Wang Meng frowned and thought for a moment, looked at a general, and said, "You immediately lead a thousand troops, go to the direction of Jiankang City to inquire about the situation, and report back immediately if there is a situation." ”

"Yes, General." When the general heard the order, he immediately went to prepare, and in the shortest possible time, he led a thousand soldiers to leave Ruyin City and run in the direction of Jiankang City, hoping to find the whereabouts of Emperor Luanjia as much as possible.

Watching the thousand soldiers and horses under his command leave Ruyin City, a big stone in Wang Meng's heart was still hanging, he didn't understand why the emperor's Luan drove so slowly, even at the slowest speed, it should have arrived a long time ago.

"Could it be that the emperor's Luan is stop-and-go?" Wang Meng said to himself.

"General, what did you say?" Seeing Wang Meng talking to himself, the general hurriedly asked.

Wang Meng hurriedly waved his hand and said softly: "It's okay, the emperor's Luan drive should not be far away, let's wait for good news!" After saying that, he looked up and looked southeast.

At this moment, Wang Meng was praying in his heart, he hoped that the emperor's Luan drive would be safe, as long as the emperor was safe, even if he walked slowly, it didn't matter much.

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Thirty miles south of Shouchun City, the emperor's Luan drove down the camp, it was late at this time, they had to rest here for a night, and they could enter Shouchun City on the second day, and after entering Shouchun City, they had to rest for one more day, so that the body of Emperor Sima Dan could recover from it, after all, the north of Shouchun was Huaishui, and the emperor must cross the Huai River in good condition.

At this time, it has been more than ten days since they left Jiankang City, and the emperor's Luan drive has only reached a position thirty miles away from Shouchun, which is really too slow, but. For the sake of the emperor's body, it can only be like this.

"How is the emperor's dragon body doing?" Chu Lianzi looked at an imperial doctor and asked softly.

"Back to the Queen Mother, the emperor's dragon body is still not good, but it is not much different from before departure. As long as you follow this pace and walk slowly north, you won't have much of a problem. The Imperial Physician replied truthfully.

Hearing this, Chu Garlic nodded with satisfaction, and said softly: "Very good, let's slowly move north at this speed!" Anyway, it doesn't matter if you arrive in Luoyang City one day earlier or one day later. ”

Several imperial doctors heard this. They all nodded again and again, they were very satisfied with this result, after all, as long as the team marched slowly and the emperor rode on the foot, then the emperor's body would not continue to deteriorate, and they were the imperial doctors. Naturally, there is no need to worry about it all day.

"Queen Mother, Xie Tingshi, Zhuge Servant Shot, Lu Yushi and other ministers ask to see." That's when it happened. A eunuch Zhengse reported.

When Chu Lianzi heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand, asked several imperial doctors to leave, and said with a straight face: "Xuan them in." ”

Soon, Xie An and others entered Chu Garlic's tent and saluted Chu Garlic.

"You Aiqing are so anxious to see the mourners. What's important? Chu Garlic hurriedly asked.

"The Queen Mother, Weichen discussed with several ministers of the court, and finally selected more than ten women of the scholar clan with good character and appearance, and now the portrait is outside the tent, is the Queen Mother immediately overlooked?" After Xie An finished speaking, he looked at Chu Garlic. Waiting for Chu Garlic's answer.

Seeing that the ministers had already selected the emperor's concubine, Chu Lianzi was naturally very happy, and hurriedly said, "Present it!" The mourning family wants to see for themselves whose children they are. ”

Xie An clapped his hands and said, "Present it." ”

When more than a dozen attendants outside the tent heard the order, they immediately walked in with portraits, lined up in the big tent, and opened the portraits one after another.

Chu Garlic, supported by the palace maid, walked to the portrait and carefully observed them one by one.

"Yes, yes, they are all good-looking children!" Chu Garlic admired the portrait and praised it with a lot of praise.

"Queen Mother, these women of the scholar clan are carefully selected by the ministers from the major clans, not only their appearance is superb, but their character and personality are also excellent." Xie An followed.

"Yes! Queen Mother, these women are carefully selected, and each one is enough to serve the emperor's responsibilities. A minister chimed in.

Chu Garlic was very happy when he heard this, but after a pause, he still said very regretfully: "Although they are all good children, and the mourning family is also very satisfied, however, the emperor is weak, and he is afraid that he can't stand it so much, so he still has to pick out three or five of them with the best appearance and character." ”

Obviously, if more than a dozen concubines were accepted for the emperor at once, it would be too much, and with the weak body of Emperor Sima Dan, he would never be able to bear it, and three or five of them would seem a little reluctant.

"I also ask the Queen Mother to personally select three or five women with good looks and character." Xie An said with his fists clenched.

Obviously, Xie An came with so many portraits in order to let the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic pick out a few women who were satisfied.

Hearing this, Chu Lianzi nodded, and walked back and forth between the rows of portraits, and carefully observed, in addition to the faces of the women to be selected, these portraits also had the origins and personality hobbies of these women, as well as what skills they would have.

"These are good boys, and the mourning family really doesn't know who to choose." After watching it for a long time, Chu Garlic frowned and hesitated.

Obviously, these women of the scholar clan who are to be selected are very good in all aspects, and they are comparable, which makes her really not know who to choose.

"If the Queen Mother can't make up her mind, then let the emperor choose for herself!" Xie An said softly.

After all, these concubines are going to serve the emperor in the future, and letting the emperor choose by himself is obviously the best choice.

Chu Garlic pondered for a moment and asked softly, "Xie Aiqing, where are these children now?" ”

Xie An was stunned for a moment, then hugged his fists and said: "Empress Dowager, most of these women to be selected are still in Jiangnan, and three of them have already set off for Luoyang City, and it is estimated that they are already in front of Luanjia." ”

"Oh, who are they?" Chu Lianzi asked softly, obviously interested in the three women to be selected who were walking in front of Luan.

Xie An glanced at the portraits lightly, and pointed to three of them, and said: "Queen Mother, these three women from the family to be selected are these three, from the Wang family, the Wu family and the Lu family. ”

Chu Lianzi looked up at the three portraits. Nodding with satisfaction, Zhengse said, "It's better to choose these three children!" Who made them all go to Luoyang City? This can be regarded as fate, isn't it. After saying that, he looked at it a few more times.

"The Queen Mother really thought about it, so she chose these three people?" Xie An asked again.

Chu Lianzi nodded again and again: "It's just these three children, after Luan arrives in Luoyang, these three children will be connected to the palace, and the mourning family will see them in person." If there is no problem, you can just stay in the palace. After speaking, he motioned for Xie An and the others to retreat.

"Since the Queen Mother has decided, Wechen will go and inform their families, so that after they arrive in Luoyang City, they will be ready to enter the palace as much as possible, and Wechen will retire." After Xie An finished speaking, he hugged his fists and left, and several ministers also left.

After helping the emperor choose three concubines, the Empress Dowager Chu Garlic was in a good mood, but. Thinking of Emperor Sima Dan's body, Chu Garlic became sad again, after all, the emperor's health is not good, and choosing multiple concubines for him will in fact lead the emperor to die even earlier, and this is naturally the result she doesn't want to see, just to make the emperor have a successor earlier. I have to do this, in this era of unfilial piety and three nothings. That's all she can do.

After listening to Chu Lianzi's opinion, Xie An and the other ministers immediately sent three people to gallop north, so as to inform the families of the three young girls to be selected as soon as possible and let them prepare.

After resting for the night thirty miles south of Shouchun City, the next morning. Emperor Luan and his entourage set off on their journey north, intending to rest in the city for a whole day after arriving at Shouchun City, so that Emperor Sima Dan could recover as much energy as possible before crossing the Huaishui.

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A thousand cavalry sent by Wang Meng. In a very short time, they arrived at the north bank of Huaishui, because a large number of Huaishui's ships were all mobilized to the south bank, ready to meet the emperor's Luan, for this reason, the thousand cavalry could not cross the river at all, which made the generals at the head feel very anxious.

After galloping for more than 100 miles in the southeast direction, he still did not encounter the emperor's Luan, which really made this battle-experienced general feel very uneasy.

Soon, however, a small boat approached slowly from the south bank, and the general saw a glimmer of hope and immediately waited on the north shore for the boat to approach.

It didn't take long for the boat to dock on the north shore of Huaishui, and the three people and three horsemen on the boat also got off the boat in turn, and just after the three people and three horsemen got off the boat, the boat actually turned around and headed south, which made Wang Meng's subordinates feel very surprised, after all, he had been waiting on the shore for a long time, and the boatman left without asking a word.

"General, are you waiting for the emperor's Luan?" The general was just about to get the boatman back, when a man who got off the boat said loudly.

"That's right, Ben General was ordered to welcome the Holy Driver, but I don't know where the Emperor's Luan Driver is now?" The general asked loudly.

"Today afternoon, the emperor's Luan will arrive at Shouchun City." The man said.

"According to this, the emperor's Luan can cross the Huaishui at dusk, no wonder these ships have all been transferred to the south bank." The general said loudly.

The man smiled and said loudly: "I'm afraid that tomorrow evening, the emperor's Luan may not be able to cross the Huaishui!" After speaking, he shook his head helplessly.

The general frowned slightly when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Why is this?" ”

The man did not hide it, and told all the things about the emperor being infected with wind and cold on the river and having symptoms of seasickness, and said that the emperor traveled on foot, and would pause for a day in every large city so that the emperor could rest and recuperate.

When the generals heard this, they all immediately understood, no wonder Luan drove so slowly, it turned out that the emperor was not in good health and stopped walking.

These three people and three horsemen were naturally sent out by Xie An, in order to let the families of the three soon-to-be-become emperor's concubines know the news as soon as possible and be ready to enter the palace at any time.

After suing Wang Mengbu about Luan's driving, the three of them immediately took their leave and went to do what they had to do.

"General, now that the matter of Luan Jia is clear, what should we do now, can we go back?" One of the soldiers asked aloud.

The general thought for a moment, and said, "Order the whole army, set up camp on the spot, and a few of you will immediately return to Ruyin City and tell General Sù Wang about the situation here." ”

"Yes, General." Hearing the order, several pro-soldiers immediately rode their horses and galloped in the direction of Ruyin City, while most of the men and horses were stationed on the north bank of Huaishui, since they ran hundreds of miles in one go, and the emperor's Luan was not far from the south bank of Huaishui, they naturally wanted to stay and rest for a while, and prepare to meet the emperor's Luan.

The distance of more than 100 miles was not very far for the cavalry to continue galloping, and in the evening, several personal soldiers arrived at Ruyin City and told Wang Meng about the situation of Luan's driving.

Knowing that Emperor Sima Dan was infected with wind and cold on the river, and his body had been weak and could not help the wind, and he had to rely on Buyu to continue to march north, Wang Meng was slightly surprised at first, and then a smile appeared at the corner of his mouth, the emperor's health has been poor, which is naturally not a bad thing for Hua'an, and he has followed Hua'an for many years, so he will naturally be happy.

After crossing the Huaishui, Luan drove through Shen County, for this reason, Wang Meng carefully calculated, according to Luan's slow marching speed, it will take at least five days to reach Ruyin City, and he naturally does not need to be very anxious, however, in order to let Hua'an, who is far away in Luoyang City, understand this situation, Wang Meng immediately wrote down Luan's situation on paper, and sent his henchmen to Luoyang City quickly.

Sima Dan's Luan drove in Shouchun City for a whole day, and then began to cross the Huaishui, because the Huai water is much narrower than the river, for this reason, Luan drove soon arrived on the north bank, and after Sima Dan and his party arrived on the north bank, waiting for Wang Meng's subordinate generals on the north bank, immediately stepped forward to pick up, and protected Sima Dan's Luan to continue to march north.

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In the direction of Luoyang City, after more than a year of intense repairs, the palace of Luoyang City was finally repaired, and after the full completion, the officials in charge of the repair told Hua'an the good news as soon as possible, and asked Hua'an to go to the palace to personally accept it.

Knowing that the palace of Luoyang City had been fully completed, Hua'an was naturally very happy, and accompanied by several subordinates, rode to the palace.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Palace of Luoyang City has been fully renovated, and I ask the king to accept it." As soon as he rushed into the palace, an official in charge of the renovation said loudly.

"Good, good, you've worked hard." Hua An praised several officials, and dismounted with his subordinates behind him on foot, admiring the overall effect of the palace as they went. (To be continued......)