Song Gexing

Chapter 82 Four beauties are accounted for
Moreover, after the banquet at Zhao Fang's side, it was decided that Xiao Guanyin could not be the official concubine regardless of the Liao alliance or marriage, so he did not stop selecting the concubine.

After several screenings, a total of five women were sent to the palace. After etiquette training, Queen Cao decided on the candidates.

Originally, there was no need to tell Zhao Fang the list, but Queen Cao favored him after all, so she asked Zhang Maoze to come over and tell him and listen to his opinions.

"That's not right, Lao Zhang. According to the rules, isn't there only one person to choose? As for the concubine, we will talk about it later. This is the rule!"

Zhao Fang wondered why there was such a big battle. Aren't his parents afraid of being remonstrated by the ministers this time?

Zhang Mao then smiled and said: "Your Majesty, don't you understand? Officials and ministers, this is based on the prince's selection of concubines, not the prince's etiquette."

Zhao Fang was stunned for a moment and said, "Isn't it true that the prince keeps three and wants to add more?"

It turned out that Queen Cao was interested in three people, and asked Zhang Maoze to ask him who else he was interested in, so that he could add more people while it was still undecided.

How could Zhao Fang ask for it again? They had met each other once anyway. To him, they were all the same. There was no ugly girl anyway, so naturally he didn't mention the girl. He was just confused.

Zhang Mao raised his orchid finger and said: "Who says it's not the case? But the king is too outstanding. The three families refuse to let their daughters leave the palace, and they are happy to serve as concubines."

"Yeah! It's still my fault."

Zhao Fang was speechless. After thinking for a while, he asked, "Besides the Pan family and the Murong family, whose family is there?"

Hearing this, Zhang Mao counted in detail: "The Pan family was not selected. The only ones left were the niece of the Queen Mother, the granddaughter of Cao Wu and the Mu family, the granddaughter of the right Shenwu of the Meng family and the one from the Murong family. Among them, the princess was selected as Meng. House's."

When Zhao Fang heard that Pan Jinlian didn't stay, he was stunned for a moment and felt a little disappointed, but thinking about it, since the princess had chosen the Meng family, how could Pan Weiji want his daughter to be a concubine.

But that's not right. My cousin is the daughter of the Cao family. Cao Wumu is Cao Wei's posthumous name. Later, the grandfather-in-law was also Wumu.

To treat Cao Wei's granddaughter as a concubine, is he crazy, or is his mother crazy?

Thinking of this, he asked in confusion: "My fourth uncle's cousin is not a concubine! What do you think?"

Zhang Mao smiled and said: "This matter was decided by the Queen. This Wu Mu family is a concubine and is not suitable to be righteous. Besides... haha..."

Zhao Fang took one look at him and understood that Empress Cao wanted to avoid suspicion. The previous empress belonged to the Cao family, so another empress could not be justified.

But the Cao family felt unwilling to withdraw from the palace, so they deliberately sent a concubine to run for election. Since her own mother had always been on good terms with the queen, she would definitely choose the Cao family's daughter.

"That's fine, it's just that the daughter of the Meng family is the righteous one. How could my father be so willing? I remember this granddaughter of the Meng family. Some people say that she looks like her great-grandmother."

Zhang Mao smiled even more when he heard this, squinted his eyes and said, "Wouldn't that be better? If Zhang Taihua hadn't died early, there would have been nothing wrong with Mrs. Huarui."

Zhao Fang gave him a roll of his eyes and said, "Old Zhang, you are not kind. What you say makes it sound like I am a lustful person."

Zhang Mao quickly shook his head like a rattle and kept saying that it was no such thing, it was a joke, he would not admit it.

The right Shenwu commander was Meng Xuanjue, the second son of Meng Chang of Later Shu. Although Meng Chang died only seven days after surrendering to the Song Dynasty, his two sons were both alive and well.

Moreover, they all held heavy troops, opened up territory for the Song Dynasty, and attacked the Northern Han Dynasty and the Liao Kingdom. The eldest son Meng Xuanzhe was eventually named Teng Guogong for his merits, inspected the school as a grand master, and became an official as a servant.The second son, Meng Xuanjue, was in charge of the Jinwu Guards and You Shenwu commanded the army. Both of them died in Taizong's later years.

Moreover, both brothers were born to Meng Chang's former wife Zhang Taihua (the biological mother is unknown, the author made it up based on their ages). Zhang Taihua did not die of falling out of favor, but died of being struck by lightning because he was too favored.

Zhang Taihua's original name was Zhang Lihua. Meng Chang thought the name was too rustic, so he changed it to Taihua. According to historical records, Zhang Taihua was extremely beautiful, with eyebrows as bright as daytime, and she was especially favored in the house.

But Zhang Taihua, who was so arrogant and favored, actually committed blasphemous behavior when he went to Qingcheng Mountain with Meng Chang to pray for blessings. He ran outside to dance in a thunderstorm and was struck to death by lightning on the spot.

It was only after her death that Mrs. Huarui became favored, and there was also Li Yanniang behind her. It can be said that Meng Chang had countless beauties in his life, and these three were the most outstanding among them.

Meng Chang had three sons, the youngest of whom died very early. The remaining two were favored in the Song Dynasty, but the eldest son Meng Xuanzhe's family was more prosperous, and later Zhezong's queen belonged to his family.

Meng Xuanjue did not have many offspring, and he only had one son and one daughter left among his grandchildren. This was probably the main reason why Zhao Zhen and Empress Cao agreed to let her become their concubine.

"Okay, that's it. Go back and tell the eldest lady that there is no need to increase the number, but after the princess enters the palace, she will promote the few around me to concubines."

Although Zhao Fang had some thoughts about Pan Jinlian, he finally decided to give up because there were still several nameless ones in his own backyard.

Zhao Pan'er, Song Yinzhang, Li Yuhu, Lu Huayu, and the two women of Gaoli, who performed meritorious service in the palace last time, have to give others an explanation.

Although the two of them did not participate in the battle, they did not hesitate to protect their own mother in that dangerous situation. This is a credit.

Moreover, the two daughters were not the daughters of ordinary people, they were also from aristocratic families in Koryo, and Fang Ji was surnamed Wang, a daughter of the clan of Koryo, she was the daughter of the old Zhao family in Song Dynasty, and her status would never be low.

Shan Ji's surname was Jin, a popular surname in the Goryeo Kingdom, and her father was also a Goryeo general. If they had not been able to offend the Liao Kingdom, they would not have been given as a gift.

In April of the eighth year of Qingli, the Liao envoy arrived in the Song Dynasty. Xiao Xiaohui personally served as the envoy. After meeting Zhao Fang with his own eyes, he immediately decided that he would marry a daughter who was not a princess.

Zhao Fang himself was surprised as to why this guy recognized him.

After quietly asking around, I found out that the man dressed as a servant next to Xiao Xiaohui was actually a fortune teller. When he saw him, he told Xiao Xiaohui that Zhao Fang could suppress Xiao Guanyin's bad luck.

Zhao Fang felt funny that he actually listened to the fortune teller, but then he thought about it again. Since he could travel through time, why couldn't others have the ability to predict.

Let’s talk about occult science. Even though technology was so advanced in my previous life, many people still believe in it. It can be seen that this thing cannot be explained clearly. You cannot deny unknown things just because you are ignorant.

"Good news, Your Majesty! No Zang family in Xixia has submitted a letter. Li Yuanhao died two months ago."

This day Wang Zhongzheng came to report excitedly. Zhao Fang glanced at him and said contemptuously: "You are so happy that he is dead! We knew last year that he wouldn't live long, but this guy is still able to endure it. It's been half a year." .”

Wang Zhongzheng was not annoyed and agreed with a smile: "What the king said is right. The villain is happy because this guy is so shameless. Such a scum will die early and be reborn."

Zhao Fang didn't refute him. Li Yuanhao was indeed shameless. He stole his daughter-in-law and had his nose chopped off by his son. His injuries could not be cured because he was lingering on the sickbed. God couldn't stand it.

(End of this chapter)