After Princess Webster left, the few people gathered also dispersed. Mrs. Xu still followed Duan Xuehen to the wing where the two of them lived.
The two of them walked across the threshold in silence. Duan Xuehen suddenly turned around and said, "Don't listen to Princess Zhao complaining just now, but her position is very secure. You can't compare to her, so there is no need to miss Prince Zhao."
Xu said, "I don't want to compare with Wei Shi, and I can't hope to be Princess Zhao again."
Her expression was very complicated. Duan Xue hated to see her. She was usually very thoughtful and liked to inquire about all kinds of things. But when she faced her own affairs, she seemed very confused.
Duan Xuehen said unceremoniously, "In that case, what do you want to do when you come to Prince Zhao's Mansion? You are a useless princess and can't be the official concubine, so it is impossible for you to be Prince Zhao's wife."
Xu looked at Duan Xuehen aggri
Two days had passed since the Tatars joined the Ming Emperor's team.The weather was clear, and the red morning sun was rising above the flat horizon. On the road in the distance, the people in the front had formed a large team and were heading towards the rising sun. Ashari watched for a while and could see that people had to go east today.They said they were passing through the Ming Empire, but after the Tatars came here, it seemed that it was not so easy to escape and head north. All kinds of worries and fantasies were accumulating in Asari's mind.The two sides once fought side by side, and the Han people also fought bloody battles to protect Asari and others; but when the situation changed slightly, the Han people became the biggest threat to everyone.At this moment, Ashari suddenly found that there were two men watching her son. One of them was wearing a colorful brocade robe, a black hat, and a single sword on his waist; the other was wearing
The Tatars from Hami Guard had been in the army for several days. However, this Tatar Khan's concubine was the first time Zhu Gaoxu saw her in person.According to the classification after the Yuan Dynasty, she was a Semites, that is, "people of various names and colors" from the Western Regions and the west, different from ordinary Mongolians; because the Yuan Dynasty valued Semites, it is not surprising that these people could gain a foothold on the grassland.In Zhu Gaoxu's eyes, she was a white person similar to the Arab race in Central Asia, with slightly curly dark brown almost black hair and black eyes, but her facial skin was very different from that of everyone else. She looked very young and plump, and was considered good-looking among the Semu people. However, in Zhu Gaoxu's opinion, Semu women looked good when they were young, but they aged quickly.The large group of people and horses marched along the road, surrounded by vast plains. In the aut
When the crying in the hall stopped for a while, Zhu Gaoxu talked to the man in gray short coat at the next table and asked if there was anyone with the surname Tang nearby. The man immediately responded, saying that there was a place called Xiguan to the west, close to the lake, where many people with the surname Tang lived.Zhu Gaoxu immediately became interested and asked directly if he knew a woman named Tang Sai'er. The man didn't know, but he kindly suggested that there was a matchmaker in Xiguan who knew many young women and men, and he could go and ask the matchmaker; asking her would be better than asking the head of the village, because the head of the village usually only knew the men in his jurisdiction.Duan Xuehen seemed a little curious about Zhu Gaoxu's question about a named woman, so she turned to look at him, but she didn't say anything. When the villagers brought the food one after another, Duan Xuehen ate it first and then put it into the bowl
Led by the village head, Zhu Gaoxu and a group of more than ten people arrived at the place and saw a group of people gathered outside a courtyard, surrounding an old man in a long robe.This should be Tang Sai'er's home. The roof of the courtyard was covered with tiles. As expected, her family did not seem to be very poor. Because along the way, Zhu Gaoxu saw thatched houses in some villages occasionally.Zhu Gaoxu and his companions dismounted and walked over. The old man in the long robe knelt on the ground with a few others and bowed, saying, "My surname is Tang, and I am an elder from this village. Your Excellency is passing through Bi's village, and I am sorry for not welcoming you in person. May I ask your name?"However, the villagers who were watching did not salute or kneel, but stood around, watching the conversation between the village elder and the official as if they were watching a play. Asari, who was traveling with them, was a Semu person, a
Asari observed Zhu Gaoxu who was lost in thought. When he fell silent, the whole room fell silent, and Asari thought of the windless lake.Recently, she saw the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty with her own eyes, and she felt very different from before. Asari originally thought that Emperor Zhu Gaoxu was a brave, violent, and cunning person; because of Zhu Gaoxu's personal expedition to the north and the rescue of them this time, she inevitably had such an impression.However, her feelings over the past two days were completely the opposite. Zhu Gaoxu's bravery seemed to be only reflected in his sturdy and strong appearance.Perhaps because of this, Zhu Gaoxu, the emperor of an enemy country, made her feel at ease, and her previous worries gradually diminished. She only felt that Zhu Gaoxu was a kind, gentle and compassionate man.Asari took the initiative and said , "His Majesty the Emperor may want me to reveal some inside information, but I really don't
Tuo Huochi was so angry that his hands were shaking.He had never expected that a woman could suddenly make him so angry. Perhaps it was because what Ashari said was right, hitting his sore spot and revealing the selfish side of him that he was unwilling to admit.When Tuohuochi spoke generously of his ambitions and aspirations, describing his deeds as great and his sacrifices for the greater good of the tribe, Asari exposed him in person for having thought of a way out long ago. This was simply exposing his shortcomings. It seemed to have degraded Tuohuochi's character from the most noble to the most hypocritical.Tuohuochi did think that if he was caught by the Oirat, he might be redeemed. But the truth made him even angrier.He was extremely angry at this moment, and for a moment he didn't even know whether he wanted to hide it from others or deceive himself.But when Asari retreated to the door, Tuo Huochi had quickly changed from extremely a
The sun has dropped to the horizon, leaving only a ray of light on the earth. Most of the houses in the village don't have good lighting, and the light inside is even dimmer now.Asari and Duan Xuehen walked into the main room together and found that Emperor Zhu Gaoxu was sitting alone, with no one else around him. There was a dark wooden table above, with chairs on either side. Zhu Gaoxu sat on the chair on the left. He changed into a red Tuanlong uniform and wore a black gauze hat on his head.Two women came in from the door, and Zhu Gaoxu must have noticed them. However, he did not look at Asari and the others. He just sat there with his eyes lowered and his hands clasped together beside his forehead, as if he was thinking about something."Your Majesty, Concubine Khan is here." Duan Xuehen squatted slightly and saluted.Zhu Gaoxu changed his posture, leaned his back on the chair, and looked at Asari.Ashari said, "The emperor deliberately ang
Dinner was late, and when Duan Xuehen came out of the courtyard where Zhu Gaoxu lived, night had completely fallen.The first two nights, Duan Xuehen lived in the same courtyard with the Mongolian Khan's concubine Asari so that she could travel with her every day. Now that the task assigned to her by the emperor had been completed, Duan Xuehen no longer needed to care about the Khan's concubine. She went straight back to another place and prepared to rest.Duan Xuehen walked along the brightly lit dirt road in the village and opened a simple courtyard door nearby. Most of the houses on both sides were earthen walls with hip roofs and narrow eaves, which were very different from the houses in the capital and Yunnan. Duan Xuehen glanced at the small window of the room to the east and saw that the light was still on inside, so he guessed that the Annan man Chen Xianzhen had not yet gone to bed.Duan Xuehen took the initiative to arrange Chen Xianzhen's residenc