Fan Kang saw Jia Ke's taboo below, so he went out and said: "Master, don't worry about this, the Tatars are ambitious. Although they can be stable for a while, they will naturally relapse as time goes by. Long live whatever happens then
If you find an excuse, you can tear up the treaty and march north."
Jia Ke was a little hesitant after hearing this. After all, this kind of thing is easy to say or not.
"Isn't this good? When I first ascended the throne, my majesty spread throughout the world, and I surrendered to all directions with faith. If I break trust with all countries because of this, the borders will be unstable in the future."
When Sun Yan saw Jia Ke, he was still hesitant and hurriedly tried to persuade him: "My lord, since ancient times, the two countries have fought against each other in terms of strategy and strength. Although deliberation also has some effect, it is all based on strong strength. Otherwise, otherwise
If you have nothing but trust and no strength, you will just make people laugh and be generous like Song Jinggong."
Jia Ke let out a long sigh, and then said to them: "It's not that I don't keep my faith, it's really the country's difficult situation. Since you have come up with this policy, I can only follow the common justice."
Fan Kang looked at Jia Ke's performance there and wanted to laugh in his heart. Since he took over the power, his lord has paid more and more attention to these superficial skills.
Now he wants both benefits and face. In the future, if this incident is recorded in the history books, Jia Ke will not be criticized much. He will only think that Jia Ke’s letter to the world was praised by ministers like them.
We were forced to do so by the group, so we had to violate our faith.
Now that Jia Ke had made up his mind, he issued an imperial edict: "Fan Kang, the Minister of Rites, it is up to you to handle this matter. You must send officials from the Ministry of Rites to accompany this envoy from Gubeikou to the capital. Don't let them do whatever they want."
You act recklessly and break the rules of our heaven."
Fan Kang came out of work to receive the imperial edict, and today's affairs are over.
After everyone left, Jia Ke sat on the throne tiredly, closed his eyes and rubbed his forehead.
Then he asked Li Deshan next to him: "How is the Queen doing during this time?"
Ever since Jia Ke executed Wang Yi, whether because of guilt or something, he had hardly stepped foot into Kunning Palace.
"Back to Lord Long Live, the Queen is still ill in bed during this period. I heard that I often shed tears all night long."
Jia Ke was silent for a long time, and then said: "The people you went to He Tai Hospital said that the Queen's condition must be cured by me no matter what. If the Queen has any shortcomings, I will let people from Tai Hospital bury her with her."
After hearing this, Li Deshan quickly agreed. At the same time, he was thinking about the rumors that the queen has fallen out of favor. Looking at the state of Long Live Lord, he still has the queen in his heart. It's just because he feels a little guilty that he doesn't dare to see the queen.
Jia Ke was silent for a while, then put the unpleasant matter aside.
"I will rest in Zhongcui Palace tonight. You can send someone to talk to Concubine Shi."
Li Deshan agreed, quietly retreated, and sent the eunuch to Zhongcui Palace to spread the news and ask them to make preparations there.
During this period of time, Jia Ke began to favor Shi Xiangyun again. This was because Xue Baochai's reputation in the harem had grown stronger since Qin Keqing and Jia Ke had conflicts.
But Jia Ke didn't want to cause misunderstandings to the ministers outside because he favored Xue Baochai.
Therefore, during this period of time, Jia Ke has been resting in Shi Xiangyun, which has also created an impression on the ministers outside that Jia Ke is not very optimistic about Xue Baochai and his children.
After Jia Ke finished his instructions, he saw that the time was still early and ordered someone to put on the Luan Jia. He went to Cining Palace to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager Zhou.
When Jia Ke entered the Cining Palace, he heard the laughter of children inside. As soon as Jia Ke heard the voice, he knew it was Jia Mao, King of Wu.
But with the sound of "Long live the Lord has arrived", the laughter of the children inside immediately stopped.
When Jia Ke entered the main hall of Cining Palace, he saw the Queen Mother Zhou sitting upright in the middle. Standing next to her were the good concubine Qiaolian and the virtuous concubine Chuncao. Lying next to Qiaolian was Wu King Jia Mao.
When Qiao Lian and Chuncao received Jia Ke's entry, they quickly stood up and saluted Jia Ke.
When King Wu Jia Mao saw Jia Ke, he immediately ran over and stretched out his hands for Jia Ke to hug him.
Jia Ke bent down and hugged Jia Mao in his arms, then came to the side of Queen Mother Zhou and said with a smile: "How are you doing, Queen Mother, these days?"
When Empress Dowager Zhou saw Jia Ke, she quickly pulled her to sit next to her, and then said with a smile: "I eat here, and every time I eat dozens of dishes, and there are eunuchs to serve you, there is nothing wrong with that.
But you work hard every day, so you should pay attention to your health."
Then the mother and son had a conversation, and then the Queen Mother Zhou stayed with Jia Ke for dinner at Cining Palace.
Seeing that it was getting late, Jia Ke said goodbye, but Qiaolian on the side looked at Jia Ke eagerly, almost watering her eyes.
During this time, Jia Ke became the emperor, and the beauties Wuyang Wuyang and others around him were naturally a little neglectful of his older cousin.
After all, Jia Ke is also a man, and he also yearns for those young and beautiful women, not to mention that Shi Xiangyun among the Twelve Hairpins of Jinling is both naive and beautiful. Therefore, Jia Ke ignored Qiao Lian's eyes and turned around to leave Cining.
Palace, went to Zhongcui Palace.
When Qiaolian saw Jia Ke leaving again, she immediately became unhappy. She turned to Queen Mother Zhou and said, "Aunt, look at my cousin, he hasn't been in my house for a long time."
Empress Dowager Zhou is now in a bit of a dilemma. What can she do? She can't tie her son to Qiaolian's house because her son is older than his mother.
Chun Cao felt that she was not good-looking, but she was named a good concubine only because of her long-term relationship with Jia Ke, so since she entered the palace, she did not fight for it, and lived in the palace every day, living a comfortable life for him.
I don't feel worried either.
Not to mention them, and in Kangning Palace, the Supreme Emperor Jia Zheng is now obsessed with glory and wealth and cannot extricate himself.
While he was eating dinner, he let the singer dance in the main hall of Kangning Palace, accompanied by Princess Zhao. She was not comparable to the former petty official.
When Jia Zheng was happy, the Queen Mother came to the front from the back hall. She first glanced at Dowager Zhao who was next to the queen mother, and then came to sit down next to Jia Zheng.
Jia Zheng was a little surprised to see the Queen Mother coming. In the past, the Queen Mother had never bothered him in the main hall.
When the Queen Mother saw Jia Zheng looking over, she immediately smiled and brought a glass of wine to the side of Jia Zheng and said: "Your Majesty, your Majesty, I would like to give you a drink."
Jia Zheng nodded after hearing this, took the wine, drank it down, and then asked with a smile: "What do you want to do when you come to the front this time?"
It turns out that Jia Zheng has noticed that Mrs. Wang is not going to the Three Treasures Palace for any reason.
Mrs. Wang did not hide anything, "Back to the Supreme Emperor, isn't our Baoyu's direct wife Lin Daiyu injured her body due to giving birth to a child? I am thinking that Baoyu is sleeping alone now, should we prepare a concubine for him?
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After hearing this, Jia Zheng did not object. After all, his son's wife had no reputation now, so she should leave a root for his son at least.
"Do you have anyone you like?"
"Back to the Emperor, I met Xue Baoqin, the sister of Concubine Xue, in the imperial garden a few days ago. I saw that this girl is worthy of our precious jade, both in terms of color and talent."
Jia Zheng nodded after hearing this. If this is true, then it is also Jia Baoyu's creation.
"Since you are interested in it, take advantage of this period of time when Aunt Xue is living in the palace. You can go and have a look. You can't tell because our family is now the Heavenly Family. We will carry Baoyu there regardless of everything."
The smile on Mrs. Wang's face couldn't go away after hearing this. She originally thought of letting Xue Baochai follow her Baoyu, but she didn't expect that Xue Baochai climbed up a high branch, which made her plan come to nothing.
Unexpectedly, it was a blessing in disguise. Although Xue Baochai was not chosen, Xue Baoqin did come.
In Mrs. Wang's view, Xue Baoqin was a bit better than Xue Baochai. Apart from anything else, in the palace, only Qin Keqing in her prime could rival her in appearance.
Even now, Qin Keqing is a bit inferior to Xue Baoqin in terms of color because of her serious illness.
"In that case, I will go to Zhongcui Palace to talk to my sister tomorrow. If she agrees, then I will ask the Supreme Emperor to grant the marriage."
Jia Zheng didn't care after hearing this. He was completely disappointed with Jia Baoyu now. Although he no longer needed to fight, he at least had to have some attitude.
You see, Jia Ke has to approve so many memorials every day and is so busy that he can't even touch the ground. Even though Jia Zhu has become Prince Rong, he still writes in his hand every day.
Only Jia Baoyu had nothing to do every day, wandering around with those dandy boys. If Jia Zheng had not become the Supreme Emperor in the palace and it was inconvenient to leave the palace often, he would have tied up Jia Ke and beaten him.
After the Queen Mother had achieved her goal, she bowed and exited the main hall.
As soon as the Queen Mother left Mrs. Zhao who was next to the main hall, she lay down next to Jia Zheng again, and then said: "Your Majesty, I heard that this Xue Baoqin seemed to have been sent to the palace intentionally by the Xue family. Is the Queen Mother a little worried?
Self-defeating?"
Jia Zheng was shocked after hearing this, and then asked uncertainly: "How do you know this?"
Concubine Zhao smiled proudly. It turned out that although Concubine Zhao had now entered the palace and had a distinguished status, her original habit of gossiping had not changed. So she often asked for gossip in the palace.
This time Xue Baoqin entered the palace to reunite with Xue Baochai sisters. They had only entered the palace for a short time, but no one could see the reason.
Don't forget, there are old ladies everywhere who have stayed in the palace all their lives. These old ladies are bored in the palace, and their current entertainment is guessing the little tricks of these masters.
So as soon as Xue Baoqin entered the palace, the old ladies below had a good guess about the Xue family's thoughts. This was because Jia Ke rarely went to Xue Baochai's palace during this period.
In order for Xue Baochai's son, King Jia Hui of Qi, to be more important in front of Jia Ke, the Xue family sent Xue Baoqin to the palace and asked the sisters to serve Jia Ke together.
Somehow, this news reached Concubine Zhao's ears. She thought about it for herself in the palace and felt that this was the truth.