novelraw Chapter 253
Chapter 253
As for whether the emperor really valued him, although the Eighth Prince believed Zhang Shide's words, he was unavoidably uneasy and always felt that it was not so true.
This time, he had the opportunity to try it out, and it didn't cost much. The Eighth Prince immediately felt that he could try it.
Things went smoothly unexpectedly, Emperor Xingde not only agreed to his recommendation, but also arranged these people in better positions.
The eighth prince was ecstatic in his heart, walking around excitedly in the study, "Sir, have you seen it? My father, he really values me. There are more than a dozen military officers, and my father has accepted it. More than a dozen , this is really, really..."
The Eighth Prince was speechless, and his joy was beyond words.
Zhang Shide didn't care about him, just drank tea leisurely, silently satisfied in his heart, the task assigned by his master was successfully completed again.
This matter was originally a loop.
The dozen or so people were secretly cultivated by Anxi, but in order to establish a stable personality, Anxi could not imitate the First Prince and the Fourth Prince, nor could he blatantly promote his own people like the Third Prince, let alone recommend them like the Eighth Prince.
But it doesn't matter, he arranged for his own people through the Eighth Prince.
First, Anxi gave Zhang Shide a list and asked the eight princes to recruit them one by one, and then leaked the list to the emperor so that the emperor could contact these people in advance.
In order to conceal his purpose and achieve balance in the court, the emperor will definitely use the eighth prince again, and when the eighth prince recommends him, he agrees without hesitation.
In this way, the emperor thought the dozen or so people belonged to him, and the eighth prince also thought they belonged to him, but they were all from Anxi.
Since then, Anxi's layout in the court has been half completed, and all the talents he has cultivated have been successfully sent in. Just wait for them to slowly climb up and master enough forces to form a complete Anxi Party .
Seeing all of this, Li Yunqian simply admired Anxi, and at the same time, she also understood one thing.
That is, Anxi is really firm-willed, and she cannot be persuaded by a few words.
Regarding the matter of the child, Anxi said no, but he really didn't want it.And Li Yunqian, who vaguely guessed his origin, could roughly understand what he was thinking, because he was afraid that there would be too much involvement, and his heart would be tired in the future.
After thinking for half a month, Li Yunqian found Anxi, "In this case, let's find some orphans. Do you mind if the Zhao family's country falls into the hands of others?"
Anxi raised his eyebrows, he is not from the Zhao family, how could he mind, just curious why Li Yunqian figured it out?
"Hey, I can't help it. Didn't I fail to impress you!" After finishing speaking, Li Yunqian sighed regretfully, Anxi's genes are so good, he must be a smart baby when he was born.
But it doesn't matter, even if the genes are not so satisfactory, under the guidance of her and Anxi, she can become very smart.
Anxi himself was relieved, as long as Li Yunqian figured it out, "Then what kind of orphan do you want to adopt, I'll let people pay attention."
Li Yunqian chuckled, "Then I need to trouble the lord, I need a medicine that can change the pulse."
Anxi nodded, understanding what Li Yunqian wanted to do.
Two months later, it was reported from Prince An's Mansion that Concubine An was pregnant, and the whole capital was discussing it for a while.
But it was not easy. Concubine An married into the palace for more than five years and finally became pregnant. Although the prince had been ill before, but she hadn't conceived for so long, many people murmured behind her back that Concubine An was a hen that didn't lay eggs.
Those who have been favored by King An's Mansion are also secretly worried, fearing that there will be a rift between Wang An and his wife because of this matter.
Later, when they heard that King An had rejected the emperor's proposal to choose a side concubine, they were worried that the two would have no offspring.
Emperor Xingde was also very happy, Lao Huai comforted him, his sons had all given birth to grandsons, even the youngest Lao Ba had one, only Lao Qi had no sons and half daughters, now finally there is hope.
He immediately decreed that the Imperial Hospital send the best imperial physicians to give birth to Prince An's Mansion, so that the child must be delivered safely.
Li Yunqian sat on the rug, enjoying the service of his servants while asking the imperial physician to feel his pulse.
The imperial doctor made a diagnosis for a long time before showing a smiling face, "The princess is in good health, and the son in her womb is also very healthy. You don't need to drink medicine, as long as you take good care of it."
Li Yunqian nodded, "I have to worry about the imperial doctor. This is my first child. I don't have much experience, so I'm afraid that something might go wrong."
The imperial doctor immediately said, "Princess, don't worry, I will write down the precautions later, and let the servants take care of me carefully."
Li Yunqian snickered inwardly, and then sent a servant to take the imperial doctor down.She herself went to Anxi's study, "I didn't expect your medicine to be so powerful that even the imperial physician couldn't see it."
Anxi is funny, this is just a trick, the imperial doctors here can't detect it, it's not that they are not good, it's just that they didn't expect it.
She didn't expect that Concubine An would pretend to be pregnant, let alone that someone would make such a boring medicine, and Concubine An would use it on herself.
With the endorsement of the imperial physician, everyone believed that Princess An was pregnant, and no one doubted it.
Even the servants around Li Yunqian didn't know that the pregnancy was fake.
This matter must be hidden from everyone!
The happy event in Prince An's Mansion overshadowed the turmoil of the previous corruption case, and the court and China have also returned to calm, as if the previous game had never existed.
What is really lively is the army. New officials take office three times, and there are so many new officials. For a while, the entire army is in a state of enthusiasm.
Training has been restarted. In addition, many new military regulations and disciplines have been introduced to try to train the soldiers to the maximum extent.
Such scenes continued until the end of the year.
This year is a turbulent year, but for many people, it is also a rewarding year, especially for some vested interests.
But generally speaking, everyone is satisfied, and those who are not satisfied have left the capital.
In order to have a good start for the coming year, Emperor Xingde ordered that this year's palace banquet will be held, not only the royal family and clan members, but also all civil and military officials with a reputation can participate.
This is the first time in several years that it has been held in a big way, and the emperor is really not short of money now, so it is extremely lively.
Anxi brought Li Yunqian into the palace, first to greet the Queen Mother.These years, the queen mother has been living in the harem. Except for the first and fifteenth day of the lunar new year, she rarely appears in front of everyone, but as the emperor's biological mother, even if she does not appear often, she cannot be ignored.
The queen mother is more than 60 years old, nearly [-] years old. She is a rare longevity person in the royal family. At this time, she is sitting at the top with gray hair and a little deaf. She can't hear what the people below are saying.
But the queen mother didn't care about it, she just held the prayer beads and recited scriptures silently.
The Empress Dowager has been eating fast and reciting Buddha all these years, and she has never slacked off for a day. She also casually dismissed the filial visits from her children and grandchildren.
Therefore, Anxi didn't wait too long, kowtowed to Li Yunqian, and left the Compassionate Ning Palace.
Next is the queen, the aunt. The queen's place is much more lively, not only accompanied by several concubines, but also many imperial family wives.
They are all preparing to attend the evening palace banquet, and they are all gathered here with the queen at this time, but they just want to have a relationship with Dorala.
Although the queen has no children, she raised the fourth prince. Even if it is not the fourth prince who will inherit the throne in the future, the queen is also the aunt of all the princes, and the future mother empress dowager.
In addition to the queen, there are many people around the noble concubine, concubine Xian, and concubine Shu.
Anxi and Li Yunqian came in and kowtowed to the queen, but they were dismissed by the busy queen. During the dismissal, the queen also asked Concubine Shu if she wanted to take Anxi and his wife to her palace to have a heart-to-heart talk?
This is the queen's thoughtfulness, letting mother and son mother-in-law and daughter-in-law talk about family affection.
But Concubine Shu refused without hesitation, she is enjoying the pursuit of everyone, how can she be willing to give up this wonderful feeling.
Anxi didn't care, and took Li Yunqian to the side hall of Jiying Hall to rest.
The Jiying Hall is a place dedicated to holding palace banquets. The main hall is very large and can accommodate thousands of people. There are also many side halls, all of which are specially used for rest.
When Anxi came over, he was taken to a side hall. Since he was the prince, the room allocated to him was relatively large, divided into inner and outer rooms. Not only could he change clothes, but he even had a bed to rest on.
After wandering around the palace for half the morning, Anxi didn't feel much, but Li Yunqian was exhausted.
Wearing something that weighed several kilograms, she couldn't stand walking around in the heavy snow, so she just lay down on the bed regardless of whether it was in compliance with the rules or not.
Anxi ignored her, took out a book and slowly flipped through it.
After a while, Xiao Lizi's questioning voice came from outside the door, "My lord, my concubine, the eldest prince sent someone to ask the brothers to go over and talk. He said that the third prince, the fourth prince, and the eighth prince have all arrived."
Upon hearing this, Li Yunqian sat up abruptly, with a bitter look on her face, "Don't do it, I'm so tired."
Chatting with those concubines and side concubines is really tiring. Not only do you have to sit upright, but you also need to be careful about the sharpness of their words. After experiencing it a few times, Li Yunqian deeply hated it, and has been making excuses since then. .
Seeing her like this, Anxi couldn't help laughing, "Don't go if you don't want to, it's no big deal."
As he said that, he ordered Xiao Lizi outside the door, "Go to the room of the eldest brother, and plead guilty to the brothers for me, saying that the princess is tired from pregnancy, and she is not feeling well now. I want to take care of the princess. Wait a minute At the banquet, I personally apologized to my brothers."
After listening to Xiao Lizi, he immediately bowed and saluted, and then left with the visitors.
After listening to Anxi's words, Li Yunqian smiled wide-eyed, her whole body went limp, and she collapsed on the bed again, "Hey, it's comfortable~"
Anxi ignored her and just waited for the afternoon.
The so-called palace banquet is not really held at night. In fact, it starts at two or three o'clock in the afternoon. It is winter now. If you wait until five or six o'clock in the evening, it will be too late.
Therefore, after a few hours of rest, they still have to get up and get ready.