His Majesty once married me

In the deep winter of the 12th year of Kaiyuan.

Qi Yuche, who had already been named King Hong, happily walked out of the Qiankun Palace, and ran into Yang Weibo Shen Mao who was waiting to be summoned.

"His Royal Highness." Shen Mao bowed immediately.

"Uncle Shen."

Because he was in the right mood, Qi Yuche nodded towards Shen Mao, and exchanged a few words with him.

Unexpectedly, Shen Mao followed his few polite words and began to chat with him.

Qi Yuche couldn't help feeling a little apprehensive.

He is no longer a child. He has long known who he can befriend and who he can't.

Real powerful generals like Shen Mao who hold military power in their hands are the ones he can't associate with.

Although Qi Yuche liked the position of the Prince of the East Palace very much, he didn't like it to the point where he wanted to warn him, and he didn't want to attract his father's suspicion and kick him to the southwest to feed the mosquitoes.

It was hard for him to get his father to agree to go to the Northwest for training!

Qi Yuche was thinking about how to get rid of Shen Mao's self-adhesive dog skin plaster, but Shen Mao changed his voice and asked him if he had seen the imperial concubine Jiuqian in the palace recently.

what?

Qi Yuche couldn't help being taken aback, looked Shen Mao up and down, and suddenly realized that perhaps this was the reason why Shen Mao talked to him.

But why did Shen Mao inquire about that person?

them……

Oh yes, they are in-laws.

The imperial husband's favorite niece married Shen Mao as his successor, but that woman's life was not good, and she became pregnant after several years of marriage. As a result, she attracted the jealousy of her stepson and stepdaughter, and she was killed twice.Fortunately, the two bad-hearted stepson and stepdaughter had even worse luck. When they wanted to use the fire to destroy the corpse, they trapped themselves in the fire and finally buried their stepmother.

But compared with these guys who died early and passed away early, Shen Mao who is still living in this world may be even more pitiful. He really lost his wife and lost his children.

When this incident was reported to the capital, it caused heated discussions among the big guys, and they all felt that Shen Mao was simply a "lonely evil star", who restrained his parents and his wife and children, and most of the robes around him seemed to be dead.

Affected by this incident, there is no noble woman in the capital who is willing to marry Shen Mao, and Shen Mao himself has no intention of remarrying Xu Xian, and has been alone until now.

Well, at his current age, even if he marries his wife again, he probably won't be able to have children.

Qi Yuche looked at Shen Mao sympathetically again.

Although Qi Yuche didn't know why Shen Mao wanted to inquire about the news that the imperial husband was nine thousand years old, it was an easy task to answer Shen Mao.

He hasn't seen it.

In fact, Qi Yuche had never seen the imperial husband a few times, let alone had close contact.

If it wasn't for the fact that the man was so good-looking and unforgettable at first sight, Qi Yuche might not even remember what that man looked like.

Seeing that Qi Yuche shook his head and did not seem to be lying, Shen Mao immediately showed disappointment that could not be concealed.

Fortunately, the servant came out in time and invited Shen Mao to come in for an audience. Qi Yuche hurriedly bid farewell to Shen Mao, wiped off the cold sweat from his forehead, and slipped away.

This guy, wouldn't he be infatuated with the emperor's husband for nine thousand years before marrying his niece?

While running away, Qi Yuche's mind was wide open.

When he returned to Prince Hong's Mansion, Qi Yuche had already forgotten about Shen Mao, and walked into the backyard in a hurry to share the good news with his princess.

Today, Qi Yuche finally persuaded his father to allow him to go to the Northwest for training after the new year. Although the time is only half a year, the Northwest is where his father made his fortune and the foundation of the Qi family. Permission is enough to show his father's trust and expectation for him.

However, after finishing speaking, Qi Yuche found that his concubine was not as happy as he was. After thinking about it, he finally slapped his forehead and suddenly realized.

"Oops, I forgot to include your pregnancy!"

In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, the four brothers and sisters Qi Yuche, Qi Yuming, Qi Yulu, and Qi Yulin were named King Hong, King Yi, Princess Bao, and Princess Jia. They left their residence in the palace and moved into the newly built palace and princess palace.

Then, Qi Yuche, Qi Yuming and Qi Yulu got married one after another, only Qi Yulin, who was younger than the three of them, was still a sister-in-law alone.

After getting married, the two brothers fought over who could be the first to give birth to the eldest grandson of the emperor.

But this kind of thing is not that whoever expends more effort will be the first to usher in the harvest.

The two princes tried their best to sow seeds, but their wives were equally "disappointed". Seeing that they had been married for more than half a year, none of them succeeded in breeding.

Qi Yuche wanted a son-in-law wholeheartedly, but Qi Yuming was not as stubborn as him, and turned to reclaim the land other than the princess, and finally made two concubines in the mansion pregnant.

However, being pregnant and giving birth to a son are two different things. One of the two concubines had a miscarriage while the other gave birth to the emperor's eldest granddaughter not long ago.

At this moment, Qi Yuche's concubine Yao Shi was found to be pregnant.

Qi Yuche was overjoyed, and immediately had the desire to make contributions, and wanted to set an example for his son, so that he could also make the children proud of him like his father.

So, Qi Yuche ran into the palace, told his father about his thoughts, and asked him to make it easier for him to give himself a chance.

His Majesty the Emperor really gave him a chance, but when Qi Yuche was happy, he forgot about the princess giving birth.

Seeing that the princess was not happy at this moment, Qi Yuche suddenly remembered that if he went to the northwest, he would not be able to accompany the princess through the pregnancy, and it was even more likely that he would not be able to return to the capital before his son was born.

After thinking about it, Qi Yuche said to his princess: "Don't worry, you are pregnant in October, and you are less than three months old. Even if I leave in the next year, it will be more than nine months in six months. As long as this kid is not impatient , if you insist on coming out early, you will definitely see my father when I croak to the ground—by the way, after I leave, you can take your mother-in-law to the mansion to accompany you."

"Your Highness—" Concubine Hong Yao bit her lip, but hesitated to speak.

Seeing that Yao's expression was wrong, as if he was not only worried about the matter he thought of, Qi Yuche frowned, "What's the matter, you should tell me! Is there anything between you and me that you can't talk about directly?"

After finishing speaking, seeing that Yao Shi was still silent, Qi Yuche turned his gaze to the maidservant behind Yao Shi, "What happened in the mansion today?"

"Princess Yi came to visit today, and she asked the master to talk a lot...a lot..." The maid faltered for a long time, but in the end, like Yao Shi, she couldn't finish her sentence.

Qi Yuche pursed his lips, and kicked out all the maidservants, leaving only himself and the concubine alone in the room, then he put her into his arms and asked what was going on.

Only then did Yao shi pouted, and told the story in a voice that only the two of them could hear, but it was Princess Yi who came to congratulate the elder sister-in-law, and by the way added some troubles to the elder sister-in-law—to persuade the elder sister-in-law to prepare for her husband quickly. The concubine connects the room.

"Do you dare to listen to her?" Qi Yuche rolled his eyes and almost swears, "Meddling in the uncle's house, does she want to recommend herself and remarry to my house to warm my bed? Tomorrow—— No, I'll go and ask my second brother later, if he can't satisfy this gossip woman! If so, then quickly find some faces for her, so that she won't make trouble all day long..."

"Your Highness!" Yao frowned, stretched out his hand and pinched Qi Yuche's arm, "Your words will kill the second sibling!"

"That kind of woman should have died a long time ago!" Qi Yuche cursed while baring her teeth.

Qi Yuche's dislike for Princess Yi is far more than that of his second younger brother, King Yi, who has been "fighting" since he was a child.

Sometimes, Qi Yuche even felt that his "good" second brother actually hated this Princess Yi more than he did.

After all, Qi Yuche chose the Concubine Hong of the Yao family, while the Princess Yi of the Dong family was forced by Qi Yuming to marry back because of the coercion of Concubine Chen and the forces behind her.

Every time Qi Yuche thought of this point, he felt an indisputable helplessness toward this second brother.

In the tenth year of Kaiyuan, when the two princes chose their concubines, the emperor's family no longer needed to rely on marriage to stabilize the imperial power.

Their father, after excluding some families who were not suitable for marriage, gave them a considerable degree of autonomy within a limited range.

Qi Yuche didn't waste this power, and quickly married his favorite Yao Shi back.

But Qi Yuming handed over this power to his concubine and mother clan, and chose the granddaughter of Dong Yue, a scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, as the princess.

The Wenyuan Pavilion, composed of seven great scholars, was established in the eighth year of Kaiyuan. In terms of its functions, it is equivalent to the left and right prime ministers of the old dynasty, but the two people have been turned into seven people, and the power in their hands has also been weakened. Seven seven eight eight, it is more like a group of staff who checks for the emperor's majesty and acts as a think tank.

Moreover, although there are seven Grand Scholars, six of them are occupied by six ministers, one radish and one pit. Others covet.

The top six of the current Wenyuange University Scholars are former Minister of Punishment Zhu Bian, Minister of Officials Mi Su, Minister of Rites Ji Hong, Minister of Household Wan Shan, Minister of Military Huo Bingshen, and Minister of Industry Yuan Zhiwang.If Zhu Bian had to "beg for bones" due to old age or illness and resign from the position of a bachelor, his successor can only be Qiao Jian, the current minister of punishment.Similarly, the positions of the other five people can only be inherited by the other five Shangshu, and then a new Shangshu will be selected to replace the promoted Lord Shangshu in charge of the six departments.

Only Dong Yue, the seventh person, is a special case.

His Majesty the Emperor set three conditions for this position: [-]. Not confused after the age; [-]. Jinshi background; [-]. Popular expectations.

There is no need to explain the first two points. The so-called popular expectation is that nominations are made every five years. All officials above rank seven can write recommendation letters and recommend candidates they approve.

The three people who received the most recommendation letters will go to Beijing to run for candidates. Officials above the third grade in Beijing will conduct a second vote. Rewards, intangible prestige and many other benefits.

The officials were very enthusiastic about this matter, but in private, His Majesty the Emperor said to the four older sons and daughters: The so-called seventh person in Wenyuan Pavilion is actually a target. Whoever is the object of strict defense, root out the forces behind this person; if you can't get rid of it, you must be prepared to swallow your anger and be used as a display.

Qi Yuming obviously heard his father's reminder, but he still married Dong Yue, the granddaughter of his "enemy".

When Qi Yuche learned of this, he wanted to rush into Prince Yi's mansion, lift his second brother's head, and see what was inside.

——Do you fucking still want to be emperor?

——Antagonize your father, are you a birthday star who hanged himself, are you impatient?

But before Qi Yuche could take any action, the eldest princess Qi Yulu, who had already been named Princess Bao, took the lead and finished what he wanted to do, scolded Qi Yuming, and announced to the world: there is her place where Qi Yulu is. , Concubine Yi Dong "please" disappear consciously!

Afterwards, Qi Yuche learned from his own concubine that the Dong family used to build momentum for the Dong family, saying that she was born with a phoenix fate. After the news spread, Princess Bao Qi Yulu laughed in public, saying that if the Dong family was born with a phoenix fate, she must have faded away. The hairy one - not as good as a chicken!

Now that Mrs. Dong has become Princess Yi and Qi Yulu's sister-in-law, Qi Yulu is naturally furious, wishing she could strangle this woman to death.

Qi Yuche originally thought that women should not be involved in disputes between men, but after meeting Mrs. Dong several times in the palace, Qi Yuche felt that it would be more comfortable for Qi Yulu to strangle this woman to death.

A shit stirrer is the best description for this woman.

Every time the palace banquet, Mrs. Dong will self-righteously make some troubles, causing troubles for the princes including his uncle, as if thinking that doing so can discredit them and lower their evaluation in the heart of the emperor, but he doesn't know There are no secrets in the palace. Her words and deeds are seen and remembered by His Majesty's piercing eyes. In the end, it will be her husband who is rejected by His Majesty—even her own woman can't control her. Qi Yuming, the second prince.

What annoys Qi Yuche even more is that Mrs. Dong always bullies his princess overtly and secretly. Seeing that the princess is soft-tempered and kind, she wants to step on her princess while pretending to be friendly with her princess , while tripping up his princess and making her princess embarrass herself in front of others.

Qi Yuche admits that the princess of his family does lack the bearing of a princess. She is not the kind of woman who is good at dancing with long sleeves and can stand up to the scene. She gets nervous when there are many people, and it is easy to say wrong things and do wrong things.But no matter what, she was also his concubine, and she married back to the mansion because she liked her. How could she be bullied by others—especially her sister-in-law?

Qi Yuche, who couldn't bear it anymore, finally stood up when Dong Shi framed Yao Shi and acted hypocritically, and kicked Dong Shi away from her princess, telling her to "go as far as she can".

Afterwards, Qi Yuche was scolded by his own mother, Concubine Gao, but Qi Yuming apologized to him instead.

Obviously, his second brother also knew what kind of woman he married back!

Qi Yuche didn't take Dong Shi's words of bewitching his princess to heart, and didn't let Yao Shi forget about it.

But within a few days, Concubine Gao called Qi Yuche to the palace and asked him to bring the two young and beautiful maids back to the palace.

Qi Yuche was confused, and subconsciously told Concubine Gao that there was no shortage of servants in his mansion, and even if he did, he could go to the Inner Court Department to ask for them, and he didn't need to borrow the manpower from his mother's concubine's palace.

Concubine Gao suddenly had a strange expression, with a look of hatred that iron cannot be made into steel.

Qi Yuche became more and more inexplicable, and simply stared at her mother and concubine with big eyes and small eyes.

Concubine Gao quickly lost her battle, and angrily spoke out.

"Ms. Yao is pregnant, and you don't have any other concubines around you. At night... who will serve you?!"

Only then did Qi Yuche suddenly realize——

It turned out that these two women were waiting for him to sleep!

But immediately after, Qi Yuche shook his head again.

"I don't want it, mother and concubine can keep it for herself!" Qi Yuche said, "Father chooses only concubines from official families who are above the fifth rank. Although I am not father, I don't want to accept a few lowly court ladies as concubines. Besides, I only want a son-in-law now, before I give birth to a son-in-law, I will not touch any woman!"

In fact, not just now.

Ever since she was sensible, Qi Yuche never thought of having a bastard.

Qi Yuche himself has been troubled by his status as a bastard for many years, and he naturally doesn't want his children to have the same trouble again.

Besides, women are jealous, if he sleeps with another woman, his princess will definitely be upset!

Although his princess will not admit it, and may even pretend to be generous and take the initiative to arrange a woman for him, but think about it, just think about how his princess will feel when he sleeps with other men, and you will know how his princess is. Know what it's like for him to sleep with another woman!

Definitely want to kill!

But Qi Yuche also knew very well that he could not tell Concubine Gao what happened next.

His mother and concubine had never liked his royal father, so naturally they didn't know what it was like to be jealous, and of course they didn't understand what happened to him and his concubine who didn't want others to intervene and block their eyes.

Concubine Gao also only thought of the fact that her son had been scolded by her uncle's family as a "little mother", she sighed immediately, and did not force Qi Yuche to take him away.

Qi Yuche secretly heaved a sigh of relief, and even secretly hoped that his concubine would give birth to a daughter - if he gave birth to a daughter, he would have an excuse to refuse to accept concubines, concubines, and roommates!

But Qi Yuche didn't let out this breath for a few days before inhaling it again.

Just after the New Year, Qi Yuche was excitedly preparing to go to the Northwest, but his father, Qi Yunheng, called him and Qi Yuming to the front, and told them that many officials wanted to give their daughters, nieces, granddaughters... to be side concubines , so that they can give birth to a smart and healthy little grandson as soon as possible.

"Whether I have a son or not is none of their business?!" Qi Yuche finally couldn't hold back his swearing.

Qi Yunheng frowned, and glanced at Qi Yuche, his expression was calm, as if he just disliked him for swearing, not because he thought his words were wrong.

Qi Yuche immediately plucked up his courage, straightened his neck and continued, "I just don't accept it, so what can they do to me!"

"Of course it won't do anything." Qi Yunheng replied calmly, "But it will make you unable to be a prince or emperor."

"That's inappropriate!" Qi Yuche blurted out.

As soon as the words came out, Qi Yuche felt something was wrong, and subconsciously looked at his father, only to find that his father was only slightly stunned, mixed with some mocking, but it didn't look like he was about to throw a tantrum, so he put it down. Thinking about it, he was about to say something to make up for it, but when he glanced around, he found that Qi Yuming was dumbfounded, staring at him like he was looking at a monster.

Qi Yuche immediately gave his younger brother a vicious look, but just like that, he forgot about returning to Huan to find love.

At this time, Qi Yunheng had already said, "If it's not right, then it's not right. I said long ago that I will never lack a son who wants to be the emperor. If any of you don't want to be the emperor, you don't need to pay attention to such noise. But If it’s the other way around, having a child and having more than one child is a condition you must fulfill.”

"father……"

Without waiting for Qi Yuche to explain, Qi Yunheng waved his hand, "I won't take the hot-blooded words seriously, but you two should really go back and think about it——Think it through, and then tell me the result."

After finishing speaking, Qi Yunheng kicked the two of them out.

Qi Yuche didn't know what Qi Yuming was thinking, but he only remembered that when he left the palace, Qi Yuming seemed to be hesitant to say something, and wanted to say something to him, but he never spoke.

And Qi Yuche didn't even have the heart to recognize this younger brother at that time.

Father's words gave Qi Yuche a slap in the face, and made him re-examine the issue of "inheritance".

When he was young, Qi Yuche always regarded himself as his father's heir.

After growing up, he has been working hard to become the heir of his father.

However, to this day, Qi Yuche couldn't help but ask himself: Do you really want to sit in that position?

If he wanted to sit in that position, he would have to accept as many concubines as his father did, and have a bunch of children with some women he didn't like. It's hard to say whether he likes it or not.

If he wants to sit in that position, he has to learn to compromise like his father, fighting with the foxes big and small in the court all day long, pretending to be submissive.

If he wants to sit in that position, he has to abandon his emotions like his father. When his princess is wronged, he can no longer treat the person who wronged his princess as before. Kick and fly.

if……

If he lived like that, why did he still live? !

Qi Yuche locked himself in Hong Wang's mansion, thought over and over again for three days, and finally came up with a result.

But before entering the palace to report to his father, Qi Yuche first went to see the concubine of his family, took Yao's hand, and asked in a low voice: "If... If you are asked to make a choice, one is the mother and the world, but you have to be with her?" Many women share me together; the other is to monopolize me, but can't mother the world, to be a queen, to be a queen mother...how would you choose?"

"The latter!" Yao gave the answer without thinking.

"Are you sure?" Qi Yuche was startled by Yao's speed, "No regrets?"

"If you choose the former, you will regret it!" Yao replied affirmatively.

Qi Yuche was speechless for a while, and couldn't help but said again: "Think carefully, if this is the case, that woman Dong may become a queen, and you have to bow down to her, or even kneel and kowtow..."

"She can't be." Yao's tone must remain the same, "If His Majesty wanted to make King Yi the crown prince, he would have done so more than ten years ago, how could he wait until now?"

"...You do have some discernment." Qi Yuche blinked, and his mood was inexplicably clearer.

"Besides, with Princess Bao here, even if King Yi really has such a day, Princess Yi will only stand in the ancestral temple for people to worship." Yao Shi also winked at Qi Yuche, "Believe it or not."

Qi Yuche burst into laughter, "I believe it!"

With the character of his elder sister, the relationship between this elder sister and Qi Yuming, and Qi Yuming's attitude towards Dong Shi, this kind of thing is absolutely possible!

Even if neither of them succeeds, the second sister Qi Yulin will make things perfect for them!

Dong wants Qi Yulin to lose her virginity to her cousin so that she can make raw rice and cook mature rice, and take Qi Yulin's emperor's favor and relationship network as her own, but Qi Yulin is more annoyed than Qi Yulu!

Thinking of this, Qi Yuche finally felt relieved, put his arms around his princess, and said softly: "Since you choose this way, then I really won't be the emperor - don't regret seeing someone else become a queen in the future !"

"This should be returned to Your Highness!" Yao Shi pouted, but his face was sunny, "However, to be honest, Your Highness, you are really not the material to be an emperor, I really want you to go To manage the country, the country must be in chaos——before I entered the mansion, what did you manage the palace like!"

Qi Yuche knew very well that what his princess said was the truth.

He really doesn't have the talent to take care of ordinary affairs. He thought that when he practiced in Huangzhuang, he was "respectfully sent" back to the palace by the stewards of Huangzhuang in less than a month, lest he get more and more chaotic and hinder their performance of the year .

Before marrying the concubine back home, the master and servants in his palace also all went their own way, how could it be a mess.

And this is also the final reason why Qi Yuche gave up fighting for reserves——

He dared to fight, dare to fight, and dared to cut through the mess!

But the mess of the country cannot be cut, because it will be broken after a few cuts!

And he couldn't think of any other way!

Even if he didn't want to admit it, Qi Yuche knew very well that he really couldn't afford the country his father built!

But when he was hit with knowing intentions, Qi Yuche couldn't help turning into anger from embarrassment, immediately threw Yao Shi to the ground, and rubbed him viciously, "How dare you slander your husband, didn't clean you up for three days, dared to go to the house to expose the tiles, didn't you! "

"Yes, yes!" Yao Shi winked like silk, "Husband is coming to punish me!"

"hateful……"

Being so annoyed by Yao Shi, how could Qi Yuche think of anything else.

Entering the palace for an audience or something, go to the side first to cool off!

Wait until he surrenders the princess under him!