Xi Ze's birthday is approaching, not only the concubine has worked hard for this birthday gift, but the courtiers are also looking hard, striving to win the joy of the dragon face in the birthday banquet, so there are all kinds of strange ideas, for example, Lord Taifu Xia Kai, that is, Xia Wanfeng's father, thought of a good idea: to dedicate his daughter Xia Yueshu and niece Xia Siying as birthday gifts to Xi Ze by the hand of Xia Wanfeng.

On the day that Xi Ze summoned Qi Ye, in the South Garden, Xia Wanfeng was stunned when he heard the news, and he rebuked in disbelief: "Master Taifu, are you crazy?!" You asked me to present my sister and cousin as gifts to the emperor?! Or at the emperor's birthday banquet, in front of so many people? In case the emperor doesn't accept it, dare to ask where the prime minister's face is? I think you're really crazy, so you better drink a cup of strong tea and wake up, this is ...... You still have to do it yourself, this prime minister can't do it! ”

After the reprimand, he looked around with some anxiety, fortunately, the subordinates were all sent out, and there were only their father and son in the house, otherwise...... Otherwise, how should others comment?

Xia Kai was a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said with a slight reproach: "My father is already close to the age of sixties, how can I go to offer a beautiful woman to the emperor?" Wouldn't others say that the father is disrespectful to the elderly? Of course, this can only be done by you young people! Besides, although I am a concubine, I am just an idle position, with no real power, and I am not favored by the emperor in the court, how can I compare with you, the hottest Prime Minister Zuo? I dedicate it to the emperor, how can the emperor accept it? You are different, the emperor has always favored you, you go to the emperor to offer, even if the emperor doesn't like it, he will accept it on your face, in short, you go to pay tribute, the emperor will not refuse! ”

Xia Wanfeng endured her anger and listened, and refused: "You are afraid of what others say, so if you don't go to the offering, then if I go to the dedication, others won't point fingers?" I just became the prime minister of Zuo, so I went to present a beautiful woman to the emperor. How did you let those officials let me go? Most of the Yushitai is Fu Jingchuan's world, just enter some slander, can you have a good life for me? Master Taifu, can I persuade you. Don't be so obsessed with your mind and live a life in peace? I thank you! So saying, he turned around and walked towards the gate.

"You're back!" When Xia Kai saw that he was leaving, he immediately became anxious. "For the father, this is also for your good!"

Xia Wanfeng was very helpless when she heard this, and turned around, looking at Xia Kai coldly.

Xia Kai said again: "The front dynasty and the harem have always colluded with each other, your official position is so high, how can the harem be unattended?" How can another man be a father? Yueshu is your own sister, if you enter the harem as a concubine, she will naturally help you in the harem, Siying is your cousin, your uncle has always been close to us, if she is a concubine, she will definitely remember your kindness. will also support you in the harem, if the two of them are favored, with the support of the two of them, your position as prime minister will naturally be more stable, and my Xia family will be more glorious, surpassing the Fu family and the Wang family in one fell swoop, becoming the largest clan in the court, and being a father can be regarded as a glorious ancestor! ”

It turned out that his father's heart was so big, it was not enough to stand tall with the Fu family and the Wang family in the court, and he wanted to surpass these two families in one fell swoop. Become the most prosperous clan in the whole dynasty!

This is the wish of people in the whirlpool of power struggles, the never-ending greed, the obsession with power, and the obsession with power, always carried away by the radiant cloak of power, and ignoring the cold and hardship of being at the pinnacle of power. The glitz of forgetting this right is originally a castle in the air, which can collapse at any moment, overturn without a trace.

Xia Wanfeng closed his eyes in disappointment, how could he wake up his father who was so obsessed with power, and how could he wake up the Xia clan people who were greedy for glory and wealth? Opening his eyes again, he asked very seriously, "Master Taifu." I'm already the prime minister of Zuo, one person is below and above ten thousand, isn't it still for you to glorify your ancestors? The Xia family is already standing with the Wang family and the Fu family in the court, how else do you want to be satisfied? ”

Xia Kai explained: "It's not that my father doesn't know how to be content, but because my father knows that it is not easy for you to sit in the position of Prime Minister Zuo today, since you have obtained this position, of course you have to consolidate your position!" Isn't it good for your father to send your two younger sisters into the harem, and someone to say good things for you in front of the emperor from time to time? With the help of the two of them, isn't it good that your position as prime minister has become more secure? ”

Scold...... Does his Xia Wanfeng need to rely on women to consolidate his income today? Or do you need to use women to perform intrigues in the harem to deal with the Fu family? Could it be that his ability to play in officialdom is all based on nepotism?

He disdained it.

He said to Xia Kai righteously: "Master Taifu is too worried, this prime minister doesn't need it!" ”

Xia Kai said hurriedly: "Don't postpone it so quickly!" With the two of them supporting you in the harem, your path will be much smoother! Do you see which minister in the court has a head and a face, and his daughter is not a concubine in the emperor's harem? The Wang family has a queen, the Fu family has Xiang Shuyi, didn't General Ye Yongshun also send his daughter to the emperor's harem? But there are no people from our Xia clan in the harem, and now it is glory, but once you encounter difficulties, who can go to the emperor to say a few good words for you? If Yueshu and Siying enter the palace as concubines, wouldn't it be easy to help you? ”

Why was his father so stubborn? Xia Wanfeng nodded: "How can you be so sure that Yueshu and Siying will definitely get the holy favor?" If the two of them are not favored, wouldn't they be in a bleak situation? The situation in the harem, don't you know? The imperial concubine is uniquely favored, the harem is unbeatable, the emperor's favor is like a treasure, how can Yueshu and Siying share the grace when they enter the palace? And how to compete with the imperial concubine? ”

Xia Kai immediately replied: "Men like the new and hate the old, the imperial concubine is only favored now, and after a few days, her favor will also pass with the years!" Yueshu is fifteen this year, Siying is fourteen, they are both younger than the imperial concubine, of course the emperor loves young women, and the two of them have been carefully trained, and they will not be worse than the imperial concubine! Even if the two of them can't get the favor at the same time, there is always one of them who can get the emperor's favor! ”

Looking at her father, who said that she was victorious, Xia Wanfeng didn't want to argue with him anymore, she only sighed and persuaded: "The emperor is different from you, he is not a merry emperor who likes the new and hates the old, with my understanding of the emperor, the emperor has a sincere love for the imperial concubine, this relationship will not pass with time casually, you will send Yueshu and Siying into the harem, if you don't get the emperor's favor, you will regret it!" Besides, the harem is not a peaceful place, it is very difficult to survive in the harem, you fight for me, endlessly, Si Ying is just that, Yueshu is your biological daughter, and you can't bear to send her into the palace to live the days of swords and swords? Don't you feel distressed at all? (To be continued.) )