The veteran general Chunyu An is not optimistic about this royal draft. In his opinion, the first thing he wants to do is to find a way to hold the throne. Now the war with Dashun is imminent. If you don’t study the war carefully, what show should you choose at this time?

But if you think about it from another perspective, having a fulfilling harem is not helpless for holding the throne, but it will cause his daughter to suffer.

"Master." A secret guard stood in front of Yu Chunyu and reported the situation in the palace truthfully to him. "Duanmu Anguo has been with the emperor these days. He even stayed in the palace last night and did not leave until dawn this morning. It is said that in this talent show, Duanmu Anguo also selected several beauties to enter the palace. The portraits of the beauties were handed to the emperor first, and the emperor was very satisfied."

"Yeah." Chunyu nodded secretly, "When the emperor was still a prince, he trusted Duanmu Anguo very much and relied heavily on it. Now, the relationship between the two seems to be getting better and better. Well, as long as Duanmu Anguo can help our Zong Sui win Dashun, I will tolerate his arrogance more."

"Sir." The staff around him said worriedly: "Duanmu Anguo's ambition can be seen at a glance. Are you not afraid that he will replace him one day?"

Chunyu secretly laughed when he heard this, "Replace it? He must have the ability. Duanmu Anguo is so old that his lower half of his body is in the soil. How many days can he jump? In that confrontation with Dashun, he lost all his descendants. He was the only seedling of the Duanmu family, and he still wanted to make trouble in Zong Sui?"

After thinking about it, the aide also felt that Chunyu's words were reasonable, but he just couldn't understand it: "Duanmu Anguo is now without a descendant, and he is already in his twilight years. Why is this trouble for?"

"Hmph!" Chunyu snorted coldly, "He wanted to use Zong Sui to defeat Dashun, and regain the lost territory of the three northern provinces, and dream of revitalizing the Duanmu clan again. But he didn't think about it. At his age, what's the use of taking back the three northern provinces? Can he still give birth to a son?"

Chunyu An was very disdainful of Duanmu Anguo, but he was somewhat suspicious of the attitude of the new emperor of Zong Sui. Duanmu Anguo did bring a lot of troops to Zong Sui, but it would not have made the new emperor trusted it to such a degree. Even under the instigation of Duanmu Anguo, the new emperor made a very extreme change when he was thinking about the Dashun issue.

At first, the new emperor of Sui just made the plan to no longer obey Dashun's jurisdiction, but under the encouragement of Duanmu Anguo, he became prepared to send troops to Dashun and subdue Dashun in turn under the wings of Zong Sui! This made Chunyu An a little scared.

Zong Sui’s fight against Dashun sounds exciting, but in fact, Zong Sui does not have that strength!

Chunyu An was puzzled by this, but for some reason, he was particularly confident in subduing Dashun. Chunyu An thought that perhaps Duanmu An State had the confidence to win, and with Bu Cong, the former general of Dashun, there was indeed more chances of winning. This was a gambling. If he lost, Zong Sui would defeat him and win, Zong Sui would achieve the great cause of unification.

"But did you find out which women were sent in by Duanmu Anguo?" Chunyu asked the secret guard in front of him.

The secret guard nodded, "It has been found that there are four people in total, and their identities should not be hidden. According to the eunuch in the palace, they will be made public during the draft."

"Four people... this is on the surface." The aide interrupted, "Since the eunuch said it would be made public, it would be made public, but Duanmu Anguo did not have such a good intention, and only sent beauties to please the emperor? According to the subordinates, in addition to these four people, there must be other women who also entered the palace to run for election under the arrangement of Duanmu Anguo, but no one knows it. What we need to pay attention to is not the four public beauties, but to try every means to find other hidden girls."

"Yeah." Chunyu nodded secretly and ordered the secret guards: "Go and tell the Queen, pay more attention to this beautiful girl. If there are some outstanding girls, they will destroy their arrogance."

Today, the first draft of the new emperor of Zong Sui was preparing to enter the palace.

Early in the morning, except for the north, the other three cities were all open to welcome the showgirls who came from all over the country to run for the election.

There were 58 beautiful girls who entered the palace in total. They were from the official homes of all regions of Zong Sui Dynasty. They were all well-known and had their families carefully checked to ensure that they were foolproof.

However, even a hundred people could not find anything hidden by one person. In the team of the women who participated in the election, there were two people sitting in a carriage, a lady and a maid. Among them, the lady looked sixteen or seventeen years old, wearing a light green dress, with a beautiful face and a simple dress. She did not look like other women who deliberately painted her eyebrows and eyes, but it was precisely because of this that highlighted her uniqueness. It was like a clear spring under the scorching sun that always made people unable to help but look at it a few more times.

The woman in green looked calm, without seeing any joy, nor was she curious about her first visit to Beijing. She just sat quietly in the car and even said to the maid who was lifting the curtain and looking out, "Put down the curtain! There is nothing good to look at. It's just bigger and more lively than our original place."

The maid was also very obedient. She asked her to let go and then put it down. Then she came back and faced the lady, and no one talked.

The carriage went forward for a while, and the lady in Green finally spoke again, asking the maid in front of her and said, "Do you know who else came to Beijing except us?"

The maid shook her head: "I don't know. It is said that his daughter is everywhere. But so many years have passed, we have inquired secretly, but we still don't know where the others are hiding. This time we entered the palace, the same is true for the people who came to give orders said that they don't have to know each other's identities, and they don't have to care about others after entering the palace. Just try every means to make themselves live well. In short, being able to survive in the harem and be favored by the emperor is the most important thing. If we can't achieve this, we are a useless person."

"Yes!" The woman in green sighed, "You are right. Only by surviving and being favored by the emperor can we help him. Otherwise, we will be of no use to him. He will not care about our lives or death." She snorted coldly, "What are you talking about? It is the most unfortunate thing to have such a father."

"Miss." The maid quickly advised: "Don't say anything like this. If we come to Beijing, we must accept the arrangement of this fate. Think about the master and wife who are still in Jinzhuzhou! If we do not cooperate with Duanmu Anguo, the lives of the master and wife and the entire mansion will be in danger. Duanmu Anguo acts ruthlessly. If he is cruel, it is entirely possible to kill our mansion."

The woman in green couldn't help but tremble. She thought of the family in Jincheng, and her parents who had raised her since childhood, grandmother, and brothers and sisters. Her heart, which had been indignant for her, gradually calmed down, and a smile appeared on her face, "Yes! For them, all this is worth it. As long as they can continue to live a peaceful life, what's wrong with me?" She said, looking at the maid in front of her, and asked her, "We are all tools he was born, I am, you are, but I have adopted parents who loved me since I was a child. They didn't even know that I was not their biological daughter until now. I have lived happily and happy the past sixteen years before. But you are different. We are really sisters, but I am the master since I was a servant, do you... feel unfair?"

The maid smiled bitterly and shook her head: "There is nothing unfair. I have been arranged to this role since I was born, and I have to recognize it even if I don't recognize it. Miss, although we are all tools, once the tools become successful, they will no longer be controlled by that person. I hope you will succeed, so that I can avoid peace under your wings for a lifetime. If you fail, you may want me to complete the task on your behalf, and I... don't want to."

The maid lowered her head and looked sad.

The woman in green understood what she said, and now, they only have this path to go. The maid is right. Only by becoming famous can she have the opportunity to get rid of Duanmu Anguo's control. Even if she has the chance in the future, she will try her best to put Duanmu Anguo to death. Only when Duanmu Anguo dies can she live a stable life, and her parents will still be her parents. She will think that none of this has happened, live in the palace well, and seek the greatest benefit for her mother's family.

In the Zongsui Palace, the Empress Chunyu Qing was sitting in the pavilion, holding a booklet in his hand and frowned and looked carefully. The pavilion was surrounded by palace maids and eunuchs, some were carrying tea, some were carrying pastries, and two eunuchs had a chair next to them so that the empress could sit down and enjoy the scenery anytime, anywhere.

The new emperor Li Jian still loves this first wife very much. Not only did he give her the most honorable position of queen, but he also gave her great power in this palace.

But Chunyu Qing knew that all this was just because she was the daughter of the old general Chunyu An. Her father held more than half of Zong Sui's military power, and it would take some time for the newly promoted emperor to take back all of it, so he had to slip into the Chunyu family. In fact, Li Jian had little feelings for her, and the relationship between the two was as plain as water and respected as guests.

This state seems very harmonious to others and may even be praised by others. But for couples, respecting each other is the greatest sorrow.

Chunyu Qing looked at the list in his hand and felt inexplicably irritable. Seeing that the Empress was holding the booklet in her hand, she had not turned the page for a long time. She said helplessly: "Empress, I know you don't want to read this, but the girls who run for the election today have already entered the city. Although it was the first event hosted by Concubine Wu, these people have also been questioned and asked after three or six questions. However, you still need to give me a message after passing the exam, otherwise Concubine Li would not dare to leave any of them."

"Then I won't keep any one." Chunyu Qing threw the booklet on the table and snorted coldly: "It's only when there is no one left to keep a clear eye. What's the point of getting so many people into the palace?"

"But this is the emperor's approval." The little palace maid was also very helpless. "The queen thinks that she is too many people to enter the palace to relieve you! You are also tired of operating the harem, and more people can share the burden for you in the future, but it has solved a lot of worries!"

"Yes! Someone shared the harem lock, and some other people shared it." She shrugged and smiled, with bitterness on her face.

But at this moment, a little eunuch trotted over and whispered a few times in front of Chunyu Qing. Then he saw Chunyu Qing’s doubts suddenly arise and asked in surprise: “How could this happen?”
Chapter completed!