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Lao Cheng's pupils twitched suddenly.

This guy's eyeballs twitched, his feet moved quietly a few times, and suddenly he reached out and grabbed a handful of Liu Hongji, making Liu Hongji stand in front of him.

In addition to Lao Cheng, there are also people in the palace such as Li Ji, the Duke of the United Kingdom, Li Jing, the Duke of Wei, Fang Xuanling, the chief assistant of the Tang Dynasty, and Du Ruhui, the prime minister. Pull over a colleague, and then hide behind the colleague.

Li Shimin sat on the dragon chair and watched with cold eyes. He had a panoramic view of the reaction below, and suddenly said with emotion: "The third sweet date is given to you, and my royal family will lose a lot."

Smart people think it's not good, and some idiots are full of excitement. For example, Kui Guogong Liu Hongji couldn't help shouting and said: "Your Majesty, what is it? It makes my heart itch."

The words were only spoken, and several smart and popular people next to him wanted to beat him, but Lao Cheng rolled his eyes helplessly, and cursed bitterly: "Your Majesty is waiting for someone to pick up the slander, everyone wants to hide, and it's too late to hide, but you idiot took the bait yourself. , his grandma's, this time I'm afraid we have to get in too."

Sure enough, I saw Li Shimin's smug look on his face, hehe smiled and said: "Hongji asked a good question, since you are eager to ask, I can't hide it, I will tell you in detail now..."

Liu Hongji asked the question himself, but the emperor used the word "er" which clearly included all the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty. a meal.

On the dragon chair, Li Shimin suddenly stood up slowly, first he stroked his hair very coquettishly, and then he looked up to the sky and made a sigh, and said reluctantly: "My youngest daughter is just growing up and raised in a deep boudoir. Everyone knows. I want to recruit the son of the Qing family and give him a poem for the concubine."

"uh-huh……"

After the emperor finished his sentence, those people in the hall who were a little slow in their heads also felt that it was not good.

Liu Hongji suddenly felt murderous all around him. He looked up blankly and muttered, "Consort? Does Your Majesty want to recruit a consort?"

The guy shivered suddenly, raised his hand and slapped his mouth fiercely.

Lao Cheng next to him snorted viciously and hummed, "It's no use pumping yourself to death, you have to eat the shit you've pulled on your knees..."

Old Cheng could barely hear what he said, but Niu Jinda had a bad temper, so he started scolding: "Grandma is a bear, all the smart people dare not speak, lest your majesty marry the princess, but you idiot actually rushed to ask questions. , Damn it, this is a good time, your Majesty can finally recruit a son-in-law in a high-sounding manner."

Liu Hongji's face was ashen as he trembled, "Then I have offended the court officials!"

Niu Jinda rolled his eyes and said angrily, "Wait for you to die."

Recruiting a son-in-law is a happy event, but the royal recruitment of a son-in-law is different.

There are two kinds of civil recruiting son-in-law, one is to marry a girl, this is a formal marriage, and the other is to recruit a son-in-law, which belongs to a woman marrying a man.

No matter the first or the second, at least men and women have equal status after they become husband and wife. As long as they live well, the young couple can always treat each other with respect.

It is different when the royal family recruits a son-in-law. The princess is the king, and the concubine is the minister, so marrying a princess cannot be called marrying a princess. There is a special word called Shang, Princess Shang, which means to serve.

The royal princess recruits her husband, and she is a servant after marrying a concubine. However, the princess has a noble status, not only has great etiquette and rules, but is also spoiled.

In addition, Li Shimin had no other purpose, so he would never choose ordinary young people as his consort.The emperor marrying the princess is basically a marriage, and the higher the top minister, the more unable to escape this choice.

But who likes to marry a princess?

The princess is noble and noble, and the concubine will never recruit concubines. As long as you are targeted by the emperor, there will only be one result. You obediently let your own son-in-law marry the princess.

Those who can go to court are all bosses. Which boss doesn't want his children and grandchildren to be generations?However, once the direct son of the family became the consort, the family bloodline was basically branded as a royal family from then on.

It is not impossible for the royal family to marry. Ministers know that they must do this kind of thing, but everyone's favorite way of marriage is to marry the daughter to the prince, and no one likes to let the son marry the princess.

This is only one of the main reasons, and the second reason is also very simple, that is, there are many princesses under Li Shimin's knees, but the looks of the few who have grown up recently are not very good.

For example, the princess of Xiangcheng, the history books record that she is "filial in nature, and follows the law of behavior", which means that she has a filial personality, is friendly to others, and is knowledgeable and reasonable.This record is full of good words, but you can't find a single record about beauty in the history books.

The reason is very simple. The ancient historians were shameless and could not do disgusting things that open their eyes and talk nonsense.Although Princess Xiangcheng is not ugly, she is absolutely irrelevant to beauty.

Another example is Princess Chengyang. This one is even worse. The history books don't mention her appearance. It can be seen that she looks worse than Princess Xiangcheng.

There are also beautiful ones, such as Princess Gaoyang, but what's the point of being pretty?Princess Gao Yang had no mother to raise her since she was a child, which led to her bad temper. Which minister wanted such a daughter-in-law?

Of course, there are also beautiful and docile princesses, such as Princess Changle and Princess Qinghe, but this kind of princess is too good, Li Shimin will definitely not marry simply.

As a matter of fact, there are only four princesses who can leave the cabinet recently, one is Princess Xiangcheng, one is Princess Chengyang, one is Princess Changshan, and the other is Princess Pu'an.

All the four princesses were not good-looking, and none of them were born of Zhengfei.

The ministers were full of reluctance, and when they thought that their own son-in-law would marry the princess, they all felt their scalps tingle.

However, Li Shimin was still bragging there, laughing loudly in his mouth, and said: "There are girls in my family who have grown up, and all of them are natural beauty. Good things will be cheaper for you, ahaha, my daughter who I have raised for more than ten years is married to a courtier, are you Aiqing very happy, are you very moved?"

"Don't dare to move, don't dare to move!"

The ministers shook their heads again and again and said cowardly, "Your Majesty, we really dare not move..."

Chapter 527 Can this revenge be repaid?

"Without further ado!"

Li Shimin's face froze, and he snorted coldly: "I want to hold a banquet on the New Year's Eve after the ninth day. At that time, all the royal princesses will participate in the banquet, and the venue will be set by the Qujiang River. Everyone, Aiqing, go home and prepare, and bring them with you when the time comes. I will go with my eldest son."

He glanced at the ministers, the coldness on his face weakened a little, and he comforted him: "Don't resist, how beautiful is the New Year's Eve banquet in Qujiang? Let's drink wine and recite poems, and talk about the past happily. Treat people with sincerity, and hope that everyone will treat me with sincerity, ahaha let’s not talk about it, let’s have fun together on New Year’s Eve..."

Lao Cheng curled his lips and hummed, "Should we let the concubines of each family chat with the princesses, so that His Majesty and the Empress can take the opportunity to choose a few concubines?"

Li Shimin laughed, nodded and praised: "Cheng Zhijie's deep meaning, I am very pleased. Cheng Chumo and my son in your family have eight acquaintances, and it is impossible to find another princess to marry. how?"

Lao Cheng reluctantly cupped his hands and sighed: "I feel that I have nothing to say, thank you His Majesty Long En."

Li Shimin nodded, turned his face to look at all the ministers present, and said with bright eyes, "How about you? What do you think?"

The ministers looked stiff, but they couldn't resist.

Some people thought about it for a long time, but they still couldn't suppress their unhappiness, so they couldn't help but whispered: "Your Majesty, you mentioned three bad things first, and then King Zhao of the West Mansion wants to give three sweet dates. The first sweet date is to go to the ocean. , the second sweet date is to save money for profit. These two sweet dates are indeed sweet dates, and they should be written by King Zhao of the West Mansion. But marrying the princess seems not right. Could it be that King Zhao of the West Mansion is in a hurry to marry his sister? Going out, if that's the case, he's a big brother who can't justify it, how can he give his own sister as a sweet date?"

Li Shimin rolled his eyes and scolded: "I said that sweet dates are sweet dates. Let me tell you the truth, this matter was not proposed by my son, and this third sweet date was added to you by me. You are loyal. For state affairs, I can only repay the princess. I bend down to be in-law with you, why do you dare to disobey?"

Everyone immediately rolled their eyes.

Let's marry, it seems that there is no escape from this matter, then it will see which child is unlucky to be favored by the emperor, and firstly selected as the consort of the four princesses.

Li Shimin's eyes were hesitant, and he suddenly said again: "I am here today at the court. The Qing family has worked hard for a year, and I also feel exhausted physically and mentally. After the court, let's take a rest. If we have something to mention next year, we won't talk about it before. State affairs..."

After the emperor finished speaking, without waiting for everyone's reaction, he walked off the dragon chair and left, suddenly stopped slightly, and pondered and said, "It will take another year for King Zhao's war in Liaodong, but the Western Regions of the Tang Dynasty have already begun. There are signs of impending action, and I have decided to abolish Hou Jun's position as Minister of Military Affairs and assign him to be stationed at the border of the Western Regions to suppress it!"

The ministers in the main hall were slightly startled, and those who had ghosts couldn't help but open their mouths.

But Li Shimin didn't give the minister a chance. He strode away again, and said leisurely: "The decision of this matter is a matter of deep thought, so without discussion in the court, I will tell you all, just tell everyone."

Just to tell everyone...

What arrogant words?

The emperor is the emperor, and Li Shiminxiong has only a short life. Although he must pay attention to balance and concessions as an emperor, he never chooses to let people be influenced by things that really involve interests.

In a blink of an eye, the court was over, and all the ministers in the hall looked at each other, some raised their heads in contemplation, some exhaled lightly, Lao Cheng and other princes walked slowly out, while the aristocratic family and Confucianism pondered all kinds of things that happened today.