At four o'clock, the palace door opened on time, and the ministers standing at the door entered the palace in order.

Those who supported the prince's party walked and ridiculed the people of the party.

During this period of time, because Concubine Ying was favored, Concubine Rong fell out of favor, and the acting king was reprimanded by the emperor before, the arrogance of the ministers of the acting king and his party was no longer as arrogant as before.

Many ministers who support the acting king are very worried about the current situation, and they are worried that Concubine Rong will really fall out of favor completely. Concubine Ying has been in the palace for a month or two, and during this time, the emperor has basically stayed in Changle Palace and has not been to the palaces of other concubines. Not to mention Concubine Rong, even Empress Xie's Zhaoyang Palace, the emperor did not go.

The emperor rarely went to Zhaoyang Palace on weekdays, only on the first and fifteenth days of each month. However, after Concubine Ying entered the palace, the emperor seemed to have forgotten that she was going to Zhaoyang Palace on the first and fifteenth days of the new year, which made Empress Xie jealous and angry.

Today, the emperor only favors Concubine Ying.

Zhen Guogong is very satisfied with this result. He believes that after a while, Concubine Rong will completely fall out of favor, and the king of the era will also fall out of favor.

Xuanping Hou looked at the high-spirited Zhenguo Gong and gritted his teeth with hatred.

He said hatefully in his heart: No, Concubine Ying must be removed, otherwise Concubine Rong and the acting king will ......

Before the early dynasty began, the ministers first went to rest in the side hall next to the Chengguang Hall.

The prince's party quarreled with the king's party again. This time, the people of the prince's party directly ridiculed the acting king for not being able to give birth to children, and also insinuated that the acting king had killed too many people and suffered retribution, so he couldn't give birth to children.

Since that time at the celebration banquet, the acting king has been questioned about his inability and has made a lot of jokes. This matter was also talked about by the people of the capital after cooking.

In the past six months, not only the ministers were concerned about the issue of the king's heirs, but even the people were very concerned. However, until now, there has been no good news from the Imperial Palace.

The news that the acting king was not good swept up in the capital again, which made the acting king angry.

In the past half a year, the acting king himself has been very anxious. Seeing that there was no news about the stomachs of the princess and the concubine, he also specially invited a folk miracle doctor.

The folk divine doctor carefully checked the pulse of the acting king and the princess, as well as the concubines, saying that there was no problem with their bodies, and as for why they were not pregnant for a long time, they could only say that fate had not arrived.

In order to be pregnant, the princess secretly begged for a home remedy for childbirth, and ate a lot, but it had no effect. She also deliberately worshipped the temples and Taoist temples in the capital, and also invited Guanyin, but it was still useless.

Concubine Rong in the palace was also anxious, her son had no heirs for a long time, and he was laughed at by the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty and the people, which no one could accept.

The acting king was originally angry because Concubine Rong fell out of favor and he was reprimanded, but now it is even worse, and he is directly angry and "sick".

During this time, the acting king did not go to court.

The acting king is a martial arts student, and he has been fighting outside all the year round, and his body is very healthy. This time he wasn't really sick, but it was true that he wasn't happy.

He was too lazy to go to court and was laughed at by the ministers. simply called it sick, recuperated in the house, and by the way thought about how to have a child. Of course, the main reason is that he is losing his temper with the emperor.

After the emperor learned about it, he specially asked Sun Kui to take the imperial doctor to the palace to visit the king for him.

The imperial doctor said that there was nothing wrong with the king, but that his mood was depressed and he had a bad sleep and appetite. The acting king needs to relax so that his body can be well.

Let the acting king relax, this is very difficult for the acting king, after all, he has had too many bad things recently. Since the imperial doctor said that he needed to meditate and cultivate, then he would honestly stay in the mansion to recuperate and not go anywhere.

The emperor didn't know that the acting king was losing his temper with him, and he also knew that the acting king wanted to arouse his concern through his illness.

"The acting king still hasn't come to the court today?" After the emperor finished drinking the tea, he put down the tea cup in his hand, picked up a towel and wiped his mouth.

Sun Kui had just gone to the side hall of the Chengguang Hall to deliver tea to the ministers, so he naturally noticed that there were no people.

"Nope."

When the emperor heard this, his brows furrowed slightly, and he immediately said with some disgust: "I really haven't grown at all." ”

Sun Kui lowered his head and didn't dare to speak.

The Emperor sneered, "He's having a temper tantrum with me." ”

Sun Kui saw that the emperor was angry, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, His Royal Highness also wants you to care about him. ”

The emperor slammed the handkerchief on the dining table, causing Sun Kui and Sun Doudou's bodies to tremble, and then the two of them hurriedly knelt on the ground.

"He's called pampered and arrogant." The emperor stood up and said with a cold face, "He didn't learn anything else, but he learned to be pampered and arrogant, which is really disappointing to me." "A small concubine stumped Rong Guifei and the acting king, and so far, they have not come up with a strong counterattack, which makes the emperor very disappointed.

Sun Kui and Sun Doudou knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.

The emperor said with a soft sigh and said, "Marquis Xuanping has never been the opponent of the Duke of Zhenguo. He walked to Sun Kui's side, raised his foot and kicked Sun Kui's buttocks, "What are you doing lying on your stomach, go up." ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui scrambled to his feet, and then followed behind the emperor.

"They all say that the second child looks like me, you say that he looks like a bear, where does he look like me?" The more the emperor thought about it, the more angry he became, "I'm not so stupid. ”

Sun Kui hurriedly said flatteringly: "Your Highness is the most like you. ”

When the emperor heard this, he glanced at Sun Kui: "You can say it." ”

Sun Kui's heart was tense when he was looked at by the emperor just now, and now when he heard the emperor say this, he quietly breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

"The slave is telling the truth."

"I didn't expect the second child to be so stupid." The emperor was depressed, "The crown prince is also stupid. You say that I am so smart, how can I give birth to so many stupid sons? ”

Sun Kui couldn't respond to this sentence, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, the nine sons of the dragon are different. ”

"I have so many sons, only two sons are smart, do you think I should laugh or cry?" There are two smart sons in the emperor's mouth, one is the fourth prince, and the other is naturally Zhao Yao.

"Your Majesty, if Your Highness is all smart, shouldn't you be worried again?"

"You're right, if everyone is too smart, I'll have a headache." The emperor frowned slightly and said, "The second child is so stupid, how should I be." ”

Sun Kui comforted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, maybe His Royal Highness the Acting King will soon understand." ”

The emperor's tone was a little yin and yang: "Then I am really looking forward to it." ”

Sun Kui silently sympathized with the acting king in his heart.

At this time, the ministers were already in the main hall of the Chengguang Palace, and when they saw the emperor walking in, they hurriedly knelt down and saluted.

"See the emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

The emperor raised his hand: "Get up." ”

"Your Majesty."

The Emperor leaned on the arm of the dragon chair on his right, boredly listening to the ministers.

At the beginning of the early dynasty, the things played by the ministers were not major events, they were all small things.

After a while, the ministers will begin to play big things.

During this period, there was nothing particularly big about the DPRK and China. It's not a big deal, but it's a good thing.

However, it almost happened last month.

Jiangnan was almost flooded last month, but fortunately, Yangzhou Taishou began to strengthen and raise the rivers and remove the silt from the rivers a few months ago, so that the whole of Jiangnan was saved from flooding.

At the beginning of spring, the rain in the south of the Yangtze River has been falling non-stop, and the water level of various rivers has risen a lot at that time. After the summer, there was a heavy rainstorm at both ends of the Yangtze River for three days. Last month, for a whole month, the heavy rain did not stop, if it was not for the reinforcement and elevation of the river embankment in advance, I am afraid that the entire south of the Yangtze River would have been flooded.

Fortunately, since the beginning of this month, the heavy rain in Jiangnan has finally stopped. If it continues to rain heavily, as it did last month, I am afraid that even the reinforced and raised levees will not be able to withstand it.

Although Jiangnan was spared from the floods this time, the continuous heavy rains still destroyed many rice fields. Fortunately, there was no accident in the rice warehouse in Jiangnan, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable.

This year, only Jiangnan had an accident. The northwest, which has often been dry in previous years, has received a lot of rain this year, but it is not as dry as in previous years. However, the absence of drought this year does not mean that there will be no drought next year. The emperor had previously ordered the construction of reservoirs in various places.

As soon as the reservoir was dug in the northwest, it rained. Nowadays, a lot of water is stored in reservoirs in various parts of the northwest, and the people have seen it and feel a lot more settled.

After talking about the things in the south and northwest of the Yangtze River, Taishi Liu said that several countries near southern Xinjiang wanted to come to Dazhou to celebrate the longevity festival.

The emperor's birthday was on the 10th day of the 10th month of November, two months before his birthday. If it is agreed that several countries such as Annam, Johor, and Luzon will come to the pilgrimage, then they will be able to set off now.

"Since they want to come to Asaga, let them come." The emperor looked at the crown prince and ordered, "This matter will be left to you." ”

The crown prince was overjoyed: "Yes, father." ”

The emperor explained: "Don't lose the national prestige of the Great Zhou when entertaining them. ”

The crown prince looked a little excited and said, "Father, don't worry, the son will definitely handle this matter." ”

The Emperor nodded his head and said nothing more.

He Xiang came out and said some things, and the early dynasty was over.

After leaving the court, the Marquis of Xuanping hurried to the palace of the king.

If the king goes to court today, the errand of entertaining several countries in Annam will be the king's errand.

Xuanping Hou thought so because the emperor deliberately glanced at the position of the acting king before instructing the prince, but unfortunately the acting king did not go to the court today, and the emperor had to hand over such an important matter to the prince.

More than 20 years after the establishment of the Great Zhou, this is the first time that countries such as Annam and Johor have officially come to the Great Zhou to congratulate them. Therefore, it was very important to entertain the envoys of Annam and Johor to come to congratulate them.

If this is done successfully, it will definitely be rewarded by the emperor. They will also be respected by countries such as Annam and Johor, and maybe they will also be "honored".

This matter, He Lianfang's house.

Zhao Yaogang fought with him on the sand table, and then he lost without any surprises.

Against He Lianfang, Zhao Yao did not win once, only the time he lost was long or short each time.

After review, Zhao Yao finally figured out the strategy He Lianfang had just used.

He Lianfang asked Zhao Yao to rest for a while, and the master and apprentice chatted while drinking tea.

Since he knew that Zhao Yao liked to eat dim sum, every time he came, the house would prepare dim sum for him.

"What do you think of the current situation between the DPRK and China?" He Lianfang put down the teacup in her hand, looked at Zhao Yao who was eating snacks, and suddenly asked.

Hearing He Lianfang's question, Zhao Yao couldn't help but pause when he picked up a piece of dim sum, and then he put down the dim sum he had just picked up.

"Second uncle, what do you want to ask?"

"If you are the acting king, how will you deal with the current situation?" He Lianfang asked in great detail this time.

Zhao Yao thought for a while and said: "Go to the court honestly and do things honestly." ”

He Lianfang asked again: "What do you think of the trick of calling the king sick?" ”

"Not good." Zhao Yao said with disdain, "The acting king is being pampered and arrogant. ”

Seeing that Zhao Yao saw it so clearly, He Lianfang was not surprised, but she was a little surprised.

"Your father is very fond of the acting king, and the acting king's trick of calling him sick may be useful to your father."

"If it is useful, the acting king will not have gone to the court until now." In front of He Lianfang, Zhao Yao didn't hide himself anymore, "It's been a few days since the acting king said he was sick, and his father sent Sun Kui to visit him once, and there was no more after that, which shows that my father was dissatisfied with the acting king's illness." ”

"You just said that if you are the acting king, you will honestly go to the court and do things honestly, and nothing else?"

"It's better to do things well than anything else." Zhao Yao said with a serious face, "What the acting king has to do is to stabilize, his trick of calling the disease is too low-level." "Concubine Rong also called herself sick twice in three days before, and now the acting king is also sick, this mother and son are really ...... They can be favored, not by their brains, but by their father deliberately spoiling them.

"Do you think that the acting king can reverse the situation of Concubine Rong's fall from grace by doing nothing?"

"Second uncle, you are wrong, Concubine Rong has not fallen out of favor." Zhao Yao smiled and said, "If Concubine Rong really fell out of favor, she wouldn't be in the same situation as she is now." ”

"Since Concubine Ying entered the palace, hasn't your father snubbed Concubine Rong?"

"My father snubbed Concubine Rong, not because Concubine Ying entered the palace, but because Concubine Rong had blatantly sent someone to assassinate Concubine Ying before." Zhao Yao said in a serious tone, "No matter how favored Concubine Rong is, she can't send someone to assassinate Concubine Ying in broad daylight, this is not only provoking her father, but also provoking the laws of the Great Zhou." "It seems that the appearance of Concubine Ying completely made Concubine Rong lose her mind, which is why Concubine Rong would do such a stupid thing.

"My father is not cold, but I am afraid that Concubine Rong will do more arrogant and domineering things in the future." In the past, Concubine Rong did some arrogant things, but her father turned a blind eye, after all, Concubine Rong did not violate the laws of the Great Zhou. However, this time Concubine Rong violated the laws of the Great Zhou, and it was impossible for her father to tolerate her anymore.

"After another month or two, my father will no longer snub Concubine Rong. Of course, the premise is that Concubine Rong will not do bad things again. He was Concubine Rong and obediently admitted his mistakes, and put on a posture of admitting his mistakes to his father, so that his father would not snub her for a long time.

"Do you think Concubine Rong is not really out of favor?" He Lianfang asked with interest, "Don't you think Concubine Ying can replace Concubine Rong?" ”

"Why can Concubine Ying replace Concubine Rong, just because she has a face exactly the same as Si Youying?" Zhao Yao sneered, "The reason why my father agreed to Concubine Ying to enter the palace is because he wants the acting king to fight more fiercely with the crown prince. ”

When He Lianfang heard this, a gleam flashed in her eyes.

"Why do you think so?"

Zhao Yao smiled: "Isn't this an obvious thing. He said, holding his face with his right hand, "Father is not a fool, he doesn't know what the situation is in the court." Most of the ministers in the court support the crown prince and the acting king, and the power of the two of them is very large in the court, and the father and emperor have been using the acting king to balance the prince in order to weigh it, and he is also using the prince to balance the acting king. ”

He Lianfang said: "In the matter of Concubine Ying, it is obvious that the prince and the prince of Zhenguo are superior, and the acting king and the marquis of Xuanping have lost. ”

"If the acting king does not call himself sick, they will not lose to the crown prince and the prince of Zhenguo." Zhao Yao said, with a disgusted expression on his little face, "I don't know if the idea of calling the sick was the idea of the king himself, or whether it was from Xuanping Hou." ”

"Xuanping Hou is not the opponent of Zhenguo Gong." He Lianfang said, "Xuanping Hou's methods are far worse than those of Zhenguo Gong. ”

"Xuanping Hou is naturally not the opponent of Zhenguo Gong, but Xuanping Hou has an advantage that Zhenguo Gong does not have, that is, Xuanping Houfu is not a family, and he is also the cousin of his father." Zhao Yao continued, "And Zhenguo Gong has always been jealous of his father. ”

It is normal for Xuanping Hou to be inferior to Zhenguo Gong. Zhen Guogong is the son-in-law of the Xie family, a top gate valve family, and has received family education since he was a child. In terms of playing tricks and intrigues, who can play the family.

And Xuanping Hou was born in a peasant, not to mention reading since he was a child, he couldn't even eat enough. The Xuanping Hou brothers and sisters only began to read and write after they arrived at the Zhao family.

"So what do you think will happen next?" Xiao Shi, this kid is really too smart. He obviously did not go to the court, but when he heard about what happened in the DPRK, he was able to see the situation in the DPRK and China clearly.

"If the acting king continues to pretend to be sick again, his father will really be disappointed in him." Zhao Yao guessed, "My father should continue to favor Concubine Ying and snub Concubine Rong as the prince and the prince of Zhenguo wished." ”

"What if the king continues to feign illness?"

"Then the father should let the Wang family come out." Zhao Yao said, "At present, in the court, in addition to the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, only the Wang family can compete with the Zhenguo Mansion a little. Also, the Wang family has always wanted to take the metabolizer to become the head of the gate valve family. ”

"However, even if the acting king no longer pretends to be sick, my father will let the Wang family come out."

He Lianfang asked, "What would you do if it were you?" ”

"Second uncle, are you asking what I would do if I were my father?"

He Lianfang bowed slightly: "Well, if you were the emperor, what would you do?" ”

Zhao Yao didn't think about this question. Now that He Lianfang asked him this, he was slightly stunned, and then said: "I will let the family dog eat the dog." ”

He Lianfang asked playfully, "What kind of dog-eat-dog method?" ”

I went to study last night, but I didn't have time to code the second one.

There is a second shift tonight.

Emperor Wu of Zhou: I am so smart, how can I give birth to such a stupid son as the crown prince and the second child? By the way, the third child and a few of them are also stupid.

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