Chapter 1: The Draft
The vast Kunlun Mountains, which are covered by heavy snow all year round, are often a place where gods haunt in the eyes of the world. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
On this day, as nine earth-shattering thunderbolts sounded one after another, in the depths of the Kunlun Mountains, in the ghost valley covered by snow, a huge ice lake quietly reappeared in the world.
The thunder stopped, and the wind and snow died down.
When the clouds broke through and the sun rose, the frozen lake had quietly cracked; An exquisite ice coffin shot out from the bottom of the giant lake and flew into the air at a rapid pace.
After a few breaths, the ice coffin that broke out of the lake stopped steadily in mid-air, and the wind did not move.
At this time, in the blue sky, the golden sunlight sprinkled down, and the ice coffin erected in mid-air was covered with a little golden light.
A moment later, the golden light dispersed. In the transparent ice coffin, a girl dressed in white suddenly opened her eyes.
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In the nineteenth year of Chenghua, winter, the sky was full of wind and snow.
On the twenty-eighth day of the lunar month, at the last court meeting before His Majesty the Emperor's seal, the ministers who had been a little perfunctory and drowsy because the New Year was approaching, were suddenly awakened by a holy decree.
In March next year, when the spring flowers are blooming, women of appropriate age will be selected from all over the country to enter the palace to enrich the harem and spread the branches for the royal family.
His Majesty the Emperor is going to be drafted next year! When the ministers heard the news, they all looked up in surprise and looked at each other.
You must know that due to the domineering and domineering of Wan Guifei in the harem, the Son of Heaven, who is now nearly forty years old, still has only the crown prince under his knees!
As everyone knows, His Majesty the Emperor, who is sitting upright, has never been drafted in a big way because he is afraid of his beloved imperial concubine Wan, and he has been on the throne for many years.
And at this moment, when the end of this year is approaching, His Majesty has actually issued such a holy decree, isn't he afraid that Wan Guifei in Guan Ju Palace will be sprinkled again?
You must know that the front and back harem have always been closely linked. If the harem is restless, I am afraid that the former dynasty will also set off some turbulent waves.
No, as soon as the voice of the eunuch announcing the decree on the side of the dragon case fell, Yin Qian, the secretary of the household department, stepped forward and reported in a deep voice:
"Your Majesty, this winter has caused a lot of people to suffer due to the continuous heavy snowfall for more than a month. Because of the need to give relief to the victims, the household department has allocated a lot of money one after another. Now that the treasury is becoming more and more empty, if the draft is made at this time, I am afraid that the imperial court will not be able to come up with so much silver......"
Before Yin Qian's words fell, many upright ministers in the court looked down at each other, and at the same time they scolded.
Yin Qian, the old thief, really couldn't hold his breath.
Everyone in the court knows that this Yin Qian's wife is married to Wan Guifei's godmother ---- the daughter of Mama Zhao.
Over the years, he has relied on this nepotism, although he climbed all the way to the position of the household book, but because of his inaction on weekdays, he fell into the name of "clay sculpture book".
Now, this Lord Shangshu Yin of the household department, who only knows how to sit in the yamen and drink tea and chat on weekdays, and do nothing, actually cried in public after hearing that His Majesty the Emperor was going to have a big draft.
The meaning of this, no one in the court is a fool, and they naturally know it.
Yin Qian, the old thief, is just worried that the newcomer entering the palace will make the old and decrepit Concubine Wan fall out of favor, and then affect his career!
It's just that I don't know if the old thief's cry will shake the emperor's determination to draft with great difficulty?
You must know that the status of this Wan Guifei is unmatched in the minds of His Majesty the Emperor.
Thinking of this, the ministers who had their own thoughts couldn't help but secretly raise their heads and secretly look at the Son of Heaven.
However, what everyone didn't expect was that as soon as Yin Qian's words fell, the Son of Heaven above shook his head with a faint smile and spoke slowly.
"Yin Aiqing doesn't have to worry too much, I also know the difficulties of the household department. Therefore, in this draft, I don't need the money in the treasury. ”
Don't use the money from the treasury? So where did the money come from for this draft? The ministers in the hall have not yet figured it out, and the Son of Heaven has already continued.
"Everyone Aiqing doesn't know that this draft was proposed by Wan Guifei of Guan Ju Palace."
Thinking of the virtuous and wise people of his beloved, there was a smile in the emperor's eyes. "The imperial concubine said that since it is a draft for the harem, the silver for this draft will also come out of the use of the harem."
What the? When the ministers heard this, they were all surprised. This draft was actually proposed by Wan Guifei, who has always been a favorite?
This imperial concubine Wan, who has never allowed His Majesty to favor other concubines, actually offered to draft for His Majesty?
Could it be that the sun is coming out of the west?
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Naturally, the sun will not come out of the west.
At this time, in the small garden of Guan Ju Palace, although she was over forty years old, she looked like a half-old because of her proud maintenance, and the imperial concubine Wan, looked at the nine-tailed lilies in full bloom in front of her, and a cold light flashed in her eyes.
She knew that because she took the initiative to draft a draft girl for Her Majesty this time, everyone in the palace was probably a little hesitant about it.
However, the reason why she did this uncharacteristically was just a helpless move.
Wan Guifei raised her head and looked at the east side of the palace. There, is the direction of Chengqian Palace.
The slut of the Ji family of Chengqian Palace, now acts more and more disrespectfully of her, the imperial concubine.
Thinking of this, Wan Guifei lowered her head, picked a delicate flower casually, and sneered silently.
The reason why the slut of the Ji family dared to be more and more unscrupulous in the palace, what did she rely on? It's just her son---- little bastard Zhu Youjiao.
Concubine Wan, who has held the emperor since she was a child, naturally knows the thoughts of His Majesty the Emperor.
In some ways, an emperor is no different from an ordinary person. As soon as this person reaches middle age, the importance of his heirs becomes more and more obvious.
Now, it is only because Zhu Youzhang's little mongrel is His Majesty's only son that His Majesty values him very much.
That Ji clan, it is precisely because of this son in his hand that he dares not to take her, the real master of the harem, in his eyes.
However, what if there are more princes and princesses in the palace? Zhu Youjiao, who is no longer the only prince, will his status in His Majesty's mind still be so important?
I'm afraid not, right? Wan Guifei lowered her head and sniffed the lily in her hand, charming and elegant, but with a hint of helplessness.
Now, she is old, even if she is still a pet, I am afraid it will be difficult to have any good news in her stomach. And the other concubines in the palace, because of her suppression over the past many years, the rest are all old and decrepit.
In such a situation, she wants to have more dragons and phoenixes in the palace as soon as possible, and there is undoubtedly only one choice left.
That's a big draft for His Majesty!
I thought that in the near future, there would be more young and beautiful women in this harem to share the favor with her. Wan Guifei couldn't help but throw away the delicate flowers in her hand with hatred!
If her own son was still alive, how could she be in the current situation?
Thinking of the child who died before the age of two, Concubine Wan suddenly raised her eyes and looked coldly in the direction of Kunning Palace.