If you don't give up, I'd like to be your adoptive father.

Chapter 25: Concubine Li and Little Concubine Li (Thanks to the leader of "Lolita Destroyer Control")

"Princess Li."

Guan Zhong was very shocked by the identity of "the biological mother of Lieyang Hou Yu Yu", but he had no idea about the person "Li Fei".

Before this conversation, he had never heard of Concubine Li, let alone knew that Concubine Li was the mother of Lieyang Hou Yu Yu.

This was not his fault. The affairs of the imperial palace were far away from ordinary people. Even the people of the Qin Dynasty did not necessarily know about "Concubine Li", and it was even more difficult for the vassal states in the border areas to get accurate information about the Xianyang Palace.

Even if there was big news that really spread from China to the west of the Liusha River, it would take several years, or even decades or even hundreds of years.

And Guan Zhong was just a family servant who couldn't even recognize all the human immortals in the West.

But, isn’t Yu Yu a bastard?

Since his mother is the beloved consort of the Emperor, his father should be the same - is there anyone who dares to flatter the Emperor? !

"I don't understand. If Yu Yu is the son of Concubine Li, he should be the prince of Qin. How come..."

Guan Huchen spread his hands and said helplessly: "Don't say you don't understand, I don't understand it either.

Western Shu is too far away from China.

Before the Emperor appointed Marquis Lieyang to quell the rebellion of the Thirty-Six Western Kingdoms, I had no idea there was such a Marquis Lieyang in the world.

Later, my great grandfather saw that I was determined to follow Marquis Lieyang to pursue a "great future", and he also saw that the Fire Crow Army, both in terms of martial arts and military formations, were very consistent with my path and future, so he took great pains to collect a "Marquis Lieyang Document".

The document records many things about Marquis Lieyang.

There are interpersonal relationships, life experiences, and immortal adventures, as well as personality, hobbies, and daily habits. "

"Since you have decided to be someone else's slave, you must understand your master's habits in advance."

Hu Chen laughed at himself, and his smile became very proud again, "There is not much content in the document about the 'secret of the bastard' of Marquis Lieyang, but the Emperor, Concubine Li and his Shadow God Picture happen to be in it.

Concubine Li was indeed a peerless beauty who was noble, elegant, dignified, and stunningly beautiful.

And my Yu'er is almost carved from the same mold as her.

If the time didn't match, I would have suspected that they were mother and daughter."

Guan Zhong's face began to twist again: Master, listen to what you say, noble and elegant, with a dignified demeanor, how can your stunning beauty be related to a big eater who eats two roast chickens, a large plate of steamed fish, a big pork elbow, a bowl of fried shredded pork, two large bowls of rice, and several white flour buns?

Oh, can’t forget those three jars of bone-strengthening soup.

"Miss Yu is from the Shaman tribe. The Shaman look very similar to the Chinese nobles, but there are some differences after all." He reminded tactfully.

The Shaman are a foreign race. Compared with the people in the Central Plains, their skin tends to be cold and white, their hair color is not pure black, but brown, and their facial features are more three-dimensional.

"Hahaha, you say that because you don't know Concubine Li's background. Have you seen that kid Yu Yu?
In fact, he is also a barbarian!
Well, at least half, the father is unknown, at least half of the Shaman bloodline.

This is also the reason why the Emperor sent him to the West." Guan Huchen said with a smile.

"Could it be that Concubine Li is Shaman? How is this possible? How could Shaman become the favorite concubine of the Human Emperor?" Guan Zhong's face was full of disbelief.

Hu Chen shook his head and said, “The Quicksand Region is too big, eight hundred miles wide, and millions of miles connecting the north and the south.

The Quicksand Region is so vast that even the land gods sent by the Qin Dynasty have to be numbered using Jia, Yi, Bing, Ding, Zi, Chou, Yin, and Mao.

How can you take it for granted that 'Antu', where Concubine Li was born, is as wild as the dunes where Yu'er is?
On the east bank of the Liusha River, closer to China, it makes it easier to learn from the great country of China.

The 'Antu Kingdom' where Concubine Li is located is almost comparable to the 'Western Small China' like our Shu Kingdom."

When the State of Lu was still in existence, although the people of Shu wanted to call themselves "Little China in the West", everyone recognized the State of Lu as a country with great cultural and military power.

Now that the State of Lu was destroyed, Hu Chen naturally said that "Shu was the Little China of the West."

Seeing that the master was so clear and confident, Guan Zhong was no longer sure. After all, he had never seen Concubine Li's Shadow God Picture.

"Master, do you still have the Shadow God Map of Concubine Li with you?"

Guan Zhong asked this, but he actually didn't have much expectations.

As expected, Hu Chen said unhappily, "I'm out on business, why am I carrying Concubine Li's Shadow God Map?"

Besides, before he went to Shaqiu, he had been the cavalry captain under Marquis Lieyang.

What does it mean that he stayed with Marquis Lieyang for a long time but secretly kept a portrait of someone else's mother on his body?
How would he explain it if he was seen by Marquis Lieyang?

Or, a chance to explain?

Guan Zhong said again: "Master, you have only seen the shadow picture of Concubine Li, Taoist Qingsong has probably seen Concubine Li herself.

But Taoist Qingsong has also met Miss Yu, why didn't he react at all?"

Hu Chen sneered, "How old is Yu'er now? As the saying goes, girls change a lot when they grow up.

Another saying is that living in a place changes your energy, and nourishment changes your body.

A girl is 12 years old when she reaches the age of gold hairpins, and Yu'er is only 11 years old.

She is mature in thought, but actually she is still a child.

When Concubine Li entered the palace, she was already past the age of coming of age and was nearly twenty years old, at the prime of her life.

Yu'er grew up in the wilderness, suffering from hunger and cold. He could not read and only knew how to fish and hunt.

Concubine Li was the king's only daughter. She was infinitely favored, ate jade and cooked with cinnamon, was surrounded by pearls and emeralds, and never knew the sorrow of life.

Even if it is the same person, placed in Shaqiu and Antu Palace, they can grow into two people, not to mention that they are two people after all.

But I have the eyes of an immortal and countless experiences with women.

It is a fact that Taoist Qingsong is more accomplished than I am.

But if he compares his appearance with mine, he can’t even touch my toes.”

Guan Zhong was originally convinced by Hu Chen, after all, Hu Chen had the Li Fei Shadow God Picture for comparison.

But now Hu Chen clearly said that Concubine Li and Miss Yu in the Shadow God Picture looked completely different. Even Taoist Qingsong didn't think Miss Yu looked like Concubine Li in any way.

"Master, how about you wait another two years? Miss Yu is still young. Wait until her face opens up. If she is really like Concubine Li, then consider sending Miss Yu to the palace."

This is also considered mature and prudent advice.

Hu Chen said coldly: "Do you doubt my immortal eyes?"

It is tens of thousands of miles from Xishu to Daqin. Who knows how many months or years it will take to walk there.

When Yu'er grows up and goes to Xianyang of the Qin Dynasty, she will have become an unwanted old maid. How can she serve the Emperor?

I am now eleven years old, which is the right age and I can arrange it easily.

——I suspect that you are blind and mistake the bad for good, the ugly for beautiful, and the smelly for fragrant.

If Hu Chen's plan was not so big and implicated the entire Guan family, Guan Zhong would never have dared to think of such words in the past. Whatever the master says is what it is, even if it is wrong, it is right.

I dare not think about it now, but I dare not say it.

"How dare I! Everyone has a different perspective on things. Do you know Mr. Wang from Yingxiang Mansion? He once said that he couldn't tell whether his wife was beautiful or ugly.

The Shadow God Picture is even more difficult to describe.

It is also a Shadow God Picture, there is a Shadow God Picture of a notorious bandit hanging at the city gate.

As a result, even his own mother couldn't recognize him because the painters in the yamen were so poorly skilled.

There are palace ladies whose shadow paintings look very ordinary, but the real people are so beautiful that they can shame the moon and flowers, and even overwhelm the whole city, because they did not give money to the court painters.

There was also a painting of a concubine who looked like a fairy, almost leaping out of the painting, which bewitched the emperor so much that he killed the concubine and the painter in the painting that night." Guan Zhong said tactfully.

Hu Chen was about to say angrily: Master, I have the eyes of an immortal. There is no deviation in my perspective on things. I can see things in detail and be more accurate than anyone else.

But Guan Zhong's subsequent words made his expression change slightly and he seemed to be thinking about something.

"Lao Zhong, you reminded me that the Shadow God Picture was drawn by a human, so it is very easy to falsify it.

Using Yu'er to fill the void left by Concubine Li in the heart of the Human Emperor is too important.

Whether it succeeds or not, it will be enough to shake the existing structure of the Qin Dynasty.

If I succeed, I will be promoted to the position of father-in-law of the emperor, and I will rise to prominence from now on. Yu'er will also be the most favored concubine in the harem, eclipsing countless concubines of noble birth.
If Yu'er can have a son or daughter in a few years, I'm afraid we'll be in trouble for succession."

Guan Zhong's expression twisted, "Miss Yu hasn't even started to enter Xianyang yet, aren't you thinking too far ahead?"

The fight for the throne has begun, so why don't you worry more deeply, master? When Miss Yu's son grows up and inherits the throne of the Emperor, he will start to dislike your cheap grandfather's high power and start to suppress the in-laws?
Hu Chen waved his hand and said, “It’s not that I want to think too far ahead.

Power is limited, and positions of power will never be left vacant.

Now that the dynasty is at its peak, there is already a position for everyone, and the pit of power is filled by the Qin dignitaries.

If Yu'er enters the Xianyang Palace, it will inevitably infringe upon the interests of some people.

People are extremely sensitive to power, and as soon as a threat begins to emerge, they feel like a thorn in their backs or a fishbone stuck in their throats.

I am just anticipating their possible reactions now.”

At this time, Hu Chen had no ambition to dominate the court and the country. It was enough for him to sell his daughter for fame and gain a foothold in the Qin Dynasty.

What about external relatives interfering in politics, participating in palace fights, competing for favor and succession? Unless he really reaches that position, he will never commit suicide on his own initiative.

"Lao Zhong, help me prepare paper, pens, colored inks, and fruit wine offerings for worshiping ghosts and gods." Hu Chen ordered.

"I have prepared a study room specially for you. It is right next to the East Garden. There are a complete set of four treasures of the study." Guan Zhong said.

Hu Chen shook his head and said, “What I want is not just ordinary paper and pen, I want to draw the Shadow God Map for Yu’er myself.

It is best to use fire-resistant gauze that is impervious to water and fire as paper, and the hair on the forehead of the demon rabbit that condenses the essence of the sun and the moon as a pen.

In short, whether it is paper, pen or ink, they must be made of spiritual objects, have their own spiritual energy, and the spiritual energy must be condensed and not dispersed. "

Guan Zhong thought for a moment and asked, "Master, do you need it urgently? Or should you collect materials temporarily and find a painter to paint it after returning to Yingxiang Mansion?"

"No need to find a painter, I'll come myself, the sooner the better."

After a pause, Hu Chen explained, "You know I am not good at calligraphy and painting, but the Shadow God Picture I want to draw is not an ordinary thing.

I asked you to prepare fruit wine as an offering so that I can perform the "Invite the Immortals to Relay the Faith" method."

"Ask the immortals to send the message. Do we have to deal with ghosts and gods?" Guan Zhong's face changed slightly, and he said worriedly: "Master, you don't have any Taoist skills to protect yourself. Why don't we wait until we return to Yingxiang Mansion and ask the old master to help."

"It's just summoning ghosts and gods. It's not even a 'supernatural power'. A ritual is enough. Why does the ancestor need to take action?
Besides, I am a descendant of Fu Chenghuang, and the ghosts and gods in the Western Shu Kingdom know this, so they will definitely be willing to give me some face." Hu Chen said.

What he didn't say was that Marquis Lieyang would arrive at Feixiandu in a few days, and he would stay with Marquis Lieyang afterwards, making it difficult for him to find an opportunity to perform the technique of summoning the immortal to transmit the message.

With a murderous "god of death" like Marquis Lieyang around, even ghosts and gods dared not respond to the call.

After a while, in front of the screen wall in the inner courtyard of the second gate.

"Hey, Uncle Zhong, wait a moment!"

Xiaoyu put the empty soup bowl on the tray, casually pulled off the embroidered handkerchief from her waist to wipe her mouth, and walked up to the middle-aged man with a fat face and a smile.

"Miss Yu, you can just call me by my name, or call me 'Lao Zhong' like the master. Don't call me 'Uncle Zhong'. I don't deserve that."

He said this with a smile as he looked at the barbarian girl who had changed into a skirt from head to toe.

She was wearing a neat white training suit, her hair was bare without any jewelry, her face was clean and without any makeup, her facial features were neat, her teeth were white, and she looked full of energy and spirit.

The figure was fairly handsome, but he really didn’t see much of the peerless beauty that the master had described.

The peerless beauty in his heart is the one that he can’t take his eyes off after meeting. Even after they separate, he is still restless and can’t forget her.

Xiaoyu didn't give him that feeling.

Is it because he is still young and his eyes haven’t opened yet?

possible.

But how did you know that, sir?

"Uncle Zhong, how can I compare with my father? You are his right-hand man and we are of the same generation. He calls you 'Old Zhong' out of affection and trust.

If I call you Lao Zhong, it would mean that I don’t know what is good for me and I don’t respect my elders.”

Xiaoyu didn't care about the other person's stare, although his look was a little strange today.

"Uncle Zhong, are you going out? Yesterday my father entrusted me to you and said he would come to you if anything happened. Now..." She showed her hesitation and confusion on her face. As long as Lao Zhong was not blind, he would be able to see it.

Lao Zhong was not blind, and he had not forgotten his master's instructions, so he immediately said, "Miss Yu, if you have anything to say, just tell me."

"Uncle Zhong, look at me." Xiaoyu spread out her hands and turned around in front of him.

Guan Zhong didn't quite understand.

He saw clearly that she was wearing training clothes, her cheeks were rosy, her hair was wet, and there was a slight heat coming out of her head.

He also knew that she had been doing somersaults and tiger jumps in the yard since she got up early this morning.
"Uncle Zhong, do you know what I'm doing? I'm practicing martial arts." Xiaoyu said.

"Miss Yu is really hardworking."

Although he was very disapproving of her method of practicing martial arts, the emotion in this sentence was at least 30% sincere.

Xiao Yu sighed, "I want to practice, but I don't know martial arts, so I just practice blindly by myself. Even if I practice like this for a lifetime, I won't be able to follow my adoptive father into battle and kill the enemy, so I want to find out if there is a more efficient method."

(ps: Thanks to the leader of "Lolita Destroyer Control"! I didn't expect someone to be the leader so early, I am very grateful! I will add more chapters after it is released.)
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