The Suzhou draft was going on step by step, and in the distant capital, the emperor suddenly issued a strange edict.

The content of this edict is very simple, after removing the official clichés of 'Fengtian Carrier' at the beginning and 'Xian Envoy Wenzhi' at the end, there is actually only one sentence left: "In the old days, there were thousands of cars." I don't see it now, and I am confused. It is to ask for it. ”

The general meaning is that when I was a child, I used to have a spinning top (yes, Qianqianche is a spinning top), but now it is gone, and I really miss it when I think about it. Please help me find it.

What does this mean?

Specifically issued an edict to find a thing when you were a child? Where can I find this? -- On the other hand, it's no wonder that something so hard to find has to be found.

No one thinks that the emperor really wants to find that childhood spinning top, but the edict is not a joke.

This is not a casual edict, or a decree issued by the emperor on his own initiative (the emperor directly promulgates, not through the will of the Zhongshu or the cabinet, and theoretically the minister can not obey the edict). Being able to issue an edict means that at least there are people in the cabinet who support the emperor.

What is the emperor looking for? Or rather, what does the emperor really mean?

Everyone secretly speculated that it might be related to the recent dispute between the imperial concubines.

It's been a big deal lately.

Queen Lu's mother's ceremony to the world is absolutely qualified. The Lu family, a relative, has great experience in cultivating concubine candidates. The queen from the Lu family, De Rong's speech skills are proficient, and there is no problem in sitting in the queen's position.

However, a good man and three gangs, the queen must also be humble, and it is impossible to bow down to everything. Besides, the royal family must always have a balance, under the queen, the imperial concubine, the concubine, the lady, the concubine and other senior wives, there must always be a few, not only to show the royal dignity, but also to give the little wives at all levels a rising momentum, right?

Now in the harem, there are concubines at all levels, but the imperial concubines are not.

Although it is only the addition of the word 'emperor', it is very different. If you have the name of the imperial concubine, you are really under one person, above all the women, and your status in the harem will not be mentioned.

What's more, Empress Lu has been a queen for many years, and she seems to be a little tired of it, and often randomly designates her favorite concubines to 'associate the six palaces', and assigns the queen's authority at will.

Sitting in the position of the imperial concubine, it is also possible to override the queen - since the daughter of the Lu family is good-looking and has a lot of manners, then just put it on the table, let go of the authority, let me come.

Originally, the competition for the imperial concubine was just an open and secret battle for the harem concubines, but as the draft unfolded, the courtiers in front of them gradually joined in.

The royal family has no family.

Whoever the emperor wants to be lucky, the eunuchs carry people in the light, and there are people pinching the hours outside the window for the length of the work time. How can the candidate for this imperial concubine be decided by the emperor behind closed doors.

There are two people who are very vocal now, namely Concubine Li Guifei and Concubine Ning Liang.

The noble concubine Li was born in the upstart Li family, her father was the commander of the capital garrison, and her brother was an official in the country, and her cousin was married to Jingzhao Yin Qiao Houce. This family is both civil and military, and its power is concentrated in the Gyeonggi area, and its ancestral home is north of the Canghe River, and it has a strong foundation.

Concubine Ning Liang was born in the old family Ning family, and the intricate relationships are innumerable, and more importantly, Concubine Ning Liang's title 'Liang' is really well-deserved, and she is indeed a virtuous woman with a gentle temperament, and she is very loved by the emperor.

However, there is only one place for the imperial concubine according to the ancestral system, so at the moment of the draft girl, the family and forces behind the two concubines worked hard together, urging the emperor to quickly canonize an imperial concubine, so that in the busy draft affairs, he could help the queen.5./books/19/19487/

Famous doctor.

But the emperor didn't say which one he preferred, but what spinning top he was going to find.

What kind of tricks are you playing? It's hard to guess.

Such a strange edict had a huge impact on the course of the draft.

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The draft in Xuannan Province was carried out in Qinyuan in Suzhou for almost two months before one hundred and twenty-eight show girls were finally selected.

After thinking about it, Governor Zhang's family still paid a lot of money, and most of them still had a promise not to make trouble in the future, so that Zhang Wenjuan 'recovered' and joined the ranks of entering Beijing.

After all, Zhang Wenjuan will definitely not marry in Suzhou, even if she goes through the motions, it seems that it is better than losing the election or suffering from a bad illness.

Show girls enter Beijing, and there are prescribed routines. Each person has one or two silver for the passage (meaning and meaning), and the car is a single green cloth donkey cart, and food and accommodation are uniformly arranged.

Xia Xiaodong soon felt a strong sense of malice. The news of being determined by Ning Junwu is unsurprisingly well-known, and there is also an additional rumor that is not very good: this statement was deliberately spread by someone who put gold on his face.

There is no better way to carry forward a certain rumor than to refute it. Xia Xiaodong wouldn't do that. Who likes to say anything.

The world is so big, I want to take a good look at it. Draft? It's just soy sauce.

The car is not comfortable, but the scenery along the way is still good. Later, Lu Yunzhi's convoy followed, Xia Xiaodong was invited to Lu Yunzhi's carriage, and the two talked about the situation, the situation became better and better, and the small life passed quickly.

However, when I arrived in Tongzhou, not far from the capital, the situation was a little delicate.

Groups of officers and soldiers, their swords unsheathed with their arrows wound and their armor distinctly rushed from the side of the show girl's team to the front.

The atmosphere was tense.

The extraordinary energy of the Lu family was manifested at this time. Ruan Chenshan quickly pulled a squad leader over.

"Where are you going? Is there a war somewhere? Ruan Chenshan asked outside the car, and deliberately arranged the place where he was standing very close to the car, so that Lu Yunzhi and Xia Xiaodong, who were only separated from the carriage, could hear it clearly.

"Go to the capital." The squad leader didn't know whether he had been frightened or stuffed with silver, and he spoke very respectfully: "We were originally Qiyang's soldiers. It is said that the prince rebelled, and now he is urgently transferred to escort him. ”

"The prince rebelled?" Ruan Chenshan's voice changed tone.

Rebellion is always a big deal, and it is basically synonymous with rivers of blood. However, the prince's rebellion is a little strange.

The crown prince is the crown prince and the future emperor. Although the emperor is not very old now, he is by no means in his prime, why is he in a hurry?

"Do you know that the saint is looking for a spinning top that he has played with since he was a child?" Xia Xiaodong secretly lifted the corner of the curtain and looked out, only to see the squad leader's eyes wide open.

"......" Ruan Chenshan had actually heard about it on the road before, but he decided to pretend not to know first and see what this person was going to say.

"It is said that the young master of the crown prince Shi Junguang, uh, no, it was the young master of the prince Shi Junguang in the past, who explained this matter." As he spoke, the squad leader looked ahead, assessing how long it would take to catch up with his group.

"What's the explanation? Explained the prince to the rebellion? Ruan Chenshan asked.