The old general Chun Yuan is not optimistic about this royal draft. In his opinion, the new emperor must first find a way to secure the throne. Now that the war with Dashun is imminent, if he does not study the war carefully, what kind of talent should he choose at this time?
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But if you think about it from another angle, having a substantial harem would be helpful to secure the throne, but it would also be a pain for his daughter.
"Master." A secret guard stood in front of Chunyu An and reported to him truthfully the situation in the palace in recent days, "Duanmu Anguo has been with the emperor these days. He even stayed in the palace last night and did not leave until dawn this morning.
It is said that during this draft, Duanmu Anguo also selected several beauties to enter the palace, and the portraits of those beauties were first handed to the emperor, who was very satisfied."
"Yes." Chun Yuan nodded, "When the emperor was still a prince, he trusted and relied on Duanmu Anguo very much. Now, the relationship between the two seems to be getting better and better. Anyway, as long as Duanmu Anguo
If you can help me, Zong Sui, win the Dashun, I will have to endure his arrogance."
"Sir," the staff beside him said with concern: "Duanmu Anguo's ambition can be seen at a glance. Aren't you afraid that he will one day replace you?"
Chun Yuan laughed loudly after hearing this, "Replacing him? He must also have that ability. Duanmu Anguo is so old that the lower half of his body is in the soil, how many days can he still jump around? In the day with Dashun
In a confrontation, he lost all his heirs, even a single seedling in his Duanmu family was gone, and he still wants to cause trouble in Zong Sui?"
The staff thought for a while and felt that what Chun Yuan said was reasonable, but there was one thing he couldn't understand: "Duanmu Anguo has no children now, and he himself is in his twilight years. Why is he going through all this trouble?"
"Hmph!" Chun Yuan snorted coldly, "He wants to use Zong Sui to defeat Dashun, regain the lost territory in the three northern provinces, and dream of revitalizing the Duanmu clan. But he doesn't even think about how, at his age, he can regain the lost territory.
What's the use of going back to the three northern provinces? Can he still have a son?"
Chun Yuan was very disdainful of Duanmu Anguo, but he had some doubts about the attitude of the new emperor of Zong Sui. Duanmu Anguo did bring many troops to Zong Sui, but he did not trust the new emperor to such an extent.
Even under the instigation of Duanmu Anguo, the new emperor made a rather extreme change when thinking about the Dashun issue.
Initially, the new emperor of the Sui Dynasty only planned to no longer obey the jurisdiction of Dashun. However, under Duanmu Anguo's repeated encouragement, he actually planned to send troops to Dashun and subdue Dashun under the wings of Zong Sui.
Come on! This made Chun Yuan a little frightened.
Zong Sui's confrontation with Dashun sounds exciting, but in fact, Zong Sui does not have that kind of strength!
Chun Yuan was puzzled by this, but for some reason, the new emperor was particularly confident in conquering Dashun. Chun Yuan thought to himself that maybe Duanmu An was sure of victory, and there was Bu Cong, a former Dashun.
With the general present, Zong Sui's chances of winning are indeed better. This is a gamble. If he loses, Zong Sui will be defeated. If he wins, Zong Sui will achieve the great cause of unification.
"Have you found out which women were sent in by Duanmu Anguo?" Chunyu secretly asked the secret guard in front of him.
The secret guard nodded, "It has been identified that there are four people in total. Their identities should not be concealed. According to the eunuch in the palace, they will be made public during the draft."
"Four people... this is on the surface." The staff interjected, "Since the eunuch said it would be made public, it will be made public, but how can Duanmu Anguo have such a good heart and only send beauties to please the emperor? According to my subordinates
Look, in addition to these four people, there must be other women who also entered the palace to run for election under the arrangement of Duanmu Anguo, but no one knows about it. What we need to pay attention to is not the four public beauties, but
We must do everything we can to find other hidden beauties."
"Yes." Chunyu An nodded and ordered the secret guard: "Go and tell the Queen to pay more attention to this class of beautiful women. If there are any top-notch ones, we must extinguish their arrogance."
Today, the new emperor Zong Sui holds his first draft, and the first batch of beautiful girls are preparing to enter the palace.
Early in the morning, except for the north gate, all the other three city gates were opened wide to welcome the beautiful ladies who came from all over the country to participate in the election.
The first batch of beautiful ladies to enter the palace totaled fifty-eight, coming from official families from all over the Zong and Sui Dynasties. All of them had good roots and their family backgrounds had been carefully checked to ensure that nothing was missing.
However, even a hundred people cannot find something that one person hides. In the team of girls participating in the talent show this time, there were two people sitting in a carriage, a young lady and a maid. Among them, the young lady looked about sixteen or seventeen years old.
Wearing a light green dress, she has a beautiful face and is elegantly dressed. She does not seem to be as deliberately painted on her eyebrows and wearing flowers as other beautiful girls, but it is precisely because of this that she is different. It is as if she is
A stream of clear spring under the scorching sun always makes people unable to help but look at it more.
The woman in green looked calm, showing no joy or curiosity about her first visit to Beijing. She just sat quietly in the car, and even said to the maid who was lifting the curtain to look out: "Put the curtain down! There is nothing to see, after all."
It’s just bigger and more lively than our original place.”
The maid was also very obedient. She put it down when asked to do so, then she straightened up and came back face to face with the lady. No one said anything.
The carriage moved forward for a while, and the lady in green finally spoke again, asking the maid in front of her: "Do you know who else, besides us, came to Beijing under his arrangement?
"
The maid shook her head: "I don't know. It is said that his daughters are all over the world. But after so many years, we have also inquired secretly, but we still don't know where the others are hidden. It's the same when entering the palace this time. Those who come to give orders
He said that you don’t need to know each other’s identities, and you don’t need to care about others after entering the palace. You just need to do everything you can to live a good life. After all, being able to survive in the harem and being favored by the emperor is the most important thing. If you can’t achieve it,
At this point, we are useless."
"Yes!" The woman in green sighed, "You are right, we can only help him if we survive and are favored by the emperor. Otherwise, we will be of no use to him at all. He won't
It doesn't matter whether we live or die." She snorted coldly, "What kind of father are you talking about? Having a father like this is the most unfortunate thing."
"Miss." The maid quickly advised: "Don't say anything like this again. After we enter the capital and come to the capital, we must accept this fate. Think about the master and his wife who are still in Jinzhuzhou! If we
If you don't cooperate with Duanmu Anguo, the lives of the master, his wife, and the entire family will be in danger. Duanmu Anguo acts ruthlessly, and if he gets ruthless, it is entirely possible to kill everyone in our family."
The woman in green couldn't help but shudder. Thinking of her home in Jincheng, her parents, her grandmother, and her brothers and sisters who had raised her since she was a child, her heart that was originally aggrieved for herself gradually calmed down.
When she came down, there was a smile on her face, "Yes! For them, it's all worth it. As long as they can continue to live peacefully, it doesn't matter if I suffer some grievances?" She said and looked again.
Looking at the maid in front of her, she asked: "We are all the tools he gave birth to. I am, and so are you. But I have adopted parents who loved me since I was a child. They don't even know that I am not their biological child until now."
As for my daughter, I have lived happily for the past sixteen years. But you are different. We are actually sisters, but since we were young, I was the master and you were the servant. Do you...do you think it's unfair?
"
The maid smiled bitterly and shook her head: "There is nothing unfair. I have been assigned this role since I was born. I have to admit it even if I don't admit it. Miss, although we are all tools, once the tool becomes successful, it can no longer be controlled by that person.
Control. I hope you succeed, so that I can live a safe life under your wings. But if you fail, I will most likely be asked to complete the task on your behalf, but I... don't want to."
The maid lowered her head and looked sad.
The woman in green understands what she said, and now, they have the only way to go. The maid is right, only by becoming successful can she have a chance to get rid of Duanmu Anguo's control. Even if she has a chance in the future, she will
She tried every means to put Duanmu Anguo to death. Only when Duanmu Anguo died could she live a stable life. Her parents would still be her parents. She would pretend that none of this had ever happened and live happily.
Live life in the palace and seek the best interests for your mother clan.
In Zongsui Palace, Queen Chunyu Qing was sitting in the pavilion, holding a book in her hand and looking at it carefully with her beautiful eyebrows. The pavilion was surrounded by waiting maids and eunuchs, some carrying tea and some carrying cakes.
There are also two eunuchs with a chair placed next to them so that the empress can sit down and enjoy the scenery anytime and anywhere.
The new emperor Li Jian loved his first wife very much. Not only did he give her the most noble position of queen, but he also gave her great power in the palace. c≡c≡c≡ge c≡
But Chun Yuqing knew that all this was just because she was the daughter of the old general Chun Yuan. His father held more than half of Zong Sui's military power, and it would take some time for the newly ascended emperor to take it all back, so he had to
Sliding away from Chunyu's house. In fact, Li Jian didn't have much affection for her. Their relationship as husband and wife was just as plain as water, and they respected each other as guests.
This state seems very harmonious to others, and may even be praised by others. But for couples, treating each other with respect is the greatest tragedy.
Chun Yuqing looked at the roster in his hand and felt inexplicably irritable. The maid next to him saw that although the queen was holding the book in her hand, she had not turned a page for a long time, so she said helplessly: "Empress, I know you don't want to see this.
, but all the show girls participating in the election today have entered the city. Although the first show is hosted by Concubine Wu, these people have also gone through three rounds of questioning, but you still need to take a look before you give them a word.
, otherwise Concubine Li would not dare to keep anyone."
"Then just keep no one." Chun Yuqing threw the book in his hand on the table and coldly snorted: "You can only be quiet if you don't keep an eye on anyone. What's the good of bringing so many people into the palace?"
"But this is what the emperor has approved." The little palace maid was also very helpless, "I guess the empress just thinks that there are so many people in the palace to relieve your boredom! You are also tired from running the harem, and you can have more people in the future.
If you share the burden, it will relieve a lot of worries!"
"Yes! Someone shared the harem lockup, and the emperor also shared it." She shrugged and smiled, with bitterness on her face.
But at this moment, a little eunuch trotted over and whispered a few words in front of Chun Yuqing. Chun Yuqing suddenly became confused and asked in surprise: "How could this happen?"