Empress Shangguan smiled silently. Hui Zhaoyi is really a fox spirit who loves tossing, do you really think that there can be a capable one among these show girls? Dow is just a clown who jumps off the beam, and he still wants to go against her?

Her younger sister, Princess Xianyu Shangguan, is not favored. In the Xianyu Palace, the prince really likes the side concubine You.

Send a Dow in, just to share the favor. And if Tao enters the harem, he will be favored by Shangguan Li, who is the queen.

There are few women in the show, but the emperor and queen read it in one day's work, and the palace selection ended in the evening, and the nine selected women who left the sign except Li Xiaoyuan all went back to Chaohuatang to live for the time being, waiting for the throne. Tuoba Hong couldn't rest after a day of fatigue, he passed the left and right prime ministers into the palace to discuss the northwest war, and at this time, King Xianyu, who got a new concubine, and several princes of the county who were assigned to marry came to Jianzhang Palace to thank him.

Empress Shangguan had already returned to the harem first to take charge of the sealing of the show girl. In the Jianzhang Palace, King Xianyu mentioned today's Tao to the emperor in a good mood, and in his eyes, Tao was really a good woman with outstanding appearance and temperament. He thanked Tuoba Hong for his kindness on the other side, and read the virtuous virtue of his concubine on the other side, and recommended such a wonderful person to him.

Also entering the Jianzhang Palace to face the saint were the Tibetan envoys. This group of people in Tubo didn't know what they were thinking, and they came to worship on the day of the Qin State election, and Tuoba Hong had the heart to treat each other politely but didn't have time to entertain them at all, so this group of people was hung in the apse of the Jiaotai Palace, and a group of Qin emperors and nobles drank and set up a banquet.

The clansmen of the Qin State feasted and drank in the apse, all in order to pick a show girl to marry home.

The draft is a major event for the royal family, and the Tibetan envoys waited until the emperor returned to Jianzhang Palace in the evening before they had the opportunity to come over and pay homage to the emperor. Tuoba Hong apologized for this, and at the same time made a joke: "If your Zampu [1] is interested, you can choose a few of the selected women as concubines." The show girls of Daqin are of very noble birth and virtuous. ”

【Zampu】The ancient king of Tibet

As a result, the Tibetan envoy was a serious person who didn't know how to joke. He bowed to Tuoba Hong, bowed down and thanked him very solemnly, and said in jerky Chinese: "Zampu has no intention of marrying a concubine...... The minister came to Daqin on this trip, and he was entrusted by Zampu to dedicate the princess Yun Danjin to His Majesty the Qin State. ”

This time it was Hiroshi Tuoba's turn to be dumbfounded. In front of the eyes of all the relatives and nobles, the Tibetan envoy smiled and said to Tuoba Hong: "The concubines chosen by Your Majesty today are all very outstanding, but are the princesses of Yundan in our country even more outstanding?" ”

Tuoba Hong was a little stunned. The enthusiasm of the Tibetan state was beyond his imagination, and he summoned the Tibetan envoys this time because the alliance with the Mongols was becoming more and more unreliable, and the Qin state urgently needed more allies. Unexpectedly, the other party was more anxious than him, so he directly sent the marriage of the princess and daughter, and flattered him in a hurry.

The good thing that the two countries hit it off, Tuoba Hong naturally will not refuse. Mo said that there were rumors that the most beautiful daughter of the King of Tubo was the eleventh princess Yun Dan, even if this Yun Dan was a good-looking woman, Tuoba Hong was willing to pull her into the harem to seal a high position.

So at dinner time on March 25, Tuoba Hong, without seeing Yun Dan himself at all, issued a decree in the Jianzhang Palace to welcome Yun Dan, the daughter of the Tubo king, into the harem as a concubine, and made it a positive three-grade Zhaorong, and gave the main hall of the Lintoe Palace to invite the moon building.

Because of this day's draft, the concubines in the harem, from the queen to the low-ranking concubines, are all talking about the selection of women. Li Xiaoyuan's bedroom has long been broken through the threshold, many concubines to test her details in the name of congratulatory gifts and visits, and many people sent henchmen to Chaohuatang to visit the remaining eight show girls.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the show girl, and everything else was turned away. By the time the news of Yundan, the daughter of the Tibetan princess, entered the palace, it was already dark and dreary.

Empress Shangguan in Changxin Palace was reading Li Xiaoyuan's genealogy, and after listening to the reply, she took everything out of her hand.

Then, she swept the gilded porcelain pillow beside her to the ground with one hand, and there was a loud noise, and the dormitory was in chaos.

"This palace remembers that the closest to Tubo in my Qin Kingdom Kyushu is Yunzhou, the fief of the King of Western Liang." After the rage, Empress Shangguan suddenly calmed down again. Her appearance made the subordinates of Ichinomiya feel extremely frightened.

No one dared to speak. Shangguan Li's closest personal subordinates were all executed by Empress Xiao at that time when she was defeated and left the palace four years ago.

After a while, she waved her hand to order the palace people to retreat, sat cross-legged on the couch alone, and said to herself: "Yes, it's Xiliang...... Over the years, the envoys to Tibet and the envoys to welcome the Tibetan envoys were all the kings of Xiliang...... A few months ago, my father sent a letter to me that the king of Western Liang had met with the Tibetan courtiers in private on the battlefield of Western Xia, and he was afraid that the Tibetans would make some moves. I only thought it was a military matter, and I didn't think about it. I'm taking it lightly......"

It's Ogidama !

I knew that I should have sent you away sooner!

Why Fanyu, a princess to be married, still wants to mix with the private interests of the harem, this is difficult for Lin Yuan to understand.

Because of Yun Dan's entry into the palace, Lin Yuan soon began to handle the canonization ceremony. Fan Yu brought a congratulatory gift to visit on the second day of Yun Dan's entry into the Invitation Moon Tower, and Yun Dan, who was only 14 years old, was not only beautiful but also proficient in Chinese, and had a good conversation with Fan Yu.

Fan Yu did not hide the fact that she had met the princess of Tibet a long time ago.

Hiroshi Takuba was surprised by Fan Yu. He even summoned Fan Yu separately and asked her how she could have met the princess of distant Tibet. Fan Yu replied with a smile that the son of King Xiliang had already obeyed his words, and King Xiliang and his wife were very satisfied with their future daughter-in-law.

Takubahiro stopped asking. At that time, the queen, who was sitting in the Jianzhang Palace and discussing the position of the show girl with the emperor, took the opportunity to suggest that the emperor let Fan Yu marry as soon as possible - since the top and bottom of the Xiliang Palace are so fond of Fan Yu, such a good marriage, wouldn't it be a good thing to marry as soon as possible.

Lin Yuan didn't know what happened after that.

Ten days later, on the tenth day of the fourth month, when the Great Qin royal family held a grand celebration to marry the Tibetan princess, Tuoba Hong's eldest daughter Huai Ke Chang Emperor Ji married on the same day.

Lin Yuan understood in her heart that it was the queen who said that the emperor was moved. Fan Yu was really married off very quickly.

Ogada finally leaves the court and walks towards a world that truly belongs to hers. On the day of the wedding, the capital was full of people, and Lin Yuan stood on the city wall with the emperor and watched the thin girl in the vermilion phoenix crown step by step out of the palace gate.

On the other side of the imperial city, there was the Tibetan princess, who was also dressed in court clothes and accompanied by a large number of envoys. She walked towards her emperor, towards her future that might be wonderful or bitter.

"Did you already know that there would be a new Zhaorong entering the palace?" Empress Shangguan sat beside the emperor in a dignified posture, watching the girl with brown skin, congenital heavy eyeliner and tall nose bones approaching from the far sky, and asked Lin Yuan such a sentence with a sideways smile.

As the empress spoke, the emperor, who had been watching the new concubine intently, heard the sound and looked over to this side.

The Empress seemed to be aware of the Emperor's attention. She gave up her voice and continued to Lin Yuan with her lips: "So you're not afraid of Tao Xiunu losing the election at all?" ”

Lin Yuan held the fan to cover her lips and smiled. Immediately, she personally took a plate of Xipa in the hands of the female official and held it in front of the queen, saluted like a courtesy, and whispered in her ear: "No, queen." I'm scared, I'm scared of Yundan. ”

Shangguan Li looked up at her sharply.

"Queen, don't be in a hurry. You'll soon know what kind of person Yundan is. She shook the Queen's hand as if comfortingly, and then got up and sat down.

Lin Yuan was indeed told by Fan Yu a few days ago that there would be a foreign princess and her relatives entering the palace. At that time, Fan Yu from Handan City was very happy, and came to Yuzhao Palace to worship Xie Linyuan's help, and told her a surprise by the way: "Zhaoyi Niangniang doesn't have to bother choosing a show girl anymore." Yundan is the most beautiful of the eleven royal daughters of Tubo Zampu—that kind of beauty, which is different from the women of our Central Plains. Are you still worried that Empress Shangguan will continue to run rampant in the harem? ”

Lin Yuan was surprised and did not feel happy, but was deeply disturbed.

It seems that after the death of Empress Xiao, this Fan Jade Emperor Ji began to grow his skills more and more. took the king of Xiliang and his family, ordered the king of Xiliang to win over Tubo and facilitated the marriage between Tubo and Daqin, and sent a Tubo princess to the court of Daqin as a concubine!

Although Lin Yuan didn't know how King Xiliang did it, this matter must have something to do with him. Tubo has never had an imperial daughter marry into Great Qin, nor has she ever married the emperor of Great Qin, and these two countries do not have such a close and affectionate connection at all!

And in that place in Tibet, the status of women is noble. The largest tribe in Tibet, Kham, is even inferior to men, and it has been a rule for many years that the princess of Tubo does not marry outside! 【1】

If it weren't for the efforts of the King of Xiliang, Tubo would not be willing to marry the princess.

The foreign princess and relatives have a far greater impact on Empress Shangguan than on the rest of the concubines, which is of course a good thing for Lin Yuan. However, in the near future, she knew that this noble Tibetan princess would not point the finger at herself? The royal daughters of the Qin Kingdom are different from the nobles of the Qin Kingdom, they have huge political power, and she has no way to deal with Yun Dan with the same means as ordinary concubines!

The royal daughter and the relatives are the diplomatic relations between the two countries, which is very different from the ordinary ceremony of hiring concubines into the palace. When the imperial daughter Yundan walked up the eighty-one steps of the Jinluan Hall step by step, and knelt down in front of Tuoba Hong to make a big salute, only Empress Shangguan and the emperor sat upright together to receive the salute. Lin Yuan and all the concubines got up and retreated behind the heavy screen curtains in front of the hall, not daring to accept the Yundan gift.

Notes: [1] The author here exaggerates that the status of women in ancient Tibetans was indeed higher than that of women in the Central Plains, but only in a very small number of places (such as some cities in Bhutan) where women were inferior to men, and women were in charge of the family. The reason for the co-marriage of Tibetan brothers (a phenomenon that still exists in some remote Tibetan areas today) is not because of the high status of women, but because of the poor living conditions and low productivity in Tibetan areas, women are regarded as precious assets!