Old General Chunyu An was not optimistic about the imperial family's selection this time, in his view, the new Emperor first had to think of a way to stabilize his position on the throne. Now that the battle with Dashun was imminent, if they did not study the battle properly, what was the selection at this time?
But thinking about it from another perspective, having a substantial imperial harem was not without help in stabilizing his position on the throne, it was just that his daughter would suffer.
"Master." A hidden guard stood in front of Chunyu An, reporting the situation in the imperial palace to him truthfully, "Duanmu Anguo has been with His Majesty these few days, he even stayed overnight in the imperial palace last night, only leaving this morning at daybreak. It is said that in this selection, Duanmu Anguo also chose a few beauties to enter the palace, the portraits of those beauties were first presented to His Majesty, His Majesty is very satisfied. "
"Un." Chunyu An nodded, "When His Majesty was still a prince, he trusted Duanmu Anguo a lot and relied on him a lot. Now, the relationship between the two seems to be getting better. That's good, as long as that Duanmu Anguo can help my Zong Sui take down Dashun, this old man will tolerate his arrogance. "
"Lord." The aide beside him said worriedly: "Duanmu Anguo's ambition can be seen at a glance, Lord is not afraid that he will replace him one day?"
Chunyu An laughed loudly when he heard this, "Replace him? He needs to have that ability first. Duanmu Anguo is so old that half his body is already in the ground, how many more days can he jump around? In that battle with Dashun, he lost all of his heirs, his Duanmu family does not have a single heir, and he still wants to stir up trouble in Zong Sui? "
The aide thought about it and felt that Chunyu An's words were reasonable, but there was something he could not understand: "Duanmu Anguo does not have an heir now, and he is already in his twilight years, why is he going through so much trouble?"
"Hmph!" Chunyu An snorted coldly, "He wants to use Zong Sui to defeat Dashun and take back the lost land in the three northern provinces, dreaming of reviving the Duanmu clan. But he did not think about it, with his age, what is the use of taking back the three northern provinces? Can he still give birth to a son? "
Chunyu An was very disdainful of Duanmu Anguo, but he had some misgivings about the attitude of the new Zong Sui Emperor. Duanmu Anguo had indeed brought many soldiers to seek refuge with Zong Sui, but it was not to the extent where the new Emperor trusted him to this extent, and under Duanmu Anguo's instigation, when the new Emperor was considering the problem of Dashun, there was an extreme change.
At the start, this new Zong Sui Emperor only had the intention to no longer submit to Dashun's jurisdiction, but under Duanmu Anguo's incitement, it actually became preparing to send troops to Dashun, turning the tables and subduing Dashun under Zong Sui's wings! This caused Chunyu An to feel a little apprehensive.
Zong Sui going against Dashun sounded inspiring, but in reality, Zong Sui did not possess that kind of strength!
Chunyu An was puzzled by this, but for some reason, the new Emperor was particularly confident in subduing Dashun. Chunyu An thought to himself, maybe it was because Duanmu Anguo had the confidence to win, and there was still Bu Cong who was Dashun's former general, Zong Sui's chances of winning had indeed increased a little. This was a gamble, if they lost, Zong Sui would be overthrown, if they won, Zong Sui would achieve the great cause of unification.
"Have you found out which women were sent in by Duanmu Anguo?" Chunyu An asked the hidden guard in front of him.
That hidden guard nodded, "It has already been investigated, there are a total of four people, their identities should not be concealed, according to what the Eunuch in the palace said, it will be made public during the selection."
"Four people … … this is on the surface." The aide interrupted, "Since the Eunuch said it will be made public, it will definitely be made public, but how can Duanmu Anguo be so kind, only sending beauties to gain the Emperor's favour? In This Subordinate's opinion, other than these four people, there are definitely other women who entered the palace to participate in the selection under Duanmu Anguo's arrangements, it's just that no one knows about it. What we need to pay attention to is not those four beauties who have been made public, we need to think of all ways to find the other hidden beauties. "
"Un." Chunyu An nodded, instructing the hidden guard: "Go and tell Her Highness the Empress, pay more attention to this selection of beauties, if there are any outstanding ones, we need to extinguish their arrogance."
Today, Zong Sui's new Emperor was holding his first selection, the first batch of beauties were prepared to enter the palace.
Early in the morning, other than the North side, the other three city gates were all opened wide, welcoming the carriages of the beauties who came from various places to participate in the selection.
The first batch of beauties to enter the palace had a total of 58 people, they came from the families of officials from various places in Zong Sui, all of them were of good background and their family assets were all carefully checked to ensure that nothing went wrong.
However, even if one person hid something, a hundred people would not be able to find it. In the group of beauties participating in the selection this time, there were two people sitting in a carriage, a young miss and a servant, the young miss looked to be around 16 or 17 years old, wearing a light green dress, her face was clear and beautiful, her dressing was also simple and elegant, she did not look like the other beauties who deliberately drew their eyebrows, painted eyes and wore flowers, but it was also because of this that it made her stand out from the rest. She was like a clear spring under the scorching sun, people could not help but take a few more glances at her.
The young lady in green had a calm expression, not showing any joy, and also not showing the curiosity of entering the capital for the first time, only sitting quietly in the carriage, even saying to the servant who had lifted the curtain and was looking outside: "Put down the curtain! There is nothing to see, it is just a little bigger than the place we came from, it is just a little more lively. "
The servant was also very obedient, putting down the curtain when her young miss asked her to, then straightening her body and facing the young miss, no one spoke anymore.
The carriage moved forward for a while, the young lady in green finally opened her mouth again, asking the servant in front of her: "Do you know, other than us, who else entered the capital under his arrangements?"
The servant shook her head: "This servant does not know. It is said that his daughter is all over the world, but so many years have passed, we have also secretly asked around, but we still do not know where the other people are hiding. Entering the palace this time is the same, the person who gave the order said that there is no need to know each other's identity, after entering the palace, there is no need to care about others, we just need to think of a way to live well. In the end, being able to survive in the imperial harem and obtain the Emperor's favour is the most important thing, if we cannot achieve this point, we are just useless pieces. "
"That's right!" The woman in green sighed. "You're right. Only by surviving and gaining the Emperor's favor can we help him. Otherwise, we're completely useless to him. He won't care if we live or die." She snorted coldly. "What kind of father are you talking about? Having such a father is the most unfortunate thing."
"Young Miss." The maidservant hurriedly advised, "Don't say such things again. We've already entered the capital, so we have to accept this fate. Think about master and madam who are still in Jin Zhu Province! If we do not cooperate with that Duan Mu An Guo, master, madam and the lives of everyone in the manor will be in danger. Duan Mu An Guo is ruthless in his actions, if he becomes ruthless, it is completely possible for him to kill everyone in our manor. "
The young lady in green could not help but shudder, thinking about that family in Jin City, thinking about her parents who raised her since she was young, and her grandmother, and her siblings, her heart that was originally indignant for her gradually calmed down, a smile appearing on her face, "That's right! For them, all of this is worth it. As long as they can continue to live peacefully, what harm is there in me suffering some grievances? " As she spoke, she looked at the servant in front of her, asking her: "All of us are tools that he gave birth to, I am, you are also, but I have foster parents who doted on me since I was young, they do not even know the fact that I am not their biological daughter, the first 16 years of my life were still happy. But you are different, we are sisters, but since we were young, I am the master, you are the servant, you … … don't you feel that it is unfair? "
The servant smiled bitterly and shook her head: "There is nothing unfair about it, I have been given this role since I was born, even if I do not want to admit it, I have to admit it. Young Miss, even though we are all tools, once a tool achieves success, we will no longer be controlled by that person. I hope that you succeed, that way, I will be able to hide peacefully under your wings for a lifetime. And if you fail, there is a high possibility that I will have to replace you to complete the mission, and I … … do not want to. "
This servant lowered her head, her expression sorrowful.
The young lady in green understood what she said, and now, they only had this path to take. The servant was right, only by achieving success, would they have the chance to break free from Duan Mu An Guo's control, and if she had the chance in the future, she would think of all ways to kill that Duan Mu An Guo. Only with Duan Mu An Guo's death would she be able to live peacefully in this life, her parents would still be her parents, she would treat all of this as if nothing had happened, living her days in the imperial palace properly, seeking the greatest benefits for her maternal family.
Inside Zong Sui's imperial palace, Her Highness the Empress Chunyu Qing was sitting in a pavilion, holding a book in her hands, looking at it carefully with furrowed brows. The surroundings of the pavilion were filled with palace maids and eunuchs serving her, some were holding tea, some were holding pastries, there were also two eunuchs who had a chair placed beside them, so that the Empress could sit down and admire the scenery anytime and anywhere.
The new Emperor Li Jian still doted on this first wife a lot, not only did he give her the most honorable position of Empress, he also gave her the greatest power in this imperial palace.
But Chunyu Qing knew, all of this was just because she was the old General Chunyu An's daughter. Her own father held a large portion of the military power in Zong Sui, this newly ascended Emperor still needed some time to take it all back, so he had no choice but to let the Chunyu family go. In reality, Li Jian did not have much feelings for her, their relationship as husband and wife was just as calm as water, treating each other with respect as guests.
This situation looked very harmonious to other people, and it would even be praised by others. But to husband and wife, treating each other with respect was the greatest sorrow.
Chunyu Qing looked at the book in her hands, feeling strangely irritated. The personal palace maid beside her saw that although the Empress was holding the book, she did not flip to a single page after a long time, saying helplessly: "Your Highness, This Servant knows that you are not willing to look at this, but the candidates for today's selection have already entered the city, even though the first round was hosted by Her Highness Imperial Concubine Wu and these people have already been interrogated, but you still need to look at it and give a statement, otherwise, Her Highness Imperial Concubine Li will not dare to keep any of them."
"Then I will not keep any of them." Chunyu Qing threw the book in her hands onto the table, saying with a cold snort: "It will only be peaceful if I don't keep any of them, what good is there in having so many people enter the palace?"
"But this was approved by the Emperor." The young palace maid was also very helpless, "Your Highness, just treat it as having more people enter the palace to relieve your boredom! It is tiring for you to manage the imperial harem, in the future, there will be more people to share the burden for you, it will solve a lot of your worries! "
"That's right! There will be someone to share the burden of the imperial harem, there will also be someone to share the burden with the Emperor. "She shrugged and smiled, bitterness appearing on her face.
But at this time, a young Eunuch jogged over, coming in front of Chunyu Qing and whispering in her ears, Chunyu Qing was puzzled, asking in shock: "Why is it like this?"
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