A Timely Wife

Li Ruosong looked at Xiong Ruoshan from the left and Zhou Jinyan from the right. He didn't speak for a long time, and Cheng Dong ignored him. He turned around and continued talking to Xiong Ruoshan. He had been married to Li Ruosong for ten years, and he knew Li Ruosong very well. If he didn't figure it out by himself, no one said it would be useless. Cheng Dong expected Li Ruosong to have this kind of reaction. If it happened in my own family, the acceptance would be much lower. If they were ordinary people, it would be fine, but Xiong Ruoshan's status is too high. His business is not only a family matter, but also a state matter.

Xiong Ruoshan has never had a big marriage, which has caused various voices to appear in the court. Since last year, at every court meeting, courtiers have proposed that the emperor should marry the queen, and the courtiers have also given many candidates. The country cannot live without a day Jun, in the same way, the harem cannot live without a queen. The courtiers urgently hope that the new emperor can establish a queen as soon as possible. Only when the emperor is married can he truly handle government affairs and take over Southern Chu.

The courtiers also have their own little calculations. When the emperor marries the queen, he must choose a woman who can consolidate his status. Shuang Er is not in their consideration. The one that is most beneficial to him or the one he is most willing to choose is The Li family, the other is the Zhou family, but there are no women of the right age in these two families, and there are no people of the right age in the families of Shen Shoufu and Shen Cifu. If you want to come, the emperor can only choose from the homes of other courtiers. Among them, there are several others in the cabinet. A cabinet bachelor is very promising. Several of their families have women of the right age. The cabinet is already occupied by people from Shen Shoufu and Shen Cifu. The queen has almost reached the point where she will write a letter as soon as she goes to court.

As far as the cabinet is concerned, no matter which family the emperor chooses as the queen, there are only advantages and no disadvantages for them. Choose a woman from among their families. The position of the uncle of the country is still very attractive. According to the decree issued before, the throne is only passed on to the eldest line, and only the eldest son and the eldest grandson are all in line. After death, it will be passed on to the second son. It can be said that as long as one's own daughter becomes the queen, one's own blood can be bound with the royal family forever until the great Chu dies.

It was originally intended to avoid the life-and-death rules set by the royal children for the throne, but now it has become an extremely tempting pie for the courtiers, and everyone wants to be able to swallow it in one bite. What the family did not expect, when Chengdong heard these things, his expression was very astonished. After all, he came from later generations, and this method of passing the throne was also borrowed from other countries in later generations. It was ahead of time, and there hadn't been a female emperor in this place yet, so Cheng Dong wanted to add a rule that if there were no males in the direct line but only females, it would be passed on to females.

It was at this moment that Xiong Ruoshan was able to accept this proposal, and the courtiers did not object, but it was because Da Chu's throne had already changed hands several times. For the legitimacy of the throne, there have been many disputes, and even one time it almost led to the collapse of the country and shook the country. Faced with Xiong Ruoshan's proposal, most people agree. According to the law, as long as the royal lineage is not all dead, there will be no major disturbances in the throne.

Huge benefits can always attract more covetousness. The courtiers all want that glory, and they are more concerned about the matter of the emperor's succession. Facing the increasingly loud voices of the courtiers, last year, Xiong Ruoshan finally let go and agreed to be the queen, but Xiong Ruoshan asked the Ministry of Rites to sort out the portraits and specific conditions of the girls of the right age, and submit them, and choose a girl from them.Chengdong was a little surprised when he heard the news. He thought that Xiong Ruoshan was unable to withstand the intimidation of the courtiers and chose to give in. Chengdong, who was afraid that Zhou Jinyan would be sad, even asked Xiong Ruoshan to ask.

As a result, Chengdong went there worried, and found that Xiong Ruoshan and Zhou Jinyan were chatting happily. Zhou Jinyan showed no dissatisfaction or worry at all. Chengdong was not the kind of person who could hide his thoughts, nor was he the kind The person in my heart may have been in the past, but in the past ten years, Li Ruosong's protection and care for Chengdong made Chengdong more relaxed and even self-willed. The taciturn temperament in the previous life is now gone. They can talk freely, this is the situation that Chengdong is willing to talk about, and when Chengdong is unwilling to deal with, Chengdong simply ignores it, and it is normal to leave with face.

According to Chengdong, he didn't like to talk before because no one listened to him even if he said it. He was used to carrying everything on his own, but now with Li Ruosong, he is willing to protect himself firmly behind him. I am willing to listen to myself rambling about what I have and what I don’t, and I am willing to hold myself as a treasure in my hands. This kind of love and affection from the heart makes Chengdong more open, and he no longer blindly suppresses himself. Slowly release the nature.

Chengdong also became more and more rude to Xiong Ruoshan, and asked bluntly: "What do you think? If you open your mouth and agree to become the queen, there will definitely be many women crying and shouting to come forward. After all, the position of queen is still Very attractive, if she can give birth to a son, her position will only become more and more stable and unshakable. You told me that you only want to be alone in this life, and you only want to be a couple with him for the rest of your life. Now you are Didn't you change your mind?"

Xiong Ruoshan glanced at Zhou Jinyan and smiled meaningfully. Cheng Dong patted Xiong Ruoshan and said, "Speak, I didn't come to see your fake smile."

"Brother, you are really, I am the emperor now anyway, can you give me some face, or in front of your sister-in-law." Xiong Ruoshan said helplessly.

Chengdong rolled his eyes angrily, and said, "It's just an emperor, you are the emperor, I'm also your brother-in-law, and the steamed buns can be bigger than the steamer, tell me quickly, what do you think, if you don't want to be with Jin After talking, you can tell them directly, don't do things that betray others while talking sweet words."

Xiong Ruoshan actually likes Chengdong's attitude towards him. He feels that even if he has been the emperor, his brother-in-law will still treat him like this decades later. , I will do what I want to do, and that kind of common sense is something that other people don't have.

Hearing Chengdong's words, Xiong Ruoshan smiled slightly and said, "Brother, I will definitely not do anything to apologize to Jinyan. Since I promised that there will be only Jinyan in my life, I will not betray you." Don't worry about my oath, brother." Cheng Dong frowned, looked at Xiong Ruoshan suspiciously, made it clear that he didn't believe Xiong Ruoshan's words, Xiong Ruoshan smiled helplessly, and said: "Brother, you are at least You have some confidence in me. For this matter, from the time Nanchu announced the founding of the country to now, there has never been a day when they haven’t written a letter asking me to become a queen as soon as possible. Those people in the cabinet actually joined forces for their own selfishness. I underestimated them These people are only a queen, and they are pressing forward step by step.

Brother, if I don't take a step back, they can keep talking, and they have been arguing for almost a year. This is the only thing they go to court every day, and they can't talk about other things. Don't we know? There are so many things to do, but they feel that this matter is more important than all other things, and they would rather not discuss political affairs but try to persuade me to become a queen.

However, my brother and the others felt that this matter should be resolved first, so they not only did not help me to block it, but they also persuaded me to get married first. To shirk, but in the end it still makes them hopeful, even if the emperor's younger brother is established, they can't resist their determination to stuff their daughter and granddaughter into the palace.

This time I agreed to it, but it was just a tactic to delay the attack. This method was told to me sincerely. I promised it first. Once I let go and agreed to choose a woman to enter the palace, then it would be impossible for Shen Shoufu and Shen Cifu to form an alliance and join forces to force him. Instead, I divided into two teams for their own interests. No one is willing to let the women from the other side's faction enter the palace as the queen. After all, after the woman from the other side's family enters the palace, it will only harm and not benefit my own faction. They are all worried that I will listen If there is too much wind in the ear, it will be biased.

They thought they were joining forces to force me to compromise, but they didn't know that once I let go, their alliance would cease to exist. Brother, just look, they can toss about candidates for a few months, Once the candidates are selected, they will be busy attacking each other again, trying to get rid of the women on the list proposed by the other party, and they will have to toss for several months.

I don't think there will be a year, this matter can't be settled, and I don't know what will happen in a year, and what will happen to the situation. Impossible, the broken jade looks like it has been repaired, but it is still broken.

And for me, it can keep my ears clean for a long time, brother, I will not make anyone a queen, even if I really want to have a queen, that person can only be cautious. "

Chengdong remembered that he looked at Zhou Jinyan in a daze at that time. In his opinion, Zhou Jinyan was only a half-grown child, and he was able to come up with such a method and see the situation so clearly. The second grandson that the Zhou family values ​​most, if the elders in the family can support him for a few more years, it is still unknown how far this child will go in the future.

Thinking of the past, looking at Li Ruosong who was still in a daze, Chengdong smiled slightly, he believed that Li Ruosong would figure it out