Emperor Tongue [Rebirth]

Qi Mo was a bit delayed in arriving at the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and happened to run into the eldest prince who was walking inside.

"Fifth brother? Are you feeling better?" Qi Gu was quite surprised. He was the younger brother of the crown prince who never asked questions, and his temperament was easy to control.Empress Zhao was already a concubine when she was still in the palace, and she never gave birth to a dragon heir until after Li.Concubine Wu took advantage of this period to conceive a dragon son. Two years before the empress, she gave birth to the emperor's eldest son.

The emperor was overjoyed, and named Concubine Wu as Concubine Wu, and named her Qi Gu.The most honorable award for a woman in the harem is to give her a surname and a name. The emperor's will is unpredictable, and he gave Concubine Wu endless glory, but he didn't give her a title. The name of this concubine is still crowned with her surname.

Some people speculated about the Holy Spirit, saying that the Holy One doesn't like Concubine Wu's mother's family, if he bestows the title, it will be like adding wings to a tiger for the Zuoxiang clan.The eldest prince, Qi Gu, was pampered and pampered with the etiquette of a prince from the full moon until Empress Zhao gave birth to a real dragon's son for the emperor.The dispute between the eldest son of the concubine and the son of the first wife has always been extremely tragic. The eldest prince Qi Gu has weeds growing in his heart, but the fifth younger brother has always been cautious in doing things, and he is cautious and orderly so that no mistakes can be found.

"Brother is here?" Qi Mo pretended to ask, since Concubine Wu Gui came, she must find a reason to call her son over, and show her face in front of the emperor's father. This kind of method is absolutely not available to my mother, and she will not know it. Competing for favor.

"It just happened to happen. The weather is getting hotter, why are there so few people around Fifth Brother? Should I send some capable servants from Big Brother?"

"Thank you, big brother, for your kindness. It's just that I'm used to being casual, and my father-in-law is also doing a good job. I listened to Mencius in the South Study Room today, thinking that my father will take a school exam in the next few days. I'm not coming to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. Let’s talk to Father first and listen to it.”

"It's...unfortunately, the fifth brother didn't know that the father was angry because of the harem. The fifth brother came at a bad time. But please don't break in, and let the father get angry. The fifth brother has always been unwilling to do these things. If you bother me, why don't you go back first? Eldest brother pays respects to Emperor Father for you, knowing that you have been here?"

"Don't worry, we are ministers, and it is our duty to share the worries of the father and the emperor. What's the harm in venting anger?" Qi Mo ignored it and ordered his servants to report.Qi Gu was startled for a moment, not knowing what happened to the fifth brother today, and then followed him into the inner hall.

The ambergris incense in the Hall of Mental Cultivation was burning just right, Concubine Wu Gui was leaning on a piece of golden nanmu soft bed, wearing a bright purple skirt of Wangxian Eight Blessings, the skirt was decorated with gold and silver threads as thin as fetal hair. Ten East Sea Pearls.Empress Zhao was sitting upright at the main seat, with a nine-tailed tasseled phoenix hairpin on her straight shoulders, holding a teacup in her hand, like a vermilion phoenix resting on a sycamore tree.

"Son, send your respects to the empress, Concubine Wu Guifei Jin'an." Qi Mo cupped his hands towards the scarlet red, and his eyes never moved away. After careful calculation, he and Empress Zhao have lived and died for eight years, and the empress is weak. When she gave birth to the first son of Shuanglong, she didn't raise her well, and she couldn't wait for Qi Mo and Guan to pay her respects.

"My son, get up quickly, come here just after the literary class, is it hot all the way?" Queen Zhao walked slowly, holding Qi Mo's hand and complained: "There are so few people serving around you, how can you call me like this?" How can the queen mother feel at ease?"

Qi Mo felt unspeakably uncomfortable, when the last mother left, she was in her prime, and she had never seen so many fine lines on her face, so she could only hold back a thousand words, and turned back to support Queen Zhao. "It's the son's unfilial piety that made the queen mother worry all night. She will never dare to do it next time."

Empress Zhao was quite heartwarming at these words, she couldn't help nodding, and asked the prince to send someone to Fengluan Palace to get some supplements, and shaped a red ginseng and a snow lotus flower.The eldest prince Qi Gu invited An along with his fifth younger brother, and went to Concubine Wu.

"Is Your Majesty feeling better?" The Eldest Prince is not a direct son, so he can't call Concubine Wu Gui his mother, he can only be called Your Majesty, and his heart is pierced, "I heard that my father is a little worried, I wonder if I can relieve my mother's worries."

Concubine Wu Gui helped her son to stand up, walked slowly with lotus steps, and said with a smile: "It's just in time. The concubine greets the prince, and the prince looks more and more like the saint. The eldest prince should walk more with the prince, learn a thing or two, and work hard. Only by making up for one's stupidity can you relieve His Majesty's worries."

Qi Mo saw that she was holding the paperweight of the imperial study in her hand, and asked lightly: "I dare not compare with elder brother, but the state of mind of being a courtier is the same. I don't know what the father is worrying about now? If you can be with elder brother It’s the best way to plan.”

"The crown prince is too modest. Actually, it's nothing. It seems to be a burden to the prince. There have been no newcomers in the palace for six years. The empress dowager thought that since the emperor had no intention of recruiting beautiful women, she decided to recruit from a few incumbents from the third rank. The officials picked some, entered the palace to enjoy the flowers and drink tea, and selected a few good-looking and blessed ones. Unexpectedly, your father would be annoyed immediately, and even knocked over the tea."

This is true, Qi Mo also remembered that the empress dowager selected people to enter the palace this year, and she also specially selected the female family members of the Beijing officials who were below the third rank, presumably just to choose some young-faced sweethearts for the emperor's son, and also for the harem. Add some good colors that are manageable.It's just that there is no father and son in the Tian family. Although the emperor is an upright man, he also taboos the empress dowager. I wanted to let go of this matter a few times, but the empress dowager used tough methods and directly pushed the matter of the beauty entering the palace to the Hall of Mental Cultivation. angry.

The Empress Dowager and Empress Zhao are not considered close, but they have also traveled the old road, knowing that the instability of the harem will damage the previous dynasty, and has always been dissatisfied with Concubine Wu Gui in charge of Fengyin.Qi Mo came here today to sell something to the emperor's grandmother. The enemy's enemy can be an ally for the time being. He understands this truth, and the empress dowager also understands it.

"Go and persuade your father, be careful not to add fuel to the fire and provoke the fire on yourself." Empress Zhao secretly worried.

"Mother, don't worry, I will leave after a little persuasion. Taifu Fu has a lot of homework today, and I need to go back as soon as possible."

After a while, Eunuch Mu delivered the message in person, and the nine-thousand-year-old at this time was also much younger than Qi Mo's impression.Qi Mo suppressed his desire to attack Mu Gonggong a few times, and followed Chao Li.

"The scorching heat is unbearable, everyone get up." The emperor spared the gift from the eldest prince and the crown prince, and criticized the son with a blank face, showing his emotions and anger perfectly. "I have heard about today's events? Do you want to comfort me?" I don't want to think about it, don't find it unpleasant."

Qi Gu took a half-step forward and said: "Father, you must not be angry with yourself. The health of the dragon is the foundation of the country. According to my son... the father must not get angry about this idea. The newcomer in the harem just adopted it. He has been hiding for this year. There will be another year if it can't be stopped. The father, the emperor, and the emperor's grandmother are connected with each other, if this makes the emperor's grandmother suffer, it will be a big deal."

"Well, the empress dowager will make arrangements for herself, and the empress dowager is also worried about me. The border is uneven, and the memorials like snowflakes alone are piled up like a mountain." The emperor nodded and said, but most of the books approved by his subordinates for Dali Temple were drawn with cinnabar. a few laps.Qi Mo smiled inwardly, or else the eldest brother is always blinded by the affection of father and son, and cannot see clearly the emperor's heart of Emperor Yuan.

"My son pays respects to Father Emperor."

"Why is the prince here?"

"My son was anxious when he heard about this matter. According to my humble opinion, if the father really doesn't like it, he should go back to the emperor's grandmother. If the father is not good at speaking, the son is willing to share his worries for the father and personally go to the emperor's grandmother." Qi Qi Mo Feng's eyes were half down, and there was no disobedience on the surface.

"Kneeling? You are abnormal today. Instead of going back to the Prince's Hall to study quietly, you ran to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to worry about my harem." Emperor Yuan closed the memorial and saw that the prince had a face that was five times like his own.

Brother Dahuang's greetings to the Hall of Mental Cultivation belonged to the warmth of the Tian family, and he was the prince, so his father was so afraid of asking a question.However, Qi Mo has long stopped thinking about the present, and instead replied slowly: "I have no other ideas, but the father is in his prime, and it is good for the emperor's grandmother to have the idea of ​​expanding the harem. The minister is just worried that the emperor's grandmother will choose The people... are too weak in background and wealth, I'm afraid it will be of no benefit to the future emperor's younger brother."

"Well, you are caring, and you have even seen all of these." What Emperor Yuan held in his hand was a bunch of extremely precious and unusual jade embryo Bodhi seeds, which were obtained when he ascended the throne, and he kept playing with them in his palm all the time.

"What the father said is very true. Just now, the imperial concubine was impatient and brought out the paperweight. When the son greeted you, he accidentally glanced at a few lines. I implore the father not to blame." Qi Mo answered meticulously, nodded and said: "Excuse me The minister is reckless, the ministers of the Ministry of Industry and the Ministry of Household Affairs are too low in official positions, and I am afraid that they will be powerless if they want to be promoted. I don't know what the emperor's grandmother intends, but in the end, she has good intentions."

Qi Gu knew that his mother hadn't shown the paperweight to the prince, and Concubine Wu Guifei really lost her sense in taking out the paperweight.The eldest prince didn't think much about it, because his mother really had the intention of harming the prince, and he was afraid that he would deliberately let Qi Mo see it, so that the prince would bump into the emperor's anger.

It's just that the prince described the facts in his own words, which suddenly showed some other meaning.

"Father, calm down. Concubine Wu Guifei is also worried about the emperor. Since the fifth brother is not a foreign minister, it is better to discuss it with the whole family than the father alone." Qi Gu broke out in a little cold sweat, although the fifth brother's face was still the same. So calm, but he couldn't see what the prince looked like before, he just felt bad.

"Of course I understand Concubine Wu's character. It's just how the crown prince plans to discuss with your imperial grandmother for me?" The emperor flipped over a paperweight from the Imperial Kingdom, and had some plans in mind.

Qi Mo took half a step forward, not daring to be presumptuous, clenched his fists and hesitated again and again, and said righteously: "Just one sentence, the harem is not allowed to interfere in politics. The matter of the emperor's grandmother is clearly the harem, who knows what's going on inside, the father is the king of Jiulong , is it necessary to add newcomers to the harem..."

"Presumptuous!" The emperor pinched the teacup and knocked on the table, "I'll pretend you didn't say these bastard words. The left is just a title of a few nobles. As the prince, don't let me down again! "

Qi Mo's face turned red, as if he wanted to fight but was thrown cold water. "Father is very right, my son...just now I can't hold back my words, so I'm going back to the Prince's Hall to read Mencius and study all night to plead guilty."

The emperor waved his hands outward, and ordered Qi Mo to retreat by himself, leaving the eldest prince Qi Gu behind.Qi Mo was not greedy, suppressed the smile in his heart, but the corners of his lips curled up quietly, and led Wang Guofu out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

After leaving the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Wang Guofu posted it immediately. "Your Highness... Your Highness was punished just now? Hey, it's all the fault of this old slave. This mouth deserves to be torn off. Why do you want Your Highness to come down and take a dip in this muddy water!"

Qi Mo happened to walk to a stele without words, turned around and smiled at the prince, "Elder-in-law was joking, how can this be considered muddy water? This is all a lonely family matter."

Emperor Yuan was suspicious by nature, Brother Da Huang followed this point ten to ten, he would always be a bit suspicious when he heard the voice in his ears, and he had to go through Jiuqu heart several times to hear and see it with his own eyes, let alone Tell them to walk at their own pace.Although this temperament is cautious, but there are bad omissions, Qi Mo guessed that his father might have been thinking about why Wu Guifei took out the paperweight roster to reveal her secrets.

As long as he takes the lead in unwarranted things, plus the prince is abnormal today, the emperor will definitely suspect that Concubine Wu did it on purpose, so as to use the mouth of other princes to block the way of the empress dowager.

As for the crown prince's statement that the harem should not be involved in government affairs, Qi Mo was even more confident. On the surface, he refuted the empress dowager's phoenix intentions, but secretly he pinched Emperor Yuan, and happened to scratch the sore spot like a cat.The Emperor Yuan and the Empress Dowager joined hands to get rid of the two princes when they were still princes and concubines, which is evident.After ascending the throne for several years, the empress dowager's wings are too rich, which is also a catastrophe for the imperial power.

Just now in the palace Qi Mo just used the prince's mouth to say what the emperor was thinking, he listened pleasingly, felt at ease, and would definitely not punish him.As for the selected official daughters, the empress dowager must definitely adopt them into the palace. In the last life, it took a full two years, and Qi Mo didn't want to wait too long in this life.The emperor likes to make trouble for the prince for no reason, Qi Mo deliberately objected, breaking the precedent, presumably his father has already had the idea of ​​recruiting new people at this moment.

The overall situation in the palace has been decided, and Qi Mo thinks that if he wants to survive from a desperate situation, he must use new people. While promoting talented people, he must also attract the forces behind him, even if he is a minister and minister.In addition to selling to the emperor's grandmother to please, there are two other reasons why Qi Mo must take this muddy water.One reason is that there are people from the Ministry of Industry here. Although the official position is not high, they are good at strategy and available.Another reason is not only to lose the favor of Concubine Wu Gui, but also Guanqiao is a sharp blade, which can defeat thousands of troops if used well.

It's just that this matter is dangerous, and Qi Mo needs to plan carefully before he can do it.

Sure enough, during the dinner, Wang Guofu came to report that tonight the emperor had left Concubine Wu Guifei to eat in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, but now she has already gone to the Hall of Fengluan.Qi Mo couldn't help but want to smile bitterly. Although the harem is not as good as the previous dynasty, the relationship between each palace and each district is also intricate. These empresses seem to be the pillows of the mother clan to control the court, but they are also puppets used by the emperor to contain all forces.

Concubine Wu showed the empress dowager's paperweight to the prince, it might be the idea of ​​the Zuoxiang clan behind her.The emperor was displeased, so he must use Zhao Taishi's power to give them some reminders.The Ninth Five-Year Lord sits in the harem with three thousand people, and none of them is a confidant who can be trusted.

The more Qi Mo thought about it, the more irritable he became, and the table full of delicacies did not arouse his appetite at all, as if there was still undigested sweet soup in his stomach.Just when he was restless, Wang Guofu stood outside the lotus-blue landscape screen, followed by a small shadow to report.

"The old slave greets the crown prince. The little father-in-law His Royal Highness wants is here. Do you want him to wait in the outer hall?"

Just as Qi Mo picked up the ivory and silver chopsticks, he suddenly had a good appetite and felt relaxed. He smiled secretly and said, "Then I will be in trouble, Prince Gong. Take him in to see Gu."