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The border city of Beichang Kingdom is called Nucheng. The name is very interesting, like "the place where a good general's crossbow suffers the most important points", but in fact this place is not difficult to conquer at all.
Nucheng is a long distance away from the capital city of Xiyang Kingdom, so every time Lord Wumin and I hear the news, it is basically a day ago, but luckily every time it is a good news.
Because it was still the mourning period in Beichang Kingdom, the soldiers and commoners were all very low-spirited, and they surrendered easily when they were attacked by the arrogant Xiyang Kingdom, and the gate of Nucheng was quickly opened to the soldiers of Xiyang Kingdom.
At this time, a letter of surrender was passed from the capital of Beichang Kingdom across the mountains to Mr. Wumin and me.
It turned out that after the death of the Northern Emperor, the first prince and the second prince were constantly fighting for the throne, which caused great chaos in the court. It didn't take long for the third prince, Wu Yong, to be released by us again, and the scene became even more chaotic. A young master killed the second prince—the second prince was originally the prince appointed by the Northern Emperor, Wu Xu, Wu Xu should be quite talented, but he died in civil strife, really speechless.
After hearing this, Mr. Wumin said that both Wu Yong and Wu Zheng were useless people, and the most critical person in this matter should be the young Lord Marquis who appeared out of nowhere. After Wu Zheng was killed, Wu Yong automatically stated that he had absolutely no idea about the throne, and the reason why he wanted to kill Wu Xu was just to protect himself. Then, in order to prove his innocence, he voluntarily went to Nanwen Country, which had a very neutral attitude.
After Mr. Wumin and I learned about it, we both had only one reaction.
"..."
really useless...
Wu Zheng became the emperor in this way, and the young master was promoted again and again, becoming the youngest grand master in the history of the Four Kingdoms.
This time the tragedy came...
One is that Mr. Wumin and I sent troops to attack Nucheng, and the other is that the young master suddenly became seriously ill for some reason, and it is said that he has become unconscious.
The chaos in the court has not yet settled down, and the Western Yang Kingdom is eyeing outwards, and the only right-hand man is dying of illness. Wu Zheng, who has been useless until now, is about to collapse, so he simply wrote a letter of surrender and sent it to him overnight. Xihuang.
That's me and Lord Wumin.
Jiang He said in the letter that Beichang Kingdom and Xiyang Kingdom have always had a good relationship, why Lord Wumin suddenly attacked Beichang Kingdom? Then he said that in a state of doubt, he asked someone else (I don't know who it is), and everyone said that it was because the Northern Emperor intended to attack Xiyang Kingdom, and Xiyang Kingdom used offense as defense. So he said that in order to express that he absolutely has no determination to be an enemy of Xiyang country, he specially sent a princess of Beichang country...
At this time, the princess was standing in front of me, looking at me shyly and timidly.
I:"… "
I have to say that she is quite beautiful, she looks somewhat similar to Wu Yong in eyebrows and eyes, she glances and smiles, she is full of beauty, especially her innocent eyes... If I were a man, I would definitely be very tempted.
But it's a pity, I'm a real woman, especially this person in front of me, who came to rob me of my husband... well, pretending to be a husband.
I threw down the peace letter, and said angrily, "What does the Northern Emperor mean? I worked diligently for the Xiyang Kingdom, and all the soldiers sacrificed their heads and blood for the Xiyang Kingdom. A woman came here to make peace between the two countries? That would be too disrespectful to me, Xi Yang!"
I changed the subject and said: "What's more, I have a virtuous and gentle queen, can I ignore her at this time? How can I be such a person who indulges in beauty?!"
So the princess of Beichang Kingdom had a tragedy, she was taken down with a frightened face, and put under house arrest in a very special place, which was the cold palace where her brother had stayed.
After hearing my words, the other ministers applauded with emotion and lamented my pride and righteousness.
Of course, after Mr. Wumin heard what I said, his focus was always different from others. He just repeatedly emphasized: "A virtuous and gentle queen? A virtuous and gentle queen... Hahahahaha..."
I:"… "
I don't care about him...
After Wu Zheng received the messenger's return, he soon brought another letter of surrender, which said that the emperor's demeanor was admired by others. In order to express this feeling, he would definitely exchange eight cities for it.
I:"… "
The grand master and all the ministers: "..."
None of us thought that Wu Zheng would be so useless, and would trade eight cities for a moment of peace...
Lord Wumin was not very surprised, he just said lightly: "There must be someone around Wu Zheng who is listening to the wind... Heh, it seems that there are people who want to bring down Beichang Kingdom more than us."
In any case, there is no reason for us not to accept such good conditions. I pretended to say that Beidi is really polite, and Beidi said where and where, and then I withdrew the troops and signed a formal agreement with Beidi. Beichang Kingdom has eight border cities, All belong to Xiyang country. Of course, the princess also returned it together.
I remembered that Mr. Wumin said before that the target was eight cities... It turned out to be a prophecy.
Lord Wumin won eight cities, and he is in a very good mood. He is very happy every day, and he hums a tune when he has nothing to do. I am infected by him, and my mood has become better. I am more pleasant to the ministers and my sisters than before .
But maybe it was too pleasant, which caused problems.
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This problem seems to be very common, but for me and Mr. Wumin, it is quite troublesome.
That's about choosing a concubine.
In the beginning, it was because of the mourning period, so when the new emperor ascended the throne, almost no one dared to say anything. Then, I have such a good relationship with Mr. Wumin, everyone probably put up with it for now. In the end, there was another imminent war between the Beichang Kingdom and the Xiyang Kingdom. Who would dare to bother the emperor with such matters as choosing a concubine
But now that the new Northern Emperor of the Beichang Kingdom is so vulnerable, he offered to send eight cities, and I am so pleasant... The things that urged me to choose a concubine accumulated little by little.
I have only been married to Lord Wumin for more than two months. It is normal for "Princess Changyi" not to conceive a child, but the first letter I received today said that the queen is not pregnant. He is worried that there will be no successors in the royal family. , I hope I can accept concubines widely and open branches and leaves.
I showed this to Mr. Wumin, and Mr. Wumin spread out the booklet and wrote a few words. I read it, and the main idea was: I don't worry about whether I have children, why are you worried? The emperor is not in a hurry, but the eunuch is anxious to death.
Now I can imagine the expression of the minister after receiving the reply.
What a shame...
Afterwards, everyone seemed to have made an appointment, and let my memorial to concubine come like snowflakes. Basically, as long as I saw words related to this, I would throw it to Mr. Wumin without saying a word, which made Mr. Wumin look very unhappy all the time. nice.
I gloated: "It seems that everyone is worried about your fertility, Xihuang."
Lord Wumin slowly put away the two memorials in his hand, and said to me: "Queen, that's your problem... Why don't you find a way to conceive now?"
I:"… "
It's easy to say...
I sighed, took the memorial in his hand, unfolded it, and found that it belonged to Liu Shilang. He said that the emperor should accept a concubine, and euphemistically said that his daughter is a very good candidate.
"These ministers bring their own candidates." I laughed. At first, I was just urging, but now I just recommend myself.
Lord Wumin said: "Otherwise, why do you think they are so active? They are talking about a century-old foundation, talking about inheritance... Is it because they want to stuff their relatives into my harem one by one."
I said: "That's because you are too uncertain, they want to find a way to contain you."
Lord Wumin said lightly: "It's because they don't understand me too well... You see, the Grand Master never said anything."
Yes, it’s true that those people don’t know Lord Wumin too well. I still remember that unlucky uncle and Princess Sheng’an. Sheng’an and Lord Wumin seemed to be childhood sweethearts, and that uncle probably used Princess Sheng’an to restrain him. Lord Wumin's thoughts turned out to be that Lord Wumin used Princess Sheng'an in the end, and finally used her to avert a crisis and sent all the clansmen away.
So, how stupid is the person who tries to squeeze his daughter and niece into it... Maybe in the future, when Mr. Wumin is not happy, he will click together...
Thinking of that scene, I felt a little speechless, so I returned the memorial to him: "Then what are you going to do? Now they are aggressive, and they can't always be perfunctory...For now, it's a good thing that they are just using notes. I really can't handle what I said."
Lord Wumin thought for a while, and said: "If it's really not possible, just take one or two?"
I was sweating all over my head: "No! Of course you're fine, I... I'm a woman, and it would be too..." Thinking of such a scene, I felt chills all over my body: "Anyway, this is absolutely not acceptable. "
Mr. Wumin continued to suggest: "Otherwise... Seriously, we... perform the ceremony of husband and wife? It can be exchanged, and it can make you pregnant, killing two birds with one stone."
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"...It kills two birds with one stone, shut up, it's impossible!" I said awkwardly, "If this is really the case, I'd rather just accept the concubine..."
Mr. Wumin smiled, dragged his chin and said: "Forget it, now I can be perfunctory... Anyway, I just don't accept concubines, and they can't do anything. We have only been married for more than two months. Let’s talk about not being pregnant.”
I suddenly had a sense of crisis: "What do you mean? Do I have to..."
Lord Wumin gave me a comforting smile: "Don't think too much, who knows what will happen in the future."
I can't accept such comfort...
In the end, Mr. Wumin thought of a way, which is to ask me to pretend to be very distressed and say that it is fine to choose a concubine, but it seems that there are no good candidates.
Of course, I don't need to worry about this kind of thing. The next day, the portraits of the daughters in the capital, their birthdays, morals, words and deeds, etc. were all written on many papers, and they floated to the imperial study.
I sorted them out, and I calculated that there were probably no less than a hundred of them, and suddenly I felt a little headache for Mr. Wumin.
Mr. Wumin is very rude in his speech, and the same is true for correcting memorials. I don’t know how many times he used my mouth to scold many people inside and out, including this concubine craze, he is also very rude. Every sentence is heartbreaking.
Just like Wang Hanlin's daughter, she just has a small mole on her mouth, and she also specially noted that it means that she can eat and is blessed, but Mr. Wumin replied that this is a sign of good tongue and should not be included in the harem, so as not to cause disputes .
It's also like Jiang Taifu's daughter, her eyes are slightly raised, which is considered to be beautiful phoenix eyes, but he said that she has fox eyes, which is a foxy look, which can easily confuse the king and endanger the country... How high has this risen
In short, the daughter of the Dong family dislikes her being too tall, the daughter of the Xi family dislikes her being too short, the daughter of the Nan family dislikes her being too fat, and the daughter of the Bei family dislikes her being too thin...
No one is perfect, so of course he has flaws everywhere.
As far as I know, in the past two weeks, there have been four or five cases where the daughters of high-ranking officials have found themselves short-circuited—fortunately, the family members have been prepared, so none of them died.
Hey, it's really unbearable to see...
But in this way, the empress was put on the cusp of the storm again.
Everyone is like, since the emperor is so picky, the empress must be a perfect woman, otherwise how can the emperor fall in love at first sight, and even almost abandon the country for it
… As the real Princess Changyi, I am under a lot of pressure.
But fortunately, everyone is only discussing in private. Although I have heard about it, no one has the courage to confront me or Lord Wumin face to face.
Because of Mr. Wumin's merciless reply, the matter of concubine selection subsided little by little. Mr. Wumin hadn't accompanied me for a long time in the imperial study room for the memorial, and finally got free to go with me to review the memorial in the imperial study.
There are a lot of things going on recently, winter is coming, snowstorms and freezing damage continue to occur in various places, and people in difficult places have been frozen to death or starved to death one after another. In fact, Xiyang Country is already very good, but it is still inevitable that such things will happen, so Beichang Country and Dongyuan Country are even more conceivable. At this time, only Nanwen Country, which is located in the south and is warm all year round, can compare it is good.
There are a lot of things going on in various places, and I try my best to help Mr. Wumin deal with some not-so-big things. After all, I have learned some things after such a long time—although these things, for the real Yun Jiao, It's actually useless...
Mr. Wumin and I turned on the lamp until midnight. I felt sore hands and dry eyes, so I put down my pen, rubbed my eyes, and lazily leaned back on the chair.
Looking at Mr. Wumin again, he doesn't seem to be very tired - Mr. Wumin seems to have unlimited energy anyway, before he answered the matter of choosing a concubine all night, he was also full of energy, but... I am very worried about whether my body will grow old faster…
Suddenly, there was a melodious flute sound outside.
Mr. Wumin and I were both stunned, looking outside inexplicably—in the middle of the night, who doesn't sleep and play the flute? !
And playing the flute in the palace... This... seems to have violated no laws. That's because the people who made the laws probably couldn't have thought of such a bizarre thing... But, it shouldn't be anyway, right
The sound of the flute was clear and clear, which was quite artistic, but in such a night, the sound of the flute leisurely added a bit of horror.
I silently looked at Lord Wumin: "You... tell yourself, did you force other people in the palace to kill some little maid..."
Lord Wumin: "..."
"It's not okay, they all came here by themselves..." Mr. Wumin waved his hand irritably, "I'll go out and have a look."
I thought about it, and felt that it would be scary to stay alone in the imperial study, so I said, "I'll go with you."
Mr. Wumin and I opened the door, and the two guards at the door were still standing there dutifully. Woman, her back is facing us, her long black hair flutters in the air, a green flute is placed in front of her, her white hands are walking on it, and her body is also rising and falling with the rhythm of the flute.
The moonlight shone on her, making her look abnormally white...
I looked at Mr. Wumin tremblingly: "You... how dare you say that you haven't killed anyone..."
Lord Wumin: "..."
Looking at his expression, it seems that he is really starting to recall whether he has ever killed someone...
At this time, that court lady... I don't know if she is a human court lady, suddenly stopped playing the flute, and my heart tightened. According to my experience of reading scripts for many years, she is going to turn around now and start telling her grievances. And generally speaking, with such a beautiful back, the front must be very scary...
Sure enough, she put down her flute and turned her head slowly...
I screamed, shrank behind Wumin-jun, leaned my head on Wumin-jun...in fact, it was my own back, and closed my eyes tightly.
quiet... always quiet...
Why is there no such gloomy voice
I raised my head hesitantly, only to find that the palace maid looked pretty from the front, and... upon closer inspection, she seemed to be a normal person. Take a closer look... Does it look familiar
Mr. Wumin's memory is obviously better than mine, so he said lightly, "Are you Liu Ya, the daughter of Mr. Liu?"