When the Queen Mother said the word 'Si Nan Bo', the veins on her forehead began to beat. When she heard Su Mingzhe mention 'Chen'er', her whole body suddenly felt bad.
Why is my son not of the same mind as me?
Her natal family was confiscated and exterminated by Si Nan Bo Fan Jian.
Now that Su Mingzhe wants to marry Fan Jian's daughter, she has 10,000 objections in her heart.
As for Chen'er...
The Queen Mother thought for a while and finally expressed her thoughts:
"Qian'er, your cousin Chen'er has always been very fragile. I'm afraid she won't be able to bear the task of breeding heirs..."
When Su Mingzhe heard what his 'real mother' said, he couldn't help but want to roll his eyes. The thoughts of ancient people and modern people are different.
Are you interested in Lin Wan'er's fertility?
I just think she looks pretty!
Su Mingzhe took a deep breath and suppressed his desire to refute and complain. After a moment of silence, he said:
"Mother, I also understand cousin Chen'er's body. Don't worry, queen, I have sent people to find a magical elixir that can improve the human body. It is now in the experimental stage. When the elixir is successfully refined, cousin Chen'er's body will also be cured. It’ll be fine.”
"Yeah?"
Seeing Su Mingzhe's persistence, the Queen Mother hesitated for a while, then frowned and agreed.
She has been able to hold the top position in the harem for twenty years, and her city and mind are far beyond ordinary people.
Therefore, although she didn't like the two girls her son mentioned, she would not openly object to her son's proposal.
At worst, when Fan Ruoruo enters the palace, he can think of ways to manipulate her.
right!
When the time comes, she will be the mother-in-law and Fan Ruoruo will be the daughter-in-law.
Don’t you still have a lot of control over this daughter-in-law?
Thinking of this, the queen became excited again, and even began to look forward to the days after Fan Jian's daughter entered the palace.
The two chatted for a while, and Su Mingzhe said goodbye and left.
At night, sure enough, Li Yunrui didn't come over again.
On the second day.
Su Mingzhe sent Eunuch Hou to inquire about Li Yunrui's situation, and as expected, he was imprisoned by the Empress Dowager.
Without Li Yunrui's interruption, Su Mingzhe's work efficiency was much higher.
Su Mingzhe was able to work for eight hours out of twelve hours a day. This level of diligence far exceeded that of Emperor Qing.
In addition, he was gentle and generous in his treatment of others, never showing his emotions and anger like Emperor Qing, so he easily won the reputation of many ministers inside and outside the court.
Of course, to put it bluntly, in everyone's eyes, Su Mingzhe, the new king, is stupid, simple and easy to deceive.
Everyone is satisfied, right?
However, not everyone is satisfied.
During the reign of Emperor Qing, Nanqing expanded its territory four to five times from a vassal state with a radius of thousands of miles.
If such a heroic Qing Emperor lived another twenty years, then Nanqing would no longer be Nanqing, but would become the Daqing Dynasty that unified the north and the south.
Therefore, those who had high hopes for Nanqing and Emperor Qing were very dissatisfied with Su Mingzhe's "benevolent performance".
In the blink of an eye, the three-day moratorium was over.
Su Mingzhe held the first court meeting since he ascended the throne.
Many ministers also understood Su Mingzhe's characteristics of diligence in the past few days. They did not say any false words or nonsense.
This evening.
A group of people gathered quietly and began to discuss Su Mingzhe's performance in the past few days after taking office.
Seeing that everyone was getting more and more excited as they talked, a man with a horse face and a thin body suddenly stretched out his hand, pressed it slightly, and said:
"It takes three days to test the jade, and seven years to distinguish it. The new emperor has only been on the throne for a few days, so it is too early for everyone to discuss anything now."
"What your lord said is true!"
When everyone saw that he had spoken, their emotions in the discussion were suppressed.
Still this night.
When Fan Jian came home from get off work, he blocked the path of Chen Pingping, the director of the Procuratorate.
The two chatted secretly for a long time, and finally the old friends broke up on bad terms.
Seeing Fan Jian's carriage leaving in a hurry, Chen Pingping's originally calm expression suddenly burst into laughter:
"Fan Jian, Fan Jian, you can't block my way this time..."
Not long after, Chen Pingping returned to the Procuratorate. The directors of the Second, Third, Fifth and Seventh Bureaus were all waiting there for a long time.
After he parked his wheelchair, he first looked at the three sponsoring agencies.
The two just looked at each other. Chen Pingping had already got the answer he wanted, but he still asked:
"Is it the same?"
"There are thirty in total. The material is definitely from the same place as the ones from more than 20 years ago."
Fei Jie's eyes were smiling. As soon as he finished speaking, Chen Pingping also laughed loudly.
This time, the people standing around him did not feel the gloomy feeling of the past.
On the contrary, everyone felt a sense of joy and relaxation.
Chen Pingping is like this.
Fei Jie is like this.
The same is true for several other organizers.
After a long time, everyone stopped laughing.
Chen Pingping looked at the middle-aged man next to her with lewd eyes:
"Wang Qinian, you still can't get into Su Mansion?"
Wang Qinian had just been laughed at by the organizers so much that his heart went crazy. Now that he was asked to take charge of things again, he could only say with a wry smile:
"Dean, I don't know why, but every time I pass by the courtyard wall of the Su Mansion, I feel like there are several pairs of eyes staring at me. I feel unsure about it, so I don't dare to go in and check."
"Well, this seems to be her method."
Chen Pingping's face returned to its stiff look.
Upon hearing this, Wang Qinian asked cautiously:
"Dean, do you know this person from Su Mansion?"
After hearing this, Chen Pingping just glared at him coldly and did not answer him. Then she waved her hand to signal the others to leave.
In the blink of an eye, it was the ninth day of Su Mingzhe's ascension to the throne.
Su Mingzhe was dealing with the memorial in the imperial study when he heard the eunuch coming from outside to report that Liu Guogong, the Minister of War, requested an audience.
Su Mingzhe declared directly.
Liu Guogong hurriedly came to the imperial study room to report:
"Your Majesty, I have just received a report from the fast horse. The eldest prince will arrive in Kyoto this afternoon."
"Brother is back so soon?"
Su Mingzhe didn't expect that the eldest prince would come back from the border so quickly.
You know, the eldest prince is stationed in Jiayuguan, which is more than three thousand miles away from Kyoto.
One trip back and forth, that's six to seven thousand miles.
Only nine days have passed since the imperial edict was issued in Kyoto and the eldest prince returned.
In this age of riding horses, traveling six to seven thousand miles in nine days would probably have to be done day and night, right?
Sure enough, Liu Guogong explained:
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the person who sent the imperial edict was Hong Ling's messenger. He rushed the imperial edict to the hands of the eldest prince at a speed of eight hundred miles. Then the eldest prince also changed horses without changing people, and came back with only twenty guards."
After Su Mingzhe heard Liu Guogong's explanation, he was silent for a while and then said:
"Now that my eldest brother is back, it stands to reason that I, the second brother, and the third brother should all go and greet him."
When Liu Guogong heard this, he quickly dissuaded him and said:
"Your Majesty, although you have a deep brotherly relationship with the eldest prince, it is not appropriate for the eldest prince to return to court victorious. It would be inappropriate for you to go out of the city to greet him."
"What Duke Liu Guo said is true."
Su Mingzhe had no intention of greeting the eldest prince, so he frowned and said:
"Then please trouble Duke Liu, please bring people from the Ministry of Rites, Honglu Temple, and Taichang Temple to greet me."
"Old minister accepts the order."
Liu Guogong breathed a sigh of relief.
Even though Liu Guogong is from a family of martial arts, in fact, their family attaches great importance to ethics and education, and they are good friends with the great scholars Hu and Shu in the court.
Now that Su Mingzhe is able to listen to the advice, in Liu Guogong's view, it means that Mingjun is still alive.
In the afternoon, Liu Guogong led a group of officials to the city gate to greet the eldest prince.
Su Mingzhe stayed in the imperial study, and ordered people to find Guo Youzhi. He said a few words to him and asked him to leave.
After the eldest prince returned, he first went to pay homage to Emperor Qing's tomb.
Afterwards, Su Mingzhe and the third prince came over with wine and food.
The four brothers haven't been together for a long time.
Now that Su Mingzhe's throne has been decided, even if the other three people have careful intentions, they can only hide them at this time.
The food and drinks are over half done.
Su Mingzhe put down his chopsticks and revealed a little bit about what he wanted to do to the three of them:
"Tomorrow at the court meeting, I will give you the title of prince. However, the name of the title is a bit special. Let me tell you in advance. You just need to know it in your own mind. Don't have any ideas."
Among the three princes, the third prince is the youngest, but he is as big as a brat. He said with a smile:
"Brother Emperor, can you make me a general or prince?"
"You are still young. If you want to become a general, it will take at least ten more years. But the eldest brother and the second brother can do it."
Su Mingzhe said and looked at the eldest prince and second prince with a smile.
The eldest prince knew that he was not destined to be the emperor, and seeing that Su Mingzhe respected him and told him anything in advance, he said indifferently:
"You are the emperor now. You have the final say. I have only one request. Princess, I want to choose it myself!"
"no problem."
Su Mingzhe knew that the eldest prince did not like to be restrained and did not force himself.
The second prince, Li Chengze, sneered with resentment:
"Li Chengqian, the winner is the king and the loser is the bandit. You win and I lose. Whether you want to kill or behead, you have to do whatever you want. In front of me, there is no need to pretend to play the trick of 'brothers and brothers respect each other'."
Since the death of Emperor Qing, Li Chengze has been detained in front of Emperor Qing's mourning hall.
In the past few days, he had used countless methods to communicate with the outside world. However, he had used the chess pieces he had bribed and failed to contact the outside world.
By this time, Li Chengze knew that there was no chance of him making a comeback.
However, he didn't want to beg for mercy in front of Su Mingzhe and linger on.
At this time, as the loser in the competition with Li Chengqian for the crown prince, he just wanted to die with dignity.
Su Mingzhe was not angry after hearing what he said.
This second prince is also an unlucky guy.
He was used by Emperor Qing since he was a child and became the whetstone for the prince's growth.
Now that Su Mingzhe has replaced Li Chengqian, he has taken over the feud between him and the second prince.
If Li Chengze really dares to ruin his plan, Su Mingzhe doesn't mind and finds a robot to take his place.
The confident Su Mingzhe, faced with Li Chengze's death wish, just smiled and said:
"Second brother, I can understand your feelings, but you have underestimated me. I will not kill you, or even imprison you, but if you want to make a comeback, you must be wishful thinking."
Su Mingzhe ridiculed Li Chengze, stood up, and left laughing.