The Royal Merchant of the Red Chamber

Regardless of what Queen Tong was thinking, when she came in, she still lowered her brows and lowered her eyes, making a full gesture.Wearing a phoenix robe on her body, the wide skirt danced gracefully with her figure.The more elegant the posture, the more elegant the description.The phoenix flying on the head, Jin Bu Yao, trembled with the movement of the steps, and the tassels made of jade made a slight sound when they collided.As long as those who are interested carefully observe, they can find that the steps of Queen Tong almost overlap with this sound. From a distance, the rhythm is very rhythmic, graceful and elegant.

She walked to the center of the hall with a graceful posture, bowed slightly, and said in her mouth: "My concubine has seen the Holy One, and the Holy One is blessed."

The sound was like a jade stone collapsing, hitting the silver plate, with an indescribable charm.

Hearing this voice, Xue Pan who was hiding in the Nuan Pavilion couldn't help looking out quietly.To be honest, he has never had any impression of this queen who is like a rival in love.Although it is because of the infrequent meeting, it is more caused by the rule that foreign ministers are not allowed to look up to concubines.

Being free today, Xue Pan, who became curious, couldn't help but scrutinize the queen carefully.Seeing this, I felt that the empress in front of me was very different from the narrow-minded and humble image in my mind.In the middle of the main hall, no one was aware of the empress, who behaved well and had a calm demeanor.He still looks as virtuous and magnanimous as before, soft and peaceful.I really can't imagine that she is such a crazy jealous, shallow and frivolous woman in private.

Xue Pan shook his head in admiration, and can only say that the acting skills of the women from the Tong family are really good.

After all, before the downfall of the emperor, seeing the qin and se and the emperor and empress get along happily, who would have thought that the real Tong Empress Dowager is such a cold-hearted woman who puts interests first!

It can only be said that the women of the Tong family are born to be good fighters in harem battles.Because if necessary, they play for life, as long as there is enough interest to drive them to maintain the disguise on their faces.

Queen Tong waited patiently for a while, but still did not hear Tu Zhen's voice telling her to get up.I know that Tuzhen is still angry at her insistence on entering the Heart Palace.At that moment, he lowered his body again, and said in a more humble and fearful voice: "My concubine, Tong Shi, I have seen the Holy One."

At the same time, a well-dressed handsome face slightly lifted up, looking at Tu Zhen with weeping eyes, crying softly: "Is the Holy One still so angry? The Holy Majesty has not seen him for a long time. Man'er is gone. Thinking back to the days when I was in the palace, although I was careful every step of the way, at least the Holy Majesty still talked to Man'er, so I wouldn't be as cold as today."

Tu Zhen was silent, looking at Tong Man'er, who was very good at singing and acting.If he hadn't personally experienced the days when he was neglected, neglected and even persecuted his heirs, he would have truly thought that Tong Man'er was the kind of boudoir girl who had been ignored by her husband for a long time.Even because of Tong Man'er's pitiful and adoring attitude, it will arouse a slight sense of guilt.

But the past is vivid, not to mention that Tu Zhen already has his own heart now.Even if there is no one he likes, he will definitely not feel sorry for this woman with a heart like a snake.Now he is almost amazed looking at Tong Man'er's hypocrisy as if nothing happened.I don't know how to express my inner entanglement.

In the end, she could only sigh lightly, shaking her head and sighing: She is indeed the daughter taught by the head of the country, Tong's family.No matter how sneaky and gloomy he is in private, his surface skills are always good.

However, what the Tong family can do is only superficial.

Tong Man'er doesn't know about Tu Zhen's mental activities.After all, I want to notice something from such a face with a paralyzed face that is emotionless and even has no waves in the eyes... Apart from the undefended Xue Pan who has been in contact with Tuzhen since childhood and who is from the bottom of his heart, no one else has ever seen him. I don't have this ability yet.

Tong Man'er also thought that Tu Zhen was lamenting the difficult years the two had gone through together.After all, after Yiren became rich, he always liked to recall the hardships and embarrassments in the past, so as to prove that "heaven will send a great task to the people, and they must first work hard and work hard".

For this kind of coquettish behavior, it is really euphemistically called "recalling bitterness and thinking sweet".

Tong Man'er judges others by herself, so she naturally thinks that Tu Zhen is also such a person.Immediately sighed softly, and said with the generosity, gentleness and understanding that are unique to girls from the Tong family: "Man'er knows that since His Majesty ascended the throne, there have been a lot of waste in the court and a lot of political affairs. It is also the responsibility of His Majesty that you cannot shirk your heirs. But Your Majesty...you haven't been in the harem for four years."

Speaking of this, Tong Man'er stood up spontaneously, walked to Tu Zhen's side and said: "When Your Majesty was the prince, there were very few concubines in the mansion. Later, when he ascended the throne, he was drafted for a grand plan, and the selections were all from the four princes and eight princes. Women are not what people want. If His Majesty thinks it is not good, he can naturally re-draft, and select some talented women who are in line with His Majesty's thoughts to enrich the harem. After all, the country has spread branches and leaves for the royal family and spread its descendants. That's what His Majesty should do."

Upon hearing this, Tu Zhen said calmly, "The queen is very virtuous!"

Empress Tong sighed softly, looked at Tu Zhen sadly, and sighed softly: "As a daughter, I naturally hope that I can be with one heart and never leave each other. Is there any woman who can watch her husband pamper her?" Other women are indifferent. But as the mother of a country, the concubine naturally has to think about the extension of the royal family. The children's personal relationship can only be put aside."

"Oh?" Tu Zhen raised his eyebrows indifferently, and said, "But the queen was not like this before."

Tong Man'er's expression froze, almost choking on Tu Zhen's words.After a while, he sighed: "At that time, my concubine was young and vigorous, and admired His Majesty's handsome and talented. Naturally, I couldn't bear that His Majesty had other women besides my concubine. So I did something stupid on the spur of the moment. Okay. No major mistakes have been made."

Tu Zhen said coldly: "The Queen thinks that two lives are not a big mistake, so what exactly is a big mistake?"

When Tong Man'er heard this, she secretly hated her.She didn't expect that Tu Zhen would still miss those two sluts after so many years.Sure enough, what my aunt said was right, the most important thing is to have children by my side.Otherwise, how could two concubines who were as low as dust be worthy of making the emperor think about it for so long.

Immediately knelt down in resentment, tugged on Tu Zhen's clothes and cried: "Your Majesty, calm down, I know I was wrong. I know that people cannot be resurrected after death, and I just hope to alleviate the crimes committed in this life by eating fast and chanting Buddha for so many years." Sinful karma. However, I know that my sins are serious, and I would rather the Qingdeng Ancient Buddha die like this. I only hope that before this, I can give birth to a dragon for the Holy Majesty, and make up for the crimes that I have hurt His Majesty."

Tu Zhen chuckled, and looked at the Queen Tong with her beautiful makeup who hadn't even forgotten to cry, and sneered in her heart.

What a national patriarch Tong's family.

Tu Zhen originally thought that the whole family, the males were weak, and they only relied on cultivating female relatives to win connections.But today, after seeing Queen Tong's demeanor, I finally realized that the Tong family's vulgarity and superficiality also belonged to different people.

Think about it carefully, isn't it!

From a certain point of view, the essence of the Tong family is similar to that of the Xue family, both of which belong to the category of businessmen.It's just that the Xue family relied on the vision and means of their own men, as well as the ability to search for money.As for the Tong family, they rely on the products they have trained themselves—that is, the famous noble daughter of the Tong family.

Although in the eyes of Pan'er and even Tu Zhen, the men of the Tong family are really not very good, and the women of the Tong family are not much better.But with the ups and downs of this period of time, Tu Zhen, who became suspicious, carefully checked, but really realized that the so-called Tongjia, the head of the country, was by no means as vulgar as they showed.

It's just why the relative Tong's family has always behaved mediocrely for so many years, making no achievements.Even the Tong family of this generation has almost no heirs other than a male who joined the army on the southwest border.Tu Zhen thought and thought, and finally figured it out.

All of this is due to one of the most important rules in the founding ancestral precepts of the Dayong Dynasty, that is, foreign relatives are not allowed to take power.

And the Tong family, the family of the head of the state who has occupied the harem of the apprentice family since the Taizu, has stood for many years and never fell down.Even if the emperor of the Tu family has gone through many twists and turns and changes, the women of the Tong family have always firmly controlled the harem of the old Tu family without exception.This kind of ability is not available to everyone.

He needs precise vision and means of strategizing.And the Tong family, which has all these two points, is really as mediocre as the outside world thinks it is?

What's more, what Tu Zhen is most alert to is the Tong family's huge network of people and the power that quietly penetrated most of the Tu family——

As I said earlier, the Tong family has been known as the home of the head of the country since the ancestors, which shows how popular the women of the Tong family are in the eyes of the ruling and opposition parties.Although the Tong family doesn't have any outstanding males who are impressive.But if he wants to marry the daughter of the head of the country, Tong's family, how can the husband and son-in-law be really mediocre.

So until now, the Tong family's son-in-law has almost included more than half of the family's children and elites from the poor family.Their children continue to marry, and the children born continue to...

Therefore, what Tu Zhen was really afraid of was not the Tong family at all, but the aristocratic families headed by the Tong family who seemed to be vague, low-key and powerless, but were actually implicated, and almost affected most of the power in the court.

Pan'er had been complaining before that it was because of his inaction that he condoned the Tong family's audacity and wanton provocation.Because of this matter, he has been brooding all the time, and it is difficult for him to face Pan'er.But overlooked one thing.That is, without my own clear instructions, even though I am faintly jealous of the Xue family, I have always expressed my reliance on the Xue family's lineage (after all, although Tu Zhen divided the Xue family's power in the court, but for the Xue family's most important In the case of the solid alliance Wang family and Lin family have not moved), the Tong family can still respond to every call, which has caused a lot of trouble for the Xue family...

Pan'er is not a politician, so naturally he can't think of the tricks in it.But Tu Zhen grew up in a harem of intrigues and power struggles.He noticed the disobedience of the Tong family almost immediately.And the natural acuity and checks and balances of an emperor made him instantly vigilant.

After all, if a relative who is really as stupid as a pig, how could Xue Zhizhang, an old fox who even the emperor is vigilant, be forced into such a situation in a short period of time?Although there must be Xue Zhizhang's acting and concessions, but what must be confirmed is that the Guozhang Tong's family will never be as useless as everyone imagined.

It's a pity that Tu Zhen still couldn't move even though he knew this well.After all, the Tong family is the mother's family of the Queen Mother Tong.The Empress Dowager Tong is Tu Zhen's nominal aunt.It can be said that without the nominal present of the Queen Mother Tong, even if Tu Zhen worked hard all his life, he would never have dreamed of becoming the emperor of the Dayong Dynasty in a legitimate way.

This is fame, and this is righteousness.

It is precisely because of this that even though the Tong family did almost nothing during the process of his seizure of the heir, they still jumped out openly to share the benefits after the matter was completed.He even blatantly challenged Conglong hero Xue's family regardless of various considerations.

Tu Zhen was extremely annoyed by the Tong family's clown-like behavior.Because in his plan, he just wanted to show a slightly uneasy attitude, so that Xue Zhizhang could understand, so that he could solve the hidden worries that Xue's family might bring.It is by no means that the troubles have reached the point where the city is full of storms, and it almost made him and Xue Pan turn against each other.

But the Tong family's wanton jumping ruined his entire plan.He even vaguely put on the hat of being narrow-minded and unforgiving.Tu Zhen is not sure whether the Tong family's actions were intentional or unintentional.

But even so, Tu Zhen still couldn't pursue Tong's family, not even a little bit of dissatisfaction.Or because behind the Tong family is the Queen Mother Tong.

There has been a saying in the Central Plains since ancient times that there is no wrong parent in the world.

As the son of a palace maid, Tu Zhen became a new generation heir of the Yong Dynasty in the name of Queen Mother Tong.Then he turned around and dealt with his mother's natal family as soon as he sat firmly in the dragon chair. Such a behavior would make the civil servants who pride themselves on benevolence and morality point their spines and scold them.

But now that he can't say anything, it doesn't mean that Tu Zhen has to swallow his anger.

So he hooked the corner of his mouth.He said lightly: "You don't have to be so embarrassing, the queen. Although I have just ascended the throne, I already have three sons. It doesn't matter to extend the heirs for a while. State affairs are the most important thing, and enjoyment in the harem can be second."

What Queen Tong was most impatient with was hearing about those wild species.Hearing what Tu Zhen said, his face turned pale with anger.She reluctantly hooked the corners of her lips, and said, "Although the Holy Majesty already has three concubines, their birth mothers are really too lowly. I'm afraid the court ministers will complain."

Hearing Empress Tong gnashing her teeth and emphasizing the word "bastard", Tu Zhen hooked the corners of her mouth in a leisurely manner, and said meaningfully: "If the empress didn't remind me, I almost forgot. Although Xuan'er is talented, studious and diligent, Loyalty, benevolence and filial piety. I also care about him very much, but the level of status is really difficult..."

Having said that, Tu Zhen paused slightly, and said, "It's better to adopt Xuan'er under the queen's name..."

"How can it be?" Queen Tong couldn't help screaming for a while.Seeing Tu Zhen frowning slightly at him, she immediately cleared her throat in embarrassment, and said, "The relationship between Chen Qie and Xuan Er..."

"You killed Xuan'er's biological mother, and now adopting him under your name can be regarded as giving him back a mother. Xuan'er is kind, caring and filial, and will not bear any grudges against you." Tu Zhen said lightly. "Or is it that the empress still has a grudge in her heart and refuses to accept Xuan'er, a poor child?"

Queen Tong's white teeth were almost crushed, she took a few deep breaths to calm down her thoughts, and then said a little stiffly: "This matter is of great importance, can I let my concubine consider it."

"Everything is up to you. It's just that the queen has always understood righteousness, so don't let me down this time." Tu Zhen said meaningfully.

Hearing "Kala", the sound of the cloth being torn was a bit abrupt and embarrassing in the silent hall. The Queen Tong turned pale and bowed, and said, "The Holy Majesty is busy with government affairs, and my concubine will leave first."

Tu Zhen decided to take a look at Queen Tong, waved his hands with a half-smile and said, "Kneel down!"

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The author has something to say: Everyone is very controversial about the performance of these two pieces of Tu Zhen

Let me explain here

The pairing in this article is the emperor and the minister

Since ancient times, this is a very twisted pairing

Except for those monarchs and ministers who whitewash the peace in the history books

The relationship between most monarchs and ministers is the word balance

Tu Zhen is also a suspicious person who has suffered various misfortunes since he was a child.

because of the shadow of childhood

make him always feel uneasy

This anxiety later developed into an extreme desire for power and an extreme control over the people he cared about. For Tu Zhen, Xue Pan was the only fixed number in his life and the only uncertain number because he cared too much about Xue Pan. , so he couldn't bear any factor affecting the relationship between the two of them. With the emperor's natural sensitivity, he immediately noticed the strength of the Xue family, which might even threaten his own rule.

Although Tu Zhen believed that Xue Pan would not do anything wrong to him, as an emperor, he could not bear to place the hope of check and balance on other people's character, not to mention Xue Pan was not the only one in the eighth household of Xue's family.The real caller is Xue Zhizhang, the Patriarch of the Xue family~

Therefore, he took some actions to test Xue Zhizhang, because he knew that Xue Zhizhang's sophistication would definitely notice his uneasiness at the first time. If Xue Zhizhang had no rebellious thoughts, he would definitely cooperate with him to make the best move to arrange the bigger and bigger After all, although Tu Zhen of the Xue family believed in Xue Pan, Xue Zhizhang's power was learned from the emperor.

It's just that the Tong family's following the trend has become an unpredictable shit-stirring stick, making a crisis that could have been resolved silently under the tacit coordination of the monarch and his ministers become more complicated and more involved~

And some students questioned Tu Zhen's different attitudes towards the Xue family and the Tong family.

After all, the names of the two are different.

Tu Zhen took action to suppress the Xue family. Although the means were wrong, the essence was that peace was the most important thing. Solving all uncertain factors made the Xue family have no rebellious forces.

Thus completely eliminating the uncertainty between Tu Zhen and Xue Pan

This kind of suppression is based on the attitude of caring and chaos, and an essentially peaceful attitude

Although the method is very two, even quite criticized

But it is an instinctive action of an emperor

Of course, he also learned a lesson in the end, and even because of this betrayal, he will firmly stand by Xue Pan's side for the rest of his life, which is a kind of weakness under guilt

There is a point of view in psychology that if a person really cares about something, he will double the compensation after making a mistake. This is probably what it means (a small spoiler)

A certain eight arranged this section to pave the way for the later transformation of the Xue family o(∩_∩)o~

The Tong family is the Queen Mother's natal family, and the reason why Tu Zhen was able to ascend to the throne is because he is the adopted son of the Queen Mother Tong. Therefore, although Tu Zhen looks down on the Tong family in various ways, he must not take action to suppress it.

Otherwise, it is unfilial and ungrateful

The ancient scholar-bureaucrats had a saying that the king, the minister, and the minister had to die,

But there is also the standard of filial piety first

So even if Tu Zhen is dissatisfied with the Tong family, he will never take action against the Tong family easily unless the Tong family made mistakes that no emperor can bear——

Seeking to usurp the throne, referred to as rebellion.

I wrote a paragraph that I mainly want to highlight that people will make mistakes, and the relationship between the two is definitely not smooth and smooth. There is no disturbance at all, and there is a mixture of interests and power.

It's just that in the end, feelings overcame everything, and the two supported each other until the end~

From an immature king and an idler who doesn't care, he finally becomes a wise minister who is sure and strategizing through the ages~

It's just that a certain eight's writing is limited, and he didn't show this contradiction o(∩_∩)o~