Favorite Concubine [Rebirth in Yuanchun]

That night Xiaofeng invited Jia Yuanchun to play "Zhenlong".

Halfway through the chess game, Xiao Feng's white piece has shown signs of decline, fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead.

Jia Yuanchun held a sunspot between his index finger and middle finger, looked down at the chessboard, and said softly, "Your concubine shouldn't think too much now, it's better to rest."

Little Feng raised her eyes to look at her, a little surprised, then smiled, and suddenly mentioned the incident when she first entered the palace in Yuanchun last year, "At that time, I promised that I would repay you and tell you the truth in the future."

Jia Yuanchun didn't know why she suddenly brought up this matter, and replied, "Yes." At that time, Xiao Feng wanted to die, went on a hunger strike and wore filial piety, and later asked her to see the grandson, saying Pass a word, otherwise, even if you die, you will not be reconciled.After all, she didn't go to see the grandson, and Xiao Feng is sitting in front of her now.

Xiao Feng thought about it slowly and said: "I see what the emperor means, you female historians are afraid that someone will caress you."

Jia Yuanchun kept silent, knowing that she was speaking the truth and the truth.

"Compared to Fumeng, you would rather stay in Beijing, right?"

Jia Yuanchun tried his best to smile, "Of course it's better to stay in Beijing." Mongolia is bitterly cold, most daughters who marry out of China die early; besides, if she marries far away, it will really be of no benefit to the Jia family.

Little Feng looked deeply into Jia Yuanchun's eyes, and asked: "Is this your truth?"

Jia Yuanchun smiled and said, "It's truer than Pearl."

Xiao Feng also smiled, and stretched out his hand to shake the chess game, his white fingers were huddled on the black chessboard, like an epiphyllum blooming from the night.

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At noon on the second day, it was reported that Jia Yuanchun was going to the golden tent where the emperor was.

Although it was not a formal palace, the golden tent where the emperor lived was still huge, the top was five people high, and the tent could accommodate hundreds of people.The eunuch led Jia Yuanchun in through a small curtain on the left side of the golden tent. There was a soft blanket on the floor, and the ten steps forward were separated by a continuous screen.

Wu Nvshi and Zhou Nvshi were already there. When they saw Jia Yuanchun, they nodded and said nothing. Both of them were confused and nervous.

The sound of singing and dancing came from the other side of the screen. It should be the eight kings of Mongolia who are gathering.

After a while, the singing stopped and the tent became quiet.

A rough male voice said in Chinese with a strange tone: "Thank you for the feast of the great Bogda Khan. On behalf of the fertile Guar'e Grassland, Chahuakebuer begs you to marry the noble princess and conclude the eternal friendship between the two clans. "

The emperor laughed twice.

Immediately, seven more men came out to ask for the princess in the name of the Khan of their tribe.

The emperor comforted: "I know your intentions. I have the same heart as yours, and we both want to make the friendship between our two clans last forever. But it may not be the only way to marry the princess——I have opened up the trade between the two sides. , There is no restriction on the sale of your fur and livestock into the interior, and the transportation of tea, salt and silk from the interior to you also reduces taxes, this is also a way.”

Chahua Kebuer said sincerely: "Opening trade makes people on both sides happy, but to stabilize the adults in the tribe, you still need to marry a princess. Only in this way can the adults in the tribe feel the sincerity of Bogda Khan, I am willing to shed blood and sweat for you." He knelt down and opened his arms to the emperor, "I am willing to offer [-] sheep, [-] horses and a year's production on the richest Guar'e Grassland to the great Bo. Geda Khan begs to marry the noble princess."

The men are negotiating.

Behind the screen, Zhou Nushi's complexion has gradually turned sallow.Nervously, she tore the handkerchief in her hand, and she wanted to cry without tears and murmured: "It would be great if I had accepted the concubine at the beginning... It would be better to die if you marry in Mongolia..."

Nv Shi Wu was infected by her emotions, and her eyebrows, which were always frowning, became even more knotted.

Negotiations outside are coming to an end.

"My only daughter to be married is only 12 years old, still young. But there are four daughters surnamed everyone in the palace, who are as honorable and dignified as the princess..."

Zhou Nushi's tears finally fell down.

Wu Nvshi's body was crooked and almost collapsed on the blanket.

Although Jia Yuanchun had expected such a situation, he couldn't help but feel a sinking heart.However, one of the four female historians is still missing, so how come Xie Li hasn't arrived yet?

As soon as the thought came to him, he heard "Thousands of Years" outside, but it was the Empress Dowager who came with Xie Li.

"The Ai family heard that the emperor wanted to order mandarin ducks, so they came to join in the fun." The queen mother smiled at the emperor who got up to meet her, with Xie Li supporting her arm, "What is the regulation?"

The emperor pretended to be a filial son, and told the previous situation in detail again.

The queen mother sat down on the emperor's left side, nodded after listening, and said, "That's right, I've seen these four female historians before, and their appearance and temperament are not worse than real princesses." She smiled and patted Xie Li's hand, "Look The one next to me, isn't everything good?"

Not only the emperor, but even the Mongolian kings also flattered the queen mother.

The queen mother and Chahua Kebuer reminiscing about the past, "Is your mother okay? She came to Beijing with your father 20 years ago, and Ai's family met..." After such a moment, the queen mother sighed again: "These four female historians are all good girls. You are not the only ones who want to marry, the Ai family still has the heart to keep it for their grandson. The blood of the grassland also flows through the Ai family. On the grassland, only true heroes can marry beautiful women. The Ai family has a proposal, let me tell you Listen, I don’t know if it’s feasible.”

The emperor made a gesture of listening attentively, "Mother, please speak."

"Since we are on the prairie, we should follow the rules of the prairie. There are four good emperors and grandsons here in the Ai family, and they are all married. Let them come and use the prairie with King Khan who proposes to marry him." In the last wrestling match, only the one who wins can embrace the beauty." The queen mother looked very happy.

Eight khans and four female historians.Nothing is enough.

The queen mother's words are indeed a bad idea.

Therefore, this major event related to the marriage of the two races was almost a trifling matter.

Zhou Nvshi and Wu Nvshi seemed to have grasped the straw, and prayed for the emperor's grandson to win.Jia Yuanchun listened for a while behind the screen, and finally determined that it was the double reed sung by the emperor and the queen mother.

Without the emperor's permission, the empress dowager, who has been in the harem for more than sixty years, would never have dared to act rashly.This is just something that the emperor is not easy to say, so he said it through the mouth of the empress dowager.

Looking at Wu Nvshi and Zhou Nvshi who closed their eyes and prayed, Jia Yuanchun felt a little sad. Originally, she thought that the emperor would not let the prince or Prince Jing's family members be pro-Mongolian.Now it seems that she was wrong.The emperor will marry them away together, but it is very likely that they will marry two small forces that are separated.Thousands of miles away from Beijing, the seeds of conflict among the princes were also planted.

The wrestling outside the lottery has begun.

Time passed by every minute and every second.

The final winners were King Chahua Kebur Khan of Guar'e Grassland, King Khan of the left side of Yihe River, King Khan of the right side of Yihe River, and Prince Jing's son Yongli.Just as Jia Yuanchun expected, they are on the same side of the Yi River, one on the left and one on the right. For the sake of the precious water source on the grassland, the left and the right have been at odds for many years, and minor frictions have broken out several times.Even the wrestling decided by the lottery must have been arranged by the emperor.

"Sure enough, it's Haoerlang on the grassland!" The emperor clapped his hands and laughed.

The queen mother also laughed, and said: "These four heroes are suitable for my four female historians. But how to match is also very particular. From Aijia's point of view, the four sons are all excellent, and the four girls are also excellent. , whoever deserves whoever deserves it--how about leaving it to God. Please turn the four heroes around, and the four female historians will each take off a piece of jewelry and put it in the brocade box. How about you choose the jewelry to decide who you are?"

These words sounded immodest, but it was an idea that the emperor really couldn't come up with.Don't worry about being few, but about unevenness. No matter how he refers to marriage, there must be someone among the eight kings of Mongolia who will feel that they have suffered a disadvantage.It's better to leave it to the unpredictable providence.

Jia Yuanchun got up and walked to the side of the screen, quietly looking at the Empress Dowager.

As soon as the Queen Mother finished speaking, the Qin eunuch beside the emperor took out a tray covered with gold lacquer.

It was booked early again.Jia Yuanchun's heart sank.

The four winners all turned sideways.

The little eunuch asked Jia Yuanchun and the other three to go out, Xie Li was still standing beside the queen mother.

Jia Yuanchun glanced roughly at the tent, and saw the Mongol Khan sitting on the west side, and the east side sat with a few yellow belts rolled up their cuffs.Her eyes wandered to the east for a while, and suddenly she saw the emperor's grandson sitting at the head on the east side.

The emperor's grandson sat alone in the middle of the first row on the east side, neatly dressed, apparently just watching and never leaving.As if sensing Jia Yuanchun's gaze, the emperor's grandson turned his head slightly and looked towards her.He was already smiling a little bit, but when he looked over at this moment, the smile seemed to be deeper.

Jia Yuanchun wasn't sure whether the emperor's grandson really smiled at her, or whether it was her own imagination; however, her heart that had been clamoring and restless felt a little calm, as if the presence of the emperor's grandson comforted her.

This is really strange.

Eunuch Qin walked over holding the tray. He did not walk in the order of the three standing, but first went to Nv Shi Wu, and she put a silver hairpin on the leftmost side of the tray, and then walked to Nv Shi Zhou, but only Lift the right side of the tray a little in front of her.Zhou Nvshi rolled down a jade bracelet with trembling hands, and it landed on the far right of the tray nearby.

Then eunuch Qin walked back to Jia Yuanchun.

Jia Yuanchun glanced at him, then glanced at where the emperor and empress dowager were, ready to disturb the position of the jewelry, but he dared not be impulsive. The emperor's plan for a long time was messed up by her, how could the end be fun?She lowered her eyelashes, gently took off the coral red earring from her left ear, and slowly placed it in the middle of the tray.In addition to the earring on the left, she still wears the earring on the right.

If Yongli had the heart, he would naturally choose her.

Eunuch Qin drooped his eyelids, but the tense muscles on his face relaxed a bit, and he walked in front of Xie Li who was beside the queen mother.

Jia Yuanchun had already guessed the whereabouts of Wu and Zhou's two female historians, and the remaining destinations for her and Xie Li were either Chahua Kebuer or Prince Jing's son Yongli.

Possibility of choosing one of two.Seeing the eunuch Qin getting closer to Xie Li, Jia Yuanchun became more and more uneasy.

Why does Xie Li look... as if he has a plan in his chest?

This question was answered when Jia Yuanchun saw the jewelry that Xie Li had brought out.

Xie Li smiled so much that a pearl flower came out from his cuff - but the pearl on the torus was gone.