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Liu Zao's words seemed to be casted by witchcraft, and they couldn't stop echoing in her mind. Her appearance, smiling, depressed, pretending to be pitiful and begging for a hug, all kept coming to mind.Xie Yi slowly bent down, buried her face in her hands, and kept shrugging her shoulders.

Three months later, Liu Zao still never summoned Xie Yi in private. Xie Yi sought her out a few times, but Liu Zao refused to speak up, and he was never interested, and never even looked at Xie Yi more.Xie Yi also had no choice but to sit with her silently for a while, then retreated and left.As time passed, she even wondered if she should find a new prime minister for His Majesty. If His Majesty really retreated, she would not be suitable to stay in Chang'an anymore.

Every time Xie Yi thought of this, she would think of Li Lin, she confided her heart to His Majesty, and His Majesty never refused to face to face, what happened after that?Have they met in private?

Until mid-June, the anniversary of Emperor Zhao's death, Li Lin accompanied him.

Liu Zao stood on the altar, standing solemnly, bowing solemnly, and all the officials bowed down along with her.

After the ceremony, Liu Zao stepped down from the altar, his clothes soaked in sweat.

June is already hot, and it is hard to stand the scorching sun just by walking under the sun, let alone wearing a heavy crown.Sweat dripped from Liu Zao's forehead and cheeks, and the ministers were not much better.

Fortunately, there is a palace nearby, and ice and drinks are prepared in the palace for the monarch and his subjects to cool off from the summer heat.Liu Zao led his ministers into the palace.

The palace is not too big, it can only accommodate 30 to [-] people. Those with high ranks can enter the palace to accompany them, while those with small ranks can only continue to be exposed to the sun.

Liu Zao picked the Pingtian Crown and put it on the table, and asked people to serve sour plum soup. She remembered that Xie Yi was in the menstrual period these days and could not drink ice, so she told Hu Ao a few words, Xie Yi's cup Ice was removed from the sour plum soup.

The anniversary of Emperor Zhao's death is a solemn and solemn event, but the weather is so hot, if you sit in silence with a straight face, it will be dull.

A few jesters started joking to relieve the boredom of the monarch and his ministers, which made all the ministers lean forward and backward with laughter.Liu Zao also smiled a little. Seeing this, Li Lin volunteered and told a funny anecdote.She was not as vivid as the Fool, but Liu Zao also smiled and praised her a few words.

Li Lin was obviously very happy, and her eyes were shining brightly when she looked at Liu Zao.These naturally fell into Xie Yi's eyes.Xie Yi lowered her eyes and looked at the ground, the wound in her heart was getting deeper and deeper, as if it would never heal.

Everyone became more and more excited, but Li Wen suddenly walked to Xie Yi's side.Xie Yi was sitting under the throne, very close to the emperor, seeing him approaching, Liu Zao also looked this way.

Li Wen turned to Xie Yi and said, "It's the anniversary of the death of Emperor Zhao today, and the death of Emperor Zhao back then caused a lot of turmoil because he had no heirs. The officials can't help but take it as a lesson from the past and be vigilant at all times. Your Majesty's harem is vacant, and the selection of the emperor's wife has been delayed. There is no solution. I have to thank Prime Minister to come up with an idea on this matter and persuade His Majesty."

After the words were finished, there was silence in the hall.Everyone looked at Xie Yi.

Chapter 102

Above this hall, there are all important ministers, who can more or less figure out the emperor's will, so naturally they don't know that the emperor doesn't want to choose the emperor's husband.She kept silent about the matter of the emperor's husband, and it could almost be said that she hated her deeply.Therefore, even though the ministers were in a hurry, they did not dare to mention this matter lightly, for fear of offending the emperor, and the emperor's husband would be blamed by His Majesty even if he did not say anything.

All the officials looked at Xie Yi together, listening to her response.

Liu Zao also looked over. Li Lin looked nervous. She looked at the emperor and then at her grandfather, her face full of worry.

Xie Yi replied, "Your Majesty's family matters don't need to be discussed."

This answer was quite satisfactory, and all the officials were secretly disappointed. Then after thinking about it, they had to answer like this. His Majesty was watching from above. offended her.

Li Wen looked serious, but Liu Zao had a smile in his eyes imperceptibly.

"The position of the middle palace is related to the ancestral temple and the country, so why do you talk about family affairs? Mr. Xie must have forgotten that when Emperor Zhao went away, he established the king of Changyi because he had no heir. As a result, the officials were separated, and the government and the people were in turmoil. This is all because Emperor Zhao has no heir. Is the prime minister wanting to repeat the old things?" Li Wenzhen said out loudly.

General Sun Ciqing endured it all these years, and it was hard for people to forget that he was the one who helped establish the king of Changyi, and he didn't want him to mention it suddenly.Sun Ciqing was furious, and glared at him angrily, fearing that the emperor would think of this old incident and get tired of seeing him, so he hurriedly lowered his head, becoming even more afraid to speak.

Xie Yi raised her head slightly, looked at Li Wen who was standing in front of her, and said calmly, "The fact that the ministers are divided and the government and the people are in turmoil is not because Emperor Zhao has no heir, but because the king of Changyi is incompetent and lacks the spirit of a king."

"If Emperor Zhao had a son, he wouldn't..."

"Even if Emperor Zhao has a son, he may not be wise and upright." Xie Yi said.

If Emperor Zhao had a son like the king of Changyi, he would not even be able to abolish him, let alone end it.

Li Wen was speechless.Xie Yi couldn't help looking at Liu Zao, Liu Zao's lips were full of smiles, and he didn't even try to cover it up, it was so bright and beautiful.Xie Yi also frowned.

"So, the Prime Minister thinks that His Majesty should not be the Emperor's husband?" Li Wen said again.

With everyone watching, Xie Yi couldn't answer inappropriately, but she couldn't open her mouth.Everyone is watching, everyone is watching, this is not the time to analyze affection.She knew that even if she answered yes, His Majesty would understand.But for some reason, she couldn't speak.

However, Li Wen said aggressively, "Based on the prime minister's opinion, should your majesty leave the harem empty so that the surroundings are deserted and have no caring people, or choose to establish a royal husband, fill the inner court, give birth to a royal heir, and make the country a cornerstone?"

Out of the corner of her eye, Xie Yi caught sight of Liu Zao's eyes turning cold.

Li Wen asked such a coercive question, Xie Yi couldn't be prevaricated, and couldn't answer for a while.The ministers first looked at this side, and seeing the prime minister hesitated, they couldn't help being surprised, and they all nodded and whispered.

If it is to persuade His Majesty, naturally no one is willing to take the risk, but if you only speak your own opinion, why not speak up?Standing or not standing, what is hard to say?His Majesty is only temporarily unwilling to choose the emperor's husband, and he doesn't really want to be alone.

The eyes of all the ministers focused on Xie Yi, Li Wen stared at her directly, insisting on her explaining why.

At this point, if Xie Yi still doesn't know what Li Wen's plan is, she has been prime minister for many years in vain.Ting Wei knew about her affair with His Majesty, and he forced to question her face to face, in order to cause a rift between her and His Majesty.

But how did he know?Xie Yi was angry and worried, and was about to speak out, when Liu Zao said, "I'm here, Ting Wei has a word of advice, just say it face to face, why do you need to thank me for doing it for you?"

The ministers have long been puzzled, His Majesty is here, the Ting Wei is talking to the Prime Minister, everyone in the hall can hear clearly, what is the difference between this and Ting Wei directly speaking to His Majesty?At first they thought it was an ingenious and co-starred play by the Tingwei and the prime minister, in order to make His Majesty listen to the advice and establish the imperial concubine early.

But as each sentence came down, it didn't seem to be the same. In this situation, it was clear that the prime minister was unwilling, and the court captain forced him every step of the way.

Hearing the emperor's question, everyone's eyes moved away from Xie Yi and fell on Li Wen.

Li Wen turned around, faced Liu Zao, and said respectfully, "I am not as respectful as the prime minister, and your majesty is not as respected as the prime minister, and your majesty is able to accept the prime minister's advice. Therefore, I beg the prime minister to continue the Han Dynasty and persuade your majesty."

"Oh," Liu Zao described it as indifferent, and turned his lower body slightly, half leaning on the pillow, and looked at Li Wen coldly, "It turns out that I am stubborn and can't bear to be taught, so that Ting Wei is unwilling to speak directly even in front of the face, but You have to entrust someone else."

The emperor was so angry that all the officials left their seats and knelt down.

Li Wen couldn't believe it, he looked up at Liu Zao, Liu Zao looked at him coldly.Li Wen looked at Xie Yi again, Xie Yi was kneeling on the ground, unable to see her expression.

Li Wen sighed, knelt down slowly, and leaned over to plead guilty, "I have no such intention, please forgive me, Your Majesty."

Liu Zao said "That's all" and got up to leave the hall, apparently dispirited.

The ministers all felt that there was an undercurrent surging between His Majesty, the Prime Minister and the Ting Wei, but they couldn't tell what it was.As the emperor boarded the car and left, Li Lin got up first and went to his grandfather to help him.Li Wen pushed her away, got up by himself, and when he turned around, he saw the prime minister was about to leave.

He didn't even want to maintain the politeness on his face, and sarcastically said, "The prime minister is a good means."

Xie Yi sloppily raised her sleeves as a reply.Li Wen was not reconciled, took a step forward, approached Xie Yi, asked in a low voice, "Xie Quite really wants to put His Majesty in a stupid and stubborn situation?"

After he finished speaking, he gave Xie Yi a hard look, and flung his sleeves away.Li Lin hastily saluted Xie Yi, and hurriedly chased her grandfather away.

The rest of the ministers did not have the confidence of the two of them, and were full of doubts, they stood respectfully where they were, waiting for the prime minister to go first.

After this incident, the team returning to Beijing was completely chaotic.The emperor took a big step forward and went straight into the palace without stopping.The ministers went to the gate of the palace, bowed in the direction of the announcement room, and then dispersed.

Xie Yi entered the palace to meet Liu Zao.

Liu Zao is waiting for her.

After returning to the palace, she didn't see any anger anymore, she stood in front of the Xuanshi Hall, and when Xie Yi came, without waiting for her to salute, she held her wrist and said, "Excuse me."