The rebirth of a concubine: Gong Du will become the Queen Mother

After the words fell, Song Xinshi didn't respond for a long time. After a while, he spoke with some doubts: "In our family, there is only one Xinchan in the palace now. She is not favored by His Majesty, and there is no prince under his knees. Who will your Majesty appoint? The future actually has nothing to do with our family, so why should my father have to go against His Majesty?"

Shangshu Ling looked directly into his eldest son's eyes: "This phoenix position can only belong to your sister."

"My sister is dead!" Song Xinshi said, "Can you continue to stop His Majesty?"

He wondered in his heart that it was his father who made the decision himself. He weighed the pros and cons between the family and his sister, and chose the family over his sister.

What is going on today? After a few years, I actually regret it?

My sister is already dead, but my father actually wants to fight against His Majesty for a throne despite him not caring about it?

Unlike the father-son quarrel in the Song family, the natal families of the other concubines quickly reached an agreement - if His Majesty really mentioned the matter of making the imperial concubine his queen, they must do their best to stop it!

The imperial concubine's favor is enough to attract people's attention. If she becomes the queen again, what hope will others have?

To everyone's surprise, Lu Zhaolin did not test it, nor did he ask the clan or court officials for their opinions.

Early on the next morning, the decree to establish Jiang Shiying as empress directly resounded throughout the harem of the former dynasty.

Preventing His Majesty from enacting the decree and asking His Majesty to take back the decree are not the same level of difficulty at all.

As soon as this decree came out, no one knew that His Majesty was determined this time!

Shangshu Ling and others were still thinking of countermeasures in their minds, when they saw Enqinghou taking the lead and bowing his hands: "Your Majesty is wise, and the Imperial Concubine is so virtuous that she is the best candidate for the post."

Marquis Enqing is His Majesty's uncle, and his attitude is that of the Queen Mother.

After Enqinghou, more than ten courtiers including Shangshu Youpushe, Libu Shangshu, Hubu Shangshu, Military Affairs Shangshu, Menxianzhong, and Zhongshu Ling came out and bowed: "Your Majesty is wise, the imperial concubine is De Huamao. He is the perfect candidate for the post."

Some of these more than ten courtiers were from poor families who were promoted by Lu Zhaolin, some were loyal to the emperor and only obeyed the emperor's orders, and some had nothing to do with the other concubines and were very willing to make a good relationship with Jiang Shiying. edge.

Shangshu Ling and others still want to make a final effort.

Headed by Shangshu Ling, followed by more than ten courtiers such as Marquis of Jianchang, Shangshu of Rites, Shangshu of Xingbu, Minister of Zhongshu, Shangshu Zuocheng, etc., please Lu Zhaolin think twice.

In the past, Lu Zhaolin had often seen them quarreling over trivial matters until their faces turned red and their necks thickened, but today they knelt on the ground together and begged him to take back his life.

If there were a soft-eared emperor, he might go along with the situation and postpone the matter of the Queen's appointment until later.

But Lu Zhaolin is not such a person.

The decisions he makes will never be shaken by the words of others. What's more, in his mind, the reason why these officials did not agree to establish Ah Ying as queen was because of their own interests!

The more he thought about it, the more determined Lu Zhaolin became.

The Marquis of Jianchang was still shouting there: "Your Majesty, the imperial concubine is the daughter of a guilty minister. Please think twice!"

Lu Zhaolin immediately laughed angrily at him: "The guilty minister's daughter?"

Jianchang Hou nodded: "Exactly!"

Lu Zhaolin's eyes narrowed slightly: "If Aiqing can say this, I think the entire Zhou family, including Aiqing, are all good officials who are honest, serve the country and the people, and have never made any mistakes. .

In this case, I will ask Wu Desi and Dali Temple to investigate carefully. I hope that when they finish the investigation, Zhou Guiren will not become the daughter of the guilty minister! "

Marquis Jianchang didn't expect that he would say such words, and he was stunned.

Are you kidding me? Standing in this court, who dares to say that he is completely clean? When His Majesty does not pursue the case, a big mistake will be a small mistake, and a small mistake will be right. When Your Majesty investigates, a small mistake is a big mistake, and even if you are right, you can make something out of nothing!

Lu Zhaolin didn't even look at him: "Lin You, where is the Minister of Dali Temple?"

Lin You and the minister of Dali Temple came out: "I am here!"

Lu Zhaolin said: "I will give you ten days to thoroughly investigate the Zhou family!"

"The minister obeys the order!"

Marquis Jianchang fell to the ground: "Your Majesty, forgive me!"

"Excuse me?" Lu Zhaolin snorted: "When we find out what crimes you have committed, please come and ask me to forgive you!"

He then looked at the rest of the people: "Who else wants to tell me that the imperial concubine is the daughter of a guilty minister and is not worthy of the throne?"

Those who were standing with the Marquis of Jianchang just now were all extremely obedient: "I think that Your Majesty is very wise, and that the Imperial Concubine is a good candidate for the post."

Lu Zhaolin's face turned pale.

They took a step back, but Shangshu Ling refused to retreat: "I think it is inappropriate for your Majesty to appoint the emperor's concubine as his successor."

Lu Zhaolin himself did not argue with him, but pointed at the ones who had just defected and said: "You guys, come and argue with Shangshu Ling!"

The warnings of Marquis Jianchang were there. No matter how reluctant they were, they had to follow Lu Zhaolin's words, and the monk Shuling argued with each other.

After several people had become angry, Lu Zhaolin sat up and said coldly: "Okay, my decree has been made, and there is no possibility of changing it. The Ministry of Rites, I will give you half a day to get a posthumous order." When the regulations of the ceremony are released, they must be perfect."

Shangshu Ling almost couldn't breathe when he saw Lu Zhaolin stood up: "Retreat from the court."

Then, he left Tai Chi Hall without looking back.

He did not return to Ganquan Palace, but went to Jingyang Palace to meet Jiang Shiying.

The two of them talked for a few words before they mentioned the matter of establishing a queen.

"Are you happy?"

"Of course I am happy." Jiang Shiying's eyes seemed to be full of tenderness: "I know that if your Majesty wants to make Ah Ying your queen, you will definitely encounter a lot of resistance. Even so, Your Majesty still made this decision."

When she said this, she choked up a little: "Your Majesty is so affectionate and loyal to me, even if you let me die right now, I would be willing to do so."

Lu Zhaolin frowned slightly and scolded her: "What are you talking about? Damn it, don't say that again in the future!"

Seeing that the circles under his eyes were still red, he softened his tone and said, "You have to stay with me well all the time."

Jiang Shiying leaned into his arms: "Okay, I've been staying with your majesty."

There were a lot of things waiting for Lu Zhaolin to deal with in the previous dynasty. He didn't stay in Jingyang Palace for too long. He only sat there for more than half an hour before returning to Ganquan Palace.

Not long after he sat down in front of the imperial palace, a young eunuch came into the palace and whispered something in Yao Xingde's ear.

Something was wrong with Yao Xingde's expression immediately.

"What happened?" Lu Zhaolin asked.

Yao Xingde reported carefully: "Your Majesty, Shangshu Ling has just sent someone to say that Shangshu Ling is unwell and needs to take leave to recuperate."