Chapter 478 Li Rui’s troubles

Hearing Lu Chen mention the queen, Mu Zixuan instantly understood why Lu Chen went to Chu Yuqin's place last night and did not let her sleep with her.

She knew very well the status of Chu Yuqin in Lu Chen's heart. Lu Chen must have gone to find Chu Yuqin to discuss the queen.

When the queen was mentioned, Mu Zixuan couldn't help but sigh slightly in her heart. She really didn't want to get involved in this kind of thing again.

It's a pity that this is not what she wants. As Lu Chen's princess, she will definitely participate in this kind of thing.

After Lu Chen glanced at Mu Zixuan's reaction, he said directly: "My plan is for Feng'er to be the crown prince, but not to establish a queen."

Hearing these words, Mu Zixuan felt relieved. She instantly saw Lu Chen's intention.

Ever since Lu Chen had more women, Lu Chen had been emphasizing the harmony of his harem. He did not want any women to compete for power in his harem.

Lu Chen chose not to establish a queen, most likely because he did not want the queen to be targeted. On the other hand, he probably also wanted to tell the women in the harem that he would never establish a queen, so don't worry about climbing up.

Lu Chen continued: "Although I will not establish a queen, I will establish an imperial concubine. From now on, there will only be a difference between an imperial concubine and a noble concubine in my harem. There will be no hierarchy under the imperial concubine."

Hearing this, Mu Zixuan thought that it was exactly what she thought, everything Lu Chen did was for the harmony of the harem.

Mu Zixuan then said: "This matter is entirely up to Your Majesty."

Lu Chen asked: "Zixuan, you won't feel sad because I didn't make you my queen, right?"

Hearing Lu Chen's probing words, Mu Zixuan quickly replied: "Your Majesty, I am actually not interested in the position of queen at all. Not only am I not interested, I don't want to get involved in the dispute between queens."

"Your Majesty also knows what happened to the Mu family. I am tired of those things and don't want my children to be involved. I just want to see my children grow up safely."

Lu Chen sighed and said: "Actually, I don't want my children to be involved. After all, I encountered life and death crises many times back then. Brothers killed each other, and fathers and sons killed each other. I never want to see it again. Unfortunately, I am now In this position, my child will inevitably be involved in some things in the future. I only hope that Feng'er can grow up as soon as possible under my protection and be on his own, so that no one else will have anything else in the future. idea."

Mu Zixuan understood Lu Chen's thoughts instantly. Lu Chen wanted to stabilize Lu Changfeng's position as the heir to the throne while he was still alive. As long as Lu Changfeng's position was stable enough, he could naturally break it. What some people think.

Lu Chen said at this time: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Let's eat. The food will be cold later."

Then the four of them stopped discussing the topic about the queen and prince, and they started talking about the children.

After dinner, the four of them went to bathe in the bath. After bathing, they came to the big bed in Fengyun Palace.

In order to punish them for alienating him, Lu Chen made Mu Zixuan and the others kneel for almost a whole night, and also beat the three of them. The cries of Mu Zixuan and the others could be heard outside Fengyun Palace.

The sky gradually turned white, and Lu Chen let the three of them go. Mu Zixuan and the others also under Lu Chen's education, promised Lu Chen that they would never dare to alienate him again.

In the morning, Lu Chen simply drank some porridge and then went to the imperial study room to handle government affairs.

The appointment list of ministers has not been drawn up yet, and we have to work for a day today.

Not long after Lu Chen arrived at the imperial study, Zhuge Chongguang came to the imperial study again and continued to discuss the structure of the court and the appointment of officials with Lu Chen.

While Lu Chen was busy, the officials from the capital who followed Lu Chen to Yancheng were also trying their best to curry favor with the ministers from the Northern Kingdom, especially Li Rui.

Zhuge Chongguang is a bachelor of Wenyuan Pavilion and Lu Chen will summon him at any time, so he has always lived in the place closest to Lihuang Palace. It is difficult for the ministers to see him, and the ministers do not dare to run so close to Lihuang Palace with great fanfare. To curry favor with Zhuge Chongguang.

The person most ministers chose to fawn over was Li Rui.

At this moment.

Inside the Li Mansion.

Li Rui sat in the hall, drinking tea and sighing, as if something worried him.

At this time, a servant hurriedly ran in and said, "Master, another person is here. That person is said to be a minister of the former imperial court."

Li Rui waved his hand quickly, "No, no, just say I'm sick and I'm still lying in bed."

Li Rui is not a fool. He is very aware of Jin Yiwei's abilities. If he really meets those officials from the capital, he will not know how he will die.

Thinking of this, Li Rui couldn't help but sigh. He never imagined that he, Li Rui, would be where he is today. When King Bei came to Beijun, he was just an ordinary county guard. Although his life was better than that of ordinary people, he was still better than those officials in the capital. They are far apart.

Unexpectedly, in just a few years, he has become a high-ranking person, and now it is the officials in the capital who are trying to curry favor with him.

Li Rui was a little lucky in his heart. Fortunately, when Bei Wang came to Beijun, he did not go against Bei Wang because he was a waste. Instead, he handed over the military power to Lu immediately. Chen, and also actively cooperated with Lu Chen to complete the reform of Beijun.

Of course, the most critical thing was when Lu Chen gave them a choice, when he asked Beijun officials to choose whether to leave Beijun or stay in Beijun, he chose to stay in Beijun without any hesitation.

If he had not made the right choice in any matter, it would be hard to say whether he would still be alive now, let alone his current status.

He has now figured out Lu Chen's character. Although Lu Chen seems to delegate power everywhere and leave most things to his ministers, Lu Chen's control over the court is extremely terrifying.

Lu Chen is different from traditional kings. Lu Chen only makes decisions in general directions, and then leaves everything to his ministers, and lets the royal guards supervise the execution of the ministers.

If it were with other emperors, the previous court would have been all trivial matters, but here, Lu Chen only talked about state affairs, and no trivial matters were allowed to be mentioned.

Just when Li Rui was distracted, another servant suddenly came in from outside. The servant came to Li Rui in a panic and said, "Master, someone is coming from the palace!"

Hearing this, Li Rui came back to his senses instantly, and his face turned pale with fright. He knew that what happened today would definitely attract the emperor's attention, but he did not expect that the emperor would send someone here so soon.

But Li Rui quickly calmed down his inner panic. He thought to himself that he did not really accept gifts from the officials in the capital, and he did not even meet them. The emperor sent someone to most likely remind him, and I'm not here to ask questions.

Thinking of this, Li Rui immediately said: "Please invite that person in quickly."

Soon, the servant entered the courtyard with a female guard. After seeing Li Rui, the female guard took out a gold medal and said directly: "Master Li, your Majesty has spoken, if there are officials from the capital visiting you, you can Contact them appropriately and talk to them about the official rules of the Northern Kingdom."

Hearing this, Li Rui was stunned.

He originally thought that the emperor was looking for someone to remind him not to form cliques, but he didn't expect that the emperor actually took the initiative to let him meet the officials in the capital.

Soon Li Rui understood what the emperor meant. The emperor planned to use his words to let the ministers in the capital know in advance what should be done and what should not be done. In this way, the officials in the capital could be more confident. Quickly integrate into the new court.

Li Rui immediately said: "Please tell your Majesty that I will definitely complete the tasks assigned by your Majesty and let those people know what should be done and what should not be done."

After hearing Li Rui's answer, the female guard didn't say anything more and left directly. (End of chapter)