In the morning, it was cloudy and sunny. Li Li, who was guarding the palace, patrolled the access controls with his entourage. He looked at the palaces that were rising and falling one after another, and felt relaxed and happy.

The palace architectural style of this era is different from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties. He has been to the Forbidden City. Now he looks at the Southern Dynasty Palace and only feels that the architecture of the Southern Dynasty Palace is magnificent.

To describe it in one word, it is "magnanimity".

In comparison, although the Forbidden City buildings are also very beautiful, they have a "small jasper" feeling in comparison.

Li Li carefully studied the architectural technology of this era and felt that it was probably the difference brought about by different architectural technology: the architecture of this era is still dominated by rammed earth buildings.

If you want to build a main hall, the load-bearing walls and partitions must be thick. Once the walls are thick, the size of the palace and the base must be expanded.

The palace buildings of this era were very magnificent because in order to achieve the designed structural strength, the rammed earth buildings must have a large size.

Li Li has been wandering around the palace these days, thinking that if bricks and stone buildings were used to replace the rammed earth buildings, the palace complexes of the palace would inevitably become small and exquisite.

In this way, it really looks petty.

But when you live, you are still comfortable in a small and exquisite palace.

Li Li spent a few nights in the palace and always felt that the palace complex that looked tall and mighty during the day was a ghost movie scene at night, and it was full of gloomy everywhere.

While walking, the night wind always felt the wind blowing, and something seemed to float between the pavilions and towers.

There were even "sheep" sobs.

This is not an auditory hallucination. Li Li really encountered it during the night patrol last night, but he was a palace maid bullied by her companions. He was driven up in the early morning and went out of the dormitory to fetch water and boil water.

The surroundings were pitch black, and the palace maids were afraid but dared not to work. In addition, they were wronged and hid in the corner and cried secretly.

The southeast wind blew, bringing some sound. Li Li looked in the sound and looked at the Tai Chi Hall in the southeast.

Today, civil and military officials came to court, and the emperor and the empress dowager came to court to discuss national affairs and carry out a series of personnel appointments.

Three days ago, a major incident happened. First, something happened in the Shangshu Province: King Xunyang, who was recording the Shangshu Province, suddenly a murderer caused a rebellion when he was accepting congratulations from officials in Shangshu Province.

Many officials, including several auxiliary ministers, died in a bad life.

After hearing the news, the generals of the Imperial Army, Hou Andu and others rushed to the scene. When they met the escaped King Xunyang and King Yidu, they learned that there were traitors in the palace to cause trouble. The two kings received the order of the queen mother and wanted to take people to quell the rebellion and protect the enemy, they rushed to the palace with the two kings.

As a result, after a fight, I realized that King Xunyang and King Yidu were the rebels.

The two kings later died in the chaos, and the emperor and the empress dowager were in danger.

The King of Xiangdong, who was ordered to enter the palace to stabilize the situation, was already seriously ill and fainted shortly after entering the palace.

He unfortunately died early the next morning.

This is the public statement of the whole thing. Li Li didn't know if others believed it or not, but he pretended to believe it anyway.

King Xunyang and King Yidu caused chaos and died in the chaos army. The King of Xiangdong who entered the palace to protect the palace was overworked and died.

Several auxiliary ministers and some officials were killed, and most of the imperial guards in the palace were injured and killed. Among those who fought to defend the emperor and the empress dowager, there were many old friends from the East Palace.

This incident had a great impact, which directly changed the political situation and made the future direction of the political situation more confusing.

The central government team was completely destroyed, including the most prestigious sect king. The emperor's two relatives failed to rebel, and there were many officials, generals and soldiers who died for this.

Next, what should the emperor (the empress dowager) do?

What should the court do?

Who will fill the vacancy of the regent minister? Among the royal family, who will become the regent prince?

Another emperor uncle?

King Xunyang and King Yidu had just returned to Beijing, and a major incident happened. If an emperor uncle came back to assist in the administration, can the emperor and the queen mother feel at ease?

However, if you don’t choose the imperial uncle to assist in the administration, which royal family will you choose?

There are not many royal families with great seniority, but if you want to assist in the government, your qualifications and prestige are too far apart, and it is difficult to convince the public.

The emperor's uncle had many royal families in his generation, but he also had fewer qualifications and prestige.

King Xiao Si of Poyang has good qualifications and prestige. He is in the capital and entered the palace to protect his lord on the day of the incident and made contributions.

However, are the emperors convinced that King Poyang came to assist in the administration?

The uncle of King Poyang has many younger brothers, and it is the most lush and leafy branch among the royal family. Therefore, King Poyang once assisted in the administration, and some emperors were dissatisfied.

After the conflict, both sides suffered losses and three emperor uncles died, so the Poyang King was also killed.

If King Xiao Si of Poyang is asked to assist in the administration now, I don’t know what big thing will happen one day.

At the same time, the candidates for other regent ministers are also a problem.

The late emperor's confidant and the old friend of the Eastern Palace who could be used by the empress dowager, suffered heavy casualties in this incident. There were other old friends, but they were embarrassed and could not convince the public.

There are even fewer people who can reassure the Queen Mother after taking charge of the palace ban.

In addition, there is another thing that makes the empress dowager very troubled: when the King of Xiangdong passed away, the Princess of Xiangdong asked the Queen Mother to make the decision, and let the King of Xiangdong Xiao Zhuang inherit the throne as a grandson, instead of letting the prince Xiao Fangzhu "brother and brother to the end."

This problem is very difficult, because Xiao Zhuang is indeed the legitimate grandson of the King of Xiangdong, and Xiao Fangzhu is the concubine's son.

Although it is reasonable for the Crown Prince Xiao Fangzhu to succeed the throne in Xiangdong, it seems contradictory to the issue of the emperor's succession: the emperor succeeded to the throne as the crown prince, which is the succession of the father and the son.

If the Empress Dowager refuses the request of the Princess Xiangdong, she advocates "brothers and brothers". In this way, what's wrong with her own son?

How to solve this problem? It's a trouble.

However, these things didn't matter to Li Li, because he did not participate in the court debate and did not want to wade into muddy waters.

When all civil and military officials came to court, he was patrolling outside the hall, and he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

What should I do? Li Li has already "cooperatively" with the King of Poyang. Now all the civil and military officials, the royal family and princes are all catching fishing in troubled waters, and he is also catching fishing.

Even if you can't touch the biggest fish, you will definitely get something.

......

In the afternoon, Empress Dowager Xie summoned Li Li, who was a little haggard because he was on duty day and night.

The same is true for Queen Mother Xie. She hasn’t had a good rest these days. It’s not that she doesn’t want to rest, but that she can’t sleep.

Most of the old friends in the Eastern Palace and the confidant of the late emperor have suffered casualties. She and her son have suddenly fewer people to rely on. Whether in the court or in the palace, there are not many people who can trust.

Empress Dowager Xie was born in the Xie family of Chen County, but her closeest family was not reliable because her brother was gone, as for the clan members...

All the tribe members were raised by important positions in Qinggui, without real power, would not be in charge of soldiers, and could not take on heavy responsibilities.

As for the royal family, there were many people, surrounded by people, and they were eyeing each other. I don’t know which day, someone suddenly attacked and attacked the palace.

The imperial guards who were so close to each other were unpredictable, and Empress Dowager Xie was afraid that one day would have another "misunderstanding".

The situation was not good, and the emperor really became a lonely man, and there were not many people who could trust him. Empress Dowager Xie was feeling worried and knew that if she didn't take any measures, her son would be finished.

"Mr. Pengcheng, will Aike be married?" Empress Dowager Xie asked knowingly, and Li Li replied: "Reply to the Empress Dowager, my little daughter Ping'an has not been married yet."

"Ping An, I've seen it many times, very good, very good."

Empress Dowager Xie said slowly, looking at Li Li, feeling uneasy.

After thinking about it, she felt that the only person who could protect the emperor was probably the only tiger Li Li. Although there were hidden dangers, the only way to weigh the pros and cons.

The other party may not be willing to go through fire and water for the sake of the emperor, unless...

But what should she do once she says it and Li Li refuses?

"Mr. Pengcheng, Your Majesty has also seen Ping'an and I like it very much."

Li Li had no expression on his face and said nothing. Empress Dowager Xie gritted the bullet and made the condition: "I also like Ping An, and I want to make Ping An the Queen for Your Majesty."

After saying that, he subconsciously clenched his hands.

If Li Li refuses, it means refusing to protect the emperor, then her mother and son will no longer have the ability to protect themselves when facing a group of ill-intentioned royal families and civil and military officials.

"Empress Dowager, I am afraid and dared to ask the Empress Dowager, does Your Majesty know about this?"

Li Li asked, lowering his head slightly and looking at the ground ahead.

Empress Dowager Xie quickly said, "Your Majesty has seen Ping'an and liked it very much."

"But since the Liu Song Dynasty, it has never been heard that a woman can be a queen, and the same is true for the national dynasty. For decades, not to mention princes, even royal princes, there has never been a man who has married a woman."

Li Li spoke slowly, and when he heard Empress Dowager Xie's ears, he was like a thunder gradually blew up.

"I came from a very cold background. Although my daughter is well-educated, she is not worthy of the gentry, let alone the royal family. His Majesty was on the whim and wanted to make her daughter the queen. How would she face the previous emperors in the future?"

Empress Dowager Xie felt his heart beating faster and wanted to save it: "It's okay, Gong Pengcheng is a pillar of the country, so how can he not be a relative of the country?"

She had been hesitating before, so after she mentioned it last year, she also looked at Li Ping'an, but she was unresolved because the Li family was indeed from a slightly cold family and had no family.

But now, I don’t care about so much.

"Your Majesty will hate the Empress Dowager in the future, and he will make a minority daughter for himself, rather than a daughter of the King and Xie Gao family, or a girl from the A tribe. I can't bear this, so I'll ask the Empress Dowager to think deeply."

"Li Qing, do you want to see my mother and son fall into dire straits?" Empress Dowager Xie made her last effort, made the words clear, and her face was calm, but she was panicked.

If Li Li is unwilling to turn to the emperor, it means that the other party has reached an agreement with whom.

Perhaps, it is King of Poyang?

That, that...

"The Empress Dowager is so serious, I don't have this intention." Li Li still lowered his head slightly, "I have received the kindness of the late emperor, and I have no way to repay you. I am willing to go through fire and water."

"If the Empress Dowager is not at ease, please let the dog son enter the palace and stay with His Majesty forever..."

"Wuwuwu..." Empress Dowager Xie suddenly covered her face and cried, using the greatest powerful move that a woman could use.

When Li Li saw this, his eyelids twitched: He cried when he had disagreement... You were really crying!

He reacted quickly and immediately bowed: "I deserve to die for ten thousand times, I will be punished by death! Please punish the Queen Mother!"
Chapter completed!