The Ugly Empress

Rui Xue pushed open the door, Feng Ming lay on his side on the couch, facing inward, not sure if he was asleep.

Glancing at the dinner on the small table next to him, King Feng didn't take another bite.

Fengguo is located in the south, and it is gradually getting colder, although it does not snow.King Feng's health has always been good, even though everyone secretly rumored that he was envoy of a woman by the Marquis of Zhulu, but Feng Ming was born as a general, and in the early years, because he wanted to stand out, he had led troops to fight in the north and south.

It was only because of the matter of the Elder Lord visiting relatives a few days ago that Feng Ming and Zhao Lu got into a stalemate, Zhao Lu didn't see anyone at all other than showing up to the court.

Feng Ming was a little unhappy, and because of the face of the king of a country, he didn't want to bow his head.

At this time, the envoy who caught up with Xue Junliang came over and said that the queen was frightened by the assassination and could not come back.

Only then did Feng Ming realize that he had been swayed by Xue Junliang, and he was so angry that he fell ill for more than ten days and did not recover.

Ruixue is someone close to Zhao Lu, and she has been carefully cultivated, but she is always a woman. She has stayed by Feng Ming's side for a long time, and knows that Feng Wang's feelings for Lord Hou are not clear and clean in a few words. I can't bear it, but she is weak and has no power. Even if she has power, she can't stop anything. After all, this is not just a problem between people, but a problem between countries.

Ruixue walked over and said softly, "Your Majesty, let's eat."

Feng Ming didn't make a sound, but shook his head invisibly.

Ruixue said: "My lord, you are the one who cares about Lord Hou the most, and you are also the one who understands Lord Hou best. The past few days have been difficult for Lord Hou. If you don't come to the palace, it's actually out of face. Don't worry about it, my lord." superior."

Feng Ming suddenly laughed, turned around and was still lying down, only looking at Ruixue, which made Ruixue a little guilty.

"You're right." Feng Ming said, "I put him on the top of my heart, but for so many years, he has never taken me seriously... I am a ninety-five-year-old, no one dares to do this To Gu, even... even if I am not a king, you should still give me the most basic dignity."

"My lord, you..."

Ruixue felt sad when he heard what he said, and she was stopped by the other party before she finished speaking.

Feng Ming said: "Ruixue, I know that you are the only one who treats me sincerely in the entire Marquis Mansion, not only the Marquis Manor, but also the whole court, you would despise me if you mention me. If I... If I don't really like Zhao Lu, How can you put down your figure and beg him humbly every time!"

Ruixue wanted to explain, he could see that Fengming's care and kindness towards Zhuluhou, the Houye could understand, but it was a pity that they stood on different opposite sides.

It's just that Ruixue can't say anything...

Feng Ming laughed again, "Why are you hurt, I should be sad."

As he spoke, he stood up, picked up the knife ornament hanging on the wall, pulled the knife out of its sheath suddenly, and cut off a piece of skirt, his movements were smooth and flowing, and he was not disturbed by illness at all.

Feng Ming stretched out his hand and threw the bright yellow skirt to Ruixue, without any tone, said: "You go, leave it to Zhao Lu, you...you don't have to come into the palace anymore, just follow Lord Hou well."

Ruixue held the cut skirt with both hands, and said in a trembling voice: "Servant...kneel down."

Zhao Lu naturally knew what this meant. Cutting off the gown was so obvious, but it was actually the result he wanted. Holding the bright yellow skirt of his clothes, he breathed a sigh of relief, and then gave a wry smile.

On the second day, Prime Minister Zuo pleaded guilty because of the elder lord's visiting relatives. He kowtowed and kowtowed that he hadn't thought carefully. Everyone is guilty of the same crime, and no one dared to speak out in the end.

Feng Ming said coolly: "It's good to form a clique, it's good to fight and exclude each other. At that time, who jointly signed a letter asking the Elder Master to return to the court? It's for their own selfishness but they don't care about the consequences. The joint name is to force the palace!"

The ministers of the first palace were very frightened by Feng Ming's majesty, since he was favored by the Marquis of the Lulu, he seldom went to court, seldom dealt with court affairs, and even less lost his temper.

Feng Wang's official staff reprimanded Prime Minister Zuo and fined his salary. At first, Prime Minister Zuo refused to accept, thinking that King Feng was partial to Zhao Lu, but when he heard King Feng say about forming a clique, he immediately fell silent.

Zuo Xiang is an old minister of Fengguo, everyone knows his loyalty, but a heartfelt old minister will also have selfishness, and will be greedy when he has great power. .

What surprised the ministers was that King Feng punished Zuo Xiang, but did not praise Zhao Lu. If it had been before, Zhao Lu should have been promoted to a noble, but now he didn't mention it.

Several days passed like this, and the weird atmosphere caused everyone to speculate that maybe the king is tired of competing for the throne. After all, Zhao Lu is a man, he is neither young, nor is he close to Meiyan, and he should be tired of it after a few years.

Because of that weird dream, Xue Junliang seldom came to Yunfeng Palace these days, so Teng Yun was naturally happy.

During the period, the little prince came once, and Xue Pei knew that Teng Yun was not in good health, so he left without disturbing him, but Teng Qianyi always came.

Because Teng Qianyi met King Xue in Yunfeng Palace last time and tasted the sweetness, he ran to Yunfeng Palace again and again, which caused Teng Yun a headache.

Teng Yun has Xiuyao to take care of him, and Jiang Yu is also there, so he will naturally take care of him well.Jiang Yu was conscientious, even if Xue Junliang didn't come, but Xue Wang had his eyeliner here, and he knew every move in Yunfeng Palace.

When Teng Qianyi visited the queen for the fourth time, he was stopped by Jiang Yu before he entered Yunfeng Palace, and asked Teng Qianyi to go to see Xue Junliang first.

Teng Qianyi was very excited, thinking that her day had come, and thinking that the past few days had not been in vain, maybe it was the queen who said something nice for her, and King Xue let her go.

But after entering King Xue's bedroom, he realized that this was not the case. Xue Junliang asked if he was okay, and it was not difficult to see where he was going, and said calmly: "I heard that my concubine has been running to Yunfeng Palace very frequently these few days."

Teng Qianyi said softly: "Returning to Your Majesty, the concubine is concerned about the empress's health."

Xue Junliang smiled and said: "Yes, even Concubine De can see it."

"Concubine De?"

Teng Qianyi thumped in his heart, secretly feeling that something was wrong.

Xue Junliang said: "Just now Concubine De came and said, you have been going to the queen's bedroom these few days, and the disturbed queen can't recover from her illness."

"Concubine... Concubine..."

Teng Qianyi didn't know that Concubine De came over to chew her tongue, Concubine De targeted herself everywhere, she went to her palace to act wildly last time, and this time she framed herself, Teng Qianyi felt wronged, and cried: "The concubine is also a concubine. Good intentions."

Xue Junliang was noncommittal, and let Teng Qianyi go back without saying anything.

Teng Qianyi can't go to Yunfeng Palace now, and he doesn't dare to provoke Concubine De. After all, that concubine is notoriously pungent. Even if she is not favored now, she has enjoyed a good time. Who knows when King Xue will stop... Will pamper her again.

Xue Houyang had stayed in the capital for several months, and he should have gone back to the frontier, but now Xue Wang asked Teng Shang to investigate the assassination of the queen, and he was unwilling to leave alone. After all, leaving Teng Shang alone in the capital, he was not very rest assured.

After delaying for a few days, if you don't leave, it will cause people to gossip. Xue Houyang suddenly received a report from the residence, saying that Xue Yu, Marquis of Zhenjiang, was going to Beijing to pay homage to the late emperor. The report was late, and he had already left.