Chapter 1: The storm rises and the clouds rise one hundred and forty-two

Gong Zizhen laughed when she saw the riddle and asked, "Your Majesty, this riddle is made by a woman."

Liu Ji knew that this guy had guessed it and scolded with a smile: "No matter whether it is women or men, tell me the answer."

Gong Zizhen and the emperor had a deep friendship, so he naturally knew that the emperor would not really blame him. He said with a smile: "Your Majesty, I will tell the answer to the mystery, but it will lead to a marriage."

"What answer is a marriage, tell me what kind of riddle is. "

"There are eight characters in total. The first character is me,..., the last character is starting and put together is "I want to be with you."

Liu Ji was stunned. He really didn't expect that this was what he meant.

Gong Zizhen smiled from the side again and said, "I want to congratulate the emperor."

Liu Ji smiled faintly and said, "Do you want to know who is the person who is telling the mystery?"

"It's not Miss Li Qiaoer from the Mutual Aid Association."

"How could Eryu know that it was her."

"This is a long story. The Beijing Martial Arts Hall has been inviting me to give a speech. I stole a leisure time to the northern suburbs this morning. I have heard the story of Zuo Zongtang entering the Martial Arts Hall. Today I happened to meet this person. I also want to try this person and see what kind of talent he has? This person is indeed very talented, but he is a bit like my childhood problem. He is frivolous!" Speaking of this, Gong Zizhen saw that he ran away from the topic and said with a smile: "I talked to Zuo Jigao for the first time. I know that there is a woman who dared to offend Beile this time when I entered Beijing. This woman has such courage. If it were not for His Majesty's protection, I would probably not be able to afford to be guilty. His Majesty asked me to help guess the riddle. If the answer came from a man's mouth, I would probably make a laugh. If it was a woman, I thought about it, Li Qiaoer would be the most likely."

Liu Ji laughed. He stepped forward and patted Gong Zizhen on the shoulder and said, "You Yu is meticulous and really amazing. You can help me refer to it. How should I reply to Miss Li?"

"Your Majesty forgives me for being disrespectful and discusses your great affairs."

"You talk about it."

"Your Majesty is supreme, and he is so angry that he is full of seas in his heart, but there are few harems. This kind of atmosphere is admired by all officials, such as us. However, Your Majesty now has only one son, and is weak in body. I am afraid... "Your Majesty did not finish his words, but everyone knows the news that Yi Wei, the only prince of Daoguang, is already terminally ill. He continued: "For Your Majesty's future career, Your Majesty should still take more concubines. And Li Qiaoer is the leader of the Mutual Aid Association. Due to the support of the emperor, the Mutual Aid Association has spread all over the country. If you are not careful, you may not lose your tail. If the emperor can accept Li Qiaoer, it may be safer."

Liu Ji lowered his head and thought for a while, waved his hand and said, "You go down and let me think about it."

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Princess Dewen sat charmingly and dignifiedly next to Liu Ji. Her wide sleeves were rolled up, revealing her small wrists were lying for Liu Ji.

During the day, Li Qiaoer's words made Liu Ji feel a little confused. He pushed the clerk away and sat up, wandering in the study.

Marrying Li Qiaoer is not bad, but according to Chinese rules. Once Li Qiaoer becomes the emperor's woman, she cannot show up in public. Who will leave the Wuwei Sect to take care of? If such a huge local force is directed at her, wouldn't it be that the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom uprising was advanced?

Princess Dewen came from behind and asked in a gentle voice: "Are you bored in your heart? Let me dance a dance for the emperor to relieve your boredom."

Hearing this sound, Liu Ji relaxed. He looked back at the beautiful Dewen and said, "Just jump if you want to."

The room was as warm as spring, and the palace lanterns shone the room as if it were daytime. Princess Dewen's figure was covered by Korean clothes and showed her movements again in the dance, and her soft limbs were stretched in the rhythm of the singing folk songs. Her dance was filled with the lush aura of the ancient Han River. It seemed that a leisurely ghaqin was accompaniment to her.

Liu Ji stepped forward and pulled Princess Dewen up, and the unhappiness accumulated in his busyness also disappeared. He reached out and carefully wiped off the slight sweat beads on Princess Dewen's nose. He asked casually: "I plan to bring a hero back to the palace. Do you like it if my beloved concubine?"

"The emperor has fewer concubines than the great princes in North Korea, so he should have more concubines."

"Aren't you afraid that I will be ignored if I embrace other places?"

"If the emperor's preference is only in this harem, I don't care about being favored like this."

Liu Ji looked at Dewen deeply, thinking in his heart that this was a beautiful and smart woman, who was really taken care of by God.

"It's late tonight. I want to rest early. Let's go back to the palace."

"Your Majesty, there are not many memorandums. I'm here to stay. Let's wait until the emperor has finished reviewing it."

Hearing Dewen's reply, Liu Ji couldn't hold on, so he had to finish reviewing all the notes on the desk and then went back to the harem to rest.

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Li Qiaoer entered the palace without a big Zhang Yang. Liu Ji just set up more than ten tables of banquets in Chuxiu Palace and divided them into three places.

The original five concubines in the main house, the new De Wen and Li Qiaoer, and Liu Ji, had just gathered eight people.

Five seats were placed outside, allowing military officers from the Imperial Front Guards to join the table, and all the other soldiers from the Imperial Front Guards added dishes.

There were nine seats in the outer room, and the seats were held by the eunuchs and palace maids, and some of the people who had worked hard. Of course, the eunuchs, palace maids and mothers in the palace also added dishes.

After Liu Jie got into the table, she asked Li Qiaoer to sit next to her. Today, Li Qiaoer became much more obedient, and her royal clothing made her look a little more luxurious.

Today's banquet is more of a family dinner. In addition to Liu Ji's concubines, the guards and eunuchs in front of the imperial court, and the palace maids can be regarded as Liu Ji's slaves. So Liu Ji did not pay attention to any etiquette. This is also one of the things that Liu Ji didn't want to be proud of. Besides, if you invite princes, ministers, generals, ministers, and officials, you will have to go extravagant again. The treasury is in a difficult situation now, and Liu Ji thinks it's best not to be like this.

The atmosphere at the family banquet was much more casual, and Liu Ji had a cup with his concubines. In Liu Ji's opinion, these women in front of him were the responsibility he had to bear. Liu Ji had never been able to bear to let these women be widowed. Almost every month, Liu Ji would find opportunities to talk to them, and occasionally they would be happy. So there were few resentful women among these girls, and the harem was stable. After the Queen Tong Jia left, the imperial concubine Niu Hulu was in charge of the harem. Generally speaking, Niu Hulu was quite sensible and could cooperate with Liu Ji to innovate the harem.
Chapter completed!