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Chapter 425 Urgent Report
Just when there was a storm in the Qiongchi Palace, the eunuch waiting outside the palace suddenly turned pale with fright and hurriedly walked into the palace backwards!
"——Your Majesty! The officers and men of Langya Pass are sending an urgent report from hundreds of miles away! The messenger is waiting for your Majesty's summons outside the palace!"

Excuse!
This is really a wave of ups and downs!
Many officials in the palace looked at each other, a little confused for a moment.

They subconsciously looked at the stern face of the emperor in the palace, and then all looked at the other ministers' seats, wandering around -

They accidentally went to find Peng Xiao, the Langya Pass guard who had just married Princess An Ning, who had gone to Beijing to get married!

After the search turned out to be fruitless, everyone suddenly remembered that it seemed that they had heard that His Majesty took pity on his younger sister who was about to get married far away. Perhaps she would be separated from her husband for many years in a bitter cold place on the frontier when he took office, so he authorized Princess An Ning to accompany her mother before her marriage. Concubine Jiang went back to her mother's home in Laiyang Province to worship her ancestors.

You know, among the ancient rituals of Tianchen in the Southern Dynasty, there have always been many restrictions on the concubines in the city that never sleeps.

Even Empress Xiaochun Xie Wan, who was well-known in Zhaoge City and had a prominent family background and was regarded as the legitimate daughter of Shangzhu Kingdom, after marrying the late Emperor Wei, could not leave the palace for more than ten years without the emperor's favor. .

She could go out of the palace to visit her relatives and pay homage to her ancestors. This was the only opportunity in her life for Concubine Jiang, who was as humble as a little-known palace beauty in the harem, to leave the palace and return to her hometown to visit her relatives!
Obviously, this was the dignity and grace that the emperor specially bestowed on Concubine Jiang because Princess An Ning married to his liking.

Since Princess An Ning was about to be born and time was tight, yesterday the emperor had granted permission for Princess An Ning and his wife not to enter the palace to attend the Qianqiu Banquet today.

The couple had picked up Concubine Jiang from the palace early yesterday and rushed together to Laiyang, a hundred miles away - the hometown Concubine Jiang had not returned to for many years.

It is said that Concubine Jiang was the daughter of a carpenter in a town below Laiyang County.

It's just that Concubine Jiang's family was in decline, and her family's shop was tricked into using a "immortal jump" design, and she lost too much money.

The creditor bully in the town saw that the Jiang family's daughter was quite sexy, so he wanted to marry her and raise her as a child.

Jiang's father and mother were originally from a good family, so they were reluctant to let their daughter become the seventh concubine in the bully's family.

So she had no choice but to send her daughter to Beijing to live with her aunt who was married to a small handicraft shop in Zhaoge City. She only said that her daughter was in poor health and had a terminal illness.

So Concubine Jiang worked anonymously in her aunt's shop. However, as time passed, her uncle did not want to raise such a "oil bottle".

After all, they are ordinary people. They only open a small shop to make ends meet. They have many children at home who are waiting for money in the future. How can they raise children for others for no reason!

Later, when Concubine Jiang was old enough to get married, her uncle came up with the idea of ​​passing Concubine Jiang to the concubine of a small businessman from Zhaoge in exchange for a generous betrothal gift.

However, Concubine Jiang did not want the concubine to behave badly, but she had no parents or brothers to support her.

So she had no choice but to take the initiative to join the palace as a maid, and promised that the silver rewards she earned in the first three years of entering the palace would be given to her uncle and aunt's family, in order to repay her two years of upbringing.

He also said that if he served in the palace, he would gain respect in the future, and his uncle's sons and daughters would be able to arrange marriages or find errands.

Concubine Jiang's uncle thought about it and felt that this "deal" was not a loss at all.

Only then did her aunt give up after crying and begging, and no longer insisted on exchanging Concubine Jiang for the betrothal gift of that family.

Therefore, Concubine Jiang, who was still in her prime, entered the palace by accident.

She originally wanted to wait a few years until she was old enough to repay the debt she owed her uncle and aunt.

If she still saves some money of her own, she might be able to start a household on her own when she is released from the palace, and open a wood crafts shop to make a living.

Or when the limelight is over in the future, maybe she can go home and provide for her parents in Laiyang until the end of her life.

Unexpectedly, things turned out to be contrary to expectations. By chance, Concubine Jiang, who was washing clothes at night, met the drunken late emperor.

It was also at that time that she became pregnant with a dragon fetus - the future Princess An Ning, Fu Jingshan. So from then on, the Jiang family, who had a low status, a humble background, and did not receive divine favor, lived a cautious and humble life in the harem.

She never had the chance to leave the palace, and she never saw her family members who had been away for many years.

This flash is more than ten years.

In fact, Concubine Jiang is not considered old now, she is just a woman in her thirties.

Those rich and aristocratic ladies who take good care of themselves and work less, at her current age, are in their prime years when they are full of beauty and charm.

It's a pity that Concubine Jiang did not have this "blessing".

Perhaps it was due to her rough experiences in her early years and the fact that she was walking on thin ice during the reign of the late Emperor, so she was always being challenged by Princess Bai Gui.

Therefore, her mood is always gloomy and tense, and she looks older than her peers.

Nowadays, even though she is a concubine, she still wastes her time as if she knew her destiny at fifty.

In recent years, due to Emperor Jing's accession to the throne, his daughter, Princess An Ning, gained some sympathy from the emperor. Concubine Jiang's treatment in the palace has also increased with the tide.

Although both of her parents had fallen ill and passed away a few years ago, she was not completely without relatives in Laiyang, as her elder brother and younger brother were still alive.

This time, she was able to return to her hometown to pay homage to her ancestors and reunited with her brothers. Concubine Jiang was almost in tears.

So at this moment, even if many courtiers could see a flower on the table, they would never find any trace of Peng Xiao.

Because at this time, the consort must be accompanying Concubine Jiang in Laiyang with his newlywed wife!

After hearing the report from the interrogator, Xie Zhao frowned immediately!
She suddenly raised her head and looked at Nanxu. Unexpectedly, Nanxu also frowned and looked back at her.

The high priest of Nanxu met her eyes and immediately shook his head slightly, indicating that he did not know beforehand and did not understand its meaning.

It’s a matter of concern, it’s extraordinary!
The emperor couldn't care less about the so-called birthday, and Xie Zhao couldn't care less about the discord with his useless brother.

Seeing that the emperor was still frowning and contemplating, she immediately shouted solemnly:
"Xianren enters the palace!"

Emperor Jing's expression moved slightly, but he didn't say anything at this time.

Although he is extremely ambitious and cunning, he is not a stupid and mediocre king.

After all, ambition also requires exquisite heart to support it.

Since ancient times, ambitious people have rarely turned out to be ignorant losers.

The urgent report from Langya must be related to the border war, or the changes in Hanyong in the Northern Dynasty!
Fu Jingyan naturally also knew that all his great ambitions and great achievements might eventually be realized - that is, he would always be Tianchen's emperor, and the Tianchen dynasty would not be overthrown by foreigners!

So at this time, Xie Zhao spoke before him because he was worried about the border war, but he did not get angry.

The eunuch was a person with no roots in the harem. Everyone knew that the Thousand-year-old Sword Immortal did not stay in the Nightless City for a long time in these years.

Therefore, the young eunuch could still tell who the immediate master was in charge of his family's life and death.

He glanced carefully at the majestic face of the Emperor, and seeing that His Majesty did not say anything to stop him, he quickly kowtowed in response, and then trotted away to the outside of the palace.