Chapter 250 Selecting a Queen and Setting up a Cabinet (Update!)

It is not easy to imprison Xiao Fang in the palace forever.

After all, Xiao Fang must have some ability to survive through the years. It is hard to imagine how difficult it is to trap such a person forever.

For this reason, Xiao Tingxuan went to Mu Fei for advice and asked if Mu Fei had the ability. Mu Fei answered that there was no problem.

In Mu Fei's opinion, Xiao Fang was just a small Jindan cultivator. Even if he was facing a strong man in the Crossing Tribulation Stage, Mu Fei would still suppress him and make him unable to move forever.

After hearing what Xiao Tingxuan said, Mu Fei nodded slightly.

Then, he waved his hands and performed a mysterious spell. Rays of light shot out from his hands and quickly intertwined to form a powerful barrier.

This barrier seems thin, but it actually contains endless power. It is difficult to break unless you are at the Mahayana stage or above.

If there are masters at the Mahayana stage or above who are willing to help Xiao Fang, Mu Fei will have nothing to say.

"You..."

When Mu Fei's barrier was set up, Xiao Fang immediately noticed its strong defense.

Even if a strong man in the Yuanshen realm came, it would be difficult to break this barrier.

Faced with such a result, Xiao Fang suddenly became depressed, and his heart was full of regret and frustration.

He never expected that Xiao Tingxuan really had such a means to imprison him here forever.

I was careless!

Only then did Xiao Fang realize that he had made a serious mistake.

If he had been able to detect the danger and escape from the scene earlier, he might not have fallen into such a desperate situation now.

However, it was too late to regret now, and he could only swallow the bitter fruit silently.

Seeing that Xiao Fang was successfully trapped, Xiao Tingxuan did not continue to delay here.

Because, the thing that gave Xiao Tingxuan a headache came, and he had not figured out how to deal with it.

However, it was because of Xiao Tingxuan's behavior that he caused trouble for himself.

Since Li Jingxue returned to the imperial capital, she has been urging Xiao Tingxuan to get married and have children.

Previously, when Xiao Tingxuan was in the stage of working hard for his career, Xiao Tingxuan was unwilling to marry and have children, and Li Jingxue turned a blind eye to this.

Now Xiao Tingxuan is about to ascend the throne, but there is not even a woman around him, which is really indecent.

If Xiao Tingxuan never marries a wife or concubines, then people outside the palace may think that Xiao Tingxuan has problems.

Therefore, whether for the sake of the royal family's innocence or for the descendants of the Xiao family, the first thing Li Jingxue did after entering the palace was to force Xiao Tingxuan to get married.

She issued an ultimatum to Xiao Tingxuan, requiring Xiao Tingxuan to take at least three concubines within a month, and after he ascended the throne, ten or eight concubines would be indispensable.

Not only that, Li Jingxue even recommended candidates to Xiao Tingxuan, saying that the girl from their Li family was very good, and took out the portrait of the little girl for Xiao Tingxuan to see.

As long as Xiao Tingxuan nodded in agreement, she would immediately send a message to the Li family and send people to the palace.

Seeing this, Xiao Tingxuan already knew that there must be a shadow of the Li family behind Li Jingxue.

It seems that the Li family had just been warned by him a few days ago, but they did not stop there. They also wanted to play the emotional card with Li Jingxue and let Xiao Tingxuan marry a woman from the Li family.

It seems that the Li family will have to be beaten more in the future, so that they will not forget who they are.

Then again, seeing that he is about to ascend the throne as emperor, he is still being urged to get married, and Xiao Tingxuan is also full of helplessness in his heart.

Li Jingxue will soon become the queen mother. In this case, let's follow her arrangements this time.

Xiao Tingxuan did not resist as much as before this time. He should also feel that he is at this age and it is indeed time to marry and have children.

After all, when other princes were Xiao Tingxuan's age, they had already married several wives and concubines, and even their children were already able to play soy sauce.

Therefore, Xiao Tingxuan no longer hesitated and decided to leave his marriage to Li Jingxue.

However, Xiao Tingxuan put forward a condition to Li Jingxue.

His other half, the future queen, must be selected by the people, and the daughters of the powerful and noble families are not allowed to participate.

When Li Jingxue heard Xiao Tingxuan's request, he knew in his heart that the Li family had no chance.

Despite thinking so in his heart, Li Jingxue still chose to respect Xiao Tingxuan's decision.

Xiao Tingxuan actually wanted to select the queen from the people!

This news was like a heavy bomb, which instantly detonated the entire civil society and caused an uproar.

After hearing this news, many families with daughters were eager to try.

The most speechless thing is that those who are already engaged or ready to get married, the girls' families have postponed their schedules, saying that they will wait until their daughters' selection is over.

This approach is really hard to agree with.

They are probably still dreaming. If their daughters can be selected by Xiao Tingxuan, wouldn't they become royal relatives in the blink of an eye, second only to one person and above ten thousand people?

In this way, their family's status will surely rise, and wealth and honor will follow.

I can only say that it is good in the dream, but I don't know if it can be realized.

After sending Li Jingxue away, Xiao Tingxuan immediately started to reform the court.

Xiao Tingxuan established a cabinet system, and the first batch of cabinet members were the adults of Sanhe.

The cabinet members have no real power. The significance of their existence is mainly to reduce the heavy government affairs of the emperor and assist the emperor in handling government affairs.

To put it simply, the cabinet members are the emperor's secretaries.

In the past, the six ministries only needed to submit a memorial to the emperor for any request or report.

As for whether the emperor agreed, it was entirely up to his personal will.

Now the situation is slightly different. The six ministries must first submit the charter to the cabinet. After the cabinet discusses it, if the cabinet thinks it is feasible, it can report the matter to the emperor. Only with the emperor's approval can it take effect.

If the cabinet does not approve it, it will return the charter to the six ministries and order them to redraft it.

In this way, the cabinet seems to have no actual power, but the authority it holds is above the six ministries, which is very intriguing.

Xiao Tingxuan's behavior is obviously intended to weaken the strength of the six ministries.

At first, the civil officials were opposed to the establishment of the cabinet.

However, the knife in Xiao Tingxuan's hand was too sharp. He convinced people with virtue, and finally everyone agreed.

After calming down, the civil officials also figured out the reason. Why should they oppose it?

When there is a vacancy in the cabinet, won't they have a chance to fill it?

In this way, won't they become cabinet elders by then?

Thinking of this, the civil officials felt much more comfortable.

(This chapter is an extra chapter, because the score has increased by 0.1 points, and now it is 8.6 points. The author said in the group that before the score is nine points, the author will add one chapter for every 0.1 point increase, and after the score is nine points, every 0.1 point increase, five chapters will be added. So, friends who haven't rated yet, you can give the author a five-star praise!

Those who don't know the mysterious organization can go to the end of Chapter 245 to read it. Looking forward to your arrival.)