The emperor fell into deep thought, the women in this harem are all his women, but how many are sincere to him?

The queen and he were a young couple, and they loved and respected him. At first, the queen regarded him as her husband more than as a king.

But after a long time, maybe he didn't give the queen enough security! The queen also gradually became alienated from him, and regarded him as a king, and Shengyu regarded him as a husband.

And looking at the other women in the harem, except for the queen, he really can't find a second one who is sincere to him.

The women in the harem are some women who are in awe of him because of his imperial power; Some are women who are gentle to him because they are greedy for power. Even if he knew that these women were not sincere to him, he could accept it.

It's just that there are still women in this harem who have hidden murderous intentions and want to take his life. How could he keep such a woman?

Concubine Bei is one, and maybe there are others, he doesn't know.

And the women in the harem also have special ones that will attract him. This quiet nobleman is one of them.

He could see that Jing Guiren had the wisdom that other women in the harem did not have. And Jing Guiren didn't seem to care much about him, but there was a kind of resistance.

For example, this afternoon, Jing Guiren deliberately spread his hand on the swing and wanted to fall off the swing.

If you fall, you will be injured, and if you are injured, you will not have to sleep.

He guessed Jing Guiren's thoughts, but he didn't get angry, but felt that Jing Guiren's thoughts were very cute.

In order to trick Jing Guiren, he even secretly instructed the imperial doctor to let Jing Guiren drink a thick coptis medicine soup.

Seeing Jing Guiren's wrinkled little face because he couldn't stand the bitterness, his heart was light, and he couldn't help laughing.

In fact, he didn't really love the women in the harem, so those women didn't have a sincere heart for him, and he could accept it.

It's just a matter of taking what you need. He understands these truths in his heart, and the concubines in the harem also understand them.

For example, Concubine Li is favored because Concubine Li's brother is the prime minister of the court and the head of civil officials.

Speaking of Ding Concubine, it is not accidental that Ding Concubine is favored, because the emperor needs Ding Concubine's father to help him attack the Western Chu State. The title of the concubine is "Ding", which shows the emperor's intention and stabilizes the army's heart.

Thinking about Ding Concubine and her father, she can also understand.

What's more, there is also the queen, if the queen is not from the palace of the elders of the three dynasties, how could the emperor marry her as a concubine when he was the prince?

It's just that he values the power of the Guogong Mansion and wants to borrow the Guogong Mansion to become a great treasure.

The emperor has grown up to such a big age, he has never experienced love, and he does not believe in love. That's the most unreliable thing.

When you have strength, you have the qualifications to get love. When you fall to the bottom, love is the sharpest dagger that will give you the final fatal blow and make you despair.

At the beginning, Ling Chen had experienced this kind of pain. He hadn't experienced this kind of pain, and he didn't know how much it hurt. But from Ling Chen's pain, he seemed to understand a thing or two.

How much despair can make a person fall from high-spirited to decadent.

After so many years, Ling Chen still hasn't really come out.

"Your Majesty, the secret report of the Western Chu State."

The voice of the dark guard pulled the emperor back from his thoughts.

An idea instantly came to mind, he is the emperor of a country, where is the time to be sad?

He can't keep busy with the serious affairs of the country?

The emperor opened the secret letter and frowned. In the end, with excitement and joy, he asked, "Is the information true?" ”

"If you are not 100% sure, your subordinates will not dare to inform the emperor of the matter."

"Well, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!"

"You go to the southwest border and pass on a secret message for me."

"Yes."

The emperor took out a pen and paper, wrote with a brush, and finally covered it with a jade seal, dried the ink on the paper, and put it in a small bamboo tube.

"Go and send this secret letter to General An, who is guarding the southwestern border. Let's just say let him recharge his energy and be ready at all times. ”

"Yes, my subordinates obey. I must send it over quickly. ”

After the secret guard left, the emperor summoned another secret guard and instructed, "You go and spread my will, and quietly transfer the 100,000 troops to the southwest border in batches, and take over the full authority of General An." ”

The purpose of the Dark Guard is to "obey absolutely regardless of the reason".

Therefore, when the secret guard heard such a major order from the emperor, his expression did not change, and he only responded firmly, "Yes, my subordinates obey the order." ”

The emperor was so excited that he couldn't sleep, he had been waiting for this day for too long.

He failed to grasp the opportunity for the loopholes of the Western Chu Kingdom again and again, and this time, he will definitely not miss again.

The emperor went to Concubine Ding for breakfast the next day, instructed Concubine Ding to take care of the fetus, and sent someone to send a lot of good things over.

Silk satin, jewelry, antique collections, you name it.

That's it, the emperor also promised the concubine that when the concubine gave birth to a child, whether it was a prince or a princess, she would be promoted to a concubine.

If she gives birth to a princess, she will be named Princess Heshuo immediately. If he gives birth to a prince, he will be crowned a prince immediately.

Such a grace made the concubine, who was usually quite low-key, publicized. The reason why this news is known to everyone in the palace is also because of the concubine herself.

After the queen heard the news, her heart became uneasy, the concubine's pregnancy was more than a month earlier than her, and it would have been fine if the concubine had given birth to the prince first. But now the emperor has promised these words again.

Although the emperor only promised to make a concubine, if he gave birth to a prince, he would be crowned the prince. But looking at the appearance of the concubine now, she will definitely not be willing to be the prince.

If the concubine has the position of the prince, then with the degree to which the concubine's father is valued by the emperor now, if the concubine's father makes another military exploit.

Then his declining Guogong Mansion is no better than the concubine.

When the time comes, it will be really difficult to say who will win and who will lose?

Now the queen is only looking forward to it, and the concubine is just giving birth to a little princess, and she has no chance of a little prince.

And after Jing Guiren heard about the emperor's favor for Ding Concubine, he became worried.

The reason why the concubine is favored is that the discerning people in the palace can guess a few points.

Previously, the emperor had always favored the northern concubine, and he didn't care much about the concubine, but now the emperor suddenly favored the concubine, could it be that there was a change in the southwest border?

The emperor's attitude towards the concubine is the attitude towards General An, who guards the southwest.

If the emperor wants to reuse General An, is he going to start a war against the Western Chu State?

Thinking of this, Chu Shuyao shuddered.

Concubine Xian, who only cares about the safety of the fetus, can't count on it.

It is impossible for the emperor to suddenly start a war against the Western Chu State, could it be that something happened to the Western Chu State?

At this moment, Chu Shuyao was so anxious that she couldn't wait to fly back to the Western Chu Kingdom with wings to take a look.

No, you can't sit still.

"Bang!" A loud bang resounded through the sky. Everyone looked out in amazement.

"Bang, bang, bang!"

There were several loud bangs one after another, and the night sky instantly became as bright as day.

"Oh my God! These fireworks are really beautiful. ”

"It's not the end of the year yet, who's setting off fireworks?"

"Isn't it forbidden to set off fireworks in the palace? Could it be that the emperor ordered it to be released? ”

Listening to the words of the palace maid beside her, Chu Shuyao became thoughtful.

"Mama Kong, the palace allows the palace concubine to set off fireworks by herself?" Jing Guiren asked.

"It's never been done before! Unless it is ordered by the emperor, the palace dares to set off fireworks. But looking at this firework, it only took a few sounds and it ended, and it didn't look like the emperor's handiwork? And looking at this direction, it seems to be set off from the side of the concubine. ”

"I see!"

Chu Shuyao immediately thought of an idea.

I don't know if I can make it, but I must give it a try. After all, she didn't have any other way now.

Early the next morning, Chu Shuyao took Yuzhuo and Yurun and went to the Internal Affairs Mansion.

Now that the New Year is approaching, the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared things for the festival in various palaces.

Jing Guiren came to the Internal Affairs Office for the first time in person, and the people in the Internal Affairs Office still knew Jing Guiren.

Regardless of whether Jing Guiren is favored or not now, he is the master of the palace, so on the surface, no one dares to be careless.

A small steward of the Internal Affairs Office immediately came to Jing Guiren's side, and said diligently, "Why did Jing Guiren come here in person?" If you have any orders, just send a palace maid to inform you. ”

"I heard that the Ministry of Internal Affairs has prepared things for the festivals of the palaces? I wonder if there will be fireworks? ”

"Yes." The little steward responded with a smile on his face.

"Originally, for the safety of the palace, the emperor did not allow the palace concubine to set off fireworks and firecrackers without permission, in case the palace was flooded."

"But yesterday, Concubine Ding wanted to see the fireworks, so she came to the Internal Affairs Office to ask for it, and wanted to take it back in advance to play. But there has never been such a convention in the palace! ”

"The manager did not agree to set the concubine Niangniang, and the concubine Niangniang made trouble to the emperor, and the emperor personally issued an order and changed the rules, and every palace has its own fireworks and firecrackers."

Jing Guiren gave a credit to the concubine in her heart, thanks to the pampering and arrogance of the concubine, otherwise it would not be easy for her to set off fireworks in the palace privately?

"Then there is Father-in-law Lao, find out all the fireworks and firecrackers in my share, so that I can let the palace maids around me bring them back."

"It turns out that Jing Guiren also likes to set off fireworks?"

"Yes, when I used to be at home, I liked to set off fireworks. Now that the end of the year is approaching, I miss my parents at home more and more. It would be nice to set off a few fireworks to relieve the pain of missing your loved ones at home. ”

The little steward empathizes, after all, he has been in the palace since he was a child, and he has not seen his relatives at home for nearly ten years.

So the little steward readily agreed, "Why bother the palace maids around the nobles?" The nobleman went back and waited first, and later the slave sent someone to send the things to the Jing Guiren Palace. ”

"Then there is Father-in-law Lao."

"Jing Guiren doesn't have to be so polite, this is the duty of a minion."

After Jing Guiren went back, he was stuffed in the inner hall and did not let people go in to serve. said that he was a little tired, and he wanted to take a rest and not be disturbed.

Yuzhuo and Yurun were guarding in the outer hall, and they didn't dare to speak out loud, for fear of disturbing the Jing nobles.

And Chu Shuyao found a box that was kept secret, and saw a purse with exquisite workmanship inside.

Chu Shuyao opened the purse, took out a cowhide package from it, and poured out five bead balls the size of Dongzhu carefully wrapped in oiled paper from the cowhide package.

Chu Shuyao carefully took out a bead pill, and then carefully put the other bead pills back as they were.

This thing was originally secretly made for her by the skilled craftsmen of the Western Chu Palace, and she always carried it with her, which was a unique signal for her to summon her secret guard.

It's just that now in the Tanglin Kingdom, I don't know if those secret guards who are far away in the Western Chu Kingdom can see it.

On the way to get married, she was chased and killed, and when she fell off the cliff, the bead pill she was carrying was also lost.

Later, after several twists and turns, she came to the Western Chu Kingdom, and during the time she was in the Shen family, she was thinking about this thing. She knows the process of making things, as well as the materials used.

She found a skilled craftsman from the folk to make these bead pills, but it is unknown whether they can have the same effect as before.

In the evening, Jing Guiren personally went to set off the fireworks, and in the process of setting off the fireworks, he also threw the bead pill into the fire at the end.

Sumaru bounced into the sky as she wished, radiating a brilliant light.

The night sky was as bright as day, and it lasted for a while before it slowly dimmed.

Although the bead pill had an effect, Chu Shuyao was still disappointed in her heart.

The bead pill was shot into the sky, and the height was not enough, I am afraid that the dark guards who were far away in the Western Chu Kingdom would not be able to see it. In that case, let's think of another way!

Someone in the palace suddenly set off fireworks, which attracted the emperor, "Did the concubine set off fireworks again?" The emperor asked.

Manager Yin looked at the direction and replied, "Your Majesty, this direction doesn't seem to be the palace of the concubine, but the direction of the Biluo Palace." ”

"Biluo Palace?"

"The last firework is really special, not only is it fireworks, but it can also illuminate half of the night sky as bright as day. Is there such fireworks in the palace? ”

The emperor asked suspiciously.

"This." Mr. Yin hesitated.

"This minion is not clear, the servant has asked the people of the Internal Affairs Office, and it is clear."

"Let's go, go to Biluo Palace and have a look." The emperor said, and took the lead in striding out of the imperial study.