The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

Chapter 184

Zhao Yao told Liang Zhaoyi vividly the story he heard from Ling Yun.

In fact, Liang Zhaoyi knew about Si Youying's affairs in more detail than what Zhao Yao inquired about from Ling Yun.Of course, it's not easy for her to tell Zhao Yao.

"Mother Concubine, Duke Zhen arranged for Qin Xiulian to appear in front of Father, because he wanted Qin Xiulian to compete with Concubine Rong." Zhao Yao rubbed his chin and said, "I also want Qin Xiulian to deal with Concubine Rong."

Liang Zhaoyi nodded lightly and said, "It should be."

"Concubine Mother, do you think Qin Xiulian can be favored more than Concubine Rong?" The emperor's favorite is Concubine Rong.Over the years, Concubine Rong has always favored the Six Palaces, and no one can match her.Zhen Guogong wants Qin Xiulian to deal with Concubine Rong, but it may not be so easy.

"It's hard to say." Liang Zhaoyi said so, but she knew what Emperor Wu of Zhou thought in her heart better than anyone else.

"No matter what, there will be a good show to watch next." Zhao Yao likes to watch excitement and theater the most.

Liang Zhaoyi lightly tapped Zhao Yao's forehead, and said helplessly and dotingly: "Didn't you say you want to pick wild vegetables with us, are you going?"

"Go, go, of course, tonight I want to eat dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables." Just after Zhao Yao finished speaking, he remembered something, turned his head to look at Liang Zhaoyi and asked, "Mother and Concubine, don't you want to see Father?" Empress Xie, Concubine Rong, and Concubine Shu also visited Emperor Wu of Zhou.

"Your father should be busy now, so we won't go to visit." Liang Zhaoyi said softly, "We will visit before dinner."

"Then I will go with you at that time." Zhao Yao was very curious about what Qin Xiulian looked like.

"Okay, now let's go pick wild vegetables."

Liang Zhaoyi, Yu Meiren, Pan Cairen, and the fifth princess took Zhao Yao to pick wild vegetables not far from the camp.

There are not only many wild vegetables here, but also many wild flowers.

Zhao Yao picked wild vegetables for a while, and then began to destroy the flowers with his hands.He made many garlands and gave them to Liang Zhaoyi and the others.

The fifth princess and the others liked Zhao Yao's wreath very much.The wreaths he made were very delicate and beautiful.

Zhao Yao also specially made up an extra garland.When he returned to the camp after picking wild vegetables, he gave this wreath to Concubine Li.

Concubine Li didn't expect that Zhao Yao would specially give her a wreath, which surprised her very much.

"Miss Li, my concubine and I have picked a lot of wild vegetables. Concubine mother and I will make dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables later. I will send you some." Zhao Yao strongly recommended to Concubine Li, "Concubine Li Empress, the dumplings stuffed with wild vegetables are very delicious, you must try them."

Li Bin smiled softly: "Then I will not be polite."

"Then I'll send it to you later." Zhao Yao bowed to Concubine Li and left.

Concubine Li put the garland Zhao Yao gave her on her head, and asked Qiu Sang who was standing beside her, "How is it? Does it look good?"

The wreath that Zhao Yao gave to Concubine Li was made of red and yellow wild flowers.These wildflowers are small, cute and beautiful.In addition to the wreath, Zhao Yao also gave Concubine Li a bouquet of wild flowers.

Qiu Sang just put the wild flowers sent by Zhao Yao in the vase.Although the wild flowers in the forest are not as elegant and luxurious as the flowers in the imperial garden, they have a special flavor.

"It looks good." Qiu Sang said with a smile, "I didn't expect His Royal Highness to be so caring. No wonder His Highness likes him."

"Xiao Shi has a pair of very beautiful eyes, clean and clear, like a gem." Concubine Li caressed the wild flowers on the wreath, with a soft smile on her lips, "Such clean eyes are the most rare in this palace."

"The Tenth Highness is also the most innocent, lovable, and likable. No wonder His Highness is so partial to him." Although Qiu Sang didn't have much contact with Zhao Yao, she also liked the innocent Zhao Yao very much.

"In this palace, it's good to have Xiao Shi to accompany the child." This is why Concubine Li does not object to the Fourth Prince's association with Zhao Yao.

Seeing the lonely and sad look on Concubine Li's face, Qiu Sang knew that Concubine Li remembered the miscarriage back then.

"Empress, you have always worried that His Highness is too lonely, now that His Highness Ten is with His Highness, don't blame yourself."

Concubine Li has always been concerned about the miscarriage back then, "If the child back then was born smoothly, Xiaosi will have a younger brother." After she finished speaking, a look of anger appeared on her face. "If it wasn't for her..."

"Your Majesty..." Qiu Sang didn't know how to comfort Concubine Li.

Concubine Li's face instantly returned to calm, as if nothing had happened just now.

"I lost my temper."

"Niang Niang, it has been so many years, you should let it go."

Concubine Li sighed softly and said, "How can I let go..." At that time, she not only lost a child, but also lost the chance to be a mother again.

"Your Majesty, you have been holding on to your heart all this time, and it will only make you..." Qiu Sang comforted Concubine Li, "Your Majesty, Your Highness is getting better and better now. In two years, His Highness will be crowned king and go to a fiefdom, and His Highness will get married at that time. When His Highness gets married, he will give birth to a bunch of grandchildren, and when the time comes, His Highness will send the little Highness and the little princess to you to raise, and you will be able to enjoy family happiness."

Hearing what Qiu Sang said, Li Bin imagined the picture, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Yes, in two or three years, I will be a grandma."

"Your Majesty, His Royal Highness will be crowned king in two years. Regarding the fiefdom, we have to think of a way." Qiu Sang said, "It's best for His Highness's fief to be near the capital."

"About the fiefdom, I asked Xiaosi, he doesn't want to be near the capital." Concubine Li said with a bit of a headache, "He wants to go far away from the capital."

"Ah?" Qiu Sang looked shocked, "Why does Your Highness go to a place so far away from the capital?"

"He said that only by staying away from the capital can he stay away from right and wrong, so that he can concentrate on managing the fief and let the people in the fief live a good life."

"Your Highness, don't you want to go to Liangzhou?"

"If he can really go to Liangzhou, that would be great." Li Bin said, "Liangzhou is an important place, the emperor may not let Xiao Si go to Liangzhou."

"Your Majesty won't let His Highness go down, so let the Third Prince go?" Qiu Sang thought for a while, and felt that it was unlikely, "There is a royal family behind the Third Prince, so the Emperor probably won't let the Third Prince take over Liangzhou. The servant thinks that His Highness takes over Liangzhou. Very likely."

"The emperor may not let any prince take over Liangzhou." Concubine Li was also worried about the fourth prince taking over the fief as an adult in two years. She had tried Emperor Zhou Wu's tone, but Zhou Wudi didn't say anything. "I just hope that Xiaosi won't be sent to Qingzhou by the emperor."

Qingzhou is located by the sea, not only small, but also very poor.

"Your Majesty, you should also make a decision about your Highness's marriage." Qiu Sang reminded, "If you don't make a marriage arrangement for His Highness before His Highness becomes an adult, I'm afraid something will happen then."

"Father and elder brother mean that they hope that Xiaosi can marry Xiaoci." The Xiaoci that Concubine Li said was her niece, her brother's daughter, named Li Houci.

Hearing what Concubine Li said, Qiu Sang was a little surprised: "Your Majesty, don't you want His Highness to marry Miss Houci?"

"Xiaoci is a good girl, both in temperament and talent, but..." Concubine Li is very satisfied with her niece and likes it very much.She would be a very good daughter-in-law. "Xiaosi marrying Xiaoci won't help much."

After hearing this, Qiu Sang immediately understood Li Bin's meaning.

"Your Majesty, do you want His Highness to marry the daughter of a general as the princess?"

Concubine Li nodded slightly: "That's right, what Xiao Si lacks most now is the support of generals." If Xiao Si doesn't marry Xiao Ci as princess, the Li family will still support Xiao Si.

"But, ma'am, most of the generals in the court support the acting king." Qiu Sang said, "The remaining generals don't have much influence."

"I know."

"Then you still want the fourth prince to marry the general's daughter as the concubine?" Qiu Sang suddenly thought of something, and said in shock, "Madam, you don't want your highness to marry the daughter of the four generals, do you?"

"I would like to, but the emperor will definitely not agree."

"Then you?"

"I want Xiaosi to marry the daughter of the four generals' subordinates as the princess."

"Your Majesty, this is also impossible." Qiu Sang said, "The subordinates of the four generals are only loyal to the emperor, and the emperor will not agree."

Concubine Li also knew about this, but she didn't give up.

"I want to try."

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid of offending the Emperor?" Qiu Sang felt that if Concubine Li really asked the Emperor for such a marriage, she would definitely offend the Emperor.

"No matter what, I want to try." Li Bin said nonchalantly, "Even if it angers the emperor." For the future of her son, she, as a mother, is willing to do anything.

"Your Majesty, aren't you afraid that if you offend the Emperor, the Emperor will anger His Highness?" Qiu Sang said, "Aren't you afraid that the Emperor thinks His Highness is ambitious? Are you not afraid that the Emperor will dislike His Highness because of this?"

"The emperor will not doubt Xiao Si." Li Pin said very firmly.

"My lady..."

Li Pin interrupted Qiu Sang and said without doubt: "I have made up my mind on this matter, so don't persuade me any more."

Qiu Sang saw that Li Bin was so persistent, so she couldn't persuade her anymore.She decided to tell the fourth prince about it.

The fourth prince is reading a book in his tent.

Wei Mian came in with hot tea, "Your Highness, take a sip of tea and rest for a while."

The fourth prince put down the book in his hand and took the tea from Wei Mian.

"Your Highness, Qin Xiulian just woke up."

The fourth prince paused while drinking tea, then continued to drink tea with his head bowed.After he took a few sips of tea, he said, "Did the father let her go?"

"The emperor asked someone to set up a tent next to the tent in his bedroom, and let Qin Xiulian live in it." Wei Mian said, "Your Highness, it seems that the emperor is going to let Qin Xiulian enter the palace."

"Not surprisingly."

"Your Highness, do you think that Qin Xiulian is really more favored than Concubine Rong?"

The fourth prince said indifferently: "This is not something we should care about." For the fourth prince, whether Concubine Rong Gui continued to be favored or Qin Xiulian was favored, it had nothing to do with him.

"That's right. Concubine Rong and Dai Wang are the ones who are most worried about now."

Ever since he learned that Qin Xiulian looked like Si Youying, Marquis Xuan Ping couldn't sit still.

Back then, Emperor Wu of Zhou wanted to marry Si Youying, but Marquis Xuanping knew about it.At that time, he was still a little angry, feeling that Emperor Wu of Zhou was sorry for his sister.

Dai Wang didn't know about Si Youying, but after hearing what Xuan Pinghou said, he also became worried.

"Damn it, where did Lord Zhen find someone who looks exactly like Si Youying?" Xuan Pinghou said angrily, "Mr. Zhen has been hiding it for so long, and it took until today to let this Qin Xiulian appear. He's really good at it."

"Uncle, that Si Youying is so important to the father, more important than the mother and concubine?"

"If Si Youying hadn't died back then, she would have married the emperor before your mother and concubine, maybe..." Xuan Pinghou didn't say any more.

"Uncle, do you mean that Father likes Si Youying more?"

"Si Youying is the emperor's favorite woman."

Dai Wang could not accept this matter.He said in disbelief: "How is it possible?"

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