Traveling through Tianlong: Starting from the Zhenlong chess game

Chapter 618: Flower Calyx Shining
The news that Zhao Mu built the "Hua'e Xianghui Tower" also reached Zhezong's ears.

Moreover, Long Xuan also reported the scene in Hua'e Xianghui Tower truthfully.

It is said that Zhao Mu had a pool of fine wine in the Hua'e Xianghui Tower, and hot spring water to wash the whole body. The many beauties he kept there were all covered with thin gauze.

Moreover, in the Hua'e Xianghui Tower, there were singing and dancing by the beauties, one after another. Zhao Mu also indulged himself in having fun with the girls. Needless to say, he had sex with the girls in Wushan.

Long Xuan also said in the report that she used to think that the allusion of "Wine Pool and Meat Forest" was just four words in history books. But it really existed in Zhao Mu's case. Even when Hongluan and others were singing and dancing, Zhao Mu asked them to change into light gauze and dance gracefully. The girls were so embarrassed that their faces turned red.

Long Xuan's memorial was not to report Zhao Mu, but to ask Zhezong to issue an imperial decree to persuade Zhao Mu that although Zhao Mu's only hobby was women, he should not play with them without restraint.

Long Xuan knew that Zhao Mu was the pillar of the Song Dynasty, so it was okay for him to enjoy himself appropriately. But at the moment, the Liao Dynasty was not settled, and his own body was exhausted first, so what was there to fight in the future?

Therefore, for the sake of Zhao Mu's health, please ask Zhezong to issue an order to persuade Zhao Mu to have fun in moderation.

After reading Long Xuan's report, Zhezong couldn't help but smile. He was quite envious of Zhao Mu for having such a good body.

In fact, the news that Zhao Mu had built the Hua'e Xianghui Tower and had played with hundreds of women in the tower had already spread to the territory of the Song Dynasty, and all the civil and military officials had heard about it.

Moreover, people in the court were discussing the matter.

However, opinions in the court regarding Zhao Mu's behavior were basically divided into two camps.

One group of people said that it was too much, saying that Zhao Mu exceeded the rules, was shameful, and was the way to ruin the country. Some people even linked him to Xia Jie building the Qing Palace, Shang Zhou building the Lu Tower, Qin Huang building the Afang Palace, Dong Zhuo building the Meiwu, and Cao Cao building the Tongque Tower. They said that he was an atrocity that angered heaven and people. In short, this group of people is the typical type who can't eat grapes and say that the grapes are sour. Then they want to dismantle the grape racks so that no one can eat grapes.

The other group was mainly composed of Zhao Mu's relatives. For example, the King of Zhongxiao, the King of Shang, the King of Deng, the King of Dongping, the Duke of Xin, etc. They basically did not comment on this matter. After all, this was really not a glorious thing, and it was still quite embarrassing in this era. But they did not object, and they also called Zhao Mu "good at playing" in their hearts. So they simply kept silent.

However, not everyone supports Zhao Mu. Zhezong supported Zhao Mu. Zhezong's reason was very simple, that is, Zhao Mu had worked hard for the country and made great contributions. Now he has nothing to do, so what's wrong with enjoying himself?
Moreover, Zhao Mu did not have a penny from the Qi government, but used his own private treasury. He did not select beauties from all over the country as tribute, nor did he go to the streets to rob women.

The women around him were all beautiful dancers bestowed upon him by the emperor. They were either the daughters of convicted officials or royal family prisoners of war captured during his western expedition against the Uighurs.

In addition, although Zhao Mu indulged in sensual pleasures, he did not give up his serious work and continued to manage the government. The entire Zhongsong was governed by him in an orderly manner. There was no resentment among the people and no war outside. Where did he fail in morality?
Moreover, Zhezong also said that he had 3,000 beauties in his harem, and every year a large number of women were selected from all over the country to enter the palace for the selection. There were hundreds of palace ladies around Zhao Mu. If Zhao Mu was Jie, Zhou, Dong Zhuo, or Cao Cao, then what was he?
After hearing what Zhezong said, the court of the Song Dynasty was suddenly silent.

After all, what Zhezong said was right. Zhao Mu was a little too playful and a little too hateful. He did not do anything wrong. He had never chosen a concubine in the past few years of his reign. And in terms of the number of palace ladies, he did not even have a fraction of Zhezong's. There was really nothing to blame.

Although everyone was dissatisfied with Zhao Mu, after Zhezong's persuasive arguments, no one said anything more.

Zhezong selected thirty young and beautiful women for Zhao Mu, and sent them to him along with his imperial edict advising Zhao Mu to be restrained and the annual tribute for this year. Zhao Mu was very happy to hear that there was a new beauty coming to his house.

So he accepted it with a smile. Then in response to Zhezong's admonition, Zhao Mu replied that he knew what was going on. Then he sent the envoy away.

After this period of fun, Zhao Mu finally understood why so many people wanted to be emperors or tyrants. After all, this kind of life was happier than being a god. Although he indulged in sensual pleasures every day, his harem was huge, and he would not get tired of it as he took turns with everyone.

Because of Zhao Mu's indulgence during this period, many people became pregnant. Among them, Hu Yanjin was the first to become pregnant. Sometimes Zhao Mu even suspected that Hu Yanjin had a "pregnant physique". When others had no results, she got pregnant. Now she is pregnant again.

But besides her, Li Qinglu, Mu Wanqing, Wang Yuyan, Princess Anping, Princess Qian, Princess Chai, Ah Zhu, Ju Jian and others, as well as her eldest sister-in-law, Princess Qian, were all pregnant.

But Zhao Ji and Li Qiu Shui are very happy now.

In addition to them, other people could also get pregnant, but Zhao Mu did not allow them to have his children, especially those women he had snatched back from the Uighurs.

After all, if he had too many offspring, the imperial court would not be able to confer titles on them in the future.

So in order to control the number of his offspring, Zhao Mu consulted Li Qiushui, who then sent someone to put some of the medicine she used in the palace fight in their meals. If they took those medicines for a long time, they would have difficulty having children in the future.

However, Zhao Mu did not give all these things to them. He only gave them to the concubines, daughters-in-law, and wives of officials and ministers whom he had captured.

But he did not give it to the princesses of the Uighurs, and the same was true for Yelu Yanxiu and Yelu Jinnu.

The reason why Zhao Mu did not give them this medicine was to preserve their fertility. He needed some offspring of foreign descent to rule the foreign territories controlled by the Song Dynasty.

For example, Zhao Mu now controls the Uighur tribes. In the future, if he lets his sons, who have foreign blood, take their princess mothers to the Uighur tribes to establish fiefdoms, he will be able to control the local people's hearts very well.

The same goes for Yelu Yanxiu and Yelu Jinnu. After destroying Liao in the future, Zhao Mu would not mind having a few "Khitan princes" from the Zhao clan appear on the grasslands of Liao.

Even after a hundred years, when the kings have fallen apart, although they are of different races, they are still one family after fighting each other.

As for those women who were not princesses, they were just unlucky. After all, from the beginning, when they were captured, Zhao Mu simply regarded them as slaves, not wives.

That night, Zhao Mu had nothing to do. Because Wang Yuyan, Mu Wanqing, Li Qinglu and others were all pregnant, Zhao Mu could not find many places to spend the night. So he took Yelu Yanxiu, who looked like a walking corpse, and went to Yelu Jinnu's bedroom.

(End of this chapter)