Chapter 191: Virtuous and Loyal
Li Yunqing raised his eyebrows, patted Sa Meiya's little hand, and said softly: "The monarch is delicate and lovely, I naturally like it." As he spoke, he pulled out the arm that North Sadya was holding without missing a trace, stepped forward, and motioned for Charles to get up, and after Charles got up, he took one of Charles's arms and walked towards the palace, and his mood was naturally excellent.
Seeing this scene, Sa Meiya hurriedly followed Li Yunqing in, Xu Heming was about to open his mouth to stop it when he saw this scene, but Zhao Bingyan waved his hand to indicate that it was okay, and Xu Heming gave up. Zhao Bingyan and the Empress of Muse looked at each other and smiled, and asked, "Bingao Seventy-two Prefectures are really outstanding people, and all of them are beauties. Did my sister know about this county lord before? I think you know it, right? ”
Muse smiled and nodded: "That's naturally recognized, Sameia is the youngest daughter of Uncle Charles, and she finally went to the palace to play before." It's just that she was a child then, but now she has grown up. The two of them said and followed Li Yunqing directly towards the Tianxiang Palace. Although Charles is not a foreign guest, he is a righteous prince and should be treated with the courtesy of the country.
A rich wine banquet has already been prepared in the Tianxiang Palace, with more than fifty delicious dishes. Although Sameiya has always lived a prosperous life, she has never seen so much delicious food. Everyone sat down, and Li Yunqing said softly: "The main reason for calling Aiqing to Beijing this time is that Muse is pregnant, which is a happy event for Daqian, and it is also a happy event for Bingao Seventy-two Prefectures. Aiqing has always regarded the muse as her daughter, so she thought that Aiqing would be even happier when she knew about it, so she had fun. ”
Charles looked at the muse, his eyes full of love. She was young when Muse's father died, and Charles, as his father's best brother, gave Muse enough paternal love. Now that Muse is pregnant, it is his daughter's pregnancy, and he only heard him say respectfully to Li Yunqing: "What the emperor said is right, Duan Guifei Niangniang is happy with the dragon vein, which is a great joy for me." In this way, the two races will be closer together, and it will be a matter for the benefit of the country and the people. Moreover, if Duan Guifei gave birth to a male, then the position of full-time festival envoy can be basically established, which is also a great thing for Bingao Seventy-two Prefectures, and the ministers congratulate His Majesty the Emperor. While speaking, Charles was about to kneel down on one knee to Li Yunqing, but was stopped by Li Yunqing, and Charles naturally did not dare to disobey him.
But he heard Li Yunqing say: "The position of full-time festival envoy must be established, but even if the child in Her Majesty's womb is a boy, it depends on his qualifications and character." It's all unknown, but there's a half chance of it. "As the emperor, Li Yunqing will not ignore everything else just because he is a child born to a muse, ability and character are the most important.
Hearing this, Charles nodded and said, "Yes, yes, what the emperor said." However, the minister believes that the prince taught by the emperor must be a beautiful and outstanding talent. Charles said that there is a polite saying in the city, and as the saying goes, where there is a father, there must be a son.
"I will naturally educate well here, and then I will have to teach more from King Zhenyuan. Even if the position is established full-time, and the Zhenyuan Mansion retreats into the background, it does not mean that your rights are removed or diminished. At that time, you will still be the king of Zhennan in the seventy-two states, and you will have to assist the envoys of the festival with your heart, I still hope that you can understand my hard work, and I am not only doing this for the Li family. ”
Charles glanced at Li Yunqing deeply, nodded and said, "The old minister naturally knows the emperor's intentions, and if the vassal king is in power since ancient times, there will be no good results." A powerful vassal king is essentially a threat to the emperor. At such times, the vassal kings would rebel either voluntarily or forcedly, and the vast majority of the results of the rebellion ended in a fiasco. ”
Charles still remembers that Li Yunqing called him to the study on the day he was named the king of Zhenyuan, and told him that the king of Zhenyuan said that it was hereditary, and if he or his descendants wanted to save their lives, at most two generations would have to ask the court to hand over all their rights, and only retain the title and title of King Zhenyuan, only in this way would Charles's family exist for a long time.
What a shrewd figure is Charles? Naturally, he understood Li Yunqing's intentions. If he insists on making the Charles family's Zhenyuan king hereditary and controlling the affairs of the seventy-two states of Bingao, then there are only two endings. Either his descendants rebelled and were mercilessly killed by Li Yunqing's descendants. Then there are his descendants who have no intention of rebelling, and are killed by Li Yunqing's descendants for a reason. From this, it can be seen that no matter what kind of thing it is, his descendants will not get a good death, which he has long thought about. Even if Li Yunqing's descendants really killed his descendants for the crime of wanting to add, he had nothing to say. There is a good saying, your sin is not that you have become a threat to me, but that you have the ability to pose a threat to me, and that is why you want to die. As the saying goes, if he is innocent, if he were the emperor, he believes that he will do it mercilessly.
Therefore, Charles is really grateful to Li Yunqing, he knows that Li Yunqing really thinks about him, you must know that no emperor will put such a thing on the table and say it, after all, this matter already belongs to the category of royal secrets. Li Yunqing can tell the truth, Charles naturally has a little more respect for him in his heart, so he is even more determined to be a big courtier.
Recalling the past, Charles said to Li Yunqing with a grateful face: "The emperor has good intentions, and the ministers have a sense of guilt." The emperor himself does not have to feel guilty for this, and even the ministers themselves dare not guarantee that their descendants can follow the emperor forever, after all, people's thoughts are different. If a person stays in a high position for a long time, he will inevitably develop greed. This is due to human nature, the emperor can see human nature, and the ministers are here to thank the emperor for his grace for the people in the family. And the minister assured the emperor that the Charles family would always follow the emperor and be loyal to the emperor. If there is a disobedient person among the descendants, the emperor can destroy my entire family! ”
At this moment, even Samiya's face was very serious, she realized that her father's loyalty to Emperor Daqian had reached the maximum limit, and she even did not hesitate to destroy the entire family for the sake of Emperor Daqian's country, she could only pray now, praying that her brothers would not move any thoughts that should not be moved, and live their son-in-law's life honestly, and it would be excellent to live like this for the rest of their lives.
Li Yunqing admired Charles very much, but when he said this, he shook his head and said, "King Zhenyuan, as long as your family doesn't do anything out of the ordinary, the title can naturally be kept." Even if I die one day, I will leave a will to protect your family. I am an iron-blooded emperor, but I will never disappoint my loyal servants. This is Li Yunqing's promise to the Charles family.