On April 17 of the tenth year of the Great Calendar, the Beidi Rouran clan sent an envoy to the court to ask for the new successor of Yujiulu Qiulun Khan, intending to marry a princess of Dayin as his new Khan, in order to show that Rouran and the Dayin State have permanent relations and do not raise soldiers.

The emperor readily agreed, but now there is emptiness under his knees, only the eldest prince, a prince and the child of the unknown man and woman in the queen's womb, there is no other princess to marry, so he ordered to select a concubine from the prince's palace of each clan and crown her as a princess, and she is close to Rouran.

How could anyone be willing to let go of such an opportunity to show the grace of faithfulness? The princes and princes vied with each other to explain that they had daughters to be in the boudoir, and they were willing to stay away from their homeland for the friendship between Dayin and Rouran, and even presented the portraits of their daughters to the palace.

The emperor looked at the stacks of recitals, and the portraits only felt a headache, and it happened that the queen came to deliver soup with her stomach, and the emperor hurriedly dropped the recitals and greeted him, "You are heavy now, don't move around casually, if something happens, I will be distressed!" ”

The queen handed the tray to the attendant who stretched out her hand, and said with a soft smile, "The emperor is too worried, it's not in the way, the imperial doctor said, you have to have strength when you move around more to give birth!" ”

The emperor had nothing to say, and sat on the soft couch beside the queen, and the queen looked at the portraits piled up on the bookcase and said curiously, "What is this?" The emperor wants to enrich the harem? Also, there are only a few concubines in the palace, and it's time to add some newcomers! ”

The queen's slightly sour tone was slightly like a little girl, and it just hit the softest part of the emperor's heart, and the emperor took the queen's hand and shook his head and smiled, "These are the county lords and county lords of the clan, and they are all my nieces, and I plan to pick a new khan from among them to marry Rouran!" ”

The queen took a portrait casually, looked at it and frowned, "How can this little daughter of Prince Huai be reported when she is only thirteen years old?" The body looks so thin, this is a long way to go to Rouran, so the body and bones may not be able to survive! ”

"Yes!" The emperor pinched his eyebrows and said with a headache, "Rouran, the new successor Yu Jiulu Qiulun Khan, is already in his prime, and when he is in the prime of life, he is still a childish man when he marries a young man, how can he bear the heavy responsibility of maintaining diplomatic relations between the two countries?" But if you marry an older person, you will ...... again in a few years."

Old age and decay, decay and love, once you fall out of favor in front of the Khan, there will be no usable value, if Rouran no longer takes into account the agreement between the two countries, there is not even a person to advise! Mobei is not as good as the Central Plains, even if you fall out of favor, you will remember the former husband and wife to maintain the dignity of the main room, in Mobei, men who kill their old wives and marry new lovers abound.

The queen put down the portrait and thought about it, "According to the usual practice, you have to choose a few women from the family to marry, and when the time comes, you should choose the younger one, and the princess who is close to her should still choose the older one!" ”

The emperor nodded thoughtfully, "I think the same way, I have discussed this matter with many ministers, and I plan to select ten unmarried women from all families to marry!" ”

"Ten? Isn't it too much? The queen frowned, not noticing that the emperor used "dowry", not "dowry".

The emperor patiently explained, "Do you remember what I told you about Concubine Zhen last time? ”

The queen nodded, since she was pregnant, the emperor no longer had anything to hide from her, so that she knew a lot of unknown secrets.

"Concubine Zhen came back with secret letters again and again saying that she wanted to return to the court, for a while the reason was that she was old and missed her homeland, and then it was a Han woman who was at the age of marriage but there was no Han woman who could be married, so I wanted to take this opportunity to send a few family girls over, so as to block Concubine Zhen's mouth!" Although Concubine Zhen's letter is insignificant to the emperor, she will feel impatient when she is always arguing like this, so it is better to simply block her excuse and let her stay honest.

"The emperor is wise!" The queen praised and took another portrait to look at, and the emperor saw this and asked, "Does the queen have a suitable person to recommend?" The queen has been in charge of the harem for many years, and she is also very familiar with the relatives and daughters of the clan, can you be willing to share this matter for me? ”

The queen smiled softly, "Since the emperor sincerely asks the concubine, the concubine will say a few words from the bottom of her heart!" If there is an offense, the emperor should not blame the concubines! ”

"Although the queen said that I and you are husband and wife, why should you and I be blamed between husband and wife?"

"There is no need for the concubines to say how heavy the burden of this harmony is, and the emperor understands it, so the candidates for this harmony must be selected from the relatives who wholeheartedly support His Majesty, so they will have the same heart as His Majesty!"

The emperor nodded involuntarily, "Go on!" ”

"Harmony is both a responsibility and an honor! There are many relatives who are willing to marry their daughters in the past, but not everyone is qualified to have this glory, so the selection of this marriage needs to be cautious! ”

Sacrificing a daughter can be favored from now on, this business is really cost-effective, Dayin has been founded for hundreds of years, after nearly ten generations of emperors, with the weakness of blood relations, the relationship between the clan and the imperial power is becoming more and more estranged, and at the same time, the family is numerous, faintly overpowering the clan, which makes the gradually declining clansmen gradually uneasy, squeezed their heads to grab this glory to enhance their status, who has obtained the qualification of this and the family also means that the relationship between the family and the imperial power is one step closer.

But in the same way, those princes who are as powerful as the sun and the sky, if they get the opportunity to make peace, will only increase their power and prestige among the people, which is what the emperor is afraid of.

"In the eyes of the concubines, it is not suitable after the feudal kings who were divided during the Gaozu period, the feudal kings have been away from the capital for many years, and the friendship between them and His Majesty is shallow, and the county lords of the feudal prince's mansion do not know how the concubines behave, so it is not appropriate to take risks!"

It is not advisable to risk the use of these four words wonderfully, so that the vassal king and the pro, not good is to add power to the vassal king, after the founding of the Gaozu state, the feudal king has always been the heart disease of the emperors of later dynasties, even if the sub-feudal system was abolished later, but the previous feudal king can not take the title of someone else for no reason, these years the struggle between the emperor and the vassal king has never stopped, of course the emperor does not want to see this result.

"There aren't many people to choose from!" The queen picked out one from the stack of portraits, "The concubine thinks that the eldest daughter of King De is good, she is twenty-eight years old, and she is gentle and courteous, and she is also kind and lovely when she enters the palace to ask for peace, and the concubine has a good impression of her!" ”

The emperor was very satisfied with the candidate given by the queen after weighing, "I remember that King De's eldest son was gone the year before last, and King De was deeply hit, and he has seen him get a lot older in the past two years, and now this honor has been given to him, so that he can be happy and happy!" ”

The queen also smiled and nodded, "The person who gave the marriage also needs to be considered, and there are a few candidates for the concubine here, can the emperor listen to it?" ”