His Majesty once married me

The peach blossom banquet hosted by the queen quickly became a topic of conversation among officials and eunuchs after dinner.

There is nothing unusual about the banquet itself, neither extravagant nor novel, and the whole process is quite satisfactory.But before and after the banquet, two things the queen did made the peach blossom feast the focus of heated discussions.

Before the banquet started, the Queen ordered people to throw all uninvited concubines, flat wives, and wives out of the palace gate—not just denying them to enter, but not saying a word once they found out, Just grab it and throw it out.

The queen's invitation letter is sent to the housewives of each family, but there is never a shortage of bold, curious and self-righteous people in this world, and the queen Wang invited a lot of female relatives today. When all the invited female relatives arrive Afterwards, Queen Wang ordered someone to count and found that the number of women who had been thrown out of the palace by the imperial guards almost reached double digits, and one of them came to the banquet pretending to be the wife of the royal family.

If Qi Yunheng hadn't asked the Golden Knife Guard to investigate the family situation of his subordinates, and specially sent the Golden Knife Guard who knew the details to guard the gate, the impostor woman might have successfully sneaked into the palace.

After the banquet was over, Queen Wang dispatched more than 20 foster nuns, sent them to the side of more than 20 wives, and returned home with them. .

Because the more than 20 wives are not all nobles with titles in their families, the purpose of the Queen's doing this is a bit confusing. .

However, many discerning people realize that it is only a few months since the queen entered the palace, how could she accumulate so many confidantes, and the more than 20 nuns who were sent out could not have been written by her. Eight out of ten are the emperor. His Majesty was manipulating behind the scenes, using the Queen's hand to place these people in the officials' palaces.

But what's the point of doing that?

That's all for the nobles, what's the value of monitoring those petty officials below the fifth rank?

Most people can see clearly but don't understand.

The wives who received the foster nuns knew clearly that these nuns were sent by His Majesty the Emperor to support them.With these nuns around, the status of the wives is as stable as Mount Tai. No matter how philandering the husbands are, they dare not dote on their concubines and destroy their wives, which disrupts the family's ethics.

But it's disgraceful and unpleasant to say this kind of thing. The wives got advice from Mrs. Qian beforehand, so they naturally pretended to be confused and only blamed the emperor and empress for the reason—anyway, some of them Most country women who don't know the rules really need someone to teach them how to act like a lady.

On the third day after the peach blossom banquet, Ouyang received a letter of thanks from Mrs. Qian entrusted by Huang Peng.

As Ouyang expected, what these wives want is not a resolute reconciliation, but someone to support them and make decisions.

Now that all wishes come true, these wives thank the Empress Empress with their lips, but in their hearts they are grateful to Madam Qian.

However, Mrs. Qian felt that their real benefactor was the emperor's nine-thousand-year-old husband. Just to avoid suspicion, she arranged the solution at the Peach Blossom Banquet under the guise of her and the Queen's hands.

Therefore, after receiving the thanks from the wives, Madam Qian immediately sent her own thanks to Ouyang. Although it was not easy to explain in detail in the letter, she had to express her gratitude and let the benefactors know.

Ouyang didn't feel that he was kind to these women.

In Ouyang's view, this time, he just acted as a middleman like Mrs. Qian. The real solution was thought up by Qi Yunheng and Queen Wang. It kills two birds with one stone - in addition to gaining the gratitude of these wives, Qi Yunheng justifiably planted eyeliner in the homes of his subordinates. Although it may not be useful, once it is useful, it will be of great use; Queen Wang also took this action to consolidate her own The status of the main wife made the officials and the common people realize that the difference between the concubine and concubine is an ethical principle, and it is also recognized by His Majesty the Emperor, that is to say, as long as she gives birth to the prince, the position of the prince is undisputed.

Ouyang's side is not without gains, at least, he has gained two words: peace of mind.

He has done what he can, and the next thing is to see these ladies themselves.

After all, this is an era where men are superior to women.

If a woman wants to have an equal dialogue with a man, she must first have the prerequisites for men to treat each other equally.

This precondition may be manifested as money, power, identity, status, but its essence is combat power.

Why did Hua Mulan lead a man but not be as controversial as Empress Wu, who justifiably lived through the ages?It is because she has the ability to fight with men face to face, and she is not inferior to men in the slightest.

If all the women in this world had the fighting power of Hua Mulan, men would surrender without their shouting.

The essence of life is the law of the jungle.

Even if the ethics and morals advocated in the world seem to be selfless and help the weak and the poor, the reason why people abide by them is only because they are weaker than those who formulate and control these ethics and morals.

In the final analysis, but in response to such a sentence——

Either the east wind prevails over the west wind, or the west wind prevails over the east wind.

But Ouyang didn't have much time to appreciate his life. When he received Mrs. Qian's thanks, he was busy moving back to the old house from the summer palace, and at the same time he had to sneak in to help the ugly cow refine mithril and fine gold.

After reading the list of materials given by Shen Zhenren, Chou Niu didn't change anything, and agreed to all of them, and then threw out several addresses, asking Ouyang to send people there to get the rare materials needed to refine the puppets of the mechanism.

At this time, Ouyang finally firmly believed that Chou Niu was an aboriginal of this world just like him, but Chou Niu was born earlier, and it was very likely that the Chou Niu was an old antique that had already achieved success in cultivation when the cultivator was still able to fly.

The three caves of the cunning rabbit, as an ashes-level cultivator in ancient times, how could the ugly cow not have many hiding places, and the address reported to Ouyang was the cave where he lived in the past.

But it is impossible for Ouyang to work hard for the ugly cow in vain. When accepting his entrustment, he made it clear that the treasures taken out from the cave, except for the materials needed to refine the puppet of the mechanism, the rest are all added to the five. Half of them were "confiscated".Just as a condition for confiscation, Ouyang will also help Chou Niu refine Mithril fine gold, which is the most demanded.

The so-called mithril fine gold is not a natural ore, its body is the most common silver and gold, but it has been washed and refined with spiritual power, and its performance is different from the original pure silver and pure gold.

The ugly cow has no entity, and it is very troublesome to do this work, so he had to turn to Ouyang for help.

This matter took up a lot of Ouyang's time, and even the two subordinates who had just returned to him - ghost fire and steel gold were not free.Ghost Fire was sent out to "move" in Chou Niu's cave with the four brothers of the Hu family and several other confidantes; Gang Jin was left by Ouyang's side to refine mithril fine gold with him.

Affected by this incident, even the investigation of Emperor Xinghe's whereabouts could only be temporarily put on hold and postponed.

However, the investigation into the whereabouts of Emperor Xinghe did not make much progress. After so many days, Wu Da and Wu Er only found out that there was a person suspected of Emperor Xinghe in the Qingyangbo Mansion—now the Chengenhou Mansion. Appeared nearby, but as for what this person did there and where he went afterwards, no serious and reliable clues were found.

The waiter in the teahouse who had given money to Ouyang with the lacquer box had been closely monitored by Qi Yunheng's Golden Knife Guards. Butler Zhuang managed to avoid the Golden Knife Guards and had a private meeting with this man. Did not recognize the portrait of the emperor.

According to Zhuang Steward's speculation, when this person got the lacquer box, he might have been enchanted. Even if the person who delivered the lacquer box stood in front of him again, he would still not be able to recognize it.

Before moving out from the summer palace, Ouyang found an opportunity to probe Qi Yunheng's tone, wondering if the investigation by Yongtai Palace had any results.

Qi Yunheng didn't hide it either.

When Ouyang asked, Qi Yunheng told his royal husband that the assistant sent by him found traces of corpse oil on the bed that was moved out of the secret room. From this, it was concluded that there was a corpse hidden there, and it was quite old.

Thinking about Shen Zhenren's investigation results, Qi Yunheng's feeling became even worse. He always felt that someone had used Gu poison in Yongtai Palace, and there might be some bad consequences.Therefore, Qi Yunheng ordered that, taking advantage of the upcoming construction in the palace, the Yongtai Palace was completely demolished, and by the way, another three feet of ground was dug to see if there was anything buried under the palace.

On Ouyang's side, however, he made up a picture——

Emperor Xinghe opened the secret room, and wanted to leave the world quietly alone, but he never thought that as soon as the door of the secret room was opened, a black shadow rushed towards his face, followed by a tragic scream...

Then, the shell is replaced by the flesh.

But after brainstorming, Ouyang couldn't figure it out again.

If the one hidden in the secret room is really Emperor Kanglong Zhao He, then who is buried in the tomb of Emperor Cheng?According to the historical records of the previous dynasty, Emperor Kanglong Zhao He was at the end of his life, and he had never been forced to seize power before his death. An empty coffin?

But if Zhao He really trapped himself in the secret room, then the secret room should not be able to be opened from the outside - this point, Zhao He had specially demonstrated to Ouyang back then.In other words, if this is the case, it is impossible for Emperor Xinghe to open the secret room and see Zhao He who has become a ghost inside...

No, it's not impossible, if Zhao He tampered with that secret room after his death, everything would be possible.

Ouyang guessed again and again, but in the end he felt that such guesses were meaningless.

Regardless of whether the guy who delivered the lacquer box was Zhao He, Emperor Xinghe, or someone else, in the end, he would always show up again.

Even if things turned out to be contrary to what he had expected, and that guy really just disappeared and never appeared again, then it doesn't matter who he is?

If it doesn't appear, it means it doesn't exist, and if it can't hinder anyone, it doesn't matter which one it is.

Thinking of this, Ouyang put all the bad things of the previous dynasty behind him, concentrated his energy, got the matter at hand done first, and finished his work.