Chapter 127 Extra 1
After the defeat of Beiming Kingdom, the morale of Fengyin Kingdom was high. Shen Qingtang continued to send troops to attack Dongling Kingdom. Dongling Kingdom was unable to resist and had to surrender.
Fengyin Kingdom annexed Beiming Kingdom and Dongling Kingdom and became the first powerful country on this continent.
In the next few years, Shen Qingtang was busy handling government affairs and did not even have his own private rest time. He went back and forth between the Golden Palace and the Study every day, living a boring life.
Under Shen Qingtang's governance, the people lived a life of plenty and no longer had to worry about suffering from war.
Compared with the incompetent previous emperor, they liked this wise and brave empress more.
Shen Qingtang sat at the desk, supporting his head with one hand, silently looking at the piles of memorials in front of him.
"I'm so tired!"
"I don't want to work anymore!"
"Strike!"
After complaining for a while, Shen Qingtang entered the working state again.
...
The ministers saw Shen Qingtang's tired state. Although the emperor was a woman, she managed the country in an orderly manner. They admired her sincerely in their hearts.
It is their job to share the emperor's worries, so they suggested: the emperor should take a queen.
Shen Qingtang: ...
The emperor is tired after a day, and he should vent properly at night.
In addition, they also have their own little plans.
The emperor's harem is idle, without a concubine. If they can successfully squeeze someone in at this time, wouldn't their value increase greatly!
Since a few years ago, the ministers have been secretly cultivating their own sons.
Those young masters are eager to become the emperor's male concubines. The emperor is so handsome and intelligent, they are a hundred percent willing!
Some are happy and some are sad. Lu Jiuan's resentful eyes make Shen Qingtang feel secretly happy.
Shen Qingtang had hinted to Lu Jiuan that she liked him before, but Lu Jiuan always refused intentionally or unintentionally, which made Shen Qingtang very distressed.
[Hahaha, you are a taciturn person, who told you not to confess to me. ]
[Look how popular I am! ]
[You must be anxious now! ]
Lu Jiuan:...
He was really panicked this time.
Lu Jiuan didn't dare to confess his feelings to Shen Qingtang before. He planned to stay by Shen Qingtang's side silently and protect her for the rest
of his life. He would be satisfied as long as he could look at her. But there was one thing he had missed. Shen Qingtang would get married one day.
He didn't expect that day to come so soon.
Lu Jiuan couldn't sit still when he thought about Shen Qingtang getting married to another man. He only now realized that just looking at her was far from enough. He wanted to possess her.
In order to stimulate Lu Jiuan, Shen Qingtang agreed to the ministers' proposal.
After the court session, the ministers began to recommend their own sons.
Lu Jiuan didn't want to listen to them at all. He had seen those sons.
They weren't as good-looking as him, their magic power wasn't as strong as his, and they hadn't been with the emperor as long as he had.
Humph, none of them will do!
Lu Jiuan didn't like any of them, but Shen Qingtang wanted them all.
He said that they should compete carefully, and the winner would be the candidate for the empress.
In order to let Shen Qingtang choose the empress, the ministers did their work well and didn't let Shen Qingtang worry at all.
Seeing that more than half of the memorials were gone, Shen Qingtang felt much more comfortable.
"If I had known earlier, I would have let them choose the empress earlier, so that I could be more relaxed."
After saying that, Shen Qingtang secretly glanced at Lu Jiuan standing at the door of the palace.
Noticing that he trembled slightly, Shen Qingtang added,
"It's okay, in addition to the position of empress, there are also concubines and so on, take your time..."
Hearing this, Lu Jiuan was completely unable to hold back.
He didn't want the emperor to marry another man as empress, and he didn't want the emperor to be with so many men.
Lu Jiuan turned his head and looked at Shen Qingtang silently.
It would be nice if the emperor would always have only him by his side.
Lu Jiuan knew that Shen Qingtang liked him, but there were so many good men in the world, and the emperor might also like someone else.
Lu Jiuan clenched his fists, his eyes firm.
This time, he would take the initiative!
...
"General Lu, are you going to sign up for the post-election competition too?" The official looked at the handsome tall man in front of him with a confused look.
"Why, is it not possible?" Lu Jiuan said with a stern face.
After Lu Jiuan made up his mind, he came to sign up in person, but when he came over, he realized that there were so many people who came to sign up!
"Okay, okay, of course it's okay." The official quickly wrote Lu Jiuan's name on the booklet.
The other men were dumbfounded when they saw Lu Jiuan coming.
"No way, General Lu is also coming to participate?"
"Who can beat him?"
"What are you afraid of? Although General Lu has great magical powers, he can't do everything."
"That's right, my dancing is amazing! The emperor will definitely like me!"
"That seems to be true. I am proficient in piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and I am as handsome as Pan An. I am not inferior to General Lu at all."
"Yes, I am very powerful..."
Everyone became more and more confident as they talked. They must do their best in this queen selection competition.
Hearing their discussion, Lu Jiuan became more and more unsure.
......
"This is the list of queens this time. Please take
a look, Your Majesty." Shen Qingtang took the booklet, opened it, and saw Lu Jiuan's name at a glance.
Wow, this kid finally got it!
After all, it still needs some stimulation.
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