Chapter 52 Soul-Picking Hook

Under the persuasion of the ministers of the Ministry of Rites, the Shanman envoys have given up their plan to make their Seventh Saint Lady the Queen, but they have set their sights on the position of Imperial Noble Consort.

In the harem, there is only one position for Queen, and there is only one position for Imperial Noble Consort and Noble Consort. The Queen is of the super rank, the Imperial Noble Consort is of the first rank, and the Noble Consort is of the second rank.

Further down are the ten main wives, all of whom hold the rank of first-rank concubine.

Therefore, the position of the Imperial Noble Consort should not be underestimated, not to mention that the Imperial Noble Consort is now Rong Xiyao, the only daughter of the King of Southwest, who is high above and extremely noble.

The Shanman envoy wanted to make the Seventh Saint Lady the Imperial Consort, but where would that put Rong Xiyao?

The ministers of the Ministry of Rites still disagreed with this. In their opinion, it was already very good to give the Seventh Saint Lady of the Mountain Barbarians a position as one of the Ten Queens.

For example, the position of Concubine Jing is very suitable for the Seven Saint Ladies of the Mountain Barbarians, so that they can learn to be reverent and not underestimate the concubines in the harem of Daning and the current court.

It is not possible to go any higher. The ten main concubines are already the limit that the ministers of the Ministry of Rites can accept, and of course it is also the limit that Cao Wen Zheng can accept at present.

As for Lu Changjing's opinion, it doesn't matter at all.

Cao Wen Zheng only informed that his bottom line at present was that he was willing to let the Seventh Saint Lady of the Mountain Barbarians be the Jing Fei, one of the ten main wives. The rest had nothing to do with him. He just had to be an honest clay emperor.

Of course, if the mountain barbarians are not sensible, the positions of the ten major concubines will be lowered, and they may become the second-rank lady, the second-rank noble concubine, the second-rank concubine...

Unless there are special circumstances, it is impossible for the Seven Saint Ladies of the Mountain Barbarians to replace the positions of Noble Consort and Imperial Noble Consort.

As for the matter of sending troops to attack the Blood Barbarians, just as Lu Changjing guessed, the Daning Dynasty would not even be able to send troops simply because of the issue of military expenses.

Of course, if the Shanman tribe is willing to bear the cost of sending troops by the Da Ning Dynasty and provide sufficient compensation, Ning Zhongyu and Cao Wenzhen might also agree to send troops.

Regarding this matter, the Da Ning Dynasty firmly disagreed and was unwilling to make enemies with the Blood Barbarians, but was willing to marry the Seventh Saint of the Mountain Barbarians for free.

In fact, this move is equivalent to supporting the Mountain Barbarians, which can make the Blood Barbarians fearful and prevent them from attacking the Fulong Mountains at will in the future.

But in the eyes of the mountain barbarian envoys, this was almost equivalent to taking their saint for free, so they naturally disagreed.

The two sides have been arguing fiercely about this, and there is no result yet, so the possibility of reaching a consensus is not great.

In addition, with people like Wei Shangang, who are quite hostile to the Mountain Barbarians, fanning the flames, and the Mountain Barbarian envoys also being a little bit ungrateful, it is very likely that Lu Changjing will not have to marry the Seventh Saint of the Mountain Barbarians.

Although it's a bit of a pity, but thinking about the mountain barbarians' love of playing with poisonous insects and ferocious beasts, what if the seventh saint of the mountain barbarians is also the same? If a poisonous insect is suddenly imported when playing the import game in the future, then we will be doomed.

If you can't marry her, then you can't marry her. There are already so many concubines and beauties in the harem, and the selection is still in full swing. It doesn't matter if you just have one of the Seven Saint Ladies of the Mountain Barbarians.

After letting Lu Changjing know the progress of the matter, Cao Wenzhen left again, most likely to deal with the affairs of the Jinyiwei.

There have been many conflicts between the Jinyiwei and the Demon Suppression Bureau during this period. One is trying hard to coexist peacefully with demons and monsters, while the other is hoping to slay demons in exchange for rewards. Even if they want to avoid conflicts, it is impossible.

In addition, the border has been in turmoil recently, and many military forces of the Daning Dynasty have been concentrated in the border areas, which has also given many demons and monsters an opportunity.

The most crucial thing is that Ning Zhongyu’s need for resources and treasures is growing, but he has robbed the royal secret treasury and the national treasury, so he can only turn his attention to demons and monsters.

In order to obtain resources and treasures from demons and monsters, Ning Zhongyu, Cao Wenzheng, Zhao Jintian and others have no bottom line, which has greatly encouraged the demons and monsters. Demons and monsters have appeared in various places one after another, which naturally gives the Demon Suppression Bureau the opportunity to kill demons and monsters, and they want to use the heads of these demons and monsters in exchange for rewards and treasures.

However, the Jinyiwei had many transactions with these demons and monsters, so conflicts broke out between the two sides.

No longer thinking about these messy things, Lu Changjing concentrated on his practice. After a few hours, a slight sound came from his mind.

The first soul-picking hook was successfully conceived. The newly born soul-picking hook was only the size of a grain of rice and was completely white, as if it were transparent.

It can enter the enemy's spiritual sea silently, take away a wisp of his three souls and seven spirits, and thus control his life or death.

However, the newly created soul-picking hook can only hook away a wisp of the three souls and seven spirits of an ordinary warrior at most. It needs to continue to be cultivated and strengthened, so that it can hook away the three souls and seven spirits of warriors of the same level, or even warriors of a higher level.

As the first soul-picking hook was born, Lu Changjing could clearly feel that the pressure on his spiritual sea had increased significantly. However, compared to his extremely tough spiritual sea, this little pressure was nothing.

After carefully feeling the power and effect of the Soul-Picking Hook, Lu Changjing nodded with satisfaction. After cultivating it to its current extreme, he would find someone to conduct an experiment.

Cao Wenzhen is still a little difficult, but his good nephew Cao Xiuyuan should not be a problem.

He smiled slightly and was about to continue practicing when he heard a voice from outside: "The Imperial Concubine has arrived!"

"Xuan!"

Lu Changjing was slightly stunned, vaguely guessed something, and immediately summoned Rong Xiyao to enter the imperial study.

"Bang..."

When she came in, Rong Xiyao immediately dismissed the people around her and closed the door of the imperial study.

"Your Majesty, I heard that the Mountain Barbarians want the position of Imperial Concubine?"

Seeing Lu Changjing, Rong Xiyao did not hide anything and asked angrily.

Lu Changjing smiled and said, "It is true, but I am not prepared to agree to it. At most, I will only give her the position of the principal wife. Moreover, the possibility of this matter being negotiated is not high, so don't worry, my beloved concubine."

Ever since he started eating Rong Xiyao's gigolo, Lu Changjing felt that this seemingly domineering Imperial Noble Consort was particularly kind, so the title of Imperial Noble Consort was changed to Beloved Consort.

Of course, if Cao Wen was there, Lu Changjing would change back to the original name, lest this guy couldn't stand it and started to argue with him again.

Similar ones include Imperial Concubine Tang Qingyi and Concubine Yi Zhou Ruolan...

After hearing what Lu Changjing said, Rong Xiyao finally breathed a sigh of relief, although she also knew that it was unlikely that the emperor would agree. After all, her father was the King of Southwest and the first person to fight against the mountain barbarians.

The Mountain Barbarians made such a request, which was obviously aimed at the King of Southwest, and was also intended to disgust him.

As the southwestern barrier of the Da Ning Dynasty, unless the emperor lost his mind or wanted to deliberately target the King of Southwest, he would never take away her position as the Imperial Concubine.

Even though she knew it was a false alarm, Rong Xiyao was still furious.

(End of this chapter)