Flower Fairy's Tribulation

The climate in the Wucheng area is similar to that in the Baqiu area. In the middle of winter, dripping water turns into ice, and the ground freezes three feet high. The climate is so bad that it is impossible to use large-scale troops. In the winter of the elves, the Southern Navy and the Holy Spirit Army have been on the border that stretches thousands of miles between Wusheng and Baqiu. The war had to stop.

Mutual military restraint does not mean political relaxation. On the contrary, the political confrontation between various countries gradually entered a white-hot stage during this period.

The military conflict between the Holy Spirit Empire and the West Sea Empire cannot break through the seasonal restrictions. They are temporarily in a state of truce for the winter. However, the overall strategic situation is that the Holy Spirit Empire has occupied more than 5 cities in 60 provinces of the West Sea Empire and is in an offensive state. The West Sea Empire is in a weak defensive counterattack. state, but the West Sea Empire did not surrender and ignored the Holy Spirit Empire’s peace proposal.

Zhao Yunxiao left Lusheng City with the peace negotiation information and returned to Holy Spirit City without any news.

The Southern Navy sent a large number of intelligence personnel into the Holy Spirit Empire-occupied areas to spy on military deployments in various places. At the same time, it set out to instigate a group of senior generals who seemed to be indifferent to the Holy Spirit Empire.

The South China Sea Empire also sent diplomatic and commercial missions to the East China Sea and North Sea Empires to communicate relations, develop friendly trade, conclude contracts, and win the support of the two empires for the newly born small South China Sea Kingdom.

At the end of December in the elven calendar year, as the New Year approaches, the massive diplomatic mission from the East China Sea came to Green Sheng City.

Lin Chenzhong, Hua Yueying, Pang Jianzhong, Li Muyang, Jiang Youyou, He Yiyun and other core military and political officials of the South China Sea Empire went 20 miles out of the city to greet him.

Prince Yi Zhou Leiyang, the envoy of the Zhou royal family of the East China Sea State, submitted the letter of credence for friendly alliance and brought the young and beautiful Princess Zhaoyang Zhou Chunxiao to Lin Chenzhong as his concubine for the sake of marriage. The dowry list of Princess Zhaoyang Zhou Chunxiao It includes the light cavalry equipment of an organic group army, the heavy infantry equipment of an organic group army, and [-] high-quality war horses. These equipments are the strategic materials that the South China Sea Empire is eager to acquire as it expands its military and prepares for war. The generous gifts sent by the East China Sea Kingdom have greatly impressed the military and political officials of the South China Sea Empire. They were extremely moved and held a grand welcome ceremony for the mission.

On the occasion of the New Year, Zhou Chunxiao, the 18-year-old Princess Zhaoyang from the East China Sea Kingdom, was officially canonized as a first-class noble concubine at the palace New Year banquet. She was placed under Queen Baiyunhe and Queen Hongyujiang. Li Qiusha and her sisters were present side by side, enjoying the scenery.

On the first day of the new year, the Hongyu Princess Jiang Youyou, who was pregnant with Liujia, took Concubine Zhou to the Jiang Ancestral Hall to worship her ancestors.

Princess Zhaoyang Zhou Chunxiao is the youngest daughter of Zhou Fan, Prince Yi of the East China Sea Empire. Her mother is Jiang Xiaoxiao, the fourth princess of the former Wusheng Kingdom who was married to the East China Sea Kingdom. In other words, the Ruby Queen Jiang Youyou is Zhou Chunxiao's eighth aunt. Chunxiao is Jiang Youyou's fourth sister's niece.

Jiang Youyou's fourth sister, Jiang Xiaoxiao, married Zhou Fan, Prince of Guorui of the East China Sea, and unfortunately died of the plague a few years after giving birth to Zhou Chunxiao. Zhou Fan gradually lost the power struggle within the Zhou royal family and died of depression. Zhou Fan Chunxiao is now fatherless and dependent on her half-brother Yi Wang Zhou Leiyang. However, Zhou Leiyang does not like this blond sister very much and always wants to marry her off early so as not to be an eyesore. However, Zhou Chunxiao Her vision is quite high, and it is difficult for ordinary princes and grandsons to catch her eye. When she is already in her prime years, she would rather stay at home and suffer the contempt of her brother and sister-in-law than leave the court easily.

He Yiyun's uncle, He Yuli, the new leader of the Liehuo Canglang tribe, was ordered to go to Donghai City as an envoy from the South China Sea Empire to communicate relations between the two countries. Jiang Xiaoxiao was the fourth daughter of Queen He, who was born in the Liehuo Canglang tribe. She was also a member of the Liehuo tribe with a different surname. He Of course Yu Li had to visit his tribe when he went to Donghai City. When he visited the grave of his tribe sister Jiang Xiaoxiao, he met the lovely and pitiful niece Zhou Chunxiao. He Yuli was heartbroken when he learned about Zhou Chunxiao's difficult situation.

At this time, He Yuli came with a marriage mission, and the Zhou royal family also agreed. They were selecting suitable candidates for marriage within the royal family, and were hesitant among several single princesses.

He Yuli immediately bribed Zhou Leiyang with a large amount of money, so that he agreed to recommend his younger sister Zhou Chunxiao to marry the Nanhai Empire to the Zhou royal family. Driving Zhou Chunxiao away was a great joy to Zhou Leiyang, and he agreed without hesitation.

For the young Zhou Chunxiao, marrying in Lusheng City is actually returning to her mother's hometown, just like visiting relatives, and her future husband is Lin Chenzhong, an elite who has recently become a new power in the Elf and Human Race. This is her A wonderful marriage that she would never dare to dream of. Furthermore, the Fiery Wolf Clan is one of the main supporting forces of the South China Sea Empire and has a strong voice within the empire. Moreover, the two queens of the South China Sea Empire are both her aunts from the same family. If When she arrived in the Nanhai Empire, she would definitely have a respected status, and she would not be looked down upon by others no matter what, so Zhou Chunxiao agreed to the marriage mission without hesitation, and recommended herself to the Zhou royal family, strongly requesting to shoulder the mission. As a result, Zhou Chunxiao got her wish. Arrive at Green Sheng City.

The only thing that embarrassed the young concubine Zhou Chunxiao was that she and the two queen aunts shared the same husband. There was a bit of a gap in seniority. Many concubines secretly looked at them with worldly eyes and laughed at them for changing the relationship between aunts and nieces into good sisters. However, they have experienced Jiang Youyou and He Yiyun, who have gone through countless hardships to get where they are today, don't care about these flaws at all, and urge Zhou Chunxiao not to be influenced by these vulgar people, just put the overall situation first and have a clear conscience.

Behind Zhou Chunxiao was the powerful East China Sea Empire. Lin Chenzhong showed special favor to the new peace envoy and specially placed him next to the ruby ​​empress Jiang Youyou to take care of his pregnant aunt. It was easy for him to meet the emperor's young concubine. Soon I was lucky enough to get pregnant.

When April came, the envoys from the Beihai Kingdom also came to Lusheng City. The envoys were Zhang Baibu and Yucui, the former Seven Star Clan, whom Lin Chenzhong thought about day and night.

Zhang Baibu and his wife came here to represent the Bei family of the Beihai Kingdom and sent the sweet princess Beibeijia. Beibeijia's dowry gift was an astonishing amount of elf bank deposits. It is not an exaggeration to describe this fund as being as rich as the enemy. , enough consumption for the South Korean Navy to launch a large-scale military operation.

The Beihai Kingdom did not take any of the betrothal gifts paid by the Nanhai Kingdom, but gave away beautiful girls and countless financial resources to support the struggle between the newly born Nanhai Empire and its powerful enemy the Holy Spirit Empire with practical actions.

Princess Bebejia was also canonized as a first-class concubine.

In June of 6, the royal mission of the Sha family of the West Sea Kingdom detoured to the North Sea and the East China Sea Empire and finally arrived at Lusheng City. The West Sea Kingdom's expectations for the South China Sea Empire were even stronger. They sent the gentle, kind, and stunningly beautiful Cai Feng Princess Sha Ou, carrying a large number of Gifts such as gold jewelry, rare ancient antlers, exotic flowers and herbs, etc., tried their best to persuade the Southern Navy to launch an attack on the eastern front of the Holy Spirit Empire as soon as possible, so that the Holy Spirit Empire was limited to the unfavorable situation of being attacked from both sides and fighting on two fronts. They will only recover the lost inherent territory (including Yangshuo County, which broke away from the Holy Spirit Empire), and will not attempt to occupy any other territory of the original ancient South China Sea country. They will defend their own borders and non-aggression.

Lin Chenzhong accepted it happily, but Hua Yueying asked Lin Chenzhong to be patient for the time being and not to form an alliance with the Xihai Kingdom explicitly. The reason was that the war between the Xihai Kingdom and the Holy Spirit Empire was tense, and the outcome was still unclear. The Westhai Kingdom was eager to win over the South China Sea Empire and stepped up its attack on the Holy Spirit Empire to reduce its own pressure. The pressure is reasonable. Strategically speaking, it is indeed of great benefit to both parties. Marriage and alliance are necessary, but the time is not ripe.

Hua Yueying believes that the Holy Spirit Empire has not replied to Jiang Youyou's peace terms, but it has not explicitly rejected it. Moreover, with the arrival of spring and the revival of all things, the Holy Spirit Army has not launched a counterattack on the eastern front as scheduled. This shows that the top leaders of Holy Spirit City are fighting for peace or peace. He is also undecided on the issue.

Looking at the world, only the Nanhai Empire now has 8 top powerhouses from the Nine Flowers Gathering, surpassing the 4 from the other three empires. It is the only one that can compete with the Holy Spirit Empire in the field of top powerhouses (Nine Flowers Gathering currently has 26 ), and the Southern Navy defeated the powerful Holy Spirit Army one after another with its weak troops. The commanding ability of military counselor Hua Yueying shocked the world of the clan, and other empires lamented that no one could match them.

The three major empires spared no expense to win over the South China Sea Empire and support its determination to fight the arrogant Holy Spirit Empire to the end. This is also for their own national destiny: the Holy Spirit Empire is too powerful and aims to rule the entire elves and humans. All three empires are It has a thorn in its side and wants to eliminate it quickly, so the three empires cannot coexist with the Holy Spirit Empire. They also want to destroy it quickly, but they don't want to easily get involved in a war that they are not completely sure of.

The Holy Spirit Empire also coveted the vast territories and rich products of the three empires. It was its established national policy to use troops to annex the three empires one after another. However, it did not expect that the Loyalty Army and the Southern Navy led by Lin Chenzhong and Hua Yueying suddenly emerged and forcibly separatized the eastern part of the Holy Spirit Empire. Part of the territory has caught fire in its backyard, and judging from the current situation of both sides, the senior leaders of the Holy Spirit Empire believe that the issue of the separation of the Southern Navy cannot be solved in a short time. Taking a step back, if the Southern Navy is defeated, the Holy Spirit Empire will once again directly border the powerful East China Sea Empire. , it is difficult to say whether it will stimulate the East China Sea Empire's feeling of death and coldness and directly join the war. If the Nanhai Kingdom is stabilized now, there will be a certain buffer isolation zone between the troubled Holy Spirit Empire and the powerful East China Sea Kingdom. This pair does not want to be passive. It may not be a bad thing for Holy Spirit City, which fights on the front line, so Holy Spirit City is also waiting to see and weigh the pros and cons. After all, in their eyes, the only ultimate opponents are the three empires, and the Southern Navy is only a temporary trouble. Once they free up their hands, they can take them out at any time. The fire of rebellion was extinguished.

Hua Yueying calculated that Holy Spirit City had similar thoughts of despising the South China Sea, and did not regard the South China Sea Empire as a serious concern, and would allow the South China Sea Empire to exist for a period of time.

Therefore, she is not in a hurry to form an alliance with the West Sea Empire. She wants to wait. First, she needs to recuperate and stabilize the domestic situation that has been riddled with wars. She also wants to observe the reaction of the Holy Spirit City when she learns about the marriage alliance between the West Sea Empire and the South China Sea Empire. Maybe we can profit from it and maximize the interests of the South China Sea Empire: the more lively the fight between the West Sea Kingdom and the Holy Spirit Empire, the greater the military consumption of the Holy Spirit Empire, and the more beneficial it will be to the South China Sea Empire. This is called killing people with a borrowed knife without using blood!

Hua Yueying sent a military think tank named Long Ji to secretly go to Holy Spirit City with a large amount of activity funds, bribe some leaders and senior officials of Holy Spirit Empire, and persuade them to encourage Holy Spirit City to accept the peace terms of the South China Sea Empire, stabilize the Eastern Busy Line, and unload the Let go of the burden and concentrate on dealing with the powerful enemy West Sea Empire on the Western Front. Once the powerful West Sea Empire is defeated and its land and population resources are obtained, not to mention the small Southern Navy, the other two empires will also tremble under the strong military pressure of the Holy Spirit Empire. Shivering, it is not impossible for the Holy Spirit Army to gradually unify the human continent and create greater glory.

Holy Spirit City quickly investigated and learned that Nanhai Kingdom was hesitant about Xihai Kingdom's proposal of marriage and alliance. Lin Chenzhong even put aside Princess Shaou who was getting married. Princess Shaou stayed in Lusheng City for a whole summer without seeing Lin Chenzhong, let alone She was made a concubine by imperial decree.

Some dignitaries in Holy Spirit City believed that this was a signal from the South China Sea Kingdom to negotiate for peace. Waiting for a reply from Holy Spirit City, they urged the Pope to seize this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to agree to the peace terms, which not only stabilized the South China Sea Empire that was about to move on the eastern front, but also dealt a blow The West Sea Empire's desire to form an alliance with the South China Navy achieved multiple goals with one stone.

The Pope Yin Mu faction could not withstand the advice of many peace advocates, and after careful consideration, they conditionally agreed to the peace negotiation: they agreed with the Nanhai Kingdom to ask for the learned king Zhao Yunxiao, and allowed him to leave the Holy Spirit Empire and join the Nanhai Empire; they reluctantly agreed with the Pearl Princess Yin Qianqian to go to Lusheng City and agreed to cede the seven mountainous provinces in the north of Baqiu to the South China Sea Empire, which could be regarded as compensation for the losses caused to the Jiang family and the Qida by the Baqiu Holy Spirit Alliance Army's attack on Wu Sheng State.

The news was fed back to Green Sheng City at a speed of thousands of miles. Hua Yueying overcame all objections and immediately agreed to the peace terms. The premise was that the three conditions must be in place before the 7th anniversary of the birth of the former Emperor Jiang Guohui on July 24 in the elf calendar.

The envoy from the Xihai Kingdom who was stranded in Lusheng City was furious after hearing this, and wanted to take Caifeng Princess Shaou back to the Xihai Kingdom. However, Hua Yueying instructed Jiang Youyou to detain Shaou and put her under house arrest in the harem and refused to let her go, thereby dragging down the desperate Xihai Kingdom. The messenger's return plan.

The peace talks between the Holy Spirit Empire and the Nanhai Empire were conscientiously implemented. On July 7, the learned king Zhao Yunxiao brought his family and the Holy Spirit Emperor's delegation escorting the Pearl Princess Yin Qianqian to Green Sheng City after traveling thousands of miles and covered with dust.

At this time, Zhao Yunxiao had already seen clearly that Pope Yin Mu faction could give up his cherished granddaughter and his long-time best friend for the sake of the country. He was really sad: his passion was given away so easily, and the Holy Spirit Empire was no longer worth his while. Potency. After surrendering the lovely Pearl Princess Yin Qianqian to Queen Jiang Youyou and bringing her into the harem, the learned king Zhao Yunxiao was granted the title of Bowang, and it was logical that he stayed in the Nanhai Empire and took up the post of principal of Wusheng Royal Elf Warrior School. He was once again intoxicated with him. career in education.

The more than 5 troops of the Southern Navy, with Liu Zitan as the commander, were ordered to enter the northern mountainous area of ​​Baqiu State one after another in May, and take over the defense city by city. The reception task was completed by the end of July, and the Holy Spirit Empire garrison that completed the handover task retreated to the south. Several provinces or adjacent plains.

The Pearl Princess Yin Qianqian is indeed as beautiful as a crown jade, with skin as good as snow. She is really round and jade-like, with a light body and a charming figure. It is no exaggeration to say that she has a face that will captivate the whole country.

When seeing the outstandingly charming Yin Qianqian, Concubine Chu in the harem was also astonished. Sister Jiang Youyou and He Yiyun were secretly frightened, fearing that the young and beautiful Princess Pearl would take away her favor and become jealous.

He Yiyun did not canonize Princess Yin Qianqian of Pearl as a first-class concubine as usual, and did not give her the same treatment as Princess Zhou Chunxiao of Zhaoyang of the East China Sea Empire and Princess Beibeijia of the Beihai Empire. Instead, He Yiyun canonized her with the lower-level title of fourth-level concubine. They could not see the emperor easily, which made the Holy Spirit Empire escorts dissatisfied. But at this point, they had no choice but to return to Holy Spirit City to die.

Lin Chenzhong has no shortage of women. He has been disgusted with the people of the Yin royal family since he was a child. He Yiyun and Jiang Youyou intentionally or unintentionally said bad things about Yin Qianqian on their pillows, such as being very self-sufficient, ignorant of etiquette, and arrogant. Therefore, Lin Chenzhong disliked the concubine from Holy Spirit City. Yin Qianqian didn't catch a cold very much. Until the end of the elf years, Yin Qianqian in the deep palace did not see the shadow of Lin Chenzhong.

In the summer and autumn of that year, Lin Chenzhong ended the history of nine generations of single inheritance for his family. First, his queens Jiang Youyou and He Yiyun gave birth to a little prince, and then his most beloved concubine, Princess Peony Hua Yueying, gave birth to a lovely little princess for him. Lin Putao, the Tan sisters, Guli Qiusha and other harem beauties also gave birth to princes and princesses one after another like dumplings, or their bellies were round and ready to give birth.

By the time of the new year, he already had 26 sons and 47 daughters. Almost all the concubines in the harem gave birth to a boy and a half girls for him. Lin Chenzhong felt as if he had been helped by a god. He was so proud and happy that he named the child Cheng. After that, he simply ignored it and authorized each concubine to name their children.

On December 12th of the elf calendar year, Lin Ruyi, the 28-day-old eldest son born by Jiang Youyou, was crowned the crown prince. During the celebration, all the concubines held their nursing sons, daughters, or had big bellies to witness the family ceremony. Only those who hid in the crowd hid in the crowd. The lonely Yin Qianqian was alone in the corner, with empty hands and an empty belly.

When Lin Chenzhong was inspecting the bustling hall with his wife and children, he discovered Princess Pearl hiding in the corner. He asked the attendant maid doubtfully: "Who is this?"

The palace maid was busy reporting Yin Qianqian's origins, and then Lin Chenzhong remembered that there was such a young concubine. Looking at Yin Qianqian who was so nervous and scared, Lin Chenzhong couldn't help but be stunned, thinking: This girl is really like the leader of a hundred flowers, the best among flowers. , not at all like the girl with buck teeth and crooked mouth that Yiyun Youyou said, why didn’t I notice that there is such a beauty in the palace...