Chapter 173
But Baili Wuji's question is just a foreshadowing.
Sister Zhou Xian just squeaked and didn't dare to betray the queen.
Baili Wuji threw down his sleeves and said, "Okay, I don't embarrass you, I have a question that you need to answer honestly." ”
Zhou Xian and the others breathed a sigh of relief and responded, "Your Majesty, may I ask." ”
"You are here, does your father know?"
"Uh......."
This question made Zhou Xian and the others blush, and they had a private meeting with the emperor in the Hou Palace, if it was not for the consent of their fathers, it would be a reluctance. But if they admit their father's consent, they will have no face.
There are some things that can only be done, not said.
People are often like this, they are not ashamed to do it, but once they are said, it is extremely humiliating, and even life.
The two of them didn't even squeak this time, they just bowed their heads, shut up, and didn't open their mouths again.
Baili Wuji laughed, when he was established, bullying two yellow-haired girls was really not a long-faced thing.
So, Baili Wuji said: "That's it, I won't ask you." Lift up your heads. ”
Zhou Xian and the others raised their heads, the matter of the academy, Zhou Xian walked closer, so Baili Wuji remembered Zhou Xian's appearance very deeply, but it was the first time he saw Zhou Qiang's face, the two bends seemed to be frowning and not frowning, and a pair of eyes that seemed to be crying and not showing their eyes, which was comparable to Sister Lin, no, it was much stronger, but the healthy color on Zhou Qiang's face was incomparable to Sister Lin. Baili Wuji exclaimed in his heart.
Strange to say, the two siblings have only a trace of similarity, Zhou Xian is a goose egg face, while Zhou Qiang is a melon seed face. Zhou Xian has a plump figure, but Zhou Qiang is slender.
Baili Wuji looked at the two of them from head to toe, and still commented in his heart. And the Zhou Xian sisters who were standing on the side were living like years, although they were ashamed, they didn't dare to make a sound.
Men, to the identity of Baili Wuji, at this age, the eyes of women are different from when they were weak.
When he met Lu Shiyun, Baili Wuji didn't even dare to look at each other. At this time, Baili Wuji faced the two beauties of Tianxiang and the country, and he was already calm in his heart. He was already looking at the second daughter with scrutinizing eyes.
Because Baili Wuji already knew that these two people were the imperial concubines selected by the queens for him, and the imperial concubines were actually selected by the queen, and the Ming Kingdom could be regarded as setting a precedent. Baili Wuji knows the kindness of the queens. And he is not disgusted with the Zhou sisters, so this matter is like this.
But what made Baili Wuji feel a little inappropriate in his heart was that in Zhou Qiang's eyes flickering, there was a hint of rebellion, no, to be precise, it was a kind of madness, more like a hysterical look.
But Baili Wuji didn't care too much.
"Zhou Xian. Your hair and clothes are very rare, can you say that? Baili Wuji opened the topic.
Zhou Xian has a high bun and slender clothes, and his first sideburns are upright. This kind of outfit is indeed rare.
But seeing Zhou Xian's red face, he replied: "Let Your Majesty smile, this is Xian'er's impromptu work." ”
Baili Wuji nodded, this woman really lives up to her reputation, and she can also design her own hairstyle and clothing, yes, she is a talented woman. This week, Xian's body is plump and his manners are generous, and he is compared with Gao Rongrong, and he has no jealousy for a hundred miles.
Baili Wuji smiled and asked, "Zhou Qiang, are you playing?" What's playing? ”
Zhou Qiang replied: "Back to Your Majesty, what Qiang'er played was an invitation to drunk dance and break the tune, which was composed by my sister herself." ”
"Oh, Zhou Xian, do you have any other tunes? Can you dance another song for me? "Baili Wuji is happy, and there will be a lot of excitement in the palace in the future.
"Back to Your Majesty, Xian'er still has hatred and late tunes, Your Majesty is willing to listen, Xian'er should obey his fate."
"Alright, alright, let's get started." Since it is a foregone conclusion to accept a concubine, it is better to choose two people who know each other than not to know them, and the two are indeed beautiful and literate, if they think about it, it will not be bad. Although Baili Wuji smiled on his face, he was thinking about these in his heart.
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In the second year of the liberation, the eighth day of the ninth month.
Emperor Ming Baili Wuji accepted Zhou Xian, the second daughter of Zhou Zong, the governor of the political affairs, Zhou Xian and Zhou Qiang as imperial concubines, and were respectively canonized as "Concubine Shu" and "Concubine De".
Shi Gao, the governor of Jiangling Prefecture, was appointed as the Duke of Qin.
Zhou Zong, the governor of the council, was appointed as Yongjiahou.
……。
After receiving Toyotomi Shixu's order, Toyotomi Shouren immediately began the national conscription, he ordered the cavalry of the expeditionary force to inspect the various order countries, it took less than four months, to recruit 370,000 men, 370,000 ah, for the population of Fusang at this time, it would be a disaster, but Toyotomi Shouren did not have a trace of pity in his heart, he was very happy, because he was about to return to the long-lost Chu State Tanzhou, seeing the king and his father-in-law, as well as his wife, he missed Xiaocui too much.
Fusang has collected all the ordnance in the country, and it can only arm 200,000 people, but this is not the main thing, Toyotomi Shixu has already gathered the ordnance in Goryeo in one place, as long as the Fusang man lands in Goryeo, and this time, Toyotomi Shouren will also go to Goryeo with the army, where he will return to the Chu State.
The only thing that worries Toyotomi Morihito is that Yasuko has already given birth to a son for Toyotomi Shixu, which may be the most unpredictable thing, but this does not affect Toyotomi Shohito to lead a large army to land in Goryeo.
Toyotomi Morihito ordered the cavalry of the expeditionary force to defend Kyoto, and he himself led his army to set off Higo.
It took 23 days for 370,000 troops to successfully land in Goryeo.
When Toyotomi Shixu learned from Toyotomi Morihito that he had become a father, Toyotomi Shixu was silent, which was definitely a tragedy, but Toyotomi Shixu couldn't give up.
Toyotomi Morihito knew his pain, but could not comfort him.
In the days that followed, Toyotomi Shixu and Toyotomi Morihito began arming, reorganizing, and training new soldiers.
Toyotomi Shixu used the method of Baili Wuji to break up the original army and recruits, promoted the veteran to the grassroots adjutant, appointed the original adjutant as the general, and began the emergency training.
At this time, the conscription of the Liao State was still not smooth, and even three tribal rebellions broke out, although they were suppressed, but the foundation of the Liao State began to waver.
Yelu suggested that Yelu Jing ask for reinforcements from the Northern Han in the Central Plains, and send envoys to the Zhou and Ming kingdoms to ask for support.
Although the Ming Emperor had always been hostile to the Liao, the two countries had not gone to war, and Yelu suggested that the dead horse should be used as a live horse doctor and send envoys together.
Liu Min of the Northern Han Dynasty learned that the Liao Emperor asked for rescue, although the Northern Han Dynasty only had a total of 60,000 troops, and it was necessary to prevent the Zhou army from attacking, but as the uncle emperor, Yelu Jing had already spoken, Liu Min did not dare to refuse, and reluctantly ordered his son Liu Chengjun to lead 20,000 cavalry to set off to aid the Liao State.
Guo Wei had already received the advice of Baili Wuji, and at this time he was busy dealing with his former confidant Wang Jun, and he did not have the energy to deal with the envoy of the Liao State, so he politely refused.
Baili Wuji didn't even see the envoy, these days, he was working hard for his heirs, how could he ignore the envoys of the Liao State, and directly let Xu Shiming send them away. (To be continued......)