Traveling through the infinite wasteland

"You put it lightly!" The queen shook her head and said, "According to the practice of the previous dynasty, those families with titles of duke or above have a designated quota for each family! No matter what your Majesty's attitude is, women from these families have quotas. Opportunity to enter the palace! If His Majesty doesn’t like them, he can only ask those families to change candidates, but he cannot cancel those default quotas!"

"Moreover, in order to make good friends with those noble ministers, women from certain families must also be selected! For example, the grandniece of Marshal Gurungs, the two sisters of Yuhuang Xingyan's family, and others A woman from a high-ranking official’s family…”

As she said that, she picked up a list from the desk, opened it, looked at it, and said: "No matter what, after this draft, there will always be a group of people coming in! Those races that do not have the default quota will depend on their family. Is this woman able to be favored by His Majesty?"

Xiao Wenyue said thoughtfully: "Our family should also have an unofficial quota, right?"

"Of course, the grandmother I'm waiting for is also an imperial duke!" the queen smiled, "I mentioned to you that time, by now, you should have made up your mind, right? If there is no objection, then I will let you Just add your name!"

Xiao Wenyue's face darkened: "No need to talk! Who said I want to marry him?"

"You...are not willing?" The queen's face couldn't help but froze, "Being able to marry into the royal family is an opportunity that many women dream of, but you didn't expect that you wouldn't agree?"

"I just don't like him!" Xiao Wenyue snorted.

Chen Yan smiled bitterly and said: "Even if your Majesty is not an unparalleled figure in the world, but he can achieve such a huge foundation in just a few years. This is not an achievement that everyone can achieve. You didn't expect it." Still dissatisfied? Then what kind of man do you think you would be satisfied with?"

"I'm just not interested in sharing him with a group of women!" Xiao Wenyue declared arrogantly, "My future man can only belong to me. If he dares to find other women, no matter how outstanding he is, I I’m going to cut him up too!”

The queen was stunned for a long time before saying: "Sister, maybe you don't know yet! My grandmother has told me this in private. This is her intention, and my father has no objection. Therefore, in addition to marrying into the royal family, you can't also marry into the royal family. You have other choices!"

"What? They didn't expect that..." Xiao Wenyue turned pale with anger, "Is there no woman in our family? Why did they come to me? What a bastard!"

"Let's expose it for now, sister!" Chen Yan sighed softly, "The head of the family's decision cannot be changed. Being able to marry such a man is already very wrong for you! Besides, there is no sister in this palace. Who dares to make you suffer!"

Xiao Wenyue said angrily: "Okay! I can't change their decision, there is always someone who can! I'll tell His Majesty myself!"

As she spoke, her figure disappeared in a flash.

"This... huh?" Chen Yan originally thought of stopping her, but then she changed her mind and sighed softly. She just hoped that her younger sister could speak more tactfully and not really annoy His Majesty.

Half an hour later, His Majesty the Emperor finally arrived, and all eyes in the room were focused on his location.

"Your Majesty is almost here!" Chen Yanying stood up, smiled lightly and stepped forward to greet him.

Ye Qingyuan nodded lightly, glanced at the situation in the palace, and asked casually: "Are these the show girls waiting to be selected?"

Chen Yan smiled and said: "Your Majesty, after many rounds of selection, a total of 581 women with excellent appearance and talent have been selected. You can choose easily."

"No problem, I understand!" Ye Qingyuan responded calmly.

After the emperor and empress sat down again, the beautiful lady in the palace immediately came forward and saluted again.

From a distance, this batch of women is indeed one of a kind, stunning beauties. If you pull one out at random, their appearance, temperament, manners and manners are all impeccable. They were uniformly dressed in pure snow-white classical lady dresses. They wore no makeup and only showed off their makeup. They were graceful and graceful, with fat and thin bodies. Their temperaments were either elegant and bright, gentle and charming, bright as peaches and plums, or mysterious and noble. , all kinds of different styles, to name a few!

Hundreds of the empire's most outstanding beauties came together, and the strong visual impact made even him, who was used to seeing stunning beauties, feel shocked!

No matter how many other opinions he had, he had to admit that his current self was already filled with an unprecedented sense of satisfaction!

Every normal man has a dream of a harem in his heart! Of course, there are very few people who have the ability and luck to make it a reality!

Power, wealth, women, and some other things, aren't these the things that people pursue throughout their lives? Although it seems utilitarian and vulgar, it is human nature!

Currently, there are hundreds of such outstanding women standing in front of him, hoping to be attracted by him. It would be nonsense to say that he is not interested! After all, he is just a man!

"Your Majesty!" Chen Yan saw that he didn't say anything for a long time, coughed slightly, and reminded:

"You can go down and have a look, get in close contact with them, and talk to them by the way. If you like anyone, give her this jade tablet, and let me handle the rest!"

As she spoke, she took out a gold box, where there was a box full of exquisitely crafted round jade tablets about half the size of a palm.

"Your Majesty, I'll hold it for you!" Shuangyan on the side quickly stepped forward to take it.

"Okay!" Ye Qingyuan also knew that it was inappropriate to just sit like this, so he stood up and walked down the Jade Star.

When a group of women saw him coming, their beautiful eyes showed expectant looks, as if they were planning to come over to say hello, but they were a little afraid and hesitated to move forward.

Song Yishan sat quietly in the corner of the hall, her head lowered, staring at the exquisite embroidery patterns on the brocade handkerchief in her hand in silence.

This is not the first time she has been to this place. In the past, when she was the legitimate daughter of the head of the Song family, at all the palace dances, she, like the women from other major families, attracted the attention of many of the children of the upper class present. One of the highlights! .

However, in the past few years, the situation in the empire has changed dramatically. My father was captured by the current emperor because of the failure of the military adventure of the eight great families. For their own selfish interests, the group of lords of the family race who ate people without spitting out their bones immediately abandoned her father and wanted to exile all the people of her race and confiscate all their property! If His Majesty had not come to help, she would have become the slave of that idiot Song Yushu!

Regarding her race, she was completely disappointed! Later, the emperor's capital changed, and the emperor issued an order to genocide the group of sages of the Song family, which made her secretly feel bad!

However, although the people of my father's lineage have been preserved, they will no longer have the power and wealth they once had! Not to mention the only three remaining aristocratic families, even the inferior races of the Marquis and Counts cannot compare!

Although later, due to various reasons, His Majesty appointed his father as the Governor of the Zhiyuan Universe Region. After he successfully sent an envoy to the former Xuanluo Federation and persuaded the five major chaebols to surrender to the empire, he was granted the title of Earl. However, it is still far less than one thousandth of the status of the previous race in its heyday!

However, my father did not reveal it for the time being. He still dreamed of reviving his family's race one day, not to mention restoring the past glory and power of his family's race, but at least returning to the ranks of the first-class wealthy families in the empire!

So, what can I do for my family and my father? She stared blankly at the young and upright figure in the distance, her eyes gradually becoming determined.

Ye Qingyuan held a wine glass and lazily leaned against the carved crystal railing on the edge of the hall, drinking leisurely.

In the deep blue night sky with inky blackness, the vast and bright sea of ​​stars hangs quietly in the vast sky! The starlight pours down from the sky, reflecting the extremely magnificent and gorgeous photon reflections in the spar palace, making the entire hall look as beautiful as a celestial palace!

From time to time, women would come over, try to strike up a conversation with him, and propose a toast to him. Anyway, he drank until the glass was dry and accepted it calmly. However, he selectively ignored their resentful and expectant eyes!

So far, no woman has been able to obtain the jade medal in the golden box.

"Sure enough...then I know that's the case!" Chen Yan watched all this from a distance, twitching the corners of her eyes helplessly.

"Your Majesty the Queen, what should I do now?" the purple-clothed female official asked with a slight frown.

If this continues, if His Majesty does not choose anyone by the time the reception is over, it will be too ugly to spread the news for a while, and it will make the entire upper class of the empire feel ashamed!

Chen Yan shrugged and said, "It's better than this. If anyone toasts to His Majesty and he doesn't refuse, just write down the name of the woman and go back to the palace to discuss it with His Majesty."

"No problem!" The female officer nodded lightly and immediately started to make arrangements.

Here, Ye Qingyuan drank an unknown number of glasses in a row, and his head felt a little fuzzy.

"Your Majesty, you are here today just for drinking, are you?"

As a lazy and charming voice sounded in his ears, a pretty and graceful woman walked over.

Ye Qingyuan drank the wine offered by a fair-skinned and dignified girl in front of him, and then said: "Then what else do you think I should do?"

Xia Qiying stopped in front of him, staring at him with her beautiful black and white eyes and said: "The Dao Mang Empire is getting bigger and bigger, and His Majesty's airs seem to be getting bigger and bigger too! Is it possible that with so many sisters present, none of them can enter?" Are you discerning?"

The women around her couldn't help but feel horrified and subconsciously moved away from her. They didn't expect that the woman who came here not long ago would speak so straightforwardly.

Fortunately, the emperor was not angry, and just smiled lightly: "Do you think that the position of the imperial concubine is more attractive than the position of the imperial duke?"

Before Xia Qiying could answer, another clear and sweet voice, like pearls falling on a jade plate, came: "It depends on the person involved's estimation. From some perspectives, the imperial concubine is really a little better than the duke. Maybe !”

Ye Qingyuan sighed softly: "Ekaterina, do you also have such a view?"

The slightly loose dress cannot cover up Fang Fang's extremely hot and alluring figure. Her facial features are as perfect as the sculptures of ancient Greek goddesses, and her skin is as delicate as snow and dazzlingly white! Perhaps it was because she had just drank wine, but her beautiful face had an alluring blush, and her beautiful eyes as bright as sapphires were staring at him with a smile.

She did not answer his question, but smiled and said: "Your Majesty, are you confident?"

Ye Qingyuan couldn't help but was startled, and said something was wrong: "Why do you ask such a question?"

"Because people have discovered that your behavior in some aspects is not like that of a confident king," she said seriously, "It's like here today, you don't have the courage to choose the woman you like, but Adopted a passive avoidant attitude!"

"No courage? Do you think so?" Ye Qingyuan raised his eyebrows and said disapprovingly.

Xia Qiying smiled and said: "That may be a bit inappropriate. I should put it another way. Your Majesty, you don't seem to have expected to shoulder the responsibilities you should bear!"

Ye Qingyuan was silent for a moment, and then said: "Both of you should know my origins, and you also know that the rules of this upper-class game are not recognized by me now!"

Yekaterina said: "Having said that, the place determines the thinking. Now that you have taken this position, you can't be too willful in everything! As an emperor, while possessing supreme power and glory, he also bears the responsibility of For the corresponding responsibilities and obligations, please find Shuyuan www.zhaoshuyuan.com, and this should not be avoided!"

"It sounds reasonable, but such an approach would be a bit harsh on those women..." Ye Qingyuan pondered.

"Your Majesty, its existence is reasonable!" Ekaterina said, "Although there are many problems with this kind of political marriage, it can last for thousands of years, so there is always a necessity for its existence!"

"Even if you don't accept it, their future endings will not change at all. They will still be used by their race as bargaining chips for exchange of interests! If your luck is good, you can find a decent man; if your luck is worse, you may have to With a bad old man, life will be miserable!"

Ye Qingyuan said hesitantly: "Even after they entered the palace, their life... is not necessarily better than outside!"

Xia Qiying smiled and said: "Whether we have a good life depends on your attitude, Your Majesty? I guess you won't treat me too badly, right?"

"...Okay! I feel like I'm about to be convinced by you!" Ye Qingyuan twitched the corners of his eyes lightly and stopped debating with them on this issue alone.

At this moment, another tall, beautiful, green-haired girl with a hot and bright appearance came over holding a wine glass.

"Your Majesty, I am Sophia Lena Augustine," she told her name and family background in a light and melodious voice, and looked at him deeply with her bright big eyes, "Permir. Duke Augustine is your grandfather, right?" Ye Qingyuan vaguely remembered that Chen Yan had mentioned it to him before, but the impression was a little blurry.