The hero bends down

The next day, Long Yi stepped into the Hall of Chonghe.

Chonghe Hall is the place where the emperor of the current dynasty lived in the early days.

Long Yi is still wearing a black robe, with a golden dragon with dancing claws embroidered on it, solemn and solemn; the twelve crowns on his head hang down straight down, shaking slightly with the steps of his master.

As soon as the emperor entered the palace, the noisy hall immediately quieted down.All the ministers lined up and bowed their heads.

"See Your Majesty."

The voices of the courtiers were in unison, resounding in the hall.

Long Yi sat down on the dragon chair. The dragon chair was made of white marble.Long Yi sat upright, looked down at the court hall from twelve o'clock, and then said in a clear voice: "The family of all the gentlemen is flat."

"Today's morning court, if you have something to play, you will leave the court if you have nothing to do." Telford beside him said.

Long Yi put his hand on the armrest of the dragon head, pressed his fingers and quietly touched the ring on his thumb.

The courtiers looked at each other, and one of the last row came forward.

Long Yi twitched the corners of his mouth.

The person who came out was Zuo Qiyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, about 40 years old, already fat, and bent over with a small belly.

"Your Majesty, I have something to play."

Although he had already guessed what Zuo Qiyu was going to say, and knew that he really didn't want to hear what this person had to say, Long Yi still said solemnly: "Zuo."

With the emperor's approval, Zuo Qiyu looked at the wat he was holding on to in his hand, and read according to the prepared rules.

"The emperor has been on the throne for six years, but he has not yet established a queen. I believe that the country cannot be without a king for a day, and the harem cannot be without a master for a day. The queen's position is like the emperor's mother, showing the mother's respect to the world. The emperor now has four concubines and nine concubines. If someone is talented, virtuous and beautiful, it is better to approve one of them, promote him to the position, and enshrine him as an empress."

Long Yi smiled and said: "Four concubines and nine concubines are indeed talented and beautiful. I love all of them very much. I don't know who Zuo Aiqing is interested in?"

Zuo Qiyu heard that the voice in the hall was laughing, but it was as cold as ice slag, seeping into his heart, he couldn't help shivering, and didn't dare to speak again.

At the head of the courtiers, there was one person who was not afraid of Long Yi's majesty, and walked out slowly.

"Your Majesty, I think Concubine Xuan is the best candidate for empress."

Those who came out of the line did not bow their bodies when they spoke, and looked directly at Long Yi, and his court clothes were also very radiant on him.This man was thin and in his sixties, he was Qu Ji, the father of Concubine Xuan.

Long Yi remained silent, but the hand touching the finger paused for a moment.

After seeing Qu Huan's speech, the emperor didn't say anything, other courtiers also became bolder and came out one after another. Yan Xuan, the smart concubine, who has been managing the harem for many years, is the best candidate for the empress.

A few people also stood up and said that Concubine Shu is generous and decent, or that Concubine De is stable and can also play the role of queen.

On the contrary, some old ministers came out and remonstrated with the emperor.

As we all know, since the emperor ascended the throne at the age of 20, he has had many concubines, but he has no heirs.

Without a prince, the position of queen had to remain vacant.A while ago, Long Yi was able to suppress the words of persuasion and embarrassment by the fact that he had no dragon son, but as time passed, the royal family was still childless, but there were a few Jieyu and Cairen who gave birth to girls and were enshrined as concubines .

So the posthumous mentions sprung up like mushrooms after rain.

Long Yi's eyes flickered, he stared at Qu Ji for a while, and then slowly opened his eyes.He looked again at the courtier who was admonishing him in the hall, and said: "I have my own plans for the matter of establishing a successor."

After a pause, he said again: "Is there anything else you love to tell me?"

The emperor suppressed the topic just now with only one sentence, and everyone speculated about the emperor's holy will.

Seeing that no one was admonishing him anymore, Long Yi waved his hands and got up.

Deqing said "Back to court" and followed behind.

After the emperor left Chonghe Hall, he saw Ji Munian waiting outside the hall.He stepped on the chariot, lay down on the soft yellow cushion, and then slowly turned his body sideways.

He really hates those courtiers whispering in his ear, especially that Qu Ji.

Qu Yu is very powerful. After getting rid of the Youxianglou family in recent years, the power of prime minister has been monopolized by this person, and he is less and less regarded as the emperor.

What a worry!

The emperor turned around again on the imperial chariot.

Lying in this position in this position is really comfortable.Long Yi closed his eyes contentedly.

"Your Majesty." Ji Munian looked at Long Yi helplessly and said, "Your Majesty, which palace do you want to go to?"

"The Imperial Study Room," said the emperor.

The imperial study room is Fengchuzhai.Ji Munian ordered someone to lift the chariot to stabilize it, and headed towards the Shouyi Palace.

Long Yi dozed off in a daze on the chariot, and heard Ji Munian whispering in his ear: "Your Majesty, the imperial study is here."

He frowned and opened his eyes.His eyes hadn't caught a glimpse of Ji Munian yet, but the moment he opened them, he followed his natural gaze and was caught by a court lady in the distance.

The lady-in-waiting was sweeping leaves under a linden tree in the garden altar.Her back was straight, and she held a broom in a strange posture.

Ordinary court ladies clean the soil with soft sweeps, but this court lady is not.This palace lady is holding a broom and sweeping very seriously, but her movements are wide open and closed, quite a posture of one man guarding the gate and ten thousand men not opening.

"..."

Long Yi squinted his eyes, Xu just woke up, and his head was still a little fuzzy.He looked sideways at Ji Munian, frowned and said, "This man looks familiar yet familiar, have I seen him somewhere?"

Ji Munian followed the gaze that Long Yi was looking at just now, and his face became a little ugly for a moment.

Although there were still lumps in his heart, Ji Munian still told the truth.

"Go back to the emperor, this person is the court lady whom the emperor ordered me to check the day before yesterday."

Long Yi glanced again from a distance, his head turned a little more flexibly, but his expression still changed when he saw the maid sweeping the floor.

"Is this the concubine Qi?"

"..."

Ji Munian coughed dryly and didn't answer.

Long Yi stared, looking at the figure of this person, it was similar to Concubine Qi who was thrown into limbo three years ago, and it was exactly the same as what she saw in Shen Jing Palace before, but this posture was really weird.

Could it be that Concubine Qi was thrown into the cold palace, and after three years of seeing each other, did she degenerate like this?

He had doubts in his heart, and his mind went round and round. While getting out of the chariot, he walked along the path and walked into Feng Chuzhai. Then he thought of the bet with Ji Munian.

Long Yi looked at Ji Munian, and Ji Munian was also looking at him.

He hooked the corner of his mouth and said, "Telford."

"The servant is here." The eunuch following Long Yi hurriedly knelt down.

"I remember that last year the Western Regions paid tribute to a Liaoyuan Mirror and put it in the Shouyi Palace. Go and get it." Long Yi said.

"Hey." Defu agreed and stepped back.

Long Yi walked to a small window, lifted the curtain, and looked out.Through the window, one could just see the maid sweeping the floor.

Ji Munian immediately understood what the emperor was about to do, and waited beside him.

Not long after, Defu brought a long-tube Liaoyuan mirror and presented it to the emperor.The emperor picked up the Liaoyuan mirror, adjusted it, and looked in the direction of the maid.

The maid is sweeping the floor.

The maid sweeps the floor very seriously.

The action of the maid sweeping the floor is quite heroic.

The maid's back was facing Long Yi's line of sight, her waist was very straight, like a long-term natural habit, not artificial.

"..."

After a quarter of an hour, Long Yi put down the Liaoyuan mirror, rubbed his half-closed eyes, and then put the long tube on the other eye.

The Emperor continued to observe—

The maid finally turned around!

The maid's head was lowered, unable to see her face.

The maid continued to hold her head.

The maid still held her head.

The maid's head was pressed against it from the beginning to the end, and she didn't mean to raise her head at all.

"..."

Another quarter of an hour.

With a sullen face, Long Yi threw the Liaoyuan mirror onto the long table with a "snap", knocking over the neatly stacked memorials.The memorials fell like a mountain, splashing all over the ground.

Telford was bluffed and immediately knelt down on the ground.

"Your Majesty, rest your anger."

His voice was trembling, but it reminded Long Yi instead.Long Yi said with a smile: "Defu, you ask someone to meet this court lady, and ask her to turn around and show me whether this person is Concubine Qi."

Telford obediently agreed.

"Don't arouse this person's suspicion." Long Yi reminded.

Knowing what the emperor meant, Defu responded and left Feng Chuzhai again.

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It was Zhong Su's turn to be on duty today, and before leaving, Ruoqing repeatedly asked him to clean up the road beside Fengchuzhai.

So, Le Bi led him to a corner of this garden and started his work today.

Autumn is here, when the autumn wind blows, the fallen leaves are falling under the linden tree.

Zhong Su swept around with the broom, and after a while, the wind blew again.

The fallen leaves rustled down.

Zhong Su took the trouble to clean him up again.

When he was in the army, the cleaning work of the army training ground was carried out in rotation, and he also swept the entire field.At that time, while their troops were cleaning up, they would sing military songs and shout loud slogans to increase their enthusiasm for work.

But here, he couldn't.

To prevent his identity from being revealed, he could only keep his head down and work in silence.

Then, amidst the sound of sweeping the floor, someone came over.