At four o'clock in the morning, the palace door opened on time, and the ministers standing at the door walked into the palace in order.
The people who supported the prince's party mocked the people who were acting for the king as they walked.
During this period, because Concubine Ying was favored and Concubine Rong fell out of favor, and because King Dai was reprimanded by the emperor before, the arrogance of the ministers in King Dai's party was no longer as arrogant as before.
Many ministers who support the acting king are very worried about the current situation. They are worried that Concubine Rong will really fall out of favor. It has been a month or two since Concubine Ying entered the palace. During this period, the emperor basically stayed in Changle Palace and never visited the palaces of other concubines. Not to mention Concubine Rong, the emperor did not even go to Zhaoyang Palace where Queen Xie lived.
The emperor rarely went to Zhaoyang Palace on weekdays, only on the first and fifteenth day of every month. However, after Concubine Ying entered the palace, the emperor seemed to have forgotten about going to Zhaoyang Palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, which made Empress Xie jealous and angry.
Nowadays, the emperor only loves the concubine Ying.
The Duke of Zhen was very satisfied with the result. He believed that after some time, Concubine Rong would completely fall out of favor, and the King of Times would also fall out of favor.
Marquis Xuanping looked at the high-spirited Duke Zhen and gritted his teeth with hatred.
He said bitterly in his heart: No, Concubine Ying must be removed, otherwise Concubine Rong and the King will have to...
The morning court had not yet begun, so the ministers went to the side hall next to Chengguang Hall to rest.
The prince's party started arguing with the king's party again. This time, people from the prince's party directly ridiculed Dai Wang for not being able to have children, and also insinuated whether Dai Wang had killed too many people and suffered retribution, so he could not have children.
Since that time at the celebration banquet, Dai Wang has been questioned about his incompetence and made a lot of jokes. This matter was also discussed by the people in the capital after dinner.
In the past six months, not only the ministers were concerned about the issue of the king's heirs, but also the common people were very concerned. However, until now, no good news has come out from Dai Wangfu.
The news that Dai Wang was incapacitated once again swept through the capital, which made Dai Wang very angry.
During the past six months, Daiwang himself was also very anxious. Seeing that there was no news about the belly of the princess and his concubine, he specially invited a folk doctor.
The folk doctor carefully checked the pulses of Dai Wang, Dai Wangfei, and their concubines, and said that there was nothing wrong with their bodies. As for why they were not pregnant for a long time, they could only say that fate had not arrived.
In order to become pregnant, the surrogate princess secretly sought out folk remedies for giving birth and took a lot of them, but to no avail. She also specially worshiped all the temples and Taoist temples in the capital, and also invited Guanyin to send her children, but it still didn't work.
Concubine Rong in the palace was also worried. Her son had no heirs and was laughed at by the ministers and people in the court. No one could accept this.
King Dai was originally angry because Concubine Rong fell out of favor and he was scolded again. Now, to make matters worse, and being told that he can't do anything, he became "sick" with anger.
During this period, King Dai did not go to court.
King Dai is a martial arts student and has been out fighting all year round. His body is very healthy. He wasn't really sick this time, but he was really unhappy.
He was too lazy to go to court and was laughed at by the ministers. He simply claimed to be ill and rested in the house while thinking about how to have a baby. Of course, the main reason was that he was losing his temper with the emperor.
King Dai asked for leave due to illness and did not go to court. After the emperor learned about it, he specially asked Sun Kui to take the imperial doctor to King Dai's mansion to visit King Dai on his behalf.
The imperial doctor said that Dai Wang had no major problems, but that he was depressed and had poor sleep and poor appetite. Dai Wang needs to relax his mind so that he can be in good health.
Let Dai Wang relax. This is very difficult for Dai Wang. After all, he has had too many troubles recently. Since the imperial doctor said that he needed to meditate and recuperate, he would just stay in the mansion to recuperate and not go anywhere.
The emperor didn't know that Dai Wang was getting angry with him, and he also knew that Dai Wang wanted to arouse his concern through his illness.
"The king has not come to court today?" The emperor finished drinking the tea, put down the teacup in his hand, picked up the napkin and wiped his mouth.
Sun Kui had just gone to the side hall of Chengguang Hall to deliver tea to the ministers, and he naturally noticed who was there.
"No."
After hearing this, the emperor frowned slightly, and then said with some disgust: "There is really no progress at all."
Sun Kui lowered his head and did not dare to speak.
The emperor sneered: "He is getting angry with me."
Sun Kui saw that the emperor was angry and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, His Highness the King also wants you to care about him."
The emperor slammed the handkerchief on the dining table, which made Sun Kui and Sun Doudou tremble. Then they knelt on the ground.
"He is called being arrogant based on favor." The emperor stood up and said with a cold face, "He has not learned other skills, but he has learned to be arrogant based on favor. It really disappoints me." A little British concubine Concubine Rong Guifei and King Dai were stumped, and so far, they had not come up with a strong counterattack, which made the emperor very disappointed.
Sun Kui and Sun Doudou knelt on the ground, not daring to say a word.
The emperor sighed softly and said: "Marquis Xuanping has never been the opponent of Duke Zhen." He walked to Sun Kui's side and kicked Sun Kui's butt. "What are you still doing lying down? Come on." Go toward it.”
"Yes, Your Majesty." Sun Kui stood up smoothly and followed the Emperor.
"They all say that the second son looks like me, but how can he resemble me with his bear-like appearance?" The emperor became more and more angry as he thought about it, "I'm not that stupid."
Sun Kui said in a flattering manner: "His Royal Highness the Tenth Prince is the most like you."
When the emperor heard this, he glanced sideways at Sun Kui: "You do know how to speak."
Sun Kui's heart was tense when he saw the emperor just now. Now when he heard the emperor say this, he breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
"My slave is telling the truth."
"I didn't expect the second son to be so stupid." The emperor was depressed, "The prince is also stupid. You think I am so smart, how could I give birth to so many stupid sons?"
Sun Kui couldn't respond to this sentence, so he could only say: "Your Majesty, the nine sons of Longsheng are all different."
"I have so many sons, but only two are smart. Do you think I should laugh or cry?" The emperor said that of the two smart sons, one was the fourth prince and the other was naturally Zhao Yao.
"Your Majesty, if all your highnesses are smart, wouldn't you have to worry again?"
"You are right. If everyone is too smart, I will also have a headache." The emperor frowned slightly and said, "The second one is so stupid, what should I do?"
Sun Kui comforted the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, maybe His Highness the King will understand soon."
The emperor's tone was a bit sinister: "Then I'm really looking forward to it."
Sun Kui silently sympathized with King Dai in his heart.
At this time, the ministers were already in the main hall of Chengguang Hall. When they saw the emperor walking in, they knelt down and saluted.
"See your Majesty, long live your Majesty."
The emperor raised his hand: "Everyone, get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty."
The emperor leaned on the armrest of the dragon chair on the right and listened boredly to the performance of the ministers.
At the beginning of the morning court, the things reported by the ministers were not big things, but small things.
After a while, the ministers will begin to report important events.
During this period, there was nothing particularly big going on in the DPRK. It's not a big deal, but it's a good thing.
However, something almost happened last month.
Jiangnan was almost flooded last month. Fortunately, the Yangzhou prefect had begun to reinforce and raise the rivers and remove the silt in the rivers a few months ago. This saved the entire Jiangnan from flooding.
At the beginning of spring, it rained non-stop in the south of the Yangtze River. At that time, the water levels of various rivers rose a lot. When summer comes, heavy rains fall every three days in the south of the Yangtze River. Last month, for a whole month, heavy rains did not stop. If the river embankments had not been reinforced and raised in advance, the entire Jiangnan would have been flooded.
Fortunately, at the beginning of this month, the heavy rains in Jiangnan finally stopped. If it continues to rain heavily like last month, even the reinforced and raised embankments will not be able to withstand it.
Although Jiangnan was spared from flooding this time, the continuous heavy rains still destroyed many rice fields. Fortunately, nothing happened to the rice warehouse in Jiangnan, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous.
This year only Jiangnan has trouble. The northwest, which has been prone to droughts in previous years, has surprisingly received a lot of rain this year, but it is not as dry as in previous years. However, just because there is no drought this year does not mean there will not be a drought next year. The emperor had previously issued an order to build reservoirs in various places.
As soon as the reservoir was dug in the northwest, it started to rain. Nowadays, a lot of water is stored in reservoirs across the northwest, and the people feel a lot more at ease when they see it.
After talking about things in the south of the Yangtze River and the northwest, Taishi Liu mentioned that several countries near southern Xinjiang wanted to come to Dazhou to celebrate the Longevity Festival.
The emperor's birthday is on the tenth day of November, two months away. If it is agreed that Annan, Johor, Luzon and other countries come to pay tribute, then they can set off now.
"Since they want to come to pay homage, let them come." The emperor looked at the prince and ordered, "I will leave this matter to you."
The prince's face was filled with joy: "Yes, father."
The emperor explained: "When entertaining them, do not lose the national prestige of the Zhou Dynasty."
The prince looked a little excited and said: "Father, don't worry, I will definitely handle this matter well."
The emperor nodded lightly and said nothing more.
He Xiang came out to say something, and the morning court ended immediately.
After leaving the court, Marquis Xuanping hurried to Prince Dai's Mansion.
If the king goes to court today, the errand of entertaining the Annan countries will be the king's.
Xuanpinghou thought so because the emperor glanced at the location of the prince before giving instructions to the prince. Unfortunately, the prince did not go to court today, so the emperor had no choice but to leave such an important matter to the prince.
Twenty years after the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, this was the first time that Annan, Johor and other countries officially came to congratulate the Great Zhou Dynasty. Therefore, it is very important to entertain envoys from Annan, Johor and other countries to pay their respects.
If this thing is successful, it will definitely be rewarded by the emperor. He will also get respect from countries such as Annan and Johor, and maybe even get their "filial respect".
This matter happened in He Lianfang's house.
Zhao Yaogang had a battle with him on the sand table, and without any surprise, he lost completely.
Zhao Yao never won against He Lianfang, he only lost for a long or short time each time.
After review, Zhao Yao finally figured out the strategy He Lianfang had just used.
He Lianfang asked Zhao Yao to rest for a while, and the master and apprentice drank tea and chatted.
Ever since I knew that Zhao Yao liked to eat snacks, every time he came, snacks would be prepared for him in the house.
"What do you think of the current situation in the DPRK?" He Lianfang put down the tea cup in her hand, looked at Zhao Yao who was eating snacks, and suddenly asked.
Hearing He Lianfang's question, Zhao Yao couldn't help but pause as he picked up a piece of snacks, and then he put down the snack he had just picked up.
"Second uncle, what do you want to ask?"
"If you were the acting king, how would you deal with this situation?" He Lianfang asked in great detail this time.
Zhao Yao thought for a moment and said: "Go to court honestly and do things honestly."
He Lianfang asked again: "What do you think of the trick of claiming illness on behalf of the king?"
"It's not that good." Zhao Yao said with disdain, "The king is just relying on his favor to be arrogant."
Seeing that Zhao Yao could see it so clearly, He Lianfang was not surprised, but she was a little surprised.
"Your father loves the king very much. The trick of claiming the king is sick might be useful to your father."
"If it was useful, Dai Wang would not have gone to court until now." In front of He Lianfang, Zhao Yao no longer concealed himself, "Dai Wang has been sick for several days, and his father sent Sun Kui to visit him once. , and then there was no more, which shows that the father was dissatisfied with the fact that the king claimed to be ill."
"You just said that if you were the acting king, you would go to court honestly and do things honestly, and nothing else?"
"Working well is better than anything else." Zhao Yao said with a serious face, "What the king has to do is to stay stable. His move of claiming to be sick is really too low-level." Concubine Rong Gui also claimed to be sick every three days before, but now King Dai is also ill. This mother and son are really... They are favored not because of their brains, but because their father deliberately favors them.
"Do you think the King can reverse Concubine Rong's fall from favor without doing anything?"
"Second uncle, you are wrong. Concubine Rong has not fallen out of favor." Zhao Yao said with a smile, "If Concubine Rong had really fallen out of favor, she would not be in this situation now."
"Since Concubine Ying entered the palace, hasn't your father neglected Concubine Rong?"
"My father snubbed Concubine Rong not because Concubine Ying entered the palace, but because Concubine Rong blatantly sent people to assassinate Concubine Ying." Zhao Yao said in a serious tone, "No matter how favored Concubine Rong is, she cannot send people in broad daylight. Assassinating Concubine Ying is not only a provocation to the father, but also the laws of the Zhou Dynasty." It seems that the appearance of Concubine Ying completely made Concubine Rong lose her mind, so Concubine Rong did such a stupid thing.
"Father, I'm not indifferent. I'm just afraid that Concubine Rong will do something even more arrogant and domineering in the future." In the past, Concubine Rong did some arrogant things, and Father always turned a blind eye. After all, Concubine Rong had not offended anyone. Zhou's law. However, this time Concubine Rong violated the laws of the Zhou Dynasty, and her father could no longer tolerate her.
"In a month or two, my father will no longer neglect Concubine Rong. Of course, the premise is that Concubine Rong will not do bad things again." As Concubine Rong, he obediently admitted his mistake and showed his face to his father. She showed an attitude of admitting her mistake, so that her father would not neglect her for a long time.
"Do you think Concubine Rong has not truly fallen out of favor?" He Lianfang asked with interest, "Don't you think Concubine Ying can replace Concubine Rong?"
"Why can Concubine Ying replace Concubine Rong, just because she has a face exactly like Si Youying?" Zhao Yao sneered, "The reason why my father agreed to Concubine Ying's entry into the palace was because he wanted the acting king and the prince to Fight harder."
Hearing this, He Lianfang's eyes flashed with light.
"Why do you think so?"
Zhao Yao smiled and said: "Isn't this an obvious thing?" He said, holding his face with his right hand, "Father is not a fool. He doesn't know what the situation is in the court. Most of the ministers in the court support the prince and the prince. Dai Wang, their two parties have great power in the court. In order to balance the situation, my father has been using Dai Wang to check and balance the prince, and he has also been using the prince to check and balance Dai Wang."
He Lianfang said: "In the matter of Concubine Ying, it is obvious that the Crown Prince and Zheng Guo are superior in skills, while Dai Wang and Marquis Xuanping lost."
"If King Dai hadn't claimed his illness, they would not have lost to the Crown Prince and Duke Zhen." Zhao Yao said, with a look of disgust on his face, "I don't know whether the idea of claiming illness was the idea of King Dai himself, or whether it was Xuan Ping's. Coming soon."
"Marquis Xuanping is no match for Duke Zhen Guo." He Lianfang said, "Marquis Xuanping's methods are far inferior to Duke Zhen Guo."
"Naturally, Marquis Xuanping is no match for Duke Zhen Guo, but Marquis Xuanping has an advantage that Duke Zhen Guo does not have. That is, Marquis Xuanping is not from an aristocratic family, and he is also the cousin of his father." Zhao Yao continued, "And Duke Zhenguo has always been feared by his father."
It is normal for the Marquis of Xuanping to be inferior to the Duke of Zhenguo. Duke Zhen Guo is the legitimate son of the Xie family, a top family, and he received education from the family since he was a child. When it comes to tricks and intrigues, who can do it better than anyone else?
Marquis Xuanping was born in a peasant family. He never had enough to eat, let alone study. The Xuanpinghou brothers and sisters only began to read and write after arriving at Zhao's house.
"Then what do you think will happen next?" Xiao Shi is really so smart. He obviously did not go to court, but he only heard about what happened in the court and could clearly see the situation in the court.
"If the king continues to pretend to be ill, my father will really be disappointed in him." Zhao Yao guessed, "My father will probably fulfill the wishes of the prince and the Duke of Zhenguo and continue to favor Concubine Ying and neglect Concubine Rong. "
"What if King Dai continues to pretend to be ill?"
"Then my father should let the Wang family take the lead." Zhao Yao said, "At present, in the court, apart from the Xuanping Marquis Mansion, only the Wang family can compete with the Zhenguo Duke's Mansion. Also, the Wang family has always wanted to replace the Xie family. Become the head of a powerful family."
"However, even if King Dai stops pretending to be ill, my father will still let the Wang family take the lead."
He Lianfang asked: "If it were you, what would you do?"
"Second uncle, are you asking what I would do if I were the father?"
He Lianfang nodded slightly: "Well, if you were the emperor, what would you do?"
Zhao Yao had never thought about this issue. Now being asked this by He Lianfang, he was slightly stunned for a moment, and then said: "I will let the dogs of the aristocratic family bite the dogs."
He Lianfang asked playfully: "What kind of dog-eat-dog method?"
I went to study last night and didn't have time to code for the second update.
There is a second update tonight.
Emperor Wu of Zhou: I am so smart, how could I give birth to such stupid sons as the prince and the second child? By the way, Lao San and the others are also stupid.
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