two cold

Li Yi never thought that one day, he would ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Supreme and become the emperor who commanded the world.

He often thinks of when he was still the maharaja of Jincheng, riding a horse and bowing his bow boldly, carrying his beloved wife Shen Shi, traveling around the world's mountains and famous rivers, and those lingering love stories of his childhood sweetheart.

Li Yi thought that he loved Shen Shi very much, especially after they were forced to part, Li Yi's love became even stronger.People in the palace said that Mrs. Shen hangs white clothes on the mountain in the north every time the moon is full. Li Yi couldn't bear to see it. A king can't even protect his own wife. If he is expelled from the palace by a meritorious official, how can he bear witness to his wife's infatuation? shift?What's more, he immediately obeyed his mother's advice and married his second wife, allowing this Yin's daughter to have the title of Nave, which was the title he most wanted to give to Shen.

Li Yi doesn't love the Yin family, it's just a pile of cloth placed by the heroes in the harem; Li Yi doesn't love any concubines in the harem either. Hong Jingzhou's daughter... When he returned to the harem, he still seemed to be facing the government, and even entering any concubine's place was covered with rain and dew.Everyone thought that he doted on Park Yuanzong's adopted daughter, Pu Shi, but he knew that it was because the two dimples on the corners of Pu Shi's mouth when he smiled looked like his first wife; of course, he needed the leader of the hero faction, Pu Yuanzong. Full support is also one of the reasons.

A few days after giving birth to his son, Yin's daughter passed away. Li Yi was really sad, but when he received the letter from Confucian scholar Zhao Guangzu, he actually felt a little bit of guilty joy in his heart.

He took Zhao Guangzu's memorial to Wang Dafei's hall. "Mother Concubine, why don't you take the advice of Confucian scholars and let the abandoned concubine return to the palace?"

"Your Majesty's mood, as a mother, naturally knows. Back then you felt ashamed for allowing the hero to abolish the Shen clan, but the situation is not better than it was then..."

Hearing this, he looked sad and indignant, and even laughed sharply. "Ha, is this the king of a country?"

"Actually...there are other choices," the concubine mother said slowly, considering her tone, "I heard that some people in the imperial court also put forward the "two-is theory", neither welcoming the deposed concubine back, nor choosing a nave from the harem , Aijia thinks it is a feasible way.”

"...The theory of two is. Well, let's do it like this." With a big wave of his hand, he put into practice this theory that will be commented as fluff by later generations. This is very similar to his situation. King of stand.

He doesn't care who the newly married nave will be, but at least there is an extra place for him to hide from the crying and crying in the harem. It wasn't until the night when he entered the nave that he could clearly see that his new wife had a pale face, but her eyes were so pale. There is a stubbornness that is strong and calm.

On the wedding night, he and this little girl drank the wine, when his hand reached into his jacket, except for a slight tremor, Yin Ran still had a calm look that he could pick and choose, which aroused his desire to conquer .He likes to see Yin Ran biting his lips and frowning in aggrieved manner when he is tactfully making love under him, which gives him the pleasure of galloping on the battlefield, but after a long time, Yin Ran is still calm and dull on the bed, he I also don't know how to ask.

"Look carefully, the eyebrows and eyes of the central hall are quite charming." He held the beauty in his arms, and moved his fingers on the face.

"Your Majesty is joking." Yin Ran lowered his head slightly, letting his hands slip between his temples.

"Does the central hall always maintain its etiquette like this at all times?" At the last moment of choosing a concubine, the concubine gave up Danyang Lord's daughter and chose Yin Ran from the clan who came from a slightly poor background. slidely different.

It's just that he doesn't need a well-mannered wife.

After the newlyweds, he began to move to Jingfei's bedroom, not only because Park Yuanzong was the object he needed to consolidate in the government, but also because of Jingfei's natural obsequiousness, which allowed him to enjoy the full share of being worshiped by others. A sense of satisfaction, just like how Shen Shi relied on him back then.And Yin Ran, regardless of favor, always maintains that polite and gentle posture.

After his nightly visits, Concubine Jing finally stopped getting angry about the matter of setting up the new nave. On the contrary, he was happy that Concubine Jing would be jealous about this matter and bicker with him like an ordinary couple. happy.

He compensated his concubine Jing with indulgence, and the power of the harem fell into Yin Ran's hands.He began to look at this little wife with admiration, because Yin Ran settled the battle for the most noble palace in the imperial kitchen, and decided the victory with the simplest cooking, which made the defeated Cui Shanggong really convinced. When I heard about this from my concubine, I couldn't help being surprised.

"When the Central Palace asked Aijia to hand over the harem affairs to him, Aijia didn't really believe it, but he handled it decisively and quickly."

With the consent of the mother and concubine, the central palace has a good appearance in charge of the harem. Even he has heard a little about the frequent troubles of the concubine Jing, but the central palace has swallowed it all alone, and has not heard of any major incidents in the harem. .

But at this time, the sulfur duck incident happened.

It was a nightmare he didn't want to look back on. When he was able to handle political affairs, he saw a bunch of memorials, all pointing to the fact that this incident was planned by Zhao Guangzu, who had been exiled, in collaboration with Han Shanggong, the most noble palace in the imperial kitchen. of the conspiracy incident.From this point of view, it was indeed a false accusation, but the development of all events had already been written. He trembled with anger, and fell on the couch clutching his heart.

"Your Majesty, don't be angry." At this time, of course, the nave was by his side.

"Zhongdian, what did the imperial doctor say about the widow's condition, is it really caused by eating sulfur duck?"

"Yes."

"Then the ministers also think that this incident was planned by Zhao Jingan, who is thousands of miles away?"

Zhongdian's small hand stroked his forehead, like the cold temperature on his hand, Yin Ran opened his mouth. "My concubine once heard that roosters would cut off their tails for fear of being used as sacrifices. What does your majesty think?"

He listened to the story-like words, pondered for a while, but heard that cold voice again.

"To a rooster, tail docking is painful and humiliating, but it can save its own life. In this way, the sacrifice seems nothing."

He raised his eyes to look at the face above, and the nave still had that gentle and affectionate appearance, he spoke shyly. "What if it's an innocent sacrifice?"

"It must be so."

He couldn't understand Yin Ran's emotions when he said this, and didn't know whether Yin Ran would suffer when he chose to sacrifice Han Shanggong, who was single-handed; but Li Yi knew that when he decided to sacrifice Zhao Guangzu, he buried the only trace of his youth in his heart.

This event ended with the victory of the hero faction. He pretended not to know anything and approved all the memorials. Those who were unsure but could not tell anyone, had to visit a court lady in the imperial kitchen at will, Vent all your anger.

Not long after, the nave made another decision that surprised him.

"Tiao Shang Gong was reported to hold a private banquet. The concubine has dismissed him from his position, and Cui Shang Gong from the imperial kitchen will take over his position."

"You mean the most noble palace of the imperial kitchen?"

"The concubine mother has promised that the matter of the married woman will be handled by the concubine."

Does this mean that even the king of his country must not intervene?Li Yi was about to speak, but he heard Yin Ran say:

"After the last incident, the relationship between the King and the Right Prime Minister has not been very harmonious. The Cui Shanggong family has a close relationship with the Right Prime Minister. If Cui Shanggong is reused, it also represents trust in the Right Prime Minister."

He was displeased, and reprimanded: "When will Zhongdian know the art of maneuvering?"

"The concubine is only thinking of the king, otherwise why would she throw a stone at her own foot?" Yin Ran sat in front of the couch, leaning over. "Due to the matter of the imperial kitchen, Cui Shanggong once complained to his concubines. If the concubines only think about themselves, they shouldn't let Cui Shanggong have a chance to stand out. But the matter of promoting Shanggong was reported by Cui Shanggong. In addition, the mother concubine also trusts Cui Shanggong, so the concubine chose Cui Shanggong to be the post of the Shanggong."

"If the king agrees, the most noble position in the imperial kitchen, the concubine wants to hand over to Cui Jinying and Cui Shanggong."

He looked at Yin Ran who had everything arranged properly, and felt that the little girl of the past was getting farther and farther away from him, or maybe it was because he had never looked at Yin Ran well, and he hadn't seen the fortitude and indifference in her eyes all the time.

The better the middle hall handles the affairs of the harem, the more he likes to nest in the concubine's place.He appreciates that the nave gives him a stable harem, but when facing Yin Ran who is also stable, he would rather laugh with his concubine Jing and tease their child, Mr. Fucheng.

At this moment, the good news came that Zhongdian was pregnant.

When he reported the good news to his mother and concubine, both of them sat in the hall with solemn faces, and after a while, the concubine mother said: "Ask the imperial doctor to help the central hall to take a good look."

The concubine mother and he were worried about the same thing. If the middle palace gave birth to Yuanzi, the power of the middle palace would expand, or even shake the power of the son. He was also worried that Yin Ran's intelligence would cause more troubles in the future. A wave.

After going to see Yin Ran, Li Yi still chose to stay overnight at Concubine Jing's place, took out a box of ambergris from his bosom, and placed it in Concubine Jing's hands. "This is the ambergris presented by Cui Shanggong. This box is specially left for you by the widow."

"I don't want it." Concubine Jing pushed her hand away, complaining in her tone. "When my concubine was pregnant with Lord Fucheng, my father also tried every means to get some medicines to calm the mind, but he warned his concubine not to touch ambergris, because ambergris has the effect of breaking Qi and promoting blood circulation, but it is harmful to the fetus. Since then, my concubines don’t like ambergris anymore.”

After entanglement for a while, Concubine Jing finally fell asleep, but Li Yi was full of thoughts.The next day, Li Yi ordered to give ambergris to the middle hall.

I went to the middle hall of Yunyan Temple to pray for blessings, but failed to keep the fetus as I wished. The fetus had already lost its breath when it was born.

I only saw one person—Yan Shanggong.

Yan Yan swaggered into the palace from the main entrance of the central palace, and it was difficult not to attract people's attention.When he went to the Palace of the Great Concubine Wang, he was also a little surprised by Yan Yan's origin, she was actually the daughter of the Yan family who almost became his wife.

I don't know what Yin Ran talked with her, but when Li Yi went to the palace, before the words were spoken, Yin Ran watched two lines of tears fall from the corners of his eyes.

"A few days ago, I called Yan Yan into the middle palace, and I told her that I was willing to give up the position of the middle palace. How can I be qualified to stay in this hall? I am ashamed that I failed to keep the fetus in my womb. Your Majesty...the ministers and concubines only want to be an ordinary woman, to spend their whole life holding hands with the husband they love, and have a lot of children, why does the heaven not even make this little wish come true?"

He watched Yin Ran cry, and the appearance of a helpless little woman made him twitch somewhere in his heart. He hugged Yin Ran with his arms around him, and he softly comforted Yin Ran: "It doesn't matter in the nave, the most important thing is to take good care of yourself. There is ample time."

"But Your Majesty...does Your Majesty really like concubines?"

Li Yi was taken aback, and when he looked back, he saw that Yin Ran's face was full of fragility and helplessness, and his tone was sad and complaining and accusing.

"The concubine only knows how to take care of the harem, and is familiar with the internal training of women's precepts, and knows nothing else..."

"Don't talk about these things in the middle hall, the widow will naturally regard you as a treasure in his heart, don't think about it."

Yes, no matter how powerful the nave is, it is only a woman, and a woman must still have the arms of a man to lean on.He caressed Yin Ran's cheeks, neck and shoulders tenderly, seeing her haggard appearance, he left his heart in the palace again.