I am a ruler in troubled times

Luoyang City is no different from when Song Peiyu and Chong Yi left three years ago. Occasionally, when they glanced at both sides of the road, they could still see figures poking their heads behind the windows.

Presumably the people in Luoyang knew that Prince Zhao was entering the city today. Although they dared not look at it openly, they were really curious about the rumored invincible Prince Zhao, so they couldn't help taking a peek.

Emperor Ming Zheng had already consciously moved out of the main hall of the Luoyang Palace.

In fact, he wanted to go out of the palace directly, but he didn't dare to decide without authorization, so he moved to the palace closest to the gate of the palace, expressing his thoughts secretly.

Emperor Mingzheng and Yan officials were willing to keep things simple, and Chong Yi and Song Peiyu, who were in a hurry to return to Xianyang for the New Year, naturally wanted to help them.

A group of people went silently to the main hall where the Yan Guo Dachaohui was located on weekdays.

Chong Yi boarded the nine-story high platform, turned around and faced Emperor Mingzheng and Yan officials below the stage.

Emperor Mingzheng and the officials of Yan had already knelt down when Chongyi was walking up the steps. After Chongyi turned around, they said in unison, "I wish to surrender Zhao, and please His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

Chong Yi was very satisfied with the concise words of Emperor Mingzheng and the officials of Yan. The specific performance was that he was more efficient than Emperor Mingzheng and the officials of Yan.

The imperial decree was sent from Xianyang to Chong Yi half a year ago.

Emperor Mingzheng was named King Ping, and he bestowed Ping Wangfu in Xianyang, and ordered Ping Wang to take the two sons of King Jing, who had passed away from the Kingdom of Yan, to Xianyang with Chongyi and live in Pingwangfu.

The titles of the royal family and nobles of the Yan Kingdom were downgraded to three ranks. Like King Ping, they followed Chongyi to Xianyang to pay homage to Emperor Yonghe.

……

Song Peiyu stood at the front of the stage, looked around openly, and saw the changes in the expressions of King Ping and Yan officials who were listening to the imperial decree respectfully.

Speaking of which, Luoyang has benefited from Qingzhou instead.

If it hadn't been for Qingzhou's promise to only lower the titles of Qingzhou's royal family and nobles to three ranks in a row, according to Emperor Yonghe's plan, he originally wanted to give Emperor Mingzheng only a title of prince, and then give the two sons left behind by King Jing of Yan Kingdom the title of prince. A good way out is to send Yan Guo away.

People with titles heard the imperial decree and knew that they had to be like people with titles in Qingzhou. Their titles were downgraded by three levels, and their faces showed varying degrees of bitterness and reluctance.

However, after hearing that they were going to Xianyang with Chong Yi, the bitterness and reluctance of these people immediately turned into joy.

It's not a loss to use the title to impress Emperor Yonghe and Prince Zhao!

After the imperial decree was read out, no matter what Emperor Mingzheng and Yan officials thought, they should respectfully receive the decree and thank you.

Emperor Mingzheng looked at the word 'Ping' on the imperial decree, his gaze passed over Chong Yi, and landed on Song Peiyu who looked kinder, "Can Young Master Song help...Xiao Wang?"

"My lord, you're being polite." Song Peiyu nodded, "I must know everything."

"Isn't there already a King Anping in Xianyang?" King Ping looked at Song Peiyu with a strange expression, which was definitely not joy.

King Anping of Zhao State is very strange.

Since ancient times, most of them have been kings with one word shoulder to shoulder and county kings with two words.

King Anping is a prince, but he has the title of county king.

King Liang and King Qing, who returned to Zhao after King Anping, did not change their titles, which made King Anping even more strange.

Song Peiyu smiled and said to King Ping, "Your Majesty has changed the title of King Anping to King An, and his mansion is next door to the prince. After the prince arrives in Xianyang, if you feel bored, you can go play with King An. He is very easy-going and easy-going. people."

Thanks to the many ups and downs in the past few years, King Ping has calmed down a lot, otherwise he would pass out from anger.

No one in Kyushu knows what happened to King Anping and the state of Wei back then.

He is not even as good as King Anping now?

The 'Anping' title was dismantled.

He could only get the latter.

King Ping was so angry that he ate an extra bowl of braised pork that night.

Needless to say, Zhao Guo's piglets are different, they don't have any fishy smell, they are soft, glutinous and smooth, fragrant but not greasy.

good to eat!

Song Peiyu and Chong Yi didn't plan to stay in Luoyang for too long.

There is only one month left before the Chinese New Year, and they will quickly and selectively inspect the remaining cities in Yizhou, and then return to Xianyang for the Chinese New Year.

Although the family always tried their best to hide it from him, Song Peiyu knew that since last year, Mrs. Song's body has not been as strong as before.

Mrs. Song had accumulated many illnesses during last winter.

Fortunately, after surviving the spring, it is slowly recovering, and finally there are no hidden dangers left.

I don't know if it will be repeated after winter this year.

King Ping and other nobles in Yan State were very winking. After packing up their belongings in the shortest possible time, they told Song Peiyu that they could leave at any time.

The remaining things will naturally be sorted out slowly by those still in Luoyang, and will be sent to Xianyang after the spring thaws next year.

Ji Tong also went back to his mansion in Luoyang to pack some things, and told his family to go to Xianyang to find him after the spring thaw next year.

The other Yanchen, who did not have a title, were not ordered to move to Xianyang, and were not as lucky as Ji Tong, who hugged Chong Yi's thigh very early, were in a hurry.

When Emperor Qing changed his capital to Luoyang, Luoyang and Xianyang, which had the same degree of prosperity, immediately became different.

Now Fengshui turns, Zhao Cunyan is destroyed, Xianyang is still the capital of the country, but Luoyang has become an ordinary city.

Are they left behind in Luoyang, are they destined to be left behind by those who go to Xianyang?

Song Peiyu once again felt the enthusiasm from Luoyang.

He didn't even dare to go out easily. He always thought it was easy to go out, but he might not be able to come back.

Even if Song Peiyu didn't go out, the officials of Yan didn't let Song Peiyu go.

Some people can be stopped by Zhao Jun, but some people can't even be stopped by Zhao Jun.

For example, Wu Jinfei who once had a great kindness to the Song family.

Another example is the other elders with gray hair and high morals.

No matter what Zhao Jun said, the elders all went straight to the door.

If Zhao Jun dared to threaten the bosses and throw them out, the bosses would just lie down.

Commonly known as 'touch porcelain'.

Song Peiyu has nothing to do with these people, especially most of the people here are close friends with his father, Song Liangci, who he has never met, and they also know the interesting things about his elder brother Song Jinyu when he was young.

The most important thing is that these elders only came to chat with Song Peiyu, and never made specific requests with Song Peiyu.

They never gave Song Peiyu a chance to refuse.

Chong Yi received Song Peiyu's request for help, and tried to rescue Song Peiyu, but put himself in it.

Song Peiyu found that in a short period of time, all the people around him surrounded Chong Yi, and while he was deeply relieved, his mood became more complicated. It turned out that he was just a "plant", and the real goal of the bosses was 'rabbit'.

I'm afraid that when I leave Luoyang, the elders will try their best to stop them.

Song Peiyu specially reminded the elders that the imperial decree of Emperor Yonghe only allowed those who had to go to Xianyang to go to Xianyang, and did not mean to forbid others to go to Xianyang.

As the territory of Zhao State became larger and larger, courtiers who could do things became more and more scarce.

As long as these elders are willing to bow their heads to Emperor Yonghe, with Emperor Yonghe's heart, they will definitely be used.

The elders were unmoved.

Only then did Song Peiyu know what kind of ambitions the bosses had.

They actually wanted to persuade Emperor Yonghe to move his capital to Luoyang.

Song Peiyu immediately didn't dare to persuade these elders to go to Xianyang anymore, he was afraid that after these elders appeared in the Xianyang court, they would splash blood with Zhao Chen on the spot.

When leaving Luoyang, Song Peiyu added a small wooden box for letters in her carry-on luggage.

These are all letters from the elders of Luoyang to Emperor Yonghe, and Song Peiyu has already learned the contents of the letter from the elders.

'On the Necessity of Moving the Capital from Xianyang to Luoyang'

Examples include, but are not limited to, Xianyang is considered to be a remote location in Kyushu, and it is not as good as Luoyang, which is in the center.

Whether it is news from Qingzhou, Yanzhou, or Chen Guo, it will be spread to Luoyang immediately, and then spread from Luoyang to Xianyang.

Then Xianyang's order passed through Luoyang, and then passed to Qingzhou, Yanzhou or Chen Guo.

A lot of time wasted for nothing.

It was a very urgent matter, maybe when Xianyang received the news, the matter would have been settled.

In addition, Emperor Qing chose Luoyang between Xianyang and Luoyang because the climate in Luoyang was more stable than that in Xianyang in those years.

Although the climate in Xianyang has not deteriorated over the years, it is still not as good as Luoyang.

……

It has to be said that although the bosses in Luoyang have selfish intentions, the reason for persuading Emperor Yonghe to move the capital is not aimless.

only……

Song Peiyu shook her head.

Youzhou, as the land of Longxing, is the foundation of Zhao State.

For the convenience of the moment, shaking the foundation is not worth the candle.

This matter is very difficult.

After leaving Yizhou and entering Youzhou, Chong Yi immediately abandoned the magnificent and majestic but clumsy prince's guard of honor, and spent the whole day hanging out with Song Peiyu in the carriage, his mood improved visibly with the naked eye.

Of course Song Peiyu knew the reason why Chongyi's mood improved.

Not long ago, a secret letter from Emperor Yonghe came from Xianyang. In the letter, Emperor Yonghe mentioned that he was preparing a dowry for Chongyi.

It's a pity that when Song Peiyu tactfully asked Song Jinyu how Emperor Yonghe planned to persuade the courtiers, he didn't find out anything. Song Jinyu didn't reply, and only gave him a book called 'Qingjing'.

Song Peiyu didn't dare to stroke Song Jinyu's beard again, and she never mentioned Chong Yi in any correspondence with Song Shi.

Before arriving in Xianyang, Song Peiyu received news from Chen Guo.

Emperor Xuantai, who is about to be filial piety, has reached a consensus with Prince Chu, and will marry Prince Chu's daughter as queen after filial piety.

When Xue Lin was seriously injured in Yan State, after being brought back to Yuzhou by his subordinates, Zeng was delirious and could only linger on the sick bed for a long time.

After finally waking up, he realized that Ji Tong not only defended Yancheng, but also chased Chen Jun to the brim, and took down many cities in Yuzhou.

Xue Lin was furious, and before he could express his anger, he learned something that made him even more angry.

The tent that collapsed that day brought down the candlelight.

There are many hideous and terrifying scars on his face. He has used countless precious medicinal materials and folk remedies for treatment, but these scars have only faded, and there is no hope of completely removing these scars.

And the majestic place under him was also smashed by the collapsed tent, not to mention the spirit of dragon and tiger, during this period of coma, yellow soup would flow out anytime and anywhere.

I heard that the idiots under him were too anxious to hide their tracks when they went to the folks to find famous doctors.

Almost everyone in the world already knew that when Prince Chen disappeared, his confidants were trying their best to find a famous doctor who could remove the burn marks and a famous doctor who could treat the majestic place.

The breath that Xue Lin managed to catch was almost completely cut off.

Xue Lin neatly resolved the person who was temporarily in charge of the overall situation during his coma.

Then, dragging his still stinging face and uncontrollable..., first solve the bad influence of Chen Jun's defeat of Yan State.

Xue Lin judged from various sources that Ji Tong was entrenched in several cities on the border of Yuzhou and would not take advantage of the victory to pursue it, so he did not dare to act rashly.

He ruthlessly remembered Ji Tong's name in his heart, but ignored Ji Tong immediately because he had more important things to do.

Chen Jun, who was kicked out of Yizhou by Ji Tong, had lost the best chance to invade Yizhou.

Fortunately, the king of Yanzhou is acquainted enough. As long as Chen Jun can enter Yanzhou along the southern pass of Yanzhou, relying on the eight passes of Yanzhou at the junction of Yanzhou and Yizhou, he can easily stop Zhao Jun from Yanzhou.

At that time, the ignorant Qingzhou was caught between Yanzhou and Chen Guo, and could not wait for Zhao Guo's help. Wouldn't it be possible for Chen Guo to do whatever he wanted?

As long as they can take Qingzhou and Yanzhou, even if they can't stop Zhao Guo from taking the complete Yizhou.

For Chen Guo, it was not a loss.

It's a pity that Xue Lin was in a coma for too long. Even if he woke up, he didn't even care about recuperating his injuries. He immediately dragged his sick body to contact the King of Yanzhou, and then quickly dispatched troops.

Chen Jun still arrived at the southern checkpoint of Yanzhou a day and a half later than Yan Jun.

So much so that Xue Lin could only watch with bloodshot eyes, Zhao Banner and Suzaku Banner on the city wall of the checkpoint in the south of Yanzhou, vomited blood.

The pass in the south of Yanzhou is worthy of its name of natural danger. There are only 20 Yan troops on the city wall, but [-] Chen troops have failed several times.

The checkpoint in the south of Yanzhou that embarrasses Chen Jun is worthy of its name, and it is worthy of its dangerous name.

The Eight Passes of Yanzhou, which are connected to Zhao Jun in the west of Yanzhou, have a false name, and they collapsed overnight, allowing Zhao Jun to drive straight in.

The gap caused Xue Lin, who finally got up from the bed, to lie down again.

Xue Lin was so angry that he vomited blood for several days, and the suffocation that had been stagnant in his chest all the time was vented out by accident, and his mind became much clearer.

He has already realized that Yanzhou, which was almost beaten to Kedu by Zhao Jun, and Qingzhou, which has a great prejudice against Chen Guo, and Qingzhou, which has never had any contact with Chen Guo before, will probably be handed over to Zhao Guo.

He has more difficult things to deal with.

For example, the old people in Jinling already knew the news that he was disfigured and..., and were jumping up and down waiting to make trouble for him.

Xue Lin cheered up quickly, and he led his troops back to Yuzhou. While letting people reoccupy the city abandoned by the Yan army, he rectified the city of Yuzhou that had long been occupied by Chen Guo.

No matter how those old things in Jinling jumped, even Emperor Xiankai personally ordered, Xue Lin refused to return to Jinling.

Before sending troops to Yuzhou, Xue Lin's subordinates forced Emperor Xiankai to adopt Xue Lin's eldest brother on the grounds that Xue Lin's eldest brother had an accident and was physically handicapped and could not inherit the throne.

Xue Lin, whose face was covered with scald marks, was afraid that if he returned to Jinling, he would lose the crown prince for the same reason as his elder brother was adopted.

Besides...he has even more unspeakable injuries.

After completely stabilizing Yuzhou in the shortest possible time, Xue Lin began to concentrate on recuperating the two serious injuries on his body.

In order not to let the hard work go to waste, he also specially ordered that it is no longer necessary to tell him everything that happened in Zhao Guo in detail, as long as the major events are summarized and submitted every ten days.

During the recuperation days, Xue Lin saw countless doctors and took countless bitter medicines.

Although the scar on his face is still hideous and terrifying, it can stop children from crying at night, but it is not completely useless.

Not only is he no longer incontinent anytime and anywhere, but he can also return to bravery through secret medicine and make a woman pregnant.

On the day he heard that his concubine was pregnant, Xue Lin shut himself in the study.

In front of him was a burning brazier, and beside him was a large box that could still put him in it.

Inside the big box were documents of Jinling officials impeaching him, many of which had Emperor Xiankai's own handwriting on them.

At the very beginning, facing all kinds of impeachment against Xue Lin by the officials, Emperor Xiankai would defend Xue Lin a little bit in words.

It's a pity that the good times didn't last long, as more and more books were written, Emperor Xiankai's attitude became worse and worse.

In the later stage, he simply scolded Xue Lin with the courtiers.

In the recent approval, there is already an intention to abolish the prince and establish another.

Xue Lin carefully memorized every word on every booklet in his heart.

Then put the booklets you have read into the brazier, and then go to get the next booklet.

It took Xue Lin a full three days and three nights to read these notes, during which only those who brought him meals and changed the brazier were allowed to enter.

Three days later, Xue Lin looked at the completely empty wooden box for a long time, and slowly closed his eyes.

After only a short while, Xue Lin opened his eyes abruptly, and the exhaustion and almost unrecognizable sadness in his closed eyes had completely dissipated, replaced by indifference and ridicule.

Eight months later, the concubine gave birth to the child safely. It was a healthy boy, obviously still wrinkled and ugly, but the outline of the facial features was almost exactly the same as that of Xue Lin.

Xue Lin was overjoyed and held a grand baptism for the child.

During the meeting, Xue Lin left the meeting quietly.

Although people could smell the smell of alcohol floating on his body from a long distance, Xue Lin's eyes were not half drunk, but sharper than usual.

He stood alone in the corridor, his eyes fixed on the direction of Jinling.

After giving a secret order to the person who quietly appeared in front of him, Xue Lin returned to the banquet.

Half a month later, Emperor Xiankai, who was far away in Jinling, passed away.

Xue Lin immediately returned to Jinling with Chen Jun who was lingering in Yuzhou, and with the soldiers and horses in his hands and the identity of the prince, he swept away all obstacles and succeeded in succeeding in the sea of ​​corpses and blood.

The reign name is Xuantai.

The emperor's filial piety is the same as that of others. As long as he wants to keep it or doesn't want to, he can find countless reasons.

Xue Lin was willing to keep filial piety for Emperor Xiankai for six months, and he was already a filial emperor in the eyes of most people.

It's just that Song Peiyu didn't expect that three years ago, Prince Chu wanted to betroth his daughter to Xue Lin, but he still hasn't given up on it until now.

After all, Crown Prince Chu three years ago was still King Jia, so it was normal to want to use the alliance with Chen Guo to compete for the crown prince.

Three years later, King Jia has become the rightful crown prince of the Chu Kingdom, but the eldest grandson of the emperor who once competed with him for the reserve position has been demoted to the status of a commoner, not even eligible to stay in the Chu capital.

Emperor Chu seemed to be heartbroken in the struggle between King Jia and the eldest grandson of the emperor. Since King Jia became the crown prince, he successively handed over all government affairs to the prince.

He himself is in-depth and simple, and only occasionally invites some juniors he likes into the palace to talk, and his life is no different from that of the Supreme Emperor.

Prince Chu still wants to marry Xue Lin...

Song Peiyu thought about it, but he could only attribute the reason to Zhao Guoshang.

Perhaps after Crown Prince Chu became the crown prince, he could finally understand how disappointed Chu State's sudden defection to Chen State, which could almost be called a betrayal, would disappoint Zhao State.

Now the only remaining states of Zhao, Chu, and Chen in Kyushu are gradually stabilizing.

Chu, the weakest country, started to be afraid?

So he simply went all the way to the dark and tied Chen Guo to death.

In any case, Prince Chu's selection of Xue Lin, who is more than a full round older than his daughter, as his son-in-law will not be due to Xue Lin's disfigured face and the mighty power that can only be obtained by taking medicine.

Chong Yi saw that Song Peiyu was always absent-minded after reading the letter paper, and he also became curious.

He took out the letter paper from Song Peiyu's palm and scanned it at a glance, with half of his eyebrows raised high.

"Huh?" Song Peiyu didn't expect Chong Yi to respond to the content on the letter paper, she was overjoyed and did not miss any chance to cultivate Chong Yi's interest in political affairs.

He immediately asked, "An idea?"

Chong Yi nodded honestly.

Song Peiyu was overjoyed, keeping his chin with one hand, raised his head to look at Chongyi, his eyes seemed to be filled with tiny stars, "Tell me?"

Chong Yi suddenly lowered his head, and the big red forehead on his forehead was attached to Song Peiyu's smooth forehead, giving Song Peiyu a tactile sensation that was neither itchy nor painful, but could not be ignored.

The warm breath rushed towards the face, Song Peiyu's heart and eyes were filled with the face that was close at hand.

No matter how many years he looks at it, his heart will sway for this face.

Or because the relationship has been deepening over the years, Song Peiyu feels that he is more and more easily bewitched by Chong Yi's beauty.

Just when Song Peiyu was elated by the sudden approach of this face, and was about to ask for a kiss unceremoniously, she suddenly heard a firm voice in her ear.

"I want to get married before him."

The smile on Song Peiyu's face froze immediately, originally she raised her hands to press Chong Yi's hands, but instead pushed Chong Yi away.

However, after meeting Shang Chongyi's inexplicably stubborn gaze, Song Peiyu said, "... let's do it"

The next day, this news arrived in Xianyang before Song Peiyu and Chongyi.

It is the end of the year, and the prince who has been away from Xianyang for more than three years is about to return to court.

The entire court, from Emperor Yonghe, King Su, down to many Zhao officials, were all radiant, and even their voices were much louder than before.

When the courtiers were discussing the sacrifice before the end of the year at the Great Court Meeting, the person in charge of delivering the news just arrived.

Emperor Yonghe snorted coldly after reading the secret letter, and held the secret letter by his side.

Eunuch Meng immediately took the secret letter and trotted towards King Su.

"Don't bother." Emperor Yonghe called to stop Eunuch Meng, "Let everyone listen."

Eunuch Meng bowed in response, and read out the contents of the letter aloud.

The courtiers were relieved instead.

They thought it was a big event that could change Emperor Yonghe's expression on the spot.

Could it be that the prince who was rushing back to Xianyang had an accident?

It turned out that it was just the old story of Chen and Chu's marriage, and even the candidates hadn't changed.

Prince Chu was cruel enough. The news that Emperor Chen Guo Xuantai was seriously injured in Yan State and searched for famous doctors had already spread to every corner of Kyushu.

Who doesn't know that Emperor Chen Guoxuan's face is terrifying, and he can stop children from crying at night, and some aspects also make people suspicious.

Under such circumstances, Crown Prince Chu was willing to let his daughter wait for three years. He insisted on waiting from the best years until he became an old girl, and he still wanted to marry Chen Guo far away.

Although it didn't feel abrupt, the marriage of Chu State and Chen State at this juncture still made Zhao officials vigilant.

Immediately someone stood up and suggested to Emperor Yonghe, "If Your Majesty does not want to see the marriage between Chu State and Chen State, you might as well send troops to Yuzhou, and then make a clever plan to cause conflicts between Chu State and Chen State who are also in Yuzhou."

The more this person talked, the more excited he became. If someone hadn't interrupted him in time, I'm afraid even Zhao Guo could imagine the day when he "take Chu State first, then pacify Chen State, and unify Kyushu".

Zhao Chen, who interrupted this person, felt that this person was thinking too far, but he was in favor of this person persuading Emperor Yonghe to act first.

This Zhao Chen has even more novel ideas.

He thought that Emperor Yonghe could send someone to join the wedding party of Prince Chu's daughter, and after arriving in Jinling, try to assassinate Emperor Chen Guoxuantai.

It doesn't have to be successful, as long as it is the dowry of Prince Chu's daughter to assassinate Emperor Xuantai.

With Emperor Xuantai's narrow-mindedness, he will inevitably have doubts about Chu.

If the two parties still can't trust each other, it's useless to reach a verbal or written agreement even if they marry. They will definitely drift away, or even turn against each other.

There are these two people throwing bricks, and immediately there are courtiers who either improve the opinions of these two people, or propose new ideas.

The court hall, which was silent for a moment, immediately became lively.

In short, the relationship between Chu State and Chen State cannot be made too close.

It's a pity that the courtiers were so focused on the upcoming marriage between Chu and Chen that they completely forgot to look at Emperor Yonghe's face.

Most people didn't notice that Emperor Yonghe's expression had changed from cold and disdainful to one who didn't know what to say.

The courtiers discussed and disputed on their own, and in a short period of time, they summed up the three easiest plans to dedicate to Emperor Yonghe, and waited with great anticipation for Emperor Yonghe to choose again from these three plans.

Emperor Yonghe's eyes flicked across the expectant faces of the courtiers one by one, and stayed on Song Jinyu's smiling face for a little longer, in exchange for Song Jinyu's puzzled gaze.

"Cough" Emperor Yonghe paused guiltyly before speaking, "There is no rush to mention these things beforehand."

The courtiers looked at each other with the same disappointment and bewilderment in their eyes.

There is no rush for such a big event, so what's the rush?

A ruthless person asked everyone's feelings, "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the most urgent matter?"

Emperor Yonghe, who was avoiding Song Jinyu's eyes in a 'natural' way, immediately cast admiring glances at the person who asked the question, and said impatiently, "My son is thirty-two, and he hasn't married yet. Are you anxious?"

The courtier who was asked immediately froze in place.

His Royal Highness, they are already thirty-two?

Others in the hall also exclaimed to varying degrees.

Your Highness is 32 years old?

Amidst the high and low exclamations, the few courtiers at the front of the court hall took a breath, and their self-confident eyes kept turning around Emperor Yonghe and Song Jinyu, and then stayed on Song Jinyu for a long time.

Could it be that the crown prince's statement that "you should not be infected with ordinary women before the age of [-]" is not your Majesty's random nonsense?

The unusual relationship between the prince and Song Peiyu is only because Song Peiyu is not an ordinary woman but an ordinary man?

In a trance, someone beat his chest and stomped his feet, and the face of the handsome junior at home flashed in his mind.

There is no shame in serving the monarch!

pity……

Ugh.

Before the courtiers could react, Emperor Yonghe meant that he wanted to choose a concubine for the prince, and he was thinking about his own or relatives' juniors recommending themselves.

Emperor Yonghe couldn't bear Song Jinyu's gaze as if a wolf found out that a wolf cub in the clan had been stolen, and quietly exited the hall as he stared at the thief.

There is no rush for this matter, Suzaku has been waiting for so many years anyway.

As long as you are faster than Emperor Xuantai!

Emperor Xuantai still had at least two months of filial piety, and Chu State and Chen State had to start discussing marriage from the beginning, and the speed would definitely not be fast.

Emperor Yonghe counted the time on his fingers and went straight to the private treasury.

He first prepared the bride price for Suzaku!

The news of "Emperor Yonghe intends to let the crown prince marry, and the East Palace will finally welcome the crown princess" quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys of Xianyang, as if it had grown wings.

At the same time, 'The No. [-] Beauty in Xianyang', 'The No. [-] Talented Woman in Xianyang'...

Even 'the most talented man in Xianyang', 'the most beautiful man in Xianyang'...

Also like bamboo shoots springing up after rain, one after another.

When he went to court again, facing the courtiers' overt and secret temptations, Emperor Yonghe smiled and said nothing, and refused to reveal the criteria for choosing the crown princess.

Being asked anxiously, Emperor Yonghe shirked it to Chong Yi, saying that he wanted to find a concubine whom Chong Yi would like.

Ever since Chongyi and Song Peiyu left, the desolate East Palace had been quiet, and it immediately became lively.

Eunuch An, who had returned to Xianyang a long time ago, had to go to the imperial physician to pretend to be sick, so as to avoid the enthusiasm of the courtiers.

In addition to Eunuch An in the East Palace, Su Wang and Song Jinyu, one is the only brother of Emperor Yonghe, and the other is the most trusted and respected courtier of Emperor Yonghe, so they will inevitably become the object of everyone's inquiries.

Shang Shuling has been in a particularly good mood recently.

After the crown prince returns to court, His Majesty will grant another batch of titles. King Su has already congratulated him in advance.

For a civil servant like him, the authority of the 'Prime Minister' is the most important thing, the title is just icing on the cake, even if it is just an earl, it can satisfy him.

The youngest son has been in Yizhou for three years and was sent to replace Song Peiyu in Yanzhou. Although it is difficult to touch Song Peiyu's authority in Yanzhou, it is a rare road to promotion.

When he is old, the eldest son will inherit his title, and the younger son will be the 'Prime Minister' again. Why worry about Lu's unhappiness?

And Song Peiyu is the only one at the same age who is pressing on the head of her youngest son.Definitely will not enter the court again.

The year before last, Song Peiyu was only given the false title of first-rank junior teacher, but it was tacitly accepted that Song Peiyu was in charge of front-line political affairs. Emperor Yonghe was paving the way for Song Peiyu.

The youngest son can almost confirm that he is the youngest 'Prime Minister' of Zhao State who is certain.

Shang Shuling almost woke up laughing from sleep.

Recently, Shang Shuling has a new fun.

Seeing that the blind man flattered Uncle Yunyang, he tried to extract from Uncle Yunyang the criteria for Emperor Yonghe's selection of a concubine.

People without eyes would even pitifully say to Uncle Yunyang, "Even if you can't be the main concubine, it's fine to just be the side concubine."

Shang Shuling casually picked up the folder on the table to cover the corner of his mouth, and observed Uncle Yunyang's expression changes openly.

Song Jinyu noticed Shang Shuling's blatant gaze, and glanced over with a hint of warning. Seeing Shang Shuling lowered his head, he turned to look at the Minister of Rites in front of him.

I don't know what happened to the minister of the Ministry of Rites. He went to find Song Er, who was still in the position of the left servant of the Ministry of Rites and actually controlled the Ministry of Rites.

Song Peiyu kept a consistent smile on her face, but her eyes were dark and heavy, and she said coldly, "Your Majesty has never told me about choosing a concubine for the crown prince."

Minister of the Ministry of Rites licked his face and said, "My aunt has been smart since she was a child. No matter what criteria His Majesty uses to choose a concubine for His Highness, my aunt will not disappoint His Majesty. I'm afraid that when Your Majesty chooses a concubine for His Highness, I don't know my aunt's strength." All kinds of benefits, please..."

"Where is your aunt's intelligence?" Suddenly someone interrupted the Minister of Rites.

Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites asked and looked, and found that it was Shang Shuling, the anger in his eyes suddenly turned into gratitude.

If Master Shang Shuling hadn't asked him, he would have forgotten to tell Uncle Yunyang the benefits of his aunt in detail, lest Uncle Yunyang be too modest when speaking well of his aunt to His Majesty, which would cause His Majesty to misunderstand.

"My aunt can read the Four Books and Five Classics, and she can count!" The Minister of Rites finally straightened his chest, his face full of pride.

Shang Shuling shook his shoulders silently, waiting for Song Jinyu's reaction with great interest.

Song Jinyu was already in a bad mood, but his head was buzzing because of the loud voice of the Minister of Rites, and he didn't even bother to maintain the false smile on his face, so he said coldly to the Minister of Rites, "Your Majesty wants to choose someone who can assist the state. The Crown Princess who can also help His Highness to bring peace to the world is not enough just to read the Four Books and Five Classics and count."

The Minister of Rites was stunned, his face changed several times, and finally he held back the curses on his lips.

Although he believed that Song Jinyu was deliberately embarrassing him, the Minister of Rites really couldn't think of any other way to send his granddaughter to the East Palace other than using himself as Song Er's immediate boss to torture Song Jinyu.

Therefore, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites could only bear the humiliation.

When his granddaughter enters the East Palace and wins the favor of His Highness...

The Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites smiled distortedly, endured his unwillingness and resentment, and settled for the next best thing, "Your Highness is a precious person, and it is normal for His Majesty to have many requirements when choosing a crown prince and concubine. Your Highness is not only a crown princess. With my aunt's background, Character, even if you can't be a crown princess, side concubine, Liangdi..."

"No, she is suitable to serve you." The sudden words interrupted the Minister of Rites again.

The Minister of Rites was full of disbelief, and subconsciously looked at Shang Shuling.

Shang Shuling looked innocent, and pointed to the side of Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites.

Minister of Rites moved his eyes along Shang Shuling's fingers, and finally landed on Song Jinyu who was full of sneering, the expression of disbelief on his face was even stronger, he wanted to continue to endure but failed halfway, "You... what do you mean?! "

The Minister of Rites heard his sharp questioning voice, but he didn't see any regret or apology on Song Jinyu's face, instead he sneered even more.

He immediately regretted it. For the sake of his granddaughter, he shouldn't offend Song Jinyu now.

"Your Excellency just said, but I interrupted you before you finished?" The Minister of Rites reluctantly raised the corners of his mouth, thinking that he had covered up his true emotions, but he didn't know that in the eyes of Song Jinyu and Monk Shuling, every word he uttered You have to change your face, each face has nothing to do with "good".

Song Jinyu lifted up his robe, put his boots on the pedals, half-closed his eyes and looked at the Minister of Rites, his tone became more and more calm, "You have been working in the Ministry of Rites for nearly 20 years, and you are as stupid as a day without any progress, why don't you tell me you are sick?" Take care of your body. Don’t be reluctant to part with things outside your body, take more medicine, maybe you will be smarter.”

As for why not persuade the Minister of Rites to retire.

Because Song Jinyu and Song Peiyu were there, Song Er couldn't be the minister of the Ministry of Rites, and this idiot had to occupy the hole.

The Minister of Rites looked at Song Jinyu dully.

This is Song Jinyu?

Song Jinyu was pointing at his nose, calling him mentally ill?

The Minister of Rites reacted for a while, but still couldn't believe what he had seen and heard, so he couldn't help but look at the other people in the room.

Sensing the eyes of Shangshu from the Ministry of Rites, Shangshuling suddenly laughed out loud. He looked towards the door, "What are you waiting for? Didn't you hear Master Zhongshuling's words?"

At the door, the person holding the booklet had a dazed expression on his face.

When he entered the door, he happened to hear Song Jinyu scolding the Minister of Rites for being mentally ill, and the same disbelief as Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites was appearing on his face.

Master Song is the one with the best temper among the adults stationed in the Palace of Qinzheng, how could he...

After a while, he realized that Shang Shuling was talking to him.

Tentatively, he raised his leg and took a small step. Seeing that Song Jinyu had no intention of stopping him, he went to the Yonghe Emperor's office with a blank face to ask for an interview.

It didn't take long, with a more mischievous expression on his face, Shi Zhong came back holding Shang Fang that King Su carried with him.

"Your Majesty ordered that the minister of the Ministry of Rites is old and weak, and he is seriously ill. He is now authorized to recuperate in the mansion. All affairs of the Ministry of Rites will be temporarily headed by Zuo Shilang."

Still standing where he was, not knowing how to react, the Minister of Rites was shocked and furious when he heard the words, and directed all the anger he didn't dare to take on Song Jinyu on Shizhong.

Even want to get started on things.

He was so frightened that he quickly raised the sword in his hand and shouted sharply, "Shang Fang is here, don't be presumptuous!"

"Is this interesting?"

The gentle voice with a smile came to the ears of Shang Shuling, who was enjoying watching the big drama, and Shang Shuling immediately straightened the corners of his mouth, and said with a serious face, "Shang Shuling of the Ministry of Rites