Liu Mingzhi walked to the back hall and stopped. He watched the officials gradually leave through the bead curtain, and his eyes fell thoughtfully into silence.
It's not like he hasn't considered establishing a queen or a prince.
It can be said that ever since the military formation deduction with Wanyan, his junior brothers, and the others in the Turkic Moro River ended and the unification of the world was confirmed, Liu Mingzhi had considered this issue more than once on his way back to Beijing.
Before the imperial conquest, Liu Mingzhi also had this thought just after moving into the palace.
But over the past few months, Liu Mingzhi, who had been thinking about it for a while, still couldn't make up his mind.
The first thought in Liu Mingzhi's mind when deciding who to appoint as his queen was undoubtedly Qi Yun, his first wife. Apart from her, there was no other lady who was more suitable for the position of Queen of the East Palace than her.
The Queen of the West Palace is naturally the third princess Li Yan.
As for the Queen and her junior brother Yunyao, they are also qualified to be queens.
But Baiguan couldn't pass the test, and Liu Mingzhi couldn't pass the test in his own heart.
Yun'er married herself as his wife at the young age of eighteen, and they have been together for more than ten years. She put her husband first in everything and always humbled herself as her husband.
This queen position belongs to her.
It's not that Liu Mingzhi favors one over the other and doesn't value his wife.
It is precisely because of the importance of other ladies that Qi Yun must be the queen of the East Palace.
However, what kept Liu Mingzhi hesitant and undecided was not the master of the harem, but which lady should be chosen as the empress of the world.
But this is the position of crown prince.
This is the fundamental reason why Liu Mingzhi has been having headaches and unable to make up his mind.
Once Qi Yun is appointed as the queen, it means that even if Liu Chengzhi does not tell the world, he will become the best candidate for the crown prince.
After all, once Liu Chengzhi becomes the queen, whether it is the parentage of Liu Chengzhi's legitimate son or the identity of Queen Qi Yundong of the East Palace, all officials will have to think about it.
But does the second child have the qualifications and ability to become a prince?
Liu Mingzhi does not attach too much importance to the saying that establishing a leader does not establish a virtuous person, and establishing a virtuous person does not establish a leader.
He also hopes that the future prince will be a new prince who can benefit the people.
Unfortunately, his father was an emperor who became a monk halfway, and his children have not accepted this concept at all.
Among the three older eldest sons, Liu Mingzhi himself was not sure who was more suitable to inherit the position.
At this time, Liu Mingzhi was really hesitant to establish the crown prince because of his preconceived notions.
But if it is not established, party strife will arise in the newly established new dynasty within a few years.
The reason is naturally Liu Chengzhi and their three adult princes.
The chaos will be even worse by then.
For example, the frontier general Feiyingwei General Nangong Ye, Liu Mingzhi didn't need to think deeply to know that he would definitely support the third child Liu Chengqian.
After all, among the many children, only Cheng Qian was born to the third princess, Princess Li.
Nangong Ye had no reason not to support his grandson.
It doesn’t matter if it is established, and it doesn’t work if it is not established.
Liu Mingzhi witnessed with his own eyes what Prince Qing, Prince Shu and their brothers did for the throne, and he still vividly remembers it.
His father rebelled and proclaimed himself emperor, which was a bad start. If his son also...
"well!"
Liu Mingzhi, who had always maintained a normal mind, couldn't help but feel melancholy at this moment. His heart was like a mess with no clue.
"Heartless! Heartless?"
"Ah? What's wrong?"
The Queen looked worriedly at Liu Mingzhi's ever-changing expression after returning to the apse: "Are you okay?"
"It's okay, I just thought about some irrelevant things."
Liu Mingzhi rubbed his cheeks with his hands a few times, walked towards the table, took a few sips of herbal tea.
"It's so good. I've been talking for so long and my voice has become hoarse."
"Little Chengzi."
"His Majesty?"
"After all the officials leave the palace, invite King Zhao to the imperial study!"
"Yes, let's resign!"
"Willow Pine!"
"Master?"
"You go home and tell my mother that the young master and all the young ladies, the young master and the young ladies will go back to Liu Mansion for the New Year's Eve dinner. Let my mother work hard and prepare more."
"Understood, please excuse me."
Once Liu Song and Xiao Chengzi left, only Young Master Liu, the Queen, and Hu Yan Yunyao were left behind.
"To put it mildly, Yunyao, I really don't know how you two have managed to survive all these years. The last court meeting was more tiring than fighting for several days.
It’s finally over, and I can have a good New Year with peace of mind. "
The Queen looked at Liu Mingzhi with complicated eyes for a while: "Building schools and teaching elementary school in our two countries, Jin and Tu, after two or three generations, it means that the people of Jin and Tu will completely become the sons of the dragon. People.
You will no longer miss or care about your identity as a survivor, right? "
Liu Mingzhi raised his eyebrows and nodded hesitantly while looking at the queen's complicated eyes.
“For the world to be unified, we need to have the same writing and the same writing, and the same track as the carriages, so that the world can truly be unified.
To put it bluntly, Yunyao, for the sake of the peace of future generations, I can only act this way. "
The Queen bit her thin lips tightly and looked at the falling snow outside the palace in silence for a long time, then suddenly chuckled.
"Well, the world is unified!
Indeed it should be so!
Nowadays, everyone who should be busy with official matters is almost busy, and it is time for you to deal with personal matters.
Right, goblin? "
Hu Yanjunyao, who was silent on the side, heard the queen suddenly bring the topic to herself. She was stunned for a while, and looked at the narrow eyes of the queen when she looked at herself and her senior brother, and she immediately understood what she meant.
Taking a peek at Young Master Liu who was rubbing his nose and smiling softly, Hu Yanjunyao wrapped her fingers around the ribbon on her cloak, and her cheeks gradually became hot and red.
The Queen narrowed her eyes and smiled: "Hey, little fairy, are you shy?"
Hearing the teasing between the Queen's words, the blush on Huyan Yunyao's pretty face became clearer, and she rolled her eyes at the Queen: "You...I...I...I don't know you What are you talking about?"
"It's okay, you'll understand it tonight."
After the queen finished speaking, she walked up to Huyan Yunyao and suddenly raised her hand and quickly touched the graceful jade body in Huyan Yunyao's cloak.
"Yeah! You...what are you doing?"
The Queen looked at Huyan Yunyao exclaiming and holding her clothes while staring at her with cautious and shy eyes. She happily turned around and put her arm around Young Master Liu's shoulders.
“Heartless, among our many sisters, the most intellectual, the most graceful, the most dignified, the most charming, the most charming.
Only sister Yan'er and Little Fairy are sweet, well-behaved and considerate.
How does that sentence go, young and beautiful women are still in bloom.
Sweet and sweet, sweet and juicy.
Not only will the little goblin not be in pain, but you will also be blessed.
Yes or no?
Sweet and juicy! "
Liu Mingzhi was startled, looked at the empress's teasing eyes, glanced at Huyan Yunyao's confused eyes and smiled bitterly: "Don't talk nonsense, Yunyao is still a girl."
The Queen leaned over and kissed Young Master Liu gently on the face, turned around and whispered a few words into Huyan Yunyao's ear, and walked towards the harem with a smile on her lips.
"Yunyao, what did Wanyan say to you?"
Huyan Yunyao looked at the queen's retreating figure with a blank expression, then turned to Liu Mingzhi and shook her head blankly.
"Sister said that she is cold on the outside but hot on the inside, and my little sister is sweet and juicy. When we have time, we can serve your husband together so that you can enjoy yourself!
Senior brother, what does this mean? "
Liu Mingzhi's heart felt hot. He raised his hand and scratched the back of his head. He took Huyanjunyao's soft jade hand with a smile, glanced at Huyanjunyao's graceful figure and walked toward the harem with his eyes wandering.
"Ahem... talk to her politely... she will talk nonsense, don't think too much.
It just so happens that I have to go back to the imperial study to wait for Li Tao to enter the palace. How about I take you back first?
Didn’t you say you also wanted to learn some martial arts on the way back to Beijing? Brother Wei just took the opportunity to explain to you some techniques on acupuncture. "
"Really? Senior brother, you have to teach Yunyao well, but you are so lazy, can you teach my little sister well?"
"You must be able to do it. My brother is an innate master after all, and his acupuncture skills are unparalleled in the world.
I’m going to teach you, a layman who only knows some basic self-defense skills.
It's like looking for black hair on a white tiger, and you can easily capture it! "
