Peng Yu hurriedly took the jade seal from the bookshelf, handed it to Hong Chen with both hands, took the paper, pen and ink, and hurried away.

The jade seal of the country is the first emperor of the ancient Qin Shi Huang, sent people to carve it with the He's Bi, which is engraved with the seal text of "ordered by the sky, both longevity and Yongchang", which is the great Yan Taizu Hong Yan when he invaded Chang'an City to destroy the Yong Dynasty, and the Yongmo Emperor offered.

There is a jade seal in hand, which means that it is orthodox in the world, the desire of the people, and is known as the treasure of the world.

Hong Chen wrote hard, wrote a thousand-word long text, stamped it with the jade seal of the country and his personal seal, then sealed it, and wrote the words "Handwritten by the Emperor of Yanguo and personally opened by the Emperor of Chu" on the envelope.

Hearing the movement outside the door, Hong Chen estimated that Dong Feng had arrived, and then asked, "Is it Dong Feng Aiqing?" Come in! ”

Dong Feng hurriedly pushed the door in, leaned over towards Hong Chen, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, do you want me to send an envoy to the Chu State to fight for a long-term alliance?" ”

Hong Chen got up, came to his side, and handed over the letter: "Yes! Aiqing, you are already the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and I am waiting for you to return smoothly and officially take office. ”

"You pick a few staff members and disciples to leave as soon as possible, and I am waiting for you to return as soon as possible to attend my enthronement ceremony and wedding banquet!"

Dong Feng took the letter with excited hands: "Yes!" Wechen must live up to its mission! ”

"Good! Go ahead! ”

After Hong Chen waved his hand, Dong Fenghou exited the door and hurriedly trotted away.

After Peng Yu came in, Hong Chen immediately said: "Father-in-law, send someone to prepare black charcoal, miscanthus salt, sulfur, oil paper, leather, and thistle terrestris, each of which is a thousand catties, and secretly sent to the palace in the middle of the night, which is of great use." ”

Peng Yu frowned: "Oh?!" Your Majesty, do you want to do alchemy? ”

Hong Chen waved his hand: "No." You arrange for your henchmen to do this, and you must not leak it. ”

Peng Yu nodded: "That Weichen asked Peng Li, Peng Zhi, and Peng Xin to do it." But what about Peng Li going to Nanzhong to recruit troops and form the Wudang Flying Army? ”

Hong Chen immediately said: "After the wedding banquet of my accession to the throne, it will not be too late for the third brother to go. Father-in-law, mother-in-law has been dead for many years, and you have no one to take care of you. How about I marry you? ”

"Uh......"

Peng Yu's old face flushed: "Your Majesty, Weichen, Weichen is old, just have a maid to serve." ”

Hong Chen waved his hand: "That's not good!" It's not a trustworthy family member, I'm not at ease! ”

"The emperor has more than 400 concubines, all of whom have left the palace and temporarily live in the prince's mansion, and will be the second to fifth grade of the Haoming lady. The eldest of them was under forty, and the youngest was in his early twenties, and they all wanted me to marry them again. ”

"I think that Mrs. Xiao Shu, who is in her twenties, is in her prime, gentle and graceful, and is very suitable for you!"

Peng Yu was so shocked that his eyes were about to pop out, and he was so anxious that his face was red: "Huh?!" This won't work! Your Majesty, how dare Weichen marry the woman of the former emperor? What's more, Xiao Shu is still a concubine! ”

Hong Chen said with a smile: "The first emperor betrayed the country and sent them into the cold palace, and he has already broken off his righteousness. What's more, after they leave the palace, they are no longer royal people, and they all want to marry a suitable good man as soon as possible. ”

"My father-in-law will be the prime minister of the Civil and Political Yuan, and he will be the first of the hundred officials, and he should be the example of the hundred officials!"

"If you refuse, then it will be very difficult for me to give marriage to a single official!"

"What's more, this matter has to be agreed by Mrs. Xiao Shu, she may not agree."

"I'm leaving, just get ready to get married."

Hong Chen left quickly, rode the little white dragon, and rushed to Peng Yu's house.

Knowing that Hong Chen came to pick her up into the palace, Peng Lan'er was overjoyed, and when she dressed up a little, she called the four personal rings of Chunxiang, Xia Xiang, Qiu Xiang, and Dong Xiang, and they all rode on horses and accompanied Hong Chen into the palace.

"Lan'er, you go to all parts of the harem and live wherever you like. I'll go to the Diligent Palace to have a look. ”

Among the tens of thousands of palace maids and female officials, only a few dozen have been sent away if they want to return to their parents' homes.

More than 3,000 people were sent to the Prince's Mansion Farm.

More than 4,000 people did not meet the requirements of the palace maids and were sent to the prince's mansion.

The remaining more than 2,000 people basically met the requirements, but after the picky primary election of the staff and disciples, more than half of them were eliminated and went to the prince's mansion crying.

Now there are only 1,136 people left, all of whom are difficult to choose, and can only be personally selected by the emperor.

After Hong Chen came in, everyone shouted long live again, Hong Chen asked Qin Yun to wait outside the palace, and the other staff and disciples returned to the prince's mansion.

Hong Chen asked the palace maids to line up in a row of twenty people, and after forming a queue, he shouted "look left, look right, turn left, turn right, forward, backward" and other passwords, and eliminated more than 100 people who were unresponsive, clumsy, or hard of hearing.

Immediately afterwards, Hong Chen painted seven colors: red, yellow, blue, green, black, white, and purple, and made a simple eye chart for the palace maids to identify, and eliminated dozens of palace maids who were color blind, myopic and had a bad voice.

Subsequently, he brought two large buckets of water, asked the palace maids to lift them one by one, shoulder to shoulder, and eliminated more than 200 people who lacked strength.

There were only more than 600 palace maids left, Hong Chen checked the pulse one by one, inspected the face, tongue coating, smelled the breath and body odor, and eliminated more than 100 people again.

In the Qinzheng Palace, there were soon only four hundred and eighty-six palace maids left.

Just when all the women thought that they were successfully selected, Hong Chen led the women into the emperor's bedroom, let the women enter the Yangxin Pavilion, take off all their clothes, and he had to do the final physical examination.

The women blushed, and after entering the Heart Pavilion, they were shy and expectant, showing their proud bodies without any concern.

Hong Chen didn't care, and after he looked at them one by one, he eliminated dozens of people with skin diseases, flat feet, obvious scars, birthmarks, large moles, etc.

In the end, only 440 people were successfully selected, and Hong Chen appointed forty supervisors with good martial arts skills to be responsible for the normal operation of the entire palace from now on, including the patrol guards of the palace.

From now on, the harem within the Imperial Palace, except for the Emperor, will no longer allow any men over the age of five to enter.

Walking out of the dormitory with the palace maids, Qiu Xiang hurriedly greeted her, reported that the queen was in the Frost Palace, and invited him over.

Hong Chen frowned instantly, Peng Lan'er actually went to the Frost Palace, if Shi Bing and Shi Shuang sisters were still hiding in the palace, would she be in danger?

But on second thought, the sisters said that they were going back to the mountain to resume their lives, and they didn't seem to be pretending, and they should have left a long time ago.

Recalling the sisters' changeable and charming speech and demeanor, Hong Chen actually felt a little nostalgic.

Walking into the front yard, Peng Lan'er immediately greeted her and threw herself into Hong Chen's arms: "Brother, it's so beautiful here." I want to live here with you, can I? ”

Hong Chen patted Peng Lan's jade back: "Of course you can." Lan'er, it's almost dusk, whatever you want to eat, I'll arrange for the imperial dining room to cook it for you immediately. ”

Peng Lan'er hurriedly shook her head: "No." Haruka and the others are already cooking dinner in the kitchen. ”

"Hmm. Then let's go to the Prince's Mansion first, how about it? ”

Hong Chen's words are Chrysostom's words.

Peng Lan'er also wanted to go to the Prince's Mansion to meet with Hong Chen's most trusted staff and disciples again to consolidate her position, so she nodded "uh-huh".