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In March of the first year of Emperor Wen, the Rong and Gu Dan declared war on the Great Zhou at the same time.

The Northwest Dezhenxi Army and General Zhengxi arrived in time, and the confrontation lasted [-] miles outside Xishan City for ten days, and finally officially kicked off after the Rong people's sneak attack failed.

The new king of Gudan in the south came to the throne, and his morale was greatly boosted. Before the reinforcements arrived, the soldiers resorted to tricks, took down the three southern cities in one go, and advanced hundreds of miles into the interior of the Great Zhou.

Fortunately, Old General Han and Lu Yunshu arrived in time, and after repeated arrangements, they were not allowed to attack wantonly.

On the eighth day of the war, the army division made a plan to recapture the southern important town, Fenshui City; then, Gudan retreated, and the other two cities failed to return smoothly.

September of the first year of Emperor Wen.

Half a year has passed. During this period of time, there have been frequent reports of success in the Northwest. General Han has won many battles and defeated the Rong people. He has expanded the territory of the Great Zhou Dynasty to the northwest by more than 300 miles. What is completely different is the war in the south. Except for the first few battles, the two armies fell into a strange stalemate after the victory and defeat: Gu Dan stood still while guarding the two captured cities, and Da Zhou wanted to attack and recover the country, but he did not dare to act rashly.

Although Lu Yunshu and Gu Dan King Mu Lei's ability to use troops is evenly matched, but he is not sure that he can win every game, and the enemy simply does not move, and I do not move.

Da Zhou, whose hearts were fluctuating because of these two wars, gradually calmed down. No matter how chaotic the northwest and south were, the war would probably not expand. Instead of worrying about the sky, it is better to continue to live a good life.

Therefore, in the court, the matter of choosing a concubine, which had been postponed indefinitely, was brought up again by the ministers. It is important to start the war, but the continuation of the royal family is also important. What's more, the war is not urgent now, and it is only the selection of concubines, not the empress. Everything can be kept simple.

Qing Ming watched these memorials every day, listened to the persuasion of these ministers, sat alone for countless nights, and finally made a decision.

The concubine selection begins.

The Ministry of Rites sent the portraits and birthday characters of all the beautiful girls to the imperial study, but Qing Ming just casually threw them aside without even looking at them.

Zigui walked in and sighed, "Since you have decided to choose a concubine, you should at least take a look at these portraits. If you don't want to see the portraits, you can go directly to Chuxiu Palace to have a look."

"It doesn't matter who you marry. Just weigh and pick a few at that time. You don't have to worry too much." Qing Ming spoke coldly, without raising his head, and suddenly stopped writing, raising his eyes to look at him, "You usually don't even care about government affairs. I don't even care, why do I suddenly care about my choice of concubine?"

"Actually, I have something to ask for." Zigui rarely asked him for something.

Qingming immediately put down his pen, looked at him solemnly, pretending to be listening attentively, "I would like to hear more about it."

Zigui smiled, his eyebrows and eyes were gentle, "It's not a big deal, but you still remember Su Jin, right?"

"Su Jin?" Qingming repeated, and at the same time, some images appeared in his mind, staring at him meaningfully, "The daughter of the Minister of Rites, remember, what happened to her?"

He clearly wanted to understand what was going on, but he pretended not to understand and insisted on Zigui explaining it himself.

Zigui shook his head helplessly, and asked amusedly, "You already know it, why do you still want to ask?"

"What do I know?" He looked at him with a smile on his face, clearly the expression that he already knew, but he insisted on playing tricks on himself, a senior brother who was so indifferent that people thought he had no desires or desires.

"Su Jin doesn't want to enter the palace, when the time comes, you don't choose her." Zi Gui avoided talking about his own affairs.

Qingming was not very satisfied with his answer, "How can a woman not want to enter the palace as a concubine, what if she becomes a queen in the future? Senior brother, your reason is not very good."

"She, she has someone she likes." Zigui had no choice but to add another sentence dryly.

"And then?" Qing Ming asked resolutely.

"The person she likes is me, is this okay?" Zigui could only admit it helplessly, with a little blush on his face, obviously in front of his real junior, it was very embarrassing for him to admit this matter.

"Then do you like her?" Qing Ming looked at the reddish face on his face with interest.

"If I don't like her, why would I come to you specifically for her!" Zigui finally couldn't help but give him a white look.

"That's it~ well, I will pay attention not to choose her when the time comes." Qing Ming nodded in satisfaction.

"It's nothing, I won't bother you." Zigui was about to leave.

"Yes." Qing Ming picked up the pen again and reviewed the memorial.

"By the way..." Zigui thought of something again, and suddenly turned his head.

"What?" Qing Ming thought he didn't hear what he said, and raised his head in doubt.

Zigui thought for a while, smiled and said, "It's all right." Then he went out.

Qing Ming frowned, then calmed down, and looked down at the memorial.

In the evening, Qingming returned from the imperial study to the emperor's bedroom, without lighting the lamp, and walked to the inner room as usual.

Suddenly realized that something was wrong in the room.

anyone?

Qingming looked vigilantly behind the bed curtains in the inner room, and said coldly: "Who? Come out for me!"

After a while, there was a rustling sound behind the bed curtain, and a young woman in a tulle singlet opened the bed curtain and came out.

The woman shyly and timidly approached Qingming with a slender body, and at the same time called out seductively, "Your Majesty~"

Qingming looked coldly at her tulle single dress that couldn't hide her figure at all, with a deadpan expression on her face.

Suddenly, the woman tripped cleverly and rushed towards Qingming.

Qing Ming wanted to see what else she could do, but she rushed over.

He dodged to the side, and the woman said "Hey~" and fell to the ground.

Qingming looked at her with disgust, and suddenly became annoyed, and shouted angrily, "Come here~"

Zigui was the first to hear the sound and ran in quickly, and then Dong Gui also came in with his guards.

As soon as they entered the room and lit the lights, they saw a disheveled woman on the ground, and the emperor standing beside her in perfect clothes, exuding a cold aura. Everyone immediately understood what was going on.

"Today, the guards and palace servants guarding the gate of the palace will be punished with thirty sticks, and they will be expelled from the palace; let's see which family's daughter this woman is. Discipline well."

"Yes." Dong Gui replied repeatedly, the palace people immediately picked up the woman and took her out for execution, and the palace people also changed the mattress neatly.

Qingming glanced at the room with disgust, as if he could still smell the woman's makeup, then walked out of the main hall and went to the side hall next to it.

Tonight, he doesn't want to sleep in this house.

Seeing that his complexion was not right, Zigui followed him out and walked to the side hall. When there were only two people left, he said, "Qingming, even if you don't like it, you shouldn't be so angry. When the time comes to get married, you will always marry me." I want to touch them, I can't bear it now, what will I do then?"

Hearing this, Qingming froze there.

He was so angry just now that he didn't notice his emotions for a while.

He thought he could ignore it, but just now he didn't have any feelings for that woman, and she was already so disgusted with this one, he wouldn't think that it would be enough to change her.

He thought he could let go, even if he couldn't let go in his heart, his body could; however, his body was already used to another person, another way of love, so how could he use another person on the premise of not liking someone? A way to reach out to other people.

Thinking of this, Qingming shivered all over, and his face turned pale.

My heart can't let it go, and my body can't accept it;

It turned out that that person had completely branded himself inside and outside his body, and he could no longer get rid of it.

Or rather, he didn't want to get rid of it at all.

Even with little hope, he made a bet, and he either won or lost.

"Brother, what should I do?" Qing Ming turned around and asked in a hoarse voice.

Zigui was silent, he knew that even if he persuaded him to forget that person, he would not be able to do it, and feelings are never something that can be forgotten if you can forget it.

Qingming looked around with empty eyes, as if looking for a way out, suddenly, his gaze passed over Zigui's face, and he suddenly became enlightened.

He took two steps forward, grabbed Zigui's arm, and said pleasantly, "I figured it out, brother, only you can help me."

Zigui immediately understood what he was thinking, and frowned, "No, don't say I disagree, Su Jin won't agree either, besides, have you ever thought about what to do if someone finds out later?"

"I won't be noticed by anyone. I have a way not to be noticed by anyone." Qing Ming said firmly.

"Paper can't contain fire, any secret may be discovered, especially in this huge palace, besides, I can help you once, what about the other concubines? You can't treat them all as decorations, Just touch one person, right?"

"Isn't it enough to marry only one person? Yes, spoil only one person and abolish the Six Palaces, so that people won't be suspicious."

"Uncle Huang, how do you explain it? If others don't know, it's fine, but Uncle Huang knows about you, how do you hide it from him?"

Qing Ming smiled slightly, "Father never believed that I was serious, let alone that I could persevere to the end."

"What do you mean?" Zigui didn't understand the meaning of his words.

"Brother, Qingming begs you, I beg you to help me, other than that, I can't think of any other way. As the emperor, I can't be sick, so naturally I want to favor my concubine and let them give birth to a prince, but , I can't touch them, and I won't have children at all, but I must have a 'natural' heir, please make it happen." Then, she took a step back, lifted the hem of her clothes, and was about to kneel down.

Zigui hurriedly grabbed him, "What are you doing? The majestic Ninety-Five Lord actually kneels down to someone, what a shame!"

"If you don't agree, I can only make a bad move. Besides, you are not someone else. You are my senior brother and my most important relative."

"You... hey~ okay." Seeing that he insisted, Zigui could only agree for the time being.

"Brother, you agreed?" Qing Ming said happily.

"It doesn't count if I agree, Jin'er must agree to this matter. If she doesn't agree, you can't force her. You understand what I mean, right? Qingming." Zigui said seriously.

Qing Ming nodded, "I know, I won't force her."

Facts have proved that Qingming did not force her.

On the second day, Qingming went to Chuxiu Palace to meet Su Jin, and told her about his difficulties in an eloquent and emotional manner.

Who would dare to disagree with the emperor's entrustment; what's more, it was such a deeply emotional story, Su Jin immediately agreed.