July 13 of the first year of Yonghui.

Gaozong Li Zhi, because of the death of his son Qi Wang Shangjin's biological mother Yang Gong, and Jieyu Xu's family was born in a famous family, Wenhui is talented, Shujing and Zhende, and can take on the important task of raising young sons.

Therefore, the decree of the world, the king of Qi is gold, and from now on, he will be on the side of Xu Jieyu, standing in the palace of Yanjia Palace, and he will be trained to become a rare material.

As soon as this decree came out in the early dynasty, there were many clans and a lineage, or important ministers other than the Guanlong faction tried their best to admonish it, saying that Xu Jieyu was young and lucky, and the age was not long King Sanwu tooth (Xu Suqin at this time, compared to Li Shangjin, in fact, is not five or six years old, so it is called the age is not long Qi Wang Sanwu teeth, which means that it is not suitable to be an adoptive mother), it is difficult to inherit the weight of the emperor's heir.

When Li Zhi heard this, he also felt unnecessary, and said:

"Xu's intelligence and cleverness, for the demeanor of the people, can be the face of the world's women, although they are young, but in the end there is a proper advance and retreat, benevolence and love is not inferior to the concubines, can be the heir mother."

Li Zhi insisted on it, and the ministers admonished him even more, but just when the monarch and the ministers were holding each other, the eldest grandson of the Taiwei Wuji suddenly rose up and admonished:

"According to the old minister's opinion, it is really a good policy for the lord to order the heir of King Qi to Xu Jieyu.

Although Jieyu is young, she is cautious and tolerant, and she is always the first.

And even more faction, everyone is popular, and it is quite praised in the palace.

At the same time, his background is noble, and he is even more respected than the biological mother of King Qi (the father of the Xu sisters is a figure at the level of the national prince, and it can be regarded as a figure who has been an important minister of the Tang Dynasty since the beginning of the dynasty, and theoretically should be attributed to the nobles of the Guanlong family. Although the Yang family has the blood relationship of the imperial relatives of the previous dynasty, in the end, the blood relationship is relatively remote. In addition, his parents and even his ancestors are only remote relatives, strictly speaking, they can only be regarded as middle- and lower-class nobles in the aristocratic class, so they can't compare to the dignitaries of the current dynasty, and Xu Suqin, who has the title of the prince and has a sister who is the concubine of the first emperor, is noble), so the old minister thinks that the lord's move is really to observe the virtue of the emperor's heir, and to find a good source of upbringing! ”

As soon as the eldest grandson Wuji's words came out, the ministers of Guan Long's family, who had been silent, also spoke up one after another and agreed with it.

Yu Suiliang even said:

"Since ancient times, there has been no distinction between the old and the young, not to mention that King Qi is young and weak, why not the heir and Xu Jieyu?"

After such a controversy, in the end, the ministers bowed to the decree.

Therefore, Li Zhi Dayue ordered the world to choose a good day and an auspicious day, and then he would inherit the great gift.

……

An hour later.

Inside the Hall of Ten Thousand Springs.

With a "bang", the tea bowl in the hand of Queen Wang fell to the ground and shattered into pieces.

When the left and right attendants heard such a voice, they couldn't help but be startled, shrunk up, and didn't dare to look at her.

Only the slave ran forward quickly, knelt on the ground, picked up the broken tea bowls piece by piece, took out the towel again, and carefully dipped the skirt of the queen's Luo skirt, which was slightly wet with tea.

But the queen ignored these, and just looked at Hu Tu with an iron face:

"What do you say?!

Your Majesty has taken the heir of King Qi to the Xu family?!

And...... And you have to choose a day to inherit the heir?! ”

Seeing her so angry, Hu Tu couldn't help but swallow his saliva, nodded silently, and then opened his mouth timidly and said softly:

"Your Majesty......

Your Majesty has already made an order.

Now...... At this moment, the will must have passed the Gate of Heaven......"

(Note: Chengtian Gate, the last gate of Taiji Palace.) Out of the Chengtian Gate, it is the inner garden of the imperial city.

And here, the meaning of the will has passed the Chengtian Gate, which means that the emperor's will has been proclaimed out of the Chengtian Gate, and is about to reach the last gate from the palace, which is the meaning of the Suzaku Gate.

In the early Tang Dynasty, whenever the emperor needed to make an edict to the world, he would write this edict in Jinsha ink on the red paper inlaid on a whole piece of yellow fine silk -

Jinsha Zhumo is the red ink mixed with gold powder, the early Tang Dynasty was still red and black, these two colors are the most noble colors, such a form can only be used when the emperor declares the world, but in the later period of Emperor Wu of the Tang Dynasty, even some big nobles can also send such posts-

Then the provincial representative officials stationed in Chang'an City who were responsible for uploading and distributing them were copied back and sent to the world in a yellow paper book.

According to records, in the early Tang Dynasty, there was a saying that "the emperor's book came out of the Chengtianmen, and thousands of officials in the sea were diligent", so it is basically certain here that once the emperor's decree is out of the Chengtianmen, it can no longer be withdrawn or changed, and it is a foregone conclusion.

According to the old practice that has been followed from the Han Dynasty to the Tang Dynasty, if the emperor's decree does not go out of the Chengtianmen, then it can be modified under the pretext that there is a problem with the vocabulary, or there are other words in the writing-

Therefore, the emperor's decree is not unchangeable. As long as you don't go out of the last palace gate, you can find a corresponding excuse-

It's just that there are very few such changes, and the Song Dynasty began to strengthen the monarchy and deify the monarch personally, so there was gradually a situation where the Son of Heaven in later generations issued a decree that could not be changed-

In fact, because of this, although the holy decrees after the Song Dynasty that were circulated in later generations were very accidental, there were indeed individual typos or words that did not reach the meaning, but the Tang Dynasty five dynasties ago did not have this situation.

It can be seen that although the emperor of the Tang Dynasty had great power, he had not yet risen to the point of deification and distortion. ）

When the queen heard that the decree had been sent out of the Chengtian Gate, she couldn't help but be even more angry, gritted her teeth and said:

"Why are you reporting now?!"

Hu Tu cried with a sad face, knelt on the ground helplessly, and kowtowed:

"Mother's anger! Mother's anger!

It's not the soil......

It's the soil, not the ......."

On one side, the slave saw that Hu Tu was like this, and he was really helpless, so he had to step forward and persuade him:

"Mother, mother, mother, stop being angry!

The matter ...... In fact, it is not that Hu Tu is not unconcerned......

As far as the slave knows, His Majesty's sudden decision to inherit Xu Jieyu's heir seems to have suddenly risen up and issued an order above the dynasty this morning......

In addition, no one in our Wanchun Hall has not been out of the palace in the past few days, and there is some news blocked......"

At this point, the slave peeked at the queen's face.

When Queen Wang heard this, her face became even more pale, but in the end, she didn't understand the difficulties of the slave and Hu Tu, so she had to grit her teeth:

"Get up! Let's make things clear, what the hell is going on?! ”

Hu Tu hurriedly got up and told the queen about today's events in the court, and said:

"Although the eldest (referring to Wang Renyou, the father of Queen Wang) also tried his best to persuade the other families, but Xu Jieyu had Uncle Yuan to support her......

But Niangniang doesn't have to worry, but now that the Xu family has an heir, she is just a little Jieyu......

It doesn't hurt our Wanchun Hall or anything! ”

"Just because she is a little Jieyu but can get an heir, she will harm our Wanchun Palace!"

Queen Wang said sharply:

"Are you really confused?!

At present, the palace has obtained Zhong'er as the heir, and the prince has not yet been established, so His Majesty will give this prince the heir and the Xu family......

And the most important thing is the support of the eldest grandson Wuji......

Have you thought about it, Guan Long and the clan are the same, but now they are each benefiting from it! This Xu family is a member of the Guanlong family!

Although in terms of background, she is not as good as the palace and the fourth concubine......

But her appearance and age ...... plus her sister, who was the concubine of the first emperor......

In the can are a great threat!

At present, she has not yet reached the palace, so she has to be fortunate (the emperor favors women, and it is generally carried out after the women and the women, because many women in the palace are selected into the palace when they are young. But there are also a few very special cases, when they were not yet in time, they were made the emperor's high-ranking concubines with titles, and they were favored and honored. There are very few examples like this, but they are generally very famous women, or women who are extremely favored by the emperor, and they have to inherit the heirs......

And......

And what worries Hongu the most is ...... But it'......"

The queen trembled, trembling involuntarily, but she didn't dare to speak.

The slave stood on one side, knowing her thoughts, and worried:

"The mother is worried......

Uncle Yuan, who has always ignored matters in the palace, is vigorously supporting the Xu family this time, but I am afraid that he is holding on to the Xu family and sitting in the palace?

No...... No way?

Niangniang, although this Xu family is indeed from Guan Longgui's family, but in the end she is still young, and besides, there is no Wu Meiniang at the moment......"

"It is precisely because of a Wu Meiniang that the eldest grandson Wuji will be so dedicated to Xu Suqin!"

Queen Wang gritted her teeth and said:

"Why don't you understand?

Right now, His Majesty loves Wu Meiniang, and everyone knows about it. I'm afraid that in the future, this Wu Meiniang will inevitably be a concubine and a concubine......

No!

With His Majesty's thoughts, I am afraid that I will have to make her a concubine, and even ...... And even if you have the chance, you have to ...... Want......

Easy to ......"

The queen suddenly stopped, and resolutely refused to say the words "Yi Ti Zhonggong".

The slave has followed the queen for all these years, and in the end she also understands her thoughts, so she thinks:

"What does Niangniang mean ......

At present, the eldest grandson Taiwei is thinking about it, but in fact, he wants to take advantage of Wu Meiniang's momentum to help the Xu family ascend to a high position?

In this way, he Guan Long's family will stand above the Tang Dynasty Hall, showing an unfailing trend, and in the back court, this Wu Meiniang and Concubine Xu and Xu Jieyu sisters have a proper relationship, and Wu Meiniang's background is not high, and she is in the way of sisters......

The most important thing is that she has no possibility of having children, and it is also delusional to ascend to the throne.

Therefore, it must not be, let alone compete with the Xu family for this high position......

Therefore, he took this opportunity to kill two birds with one stone, one to obtain the stability of the inner court, and the other to suppress Wu Meiniang? ”

Queen Wang took a deep breath, and finally said resolutely:

"If it is the eldest grandson Wuji, then the surname of this middle palace is Xu, which is always more advantageous than the surname Wang.

Besides, once the middle palace returns to Xu, then ...... That Wu Meiniang is naturally equivalent to being hopeless after boarding......

The prophecy of the Tang Demon Star, which he was jealous of, was naturally broken......

That's why this time he will meddle in the affairs of the back court......"

The slave took a deep breath, thought about it, and said:

"But Niangniang, in the end, this King Qi is also an unassuming person, and besides, our Royal Highness King Chen, that is the eldest son of the righteous son......

Maybe it won't be what he wants, right? ”

"I'm afraid that whether Your Majesty or the eldest grandson Wuji, I don't have the heart to really make the king the prince the prince."

After all, Queen Wang regained her composure and said slowly:

"King Qi's temperament, whether it is Your Majesty or the eldest grandson Wuji, they all know.

Such a son is not worthy of ascending to the throne at all and entering the Spring Palace (that is, the East Palace of the Prince).

It's just that because of the previous fathers and other elders of the palace, they tried their best to recommend them, and His Majesty and Guan Long had no choice but to reluctantly put their loyal heirs in the palace in order to protect both......

In fact, they had planned it a long time ago, and they were reluctant to put Zhong'er in the palace at that time, and now they have not seen Zhong'er as the prince......

It's all about the future......

If it is the eldest grandson Wuji, I am afraid that he will take this opportunity to first connect King Qi, the unfortunate heir, with the Xu family, and be trained by the Xu family, so that it is true or false, and after making some appearances, he will find some mistakes here in the palace, saying that the palace has no way to educate, and Zhong'er should not follow the palace again......

In this way, Zhong'er chooses another heir, and it is naturally the Xu family first......

At that time, Zhong'er was the heir to the Xu family, and the eldest grandson Wuji mentioned the matter of establishing Zhong'er as the prince......

Then, Your Majesty must be willing to do everything!

First, although Xu Suqin is not as favored as Wu Meiniang, she is also quite loved by His Majesty, and second, she is also a thoughtful and calculating person......

plus a Wu Meiniang who can't have children......

Slave, do you think that the back position of this palace can still be kept? ”

The slave blinked—

Although Queen Wang has often been so excited and angry these days, in the end, it is also unfavorable, so she didn't think much about it, so she nodded and said:

"Niangniang is extremely worried, speaking of which, we really can't make the Xu family so proud like this!"

When the queen heard this, she finally nodded, but said:

"Not bad......

In any case, you can't call that cheap maid wishful thinking right now......

Hu Tu, this palace and ask you, do you know, who thinks this matter is inappropriate in the court? ”

Hu Tu thought about it, but said:

"Back to my mother's words, most of them are the eldest of our families.

However, there are also young officials......

In short, except for the people in the Guan Long family, there are few who don't think this matter is inappropriate. ”

When the queen heard this, she didn't know what to do for a while, but she looked at the outside of the hall hatefully, bit her lower lip, and then said softly:

"In that case...... Then you go to Haosheng to check who are the people who think this matter is inappropriate-

Remember, especially those officials who are not from the clan line, they must find out clearly, and on the roster, they must report their family background, origin and other matters......

You know what? ”

"Yes!"

……

It's night.

Tai Chi Palace.

In the Imperial Palace.

In the side hall, Li Zhi and Mei Niang each held black and white chess pieces, sitting behind the desk, and playing for fun.

On one side, De'an and Ryan were standing well, but Ryan was reporting to Li Zhi and Mei Niang about what Hu Tu had reported today.

Li Zhi finished listening, but glanced at Mei Niang:

"She's moved......

Next, how do you want to act? ”

Mei Niang didn't raise her head, she was busy on the chessboard, which had been controlled by Li Zhi Heizi Dalong and did not let go, looking for a little bit of vitality for her Baizi Dalong, and only said after a while:

"The enemy does not move, I do not move, the enemy moves......

I'll go first, and that's it. ”

Li Zhi raised his eyebrows and said with a gentle smile:

"You've made up your mind?"

"Hmm. It's set. ”

"That'...... How long? ”

"It's not autumn?

In the current situation, it is always better to take a steady step at a time. ”

"Well, that's right.

But today, my uncle will follow my wishes, which is a little surprising to me......

What do you think? Uncle is really as the queen thinks, does he have the heart to help Suqin? ”

"Although Jiro sent Hu Tu to the queen, the queen may not be really confused immediately......

I'm afraid that what she expected is not bad-

Seeing that Jiro has the intention of changing hands to the middle palace, instead of calling me a demon girl, it is better to take the opportunity of me not to have an heir, and set up a person who I can't refuse no matter what, let alone betray, as the head of the middle palace......

This is Uncle Yuan's demeanor! ”

Mei Niang smiled.

Li Zhi looked at her, shook his head helplessly and sighed:

"But......

Uncle's thoughts were in vain, right? ”

His gaze lingered on Mei Niang as gently as water, Mei Niang raised her head, accepted it calmly, and then smiled, and was beautiful:

"Hmm!"