Zhu Yunwen originally thought that the matter of coaxing the queen would be over, but he never expected that this was just the beginning. It turned out that Zhu Yunwen had to choose a concubine after inheriting the throne. This was the rule left by Emperor Zhu Yunwen's grandfather. He said that it was for the sake of the Ming Dynasty, but the real purpose was to let Zhu Yunwen have more descendants.

"It's my business whether to choose a concubine or not..."

"Emperor, this is the family law of the ancestors. Each new emperor must conduct a ceremony after ascending the throne..."

Huang Zhicheng and several ministers of life were in charge of the country and the country, and in the end they completely angered Zhu Yunwen.

"Enough! I don't think these unreasonable rules are necessary to exist..."

"Your Majesty, the rules of ancestors cannot be abolished..."

"I don't want to listen..."

Zhu Yunwen was so annoyed that every day, the ministers in court urged him to choose a concubine as soon as possible. Even the memorials piled up like a mountain talked about this matter. In the end, these ministers even went to ask the queen for help.

"Mr. Huang, Lord Qi, you should know that the harem cannot interfere in politics..."

"Of course we understand, the Queen, but the matter of choosing a concubine is not only political affairs but also the Emperor's harem..."

The queens were unwilling to deal with this matter, whether out of selfishness or other things, it was a great thing for her to not choose a concubine. She was full and went to help the ministers.

"Empress, the emperor will make foreign tribes suspicious if he doesn't choose a concubine. Besides, this will give the vassal kings an excuse..."

"The family rules of our ancestors cannot be abolished, and the emperor is still young, so we need to contribute more to our royal family..."

The ministers gave almost a hundred reasons, and the matter in the harem was indeed her duty, so she had no choice but to go to the emperor to discuss it.

Zhu Yunwen said angrily: "Empress, do you think I should choose a concubine?"

"Your Majesty, I have two ideas. I hope you can listen..."

"Two thoughts?"

The queen smiled and said, "Of course I don't want the emperor to choose a concubine anymore. This can even be said to be the thought of all the sisters..."

Zhu Yunwen asked, "What about your second thought?"

The queen explained: "That is actually the thoughts of the ministers, or the thoughts of the people of the world..."

"The thoughts of the people in the world..." Zhu Yunwen was even more surprised.

"Emperor, since ancient times, the new emperors of all dynasties have been electing concubines after they ascended the throne. Our Ming Dynasty has just followed the old rules. Besides, choosing concubines is also a symbol of imperial power..."

"Queen, I understand, I will think about it carefully..."

Before leaving, the queen told Zhu Yunwen to prepare his favorite mutton hotpot tonight, which can even be said to be a kind of show of goodwill by the queen.

"Then I'll have the Queen."

"I'm leaving!"

Zhu Yunwen's mood can be said to be extremely bad, but this is not the queen's fault, or even a person's fault. This mistake is just a problem in this system, and because of this, Zhu Yunwen can't find any place to leak.

"Your Majesty, I really don't understand what you are thinking?"

"Yue'er, what do you want to say?"

Luo Yue quipped: "Being an emperor is not to be a beauties in the world, but you pushed the beauties out of the way..."

Zhu Yunwen hugged Luo Yue: "I don't want anything in the world with you, a beauty..."

"This is what you said, we're going back together..."

"this……"

"I knew you couldn't bear to leave..."

Zhu Yunwen couldn't bear to let everything here, especially his own women and children. Perhaps because of this reason, he didn't want to provoke other beauties, but he no longer had the right to choose. Besides, it would be very difficult for the queen to do so if he continued to do so.

Luo Yue suddenly kissed Zhu Yunwen: "Your Majesty, you don't need to be so pessimistic?"

"Yue'er, do you have a way?"

"Your Majesty, the solution is actually very simple. Just choose a concubine."

"Aren't you talking nonsense?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget how Li Huier and the others came..."

Luo Yue actually suggested that Zhu Yunwen increase the difficulty of choosing a concubine, so that there will be few people. However, the most important problem is that no matter what, the emperor must choose a few concubines, otherwise he will really not be able to get out of office.

Luo Yue looked at the Ming Dynasty a little and found that Zhu Yuanzhang chose more than a dozen concubines for the first time. Although the number was not a large number, it was impossible for Zhu Yunwen to accept this number of women. But at this time, Luo Yue had selected concubines for one year, and Zhu Yuanzhang only chose three concubines. This can be said to be great news.

"Yue'er, you mean to choose three concubines."

"This is a precedent set by Emperor Taizu, and those ministers will definitely not dare to object."

Zhu Yunwen could finally accept this matter, but they still thought it too simple. After all, there were really many people who wanted to climb the dragon and the phoenix. The emperor let go and received thousands of portraits of beautiful women. Most of these beauties came from officials and some ladies from famous families, but Zhu Yunwen did not expect that they even had people in the royal family.

"Emperor, although these people are from the royal family, they have been in the five generations and have no blood relationship with the emperor."

"Qi Tai, are you so confused?..."

"Don't calm down!"

Zhu Yunwen kicked out of the royal family in the first round. After all, close relatives cannot get married. If you don’t think about it for yourself, you have to think about it for your descendants. Finally, Zhu Yunwen thought of a way, a way to greatly reduce the number of people who choose concubines.

"Your Majesty, you have to give questions to these people who participated in the selection of concubines."

"My concubine must be both virtuous and capable."

Qi Tai asked, "I wonder what the emperor has to do?"

"A painting and poetry should be brought up."

Fang Xiaoru smiled and said, "The Emperor is judging people by painting..."

Zhu Yunwen's test questions were comparable to the top scorer in the exam, and he also required that every stroke of the painting be from her. This is not to mention that on the day of choosing a concubine, he also asked the participants to complete a painting on the spot. This also means that it is impossible to fake it. If there is no real talent and knowledge, it is impossible to even have the qualifications to participate. Zhu Yunwen thought that this question would block these people outside the door as soon as it was released, but unfortunately the situation was just the opposite. The number of participants increased instead of decreasing, and he received no less than 100 masterpieces in the first three days.

"How is this possible!"

Zhu Yunwen looked at these excellent works and his eyes were almost protruding. After all, he never dreamed that there would be so many talented women in the Ming Dynasty. This really made Zhu Yunwen gain a complete understanding.

(End of this chapter)
Chapter completed!