Song Dynasty female artist

Nong Zhigao was rather bookish and smiled.

"Then you guys chat, I'm sleepy, I'm going back first!"

Gu Qingjue watched Su Yixin walk away before taking Nong Zhigao to the study.

"Now that the soldiers of the Nong clan have adapted to the life of the army, I am thinking about when we can start a war against the Cochin Kingdom."

His father and brother were both killed by the Cochins.

He is now your Majesty's personal envoy, and he is really sharpening his sword. He wants to rush to Jiaozhi immediately, and it is best to destroy it directly.

"There is no good opportunity yet. The biggest threat to the Song Dynasty now is Dali."

Dali only existed for a few hundred years. In the Tianbao War of the previous dynasty, Duan Jianwei, the general of Nanzhao, defeated the army of the previous dynasty and was promoted to Qingping officer by King Mengge Luofeng of Nanzhao.

The descendants of Duan Jianwei once became generals in charge of one side.

In the second year of Nanzhao's reign, there was a coup. Duan Jianwei's descendant Duan Siping was jealous of the emperor, and finally Duan Siping destroyed Nanzhao.

In the seventh year of the Ming Dynasty, Duan Siping succeeded to the throne, changed the name of the country to "Dali", and established the capital of Yangju City, which was later known as Dali.

Duan Siping was indeed talented. After establishing the Dali Kingdom, he worked hard to govern, implement reforms, and develop the economy. Dali's economy has developed greatly.

As the country becomes stronger, so does its ambition.

However, Siping was already old at this time and died within a few years. His son Duan Siying succeeded to the throne. However, Duan Siping's younger brother Duan Siriang was ambitious and joined forces with Prime Minister Dong Jialuo, who was actually a Taoist priest, to launch a coup.

Dali has experienced several years of turmoil.

In the end, Duan Siying abdicated because Dong Jialuo participated in this coup. During the six years of Duan Siping's reign, the Dong family was unscrupulous and had actually taken control of the political power in Dali.

The emperors who succeeded him were either uneducated and unskilled, or they were overjoyed in their achievements. What's even more bizarre is that several emperors believed in Buddhism, and one was even more extraordinary. He directly took the Zen position and became a monk.

In the first year of Tianming, which was the fourth year of Qingli in the Song Dynasty, the Prime Minister Gao family deposed the dissolute emperor Duan Suxing and installed Duan Siping's great-great-grandson Duan Silian as emperor. The throne returned to Duan Siping's lineage.

The Gao family supported Duan Siping and his family to regain the throne, just like the Dong family at the time, they wanted the right to dominate the government.

But as long as he is a normal emperor, how can he tolerate such a family.

So this Gao family launched a challenge to the imperial power.

Dali fell into civil strife again.

During the long-term civil strife, those in power tried to shift the points of conflict, so they focused on Guangdong and Guangxi.

In an attempt to merge the Guangdong and Guangxi areas into Dali and further expand Dali's territory, the other side also extended its hand to Qianzhou.

Gu Qingjue said: "Your Majesty is determined to reform the military. This is an opportunity."

Nong Zhigao didn't quite understand what this opportunity Gu Qingjue was referring to!
"On Yuan Day last year, Mr. Zhao, the governor of Jiannan, presented a woman to His Majesty, saying that she was the daughter of an official in trouble in Dali. She is now a Yancai. No, just last month, your Majesty named her Yanmei. .”

"Brother Gu means that this beautiful lady is Dali's spy?"

Gu Qingjue smiled and was noncommittal.

Qingshou Palace

Cao Yuyan got up and teased her son for a while before going out to accept the concubine's greetings.

"Greetings, Empress Dowager."

Cao Yuyan waved her hand: "Everyone, sit down!"

It's fair to say that Your Majesty is not very good-looking. There are quite a few concubines who have slept with you in the harem.

However, most of them have very low status and have little sense of existence.

The most active people in the palace were Concubine Zhang, Miao Zhaorong, Yang Jieyu and Junjun Feng.

Now here comes another striking beauty.

Why is everyone's eyes on her? Firstly, although her appearance is not as good as Concubine Zhang, she is still pretty and lovely. Secondly, she is soft and seems to have no temper, but it also prevents them from catching anything. handle.After entering the palace for more than half a year, I can't find anything wrong.

He is also very favored. None of the others have served officials for many years, but this one's status is really low and pitiful.

This beautiful lady was just the daughter of a troubled official in Dali. She was named a talented person as soon as she arrived, and she was named a beauty half a year later.

This speed could not be matched even by Concubine Zhang back then.

Can everyone not be jealous?

"Yanmei, since His Majesty's birthday, apart from staying in the Queen's Palace on the 15th day of the lunar month, I have stayed in your Qingfeng Pavilion almost every night. Why is there still no movement in my stomach?"

The one who spoke out was Concubine Zhang.

Concubine Zhang Guifei used to be very prosperous, but after giving birth to the fourth prince, the officials hardly stayed overnight in Renming Palace except to visit the fourth prince.

For this reason, she was secretly laughed at by other people in the palace many times.

But the official family was unhappy because of Yang Huaimin's incident before, and later it was revealed that Jia's mother had committed adultery with Xia Song and was caught by the eldest princess.

She couldn't hold her head high in front of officials.

I just thought that after a while, the official's anger would subside and things would be fine.

Unexpectedly, a beautiful woman appeared halfway.

She didn't like Yanmei, so when she spoke, she naturally poked at the painful area. It didn't matter if she was favored, her stomach still didn't move after so long.

"Back to your concubine, the issue of heirs all depends on fate. You yourself were favored for several years before you had three princesses."

Zhang Wanqing stared at Yan Meiren.

Everyone looked at Yan Mei with a good show, hoping that there would be a good show later.

Sure enough, Zhang Meiren couldn't hold back, stood up, and walked step by step to Yan Meiren. When Yan Meiren didn't react, she slapped her in the face and said, "What qualifications do you have to mention the three princesses of this palace?"

Zhang Meiren's health was not in good condition.

Not much strength either.

But in extreme cases, the force is enough to make a delicate woman's face swell.

Yanmei covered her face and turned to look at Queen Cao.

"Empress, I just mentioned the three princesses, and the concubine hit them. I didn't accept it."

Zhang Wanqing gritted her molars and said, "I am a noble concubine. If you are disrespectful to me, why should I hit you?"

Tears welled up in Yanmei's eyes.

Cao Yuyan sat leisurely on the main seat, and Zhang Wanqing also had this day.

Today it looked like Zhang Wanqing slapped Yanmei, but in fact it was Yanmei who poked the sore spot. She couldn't hold herself back because she slapped the concubine because of one sentence, but in fact everyone was laughing at her.

that's true!
Three princesses were born, and all three died in infancy.

After finally giving birth to a prince, my health was not very good.

Everyone dislikes Yanmei, but they also don't like Concubine Zhang.

But Miao Zhaorong said something: "Yanmei, you also said that the imperial concubine has three princesses. Even if the three princesses did not grow up safely, the imperial concubine was the one who gave birth to the emperor's heir. If the officials knew that you were talking about the princess, What do you think the officials will think?"

Yanmei still covered her face and said nothing.

Cao Yuyan glanced at Miao Zhaorong with a half-smile.

I used to think that Miao Zhaorong was a very simple woman, but now she seems to be really hiding her secrets! (End of chapter)