After that, Mao Xiang repeatedly missed the appointment due to funeral, and Chen Yuanyuan was unfortunately brought to the capital after being redeemed by Qi Tianhong outside the Ming Emperor.

At that time, Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty had a concubine surnamed Tian, and his father Tian Hongyu was worried that his daughter would fall out of favor with the emperor in old age, so he went to Jiangnan to look for beauties in order to win over the emperor. When Tian Hongyu met Chen Yuanyuan, who was extremely talented, he ransomed him and took him to the capital, and accepted him as a righteous daughter, and after some training, he was introduced into the palace by Concubine Tian.

At this time, the Ming Empire was crumbling, and Emperor Chongzhen, who was physically and mentally exhausted, had no intention of enjoying beauty. Three months after Chen Yuanyuan entered the palace, he still failed to win the emperor's favor, so he had to return to Tianfu.

Tian Hongyu originally wanted to win the emperor's favor with Chen Yuanyuan's beauty in exchange for Emperor Chongzhen's trust in him, but he didn't want to achieve his goal.

Since then, Chen Yuanyuan has become Tian Hongyu's family music actor.

Tian Hongyu was losing power day by day, and in order to consolidate his position and find support in the troubled times, he intended to make friends with Wu Sangui, who was very prestigious and had a heavy army at that time.

Tian Hongyu once invited Wu Sangui to his family banquet, "Out of the group of Ji tune silk and bamboo, all of them are very beautiful." A person with light makeup, all the beauty and the first voice, glamorous and delicate. And this singer with light makeup and beauty is Chen Yuanyuan. Wu Sangui was surprised by Chen Yuanyuan's beauty, "I don't feel that his mind is moving."

Tian Hongyu was invited by Sangui to give Yuanyuan to Wu Sangui, and arranged a rich dowry and sent it to Wu's mansion.

After Li Zicheng's peasant army captured Beijing, Yuanyuan was captured by Liu Zongmin.

Wu Sangui originally wanted to surrender to the peasant army, but after learning that Yuanyuan had been robbed, he was angry and surrendered angrily.

Li Zicheng was angry, more than 100,000 thieves, held Wu Xiang in the army, and attacked Shanhaiguan in the east, so as not to cross the pass from a piece of stone.

Under the joint attack of Wu Sangui's troops and the Qing army, Li Zicheng's peasant army suffered heavy losses and fled from Beijing in a hurry, abandoning all the plundered baggage and women in the road.

Wu Sangui found Chen Yuanyuan in the fire, and the military camp was reunited.

Since then, Chen Yuanyuan has been following Wu Sangui to fight. After Wu Sangui pacified Yunnan, Yuanyuan entered Wu Sangui's Pingxi Palace, and since then he has been "favoring the harem".

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During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls.

At this moment, on the post road in Jiangning County, the post road after the rain seems quieter than usual, and the post road is almost empty.

On this silent post road, suddenly there was a strong sound of horses' hooves from far and near.

The majestic sound of horses' hooves played a drum beat on the earth, the mournful and vigorous neighing and shouting collided and splashed in the crowded space, drawing irregular curves, and the roar of hundreds of war horses and the sound of the horserider's "driving" intertwined into a thrilling stage.

On the post road, there is a caravan of hundreds of people rushing forward, and at a glance, the horseback rider's dress seems to be a caravan.

But it's not like an ordinary caravan.

Because of such a large group of people, there are no caravans of large bags and small bags of goods on weekdays.

All the riders were escorting was the lavishly decorated carriage.

The man at the front of the line was dressed differently from the others, and the aura of the superior showed that he was a man of great power.

I saw that he was wearing a snow-white straight-placked robe, the drape of the clothes was very good, and the waist was tied with a wide belt of moon white auspicious cloud patterns, and only a piece of ink jade with excellent jade quality was hung on it, and the shape seemed rough but simple and gloomy. The black hair was tied with a silver ribbon at will, without a crown or hairpin, and a few strands of hair on the forehead were scattered by the wind, intertwined with the silver ribbon and flying, looking quite light.

"Appeal 。。。。。。"

The leader took hold of the reins of his horse and slowed down.

"Lord Wang, there is the Jiangning Post Station in front, and I will go to Jiangning County immediately, so it is better to rest for a while." A retinue said.

"Yes". That is the first person, this person is Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi.

"Aifei, there are still a few hours to arrive in Jiangning County, the car and horses are tired, it is better to rest for a while before hurrying." Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, opened the luxuriously decorated carriage curtain and said softly inside.

I saw the curtain open, and a beautiful woman appeared.

I saw that the woman's peerless face, her posture was extremely graceful, and her eyes were moving, and I felt pity.

This woman is naturally Chen Yuanyuan, the princess of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi.

"Why doesn't the prince ride in a carriage with his concubine, but instead ride a horse." Chen Yuanyuan got out of the car and asked.

"This king has not been fighting for a long time, and this time he came out, of course, to ride a horse to experience the feeling of leading a team, not to mention that the scenery in the south of the Yangtze River is very different from that outside the Saiwai, and it is also another taste." King Pingxi said with a smile.

"The prince doesn't have to work so hard, this time the ancestor worship can be done by herself, so why bother the prince to mobilize the people." Chen Yuanyuan said.

"It's okay, the concubine goes out, the king is very uneasy, the king has reported to the court, entered Beijing to report on his work, and on the occasion of this report in Beijing, he accompanied the concubine to the ancestral home to sweep the tomb and worship the ancestors." Wu Sangui hugged Chen Yuanyuan's soft waist and said.

"The concubine is just worried about the safety of the prince." Chen Yuanyuan whispered in a low voice.

"This is not even more worrying, although there are only 100 guards on the face, this king has privately arranged another two thousand Guan Ning Iron Cavalry to protect secretly, and nothing goes wrong." Wu Sangui said again.

"It's just that tonight, the governor of Liangjiang brought a lot of colleagues to entertain the king, and he must drink and have fun, and he needs to sing a song from the concubine at that time, so that the king can have face." King Pingxi said with a smile again.

"The concubine is everything, but I listen to the prince's orders, but the concubine is curious, in the past, the prince acted low-key and never let the concubine see outsiders, why are you willing to let the concubine show her head this time." Chen Yuanyuan asked curiously with a smile.

"In the past, this king was really reluctant to show up with his concubine, and his concubine was beautiful, so that others could see it, and this king would not be a big loss, but now this king has figured it out. The ancients said that they were rich and did not return to their hometowns, just like walking in brocade clothes at night. This king is now the king of Pingxi, and he is accompanied by his concubine, which can really be said: wake up to the power of the world, drunk and lie on the knees of beautiful women. Naturally, it is inevitable to be envied by others, and there are not a few people who envy and hate this king, so this king will act in a high-profile manner, so that they can envy and hate it, what can they endure me? King Pingxi said proudly.

"Envy, jealousy, hatred?" Chen Yuanyuan was puzzled for a while.

"This king is the king of Pingxi, which is lower than the king's position is naturally envious of the king, and this court such as Aobai, Sony and the like, although the military merits are outstanding, but they can only be crowned princes, they are extremely jealous of the king, and the remnants of the original Ming Dynasty hate the king to the bone, which is what the king said envy, jealousy and hatred." Wu Sangui said again.

The prince's statement is very good, and the concubine will compile this "envy, jealousy and hatred" into the song, and she will be able to get new ideas and be praised by everyone." Chen Yuanyuan said.

"This stream of envy, jealousy, and hatred is not what this king fears, but what this king fears is the suspicion and anxiety of the saints about me." King Pingxi frowned.

"Why did the prince say this, since the prince returned to the Qing Dynasty, he has been quelling rebellion and suppressing rebellion, and has made great contributions to the stability of the Qing Dynasty's borders, does the emperor still have scruples?" Chen Yuanyuan asked suspiciously.

"The suspicion is mainly due to the fact that the king is a Han Chinese, the head of the three major vassal kings, and the emperor is worried about the king's loyalty to the court; In the Qing Dynasty, there has always been a saying that the king's annexation to the court at that time was a delaying tactic, and after the Qing Dynasty and I destroyed the thieves, the king will plan to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty; And this slogan of the anti-Qing Dynasty restoration has been shouting, this king has been working with the army of the Qing Dynasty to suppress the remnants of the former Ming Dynasty in recent years, this king's hands are stained with the blood of countless famous generals and important ministers of the former Ming Dynasty, and the emperor's suspicion of this king has disappeared. Wu Sangui said confidently.

Chen Yuanyuan didn't interrupt Wu Sangui's words, just gently snuggled up to Wu Sangui's body, smiling at the corner of his mouth, and staring at Wu Sangui with beautiful eyes.

The king has more than 100,000 troops, governing Yunnan and Guizhou provinces, and controlling Guangxi, Sichuan, Hunan, and Shaanxi provinces, and almost controlling most of the southwest region of the Qing Dynasty. At present, the war is tight, if the king does not have the right to control, he will not be able to mobilize all kinds of troops, and it is not good to fight with my Qing Dynasty, so the court will give the right to control the four provinces to the king. “

On the one hand, the king holds the military and political power in the southwest of Lexi, but on the other hand, it also makes the emperor worried, he is worried that the king is entrenched in the southwest and cannot control it. Don't you hear that Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was in the imperial robe and mutined against Chen Qiao, regardless of how much will Song Taizu himself had, the military generals under his command would also put him on the throne for the sake of their high-ranking officials. Therefore, from the position of the emperor, it is understandable to be so worried!! “。 Wu Sangui sighed.

"So, the prince is dangerous? What should I do? Chen Yuanyuan couldn't help hugging Wu Sangui tightly.

"Don't be anxious about the concubine, this king thought about it again and again, and came up with three tricks: the first is to take a beautiful wife and concubine, and make a high-profile appearance, showing off everywhere, so that the emperor and the ministers of the court believe that this king only cares about beauty and has no intention of rebellion; The second is to envelop the important ministers of the court and rebuild the reputation of the king in the court; The third is to reduce military spending by reducing military spending by streamlining troops and horses. With these three moves, the emperor will no longer be worried, and the court will no longer have objections to the king. Wu Sangui stroked Chen Yuanyuan's beautiful face and said.

"Streamlining the troops? Lord Wang, don't you want to live, what is the difference between this streamlining of soldiers and horses and wielding a sword from the palace?" Even Chen Yuanyuan, the princess who has never participated in political affairs, was a little incomprehensible, and her contact lenses stared at Wu Sangui and said with a nervous expression.

"Don't worry, concubine, this is just a retreat as a strategy, now that the remnants of the Southern Ming Dynasty have not been destroyed, how dare the court casually streamline the soldiers and horses, this king said so, it will definitely make the emperor believe that the king has no intention of military power and expand his own power, and just wants to be his own king of Pingxi, then the emperor's doubts can be eliminated." Entering the temporary rest room of the post station, Wu Sangui smiled and hugged Chen Yuanyuandao.

"The prince is wise, scared the concubine, so the concubine is relieved, wait, what is the prince going to do, the room here is shabby, the prince can't act here...

"Ai Fei just said that he waved his sword from the palace, and this king told Ai Fei that the sunflower treasure book that this king has recently practiced is not necessary from the palace, so how about trying the power on Ai Fei?" King Pingxi said in a daze, leaning to the princess's ear.

"The prince spares his life, and the concubine will not dare to stir her tongue next time and talk about the matter of wielding a knife from the palace!!!."