Chapter 53 Puppet Queen
"There is no need to enter the palace."

As soon as Pei Zhang said these words, the court suddenly became excited.

"What do you mean by this, Your Majesty? The draft is such a big deal, what a joke!" At this moment, the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette no longer cared about being afraid of Pei Zhang's power in the past. They were all excited. They rolled up their sleeves and stepped forward to ask Pei Zhang for an explanation. .

Pei Zhang's face was calm. He had just thought of a countermeasure.

"Who said I was kidding with the draft?" His eyes scanned the ministers for a week. The courtiers suddenly became silent, but they still looked at Pei Zhang with good eyesight.

Pei Zhang chuckled, "I just agreed to the draft, but I didn't say that I would accept the show girls into the palace."

The courtiers were confused. Your Majesty, are you playing word games here?
"But, the beautiful women were chosen to expand the emperor's harem and create heirs!" How could the officials of the Ministry of Rites accept this argument.

I bet they spent so long selecting the draft in vain?

Not to mention that these days, they have made a lot of money in the draft.

After all, as long as it is an enterprising official's family, who wouldn't want their daughter to be selected to accompany them to the palace. If he could give birth to a son and a half daughters, or even the next heir of the Chu Kingdom, wouldn't the whole family follow suit and become prosperous?

So during this period, the officials in charge of the draft were all full of food.

Now that the emperor refuses to admit beautiful women into the palace, do they have to vomit out what they eat?

This is really worse than killing them.

"I already have a beautiful woman by my side, but after all, the draft has been selected, and there are many unmarried children in the clan, so if not, I will be worthy of joining the clan." Pei Zhang gave his own plan.

He also knew that he had taken advantage of a loophole in the text. After pondering for a while, he added: "If anyone is unwilling, you can get married by yourself."

After all, marriage is a lifelong matter, especially for women, and they must be cautious. He does not want to create a pair of resentful couples just to save himself.

The ministers looked at each other in shock after hearing this, how could this be done?
"Your Majesty!" The official of the Ministry of Rites still refused to give up.

Pei Zhang directly interrupted their next words, "I have made up my mind!"

Seeing that Pei Zhang was very resolute, the officials could only relent and said, "Your Majesty, after all, the draft has been selected. You can choose some beautiful girls."

"Just do as I say!"

After going to court, a group of ministers surrounded the huge crowd.

"Man Da Da is so lucky. It seems that Concubine Shu will be pampered by Jiao Fang."

"Oh, why didn't I think of letting my little girl enter the palace in advance to serve the Queen Mother?"

"Ren Pang Pang will become the head of the country in the future, don't forget to support us."

Listening to these words that were either bitter or envious, Pang Daren could only smile bitterly. Others did not understand the real situation, but his own family knew about his own affairs.

These days, my daughter has sent back two letters home to my old wife.

The emperor doesn't like his daughter at all and has never touched her so far.

But how could he mention such a thing to outsiders? He could only smile bitterly and accept the flattery from everyone.

"Your Majesty, how can you act so casually? Aren't you trying to sneak around the courtiers?"

The Queen Mother was shocked when she received the news from the previous court. She never expected that her son would behave like this just because she wanted to give her son a little freedom.

"Have I not already given a solution? Anyway, I will not touch their daughter if she enters the palace." Pei Zhang said matter-of-factly.

This matter is indeed his fault, and he will compensate these showgirls elsewhere.

For those who are willing to be married, he will guide them to a good marriage and give some dowry so that the woman can establish a foothold in her husband's family after she gets married.

If you don't want to and choose to get married on your own, he will also give you a reward. The Chu country was rich, but Pei Zhang felt it was worth it to solve this troublesome matter by just giving him some gold, silver and jewels.

"Is this a matter of whether the beautiful ladies can enter the palace? This is a major issue for you to continue your heirs! If no beautiful ladies enter the palace, and you refuse to touch the concubine Shu, you tell the Ai family where the child will come from? Did it appear out of thin air? Come?!”

The Queen Mother had never been so angry. She had never been so angry when Pei Zhang refused to accept a concubine.

She would rather never see hope than watch it shatter with her own eyes after finally seeing hope.

"Whether you like it or not, unless you can conjure a child for the Ai family now, you must choose a few beautiful girls to enter the palace!"

"Mother, this is my private matter!" Pei Zhang's face turned ugly.

"This is also a national event! Do you want to see the country of Chu being inherited by the clan's descendants in the future?" The Queen Mother refused to give in.

She could give in to other things, but on this matter, she could no longer give in. Even if it hurt the relationship between mother and son, she would still insist on the emperor taking a concubine and having a son.

In the future, the emperor will understand her intentions, and the queen mother's heart is filled with desolate determination.

Pei Zhang was very powerless. He knew that the Queen Mother was also doing it for his own good, but he really didn't want it for his own good.

Is it so important whether it’s a child or not? In the future, it would make no difference if he picked a few smart children from the clan to raise by his side.

Just when the mother and son refused to give in to the other and the atmosphere was stagnant, Xiao Hezi came in cautiously.

"What's the matter?" Pei Zhang asked suppressing his inner annoyance. Xiaohezi is a sensible person, it is not a big deal, and he will not come in rashly at this time.

Xiao Hezi glanced at the Queen Mother in embarrassment, and then looked at Pei Zhang.

"Why, is there anything that the Yi family can't listen to?" The Queen Mother laughed angrily, "Say it!"

"Say it." Pei Zhang calmly gave the order without putting Xiao Hezi in trouble.

Xiaohezi still had a manly look on his face, but he still handed the letter in his arms to Pei Zhang.

"Your Majesty, a letter from Weiguo." He prompted in a low voice.

Letter from Weiguo? Pei Zhang couldn't wait to open the letter.

Seeing Pei Zhang's reaction, the Queen Mother looked at Xiao Hezi suspiciously.

"Whose letter?"

Xiao Hezi didn't want to say it, but the Queen Mother's gaze was too harsh, so he could only look at Pei Zhang in embarrassment and then said it.

"It's a letter from the King of Wei."

Pei Zhang, who was looking at the letter from the side, didn't notice the two people's questions at all. He was now completely stunned by the content of the letter.

There were only six words on a whole piece of paper, but his eyes seemed to be sucked in by the letter and could not leave for a long time.

The Queen Mother was stunned when she heard about the King of Wei.

Why didn’t she remember that Chu and Wei were on good terms? And it’s just a letter. Why is the emperor behaving so strangely?
The Queen Mother looked at the deep affection on Pei Zhang's face and was clearly surprised and happy.

The Queen Mother, who had always only cared about the harem, especially the affairs of Pei Zhang's heirs, didn't care much about political affairs, so she didn't know much about the Five Nations Alliance.

She looked at Kowako again.

Xiaohezi found that Pei Zhang was completely immersed in the letter and did not receive his look for help at all, so he could only remind him helplessly.

"Queen Mother, the monarch of Wei Kingdom is a woman."

(End of this chapter)

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