Daming: I help my wife be the empress

Li Huizhen was lying on the bed, unable to sleep.

She felt that she was shouldering a mountain of heavy burdens that weighed her down, and she also felt at a loss for the future.

Her birth mother was originally a palace maid, and she was favored because of her beauty. Unfortunately, she died of dystocia of her second child within a few years after she was born. After that, she was adopted by Zhang Shuyuan.

With such a background, she has no status among the daughters of her father and king, and she is even inferior to some royal court ladies in power.

Usually, she tries to reduce her sense of existence as much as possible, and be a little transparent, so as not to provoke anyone.

He thought that after waiting for another year or two, he would be randomly betrothed by his father to a son of a certain family.

He never thought that he would be chosen this time to go to Daming to be the maid of Empress Zhaowu of Daming.

Although she kept a low profile in the palace, she had heard a lot of rumors about Empress Zhaowu of Ming Dynasty in recent years.

It is said that this is a celestial girl who descended to earth, and possessed supernatural powers and spells. Within a few years, she quelled the civil strife, expelled the Qing captives, and even fought south and north to expand the territory.

In North Korea, except for those ancient Confucians who still criticize her identity as a woman, most people believe that Empress Zhaowu's achievements will directly catch up with Emperor Yongle.

Li Huizhen naturally admired such a legendary female emperor.If she just came to be a maid beside Empress Zhaowu, she would be very happy.

But the problem is, the father and the others asked her to win the favor of Empress Zhaowu, and then rely on this favor to ask the empress to send troops to aid North Korea.

As for how to win the favor of men, she still knows a thing or two after hearing and seeing in the palace.

But Empress Zhaowu is a woman, or a celestial maiden, how could she be favored by him?

Is it possible to serve Empress Zhaowu like a man?

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"The king of Joseon, Li Ji, wants to offer his daughter to me as a maid?" Aimee Zhu looked at the contents of the memorial and was speechless for a moment.

This memorial was written by Li Ji himself and forwarded by Honglu Temple.

The memorial also stated information such as the age and life experience of his daughter Xiaohui Wengzhu.

The so-called Wengzhu was first used to refer to the daughters of princes and kings in the Western Han Dynasty. Later, the Liao Kingdom also named the royal women as Wengzhu, and then it was the title of royal women in North Korea and other Shenzhou vassal states.

Of course, not every royal woman is a Weng Lord, only the king canonize her.

On the other side, Hao Guangming couldn't help laughing after hearing this: "This Li Zhen is very good at business, and he knows how to present beautiful women to you."

"Why is Mr. Xiang so happy?" Aunt Zhu asked suddenly.

"Uh," Hao Guangming was stunned at first, and then realized that Auntie Zhu was suspected of being jealous and wanted to survive, so he hurriedly said, "I usually enjoy chatting with you, my wife."

"Why do I feel that Xianggong is happy because there are many Korean beauties in the palace?"

"How is it possible?" Hao Guangming's face was full of grievances, and then he changed his mind and said, "If my wife is unhappy, don't let her enter the palace, let her go back to North Korea."

Auntie Zhu laughed and didn't dwell on this topic any more.

Leaning slightly, she said: "This Li Huizhen's biological mother does not have a prominent family background, if she is really sent back to North Korea by me, I am afraid there will be no good end.

Anyway, I already have a Russian Sophia on my side, so it's okay to have her as a companion. "

After finishing speaking, Auntie Zhu wrote a reply in the memorial, approving the matter of Mrs. Xiaohui of North Korea entering the palace as a maid.

As for people, she is not in a hurry to see them - she is not good at beautiful women.

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After Li Huizhen entered the palace, she was arranged to learn etiquette.

This is not surprising to her, and she is also confident that she can learn the court etiquette of the Ming Dynasty well in a short period of time.

To her surprise, Daming arranged for her to live with a Fanyi woman.

She had heard that there were blond-haired and blue-eyed Fanyi overseas, but it was the first time she saw a blond-haired and blue-eyed person, and she was a woman, which made her a little scared.

"Hello, my name is Sophia. From today, we are roommates. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me." Sophia was quite happy to see Li Huizhen, because she was finally not the only one from Daming in this palace. outside.

"Sister Sophia, my name is Li Huizhen, please take care of me." Li Huizhen saluted.

"You and I are both court ladies, so there is no need to be too polite. Come, let me introduce you to some information about the dormitory."

Sophia held Li Huizhen's hand and spoke quite enthusiastically.

"Here's the light switch. You pull it once and it's on, and you pull it again and it's off. You know the light?"

"I, I've heard of it." Li Huizhen stared at the glowing light bulb, showing a surprised expression.

Sophia smiled and said: "Outside people call electric lamps magic lamps, because I, Daming, can't make magic lamps yet, and His Majesty needs to bring them from the fairy world.

I heard that apart from the Forbidden City and some important government offices in the capital, only government-run factories in Nanjing have electric lights, and no other places have them. "

At first, Sophia was also extremely shocked by the lights and fans in the Forbidden City, but now she enjoys Lee Hye-jung's surprise.

Then she pulled Li Huizhen out again, "Let's go, I'll take you to the bathroom in the dormitory. It's shared by us court ladies. There are flush toilets and showers. It's very convenient to take a shower and go to the toilet."

Afterwards, Li Huizhen was dragged by Sophia around this maid's dormitory as if she was sleepwalking.

This was originally the harem of the Forbidden City, because Auntie Zhu did not live in the harem, nor did she have any concubines.As a result, some palaces were transformed into dormitories for court ladies, female soldiers, and eunuchs, which greatly improved the quality of life of these people in the palace.

By the time they went to bed at night, Li Huizhen and Sophia were quite familiar with each other.

She felt that Sophia was a straightforward person, and her mind was relatively simple, so she asked directly: "Sister Sophia, how can I gain His Majesty's trust?"

Li Huizhen originally wanted to say "beloved", but after thinking about it, she felt that it was inappropriate, so she changed her words.

Sophia said with a smile: "You don't have to be shy, who in the palace trusts you if you don't want to get it? You can get promoted and get rich, and you can do more things for His Majesty.

But such people are rare, unless you have extraordinary talents.

Like me, it was difficult to see His Majesty when I first came to the palace, but later His Majesty knew my horse riding talent, and every time he went to the horse farm to ride a horse, he would invite me to accompany him. "

horse riding?

Thinking of the tall horses, Li Huizhen only felt her legs go weak for a while.

She can't ride a horse.

'It seems that I have to find other ways to gain His Majesty's trust. '

Thinking about the heavy responsibility on her shoulders, Li Huizhen only felt that she still had a long way to go in the Ming court, and she wondered if North Korea would be able to persist until she gained His Majesty's trust.

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Zhaowu seven years, May [-]th.

The Yarkand mission came to Nanjing.

The members of the Yarkand mission who came all the way by train and ship were shocked to the point of numbness before they entered Nanjing.

At this time, seeing the majestic and tall Nanjing City, which is difficult to see from a distance, some members of the mission could not help but prostrate themselves on the ground in shock, worshiping like a miracle.

The main envoy, Sima Yi, was equally astonished. Although he was concerned about his status and did not kneel down, he was amazed again and again.

'My God, there is such a huge city in the world—I'm afraid it will never be captured by the enemy, right? '

'Compared with this city, our capital is like a rural fort.Even some counties in the Ming Dynasty are taller and more prosperous than our capital. '

'The most important thing is that such a huge city can house millions of people inside and out!There are millions of people in one capital city, the Ming Dynasty is really terrible. '

"Father Khan asked me to carefully investigate the reality of Daming, and I think there is no need to investigate further.Daming has trains, railways, ships, and tens of millions of soldiers and horses. The Khanate must not become its enemy! '

Because of the rise of the Ming Dynasty, Yaerqiang Khan Abdullah also attached great importance to this mission, so he sent his smarter fourth son Sima Yi as the chief envoy of the mission.

In addition to letting Sima Yi investigate the reality of Ming Dynasty, he also gave Sima Yi great diplomatic power.

If Sima Yi felt that Daming's strength was mediocre, or even only superficially strong but internally weak, then this time the mission would only do tribute.

It is equivalent to conducting an official trade.

If Sima Yi felt that Ming was too powerful to be an enemy, he would submit the letter of credence, profess his vassal status to Daming, and become a vassal state of Daming.Anyway, the relationship between vassal and suzerain is just a title and does not affect the rule of the Khanate.

Sima Yi saw the border guards and garrison troops in Gansu, and got on the train, and he already felt that Ming was no longer an enemy.

Now that he came to the city of Nanjing, there was only one thought left in his mind: The Khanate must be Daming's younger brother.

Otherwise, it would be too scary to accidentally become Daming's enemy.

Second more.

Good night~