The twelve dragon grandsons (kings) are exhausted, and there are eighteen sons (Li).

This is a proverb that has been spreading in Goryeo Sekyung recently.

Segyong of Goryeo has a long history as the birthplace of the Korean people and has an extremely important position in the history of the peninsula.

Legend has it that more than 2,000 years ago, the Emperor of Heaven and the son of Huan Xiong and the bear girl born to Tanjun (also known as Wang Jian) established the Korean state, and its capital city Asda is located here, so this city is also known as "Wang Jian City".

After the fall of the Shang Dynasty in China, the Yin Shang nobleman Jizi came to North Korea and took this city as the capital, which was "Jizi Korea".

The local people revere him as the ancestor of the Korean nation, so the status of the city is sacred, and it is called "Keseong".

With the development of history and historical changes, the city has been demolished and rebuilt for thousands of years (and has been demolished and rebuilt many times in the middle), and has long been built into a capital city with extremely complete defense facilities.

In addition, there were 100,000 troops and more than 500,000 people in the city, as well as plenty of grain and grass, and there were experienced generals like Tuo Junjing to rule.

So much so that it is not easy for Liaodong to lay down here.

The good thing is that -

The people of Seogyong in Goryeo are not monolithic.

Among these people:

Some people advocate finding a way to restore Wang Kai.

Some people argue that Wang Kai's incompetence caused Goryeo to suffer this catastrophe, and that he was too young to convince the public, and that he should support an old man with great prestige to lead the Goryeo people through this difficult time for the king of Goryeo.

Some people advocate that relying on the Jin people to defeat the robbers in Liaodong will give Goryeo a peace.

There are also people who resolutely oppose the entry of the Jin into Goryeo - they believe that the Liaodong people are tigers and the Jin people are wolves, so don't lure the wolves into Goryeo because they reject the tigers, so that the wolves in front and the tigers in the back will definitely accelerate the demise of Goryeo.

These people quarreled endlessly, and no one could convince anyone.

In this complicated situation, Tuo Junjing, whose prestige was not enough to be the king, could only barely maintain this situation and could not lead the Goryeo people out of this predicament.

Tuo Junjing feels that only Li Ziqian can lead the Korean people out of the current predicament - Wang Kai is too young and his power is too small to lead the Korean people out of the difficult situation in front of them, and only Li Ziqian, who has rich political experience and high prestige, can lead the Korean people out of the difficult situation in front of them.

It is precisely because of this that Tuo Junjing has been helping Li Ziqian build momentum, and that proverb was also sent out by Tuo Junjing.

But—

That's all Tuo Junjing can do, and the rest has to rely on Li Ziqian himself - if Li Ziqian can't escape from Kaijing to Goryeo Xijing, then no matter what Tuo Junjing does, it's useless. If Wang Kai fled from Kaijing to Goryeo Xijing first, then no matter how optimistic Tuo Junjing is about Li Ziqian, Tuojun Kyoto will have to choose Wang Kai due to the situation. And if Li Ziqian and Wang Kai can't escape from Kaijing to Goryeo Xijing, then Tuo Junjing may not be able to maintain the current situation, and at that time, Tuo Junjing will either choose a clan to establish it, or he can only wait for Goryeo to perish.

Li Ziqian and Wang Kai also know that now is the critical moment for Goryeo, and it is also a critical moment for them to face each other, and even their supporters know that the victory or defeat is in this time.

Therefore, the people of Li Ziqian and Wang Kai can be said to be racking their brains to publicize Cai Ying......

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Pinching his fingers, Cai still occupied Goryeo Kaegyong for more than half a year.

Although a few days after entering Kaegyung, in order to prevent the restoration of the Goryeo royal clan and to prevent others from breeding ambitions to challenge him, Cai still announced that all the men of the Goryeo royal family would be placed under house arrest and all the women of the Goryeo royal family would be included in his harem, but so far, Cai still has not touched the daughter of the Goryeo royal family, including the daughter of the Lee family in Incheon given to him by Lee Ziqian.

Cai is still like this, naturally not because Cai is still different and has become a bad woman, but:

First of all, Cai is still too busy - not to mention that the southern region of Goryeo was not completely pacified until mid-May, and not to mention how difficult it is to govern these unfamiliar areas, just to let them outsiders gain a foothold in these areas, Cai is still busy. It is no exaggeration to say that in the more than half a year since he came to Goryeo, Cai still hardly did not work overtime for a day, especially when Li Gang, Zhao Ding and others did not come, during that time, Cai was still busy almost every day, and sometimes even had to be busy until the hour.

Secondly, Cai still has a lot of concubines, and the key is that many of them haven't seen each other for a long time, like Liang Hongyu, Wang Sanniang, Fang Baihua, Chen Jingu, Zhao Sanliu Niang, and Jiang Qin'er, they miss Cai Ying, and Cai still misses them, so naturally they have to come first, otherwise, they who are already sulking because Cai still has more and more women, they will be even more depressed.

It can be said that Cai still managed to stabilize his territory and his women, and he can finally be idle.

In particular, with Cai still ascending the throne and rewarding a large number of people, so that everyone can perform their duties, Cai can really be idle.

Without so many things, Cai can still have more time to work on his concubines and eliminate the resentment of his concubines.

I don't know if it's because of the water in Gaoli to raise people, in the past few months, Cai has still achieved remarkable results - there are frequent good news in the harem, and dozens of women are secretly married because Cai is still cultivating.

It is precisely because of this that in Cai Ying's harem, the soldiers were lost and the combat power was greatly reduced, and Cai still finally had time to digest the daughter of the Goryeo Wang.

Therefore, during the meal, Cai still casually asked Jixiang and Ruyi, who had become his female official: "Are the daughters of the Goryeo royal family all in the apse?" ”

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Apse.

The place where the daughter of the Goryeo royal family lived.

In the beginning, there were many people here - not only the daughters of the Goryeo royal family here, but also a large number of court maids here.

Later, with Cai Ying's reward and the establishment of the marriage capital prison and the widow's first daughter's examination of the other prison, those palace maids with poor appearance left the palace one after another to marry, and the palace maids with better appearance were also rewarded by Cai still to his concubines as handmaidens.

Later, Cai still issued another order: all the daughters of the Goryeo royal family (whether they are royal or clan) over the age of 35 should move to live in the Cheyeong Palace in the corner of the palace.

Up to now, there are only more than 100 young daughters of the Goryeo royal family (including the concubines of Wang Mata and Wang Kai and the daughters of the Goryeo clan) and some special Goryeo women, such as the Goryeo beauties given to Chae by the Goryeo minister who took refuge in Chae and the 100 Goryeo beauties selected by the Ministry of Rites from the people, such as Jung Keyong's two daughters, such as Chae Hyo's two sisters.

When it comes to the royal family and the daughters of the royal family, people often think of their glamorous side, and they will ignore what they have to bear.

Like some dynasties, after the death of the emperor, the childless concubines had to be buried - some of the buried concubines were only thirteen or fourteen.

Like some dynasties, after the death of the emperor, the concubines who did not help the emperor give birth to a son and a half daughter would be sent to the cold palace or forced to become a monk - when Wu Zetian was still a "martial artist", he was sent to be a nun after Li Shimin's death.

Like some dynasties, some unfavored concubines had to use the embroidery skills they practiced in the boudoir to earn some money to make up for it, and many concubines even lived worse than the palace maids and eunuchs.

Don't talk about these, just say that if they are unlucky and encounter the situation that the Imperial City is broken and they are all arrested, then they may be worse than dead, just like Zhao Ji and Zhao Huan's concubines and daughters when Jingkang was ashamed.

Cai is still very civilized, although he also rewarded many Goryeo women to the soldiers of the Liaodong Army, but Cai still forced the soldiers of the Liaodong Army to marry, there must be a formal ceremony, if it is a wife is not a concubine, the royal court also sent a dowry of 20 yuan for the Goryeo woman, and explicitly ordered the soldiers of the Liaodong Army not to persecute the Goryeo woman, and also introduced a relevant protection law - Cai is still this move is mainly for the sweating and bloody soldiers of the Liaodong Army to start a family, the meaning of marriage is greater than the reward.

Although Cai is still very civilized, for the daughters of the Goryeo royal family who don't know anything, Cai is still a very terrifying existence with the Liaodong Army, especially after seeing those palace maids being taken away one after another, they are all worried about their own fate, they have been thinking: Will they be taken away by strangers one day?

But what these poor daughters of the Goryeo royal family didn't expect was that they waited on the left and no one came to deal with them, and they waited on the right and no one came to deal with them.

Later, many Goryeo women (i.e., the Goryeo beauties given to Chae by the Goryeo minister who took refuge with Chae Jung and the 100 Goryeo beauties selected by the Ministry of Rites for Chae Ju from the people) came to them.

From these later Goryeo women, the daughters of the Goryeo royal family knew that Goryeo had died, and now it had changed its dynasty and become the Liaodong Kingdom, and all of them had become the concubines of Cai Zhen, the king of Liaodong.

This made the daughters of the Goryeo royal family very sad, and some of them even chose to be martyred for Goryeo.

But these women who were buried for Goryeo were like a few small pebbles thrown into the sea, and they couldn't even make a wave.

Slowly, these daughters of the Goryeo royal family stopped making these useless sacrifices, and they naturally chose to live in this kind of environment where no one forced them if they didn't force themselves.

Soon, these daughters of the Goryeo royal family found that in this life, in addition to being boring, there was nothing to eat, and there was no shortage of clothing, and they just had what they needed, and most of them could meet them when they told the female officials who managed them.

It seems that the current life is better than the deceitful life in the past.

In this case, many of the already stiff relationships have been eased.

For example, Jinghe Empress Dowager Li and Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing.

Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing were both born to Li Ziqian's daughter (they were born to Li Ziqian's eldest daughter and second daughter respectively), speaking of which, the two of them are also the nieces of Queen Li of Yande (Li Ziqian's third daughter), and they can be regarded as half of the women of the Li family in Renzhou.

And Li Ziqian originally wanted Queen Yande Li to inherit the position of Queen Shunde of Queen Wangmata, so that the position of this princess is still in their Li family in Renzhou, but unfortunately the person who finally inherited the position of Queen Shunde as the princess is Jinghe Empress Dowager Li - Li is actually surnamed "Wang", she is Wang Mata's cousin, and the Goryeo royal family has promulgated a law in order to justifiably rob and steal the bell, that is, the daughter of the Goryeo royal family can marry with her father's surname Wang, but with her mother's surname.

Undoubtedly, the Empress Dowager Li became mortal enemies with the Li family in Renzhou.

And Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing are also half of the Li family in Renzhou, plus the greasy taste of Jinghe Empress Dowager Li snatching their mother's position as princess, the most important thing is that Li Ziqian supports them, and as a result, the relationship between Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing and Jinghe Empress Dowager Li is very stiff.

But that was back in the day.

Now everyone is a lamb to the slaughter, and one day they will have to be slept with by a man, and then they will need to take care of each other.

In this case, what kind of fighting?

Besides, calm down and think about it, in addition to being the stepmother of Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing, and the cousin of Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing, the Empress Dowager Li is not an outsider, so there is no need for everyone to be so stiff.

The relationship is quite complicated, and there is also a difference in generation, but the actual situation is that the Empress Dowager Li and Princess Chengde and Princess Xingqing are actually about the same age - among the three of them, the eldest is Princess Chengde, then Jinghe Empress Dowager Li, and then Princess Xingqing.

Three women of the same age temporarily let go of their prejudices against each other, only to realize that they could actually become friends with each other.

The residence of Princess Chengde.

Jinghe Empress Dowager Li and Princess Chengde were playing an ancient chess game in bitterness, while Princess Xingqing stood aside and watched.

The chessboard of this type of chess is to draw four squares with shallow lines, and then draw diagonals, etc.

The game of this kind of chess is to use one's own pieces to force or eat the opponent's pieces, and finally capture all the opponent's pieces, even if you win.

Seeing that the two sides are about to decide the winner.

A small and eager voice suddenly came from outside the door: "Excuse me, Princess Chengde can be here?" ”

Jinghe Empress Dowager Li, Princess Chengde, and Princess Xingqing are all stunned!

But soon Princess Chengde said: "The palace is here." ”

The man outside the door said, "The slave and maid were sent by His Majesty." ”

Princess Chengde hesitated for a moment and asked, "I don't know which Your Majesty it is?" ”

After Princess Chengde said this, whether it was her, or the Empress Dowager Jinghe and Princess Xingqing, they all had a bitter face!

In the past, when I said Your Majesty, I could only say that I was the King of Goryeo, that is, Wang Kai, but now, when I said Your Majesty, there is also Cai Ying, and the Empress Dowager Jinghe, Princess Suide, and Princess Xingqing all feel that the latter is the majority, you know, now this is the latter's territory.

The people outside the door did not bother with Princess Chengdeok's disrespect, but said directly: "The slave maid was sent by the king of Goryeo. ”

The king of Goryeo, it can't be Cai Yi, it can only be Wang Kai, otherwise it will be the king of Liaodong.

Jing and the Queen Mother, Princess Suide, and Princess Xingqing glanced at each other, and in the end, it was the Empress Dowager Jinghe who nodded, and Princess Xingqing opened the door.

After the door opened, the Empress Dowager Jinghe, Princess Suide, and Princess Xingqing found that the person outside the door was a young girl in her early twenties dressed as a palace maid.

The girl flashed into the room.

looked around, and saw that Jinghe and the Queen Mother were also there, and the girl hurriedly asked the Queen Mother Jinghe: "I have seen the Queen Mother, the slave is Han Caiying, the daughter of Han Anren, and His Majesty sent the slave and maid to deliver news to you. ”

Empress Dowager Jinghe nodded and said, "Your Majesty asked you to come to us, what is the matter?" ”

Han Chaeyoung said: "Your Majesty said that now is the time for the life and death of Goryeo, and I hope that the Queen Mother, the two princesses, and other people from the Goryeo Wang and Zong clans will make some sacrifices for Goryeo......"

Meanwhile.

A palace maid also knocked on the door of Queen Yandeok's room.

After Queen Yeondeok's sister (that is, Li Ziqian's fourth daughter) opened the door, the palace maid watched the dynamics outside the door vigilantly and said: "Your Majesty may be here today, Master Li asked me to bring you a message, he said that you must seize this opportunity to ask Your Majesty to let him go north, and he also said that this is for the ...... of the Li family in Incheon."

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