Chapter 792: Choosing a Concubine II
The war in the north is temporarily stable, but the two armies are still eyeing each other, and Mo Li and the Xiongnu leaders want to divide the victory, but the fact is that if the two fight hard, they will only lose both, and there will be no real victor at all.
It really doesn't make much sense to use the deaths of soldiers on both sides to fight for the number of dead and wounded. In the end, after discussing with Mo Li, the Xiongnu envoy decided to cease the war.
However, no date for the armistice was set, and the two armies retreated fifty miles from each other as a sign of insincerity. When Mo Li reported the battle situation back to the capital, Nangong Ming was a little unhappy, not that he felt that Mo Li's ability was not good.
But they were dissatisfied with the Huns, and only the Huns had ever proposed a truce, and it was the Huns who were the first to start the war.
These barbarians don't care about any credibility at all, and they don't care about any etiquette and shame. They only care about interests and reality, and now the situation is that they can no longer fight, so the Xiongnu leaders can only propose an agreement.
Nangong Ming invited Lord Wu to discuss this, and Lord Wu believed in Mo Li's ability, but he always let the Huns take the initiative, which also made Lord Wu unhappy. The Nangong Dynasty is a great country, whether it is in terms of education or etiquette, it is naturally stronger than the barbarians and the Huns.
Although there was some breath of relief, the current situation was unfavorable on both sides, and Lord Wu also agreed to a temporary truce. It's just that it must be guarded by Mo Shizi in the border city, and the Huns don't know when they will raise troops again.
The current shape is the same as that of Dingbei Hou stationed in the border city, and the border city needs a general to guard. And this candidate is naturally still a person from the Dingbei Houfu, Mo Shizi can tie with the Huns, and is naturally suitable for defending the city.
"The minister thinks that it is better to be guarded by Mo Shida in the border city, with Mo Shizi here, I believe that the Huns will not dare to attack for a while. It's just that I have to be wronged by Mo Shizi! ”
Lord Wu felt that it was okay if Mo Shizi didn't come back, so he said that Yue'er was not in this fact, how could Mo Shizi accept it?
It's better to separate the two and let Mo Shizi slowly forget, maybe after a long time, it won't be too sad when Mo Shizi understands that day.
The Hou Mansion of Dingbei received rewards like flowing water, and Mrs. Hou looked at these rewards, but her face was not half happy. Let his son guard the city at the border, isn't this the old path of the Hou Ye?
Maybe the son will never have a chance to come back in his life, but the Hou Ye only came back once in five years, should the son be like this? Mrs. Hou was unwilling, but this imperial order could not be violated, it was impossible for her grandson to resist the decree, and the old Hou Ye would not let her grandson come back.
It's just that this house is too deserted, and Mrs. Hou herself feels depressed. After the eunuchs finished sending the reward, they left a message from the empress dowager and withdrew all the imperial forest troops stationed outside the gate of the Dingbei Marquis' Mansion.
The old marquis sent a letter to his grandson in the border city, so that the grandson could guard the border city with peace of mind, and his wife and children in Beijing would be taken care of by the old marquis. Mo Li wanted to go back, but the Holy Purpose was there, and Mo Li saw the people who were oppressed by the Huns, it was really miserable.
If you leave, maybe the people of the border city are really in danger, and then you will become a general who abandoned the city, and you will be scolded by thousands of people!
Mo Li wanted Yue'er to come to the border city, but when he thought that the big men who were cold and cold here couldn't stand it, he couldn't bear it anymore.
Besides, the two sons are still young, and it is when they need their mothers, how can they be so selfish as a father?
Mo Li looked at the sky full of dark clouds, I am afraid that the snow is starting to fall again, and the weather here is snowing for most of the year, which is indeed too bitter.
After discussing with the old marquis, Mrs. Hou finally decided to choose a few serious concubines to send to the border city. Mo Li always had to be served by someone, although he didn't know if Mo Li would accept it, but Mrs. Hou still carefully selected two good concubines and sent someone directly to the border city.
And the two grandchildren, the old marquis thinks that he can also take them back to the capital, fortunately, the children are still young, maybe after a long time, they will slowly forget their mother, and they will not be so sad.
The selection of concubines has finally been decided, all of which were set by the Empress Dowager herself, Nangong Ming just stamped the jade seal on the canonization will, and those palace concubines who received the will can enter the palace as they wish.
The position of the palace concubine this time is not high, and the highest is only a concubine, but this new concubine is heard to be from the Empress Dowager's mother's family, that is, the emperor's maternal family. The Wu Guogong Mansion has long faded out of the battle in the court over the years, and this selected Concubine Wu is actually Miss Wu Jiayan.
I heard that because of her weak body when she was born, in order to protect Miss Wu's life, Grandma Wu sent this Miss Wu to the temple, hoping that the Bodhisattva would bless Miss Wu to grow up safely.
When Miss Wu was in her twenties, Grandma Wu wanted to find a family for her daughter. But I pity that my daughter has not grown up by my side, and I am very reluctant in my heart.
It was not easy to take my daughter back to the capital, and it was only a few months after raising her, why was she willing to marry her daughter?
It happened that the Empress Dowager heard that this niece and granddaughter had returned to Beijing, so she naturally wanted to meet with Grandma Wu, who rarely entered the palace once, so she took her beloved daughter into the palace.
After the Empress Dowager saw this woman, she directly persuaded Grandma Wu to let Miss Wu enter the palace as a concubine. And promised that Miss Wu would not be wronged, so she said that Grandma Wu agreed to the matter.
However, Miss Wu grew up in the temple since she was a child, so she didn't know much about the rules of the palace, and the Queen Mother sent her close grandmother to the past, mainly responsible for teaching Miss Wu the etiquette in the palace.
In fact, this Miss Wu has been in her teens for two years, and entering the palace is not the best choice, how can there be fewer young and beautiful women around the emperor? However, the ministers felt that this must be because the Empress Dowager did not want the Wu family to be depressed, and hoped that the Wu family would have another queen.
Although the ministers are a little dissatisfied, especially the other ministers who sent women into the palace, but think about the Wuguo Mansion, this identity is there.
The Empress Dowager's maiden family, the emperor's family and foreign family. It's normal to be close to each other, but let a woman of such an age enter the palace as a concubine, and I don't know that the queen mother has a brain convulsion, and she wants to get sick because of the scenery of the Wu family.
Let's take a look, the ministers are waiting to see the jokes of the new princess, just to see how Concubine Wu, who is not young and has been kept in the temple, competes for favor in the harem.
I heard that these empress dowagers have a lot of concubines, in addition to Concubine Wu, there are also a lot of beauties, Jieyu or something. Dozens of beauties have been sent to the palace, and the emperor's comparison will definitely favor the young and beautiful concubines.
The Empress Dowager looked at the happy emperor with a cold eye, "Your Majesty, the mourning family has arranged everything for you, don't toss anymore, and spend your days guarding the palace!" ”
Nangong Ming knew in his heart that it did take a lot of effort to let the Empress Dowager arrange this. Just thinking of being able to be with Yue'er, Nangong Ming felt that it was worth it again. "My grandson has thanked the Empress Dowager for my success, and my grandson will be filial to the Empress Dowager in the future."
The Empress Dowager nodded, in fact, she was not happy at all, but her grandson likes to be a grandmother, what else can he do except be fulfilled.
If he stumbles, in the end the emperor will only be separated from himself, just like the original emperor, just because he refuted his face, the emperor hated his biological mother and began to slowly distance himself.
No matter how capable the Empress Dowager is, she knows that without the support of the emperor, she is also an empty shelf. (To be continued.)