The Demon Concubine

Chapter 113: (Catching insects)

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Whenever a banquet is held in the palace, the place is in the Linde Hall.

When the top scholars entered the palace for a banquet, Zhou Xiuyi was sitting in front of the mirror, combing her hair with a small jade comb.

A court lady stood by her, choosing for her the jewelry to wear at the banquet.

The facial features reflected in the bronze mirror are very blurred, but the bright and beautiful face of the person in the mirror can also be vaguely seen. The court lady next to Zhou Xiuyi had followed her for a long time. Before Zhou Xiuyi went out to take care of the shop, the court lady followed her and waited on her. Seeing Zhou Xiuyi combing her hair with a slight smile on her face, the maid could not help asking: "Xiuyi, do you really want to choose Li Zhuangyuan?"

Zhou Xiuyi hummed softly.

The maid said: "Although Li Zhuangyuan is talented, but with average appearance and ordinary family background, how can you be worthy of Xiuyi? Look at the slave and maid, and the second place is better than the number one." In the eyes of the maid, Zhou Xiuyi is beautiful and smart. He also has a good craftsmanship in making aromatic powder, and now he helps the imperial concubine take care of several shops in the capital. Only talented and beautiful people from the same family background can be matched. This year's runner-up is pretty good. Although his talent is inferior to Li Zhuangyuan, his appearance and family background are among the best candidates this year.

Zhou Xiuyi was carefully smoothing the curled up hair. Hearing the words, she said casually: "You little girl, what do you know?" She stroked her beautiful face in her youth and said, "My Zhou Wanxiang I was born so beautifully, but any normal man should look at me more. But when I entered the waterside pavilion, the champion didn’t even look at me. Either I belonged to my heart, or he was a big hypocrite. Only when my brain is broken Choose him. Li Zhuangyuan is different. Although his appearance and family background are a little different, he is a good man at first glance. Remember, I would rather have a poor man who can hold his hand than a poor man. The rich man in your eyes."

What's more, although Li Zhuangyuan has no family support, but with his talents and learning, as long as he can't make mistakes, his future will be limitless, and she helps the imperial concubine to do things without lack of silver.

The lady of the palace didn't know what was going on, she immediately became ashamed when she heard this, and after a while she smiled and complimented: "It's still wise to repair the ritual, and a hundred slaves are not as good as you alone."

Zhou Xiuyi shook her head. She herself is a master who sees the wind, talks to others and talks to others, but she doesn't like others to compliment her. She said: "What kind of wit is I. The one who is really wit is the imperial concubine. That's a good method." Holding the emperor of a country firmly in his hand, and letting him obey the plan, this method does not know her. When will it be achieved through cultivation

"Give me a good hair bun, and I will take care of this lifelong issue today."

The maid of the court greeted her and quickly put her a fashionable girl in a bun. She was moving forward and heard a low sigh from Zhou Xiuyi in front of her, "Your Majesty has seen us displeased a long time ago, this time If any sister fails to marry herself out, I guess your Majesty will be upset again."

It's not just Zhou Xiuyi here. At this time, all the concubines in the harem who knew Qiong Linyan had their own thoughts. Your Majesty's dismissal of the harem is imperative. Don't take advantage of this great opportunity to find a good son-in-law, and wait until they are expelled from the palace in the future, where can they find such a good family based on their life experience

Besides, those Jinshi will all be officials in the future. They marry up, they are decent officials' wives. Although they are not as rich as the palace, they are better than keeping vacant rooms day by day. This is still given by your majesty personally. Unless they commit the disaster of looting their houses and destroying the door, how can those jinshi dare to divorce their wives at will? They will be safe for the rest of their lives!

After the concubines were properly dressed, they all went to the Linde Hall where the Qionglin Banquet was held under the leadership of the palace staff.

At this time, His Majesty had already mentioned the need to marry those innocent concubines in the harem, and said that after he dismissed the harem, he would never draft again, and only the imperial concubine would remain in the harem. He also used to deceive, oh no, the reason for persuading Prime Minister Lin to repeat.

The dignified son of a country, telling them the bleak past of his childhood, telling his unwillingness to let his children sway each other like the previous dynasty, and also very benevolent to express his unwillingness to delay the innocent women in the harem... such sincere intentions, Not to mention those new jinshi, even the courtiers, most of them have never seen it. Everyone present was almost moved to tears, and there was no more resistance to your Majesty's desire to personally choose a son-in-law for the harem concubine.

Seeing the young imperial concubines sitting in the upper seat with their hands clasped tightly, and some older courtiers, they even gave birth to a deep emotion. Before that, no one would have thought that there could be such an ordinary couple in the royal family. What about love

Only Prime Minister Lin looked a little weird, and I don't know if it was because he had heard his Majesty's childhood story too many times. This time, he was not moved as much as before. Instead, he felt a sense of absurdity that his Majesty was acting. But as soon as this idea came into being, he shook his head first, and said in his heart: It must be that he thinks too much. Your Majesty is an emperor, and he is pure and kind. How can he play tricks and deceive others

Soon after your Majesty's words fell, the immature scholars in the officialdom were moved, and the chants of the palace people fell, and dozens of harem concubines filed in.

Most of those who can stay in the palace through layers of selection are good-looking, especially at this time they are all dressed up as girls, and they have taken off the clothing that symbolizes their status. They are dressed only in the dresses of ordinary ladies, looking at the past, like a hundred flowers. Yan, I can't look away.

Those who can stay here have passed the test on that day. When those "court ladies" came to add food that day, they didn't dare to look more. Moreover, when the concubines disguised themselves as court ladies, most of them looked ugly, but at this moment they had done their best to dress up, and these jinshi would naturally not recognize them.

Except... Zhou Xiuyi.

Unlike other concubines, Zhou Xiuyi had seen the world and was bold enough, so on that day, she did not hide her appearance, so at this moment, several people have recognized her as the leading dancer that day.

Seeing her, several Jinshi looked thoughtful, and Li Shu's face turned red when she met her gaze.

This changed Qionglin banquet lasted for most of the day, and the participating concubines all found a suitable destination.

Yao Yanyan and her Majesty sat on it holding hands and looked at the blushing couples below who were talking quietly. She was very happy for them. After all, she could not let her Majesty out and let these women find their own. Happiness is also very good!

She turned her head to look at His Majesty, and saw that His Majesty smiled so much that he narrowed his eyes slightly, and was obviously very happy.

Yao Yanyan was very satisfied with her Majesty’s performance, and she saw her excitedly approaching and said: "My Concubine, now there are only two of us left in the harem!" As for those eunuchs, the eunuchs were automatically ignored by the emperor, and he continued: "Lan Mengshi is not young anymore, can't always be by your side, or do I find a young talent for her to marry?"

Yao Yanyan was taken aback, remembering that Lan Mengshi still looked a little immature, and shook her head: "Your Majesty, Lan Mengshi is only sixteen, and his concubines want to stay with her for another year. Besides, there are six concubines who are unwilling to come out for a blind date, saying I just want to stay in the palace, and it doesn’t matter if I don’t marry for the rest of my life."

When the emperor heard the words, he twisted his eyebrows with dissatisfaction, "Why can't they think about it so much?"

Yao Yanyan thought for a while, and said: "It may be broken by the family education." After all, there are still many restrictions on women in China. Many men and women do not even know whether each other is round or square before marriage. Time makes them want to go."

When the emperor heard the words, he murmured, "Let them stay in the palace for one more day. Doesn't it cost me a day's money and a day's ice."

Yao Yanyan:...

It turns out that your Majesty was so happy just now because he felt that these concubines wouldn't have to spend his money if they got married

The little couple below spoke with each other reservedly and implicitly, while courtiers ate their wine and vegetables and whispered about political affairs.

Taking advantage of this vacancy, His Majesty the Emperor asked someone to move in and covered the imperial decree with a jade seal, and was filling in the edict on the edict according to the couple already matched below. Yao Yanyan was watching, and suddenly heard Li Shu kneeling down and loudly begging His Majesty to marry him and Zhou Xiuyi.

His Majesty the Emperor was thinking about how to start, and when he saw someone handing him a ladder, he was immediately happy and said: "A good man should take it like this!"

With Li Shu's start, and his majesty's words of encouragement, the other Jinshi who were ready to move also knelt down and asked his majesty to grant marriage.

Although the emperor had already said that he wanted to give a marriage, seeing them actively cooperated, it was Dragon Heart Rejoicing. He picked up the brush and wrote dozens of imperial edicts. When he thought of these concubines getting married, the royal family only needed to pay a little bit. The dowry will no longer have to pay for their monthly expenses. His Majesty, who consciously can save a lot of money, can write a few minutes sooner.

A Qionglin banquet ended happily. After another month, the new veterans dressed in wedding attire on the auspicious days selected by the court, and rode their horses to welcome relatives from the palace. This unprecedented marriage drew the crowds of the whole city. Some people rushed over from Tongzhou to watch the excitement. Firecrackers rang all day, and joy rang all day. Almost the whole city was filled with red silk that symbolizes joy...

The fact that the emperor dismissed the harem and Xinke Jinshi married his concubines from the palace is so new that it spreads faster and faster, and spreads more and more widely. There are even scripts and operas that were compiled and sung. In the past, the books were written by scholars who met Miss Qianjin. , Now it has become the title of scholar's gold list, the story of entering the palace and meeting beautiful concubines.

As the saying goes, even your majesty supports the marriage of women in the harem. He also gave out dowry to marry him in person. The people below figured out their favors, their attitude towards women has changed a lot, and the folk customs have gradually changed. Advising women that they must be virtuous and virtuous, and instead praised Zhou Xiuyi, who was rumored to be such a bold and straightforward woman who can do business well.

And many women trapped at home by their parents heard about this, and learned that His Majesty today encouraged women to go out and persuade widows to remarry. No matter how chaste temperament is, they can't hold back the waves in their hearts.

Later, in the evaluation of historical books, it was felt that the awakening of women's thinking in Daqi was due to this "marriage gift."

Of course, these are all things that happened later. At this time, the emperor has not yet seen the impact of his move.

This "marriage gift" quickly spread to the next door to Chen State. Several ministers of Chen State analyzed it and felt that the emperor of Qi State was really deep-minded and acting treacherously, and even asked the harem concubine to "monitor" the affairs of the jinshi. Do it out.

Since all the concubines and concubines in the Qi state were selected from the homes of common people and small officials, those noble families and high-ranking officials who wanted to marry their daughters would either form in-laws with each other or get their son-in-law from the list. The son-in-law of a high-ranking official in the DPRK naturally stood in the same faction with them, and there was a bias between words and deeds.

However, the Emperor of Qi "gives a marriage" to the end of this new term of Jinke Jinshi, using those concubines to completely turn this term of Shinke Jinshi into his person.

Just imagine, these concubines received the great favor of the Emperor of Qi, how could they not speak to the emperor after marrying those Jinshi

However, the new scholars got the emperor's personal pre-marriage, and they married the innocent woman who was released from the palace by the emperor, and they became closer to the royal family invisibly.

"Qi Huang's move is really surprising!" The ministers sighed, but there was no approval in their tone. After all, the more powerful the Qi Emperor, the more disadvantaged it would be to Chen Guo!

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