Choosing a concubine is a must for the imperial palace of all dynasties, the emperor who has really not chosen a concubine in history, probably only Zhu Houzhao's father Emperor Hongzhi, this is a good man, the only one in the ages, this good man has only one wife of Empress Zhang in his life, so positive energy, but he has been repeatedly complained by the Manchu Dynasty civil and military in the nineteen years of reign.

This year the population is not large, the so-called "less children and more pigs" slogans are absolutely no market, up to the royal family down to the commoners, raising pigs is not forced, but children must have more, more children means more blessings, this is a universal value, no one can change.

Zhu Houzhao wants to follow his father's example and marry only one woman, it is obviously very inappropriate, life is so unfair, countless poor children are still racking their brains to marry their daughters-in-law and children, Zhu Houzhao has to be like a stallion that is strapped around the neck, being whipped into the horse pen, seeing the mare, he raised his front hooves and lay up, and started that in great humiliation......

It is imperative to choose a concubine, the position of Zhu Houzhao and Qin Kan is no longer important, what is important is the continuation of Sheji and the dragon vein of the heavenly family. If it is peaceful today, Zhu Houzhao has just beaten the Mongolian Tatars and greatly damaged their vitality, and now the main contradiction has been transformed from the enemy to the people, and the issue of breeding has become the top priority.

Qin Kan wanted to throw a sympathetic look at Zhu Houzhao, but the reality told him that there was really nothing to sympathize with when he saw a woman in such a pleasant thing.

The matter of the heirs of the heavenly family, the ministers will obviously never compromise and make concessions, this matter is different from the dispute of political opinions, how many people are killed, the ministers will not back down, and there is no shortage of civil officials who put their heads on the waistband of their trousers.

The day after Zhu Houzhao returned to Beijing, he met at the court meeting. Yang Tinghe, the first assistant of the cabinet, took the lead, and the ministers of the palace knelt down together to ask the emperor to choose a concubine, but Zhu Houzhao did not allow it, and the resignation was shelved.

Day 3, Day 4...... The ministers are indomitable, everyone is no longer doing serious things, grasping the matter of breeding the emperor, and every word must mention that the eighteenth generation ancestors of the Zhu family have Lingyun in the sky.

The ancestors were all brought out, and Zhu Houzhao had no excuse to refuse, he was different from the first emperor of Hongzhi. Emperor Hongzhi has Zhu Houzhao, a single seedling. After that, he was not unfilial, and he had the confidence to refuse the minister's request to choose a concubine, but Zhu Houzhao has been married and has not come out of anything, and Queen Xia is alone in the deep palace. Never been blessed. Although Liu Liangnu is a collection of thousands of favors. Helpless, the belly is too uncompetitive......

Zhu Houzhao agreed to choose a concubine with tears, and at that moment he seemed to hear the mourning of the stallion's humiliation.

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A piece of holy decree went out of the forbidden palace, and Mao Cheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, was the envoy of the concubine. Qin Kan, the Duke of Ningguo, and Jiang Bin, a guerrilla general of Xuanfu, were the deputy envoys to discuss the emperor's selection of concubines.

At that time, Zhang Sheng, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, has told the old, the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites Mao Cheng is a native of Kunshan, the new Ministry of Rites, the resume of the new Ministry of Rites is not small, he is the champion of the six years of Hongzhi, the East Palace Lecturer, the Zuo Shuzi, the Bachelor of Waiting, the Ministry of Rites, etc., the official road can be described as a smooth progress, soaring.

As for the appointment of Jiang Bin as the deputy envoy for the selection of concubines, it greatly surprised Qin Kan and the courtiers, no one expected that this military general from a military household would be so favored by the emperor, and after returning to Beijing with him, he was entrusted with an important task to participate in the selection of concubines as a military general, which shows that Zhu Houzhao attaches great importance to Jiang Bin and his person.

Including Qin Kan, everyone remembered the name Jiang Bin deeply.

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After the court meeting dispersed, Qin Kan returned to his house with mixed feelings.

Qin Kan really doesn't want to get involved in this kind of thing of choosing a concubine, the two ladies in the family have gotten along well with Liu Liangnu over the years, Qin Kan also indirectly understands Liu Liangnu's temperament, she is really a rare gentle and kind woman, and her best friend's father-in-law is looking for a mistress for her husband, this matter has a bastard smell from the inside out, Qin Kan really doesn't want to take this disgusting errand.

The Ningguo Mansion is the same as back then, Qin Kan is a person who is very content with the status quo, and he doesn't like to make any changes to the grass and trees that have formed habits, Du Yan and Jin Liu are also the same temperament, so the Guogong Mansion has really not touched a single grass or tree over the years.

The only place that has been touched may be the Qin family's study, which has been set on fire three times and rebuilt three times.

The family is unfortunate, the twelve-year-old eldest daughter Qin Le and the ten-year-old eldest son Qin Kang are getting older and naughtier, and now they have reached the age where dogs are suspicious, as if they have become the second tyrant of the Qin Mansion.

When he stepped into the inner courtyard, Qin Kan actually felt a trace of uneasiness in his heart, secretly guessing what trouble the two bear children had caused today.

Today's inner courtyard of the Qin family is very quiet, Qin Kang, who is wearing a thin summer shirt, is sitting by the old well in the courtyard, his red face is as calm as water, and he looks up at his head with his arms around his arms coolly, looking like a peerless master.

This is also the most troublesome place for Qin Kan.

Five years ago, at Qin Kan's own insistence, he sent someone to send Qin Kang to distant Liaodong to worship Ye Jinquan as his uncle, and asked Ye Jinquan to lay a foundation for little Qin Kang, and by the way, he also let the five-year-old Qin Kang see the tragedy of the border town war, after all, as the ironclad heir to the title of Duke of Ningguo, it is not a bad thing to be sensible early.

followed Ye Jinquan to hone in Liaodong for three years, and after returning to Beijing, Qin Kang's kung fu foundation was quite solid, but unfortunately his temperament was unconsciously infected by Ye Jinquan.

Angry that Qin Kan and Du Yan and his wife had the mind to chop Ye Jinquan, it is said that it is a good thing that the heir of the Guogong Mansion is so calm and mature, but the problem is that this little guy is only calm on the outside, and he does not delay in uncovering tiles and setting fire to the mansion on weekdays.

Today, seeing Qin Kang sitting leisurely by the old well, looking up at the sky and thinking, he had a bit of the charm of a scholar, Qin Kan was relieved, patted his head happily, and praised: "...... What tricks does the little bastard want to play today? ”

Qin Kang glanced up at his father, the corners of his mouth twitched, ignoring him.

Looking around left and right, Qin Kanqi said, "What about your sister?" ”

Qin Le and Qin Kang's two sisters and brothers are the two generals of the Guogong Mansion, and they have always been in and out together.

"Busy."

"Busy with what?"

"Sad."

"What heartbreak?"

"Sad lost a lot of money."

The too concise way of answering gradually exhausted Qin Kan's patience: "You gambled? ”

"Yes."

"Bet on what?"

"Bet on whether my mother gave birth to a boy or a girl...... This time Qin Kang replied a little more words, obviously in a good mood after winning, stretched out two fat fingers with a little baby fat, and said coolly: "Bet twenty taels of silver, I won." ”

Qin Kan took a deep breath.

Well, don't be angry, don't be angry, gambling is not a bad thing, as long as you don't learn from Zhu Houzhao's bad brand, the ancestors of the Qin family have a spirit in the sky.

"So, your sister is now mourning her lost silver in the room?" Qin Kanqiang squeezed out a pleasant face.

"She has only mourned for an hour of incense, and now she is thinking of burning her father's study to vent her anger......"

"Huh?" Qin Kan was shocked.

Qin Kang smiled coldly: "She's too naïve, even if she burns down the house in the house, I won't pay her back the twenty taels, woman, stupid animal!" (To be continued......)