"Your Majesty, these ballots have been made."
Zheng He made a batch of special ballots according to Liu Wei's instructions, marked on the back with starch, and left no traces after drying, which could be revealed by rubbing the salt grains vigorously when it was necessary to screen.
Liu Wei bowed slightly: "Don't make a mistake when you send an invoice to the court tomorrow, after the voting is completed, I will check the choices of these people to see how many people will obey my orders, and how many people will support Wu Ruyi."
Zheng He embraced the dust and took the order: "The slave and maid understand, Your Majesty can rest assured" Just when Liu Wei racked his brains and used his knowledge before the crossing to manipulate the ballot, the concubines in the harem began to move around secretly.
Wu Ruyi took the lead in coming to Feng Yu's palace and admonished: "Sister, my sister came to you today not for anything else, but for the matter of voting for the queen tomorrow." ” "Sister, don't worry, thanks to your care over the years, my sister knows how to do it."
After Feng Yu was demoted from Shuyi to a beauty, he was no longer what he used to be, and he took the initiative to show his loyalty without waiting for Wu Ruyi to show his intentions.
But Wu Ruyi's words surprised Feng Yu: "No, sister, you are wrong, sister did not let you choose me, but let you choose Zhen." ” "Zhen's" Feng Yu smiled, thinking that Wu Ruyi was testing herself, "Sister, although you failed to push me to the position of concubine, my sister is still grateful to you in my heart, and please don't doubt me." ” Wu Ruyi said seriously: "Sister, I know your intentions, sister, but I am not tempting you, nor is I pretentious, but I sincerely beg you." ” Feng Yu was puzzled for a moment, with her intelligence, she really didn't understand what Wu Ruyi's intentions were: "Sister, why didn't you come to canvass for yourself, but instead asked for votes for Zhen Mi, you" Wu Ruyi smiled sadly: "Zhen Mi gave birth to a pair of twin brothers, and His Majesty rushed back from Chengdu quickly.
After arriving in Lujiang, he instructed Xiao He to write a book, and Yuan Tiangang, He Shen and others stood up to advocate that the heavens should be canonized, and the Zhen family should be canonized, so as to obey the heavens.
It can be seen from this that the queen who really wants to be established in His Majesty's heart is Zhen Mi, and if I become a queen, it will only cause His Majesty's disgust."
Feng Yu was not angry: "I also heard that His Majesty's heart is already known to passers-by, and he married Zhen Mi's four sisters to the generals of the imperial court before, which is clearly cultivating Zhen Mi's power." ” "Yes," Wu Ruyi nodded gloomily, "Qin Qiong and Gan Ning were both early ministers of the dragon and generals of the imperial court.
Li Cunxiao broke through the Tang capital, captured Li Yuan alive, and was able to fight in the face of Li Yuanba, and became famous all over the world.
Yuwen Chengdu and Wenyang brothers are in charge of the Royal Forest Army, and Zhen Mi's relatives have become a climate.
Coupled with His Majesty's deliberate support, Zhen Mi's position as queen has become difficult to compete, and I have better retreat from my sister. ” Feng Yu said unwillingly: "Although Your Majesty is biased towards Zhen Mi in his heart, but you have no jokes, since he said that he wants to vote for the queen, he can't be untrustworthy, but I heard that there are many ministers in the court who support your sister, just like Lord Wei Zheng was even dismissed, and he had to stand up and speak for his sister."
The results of the vote have not come out, and it is not known who will kill the deer, so I don't believe that if my sister wins, Your Majesty will regret it."
Wu Ruyi smiled bitterly: "Sister, thank you for your kindness, if you don't have the support of Your Majesty, it will be like a rootless Ping and a source of water."
Since His Majesty doesn't want me to be the queen, it is not a matter of one sentence to let me enter the cold palace than to offend Your Majesty, it is better to fulfill the Zhen family, so that at least I can keep my sister's title of Concubine De, and it can also make Your Majesty feel guilty. ” When Feng Yu heard this, he saw sweat on his forehead, and said convincingly: "My sister still sees the long term, and my sister is convinced."
After telling Feng Yu, Wu Ruyi took advantage of the cover of night to quietly go to Da Qiao, Diao Chan, and Step Trainer, who had a good relationship, as well as Sun Shangxiang and Zhang Chuchen, who got along well, and asked them to elect Zhen Mi as the queen, instead of himself.
Wu Ruyi Bingxue was smart, and used different rhetoric in the face of different people, and quickly persuaded Da Qiao, Diao Chan, Zhang Chuchen and others to elect Zhen Mi.
And Sun Shangxiang and the foot trainer belonged to the same Jiangdong faction as Wu Ruyi, and they were originally very supportive of Wu Ruyi's ascension, and after listening to Wu Ruyi's analysis, they all complained for her, feeling that the emperor really favored the Zhen family too much, and in less than two years after entering the palace, she was promoted from a beauty to nine concubines, and now she wants to be a queen again.
Wu Ruyi smiled and reassured: "The king is the minister, the husband is the wife, Your Majesty's decision Those of us who are concubines should fully support and solve problems for Your Majesty, this is the way to be a wife, not to create trouble."
The reason why His Majesty elected the queen was because he agreed with his ministers three years ago to make me the queen, and he had no choice but to think of such a method.
Your Majesty, who is a courtier, we women can't follow and add to the chaos anymore."
Listening to Wu Ruyi's words, Sun Shangxiang and the step trainer both admired the five-body throw: "My sister's mind is really glorious, if Zhen knows my sister's words, should I feel ashamed, and if Your Majesty knows that my sister thinks about her so much, will you understand my sister's hardship?"
Wu Ruyi smiled: "My sister doesn't ask Your Majesty to know, she is just doing her duty as a wife."
What I said tonight, I hope my sister will keep it in mind, and tomorrow I must elect Zhen as the queen."
On the third day of the Lunar New Year, the Qianyang Palace is full of lights and is very lively.
Just when Wu Ruyi visited several other concubines, Shangguan Wan'er was not idle, and according to the instructions of the Empress Dowager He, she visited Xue Lingyun, Mi Zhen, Chen Yuanyuan and other three people who had a good relationship, and conveyed the meaning of the Empress Dowager.
"The queen mother means that she can't let Her Majesty lose her trust in the world, and with the support of the ministers of the court, Sister Concubine De still has a great hope of being elected queen.
Therefore, the Queen Mother asked me to tell you that you must elect Concubine De as the queen, so that the people of the world will feel that Concubine De's election as queen is what everyone expects, so that Your Majesty will not lose faith in the world. ” Mi Zhen and Xue Lingyun's city government is relatively shallow, and after listening to Shangguan Wan'er's words, they immediately agreed: "Sister Shangguan, please rest assured, we will definitely follow the instructions of the queen mother and elect Concubine De as the queen." ” Chen Yuanyuan's mind was more mature, and after listening to what Shangguan Wan'er said with a smile on his face, he bowed his head and said, "Wan'er, please rest assured, sister, I know what to do." ” After the event, Shangguan Wan'er reported to the Empress Dowager He: "After playing the mother, Wan'er has already visited the Xue family, the Mi family, and the Chen family, and they all agreed that they would definitely elect the Zhen family as the queen." ” "Well, that's good" Empress Dowager He yawned, satisfied with Shangguan Wan'er's performance, "At least half of the people in the court should support Your Majesty, and you can win over a few more in the harem, plus the ten votes of the emperor and the mourning family, it should be enough to ensure that the Zhen family is on the throne."
It's not early, you go back to sleep."
On the way out of Shou'an Palace, Shangguan Wan'er muttered in her heart: "I'm sorry Queen Mother, if Zhen Mi becomes the queen, you will definitely rely on her more and slowly alienate me."
I have no relatives, no clansmen, you are the only one backer in the Qianyang Palace, if you abandon me, I am afraid that Wan'er will not be able to live, so I can't let Zhen Mi take the position, I want the Wu family to always fight against you, and you will always respect Wan'er. ” It was late at night, Liu Wei didn't sleep, and kept waiting for news from Zheng He.
At the end of the time, Zheng He came to report: "Your Majesty, the eyeliner arranged by the slave maid has been staring at the ladies in the harem, and Concubine De has gone to Bu Zhaoyi, Ren Jieyu, Sun Xiurong, Zhang Meiren, and Qiao Meiren respectively in the past two days. ” "Wu Ruyi's legs and feet are very good," Liu Wei stroked his chin and groaned, "Zhen's has moved" Zheng He replied: "Back to Your Majesty's words, Zhen Niangniang has not gone out.
However, Shangguan Beauty ran more diligently, and successively visited Chen Zhaorong, Mi Meiren, Xue Meiren and other mothers. ” Liu Wei bowed his head: "Shangguan is the mouthpiece of the queen mother, and nine times out of ten she went to canvass for Zhen's family."
As long as half of the people in the harem can support the Zhen family, plus the ten votes of me and the queen mother, I don't believe that half of the people in the court support me."
Zheng He said with a smile: "Your Majesty, rest assured, the slave believes that with Your Majesty's support, Zhen Niangniang will definitely ascend to the back seat." ” Liu Wei instructed Zheng He again: "Early tomorrow morning, Zhao Meiren will go to Jinling by boat from Lujiang, you arrange a reliable person to pick her up, and send a vote for him to elect Zhen as the queen." ” "Slave obeys," Zheng He bowed and agreed.
In the blink of an eye, the sky was bright.
After the New Year, the first court meeting of the Han Dynasty will be held in the Taiji Palace, and it will be solemnly decided who will be the queen of the Han Dynasty and the mother of the world.
The concubines were not allowed to go to the main hall, so Liu Wei ordered Zheng He to gather all the concubines to vote in the Lin De Palace, each of them was given one, and after filling it out, it was voted into the ballot box, and finally Liu Ji, Xun Yu, Kong Rong, and Di Renjie counted the votes together, and the winner was elected queen.
"Your Excellency has taken your ballots, this is the first time in the world, which shows how much Your Majesty respects you."
Zheng He took two little eunuchs and personally issued ballots to the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty, and distributed them in the corresponding order, so that after the matter was over, Liu Wei could find out the bottom and see who chose Wu Ruyi and who chose Zhen Mi After Zheng He ran forward and backwards, after distributing ballots to the ministers in the Taiji Palace, he returned to the Linde Hall of the harem to distribute ballots to the concubines, and introduced Zhao Feiyan, who had just entered the palace, to the Queen Mother and other mothers.
An hour later, the voting ended and the box was sealed.
Liu Ji, Xun Yu and other four important ministers checked the votes in front of hundreds of civil and military officials, and the forty-two civil officials in the court, plus five votes from the Son of Heaven, totaled forty-seven votes.
"After co-ordination, Concubine Wu De received 26 votes and Zhen Zhaoyuan received 21 votes" After checking the votes of the ministers, the four ministers followed Liu Wei straight to the Linde Hall of the harem to check the votes, and announced the results under the supervision of the Empress Dowager He: "There were twenty votes in the harem, Zhen Zhaoyuan got thirteen votes, and Concubine Wude got seven votes. ” In the end, Xun Yu announced with a pale face: "After accounting, Zhen Zhaoyuan won thirty-four votes, Concubine Wu De won thirty-three votes, and Zhen Niangniang won."
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