King Qin raised more than a dozen cats in Xianyang Palace, opened a secluded cat garden, and set up the official position of cat supervisor. asked Zhao Gao to assign ten eunuchs to take care of the cat's diet and daily life. Caused a sensation in the palace. Not only the harem concubines, princesses, and princes go to watch every day, but even many royal families, ministers' wives, and young ladies also run to the palace every day, which is really lively. King Qin himself must go to the cat garden every day to take a look.

On this day, King Qin was walking to the study after watching the cat, and happened to meet the princess Yingfu. Yingfu is four years older than King Qin, and is the aunt of King Qin, because when King Qin returned to Xianyang from Handan at the age of eight, it was this aunt who took him to play every day and taught him Qin Yan and royal rules, so the family relationship between this aunt and King Qin was much deeper.

Ying Fu gave a salute to King Qin and said, "Tomorrow, the fourth princess Xue'er and Lu will give a big gift." What did the king do? ”

When King Qin heard this, he asked in surprise, "Is Xue'er fifteen years old?" No way? Little Gaozi, why haven't you seen Xue'er recently? I didn't see her come to the cat house either. Let's come to the cat garden and pick one as her gift, her favorite little animal! ”

"Your Majesty, the fourth princess has been in poor health recently! The doctor has reported it many times! Zhao Gao said in a low voice.

"What, Cher is sick? Why did you tell the widow now? King Qin was furious and scolded.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Doctor's order comes every day! It's just that you're reviewing the folds every time, and you're just letting them take care of them! King Zhao said cautiously.

"Pass the order of Imperial Doctor Xia and go to the fourth princess's bedroom. Auntie came with me to see it! After the King of Qin gave the order, he walked quickly to the harem.

The fourth princess has been the pearl of King Qin since she was a child, and her mother is the personal palace maid of the old queen mother of Huayang. Huayang is older and misses Chu State. King Zhuang Xiang asked the Chu royal family to pay tribute to the beauties to accompany the queen mother. The king of Chu selected a few talented and good-looking girls from the side branches of the royal family and sent them to the Qin Palace. In order to let the Qin royal family have more Chu blood, the old queen mother sent the beauties of Chu around her to King Qin's couch before the King of Qin was crowned. Therefore, the eldest sons and princesses of King Qin were all born to Chu women.

King Qin is not lustful, except for Faye Wong later, he didn't really favor any concubine. Every time a prince and princess are born, he only chooses a name and doesn't ask, it is the old queen mother of Huayang who is working. When the fourth princess was born, she cried all day long, and her voice was hoarse. The imperial doctor is afraid that the fourth princess will continue to cry and worry about her life. The old Empress Dowager Huayang had no choice but to get angry and said: "Go and call the King of Qin to the mourning family, let him personally hug this poor daughter, and fulfill his responsibilities as a father." ”

King Qin saw the fourth princess in the nurse's arms crying weakly. A wave of fatherly love immediately surged into his heart, and he reached out to take the white and chubby daughter. A miracle appeared immediately, and the fourth princess immediately stopped crying, but broke into tears and laughed, and fell asleep obediently after a while! Everyone was relieved when they saw it. The young King of Qin suddenly became a father and named Xue himself.

Since then, Princess Yingxue has been stained with King Qin. As long as King Qin is not there, he will cry non-stop. As soon as King Qin hugged her, he quieted down. The old Empress Dowager Huayang said that the fourth princess was the rival of King Qin's family in her previous life.

Because of Princess Yingxue, King Qin has lived in the palace of Princess Yingxue's mother, Mrs. Mi, almost every night for two years. It made the other concubines jealous.

When Yingxue was two years old, as long as King Qin was in the palace, Yingxue ran to find him. At night, when King Qin reviewed the folds, she slept on King Qin's lap. When the King of Qin was resting, she climbed on the neck of the King of Qin and rode a horse. When the king of Qin was angry with his subordinates, Ying Xue would touch the beard of the king of Qin to make his father happy, and many people who made mistakes escaped because of this. Received the forgiveness of the King of Qin. Later, every time King Qin was angry with the palace maids, others would secretly bring Princess Yingxue to avoid punishment. Therefore, Princess Yingxue not only became King Qin's favorite princess, but also regarded as a savior by countless palace maids.

When he grew up, other princes and princesses called King Qin "Father", but Yingxue was the only one who only called "Ah Da" like a commoner.

"The fourth princess and the queen of the princess, it's time to find her a concubine, Mrs. Li, Mrs. Wang, and General Wang have all entrusted me to talk to the king, do you want to ask for their son's birthday to show Qin Tianguan?" Ying Fu said while trotting closely behind King Qin.

In this era, it is the norm for women to marry at the age of thirteen or fourteen! At the age of fifteen, I decided to marry after the ceremony, and I got married in half a year! In the folk, it is not easy to marry if you are not married at seventeen! But Wang Gu mentioned the family affairs of the fourth princess at this time, and King Qin was worried about the snow princess's illness, so he was in no mood to listen to it at all! He just replied coldly: "The widow knows! ”

Taiyi Xia Wu is over half a hundred years old and has delicate skills. Carrying the medicine box on his back, he trotted all the way to the front and back feet of King Qin to the fourth princess's bedroom.

The four princesses were lying on the bed, surrounded by four personal maids from spring, summer, autumn and winter. When the maid saw King Qin hurriedly entering, she hurriedly bowed to the ground and saluted!

"Xue'er, Ah Da saw that you are here, how are you?" King Qin came to the side of the bed and called softly.

The Snow Princess is face inward, lying down. As soon as he heard his father's voice, he shouted, "Ah! Immediately sat up, threw himself into King Qin's arms, and hugged King Qin's neck tightly!

King Qin saw that the Snow Princess was fine, and his heart was a little calm! patted the snow princess on the back, and said with a smile: "It's time tomorrow, why are you still like a broken woman!" Come down and let Ah Da see, what's uncomfortable? ”

At this time, Xue'er's mother, Princess Mi, also came over, and when she saw Xue'er hugging King Qin tightly, she said jealously: "This daughter, my mother doesn't have a big kiss!" Let go of your Ah Da. ”

After a long while, the Snow Princess kissed King Qin heavily on the face, and then let go of King Qin, and went to hug Princess Mi again with bare feet.

King Qin found that the fourth princess suddenly grew a lot taller, and this princess was a little taller. is already a slim beauty, but her face is pale and her body is a little delicate. With no makeup and white pajamas, King Qin was distressed and loving.

"Xia Wuji, give Xue'er a pulse!" King Qin said.

"No!" Xia Wuhe answered, took out a small hand pillow and put it on the table, let the fourth princess sit down, Shen put his right hand flat on the hand pillow, covered the snow princess's hand with a silk scarf, and took the pulse. After a while, he said: "Your Majesty, princess, the snow princess's illness is fine, only the snow will be raised for a while, and it will be cured!" ”

"I've been sick for so long, and I've lost weight like this, and you still say it's okay?" King Qin said angrily.

"This ......" Imperial Physician Xia stopped talking, looked at the princess snuggled in the princess's arms, and swallowed the words back.

King Qin understood and said, "Aunt Wang, Concubine Mi, you should talk to Xue'er!" After speaking, he glanced at Imperial Physician Xia, walked out of the hall, and hurried back to the study, and after a while, Imperial Physician Xia also came!

"What's wrong with Cher?" King Qin asked.

"Your Majesty, Princess Xue'er has grown up, and she has a heart disease! Heart disease still needs heart medicine, but the minister is powerless. Imperial Physician Xia said.

"Heart disease, what heart disease can she have at a young age?" King Qin asked.

"Please summon her personal maid, and the minister may ask, or you may know!" Doctor Xia said.

"Little Gaozi, call the spring and autumn beside Xue'er!" King Qin said, "Be careful, don't let the Snow Princess know.

Spring and Autumn are both three years older than Cher, and they have been inseparable from Snow Princess since they were children. After a while, Spring and Autumn came to the study and lay down on the ground. With a wave of King Qin's hand, Zhao Gao immediately beckoned the other chamberlains and maids to retreat together.

"Ask!" King Qin said.

"The two of you are inseparable from the fourth princess, do the four princesses have a favorite man? Let's be honest! Imperial Physician Xia asked directly.

The two maids, who didn't dare to raise their heads, said softly: "More than two years ago, the fourth princess went to the eldest prince's mansion, and when she came back, she sat with the eldest prince in the salted fish house, and met a group of people singing in the salted fish house!" The fourth princess stroked the Zheng and Zhi, and after coming back, the princess never forgot one of them, and asked the eldest son to send people to Salted Fish House to wait for no result, until a few months ago, there was news that those people came again! The princess went again, and saw the man from afar. Then it disappeared again! For months, the princess was sullen and sick! The two maids did not dare to raise their heads, and trembled with fright.

"Who is that man? What is your name? King Qin asked.

"I don't know, I haven't had time to ask! We were in a private room on the second floor with the princess, and the man was in the hall on the first floor, and we had met twice from afar! Cho replied.

King Qin looked at the two maids, his beard was so angry that he raised his beard, and said, "This one has only met twice, and he doesn't know anything about that person's identity, so he is confused like that, what should I do?" ”

Xia Wuhe thought for a while and said, "Your Majesty, summon the eldest son to ask, maybe you can know a thing or two." ”

"Little Gaozi, quickly summon Fusu!" King Qin shouted to the door.

"No!" Zhao Gao agreed and trotted away.

At this moment, Yingfu and Concubine Mi came over together and said, "Xue'er is asleep, what is her disease?" ”

King Qin motioned for the two maids to step back and said, "Imperial Doctor Xia, tell them about it!" ”

Xia Wuhe told the matter of the fourth princess.

When Ying Fu heard this, she laughed and said: "I'm scared to death, I thought it was a serious illness, but it turned out that it was just a young girl's pregnancy!" It just so happens that the sons of several adults have entrusted me with a proposal! Let's just pick one for Xue'er, and the illness will naturally be cured! ”

"I've already summoned Fu Su into the palace, so let's ask first. If you can't find that person, that's it! King Qin said, his heart was empty, and he was very reluctant.

"Tomorrow Xue'er and Lu ceremony, I will call the three sons and their wives into the palace and let Xue'er take a sneak peek. The three sons are all famous families, a talent! Maybe Cher will take a fancy to it! The illness will naturally be cured, killing two birds with one stone! Yingfu said.

"What Aunt Wang said is that there are many complicated people in the market, what if Xue'er takes a fancy to a scoundrel? Anyway, invite them into the palace tomorrow and see how Xue'er reacts! Concubine Mi said.

"Auntie has worked hard for you, you can arrange it!" King Qin said.

Ying Fu heard this and said happily: "Your Majesty, princess, then I'll arrange it first!" Wrap it up on me! After saying that, he squatted and went.

After a while, Zhao Gao led a young man with a lofty spirit, and the young man was the eldest son Fusu. Fusu moved out of the palace at the age of twelve and opened the mansion alone, because he had a gentle personality, frugality and humility, and won the love of the King of Qin.

Fusu entered the study alone and met his father and concubine. Fusu has been smart and studious since he was a child, and King Qin rarely gets angry with him, but this time it was an exception, King Qin pointed at his nose and scolded without waiting for him to finish speaking: "You kid have hard wings? What salted fish house did you take Xue'er to, who have you met, quickly give an honest explanation to the widow! ”

Fusu was stunned for a moment, startled for a while, and couldn't answer for a while.

Concubine Mi hurriedly walked over, protected Fusu, and blamed King Qin: "Fusu is still a child, how can the king accuse him like this?" If you have something to say, just ask slowly? After Concubine Qi finished speaking, she asked Fusu softly: "Xue'er went to Salted Fish House with you twice, who did she like, do you know?" ”

Fusu was only half a year older than the fourth princess, and when she was changing her voice, she replied in a hoarse voice: "I don't know who he is, but I've only seen him twice from afar, and Sister Xue'er is shy and won't let me ask in person!" I asked the shopkeeper to ask, but they didn't answer! ”

"What does that guy look like? What are the characteristics? King Qin asked.

"That person is black and strong, every time he goes, he is a group of more than ten people, he should be a soldier, and the one that Sister Xue'er likes is the one they lead, and I like the songs they sing!" Fusu replied.

"What song are they singing?" King Qin asked again.

"The first time was a chance encounter, when the Huns had just been beaten, they taught everyone to sing "Chasing Shan Yu on a Snowy Night", "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", "Loyal to the Country", every time they taught everyone to sing, soon the whole Xianyang everyone sang!" Fusu replied.

"These songs have become popular all over the world, everyone sings them, and the musicians in the palace have been singing them for a long time! Until now no one knows who the author is! Concubine Mi said.

"Imperial Doctor Xia!" King Qin shouted.

"The minister is here!" Xia Wu and gave up.

"This thing can only trouble you once! Things must inquire about the back and forth, what to say and what not to say, do you know? King Qin said coldly.

"The minister understands, please rest assured!" Xia Wuhe has been a physician for more than 30 years, and he has long understood that many things must rot in his stomach.

After finding the cause of the fourth princess, King Qin felt a little calmer. He also summoned the old chariot chief Yingben and Taimiao Ling, who were in charge of royal affairs, to discuss the details of the Nailu ceremony for the four princesses tomorrow.

In ancient times, the women's year was called "and the year", also known as the "year of the pipe". The flute is a hairpin, and the hairpin is the age when you can insert a hairpin, which means that you have grown up and it is time to get married.

As soon as the head of the carriage and the Taimiao Ling left, Prime Minister Wang Juan led a group of important ministers in. Yao Jia said: "The envoy of Yan brought the book of the Yan Kingdom, and was willing to dedicate the most fertile land south of Yishui (now Yi County and Ba County, Hebei) to Qin State as a birthday gift for the king, so as to seek long-term peace between the two countries. The land envoy has already set off from Yan Country and will arrive in a few days! ”

"Bird, what's the point of offering or not? After the spring of the coming year, the widow will send someone to pick it up! Why bother? King Qin said disdainfully.

"Your Majesty, if we refuse to offer land, the Yan Kingdom will definitely prepare for war with all its might! It's better to take the ground first, paralyze it, and attack it again in the next spring, you can get twice the result with half the effort, and you can also stabilize the Yan State by taking a step back, but you can attack the Wei State first, why not? Wang Juan replied.

"Prince Dan, I'm too familiar with him! I took his land, not only will he not be paralyzed, but he will only be more active in preparing for the war against Qin. Even if we attack Wei first, Prince Dan will definitely attack Great Qin to echo. There are only the kings and crown princes of the four countries left, and the crown prince Dan is the only one who is sober. King Qin said.