The night is dark, Jade Dragon Garden.

Li Xuan opened her eyes gently, looked at the darkness above, and sighed softly, a trace of pity flashed in her eyes.

"Husband." Pei Shitong seemed to notice something, and opened her eyes in a daze.

Li Xuan stretched out his hand and hugged Pei Shitong into his arms, and then said in a low voice: "Tong'er, you said that the family is repeated, is it instinct?" ”

Pei Shitong looked at Li Xuan a little sleepy, and it took a long time to understand Li Xuan's words, and the sleepiness suddenly dissipated, and asked in a low voice of concern: "Husband, what's wrong?" ”

Li Xuan smiled, looked up at the darkness above, and said softly: "You said, if the last candidate for the Ministry of Rites is Dou Lu Qinwang, the head of the household department, what will be the result?" ”

Pei Shitong was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously thought about what Li Xuan said, and then her expression changed: "What happened to my husband?" ”

"It doesn't matter what happens, just say, if it were, what would you think about the future?" Li Xuan shook his head gently.

Pei Shitong groaned slightly, sorted out his thoughts and said: "I heard the third sister say, this time the decision on the selection of the Ministry of Rites is nominated by the Ministry of Officials, then the prince Zhan Shi Yao Gong and the prime minister Changshi Dou Lu Gong will be among the nominees, but the final decision should be in the political hall." ”

Li Xuan nodded lightly, this time, since the emperor and the Empress Wu decided to make the situation in Luoyang more lively, then naturally they had to delegate the decision on the selection of the secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

Only in this way will the eyes of the government and the opposition temporarily take their eyes off the emperor.

"The prince is now sitting in the political hall, so it is not surprising that it should be based on the will of the prince." Pei Shitong looked up at Li Xuan and said: "The prince is in charge himself, if he can't decide on the candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, or even the long history of the prime minister, then it shows that the government and the opposition actually do not accept the prince to sit in the East Palace." ”

Li Xuan nodded lightly, originally the candidate for the secretary of the Ministry of Rites was the Hubu Shilang Wei Zhibei, who was the princess's clansman.

Donggong even put Yao Lingzhang in it, but he was also a candidate to accompany him.

Even the emperor and the Empress Wu meant that Wei was appointed as the secretary of the military department, but in the end, it overturned.

It shows that the prince's control over the political affairs hall is extremely low, and it shows that the prime ministers of the court and the central government do not accept Li Xian as the crown prince.

The whole situation will immediately become turbulent.

The opportunity for the king to come back.

"Listen to my husband's words, but the political affairs hall ...... No, it's Cui Xiang, Cui is going to support Dou Lu Gong on the contrary? Pei Shitong remembered the family repeats that Li Xuan said before, and immediately understood who Li Xuan was talking about?

"In today's political hall, in addition to the prince, there are a total of six prime ministers, Xue Yuanchao, Pei Yan, Li Yiyan, Wang Dezhen, Huang Men and Cui Zhiwen, plus Yue Weng, a total of six."

Li Xuan said calmly: "Normally, if there are many objections in the election of the political affairs hall, then it will be based on the votes. ”

The emperor put the power to choose the secretary of the Ministry of Rites in the political affairs hall, so naturally he had to follow the opinion of the political affairs hall.

As for whether he will be appointed today and dismissed tomorrow, that is also after the appointment.

"If Wei Shilang gets the most votes, then there is no doubt about it, but if there is someone who gets the same number of votes as Wei Shilang, then ......" Li Xuan's face became solemn.

"Doesn't the prince still have a vote?" Pei Shitong looked up in surprise.

Li Xuan shook his head slightly and said: "If it is a tie vote, just say one word, please ask the queen of heaven to decide, and the prince's vote will not be used." ”

"Doesn't that mean that the prince's vote is never useful." Pei Shitong suddenly came over.

Although Li Xian is in charge of the political affairs hall, if it is beneficial to him, he does not need his own vote at all, and the situation will be settled.

encounters this kind of flat vote, just like Li Xuan said, only someone needs to say a word, please ask the queen of heaven to decide, then Li Xian, the prince, has no vote.

As for encountering something unfavorable to Li Xian, his vote is basically useless.

"That's why the queen of heaven will agree to the prince sitting in the political hall." Li Xuan's eyes were heavy, and he didn't expect the situation to change so quickly.

If there is no Cui Shi to turn against him, then there are Cui Zhiwen, Wang Dezhen, Xue Yuanchao, Li Yiyan, plus Liu Renliang, it is Pei Yan who really shot Shangshu's left servant, and also avoided three points.

But now Cui Zhiwen is turning against him, and he only needs to win over Pei Yan, so he will use Zhongshu Province to fight against Xue Yuanchao, not to mention flipping the situation, as long as it is flat, the situation will be unfavorable to Li Xian.

Although Liu Renliang used to shoot for Shangshu's left servant, now even if he is the prince and Taifu Tongzhongshu's three products, His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven are often called Zuoxiang, but he is no longer Shangshu's left servant after all.

Even if he can use Yu Wei to sit at the head of the political hall, he is actually just a mud bodhisattva.

In the matter of the Ministry of Rites, the Xiangwang Mansion only needs to get two votes, and then persuade others to abstain from voting, so it is difficult to win even if the East Palace really has two votes from Liu Renliang and Xue Yuanchao.

Although Li Xuan has a good relationship with Wang Dezhen and Li Yiyan, when it comes to this kind of thing, the exchange of interests behind the scenes, and the back-and-forth involvement of personal connections, it is difficult for Li Xuan to guarantee that these two will support the East Palace at the last moment.

I have to admit that the Zheng family is one of the seven families with five surnames, and if they really want to choose it, they do have the qualifications to leverage the overall situation.

Pei Shitong also figured this out, raised his head to look at Li Xuan, and asked softly: "Now, will the Zheng family really do this for the sake of King Xiang?" ”

"Hmm!" Li Xuan nodded slightly, not explaining why he was so sure.

Not only Pei Shitong, but also Mrs. Cui, I am afraid, will not understand that Li Xuan actually planted someone in her house and beside her.

That Zheng housekeeper is indeed an old servant of the Zheng family for many years, but he is a member of the third room of the Zheng family.

Although it is not a descendant, but the person in the third room is in charge of the person in the fifth room, and it will definitely not sound good if it is really spread out.

Li Xuan had already let Ye Wanwan secretly contact the children of the third room of the Zheng family.

In fact, these people never knew that they passed the message later, and finally it reached Li Xuan's hands.

The entire Zheng family, except for some extremely secret things, many others are difficult to hide from Li Xuan.

……

"Husband, is Cui Xiang really following the Zheng family, if he does this, wouldn't the Cui family completely turn his face with the East Palace, and there will be no room for peace?"

"It stands to reason that the Zheng family is the Zheng family, and the Cui family is the Cui family, even if they are in-laws, but the interests of the government and the opposition have always been based on their own family, so they don't care about others." Li Xuan hugged Pei Shitong into his arms and said softly: "But if King Xiang comes forward and promises in person, Cui Xiang weighs the interests, and it is not surprising that he repeats it, not to mention, there is also the North Gate Bachelor." ”

"Diva?" Pei Shitong suddenly figured out the biggest reason for this.

"It's hard to say what the queen thinks, but the bachelor of the North Gate will inevitably act under the guise of the queen of heaven, even if they don't mention the queen of heaven, the world will think that the queen of heaven is supporting them in the back, especially the family repeatedly." Li Xuan smiled slightly, if the Cui family really did this, Li Xuan really had no good way to stop it.

"Bachelor of the North Gate?" Pei Shitong asked in a low voice, "Do you want to find your uncle?" ”

After all, Pei Shitong is also the serious daughter of the Pei family in Hedong, although Pei Yan and her are not in the same room, they are also a little friendly.

"Don't worry about it." Li Xuan shook his head calmly and said: "The matter of the Ministry of Rites, the prince himself will be in charge, even if he fails in the end, he should also be taught a lesson." ”

Pei Shitong gently wrapped herself around Li Xuan's body and said in a low voice: "Husband, is he ready to take revenge after the prince's mistake?" ”

Li Xuan patted Pei Shitong's back and smiled softly.

The last time about Pei Yan, Li Xian already had a trace of jealousy of Li Xuan in his heart, and now he really wants Li Xian to see what the true face of the family is.

When everything is finally settled and Li Xian begins to panic, he will know how useful Li Xuan is to him.

……

The night is dark, and the Bofu of Yanling County.

A team of Jin Wuwei escorted a carriage into the Bofu slowly, and only after the Huangmen Shilang and Yanling County Bo Cui Zhiwen entered the mansion did the team of Jin Wuwei turn around and leave.

As soon as Cui Zhiwen walked into the middle hall, the housekeeper had already stepped forward and said, "Master, Zheng Chongzhi, a member of the household department, is here." ”

Cui Zhiwen's footsteps stopped, his brows furrowed, and asked coldly, "Where is he now, did you see him coming?" ”

"He was in the study, and no one saw him coming." The butler nodded slightly, he handled all these things properly.

"Zheng?" Cui Zhiwen sighed lightly, his cousin, I'm afraid that she has completely chosen the way forward and will never look back.

I sent someone to see him today, I am afraid that I will let him contribute.

The three families of Cui Lu and Zheng have always advanced and retreated together, and now the Cui family can't avoid this matter anyway.

Standing at the door of the study, looking at Zheng Chongqing, a member of the household department, Cui Zhiwen nodded calmly and said, "Why did the virtuous nephew come today?" ”

While speaking, Cui Zhiwen had already stepped into the study.

"I've seen Uncle Shi." Zheng Chongzhi gave his hand seriously.

Cui Zhiwen sat down, stretched out his hand and motioned for Zheng Chongzhi to sit down with him, and then said a little tiredly: "What's the matter, but it's okay to talk about it." ”

"Whoa!" Zheng Chongzhi saw that Cui Zhiwen was so tired, so he didn't say any more lies, and said directly: "There is something to report to Uncle Shi, Mrs. Tai and King Xiang have agreed, and after a year, they will marry Liu Niang as the side concubine of King Xiang, and the marriage certificate has been concluded." ”

"Marriage?" Cui Zhiwen sat up straight and stared at Zheng Chongzhi deadly: "King Xiang marries a side concubine, he needs to report to His Majesty and log in to the sect book, you said this matter, Your Majesty and the Queen of Heaven have already responded?" ”

"Not really." Zheng Chongzhi smiled a little, and then said: "I used the private seal of King Xiang." ”

King Xiang's private seal, this sentence made Cui Zhiwen think through all the keys.

"Xiangwang, are you so impatient?" Cui Zhiwen's face became extremely heavy.

Yuan Wanqing's impeachment of Li Xuan, Cui Zhiwen knows.

For the crown prince to inherit the throne, King Xiang is unwilling, and there are many people who know it.

But no one expected that King Xiang would be deeply connected with the Xingyang Zheng family in private.

Now that the emperor's dragon body is uneasy, it is difficult for people not to think of anything like this.

But everyone knows that the king will not have a chance.

"The Prime Minister is steady, but now the matter of the Ministry of Rites is still in the book, and the Prime Minister hopes that it can be decided as soon as possible." Zheng Chongzhi bowed slightly.

"The Ministry of Rites, heh, does King Xiang want to push his own people to power now, he really can't wait." Cui Zhiwen sneered.

The position of the Ministry of Rites is very critical, and now the Songshan incident is just one of them.

In the future, once the emperor dies, when the next emperor ascends the throne, the status of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu can even be comparable to that of the prime minister.

Zheng Chongzhi arched his hand and said to Cui Zhiwen: "Uncle Shi, this public recommendation of the Ministry of Rites is a decision of His Majesty and the Queen of Heaven, and I just voted for myself according to the rules." ”

"One vote, one vote is not enough, who else have you contacted?" Cui Zhiwen looked straight at Zheng Chongzhi.

Even if Pei Yan is an independent bystander, in addition to the prince, there are still five votes, and the prince has already decided that he can get two votes from Liu Renliang and Xue Yuanchao, on their side, Cui Zhiwen counts one vote, and he must get at least one vote to compete with the prince, and he must make the last person abstain from voting.

"So, who are you looking for, Li Yiyan or Wang Dezhen?"

(End of chapter)