The wives of the concubines are empresses

Gong Huifang walked in wearing a blue dress, with a butterfly hairpin in her hair and a pearl flower in the middle of her hair, which was very beautiful.

Walking up to Shangguan Wanjun, the fifteen-year-old girl knelt down.

"Jiahe thanks the emperor," he saluted respectfully.

Shangguan Wanjun smiled slightly: "No need to be polite, please take a seat!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

The virtuous concubine - Lin Gong and glanced at each other, then quickly looked away.

"So this is the Xiangjun appointed by the Emperor himself."

Gong Huifang looked at the virtuous concubine - Lin Gongyu in confusion, and Minglan explained politely.

"This is the virtuous concubine, the side master."

Upon hearing this, Gong Huifang bowed quickly.

"Meet Mr. Ce."

The virtuous concubine, Lin Gongyu, chuckled and raised her hand: "No need to be polite."

Shangguan Wanjun was curious about what happened after the imperial edict arrived at the palace, and looked at the girl with a gossipy look on her face.

"Did you deliver the message I asked someone to give you?"

Gong Huifang thought of what the eunuch who announced the decree said and was deeply moved.

"Jiahe thanks the emperor. Their attitude towards Jiahe is much better than before." Although it was pretended, it didn't affect it.

Shangguan Wanjun took the teacup handed to her by Lianhua and said, "Life is not easy for a woman. Coming to the palace from time to time in the future can be considered as my care for you."

Hearing this, Gong Huifang was moved again.

"Jiahe thanks the Emperor."

"Then you should move into the Xiangjun Mansion as soon as possible. It will always be more comfortable to live alone."

After she left, Concubine Xian, Lord Lin, and the Emperor kept looking at the palace entrance, feeling a little puzzled.

"Your Majesty, I have divided the memorials among you. These memorials should be more important."

Shangguan Wanjun nodded slightly and continued to work like a slave.

Border Yunzhou

The rain in Yunzhou, the border town, and the neighboring Jiamusi County had washed away all traces of dirt on the battlefield.

Jiamusi County covers an area of ​​3,003 square kilometers. It is a border county of the Xie language tribe, a semi-nomadic ethnic group of the Xia Dynasty.

General Nan Shaoan felt deeply helpless as he looked at the bleak Jiamusi County that had been destroyed by the war.

"General, what should we do here now?" The speaker was Deputy General An Yong.

General Nan Shaoan looked towards Kyoto, and no one knew what he was thinking.

At the same hour, a county in Lizhou was attacked.

"Damn it, how dare you attack us."

"General Chen, what should we do?"

General Chen picked up the submachine gun with a cold look in his eyes.

"Brothers, kill them! Our Great Yuan territory will not tolerate the covetousness of you villains. Drive them out."

The secret guard Yang Zirong came here with twenty secret guards, but found that there was a fight ahead.

"Boss, what should we do?"

Yang Zirong looked at him coldly, slightly opening his thin lips.

"Kill together."

Their secret guards were all good at fighting ten people at the same time. Soon General Chen and others discovered that there were masked men in black clothes helping them.

"Brother, whose are you?"

At this time, General Chen had already met Yang Zirong, but the other party was wearing a mask and he did not know his face.

"The Empress's people."

General Chen was shocked: The emperor sent people to support them?

They learned that the previous emperor had passed away and the new emperor had ascended the throne a month ago. They also knew that it was the former Princess Zhaolan who had ascended the throne and was the only female emperor in history.

The moment Yang Zirong spoke, he raised his sword and killed three enemies. General Chen and others were dumbfounded by his speed.

The Empress's people are indeed extraordinary.

The other twenty masked men in black each eliminated a dozen local soldiers within a quarter of an hour.

For a time, corpses piled up and our dynasty had the upper hand.

The raid ended in heavy losses for the enemy. The twenty-one secret guards alone killed about three hundred people, not to mention the thousands of soldiers. The enemy lost at least several thousand soldiers.

In the military tent, General Chen was stunned when he saw Yang Zirong's face. This young man was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and he was indeed a young martial arts talent.

General Chen bowed and said, "Thank you very much."

Yang Zirong bowed and said, "You are too polite, General. We are all here on the emperor's orders. In a few days, the food, fodder, grain, cloth, and medicinal materials that the emperor has secretly ordered to be prepared will arrive."

General Chen was delighted: "Really? That's great."

Those things were all scarce to them, but why was it done in private? Was it because the imperial court was not strong enough?

Then Yang Zirong took out a letter and said, "Please take a look!"

When General Chen saw that the person writing was Zhao Lan, he was stunned.

He remembered that Zhaolan was the title of a princess. Could it be a letter written by the emperor himself?

Apart from the top six, the seventh was included as an exception, but was exiled to Jiamusi County, next to Yunzhou.

The eunuch who announced the decree looked at the young man and said, "Sir, please accept the decree."

Because the area was too remote and it was a newly conquered county town of Xia State, Shangguan Wanjun specially arranged for him to have ten guards, a legal advisor, and an attendant to take care of his daily life. She also gave him several books on governance, some silver, money, cloth, and a handwritten letter.

Jiang Chengkun didn't expect that he, who ranked seventh, could be included as an exception. Although he was sent to Jiamusi County as an official, the emperor also gave him ten guards, a legal advisor, an attendant, etc., which was also pretty good.

He packed up and followed his eunuch into the palace to meet the emperor.

When the six new county magistrates saw the seventh person, they were obviously stunned.

Shangguan Wanjun, wearing a bright yellow phoenix robe, walked to the phoenix couch and sat down.

"Your Majesty, I pay my respects to you and thank you for your grace."

"No courtesy, please sit down."

Everyone was shocked. How could the emperor be so easy-going?

The seven of them bowed in unison: "Your Majesty, thank you for the opportunity to sit down."

Aunt Cheng arranged for someone to serve tea, and Shangguan Wanjun drank chrysanthemum tea.

Chrysanthemum tea has the effects and functions of dispersing wind-heat, calming liver yang, clearing the liver and improving eyesight. For her who is busy in daily life and it is a hot season, it is very suitable to drink.

But she doesn't like the taste very much, it always feels weird.

For the sake of my own health, I have to endure it.

"My dear ministers, this time you have been assigned to a county, I hope you will manage the local county's economy, military, and population well."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Shangguan Wanjun looked at Jiang Chengkun, who looked to be about twenty years old, with clear eyes and a handsome appearance. He was estimated to be about 1.8 meters tall, which seemed okay at the moment.

"Sir Jiang, Jiamusi County is different from other counties, so I have specially equipped you with some guards and other people and supplies. I hope you will manage the local economy and population well.

"We have General Chen's men in the military. If necessary, you can have your guards go and borrow troops from them. Right now, there's a big problem you need to solve. Do you know what it is?"

Jiang Chengkun stood up without being overbearing or servile: "Your Majesty, I think they are locals. After all, they are the Xie language tribe, which is different from our ethnic group."

Shangguan Wanjun smiled with relief: "Not bad, you are still understanding. I hope you can use your ability to conquer them. What we in the Yuan Dynasty want is conquest, not taming. Do you understand?"

Faced with the emperor's profound words, Jiang Chengkun thought carefully.

"I understand."

"I allow the seven of you to report directly to the emperor. If you think something will benefit the country and the people, go ahead and do it. I will support you from behind."

The seven people were shocked and reported it to the emperor.

The emperor's support?

This is truly a unique divine grace.

"The premise is that you cannot harm the interests of the majority of the people, especially their lives. Do you understand what I mean?"

After the seven people left, Shangguan Wanjun felt a little relieved. She hoped that the seven people would bring her a different surprise and that her hard work would not be in vain.