Chapter 702 Ambition and Desire

The Ming Dynasty Palace at night is very beautiful.

The palace's double eaves are filled with dreamy light, and the painted paintings are becoming more and more vivid to the sunset; and from a certain angle, the elegant shapes of other pavilions have become hazy, and the shadows highlight their outlines, which is fascinating.

Or because this is a completely unfamiliar place thousands of miles away from his hometown, even though it is so quiet and comfortable, Li Xianhui still feels a little restless.

From time to time, she looked at a brick road outside the palace gate, as if she was expecting something.

Park, who has a pair of double eyelids and almond eyes, said in familiar Korean dialect: I won’t see the emperor tonight, and I won’t see him these days.

Li Xianhui was suddenly said to herself, her eyes flashing a little.She subconsciously refused to admit: No...I'm not thinking about that.

However, when Park reminded her, she felt a little strange.

In a strange place, she would feel at ease by Zhu Gaoxu, but Park is here to accompany her, but it has no effect; however, Zhu Gaoxu has only known her for a few months, and she has been her playmate since she was a child.

Park seemed to ignore Lee Hyun-hui's denial and said to herself: When I was first named Xianpin, I always thought of seeing the emperor, but later I found it useless.The emperor is very disciplined. Just a few days before returning to Beijing, he must have been in Kunning Palace on the first night with the queen, and then the imperial concubine Mu, the imperial concubine, the virtuous concubine, the Shu concubine, and the two concubines.No exception.

When Li Xianhui heard this, she nodded suddenly: In other words, it is useless to compete for favor?

Park shook his head and said: This is not the case, it is just such a rule.

Lee Hyun-hye held Park's hand and said softly: When we meet again, my sister is still concerned about me. You have not forgotten our previous friendship.

Park smiled and said: Both my husband and I come from Korea. We have no relatives and no reason here, but we are not like other concubines who have their parents’ support.As the royal family member of the Lord of the Manchu family, he should be named the imperial concubine soon. Even the Lord of the East Two Palaces will also take care of me in the future.I can also help the boss.

Is this the East Second Palace?Lee Hyun-hui asked.

Park nodded and pointed to the west, but she pointed to a wall, and the places she surrounded by palace walls were the Ganqing Palace, Kunning Palace, and the emperor and the Queen's bedroom; on both sides of the east and west, there were six palaces.To the west are the imperial concubine (Miao Jin), the Xian concubine (Yao Ji), and the Shu concubine (Du Qianrui); to the east are only one imperial concubine, which is the imperial concubine.

Now the emperor asked the Lord Weng to live in the east, and perhaps the Lord of the East Two Palaces is you, Lord Weng.I am a concubine, and some people with titles such as Zhaoyi, Jieyu, beauty, talented people, and select servants. As long as I live in this palace, they are all female officials you are in charge of.

Li Xianhui nodded while listening.

She quickly understood that the Ming Dynasty's palace was like another city of strict hierarchy.

As soon as she arrived here, she was in a position that most palace women could not look up to in their lives.

Suddenly, she remembered a sentence that Zhu Gaoxu said when she was in the Peking Administrator's Office. At that time, Li Xianhui only saw Zhu Gaoxu several times.

Zhu Gaoxu's words were roughly: He traveled thousands of miles to summon a virtuous man-in-law to Beijing, for some other reasons; he also said that he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he had to benefit the people of the Ming Dynasty first.

At first, Li Xianhui didn't understand this sentence at all, and she was still immersed in unexpected surprises.Because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not as brutal and terrifying as rumors, he was a young man with a dignified appearance.

But until now, she accidentally understood the meaning of Zhu Gaoxu's words... Although Li Xianhui is quite famous in Korea, she is only famous in Korea; the most important reason why the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty wanted to give her the imperial concubine may be the consideration of power.

Li Xianhui's father, Li Fanggan, is now in a weak position, but he was once a person who could compete for power with the Korean king; and he still retains some civil and military and noble forces that tend to him.

However, the Emperor of Ming Dynasty seemed to be unhappy with the current King of Korea. What is his purpose?

The more Li Xianhui thought about it, the more confused she became, and it was difficult for him to understand Zhu Gaoxu’s thoughts.

Have you ever met your brother?Li Xianhui suddenly asked in a daze.The Park family is one of the forces that tend to be Li Fang.

Park shook his head and said: No.Maybe when my elder brother was about to leave the capital, I could be allowed to meet and say goodbye to him.He...is still worried about the Lord Weng?

A scene of today suddenly appeared in Lee Hyun-hye's mind. In the crowd of ministers and officials, Park Jingwu was eagerly looking and searching for the carriage.

Lee Hyun-hye nodded slightly and said in Korean: When her sister met Park Jingwu, she advised him not to think about the past of her youth.He has grown up and should be like a real man, putting big things first.

Park shook his head and smiled bitterly: Master Weng doesn't know that there are many men in this world, and the reason for doing everything is just for women.

Wouldn't you be looked down upon?Li Xianhui blurted out.

Park whispered: Are those real men who do not value women also for their own ambitions and desires?

When Li Xianhui heard this, she retorted speechlessly.

...The night has completely fallen in the palace.

Lanterns were hung outside Kunning Palace, and oil lamps were also lit in the stone lampstands on the roadsides.

The spacious and luxurious palace is quiet at night but not lonely because the lights outside always remind people of prosperity.

Queen Guo Wei was very tired, her whole body was weak and weak, and her breathing was even and a little heavy.Zhu Gaoxu lay on his back on the wide bed, not sure if Guo Wei was asleep.

Since Guo Wei got married and became the Princess of Han, she has been a couple with Zhu Gaoxu for nearly ten years.

But she is actually in her twenties, and she has been pampering for many years. She has well maintained her skin and body feels very warm and soft.

When Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to admire her carefully, he could still feel her beauty and purity. The lingering on the night of reunion still made him feel wonderful and comfortable.

However, everything seems to be different from before.

Until now, he was lying in the gorgeous palace, half asleep and half awake, and for a moment he thought he was in a tent, listening to the sound of golden swords, iron horses and drums.

When the night was late, he suddenly woke up. At this moment when he should sleep and nothing else, he subconsciously felt the deepest part of his heart.

The sense of insecurity and insatisfaction still spread in his heart.

The Ming Dynasty had millions of military households, and they always defended the emperor's territory.

There are more than 70 guards and guards in the capital.

The elite guards on all sides of the imperial city were controlled by Zhu Gaoxu's most trusted old brothers on the battlefield, guarding the imperial city day and night.

There are also palace walls surrounded by the Kunning Palace in the Ganqing Palace, and there are only a few palace gates that enter and exit, guarded by trusted eunuchs.

But Zhu Gaoxu still felt that it was not safe, probably because the late emperor Zhu Di robbed the throne and he also robbed the throne.

You cannot think about some abstract things carefully, otherwise you will feel that you will feel uncontrollable the more you think about them.

And when he expanded himself and felt that he could do whatever he wanted, he would find that he could reward those brothers who fought for him with bloody battles could only be mixed with a large amount of treasure banknotes because there was not enough money; he was still helpless in the face of the current situation in the territory and many semi-hungry people.

But the princes and ministers who were fed with wealth and thought that they were not rich; a large number of relatives and slaves still lived a life of sluggishness, which made the ministers very embarrassed and dissatisfied, and they needed to get more benefits.

There are many ideal figures in history.

Faced with such a dilemma, Wang Mang came up with a clever plan, and seized the property of the rich and wealthy people and distributed it to the common people.

The result was not solved, and the common people were poorer; and the extremely angry clans organized large armies, and the war burned the entire dynasty, causing the Han Dynasty to lose tens of millions of people.

Zhu Gaoxu began to think hard, hoping to find a good way to break through the cage from his only foresight.

But he did not want to be victims of the power he had obtained, and needed to obtain more benefits on the basis of protecting the throne.

He wants to create an unprecedented great era!In this way, he can still be recognized and praised by the world and future generations. Hundreds of years later, his reputation still influences all descendants...

At this moment, Guo Wei around him turned over and pulled Zhu Gaoxu, who was thinking wildly, back to reality.Guo Wei's voice was a little unclear, and she asked: Haven't the emperor been asleep yet?

Well... Zhu Gaoxu responded.

After a while, Guo Wei seemed to be much more awake and said next to her pillow: By the way, my father sent a letter to the palace and asked me to send my sister to Fengyang, Zhongdu to live.My father said that his sister was the wife of the deposed prince. According to morality and ethics, he should guard the tomb for the deposed prince and should not live in the palace anymore.

Zhu Gaoxu asked kindly: What did Weier think?I should listen to your opinions more about the Guo family.

Guo Wei said: I want the emperor to be the master and respond to my father the same way.

You decide, and then ask Wang Gui or Hou Xian to send someone to do it.Zhu Gaoxu said.

Guo Wei made a coquettish sound from her nose, stretched out her bare arms and hugged Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt a certain kind of uneasiness from Guo Wei.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, thinking about the imperial concubine Mu Zhen who was about to give birth, and her father, Mu Sheng, the Duke of Qian, and the position of favor of the court and the public.

Zhu Gaoxu realized that he had not thought about the matter of promising his third brother Gao Sui to marry Mu Sheng's second daughter to Princess Zhao at this time... He felt that Mu Sheng, as a noble general, was really useless in wars and had little hidden dangers; but the people from the Empress Guo family might not think so.

As long as I am here, no one dares to bully Weier.Zhu Gaoxu said softly.

Master... Guo Wei let out a light cry and hugged him tighter.