"Beauties don't need to be polite, please get up quickly."
When King Han saw Hu Meiren, who showed a charming look in every frown and smile, he felt that his bones were lightened by three points. He quickly stepped forward to interrupt her salute and helped her up personally.
Hu Meiren held King Han's arm and walked into the palace slowly. She brought the ginseng and lotus seed soup prepared in advance to King Han and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I know you will come tonight.
Therefore, I specially prepare ginseng and lotus seed soup for you, which can just relieve the fatigue of your Majesty after a hard day's work."
"Okay, okay, the beauty has a heart!"
"Your Majesty, these lotus seeds originally had a bit of a bitter taste, but after I simmered them over low heat for four hours, they became sweet and refreshing. Coupled with these century-old ginseng slices, they are extremely nourishing."
When King Han heard this, his eyes changed slightly, and he said calmly: "The beauty is really thoughtful. She even specially prepared century-old ginseng for me. She must have put a lot of thought into it!"
"Your Majesty, you are making fun of me again. I am just a palace woman. How can I get a hundred-year-old ginseng? I am just borrowing flowers to offer to the Buddha!"
"What do you mean by this beauty?"
Hu Meiren didn't seem to notice King Han's probing intention, and said innocently: "I got the king's permission yesterday. When I went to the Yaxin Pavilion to watch a play, I happened to meet the same person there.
Xiaoyaohou went to the theater and the two of us hit it off immediately and became good sisters who talked about everything.
When I was about to return to the palace, Xiaoyao Hou specially asked someone to prepare a generous gift for me, most of which were jewelry. This century-old ginseng was also a gift from her.
However, I also understand in my heart that even if we two hit it off, she shouldn't prepare such a generous gift for me. It must be more for the king's sake.
Those jewelry pieces are indeed exquisite and beautiful, so I kept them for myself. However, I can’t enjoy this century-old ginseng myself. It’s better to give it to the king to nourish his body.
I am not a fool, the king is my biggest supporter. Only when the king is healthy can I watch the show with peace of mind!"
"You~"
After hearing Hu Meiren's words, King Han couldn't help but stretched out his arms to hold her in his arms, patting her little hand with a doting look on his face.
In fact, even if Hu Meiren did not take the initiative to tell these things, it would be impossible for her encounter with the empress to be hidden from King Han's eyes.
Originally, King Han had some doubts about whether Hu Meiren would be bribed by the empress. However, now that Hu Meiren took the initiative to tell these things, the suspicion in King Han's heart was dispelled, and he became more and more fond of her.
Of course, the main reason why King Han gave up his suspicion so quickly was because the empress was a woman.
If it were other courtiers who gave gifts to Hu Meiren, the King of Han would probably have punished them long ago instead of just being suspicious.
"Beauty, since you hit it off with Xiaoyao Hou, what kind of person do you think she is?"
"I haven't been with Xiaoyao Hou for a long time, but during the chat with her, I discovered that she knows astronomy and geography. She should be a heroine who is not inferior to other women."
In the middle of her words, Hu Meiren suddenly sighed and said: "It's a pity that Xiaoyao Hou is a woman. Otherwise, if she were a man, she would definitely become a fierce general like General Ji Wuye. She would help the king solve his problems, and the king would have more opportunities.
It’s time to spend time with my concubine.”
As soon as Hu Meiren finished speaking, King Han suddenly couldn't help laughing: "Hahaha, women are good, women are much better than men..."
"Your Majesty, what's wrong with you? Have you thought of something happy?"
"Beauty, you are truly my lucky star!"
King Han had not thought of this before, but after Hu Meiren's subtle reminder just now, he suddenly understood what he should do next?
Although King Han was a fatuous king, he was not a fool, otherwise he would not have been able to ascend the throne, let alone deliberately support Kaidi to check and balance Ji Wuye.
Over the years, Ji Wuye's power has become more and more powerful, and even Kaidi has gradually been suppressed by him, so the King of Han is planning to train another powerful minister to check and balance Ji Wuye.
However, most of the current civil and military officials in South Korea have fallen under the command of Kaifangdi and Ji Wuye. It is not an easy task for the King of Han to re-train a powerful minister who can compete with them.
The appearance of Xiaoyao Hou, the empress, gave King Han the best candidate to train.
First of all, the empress is neither a member of Kaifangdi nor Ji Wuye; secondly, the empress is backed by the huge financial support provided by Zhuge Qingyun; and the last and most critical point is that the empress is a woman.
For a king like King Han, it doesn't matter whether the rights of his subordinates are great or not. However, they must not threaten his own throne.
The reason why many emperors in history liked to reuse eunuchs was because they knew that eunuchs could never pose a threat to their throne.
No matter how powerful the eunuch's power is, it can only be above ten thousand people and below one person. Although the empress is not a eunuch, she is a woman. It is equally difficult for her to become an emperor.
That's why the King of Han is prepared to vigorously support the Empress. Instead of handing over military power to an ambitious person like Ji Wuye, it would be better to hand over Korea's military power to the Empress!
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Time flies by, and more than half a month has passed before you know it, and the situation in Xinzheng City has also undergone great changes.
Under the deliberate cultivation of King Han, the Empress, the newly appointed Xiaoyao Hou, soon became a hot new powerful person in Xinzheng City. She even took away part of the power of the imperial army from Ji Wuye's hands.
Therefore, Ji Wuye carried out several assassination plans against the Empress. Unfortunately, under the secret planning of Zhuge Qingyun and Zhuge Liang, the assassination plan he carried out not only did not hurt the Empress' hair, but also killed the "Hundred Birds" under his command.
The killer organization suffered heavy losses.
Compared with Ji Wuye's unabashed hostility, Xiang Guo's attitude towards the empress was much kinder. He focused more on winning over the empress.
Although Kaifangdi had great power in the court, he was only a civil servant after all. He had no military power, so he would not pose a threat to the throne of the King of Han.
The empress's status in the court was rising day by day, but the main thing she divided was Ji Wuye's rights. She did not cause much damage to Kaifangdi, so Kaifangdi naturally did not hate her.
Taking advantage of King Han's intention to cultivate her, the empress also took the opportunity to place many of her confidants in the Korean army, gradually forming a rivalry with Ji Wuye.