The Eldest Daughter Is Beautiful and Saucy
Chapter 890: Know each other
Chapter 890: Mutual Understanding between the Emperor and His Ministers
“Yes, there are some things to say…” Dong Qingping said and looked at Lu Xiang and Lu Jinxian.
Prime Minister Lu saw the big picture and understood that some things could not be said in front of him. He tactfully held the table, stood up and said goodbye.
“Prime Minister Lu and Lord Lu, don’t worry, sit down!” Bai Qingyan waved to Prime Minister Lu who had already stood up, indicating that Lu Xiang and Lu Jinxian should sit down, “The four of you here are all my trusted ministers that I will need to rely on in the future. There is nothing that cannot be discussed. Only in this way… can the monarch and his ministers know each other well, and we can work together to build a great Zhou Dynasty.”
The king and his subjects know each other…
Because of these four words, Prime Minister Lu’s eyes turned red. It was the wish of many ministers that the emperor and his subjects knew each other. Prime Minister Lu hurriedly bowed to Bai Qingyan and thanked him: “Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will do my best in this life to support the Great Zhou Dynasty!”
Bai Qingyan nodded and said to Dong Qingping: “Uncle, go ahead…”
Dong Qingping raised his hand and touched his nose, then said, “It’s like this. Lord Lu heard some rumors and was afraid that they would destabilize the Zhou Dynasty. He thought that we were a family after all, so he invited me to come with him!”
Seeing that Dong Qingping seemed embarrassed to mention it, perhaps because Bai Qingyan was unmarried and could not get to the point for a long time, Lu Jin raised his hand to salute Bai Qingyan and said directly: “Your Majesty was injured in his early years and it is difficult to have children. Although Your Majesty is still young, the court officials and the nobles in the capital will inevitably think about the succession of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the future. Although it seems too early to talk about this, it is inevitable that some people will have some thoughts. In the long run… it is actually not good for the country!”
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Lu also nodded. Although he knew this in his heart, he dared not say it to the new emperor Bai Qing.
“Your Majesty is a woman, and compared to men… you have a disadvantage in terms of offspring, not to mention that your Majesty’s health is not as good as that of ordinary people! How many chaos in history originated from the struggle for the throne? The king of a country is the foundation of the country, and the crown prince of the country should be the cornerstone of the country! If it were according to the usual practice… after your Majesty ascended the throne, the first thing you should do is to establish a harem. Even the Xiliang Empress established a royal husband after ascending the throne, and gave birth to a crown prince for Xiliang as soon as possible.” Lu Jin frowned, “As long as your Majesty does not have a prince, the villains with other thoughts will not be at peace.”
At this point, Lu Jin looked up at Bai Qingyan and continued boldly: “For example, I have heard about the actions of the Shuoyang clan… I dare to speculate whether the Bai clan will try to adopt their own descendants to Your Majesty’s name, force their own descendants to get married and have children as soon as possible, and make something unmanageable in order to let their descendants compete for the position of crown prince. After all, the outside world knows… Your Majesty is bedridden, and he was forced to go to the battle to destroy Liang this time! If my humble servant mentioned the Bai clan in any way that offended you… please forgive me, Your Majesty.”
After all, he is a member of Bai Qingyan’s clan. Although Lu Jin knows that the Shuoyang Bai clan has gone too far, he still has to give face to the Shuoyang clan in front of Bai Qingyan.
Lu Jin’s words were very tactful. He couldn’t just say… Your Majesty, you pretended to be frail and have been bedridden for two years. Now everyone thinks that Your Majesty is dying. Those who are related to Your Majesty must be thinking about how to inherit the throne from Your Majesty.
“Lord Lu is right!” Prime Minister Lu nodded towards Bai Qingyan, “Your Majesty needs to pay attention to this matter. I don’t know if Doctor Hong has returned with Your Majesty this time. For the sake of the long-term future of the Great Zhou… Your Majesty needs to recover as soon as possible. At the same time, you should first establish a royal husband to reassure people.”
Bai Qingyan lowered her eyes. The flickering candlelight reflected her extremely long eyelashes, leaving a fan-shaped shadow on her fair and flawless face.
She had originally agreed with Xiao Rongyan that he would come to propose marriage after Dayan pacified Wei.
And now Xiao Rongyan is in charge of all matters of the State of Yan. Although… there has been no news of the death of the Emperor of Yan until now, Bai Qingyan guessed… it is most likely because the State of Wei was just established, so the State of Yan kept the death a secret.
I don’t know whether Xiao Rongyan received her letter.
Seeing Bai Qingyan lost in thought, Prime Minister Lu called out softly, “Your Majesty?”
She looked up when she heard the voice: “There is no rush to establish the emperor’s husband. It is not difficult to get rid of these little thoughts. I will trouble my uncle to play a trick with me, and Prime Minister Lu and the two Lords Lu will keep their mouths shut. That’s it.”
“You asked your uncle to bring up this matter during the morning court session, and you pretended to reprimand him? Or even demoted him?” Dong Qingping sighed, “I don’t mind reprimanding or demoting him, but it can only deter him temporarily, not for a long time. The safest thing to do is to establish the emperor’s husband.”
“I want my uncle to bring up the matter of establishing a royal consort. I will refuse on the grounds that the new policy has not been finalized and the country is not stable. After all, I am in good health now. If I really adopt a son, it will tell the other countries that I am in poor health, which is not good for the country.” Bai Qingyan leaned on the hidden table, turned the teacup in his hand, and chuckled. “Now is the time to use my uncle. I demoted my uncle and then re-employed him. Even if others can’t see that this is a show between us uncle and nephew, they will think that it is time to bring up the matter of establishing a royal consort or adopting a son.”
“Your Majesty… why don’t you want to appoint an imperial husband?” Lu Xiang asked after bowing to Bai Qingyan, “In ancient times, emperors have used the harem to control the previous dynasty, or to form alliances with other countries. I think that during your Majesty’s coronation ceremony, the countries that come to congratulate will definitely propose marriage. Could it be that your Majesty will also refuse? I dare to speculate, is it because… your Majesty, as a woman, can’t get over the psychological barrier?”
“That’s not the case.” Bai Qingyan stroked the teacup in his hand. “To be honest, my Bai family still has sisters and a brother who is still alive. He will be able to return for this coronation ceremony. Even if Bai Qingyan cannot get pregnant, the crown prince in the future… can choose a suitable person from among the sons to inherit the throne. It’s not that there is no successor.”
Prime Minister Lu suddenly remembered the letter Lu Yuanpeng sent back, saying that he accidentally met a person in southern Xinjiang who was very similar to Qilang of the Bai family.
But if the son of the Bai family is really here, Bai Qingyan will also count his sisters as candidates for succession. Now it’s fine. If something really changes, I’m afraid that the capital city will be plunged into the whirlpool of succession. When Lu Xiangsi heard this, he stood up quickly: “If your majesty is so…”
“I know what Prime Minister Lu is worried about.” Bai Qingyan raised his hand to signal Prime Minister Lu to sit down, and said with a smile, “It’s just like in ordinary families, where brothers fight for property. Prime Minister Lu is afraid that if I choose one of my brothers or sisters to inherit the throne in the future, it will ruin the feelings of the Bai family, leading to brothers and sisters killing each other, and even brothers and sisters’ husbands and wives fighting endlessly! It will also make court officials with ulterior motives take sides first, causing chaos in the court…”
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