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Chapter 827
The matter of hiding the edict in the box caused an uproar among the courtiers, but after Li Chongjiu made the decision, no one in the entire court dared to oppose his opinion.Therefore, those interested ministers can only find other channels to inquire about the news.Their method is to guess who Li Chongjiu's candidate for the prince is.

Several ministers in the DPRK began to speculate. Talking about trying to figure out the holy will, it is the basic skill of every official to be an official.

All the officials were thinking about which of the three princes, Li Chongjiu, was the most likely.Logically speaking, Li Chongjiu's three princes are all possible, but they all have shortcomings.

The first is Li Ying, the eldest son of the emperor. For the Hedong gentry who value blood and maintain the orthodoxy of the Han family, they strongly oppose Li Ying, who has Hu blood, to inherit the throne.Ji Chuan, who was born in Guanlong, often ridiculed these Hedong gentry. During the Northern Qi Dynasty, Gao Huan, a Han Chinese who was transformed into a Xianbei, was the main one, but now he insists on being aloof.But the peace of the Hedong gentry is that Li Chongjiu doesn't seem to like the eldest son of the emperor, the other two princes have been named princes, and this prince is only the king of the county.So in theory, this prince theory may be the smallest.

As for King Ying, the son of Li Zhiwan, Li Chongjiu's love for her in the harem is almost equal to that of Yang Ehuang, and now she has given birth to a prince.For other concubines, it can be said that the mother is more expensive than the son, but only Li Zhiwan can be said that the son is more expensive than the mother.Since ancient times, there are many kings who love their houses and birds, because they prefer to favor concubines, and then consider replacing the prince with the son of the concubine, or even abolish the queen and make the concubine the queen.But all the officials also know that Li Chongjiu and the queen have always had a good relationship, so this worry does not exist at all.

The last King of Chu was also the son of Su Guiren, no, the son of Concubine Su, because after Su Guiren gave birth to the prince, Li Chongjiu had made her a concubine, second only to Shi Deyun and Li Zhiwan's noble concubines.

Now for the officials, the king of Chu is very hopeful to inherit the throne. Firstly, his blood is pure, secondly, his mother is noble, and he comes from a martial arts Su family who is also a first-class gentry family. His grandfather Su Wei was also the prime minister of the previous dynasty. .The third is Empress Xiao's attitude. There are rumors that, because the empress has no legitimate son, Empress Xiao deliberately asked Su Guiren to hand over her son to Emperor Yang E to raise him.Su Guiren has no intention of objecting.

If this move is successful, with the support of the Yang family and the Xiao family, then the possibility of King Chu becoming the prince is theoretically the greatest.But all of this is just speculation, because Li Chongjiu secretly set up a reserve, it is impossible to guess Li Chongjiu's exact plan.

In the harem.

The matter of Li Chongjiu's establishment of the crown prince has already reached the ears of the concubines.

Seeing Li Ying shooting arrows, Shi Deyun was very preoccupied, so why didn't she care about the establishment of the reserve?Yinghe Fu and Er Tuo wrote many times asking about this matter, and the current patriarch Shi Defeng also wrote to ask about it.

Shi Defeng is a relative of Shi Deyun, and belongs to a new generation of Sinicized Shi Dexi people.Apart from appearance, Shi Defeng talks and behaves like a Han Chinese. He is also a graduate student of the Imperial College, and is a talented person of Zhou Xu who offered wine to the Imperial College.Although Shi Dexi's tribe is large at present, the power of the patriarch is actually very small. Now Shi Dexi's clansmen are divided into three groups: east, west, and Baidao.

The [-] Shi Dexi Iron Cavalry were led by Shi Dexi's generals and Han generals. The current Shidexi tribe has actually become the first tribe on the grassland, replacing the position of the Turks.Now that the Shi Dexi Department has such a powerful military force, it naturally wants to improve its political status in Zhao State.Therefore, if Li Ying can be established as the prince, it would be the best result for Shi Dexi.

"Your Majesty, raise your hand a little higher!" the crown prince's teacher, Fan Ke Mulun, shouted loudly.

After listening to Ke Mulun's words, Li Ying naturally raised his arms.Ke Mulun has taught Li Ying for a long time, and the two have a deep relationship.Ke Mulun taught Li Ying to be more attentive than his own son.But hearing the sound of the drum, Li Ying raised his arm and shot seven arrows at the target fifty paces away.In this breath, the arrows are all on the middle stack.

Li Ying clenched his fist excitedly, while Ke Mulun nodded in satisfaction, showing approval.

"Mother Concubine, I've shot it!" Li Ying excitedly ran to Shi Deyun's side, but saw that Shi Deyun's face was full of worry.

"Concubine Mu, I shot, did you see it?" Li Ying asked.

Shi Deyun was slightly taken aback, then raised her head and said, "Ying'er, I'm sorry, my concubine didn't see it just now."

"Mother Concubine, Mother Concubine, are you unhappy?"

"No."

"Mother, you are lying, you are always like this every time you are unhappy about your father's affairs."

Hearing what Li Ying said, Shi Deyun smiled and patted his head, while Ke Mulun walked up to Shi Deyun's side and saluted, "My concubine, my archery skills have already been taught to the county king. It's time for me to say goodbye."

After hearing this, Shi Deyun stood up, while Li Ying hugged Ke Mulun's leg and said, "Master, master, don't go, don't leave Ying'er."

"Yeah, why are you leaving? Ying'er can't live without you, Master."

Ke Mulun hugged Li Ying and said with a smile: "I have been with the county king for several years, but I am also a warrior of the Shidexi clan. This time the imperial court wants to conquer Li Tang, and the whole army is mobilized. His Majesty personally ordered me to be transferred Playing on the front line. I am also eager to play, so I can no longer accompany the county king."

"No, no, master, I want to accompany you to fight the enemy!" Li Ying said hastily.

After listening to the two lines of tears, Shi Deyun said disappointedly: "Are you going to leave too? Why doesn't His Majesty let you stay with me? No, I'm going to find him."
While talking, Shi Deyun left in a hurry, leaving Ke Mulun and Li Ying with astonished faces, and a dozen maids hurriedly followed behind and shouted: "Your Majesty! Your Majesty!"

Inside the main hall of Linshuo Palace.

Li Chongjiu was discussing matters with Ji Chuan and other ministers.

Li Chongjiu said: "Youjing's military rations can be secretly transferred to..."
At this time, the outside reported: "Your Majesty, the noble concubine is here to see you!"

Li Chongjiu frowned and said, "Tell him I'm discussing something important, and I'll see her later."
Li Chongjiu turned his head and said, "Misters, do you have any objections to my arrangement?"

Zhang Xuansu said: "Your Majesty, the three armies have not moved, and the food and grass go first. Do we want to confuse the Tang army and launch a feint attack elsewhere?"

"Your Majesty, Imperial Concubine Shi De still insists on seeing her!"

Li Chongjiu flicked his sleeves in displeasure when he heard this, and the waiter at the side saw Li Chongjiu's displeasure, and immediately asked: "Is my minister..."

Li Chongjiu interrupted: "No need, I know the concubine's temperament, if nothing happened, she wouldn't come to see me so eagerly."

"My dear friends, let's discuss again. Li Shimin is good at attacking people's food and roads. The defeat in the Xiangyang battle this time is the matter of Li Jing's surprise attack on our army's food and roads. So we must be cautious."

Himekawa and the others agreed.

Li Chongjiu walked away immediately, and outside the hall Li Chongjiu saw Shi Deyun whose eyes were red from crying.

(End of this chapter)