Seeing them still standing there indifferently, Shao Yan rolled his eyes, frowned, and pretended to be reserved: "I have a good idea, I don't know if it works?"
The two girls turned around at the same time and said with confused expressions: "What can I do?"
Shao Yan straightened his back and said seriously: "That is to choose a queen as soon as possible and fulfill the wishes of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs."
This sentence, which was said but was not said, would be meaningless in any situation, but at this moment, it resonated with the two girls. They asked almost simultaneously: "Doesn't the Emperor have a suitable candidate?"
Shao Yan was surprised: "Who is the candidate?"
"The eldest lady of the Cao family?" Bai Ruxue's tone was colder than before.
Mu Ying nodded: "Yes, Miss Cao is the daughter of a wealthy family. How can she be like me and Sister Bai, who are from a foreign race and know nothing about anything? The emperor chose her to enter the palace and made her his queen. She deserves it. I believe it."
None of the ministers will object to this marriage."
After all, these two girls are still jealous of me. Shao Yan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Where are we? Did I ever say that I would make the daughter of the Cao family my queen? I have never even seen her face.
Besides, so what if she has a good status? What if she is good at everything? What I want is a queen to be my wife, not a vase to use as a decoration. What I need is someone who knows me and understands me.
, my wife who loves and supports me..."
Mu Ying interrupted him disapprovingly and said: "Your Majesty has never even seen Miss Cao. How do you know that she doesn't understand you and doesn't love you? Maybe you will fall in love at first sight. Even if you can't, wait until
After your wedding, you will be in love with each other for a long time."
"That's right, throughout the ages, the marriages of emperors of all dynasties have gone through this way. The woman who can be recommended by the ministers must be a wonderful woman who combines virtue, beauty and wisdom. The emperor has no reason to reject such a good girl."
Bai Ruxue added
Shao Yan was already complaining secretly about the matter of becoming an empress. Unexpectedly, instead of saying a word of comfort, the two girls made all kinds of sarcastic remarks. He shook his head speechlessly and turned around dejectedly.
Bai Ruxue subconsciously walked up to him, her pretty face flushed and she clasped her fists and said: "If Ruxue had offended just now, Ruxue was willing to be punished. Regarding the matter of establishing a queen, Ruxue hopes that the emperor can make a decision early to ensure peace."
In the hearts of the people, the matter of establishing a queen can be big or small, and the emperor must not underestimate it. Ruxue is not talented and cannot share the emperor's worries. Ruxue's crime deserves death." After saying this, he knelt on the ground on one knee.
Seeing her tears rolling down her cheeks when she spoke, Shao Yan couldn't help but feel a little sad, so he gently helped her up from the ground and said solemnly: "I don't mean to blame you, you and Mu Ying are the closest people to me.
, you should understand my thoughts. Now the overall situation of the world is uncertain. I don’t know how many people in our country are living in the water and fire every day. They all expect me to save them. I don’t want to spend too much energy on these things.
If Cao Kun and his gang insist on chattering, I will choose one of you. I will never choose someone I don’t like to be the queen."
Bai Ruxue's expression suddenly changed, and she quickly shook her head and said: "Your Majesty, you must not do this. This will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the ministers in the DPRK. We are now very weak, and we must rely on them for some things. Besides...
"She hesitated for a moment before saying: "Besides, Ruxue has never thought of becoming a queen. Ruxue once said that Ruxue will be satisfied as long as she can protect you by your side for the rest of her life."
Mu Yinglian walked lightly to Shao Yan and said affectionately: "Your Majesty, with what you just said, Mu Ying is already very satisfied. It at least shows that you still have the two of us in your heart.
Position, Sister Bai is willing to protect you for life, and Mu Ying is the same. If you don’t mind, Mu Ying will take care of your food and daily life from now on."
"You guys..." Shao Yan was very moved. Now that the two girls had made up their minds, he didn't want to force them anymore. In his words, it was better to let nature take its course for emotional matters, so he opened his arms and embraced them.
into his arms, and said affectionately: "In that case, this matter will be discussed later, and you don't have to persuade me. My marriage should be decided by myself. No one can try to change my decision. You can all bury your love.
In my heart, I can do it too.”
Seeing his firm attitude, the two girls stopped talking.
Shao Yan looked up at the blue sky and secretly let out a sigh of relief. He thought to himself, in modern times, I can choose any woman to be my wife. The King of Heaven has no control over me. Mom, I never thought that in ancient times, I would have to be restrained by others. Day, I
I still don’t believe this evil
Just as he was thinking about it, a eunuch came quickly to report that it was Cao Kun, the Minister of Civil Affairs, who wanted to see him. When Shao Yan heard this, he felt excited. Damn it, I didn't go looking for you, but you came to the door yourself.
In fact, since he came to the throne, he has never been very optimistic about this Cao Shangshu. Although this guy has never done anything extraordinary, he is usually conscientious in the court and belongs to the unknown type. However, every time this guy
Most of the memorials handed in were flattering. Shao Yan liked to hear good words, but they were by no means empty words. Therefore, every time when he reviewed the memorials, he was met with unrealistic words like Cao Kun's.
Ruthlessly add critical comments at the end
As everyone knows, Cao Shangshu refused to change despite repeated admonitions. He even arbitrarily believed that the emperor was indirectly encouraging him, so he went to great lengths to add some flattering words in the memorial. Shao Yan had nothing to do with him, and later simply threw his memorial aside without paying attention.
As time passed, Shao Yan had almost forgotten about him. Who would have thought that this guy suddenly appeared, and it was obvious that he had a very strong interest in the position of Guozhang.
People die for money and birds die for food. This sentence is applicable in any dynasty. Shao Yan naturally will not blame Cao Kun for his greed, but in Shao Yan's opinion, this guy should never be so deliberate.
The blow to Bai Ruxue and Mu Ying, every time he thought of this, Shao Yan felt angry, and immediately asked the eunuch to take him to the imperial study room to wait.
After Cao Kun came to the imperial study room, he stood there honestly, but felt a little uneasy in his heart, thinking, the emperor has always doted on these two girls, Bai Ruxue and Mu Ying, but I said that to them today, I wonder if the emperor will
Will you blame me? If so, wouldn't I be superfluous? If I had known this, I would not have taken the risk. With the beauty of my daughter, it is no problem to please the emperor.
"The Emperor has arrived!" At this moment, Mu Ying's high-pitched voice came from outside the door.
Cao Kun quickly arranged his clothes and official hat, faced the door and knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, Cao Kun, see you, my Emperor, long live, long live, long live."
Shao Yan strode over from outside, waved his hand and said: "Cao Aiqing, get up and talk."
"Thank you, Your Majesty." After Cao Kun stood up, he accidentally saw Mu Ying staring at him. His old face suddenly became a little embarrassed, and he quickly said respectfully: "Miss Mu, I have offended many of my subordinates for what happened today. Please...
…”
Mu Yinghe said angrily: "Lord Cao, you are overly worried. What you said is all right. Mu Ying is convinced, so why should you say 'offend'?"
Cao Kun nodded happily. Shao Yan didn't wait for him to speak and immediately asked: "Master Cao came to the palace to see me, shouldn't he just come to the palace to apologize to Lady Mu?"
Cao Kun took two steps forward, bowed respectfully and said, "Your Majesty, Wei Chen came here just to establish a successor. I wonder how the Emperor has considered the suggestion Wei Chen made today?"
Shao Yan knew that he was referring to the draft girl, so he asked knowingly: "I don't understand what Cao Aiqing means?"
"Wei Chen is talking about the draft girl. Wei Chen returned to the palace today and discussed it carefully with several ministers. Everyone felt that it would be inappropriate to choose the draft girl like this. After all, our footing is not stable at the moment.
, Liang and Chu may send troops to invade at any time, Wei Chen has thought about it, and the issue of drafting girls can be put aside for the time being. The top priority is to determine the head of the Sixth Palace first."
I knew you would say that. Shao Yan looked at him expressionlessly and said, "So, does Cao Aiqing have a suitable candidate?"
Cao Kun was smiling all over his face, but he was embarrassed to speak. Mu Ying saw what he was thinking and talked to him: "I heard that Master Cao has a thousand gold coins. He is beautiful and dignified, and is well-known for his virtues and virtues. That's how it is.
A good candidate, Lord Cao should have already recommended himself to me, Lord Cao, what do you think?"
Cao Kun was elated when he heard this, and couldn't help but feel grateful to Mu Ying for adding fuel to the fire.
Shao Yan felt very uncomfortable. He glanced at Mu Ying accusingly and thought to himself, you girl, why did you interrupt when you shouldn't be talking? But then again, this girl did this for
It's your own good, yes, you can't openly offend ministers, but you can't accommodate them either. If that's the case, then I'm still a shitty emperor. I should go back to 2010 as soon as possible, so as not to think about so many troubles all day long.
While speaking, Cao Kun took out a silk handkerchief-shaped object from his cuff, slowly handed it to Shao Yan and said: "Your Majesty, this embroidered handkerchief was embroidered by my daughter, and the woman on it is my daughter Xuanjiao."
Shao Yan took the embroidered handkerchief and took a casual look, only to see a painting of a woman carrying a basket with various flowers in the basket. She looked like He Xiangu from the Eight Immortals. Ancient paintings are not like modern ones.
The photo is so lifelike that you can only roughly see a rough outline.
"Is this Miss Cao? She is so beautiful." Facing the portrait, Shao Yan never expressed his opinion. However, Mu Ying beside him couldn't help but exclaimed: "No wonder Lord Cao intends to recommend Ling Qianjin, but Miss Cao actually has
With such beauty and such craftsmanship, although Mu Ying has not seen her in person, Mu Ying believes that she must be a stunning beauty, Your Majesty..."
Before she finished speaking, Shao Yan glanced at her impatiently and said: "Mu Ying, please step aside first. I have something to say to Cao Aiqing." It's not that he has any secrets and wants to avoid this girl, but that this girl
He interrupted from time to time, which made his already bad mood worse.
Mu Ying realized that she had spoken too much, so she reluctantly left the imperial study room.
After Shao Yan returned the embroidered handkerchief to Cao Kun, he sat on the chair boredly and didn't speak for a long time.
Cao Kun asked: "Is it possible that the emperor is dissatisfied with my daughter?"
Shao Yan shook his head: "Cao Aiqing, please don't misunderstand me. I am not in the mood to talk about these things now. Yes, Ling Qianjin does have the appearance of overwhelming the country, but the current situation is serious. The Nile Kingdom has occupied our island. These people are all
As long as the sun is gone, I don’t know how many residents have been harmed by it. Later, the Liang State and the Chu State army slaughtered our people. As the king of a country, how can I just sit idly by and ignore it? Maybe one day we will fight back."
"The emperor cares about the people. It is indeed a blessing for Donglin and everyone in the world." Cao Kun complimented, and then said: "The choice of concubine and queen is also for the sake of the emperor's life. Only the emperor has a good body, everything is fine, and Wei
I feel that there is no conflict between the two.”
"I don't think it's necessary. It's enough to have Ruxue and Mu Ying by my side. As for establishing a queen, we can wait until we drive away the Ni people."
Cao Kun said anxiously: "Your Majesty, if your name is not correct, your words will not be correct. If you think they are good, you can directly add them to the harem, but they must not be established as the main wife."
Damn, this is the sentence again. It seems that this guy will never give up until he achieves his goal. Shao Yan waved his hand in boredom and said: "Okay, don't mention this matter again. If you are really too busy,
You should think of a way for me to repel those Nile people."
Cao Kun's expression was a little lonely, but soon it was filled with a layer of joy. He looked around, and after a long time he whispered: "Your Majesty, if I have a way to repel the Nile people, will you agree to it?"