"Queen Qiyu, this is the daughter of the household servant, 14 years old this year."

Looking at the girl in front of her who was a little thin, Liu Chenyan shook her head, "It's a little older, but it's not much of a problem." But the body is a little thin, no, this body still needs to be better. ”

Liu Chenyan was not satisfied with the daughter from the household servant in front of her.

She didn't ask the future crown princess to practice martial arts like herself, but she couldn't be too bad. I didn't see Concubine Li because of her poor health, and she died of illness at the age of thirty.

The wife of the Tobe squire was a little disappointed, and after saluting, she took her daughter away.

"Next."

After a while, a new young woman came to the temple, and saw Quy Nhon Shao's wife leading her daughter in.

"The concubine is back to the Zhao family, and I have seen the queen's mother."

The eldest princess of Anhua next to her introduced on the side, "Queen Mother, this is the wife and youngest daughter of a cabinet scholar and a scholar of Honglu Temple. ”

"It turned out to be the daughter of a scholar, and she deserved to be from a scholarly family, and she was really quiet and gentle." Liu Chenyan smiled.

Although the Gui clan is not a big family, four of the Quy Nhon Shao brothers have become Jinshi. In the previous situation of the family's monopoly on Jinshi, it can be described as rare.

Of course, this is Li Ye's evaluation of the Gui family.

"Thank you for the compliment." Quy Nhon Shao's youngest daughter hurriedly thanked her.

"Mrs. Gui, how old is Ling Yuan now?" Liu Chenyan asked with a smile.

"Back to the queen's mother, this year is the twelve."

"Twelve? It's pretty much the same. Liu Chenyan nodded.

Subsequently, Liu Chenyan asked a few more questions, and finally on the list in front of her, she ticked Quy Nhon Shao's daughter, which was considered an alternative.

In the past few days, Liu Chenyan will look at the school-age daughters of the powerful ministers in Beijing, choose the more suitable ones, and finally choose the most suitable one.

Of course, Li Ye will also ask about this matter, but he will not be too involved.

This is to choose the crown princess for the crown prince, not to choose a concubine for him, so naturally he can't participate too much, so as not to be misunderstood by others.

"Queen Mother, how about returning to this daughter?" After the mother and daughter of the Gui family left, the eldest princess of Anhua took the opportunity to ask.

"Sister Huang, this girl is okay, but it's just the first time I saw it, and I have to learn more about it as an alternative." Liu Chenyan nodded and said.

"Then let the next one come in, anyway, there are still many female dependents of the minister's family waiting in line outside." The eldest princess of Anhua said with a smile.

"I'm sure I'll see more." Liu Chenyan nodded.

"Queen Mother, I heard that Your Majesty wants to form another forbidden army?" Taking advantage of this gap, the eldest princess of Anhua asked in a low voice.

Liu Chenyan looked at the eldest princess of Anhua, and immediately understood, "Does the second imperial sister want to fight for the position of commander of the forbidden army for the concubine?" ”

"Queen, you also know that although he has the identity of a general of the forbidden army, he has no military exploits. Prison guards generally do not go to the battlefield, and it is difficult to obtain military merits, so it is naturally difficult to be promoted to a knighthood. For this, they complained to me a lot. The eldest princess of Anhua said.

In the past, in addition to the two forbidden armies guarding Fengxiang and Tongguan, the forbidden army in the Guanzhong area only had the left and right prison guards and the Shenji battalion stationed in Huazhou.

There are only the left and right prison guards stationed in Chang'an.

In general, it is still somewhat weak.

Therefore, at the beginning of the 11th year of Qianning, Li Ye ordered the addition of the left and right Jinwuwei, which was formed on the basis of the left and right prison guards, and a part of the elite was drawn from the forbidden army.

After that, the left and right guards were reduced to 12,000 each, and were responsible for guarding the palace and the imperial city; The left and right Jinwuwei are each 15,000 people, responsible for the guard of Chang'an City.

In fact, the number of people is still small, and the total is only more than 40,000 people, but they are responsible for the security of the entire Chang'an.

Fortunately, there is no rebellion in the Tang Dynasty today, Tongguan and Luoyang in the east, Anbei Metropolitan Protectorate in the north, Zuo Wuwei stationed in Fengxiang in the west, and forbidden troops stationed in Xiangzhou and Chengdu in the south.

According to the 12th Army and 16 Guards of the 12th Army and the 16th Guards of the Guan Army, Li Ye once served as the 12th Army and 16th Guard, and there are currently the left and right guards, the left and right leading guards, the left and right Qianniu guards, the left and right Weiwei and the right military guards.

However, Li Ye did not want to form one of the nine guards, but split the Shenji Battalion into the left and right Shenji Battalions.

A Shenji battalion is a little difficult to cope with the big battle behind, and Li Ye also needs to find a better way to combat muskets and artillery, which can only be explored through a series of actual battles.

It was somewhat inappropriate to continue to expand the establishment of the Shenji Battalion, so Li Ye thought about splitting the Shenji Battalion and using the original Shenji Battalion to form the left and right Shenji Battalion.

The commander of the Left Shenji Battalion is still Fu Cunxian, but the position of the commander of the Right Shenji Battalion has not yet been determined, and the eldest princess of Anhua is seeking this position for Zhang Lian.

"Why didn't the Second Emperor Sister go directly to Your Majesty?" Liu Chenyan smiled.

"Aren't you afraid of being reprimanded by Your Majesty? So I want the queen to help talk about it, and let His Majesty also consider the colt. Princess Changning's concubines are all the capital protectors of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, and they will expand the territory for His Majesty, and I, as the eldest princess, cannot lag behind. "The eldest princess of Anhua is a little unwilling.

Forehead...

Liu Chenyan finally understood why, it turned out to be because of comparison!

Indeed, Liu Kui, as the concubine of the princess of Changning, has made great achievements, and now he is the capital protector of the Anxi Metropolitan Protectorate, holding more than 100,000 Anxi Iron Army.

Not only has he conquered most of Qinghai and Tibet, but he is currently plotting to attack the Uighurs in Xizhou and conquer the Western Regions, which makes him sit still among the other horses?

Li Ye's royal sister and royal sister are currently only four alive, namely Princess Anhua, Princess Changning, Princess Renshou and Princess Suining.

Among them, Princess Jinhua died of illness a few years ago.

But among the five princesses, Princess Changning is Li Ye's sister, and Liu Kui is the one who follows Li Ye to fight the world together, so naturally it is not comparable to several other concubines.

"Second Imperial Sister, this palace can talk to Your Majesty, but the Right Shenji Camp is very important to Your Majesty. It's not so easy for the colt to get the position of commander of the right god machine battalion, and without real materials, His Majesty will not let the pony take this position. For this kind of thing, Liu Chenyan has always paid little attention.

However, the eldest princess of Anhua begged to come to him, and she couldn't refuse directly.

"Then thank you Queen." Seeing that the queen agreed, the eldest princess of Anhua was in a much better mood.

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When Quy Nhon Shao's wife and daughter entered the palace to meet the queen, Quy Nhon Sao came to Honglu Temple.

Honglu Temple is located on the edge of the Imperial City, also on the west side of Suzaku Street, right next to Suzaku Gate.

Although there is some overlap between the responsibilities of Honglu Temple and the Ministry of Rites, the reception of foreign envoys is generally the reception of Honglu Temple, and occasionally the Ministry of Rites is also in charge.

"Returning to the prime minister, according to the report from the porter, there is a man outside who claims to be an envoy of Nanzhao and wants to ask to see the saint."

As soon as Quy Nhon Shao sat down, someone came to report.

"The messenger of Nanzhao? Didn't I hear that there are envoys from Nanzhao who are coming to worship? Quy Nhon Shao's brows furrowed slightly, a little confused.

"It is said that he came on the orders of King Nanzhao, not on behalf of Nanzhao."

"On the orders of King Nanzhao? But it doesn't represent Nanzhao? Quy Nhon Shao thought about it, and suddenly remembered the civil strife in Nanzhao mentioned by the previous cabinet, and immediately ordered, "Bring that person in." ”