Chapter 24: Choosing a Concubine
In Zhao Kuo's mansion, a wealthy middle-aged man handed over a jade pendant with a smile.
"Lord Zhao, do you still like this thing?"
"Lao Su, you and I have been friends for so many years, let's talk about it directly!"
"Lord Zhao, then I won't be polite to you, I'm going to buy an official from you, and you can see if you can give a vacancy."
"Buying an official?"
"That's right!"
"I advise you to forget about this! You don't know the new testimonies, but this is a great sin to kill your head. ”
"For the sake of old friends, I don't embarrass you, but this matter is over!"
Seeing that Zhao Kuo was a little angry, the rich businessman also knew that he couldn't do anything, so he took out another jade pendant and presented it.
"Old Su, why don't you understand! Didn't you say no? ”
"Don't get me wrong, this is not to buy an official, I bought an official just for one thing, since you refuse to sell, then do it for me!"
"Say something first!"
"Actually, it's nothing, my daughter has reached the age of leaving the cabinet, Your Majesty has never chosen a concubine, I'm in a hurry!"
"Oh this! We, the ministers, are more anxious than you! ”
"What? Do you have a daughter too? How did I not know? ”
"Don't talk nonsense, listen to me."
"I can't guarantee you about this, but recently I am going to jointly write a letter urging Your Majesty to choose a concubine, but it may not be successful, you have to be mentally prepared."
"No problem, as long as you're willing to help, I'll go back if it's okay, you can keep Yu Pei to play."
……
The next morning, just as he was about to speak, a group of ministers all knelt down.
"What do you mean by that?"
Li Wei stood up, looked at the minister behind him, and then cleared his throat.
"Your Majesty, we are here to beg you to choose a concubine."
"It's a concubine again, didn't you say that you weren't in a hurry?"
"Ahem, Your Majesty is not in a hurry, we are in a hurry! It's been almost a year since you succeeded to the throne, and now you don't even have a concubine, and if you continue like this, it will take the Year of the Monkey to give birth to a dragon son. ”
"So we jointly wrote a letter today, imploring Your Majesty to choose a concubine."
Rubbing his eyebrows, of course he knew the thoughts of these ministers, wasn't he afraid that he would accidentally burp one day, and no one would be able to inherit his throne.
This is actually the key to pulling in the relationship between the monarch and the ministers, only with the prince, these ministers can follow him with all their hearts.
"That's it, I agreed, you can decide the rest yourself!"
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
The ministers immediately smiled!
"Retreat!"
He originally wanted to say something, but now that it's like this, it's useless to say it.
In less than a day, the news that he was going to choose a concubine spread all over the country, and all the ministers began to prepare in full swing.
"Master Li, this time it's thanks to you! Otherwise, His Majesty would not have been able to agree to come down. ”
"Lord Zhao laughed, how can I have such a great ability."
"The matter of choosing a concubine will be handed over to Lord Zhao, and I won't get involved."
"Okay, just give me this old bone, Master Li works day and night, and you have to pay attention to your body!"
"Thank you for your concern, I'll go first!"
"Congratulations to the Prime Minister!"
sent Li Wei away, and the ministers surrounded Zhao Kuo again.
"Lord Zhao, what should we do, you still give us a charter, if you make Your Majesty unhappy, it will be troublesome."
"Everyone, don't be impatient, come one by one."
……
Mo County, Wang County Ling immediately jumped up with joy after getting the news of Wang Kai.
"Great, it's finally here."
"Master, what are you so happy about?"
"Madam, Your Majesty is going to choose a concubine, and Ling'er has a chance."
"Really? That's really gratifying, I'm going to find Ling'er. ”
……
Three days later, women from all over the country were sent to Zhao Kuo's mansion one after another, and after Zhao Kuo selected them, they finally left thirty girls with outstanding appearances.
Among them, Su Shiyu, the daughter of the Su family in Mengxian County, and Wang Yinling, the daughter of Wang County's order in Moxian County, are the most outstanding, and they are also the two most valued by Zhao Kuo.
"Two girls, you are the most outstanding among these people, the old man is very optimistic about you, and then I congratulate the two girls first."
"Lord Zhao is polite!"
"All right, go down! Tomorrow morning, I will take you to see the emperor. ”
"Master Xie."
The two walked out of the room, looked at each other, and then left with a soft snort.
Zhao Kuo in the room saw it really and couldn't help but shake his head.
"These two have a lot of tempers, I hope they don't cause any trouble."
……
The next morning, Zhao Kuo took thirty show girls to the outside of the imperial study.
"Your Majesty, Lord Zhao is here with the show girls."
"Alas! Those who should come are coming, let them in! ”
"Yes!"
……
"Lord Zhao, please!"
"It's hard work!"
The group walked into the imperial study, and all kinds of fragrances spread in an instant, and for some reason, he suddenly felt that the air was a little pungent.
Looking up at these show girls, he lowered his head and continued to deal with the twists and turns, and at the same time couldn't help but complain in his heart: "How are these girls the same as the future generations, this pungent fragrance almost killed me." ”
"Your Majesty, this is the show girl this time, and they are all personally screened by the minister."
He didn't look up, and continued to deal with the folds on the table.
"Aiqing, how many of these women do I have to choose?"
"It depends on how Your Majesty chooses, if you want, it's not impossible to accept them all."
"What about the bottom line?"
"Well, the bottom line, at least you can pick two or three!"
"Okay, pick two!"
Looking up, these girls were still young, and he didn't have any special requirements, so he pointed to two casually.
Zhao Kuo couldn't help frowning when he saw the person he picked.
"This, Your Majesty, didn't you look carefully, why don't you take a look at it again?"
Below, Su Shiyu and Wang Yinling were pretty and slightly wrinkled, and they didn't understand what the little emperor above thought, he didn't choose the two of them who were so beautiful, but just pointed to two of them, which made them so willing.
"Aiqing, you have a lot of business!"
Zhao Kuo was startled and immediately knelt down.
"Your Majesty forgives the sins, but there is indeed a better one in this, you don't want to look at it anymore."
"Aiqing, you have collected the money!"
"This ...... Your Majesty...... I ......"
"Collect or confiscate?"
Zhao Kuo sighed!
"Your Majesty, the minister did accept it."
Seeing that Zhao Kuo was trembling with fright, he also slowed down his tone.
"Aiqing, don't be nervous, I'm not not going to let you make extra money."
"However, this money is also particular, earn more and earn less, what money should be earned and what money should not be earned, Aiqing should know better than me!"
"Yes, yes, the old minister was blinded by lard for a while, and he won't accept it next time."
Yang Lie smiled and shook his head!
"Aiqing still doesn't understand what I mean, money can be earned, but you can't make all kinds of money, Aiqing think about it herself!"
"By the way, since you said there are better ones, then you can pick two for me!".
"Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is a little inappropriate......"
"It's okay, I don't choose, you can choose!"