Xiao Yu said on the side: "Did Master Su mean that His Highness, King of Qi, has been unable to decide the country's name for a long time?"

“I don’t mean it.”

Su Wei shook his head and said slowly: "One is old and the other is new. Remove the old country name and replace it with the new country name, but I think it is really a difficult point to remove the old country name."

Everyone understood Su Wei's meaning. In order to win over the people of the world, they continued to retain the title of Sui and made Empress Xiao the Queen Mother to show that they were the authentic Sui Dynasty.

In the Northern Sui Dynasty, Zhang Xuan was a subject. Although he was already the King of Qi, he was still a subject. How to change from a subject to an emperor has been a difficult problem since ancient times.

Li Yuan and Wang Shichong both used the method of abdication and seized the throne from the Dai Wang Yang You and the Yue Wang Yang Tong respectively. The Northern Sui Dynasty was better than them. The Empress Dowager could announce the resignation of the Northern Sui Dynasty. At the same time, a small abdication ceremony could be held, and the young emperor could be invited out and the throne was officially abdicated to Zhang Xuan.

But abdication is by no means a magic medicine for changing dynasties. For example, Wang Mang usurped the throne in the Western Han Dynasty and used abdication method. Cao Pi used abdication method to usurped the throne in the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he has been despised by the world for thousands of years. There are two fundamental reasons: one is that a small dynasty replaces the orthodox Han Dynasty, which is difficult to accept, and the second reason is that a monarch is replaced by a minister, which is also disgusting.

Because of the short-term Sui Dynasty, the first factor may not have much influence, but the criticism of replacing the king with ministers in the second factor is inevitable.

Everyone understands this problem, and it is also the problem they need to solve at the party today.

Wei Yunqi frowned and said, "Although there is no problem with abdication in terms of law, it is a bit lacking in morality. After all, we have all accused Li Yuan and Wang Shichong of usurping the Sui Dynasty many times, but we have taken this step ourselves, which is a bit difficult to explain to the people of the world. I am afraid that your highness himself cannot accept it."

Everyone was silent. This was indeed a big problem. We must find a way to eliminate the moral guilt of King Qi. If the law works, and morally irreproachable, the matter will be fulfilled, but... what method can be used to solve it?

At this time, Xiao Yu smiled and said, "I thought of a good idea!"

Everyone was overjoyed and said in unison: "What's the best way?"

Xiao Yu smiled mysteriously, "Since ancient times, what is the best way to form an alliance between countries?"

"Marriage!" Du Ruhui blurted out.

"That's right, it's a marriage. Did you think of someone?"

Everyone laughed heartily, and they immediately thought of the Guangling Princess Yang Jier who was in trouble with her daughter, and the most beloved daughter of the late emperor Yang Guang.

Su Wei patted his forehead and sighed, "Why didn't I expect it! Let His Highness King Qi become the son-in-law of the Sui Dynasty and take over the Sui Dynasty as his son-in-law, rather than as a minister, so the moral problem will be solved."

"I'm afraid Princess Guangling refused!" Lu Chu said a little worried.

"I can't help but this!"

Su Wei made a quick decision: "Her marriage is related to the establishment of the new country, and this is her destiny. She is destined to be the imperial concubine of the new dynasty. I will go to talk to the queen mother early tomorrow morning, and then ask the queen mother to talk to the princess."

Xiao Yu also smiled and said, "I will accompany Su Xiangguo tomorrow."

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

．

The next morning, in the Qingliang Pavilion of Ziwei Palace, Empress Xiao met with Prime Minister Su Wei and Xiao Yu. As the nominal ruling empress dowager of the Northern Sui Dynasty, Empress Xiao also had many things to come forward, such as presiding over the New Year dynasty, attending certain ceremonies with the princess when the Regent was not in the capital, etc.

It is also a common thing to meet ministers. Empress Xiao met Su and the other prime ministers today, but she still thought she needed to issue an imperial edict. Unexpectedly, Su Wei actually proposed the marriage proposal of Zhang Yang, suggesting that Princess Guangling marry His Highness the Regent.

Empress Xiao was so smart that she immediately realized that Zhang Xuan was about to ascend the throne and become emperor. This was obviously a preparation for the ascendance to the throne. Of course, Empress Xiao also knew that this day would come sooner or later. She was mentally prepared, but Empress Xiao did not care about the rise and fall of the Sui Dynasty. In her heart, the Sui Dynasty had already perished after the mutiny in Yangzhou.

She was concerned about her own destiny and whether she could continue to enjoy wealth and glory in the second half of her life. She was most afraid that Zhang Xuan would send her to the cold palace after ascending the throne, or moving her out of the palace, so that she could spend the rest of her life in poverty. For the sake of her glory and wealth in the second half of her life, Empress Xiao even used her undisappeared beauty to seduce Zhang Xuan.

Although Zhang Xuan personally gave her a promise, it was just a private promise between the two, not a legal guarantee. Zhang Xuan could change his mind at any time, but if his daughter married Zhang Xuan, it would be a ritual system.

How could Empress Xiao not be willing to give Su Wei a marriage proposal? At this time, Empress Xiao didn't care about her daughter's attitude. She was afraid that she would hesitate for a while, so the opportunity slipped away from her hands. She immediately smiled happily: "The Prime Minister has such a beautiful intention, why would the Ai family not agree? This is a good thing. The Ai family will definitely cooperate with Ziwei Pavilion."

Su Wei was overjoyed. Unexpectedly, the empress dowager agreed so happily. This was a good omen. Xiao Yu, who was standing beside him, smiled and said nothing. He understood his sister's thoughts and knew that she would agree.

Su Wei hurriedly said, "Since the empress dowager has agreed, it is not advisable to ask the empress dowager to talk about this matter with the princess."

Empress Xiao thought for a while and said, "I can talk to the princess, but it would be better for Ziweige to think of a way to reveal the meaning of this matter to the princess first, and then I will talk to her smoothly."

Su Wei and Xiao Yu looked at each other. The Queen Mother's suggestion also makes sense. It is indeed necessary to let the princess understand the difficulties of His Highness the King of Qi ascend the throne, so as not to get stuck in the princess's place. Xiao Yu whispered: "This matter can allow the Lu family to come forward."

Su Wei nodded, "Okay! I'll talk to Lu Zhuo, the Empress Dowager, the princess, I'll trouble the Queen Mother to persuade him more."

Empress Xiao also felt a little overwhelmed. Every time she talked about marriage with her daughter, she would end up with a big fight, but there was no way. Even if she was forced, she had to agree and she would never let her be allowed to do so.

Of course, Empress Xiao also cared about her daughter's marriage, but compared to her daughter's marriage, she cared more about her own destiny.

Su Wei and the other two left. Empress Xiao thought about it and got up and headed towards Biyun Pavilion. Biyu Pavilion is the residence of Yang Jier, the princess of Guangling. Yang Jier has been naughty and active since she was a child and likes swords like a boy. Later, influenced by her father, she fell in love with reading. When she was intrigued by chance, she would apply a few paintings. The thing she disliked the most was to make female reds such as embroidery and thorn brocade, so there were never any embroidery needles or other things in her room, only books like hills and various swords.

As she grew older, Yang Jier's marriage problem began to become the most troublesome thing for her. She was already eighteen years old. Eighteen years old is still a normal marriage age for poor women, but for noble women, they are older at the age of eighteen. Generally, it is most suitable for fifteen or sixteen years old. It is a little earlier than thirteen or fourteen years old, and it is barely suitable for seventeen years old, but it is a little late at the age of eighteen. If you have not married after twenty, you can either lower your family conditions or marry a man who loses his wife.

Although the emperor's daughter has no worries about marrying, Yang Jier's emperor's father has been dead for many years. Her so-called princess identity is just a title, and she is also a princess who has fallen into the country. Many famous families are more taboo. Yang Jier's best chance is to marry Zhang Qinian, the second son of Huangmen, Zhang Xuansu, who passed the imperial examination this year and was appointed as the county magistrate of Kuaiji County. Yang Jier will also be the county magistrate or the wife of the prefect in the future.

But Yang Ji'er refused to agree, and even refused to go to the banquet specially held by the Zhang family for her, which made everyone very unhappy. The marriage failed. Zhang Qinian married another daughter of the Lu family in Wujun as his wife. Yang Ji'er and her mother almost turned against each other. Later, there were several marriage opportunities, but even Empress Xiao looked down on me, so after Yang Ji'er once again expressed her firm attitude, Empress Xiao did not force her.

Most of the time, Yang Ji'er hangs with Princess Qi, either learning sword from Wu Niang or studying with Pei Zhizhi. She will only go back to Biyun Pavilion to rest when she is sleepy at night, and then runs to her next day. Empress Xiao herself doesn't remember how long it took to see her daughter.

As soon as Empress Xiao walked to the entrance of Biyun Pavilion, she saw her daughter wearing a white warrior uniform, holding a sword in her hand, and was rushing out excitedly. Empress Xiao knew that she was going to Princess Qi again, so she smiled and said, "Go back later, I will talk to you about important things for my mother."

"Mother, I have made an appointment with Wu Niang."

"We have to wait for a while when we make an appointment. Things are very important, we must talk now."

"Mother, what's the matter?"

"Just come with me."

Yang Ji'er had no choice but to hand the sword to the personal palace maid and follow her mother back to the room.

Xiao later came to Tingyuxuan, which was Yang Jier's study and studio. Two palace maids were cleaning the room. Empress Xiao waved her hand, "You all go down!"
Chapter completed!