Concubine's Handbook of Good Life in Ancient Times

Chapter 69

Thinking of the world in the previous life, monks and Taoists in ancient times did not have to pay taxes. Many temples took advantage of this and owned more land than those dignitaries.

It seems that the founding king of the Great Xia Dynasty was very far-sighted, fundamentally restricting monks and restricting them from annexing land.

The competition lasted three rounds, and the first round started the moment the emperor rang the gong, and the nine dragon boats galloped towards the finish line like flying fish.Shu Ning stretched her neck to watch. It was not her turn to watch the dragon boat races going down, and she couldn't go to the places where ordinary people stayed. At this time of year, she always listened to what her brothers came back to tell her.

"Huh~"

Shu Ning looked at the weakest civil servants team, which was no worse than what Shu Ning thought was the strongest generals team, her arms could hardly be seen clearly when rowing the dragon boat.

"Concubine Jia, is it pretty?"

The queen mother watches it every year, and she has long lost interest. Compared with the dragon boat race, she is more interested in admiring Shuning's rich expressions.In the harem, which concubine would be like Concubine Jia, with a rich expression, unlike a royal concubine, who would be surprised and happy for a while, on the faces of those concubines, there would only be decent smiles, and even a trace of nervousness Can't see it.

"nice."

Shu Ning nodded, she is now a royal concubine, of course she has to cheer for the royal team, looking nervously at the last royal team.

"Empress Dowager, has our team won in previous years?"

The dragon boat race at the Dragon Boat Festival is the only one that is fair and free from shady scenes, because there is a legend in Daxia that if you do something wrong during the dragon boat race, you will be regarded as dishonest by God, and you will be punished by Daxia.It is said that some people did not believe it and won the No.1 after threatening other teams before the game. As a result, disasters occurred in the Great Xia Dynasty that year, and hundreds of thousands of civilians were displaced and homeless.

Then somehow, it was connected with the dragon boat race of the Dragon Boat Festival that year, plus the legend, people in the whole Great Xia Dynasty believed it, including the emperor.And the team that won the game because of tampering at the beginning, regardless of the status of the opponent, even the royal family, were all deprived of the status of the royal family and demoted to common people.All the family property was also confiscated, and those who had nothing left the capital without knowing whether they were alive or dead.

But because that time was too coincidental, even the emperor didn't dare to try it lightly, so this Dragon Boat Race became the fairest game in the whole summer, bar none.

Of course, it is also the most interesting game, because there is no shady scene, everyone just needs to show their strengths, whether it is a minister of civil and military affairs, ordinary people, or even royals, they can only win the game with their own skills, and the winners of the game The rewards are very generous. Ordinary people can become rich in one fell swoop, and civil and military ministers can even be appreciated by the emperor for their performance in the dragon boat race. Therefore, no matter which team it is, they will do their best, and the splendor is ten stars.

"Eh~ this..."

The queen mother was a little embarrassed, even the emperor and queen next to her were the same.

No way?Seeing them like this, Shu Ning was in a bad mood.The Royal Fang has never won a single game?
"Cough, Concubine Jia. You have to know that the royal family is used to being pampered."

The queen gently reminded Shuning that everyone in Daxia knew that they would never bet on the Royals team every year, and that losing their tails every year is already the most useless team in Daxia, and even the common people team still wins. However, the Royals didn't even make it three times.

Feeling hopeless, Shu Ning twitched the corners of her mouth, looking at the Royal team who were still paddling slowly behind.

No, this is too embarrassing.Shu Ning looked at the slightly bitter faces of the three giants in the palace, stood up and moved closer to the Empress Dowager, whispering a few words in her ear.

"Is it really possible?"

(End of this chapter)