The young eunuch brought a piece of news to Empress Chunyu Qing of Zong Sui that the general who led the Dashun army to the eastern border to prepare for war with Zong Sui was the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua.
This shocked Chun Yuqing. According to the information sent back by the spies, shouldn't the leader be the Ninth Prince Xuan Tianming? Why did he change to the Seventh Prince? Although the Seventh Prince had been the commander-in-chief in the East Realm, the two countries had not gone to war at that time and the border was peaceful. He was just in charge of the army to supervise the training and did not need to fight in the battlefield. Why was it so sudden this time?
Chun Yuqing was a little panicked. Although the new Emperor Li Jian of the Sui Dynasty didn't have much affection for her, she was Chun Yu'an's daughter after all. Li Jian still had to rely on Chun Yu'an's troops, so he didn't hide many military deployments from her in the upcoming battle. So she knew that this time, the Sui Dynasty was not 100% sure, but had 80% confidence, especially Duanmu Anguo, who seemed to have some backup plan to help the Sui Dynasty win, which made Li Jian a hundred times more confident.
It is said that Zong Sui is very confident of winning, which is a good thing. However, after Chun Yuqing heard that the person leading the troops from Dashun was the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua, this good thing turned into a bad thing for her.
Xuan Tianhua, the seventh prince of Dashun, was as gentle as jade and as graceful as an immortal. His name was not only known to the people of Dashun, but also to the people of Sifan, especially in Zongsui. Since Zongsui was very similar to Dashun in terms of topography and climate, the appearance, temperament and voice of the people of Zongsui were very similar to those of Dashun, which led to the fact that the aesthetics of the people of Zongsui were also very similar to those of Dashun. Xuan Tianhua was very famous in Zongsui. His portraits were sold in bookstores in the provincial capitals of Zongsui. Many women regarded Xuan Tianhua as an object of admiration. They secretly asked their maids to buy the portraits and kept them in their boudoirs. They looked at the portraits every day and dreamed that one day they would become a couple with this immortal.
Among them was Chun Yuqing, the third daughter of the General's Treasury who had not yet married.
Chun Yuqing knew Xuan Tianhua through Yu Qianyin. If we look at the entire Zong Sui, the person who cares the most about Xuan Tianhua, who has completely turned her secret love into an open love and pursues him vigorously, is none other than Princess Li Yue of Zong Sui, who goes by the alias Yu Qianyin. Chun Yuqing is the daughter of an old general. Whenever there is a banquet in the palace or a gathering of sisters, she and Yu Qianyin always run into each other. Yu Qianyin talks about Xuan Tianhua all the time, so much so that over time, she actually has an inexplicable liking for Xuan Tianhua.
It's not like Chun Yuqing had never seen Xuan Tianhua's portrait before. There were a few cheerful maids in the general's mansion who bought Xuan Tianhua's portrait when they went out to buy things. She looked at it curiously and felt that the man was like a fairy in a painting. He was good-looking, but the sense of distance was too strong, not like a real person. She also jokingly told the maids that this was just a toy used by small vendors to deceive people. Who knows, it was copied from a picture of a fairy. How could there be a person who looks like this in the world?
But later, Yu Qianyin chased Xuan Tianhua to Dashun, came back with injuries all over her body, and was locked up in the palace by the late emperor and was not allowed to go out. But Yu Qianyin's leather-making skills were not exaggerated. In order to relieve her longing, she made a human skin mask of Xuan Tianhua while recuperating in the palace, and found a servant who was said to be about the same size as Xuan Tianhua to wear it all day long, just to satisfy her visual desire.
It was after seeing the masked palace slave that Chun Yuqing secretly fell in love with Xuan Tianhua. She was sighing at that time that there really was such a fairy-like person in the world. From then on, she could not let go of the person she had never met.
A human skin mask fascinated Chun Yuqing, but Yu Qianyin was not satisfied with the mask she made. She told Chun Yuqing that the mask did not look like the Seventh Prince of Dashun, and she could not produce even one percent of his aura!
Later, Xuan Tianhua went to the eastern border of Dashun to take charge of the military camp. That was when Yun Fei ran away with him. Chun Yuqing heard about it and sneaked out of the general's mansion, crossed the border between the two countries, and sneaked into Fuzhou City. It was at that time that she finally saw Xuan Tianhua's true face. From then on, she fell deeply in love with him and could no longer extricate herself.
However, how could she, a general's daughter, get the man that even the Princess of Zong Sui couldn't get? Chun Yuqing knew that this secret love would never have any result, and she cried bitterly in private.
She ran away secretly that time and was discovered by General Chunyu, who punished her by making her kneel in the Buddhist temple for a day and a night. Later, she married the second prince Li Jian, and she had to bury her secret deeply, not letting anyone know. Even the maid who knew about it was secretly executed by the general, just to keep the secret for Chunyu Qing.
Chun Yuqing recalled the past, it seemed like the days when she admired Xuan Tianhua in the general's mansion were just yesterday. At that time, Zong Sui and Da Shun were still peaceful, and the exchanges between the two countries were common. Everything was so good. But in the blink of an eye, the situation changed. The previous emperor of Zong Sui passed away, and her husband Li Jian came to power and turned against Da Shun. Now, the seventh prince Xuan Tianhua is still leading the army to fight. Chun Yuqing's heart is in a mess. She even imagined the scene of Xuan Tianhua losing his life in this war.
Seeing that the queen was stunned after hearing the eunuch's whisper, the maidservant beside her didn't understand and called her softly: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, what's wrong with you?"
Chun Yuqing came back to his senses in a hurry, and was frightened. Li Jian was a suspicious person, and even she had many of his spies around her, including the servants around her, and she didn't know which one was an ordinary palace maid or eunuch, and which one was Li Jian's man.
She glanced at the maid who called her, then at the eunuch who came to deliver the message, thought for a while, and said, "It's okay, I was just thinking, as a person, you can't be too petty. Although new people coming into the harem will inevitably share the favor of the old ones, I am the Queen of the Central Palace, and I shouldn't just think about myself, I have to consider the overall situation. The selection is to reproduce heirs for the emperor, and this is all for the good of our Sui Dynasty. There should be more sisters in the royal family, so let Concubine Wu decide on this matter! Just tell her not to be too harsh in selecting people. Now all the palaces are empty, so fill them up if possible! The first one to give birth to a dragon child will be rewarded handsomely by me."
The Queen figured it out, and the servants breathed a sigh of relief. They quickly took the list back, and someone conveyed the Queen's words to Concubine Wu. However, the maidservant beside her felt that her master's behavior was a little abnormal. It was obvious that the eunuch had reported something, which caused the Queen to be silent for a long time, and the Queen had asked "Why is this happening?" What was it? She glanced at the eunuch, who lowered his head and stared at his shoes, not looking away.
The list was quickly sent to Concubine Wu, and Empress Chunyu Qing's words were relayed verbatim.
After hearing this, Concubine Wu suddenly laughed. While laughing, she said to the maid beside her: "Did I hear correctly? The Queen is so generous? She said the more sisters in the harem, the better? The more royal heirs, the better? What a joke! She pretends to be a good person, but who knows how angry she is inside? Humph! She is just like that. She is obviously jealous to death, but she has to keep up appearances. How hypocritical."
In this case, the servants could only listen, but no one dared to interrupt. Concubine Wu was angry, and she still felt unsatisfied after she finished speaking. After carefully pondering the words brought by the visitor, she continued: "What did she say? The first one to give birth to Long Er will get a prize? What is the prize? It must be a bowl of abortion medicine! Hahahaha!" She laughed, but her face was distorted with cruelty, "Hypocrisy! Disgusting! How could the Chunyu family let Long Er live? How could the Chunyu family let another child be born before Chunyu Qing! Not to mention the prince, even a daughter is not allowed! Not allowed!"⑧±(.*)⑧±⑧±,o
Concubine Wu's emotions seemed out of control, and her body was shaking. A palace maid hurriedly supported her, and at the same time winked at the person who came to deliver the message and said, "My queen has remembered what the queen said, and you can go back now! My queen is not feeling well and is talking nonsense. Don't tell the queen what you said unintentionally when you go back." As she spoke, a palace maid who had already been around Concubine Wu stuffed a large silver dollar into the eunuch's hand. The eunuch who delivered the message nodded happily after receiving the silver, and after promising that he would never speak nonsense, he hurried away.
Concubine Wu was still immersed in grief and anger. She covered her belly with one hand and murmured, "Half a year ago, the doctor said my child was just a girl. I thought a girl would be good, and would not be envied and hated, and could live well until she grew up. But Chun Yuqing didn't even let go of a girl! I was pregnant with that child for seven months, and he had already taken human form, but he still died in her hands. My child, my poor child!"
Concubine Wu threw herself on the table and burst into tears. The servants around her tried to persuade her helplessly, but they knew that it was useless. They could only let Concubine Wu cry for a long time. Only when she cried her heart out could she stop. This was not the first time. Since Concubine Wu lost her child half a year ago, this scene would be played out every once in a while, and the palace people were used to it.
But no one could understand the pain in Concubine Wu's heart. She hated Chun Yuqing so much that she wanted to strangle him to death in her dreams. But she couldn't! At the beginning, Li Jian was about to seize the throne, and it was impossible for him to fall out with the Chunyu family, so she could only give up her child. When Li Jian knew that it was Chun Yuqing who did it, he still didn't blame Chun Yuqing at all, and even helped Chun Yuqing find a reason to get away with it, and let the maid take the blame.
Today, Li Jian still has to rely on the power of the Chunyu family to consolidate her throne, and she doesn't know when she will be able to avenge the loss of her son.
Concubine Wu cried for a while, and finally calmed down. A eunuch came in from outside the door, approached her and bowed, saying, "Your Majesty, the people we placed with the Queen reported that the Queen was very depressed when she looked at the list of concubines, and her maids were trying to persuade her to think more positively. But after hearing the secret report from a young eunuch, she suddenly changed her tune, but I don't know why."
"Oh?" Concubine Wu became alert and immediately ordered, "Go check! I must know what the eunuch's secret report said."
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