Emperor Qian sat for a long time before he spoke:

"Laifu, do you think I made a mistake in sending Anping to Luopan?"

Lai Fu didn't dare to follow this, he whispered:

"Your Majesty, all the decisions you made were for Daqian. Princess Anping loves you and understands your difficulties, so she volunteered to marry you. Don't think too much."

Emperor Qian waved his hand and said:
"That's all, it's over now, it's useless to say more."

Then he said to Laifu:
"Prince Xuan is here to see me."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Lai Fu left the imperial study to summon the eldest prince Qian Zhaoning.

Qian Zhaoning has become much quieter since Lianyi left, and he is less worried about his sick mother, only visiting her once in a while.

Now the relationship between Empress Nangong and the Nangong family is a little strained because of the successive deaths of two legitimate sons. The people of the Nangong family blame the Empress, but the Empress feels also very aggrieved because Princess Anping is so cold-blooded that she doesn't care about the mother-daughter relationship. Now her son has also begun to distance herself from her, making her, who is already in poor health, even more bedridden. She doesn't know who to talk to about the aggrieved feeling in her heart.

When Zhao Ning was invited to see Emperor Qian, he was still guessing his father's purpose. After he read the message handed to him by Emperor Qian, he understood why his father summoned him.

"Royal sister has always been very powerful. This time she was able to disrupt Luo Pan's internal affairs. She must have put a lot of effort into it."

Zhao Ning analyzed calmly.

"Have you met everyone around your sister?"

Emperor Qian asked.

Qian Zhaoning was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said:
"Father, please forgive me. After all, my sister and I are different in gender. We usually meet in my mother's palace. She is accompanied by Fulin and two senior palace maids. My son has never seen anyone else."

Emperor Qian knew that he could not get any useful information from his son, so he turned to testing his son's schoolwork.

Zhao Ning had indeed put a lot of effort into his studies, and he responded to all of Emperor Qian's questions one by one. Although some of his insights were a little immature, it also showed that he had thought about them seriously.

Emperor Qian was very satisfied with his eldest son's performance. After asking him about his homework, he said:

"Ning'er, what do you think of the current aristocratic families?"

Zhao Ning was stunned for a moment, then lowered his eyes and said:

"Father, the noble families have contributed to the unification of Daqian, but they cannot rest on their laurels forever. In addition to the noble families, there are many ordinary people in Daqian. They are the foundation of Daqian."

Emperor Qian's serious expression eased a little, and he smiled and said:

"Ning'er, remember what you said today. Tell the tutor that you can start studying the next stage of the course."

"Yes, Father!"

Zhao Ning bowed respectfully and then left the imperial study under the leadership of Lai Fu.

On the way, Zhao Ning met Concubine Rong who came to deliver tonic soup to Emperor Qian. She just bowed and left without saying a word.

Lai Fu looked at Concubine Rong, whose expression changed slightly, and asked with a smile:

"Empress Rong, what kind of soup did you prepare for His Majesty today?"

Rong Fei immediately adjusted her expression and replied with a smile: "This is the stomach-warming soup that I made for Your Majesty. Please, Eunuch Lai Fu, present it to Your Majesty."

"Your Highness, you have worked hard. I will definitely deliver it to His Majesty."

Lai Fu waved his hand and a young eunuch took the food box. Rong Fei knew that Lai Fu was tight-lipped and she could not get any useful information out of him, so she left tactfully and summoned her son when she returned.

Lianyi, who was far away in Luopan Kingdom, didn't know yet that her status in Emperor Qian's mind had risen to a higher level, and Qian Zhaoning had also benefited from it. At this time, she was on her way to the palace.

This time, Luo Tang personally escorted Lianyi into the palace. Lianyi would not compromise herself and directly used the queen's crutch. Her dowry was also carried by the Daqian guards she brought with her, and she followed the crutch into the palace.

After seeing this scene, Luo Lu was a little unhappy and felt that Lianyi was a little too high-profile. However, he couldn't blame the other party in front of everyone, so he could only say in private, half worried and half complaining:

"Lian Yi, you are being too high-profile. Luo Lu has already escaped. What if it turns out to be bad for you?"

Lianyi's smile immediately faded a little, and then she took Luolu's hand and explained:
“Your Majesty, I am doing this for you. First, I want to let those who have ulterior motives in Nahe know that you and I are of one mind and they cannot easily sow discord between us. Second, I want to show that you not only have soldiers but also enough money, and you will not mistreat those who are loyal to you.

I want to put all the dowry into the palace treasury for the king to use, and as for the tax revenues from the three cities under my name, they can be put into the king's private treasury."

Lianyi directly used silver to pave the way. She didn't believe that there was anyone in this world who didn't love silver.

Luo Lu's face immediately turned from cloudy to sunny, and then he said:

"If you had told me in advance, I would have arranged more guards to ensure that nothing goes wrong.

As for the dowry, you should keep it for yourself. Whether in Daqian or Luopan, the dowry is a woman's private property and the king will not covet it.

As for the taxation of the three cities, we will discuss this later. You must first guard the harem for me."

Lianyi agreed with a smile, thinking that Luo Lu was a smart man. He would not appear to be thinking about her dowry, but the tax revenue from the three cities was a steady stream of income, which was what he really cared about.

The two of them looked very affectionate. That night, Luo Lu stayed in the palace chosen by Lian Yi and happily received another floor package.

Starting from the second day, Lianyi exercised her rights as queen and began to reorganize the harem, clearing out all the dormant thorns, but she did not touch Sally and the people around her.

"Master, Sally is accompanied by the second-in-command Luo's men. Should we not care?"

"Don't worry about it. I won't do such a thankless job. I also want to see how Luo's people will use Sally and what they want to do with her."

Lianyi was talking to Duoduo while pruning the flowers in the greenhouse.

It is already winter. No matter what Luo Lu thinks, he will not take any action at this time. The most important thing for him now is to grasp the power that belongs to him.

Lianyi established her position as queen through a series of actions. She did everything to please Luolu. Luolu also felt that the princess trained by Daqian was indeed amazing.

He also specially sent a group of girls with clean backgrounds to Lianyi and asked Lianyi to help train them. He planned to use them to win over new officials and children of powerful people.

Yue Lang complained that Luo Lu was shameless, but Yue Jue thought that this was a good opportunity for them to place people. People trained by the princess would naturally obey the princess, which coincided with Lianyi's opinion.

Luo Lu had handed the opportunity to her, and she would be letting herself down if she didn't take it. She handed these girls over to Yue Jue and Yue Lang for training.

On the surface, the two of them taught some flashy things such as etiquette, calligraphy, painting, poetry and songs. After screening, the selected girls learned another set of things, which were enough for them to make a living for the rest of their lives.

After Luo Lu left the court that day, Lian Yi specifically asked Fu Lin to invite Luo Lu to her palace, and then brought up the issue of offspring again. (End of this chapter)

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