In recent years, the military expenditure of the three countries had accounted for more than 30% of the total expenditure of the imperial court. There was already a faint trend of unrest. Now that the imperial court had just lost a hundred thousand elite soldiers, the three countries had actually raised this kind of request at this time. Sima Zhao's intention was clear to all. ¢£¢£says,
Moreover, at that time, because Princess Jianning and Wei Xiaobao accidentally died at Shanhai Pass, in order to ask for forgiveness, Wu Sangui sent his most beloved daughter to the Capital. Nominally, she was to be the Emperor's palace maid, but anyone could see that he was sending his daughter to the Emperor to be a concubine.
Ah Ke had inherited her mother's former number one beauty, Chen Yuanyuan's beauty. As soon as she entered the capital, she was the most beautiful woman in the capital. Even Kangxi couldn't help but be tempted. However, Kangxi had an enormous ambition; he was pursuing the world, while Wu Sangui's reputation was really too bad. He was worried that if he took Wu Sangui's daughter as his concubine, he would lose the popular support of the Han people. Moreover, Ah Ke's mother was once the femme fatale, Chen Yuanyuan; the fall of the Ming Dynasty was inextricably linked to her. As the Emperor, inevitably Kangxi had some taboo regarding this matter.
But Ah Ke was Wu Sangui's gesture, Kangxi was afraid that if he refused to accept her, Wu Sangui would be frightened and desperate like a cornered dog jumping over the wall; therefore, he had no choice but to accept her. While he was in a dilemma, Songgotu on the side came up with an idea: he would raise Ah Ke in Prince Kang's Jieshu's mansion, in the name of teaching her the etiquette of the Palace.
In this way, Kangxi could show the outside world that Kangxi was not an Emperor who lusted after beauties, and secondly, Jie Shu was also a member of the imperial family, so it could be considered an explanation to Wu Sangui. Kangxi's dragon face was instantly overjoyed and he agreed to this suggestion.
This caused Prince Kang, Jie Shu to suffer. In his opinion, Ah Ke's beauty could move any man's heart. Although Kangxi was not willing to accept her into his harem, who knew if he would change his mind in the future. Now that he was being raised in his own mansion, in the future it would be hard to avoid the suspicion that he was working under a melon field. If the Emperor became suspicious of him, that would be really bad. In the end, Prince Kang had no choice but to curse eighteen generations of Songgotu's ancestors, while moving out of his mansion that very night. Ever since Ah Ke entered the mansion, he did not dare to return home.
Although Ah Ke had shaken the capital, the court and the people did not feel wronged. After all, Wu Sangui did not have many children. He only had one son and one daughter. Leaving Ah Ke in the capital, he could be considered half a hostage.
But now, Wu Sangui actually wanted to take his daughter back. Although it sounded nice on the surface, everyone knew that if Ah Ke really went back, Wu Sangui would never let her return to the capital.
Many ministers who were loyal to the imperial court hastily expressed their opposition, while some ministers who had been secretly bribed by the three border defenses expressed their support. Each and every one of them quoted the classics, and the quarrel was fierce.
A trace of doubt flashed through Song QingShu's mind. No matter how much Wu Sangui loved Ah Ke, Ah Ke was only a daughter. Why did he have to go through so much trouble and offend the Emperor to bring her back? Was it purely to test the reaction of the court? ., ",", ", he", ",", "
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Her mother, Chen Yuanyuan, "appeared in his mind. Song Qingshu was momentarily absent-minded.
The noisy morning court session ended after Dongfang Muxue said, "We'll discuss it another day." Song Qingshu and Dongfang Muxue left the Hall of Supreme Harmony together. After Song Qingshu's early efforts and Dongfang Muxue's arrangements, the palace maids and eunuchs who followed them had been replaced with trusted people. Therefore, Song Qingshu was not afraid of walking with "Kangxi" in public.
Dongfang Muxue suddenly snorted, "The three border defenses proposed such harsh conditions to test the bottom line of the imperial court. But how would they know that we are not afraid of them rebelling? We are afraid that they will not rebel."
"It's easy to force the three border defenses to rebel, but do you have the confidence to pacify them?" Song Qingshu smiled bitterly. The Golden Snake Battalion was in urgent need of time to expand, so they wanted to use the three border defenses to stall the Manchu Qing. But if the Manchu Qing was really overthrown by the three border defenses, the loss would outweigh the gain. Song Qingshu had countless things to do and could not pretend to be Kangxi for a long time. Therefore, the task of guarding the Forbidden City and pacifying the three border defenses naturally fell to Dongfang Muxue.
"People like Wu Sangui are nothing in my eyes." Dongfang Muxue said proudly.
"Alright, I believe you." Song Qingshu said in a low voice. He had been in contact with Dongfang Muxue for a long time and naturally knew how amazing she was. If she was a man, she would probably be his greatest opponent in this life apart from Zhang Wuji.
"Fortunately, she's a woman, hehe." Song Qingshu could not help but think of the snow-white perfect body from last night. His smile was somewhat wretched.
Dongfang Muxue did not notice his smile and said, "If I'm not wrong, Princess Roujia will enter the palace today to ask someone to plead for Yue Le. Which concubine's palace do you think is more convenient for us to lure her to?"
"Empress Xiaotong." Song Qingshu answered subconsciously. After all, among all the concubines in Kangxi's harem, he was only familiar with Empress Xiaotong's situation.
Dongfang Muxue could not help but chuckle, "You are obviously a playboy, but you actually did not touch so many concubines from the three palaces and six courtyards. What a joke."
"I'm not that stupid …" Song Qingshu's expression suddenly changed. He could hear the pride in her tone, "Did you touch all of them?"
"Of course!" Dongfang Muxue smiled proudly, "The Manchu Qing harem has its own rules. If I continued to pamper Empress Xiaotong like you, I would not be able to touch all of them equally. I'm afraid the women in the harem would have long suspected me."
Song Qingshu's expression became even more strange, "You actually managed to handle so many concubines? What's more surprising is that none of them noticed anything unusual? "
"What's so difficult about that? I used to be the Sect Leader of the Sun Moon Sect, alright?" Dongfang Muxue snorted proudly, "I just need to use some low-grade aphrodisiac from the pugilistic world and some props. Wouldn't it be enough to make these noblewomen hover between life and death?"
Song Qingshu almost stumbled and fell, "Your thinking is quite … advanced, haha …"
"But I have to admit that you have a sharp eye. In Kangxi's harem, the other women are far less interesting than Empress Xiaotong." Dongfang Muxue seemed to be reminiscing, "Alright, let's choose Xiaotong's harem. I'll make arrangements later to lure Princess Roujia there."
The two of them then began to check the details of the plan. After a long time, Dongfang Muxue suddenly revealed a playful smile, "Hey, do you want to make a bet? After Princess Roujia's matter is settled, we're not allowed to use violence against each other. Let's see who can climb into Empress Xiaotong's bed with her original appearance first?"
Song Qingshu was startled and stared at her suspiciously, "What kind of sick hobby is this?"
"I had no choice in the past, but now that the entire palace is under our control, don't you think it's a little boring if we still use Kangxi's identity to bully her?" The smile on Dongfang Muxue's face deepened, and there seemed to be a strange light dancing in her long and seductive eyes.
Song Qingshu wanted to reprimand Dongfang Muxue righteously, then stand on the moral high ground and despise her to his heart's content, but he knew that he was a little tempted by her suggestion …
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