Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 555 Enjoy the joy of victory

Zhao Mu looked at the girls and asked, "Why? Are they the princesses of the Uighur King?"

Musa looked at the clothes they were wearing and then replied, "It should be. The Uighur king is lustful and has many children. However, only unmarried princesses can live in the palace. Those who are not here should have been married."

Musa glanced at the other women and said, "The rest are basically the concubines of the Uighur king and the concubines of the princes."

The four princesses stood in the hall in fear, and Zhao Mu took off the veils on their faces one by one.

Zhao Mu looked at them as if he was selecting items. He praised them, "Haha, they are really good. Each one is more iconic than the other."

Musa smiled and said, "What are they? Your Majesty, just take a look at these two."

After Musa searched carefully, he pushed out two more people from the crowd.

Then Musa tore off the veils on their faces with her own hands, and the two women tried their best to cover their faces.

But no matter how they try to cover it up, it is difficult to hide their beauty.

Zhao Mu also exclaimed: "Oh, not bad, not bad, really not bad. Musa, how do you know that they are so beautiful?"

Musa replied, "Of course I know. The identities of these two people are also extraordinary." Musa pushed the Hu woman on the left directly in front of Zhao Mu and said, "This is the most beloved concubine of the Uighur King. She was previously the concubine of the Uighur Crown Prince, and was later taken over by the Uighur King."

Then Musa pushed another one in front of Zhao Mu and said, "This one was recently accepted by the Uighur King. It was carefully selected by the governor of Qiuci County."

Zhao Mu also placed his hands on the shoulders of the two beauties. He looked at Musa and asked, "By the way, how do you know such details?"

Musa replied: "This was discovered by my Ming Cult spies. The leader passed the news to me before, so of course I knew about it."

Zhao Mu held the two beauties tighter around him and said, "Yes, if it weren't for the help of the Ming Cult, our army wouldn't have been able to advance so fast. Generals, do you think we should express our gratitude to the Ming Cult?"

All the generals answered in unison: "Your Majesty, you can decide for yourself."

Zhao Mu thought for a moment and said, "How about this, Musa, you tell Master Meng that we are very grateful for his help this time. After things stabilize, we will withdraw our troops and let him manage Gaochang City. How about that? I can also appoint him as the governor of Gaochang County."

Musa thought for a moment and said, "Of course this is great. Brother Fang led the Mingjiao tribe in the Central Plains to join the Song Dynasty and became officials with royal salaries. My sister and I became princesses in Xixia and Xiqi, respectively. This made many of the followers dissatisfied and thought we were apostates. But I think these people are just jealous."

"Now that we have conquered all the cities, it would be a good idea to have the leader send some people to manage them. First of all, most of the people in the Ming Cult are Uighurs, and they are familiar with the place. It would be more acceptable for the people in the city to have them manage the city than for the Han people to manage the city directly. It would be better if the garrison here is replaced by our people. And if we let these people in the head sect become our subjects in Xiqi, we can save them from complaining in the main temple all day long."

Zhao Mu nodded and said, "Well! This is indeed a good idea. This time I am going west to rebuild the 'Anxi Protectorate' to protect the Western Regions. Letting you Uighurs govern yourself can also save a lot of trouble. Instead of using outsiders, it is better to use our own people. Musa, you can write a letter to Master Meng. The military defense of the cities in the Western Regions that we have occupied will be supervised by the generals sent by the king, and the local administration will be handed over to you." Musa replied, "Yes! I will send someone to inform the master tomorrow."

Musa looked at Zhao Mu's expression and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, do you want to take a look around the palace? Although this palace is not as large as our Qi Palace, it is small but complete. Especially the Uighur King's bathhouse is not small. Your Majesty must be tired after fighting against so many troops today. Why don't you take a bath and have a good rest?"

Zhao Mu replied, "Oh? There is such a good place? Of course I want it."

Musa guessed Zhao Mu's philandering thoughts, and then ordered everyone to keep the women of the Uighur King's harem in the palace. The other palace maids and servants were all released and allowed to return to their respective palaces to perform their duties. After all, the palace was in a mess and still needed people to take care of it.

As for the generals, Zhao Mu ordered them to supervise the troops and not to commit crimes. He summoned the chief clerks to search the city's treasury, and others to arrest officials who committed crimes and caused public resentment, and to confiscate their property, wives and children. He wanted to stabilize the order in the city as soon as possible.

Zhao Mu was "relaxing" under Musa's arrangement. As for Yelu Jinnu, he was also temporarily placed in the palace.

Zhao Mu, under the guidance of the palace servants, visited the imperial garden of the Uighur King and toured around. Zhao Mu was shocked when he saw it. Although the Uighur King was not as good as the monarchs of Song, Liao and Western Xia, he was not inferior to them in terms of enjoyment. However, the decoration here was only gold, silver and gemstones. Although it looked luxurious, it was also very tacky. It was not as good as the carved beams and painted buildings in the Han area. It was a waste of money.

Finally, Zhao Mu came to the place where the Uighur king and his concubines played and bathed. But Zhao Mu was too familiar with this place.

Because the decoration here, even the direction of the door, and the size are exactly the same as her own "Huaqing Palace". I heard from Musa that her sister asked the King of Xixia to build that Western-style bathhouse with reference to this place.

Coming to this familiar yet unfamiliar place, Zhao Mu felt quite novel.

Zhao Mu went down into the pool, and Musa, who accompanied him this time, had also made arrangements. In addition to the two most beautiful concubines, Musa also specially selected a few for Zhao Mu to play with, including the "Crown Princess" who was very "shy" after Zhao Mu pulled off her veil.

Zhao Mu was not polite at all when facing these beauties with Western style, and he enjoyed each of them.

After all, they were no longer princesses or crown princesses, but his spoils of war. As the victor, he had the right to dispose of his spoils of war.

Although these Hu women were defiled by Zhao Mu, they did not show much emotional fluctuation. It seemed that in their eyes, this was their fate. However, they were very fortunate that they had a good appearance and caught the eye of this Central Plains prince, saving their lives and serving only him.

They are now doing their best and using all their tricks to please and serve Zhao Mu, not only for survival, but also to stay by Zhao Mu's side.

They didn't ask for wealth and glory now, they just asked Zhao Mu not to give them to others, or to give them to a large number of people directly.

After all, that was how the Uighurs treated the women captured in the war. When the Western Xia was attacked by the Song Dynasty, the Uighur king sent troops to plunder the border cities including Dunhuang. Although they did not enter the city gates, they also plundered the nearby villages. The women captured from the villages, those with good looks were assigned to the princes, nobles, and ministers, while those who were not plundered were awarded to the army.

They all knew what happened to the women who were given to the army. Now they just prayed that such a fate would not happen to them.

(End of this chapter)