Reborn Empress: The World Originally Belonged to Her

"Dad, I don't think I want to get involved in these kinds of things lately."

Seeing that it was drizzling outside, Shangguan Mufeng took out his oil-paper umbrella and went for a walk.

Although Shangguan Nantian felt sorry for Shangguan Mufeng, he didn't pay any attention to him. After all, Shangguan Mufeng had grown up, hadn't he? He was no longer the little child he used to be. At this moment, Shangguan Mufeng saw Shangguan Nantian watching him from behind. Shangguan Mufeng then said to Shangguan Nantian, "Father, it's a bit cold outside. Father, please go inside."

Finally, Shangguan Mufeng arrived at the market, at the place where he and Xu Jiu first met. Recalling that day, he felt as if it were a dream.

Prime Minister Xu was also somewhat shocked by this. He never expected that Xu Jiu would eventually become the emperor's concubine. At this moment, Prime Minister Xu personally went to the palace to confirm whether this matter was true or false.

"Your Majesty, have you really taken the princess from the neighboring country as a concubine? Didn't Your Majesty say before that you wouldn't take any concubines? Yet you've brought the princess from the neighboring country into the harem?"

“Uncle, I am of age, am I? I have no concubines in my harem. What is wrong with me taking a concubine now? Besides, marriage alliances between the two countries are usually between the emperors or between my sons. But I have no sons now. So what is wrong with me marrying her?”

For a moment, Prime Minister Xu was completely at a loss for words. Qin Yanling, the Prime Minister Xu, had nothing to say and could only leave the place dejectedly.

In this court, some are happy while others are sad. After all, some officials have women in their families. Now that His Majesty has taken in a concubine, it means that he will take in a third concubine in the future.

They could then send their daughters into the palace, thereby consolidating their own and their family's position, which would be a good thing for them.

Some people are worried because they only have men in their families, and these men cannot be sent to the palace. So what can they rely on to consolidate their position? And the current king doesn't have any daughters.

"However, His Majesty's decision to take this neighboring country's princess as Consort Ling is truly unexpected for all of us."

As for why Qin Yanling took a concubine, they were all very eager to know the reason, but this was the king's private matter, so how could they dare to ask?

Inside the Shuanghua Palace, Consort Ling found a brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, wrote a letter there, and then put the letter on a pigeon before releasing the pigeon.

At this moment, Mo Yun discovered this scene. He shot down the pigeon and, after seeing what was inside, hurriedly reported it to Qin Yu.

Qin Yu looked at the contents of the carrier pigeon but didn't say anything. Instead, she asked Mo Yun to put the letter back.

Qin Yu then pondered deeply here.

In a short while, Qin Yu had regained his composure. There was a hint of killing intent in Qin Yu's eyes. He never expected that he would suffer the same loss again in this life.

Now that Xu Jiu has become Qin Yanling's woman, Qin Yu naturally no longer cares about Xu Jiu's life or death. Even if Xu Jiu dies, it has little to do with Qin Yu.

Qin Yu then arrived at General Su's location and inquired about the recruitment progress of Bureau Su Jiang in recent days. General Su told Qin Yu that the recruits in the past few days were not very physically fit.

General Su also recruited some scholars, but these scholars were too weak, so General Su didn't want them and sent them all home. When Qin Yu found out, she made some requests to General Su, and General Su agreed.

General Su sensed that Qin Yu's emotions seemed a little off, and couldn't help but ask Qin Yu what had happened.

"nothing."

When the Minister of War learned of this, he choked on his water. He never expected Qin Yanling to do such a thing. He stared in disbelief at the person reporting to him.

"Your Majesty has already announced this matter to the world, Minister. Doesn't Your Majesty know about it?"

The Minister of War was indeed completely unaware of this matter, but what did it have to do with him? As for the Emperor taking a concubine, the Minister of War didn't seem to care much.

"It's been a normal thing for emperors to take concubines throughout history, so why make such a fuss? Now that we have a first concubine, it's likely that there will be a second and a third. That's all normal."

At this time, Lou Yan also learned that the princess of the foreign country had been taken into the emperor's harem.

At this time, Lou Yan learned of another matter: Prime Minister Xu wanted him to investigate how much military power Qin Yu actually held, which was a very difficult task for Lou Yan.

However, Lou Yan felt that Qin Yu was a really amazing woman. As a woman, she held military power. Looking back in the long history, who else could have done such a thing?

After Qin Yu returned from the training ground, she saw Lou Yan waiting for her at the door, which surprised Qin Yu.

"Why are you waiting for me?"

"I've noticed that Your Highness seems to be in a bad mood lately, and I'm a little worried. I'd like to ask Your Highness what's causing your unhappiness. I wonder if you would be willing to tell me? Perhaps I can share Your Highness's burdens."

Lou Yan was about to help Qin Yu up, but Qin Yu dodged him.

"Guard Mo, I'm getting a little tired. Why don't you carry me?"

Mo Yun picked Qin Yu up in his arms without any hesitation, as if it were an everyday occurrence.

Lou Yan, watching from the side, naturally felt very uncomfortable. For some reason, seeing Qin Yu and Mo Yun walking so close made Lou Yan very angry.

However, Lou Yan did not show it on the surface, because he was very clear about his own status. He was nothing more than a male concubine, and would be discarded by Qin Yu the day he was no longer useful.

That's it, his life doesn't even belong to himself.

But how exactly can he complete the task assigned to him by the Prime Minister?