The Legend of the Concubine in the Harem

While Xie Yuzhen was thinking about how to get more money from the emperor so that the girls could expand their practice space, she swiftly approved the memorial from the Ministry of War requesting an increase in military spending with a red pen. The memorial she approved now had to be reviewed by the emperor again before it could be issued.

"Your Majesty, I saw that the memorial submitted by the Ministry of War specifically marked out dance supplies for the Jiemi counties, but it did not clearly state what the funds were to be used for. I will send it back and ask them to rewrite it clearly before submitting." Xie Yuzhen handed the memorial she had just approved to the emperor.

The emperor looked up and glanced at the woman's hand, which was made more beautiful by the dark memorial. He was moved and felt that this usually long-winded memorial would become lovely in the hands of his beloved concubine: "I think this memorial was drafted by Minister Fu."

"He has always been a bit old-fashioned." The emperor took the memorial and pulled Xie Yuzhen to sit next to him. He put one hand around her back and pointed at the memorial, saying, "The vassal counties in the southwest are mostly made up of mountain people and natives who were naturalized in the past. Many tribes in that place only know their biological mothers but not their biological fathers. Most of the tribal leaders are women. After they were naturalized in the vassal counties, in order to avoid unrest and conflict, their leaders were granted the title of local county magistrate and appointed two county magistrates, the left county magistrate is the son of the leader, and the right county magistrate is sent by the court."

"Female county magistrate?" Xie Yuzhen recalled the memorials from the Jimi County that she had read before. "Oh, look at how those old men are getting mad at me for entering and leaving the Lizheng Palace. I thought that as a woman, being involved in government affairs was some kind of heinous crime."

She gently pinched the flesh on the emperor's waist. Although this guy was getting older and looked lazy, the muscles on his waist were still very tight and felt great to pinch.

The emperor only felt a familiar pain: "Those talkative people have been punished, haven't they? Why, another blind person has offended us?"

"Not really." Xie Yuzhen spread her hands calmly, "It's just that I still feel angry when I mention it, but it doesn't matter. Your Majesty, my cousin and uncle from my stepmother's family came to the capital, saying that they are preparing for the next spring exam. They are from Yuan County in the southwest, and there is a Jimi County next door. I want to invite her to the palace to question her and understand the situation in the Jimi County, so as to avoid any mistakes in the future due to not understanding the truth."

Her words made sense, and the emperor nodded, and suddenly smiled: "I haven't heard you mention such a cousin before, I wonder what kind of person he is?"

Xie Yuzhen glanced at him with sidelong eyes and said, "He is from my mother's family. Because the distance is far and my father seems to be so useless after my mother passed away, we haven't been in touch much. It was not until she was going to Beijing to take the imperial examination this year that I knew there was such a promising young man in my mother's family."

She pretended to be overjoyed and said, "He has passed the imperial examination before he even reached the age of 18. Mother told me that my cousin is not only well-educated, but also handsome and graceful. He is a famous handsome young man in the whole area."

"Oh?" The emperor narrowed his eyes and joked along with her, "Then it's obvious whether your little cousin is marriageable or not?"

Xie Yuzhen, who already knew that Lin Qiao would become a minister in the future, never asked what Lin Qiao did specifically for her or what her emotional experience was like.

History has been completely revised, and what Dreamer knows is not all historical facts. Xie Yuzhen only knows that in the stories he creates, he is the eternal villain who is crazy about love, and Lin Qiao is sometimes the number one thug under her, the witch queen; sometimes she stands on the opposite side of the witch queen, and because of her status can only secretly help the male and female protagonists; sometimes, Lin Qiao somehow even has her gender reversed, colluding with the witch queen for an affair, and is also one of the suspects of the biological father of the second daughter who was born after the emperor's death...

After listening to the narration of the dream, Xie Yuzhen was left speechless and amused.

But even with this unreliable information, Xie Yuzhen could still roughly piece together some of Lin Qiao's appearance. Combined with Xie's mother's insights into this person, Xie Yuzhen was very confident that he could pull Lin Qiao onto his warship.

"Well, I heard from my mother that they came together as a father and son, and they did not bring any female relatives with them. I just don't know if she has someone she likes..."

Xie Yuzhen raised one hand, stretched out her index finger stained with bright red nail polish and poked the emperor's chest: "I will call her in one day and ask her. What's the matter? Could it be that Your Majesty is also thinking of cherishing talents and wants to be a matchmaker?"

The emperor grabbed her mischievous hand and said, "You are a young scholar who has not yet reached the age of adulthood, and you are not from a noble family or a noble family... As the ruler of the world, I am very pleased to see such a talented young man from a humble family."

"If Your Majesty could think carefully about what I said before, you would be able to see more talented people from humble backgrounds in the future." After Xie Yuzhen learned that the current imperial examinations directly collected the examinees' papers and had the court officials review them together, she discovered the inappropriateness of this.

Everyone has his or her own style of submitting papers, and the children of noble families have more opportunities to come into contact with upper-level officials than poor scholars since childhood. Even if their relatives and friends are asked to avoid suspicion according to the law during the stage of preparing and marking the papers,... in every imperial examination, those who are born superior have more opportunities to have their talents appreciated.

"I am aware of what Xianming mentioned, but I have to find a good opportunity to implement it. I have killed many people over the years, so I need to take a break." Although the emperor loved to make trouble for others, he also knew that if he did it too much and pushed people to the point of desperation, it would cause greater trouble for himself.

It's not that it can't be handled, it's just too troublesome.

Xie Yuzhen naturally understood the emperor's thoughts: "Then I will wait."

"Let's not talk about this for now. The Imperial Observatory has offered you many good days. You can pick one." The emperor took a memorial from the table and gave it to her. As for the fact that Xie Yuzhen was about to be made queen, not only did the two parties involved have a complete understanding, but even the harem and the court knew about it. However, since the emperor hadn't officially spoken, they could only keep it to themselves.

"Once the day is chosen, you can ask the Ministry of Rites to start preparing." The emperor's tone was very calm. It didn't sound like he was about to appoint a new queen mother for Da Sheng, but he just wanted to find a gift to please his lover.

Beneath the dullness lies a slightly boastful expectation.

Xie Yuzhen found that after learning the exact news, she was not as excited as when she first entered the palace and learned that she would become the empress. She pretended to be shy and snuggled into the emperor's arms, saying happy words, but in her heart she was wondering whether the letter she was going to write to Wang Linghui this month had arrived halfway.

The emperor embraced his beloved woman, and after realizing that she was not so happy, he began to have another plan in his heart.