Chapter 1 The Plot

The ministers were taken aback and wanted to say more, but they were intimidated by Jiang Chen's eyes.

Zhou Huanmao, kneeling on the ground, had a flash of ecstasy in his eyes.

The Tang King was right. The love of beautiful women was Jiang Chen's most fatal flaw!

Seeing that he couldn't persuade Jiang Chen, Xu Changqing said, "Your Majesty, which places are you planning to go to select women? I will arrange the expenses in advance."

"No need to make such a big show."

Jiang Chen waved his hand, "It's enough for me to bring a few guards, so as not to waste people and money."

"How can that be?"

The Minister of War, Yao Shouxin, immediately stood up to object, "Your Majesty, the thieves have not been caught yet, so you must be cautious!"

"Cautious about what?"

Jiang Chen smiled disdainfully, "Last time such a good opportunity, I was safe and sound. They are just a bunch of petty thieves!"

The ministers advised him one after another, but Jiang Chen didn't listen at all. In the end, in a fit of anger, he directly punished the ministers to kneel for half an hour.

Back in the Hall of Diligent Governance, Jiang Chen kept sneering.

This time, he would dig out all the people who intended to rebel, including the Tang King and those hidden behind him!

"Jing Yue, have people keep a close eye on the Tang King's side. This time, they must take action!"

"Yes!"

After doing all this, Jiang Chen looked towards Phoenix City and smiled coldly.

"Jiang Sheng, I'd like to see what tricks you have up your sleeve."

The news that Jiang Chen was going to leave the palace to select women spread quickly to Phoenix City.

Seeing that Jiang Chen still wanted to leave the palace to select women despite the opposition of the ministers, Jiang Sheng and Wang Yaohui couldn't help laughing out loud.

The depression caused by Bai Lu's increasing Jiang Chen's reputation was also swept away.

Jiang Sheng looked at Wang Yaohui admiringly, "Father-in-law's trick is really clever! That Jiang Chen really couldn't help but take the bait."

"Humph!"

Wang Yaohui smiled triumphantly, "I said, no one can be without weaknesses. Jiang Chen's weakness is beautiful women."

Jiang Sheng nodded repeatedly, "This time, he will die because of beautiful women!"

Then Jiang Sheng smiled, "After this king ascends the throne, I will definitely give him the title of Romantic Emperor, so that he will be remembered for thousands of years, hahahaha..."

Traveling incognito was different from leaving the palace formally. After arranging the affairs of the court, Jiang Chen asked Shi Ping to bring a few imperial guards disguised as guards to follow him and left the palace.

Jing Yue led a group of secret guards, hiding in the crowd, protecting Jiang Chen in the middle.

The selection of women this time had already been announced to the world a few days ago.

The capital was naturally the first stop.

Inside the yamen of the capital, the prefect Qian Wenxue looked at the more than one hundred women in front of him with a smile on his face.

There was no way. There were too many ministers in the capital. His position as prefect of the capital was superior to the prefects in other places, but in front of these ministers in the capital, it was nothing.

And these women in front of him were mostly from official families in the capital, and there were few he could afford to offend.

These women were naturally very clear about this, so they were not polite to Qian Wenxue.

"I say, Master Qian, what are you calling us together for? Shouldn't you be sending us to the Ministry of Rites?" Someone said impatiently.

Qian Wenxue smiled bitterly. This selection of women was unconventional. There was no need to send them to the Ministry of Rites at all. According to the arrangement on the imperial edict, His Majesty would send someone to decide.

And today was the day to screen the women from the capital.

"Please wait a moment, everyone. I will explain to you later." Qian Wenxue said.

At this time, the clerk walked in quickly from outside and whispered something in Qian Wenxue's ear. Qian Wenxue apologized to the women and hurried out.

The clerk said that the people sent by the palace had arrived.

Qian Wenxue saw Jiang Chen from afar. After seeing Jiang Chen's appearance clearly, he was so shocked that he almost tripped himself over with his left foot.

The clerk next to him quickly helped Qian Wenxue, "Be careful, sir!"

Qian Wenxue's face twitched, "Are they the people from the palace?"

The clerk nodded, "That's right."

Qian Wenxue let go of the clerk and ran to Jiang Chen, kneeling on the ground, "Your subject Qian Wenxue pays respects to Your Majesty!"

This behavior directly stunned the clerk who followed.

After reacting, he also knelt on the ground, "This lowly one pays respects to Your Majesty!"

Jiang Chen smiled and asked the two to get up, and asked, "Have the women been gathered?"

Qian Wenxue nodded repeatedly, "They have already been gathered."

"Okay, let's go take a look." Jiang Chen said, with an extremely relaxed expression.

He knew that there would definitely be many dangers this time he left the palace.

But he was sure that the Tang King would never make a move in the capital.

So now he was extremely relaxed.

"Your Majesty, please come this way." Qian Wenxue led the way.

Jiang Chen came to a house through a small road.

Qian Wenxue lowered his voice, pointed to the more than one hundred women opposite, and said, "Your Majesty, they are the women selected from the capital this time."

Jiang Chen nodded and looked over there.

These more than one hundred women were already the result of two rounds of selection.

So just from the outside, they were all top-notch.

But that was also standing out from a group of women. For Jiang Chen, who was used to seeing beautiful women in the palace, it was not so amazing.

Especially since these women were of noble origin. After being left out for a while, many people were already scolding Qian Wenxue impolitely.

Hearing this, Jiang Chen shook his head even more.

If this kind of woman was selected into the palace, she would definitely cause trouble in the future.

After looking at it once, Jiang Chen stood up and walked out.

"Your Majesty, these women..."

Jiang Chen waved his hand, "Let them go back."

Qian Wenxue was stunned. His Majesty didn't even like one of so many excellent women?

What he didn't know was that this selection of women was originally a play that Jiang Chen was acting in cooperation with the Tang King and the others.

The selection of women was only secondary.

What's more, these women were either not perfect enough in appearance or had bad personalities. With Jiang Chen's vision, he naturally couldn't like any of them.

After seeing the women in the capital, Jiang Chen went to Shanggu, which was west of the capital.

This was the second place to select women.

As soon as they left the capital, Shi Ping and the other guards became nervous.

They already knew the dangers they would face this time, so naturally they didn't dare to relax for a moment.

Jiang Chen was very relaxed instead.

Even if the Tang King had great courage, he would not dare to intercept and kill him at this time.

Last time, he only brought Jing Yue and Zhao Ting two guards.

But this time, there were seven imperial guards.

To break through the defenses of these seven people, it was no exaggeration to say that a frontal attack would require at least a hundred people.

If it reached a hundred people, then I'm afraid they would be discovered by the county yamen in various places before they could take action.

Therefore, Jiang Chen's speculation was that the Tang King and the others' methods this time should be more concealed.

After leaving the capital and walking for a day, they arrived at Shanggu.

The magistrate of Shanggu County had also prepared everything and was waiting for Jiang Chen's arrival.

Seeing Jiang Chen coming, the magistrate of Shanggu County quickly stepped forward to greet him, and then led Jiang Chen to the place where the women were placed.