Chapter 422 Melancholy Rulan
"Then fifty thousand. You go back and tell Nerugu to ask Yelu Zhongyuan not to fool me with inferior horses. When the horses are obtained, when will the Song Dynasty send troops!" Zhao Xing said lightly.
Although Li Ge said between 50,000 and 80,000, Zhao Xing still expected Yelu Zhongyuan to consume more of Liao's strength, and he could not exploit him too harshly.
The Song Dynasty originally had only 50,000 cavalry. In recent years, through transactions with Yelu Chongyuan, it also obtained a large number of stallions.
With another 50,000 war horses, plus the war horses that the Song Dynasty has cultivated over the years, it is possible to form another 50,000 cavalry.
Although the number of 100,000 cavalry is still much less than that of the Liao Kingdom, it is not as difficult as before to face the Liao Kingdom's cavalry.
"Yes!"
Li Ge was overjoyed when he heard this. The Song Dynasty asked for 200,000 yuan before, but now it has been changed to 100,000 yuan. This is all due to him.
"Remember, don't play tricks on me, or I will find ways to kill you!" Zhao Xing said lightly.
Li Ge chose to surrender because he saw that Yelu Chongyuan was in danger. Who knows if he would see the Song Dynasty sending troops, thinking that Yelu Chongyuan was in trouble, and chose to pretend to defect to him.
"I don't dare!" Li Ge said quickly.
"Go!" Zhao Xing waved his hand and said.
After sending Li Ge away, Zhao Xing stood up and stretched.
Today's government affairs were handled similarly, and Zhao Xing went to the harem.
Now in the harem, Zhang Guifen, Minglan and Yu Yanran are all pregnant. After all, there are not many who can be favored.
"By the way, how is the draft going?" Zhao Xing asked.
He found that the number of people in his harem was indeed a bit small. Although Zhao Xing was not bored with those concubines, he always wanted to try new things.
"Back to Your Majesty, there are a lot of girls from all over the country who have signed up. Now they have gone through the preliminary screening. After the identity verification, they will be sent to Bianjing for another screening after the new year. It should be that in March or April next year, the successful girls will be able to enter the palace. Yes." Sanshui replied.
"Yeah!" Zhao Xing nodded when he heard this.
They say you can't eat hot tofu if you are in a hurry, but he is not in a hurry.
However, he was wondering whether he should do the final screening himself.
After all, he may not like the ones selected by those officials, so selecting them personally is also a good pastime.
"Send someone to notify Yin Hanzhang and ask him to pay close attention to see if anyone tampered with the draft."
Zhao Xing suddenly thought of something. He remembered that when he was watching TV series in his previous life, he seemed to have seen a plot about the emperor's draft.
It is said that when the beautiful women from all over the country are being screened, some young men will use their connections to let the women who have signed up from the private sector choose the ones they like and then enjoy them themselves.
There are also some people who are well-connected and will rely on their connections to let their daughters pass.
Zhao Xing didn't really care about the latter, but he had to guard against the former.
If such a thing really happened, wouldn't I be picking up what others left behind?
"Yes!"
Sanshui responded and gave instructions to a eunuch behind him.
"Go to Huining Palace, and send someone to Lanxun Pavilion to invite Shengmei there as well." Zhao Xing said.
"Yes!" Sanshui ordered quickly.
"I pay my respects to Your Majesty!"
Zhao Xing arrived at Huining Palace, and Shulan, who got the news, was already waiting at the gate of the palace.
"No gifts for my beloved concubine!"
Zhao Xing waved his hand, pulled Shulan inside, and asked, "Where is Sister Jing?"
"We were playing in the palace. It was cold, so I didn't carry her out!" Shulan said.
Sister Jing was walking on the soft couch in the palace with her short legs.
There were several palace maids surrounding the soft couch, keeping their eyes on her. Whenever she was about to fall, they immediately supported her.
Although the little girl can't speak, she is very clever. Sometimes she even falls down on purpose while walking.
The palace maid was startled every time, but she didn't notice it and instead giggled.
Before Zhao Xing and Shulan entered the palace, they heard their daughter's laughter.
"It seems that Sister Jing is very happy." "Your Majesty, don't mention it. You named her Jing, but she is not quiet at all. She has been dishonest since she learned to walk. She knew that she would fall on purpose even if a palace maid helped her when she fell. She fell down, and all the maids in the concubine’s palace were tortured by her. ”
After hearing this, Shulan started to complain about her daughter, but the smile on her face was very bright.
"This proves that my daughter is smart!" Zhao Xing laughed after hearing this.
While talking, the two entered the palace, and the maids in the palace quickly bowed and saluted.
Sister Jing, who was sitting on the soft couch, was also attracted by Zhao Xing's whisper.
"Yeah...Yeah..."
Sister Jing couldn't speak yet, but she knew how to recognize people. She pointed her little finger at Zhao Xing and screamed, then she got up and started to walk towards Zhao Xing.
However, it took a lot of effort for the little guy to get up. He was picked up by Zhao Xing before he could even take two steps.
"Giggle..."
The little guy giggled and reached out to grab Zhao Xing's clothes.
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Zhao Xing sat down on the soft couch, pinched his daughter's face, and teased: "Your mother and concubine said you are not good, isn't this quite good?"
The little guy didn't understand what she was saying. She thought Zhao Xing was playing with her and reached out to grab Zhao Xing's hand.
Zhao Xing teased it for a few times before letting her catch it.
The little guy grabbed one of Zhao Xing's fingers and smiled even happier.
"Call Father."
"Yeah..."
"It's my father!"
Seeing Zhao Xing's tireless correction, Shulan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, it takes more than one year for a child to learn to speak. Sister Jing will not turn one for more than a month."
"My daughter is extremely talented. She can speak normally when she is less than one year old."
Zhao Xing didn't care and continued to teach his daughter how to speak.
He naturally knew that children need to be over one year old before they can speak, and some even over two years old.
But most fathers are like this. When their children are not even one month old, they just hold them in their arms and call them daddy all the time.
After teasing for a while, Rulan came.
Seeing Rulan coming over, Shulan's face turned slightly red.
She naturally knew what Zhao Xing was paying attention to.
Rulan was heartless and always looked happy, but today she was uncharacteristically uncharacteristic. After bowing, she sat aside without saying a word.
Not only Zhao Xing noticed it, Shulan also noticed it.
Sister Jing was a little tired after being teased by Zhao Xing for a long time. She yawned and was very quiet in Zhao Xing's arms.
"Your Majesty, Sister Jing has been playing for a long time and is a little tired. I'm going to put her to sleep," Shulan said.
"Yeah!"
Zhao Xing handed his daughter to Shulan. When Shulan took her daughter to the inner room, he waved to Rulan and said, "Come and sit!"
"Yes!"
Ru Lan responded and came to Zhao Xing's side. Before she could sit down, she was pulled into Zhao Xing's arms.
"Why do you look so depressed?" Zhao Xing asked, holding Ru Lan in his arms.
They say women are weird creatures, but so are men.
Men hate it when women often show their temper and need to be coaxed, but coaxing a woman occasionally is also a kind of sentiment.
With Zhao Xing's status, none of his concubines dared to show off their temper in front of him.
Therefore, Zhao Xing did not feel bored in this aspect, but was very happy to coax him.
Of course, the premise is that they don't play any tricks, otherwise Zhao Xing will not spoil them.
(End of chapter)