a noble concubine by Concubine Hui. After Concubine Hui received the order, although she was surprised how His Majesty suddenly remembered herself, she immediately sent someone to deliver the news to King Jun.
After more than a month of diagnosis and treatment and recuperation, the spirit of the old town Guohoufu became better and better, and the pain on his body was relieved a lot. The Zhenguo Houfu, who had not received the decree for many years, was a little at a loss by the sudden arrival of the holy decree.
The old marquis took the little marquis who had not yet had time to listen to the decree together, when he heard that His Majesty wanted the old marquis to regain the power of the army, and let the old marquis teach the little marquis for a few years, and then handed over the burden to the little marquis, the old marquis's hand trembled slightly, could it be that the Hou Mansion really couldn't escape, the little marquis was about to ask, and was dragged by the old marquis, although he wanted to join the army in his heart, but he didn't want to be forcibly arranged.
The old marquis accepted the order to thank him and sent the waiter away, only then he sighed and called the little marquis to the study for a secret talk.
At the same time, the king of the county also received the news that his biological mother had been canonized as a concubine. His mother has never been very favored over the years, and he has not made meritorious contributions recently, how could his father suddenly canonize his mother.
It wasn't until the news of Houfu's return to military power came that King Jun understood that he suddenly remembered his mother and son, and it turned out that he wanted to pull himself as a shield for Lao Jiu, father, father, are you confused, or are you too shrewd.
Recently, the emperor has made many strange decisions, and everyone is waiting and watching, and today there are two blockbuster news at once, and everyone is speculating.
Nan Qi even came directly to King Ye, and was upset for King Ye. Since His Majesty has shown trust and respect for His Royal Highness King Ye before, and now he has promoted King Jun and King Duan, do you have to fight with each other.
"You say, what did Your Majesty do when he promoted King Jun and King Duan? Who does he want? ”
Although King Ye was disappointed in his heart, he was older and more stable, but reassured him, "You don't have to worry, these decisions of my father will inevitably make many people confused, so I am suspicious, and my father is using a method." ”
"Concubine Hui added the seal for no reason, this is to include King Jun in the consideration of the prince, and said that King Duan is not easy to come out, now it's okay, no matter what His Majesty's purpose is, King Duan can be regarded as a frightening appearance. ”
"People's hearts are unpredictable, no one can guess the thoughts of the father, even if it is the fifth child, it is more convincing to lose. The third, nine, and ten are not suitable, and the father should not be so confused. ”
"Now I say in private that Your Majesty is sick and his mind is almost unclear, and who knows what decision will be made in the end. ”
King Ye sighed, "It's too abnormal to seal Concubine Hui and not Concubine Qiong, but the queen mother is going to be unhappy again, and for the sake of King Ling, she can only swallow her anger." ”
"The queen should be nothing, she cares about King Ling the most, if something happens to King Ling, how can she care about anything else. ”
"You can't take it lightly, the queen is not simple. At present, we can't do anything, do everything at hand, don't leave a handle for others. ”
Nan Qi said, "I understand. ”
The countries maintain a calm surface, but the Qin State jumps every day, when today's son Cai Yunze is only fifteen, he has to have fun, not good at national politics, he doesn't like to study, the regent Cai Yuanchen not only has to deal with government affairs, but also has to deal with this little emperor, he has a headache, thinking about the letter from Chu State, he is even more depressed, Shang has always been a wolf ambition, what the letter says, nine times out of ten is true.
The first emperor was weak, there were not many heirs, and in the end, only this young son was left, when the first emperor died of illness, this son was only thirteen, and he was spoiled since he was a child.
The eldest sister of the young emperor, Cai Yunmei, the eldest princess of Mingmei, is seventeen years old, quite favored by the first emperor, and has a strong nature, in order to protect the younger brother, she also pulled many people to be royalists in private, and her power is growing.
The regent had no intention of usurping power, and if it were not for his brother's dying request, he would not have come to be this wicked man. When the eldest princess expanded her power, she quietly made a little concession, so that the royalists could feel at ease. Most of the power and military power are in the hands of the regent, although the princess is smart and strong, she is a little immature in front of the imperial uncle.
Inevitably, the princess was taken advantage of, and she didn't dare to delegate too much power, so as not to harm others and herself. For the people, it doesn't matter who is in power, as long as they can live a good life. In the two years that the regent was in power, the Qin State was light on forced labor, light on taxes, and the people lived and worked in peace and contentment.
The regent has no intention of fighting, but he cannot remain indifferent to the country. Emperor Chu's fifth son, King Jun, sent a letter privately, saying that the Shang State had planted a large number of spies in various countries, and wanted to break the defenses from within each country in order to achieve its goal of annexing various countries. It is hoped that if the regent confirms this matter, he will consider an alliance of Chu and a coalition of Shang and Jin.
Not to mention whether this matter is true or not, can this King Jun represent the Chu State, and how confident he can contribute to this matter. According to the spies, King Jun is just a prince with outstanding ability, but he is not welcomed, although he is known as a virtuous king, but he has no substantive effect.
The confidant suggested that cooperation could be considered slowly, and the matter of the spy could be found out first, and then talk about other things.
The regent stroked his beard, and that's all he could be. In fact, the regent is just over forty, but he is a little swollen at the moment, it is because he is too tired, this Qin State is in his hands, how dare he slack off, he is really more diligent than the real emperor, which is also admired by all factions.
The emperor doesn't like to deal with political affairs, the regent is anxious, and the eldest princess is naturally anxious, the princess specially entered the palace to accompany the emperor for dinner, just to persuade him, only to see the bright and moving girl, and persuaded softly: "Your Majesty is always playful, if you are like this, when will the power return to your hands." ”
For this beautiful eldest sister, although the young emperor likes Hu Lai, he still respects him very much, this is his dearest relative, I have to deny that the eldest sister can be regarded as the first beauty in the capital, especially those eyes, live up to the flattery in her name, it is bright and charming, as soon as I see it, I want to be bathed in the spring light, comfortable, and addicted.
The eldest sister has always refused to get married, fighting against the dogma that belongs to women and against the power of the imperial uncle. Although she didn't think that the imperial uncle was anti-minded, the eldest sister didn't believe it, she only believed in himself, and only believed that as long as he was the one who really protected this younger brother.
The eldest sister's eyes can emit warm spring light and a charming smile to everyone, but they will always only give the emperor uncle's cold gaze.
"Sister Huang, don't talk about me anymore, Uncle Huang has already said that I have been beaten today, and he also punished me for copying books, isn't it just going out of the palace to play. It's enough for the imperial uncle to deal with the government, and you for other things, so it's nothing for me to play. ”
The eldest princess frowned, "Tell me about you, how dangerous it is to sneak out of the palace, what if something happens?" Uncle Huang punished you for copying the book, you obediently copied it, copied two copies, and gave me one copy. ”
"Sister Huang, don't, it's not going to be twenty times, don't. ”
"You, study hard to handle government affairs, and personally take power in the future, who will dare to punish you for copying books? ”
"Oh, Sister Huang, don't be verbose, I'm hungry, you can dine with me. ”
Looking at her younger brother's pitiful appearance, the eldest princess couldn't bear to blame, she was originally a child held by her father in the palm of her hand, and she was forced to shoulder the responsibility at such a young age, and she couldn't change it for a while, so she could only take her time.
After the two finished dinner, the little emperor took out a box like a treasure, opened it and saw that it was a small jade rabbit, the carving was exquisite and cute, but the color was average, according to the value, it was not as good as this box, but the eldest princess was warm in her heart.
"Sister Huang, I remember that when you were a child, you liked the rabbit the most, no matter how precious things are, they can't compare to the little rabbit in your arms, and finally were scared to death by other cats, no wonder you have been raising a new one for a long time, but you refuse to raise a new one, as soon as I saw this jade rabbit, I felt that I missed that one very much, and I thought about buying it for you, jade, I won't be scared to death anymore." ”
As Her Royal Highness, the eldest princess, who is most respected by His Majesty, there is naturally no shortage of rare treasures, but for her, no amount of treasures is as good as this jade play. The father and queen mother are gone, only the two sisters and brothers are left, and they have to deal with the jackals, tigers and leopards outside, only this younger brother can warm his heart, not for himself, for his younger brother, and he can't admit defeat.
Those big eyes, with tears, no matter how ignorant my brother is, he still remembers his sister all the time.
The little emperor hurriedly pulled his sister, "Sister Huang, don't cry, if you like it, I will immediately order someone to make some for you." ”
The eldest princess blinked back her tears and said with a smile, "What are you doing so much, how can the imperial sister carry so much with her, this one you gave me, I must always carry it with me." ”
"It's good that the imperial sister likes it, during this time, those old men always played and said that the imperial sister is of age, and she should choose a horse, these old guys know that the imperial sister is unwilling, and they want to force me, knowing that I don't want to let the imperial sister marry casually, or refuse to give in, it's really annoying. ”