Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 346
Early the next morning, Li Jiancheng went to court.

Because it is the end of autumn, it is late at dawn.

So when he went to court in the morning, there were hardly any pedestrians on the streets of Chang'an City.

The East Palace is very close to the Imperial Palace. When Li Jiancheng came to the gate of the palace, other civil servants and generals had already arrived.

Many people greeted Li Jiancheng one after another. In order to maintain the image of the prince, Li Jiancheng was friendly with them.

After waiting outside for a long time, the palace gate opened, and with a loud shout from the eunuch, the officials entered the hall one after another.

Beginning in the morning, Li Yuan discussed some other matters with the officials.

When the matter was discussed in this way, an official stood up.

"Your Majesty, the matter of establishing a queen has been proposed for many days, but there has been no progress. I believe that the establishment of a queen is related to the stability of the harem, and it has some normative effects on us women in the Tang Dynasty, so it is best to make a decision early on."

In Li Yuan's heart, he also wanted to quickly establish a queen, but he was also entangled, there were many concubines in the harem, he liked it, but he didn't have enough status, and those he didn't like, were born noble, so he couldn't find the most suitable one.

"Aiqing's words are reasonable, but among the many concubines, who do you think can be called queen?"

As soon as the words fell, an official surnamed Lu stood up: "Your Majesty, I feel that Concubine Lu Gui can be called a queen. No matter in terms of family background or character, Concubine Lu Gui can be said to be impeccable. If Concubine Lu can be a queen, she must be the queen The Holy Majesty relieves the worries of the harem."

The people who stood up were members of the Lu family, and their Lu family would naturally not give up in the face of things like the empress seal, and they had always been very active.

The Lu family took the lead, and Li Jiancheng frowned slightly. He didn't expect people from these aristocratic families to be like this. Li Jiancheng could understand that the Lu family only sent two juniors yesterday. I'm afraid they were worried about Concubine Yin De's status. After that, they will compete with their concubine Lu Gui for the queen's position, right?
However, Li Jiancheng is not in a hurry about this, because his father has many concubines, and none of these concubines has a few supporters. It is inevitable that someone will compete, and he has already thought of it.

Sure enough, after the members of the Lu family stood up, people from other aristocratic families and even some nobles also stepped forward one after another.

You support one, I support one, and everyone talks back and forth, arguing a little bit.

But Li Jiancheng, who had always wanted to help Concubine Yin De fight for the post, was very calm. In the entire court, only a few people spoke for Concubine Yin De.

The courtroom was a bit chaotic, Li Yuan felt a little headache when he heard the people below, he just became the empress, as for that?

"Okay, we'll discuss this later."

Li Yuan waved his hands back and returned to the royal study angrily.

But after returning to the imperial study room, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the matter could not be left alone. If the ministers were allowed to discuss like this, a queen would not be elected for a year.

After thinking about it, Li Yuan immediately ordered: "Come on, call Pei Ji over here."

Li Yuan still trusts the person who persuaded him to become king on his own and finally helped him win the world.

Pei Ji made an agreement with Song Gongqing earlier, so he was prepared, so Li Yuan's people stopped him halfway.

Not long after this, Pei Ji hurried into the palace.
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The autumn wind was blowing again, and even the imperial study room felt cool.

Li Yuan sat in the imperial study and flipped through the memorial, but after reading one or two, he suddenly closed the memorial again.

I have something on my mind, so I can't bear to read this memorial anymore.

"My lord, Mr. Pei is here."

A young eunuch hurried over, Li Yuan nodded: "Lead him in directly."

Pei Ji entered the imperial study room, although he knew what Li Yuan called him to come, but he still pretended not to know, and hurriedly said: "My lord Xuanchen entered the palace, I don't know why?"

Li Yuan got up, went to the table next to him, sat down, and ordered someone to pour some wine.

"Pei Aiqing sit down and chat with me."

"My lord, I'm afraid this is inappropriate..."

Li Yuan frowned: "It's just the two of us here, why are you being so polite." As he spoke, he pushed a glass of wine over and said, "You are fine with everything, but you choose yourself too much, which is very annoying."

After Li Yuan said that, Pei Ji couldn't evade any more, and sat down next to Li Yuan.

After the two drank a few glasses of wine, Li Yuan asked, "Pei Aiqing, now that the empress is about to be crowned empress, the officials of the court and China have different opinions. What do you think about this matter?"

"My lord, why do I talk so much about such things..." Before he finished speaking, Li Yuan glared at him, and Pei Ji shrank his neck in fright, and quickly changed his words: "My lord, the matter of becoming a queen, although it is related to Tang's Construction, but it’s actually not that important, it can only be regarded as a family matter in the harem, and the Holy Majesty can completely decide things like this.”

Pei Ji was tactful and refused to say anything. Li Yuan pointed at him and said, "You, you have too many thoughts. If I were a tyrant like Yang Guang, I would just make my own decisions. It only works if the majority of people in the middle agree, and it must be helpful to Datang.”

Speaking of this, Li Yuan said again: "There is no one else here, so just tell me what you think."

Pei Ji hesitated again and again before finally opening his mouth and saying: "My lord, the candidate for this queen must be virtuous, so that the harem can be managed in an orderly manner. What's more, the family must be noble, but not too noble, like someone from an aristocratic family." , it’s not so good, being born in an aristocratic family can easily cause problems for relatives, and being born too low can’t serve the public in the harem, so it’s best to be in the middle.”

Pei Ji didn't say who was suitable, anyway, he just told Li Yuan like this, and after he said that, Li Yuan began to think carefully, excluding those people from the aristocratic family, and excluding those with particularly bad backgrounds, among his concubines , there is not much left.

"Pei Aiqing, what do you think of Concubine Yin De?"

"This... I heard that Concubine Yin De is married to the Cui family. He is considered a member of the family. I'm afraid it's inappropriate?"

Li Yuan laughed: "It's strange that the Cui family is willing to admit her."

Li Yuan couldn't hide many things. Concubine Yin De suddenly recognized her relatives. It is impossible to say that she has no idea about the successor.

But Li Yuan didn't say anything about this, because in his heart, he also thought about making Concubine Yin De the queen. Concubine Yin De did this to help him remove a lot of resistance in front of him, so he acquiesced.

After Concubine Yin De recognized her relatives, although she was a member of the Cui family, her status was a bit embarrassing, and it would not cause the Cui family to take power and her relatives to run rampant. However, Concubine Yin De had a bad background before, but now that she has climbed to this level, her background is also high A little, but not particularly high.

Just in line with what Pei Ji said.

"If the Holy Majesty says so, then I have no objection."

(End of this chapter)