Chapter 44 Good News (Part 2)
I thought to myself, "This is true." So I pulled Xiao Duozi over the side and ordered, "Go and invite Tao Qian, the Minister of Rites, to see me in the Nanshu Room."
"Slave follows the order." Xiao Duozi followed me, no longer shrank like he was at the beginning, but he also showed his clever nature. Now I have left him to deal with some trivial matters.
"Congratulations to the Emperor, congratulations to the Emperor." Eunuch Mu also stepped forward and said, "Empress Lan is pregnant with a dragon seed, which is a great thing. However, you must first register and register the Jingshifang so that Jingshifang can arrange the palace maids and eunuchs to accompany you. It is also easy to record the changes every month to prevent accidents."
"Well, you can handle this matter. No matter how you say you will be the chief supervisor of the Great Inner in the future. But if Empress Lan has something to do, I want your head." At the last sentence, I glared at my eyes and shouted in a deep voice.
"I dare not bear the grace of the Holy Ones, so I will send someone to take care of me. I will never let the misfortune of Empress Lan and her son." Eunuch Mu's face turned pale and he knelt on the ground nervously, and kowtowed repeatedly.
"Get up." I smiled and waved him to get up. Then, I leaned against Lan'er's belly and started talking to my unborn child.
"Youhong, I'm quite busy these days. You have to take good care of Lan'er." I stroked Lan'er's belly and turned my head to the queen and said.
The queen gave a gentle bow and smiled and said, "Your Majesty, that's natural. Sister Lan'er and her concubines are in love with each other, so it's appropriate to take care of each other."
"Well, then I will go to Nanshu to discuss the matter of conferring a concubine with Tao Qian." As he said that, he couldn't help but turn back and said to Lan'er: "Lan'er, you should also pay more attention. Don't run around when you are pregnant. By the way, the Queen Mother's Charity Finance Club will not help for the time being."
"Your Majesty, I'm just pregnant now, it's okay." Lan'er showed a happy smile on her face and stroked her stomach, "I also want to have more children born in the future and accumulate more good deeds so that he can be free from disasters and difficulties."
"Since that's the case, then Lan'er, be careful, I'm going first." As he said that, he intimate with the girls before heading to the south study room.
Departing from Nan Study Room, within a while, we arrived at Nan Study Room. After waiting for a while, we saw Tao Qian and Xiao Duozi coming.
"Old minister Tao Qian, please come to see my emperor, my emperor..." Tao Qian wanted to kneel down again when he saw me.
I hurriedly held it up and said softly: "It's great, you have just been beaten by the court stick. I promise you not to kneel down on tenth."
"The old minister thanked the Lord for his kindness." Tao Qian showed gratitude and stood up straight with trembling eyes: "Is there any special matter for the emperor summoning the old minister?"
I laughed and said, "Your ass is inconvenient, so I won't give you a seat. I'm asking you to come here suddenly, and there is something you really need to handle."
"The emperor gave an intuitive command that the old minister must devote himself to his entire life and die until he dies." Tao Qian said respectfully with a serious face.
I stood up again: "In fact, it's not a dangerous thing. I just want to pass the Ministry of Rites to grant a few concubines."
Tao Qian looked stunned and said in confusion: "Emperor, Ce is the concubine, and the virtuous concubine. As long as you register and register with the young supervisor of the Da Nei."
"But I am about to enthrone the virtuous concubine, and to announce it to the world and be happy with all the people." I smiled faintly.
Tao Qian thought for a while and then said, "It's OK at this time. I have had similar experiences in all dynasties. Please write down the names of concubines who need to be enthroned and the title number that need to be enthroned. The minister will hold a sacrificial ceremony."
I was overjoyed, so I asked Xiao Duozi to prepare the pen and ink. I said, let Tao Qian write it down. The first one was Zuo Ronglan's name, Ce was named Shufei, and the title was named Zhengyi, and the title was named Zheng. The second one was Li Shuxing, Ce was named Zhaoyi, and the title was named Zheng. The third one was Lan Haining, Ce was named Zhaorong, and the title was named Zheng. The fourth one was Lan Chuqing, Ce was named Xianfei, and the title was named Zheng. The fifth one was Liu Yingzhu, Ce was named Zhaoyan, and the title was named Zheng.
After finishing writing, Tao Qian was sweating coldly and said awkwardly: "Your Majesty, there are five surnames Cefeng at one time? They are all second-rank or above? Isn't the work too big?"
"Hehe, I'm already very proud of my face." I smiled and said, "If I go together in the future, I'm afraid I'll have to go through dozens of them. Some of you are busy."
Tao Qian wiped a cold sweat and exhaled, "The old minister will go and handle it right away, but the old minister also happens to have two important things to report to the emperor."
"Well, let me tell you." I returned to my lord chair and swayed to drink tea.
"That's right, the old minister just received a document from the 800-li Kuaiqi before coming to the Nanshuofang." Tao Qian said this and looked at me strangely: "Princess Xiuli of Goryeo, while escorting our country, was preparing to dock near the coast of Shandong, he was robbed by the Japanese pirates who were escorting over to our country."
"What." I slapped the table suddenly, stood up, and said angrily: "What the hell is going on? How could Princess Xiuli be robbed?"
Tao Qian suddenly stared at his eyes and said, "Master, wasn't this what you sent someone to do?"
"Of course not, how can I have this leisure time?" I argued with force, but I secretly said in my heart: "Hehe, Xiao Qi seems to have done the matter."
Tao Qian was not as calm as me, and said hurriedly: "The old minister immediately notified the Ministry of War to clear the Japanese pirates along our coast. It is necessary to rescue Princess Goryeo, otherwise the relationship between our dynasty and Goryeo for generations will be broken."
"What's your urge? I'm not as anxious as you lose my wife." I glared at him and said, "Let's do this, I will immediately send the Jinyiwei to conduct a secret search. I must rescue people before it is spread. You go and repair a secret text to tell the King of Goryeo that Princess Xiuli was captured by the Japanese pirates. I am actively rescuing it."
Tao Qian looked at me deeply again and smiled bitterly, "This is indeed done by the emperor."
"Old man Tao, I know I can't hide it from you." I laughed: "You know my temper best." But I smiled in my heart: "The old fox is the old fox. You can infer this fact from what I said just now."
"Only the old minister knows so well, he will guess." Tao Qian smiled bitterly and said, "If it were someone else, even if he told him that the emperor sent someone to secretly steal his wife, others would not believe it. It would be a good trick to blame Jiangdong. In this way, Goryeo, Eastern Turks, and Fusang will suffer a loss, right?"
"Aren't the Japanese pirates very arrogant? Are the Eastern Turks very crazy? Are the Goryeo very sinister?" I laughed and said, "I want to make them mess up this time."
Tao Qian said coldly: "Emperor, Goryeo's national power is weak at present, so it's better not to suffer in this battle. After all, Goryeo signed a protection treaty with our dynasty."
"Hehe, I'm afraid that after this chaos, the treaty between Goryeo and our country will be changed." I laughed: "I want to change it to a treaty of vassal states."
Tao Qian was speechless. Maybe although he thought I was insidious, it was also a good opportunity to increase my power for the dynasty.
"Tao Qian, didn't you say there was another important thing?" I changed the topic and said, "Tell me."
"Report to the emperor, that's about the little girl Yingying." Tao Qian said with a sad face: "It's already ridiculous to let Yingying take the imperial examination? How could she still be the top scorer? Now she has been arranged to go to the Ministry of Revenue. If her identity is exposed in the future, wouldn't it be bad?"
"Tao Aiqing, have you made a mistake?" I laughed and said, "It is Tao Ziying, not Tao Yingying, who I plan to win the title of top scholar."
Tao Qian naturally knew what I meant, and then he said worriedly: "If someone knows it, the old minister's face will be lost."
"I think this is fine. Now go back and announce that your son is because the Taoist priest of Longhu Mountain has been lucky. He has to raise his son as a daughter since he was 18 years old. Wouldn't he be married? Could it be that those old guys who are not practicing will ask Tao Ziying to take off his clothes and find out his true self?"
Tao Qian was stunned.
"That's it. Go and get the matter of concubine sealed." I patted his shoulder and laughed, "I won't leave you for lunch."
"The old minister obeys the order." Tao Qian had no choice but to retreat helplessly.
"Little Duozi, go. I'm here to stay in the afternoon." I said lightly, hehe, Xiao Qi is indeed a talented person, and he thought to himself.
When I returned to Yangzhai, I enjoyed a wonderful meal with my daughters. Unfortunately, Qing'er and the others were not there. Qing'er was really aspiring to do business. As soon as I came back, I started to start a business.
In the afternoon, I took a nap at Yangzizhai for a while. After stretching my waist and getting up, Xiao Duozi had been standing outside the door for a long time. Seeing him walking in and bowing, he said, "Your Majesty, the little eunuch from Nan Study Room is here to send a message. Liu Zhenming, the Ministry of Revenue, has been waiting for a long time."
"Well, help me up and go to Nanshu." I stretched out a hand lazily.
Xiao Duozi hurriedly supported me and called two palace maids to come in to help. After helping me put on clothes and wash, they left the surname Zhai. Those girls had already gone to the Empress Dowager to report the good news before I fell asleep.
The dragon sedan chair had been waiting outside the door for a long time. Xiao Duozi helped me, got straight into the dragon sedan chair, and headed towards the south study.
"My minister Liu Zhenming, I'll come to see the emperor, long live my emperor." After Liu Zhenming knelt down, he immediately stepped forward and supported me and asked me to lie down.
"Oh, why did Jinyue flatter me like this?" I glanced at him: "Did you do something bad?"
"I don't dare, I don't dare." Liu Zhenming wiped a cold sweat and said in a weak voice.
"Don't dare? I see you are very brave!" I glared at him and scolded, "I am actually in the Golden Palace, hinting that I have killed Tao Qian. What is your intention?"
Liu Zhenming plopped and knelt on the ground.
Chapter completed!