I defeated Emperor Chongzhen at the beginning!

Chapter 14 The duty of a minister, dare not speak bitterness!
Inside the Royal Garden.

"Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager has sent someone to ask you to come to the palace to discuss the matter."

Hong Chengchou bowed and said.

"It must be a matter of choosing a concubine again."

Zhu Youjian has figured out this series of operations by his mother.

He actually has some headaches, after all, he has been very busy recently.

Every man would hope that his harem would have three thousand beauties, but in Zhu Youjian's mind, what he should do at this moment is to stabilize the court situation.

The matter of clearing up corrupt officials has just passed, and there is another problem in Dongyang County.

He really didn't have much thought to put on the concubine Xuan.

"This is the fifth time the Empress Dowager has come to urge you."

In fact, Hong Chengchou also had a headache.

The empress dowager couldn't invite the emperor, so she always sent people to invite him beside the emperor.

"Okay, let's go with me to the Empress Dowager Palace to meet her."

……

Ciqing Palace.

"Emperor, I have heard about the Empress."

The empress dowager said as she put dishes into the emperor's bowl.

"Queen, now I want to deal with the affairs of the court and China before discussing it."

Hong Chengchou stood aside, neither sitting nor standing, so he could only ask the maids to change the tea.

"Isn't your move to abolish the queen too sudden? Now that there is no master in the harem, what do you do?"

"The queen mother, the empress is jealous and arrogant, she is no longer worthy of being the mother of this country."

As Zhu Youjian said, hatred burst out in his eyes.

In fact, the queen is just a pawn in his efforts to clean up the unhealthy trends in the court.

Its purpose is nothing more than to kill chickens and monkeys.

"Forget it, since you have made the decree and have your own considerations, then just let it go.

But after this incident, the queen will still have to see her background in the future.Empress Wu's family became what she is now because of her bad background and too much publicity. "

At this point, the empress dowager glanced at Zhu Youjian with a little cunning in her eyes.

She cleared her throat, and said seriously: "So, you have to be careful about choosing a concubine. But you must not be as casual as before, and you must never want a woman of this background. "

She has always been very concerned about the queen's origin.

"Emperor, remember."

Zhu Youjian understood exactly what the Queen Mother meant by these words.

Although he didn't quite agree in his heart, he could only frown slightly and nod in agreement.

Although the Gu Hengbo he adopted a few days ago has a look that I feel pity for, it is still not appropriate to directly use him as a queen.

"Emperor, a country cannot be without a king for a day. Correspondingly, the harem cannot be without a king for a day."

The Empress Dowager still persuasively said.

"I know, I will consider this matter. But today I still have some memorials to approve, so I won't accompany my mother to have dinner."

After that, Zhu Youjian got up and left.

After he left, the Empress Dowager naturally lost the desire to drink tea.

Seeing the back of the emperor leaving, she could only sigh.

"Sun is too big here, I can't control it anymore..."

Hong Chengchou at the side was still in a daze, neither leaving nor staying.

"Did you stay with the emperor all these days?"

The Empress Dowager's eyes fixed on Hong Chengchou.

"Yes, I am grateful for His Majesty's trust, and I am handling trivial matters for His Majesty."

"Well, it can be seen that the emperor trusts you very much."

The Empress Dowager nodded.

"Since you are by the emperor's side, he also thinks that you are a person worthy of being reused. Then you will remind him by his side on behalf of the Ai family. Don't make the Wu family who is in the cold palace a queen again."

She no longer wanted the harem to make the same mistake again.

Hong Chengchou could only bow and reply: "Wei Chen will do what he can do. If the Queen Mother has no other instructions, then Wei Chen will also leave."

Now there is only the Empress Dowager left in this palace.

After a long time, I heard the Empress Dowager sigh: "This world will eventually be handed over to him..."

Over the years, the Empress Dowager actually had a headache watching Zhu Youjian who was all day long.It's not like she didn't expect Zhu Youjian to grow up quickly and become a person capable of taking on the important task of being the leader of a country.

Now, seeing Zhu Youjian come to his senses, she has become more wise and alert than before, and has more ideas of her own.

She should be happy, she should be happy for her emperor's son.

Since the emperor has no time to do this, let her, the queen mother, do it later.

"Xuan Guoheng entered the palace to see me."

The empress dowager thought of a suitable candidate.

By the time Guo Heng entered the palace to meet Yizhi, the queen mother had already made her own plan.

"As a minister, see the Empress Dowager."

"Guo Aiqing, how many years have passed since you met Ben Gong?"

While sitting lazily on the upper seat, the queen mother ordered someone to give her a seat.

After Guo Heng really sat down, he finally answered: "Back to the Empress Dowager, I remember that the first time I met you was when I married into the palace. After careful calculation, it has been about 30 years!"

Time is like an arrow, and the time travels very fast.

"In a flash, 30 years have passed. My palace is old, old..."

"Thirty years are just a snap of the fingers, and the queen mother is still in her prime, so she can't be considered old."

"The emperor has grown up now and has his own ideas, so I am naturally old.

Now it's time to accept a new queen. You have watched the emperor grow up. Since he was a child, you have been worrying about him a lot.This time, it's better to let you do it..."

"This……"

Guo Heng actually wanted to shirk it. After all, the matter of choosing a concubine, if the choice is good, it is indeed not a wrong thing.But if he doesn't choose well, the empress dowager will not be able to explain it, nor will he be able to explain it to the emperor.

"It's really hard work for you. You have been so worried about the court and the emperor all these years."

"The duty of a minister is not to speak bitterly!"

The empress dowager had already said this, so he naturally couldn't evade it.

Guo Heng had no choice but to agree to this drudgery.

"Now in the harem, how many concubines do you think can take on the position of empress? Tell me your opinion!"

This puts the responsibility back on Guo Heng.

No matter which concubine to choose, it is difficult for Guo Heng.

"The concubines in the harem are all beautiful and attractive, and the emperor likes them very much. No matter which one is chosen as the queen, His Majesty the emperor will not object, as long as you like the empress dowager."

Guo Heng is worthy of being an old fritter who has been an official for many years, and his words are tight.

"Ai's family is getting old, and his eyesight is no longer good. The emperor doesn't listen to Ai's words as much as before. Unlike you, you watched him grow up with your own eyes, and you also have the opportunity to speak in the court. This matter still needs to be solved. You should think about it more."

Guo Heng had no choice but to answer, and could only run his brain quickly.

"I suggest that it is better to choose among the capitals of this country. First, you will have more opportunities to choose the person you want to be the mother of a country; The states and counties will naturally select the candidate they think is the best.”

"Oh?"

The empress dowager later became interested.

"That's okay, as long as we don't choose those girls with extremely low backgrounds, it seems to be okay here in this palace."

The Empress Dowager smiled, and was very satisfied with Guo Heng's suggestion.It seems that this person was not called into the palace in vain today, and he did solve her urgent needs.

"Then I will leave this matter to you to arrange, step back."

"The minister obeys the order!"

……

In a few days, within the imperial city.

"By the Empress Dowager's order! If there is a girl in the boudoir in the family, she can be sent to the palace if she is beautiful, green and red, and if she is chosen by the emperor, once she enters the palace and becomes a concubine, the whole family can be promoted!"

Such a decree spread throughout the streets and alleys of the imperial city in less than half a day.

All the families, especially the dignitaries from famous families, are all single-minded in choosing their own daughters to be placed in the palace, waiting to be chosen as queens.

If you are really lucky to be selected, then the whole family will be able to reach another level!

(End of this chapter)