Chapter 423 Suspicion
Emperor Xuan of Yan soon became suspicious of them.
Emperor Xuan of Yan claimed that he had favored Empress Aisi for many years and had no children. Now that Empress Aisi had passed away, he should also consider the interests of the country and hold a beauty pageant to recruit beautiful women.
These beautiful girls came out of their homes.
To put it nicely, she is a concubine; to put it bluntly, she is a hostage.
"Your Highness, you are really far-sighted. With this gift money, they will have enough to operate. They can adopt another daughter from a side branch, or bribe the Shanggong Bureau to make their daughter lose the selection." Tu Mi said with a smile.
After hearing this, Zhu Huaizhen nodded casually.
She was lying on a beauty couch surrounded by black lacquer and gold-painted scrolls of poetry and paintings, fanning herself with a mahogany handle embroidered with a pomegranate, cat and butterfly pattern, moving her hand up and down like a Persian cat, listening to "Peach Blossom Fan".
Orioles chirp at dawn in the jade trees of Jinling, flowers bloom early in the Qinhuai waterside pavilions. Who knew the ice would melt so easily? I watched him build his red mansion, I watched him entertain guests, and I watched his mansion collapse. Here, amidst the mossy, blue tiles, I once slept in a dreamlike state; I've witnessed fifty years of rise and fall. No one in Wuyi Lane is surnamed Wang, ghosts cry at Mochou Lake, and owls roost on Phoenix Terrace. Dreams of the ruined mountains are the most real, the old land hard to lose. I don't believe this map is changing manuscripts. I'll compose a lament for Jiangnan, and sing it until I grow old.
At this time, Qiu Niang brought freshly baked Buddha Jumps Over the Wall.
Zhu Huaizhen smashed and smashed, looking very happy.
Sugar-heart abalone, pineapple sea cucumber, white shark lips, young deer tendons, claw meat, golden shark fin, ivory clam meat, spider fish glue, quail eggs, ham, pork ribs, clean winter bamboo shoots, king oyster mushrooms, chrysanthemum mushrooms, wild pine mushrooms, morels, snow bamboo fungus, Shaoxing wine, eighteen ingredients, eighteen delicious flavors. The moment you lift the lotus leaf covering the jar, the rich meaty aroma is so fragrant that even a Buddha would jump over the wall.
"They probably think they are smart." Lou Li curled his lips and smiled, a smile that was not a smile.
Yes, after the selection of concubines was over, Emperor Xuan of Yan used both kindness and force.
Those adopted daughters, for various reasons, angered Emperor Xuan of Yan and were sent to the palace. In less than one night, they were tortured beyond recognition and sent out of the palace.
This was a warning from Emperor Xuan of Yan.
The few who honestly gave away their daughters were all favored by Emperor Xuan of Yan, and were promoted to higher titles. Their families also received a number of rewards, including jeweled bonsai.
Wow, gifts like coral peony bonsai in a silver filigree crabapple flower pot, plum blossom bonsai in a silver-gilt filigree rectangular pot with pearls, coral peach tree bonsai in a silver filigree crabapple flower pot, green bamboo bonsai in a wooden crabapple pot, wood-carved longevity god wonderland flower bonsai inlaid with gemstones, Penglai wonderland bonsai inlaid with malachite and jewels, pomegranate bonsai in a cloisonné enamel rectangular pot, toad-playing bonsai in beeswax stone, narcissus bonsai in a green jade chrysanthemum-petal pot, and jade eight-treasure fairy bonsai are exactly the same as the first batch of gifts that Tu Mi arranged.
"Your Highness, suspicion alone is not enough." Tu Mi said softly.
"Tu Mi, you are too impatient." Zhu Huaizhen shook his head and laughed.
It is very easy to make Emperor Xuan of Yan go crazy.
Zhu Huaizhen was worried that there were hidden explosives in Jinling.
Chen Ming'an has recently recovered from his injury and occasionally goes to Nanjing to check for any shortcomings.
A gentleman is a gentleman, and everything he does is upright.
Thinking of this, Zhu Huaizhen continued to listen to the opera.
It turns out that all the vibrant flowers are now abandoned to the broken wells and dilapidated walls. What can be done about the beautiful scenery? Who can enjoy the joyful moments? Morning flies and evening rolls away, clouds and mists adorning the emerald pavilion; raindrops and wind, misty waves and painted boats - the people of the brocade screen look down upon this beautiful time.
As she listened to "The Peony Pavilion", she missed her elder sister a little.
If there is any new progress on the elder sister's side, it will be time for Emperor Xuan of Yan to criticize her like crazy.
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