Chapter 1: The Beginning

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Xia Dynasty, during the assimilation period, the three emperors of the Xia Dynasty, Xia Alcohol, were ambitious, heavy on military force and light on literature, and fought in the south and the north and the east to conquer the west, resulting in the Xia State being a general and the people were not able to make a living, and the court was unable to fight again, and the Xia Emperor stopped the idea of continuing to expand his territory.

But it was too late, several years of war, a large amount of silver and rice grain investment, and the people were increased by the imperial court's super taxes, all of which made the country precarious, and the people's livelihood was full of complaints, because of the emphasis on military force and light on literature, the family was full of literati, and the major families also fell into a kind of imminent contradiction with the imperial court, which is why the Qi family army later raised troops from the south of the Yangtze River where the Wen family was entrenched in the first family, and the Wen family fully supported it.

The three major families, the Wen family in Jiangnan, the head of the three major families, have been inherited for thousands of years, and the Wen family occupies a place in the imperial court in each dynasty and every generation, regardless of the change of dynasty or the change of the superior. Both the status and family heritage far surpass the Huang family in the south of the Yangtze River and the Ye family in Huaibei.

The Qi family army started from the south of the Yangtze River, the Xia State was already empty in the treasury, and the Qi family army had the support of the Wen and Huang families, and even the Xia Emperor was brave and good at fighting for only two years. Qi Zhan, the commander of the Qi family's army, established himself as king. Since then, the Xia country has been broken.

According to rumors, when the city of Xia was broken, Emperor Xia stabbed all the palace concubines, sons and grandsons on the spot, and even the palace maids and eunuchs did not have any mouth, and then committed suicide, and a fire burned the entire palace, and when the Qi army broke through the city gate and arrived, only a raging fire remained, and the entire palace was in a sea of fire, burning for several days and nights before burning out.

Qi Zhan, the commander of the Qi army, ascended the throne in August, set the capital in the capital, changed the country name to Qi, and the year name Fuyuan.

It not only has the meaning of being rich in the world, but also has the meaning of Qi Guo's long history. Since then, the world has been decided, and the two countries of Qi and Beiyuan have divided the world equally. The surrounding small countries could only bow down to the two countries because they were unable to resist, and paid tribute every year.

As the saying goes, Wen Anbang Wuding country, so the Wen family headed by the family for a time to enjoy the holy favor, the Wen family is the head of the three major families, Wen Jinyan is the eldest son of the first family, and the new emperor is also an old friend, when the new emperor from the south of the Yangtze River, but also provided a large number of rice grain, and healthy horses and other military supplies. Among them, Qin Mingyi, a child of a non-family family, also made great contributions.

When the new emperor ascended the throne, he rewarded Wen Jinyan and Qin Mingyi, worshiped Wen Jinyan as the head of the hundred officials, and Qin Mingyi as the imperial doctor.

At the celebration banquet, the young masters and ladies of the various families were out of the limelight, among which the daughters of the Ye and Huang families made the emperor's dragon heart happy because of the piano dance with the song "Mountains and Flowing Water", and the two daughters of Ye Huang were the daughters of the family, both in terms of talent and appearance, they were the top in the country. This performance made a group of people with a heart have their own plans.

Among them, Wen Jinyan, the prime minister of Wen, and Qin Mingyi, the imperial historian, begged to marry Huang Xinrou, the daughter of the Huang family, at the same time. It has been widely spread by later generations.

In the end, it was Wen Jinyan, the eldest son of the Wen family, who captured the hearts of beauties. The emperor specially decreed that the daughters of the Ye and Huang families were married, Ye Zixi, the daughter of the Ye family, entered the palace as a concubine, and Huang Xinrou, the daughter of the Huang family, married into the prime minister's mansion.

In view of the deep sisterhood of the two Ye and Huang families, they specially ordered the two young ladies to get married on the same day, one to marry the prime minister and the other to enter the palace as the imperial concubine.

Many years later, when someone mentioned this grand wedding, they still couldn't help but be amazed. I still remember that day, the whole capital, large and small, was full of festive red, and even a small floor tile on the ground was carefully laid out on the red carpet.

In October of the same year, Concubine Ye, who had been in the palace for two months, came with good news, and the emperor also swore to reward the Ye family because this was the first heir after ascending the throne, and Concubine Ye also became the head of the four concubines. Soon after, the Wen family also had good news, they got married on the same day, and they became pregnant one after another, which added a lot to the friendship between the two good sisters.

In June of the following year, because a certain palace concubine moved her hands and feet in Ye Guifei's food, Ye Guifei, who was pregnant for eight months, was born prematurely and hemorrhaged. In the end, through the concerted efforts of the doctors, his life was finally saved, but the root of the disease was also settled.

When the emperor heard that he was going to behead the palace concubine in a fit of rage, Ye Guifei pardoned the palace concubine on the grounds that the prince was born to pray for the prince's blessing, and the emperor was furious, and he put the palace concubine into the cold palace on the spot, and he couldn't get out of the cold palace in this life, and the family was ruined because of this matter, and he was never allowed to enter the court as an official.

The emperor loved this premature prince very much, and gave him the name Qi Hongxin. Taken from "Life is everywhere you know what it looks like, it should be like Feihong stepping on slush" expresses the infinite love for this prince. And Ye Guifei also injured her body because of premature birth, and she was no longer able to give birth.

In order to compensate Ye Guifei, the emperor will not choose a concubine in the future, and the capital is in an uproar, regardless of the death of the minister of civil and military affairs, the emperor insisted on making an order, so that the civil and military officials are in a hurry. Because the young emperor is only more than thirty years old, and the newborn four princes only have four children. But because the emperor insisted on going his own way, this already absurd thing became a foregone conclusion.

Among them, the third prince Qi Yun and the second princess Qi Yao are from the current queen, the eldest prince is from Concubine Qian, and the fourth prince is from Ye Guifei.

Because the current emperor was just an ordinary soldier in his early years, the current queen is just a lady from a small family, and Concubine Qian is the daughter of a small businessman.

They are all people who can't ascend to the elegant hall, and they are all wives and concubines married when the emperor was still an ordinary soldier, because of the prince, the emperor ascended the throne and gave the concubine position according to the original position.

To say that, the later Ye Guifei had the most noble status in the harem. The emperor has only three princes, and the fourth prince Qi Hongxin has been injured since he was a child, and since ancient times, there has been a saying that the infirm do not ascend to the throne, so the position of the prince also makes people with a heart guess.

Three years later, the Wen family added good news. Joy of a daughter. On the day of washing, the Wen Mansion was overcrowded, and all the officials in the capital gathered here. Whether it is someone who comes to congratulate or please sincerely, even the minor officials who are not of good rank have gathered a gift together and handed it to the housekeeper.

Not to mention that the emperor's concubine came to the Wen Mansion in person, and the concubine even sent a set of jade bracelets with double lotus as a washing gift. The emperor even personally gave the name and spiritual word. The saying that the spirit has the source of all things, and the aura gives birth to all things, it is conceivable that Emperor Qi took the intention of this word.

For a time, the scenery of Wenfu was unparalleled. It is said that the eldest lady of the Wen Mansion has a bright future, and she was favored by the emperor and the concubine when she was born, and there are rumors in the market that it is the concubine Niangniang who gave the double lotus to the four princes. The Wen Mansion and the royal family are about to marry, so the emperor personally gave the name. Anyway, whether it's true or not, the name of Wen Ling, the daughter of Wen Mansion, is well-known in the capital.

originally thought that the Wen Mansion would take Wen Ling to participate in various banquets in a high-profile manner, but he never thought about it. Since the third wash, no one has seen this eldest lady except for the concubine Niangniang, and the more mysterious it is, the more people want to spy on it.

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