Today, when Wanli was in court, there was really something very important, so it could not be delayed. He wanted to meet a very important woman: the third lady.

The third lady's real name was Zhong Jinhatun. She was the daughter of Heng Aga, the leader of the Mongolian Turgut tribe. The third lady was cunning and charming, good at riding and shooting, and could be literary and martial. She got married when she became a 20-year-old girl and became the princess of Alathan Khan and gave birth to a son for him.

When he was a princess, the third lady tried his best to persuade her husband to surrender to the Ming Dynasty, be friendly with the Ming Dynasty, and achieve tribute and trade with the Ming Dynasty. In the ninth year of Wanli, Altan Khan passed away, and the third lady became the de facto supreme ruler of the grassland.

At this time, Alathan Khan's eldest son Huang Taiji wanted to marry his stepmother, Sanmao, as his custom. Sanmao was just in her early thirties and was still young and beautiful, and it was nothing to remarry. However, Sanmao, who had been familiar with Central Plains classics since childhood, was unwilling to remarry her husband's son according to grassland customs, so she led her guard to run away with 10,000 elite cavalry.

The most powerful tribe on the grassland was in a crisis of division. The tribe, which was originally a bloodline of the Golden Family, took the opportunity to move. The Sanniangzi was a ruler very friendly to the Ming Dynasty. If she married Huang Taiji and maintained the unity of the tribe, she could suppress the tribes of the grassland and maintain peace to the Ming Dynasty.

However, if she insisted on refusing to marry, the ministry would inevitably split, allowing other forces to take the opportunity to grow. In view of this, the Ming court sent ministers to contact the third lady and advised her to follow the customs and marry Huang Taiji.

The third lady finally followed the opinions of the Ming Dynasty court, married Huang Taiji, and became Huang Taiji's princess. After Huang Taiji inherited the throne of Khan, he was eyeing the Ming Dynasty. It was the third lady who was eager to persuade him that Huang Taiji gave up the idea of ​​going to war with the Ming Dynasty.

Huang Taiji passed away two years ago. His eldest son, Salike, was called Khan, and the third wife married Salike again. She was still the most powerful person on the grassland. Therefore, the Ming court attached great importance to her arrival.

The third lady always regarded the Ming court as the orthodox of the world, and repeatedly stated that "the descendants and tribes have been guarding the borders for generations." Therefore, the Ming court treated her extremely politely for her arrival. Today she went to the palace to meet the emperor, and the Emperor Wanli of course attaches great importance to it.

The third lady represented the Mongolian tribes to meet the Emperor of Ming. In the court, Emperor Wanli appointed his husband Salike as the Khan of Shunyi and appointed San Niang as the first-rank Mrs. Zhongshun, and gave him a lot of money. The third lady thanked him for his kindness and retreated.

The usual order of court meetings is to first meet foreign guests, vassal officials, and then meet local officials who come to Beijing, and finally the Beijing officials report and discuss things. Therefore, the third lady is the first person to meet the emperor and leave the court.

The next few local officials who entered Beijing, Wanli just casually and without waiting for the officials in the capital to report, he announced that the dragon's body was unwell today and left the court early.

The chief minister Shen Shixing was a gentle-tempered and not as harsh as Zhang Juzheng. The chief minister did not raise any objections, and it was not common for the emperor to retire early, so it was not easy for him to be harmed occasionally, so the censors did not come forward to make a fuss.

Emperor Wanli retreated to the court, climbed onto the imperial chariot, immediately patted the handrail, and said, "Hurry, hurry up, put on Concubine Chen's place immediately!"

Concubine Chen was quite curious about Yingying's reaction, but she knew that the later she showed up, the better, so she was not in a hurry. She just washed and dressed up steadily, and stopped dressing up. A woman in her thirties was shining brightly and charming, just like a girl with double ten.

Concubine Chen arrived at the front hall gracefully and couldn't see Mrs. Xia and Yingying. Then she smiled at the palace maids standing in the hall and asked, "Where did Mrs. Xia and Miss Yingying go?"

Concubine Chen said as she walked out of the hall. In her opinion, Mrs. Xia and her daughter were either in the side hall or in the courtyard. Maybe in a while, Mrs. Xia would have to cry and beg her to make her decision for her lifelong life. At that time, she could naturally follow the flow and make the best of her.

A palace maid in the palace replied: "Madam Xia and Miss Yingying? Didn't the concubine tell them to leave?"

Concubine Chen suddenly stopped, turned around, and said in surprise: "Leave? Where did they go?"

Several palace maids looked at each other, and the palace maid just now replied in surprise: "I've left the palace! I thought... it was the concubine who allowed them to leave the palace."

"What?"

Concubine Chen was stunned.

"Pret Chen..."

Emperor Wanli bumped into the head and hurriedly looked into the hall. He didn't see Miss Yingying or her mother. He immediately said to Concubine Chen: "Concubine, where is Miss Xia?"

Concubine Chen said quietly: "Miss Xia... has left her mother."

"What?"

Emperor Wanli was stunned at first, and then became extremely angry: "Xiaobai! Xiaobai! Come find Xiaobai for me immediately!"

Xu Boyi was staying in the eunuch's room on the side of the Qianqing Palace. He drank a pot of cold tea in one breath. His stomach was very swollen, and there was a sound of water in a slight wave. Xu Boyi held his big belly and was about to go and make some convenience. Wanli's close eunuch Sandezi walked in: "Oh! Eunuch Yu, you are here, let's find our family. The emperor wants to see you!"

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"Mom, slow down, slower, people's feet are about to leave and break. He is the emperor, so it's hard to openly grab people. Don't be anxious, slow down..." Xia Yingying was grabbed by Mrs. Xia and trotted behind, panting.

Mrs. Xia said in a deep voice: "I said that I had finished visiting Beijing. Why did the emperor still refuse to let us go back to Guizhou? Another concubine Chen jumped out and went to see me in love with her every day. It turned out that the emperor was trying to make you think!"

Seeing that the palace gate was approaching, Mrs. Xia breathed a little relieved, slowed down, and said to Xia Yingying with some breath: "Yingying, after you go back, you should pack your clothes back to your hometown immediately, and your mother will be in Beijing!"

Xia Yingying said: "Mom, let's go together!"

Mrs. Xia said: "No, my mother came to the capital under the order and left without the holy intention. She was deceiving the emperor. You were just accompanying my mother to the capital, but you didn't have such concerns!"

Xia Yingying said worriedly: "Ah? My daughter left first, what should I do if that mother?"

Mrs. Xia glared at her and said, "If you leave, your mother will be fine. Since the emperor has made a decision, what should you do if you don't leave? Unless you want to be the imperial concubine!"

Xia Yingying shouted, "I don't want it! I stay in such a large yard every day and can't go anywhere. I'm going to be so bored!"

Mrs. Xia snorted, "You can't let go of that Ye Xiaotian, right?"

"hey-hey……"

Xia Yingying smiled with curved eyes, a little silly. Of course, this was her mother's feeling. In the eyes of the guards next to the imperial road, the girl smiled sweetly and pretty, as if someone gently scratched his heart with a feather, and it was itchy to see.

"This... Brother Xiaotian is a little taller than him, well... he is a little stronger than him, the emperor is a little fatter, and... Brother Xiaotian is more handsome than him and can speak more than him..."

Speaking of his sweetheart, Xia Yingying was dancing with her eyebrows. When she thought that her sweetheart was even better than the emperor, she was even more happy.

The two of them came out of the side road of the palace garden group. When they arrived in front, they were about to turn to the right road. When they turned to the right road, the third lady came out of the Hall of Supreme Harmony, followed by eight little eunuchs, holding various gifts given by the emperor.

When Xia Yingying saw the third lady, she couldn't help but waved happily: "Sister Sanniang!"

The third lady didn't look at her eyes at first. When she saw two women walking from the side, she thought they were palace maids. When she heard the shout, she turned her head and looked at her, and couldn't help but smile. She sincerely liked this young girl, probably because she was also very happy and did not hide her scheming.

The third lady smiled and greeted her, and said cheerfully: "Little girl, have you seen your mother?"

As the third lady said, she looked at Mrs. Xia. Looking at her age and looks vaguely similar to the two, she should be Xia Yingying's mother. But looking at her expression, she didn't look like she had just suffered a serious illness. This girl Xia was really a bit of a big deal.

Mrs. Xia looked at the third lady and hesitated: "This one is..."

Yingying said to Mrs. Xia: "Mom, this sister is a good person. She is very powerful. The whip makes it very good. The daughter is anxious to come to the palace to find her mother, and almost hit a foolish official to death. Fortunately, this sister came to help her, otherwise her daughter would cause big trouble."

When Mrs. Xia heard this, she hurriedly bowed to the third lady: "Thank you, Madam, for your kind help to the little girl!"

The third lady smiled and said, "Madam, you don't have to be polite, it's so popular."

Seeing that the woman in a Mongolian robe could enter and exit the palace like this, Mrs. Xia was very curious about her identity, and said, "Have you asked her wife for her name?"

Xia Yingying rushed to say, "Is this sister said that her name is San Niangzi, isn't it nice?"

"Three Lady?" After hearing this title, Mrs. Xia suddenly remembered someone and couldn't help but shout: "Could it be... Could it be the third Lady of Mongol Kedun?"

Ke Dun is the Mongolian queen, queen, and the main concubine of the Great Khan. Mrs. Xia once heard her husband talk about the hero among the female who controls hundreds of thousands of Mongolian soldiers. The woman in front of her was qualified to attend court, and she was wearing a Mongolian robe and was also called the third lady, so Mrs. Xia dared to make a bold guess.

The third lady smiled and said, "It turns out that my wife has heard of my name!"

Mrs. Xia said in surprise: "It's indeed Ke Dun!" She quickly saluted her again.

The chieftains of Guizhou are considered local emperors in their own territory, but they are far behind the other person, Ke Dunlai. Whether it is power, status, or ruling territory, or the number of children under their rule, they are the king of the grassland who is qualified to challenge the Ming Dynasty.

Xia Yingying looked at her mother curiously. It was rare to see her solemn. Xia Yingying couldn't help but say, "Mom, what is Ke Dun? Could this sister be a high-ranking official?"

Mrs. Xia said, "Shut up! You are a child who is ignorant! What sisters should be called Kedun! Kedun must not be accustomed to it, little girl..."

The third lady glanced at Xia Yingying who was pouting her mouth and smiled, "How could it be, I like this little girl very much. Little sister, let's go, this is not a place to talk."

The third lady took Yingying's little hand and walked out, she said to Mrs. Xia and Yingying: "Little sister, just call me third sister. I like to hear you call me that. Mrs. Xia, don't call me Kedun, you are weird and weird, just call me third lady!"

Mrs. Xia was very happy. Although there was a Ming Dynasty between Mongolia Kedun and there was nothing to do with her Hongfeng Lake, it was not a bad thing to be able to make friends with such a Mongolian queen who held real power.

Mrs. Xia smiled as she said, "Since that's the case, it's better to obey your orders than respect."

As Mrs. Xia said, she still indulged instructing Yingying: "Daughter, your third sister is a female hero on the northern grassland. She controls thousands of miles of land and rules millions of people. She is an amazing heroine!"

"Wow! Really?"

Xia Yingying's eyes shining and looked at the third lady with great admiration: "No wonder my sister's whip is so good. I really like it if my sister teaches me whether it's good to use the whip!"

When the third lady saw her eyes shining, she thought she really admired her authority and status. She never expected that what she really admired was her whip skills. As for the Mongolian Kedun, thousands of miles of country, millions of people, they didn't even take it to their hearts.

The third lady was stunned for a moment and suddenly burst into laughter. She held Lan Yingying's shoulders intimately and said with a smile: "Success! Sister teaches you to whip! In the future, if your man is disobedient, you can use the skills your sister teaches you to slap him hard, hahaha..."
Chapter completed!