It has been two days since a group of Tatars came to the ranks of the emperor of the Ming Kingdom.

The weather was clear, and the red morning sun was popping up on the flat horizon. On the road in the distance, the men and horses at the front had already formed a large formation, and they were setting off in the direction of the rising sun. Asari watched for a while, and of course she could see that people had to go east today.

It is said that it is through the Ming Kingdom, but after the Tatars came here, it seems that it is not so easy to get out and go north. All kinds of worries and cranky thoughts are accumulating in Asari's heart.

The two sides that once fought side by side, the Han people also fought bloodily to protect Asari and others; But the situation changed slightly, and the Han people became everyone's biggest threat.

At that moment, Asari suddenly noticed that two men were watching her son. One of them wore a colorful brocade robe, a black gauze hat, and a single knife at his waist; The other is dressed in armor. The man in armor was pointing at the child, and the man in the brocade robe was looking in the direction and nodded slightly.

Asari was nervous, and she instinctively felt that something was not right. There were many family members in the Tatar remnants, and there were more than a few children, so why were the two Han people observing her son alone?

After a while, the brocade-robed man walked over with a string of rock sugar gourds, handed it to the prince with a smile, and then reached out and touched his head.

Asari managed to hold back and didn't rush up to stop the brocade-robed man. She knew that at this time, she had no way to stop the Ming people from doing anything, and a rash reaction would only make things worse.

Fortunately, after the brocade-robed man gave him the rock sugar gourd, he left quickly. After the little prince ate it, he didn't see anything unusual, thinking that even if the people of the Ming Kingdom had to deal with a child, they wouldn't poison it in public? Asari is still too concerned to think more.

After the Ming sergeants collected the tents, the Tatars gathered together one after another, some on horseback, some on foot, and everyone set off with the Ming army.

Asari rode to the side of the dehuo red and whispered, "I don't know what's going on, the people of the Ming Kingdom may already know the identity of the child. ”

Lately, Dehuo Chi seems to be in a bit of a heavy mood. He glanced at Asari and said, "Concubine Khan is too concerned about the prince. We always think we can hide our thoughts, but it's hard. ”

"What should I do?" Asari asked, frowning.

Dehuo Chi did not answer.

Asari thought for a moment and asked, "How did the Ming people know in advance that the Warat people were going to intercept and kill us?" ”

Dehuo Chi still didn't say anything.

Asari was silent for a while, and couldn't help but say with doubts: "According to General Ming, the Emperor of Ming has received some news and made some inferences. What's the news? ”

Dehuo Chi finally spoke: "Concubine Khan, don't ask more, it's useless to be anxious, just wait and see." ”

Asari's heart is like a fire, and she can't stand the attitude of getting rid of the fire. But she couldn't help it, so she finally endured it, then sighed, and had to give up.

In the afternoon, the army stopped, and the people entered a village, and Asari and the others were placed in a brick courtyard. After a while, two handsome Han girls came, wearing moon-white dresses, and a eunuch. The eunuch was quite young and claimed to be surnamed Wang.

The eunuch said slowly in Chinese: "I heard that Concubine Khan understands Chinese? ”

Asari nodded yes.

The eunuch said: "Dehuochi is the prime minister of Mongolia, and the Khan concubine is the former Khan concubine of Mongolia." Daming is the state of etiquette, so today Dali Siqing, Qi Guogong presided over, the banquet was de-fired, and the imperial concubine and the virtuous concubine invited the Khan concubine to dine together. You prepare, and our family will send someone to greet Concubine Khan before the unitary time. ”

Asari said: "Thank you for the kindness of the princess of the Ming Kingdom." ”

The eunuch turned his head and said, "Good life waits for Concubine Khan." ”

The two little ladies curtsied and said, "Yes." ”

The eunuch hugged the dust again, said "farewell", and turned to leave.

The little lady was busy boiling water, waiting for Asari to bathe and change her clothes, and brought some clean clothes.

The Mongols did not usually bathe, but the Asut tribe was originally a Persian, and after living in the Mongolian steppe for a long time, their habits became the same as those of the Mongols. At most, the women wiped their bodies with a cloth towel. However, Asari did not refuse to bathe, she didn't think much about it, maybe she felt that the Han people were still more amiable at this time, and she also subconsciously and carefully behaved better.

Asari was actually very comfortable in the process of bathing, and she did not feel unhappy at all. The warm water sprinkled with flower petals was fragrant, and the little ladies smeared her with all kinds of balms and powders, and then washed them. Although the customs are different, Asari feels that women seem to be naturally accustomed to a comfortable environment.

She changed into soft and clean underwear, but the outer clothes, not those given by the Han Chinese, were still wearing her Asut robes.

In the evening, when Asari went to the place where the imperial concubines were staying for dinner, she immediately felt that she was out of place with the Han women.

The two imperial concubines are very beautiful, and their appearance looks completely ungrounded, with no traces of sun exposure or the smell associated with the land and grasslands, like fairies that are not stained with dust. The imperial concubines should not only bathe and clean frequently, but also have very fine trimmings. Her black hair and delicate fair skin are surrounded by silk and jewelry.

Asari's mood was a little complicated, while despising the extravagance and weakness of these women, and seeing how they looked like they did nothing at all, let alone the ability to ride horses and shoot arrows; On the one hand, I was amazed at their beauty and luxury. As a woman, Asari knew in her heart that men would like to look at such women if they did not consider their role.

Several women dine together, and from time to time talk about what they have seen and heard along the way, as well as their own life customs. Asari is also paying attention to the two imperial concubines, the highest-ranking imperial concubine, who looks like the princess described in the story, with delicate facial features, graceful figure, and bright eyes with a comfortable smile. The other princess was very seductive, wearing a wide robe, her breasts were also bulging, her figure was concave and convex, her beautiful goose egg face was red and her teeth were white, her skin was smooth and fair, and she was bright and bright.

Compared with the women of the Asuth Ministry, the imperial concubines have a typical Han Chinese physiognomy, and the facial contours are not too prominent. However, Ashari had seen many other Mongols and some Han Chinese slaves, and she was used to it.

In the past, Asari would be especially wary of her enemies coveting her beauty, because the slightly good-looking women of the Mongol tribe would almost belong to someone else's property if they were robbed. But after seeing these two imperial concubines, Asari was no longer worried about Emperor Zhu Er.

The royal concubines praised Asari for her beauty several times, which may have been kind words, but Asari was also very happy.

After dinner, Asari returned to the brick-walled courtyard where they lived, and for a while she became very curious about Emperor Zhu Er. Although she was worried that the emperor would be bad for her son; But today's warm atmosphere of the dinner made her feel that the Han people did not seem to have much hostility. After all, in the steppe, it is a great kindness to be invited by a Mongol to share food.

However, the correspondence between Dehuo Chi and the ministers of the Ming Kingdom did not seem to be so pleasant.

The next day, Ashali saw Tuohuochi, and Tuohuochi said that she leaked her mouth and mentioned that it was "like the Hongmen banquet in the Han book".

Asari, who was bewitched by the friendliness of the Han people last night, suddenly sobered up a little. After a while, she felt that something was wrong again: "The Warats attacked us and the Ming army to protect us, and my eldest brother sent an envoy to discuss and be sealed, why did the Ming army use force against the Tatars?" Is the prime minister hiding something from me? ”

Dehuo Chi was stunned for a moment, and said, "Don't ask more now, it's no good." The people of the Ming Kingdom can't do anything about me for the time being, and then they may have to treat you soft and hard, and when they get close to the prince, they want to coerce the Khan concubine. ”

He said a little more today, and then said: "I guess that the people of the Ming Kingdom don't want to tear their faces with us for the time being. And Concubine Khan has a weakness, which is the easiest choice to break through. ”

Still full of doubts, Asari asked, "When you return to the grassland, will you tell me the truth?" ”

Dehuo Equator: "If you can go back, you will understand." ”

Asari's heart grew heavy as she looked up. Large fields, vegetable fields, villages are scattered, everything unfamiliar, she began to miss the four seasons of the grassland, cattle and sheep and tents. Mingguo has its own good places, but she prefers to return to a familiar land, where there are friends she knows and a way of life that makes her happy......

Sure enough, Tuohuochi guessed correctly, and early the next morning, Emperor Zhu Er sent someone to summon Asari.

Asari was in a nervous mood, on the one hand, she was indeed a little curious, wanting to see what the particularly powerful and clever Ming Emperor was like, and on the other hand, she was worried that the emperor would use the prince to coerce her to confess what she did not know.

She walked through the heavily guarded fence and came to a camp, where she saw some soldiers collecting tents. She waited for a while, and then was led to the front.

In front of the various honor guards, there were several people standing, and Asari bowed as she watched. Mongolians generally do not speak when they salute.

I saw that the person standing in the middle with the horse was wearing a dragon robe, which should be the emperor of the Ming Kingdom. He was burly, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and his copper-colored skin was a little rough, which seemed to be incommensurate with the luxurious clothes on his body, and his extravagance was purely set off by the decorations on his body. Such a big man who is obviously exposed to the wind and the sun is a little kind.

On the contrary, the two people around the emperor were more handsome. One is a little older, the other is very young, and at first glance he is a well-born person.

Emperor Zhu Er looked at Asari and said, "Concubine Khan can ride a horse?" You come with us, let's say a few words on the way. ”

Asari nodded, "Yes." ”

After the Emperor finished speaking, he stepped on the stirrup and skillfully flipped onto the horse's back.