The Ugly Empress

Xue Junliang acted as if nothing had happened, grabbed Teng Yun and drew another eyebrow for him.

In Xiuyao's eyes, Xue Junliang is not to mention how affectionate, let alone she thinks King Xue can be regarded as the most infatuated emperor, but in Teng Yun's eyes, Xue Junliang is indeed elusive.

Xue Junliang was very moody and moody, and he was glaring at him a few days ago. He was the one who wanted to kill him. Even if he didn't succeed in the assassination, it didn't make sense to forget about it in two days and show his kindness again. A sign of love.

After Xue Junliang drew his eyebrows, he admired his masterpiece, seemed very satisfied, then waved people to leave, and ordered them to stay in Yunfeng Palace for the night today.

Xue Junliang applied some thin powder on him again. After such a toss, Teng Yun may not look very good-looking, but at least he looks good.

He picked up the carved wooden comb, stood behind Teng Yun, and gently combed his hair.

Teng Yun looked at Xue Junliang's figure in the bronze mirror indifferently, it seemed a little ethereal and unreal, he took a few deep breaths to suppress the hotness on his face.

Xue Junliang didn't speak, and Teng Yun didn't speak, the two of them just combed quietly and sat quietly.

Teng Yun said: "Your Majesty... I heard that the army sent to the north was raided." Since he had already broken his face with Xue Junliang and put life and death aside, he didn't have to wrong himself to call himself a concubine or a concubine.

Xue Junliang looked up at the mirror, met Teng Yun's eyes, and said with a smile: "This is the first time my concubine has taken the initiative to talk to me, congratulations, does this mean that my relationship with my concubine has become closer? "

Teng Yun didn't speak when he heard that he answered irrelevant questions.

Xue Junliang's subordinates didn't stop, they were still combing his hair one by one, the cool black hair was like a waterfall, Xue Junliang still remembered that night, when he pressed Teng Yun on the bed, the man's hair was disheveled .

"Do you want to ask whether Cheng Tian's sneak attack was successful, or...Xue Yu?"

When Teng Yun was mentioned, he remembered that everyone was still spreading the half-truth and half-fake love story between the Empress Empress and Zhenzhuhou Xue Yu, and Xue Junliang's own words probably wouldn't be too pleasant to listen to.

Teng Yun said: "None."

"Oh, neither."

Xue Junliang didn't ask any further questions, as if he wasn't interested at all. He wasn't attracted by Teng Yun's hair in any of these major national events.

Teng Yun had no choice but to continue: "I... want to ask Teng Shang."

Xue Junliang smiled at this time, and said: "My dear concubine, you may not know, but I heard Concubine Teng say that you and Teng Shang are not close."

Teng Yun

There was a sudden shock, and he quickly raised his eyes to look at the bronze mirror, unexpectedly, Xue Junliang was waiting for his eyes at this moment, the panic and shock in his eyes happened to be caught by Xue Junliang.

Xue Junliang pinched a strand of his hair, put it to his lips and kissed it, and said with a smile, "I didn't believe it at the time, and even scolded Concubine Teng... What? Could it be that concubine Ai wants to tell me that you really have a relationship?" Shallow?"

"Your Majesty is confused. Fengguo and Tengguo are thousands of miles away. Teng Shang has never been to Fengguo in his life, so how can he come here?"

Xue Junliang pinched the hair without letting go, stroked Teng Yun's lips with the tip of his hair, squinted his eyes and smiled, "Spiritual teeth are sharp."

After he finished speaking, he said: "Teng Shang was sent to fight for meritorious service. I did not miss it. Before Teng Shang arrived at the barracks, he beheaded Ma Jing."

"Ma Jing..."

Teng Yun muttered, Ma Jing's background is not small, he knows it.

Cheng Tian is brave and good at fighting, and has power in the government, but unfortunately he has no son, and his wife's children are all daughters. Ma Jing is his nephew, who was brought by Cheng Tian since he was a child, and he treats him as his own.

Although he was young, Ma Jing inherited his uncle's bravery. He was almost invincible with a big sword. He had never lost to anyone, but now he was beheaded by Teng Shang.

Teng Yun knew that Teng Shang was also a military commander, and he followed the first emperor of Teng to fight in the north and south since he was a child. That was also the most glorious era of Teng.

But since his father, King Teng, came to the throne, Teng Shang was stripped of his military power and stayed in the capital. After all, he hadn't used a sword or gun for ten years.

Although people who practice martial arts will not let go of their martial arts, they are more or less unfamiliar. Let Teng Shang return to the battlefield, Teng Yun really sweats for him.

Xue Junliang looked at him in a daze, didn't mention the other party, and wasn't too unhappy. Xue Junliang felt more and more that his queen was indeed related to Teng Shang, but there were many things that didn't make sense.

Just like what the queen said, Feng Yun was born in the backyard of the deep palace all his life, and the daughter of any royal or noble family would not marry until she was old enough to leave the cabinet, and she couldn't show her face at all at other times.And Teng Shang has never been to Fengguo.

However, the look in the eyes of this queen does not seem to be deceitful.

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Fengguo's imperial examinations were held every six years at first, and if a scholar landed, he would have to wait another six years. This repeated, and ten years passed by like this.

Although Feng Ming is known for being cruel and ruthless, he has actually made a lot of achievements. Not long after he took office, he changed the civil and military examinations to be held every three years, which won the support of many people.

There is a scholar named Lu Shichen in Fengguo, who was elected as a filial piety by the county three years ago.

Lian, it can be said that he is very talented and educated, but this Lu Shichen is too stupid, he can read, and he doesn't know much about the world in the court.

Ordinarily, when he was elected as Xiaolian, the officials above would give Lu Shichen a tael of silver as the fare, and then he would bring his own carriage and horses to Beijing for the palace examination.

But since ancient times, there has been no saying that the superiors give the subordinates silver taels, and it is too late for the subordinates to please the superiors.

Lu Shichen's family was poor, and all the rice and porridge he ate was sold in exchange for calligraphy and paintings. How could he have any money to please his superiors, and he was waiting for the one tael of silver for emergency use.

There is no sweetness, no oil, and the result angered the officials above. Forget about his filial piety, he was supposed to go to Beijing for the imperial examination, but he changed someone else, just because that person was richer than him.

Lu Shichen had been waiting for someone to send him the transportation fee to go to Beijing. After waiting for a month, Xiaolian, who was selected later, had already arrived in the capital. He didn't know it until then, and this matter has become a laughing stock since then.

Lu Shichen will never cross the dragon's gate even if he sinks in the world.

Three years later, for the same reason, Lu Shichen was dismissed as a Xiaolian. This time he lost his head, Lu Shichen finally couldn't hold back, and gathered a group of scholars, causing a commotion.

Local officials arrested many scholars, which suddenly aroused public anger, and it was counterproductive to suppress them.

It happened that because of the matter with Zhao Lu, Feng Ming couldn't calm down, so he was going to go out of the palace for a walk, and take a look at the people's feelings by the way.

When Feng Ming came to Xiaojun, the students were still making trouble. The officials were suppressing and preparing for King Feng’s stay and meals. The wind blows to King Feng's feet.

Feng Ming saw that the handwriting on the paper was clear, and there was a bit of clang, and from a distance, the handwriting looked a bit like Zhao Lun.

Feng Ming knew that he was stupid. Where did he see the handwriting of Zhuluhou? He picked it up and looked at it, but it didn't look like anything. It's just that he missed Zhao Lu too much. .

That piece of paper was full of words scolding the officials of Feng State for being corrupt and perverting the law, and even Feng Ming was scolded along with it.

The officials who knelt to welcome him tremblingly did not dare to raise their heads, but Feng Ming smiled at this moment, "What a literary talent."

So Lu Shichen started to make a fortune, and made a steady rise in the sky. Not to mention a tael of silver, the officials in the entire county lined up to send him to Beijing.

Lu Shichen went to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination, and Feng Ming praised his talent. From then on, everyone knew that King Feng's interest in competing for the deer marquis had faded, and the current celebrity was a bookworm named Lu Shichen.

But this nerd is a bit famous, and he has been promoted several levels within three months

, suddenly became the prime minister of Fengguo.

Lu Shichen is a veritable nerd, loyal, benevolent, and jealous of evil. The young prime minister who has just entered the officialdom does not know the filth of the court. In private, many people rumored that Lu Shichen climbed onto the dragon bed. Even Zhuluhou heard this rumor. Know.

Once King Feng was playing with birds in the garden, and Lu Xiang had something to play, and King Feng asked him, "Does the one with the green belly look better, or the one with the red belly?"

Lu Shichen said bluntly: "I only know how to repair river embankments, how to prevent floods, and how to rescue victims. If your majesty wants to watch birds, forgive me for being dull and unable to share your worries."

Everyone in the room was stunned. Talking to a strong-handed king in such a tone was almost fatal, but Feng Ming listened and just laughed: "The fault of the lonely king, the minister's words are like enlightenment."

In this way, everyone is more sure that this Lu Shichen is an incomparable character.

Zhao Lu saw everything in his eyes, and he felt a little depressed, but he didn't know why.

Ruixue smiled and said, "Master, you're in a bad mood recently?"

Zhao Lu nodded and said, "Indeed."

Rui Xue said: "Then let's go to the palace to see the king, in order not to let go, what should I do if I suffocate the master?"

Zhao Lu frowned and said, "What does this have to do with King Feng?"

"Master, please don't deny it, Ruixue has been with you for five years." Ruixue said: "You can't eat, you can't sleep well, your Majesty is out on tour and you ask when you will come back three times a day, and your Majesty will frown when he summons Prime Minister Lu. "

Zhao Lu's heart broke out, Ruixue had said all of this, but he felt that it was not because of Feng Wang's relationship, or indeed because of Feng Wang's relationship, because Lu Xiang is a talent, and he didn't want Lu Xiang and Feng Ming to leave He was too close, and he didn't want Feng Ming to become a wise ruler. Isn't his purpose in Fengguo to make Feng Ming a stupid ruler who will notoriety for thousands of years?

Now he almost succeeded, he managed to make Feng Ming become so decadent, how could he allow Lu Shichen to appear.

Lu Shichen had only been prime minister for half a month. He ordered river management, tax reduction and exemption, and widely held scientific examinations. He suggested that students should not be recommended by states and counties, but should be admitted by their own examinations, and then go up to the examinations in order to avoid corruption by officials to a large extent.

He almost became Feng Ming's benefactor, but Feng Ming also treated him as a grand tutor in his heart.

The more Zhao Lu thought about it, the more irritable he became. When he thought that it would be difficult for him to sit still because of Feng Ming, he stood up and prepared his horse, ready to enter the palace.

Marquis who compete for the deer enter the palace without handing over a sign, dismounting from their horses, or picking up their knives. These are old rules. Ever since the name Zhao Lu was known up and down in the palace, these few unwritten rules have always existed. Feng Ming had already drawn a clear line with him, but still did not explicitly cut off his rights.

Zhao Lu got off his horse in front of the jade steps, and before he reached the gate of the main hall, he saw a servant standing with his hands down. The servant greeted Zhao Lu and said, "Your Majesty came by accident. Your Majesty ordered that during the discussion with Prime Minister Lu , no one should disturb."

Zhao Lu snorted coldly and said, "Me too?"

He has been in Fengming's bedroom all his life, even if he is lying on Fengwang's dragon bed, no one dares to let him know.

"This……"

The servant was a bit hesitant, and Zhao Lu was born as a general, so he had a kind of majesty, and he dared not say it. He finally gritted his teeth and said, "Your Majesty... Your Majesty said that even if Marquis Zhulu came, he would not be seen."

"well……"

When Zhao Lu heard this sentence, he understood it. It turned out that Feng Ming pointed at himself specifically, and he didn't know if he should go to thank him. It's an honor to say it.

After Zhulu Houlian said a few good words, he immediately turned around and left.

After that, Zhao Lu calmed down, and came twice more, but was blocked from the door. People often say that there are only three things, and Zhao Lu's bottom line has been challenged after three times. Fortunately, Lu Shichen came out of the hall at this time.

He was stunned when he saw Zhao Lu. In fact, Lu Shichen had heard about Zhuluhou for a long time. When he was Bai Ding, he respected this iron-blooded general very much.

Zhao Lu was a small soldier in the military camp. To be able to climb to such a position, many people thought that he got it by being Feng Ming's male favourite, but if he didn't have military exploits, Zhao Lu's soldiers would have turned against him long ago.

Lu Shichen had heard a lot of stories about Zhao Lu. He was clean and self-conscious by nature, so he didn't know much about the affairs of the bed. He also said that Zhao Lu and Feng Wang were just friends between himself and Feng Wang.

Although Zhao Lu is Lord Marquis, he is of the same rank as Lu Shichen, and they only need to salute each other when they meet.

Zhao Lu's tone was a little cold, "I don't know why Xiang Lu entered the palace? Zhao came three times, and was blocked from the door three times."

When Lu Shichen heard this, he thought that Zhao Lu had some important military affairs to report, and said apologetically, "No, no, it's not a big deal, it's just that the king has suddenly become obsessed with playing chess these days, so let Lu play a few games."

When Zhao Lu heard this, his eyes almost went black with anger, but Lu Shichen didn't realize it at all, and sincerely apologized several times, fearing that he would delay the important mission of Zhuluhou's military plane, so he left.

Zhao Lu walked into the hall with a cold face, Feng Ming was grading papers in the warm pavilion, Zhao Lu pushed the door in, Feng Ming raised his head when he heard the sound.

The eyes of the two collided, and Zhao Lu's anger was extinguished by Feng Ming's complicated eyes.

It's just that Feng Ming immediately put on a cold and distant expression, and said, "Show Lord Hou a seat."

The waiter came inside, moved a chair for Zhui Lu Hou to sit on, then stepped back and closed the door.

Zhao Lu didn't sit down, looked around the Nuan Pavilion, and said, "Where's the piano behind the curtain?"

"Qin..."

Feng Ming seemed to think for a while, and then remembered what Zhao Lu said about Qin, and then continued to look down at Zhezi, and said indifferently: "Wanwusangzhi, Gu felt that what Lu Xiang said was right, so he called the Qin Take it and throw it away."

"threw?"

Zhao Lu squinted his eyes, Feng Ming was good at rhythm, it was the birthday gift he chose for him on his birthday in the year he ascended the throne.

Feng Ming raised his head and said: "No, it seems that I didn't throw it away. It's a pity that I threw it away. It's a reward to Xiang Lu."