The emperor's heart alone

However, Shi Jun was extremely unwilling to let Xu Yunjin see those courtiers, so he dragged those courtiers who opposed him out of the palace with a thunderous blow. The shrimp's jumping didn't last long, and Shi Junji settled the matter in a short time, and the Ministry of Internal Affairs also sent out the concubines who had never been lucky in the harem at a very fast speed, and tried their best to get all the concubines out of the palace. Business is settled.It's not that the concubines in the harem refused to leave the palace or came to make trouble, but they were no bigger than the masters of the world. Soon, most of the concubines in the harem were sent out of the palace.

This has to be attributed to Shi Junji's not being promiscuous. Before falling in love with Xu Yunjin, there were only a few fixed favored people. Most of them were to balance the power in the court. Personal preferences came second. After going to Xu Yunjin, even the people who were lucky before were not lucky, Xu Yunjin was the only one around, so there were not a few concubines who had never been lucky.For these women, among the two choices of being able to leave the palace and dying alone in the palace, most of them still think of the former.Perhaps when they were green girls who just entered the palace, they would be unwilling to climb up, but they have been in the palace for a while, and they can't see the sky, they can't see the light, and they can only stay in their own rooms in a daze every day, just think about it They will continue to live like this for a lifetime, and they will become more and more desperate.Now that there is a chance to go out of the palace, and the emperor will find a marriage for himself, why don't they stay out of the palace?

For a while, there were many fewer people in the huge harem, and then the number of maids was cut, and the older and suitable ages were released, leaving only enough maids and officials to serve the remaining concubines and clean the vacant palace.At the beginning, the rest of the non-mates still had hope. When there were only these people left in the entire harem, they undoubtedly had strong thoughts. For them, the highest position was still vacant. Anyone has the possibility to be on the throne, and the concubines who own the prince are the most popular candidates to be promoted to the empress. Of course, if the emperor has decided to let the eldest prince inherit the throne, he will not let the concubine who has children ascend the throne. Queen's place.

Because of this incident, the depressed harem has been bustling for a while, with more frequent walks, but the emperor has never set foot in the harem for nearly a month since the Queen Mother passed away, and no one is so stupid as to think that the emperor intends to Appointing one of them to be queen, suddenly, someone linked this matter with the rumors about Xu Yunjin and Shi Junji some time ago.

Although it is a ridiculous conclusion for an emperor to disband the harem for a man, after some analysis, almost everyone with a brain thinks that the only reason is the most reasonable.When it comes to the relationship between the emperor and the empress dowager, there is intimacy, but it is definitely not enough. It is even more absurd to disband the harem in a disguised form just for the empress dowager's sake. The mother—not the biological mother but the adoptive mother—disbanded the harem.

After realizing the truth, the remaining concubines in the harem finally calmed down.And it was at this time that they realized another problem. There were suddenly many guards on the way to Changping Palace and other outer halls. It was almost impossible for concubines to go to Changping Palace. If you really want to see the emperor, you must send someone to inform you in advance, and then the emperor will decide whether to meet.In other words, Shi Junji imprisoned the remaining concubines in the huge and depressed harem, and spent a lot of money on food, drink, clothing and housing, but it was impossible to see the emperor and gain his favor.

So this inexplicable disguised act of disbanding the harem ended inexplicably. The people in the outer court were not stupid, and they vaguely guessed Shi Junji's intentions, but they all denied it the moment they guessed it. Because they are too smart, they don't think that an emperor will give up the entire harem for a male favorite. In their eyes, the emperor is undoubtedly the most powerful person. How can such a person give up his rights for another person?

Both Xu Tao and Xu Yunting knew that the relationship between Xu Yunjin and Shi Junji was rumored in the official circles. Xu Yunting didn't panic because he knew about the relationship between Xu Yunjin and Shi Junji. There will be Shi Junji's instruction, plus this period of time is the time when Shao Peilan is going to be born, Xu Yunting thinks that there is not enough time to take care of Shao Peilan, so why would he meddle in other things?Xu Tao didn't think that Shi Junji's disbandment of the harem had anything to do with Xu Yunjin. Regarding the relationship between Shi Junji and Xu Yunjin, he pretended to be an ostrich and deliberately didn't think about it. During this period of time, there were a lot of tasks for no reason, and he was so busy every day. Uh, where can I bother to question or observe Xu Yunjin?But he didn't have time, Xu Jia always had time.

When he woke up in the morning, Shi Junji took Xu Shi back to Changping Palace. Xu Yunjin was resting today, and he didn't go to court. He was at home and saw people from Xu Jia's family looking for him. When he asked, it turned out that Xu Jia's family was looking for Xu Yunjin. past.

"Mother." Xu Yunjin arrived at the courtyard of Xu Jiashi and Xu Tao, looked around, "Father went to court?"

Xu Jiashi nodded, pulled Xu Yunjin to sit beside her, and smiled.

Xu Yunjin wondered: "Mother, are you still happy about having a new grandson? By the way, I went back early last night and haven't seen my little nephew yet. How is he?"

"Everything is fine, you don't have to worry about it." Xu Jiashi grabbed Xu Yunjin's hand and said with a smile, "Your elder brother has already asked for leave to stay with your sister-in-law at home, and now they are a young couple, and it's okay for mother to stay there. Inappropriate." He said again, "Don't talk about them, my mother came to you today because I have something to tell you."

Seeing Xu Jiashi's expression, Xu Yunjin had a bad premonition in his heart, hesitantly said: "Mother, you mean..."

"Isn't it because of your marriage?" Xu Jiashi glared at Xu Yunjin, nagging, "It's hard for my mother to pick so many famous ladies, and now you don't even bother to look at them." Mom, I have to work harder to find you a suitable partner. Besides, Yunqin's marriage has also been settled, and it was a marriage bestowed by the Holy Majesty, and the person we pointed out was the one we fell in love with at the beginning, don't you think it's a coincidence? Mother is very satisfied, but there is one thing that is not good, your elder brother has been married for many years, your third younger sister is about to get married, and your second elder brother is not married yet, but it doesn't seem like a big deal, it can never be done."

Xu Yunjin smiled bitterly: "Mother, have you forgotten that the abbot of Zhenjue Temple said that I can't get close to women before I'm weak?"

Mrs. Xu Jia frowned and said, "You should marry back first, and consummate the house later." Speaking of this, she sighed again, "Fortunately, our Yunqin was given the marriage before the Queen Mother passed away. To keep filial piety for the Empress Dowager means not being engaged for a year, and there are so many lovely people coming out of the palace. After the intention of the marriage, how can a man from a good family get our Yunqin? This is also the blessing of our ancestors." Having said that, Xu Jiashi changed the topic again, "Let's not talk about Yunqin. Now, next year's draft has been cancelled, and girls who have the qualifications of being a show girl can marry another, take advantage of this time to find a suitable family to hire, and get married as soon as the Queen Mother's death day passes next year."

Xu Yunjin was at a loss for words, thinking that if Shi Junji knew that his mother had more candidates to choose his wife because of the cancellation of next year's draft, he didn't know how to regret it. Just as he was thinking, he heard Xu Jiashi continue to say: "Mother has already fallen in love with one, she is the second daughter of Master Shi Binshi, she is good-looking, gentle and obedient, this year Jiji, if it wasn't for the name of a beautiful girl on her body before, someone would have taken it away, and now this is still Because of your friendship with Mr. Shi, your father didn't let their daughter be engaged for the time being, he just waited for our Xu family to come to propose marriage."

Last time, Xu Tao hurriedly asked Xu Jiashi to find a married woman for Xu Yunjin, regardless of family background or concubine, but how could Xu Jiashi find such a marriage for Xu Yunjin?For a while, I really couldn't find any good family, so I kept having a headache and didn't know what to do. This time, the emperor suddenly canceled the next draft, and suddenly many good ladies who stayed in the boudoir came out. Xu Jiashi was naturally happy I couldn't help but picked the daughter of Mr. Shi's family after picking and picking.

If there are rumors between Xu Yunjin and Shi Junji, the weaker must be Xu Yunjin, but out of a certain psychology, people naturally cast aside Xu Yunjin instead of Shi Junji, which also caused Xu Yunjin's reputation to become rotten. It stands to reason that you can't find a good marriage, but this kind of thing depends on different people, right? Xu Tao has many friends, most of them are friends for decades, and there are some people who can see things clearly In essence, for example, Xu Yunjin was forced, for example, the matter itself is fake, and for example, they don’t care about this kind of thing—after all, in their eyes, things between men are a kind of elegant thing, and it’s not embarrassing. In the end, they still need to live with the woman. In their view, this is just a matter of a period of time, and there is no need to pursue it, and Mr. Shi thinks so.

Therefore, when Xu Tao mentioned this matter, Mr. Shi agreed without hesitation. He and Xu Tao have been friends for many years. The Xu family and the Shi family are also family friends, and they were also married before. Maybe Xu Yunjin was a white man or even a businessman before Shi Shi had to hesitate for a while, but now Xu Yunjin is an official of the second rank, only half a rank behind himself, but the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is a real power, and the power is still very powerful, Xu Yunjin is like this Young, with a bright future, Mr. Shi is naturally willing to marry the Xu family.

Xu Yunjin was in a dilemma, he definitely couldn't marry the second daughter of the historian, even if the different rooms were just named, Shi Junji would never agree, and he himself was unwilling, so he said: "Mother, this matter Let’s talk about it later, let me think about it.”

"What's there to think about?" The door was pushed open, and Xu Tao strode in, "That's the deal, the parents ordered the matchmaker's words, you don't have to agree, the dowry has been prepared, It is now on the way to the Shifu."

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