Just as he was talking, a young eunuch came up with tea.
Emperor Zhao only took a sip and frowned, "It's hot."
Eunuch Liu's expression changed, and he quickly knelt down to apologize: "Your Majesty, forgive me. It's all because I failed to discipline these slaves. I deserve to be beaten!"
After saying that, Eunuch Liu slapped himself twice first.
Emperor Zhao glanced at him, raised his hand and said, "Okay, brew another one and step back."
After leaving the Qinzheng Hall, Eunuch Liu kicked the young eunuch hard on the waist.
"It's useless. It can't even handle this little thing. Take it down, beat it thirty times, and lock it up for three days without eating!"
The little eunuch was dragged down shivering.
Eunuch Liu patted his sleeves, walked to the corner of the corridor, and waved to a trusted eunuch, "Go to Kunning Palace quickly and inform the Queen that your Majesty intends to choose a concubine for King Dingbei."
Kunning Palace.
The personal maid, Aunt Lu, brought the freshly cooked medicine and said, "My Lady, it's time to take the medicine."
Empress Pei held the handkerchief and coughed a few times. As soon as she took the jade bowl, a palace maid hurriedly came in and reported: "Empress, there is news from Huaqing Palace that Concubine Zhuang has changed the list of flower appreciation banquets, but the specifics are
The contents of the list are not yet clear.”
Just at this time, the trusted eunuch sent by Eunuch Liu came to deliver the news, "I wish you the best of luck to the Queen. May the Queen be blessed with peace and prosperity."
"Get up."
After the confidant eunuch stood up, he lowered his head and reported back: "Your Majesty, Manager Liu asked me to send a message to your Majesty that your Majesty intends to select a concubine for His Royal Highness King Dingbei."
Queen Pei coughed a few times and said, "I know this. Please step back."
After the irrelevant people retreated, Queen Pei directly smashed the jade bowl in her hand on the ground and squeezed out a sentence through her teeth: "Bitch, I'm not dead yet, so I can't wait to win over the courtiers!"
Since ancient times, marriage has been the most effective and direct way to gain support.
Among the several princes, Qi Jue is the only one who does not have a princess. Emperor Zhao intends to choose a concubine for Qi Jue, but Concubine Zhuang suddenly changes the banquet list at this juncture.
You can guess with your feet that Concubine Zhuang must want the court ladies to bring along the girls in the family who have not yet left the palace, so that Qi Jue can blatantly choose them at the banquet.
Qi Jue holds the military power in northern Xinjiang, and his popularity in the court is almost eclipsing that of the prince. If those old ministers were not firm supporters of the prince, and Emperor Zhao's love for Qi Jue, he might have been dethroned.
The crown prince was replaced by Qi Jue!
Nowadays, the court maintains a delicate balance, but if Qi Jue chooses a female family member of an old minister at this time, the old minister's family will definitely be tied to the Dingbei Palace.
At that time, if the old ministers collapse internally, the position of the prince will be in danger!
Aunt Lu hurriedly knelt down and said comfortingly: "Mom, please calm down. Chief Feng has repeatedly warned you that you are coughing because of cold air entering your body and overthinking. The most important thing for you right now is to maintain a good body so that you will not stop coughing."
Let Concubine Zhuang take advantage of the loophole."
Queen Pei sneered, "If I hadn't caught the cold wind, how could this annual flower viewing feast have fallen on Concubine Zhuang? Your Majesty is so biased that you didn't even ask me what I meant.
Just leave this errand to Concubine Zhuang, I am the lord of the first palace and the empress of the world!"
"What the Empress said is absolutely true. Concubine Zhuang is just relying on the favor of the moment. In front of the Empress, she will always be a lowly concubine."
Queen Pei sneered coldly, "As long as I am in the queen position, she, Mrs. Zhuang, will always be just a concubine, and her son will never be able to surpass my son!"
Nanny Lu slowly stood up, poured a cup of tea and handed it to Queen Pei, "Madam, if Concubine Zhuang wants to choose a powerful prince for King Dingbei, it depends on whether King Dingbei is willing to cooperate.
If Prince Dingbei is determined to choose a concubine, how can he delay it until this age? Prince Dingbei’s residence, let alone a princess, doesn’t even have any maids in the same room. I have a plan, but I don’t know if it’s feasible or not.”
Queen Pei's eyebrows moved, she raised her hands and said, "Tell me more."
"As long as the news about King Dingbei's lecherous behavior spreads in the imperial capital before the flower-viewing banquet, which minister will dare to marry his daughter to him?"
Queen Pei couldn't help but frowned, "Can this kind of thing achieve the effect I want?"
"If someone else were to put King Dingbei together, the people would not easily believe it. But if it is said that King Dingbei had an affair with his commander Ji Jingxue, the effect would definitely be very good!"
Ji Jingxue and Qi Jue grew up together. When they were young, Ji Jingxue served as the prince's companion and stayed with Qi Jue in the palace.
Later, when Qi Jue led his troops on an expedition, Ji Jingxue always followed him. The two of them often went in and out together. If someone was interested, they could just make up some ambiguous stories.
When the time comes, it will be passed down to ten, and it will be passed down to hundreds. Even if it is not true, it will be regarded as true.
By then, the scandal of the dignified prince of Tianjia having a broken sleeve was spread throughout the city. Let alone choosing a concubine for Qi Jue, it would be a miracle that any girl could even like him!
Thinking of this, Queen Pei showed a satisfied smile and said, "It's a good idea. Send someone out of the palace to tell my brother about the matter and let him handle it in person. Then I can rest assured."
Pei Mansion.
As soon as Mr. Pei returned to the house, Aunt Wang, who was kneeling at the door of Mrs. Pei's yard, heard the noise.
She immediately glanced at the maid next to her, then tilted her body and pretended to faint.
The maid was supporting her while crying hard: "Auntie? Auntie, what's wrong with you? Someone is coming, someone is coming quickly, my aunt has fainted!"
Sure enough, Prime Minister Pei paused as he was going to the study and walked in this direction.
"What's going on?"
The maid cried and said: "Master, my aunt has been kneeling for more than two hours, but the lady still refuses to see her. My aunt was exhausted and fainted. Please save my lord, she will die if she continues to kneel like this."
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Prime Minister Pei didn't know why Aunt Wang was kneeling at the door of Mrs. Pei's yard. It was just because of Pei Ninghe's incident.
But after all, she was his favorite concubine, and she also bore him children. Pei Youxiang was not so cruel as to ignore her, and gave the servant on the side a look.
"Take Mr. Wang back to the house and ask a doctor to come over and take a look."
When Aunt Wang was being carried back, a maid hurriedly reported the matter to Mrs. Pei.
Mrs. Pei was practicing calligraphy. When she heard this, she just sneered and said: "Let her make trouble. My husband has just suffered a setback. He will not sacrifice his bright future for a concubine. Wang Shi translated
There won’t be any waves, so don’t worry about it.”
Just as Mrs. Pei expected, when the doctor came to treat Aunt Wang, Youxiang Pei planned to leave.
As soon as Aunt Wang saw that he was leaving, she immediately stopped pretending, sat up from the bed and hugged Youxiang Pei's waist.
"Master, please don't leave, don't leave me alone, I'm afraid..."