Concubine Biography

Chapter 77

On the Golden Luan Hall, Li Jiarong sat upright, waiting for Chieftain Mulong to come.

I only heard the loud shout outside the hall, "It is said that Dongping Mulong chieftain and his party will meet."

Everyone looked at the gate of the palace, and Mulong Tusi and his party strode in. They saw that Mulong Tusi was about 40 years old, heroic, burly, with beards, wearing national costumes, and saluted with his arms crossed. "Join His Majesty the Emperor, Long Live Your Majesty!" Then he knelt down and kowtowed.

"Pingshen." Li Jiarong said lightly.

Han Ze took a glance. There were about five or six people in Mulong's group. In addition to Mulong himself, he was followed by a delicate girl of sixteen or seventeen and a robust young man in his 20s with handsome facial features. The men are older, one is about the same age as Mulong, and the other looks about 30 years old.

Han Ze set his eyes on the girl. This girl was also wearing a national costume, and she was much prettier than Alan. Her big eyes rolled around, and Han Ze couldn't help but think of his newly married daughter-in-law. , tsk tsk, his bride's figure is better than this girl's, and her breasts are a little bigger than this girl's...

"Cough." Someone next to him coughed lightly, Han Ze turned his head, Yao Junsheng frowned and glanced at him.Han Ze turned his face away, listening carefully.

"...Your Majesty is entrusted by the chieftains of various tribes in Dongping this time, and implores His Majesty the Emperor to send troops to Dongping. Half a year ago, there was a group of soldiers from Yu Kingdom roaming the border between the two countries. They were extremely fierce and often gathered to harass the people and soldiers in Dongping. Your Majesty After discussing with all the chieftains, they decided to unite with the border guards to defend against the enemy. Unexpectedly, the chieftain of the tribe, Munton, had a heart of rebellion, and the general of Dongping refused to send troops for some reason. Waiting for a suggestion, it is a pity that the people have suffered, and the soldiers have lost their lives innocently... Your ministers are incompetent, please punish the emperor!"

After finishing speaking, Mulong and his party knelt on the ground, waiting for Li Jiarong to speak.

Li Jiarong raised his hand, "Mulong chieftain, please, you have worked hard from a long distance, I will hold a banquet to welcome the chieftain tonight, chieftain, please go down and rest first."

Mulong and his party took orders, and as soon as they left, the court began to discuss.

"Your Majesty," Prime Minister Zuo stood up first, "In the opinion of the veteran, what the chieftain of Dongping said is not entirely true. Dongping has a special geography, just at the junction of our dynasty and Yu Kingdom. In the year when the late emperor passed away, Dongping and others The leaders of the tribe actually formed an alliance with the Yu Kingdom in private, intending to separate from the territory of our Xi Dynasty and establish themselves as a country! At this moment, they are spreading rumors and causing troubles, polluting our soldiers and officials. Check it out!"

Li Jiarong was silent, established a family and established a country for a hundred years, and the people have been living a smooth life, but what his father left him was not a country with external and internal troubles, but it was also a country with turbulent undercurrents.

However, although both Dongping and Nanjiang are counties with ethnic minorities as the main population, and tribal leaders have always been more effective than Xi Dynasty officials, the situation in Dongping and Nanjiang is different.In Dongping, in the past one or two years, some chieftains attempted to split Dongping, and most of the chieftains headed by Mulong chieftain still devoted themselves to the Xi Dynasty.On the other hand, southern Xinjiang is located in a remote area, relying on its geographical advantages to establish itself as a king, and its intentions are clearly revealed.

The left prime minister's worries are not unreasonable. He has only been on the throne for the third year now. If a war is launched because of these things and the lives are devastated, then his reputation will be criticized a hundred years after Li Jiarong.

"Master Zuo Prime Minister is right. This matter still needs to be discussed. Please think twice, Your Majesty." Yao Junsheng also stood up.

Li Jiarong raised his hand, "Find out this matter as soon as possible. If it's just a provocation by border rangers, then deal with it. If some chieftain in Dongping provokes it, you will not be lightly forgiven! Do it as soon as possible, don't delay!"

In the evening, there was a banquet in the Yingchun Hall. Li Jiarong sat at the head, and on the left and right were the Empress Su Shi and Imperial Concubine Fuer. Su Qi and Alan also sat at the bottom, except Li Peiyan who was too young to come, Li Peixiang and Peixiang. Ling Du sat beside his mother.

Fu'er tilted her head slightly, and Pei Ling has been pulling Xiao Shanzi's ears since she sat down, or playing with Xiao Shanzi's palms, or playing with a toy seriously.Fu'er sighed softly, not getting close to Li Peixiang for more than a year, and Peiling really forgot about Li Peixiang.

Look at Li Peixiang again, sitting beside Su Shi, with his back slightly on his back, looking a little timid.With a flat face, what Su Shi said was what, and occasionally glanced at Pei Ling, more curious than friendly.

Li Jiarong looked at Mulong Chieftain, who was sitting next to the Su family, and raised his wine glass, "Toast has worked hard all the way!"

Chieftain Mulong hurriedly stood up and bowed, "Working for my emperor is hard work, thank you His Majesty the Emperor!"

The two of them finished drinking, but Chieftain Mulong didn't sit down, but said with a smile, "Your Majesty, my little daughter Doma came with me this time, and today I have to give you a royal banquet. My little girl is not very happy, and she would like to entertain the emperor with singing and dancing. I wonder if the emperor would like to see the little girl's clumsy dancing skills?"

Li Jiarong smiled slightly, "Very well, then please."

Mulong laughed loudly, "The emperor wants to take a good look at our Dongping's special dance." He clapped his hands a few times, and the music officials began to beat the drums.

A woman's long hair was loose, and there was no extra decoration on her head, only a braid was braided across her forehead, and a few colorful headbands were particularly conspicuous in the long black hair.The clothes she was wearing were very strange, the top seemed to be very hard, and Torma could see her white belly with every gesture, but the sleeves were very flowing.The same is true for the skirt below. It seems to be a straight tube from the waist to the calf joints, and the lower part is also made of yarn.

She came in stepping on the drums, and she was barefoot, with bells on her wrists and ankles. Every time she took a step, the crisp bells rang, which was really nice.

Cooperating with the drums and music, Torma's movements also change accordingly, sometimes soft and sometimes vigorous. Although the whole dance is weird, it has another sense of fluency like flowing clouds and flowing water.

The drum beat lowered, and just when everyone thought it was about to end, the drum beat suddenly increased, and a man with a shirtless upper body, loose pants, disheveled hair and bare feet also joined the dance.

Su Shi let out a cry, and covered her eyes, when Su Qi saw it, she quickly covered her eyes with a veil.Hong Ying thought for a while, and before she took a step forward, Fu'er raised her hand to stop her.

This is Dongping's characteristic, and besides, Xichao's folk customs are relatively open, there is really no need to make such an appearance, but it seems hypocritical.

After the dance was over, Toma and the man knelt on the ground, Mulong stood up awkwardly and said, "It's my servant who forgot etiquette, Zahan, go down and get dressed and come up to make amends."

The man named Zahan agreed, and hurriedly retreated.

Li Jiarong raised his hand to signal Mulong to sit down, and said with a smile, "It's really unique, and it's the first time I've seen it. Since it's your specialty, I'm not being rude. The torma girl dances very well. There is that Zhahan just now, come and reward me!"

Wooden Dragon said to Doma in surprise, "Thank you quickly."

Doma got up, folded her hands on her chest and said, "Thanks to His Majesty the Emperor for the reward!"

Doma went down to change clothes, Mulong smiled and said to Jiarong, "Your Majesty, although this daughter is a bit stubborn, she is an absolute beauty in our tribe! The warriors who asked to marry her all lined up a long queue, but The subject believes that she is..."

"Abba!" Doma had already changed her clothes, her hair was just braided into two braids, and she came out as soon as she tied it with a colored rope, and stomped her feet anxiously when she heard Mulong speak.With an ugly expression, he went to the hall and knelt down, "Your Majesty, my dad drinks too much, and he likes to show off when he drinks too much. Please don't blame him, Your Majesty."

Fu'er looked at Torma with interest, stared at Li Jiarong without any makeup, and without any fear, her eyes did not have the shyness that a girl should have, but were generous.

It seems that chieftain Mulong wanted to send her into the palace, but this girl had a strong mind and didn't want to enter the palace.

Mu Long's face darkened, and he said in a low voice, "Torma, come quickly."

Duoma turned a deaf ear and only looked at Li Jiarong.

Li Jiarong also smiled, "Your father is a man of temperament, how could I blame you, get up!"

"I don't know how old Miss Doma is?" Su Shi asked gently.

Doma just sat back in her seat and stood up again, and asked seriously, "Excuse me, Empress, what does Fangling mean?"

Su covered her mouth and chuckled, "How old are you?"

"Yes." Doma said with a smile.

Su turned her head to Li Jiarong and said with a smile, "I think Miss Doma is innocent and straightforward, and I like her very much."

Li Jiarong smiled and remained silent.

After the banquet was over, Li Jiarong returned to Zhaoyang Palace with Fu'er as usual.

Mu Long watched Long Nian pass by, sighed deeply, turned his head and gave Doma a hard look, and flung his sleeve away.Tears fell from Toma's grievance, Zahan raised his hand slightly, then retracted it.

"Let's go." Zahan said after a long time.

Toma looked at him, stomped her feet hard, turned and ran away, leaving Zahan staring at Toma's tears dripping on the ground, feeling bitter.

"It seems that Mulong chieftain wants to give the torma to the emperor." Fu'er said teasingly, kissing Peiling's sleeping face in her arms.

Li Jiarong smiled at the corner of his mouth and raised his eyebrows slightly, "Is the imperial concubine jealous?"

Fu'er snorted softly, but her face couldn't stop smiling, "The girl doesn't want to, why are my concubines jealous?"

"It's fine if I want it, it doesn't matter if she wants it or not." Li Jiarong took Fu'er's shoulders.

Fu'er twisted her body and dodged his hand, "Will the emperor want to be that villain who makes things difficult for others?"

"He said he wasn't jealous." Li Jiarong laughed softly, and hugged Fu'er into his arms.

"The Empress said she likes Torma, will she just take it into the harem?" Fu'er raised her head and asked Li Jiarong.

Li Jiarong pinched her face, "Dongping's matter involves a lot, no one should mess around."

Fu'er nodded and stopped asking.

A few days later, Yao Junsheng and Zuo Xiang had all the movements of Dongping and reported them to Li Jiarong.

"According to our soldiers who came back from Dongping, a chieftain named Munton killed General Dongping, and then secretly made a deal with the bandits who roamed the border between the two countries. Those who attacked the soldiers and the people were not soldiers from the Jade Kingdom. It was bandits in disguise. Munton intends to provoke a war between the two countries, so he can use his geographical advantages to divide the territory. The current situation in Dongping is not optimistic. The remaining soldiers can only do their best to protect the people and retreat to the neighboring Juyang County. Some chieftains headed by Mu Long who were unwilling to fight were either killed or fled. I hope that the whole family will not be punished, and Menton is the chief chieftain of their tribe."

"Bastard!" Li Jia slammed the table angrily, "The general was killed, and the county guard rebelled! The whole Dongping is under control, why didn't any news leak out?"

Yao Junsheng saluted and said, "Your Majesty, Dongping County is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Munton sent people to control the main road and cut off the news abruptly. With the help of the county guard, he deceived the upper and lower, that's why..."

"Leave those in southern Xinjiang in advance, and order Han Ze to quickly lead the army to put down the chaos!"

(End of this chapter)