Concubine's poisonous plot

Seeing that he was really holding back his happy expression, Xiao Jinyao said: "Then there is Prince Lao..."

These days, they and Cui Shi have been going through the registers of the Ministry of War and the registers of the Ministry of Households to count the military dependents.

Shu Yunzhao also lamented that in this era without modern equipment, some things might be slower. However, when they actually started working on it, they discovered that the books of this era were indeed outstanding. They could identify all the key information at a glance. When counting family members, there will be no omissions.

Because there are so many soldiers on the list, the statistics cannot be completed overnight. Since the eldest prince wants to join, he might as well give him this most tedious task.

"My cousin has done a lot of good things for the country and the people during this period. He is indeed a role model for us. We should learn from you..."

Xiao Jinyao said without any hesitation: "It's true, I do have many advantages..."

His words made Xiao Yian lose his mind for a moment. Is he so immodest?

"That's it, that's it. My cousin should have a lot of things to do, so I won't waste my cousin's time here..."

After Xiao Jinyao returned, he told Shu Yunzhao about this matter.

Shu Yunzhao's reaction was very calm. She said: "This is understandable. After all, the emperor needs to test the lower limit of the eldest prince... After all, he will have a younger brother soon. Before the little prince grows up, he must distract the other few The prince’s attention... the survival rate of royal children is not high.”

Xiao Jinyao could only smile in response to his wife's transparency.

What she said was correct. When this matter is implemented in the future, some of it will fall into the hands of ministers they don't know. They may not have everything under their control in this process.

This time it is a start for the eldest prince, it depends on how he sets an example.

If something went wrong, he would have no chance of being crowned emperor.

Thinking of this, Xiao Jinyao felt much more at ease.

"Anyway, with Master Cui and Master Du watching over us, nothing big will go wrong..." Shu Yunzhao said.

Xiao Jinyao nodded again. He didn't need these two adults to welcome the Western Qin envoy. He could let Wang? worry more.

It's just that Shu Yunzhao still doesn't quite understand. This time the envoy from Western Qin handed over Chu Yitian's marriage to the eldest princess. Lin Churui believed that she should naturally, but the Duke of Chu and the emperor of Western Qin also agreed. ?

"I always feel that there is another story in this... How much do they know about their aunt? Will letting my aunt influence the princess's marriage really satisfy them?"

As someone who knew the inside story, Xiao Jinyao did not explain too much, but said: "This must be related to the letter Lin Churui sent to her aunt last time. Maybe they agreed on something back then..."

Shu Yunzhao did not continue to ask. Anyway, she had no obsession with these things.

After Xiao Yian told Queen Wei about the emperor's decision, Queen Wei did not show any happiness or displeasure, but said: "Yi'an, this matter is a test given to you by your father. If you can't do it with As Xiao Jinyao had imagined before, he must at least be decent. If something happens to enrich his own pockets or something shouldn't happen, it will touch his bottom line."

Only then did Xiao Yian understand the deep meaning behind the emperor's move, and couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Afterwards, Empress Wei said: "But this is a good thing. Your father wanted to give you some power, so he tested it like this. Although you did well in the previous things, it was all within his expectation, and the Wei family With help, this time I got the right to participate from Xiao Jinyao and Shu Yunzhao. Even if the Wei family intervenes, they can't do it as secretly as before, so you still have to work harder..."

With the Queen's words, Xiao Yian felt relaxed again.

As long as this thing is done, that position will be one step closer.

Now that the emperor is in his prime, he probably has never thought of abdicating so early, and these princes really do not have the ability to act alone.

It’s not yet known whether the child in Concubine Rou’s belly is a boy or a girl, so everything is uncertain.

"My queen, my sons and ministers will take her seriously and will not embarrass her."

Queen Wei warned again: "If your Uncle An Wang comes to you and asks you to take Xiao Luofan with you, you must refuse..."

Xiao Yi'an was stunned: "Queen Mother, isn't there more to Uncle An than this?"

Empress Wei said: "Based on my understanding of him, as for him, after all, Xiao Luofan is his precious son. Xiao Jinyao, the legitimate son, has always been a foil. There is no way for him to tear anything useful out of Xiao Jinyao's hands and give it to Xiao." Luo Fan, but you went in under the emperor's arrangement. You must be easier to talk to than Xiao Jinyao. Don't you know that your imperial grandmother called them together yesterday and still wants the Su family to reconcile with Shu Yunzhao? She is not doing it for the Su family. , or for Xiao Luofan."

If Empress Wei didn't say these words, it would probably not be easy for Xiao Yian to think of them.

Empress Wei said something very confident: "In the heart of your imperial grandmother, Xiao Luofan is her favorite grandson, even if you are of Wei family descent."

After Xiao Yian heard this, he became even more worried that King An would really find him.

"How can I refuse?" He was stunned for a moment.

Queen Wei said: "If you need my help to arrange this kind of thing, you can return to this errand."

Xiao Yian realized that he still needed to have the ability to handle things.

If there is no way to reject King An's personal goods, there will be no way to reject those who want to lie about this matter or use connections to forge identities and enjoy the subsidies from the court in the future.

"Mother, my sons and ministers all understand."

"Then go and get busy. Since you fought for it, then have an attitude of cherishing the opportunity."

Shortly after Xiao Yian left, Xiao Yuanan came over.

"Mother, I heard that my eldest brother has received permission from the emperor to be able to show his talents in Xiao Jinyao's plan?"

Queen Wei glanced at him and said, "When do you plan to go to court?"

Xiao Yuanan didn't expect that his mother's words were quite disappointing, so he said: "Mother, didn't my son go to court before, but he really couldn't stand, and what those ministers said was like this and that, and ultimately it is up to the father to make a decision. At that time, they were all so wise and wise, and I was almost bored to death..."

Queen Wei did not express her understanding, and said with a very serious expression: "So you want to let your eldest brother deal with everything alone in the court. Just like before, he was rejected several times after trying for opportunities, and no one spoke for him. What? Even if you don’t have the intention to compete with your elder brother for power, won’t you go to court in the future and help him deal with those thorns? "