Chapter 1391 The imperial concubine who wants to catch the big fish!
After finishing breakfast together, Murong Xinyun may have felt a little tired to continue staying with her sister, so she chose to play with her little nephew Jingyan.

After Murong Xinyun left, Ying Er hesitated for a moment and whispered in Murong Qingwu's ear:

"Your Majesty, I think Miss Xinyun was holding back just now!"

Murong Qingwu, who was drinking tea, did not change her expression when she heard this, and continued to drink tea calmly. Although Murong Xinyun chose to conceal her true thoughts, how could she hide her thoughts from Murong Qingwu's eyes?
From the change in her sister's expression just now, Murong Qingwu has realized that her sister does not share the same idea as her. In fact, her sister is somewhat resistant to and even resists the rule of competing for favor in the harem!
Although Murong Qingwu felt helpless about this, as someone who had experienced it, she could more or less understand it!
As the old saying goes, what girl is there who doesn’t have love in her heart?
Murong Qingwu was once a young girl. At that innocent age, she had fantasized about a great hero who would ride a tall horse and come to marry her on a colorful cloud!
Has she also ever thought about being together for life, growing old together, and using love to solve all the problems in the world?

But what in the end?

Murong Qingwu did not find her own great hero, but only a thief who stole the country!
Sometimes Murong Qingwu thought about this and felt that she was a little ridiculous!

But there is no way, this is reality!

Murong Qingwu looked at her sister Xinyun and her eyes were full of her past self, the same youthfulness, the same fantasy about love...

Sometimes Murong Qingwu herself would wonder, if her younger self were faced with the same situation as her sister, what would she do?

Murong Qingwu thought about this question for a long time, but in the end she felt that she would most likely make the same choice as her sister!

But unfortunately, time really can change a person, and Murong Qingwu has become the person she once hated the most!
Thinking of this, a self-deprecating smile appeared on Murong Qingwu's face!

As a person who has been through this, Murong Qingwu knew that if she forced Murong Xinyun to join the fight for favor at this time, it would not only fail to achieve any good results, but would intensify the rebellious psychology in her sister Murong Xinyun's heart, thus allowing An Miaoyi's conspiracy to succeed!
Ever since her sister Murong Xinyun entered the palace, Murong Qingwu has been thinking about one question, that is, why did An Miaoyi let Murong Xinyun enter the palace!
Murong Qingwu had already heard about Murong Xinyun's past!

Although An Miaoyi seemed to have given Murong Xinyun the choice of whether to enter the palace or not, and let Murong Xinyun make the decision herself, in fact, An Miaoyi had already tacitly agreed to Murong Xinyun entering the palace!
Otherwise, as the queen in charge of the harem, if An Miaoyi does not allow Murong Xinyun to enter the palace, then even if the people of the Murong family want Murong Xinyun to enter the palace, it will be useless...
So why did An Miaoyi choose to acquiesce?
This question once made Murong Qingwu extremely confused. She didn't understand why An Miaoyi did this!
As good sisters who love and hate each other, Murong Qingwu has enough understanding of An Miaoyi. She believes that when An Miaoyi sees Murong Xinyun, she will understand that Murong Xinyun is the type that Ye Mingsheng likes, pure, kind, lively, and most importantly, a young girl who has not become so utilitarian under the erosion of time!
Why does Ye Mingsheng favor Pei Zhixiu alone?

The apparent reason is that Ye Mingsheng is nostalgic, and Pei Zhixiu has followed Ye Mingsheng the longest, and the two have a deep relationship!
But Murong Qingwu believed that the actual reason was that Ye Mingsheng was an idealist at heart. Therefore, even though Ye Mingsheng seemed to be indifferent on the surface, deep in this man's heart, he longed for a pure relationship without any distractions!
To be specific, Ye Mingsheng hopes that the other party loves him as a person, Ye Mingsheng, rather than his status as a commander-in-chief or an emperor!

Pei Zhixiu, who had accompanied Ye Mingsheng all the way from being the commander of the imperial guards, was the person who met the requirements in Ye Mingsheng's mind!

Murong Qingwu realized this idea a few years after she married Ye Mingsheng. At that time, Murong Qingwu was so excited that she thought of making changes based on this idea.

She wanted to try to make Ye Mingsheng think that she loved him as a person, not his halo and status.

But unfortunately, although she tried very hard to act, what is real is real, and what is fake is fake. Ye Mingsheng has been in the business for so many years and is not so easy to deceive. Moreover, he has already had a prejudice against Murong Qingwu, so in the end Murong Qingwu’s attempt ended in failure...

Afterwards, Murong Qingwu summed up her experience. She believed that the reason for her failure was that heroes like Ye Mingsheng were all suspicious by nature. Moreover, she had been married to Ye Mingsheng for many years, and Ye Mingsheng had a prejudice against her. Although Ye Mingsheng respected and loved her, he did not trust her from the bottom of his heart.

What made Murong Qingwu most frustrated was that in Ye Mingsheng's heart, An Miaoyi might be more trustworthy than her!

Having said that, nine out of ten women who entered the palace participated in the selection because they were longing for wealth, glory and power. So in Murong Qingwu's opinion, these women were probably inferior in the eyes of Ye Mingsheng, an idealist. Even if you are extremely beautiful, you may end up being just a tool for sexual venting!

Only a woman who does not have much desire for power and whose appearance is superior to others can truly attract Ye Mingsheng's attention!

Therefore, even though there were dozens of concubines in the palace, only two of them met this requirement!

One is Ye Mingsheng’s old lover Pei Zhixiu, and the other is Murong Xinyun!
Therefore, as long as Ye Mingsheng knew about Murong Xinyun's existence and met Murong Xinyun in person, it would only be a matter of time before Murong Xinyun gained favor!

Before, Murong Qingwu stopped her sister from entering the palace because she knew Ye Mingsheng’s special hobby, and she actually still had some concerns about group sex, so Murong Qingwu didn’t want her sister to enter the palace...

But why did An Miaoyi allow Murong Xinyun to enter the palace when she knew that Murong Xinyun would be favored?
After all, Murong Xinyun's surname is Murong. If she is favored, the Murong family will surely gain power, thus affecting the stability of An Miaoyi's position.

Murong Qingwu had been puzzled by this question before, and could not understand why An Miaoyi did this!
But it was not until a few days ago when his fifth uncle Murong Xiu sent a message hoping that Murong Xinyun could be favored as soon as possible so that he, as her father, could also benefit from it, that Murong Qingwu suddenly realized what An Miaoyi was planning!
An Miaoyi let Murong Xinyun enter the palace, not to plot against Murong Xinyun, or herself, the Imperial Concubine Murong! An Miaoyi did this to plot against the entire Murong family. She saw that her fifth uncle Murong Xiu was unwilling to keep his ambitions quiet, so An Miaoyi wanted to make the Murong family fall into division!

After understanding An Miaoyi's thoughts, Murong Qingwu had to admit that her sister, the Queen, was really calculating and was getting better and better at playing with people's hearts!

After figuring out An Miaoyi's conspiracy, Murong Qingwu naturally would not let her succeed. The Murong family was already in a weak position in the court. If they were further divided by An Miaoyi, they would be doomed and would never be able to make any waves in the court again.

So since her sister Murong Xinyun is not in a hurry to win favor, Murong Qingwu can also play the long game and hook the big fish, and whet Ye Mingsheng's appetite.

After sleeping with Ye Mingsheng for so many years, Murong Qingwu knows that men can be very mean sometimes. The more you rush to sleep with a man, the more he will ignore you. But if you ignore him and whet his appetite, he may be more interested in you...
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Just when Murong Qingwu decided to play the long game to catch a big fish, His Majesty the Emperor Daqian, who was regarded as the prey, was writing furiously in the imperial study.

Although Ye Mingsheng has delegated part of his power to the cabinet, his schedule as an emperor is still fully scheduled. During the four to five working hours every day, there are things that Ye Mingsheng needs to deal with at all times, either attending meetings, reviewing memorials, listening to someone's work report, or going on inspections and visits!

Yesterday was An Miaoyi's birthday and Ye Mingsheng had to attend An Miaoyi's birthday party, so Ye Mingsheng only reviewed some memorials in the morning, and listened to some reports from Zhao Han in the afternoon, so the rest of the arrangements for yesterday were postponed.

After starting work again today, Ye Mingsheng will naturally work harder and try to pay off the debt he owed yesterday as much as possible!
And the most important thing today is that Ye Mingsheng has to make a final decision based on the General Staff's assessment and deduction of Zhang Meng's dispatch of troops to Baiyue Yunqian!

A few days ago, Zhang Meng compiled his latest knowledge of the humanities, geography, and customs of Baiyue, Yunqian and other places into a file, and sent someone to deliver it to Ye Mingsheng in an express journey of 800 miles. In the file, Zhang Meng expressed that he had great confidence in this battle and was willing to issue a military order. If he failed, he was willing to commit suicide to apologize!
Although Ye Mingsheng could feel the full confidence in Zhang Meng's words between the lines, to be honest, he was a little undecided about whether to start the war as planned...

After all, although he is an emperor on horseback, he is more likely to stay in the rear, coordinate the overall situation, and make overall strategic deployments. When it comes to commanding this kind of battle, Ye Mingsheng knows his own business and he is actually not good at it!
The second point is that Yunqian Baiyue is too far away from Yijing, and Ye Mingsheng does not have enough understanding of the actual local situation, so Ye Mingsheng did not make a decision easily.

The military sage Sun Wu once said that war is a major issue for a country, a matter of life and death, a matter of survival and destruction, and it must be carefully considered. Ye Mingsheng clearly knows that his decision will affect tens of thousands of Daqian soldiers and their families behind them.

Therefore, when making such a decision, one must act cautiously and not be blindly careless. Therefore, Ye Mingsheng handed the matter over to the General Staff Department and asked those staff officers to analyze and evaluate Zhang Meng's deployment plan. He needed the professional opinions of these staff officers on this issue!

The General Staff naturally attached great importance to Ye Mingsheng's order and did not dare to neglect it in the slightest. After receiving the order, everyone in the General Staff, including Chief of Staff Zhao Han, worked overtime to conduct evaluation and deduction in the General Staff. After working non-stop for several days and nights, they formed an evaluation report.

After receiving the evaluation report, Zhao Han went to the palace to meet the emperor as soon as possible and wanted to hand over the evaluation report to Ye Mingsheng.

At that time, Ye Cheng also knew that the matter was of great importance, so he immediately arranged for Zhao Han to meet Ye Mingsheng...

But unfortunately, yesterday was An Miaoyi's birthday party, and the overall atmosphere of the party was very good, so Ye Mingsheng drank a lot of wine out of joy.

When Ye Mingsheng was drinking, he felt that he was fine, but he didn't expect that the alcohol would take effect. After the banquet, Ye Mingsheng felt dizzy.

If you were to say that Ye Mingsheng was completely unconscious at the time, he was still somewhat conscious and not completely drunk. But if you were to say that Ye Mingsheng knew what he was doing, in fact, Ye Mingsheng was not very clear.

In such a confused state, Ye Mingsheng met with Zhao Han and received the assessment report from the General Staff.

Although Ye Mingsheng remembered that he understood the seriousness of the matter at that time, he immediately read the report, and Zhao Han also gave him a lecture based on the report.

But afterwards, Ye Mingsheng only remembered that Zhao Han said that the General Staff was cautiously optimistic about General Zhang Meng's plan. As for the other things, Ye Mingsheng completely forgot about it and didn't remember a single word!
After Ye Mingsheng sobered up, he felt a little annoyed. Drinking really messed up things. He shouldn't have drunk so much and almost missed this important military and national event!

So as soon as Ye Mingsheng got to work today, he wanted to carefully take a look at the assessment report issued by Zhao Han and the staff department, and then make the final decision.

In the report, Zhao Han conducted a sand table simulation of the war between Zhang Meng and the First Army and the Yunqian Tusi armed forces based on the current situation.

According to Ye Mingsheng's principle of predicting the enemy's weakness, Zhao Han assumed that these chieftains, big and small, could completely put aside their grievances and estrangements, and unite together to face the attack launched by Zhang Meng and the First Army...