Mistress

Chapter 66

What Li Yan didn't expect was that the first two problems were not difficult to solve.

Well, there are really many people who are willing to be eunuchs, especially in barren mountain villages.Ma Xing led a group of people to rush to his hometown in the mountainous area of ​​Jidi. Some families were too poor and had many brothers and sisters.

Ma Xing had only been there for three days, when Li Yan received a letter saying that not only did she gather enough eunuchs, but she also bought a lot of well-behaved maids as maids according to her instructions.

Most of these mountain people are simple and simple, and it will be easy to discipline them when the time comes.As for the court lady, Li Yan has selfish motives.Originally, the selection of maids needs to be carefully selected. According to the old dynasty, they were selected from families with better family backgrounds, because if one day the emperor took a fancy to a palace lady, if he found out that she was a vulgar mountain dweller, the emperor would be very displeased. of.

Li Yan felt that Xu Cheng should not be contaminated by court ladies, so she told Ma Xing that it would be the best if she could buy a girl. Generally speaking, girls from the mountains don't have too complicated thoughts, and don't think about how to seduce the emperor.Most of them have never seen the world, they are timid and easy to teach.

The second question is not too difficult, because Xu Cheng is not a person who loves to enjoy himself. He doesn't care whether the palace is resplendent or not, and he doesn't mind using things from the Ye Dynasty.When Li Yan proposed to restore the original furnishings, or swap the items in each palace, so as to save more than half of the money, Xu Cheng nodded without hesitation.

Xu Cheng not only agreed with Li Yan's opinion, but also praised her for her virtue.The saved money is put into the national treasury, and if there is a disaster somewhere, it may be used for relief, so as to win the hearts of the people, which is better than extravagance and waste.The things of the old dynasty are also very precious and exquisite, and there is really no need to replace them all.

As for the third question, it is beyond Li Yan's control, and the follow-up remains to be seen.

The so-called country cannot be without a king for a day, Xu Cheng set a very simple country name, that is "Xu", and the year name is Chengyuan.

Enthronement matters are also being prepared.

Ten days later, Li Xiangrui came back with the army. He met with Xu Cheng and discussed how to arrange these troops not far from the capital, and arrange them in four directions to prevent enemy troops from invading.

Recently, the generals of other major battalions have surrendered to Xu Cheng. One is that they know that Xu Cheng has the intelligence and aura to be the emperor, and the other is that many of them have some friendship with the old Duke. After resigning, these generals feel somewhat dissatisfied with their colleagues.

The more important point is that the Xu family has held military power for generations, but it was only in Xu Cheng's generation that the emperor deliberately released military power.These generals still admire the Xu family very much. The Ye Dynasty has only a few decades of history, and everyone knows that the Xu family actually won the Ye Dynasty's world.

Therefore, Xu Cheng's victory in the country now is well deserved.

Xu Cheng sent another battalion to guard the northwest, intending to allow Li Xiangrui to stay in the capital for the elderly so that he would no longer have to suffer from the bitter cold in the northwest.

Li Xiangrui, his wife and his brothers and sisters-in-law all want to meet Li Yan, thinking that she will become a queen in a few days, and the etiquette will be cumbersome, so it is better to meet before the canonization, so that the family will meet more relaxedly, otherwise it will be a shame. Posture doesn't speak for itself at all.

Xu Cheng arranged for them to meet in Jinxiu Courtyard, and Li Yan became a little nervous.The Li family can be said to be the closest people to Li Nianyun. When she saw her parents, brother and sister-in-law, she would definitely have to cry a little.

Li Yan was brewing emotions, imagining the scene of meeting her parents, and after a while, her emotions came up.She was also afraid that they would talk about some things in the past that she would not be able to answer, so she asked Madam Cui to tell her many things about her childhood.

In fact, after 11 years, even if she made any mistakes, the Li family would not take it seriously. After all, after a long time, everyone will forget it.Don't talk about Li Yan, I'm afraid that her two elder brothers don't remember what she looks like.

Li Yan worked hard, and as soon as the Li family came in, she cried together with Li Xiangrui and Wang's couple. The pear blossoms were raining, so touching.Because Li Xiangrui and Mrs. Wang walked in the front, she knew they were her parents without guessing, and she didn't know the brothers and sisters behind.

But it doesn't matter, she was still crying in Wang's arms, and her brothers and sisters-in-law came to call her sister.She only cared about crying, and then vaguely called brother and sister-in-law.

Li Xiangrui saw that his daughter was crying so heartbroken, he first wiped away his old tears, and then pulled Li Yan to sit down, "Nianyun, I know that you have been lonely here all these years, you must miss me very much." Father and mother, your mother sheds tears every time she thinks of you, but today our Li family is reunited and everyone has returned to Beijing well. This is the greatest blessing. In the future, the Li family will no longer have to stay away from the capital Yes, there are plenty of days to get together."

Li Yan wiped her tears with a silk handkerchief, and nodded vigorously.

At this time, a group of people stood in Jinxiu Courtyard, Li Xiangrui and Wang Shi didn't say much to Li Yan.After the family sat around the table for lunch, Li Xiangrui asked the others to leave, leaving only Mrs. Wang and two girls whom Li Yan didn't know at all in the room.

At first Li Yan thought that these two girls were the concubines of her brothers, because the sister-in-laws couldn't be so young, but after thinking about it, her parents didn't have any reason to keep the concubines here and spend the brothers and sisters-in-law. .

Li Xiangrui said earnestly: "Nianyun, when the emperor is enthroned, you will also be canonized as a queen. Father also heard that all the palaces in the harem are empty, and there must be many people who present beauties to the emperor. There will be people trying to draft for the emperor. Dad thought, if you want to keep your post for a long time, you can't let those women come to the emperor, but the emperor can't have no one in the harem, so he found two reliable people……"

Before Li Xiangrui finished speaking, Li Yan looked at the two girls.She didn't pay attention to it just now, but now that she looks carefully, it is indeed very beautiful.

Li Yan was so angry, what she was most worried about was that someone would stalk Xu Cheng's beauties, which was good, others didn't have the guts yet, her father did it first.

The two girls quickly came over and kowtowed to Li Yan, and said in unison with trembling voices: "This servant has seen the master and empress."

Li Yan didn't want to be cold-faced directly, but she didn't ask the two of them to get up, but pretended to ask calmly: "Father, I don't know which family these two handsome girls belong to. I don't think I've seen them before."

The two girls were blushing, their heads were buried tightly, their hands were tightly clutching the corners of their clothes, and they were still trembling slightly.Seeing that Li Yan in front of them was the Empress Empress that General Li said, they were all very afraid, because their future fate was in the hands of the Empress, and they found that Li Yan was a formidable person just now.

Li Xiangrui didn't understand a woman's heart at all, he was used to fighting, how could he know what Li Yan was thinking.He even felt that his daughter was tolerant and virtuous for being able to get along with Xu Cheng's concubines over the years. Such a temperament would definitely accommodate these two girls. Their masters and servants will serve Xu Cheng together, and they will definitely be able to sit firmly in the future. Queen's place.

He didn't hide it from his daughter, and told the truth: "These two girls were found by father and your two brothers in the northwest, and they have been raised at home for a year, and they are extremely loyal."

Li Yan was stunned. Hearing this, could it be that she had prepared it long ago?No, he couldn't have known that Xu Cheng was planning to rebel a year ago.

Seeing Li Yan's surprised expression, Li Xiangrui hurriedly explained: "Father originally planned to present them to the former emperor. Father is in the northwest, so he might not be suspicious of the emperor, so he thought about sending them in to show his loyalty. Now If you don’t need it, I’ll keep it by your side, the emperor is not a womanizer, with you, Aunt Ji, Aunt Song, and the two of them, I guess the emperor won’t be greedy for anything else.”

At this time, Mrs. Wang held Li Yan's hand tightly, her eyes filled with the kindness of mother's love for her daughter, she sighed and said: "All these years, you have served one husband with three concubines, it has been hard enough, if you don't Adding these two girls by the emperor's side may make your life more difficult, but there is no way to do it. You are almost 28, and you are too old to enjoy the love between men and women. What you need to do now is how to win over the emperor heart. These two girls are beautiful, loyal and keep their duty. It is better than fighting with strange women. Your father also said that when he is in court, he will find a way to stop those who want to make sacrifices to the emperor. Beauty, the matter of the draft can also be dissuaded, as long as you are surrounded by your own people, this post will be secure."

Li Yan knew that Mrs. Wang was earnest, she, like Li Xiangrui, hoped that she would keep her position, so that she would not be forced to be deposed, and then thrown into the cold palace.

Li Yan looked at the two little girls, they were all very delicate, around fifteen or sixteen years old, younger than Aunt Ji.She didn't expect to find such a good-looking person from the northwest. It seems that her previous thinking was correct. There is no shortage of beauties in this world.

She was 1 unhappy, but she couldn't dismiss Li Xiangrui and Wang Shi.The couple still thought it was for the benefit of their daughter, these two little girls were raised by servants, they had received Li Xiangrui's teaching before, and they had to treat Li Yan as their master and empress for the rest of their lives.

Li Yan thought silently, since they called themselves slaves, then they should be treated as slaves, anyway, Xu Cheng didn't know that these two girls were given to him by Li Xiangrui.

Li Yan said gratefully: "It's still the father and mother who have considered the daughter thoroughly, and the daughter has not thought of this."

Li Xiangrui said with a smile: "What kind of thoughtfulness is this? How can parents not consider their own daughters? As long as you secure the position of queen and Xiao'er succeeds smoothly in the future, my life will be considered complete. I I told the emperor, I don’t want any rewards, the title of head of the country is enough for me, I don’t want any gold, silver or jewellery, just the monthly salary is enough for me and your mother to live on, both of your elder brothers have military positions, There is no shortage of money.”

Li Yan also admired him after hearing this, saying that people die for money and birds die for food, so there is no one who thinks too much money.Li Xiangrui didn't want to be awarded or rewarded, in order to show his loyalty with poverty, so that Xu Cheng can rest assured of him, because without money, there can be no rebellion.He is also old and can't live for a few years, so he wants to live a peaceful life for a few years.

In this way, Xu Cheng trusted the Li family even more, which was a great thing for Li Yan, at least Xu Cheng would not be on guard against her.

(End of this chapter)