Seeing Zhao Yun like this, Ge Hong thought that Zhao Yun was not satisfied with the number of women to choose from. He felt deeply ashamed and said: "I know that the forty-six people are indeed a little less. If your Majesty is not satisfied, I will order a commander to general the whole country."
When all the women who meet the conditions are collected, the virtuous will be selected from the virtuous, the wise from the wise, and the beautiful from the beautiful, there will be thousands of women for His Majesty to see in person."
"Thousands?" Zhao Yun's eyes widened.
When Ge Hong saw that Zhao Yun was still like this, he thought to himself that a thousand women for you to choose from are still too few?
Ge Hong hesitated and finally said: "If your Majesty still thinks it is not enough, I will collect tens of thousands of them for your Majesty to see in person. What do you think of it?"
"Tens of thousands!"
This time Zhao Yun's eyes almost popped out. Could he really choose among 10,000 women?
Also, he just said that he can choose six to nine women to be beauties at once, and then he can appoint queens among these women in the future. Can he choose so many at once?
Zhao Yun's head was big, and he felt a little ethereal and unreal.
Seeing Zhao Yun staring and not speaking for a long time, Ge Hong felt uncertain and thought that ten thousand would be too few.
Ge Hong asked tentatively: "Your Majesty, how many people do you think are suitable?"
"I, I,,,"
Zhao Yun was a little nervous and seemed a little overwhelmed. He even forgot to call himself "I".
No, you are the emperor, how can you make others laugh?
"cough."
Zhao Yun forced himself to calm down, coughed heavily, and returned the roster to Ge Hong, saying: "Qing family, the soldiers on the front line are currently fighting bloody battles. If I choose a Na'vi to enter the palace at this time, although the soldiers will not say anything,
But I can’t help but feel unfair, and I also feel that something is wrong, so I won’t mention it in advance and will deal with it after Li Quan’s chaos subsides.”
Ge Hong raised his hand and said: "Your Majesty, you must not delay the important matter of marriage. As the Minister of Rites, it is my responsibility. Your Majesty, please consider it carefully."
Zhao Yun was silent for a while, and finally said in a low tone, "I have been very cautious. Okay, if you have nothing to do with the Qing family, please go back first."
After Zhao Yun said this, of course Ge Hong couldn't say anything more and left disappointed.
After Ge Hong left, Zhao Yun felt a little uncomfortable. Zhao Yun couldn't explain exactly why he felt uncomfortable.
"This Ge Hong rarely comes to see you, which makes me feel uncomfortable. I will never see him again."
Zhao Yun felt empty in his heart. He could neither stand nor sit. He even lost interest in fishing, so he simply put away his fishing rod and went back.
Back in the study, Zhao Yun sat down and looked through the books. After reading for a while, the topic of choosing a concubine suddenly popped into his mind.
What Ge Hong just said just now is that if the forty-six are not enough, then choose from the whole country, and if a thousand are not enough, then choose from the ten thousand. These words seemed to have penetrated into Zhao Yun's mind, and he kept repeating them.
Not only that, Zhao Yun even imagined in his mind the scene of himself auditioning for concubines across the country, which made Zhao Yun quite embarrassed. Fortunately, no one could see what was going on in his head, otherwise, he would be embarrassed.
Shame to death.
"Forget it, let's go and take a nap first. After a nap, you'll be fine."
Zhao Yun couldn't calm down and felt that he needed to take a good rest, otherwise he would really not be able to adjust.
So Zhao Yun passed the nap time for the first time and went to bed so early.
"Eunuch Gao, why do you think the officials went to bed so early?"
Seeing that Zhao Yun went to bed so early unlike usual, the serving maids and Xiao Huangmen were all surprised. One of the maids even chatted with Gao Shi to inquire.
Gao Shi pressed his hand and signaled the palace maid to keep her voice down so as not to disturb Zhao Yun.
Gao Shi whispered: "The officials are tired. What's the fuss about if we take a nap? Don't inquire about the affairs of the officials in the future. This is not something for us people to inquire about."
"Yes, yes, I understand." The palace maid smiled.
Zhao Yun treated them very generously, so the atmosphere in Funing Hall has always been very good. Xiao Huangmen and the palace ladies are not afraid of each other and get along like brothers and sisters.
Zhao Yun was lying on the bed, tossing and turning. The more he wanted to sleep, the more he couldn't fall asleep. His mind was filled with all kinds of clutter, which made Zhao Yun very uncomfortable. Unconsciously, Zhao Yun's breathing gradually became heavier.
.
After a while, Zhao Yun said to the outside: "That Gao Shi, I want to take a bath."
Zhao Yun's voice was like a mosquito, and he called Gao Shi several times before he called Gao Shi. Gao Shi continued to apologize to Zhao Yun, saying that he was guilty, but he didn't hear him.
However, it was said that Ge Hong regretfully left Funing Hall and returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites to continue handling affairs. Cui Cheng, the right minister of the Ministry of Rites, came up to ask about Zhao Yun's selection of concubine.
He said to Ge Hong: "I dare to ask the envoy, which daughter of the ministry is the official family satisfied with? It is better for me to make preparations in advance and prepare relevant matters for the official family."
"Why."
Ge Hong sighed, shook his head and said: "The officials said that the court is currently suppressing the rebellion and it is not appropriate to choose a concubine. We will discuss it later."
Cui Cheng was stunned, thinking that the official family was already twenty, but he was not in a hurry. If it had been another official family, there would have been seventy-two concubines in the Three Palaces and Sixth Courtyard. Could it be that the official family had something to hide?
Thinking of this, Cui Cheng shook his head instinctively, no, no, the official family has been busy and has never heard of interesting things. He is probably still a child. In this way, the official family does not know the beauty of women, so naturally he will not
I know I'm impatient, so that's not surprising.
Cui Cheng rolled his eyes and said: "Your Majesty, if you want to facilitate the selection of concubines by officials, you have to find another way."
"Oh, another way?"
Ge Hong became interested and asked hurriedly: "What can we do?"
Cui Cheng was full of confidence and said: "We want to add illustrations to the women's roster. There is a saying that yin and yang attract each other and yin and yang multiply. Officials are in their prime. As long as they see the beautiful portraits of women, they will know that as long as they nod their heads,
This woman will appear next to his bed. How many people in the world can resist this kind of temptation?"
After hearing this, Ge Hong nodded and said: "Gao, Gao, this method may seem careless and trivial, but it goes straight to people's hearts. I will order someone to do it right now."
While Ge Hong and Cuicheng were making suggestions for Zhao Yun's affairs, Xia Gui was also making preparations for the expedition.
Xia Gui's father was okay and didn't say too much, but his mother warned him to be more careful. On the battlefield, swords and guns are blind, so don't be careless. He should listen to Zhao Fan and Zhao Shanxiang and don't give random orders.
Xia Gui fully agreed and promised his mother, and finally his uncle Xia Zhen came.
Xia Zhen said to him: "Xia Gui, please remember my words. As a general, you don't have to fight in person, let alone be in front of everything. Before the battle, just shout a few heroic words and build up your voice and momentum. When the fight starts,
Just go to the back and patrol, and you'll kill anyone who dares to run away. If you're tired, you can just take a nap."