Six hundred and twentieth chapters like water and fire
Xianyue smiled and said: "Okay, Concubine Yi, please stop teasing him." After that, she said to Yonghuang: "Go to the small kitchen to see if dinner is ready."
Yong Huang hurriedly left. Looking at his back that was almost running away in panic, Huang couldn't help but laugh and said: "I can't believe that a person as big as the eldest brother is still so shy. It's not like his usual appearance."
"You look like an adult, but in the final analysis, you are still a child. Besides, you stay in the palace all year round and rarely go out." Speaking of this, Xianyue said: "Speaking of Yonghuang's affairs, I am
The palace is interested in a woman, the daughter of a prefect. Although her family background is not high, she is very talented and talented. She often gives rice and porridge to her. It can be said that she has both political integrity and talent."
Mrs. Huang thought for a while and asked: "Is the empress talking about Ilari's name?"
Xianyue raised her eyebrows and said, "Yes, Concubine Yi also pays attention to this girl?"
Mrs. Huang followed her words and said: "My queen also said that she has both political integrity and talent. How could I not notice it? I was just worried that my queen would think her family background was too low, so I didn't mention it."
Xianyue smiled and said: "I am not such a snobbish person. I want to marry a wife who is virtuous. Besides, what kind of lintel can be higher than that of an emperor's house?"
Mrs. Huang nodded and said, "Okay, I will ask Amma to inquire about the Ilari clan in detail."
"Okay." When Xianyue agreed, Yonghuang also walked in and said that dinner had been prepared in the small kitchen and he could move to the side hall to eat at any time.
Xianyue stood up and said, "Let's go and have a meal, and then we'll discuss what to do on New Year's Eve."
Huang smiled bitterly and said: "I'm afraid that no matter how we discuss it, the queen will find fault. She has been dissatisfied with us in every possible way before, and it goes without saying now."
The corners of Xianyue's lips curled up slightly, and she said in a cold voice: "It's up to her to find fault. Let's just do our part."
When going to the side hall, Xianyue glanced at the dark sky, just like her mood at the moment...
As everyone in the palace expected, when they went to court the next day, the courtiers repeatedly reported Hongli's decree to confer Xianyue as the imperial concubine, asking Hongli to take back the order. Hongli naturally refused, making the atmosphere in the court very tense.
Stiff. After the next court, memorials continued to be sent to the hospital.
In the Heart Palace, nine of the ten letters were for remonstrances, and Hongli ignored all of them. However, his attitude made the atmosphere in the court room even more tense the next day, even to the point of tenseness.
Compared to the situation when the disaster star incident happened, I don't have to give in too much.
After going to court, both Yunli and Hongzhou stayed. After Hongli sat down in the inner hall, he said in a cold voice: "Uncle Seventeen, Lao Wu, do you also want to persuade me to take back my life?"
Hong Zhou bowed and said, "I don't dare, I just think that this matter can be slowed down for a while. This will be good for the emperor and the noble concubine. We can wait to discuss the canonization issue later."
Hongli didn't say a word, looked at Yunli and said, "Uncle Seventeen, what do you think of this?"
Yunli thought about it and said, "What Prince He said makes sense, but from this incident, it can be seen that the officials and the Emperor are not of the same mind."
Hongli said coolly: "Yes, except for Agui, Fu Heng, Zhaohui and the others, the rest of the people are opposed. Each one of them makes a high-sounding statement, but a few of them have no selfish motives at all. In fact, the rest of the people are opposed.
I know in my heart that they have never respected me much, and they feel that I am able to sit on the throne of the emperor only because of the shadow of Huang Ama."
Yunli lowered his eyes and said: "The emperor's talents and broad plans are the master of destiny. If it weren't for those, the late emperor would not trust the throne to the emperor."
Hong Li nodded slightly, looked at Hong Zhou and said: "Lao Wu, if I compromise this time, they will be even more aggressive in the future. If they are slightly dissatisfied, they will join forces and force me to take back my life, just like today.
, I will be forced by them to have no way out."
Hong Zhou lowered his head and said: "I don't know this, so I ask the emperor to forgive me. My intention is just..."
Hongli interrupted him and said: "I understand that you are doing it for my own good, but you are not as far-sighted as Uncle Seventeen. Before, now, and in the future, when facing those civil and military officials, I cannot retreat, not even a step!"
Hong Zhou clapped his sleeves and knelt down, and said loudly: "No matter what the emperor decides, I will follow and be loyal to the emperor to the death!"
"I know, you get up." After raising his hand to signal him to get up, Hongli said: "While you are here today, I have one more thing to discuss with you. I rejected the request for a southern tour before, but recently there has been another
The squires from the south of the Yangtze River jointly submitted a letter, asking the governor of Zhejiang to forward it to me and ask me to tour the south. I wonder what the opinions of the seventeenth uncle and the fifth brother are?"
Hong Li had mentioned this matter to Hong Zhou before, and the latter thought for a moment and said: "This year's autumn blessings have been collected, and there have been bumper harvests in various places. The national treasury is much fuller than before. If the emperor wants to tour the south, he can do it."
;The Emperor can also use this opportunity to inspect the Qiantang River and Seawall Project."
Hongli also meant the same thing. After nodding, he looked at Yunli who had not spoken, "Uncle Seventeen did not speak, but he did not approve of my southern tour."
Yunli sat in the wheelchair and leaned forward and said: "I don't dare. Moreover, with the current national strength, a southern tour is not out of the question. However, if the emperor really decides to go on a southern tour, he will have to order people to prepare it earlier."
Hongli nodded and said: "Since Uncle Seventeen has no objection, the matter of the southern tour has been decided. After a while, I will order people to prepare various matters."
In the next few days, hundreds of officials continued to give remonstrances, but Hongli always insisted on what he had seen. No matter how they tried to persuade him, he refused to back down at all, and the relationship between the emperor and his ministers became increasingly tense.
On December 26, Hongli went to court and found that nearly half of the ministers were missing. After asking, he found out that they were all sick and unable to go to court; and these sick ministers were the most opposed to Hongli's canonization.
Xianyue is the imperial concubine.
Hongli sneered and said: "It's a coincidence that more than a dozen people got sick in one fell swoop. This is really the first time I've seen this since I came to the throne."
After listening to his words, an official with white hair and beard stood up. It was the old minister who had advised Hongli to remove the child in Xianyue's belly during the disaster incident. His surname was Qi Mingyun. He held up his hands and said: "Your Majesty, you have tried so hard to persuade me.
I am very loyal to you, and I ask your Majesty to think again and again."
"Loyalty..." Hongli stared at him and said with a faint smile: "According to you, I am a foolish king who cannot listen to loyal advice?"
Upon hearing this, Qi Yun quickly knelt down and said, "I don't dare to do anything. I just ask the emperor to listen to your advice and don't do anything that goes against your heart and morality."
"I have been with you for sixteen years, and you have always been diligent, dedicated, and considerate of the overall situation. I do not think that making her the imperial concubine is against your will and morality." Before Qi Yun could speak, he added: "My concubine.
Pregnant with Liujia
At that time, there were rumors in the capital that the child in the concubine's belly was a disaster star, and you also used your so-called loyal advice to force me to remove the dragon fetus in the concubine's belly. What was the result? Is it a disaster star or a rumor deliberately fabricated by others?"