Harem Competing Raiders 2
"When did you play the pipa so well?" Sun Yuan is the original owner's best friend, his father is General Sun and the original owner's father is a very good friend, so the two of them are also very good friends.
"I practiced hard for a long time, just to beat Ye Rong today." Tao Yuan whispered to him, "Everyone thinks I am inferior to him, but I just want to prove that I am better than him in every aspect."
"Not everyone thinks so." Sun Yuan also said in a low voice, "I always think you are better than him."
Tao Yuan smiled and said, "It doesn't count if you are selfishly biased towards me. I want those who are selfishly biased towards Ye Rong to think that I am better than him."
Yu Qianyun and the others followed, and said to Tao Yuan, "Ah Xi, you were so good just now, I was dumbfounded. I have never heard such a beautiful pipa song. My elder brother likes to listen to the qin, and I But I don’t like it. My elder brother told me to listen to the piano, which is to play the piano to the cow. When I return home, I must tell him that I am not a cow. It’s not that I don’t understand, it’s that those people are not good enough .”
"That's right, your playing is much better than... , much better than that. They are born in civil servant families, but they always look down on us who are born in military general families. It seems that they are better than us in talent, so they are superior to us. Just thinking about it makes me angry."
"Every flower viewing feast, they take turns to perform, we are the foil, and this time they are also the foil, which is really relieved."
On Tao Yuan's side, the ladies and gentlemen who were born in the military general's family felt relieved that before, they were inferior in terms of talent or poetry. Because the families of civil servants and families of generals valued different things, the way of raising their children was naturally also different.
On Ye Rong's side, after an awkward silence, these ladies and gentlemen also started to chat.
"Arong, the Empress Dowager is so kind to you, that white jade lotus incense burner looks so beautiful."
"Of course the queen mother treats Ah Rong well. Ah Rong's talent and appearance are the most outstanding among all of us. Whether it is character or family background, he is the most satisfied with the queen mother. He will be established as a queen in the future. It must be Ah Rong."
"Yes, the Queen Mother and Your Majesty definitely want A Rong to be the queen. No matter how you compare him, A Rong is much stronger than Mu Xi. Even if the Mu family controls the military power, Mu Xi can only be the emperor at best. Your Majesty, you will definitely not be able to be your Empress."
"They were born in the family of generals. They are all simple-minded and uneducated. They must have never learned those etiquette rules. I don't think he is qualified to be an emperor at all."
"That's right, and even if he becomes the emperor, so what? As long as His Majesty doesn't like him, coupled with his spoiled personality, it is very likely that he will not be able to keep the position of emperor in the future, and besides, it is impossible to keep fighting at the border. "
They all felt that the Empress Dowager was all about Ye Rong, so the emperor must also be partial to Ye Rong. Mu Xi has a reputation of being domineering and willful, so even if he becomes an emperor, he will definitely be rejected by the emperor. An emperor who is rejected by the emperor and disliked by the queen mother is not as good as a favored servant. And they felt that with Ye Xi's appearance and character, he would definitely be the emperor's favorite.
The most important thing is that although Mu Xi's father has a large army in his hands, it seems that it is very beneficial to him now, but the hidden crisis is even greater. Because in every dynasty, the person the emperor fears and guards against the most is the person who holds military power. If his father doesn't want to hand over the military power at that time, the emperor will definitely find a way to get rid of their family, and he, the emperor, can only stay in the cold palace.
"Arong, the poem I wrote this time will be presented to His Majesty. You must write it well and let His Majesty see your talent. His Majesty will definitely fall in love with you soon."
"Yeah, seeing their complacent appearance just now made people very angry. Only this time they were in the limelight, as if they were great. I think he can only play that song, and I don't know what those people are doing. What are you proud of?"
Everyone talked about each other for a long time, but Ye Rong remained silent and didn't say a word. Because he already had an understanding of this world, he knew that Mu Xi would be the first to be king and empress.
Seeing that he has been silent all this time, the others looked at each other and said to him, "Arong, think about the poem you are going to present to His Majesty later, we will go to the side to enjoy the flowers, so we won't bother you."
Seeing them leave, Ye Rong lowered his head and began to think, but he was not thinking about the poem to be written later, but thinking about what to do next according to the progress of the strategy. For more than a year, he has successfully made Yu Wang fall in love with him, but according to his own choice, to complete the final strategy and become the queen mother, he must enter the palace.
In fact, after he travels to this world, he doesn't have to choose according to the game, he can choose another life, as long as he gets engaged before the emperor ascends the throne, he doesn't need to enter the palace. But he just wants to complete the highest strategy in this real world, become the queen mother and have his own harem.
The background setting of the line of entering the palace is that his grandfather will support whoever becomes the emperor, so it is no longer possible for him to marry Yuwang. And when he had to enter the palace, he had already told King Yu that even if he entered the palace, he would definitely guard him. The reason why he would say this is to show that the helplessness and pain he had to do made Yu Wang love him even more deeply. The most important purpose is to let King Yu know that he will defend himself. After he has a child of King Yu, King Yu will support him even more.
According to the setting of the plot, the current emperor will die in five years. He must be pregnant with Yu Wang's child within three years, and then with Yu Wang's support, he can become the queen mother who listens to politics behind the curtain. So before he conceived King Yu's child, he could not have intercourse with the emperor, otherwise he would not know whose child he was pregnant with, and King Yu would definitely be unwilling to support other people's sons. If King Yu became the emperor, let alone a queen, he would not even be a noble king, let alone become a queen mother with his own harem. This dynasty would not allow younger brothers to marry older brothers' wives. Therefore, he must carefully plan every step, and he must not make any mistakes.
Ye Rong had already thought up the poem he wanted to write a few days ago. Before he entered the palace to pay his respects to the Queen Mother, the Queen Mother had already given him hints, so that he could have enough time to prepare and write a good poem to win the emperor's attention. favor.
Although the emperor can't live for more than five years, he must make the emperor fall in love with him within these five years, preferably within three years, so that Mu Xi can be thrown into the cold palace and replaced by him as the emperor. back. Then the child he gave birth to would be able to inherit the throne as a matter of course. He felt that it shouldn't be difficult to make the emperor like him with his aura of the protagonist. He has now made the queen mother favor him, and after entering the palace, he may have a chance to be favored by the emperor.
The poem that Tao Yuan wanted to present had already been written. Since it was to be presented to the emperor, showing his talent was secondary. The most important thing was to write a poem that fit the emperor's wishes.
For some of them, this kind of opportunity to perform in front of the emperor is only once in a lifetime, so only those who are confident in their poems wrote them down and handed them over to the eunuch carrying the tray, and presented them in the palace. I secretly hoped that my poems would be favored by the emperor.
There are those who want to enter the palace, and naturally there are also those who don't want to enter the palace. Those who are not forced to enter the palace by their families, and they don't want to enter the palace themselves. At this time, they just need to work hard to reduce their sense of existence.
When the queen mother went to rest, the emperor had already returned to the imperial study. The father-in-law next to the queen mother sent those poems to the emperor, and according to the queen mother's instructions, he took out the one written by Ye Rong to the emperor alone.
Xiao Junye nodded after reading it. He had already heard about Ye Rong's talent, and this poem was indeed well written. He had often heard his mother talk about his kindness before, and this time Eunuch Liu specially took out Ye Rong's poems, which must be what his mother meant, implying to him that his reward can be given directly to Ye Rong.
Putting down the poem written by Ye Rong, Xiao Junye casually flipped through the papers in the tray, and on a piece of paper, the exquisite brushwork like smooth flowing water came into his eyes. He resisted to pick up the piece of paper and admired the font on it. The free and easy and elegant strokes, the clear and beautiful strokes, can be said to have exhausted the beauty of the strokes.
When he saw the word "Mu Xi" inscribed, he was taken aback for a moment, and thought that he could write such good words. It seems that Mu Yongsheng's education of children is not just about telling them to wield swords and guns.
After carefully reading the content of the poem, Xiao Junye slapped the table and exclaimed, "Good poem!"
Eunuch Liu was stunned for a moment, and glanced at Ye Rong's poem that was placed on the table. He continued to stand with his head bowed, hesitating whether to tell the emperor clearly what the Queen Mother meant.
The Queen Mother rested for about an hour in the Nuanxiang Pavilion in the Imperial Garden before returning to the place where the banquet was held.
The ladies and gentlemen also returned to their tables and sat down, waiting for the queen mother to announce who had received the emperor's reward. But they didn't have much suspense in their hearts. They all thought it must be Ye Rong. Except that he was really good at composing poems, the most important reason was that the Queen Mother was obviously biased towards him. The emperor's reward this time would definitely be for him. up.
Eunuch Liu came over with the emperor's reward, which was a party of graphite. Since the emperor specially rewarded things, of course it would not be ordinary graphite. This graphite is a tribute, and there are only five squares a year. This is the graphite that the emperor likes to use very much. When he was still the crown prince, he could only get one in two or three years, but Yu Wang could get it if he wanted it.
"Empress Dowager, this is the Xunhui ink rewarded by Your Majesty." Eunuch Liu saluted the Queen Mother with a tray.
"Oh?" Even the queen mother was a little surprised, "The emperor bestowed Xunhui ink? It seems that the person who received the reward from the emperor this time must write poems that are very pleasing to the emperor, so the emperor even bestowed Xunhui ink that he likes to use most. killed him."
When the queen mother said the last sentence, she glanced at Ye Rong with a smile, and then said to Eunuch Liu, "You read the emperor's oral order."
"... promise." Eunuch Liu didn't dare to delay too long, so he could only read the emperor's oral order, "Your Majesty's oral order, Mu Xi, the young man of the Mu family, has a brilliant literary talent, a profound artistic conception, and exquisite documents like flowing water. The literary style and brushwork are really my favorite. Xunhui ink is specially given as a reward. I hope that the young man of the Mu family will be diligent in writing and continue to improve."
The queen mother was stunned, and everyone except Tao Yuan was stunned. They all thought that Ye Rong would be the one who got the reward. Why did Eunuch Liu pronounce the name Mu Xi
Ye Rong is the prime minister's grandson, the Ye family has been officials for several generations, and they are also a scholarly family. Ye Rong's good literary talent has long been famous outside. How can his poems be inferior to Mu Xi who was born in the general family? How is this possible? But why did the emperor reward Mu Xi instead of Ye Rong
"The emperor wants to reward Mu Xi?" The Queen Mother confirmed to Eunuch Liu.
"Back to the Queen Mother, Your Majesty said, let the servants read Mu Xiaolang's poems, and everyone will know why it is Mu Xiaolang who His Majesty wants to reward."
"...You read it." Now that the emperor has already said that, what else can she say
After Eunuch Liu read Tao Yuan's poems, everyone looked at Tao Yuan in surprise. They didn't expect him to have such a good literary talent.
When the queen mother was young, she was also a famous talented woman, so she liked people with good literary talents. She would like Ye Rong, not only because he is the grandson of the prime minister, there must be no problem with his character and upbringing, but also because of his good literary talent.
In her heart, Mu Xi is like a proud and domineering peacock. Although he is beautiful, he has a poor personality. With such a personality and appearance, it's okay to be a noble king, but he is definitely not suitable for a queen. But Mu Yongsheng didn't want Mu Xi to enter the palace. He had said before that Mu Xi was only his wife.
Mu Yongsheng is brave and good at fighting, not to mention that the emperor needs his support, the Great Wei needs his protection even more now, so Mu Xi can only be made the queen, and Ye Rong, who was originally the most suitable queen, can be the emperor.
Hearing the poem read by Eunuch Liu, even the queen mother had to admit that it was a good poem. But she was still a little dissatisfied with the emperor's choice to reward Tao Yuan, because besides being biased towards Ye Rong, she also wanted to balance both sides.
Since Mu Xi became the empress and Ye Rong could only be the emperor, in order to appease the Ye family, she naturally had to show a more biased appearance towards Ye Rong, and the emperor should also cooperate with her. She thought the emperor could understand what she meant, so she didn't say it directly, and she really didn't expect that Mu Xi would surpass Ye Rong in terms of literary talent. If she had known this, she should have told the emperor that no matter whether there is a better poem than Ye Rong's, she should reward Ye Rong.
But since the emperor had already given the order, it was too late to say anything, the queen mother could only smile at Tao Yuan and said, "This poem is really good, no wonder the emperor rewarded you."
The Queen Mother raised her hand and signaled Eunuch Liu to bring the things to Tao Yuan.
Tao Yuan stood up and saluted, "Thank you Your Majesty for the reward, and thank you Queen Mother."
After Tao Yuan took the tray, Eunuch Liu walked back to the Empress Dowager and said, "Report to the Empress Dowager, Your Majesty still has an order."
"Oh?" said the Queen Mother, "you can announce it."
"Your Majesty ordered that Ye Rong, the young man of the Ye family, deserves to be the grandson of the prime minister. His documents are neat and orderly, and he is a model. I entrust Ye Xiaolang with the important task of repairing the incomplete copy of the Tibetan Poetry Pavilion."
After hearing this, the queen mother nodded in her heart, thinking that she is worthy of being the emperor, such an arrangement is much better than rewarding two people at the same time. And if you want to reward both of them, you have to read Mu Xi's poems without reading Ye Rong's poems. If Mu Xi's poems are like the pipa he plays, they are much better than Ye Rong's, but To insist that the two are equal would inevitably chill the hearts of the children of those generals.
Repairing the incomplete copy of Zangshi Pavilion, although it is not a reward or commendation, but it also shows the emperor's recognition of his literary talent, and it also adds a layer of trust, which is also the best comfort to Prime Minister Ye, because of the trust in Ye Rong, It is the trust in Prime Minister Ye.
Tao Yuan thought to himself, after all, the emperor had been the crown prince for twenty years, and even though the previous emperor was extremely eccentric and tried his best to justify and abolish the crown prince, he was able to persist until he successfully ascended the throne, which shows that his scheming is not ordinary. The fighting in the harem and the shadows of swords and swords are more serious than fighting on the battlefield. If you are not careful, you may be doomed.
Xiao Junye took the poem written by Tao Yuan and admired the characters on it for a long time before carefully putting it in the book. He got up and walked to the window, looking out of the window and thinking, he was born as a prince, and only he himself knows best how many dangers he has gone through in the past twenty years to persist until now. Even if one becomes an emperor, one still has too much involuntary control, and it is not easy to secure the throne.
"Cough cough cough..." Xiao Junye coughed suddenly, a fishy sweet smell rose from his throat, and he coughed out "Pfft!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty!" Seeing the emperor vomiting blood, Eunuch Xu immediately ran over to support him, and said nervously, "Your servant, call the imperial doctor!"
"Wait!" Xiao Junye stopped and said, "I'm fine, there's no need to call the imperial doctor."
"But Your Majesty..."
Xiao Junye raised his hand and said, "Help me in to rest."
He knew very well what was going on with his own body, even if he called the imperial doctor, it would be useless. He didn't know how many years he could last, but as long as he was alive, he would never give up the throne to King Yu.
After returning to the mansion from the palace, Tao Yuan asked people to carefully put away the gifts from the queen mother and the emperor, and then went to take a bath and change clothes.
Soaking in the large wooden barrel, Tao Yuan straightened his feet and leaned back, closed his eyes and thought, before he came to this world, he had already learned about this world in detail. He knew that Ye Rong had great ambitions, and he was playing a big game of chess alone, because he was still playing a strategy game, thinking that if he followed the routine to complete the strategy, he would definitely win.
The background and character settings of this world are indeed the same as those set in the game, but if he still has the mentality of the game, it is also a good thing for Tao Yuan, because he will be better in this way. If you deal with it, maybe he will ask for a dead end, and there is no need for him to take action.
In this world, everyone is flesh and blood, with their own independent thoughts and personalities. Only you are the protagonist in your own life. If Ye Rong thinks that he is the protagonist of everyone, and with the aura of the protagonist, he can be invincible, then he will soon realize that in this world, his protagonist The halo may bring him some benefits, but it is impossible to completely control people's emotions with the protagonist's halo.
After soaking for about twenty minutes, Tao Yuan came out of the bathtub, picked up the cotton cloth neatly folded aside, and wiped off the water droplets on his body. Although this body was only sixteen years old, the ancients not only matured precociously, but also developed their bodies early. The original owner was slender, with slender curves, and a pair of straight, slender, white and tender legs.
Although the brother's body structure is the same as that of a man, his physique is more feminine, and he is softer and thinner.
Putting on his underwear and walking to the bedroom, Tao Yuan decided to sleep first, and then get up to eat.
In the palace today, even if the empress dowager's preference for Ye Rong is not particularly obvious, everyone can feel it.
But this is unavoidable, Ye Rong has been in this world for more than a year, most of the time is spent on attacking King Yu, and a small part of the time is used to please the Queen Mother and express himself.
And the original owner's mother died young, and his father spoiled him very much, so his character is indeed a little arrogant, but not to the point of domineering. And the bad reputation of the original master's domineering character was also spread in the past two years. Because of Ye Rong's secret plan, he didn't even have to do anything himself. They will naturally spread these words. The more people who know it, the more people will believe it, and after a long time of spreading it, it will become true.
After the flower viewing banquet, all those who received the palace's order must start preparing to enter the palace for election.
After they entered the palace, they mainly learned the etiquette rules in the palace. Although the grades of the people who stayed in the palace in the end depended on their family background. However, the female officials and servants of Chuxiu Palace will truthfully report their usual performance to the Queen Mother, which is also an important process that determines their rank.
After entering the palace, they, noble men and noble women, were assigned to the best courtyard of Chuxiu Palace. After all, they were the ones who wanted to be masters, and it was impossible for them to mix with slaves, so their courtyard was separated from other courtyards. .
The number of brothers in this world is relatively small, and even fewer entered the palace this time, only more than thirty people. These more than 30 people were assigned to the largest Xuanmo Garden, with two people sharing a room, and each room was next to each other, with a large courtyard in the middle.
The servants in the palace also knew that the children of civil servants and generals did not get along well, so they tried to arrange them in the same room according to their family backgrounds in order not to make troubles and trouble them.