Beloved wife

Yan Jing did many things in the palace, and Chu Tingxiu met many people outside the palace.

Many people in the court were dissatisfied with being "oppressed" by him as a warrior. From time to time, people visited him in the court. In fact, his life was not very good, and the soldiers of the Zhenbei Army who stayed with him in the capital were also not happy.

As soon as he left the palace, he went to the military camp outside the city to meet his soldiers.

"General, when can we go back?" Chu Tingxiu's adjutant asked Chu Tingxiu.

Most of them are natives of the Northland, and their family members are also in the Northland. They have always wanted to go back.

"I'll make arrangements for you. You go back to visit relatives in batches." Chu Tingxiu thought for a while.

He originally wanted them to bring his family over, but he didn't dare to make such a decision because he thought that he was entangled with the emperor, and he didn't know what would happen in the future.

Chu Tingxiu's adjutant knew nothing and was very happy.

Chu Tingxiu only had a few thousand soldiers left in the capital, but they were all the best of the best.

He stayed in the barracks for a while, then rode back home.

When I returned to Chu's house, it was already afternoon.

Chu Tingxiu stopped at the door, looked at the door of the house, a little afraid to go in.

His grandfather was an orphan. Many years ago, Emperor Taizu gave his grandfather a roast chicken, and let his grandfather follow Emperor Taizu to fight the world.

During the war years, his grandfather had several women and several children, but only his father survived, and his father only had two children, one was him and the other was his sister.

When he found out that he liked men before, he felt ashamed of the ancestors of the Chu family.

This feeling is even worse now.

He is already with His Majesty, if this matter is known, he will probably bear the eternal infamy and become a sycophant.

If His Majesty got tired of him one day, he would not end well, and his family might also be implicated by him.

What's more, his younger sister Ting Lan also likes Yan Jingze.

Chu Tingxiu was tangled, and saw his sister.

Chu Tinglan didn't sleep all night last night. Although she had a short rest this morning, she got up and waited immediately when she heard that her brother was out of the palace. She didn't want Chu Tingxiu to go to the barracks, but it took a long time before she came back.

Because of the anxious waiting, Chu Tinglan couldn't help but get angry, but when she saw Chu Tingxiu, she still put on a delicate and weak look: "Brother, you are finally back."

"Mm." Chu Tingxiu responded, feeling ashamed once again.

"Brother, you didn't come home last night, I'm very worried." Chu Tinglan looked at Chu Tingxiu worriedly.

Chu Tinglan does not have a deep relationship with Chu Tingxiu, his elder brother.

Her mother is a young lady from a family, and she had a childhood sweetheart, but the first emperor ordered her mother to be married to the father who died of his first wife.

Her mother was forced to marry Beidi, lived there for three years, and gave birth to her.

She was very weak when she was born, and her mother finally found an excuse and took her back to live in the capital, and they never went to Beidi again.

She recalled that she only met her father once, and met her brother for the first time a year and a half ago, so it was difficult for her to have a deep brother-sister relationship.

Now she pays so much attention to her brother just because she wants to do something for her beloved.

Three years ago, when her brother was fighting outside, a dandy of the Zhou family was eyeing her. In order to win over her brother, the Empress Dowager even wanted to marry her to that dandy.

Of course she didn't want that dude's fat head and big ears to be annoying. She didn't want to go out to the Lantern Festival with her best friend during the Lantern Festival, but she was tricked by her best friend into that dude's boat, and was almost insulted.

It was King Ping who saved him.

At that time, the Empress Dowager was still there, and King Ping couldn't protect himself, but he still tried his best to deal with her so that she didn't have to marry that dude.

Her heart fell on King Ping.

King Ping and Jinshang are both the sons of the former emperor, and King Ping is far more outstanding than Jinshang, but it is Jinshang who becomes the emperor in the end, and Jinshang dislikes King Ping because of King Ping's excellence...

Knowing that King Ping wanted to get her brother's support, she volunteered to help King Ping, but unfortunately her brother only wanted to monopolize power and was unwilling to deal with King Ping, and he still targeted King Ping in the court.

Her brother even wants to marry her to Imagami.

Her mother has passed away, so she can't make decisions about her marriage, she can only listen to her brother... She thought, since her brother wants her to marry Imagami, then she should marry!She even thought that if she could kill Jinshang, the world would belong to King Ping in the end!

"I'm fine." Chu Tingxiu said.

"Brother, you were injured when you came back late, this time..." Chu Tinglan didn't seem to be comforted.

Chu Tingxiu felt even more guilty.

"Did His Majesty do something?" Chu Tinglan asked.

Chu Tingxiu said: "Your Majesty didn't do anything. Ting Lan, you should think about your marriage carefully. If there is someone you like, please tell me."

Chu Tingxiu had mentioned this matter before, and now he brought it up...Chu Tinglan said: "Brother, don't you want me to marry His Majesty?" Before it was clear that her brother wanted her to marry His Majesty, so she followed suit , Said that he liked His Majesty's.

"When did I think about it?" Chu Tingxiu was taken aback.From the very beginning, he never thought of letting His Majesty marry his sister, but people around him suggested so, and his sister also liked His Majesty, so he could only admit it.

Chu Tinglan didn't know why Chu Tingxiu changed his decision, she was a little anxious, but couldn't help but said: "Then what if I want to marry King Ping?"

Chu Tingxiu frowned: "Prince Ping is not a good match."

Chu Tingxiu had a bad impression of King Ping. He could feel that King Ping had a certain power in his hands, and these people were not good to Yan Jing. More importantly, although King Ping did not marry a concubine, he already had a side concubine.

Chu Tinglan lowered her head and stopped talking.

Chu Tingxiu said again: "Tinglan, think about it carefully... If you want, you can have a wife." In the north, it is not uncommon for women to recruit husbands, and it is not uncommon for women to set up their own families, and they are comfortable.

Chu Tinglan was laughed out of anger, what kind of person could she find a husband?Her brother just can't see her well!

Chu Tinglan left angrily.

Chu Tingxiu stood where he was, not knowing why.

At night, Chu Tingxiu wanted to enter the palace, but he didn't go after thinking about it.

He stays overnight in the palace every day, which is not good for His Majesty's reputation.

Chu Tingxiu did not enter the palace, so Yan Jingze prepared a table of dishes, and finally had to enjoy the meals alone.

Waiting for tomorrow, he will make Chu Tingxiu look good!

There is morning morning on the second day.

Yan Jing sat on the dragon chair, staring at Chu Tingxiu all the time.

Chu Tingxiu was extremely uncomfortable being stared at.

The political affairs discussed were similar, and even the matters discussed the day before yesterday were brought up for discussion by the ministers. In the end, it was Chu Tingxiu who cut through the mess quickly and set the regulations.

Then... the courtiers began to talk about Lihou again.

When Chu Tingxiu mentioned this matter before, he either kept silent, or followed up with a few words of persuasion after many people had mentioned it.

But today...

As soon as someone brought it up, Chu Tingxiu said: "Your Majesty is still young, there is no rush to become a queen."

When Chu Tingxiu said this, everyone was stunned.

His Majesty is still young?Where is he young? !

Your Majesty is twenty one!Unless the family is poor and cannot afford a wife or has to keep filial piety, men of this age are basically married!

During His Majesty's [-]th Five-Year Plan, someone had already mentioned that he wanted him to become a queen, but the empress dowager stopped him from doing so. Now that the empress dowager is gone, Chu Tingxiu stopped him again?

Many ministers in the court glared at Chu Tingxiu.

Chu Tingxiu didn't care about them, and followed closely: "Establishing an empress is a major event, and it cannot be decided easily!" He was not with His Majesty before, and for His Majesty's benefit, he naturally hoped that His Majesty would establish an empress, but now it is different.

As long as His Majesty does not change his mind, he will try his best to stop it.

If one day His Majesty changes his mind and wants to become a queen again... At that time, he will be punished with the crime of "stopping His Majesty from making His Majesty a queen", and he has nothing to say.

It's the path you choose after all.

He just wanted to live a little happier these days.

"General Chu, what are your intentions in not allowing His Majesty to become a queen!" Someone looked at Chu Tingxiu angrily.

Yan Jing was already elated when Chu Tingxiu spoke, and felt that Chu Tingxiu was a bit stupid. He said that, and he was easily attacked by others...

Yan Jing quickly gestured to Wang Zhong with his eyes.

Wang Zhong went to signal others again.

Those ministers didn't pay attention to Yan Jingze's eyes. At this moment, no matter whether it was the Emperor's Party, the Pingwang Party, or the Empress Dowager's Party, they were all staring at Chu Tingxiu, analyzing Chu Tingxiu's meaning.

Chu Tingxiu stood there without saying a word.

Just at this moment, a little eunuch ran in, knelt down on the ground, and said in a crying voice, "Your Majesty, the Empress Dowager... collapsed."

Yan Jing quickly stood up and said sadly: "Grandmother..."

His figure swayed, and then he was supported by someone, and sat down again. He only covered his face with his sleeve, so that no one could see that there was no sad expression on his face.

Everyone knows that he and the Empress Dowager have a deep hatred, but this era emphasizes filial piety, and he has to act, which is quite boring...

Just as Yan Jing was thinking about it, he heard King Ping cry: "Grandmother..."

Yan Jingze: "..." This person is better at acting than him.

The unlucky Empress Dowager actually disappeared early in the morning.

The person who reported the funeral was specially arranged by Yan Jingze. He originally wanted someone to report the funeral in the early morning, and then he would keep his filial piety. Really unexpected.

But now, no one really talked about Lihou.

The Empress Dowager's death was so sudden that many ministers who had watched the Empress Dowager's glory for decades felt unreal, but felt that it should be so—the Empress Dowager was not young.

No matter what the empress dowager did before, she is the empress dowager after all, now that she is dead, even the emperor has to keep her vigil, and at the same time, all the officials have to get busy and organize funerals for her.

Yan Jing did not participate in these matters on the pretext of being heartbroken and feeling unwell.

He also called Chu Tingxiu: "You are so stupid, you said that in the court today... Look, you have been scolded!"

Chu Tingxiu didn't speak.

"Now that the Empress Dowager is dead, I plan to keep mourning for three years. During these three years, I won't have to deal with those who made me a queen. After three years, I will see who else dares to disobey me."

In the previous dynasty, some emperors did not go to court for ten years, and some emperors snatched other people's wives into the palace, and they still acted like emperors.

As long as he gets rid of the restless King Ping and secures the throne, he won't believe that others dare to question him.