Chapter 372: Attacking the Imperial Concubine
He would never, ever harm his sixth brother.
Grand Tutor Jing said that as long as he had good intentions and always treated his sixth brother as his closest person, he would become a wise king.
When he was crowned king, he could take Zuzu out of the palace and build a mansion. Zuzu had lived in the palace all his life, and the only time he left the palace was when his mother took them to the temporary palace.
He wanted to take Zuzu out of the palace to enjoy his old age and assist his sixth brother.
Yu's study -
Emperor Xuanwu had not yet arrived, but Jiang Yankun had heard the news and had already come in.
Several ministers were arguing over the fact that the Imperial Concubine had dismissed their own daughters.
"How can the Imperial Concubine be the Empress if she behaves like this? She is so jealous, and the Emperor indulges her. Doesn't the Yan royal family need to expand and have many children?"
"Throughout the dynasties, there has never been a concubine like her. The Emperor dotes on her and lets her take charge of the overall situation, but she is so petty that she doesn't choose the one who should be chosen, but chooses many who shouldn't be chosen."
Shi Ruojun, the daughter of Shi Minghai, the governor of Yanzhou, is still unmarried at the age of sixteen because she is a tigress. Her favorite thing to do is to beat men. As long as a man is disrespectful when talking to her, or makes a dirty joke to her, she will slap him in the face regardless of his status or age. The number
of men she has beaten in Yanzhou is at least one thousand, if not eight hundred.
That was a female demon that everyone was terrified of and would never dare to include in the list of wives.
The selection of beautiful girls saved the life of the governor of Yanzhou, otherwise in a few years, the government would have captured his daughter and forced her into marriage.
Would the emperor not be slapped if he chose her to enter the palace?
There was also the daughter of the Hanlin Academy's attendant scholar, whose name seemed to be Meng Wanqing. Anyone in the capital who was a little well-informed had heard of the name of this extraordinary woman.
Meng the Evil Star!
The third legitimate daughter of Meng the attendant scholar, at the age of fourteen, was betrothed to seven families within a year, but all seven fiancés died suddenly before they got married.
How could this be an evil star?
This was simply a black widow!
For this reason, although the fourth and fifth girls of the Meng family had a good reputation for their character and talent, no one was interested in them.
People said that if a public fly passed by Lord Meng's house, it would be scared and leave quickly.
Who else was selected?
Yes, there was also a commoner, only thirteen years old, very childish. It was said that because the commoner's family had four daughters but no son, the family wanted to have another one but couldn't afford it, so they sold all the daughters.
The youngest one was good-looking, so she was bought and sent to the palace.
There were other selected beauties, all of whom had their own strange life stories, and they were all unable to get married.
"How can the Imperial Concubine choose concubines for the Emperor? She is treating the palace as a relief center, and all those who can't get married are stuffed into the Emperor's harem."
And the ones stuffed in are all those that the Emperor will never visit.
This is a really good plan.
"This is really ridiculous. Aren't those selected beauties just picking up leaks? What qualifications do they have to serve the emperor?"
"If the imperial concubine controls the harem, who else will be able to be favored in the future? We must work together to get rid of such a charming and troublesome person."
"That's right, we can't let her dominate the world. We must find a way to let the emperor see her true face." "
Cough cough cough cough..."
Jiang Yankun, who had been squatting in the corner silently, suddenly coughed violently a few times.
The governor of Yanzhou, the academician of the Hanlin Academy, and the fathers of several selected beauties who were around him all turned around and looked at the group of ministers who were gossiping behind his back.
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What could be more embarrassing than being caught saying bad things about someone?
The two groups stared at each other, and all the officials on Jiang Yankun's side narrowed their eyes and stared at the other side with murderous intent.
If Minister Jiang hadn't just told them to keep quiet, they would have jumped up and started cursing.
What is a tigress? A female demon? A female evil star? A big glutton?
Even if it is, you can't say it out loud like this!
It hurts people's self-esteem!
"Minister Jiang!"
The stubborn defense attorney stood up and said, "You have raised such a rebellious, unruly, jealous and selfish daughter. You should be the first to apologize to us."
"Haha!"
Jiang Yankun laughed disdainfully, "What are you doing? You couldn't find any fault with me in the court, and now you're trying to kidnap me from the moral high ground?"
He looked stubborn and said to Meng Shidu beside him, "Sir Meng, look at how they are saying the grapes are sour. Are they like the woman who cursed the old woman who was selling vegetables in the street market because she couldn't pay a few coins?"
One moment she said that the old woman was selling overnight vegetables, and the next moment she was disgusted with the old woman for blocking her way, and she kept pestering the patrol officers to arrest the old woman.
The description is very apt.
Lord Meng nodded desperately: "Yes, Mrs. Po!"
"You!"
"I have heard that Minister Jiang has a sharp tongue as poisonous as arsenic. Today we have learned something new. No wonder the Royal Concubine is so domineering in the harem. It turns out that it is due to her family tradition."
Attacking people doesn't work, so he started to attack the family tradition of the Jiang family. This is to kill all the members of the Jiang family with one blow.
Jiang Yankun flicked his wide sleeves twice, grasped the jade belt around his waist with both hands, looked at the official who was speaking with a firm look in his eyes, and said in a voice as loud as a bell, deafening: "I am just a bad mouth, you are better than me, you are a bad heart. What are you here to attack today? Isn't it just because your daughter lost the election? You scold me and the Royal Concubine, isn't it because she damaged your interests? You say it's for your own sake, and find so many excuses to discredit the Royal Concubine, how noble are you? A bunch of old people are shameless, talking bad about a group of young girls behind their backs, where is your upbringing?"
"You are already half dead, yet you still speak ill of these little girls. Why can't the Imperial Concubine host the selection? Didn't she choose someone for the Emperor? The Emperor doesn't object, which means the person chosen by the Imperial Concubine is just what the Emperor wants. Are you the Emperor? How do you know that the Emperor will definitely like your daughter? You are all bragging about yourself here, which really makes me laugh." The
other party's defense was speechless.
Yes!
They have been talking here for a long time, criticizing the Imperial Concubine for a long time, but the Emperor hasn't said anything!
The Emperor is a smart man. If he is not satisfied, but doesn't want to quarrel with the Imperial Concubine, he will definitely make indirect attacks and let the ministers help him to hit the Imperial Concubine's arrogance.
"Okay, then we'll wait for the emperor to come and explain it clearly."
"The emperor is here--"
Tang Shiliang spoke up when the quarrel inside had almost died down.
Emperor Xuanwu took a step forward and walked into the study room. Dozens of officials almost filled up the study room.