Chapter 31: The Harem
Handan, Miyagi.
"Father, father!" A little girl with pigtails on her head who looked like she was no more than three or four years old jumped up and down in front of Zhao Dan with a flower that had just been picked out of the flowers, and said in an extremely immature childish voice: "Father, look how beautiful this flower is!" β
Yes, you guessed correctly, "that Zhao Dan" left Zhao Dan not only Zhao Heng and Zhao Yan's two sons.
In fact, Zhao Dan also has three daughters, the youngest of which is the princess born to Queen Zhao in front of Zhao Dan, named Zhao Yi.
The origin of Zhao Yi's name is from the "Book of Songs: Pu Jia" "The so-called Yi people are on the water side." The little princess Zhao Yi did not live up to this sentence, the whole person looks extremely cute, and she is definitely a real beauty.
Zhao Dan smiled slightly, stretched out his hand and pinched Zhao Yi's little face affectionately: "Although this flower is beautiful, it is not as beautiful as the widow's Yi'er." β
Zhao Yi grinned, and the whole person threw himself into Zhao Dan's arms: "Father, hug!" β
A father and a daughter suddenly burst into laughter.
Of course, there were more than so many people in the garden, and a young lady dressed in rich clothes stood not far away surrounded by many palace maids, smiling at her husband and daughter in front of her.
This noblewoman, who looks to be only in her twenties and younger than Zhao Dan, is the queen of Zhao State.
The queen of Zhao is named Han Wan, a princess of South Korea, and the half-sister of Han Wangran, the current monarch of South Korea.
This queen has been married to Zhao Dan for almost ten years, and she has kept the Zhao palace in good order over the years, and she can be said to be a relatively good virtuous helper.
Zhao Dan laughed with his little daughter for a while, and then walked in front of Queen Zhao with Zhao Yi, who was still struggling.
When the queen saw Zhao Dan coming, she smiled and saluted Zhao Dan: "The concubine has seen the king." β
Zhao Dan put Zhao Yi down, kissed her on the cheek, and said with a smile: "Let's play by myself, my father has something to say to your mother." β
Naturally, there were palace people on the side who took over Zhao Yi and took him to the side to play.
Zhao Dan watched Zhao Yi follow the palace people, his face was also full of smiles, to be honest, among these children, Zhao Dan's favorite is really this youngest Zhao Yi.
The daughter is the father's little padded jacket.
After Zhao Yi left, Zhao Dan glanced at the queen in front of him and smiled: "Queen, would you like to enjoy the flowers with the widow?" β
When the queen heard this, she smiled and said, "The concubine can't ask for it." β
The two walked side by side in the garden, and when the palace people who accompanied them saw that the two masters had something to say, they naturally did not move forward, but followed far behind.
Zhao Dan looked at the young beauty beside him, and he also felt some emotion in his heart.
Although she has been married for ten years, this Queen Zhao is only twenty-six years old, and she is still at the most beautiful age of a woman. She is tall, fair-skinned, extremely energetic between her eyes, gentle and graceful, dignified and virtuous in her every move, and is exactly the dream marriage partner of every man.
Before he crossed over, Zhao Dan often went to a forum that had a set of scoring standards for women, which were "women live white and rich beauty, and sound wisdom chest, waist and legs." "Ten words are worth one word, and they add up to ten out of ten.
By this standard, the score of this Queen Zhao can reach nine points! It's just one step away from a perfect score.
You must know that in the forum that Zhao Dan often goes to, Sister Chi Ling and Sister Yuanyuan, who are known as the "two goddesses", are actually only seven points.
So compared to this bunch of children who suddenly appeared, what can make Zhao Dan adapt to the new role after the crossing is actually this beautiful queen...
No way, who called this a world that looks at appearance?
Recalling the night of lingering between the two of them in Fengtai last night, Zhao Dan's heart was hot, and some unspeakable reaction suddenly appeared in an unspeakable place, and by the way, even looking at the queen became hot.
The queen obviously felt Zhao Dan's evil gaze, her pretty face subconsciously turned red, and she said softly: "I don't know what the king wants to say to his concubines?" β
Zhao Dan came back to his senses at this time, coughed heavily to hide his embarrassment, and then smiled dryly: "That... Queen, this is the case, you have tried all the tables and chairs that the widow brought to you yesterday? β
That's right, after more than half a month, Zhao Dan finally couldn't bear this way of kneeling. Therefore, Zhao Dan gave an order, and the craftsmen of Zhao State immediately made tables and chairs according to the drawings delivered by Zhao Dan.
The table is a very simple square table, and the chair is also a very simple Taishi chair, which has almost no technical content, as long as there are drawings, it is really made in minutes.
The reason why Zhao Dan created these things is actually very simple.
Dragon Chair!
I am also the king of a country, and I obviously have to have an imposing dragon chair, and then sit on it and watch the courtiers kneel down to me and shout long live, this is called majesty.
Now this posture in which everyone is kneeling and sitting, and the ministers kneel and the monarch also kneel to the ministers, how can it reflect the majesty of my monarch?
How can I, Zhao Dan, hang such a person, be on par with others? It's literal.
It was for such a simple reason that Zhao Dan made the chair, since there is a chair, then the supporting table naturally has to be made together, after all, the table and chair are not separated.
After making the tables and chairs, Zhao Dan not only got a set on his side of Longtai, but also asked people to send a set to Fengtai, where the queen lived, yesterday, and the other ladies also sent a set.
The queen was also stunned when she heard Zhao Dan ask about this, and then said with a smile: "The king's table and chair thing is also quite novel, Yi'er likes it very much, and she refuses to come down on it." β
Zhao Dan saw that the queen's expression was relaxed, and she didn't seem to reject this table and chair, so she was also relieved in her heart, and said with a smile: "That's good, there are many benefits to this table and chair, and the queen must remember to use it diligently." β
Zhao Dan's special advice is also reasonable, after all, in this era, the royal family is the object of follow, as long as something is popular in the palace, then it will soon be popular in the aristocratic circle, and then it will go to the merchant's house, and then it will be fully popular in Handan City, and then it will spread all over the country...
Therefore, if you want the tables and chairs to be accepted by the people of Zhao in the shortest possible time, then the queen of the harem, is a very good way to lead by example.
The queen glanced at Zhao Dan, although she didn't quite understand what Zhao Dan meant, but she still smiled gently: "The concubine obeys the order." β
At this time, the eunuch Ling Mixian suddenly appeared in front of Zhao Dan and the queen: "Mixian has seen the king, the queen. β
Zhao Dan glanced at Mi Xian: "Mi Qing is in trouble?" β
Although Mixian is a eunuch, as an old man who has served two generations of King Zhao for decades, Zhao Dan still respects him and speaks quite politely.
Not to mention anything else, just because Mixian recommended Lin Xiangru to Zhao Guo, it is worthy of Zhao Dan's politeness and respect for Mixian.
And with Mi Hyun's experience, if there was nothing to do, it would not have come out at such a time.
Mixian didn't speak, but respectfully handed over a piece of silk paper.
Zhao Dan took the silk paper, read the contents on it clearly, and then his face suddenly became very strange.
Queen Zhao observed her words and expressions on the side, and said softly at this moment: "If you want to come to the king, there must be something important, so the concubine will retire first." β
"Wait." Zhao Dan stopped the queen, and rubbed his temples with some tears and laughter: "Alas, what should I say about this matter... Well, the queen will wait here with the widow to find out. β
After finishing speaking, Zhao Dan waved his hand at Mi Xian: "Go, bring someone here." β
Mixian nodded, and gave the queen a special salute before retreating.
About twenty minutes later, Mixian came to Zhao Dan and the queen with two more people.
The two people were led by a man, and I saw this man bow and salute: "Chen Lu Buwei has seen the king and the queen." β
"Hmm." Zhao Dan nodded, his face was not too good-looking: "Lu Qing, why didn't you come to the palace to explain the affairs arranged by the widow to you?" β
Lu Buwei said respectfully: "Back to the king, the minister has a Guo family dancer, and he is willing to dedicate himself to the king for the king." β
After speaking, Lu Buwei said to the woman behind him: "Don't come and see the king soon!" β
As soon as Lu Buwei's voice fell, the woman behind him with a graceful figure and a pretty face but a little nervous look on her face stepped forward and saluted Zhao Dan: "The Guo family has seen the king and the queen. β
Zhao Dan complained in his heart at this moment, what was Lu Buwei thinking in his head, it didn't matter if he didn't do things well, why did he still come to send women? Lao Tzu is a dignified King Zhao, is there a lack of such a dancing girl as you? I'm still happy if you're just sending some money, baby, or something, so let me help you take over what kind of?
Therefore, Zhao Dan's tone was even more unkind: "Didn't Lu Qingmo think that the widow was the king of Zhao, and there was even a shortage of women around him?" β
This kind of unkind tone can be heard by anyone, and it is naturally impossible for a shrewd person like Lu Buwei not to hear it, so Lu Buwei was a little flustered at this time, knowing that his fart seemed to be slapped on the horse's leg this time.
LΓΌ Buwei explained profusely: "It's such a king, the minister saw that the king asked the minister about this woman two days ago, so the minister..."
"Wait!" Zhao Dan suddenly interrupted Lu Buwei's words: "You just said that this Guo Ji is the Zhao Ji that the widow asked you about two days ago?" β
"That's right." Lu Buwei nodded and said, "This woman is from the Guo family, but she is from Zhao, so the minister calls her Zhao Ji." β
This time it was Zhao Dan's turn to be stunned.
Why did Zhao Dan stay stunned? The reason is very, very simple.
Because if you follow the trend of history, this Zhao Ji should be given to Zhao Yiren by Lu Buwei during this time, and then she will get pregnant, and then she will give birth to a boy named Zhao Zheng next year.
This boy named Zhao Zheng is, of course, the future Qin Shi Huang!
This Zhao Ji is Qin Shi Huang's own mother!
This is why Zhao Dan, with the respect of the monarch, had to go out of his way to ask whether one of LΓΌ Buwei's concubines was pregnant, and told LΓΌ Buwei not to give this Zhao Ji to Zhao Yiren.
If Zhao Ji hadn't been given to Zhao Yiren and conceived with Zhao Yiren's child, then Qin Shi Huang Zhao Zheng would not have appeared in this world.
Without Qin Shi Huang in this world, it is definitely a complete good thing for Zhao Dan!
But to Zhao Dan's great surprise, this Lu Buwei would be wrong, he did not give Zhao Ji to Zhao Yiren, but sent Zhao Ji to Zhao Dan.
Doesn't this mean that if Zhao Dan agrees to come down, he will have the opportunity to include Qin Shihuang's mother in the harem?!