Chu Yiqing frowned, "It seems that the Supreme Emperor is determined this time!"
Seeing her like this, Li Huang knew that she was worried, so he said: "It's easy for my father to say it. After all, I am the emperor now. But now that the nobles and court ministers heard that the prince wanted to establish a concubine, they were naturally ready to take action. You
I also know that having concubines has always been an excellent way to win over courtiers. Before, I didn't understand why there were so many concubines in the White House. It was only after I sat in that position that I realized that some women are not what you want or want, but are forced by the situation.
』!”
Chu Yiqing turned to look at him and fell silent.
Li Huang suddenly felt that he had made a mistake, and when he was about to explain, he heard Chu Yiqing say again: "It is indeed not easy to have two people for a lifetime, not to mention those palaces with many concubines, the war in the harem is not about women at all
The war is the battle between the families behind these women. A wise and great emperor chooses women not to choose a sweetheart for himself, but to choose a strong backer for his country! You are like the previous Princess Wu, inheriting the lineage of the Wu family
, and the former Hua Queen, behind her is the Hua family, and behind our mother-in-law is An Dinghou!"
Li Huang was stunned and asked: "What do you mean by this?"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "I mean it's really not easy for you after so many years!"
Li Huang couldn't help but held Chu Yiqing in his arms and whispered: "If you say this, you might as well ask me like before if I want to have a concubine again, which will scare you to death!"
Chu Yiqing smiled and said, "Fortunately, you are not the founding emperor of the Li Kingdom. It was the Supreme Emperor who opened a way for you. Otherwise, if you don't rely on women or the forces behind women, you must be a wise king.
It takes a lot of effort!”
"I am really not a good emperor, but I would rather be your good husband and your good father, Bao, Blessing, Roufu!" Li Huang held Chu Yiqing in his arms, "This harem belongs to you.
In the home with the children, no one will make you look at it, and no one will make you sad. Only in this way can I keep you and seize the land from you!" [
Chu Yiqing leaned on the man's back and couldn't help but smile: "Thank you, even though I have been in this palace these years, I have also lived a very happy life. In fact, I know that someone in the court has long written a letter to reprimand me.
You suppressed it."
According to the rules of the past dynasties, it is one of the queen's duties to select the emperor. Ministers have long written to impeach Chu Yiqing for being passive and sabotaging his work, leaving the harem empty for so many years, but Li Huang suppressed them. Afterwards, Li Huang found another
As an excuse, I suppressed the ministers who submitted the letter. Over time, no one dared to mention the matter of filling the harem for the emperor's draft. Because of this, now the prince wants to establish a concubine, so the civil and military officials of the dynasty, and the nobles of all parties, are even more
I am so excited that all those who have girls of the right age at home want to seize this rare opportunity!
"It's hard for them to finally wait for this opportunity!" Thinking of this, Li Huang couldn't help but smile bitterly.
"In that case, let's choose a concubine for A Bao, but we must agree first that we will not choose a concubine now, but in two years!" Chu Yiqing suddenly made up his mind.
Li Huang was stunned.
"A'bao is still too young. This is a fact. This will give hope to those civil and military ministers and make the emperor feel at ease. In addition, in two years' time, A'bao will be fifteen. At that time, he will start to choose his concubine and wait for two years to get married.
It's just the right time!" Chu Yiqing whispered.
Li Huang nodded, it was a good idea, but it was a little difficult to convince Li Xin.
In the following days, Li Huang tried his best to persuade Li Li, but they always ended up unhappy.
In autumn, the weather gradually became colder. After the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, the Queen Mother of the Holy Ancestor had caught a cold. She invited Lei Lei to come to see a doctor several times and took a few doses of "medicine", but she got better every time.
, has made a comeback, and because of the illness of the Holy Ancestor Queen Mother, the prince's decision to establish a concubine has become even more urgent. He is afraid that if the Holy Ancestor Queen Mother dies, the prince will have to observe the three-year filial piety period and cannot get married.
At this moment, in the Hua Mansion, Hua Lin was embroidering a handkerchief. Suddenly, the embroidery needle pricked her finger. She quickly put the finger into her mouth, and saw that Hua Xiaotang had already stood there.
in front of her.
"When do you plan to take action?" Hua Xiaotang asked coldly, "Now the clan mansion has drafted a candidate for the crown princess, but your name is not included in it!"
Hua Lin was stunned and quickly stood up: "Crown Princess? Didn't the Emperor say that he did not agree with the Crown Prince's concubine?"
"Now the Holy Ancestor Queen Mother is seriously ill. If the Holy Ancestor Queen Mother dies, the royal family will not be able to have any happy events within three years. Naturally, the Supreme Emperor is afraid of this, so he urges the family to report it. The Emperor has no choice! If your veil is used again
If you don't do anything if you continue to embroider, I'm afraid the princess will become someone else's!" Hua Xiaotang laughed coldly.
Hua Lin walked around the room irritably. She still didn't believe what Hua Xiaotang said, but she couldn't let others see whether it was poison or medicine...
"Today you go tell your elder brother that you have realized your mistake and want to admit it to the queen. You must enter the palace as soon as possible. You must remember that this is your last chance. If you delay it any longer, you will watch helplessly.
Let the prince marry someone else!" Hua Xiaotang said coldly, deciding to use his trump card.[
Hua Lin was startled, but still hesitated: "I haven't thought about it yet, don't 'force' me, give me more time, give me more time!"
"There is no time. When the imperial decree comes, you will have nothing. You can make your own choice!" Hua Xiaotang said solemnly, as if he heard some noise, he quickly turned over and left the house, quickly disappearing outdoors.
At this moment, the door was opened, and Xu Yunxi came in with the food in hand. He looked around and asked, "Lin'er, who were you talking to just now?"
Hua Lin was stunned and quickly smiled and said: "There is no one, I have nothing to do and I am muttering to myself. This veil is really difficult to embroider. I really don't know how you embroidered those pillowcases and curtains, sister-in-law!"
Xu Yunxi glanced at the handkerchief Hua Lin threw on the couch and said with a smile: "You can finally calm down and embroider the handkerchief. Your elder brother will be very happy when he finds out!"
Hua Lin smiled guiltily, looked at the meals, and whispered: "Sister-in-law, you are not well yet, how can you bring me the meals yourself? Just let the servants do it!"
"I just want to come and see you. It's fun for you to be locked up in this room, and it's fun for me outside!" Xu Yunxi sighed, stepped forward to put down the food, and said: "Chicken stewed with mushrooms, your elder brother said, you are the best
Love the food!”
Hua Lin nodded, glanced at Xu Yunxi, who was obviously thinner, and asked: "Brother, are you still busy these days?"
Xu Yunxi nodded, "He comes back very late every day and goes to court before dawn. Now that we don't live together, it's hard to even see him!"
Hua Lin was stunned, "Brother hasn't moved back yet? Isn't my sister-in-law's health better?"
Xu Yunxi smiled awkwardly, personally picked up chicken nuggets for Hua Lin and said, "Eat it quickly, eat it while it's hot!"
Hua Lin looked at the dish and said: "Since the eldest brother is not at home, it's just the two of us, why don't the sister-in-law use some here too?"
Xu Yunxi nodded and asked her mother to deliver another bowl of rice.
Hua Lin was eating the rice, thinking about Hua Xiaotang's words, and couldn't help but whisper: "Sister-in-law, I want to go to the palace to see Aunt Chu!"
Xu Yunxi was stunned and the chopsticks suddenly fell on the table. After a while, she sighed and said: "Lin'er, if you do this again, I won't come to see you!"
"Sister-in-law, don't be impatient. Listen to me. I want to apologize to Aunt Chu. That day at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet, I took a good look at that Hu Yan. He was indeed a handsome young man. It's a pity that I didn't
I was so obsessed that I... not only ruined this good marriage, but also made things difficult for my elder brother and sister-in-law, and made Aunt Chu sad! This time I have figured it out and went to the palace to apologize to Aunt Chu and beg Aunt Chu.
Forgive me, I will be obedient from now on, and I will never have any wrong thoughts towards the prince again!" Hua Lin said hurriedly.
Xu Yunxi was stunned and asked: "Have you really figured it out?"
Hua Lin nodded.
Xu Yunxi hesitated for a moment and then said: "Okay then, I will discuss this matter with your elder brother. Just wait for my news!"
Hua Lin responded quickly.
At night, Xu Yunxi waited for Hua Qi to come back.
Hua Qi entered the study and didn't expect to see Xu Yunxi, so she couldn't help but be stunned. She stepped forward and asked gently: "Why aren't you asleep yet? Didn't I tell you not to wait for me?"
Xu Yunxi asked: "Is there a lot going on in the Hanlin Academy recently?"
Hua Qi nodded, "I'm a little busy!"
Xu Yunxi paused, and suddenly felt that there was nothing more to say to Hua Qi, so he said: "Today I went to deliver food to Lin'er. Lin'er said that she now knew she was wrong and wanted to go to the palace tomorrow to deliver food to Lin'er.
The Queen apologizes!"
Hua Qi frowned, "She knew she was wrong? Why did she suddenly change her mind?"
"Perhaps she came to the palace that night in Zhongqiu and saw Prince An Dinghou. She said that he was in the garden that day, but she didn't take a closer look at it. But she saw it at the palace banquet. She seemed to be very fond of Prince An Dinghou, and now she also feels that
The Queen is doing it for her own good, and so are we!" Xu Yunxi guessed.
Hua Qi frowned, "This seems a bit unlike what Lin'er can say!"
"Lin'er is a bit stubborn on the matter of the prince, but when there is no impulse, Hua Lin was also very well-behaved in the palace before! What's more, I have also seen the prince An Ding, and he is indeed charming and suave.
He is extraordinarily handsome and a beloved man who can be trusted. After Hua Lin took a closer look, it was not surprising that he had such thoughts! It's a pity that two people missed it if they missed it! Now Hua Lin knew that he was wrong and asked Hua Lin to go to the palace to meet the Queen.
Maybe you can make the Queen happy, and maybe you can find a good son-in-law for Lin'er!" Xu Yunxi advised.
"The Empress is indeed in a bad mood recently. In the past, the Empress loved Lin'er very much, but Lin'er's misbehavior only made the Empress heartbroken. If Lin'er can understand his mistakes and correct them, the Empress will definitely be very happy after knowing it.
, In that case, well, I will take her to the palace tomorrow!" Hua Qi pondered for a while and then said.
When Xu Yunxi heard this, he quickly nodded.
On the second day, Hua Qi took Hua Lin into the palace.
On the carriage entering the palace, Hua Lin took out the white medicine bag from his sleeve several times and looked at it. His palms were filled with sweat.
Can she really believe Hua Xiaotang? Can she really believe it?
In the Qiankun Palace, Chu Yiqing was very happy to hear that Hua Lin had changed his mind. He asked him to cook her favorite cakes early in the morning and wait for her.
Hua Lin followed Hua Qi through the palace gate and finally arrived outside Qiankun Palace.
"Lin'er, after you go in, tell Aunt Chu properly, you know? Aunt Chu has been in a bad mood recently, and the Queen Mother of the Holy Ancestor is not in good health. If you can make Aunt Chu happy, it means that Aunt Chu's love for you has not been in vain.
One game!" Hua Qi ordered in a low voice.
Hua Lin nodded quickly, clenched the "medicine" bag in his hand again, and followed Hua Qi into the Qiankun Palace.
In the Qiankun Palace, Chu Yiqing looked at Hua Lin and sighed, "You said you, my child, if you had known about today, why did you do it in the first place? What a good man An Ding Hou Shizi was, but you missed him!"
Hua Lin quickly knelt down and said: "It was Lin'er who was willful. Lin'er knew he was wrong! It's a pity that Lin'er missed the prince An Ding. Lin'er regretted making Aunt Chu sad! Since grandpa left, Aunt Chu
They treat me and my eldest brother like family members, and they plan everything for me and eldest brother, but I don’t know what’s good or bad, and act willfully, which disappoints Aunt Chu!”
Chu Yiqing looked at Hua Lin who was kneeling on the ground and smiled happily: "Lin'er, if these are all your true words, then Aunt Chu will be really happy. Get up quickly!"
Chu Yiqing stepped forward and personally helped Hua Lin up and asked her to sit down.
"Yingqian, bring that pastry to Hua Lin quickly!" Chu Yiqing ordered loudly.
Yingqian responded quickly, and after a while, a plate of various pastries was brought up.
"These are your favorite persimmon cakes and cream cakes. When you lived in this palace before, you begged Aunt Chu to make them for you every time. After you left the palace, you never ate them.
!" Chu Yiqing smiled and personally took a piece of cake to Hua Lin.
Hua Lin hurriedly stepped forward to take it. She hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her hand suddenly, took out a piece of cream cake and sent it to Chu Yiqing's hands, "Aunt Chu, Lin'er knows that she was wrong. If you forgive Lin,
Son, then let’s eat this piece of cake!”
Chu Yiqing smiled and said: "You kid, people have poured tea to admit their mistakes, but you are giving them a cake to admit your mistakes? Aunt Chu made this cake!"
Hua Lin looked at the cake nervously, fearing that Chu Yiqing wouldn't eat it, so he said: "This is called borrowing flowers to offer to Buddha. I hope Aunt Chu can forgive me!"
Chu Yiqing raised his hand and "touched" Hua Lin's soft hair, and whispered: "Lin'er, I have always regarded you as half a daughter. You are Roufu's eldest sister, Aunt Chu.
Still waiting, when Aunt Chu gets old, you and Roufu will support Aunt Chu to bask in the sun!"
Hua Lin's hand holding the cake trembled, and she couldn't help but whisper: "Aunt Chu, I..."
"Silly boy, why are you crying? It's not that Aunt Chu doesn't feel sorry for you, but it's because she feels sorry for you that she won't let you enter the palace. Your temper is too impatient and is not suitable for life in this palace. Wait for Roufu to grow up.
Well, Aunt Chu won't let Roufu marry any prince or general. It's better to be an ordinary person and live a happy and simple life!" Chu Yiqing smiled and urged Hua Lin: "
Come, eat quickly, have you tasted whether Aunt Chu’s craftsmanship has deteriorated?”