Chapter 516: Your Majesty Likes Good-Looking People

The troops of Western Qi and Great Zhou attacked the imperial city of Northern Frontier on the same day, captured all the officials and dignitaries of Northern Frontier, and took control of the imperial palace. The generals of the two countries sat down to negotiate calmly and completed the division of the territory of Northern Frontier on the map in a very calm and humble manner.

This is the most exciting good news this year, and it is a grand gift to Her Majesty the Queen for her upcoming wedding ceremony.

Her Majesty the Queen immediately issued an order to confer Qi Ling as the first-class general of the state, the title of King of the North could be inherited for three generations, and the fiefdom of Mianbei was expanded by one thousand miles.

All soldiers were rewarded according to their merits, and a list of generals who had made contributions in the war was drawn up. The Ministry of Personnel was ordered to draft a memorial to select some suitable candidates from the young and upstart officials and send them to serve as officials in the new cities.

The memorial must be considered and decided by the officials of the Ministry of Personnel, and finally handed over to Her Majesty the Queen to decide and select the most suitable candidates.

At the same time, Her Majesty the Queen also issued an edict that the laws of Xiqi would treat the people in the northern border equally, without abuse or preferential treatment.

But anyone who dared to have the intention of rebellion would be punished with his relatives and would not be forgiven!

The war in the northern border was settled.

In mid-June, after the Queen's initial selection, the remaining few portraits of the princes soon received the edict of the palace for selection.

The complex mood was not enough to describe their feelings.

As a man of seven feet, he had been accustomed to men being superior to women since birth, and accustomed to men having three wives and four concubines. Even if he was a concubine in the family, a proud person would never disdain to be inferior to a woman.

However, this woman was not someone else.

She was the emperor above all people, the only queen of Xiqi.

Since she was a princess, she was accustomed to being unorthodox and did everything that women in the world dared not do, and even dared to do things that men dared not do.

Now that she has become the empress, she is destined to continue her domineering and strong character. Entering the palace means that they have to be humble and submissive in front of a woman for the rest of their lives, and be careful in what they say and do - this is still a lucky situation.

If they are unlucky, they may be dragged out and beaten to death when they anger the empress.

Some are happy while others are sad.

Those who are lucky enough to enter the palace for selection have mixed feelings, and those who are not selected are also unhappy. Anyway, it is the first time for Her Majesty to select, and whether they are selected or not, they probably can't face it calmly.

The day of the selection is set on June 16.

There are a total of 16 men who entered the palace for the selection, and most of them are worried about what clothes to wear.

The selection, as the name suggests, is to select you to enter the palace, so you must dress nicely. Her Majesty's first impression of them is to look at their appearance. If they dress too dull and simple, what if Her Majesty thinks that they are perfunctory and don't take her seriously at all?

Dressed too elegantly, a group of grown men were all like peacocks, letting a woman admire and comment on them from head to toe... It felt awkward just thinking about it.

But no matter what they thought, the matter was a foregone conclusion, and what was coming would still come.

Who asked the civil and military officials in the court to persuade Her Majesty to fill the harem all day long in the court?

On the morning of June 16, after Her Majesty finished the morning court, she summoned these young men in the flower hall facing the lake in the Imperial Garden.

The weather was hot in summer, and the breeze in the flower hall facing the lake brought waves of cool air.

The air was still filled with refreshing flower fragrance.

The fragrance of tea was lingering, and the sound of the piano was lingering.

While Her Majesty was reviewing the memorials, she asked someone to call them in.

The sixteen people were arranged in four rows, with four people in each row.

After the chief steward of the inner court reported their names and origins, the four people in the first row crossed the floating bridge and walked into the flower hall. They knelt down respectfully and saluted: "Greetings to Her Majesty, long live Her Majesty."

Chu Qinghuang raised his eyes and glanced at the four people, and said calmly: "Raise your heads."

The four people raised their heads slightly, but their eyes fell on the floor tiles of the flower hall. According to the rules, they could not look directly at the emperor's face, otherwise it would be disrespectful and they would be punished with a cane.

"Fu Cang." Chu Qinghuang said calmly, "What do you think of these people?"

As soon as these words came out, the sound of the piano stopped.

Master Fu Cang, who was sitting on the side playing the piano, turned his head and glanced at the faces of the four people. He said without emotion: "The emperor likes good-looking people. If you think you are better looking than me, you can stay. If you think you are not as good-looking as me, you can leave now."

The four people heard the words, and their expressions changed at the same time, and their eyes fell on Fu Cang's face at the same time.