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This is also related to the fact that Gu Ming gave him some pills.

Although these elixirs cannot prolong life, they can make Fusu strengthen his body and reduce the damage of diseases.

If there are no accidents, even if you can't live a long life, it's okay to live a **** ten.

"Haha, Your Majesty is safe and sound?"

"It's okay, it's all thanks to the medicine given by the national teacher. This... oh, I remembered, Mrs. Mingzhu... Unexpectedly, even Mrs. Mingzhu has not changed at all..."

The fashionable banshee smiled, subconsciously glanced at Gu Ming and said, "Naturally, I should also thank Master Guoshi."

"That's right, Master Guoshi is a fairy-like figure... Guoshi, Mrs. Mingzhu, please come inside."

After chatting for a while, Fusu couldn't help but said: "Recently, I have been considering passing on the position. Although my health is not bad, it is inevitable that sometimes I am not able to cope with all the hard work."

"Well, if the emperor has the heart, it's all right to pass on the throne."

"The national teacher came just in time. I am hesitating whether I should pass the throne to the crown prince or the third prince..."

When the first emperor was in power, there was no crown prince.One is to prevent the princes from seizing the heir, and the other is to observe more and give each prince a chance.

However, Fusu's philosophy is different.

If there is no crown prince, the conspiracy among the princes will become even more serious.

The establishment of the prince in advance can also help some major national affairs, even if he is mistaken, he can be re-established in the future.

"This..." Gu Ming pondered for a while and said, "I don't know much about the crown prince and the third prince, so I'm afraid it's hard to give the emperor an opinion."

"This is simple, the national teacher can talk to them separately to see what their ideas are.

I know that the national teacher has always been very accurate in judging people, so the opinion of the national teacher is very important to my choice. "

Having said that, Gu Ming couldn't refuse, so he agreed...

Chapter 4 The Princess of the Western Regions in Distress...

In the end, before Gu Ming went to find the crown prince and the third prince, the two of them took the initiative to visit the National Teacher's Mansion one after the other.

Thinking about it, I also heard some rumors, and this is here to make a relationship.

The prince arrived first and brought many gifts.

In addition to gold, silver and satin, eight singers and dancers were specially selected.

This is not some kind of beauty trick, after all, it is relatively popular in the aristocratic circle.

Although the current Daqin is developing very fast, it still has an ancient background anyway, and the entertainment methods are naturally far less colorful than Gu Ming's previous life.

Common people's entertainment methods are usually listening to storytelling, watching operas and so on.

Rich people are better, they can play around, or visit brothels and the like.

Relatively speaking, the rich family and the aristocratic circle have more entertainment methods. In addition to the regular listening to dramas, playing games, and shopping, you can also ride horses, archery, hunt, and so on.

At home, drinking while enjoying the performances of singers and dancers is undoubtedly the most enjoyable and popular.

It is also a status symbol.

After all, ordinary rich people cannot afford to support professional singers and dancers.

Most people like the new and dislike the old. After a long time, it is inevitable that they will have a kind of aesthetic fatigue on the singers and dancers at home.

In addition, if you look for it, you will need to spend a lot of money, and second, you may not be able to find it in a short time.

Therefore, exchanging singers and dancers has become the most convenient way.

In this way, you don't need to spend too much money, you don't need to spend time to cultivate, and you can keep it fresh. Why not do it?

The popularity of singers and dancers also gave birth to an industrial chain with huge profits.

In the words of later generations, it is called assembly line operation.

Some people search for suitable candidates from all over the world, and even travel thousands of miles to foreign places to look for them.

After all, women from other regions have different styles, so their worth will naturally rise.

Someone is responsible for the training, responsible for teaching these women rhythm, dancing posture, poetry, including standing posture, walking, etiquette, etc. In short, the requirements are very strict.

These singers and dancers went outside, and their temperament and charm were not inferior to those of the ladies.

After passing the training, someone is responsible for marketing...

For the sake of their future, some ministers often spend a lot of money to buy a few singers to give to their bosses, which is much more elegant than giving gold, silver and jewelry.

The eight singers sent by the crown prince are all top-notch in terms of appearance, figure, and skills, which shows that he spent a lot of thought and paid a huge price.

Standing in the hall, it is really Yingying Yanyan, and the fragrance of flowers is overwhelming.

Of course, Gu Ming will not get lost among the flowers, after all, he has seen too many beauties in the world...

So he declined politely and said: "I appreciate the prince's kindness, and you also know that I don't often stay in the mansion."

"There is no need for the national teacher to refuse, this is just Xiao Wang's wish..."

After some refusals, the prince was firm, and Gu Ming could only agree first.

If he resolutely refuses to accept the prince's gift, then the prince will inevitably have some ideas, thinking that Gu Ming does not support him.

Next, the prince didn't mention the succession to the throne, but chatted with Gu Ming about some state affairs, and at the same time he talked about his own ideas.

Of course, these ideas are not necessarily thought up by him, there must still be advisers behind him.

After chatting until the evening, Gu Ming set up a banquet to entertain them.

The prince also took the opportunity to let the eight singers perform live...

After watching for a while, Gu Ming had to admit that these eight singers were indeed of the first-class standard, and if one of them was brought out randomly, the value might not be less than a thousand gold.

This is also the reason why ordinary rich people can't afford to support singers.

Reluctantly raising one will only make people laugh. Generally speaking, at least four are needed, so that they can cooperate with each other and sing and dance.

In the middle of the night, the prince said goodbye and left.

As soon as he left, the Chao Banshee came out, and said sourly to Gu Ming: "My lord, you won't be lonely now. Maybe, after the third prince hears about it, he will also send eight beauties over."

Gu Ming pinched the tip of the fashionable banshee's nose amusedly: "Why are you jealous? They are just divas, and they are admired for their performances, not concubines."

"It's not the same..."

The trendy banshee is not talking nonsense. Although the singer is worth a lot of money, her status is not much higher than that of a maid.

In addition to accompanying the host, sometimes they even accompany the guests at the request of the host.

To put it simply, their existence is actually used by the rich and powerful for entertainment and entertainment.

"Okay, don't be sour. It's really useless for me to keep them. After all, you also know that I don't come here often. Why don't you give them back their freedom?"

"also."

Unexpectedly, when Gu Ming proposed to return the freedom of these singers, only two of them couldn't help but thanked them repeatedly.

The other six knelt down and begged Gu Ming not to drive them away.

Because they have no family and no relatives, and they have nowhere to go after they leave. I am afraid that they will be forcibly kidnapped again to become singers or even sold to brothels.

Having said that, Gu Ming couldn't help pondering.

The Chao Banshee thought for a while, and couldn't help but said: "How about this, anyway, there are not many servants in the National Teacher's Mansion, so why not let them stay in the National Teacher's Mansion, anyway, I will often practice here in the future."

Hearing this, the six singers were very grateful and thanked them repeatedly.

As expected, the third prince also visited the next day.

Similarly, he also prepared a lot of gifts.

But it can be seen that the gift he prepared was much more thoughtful than the prince.

One, he didn't send gold and silver, and two, he didn't send beauties.

What he gave away were famous horses, swords, soft armor, and a set of Confucian bamboo slips that he found somewhere.

No matter what, compared to the gift from the prince, Gu Ming prefers the gift from the third prince.

Although he may not be able to use it, at least it can be seen from it that the third prince is better at trying to figure out people's hearts.

After a long talk, Gu Ming found that the third prince's thinking was farther than the prince's.

And he can conclude that some of the ideas are the third prince's own, not planned by the adviser.

Because, Gu Ming deliberately rambled about the topic, and sometimes asked questions suddenly, at this time the third prince's answer would almost come from a kind of instinct.

From this point of view, Gu Ming is naturally inclined to the third prince.

After all, an emperor must have a vision far beyond that of ordinary people.A country is no more than a family, Daqin is so big, repeated tossing will only lead to exhaustion of national power.

So you must have a relatively long-term plan.

Therefore, Gu Ming later entered the palace and told Fu Su his point of view.

As for Fusu's choice, let him think about it himself.

a few days later.

At noon, the wind and the sun are beautiful.

Gu Ming accompanied the fashionable banshee to enjoy tea and flowers in the back garden, leisurely and leisurely.

Of the eight singers sent by the crown prince back then, two of them voluntarily became conscientious, and Gu Ming sent someone to send them back to their hometown, and changed their good status, and gave them some gold and silver.

The other six remained as personal maids.

Among the six maids, four are women from the Western Regions, but there is no problem in communication, after all, they are trained.

After drinking tea for a while, Gu Ming subconsciously glanced at a maid named Casey and said, "Mingzhu, have you noticed that there is something special about this Casey?"

"Special? Young Master, you mean... she looks beautiful?"

"No, no, that's not it. I mean, she has a kind of temperament that ordinary people's daughters don't have, and her eyes sometimes look very melancholy..."

"This should be normal, right? After all, they have undergone rigorous training, are proficient in rhythm, and it is normal for them to have a distinctive temperament.

Melancholy... maybe homesickness? "

Gu Ming shook his head: "No, I don't think that's the case... Otherwise, I'll ask her."

So, Gu Ming raised his hand and called out, "Cathy, come here."

"Yes!"

Casey responded, and stepped forward to give a blessing.

"I don't know what the young master ordered?"

"Cathy, where are you from?"

Upon hearing this, Casey was stunned for a moment, then murmured back: "West... people from the Western Regions..."

"I know you are from the Western Regions, but the Western Regions are so big and there are so many countries, which country are you from?"

"Slave...Slave..."

Seeing Casey's indecision, Gu Ming was sure that his feeling was right, this woman must have some secret.

So he said: "Kathy, you don't have to be afraid, you can speak out boldly, there is no one else here."

Hearing this, Casey's eyes changed for a while, and finally she cried: "Slave... Slave is from Liuye."

"Leaf Country?"

"Liuye Kingdom? Is that the Liuye Kingdom that was annexed by Xiye Kingdom?" Chao Banshee couldn't help asking.

"Exactly!"

"So that's the case... what about your family?"

Gu Ming couldn't help asking.

"The servant's family... except for one younger sister... are all dead..."

Having said that, Casey couldn't help crying bitterly.

After she calmed down for a while, Gu Ming asked again and again, and Kathy finally revealed her true identity.

Unexpectedly, she was already the princess of Liuye Kingdom.