Chapter 1595: Seeking a Title, Persuading, and Night Tour
After Guo Fu’s son’s full moon banquet.

Su Mingzhe stayed in Qingque Palace again.

After the service was over, Guo Fu waited for the maid to clean up, then she put on only a pink bellyband and a light gauze smock, and lay back in the man's arms, saying coquettishly:
"Your Majesty, please give Qingque a grand name."

"The child is too young, wait two years!"

Although Su Mingzhe can guarantee that his child will grow up 100% healthy, according to custom, giving a child a full name too early can easily shorten the child's lifespan or even cause the child's death.

Guo Fu had long been PUA'd by Su Mingzhe into a little lamb, and she dared not easily refute what a man said.

But she doesn't have only one son.

Since she failed to seek fame for her son, Guo Fu thought about seeking titles for her two daughters since her husband was in a good mood.
"Your Majesty, Qingying is already seven years old. Your Majesty, can you give them a title?"

"Fuer, I have already thought of a title for Qingying. What do you think of 'Princess of Jingzhou'?"

Su Mingzhe was really generous to his daughter Su Qingying, and directly granted her Jingzhou, one of the nine ancient states.

It can be said that the title of Jiuzhou is second only to the titles of Qin, Qi, Yan, Han, Zhao, Wei, Qi and other fiefdoms.

At the beginning of Su Mingzhe's founding of the country, he had already stated that "titles and fiefs" would not be granted to anyone except those who had made contributions to the country.

At present, Su Mingzhe has more than seventy princesses. Among the eighteen princesses who have been granted titles, only the twenty-second princess born to Queen Xiaolongnu was granted the title of Princess Jizhou.

After hearing this, Guo Fu immediately raised her head and hugged the man's neck intimately for a while.

Seeing this, Su Mingzhe smiled and said:
"As for Qingtong, let's name her 'Princess Yueyang'!"

Lest Guo Fu think that he disliked his youngest daughter, Su Mingzhe explained:

"Yueyang and Jingzhou are not far apart. After they are in their fiefdoms, they can still visit each other frequently!"

"On behalf of Qingying and Qingtong, I thank your majesty for his grace!"

When Guo Fu saw that both of her daughters had been given titles, she happily stood up and bowed to the man.

Su Mingzhe looked at the woman's two big white rabbits and suddenly thought of Guo Xiang who had been avoiding him these days, and his heart was burning with heat.

Don’t let this girl think that she can escape my clutches just by not seeing me.

After a few days, when there were fewer affairs at court, he would take his concubines to Chengde to escape the summer heat.

Then, let’s see where she can hide!

……

Early May.

Su Mingzhe ordered Crown Prince Su Hui to be regent and Prime Minister Liu Bingzhong to assist in the administration, while he himself, along with many concubines, seventy or eighty slightly older children, and many nobles, rushed to Chengde.

Chengde Palace is one of the four major gardens built after the founding of the Ming Dynasty. It has thirty-six sceneries inside and is connected to the Great Wall outside.

This is the holy place where Su Mingzhe brings his concubines to escape the summer heat every year.

According to regulations, every May and June, the chiefs of various ethnic groups outside the Great Wall would come to pay homage with tribute.

Everyone ate, drank and had fun together for a month, and when they left, Su Mingzhe gave everyone various gifts.

Of course, because of the long journey, Su Mingzhe does not force the chiefs to come every year.

However, the interval cannot exceed three times.

If he fails to come to the court for three times, Su Mingzhe will send a large army to replace the leader of the tribe.

……

Mid May.

The team rushed to Chengde Palace.

At this time, many tribal leaders had already arrived. When they saw Su Mingzhe and Xiaolongnu holding hands and walking out of the imperial carriage, they hurriedly bowed and shouted "Long live the emperor" three times.

"I've already said it before, we are all brothers, no need to be polite!"

Su Mingzhe smiled and reached out to help Mengge, the Mongolian chieftain who was standing in front of him, up.

He hates it most when people shout "Long live him". It gives him a headache when he hears it.

At the beginning of the founding of the country, he issued a clear decree prohibiting anyone from shouting "Long live" when paying him respects.

Unfortunately, these foreign chiefs thought Su Mingzhe was being modest and continued to call him that.

Because they were all foreign chiefs, Su Mingzhe couldn't punish them for their words, so he could only emphasize it every time.

I hope everyone can correct this during my tenure.

……

"Junior Sister, the Queen... looks so young!" Guo Xiang finally saw the reclusive Xiaolongnu again, and she was shocked every time she saw her.

According to legend, the Empress Xiaolongnu is three years older than the Emperor and is almost forty.

However, Xiaolongnu's appearance seemed to have never changed or aged, and her skin was always as white as ice and snow, just like a sixteen-year-old girl.

Cheng Ying heard the surprise and admiration of her niece, and smiled gently:

"There is a treasure in the Queen's Kunning Palace. I heard that sleeping on it can keep one's youth and youth. His Majesty has always doted on you. If you are willing to enter the palace, I think the Queen will not be stingy!"

This time when they went to Chengde, Guo Fu had just given birth to a child and was unable to go with them.

Su Mingzhe specifically told Cheng Ying to take Guo Xiang to Chengde, and also told Cheng Ying not to forget to preach to Guo Xiang.

There is only one purpose, which is to make Guo Xiang voluntarily enter the palace as a concubine.

"Master, I don't want to enter the palace!"

In the Ming Dynasty, Guo Xiang's status was the most honorable person outside the royal family.

Her father was the Duke of Chu of the Ming Dynasty, her eldest brother was the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, her second, third and fourth brothers were all dukes of the current dynasty, her eldest sister was the Concubine Li of the Ming Dynasty, and her mother was the former leader of the Beggars' Sect.

Because of her prominent family background and the close relationship between her family and the emperor, she had the courage to say no to the emperor.

Seeing this, Cheng Ying said no more.

This doesn't mean that she gave up.

But it was because she knew that if she said too much at this moment, it would arouse the disgust of the little girl Guo Xiang.

……

Back then, when Su Mingzhe established the Ming Dynasty, his wife Xiao Longnu was the well-deserved queen.

When conferring titles on other concubines, the title of Imperial Concubine was given to Cha Bi, who had been assisting in handling state affairs.

Among the four virtuous concubines under the Imperial Concubine, Su Mingzhe gave the position of Virtuous Concubine to Cheng Ying without hesitation.

In the current harem, since Xiao Longnu does not like to deal with complicated affairs, most of them are handed over to Cheng Ying to take care of, with assistance from Concubine Shu Wanyan Ping, Concubine De Wang Chen, and Concubine Liang Yelu Yan.

It can be said that Su Mingzhe's harem was well-ordered, with few fights for favor and fights. Cheng Ying played an indispensable role in this.

As for the Queen, Xiaolongnu.

During the ten years that Su Mingzhe was emperor, Xiaolongnu gave birth to four sons and two daughters. Together with the two sons she had given birth to before, she gave Su Mingzhe a total of eight children.

When she came to Chengde this time, Xiaolongnu was diagnosed with pregnancy again.

By next year, Kunning Palace will have another new arrival.

After entering the palace, Su Mingzhe held a banquet in Guangming Hall, accompanied by the imperial concubine Chabi, to entertain the leaders of various tribes.

Xiaolongnu was pregnant and holding her little daughter who was less than a year old. She went into the bedroom and never showed up again.

We feasted until the moon hung high above the trees.

As the alcohol took effect, and since everyone knew that Su Mingzhe was a kind person who rarely got angry or punished anyone, many people started to act crazy and act crazy while drunk.

This guy Mengge dragged his cousin Kuoduan and insisted on having a drinking contest to decide the winner.

Kuoduan couldn't drink much, so he could only ask his brothers to help him.

Seeing that the situation was becoming increasingly chaotic, Su Mingzhe took Cha Bi and left early.

"My beloved, please accompany me for a walk!"

Su Mingzhe ordered the guards to bring a tall horse, and without letting anyone put a saddle on it, he held Cha Bi on the horse's back and galloped towards the distant forest.

"Chi Le Chuan, at the foot of Yin Mountain, the sky is like a dome, covering the whole area..."

Chabi's singing voice is very loud and penetrating, and his ever-changing voice contains waves of surprises:

"The sky is vast, the wilderness is boundless. The wind blows the grass low and you can see cattle and sheep..."

Cha Bi, who grew up on the grassland, can sing many songs, but today, for some reason, she kept singing "Chi Le Chuan" over and over again.

After singing it so many times, Cha Bi's voice became hoarse.

Finally, the man rewarded her. Cha Bi then relaxed on the horse's back, letting the horse carry her and the man galloping across the grassland.

The sky is bright.

Cha Bi was exhausted, so he went to rest.

After a short rest and breakfast, Su Mingzhe began to summon the chiefs of various tribes to resolve disputes among them.

This is also the main reason why everyone comes to Chengde!