On December 25, the Imperial Observatory had selected the candidates and submitted the list to Emperor Longqing.
When Emperor Longqing opened it, he saw Wei An's name clearly on the list.
He knew what Concubine Feng and Queen Fang were thinking. Although he still had a good impression of the Wei family and felt a little sorry for Old Madam Wei, he had thought about it carefully over the past few days, and the anger and hesitation in his heart had gradually disappeared.
It's really not worth it to make the Wei family live in unrest.
Besides, they didn't want to kill the Wei family, they just wanted a little girl from the Wei family.
He glanced around below, slowly closed the paper, frowned and asked, "Why are there so many people?"
He paused and continued, "God is merciful. Even if I am the emperor, I should not kill innocent people. I am already heartbroken if I have to go alone to accompany Ji'er. How can I feel at ease if there are more? Ridiculous!"
He threw the list presented by the Imperial Observatory lightly, and it happened to hit the supervisor of the Imperial Observatory who came out to report on the matter.
The director of the Imperial Observatory knelt down immediately.
The King of Chu smiled in his heart without leaving a trace.
The Wei family was able to dodge the first and second times, so he wanted to see how they could dodge the third time.
"I said I only wanted one, but you came up with such a long list..." Emperor Longqing still did not show any emotion, but his voice became a little gloomy for no reason: "You are clearly playing tricks on me!"
The director of the Imperial Observatory could not help but break out in a cold sweat in such a cold weather. He felt his hair sticking to his neck. He knelt down and kowtowed: "Your Majesty, please understand. I dare not..."
He hurriedly explained: "I just wrote down all the people whose birth dates are suitable. If you want to talk about the most suitable one, I have someone in mind..."
Emperor Longqing put down the memorial and looked at him coldly: "Speak!"
"Yes!" The Imperial Observatory's supervisor heaved a sigh of relief, and mentioned Wei An's previous reputation as a lucky star, and then said: "Such a blessed person is really the most suitable, and Miss Wei Qi's identity is also very suitable... ...The Imperial Concubine likes her..."
King Zheng frowned, quickly glanced at King Chu out of the corner of his eye, and lowered his head to hide the coldness in his eyes.
Many years ago, he had suspected that the Ming family's misfortune was related to the Prince of Chu. When Emperor Longqing ascended the throne, the Prince of Chu, who had previously been the most popular candidate, lost. According to his usual habits, he must have wanted to devour the Ming and Feng families alive.
Plus, the Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou was later promoted to the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi... ..
Shen Chen also said that the King of Chu was standing behind Pingyang Marquis Mansion and Cao An.
If it was him, then the affairs of the Ming family would definitely be related to him.
He was thinking about what happened yesterday and didn't say anything for a while. When he came back to his senses, he heard Emperor Longqing say, "In that case, let's try to match the horoscopes first."
This sets the tone for the matter.
All the ministers present knew it well.
But Emperor Longqing had already lost his third prince, and this had happened since ancient times, so there was no need for them to upset Emperor Longqing over such a small matter - the woman's life was not important anyway.
At that time, Prime Minister Xia even married his eldest granddaughter to the grandson of his enemy as a concubine.
When it comes to things in this world, we always have to consider the overall situation.
King Zheng's throat felt a little tight.
If Shen Chen hadn't informed him yesterday, he would definitely have spoken out in the court today - even if he didn't speak out himself and let his men speak out, people would still be able to see the clues... ..
The King of Chu walked in front of him with a smile on his face: "Tomorrow night is the New Year's Eve. There will be a palace banquet in the palace. I wonder if Brother Duan will bring the princess?"
Recently, Princess Duan has been welcoming all the banquets. Prince Duan nodded quickly, "I'll come, I'll come. She has said many times that she wants to congratulate the queen..."
King Zheng was all alone, so King Chu couldn't help but ask him, "Ah Xian, what about you? There's no one in charge in your palace..." He frowned and acted like a good brother, "I've told you this countless times... Those women are just for fun, but how can you think of making them your wives?"
Seeing that they had walked a long way, Prince Duan also echoed: "That's right, brother, there should be a limit to your nonsense. How can a princess have such status?"
Eunuch An had already caught up with them and called them over, saying, "The Emperor wants to see you."
Several people immediately agreed. The King of Chu turned to the King of Zheng and said, "If it really doesn't work, you might as well make the concubine you appointed your first wife your first wife. It might be easier for your brother to get the approval."
Prince Zheng still looked cowardly and without temper: "I... I'd better listen to my brother in everything..."
The King of Chu curled his lips.
Prince Duan frowned and pulled him aside, saying, "You should have some brains. You can't spoil those women. Can they dream of being a princess?" He sighed again, "Look, our son is about to get married, but you don't even have a child..."
He lowered his voice: "How can I do this? Normally, we are thousands of miles apart and I can't see you, so it's hard for me to advise you. But now I can tell you. What happened back then was unavoidable. Don't feel sorry for Ming... It's fate... What can you do? As long as you are alive, you have to look forward."
King Zheng hummed softly, "Got it, thank you, brother."
As they were talking, they had already arrived at the imperial study. Eunuch An went in personally to report, then came out to invite them in.
Emperor Longqing kept them to discuss the matter of moving to their fiefdoms at the beginning of the new year.
"You have been in the capital for almost half a year. The affairs of the fiefdom cannot be left without you. After the New Year, you can all go back."
Although the capital city is nice, how can it compare to being happy in your own fiefdom
Prince Duan had a delighted look on his face. He first expressed his gratitude together with the King of Chu and the King of Zheng, looking extremely happy.
The King of Chu did not look very happy.
They had discussed this matter for a long time. The staff and guests in the palace all said that this time when they returned to the fiefdom, it might not be possible for the entire palace to return together - Emperor Longqing's only son was dead, so how could he allow the princes to continue to grow in power
As expected, Emperor Longqing coughed and said, "The princes are all grown up. I am childless now and I am afraid that they will be lonely. So they should all stay here... and learn more. I will move the Dean from the Imperial College to teach you..."
His words were ambiguous, and if you listened carefully, you could hear that he was going to choose someone from the princes who stayed in Beijing to inherit his affairs after his death. The King of Chu was shocked. Of course, he knew that Emperor Longqing was just making excuses, and he was just trying to force them to leave their son behind by using both soft and hard tactics.
Emperor Longqing's suspicion has reached this point. It seems that the countermeasures previously discussed with his retainers are no longer applicable. Now that he has mentioned replacing people to stay in Beijing, I'm afraid no one can leave the capital.