In May, Dorgon met Ligdan Khan's first wife, Abahai Borjigitnamu Zhong, and ordered her to be sent back to the Jin Dynasty.

In June, Namu Zhong arrived in Shengjing.

Huang Taiji was really troubled by the arrival of the "Empress Dowager". After all, he did not want to marry her, but it was impossible for him to leave this woman alone.

So, Huang Taiji thought of Daishan, and asked Daishan to marry Namu Zhong.

Daishan had a gloomy expression on his face, as if asking me to take the blame again, and he refused directly without waiting for Huang Taiji to speak.

"She is the legal wife of Ligdan Khan. How dare I marry her? Isn't there another Queen Mother Sutai? If the Khan insists that I marry one, I will marry her!"

Huang Taiji said: "Su Tai has been betrothed to Jierhalang, Brother Daishan, you should marry this first wife!"

Daishan: “No!”

Huang Taiji went back and complained to Shen Jiang: "Brother Daishan is no longer my good brother. He actually refused to marry Abahai Borjigit for me!"

Shen Jiang suppressed her laughter and said, "It is indeed inappropriate for this lady to marry someone else. Why not...the Khan should marry her!"

Huang Taiji looked at her, pinched her face, and laughed angrily: "You are here to irritate me, aren't you? Hai Lanzhu, others don't understand me, don't you understand me either? I don't want to have another concubine in my harem."

"But……"

"I will send an order to Brother Daishan in a few days, asking her to marry him!"

Shen Jiang thought helplessly: It’s strange that people will listen to you!

As expected, no matter how many edicts Huang Taiji issued, Daishan refused to marry. Huang Taiji had no choice but to ask other princes and beiles.

The other beiles said one after another: What a joke! How dare we get involved with a woman that even you, the Khan, and the Great Beile are unwilling to marry?

Just for this one wife, Huang Taiji and his ministers were deadlocked, and even the Mongolian Taiji came to persuade them.

Huang Taiji said: "I have already married a concubine of Lingdan Khan, Dou Tumen, and I cannot marry again."

"If you don't marry, then no one will. Now is the critical moment to subdue the Chahar tribe! If the Chahar tribe knew that you were so neglectful of their queen mother, I'm afraid it would cause disputes again!"

Zhezhe and Bumbutai also advised him: "It's just a matter of marrying another concubine. There is still a vacancy in the harem. It's not difficult."

In the end, even Shen Jiang said, "I know the Khan did it for me, but I don't want to embarrass the Khan. The Khan married her to show his good attitude towards the Chahar tribe, so just keep her."

Huang Taiji sighed helplessly: "It can only be like this."

Even if you are the Khan, you can't do whatever you want!

Fortunately, the ministers would not talk too much about the affairs in the backyard. He would marry this first wife, but he had promised Hai Lanzhu not to have another wife and he would definitely do it.

In other words, Namu Zhong thought she could finally marry again, but in fact she became a widow in a different place.

At the end of July, Huang Taiji married Namu Zhong as his concubine.

On the wedding night, Huang Taiji went to Namu Zhong's yard, drank a glass of wine and left.

Namu Zhong almost broke her back teeth as she watched Huang Taiji leave without looking back.

The next day, she had to dress up and go to pay her respects to Zhezhe.

"Things are different now, Madam, please be patient!" Dong Guo, the maid who married with her, advised.

In the past, Namu Zhong was the first wife, and others always came to pay respects to her, never to her to pay respects to others.

But now she is in a lower position than others and is no longer the eldest lady she used to be.

Zhezhe was gentle and kind. He asked someone to give her a seat without asking her to bow. He also took the lead in introducing the two people sitting next to him: "These are my two nieces, Hailanzhu and Bumbutai."

Namu Zhong looked at Hai Lanzhu and said with a smile: "I have heard that the Khan favors a beauty named Hai Lanzhu. I saw her today and she is indeed as famous as the legend says."

The reason why Shen Jiang was here was because Huang Taiji stayed overnight with her last night. She was afraid that Zhezhe didn't know, so she came to tell him first.

After hearing this, Zhezhe frowned and said, "The Khan is being too blatant. He doesn't give us any respect at all!"

But she didn't say anything else. The Khan was alienating others and only being close to their Khorchin tribe, which was only beneficial to her and not harmful.

Hailanzhu's ability to firmly grasp the Khan's heart is exactly what she hopes to see.

Namu Zhong looked at Shen Jiang, and Shen Jiang was also looking at her. She had healthy honey-colored skin, thick eyebrows and big eyes, with raised eyebrows and a shrewd look in her eyes.

Shen Jiang smiled slightly and said, "Abahai's wife's name is also well-known here."

Everyone knew that Huang Taiji was unwilling to marry Namu Zhong, and he kicked her around like a hot potato. Namu Zhong lived in the guest room for more than a month before today's result came about.

What Shen Jiang said was equivalent to exposing Namu Zhong's scars.

Namu Zhong's expression suddenly changed, and she said sternly: "What did you say? I am the Khan's concubine, and I am not someone you can just laugh at!"

What? You are allowed to say that I am "well-deserved of my reputation", but I am not allowed to say that you are "famous as thunder"!

Shen Jiang complained in her heart while pretending to be weak and asked Zhezhe for help: "Aunt, that's not what I meant. Did I say something wrong?"

Zhezhe hurriedly said, "Don't be angry, Concubine Abahai. Hailanzhu definitely didn't mean that."

Bumbutai also said: "My sister is outspoken. These days we have been preparing for the Khan to marry a concubine. She has talked about it so much that she naturally took it to heart. She didn't mean to make fun of it. Besides, is there anything about the concubine worth laughing at?"

Namu Zhong was stunned, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of the three people, and sneered: "Okay, you three aunts and nephews have joined forces, so I can't argue with you. Queen, I'll take my leave first!"

She bowed and left hastily, showing a complete lack of etiquette.

Zhezhe frowned and looked at Shen Jiang, but Shen Jiang's expression changed immediately, no longer as weak as before.

Zhezhe thought she was really shocked by Namu Zhong, and after a pause, he asked, "Are you really making fun of her?"

Shen Jiang said nonchalantly, "She made the Khan so embarrassed, begging him to marry her. She has done everything, is she afraid of me laughing?"

Bumbutai smiled and said, "I've heard that this first wife is very powerful. This is good. I'll give her a warning so that she won't do anything wrong in the backyard."

At this time, the three aunts and nieces were united in their external stance, which was to safeguard the interests of the Khorchin tribe. They had not yet given birth to an heir, and would not allow other tribes to jump out and cause trouble.

In the evening, Huang Taiji heard about Namu Zhong's rudeness to Shen Jiang today, and he disliked Namu Zhong even more.

"Pass on my words, tell Concubine Abahai that she does not need to pay respects to the Queen Mother unless necessary, and she should not move around casually." Huang Taiji ordered coldly.

Since you have entered his backyard, you must abide by his rules and treat yourself as the first wife of Lin Danhan!

Namu Zhong was furious when she heard the order, but she was only angry for a short while because she had already married and had no way out.

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