Hearing Ning Xiang explain herself like this, Chu Lixue smiled lightly, held Ning Xiang's hand and said, "I'm not unhappy, it's just ......, I didn't expect these courtiers to think about letting the emperor fill the harem so quickly." ”

"Mother, since you are not angry about this, then why? Don't get along with yourself. ”

"I'm angry that these courtiers don't think about state affairs, but they are calculating their personal interests, after these people's daughters enter the palace, how can they be good people, and when the time comes, the harem will not be peaceful, and this palace has been indirectly killed in my hands for self-protection over the years, and I don't want to make too many killings." Chu Lixue said helplessly.

Sometimes, Chu Lixue couldn't help but wonder in her heart, shouldn't she come to this dynasty, or even make any decisions for the real Chu Lixue? Maybe the real Chu Lixue is willing to abide by the three obedience and four virtues and take concubines for her husband, but what about herself? It seems a bit too much to ask such an excellent man to guard himself alone for the rest of his life.

"Niangniang, don't think so much, if they don't want to harm you, why would you go to deal with them." Ning Xiang comforted.

Think about it carefully, since her young lady hit the rockery because of the swing, she has become more resolute and brave, over the years, if it weren't for the second miss using her own intelligence to resolve the crisis again and again, not to mention, she also found the eldest young master and the younger young master, if it weren't for the second miss's wit and bravery, the Chu family might still be the same as before.

Although, she already felt that this young lady might not be the original young lady of her family, but as long as she could bring new hope to the Chu family, then she would be her second miss.

"Ning Xiang, do you think it's wrong that I don't allow the emperor to take a concubine?" Chu Lixue asked softly.

"Of course not, didn't you say it, mother? Love is a legend sung by two people, so if you have to have more, it can only be a child, if you say that a woman is inserted, will this love become unbeautiful? Ning Xiang wondered. She didn't understand why Chu Lixue would ask like this.

In fact, when Chu Lixue proposed this condition to King Chen, she was also very surprised, in Beichen Kingdom, it seems that no woman dares to propose to her husband that she is not allowed to take a concubine. I thought that King Chen would be angry because of this, but I didn't expect King Chen to readily agree.

Although, due to various reasons along the way, there were also a few side concubines in the house, but it didn't last long. Moreover, she also thought carefully about this issue, if her husband accompanied other women all day long, and she could only stay alone in the empty room, it would be miserable to think about it, so it would not be difficult for her to understand why the young lady made such a request.

But after all, the prince turned out to be the prince, and it was not a big deal to marry only one princess, but now it is different, the prince has ascended the throne and called the emperor, and the king of a country naturally cannot have only one queen, and the forces in the court need to be checked and balanced, and the best way is to let the daughters of those courtiers enter the palace as concubines, so that they will do their best to do things for the emperor.

Looking at her young lady's lost appearance, Ning Xiang was really sad, and she didn't know how to comfort the young lady. Therefore, all Ning Xiang could do was to stand quietly by Chu Lixue's side and wait for her to figure it out.

What Ning Xiang had thought about, Chu Lixue had naturally thought about it clearly, and today she said in the court that she would fill the harem for the emperor by taking concubines, and she would definitely not break her word. It's just that now is not the time to let those women enter the palace to fight, and she doesn't know how long she can delay using the excuse of peace in the world.

The courtiers on this side just mentioned that the emperor should accept the concubines, and on the other side, the war was already raging, Yuexi, Dongyu and Southern Chu actually signed an alliance treaty to attack Beichen from all directions, and for a while, Beichen fell into an extremely dangerous situation.

In the court, the only people who can lead troops to the battle, Shangguan Tianyu is responsible for fighting against Dongyu, Jiang Tian is responsible for fighting against Southern Chu, and Nangong Yihan will drive the royal army to fight against Yuexi.

For the generals of Beichen, the military power of Yuexi has always been a mystery, because for more than a hundred years, Yuexi and several surrounding countries have coexisted peacefully, and even, Yuexi has also sent two princesses to make peace, their sudden attack, so that Beichen's border defense was a little caught off guard, just in just three days, three cities have been lost in a row.

After Nangong Yihan received the news, where was he still sitting on the dragon chair, most of the generals had been assigned to Dongyu and Nanchu, and King Chen really did not have a very capable and trustworthy helper for a while.

At this moment, Chu Lixue proposed in the court to let Li Feng of Hanjiang and Murong Villa come to help, and King Chen understood that Chu Lixue wanted her family to restore their identity openly after making war exploits, so as to make the defeated Chu family glorious again.

Chu Lixue's thoughts, Nangong Yihan naturally understood, Han Jiang and Li Feng are just pseudonyms of the two sons of the Chu family, and the two of them are not inferior to others in terms of martial arts or resourcefulness, but the courtiers will not let Chu Lixue get his wish.

"Queen Mother, the two people you mentioned, I haven't heard of it before, the Queen Mother let such two people of unknown origin accompany the emperor on the expedition, I don't know what the Queen Mother has in mind?" The military department Shangshu asked coldly.

Naturally, the secretary of the military department did not know the true identity of Hanjiang and Li Feng, and he didn't know that the emperor knew these two people very well, and his family also had men, but he had never made meritorious deeds, and there were not many cases where he went on an expedition with the emperor, and he also thought about arranging the two sons of the family to enter the barracks, but he didn't expect Chu Lixue to propose two outsiders, how could he not be in a hurry.

But Nangong Yihan obviously didn't think so, and then said happily: "Hanjiang and Li Feng?" Are they both willing to go? ”

"The concubine has already talked to Hanjiang and Li Feng, both of them are willing to go on the expedition with the emperor, and Hanjiang is still a famous doctor, with him, the soldiers in the army will have an extra layer of protection. As for Li Feng, the emperor's understanding of him doesn't need the concubines to say anything. Chu Lixue smiled lightly.

Hearing this, the ministers already knew in their hearts that this Hanjiang and Li Feng should be old acquaintances of the emperor and the queen, and the two of them were quite valued by them, and they didn't know what luck these two people had to have such a good opportunity to show their faces. You must know that it is a very rare opportunity to drive in person, if you can show your talent in front of the emperor, then you will be just around the corner.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still thinks that the two people recommended by the queen are not suitable to go on the expedition with the emperor, although the emperor knows the two, but what kind of people they are, whether they have a guarantee, it's hard to say, if they are deliberately arranged for the emperor by someone with a heart, then the emperor will be in danger." The military department is still aggressive.

Moreover, in his words just now, he deliberately aggravated the four people who had a heart, even the most confused people knew that the military department Shangshu was referring to Sang scolding Huai, and naturally Chu Lixue also knew the meaning of his words.

It's just that the two sons of the Fang family are not angry, Fang Gang and Fang Chao, who are not familiar with the art of war, have never practiced martial arts, and only know some three-legged cat kung fu, if they are really sent to the battlefield, then there is only a dead end, but helplessly, this Fang Shangguan is obsessed, and he tries every means to make his two sons get ahead.

Chu Lixue hooked her lips and smiled, and said jokingly: "Is Fang Shangshu alluding to the fact that this palace will hurt the emperor?" If Han Jiang and Li Feng are not recommended, then who does Fang Shangshu recommend to accompany the emperor on the expedition? Ah......, let Bengong guess, Fang Shangshu must have a better candidate, could it be the two sons of the Fang family? ”

Fang Shangshu heard that Chu Lixue actually took the initiative to let his two sons accompany the emperor on the expedition, so he didn't need to think of any more ways, as long as he followed Chu Lixue's words and let the emperor agree to his two sons to go on the expedition.

Of course, since he is going to accompany the emperor on the expedition, he will definitely not arrange nameless soldiers for his two sons, at least he is also a vanguard officer, so that the emperor can look at him differently. What's more, in the past few months, he has been letting his two sons flip through the military parade books at home, which is not flexible to use, but at least it will not be exposed.

"When the queen said this, the old minister was really embarrassed. The two sons of the old minister's family are indeed good at the art of war, if they can get the emperor's grace and go out with the emperor, the dog will definitely protect the emperor from being hurt at all. Fang Shangshu said proudly.

Hearing Fang Shangshu's unashamed words, Chu Lixue couldn't help laughing, "Hahaha, Fang Shangshu is really a princess selling melons, Shangshu's two sons are afraid that they won't be able to go out with the emperor, I'm afraid Fang Shangshu doesn't know yet, just last night, the two sons fought with the other two in Piaoxiang Courtyard for two singers, but they were carried back to the house this morning, didn't Fang Shangshu know?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the smile on Fang Shangshu's face could no longer be seen, he really hated, what kind of virtue his two sons were, he naturally knew very well, if it was about walking birds in cages and fighting crickets to visit brothels, that was the thing they were best at. I thought that he would persuade them to memorize a few military books, so that they would listen to them if they were mixed with a half-official position, but he didn't expect the two of them to be so uncompetitive.

Speaking of which, he actually blamed himself for this incident, and thought that he had been telling him for a few months, and the two children would be obedient, but he didn't expect him to go back last night, but let the two of them go out and be embarrassed, and the most annoying thing is that this incident was even known to the queen.

Immediately, he thought, could this be deliberately done by the queen in order to discredit her son? Thinking of this, Fang Shangshu settled down and continued: "The queen must have made a mistake, Xiao'er has been reading military books at home, how could she go to a brothel to do such a bad place. What's more, where did the news of the queen mother come from? Could it be that the queen also likes to go out of the palace in late nights? ”