female concubine

At the beginning of March in the third year of Qianyuan, the imperial court ordered Xiao Xianfu to apprehend the bandits of the Yongxing Army and hand over the assassins to Xixia. An exchange market was set up on the border of the country, and the ban on merchants selling grain to Xixia was abolished.

The Privy Council is in charge of horse administration, and the deputy envoy of the Privy Council is concurrently the envoy of the Qunmu Division, and the internal servant Du Zhi acts as the deputy envoy. In early March, the deputy commissioner of the Qunmu Division and the Metropolitan Supervisor went to Tanzhou to patrol and monitor and receive the Indian Northern Liaojin He donated [-] war horses, and set up two refuges in Youzhou and between the Qian and Wei Rivers, ordering herdsmen who are good at raising horses.

"I never thought that Yelushu would actually agree to send five thousand horses and five thousand cavalry. What kind of army is this?"

"No matter how stupid Yelushu is, he is still the king of a country. Naturally, he can't get rid of this face and can only please His Majesty in order to calm things down. Your Majesty is wise."

The emperor smiled and said: "It proves that shamelessness is still useful. Why bother to suffer another kind of punishment for the so-called face? For me, it is enough to know the etiquette, justice, integrity and not to do things that are too outrageous. Thanks to Yelu Shuhuo For most of my life, I am afraid that I am not as good as me in terms of mind."

"If Yelushu had thought deeply, he wouldn't have left Youyun Land."

The emperor leaned on the chair and put the armrests on it, "I rely on my ministers to govern the country, but I am not as good as the ministers to play with people's hearts, otherwise how can I sit here safely."

"The three divisions have successively sent women donated by various countries to the homes of ministers who are not in charge of real positions. There will probably be a commotion in their back houses for a while. Many of the princesses in name are actually the daughters of ministers who were conferred by the monarch. Only the one from Dongying who was sent to the imperial court for the princess was truly from the royal family."

"Whether it's the royal family or the noble family, what's the difference if you send it to a foreign country? If it can be sent away as a gift, it must not be so good in your own country."

"Your Majesty's words, are you showing pity for these women?"

"So what's the pity, the minister's back house is always better than my sunless Sifang City, I don't know if there is any meticulous work among those women, the emperor...after all, he can't do everything recklessly."

The emperor stared at the cloudy land on the map, "With these [-] good horses, there will be no shortage of war horses in the kingdom within ten years. If you use fire, weapons and iron cavalry, you will be better than the Jingsai army. With the money and the army, the world will truly be established, and the matter of horse administration will be handed over to Han Qing."

"The minister must live up to His Majesty's expectations."

"Oh, by the way, the Ministry of Rites is discussing this month's tribute exam. I want you to serve as Zhi Gongju concurrently. They are the disciples of the emperor in name, but the Jinshi of each list will eventually become the protégé of the chief examiner of the provincial examination. Disciple or something is just a title, and there will definitely be a Zaifu of this dynasty in the Long Fei list in the future."

"Your Majesty has good intentions, but the qualifications of the ministers are still inexperienced, and the veterans of the Political Affairs Hall and the Imperial Academy may not be convinced."

"That's why I'm going to let Lu Xiang and you serve as Zhigong Ju."

"..."

"Your Majesty, Deputy Envoy Duzhi of the Third Division seeks an audience." The servant walked into the hall.

"Let him in."

Fei Pao hurriedly stepped into the hall, "All blessings, Your Majesty."

Seeing Du Zhi's deputy envoy rushing forward, the emperor wondered: "Qing left in such a hurry, what happened to Du Zhi?"

"For those women that His Majesty rewarded in the Zhengdan Dynasty, according to the order, all the women who paid tribute were distributed to the younger ministers. After discussing with the official department, the three divisions were divided according to their ranks, and the rest of the women were sent to the homes of the ministers. , because it is an imperial concubine, it is equivalent to a concubine, and Chao Fenglang is willing to marry Dongying's clan daughter as a continuation string, but...the Dongying woman refuses, and stays in the third division for a long time...saying that she is only willing to marry and serve the emperor with His Majesty , and even forced him to commit suicide, the minister is really helpless."

"So you came to me when you couldn't solve the problem?"

Deputy Envoy Du Zhi raised his head, and said falteringly, "Your Majesty...she was picked up by Her Highness the Queen."

"..." The emperor slapped the table and stood up, "Why didn't you say it earlier, you hesitated for a long time and didn't get to the point."

Deputy Envoy Du Zhi wiped off his cold sweat, "Chen...Chen..."

"My minister, what minister, do you need a saint to solve the mess that your three divisions can't clean up?"

"I don't dare, but the sage sent Zhao Neishi to the third division to ask for the queen's decree. I..." Du Zhi's deputy envoy buried his head, "I dare not disobey."

"Won't you be quiet and close the door?"

"This matter was all caused by the Ministry of Officials who sent someone to the courtier's house and didn't say anything about it. It's just that she committed suicide..."

"Oh!" The emperor quickly left the hall with his sleeves flicked.

Deputy envoy Duzhi raised his sleeves and wiped the sweat from his left and right foreheads.

"Deputy Han Shu, is this your Majesty?"

Han Si turned around, "Perhaps he went to put out the fire." Then he looked sideways at Deputy Envoy Du Zhi, "Why didn't Prime Minister personally come to such a big event?"

Deputy Envoy Du Zhi bowed, "The eldest grandson of Ji Xiang's family has closed the baptismal service."

"Oh, no wonder Privy Councilor Chen is not here today."

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After Zhang Zi entered the palace, he changed the clothes and makeup of Song Ting, and he could speak elegant words, making him indistinguishable like a woman from the imperial court.

The spring is bright in the courtyard of the main hall of Kunning Hall, and the potted plants on both sides are growing very well. The servant led Zhang Zi into the main hall. Zhang Zi walked very cautiously, "Where is this place, where are you taking me?"

"This is the central palace, the residence of the queen of the country, and now it is the common residence of the emperor and the queen."

Zhang Zi walked on the stone road paved with blue bricks in the courtyard of the central palace, "Do the emperors and empresses of your country live together?"

Zhao Ping paused, then turned around and said, "During the state, it was forbidden for emperors and empresses to live together. However, officials and saints are different from previous emperors. Officials and saints have been married for nearly ten years and lived together through thick and thin, just like folk couples. The clothes of the family are never allowed to be touched by anyone other than the saint."

There was a warning in the servant's words, Zhang Zi raised his eyebrows and said: "But His Majesty the Emperor cannot have only one wife."

"Yes, but how much can a person's love be divided into?" Zhao Ping frowned, "I don't understand, Chaofeng Lang Qingliu's family background is not bad, and he is one of the few nobles in the country who is willing to marry a foreign woman." A man who is the main wife, don’t want to be a concubine without the main wife?"

"Why did Zhang Zi not like him and marry him? Zhang Zi didn't come here to be your minister's wife."

"You don't like him, do you like His Majesty?" The servant can empathize with falling in love at first sight and miss a lifetime, and at the same time worry about the queen.

But fortunately, this foreign woman is obviously not. Zhang Zi lowered his head, "Zhang Zi only wants to save the people of his own country."

"You don't like Your Majesty, why do you want to take him away from the people who like him? Even if you can't take him away, as long as you exist, you will become an eternal knot in your heart." Zhao Ping paused as he walked, "You If you don't know what it's like to love someone, you won't know how much Her Majesty the Queen cares about her Majesty."

"..." Zhang Zi didn't understand Zhao Ping's words, but he always felt that he was called a bad person by him. Soon, they came to the end of the road and stepped on the stone steps into the main hall. Smoke, a touch of floral fragrance lingering in the nose is very comfortable.

Zhang Zi stepped into the threshold of the hall and saw a woman in red clothes sitting in the north. The servant led her closer. Her makeup was plain and unadorned. Except for the bright red clothes on her body, the woman stayed in place the first moment she entered. There was a faint light in the calm eyes.

"Presumptuous, why don't you be rude when you see Her Royal Highness the Queen?"

Zhang Zi knelt down and said, "Are you the queen?"

What else did the servant want to reprimand, but Xiao Youqing raised his hand to stop it, "Are you surprised that I am a queen?"

"No, Zhang Zi just thinks you are too beautiful. Zhang Zi only now understands the Japanese rumors about His Majesty the Song Emperor."

The foreigner's directness didn't make Xiao Youqing angry, he just stood up and asked, "So you think I serve the king with color?"

"Zhang Zi doesn't think so, but Zhang Zi thinks that good-looking people should be loved, because everyone likes beautiful things, including beautiful people."

"How old are you?"

"I am eighteen this year."

"Indeed, you can't find another woman of the same age as you in the entire city of Tokyo. Get up."

"Thank you, Your Majesty the Queen."

Xiao Youqing looked at the cloth belt wrapped around her wrist, and said calmly: "You Dongying also divide into concubines, you should understand the difference between wives and concubines."

"Zhang Zi understands."

"I will go to Tongguan's house..."

"All blessings to the official family."

"All blessings to the official family."

Before Xiao Youqing finished speaking, the emperor walked into the palace with eager steps, and the palace people on both sides of the door saluted one after another.

Xiao Youqing also stepped forward and bowed, saying: "All blessings to the official family."

"What is sister doing?" The emperor looked at Xiao Youqing and then looked at Zhang Zi who was saluting to the side, "Why did you call this girl into the inner palace?"

"The concubine begged the officials to let her into the palace."

"Sister, have you forgotten what I said before? The emperor does not take concubines, and Wei Huan will never take concubines. If sister insists on forcing me to make a decision..." The emperor turned around, "Six!"

"Officials."

"Let the Shibo Division prepare a ship to send the princess from Dongying back to Fusang Kingdom."

"Your Majesty!" Zhang Zi knelt down with tears in his eyes, "Did Zhang Zi do something wrong to dissatisfy you?" Immediately, he retracted his injured hand into his sleeve to cover it.

"You didn't do anything wrong, it's just that I don't like or need you."

Zhang Zi begged: "Zhang Zi doesn't need His Majesty's favor, I just ask His Majesty to keep Zhang Zi. If he returns to Japan, he will be ridiculed, and my father will also blame him for it."

"If you stay, what can you do? If you lose your freedom, I will not send troops."

"Let the concubine talk to her a few words." Xiao Youqing bowed again, "Please avoid the officials."

"..." The emperor raised his hand and opened his mouth to speak, but he didn't know what to say, so he lowered his hand and said sadly, "Okay."

When the emperor left the main hall, he also took away a bunch of servants and palace people. In an instant, the hall became very quiet, and the atmosphere froze at this moment.

Xiao Youqing helped Zhang Zi up, "The turmoil in the country caused the common people to suffer because of the incompetence of the monarch. You don't need to pay everything for his incompetence. Even if that person is your close relative, there are many ways to change, but To perfect yourself by sacrificing your loved ones, such a person is not worthy of your devotion. Everyone has selfishness, and there is nothing to do with selfishness. It is also immoral to use morality to restrain everything. There are so many right and wrong in this world. The so-called gentlemen are just people who hide under the skin of hypocrisy, they are good at covering up, they can turn wrong into right, they can infinitely expand right and let the light cover themselves."

"To be honest, as her wife, I don't want you to stay here, but as the queen of the dynasty, I have no choice but to let you stay here."

Zhang Zi suddenly remembered what the servant who brought her into the palace had said to her outside the palace, "I just saw you looking at the emperor's eyes." Zhang Zi opened his clean eyes, "There are stars."

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