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Chapter 701 The most beautiful season

The army arrived in the capital in late February. The Korean king Li Xianhui remembered that Zhu Gaoxu told her that it was the most beautiful season in the capital.

The ferry sailed across the vast river. Li Xianhui stood beside the railings on the boat building, looking at the long city walls on the east bank of the river, the large houses, towering pagodas, and looming buildings. The vast city is on the other side. The most prosperous capital in the world is getting closer and closer.

She completely forgot the bumps and fatigue along the way, and her heart was filled with inexplicable excitement.

The cool breeze on the river was smelling with a faint fishy smell. There were boats as big as palaces floating on the harbor in the distance, and the "ding" copper bells were faintly heard. The docks on the other side were full of people. In addition to the crowd waiting to welcome them, there were also many lieutenants, merchants and pedestrians carrying things. The entire riverside was very lively and full of vitality.

The desolate scene that Li Xianhui saw before was just the frontier of the Ming Dynasty. It was not until here that she followed the army for several months before she truly realized the other face of the Ming Dynasty.

Compared with Seoul, the capital of the Korean Kingdom, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, what surprised the virtuous master the Ming Dynasty was the most not its grand buildings, but the bustling and busy people. Most of the people living in Seoul were noble officials and their slaves, and there were not so many common people who would move in the ports and streets outside the city.

Li Xianhui's mother told her since she was a child that she would get married when she grew up and would go to a strange family to live. Now she is about to move into the Ming Dynasty capital, which undoubtedly makes her feel novel and surprised.

After a long time, the ferries were docked one after another, and some Ming soldiers on the boat had already landed.

The emperor's boat was leaning against a dock, and the people below put a spacious ladder on the side of the boat. The soldiers holding flags and fan covers and other ceremonial guards got off the boat first, and then Zhu Gaoxu, wearing a red dragon suit, also walked down the ladder, and Li Xianhui followed closely. She followed the etiquette of the Korean Kingdom, raised her hands and covered her face with her big sleeves, and did not easily show her face in public.

The shore was full of people, and there were many guards with distinctly decorated clothes and armored guards around. Several luxurious carriages were parked on the road, surrounded by eunuchs and palace maids, guards holding yellow umbrellas and flags, and a large group of officials stood on the road near the carriages.

Before Zhu Gaoxu could reach the shore, the officials knelt on the ground and shouted: "I would like to welcome the emperor, congratulate the emperor on defeating the barbarians and returning to the court with victory!"

At this time, a female official and the eunuchs walked forward and bent down to invite Li Xianhui. Duan Xuehen came to the carriage behind. Then a palace maid helped Li Xianhui get onto a carriage.

Li Xianhui sat in the carriage and immediately saw through the gap in the silk curtain. She saw that Zhu Gaoxu had not gotten in the car and had just walked in front of the ministers.

Zhu Gaoxu first walked to a burly old man wearing a red robe and a beam-capped man. He reached out and helped the old man up with force, stared at the face of the round-faced old man, and asked, "Duke Qi, during my northern expedition, everything is fine in the capital?"

The old man said, "Sir, the officials of each government office perform their duties as usual."

Zhu Gaoxu showed a look of relief on his face: "At that time, everyone was deceived by the deposed prince party, and only Duke Qi and others in the court were looking for me. I feel very at ease with you staying in the capital."

The old man, known as Duke Qi, was moved and said, "The emperor trusts him, and I will be loyal and will never refuse!"

Zhu Gaoxu helped two red robe officials up. One of them clasped his fists and said, "I led my colleagues from the three judicial departments to investigate in detail in the Central Committee. The truth has been found. The "Xiaoyao City" case was indeed the result of Jianwen's remnants! All the rioters were arrested and were only waiting for the emperor to criticize him."

"All my dear friends, let's go." Zhu Gaoxu waved his sleeves and looked back and said, "Tomorrow at noon, all the civil and military relatives in Beijing will come to Fengtian Hall, and I will hold a banquet to celebrate the meritorious soldiers!"

A group of people worshiped: "I am grateful to the priest!"

Li Xianhui quietly observed the carriage for a while, feeling that the ministers seemed to support the emperor and felt a little more at ease.

When she was in the Kingdom of Korea and the Kingdom of Seoul, she heard about the Ming Dynasty, which was not good news. Emperor Taizong of the Ming Dynasty was a man like the King of Seoul Li Fangyuan, who raised an army to seize the throne; Emperor Taizong's second son, the current emperor, once again raised an army to seize the throne of his elder brother. The battle for the throne in the Ming Dynasty was extremely chaotic.

It has been several months since Li Xianhui came to the Ming Dynasty. Based on her understanding, the current emperor Zhu Gaoxu seems to have begun to consolidate his throne; he left such a prosperous and beautiful capital and went thousands of miles away to personally conquer Mongolia and ancient times, perhaps in order to promote his achievements and prestige to the people of the world, so as to gain the recognition of the world...

Zhu Gaoxu also promised Li Xianhui that after returning to Beijing, he would enthrone her as Concubine Zhuang. That was a very noble position. Even if she was not the master of the most powerful and wealthy country in the world, she would definitely be considered a palace noble and one of the masters of the Ming Dynasty! In the future, even if the King of Korea and King of Korea could meet Li Xianhui, he would have to be respected by his ministers.

She now doesn't know much about everything about the Ming Dynasty palace, but she is ready to manage her new world for the rest of her life.

Li Xianhui was grateful to her father Li Fanggan in her heart. The opportunity her father had obtained for her was obviously very satisfied with her.

At this time, people on the road outside got up from the ground; for Lee Hyun-hye, they were all strangers. But she suddenly saw a familiar figure in the crowd, Kang Shunchen, the envoy of the Korean Kingdom, and the guardian general Park Jingwu!

Park Jingwu was looking here, and his expression was very anxious, as if he wanted to take advantage of today's opportunity to see Lee Hyun-hye again. Lee Hyun-hye's mood became complicated, and he reached out and slowly pulled the curtain of the car, so that the curtain could completely cover the window.

The carriage finally began to move, and the vast team left the riverside and set out towards a tall city tower to the east. There were guards of etiquette, officials, slaves, and a large number of guards. I don’t know how many people there were, and there was no way to see the front and back.

There were officers and soldiers standing on both sides of the road. Neither the people nor pedestrians could get close to each other, but they were just watching around and making noise.

The army leading the way in front sang a song at some point. Li Xianhui could hear the lyrics clearly: "The fragrance of plum blossoms fills the post road, and the wild geese soar into a journey. The cold spring leans in the pavilion, looking at the direction of the war. I recall the first meeting in the rain, and the wild geese send their sweetness to you | I miss you..."

The song was composed by her own hands! For a moment, this strange capital made her feel a little familiar and intimate in the singing.

After the carriages and horses entered the city, the outside was getting more and more lively. The crowd walked along the avenue in the city for a long time, and then entered several city gates. Li Xianhui naturally didn't know the way, but she roughly saw the carriage carved plaques such as "Bei'anmen" and "Xuanwu Gate" on the carriage, and guessed that the carriage had entered the palace.

Soon after, the carriage stopped. A female official opened the door behind and bent down and said, "My wise master, the Queen is here to welcome the saint. You have to get out of the car and salute to the Queen."

Li Xianhui obediently bent down from her seat and stood up. With the help of the female official and two palace maids, she walked off the carriage.

Zhu Gaoxu, who was riding in the front car, had already got off the car. He was holding a young lady with a high belly. Li Xianhui vaguely heard Zhu Gaoxu's voice: "The imperial concubine should stop paying attention to the red tape, please do not give up on the gift."

"Please, Lord Weng." The female official beside him bowed.

Lee Hyun-hye became nervous. After all, she didn't know anyone, so she could only force herself to walk forward. She soon discovered that she had seen someone she knew here again: Park Jingwu's sister!

Zhu Gaoxu also turned around, waved to Li Xianhui, and turned to the noble ladies around him and said, "This is a clan of the Korean Kingdom and the Korean Kingdom, the virtuous man. I marched to Peiping last year and happened to meet the envoy of the Korean Kingdom, so I brought the virtuous man with me."

The female official took advantage of the opportunity to support Li Xianhui and whispered in her ear: "The prince is the queen."

Li Xianhui could hear it clearly, and walked up and knelt down on the brick floor immediately, facing the queen and said, "I am the virtuous master of the Xian Kingdom, please pay attention to the queen, my ladies."

The queen was a very fair and beautiful young woman with a graceful figure and a little thin. The complex phoenix crown dress was a little heavy when worn on her. The queen stepped forward to help Li Xianhui up, and her voice said, "I heard that the monarchs and ministers of the Korean Kingdom practiced the etiquette of the Ming Dynasty. When I saw it today, the Li clan members were indeed familiar with etiquette, which was very good."

Li Xianhui said in Chinese with inaccurate pronunciation: "I thank the Queen for her kind words."

Zhu Gaoxu said: "Princess Xian is a native of the Korean court, so you will take care of the virtuous and be settled in the East Six Palaces. Let's go back to the palace first."

Li Xianhui and several women said with kneeling: "Abide by the order."

Zhu Gaoxu touched the head of the child wearing a dragon robe next to him and asked, "I haven't been in the palace for the past few months. Have you studied hard?"

The child raised his head and said, "My son should ride a horse to fight like his father!"

The queen scolded: "If the world is peaceful, why fight again? Zhanhe must listen to his father's words and read and write happily!"

Zhu Gaoxu seemed to be dissatisfied and laughed twice.

Only then did Li Xianhui see clearly the appearance of the concubines and feel surprised again.

Several concubines were more beautiful than the other, and two were the most eye-catching. Li Xianhui was also a very famous beauties in Korea and Korea. Unexpectedly, as soon as she entered the Ming Dynasty palace, she saw two women who were much more beautiful than her. One of them was tall and had a pair of charming almond eyes. The other was not old, with plump and white skin, and beautiful behavior. Even the woman was a little moved when she saw it.

The new emperor of the Ming Dynasty was lustful and his reputation spread to the Korean Kingdom. After Li Xianhui met Zhu Gaoxu in the governor of Peking, he thought it was a false story. When he met his concubines today, he felt that the rumors were probably reasonable. After all, if the emperor values ​​virtue and etiquette, virtuous and virtuous women may not be beautiful; only if the emperor values ​​the beauty of women, the concubines around him will be all beauties.

Perhaps it was not what Li Xianhui thought at first, so simple and harmonious?
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