"Then it's decided." Ling Li picked up the tea cup that was about to overflow and took a sip, "There is one more thing that I want to discuss with you." ”

"Please ask the emperor to command."

"I think about it, you have been married to me for some years, although you have no heirs under your knees, but you are also virtuous and filial, I want to make you a virtuous concubine, what do you think?"

Ling Li let her be in charge of the harem, but he didn't make her the queen? Dong Yuejiao was stunned for a moment.

"What? Isn't it appropriate? Ling Li frowned and asked.

"Alright, alright. The concubines are arranged by the emperor. Dong Yuejiao hurriedly bowed her head and replied.

"That's good." Ling Li put the teacup in his hand back on the table, and said, "Now that the national mourning period has expired, the courtiers propose to fill the harem with me. I have asked the Ministry of Rites to check the auspicious day, and prepare to marry Shu Xiang's granddaughter Shu Mei into the palace in a few days. ”

"The emperor wants to marry the lord of Jiamu?" Dong Yuejiao pretended to be surprised and asked. In fact, as early as the day of the Lichu ceremony, she heard him answer Ling Zhao that he wanted to marry Shu Mei.

"She failed to complete the task of harmony, and I have abolished the title of the county lord of Jiamu." Ling Li explained that she has nothing to do with her status now.

"Then, after the sister of the Shu family entered the palace, where did the concubine arrange for her to live?"

Ling Li looked at Dong Yuejiao and understood what she wanted to ask, so he only smiled and said, "Let her live in Jiqing Palace." ”

Fortunately, it's not the Queen's Bedroom Ciyuan Palace. Dong Yuejiao breathed a sigh of relief. Jiqing Palace is the dormitory of Ling Li's biological mother Concubine Cheng, not to mention the narrow and simple palace room, Concubine Cheng died in it that year, and it is a little mad to think about it.

"I'm going to canonize her as Concubine Mu." Seeing Dong Yuejiao's indifferent reaction, Ling Li added another sentence.

According to the ancestral system of the Nanyue Dynasty, below the queen, there are four concubines: noble, virtuous, virtuous, and Shu, Dong Yuejiao has never heard of Concubine Mu's name, and can't help asking: "Your Majesty, the concubines have never heard of the Holy Dynasty having the title of Concubine Mu, is this title not among the four concubines?" ”

"Yes, no." Ling Li nodded with a smile. This is a unique title in his mind.

Seeing that Dong Yuejiao was still pondering, Ling Li stood up, "I still have a lot of government affairs to deal with, so I'll take a step first." ”

"The concubine sends the emperor." Dong Yuejiao was busy giving gifts.

When Ling Li's back walked away, Qing Yu pounced and said happily: "Slave and maid, congratulations to Niangniang." ”

"What's there to be happy about?" Dong Yuejiao's face turned cold.

"Niangniang is about to take charge of the harem. Although Niangniang was only named a virtuous concubine this time, being in charge of the harem means that Niangniang is the first person in this harem. The emperor also said just now that Niangniang failed to be crowned queen because she had no heirs under her knees, and when she has a prince in the future, it will be a matter of time before she ascends to the throne. ”

"Really?" Dong Yuejiao was a little unsure, "But he wants to marry that fox son of the Shu family and enter the palace?" ”

"Niangniang is among the four concubines, but the Shu family is outside the four concubines, how can it be compared with Niangniang?"

Dong Yuejiao's heart was a little more steady, but she was still not happy, "That fox son of the Shu family, I don't know what trick he used to make Ling Zhao willing to give up the position of prince for her?" Now, she still has to enter the palace to block the palace......"

"Niangniang rest assured, as long as Niangniang is in charge of the harem, there are many slaves and maids to block her."

"What can you do?"

"Since the emperor asked Niangniang to take care of marrying Concubine Mu, then on the first day she entered the palace, we will give her a good ......," Qing Yujiao whispered in Dong Yuejiao's ear.

After listening to Qing Yu's words, a smile gradually appeared on Dong Yuejiao's face.

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After checking the yellow calendar, the Ministry of Rites picked out several zodiac auspicious daily newspapers to Ling Li.

Ling Li was reading the Privy Council's report on the strength of the troops in various places, he took the auspicious day list and glanced at it, and used a red pen to tick the day at the front: the 23rd day of Da Lu.

Huang Kun, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, looked at it and immediately frowned: "Your Majesty, this day is too close, and it coincides with the New Year, but I am afraid that I will not be able to prepare." ”

"If you can't prepare, why do you put it on the list?"

"The strange minister didn't explain things clearly, and the people below just picked out the auspicious day, this day is a good day." Huang Kun said with a smile.

"Pick an auspicious day for my wedding, you are so careless, let the people below just send it away?" Ling Li asked.

"Isn't the minister busy preparing for His Majesty's enthronement ceremony on the first day, there are really too many things in the Ministry of Rites these days." Huang Kun hurriedly said. Historically, when the new emperor succeeded to the throne, the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Internal Affairs were the busiest departments.

"I don't want to wait, just this day." Ling Li handed the auspicious list to Huang Kun. Because of the national funeral, he hasn't seen Shu Mei for more than half a year, and if he has to wait any longer, he is afraid that he will not be able to restrain himself from going to the Prime Minister's Mansion to rob people.

Huang Kun hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is best to organize a wedding after the enthronement ceremony on the first day......

"Lord Huang, in that case, wouldn't Concubine Mu not be able to see His Majesty's enthronement ceremony?" The inner servants on the side all knew Liu Yin and said with a smile.

"Your Majesty wants Concubine Mu to participate in the enthronement ceremony?" Huang Kun was stunned, and then remembered that this Concubine Mu was originally the queen candidate in the emperor's heart.

Ling Li said noncommittally: "I will ask the officials to send you some more people tomorrow." ”

"Okay, then the minister will arrange it." Huang Kun wiped his forehead, only to feel that the charcoal fire in the imperial study was really burning too strongly.

After Huang Kun retreated, Ling Li looked at Liu Yin beside him and said with a smile: "Yin Ah Weng is like a worm in my stomach, he can actually guess my thoughts!" ”

"Your Majesty has tormented the old slave, but you can't call the slave Ah Weng, the old slave can't afford to lose his life." Liu Yin glanced at Ling Li cautiously, and found that although he was smiling, there was a chill in his eyes, and he immediately knelt on the ground in panic, "Fang is the old slave who talks a lot." The old slave just watched His Majesty grow up, and he saw too much, and he could guess a little bit of His Majesty's thoughts. ”

"When I was young, I called you Yin Ah Weng, and I called it Shunkou. Get up, you are old, you don't have to kneel at every turn. Ling Li picked up the report and buried his head in reading it again.

"Old slave, thank you for your kindness." Liu Yin propped up the wooden chair next to him and slowly stood up. He has served three emperors in the palace, but this one alone makes him a little powerless and unable to figure out the way. Come to think of it, I'm getting old.

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On the 23rd of Dalu, it is the new year when the people say goodbye to the old and welcome the new. It also coincided with the marriage of the new emperor, and Yongding City was auspicious and festive.

The auspicious time selected by the Ministry of Rites is to enter the palace when Shen is in time, and it is a ceremony in the unitary time. Ling Li signed and approved the performance appraisal documents of the officials at the end of the year in the small study room of Funing Palace, but he was absent-minded. He really wanted to ride the auspicious omen to the Prime Minister's Mansion to pick up his relatives, but he was strongly blocked by the officials of the Ministry of Rites: the emperor marries different from the people, how can he descend the dignity of the Son of Heaven to welcome the concubine in person? !

All ceremonies of the wedding are strictly in accordance with the ancestral system. Only the entrance ceremony was forcibly changed by Ling Li. According to convention, only the honor guard of the queen's wedding can enter the palace from the main gate of Yongnian Palace, and the rest of the concubines can only enter the palace from the Anshun Gate. Ling Li asked to greet Shu Mei's guard of honor and must enter the palace from the main entrance.

Even if he can't give her the position of queen, he has to give her the respect of the queen.