Hongli said expressionlessly: "I can make my own decision on whether to seal the throne or not. I don't have to worry about it, Mr. Li." After that, he waved his sleeves and said: "Retreat from the court!"
After Hongli left, the ministers stood up and walked to Li Qi, worriedly saying: "Master Li, do you think the emperor will really make the imperial concubine his queen? If so, what should we do?"
Li Qi snorted coldly: "In the past, it was just a concubine. After all, she was just a concubine. But now she is the queen of a country. How can we let the emperor do whatever he wants? If the emperor insists on making the queen, I will punish him with death."
We cannot allow a woman from the Nala clan to ascend to a lower position and bring disaster to the country!"
Those people nodded repeatedly, and Qingfu even echoed: "What Mr. Li said is absolutely true. We must try our best to stop it, and we cannot let the emperor make mistakes again and again."
What happened in the court hall soon reached the ears of everyone in the harem like a gust of wind, causing everyone to speculate a lot.
Wei Jingxuan naturally heard this. She handed the bottomed medicine bowl to Xiangju to take down, and then said coldly: "It seems that the emperor is in a very bad mood today."
Xiao Yuanzi whispered: "I always thought that the emperor just said it casually, but now it seems that he really intends to make the imperial concubine his queen."
Wei Jingxuan said coldly: "The emperor is thinking that it is a pity that the civil and military officials will never nod. On the contrary, from this moment on, they will try their best to persuade the emperor to give up this idea."
Xiao Yuanzi chuckled and said: "Before, I didn't understand why the master asked Mr. Wei to spread this matter. Now I understand. The master is really smart."
"Brilliant?" Wei Jingxuan sneered: "This method is just a bad idea at best. What's so brilliant about it? With my current ability, I really have more than enough to restrain her, not to mention that there is one more person now.
Rong Bin." She also had a headache after talking about it. These days, she has been drinking the medicine prescribed by Zhuang Zheng in order to conceive another child as soon as possible. Children are the foundation of Gu Chong and a shortcut for her to climb up the ladder.
Xiao Yuanzi said tentatively: "Master, I think that although Concubine Rong is favored by the Emperor, she is simple-minded and has no doubts about the Master. Why don't we use her to deal with the Imperial Concubine?"
Wei Jingxuan stroked the armor between her fingers and said quietly: "Of course I want to use it, but now is not the time."
Because of the dispute in the court, the matter of sealing the queen was pushed to the forefront. People were talking about it inside and outside the palace. Xianyue asked Hongli to give up the matter more than once, but Hongli refused to say anything.
He was only willing to postpone; but his answer undoubtedly made
Li Qi and other officials were dissatisfied, and one piece of opposition paper was handed to the imperial court. Even Zhang Guangsi also sent a piece of paper. It seemed that Hongli would not give up without nodding. What's more, he went to Cining Palace.
He asked to see Ling Ruo, hoping that Ling Ruo could come forward to persuade Hongli.
On the twenty-eighth day of the twelfth lunar month, Hongli went to Cining Palace to have a meal with Ling Ruo. After sipping the soup served by the palace servants, Ling Ruo said: "Recently, Li Qi and Qingfu have visited the Ai family. As for...
The emperor should know very well what the reason is. Emperor, do you really not think carefully about the matter of being granted the title of empress?"
Hongli put down the colorful spoon in his hand and said: "My son has considered it very clearly. It can be slowed down but not changed."
"But if you continue like this, the relationship with the officials will become worse. Now is the time to encircle and suppress Jinchuan, and the cooperation of all officials is most needed. But now... Well, the Ai family is worried that they will do twice the result with twice the result, and... Sorry
When everyone heard about it, even Zhang Guangsi complained against it."
"It's just a small area. It will be conquered sooner or later. As for Zhang Guangsi, if he doesn't want to encircle and suppress Jinchuan and Jinchuan, his son can send someone else to lead the army. He is not the only general in the Qing Dynasty."
"Of course the Ai family knows, but if this continues, there is no way out." Her words brought out the anger that Hongli had been suppressing in his heart, and she said coldly: "My son has already given in and promised them not to establish a rearguard for the time being, but they are holding back."
Press forward step by step to make your son stand up
Even if they choose to establish a new queen, they even ask their son to depose the imperial concubine to the cold palace. Tell me, how can the son agree? Furthermore, if the son even takes this step back, then they will be even more aggressive in the future, and even let the son become a
A puppet in their hands."
Ling Ruo also knew the stakes involved, so no matter what Li Qi and others said in the past few days, she never answered directly. She was silent for a moment and said, "Then what are the emperor's plans?"
Hongli gritted his teeth and said, "When Jinchuan is pacified, my son will appoint the imperial concubine as his queen!" After saying that, he stood up and saluted Ling Ruo and said, "Please forgive me for my sins."
His answer was something Ling Ruo had expected. He sighed lightly and said: "You and I, mother and son, have nothing more to say to forgive you. The Ai family can help you persuade Li Qi and the others; after all... apart from family background,
, there is no one more suitable to be the queen than the imperial concubine."
Her words made Hongli overjoyed, and he quickly said: "Thank you, Queen Mother."
"Okay, sit down and have a meal. Today, Concubine Yi brought some dumplings made by herself. You can try them too." Not long after Ling Ruo finished speaking, a palace servant brought a plate of dumplings, which was very exciting.
Surprisingly, these dumplings are not the usual ones, the skin is actually green.
"What's this dumpling about?" Faced with Hongli's inquiry, Shuixiu smiled and said, "The Imperial Concubine knew that the Queen Mother had been feeling unwell recently, and she also heard that highland barley has the effect of dehumidifying, sweating, and replenishing qi, so she specially used it.
The highland barley noodles were rolled into dumpling wrappers and then wrapped with vegetarian fillings. The Queen Mother tasted some at noon and said they were very good, so she specially ordered her servants to cook some for the emperor to taste."
Hongli tasted one as he was told, and it was really delicious. He nodded and said, "Although it is plain stuffing, it tastes delicious. It's really good."
Ling Ruo took a few into his bowl and said lovingly: "Eat more if you like it. If it's not enough, the Ai family will ask Shuixiu to cook it again. Concubine Yi sent a lot."
Hongli ate more than ten pieces in one go before he stopped and said with a smile: "I didn't expect that Concubine Yi's cooking was so good."
Ling Ruo glanced at him and said coldly: "The emperor hasn't visited Concubine Yi for a while, hasn't he? I heard from Yang Hai that besides Yanxi Palace, the emperor has either been to Chuxiu Palace or Yimeixuan these days."
Hongli said uncomfortably: "My son is planning to visit Concubine Yi later."
"The Ai family knows that the Yi concubines who have been with the emperor since they were in the palace are no longer young, but they are the best to the emperor. The emperor should spend more time with them instead of just calling in those lucky ones.
Young and beautiful, do you understand?"
Hongli said a little guiltily: "My son understands that he will remember the emperor's instructions."
Ling Ruo nodded and said: "By the way, the Ai family met Rong Bin a few days ago. She is indeed beautiful and seems to be quite adapted to the life in the palace. However, she is still wearing the clothes of the Hui people, which looks a bit inappropriate.