It seems to make sense; her youngest daughter went missing when she was a teenager and there had been no news of her since. Could she have been sold to a village? But this woman looks amazing. I'm about her age, but judging from her face, she looks at least ten years younger.
Madam Xu was secretly annoyed. This woman was incredibly lucky. She'd been sold and yet was doing so well; the worst part was that her daughter was now an empress. And look at herself…
Even if she marries a good man with a high status, her daughter is still thinking about how to enter the palace and become a concubine.
The youngest daughter of the Chi family has actually gotten involved with the Emperor.
Madam Xu was secretly resentful, but there was nothing she could do at the moment.
"Silk Pavilion? Mother will go and meet her later!"
Since it's difficult to get close to the Emperor, let's start from somewhere else.
The Empress can't monopolize the palace forever. If she can win this woman's favor, perhaps...
Meanwhile, the same thing was happening to Li Qingluan and her group.
She never expected that the woman she met that day would be the Empress's mother.
If she had known this would happen, she should have...
"Your Majesty, this is a letter of surrender from my Western Yao Kingdom!"
After all the song and dance performances had ended, the Western Emperor stepped forward and bowed in greeting.
Eunuch Wei went over, took the letter of surrender, and delivered it to the Emperor.
The Emperor merely glanced at it indifferently: "Granted!"
"Your Majesty, you have been asking about the treasure of my Western Yao Kingdom. To be honest, our Western Yao Kingdom does indeed have a treasure, but its location is so well hidden that ordinary people really can't find it!"
Upon hearing this, all the ministers perked up their ears.
Treasure! That's something so many people dream of. But here, because of the famine a few years ago, the national treasury isn't very full.
Although the ministers later donated a considerable amount of silver, it was still somewhat insufficient.
If they could obtain the treasures of the Western Yao Kingdom, wouldn't their national treasury be immediately filled, and wouldn't the Emperor and Empress stop coveting the little silver they had?
These ministers have been having a headache lately. The Empress has too many ideas. She is clearly scheming, but they still have no choice but to fall for her tricks.
They couldn't even complain to the Empress.
Well, the money the Empress calculated wasn't kept for herself. Just like this time, the Empress directly turned over all the money she received to the national treasury.
What else could these ministers say?
"Oh? Is the Western Emperor preparing to hand it over?" Ouyang Zhen's gaze was indifferent, his voice unhurried, as if he didn't care about anything at all.
"Your Majesty, I can hand it over, but on one condition!"
"I have a daughter, sixteen years old, who is stunningly beautiful and exceptionally intelligent. If Your Majesty would accept my daughter, I am willing to immediately hand over the treasure!"
The ministers, who were already extremely nervous, turned pale upon hearing this.
They never expected the Western Emperor to make such a demand!
If it were any other emperor, he would have agreed immediately. After all, marrying a princess like this would only require giving her the rank of a concubine.
There are so many women in the palace, one more won't make a difference.
But their emperor is different. He only has one woman, the empress. Since the emperor ascended the throne, all the ministers have racked their brains to send their daughters into the palace, but none of them have succeeded.
I don't know who gave the Western Emperor the confidence to think that the Emperor would agree to this condition.
Ouyang Zhen's face darkened. He knew that the Western Emperor would definitely have conditions, but he didn't expect him to propose something like this.
Isn't this asking the impossible? Did he send over a daughter? Is this an exception...?
Ouyang Zhen was certain that if he really brought that old princess into the palace, his ministers would immediately begin to act.
Once this precedent is set, the harem will never be peaceful again.
Ouyang Zhen's body was tense, and his fists were clenched tightly.
His mind raced. While the treasure trove of the Western Yao Kingdom was appealing to him, it wasn't something he absolutely needed.
Given time, he and Xue'er will definitely be able to make more money.
But now the Emperor of Xiyao Kingdom has made this request in front of so many of his ministers, and he only has one request, which, for ordinary people, is simply to have more women in their household.
If he refuses, who knows what those ministers will say.
Han Luoxue was also stunned and didn't react for a moment.
She never expected that the emperor of Xiyao Kingdom would make such a bizarre request.
Doesn't she know that Ouyang Zhen only loves her?
Even if he sent his daughter to the palace, would Ouyang Zhen favor her? Even if he forced Ouyang Zhen to favor the princess by using the treasure, what would happen afterward?
The days after entering the palace are long, and there are many ways to kill someone.
There are too many ways in the palace to make a woman die quietly.
Han Luoxue felt that the Western Emperor's actions were extremely unwise.
She looked in the direction of the Western Emperor and happened to see the mocking smile on Xi Wujue's lips. At that moment, Han Luoxue seemed to understand something.
Looking at the smirk on the Western Emperor's face, Han Luoxue couldn't help but curse inwardly, "As expected of father and son."
Both of them were equally despicable and cunning.
What doesn't she understand now? These two did it on purpose, deliberately making this request to disgust her!
They must know about the situation in Ouyang Town, and they also know that all the ministers want to send women into the palace, but the emperor does not agree.
The reason why Xiyao Kingdom was defeated back then was probably because these two abnormal father and son both considered themselves the primary factor.
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