Chapter 124: Urgent Call
I thought that I could live a peaceful life, but I didn't expect that the Mingne Dynasty would suddenly attack, and Yaoyan would be captured in a row by iron hooves. The emperor urgently summoned the civil and military of the Manchu Dynasty to meet him overnight, and he never returned for a day and a night.
I stared a little anxious at home, and finally, my father and eldest brother returned home first, and I hurriedly ordered my subordinates to serve tea and prepare food.
Dad walked in tiredly, followed by the eldest brother. I hurried up to greet him, "Dad, big brother, are you back?" ”
Dad answered me listlessly and casually, and my eldest brother smiled back tiredly, which was considered to be my answer.
Since I came to this world, I have been treated by the three men in the Yuan Mansion who are holding the moon and the moon, and the meticulous care for me has made me taste the taste of reunion after a long absence. I treated them wholeheartedly as if they were my own relatives, and now when I see them like this, my heart becomes anxious.
I walked up behind my father, gently rubbed his shoulder, and said cautiously, "Dad, what happened?" ”
Dad held his forehead with his right hand, his eyes were kept closed, and he didn't want to say a word. Seeing this, I looked at the eldest brother on the side.
"Today, Ming Ni has invaded and has taken five of our cities in a row. The country of Mingni is strong and strong, and it is difficult for our country of Yaoyan to resist. For a while, the Manchu civil and military forces could not think of any effective way. Recently, the emperor heard that Ming Ni was recruiting people for the crown princess of the current dynasty, and people from all over the world were sent there. The emperor thought that this was a plan for the present, so he ordered the selection of unmarried eunuchs from the Manchu ministers' families to participate in the concubine selection contest of Prince Mingne. You are the number one beauty in Xuyu City, and now you have no marriage match, you will definitely be selected to be sent to Mingni to choose a concubine. ”
Oh, it turns out that this is the kind of thing, it's just a concubine selection, and I won't necessarily be selected if I go to participate, and I heard that the requirements for concubine selection are very strict, and I may not be able to pass it.
It seems that my father is worried that I will be selected and will be away from home in the future.
I hurriedly comforted: "Dad, I just went to choose a concubine, and I didn't say that I had to choose a concubine, so you don't have to worry." As long as I don't get selected when I choose a concubine, wouldn't it be fine? ”
Dad looked at me and nodded impatiently, and said, "That's all I have to do now." Good boy, dad is incompetent and can't keep you. Dad doesn't want to marry you to a place so far away from Mingni, but judging from the current situation, you have to participate in the selection of concubines. The whole dynasty knows that whoever marries Mingni will suffer, but my father has no choice, the emperor's holy decree, we have no way out. ”
I put my arms around my father's neck and said, "Dad, I know." I understand what you said, don't worry, I will focus on the overall situation. When I arrived at Mingni, as long as I didn't embarrass the Yuan family and Yao Yan, wouldn't it be done? You won't necessarily be chosen, so don't worry, Dad. ”
Dad looked at me for a long time, his eyes were shining, and he looked at my eyes and felt very relieved, "Okay, worthy of being Daddy's good daughter." But your eldest brother ...... Alas......"
I'm a little puzzled, what does a matter of Ming Ni's election of the crown princess have to do with the eldest brother? "What's wrong with Big Brother?"
"Your eldest brother's marriage to Princess Mingyue was withdrawn by the emperor." Dad said with a frown.
I looked at my eldest brother in some surprise, but he didn't seem to care about himself.
"Because among the emperor's unmarried daughters now, only Princess Mingyue has reached the age where she can be married. And the emperor hopes that Princess Mingyue can get the position of Princess Mingne, as long as they can marry, the two countries can turn hostility into jade. And the crown princess is the future queen, if Princess Mingyue can become the crown princess of Mingne, Yao Yanguo will have the backing in the future, and the daughter of the minister is always inferior to the royal princess, so that Yao Yanguo can maintain peace for a while. ”