love palace

"The humble minister kowtowed to the emperor."

When Yong Lin came to the Huxin Pavilion, Huang Ye and Ke Weiqing had already returned to their seats.He knelt down and saluted politely, but his hands clenched into fists on the carpet.

Huang Ye waived his gift and rewarded him with a glass of fine wine and a seat.

Seeing that Prince Muren had also arrived, the old princes became excited again and drank with him for several rounds.At this time, the vivid opera on the stage has been performed to the last performance, which is called "The Knowing Bird".

This is the most popular zaju recently, and it is as long as ten episodes. Here we only select the three episodes with the most ups and downs.

It is about a woman in the field who meets the emperor who visits him privately while threshing rice, and the two make a private decision for life.

But after the emperor returned to the palace, he forgot about the woman.Women who give birth out of wedlock live very hard lives.Until there was a divine bird among the people who sang about the emperor's love affair, implying that he was in chaos and abandoned.

After the gentle and virtuous queen learned about it, she brought the woman into the palace, which not only calmed Shenniao's dissatisfaction.He also asked the emperor to register the woman as a noble concubine, and ratify the illegitimate daughter as a princess.The divine bird proclaims the virtues of the queen... a happy ending.

"This is the model of the queen who is the mother of the world!" On the stage, the emotional performance deeply touched the heart of the old prince, and some people's eyes became moist.

"Since ancient times, the empress and the emperor have gone hand in hand. They are the mother of the world and the king of the six palaces! Only the empress can set things right, maintain the order of ethics, and make the Great Yan prosperous!" The old prince's words referring to Sang and Huai were like slapping Ke Weiqing across the face. .

Ke Weiqing lowered his head when he heard the words, his cheeks still had a touch of bright red, his forehead was dripping with crystal clear sweat, and he sat in the armchair covered with brocade upholstery with his waist slightly bent.

This is a little different from his previous posture of standing like a pine and sitting like a bell.But these princes all opened their bellies and were drunk, no one felt any strangeness in his face or demeanor, they just talked incessantly.

"Prince Muren, what do you think? Uncle, I think you should marry a princess too!" Maybe seeing that the emperor didn't respond, a prince simply made indirect remarks and asked Yong Lin who had been drinking silently.

"Uncle Wang, don't make fun of my nephew, my nephew is still young." Yong Lin grinned, his elegant and elegant appearance was in stark contrast to the cold and majestic Huang Ye.

"Why are you still young! You're already eighteen..." The prince gestured at his age, and said boldly, "Don't just focus on having fun and forget that the main wife is not married yet!"

"You need your elder brother to marry first, right? How can your nephew overstep..." Yong Lin smiled, and was about to finish speaking, but Huang Ye put the golden bottle carved with dragon and phoenix on the table with a "boom" on, interrupting them.

Whether it was the prince or Yong Lin, they were all silent, but their eyes were all focused on Huang Ye.

"It's just a folk drama, but you can see a lot of famous tricks. Why can't you understand the memorial in the court?" Huang Ye's voice, like the echo of the valley, is deep and pleasant, but it also makes people shudder. .

The old princes didn't dare to say any more, and even made plans to plead guilty.But Yong Lin said with an innocent face, "Your Majesty, the ministers are just discussing the matter, but they didn't think much about it, don't get me wrong."

"No, I'm your ninth brother. I haven't married a wife yet, so you can't make a concubine." Huang Ye smiled slightly, "So, I was negligent."

"My dear Ninth Brother! Don't just propose marriage to me." Yonglin laughed loudly, looking like a naughty child.All the princes also laughed, only Ke Weiqing seemed to be out of the situation, and never raised his head.

"Then, I will get married first." Huang Ye said.But like thunder on the ground, all the people present were dumbfounded.Even Ke Weiqing raised his chin and stared blankly at the smiling emperor.

"Actually, there is something that I should tell you about." Huang Ye said unhurriedly, "This is Prince Ke's Mansion..."

"This man must never be married!" An old prince with a face full of alcohol shouted, his eyes widened, and he gave Ke Weiqing a hard look!

His contemptuous eyes made Ke Weiqing feel ashamed. He gently grabbed the cushion under his body with one hand, his breathing was short, and his heart palpitations were severe.

"Could it be that Ke Weiqing is the only one in Prince Ke's mansion?" Huang Ye didn't get angry at the old prince's rudeness, and said in a rather gentle tone, "The one I want to marry is Princess Shuolan."

"--she?"

The princes all knew that Ke Shuolan was Zhao Guowei's granddaughter.He is a great traitor, he should have exterminated the nine clans, it is the emperor's generosity and benevolence that he only exterminated the general's mansion and did not affect other relatives.

To marry her as queen?Will it be unreasonable?Will the remnants of the Zhao party that have been suppressed with great difficulty take the opportunity to make waves?

"Aside from other things, Ke Shuolan is beautiful, and she is good at playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting. She is the most beautiful woman in Dayan," but some princes immediately agreed, "If you become a queen..."

"I didn't say I wanted to make her the empress, but a noble concubine. The position of noble concubine is second only to the queen, and she can take charge of the harem. My uncles and uncles, what do you think?" Huang Ye asked, but his eyes There is obviously no room for negotiation.

"That's good." Yong Lin spoke first, still smiling, "Today is full of 'surprises'."

"Oh? What else happened to you? It surprised you and pleased you?" Huang Ye asked moaning.

"It's a pleasant surprise to be able to reunite with the emperor for a banquet." Yong Lin narrowed his eyes slightly, but his heart ached.Brother Huang is indeed a cold-blooded person, and he really only regards Ke Weiqing as a plaything!Didn't he notice that Ke Weiqing's shoulders were trembling slightly, enduring the pain?

Huang Ye didn't delve into Yong Lin's words, and started talking to other princes instead.The old princes agreed one after another. Since Shuo Lan is not the queen, there is nothing serious about it. The harem really needs someone in charge.

When the banquet was over, all the princes knelt down and respectfully sent the emperor back to the palace.Huang Ye asked Ke Weiqing to accompany him again, but this time, Ke Weiqing, who was kneeling on the ground and looked very thin, said in a hoarse voice that he was not feeling well and begged to go out of the palace to rest.

"Since you're not feeling well, stay here. I'll let the imperial doctor come and see you." Huang Ye didn't want to let Ke Weiqing go just like that.

"Your Majesty, please Rong Chen step down first..." What is this?A moment ago, she was announcing her marriage to Princess Shuolan, but now, she treats him so tenderly?Ke Weiqing's heart was like boiling a pair of traditional Chinese medicine, rolling with indescribable pain.

He was even in a trance, thinking that what he said just now was an auditory hallucination, that's why Huang Ye didn't say that he wanted to marry a wife.

"Are you angry with me?" Huang Ye asked straightforwardly without hesitation in the presence of others.

"How dare I...!" Ke Weiqing raised his head, and the cold sweat on his forehead grew even more.

"By the way, I haven't asked you yet, should I marry Shuo Lan as my concubine?" Huang Ye's smile at this time is so handsome, but also so evil, it's downright bad!

"Minister...!" I wanted to treat it as a fake to relieve the pain in my heart, but this day will come sooner or later, the emperor always belongs to the queen and all the concubines...

"Say it." Huang Ye ignored Ke Weiqing's precarious body and asked almost cruelly.

"I thought..."

don't want!Shouting selfishly in her heart, but unable to break through the painful throat, Ke Weiqing felt pain all over her body, so painful that she couldn't think.

"Your majesty, let's forget it, the little prince is not feeling well, I can send him back." Yong Lin said unbearably.

"It's none of your business!" Huang Ye shouted unceremoniously, "No one is allowed to interfere without my will!"

Yonglin frowned, but the imperial decree had been issued, he had no choice but to keep his mouth shut.

"If you don't say anything, I will make you kneel forever!" Huang Ye looked straight at Ke Weiqing, he wanted to know what Ke Weiqing wanted, he was someone who would never lie to himself, even in such a situation.

"I, I think... this matter is very good." Ke Weiqing straightened his back slightly, raised his eyes, and looked at the emperor as if pretending to be "candid".

"...!" Huang Ye raised his black eyebrows like eagle wings, his eyes were sharp.That wasn't the happy expression that turned into sullen after getting approval.

"...The minister represents Sister Wang--thank you, Lord Long En!" Ke Weiqing said, kowtowed once, and then again.

"Enough, get up!" Huang Ye shouted loudly, Li Deyi hurried forward to help Ke Weiqing up, touched his hand, only to find that he was astonishingly hot!

"Send your car back to the palace." Huang Ye still did not allow Ke Weiqing to leave, "You come with me."

"Yes..." Ke Weiqing wanted to act nonchalantly, but his eyes went dark, his knees went limp, and Li Deyi couldn't support him.

"Wei Qing!" Yong Lin strode forward and hugged Ke Weiqing's receding body. His eyes were closed and his breathing was heavy.

"What's the matter?" Huang Ye's face was extremely ugly, he pushed Yonglin away without hesitation, and hugged Ke Weiqing into his arms, while the other princes thought that Ke Weiqing fell down because he was drunk.

"Everyone back down!" Seeing that Yonglin cared so much about Ke Weiqing and called him by his name, Huang Ye was furious.

"We send off the emperor, long live, long live, long live!"

The princes were trembling, and they all prostrated themselves on the ground.Only Yong Lin was still staring at Huang Ye's back until they completely disappeared in the winding corridors.

Back in the palace, Huang Ye immediately invited Beidou, and he also participated in the banquet, so until today Ke Weiqing was drinking and watching a theater with the emperor, how could it be like this?

Not only because of the cold, the evil cold invaded, but also the heart and lung qi stagnation, resulting in high fever, and then unconsciousness.

But when he saw the shocking hickey on Ke Weiqing's slightly open collar, and changed his sweaty underwear, he found that there was bubbling white turbidity between his thighs, so he said clearly, "Your Majesty, Are you lucky to be with Mr. Ke again?"

"Well, didn't you say that if I visit him often, it's possible to conceive?" Huang Ye said a little unhappy.If it wasn't for Beidou to give Ke Weiqing the needles to reduce his fever, he didn't want him to stay here, to look around, touch here and there.

"That's what you say, but you ask him to sleep with you too many times." Beidou couldn't help but express his heart, "Your place is unmatched by ordinary people, and now you only favor Mr. Ke. He has suffered a lot. , is not small... I think even if he is General Ke, he will not be able to bear it."

"Stop rambling, I have my own discretion in my private affairs." Huang Ye said impatiently with a bit of shame, "Hurry up and treat him, I just want him to understand."

"Yes." Big Dipper sighed.With his medical skills, it would not be difficult for Ke Weiqing to recover, but the emperor might break him again.

However, what Beidou didn't know was that Huang Ye wanted Ke Weiqing to wake up eagerly, because he wanted to ask him, did he really think that it was right for him to marry Shuo Lan?

For some reason, Huang Ye wanted to confirm it very much.Before getting that answer, he didn't allow Ke Weiqing to leave the palace.

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The snow fell all night and another morning, until now it was still drifting like cotton wool, falling continuously.

This silent snow made the whole world fall into an ice cave, and it was so cold that people shivered.

In the resplendent harem, there are three large brass heaters with hollowed-out and carved plum patterns, which should be as warm as spring, but all the maids and eunuchs bowed their heads and lowered their eyebrows, as if they were standing outside, their complexions turned blue.

"Wei Qing, no matter what you say, I can absolve you of the crime, but - don't lie to me."

Huang Ye, who was dressed in a deep purple nine-dragon robe, was sitting on an eight-foot-wide and four-foot-deep imperial couch, her sharp black eyes locked tightly on the person standing in front of her.

"Return to the emperor," Ke Weiqing said very calmly, "I will not lie to you, that is the crime of deceiving the emperor."

"Since the moment I fell in love with you, I have disregarded the righteousness of the monarch and my subjects, and my crime is unforgivable." Ke Weiqing thought to himself.

"In that case," Huang Ye folded his hands on his knees as if he was relieved, and asked again, "then you can answer me, is it suitable for me to marry Shuo Lan?"

"Wei Chen still said that, it is a wonderful thing for you to marry Princess Shuolan." Ke Weiqing's black eyes, like frozen black ice, flickered against the firelight, making people unpredictable Through his mind.

An oppressive silence spread between the two.Huang Ye's eyes looked a thousand times colder than the howling north wind outside, and they stabbed straight at Ke Weiqing's face.

"Don't you have anything else to say except 'excellent'?"

"No more." Ke Weiqing replied very clearly.He was wearing an extremely expensive white fox fur coat, and inside was a snow-white river silk gown, which was just rewarded to him by Huang Ye in the morning.

When the eunuch was bathing and changing his clothes, he said flatteringly that the robes inside and out, down to gloves and boots, were all royal tributes. Mr. Ke is really blessed to be so favored.But Ke Weiqing only felt a stabbing pain in his heart, and the incomparable sadness spread in his body.

No matter how luxurious brocade clothes he wears, it can't change the fact that he is a man.Just like heaven and earth, Qian and Kun will never be reversed.

The country needs an emperor and a queen, because only then can it be stable for a long time.

If Huang Ye wants to rule the world, he must first make the harem stable, and Ke Weiqing understands this truth.

"Ke Weiqing! Even if I said I wouldn't blame you, you still answer me like this?" Huang Ye interrupted Ke Weiqing's contemplation. As if he didn't give up, he asked frequently, his iron-like fists clenched on his knees.

Ke Weiqing couldn't help looking at the emperor. It's not that he didn't understand the meaning of "don't blame". If he said bluntly, don't marry Princess Shuolan, Huang Ye might change his mind.

But even if it is not Princess Shuolan, it will be another woman, waiting for the emperor to be included in the harem, or even canonized as the mother of the country.

And choosing Shuo Lan can stabilize the political situation and allow more remaining members of the Zhao family to abandon the dark side and turn to the bright side to serve the court.

It can also win the Queen Mother's favor, making the harem more harmonious and happy, and the ministers will feel relieved, at least Huang Ye's thoughts are not all on her male favorite.

"Yes." Seeing Huang Ye's questioning, Ke Weiqing simply knelt down and said with a smile, "This is a happy event for the whole world to celebrate. I implore the emperor to marry Princess Shuolan as soon as possible."

"Okay! Then this time - you will be the Luan Yi guard for the wedding!" Huang Ye's face darkened suddenly, and his anger suddenly blew up, and he said with a flick of his sleeves.

Luanyi Guard is an official who is responsible for picketing order and supervising etiquette at large-scale ceremonies. He is also a guard. He has to stay at the scene from beginning to end, even if it is the emperor's bridal chamber.

Ke Weiqing's face suddenly turned pale. He wants to watch Huang Ye marry someone else?Can he do it?

"What? You're not happy?" Huang Ye said coldly, "Shuo Lan is your sister Wang, so it would be more appropriate for you to do it, right?"

"Wei Chen..." Ke Weiqing's dark eyes widened, his bloodless lips pursed and then exhaled whitely, and he finally said, "I respect the imperial decree."

Huang Ye narrowed his eyes slightly, staring at Ke Weiqing as if he wanted to look out a hole, "You have to handle this matter carefully, otherwise, I won't be polite."

Ke Weiqing bent down and kowtowed, but Huang Ye stood up abruptly, walked past him, and left the bedroom without looking back.

After a long time, Li Deyi came in and persuaded Ke Weiqing to get up.In this cold weather, Mr. Ke's body is still not fully recovered, what if he faints again?

Ke Weiqing raised his head, his face was full of tears, and he didn't move for a long time.

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On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the day of the Lantern Festival, the emperor will marry Princess Shuolan as his concubine "Lan".This matter spread like a raging fire, the happiest thing is Ke Wang's mansion, it is said that fifty tables of banquets have been set up, and relatives and friends are invited to come and gather together.

Ke Weiqing didn't go, even though Lord Ke urged him to go drink, he still lived in that private house.And because he had to memorize the extremely complicated wedding ceremony steps, he was also studying hard.In the emperor's wedding, there is no room for mistakes.

These days, Huang Ye didn't ask him to enter the palace again, but let Li Deyi send a verbal order, saying that because of the approaching wedding, the ceremony of making him a general should be postponed, and it may take February before he can accept this appointment up.

If possible, Ke Weiqing really wanted to leave Dayan immediately and lead troops to fight in order to numb his heart.But even if he left, his heart would still hurt, right?

No matter where she goes, her love for Huang Ye will not change in any way.

For such obsessed and unrepentant self, Ke Weiqing hated and had no choice but to sigh, swallow the bitterness forcefully, and cheer up to welcome Huang Ye's big day.

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Music lingers.Huang Ye sat on a huge dragon and phoenix nanmu hi bed, looking ahead.

Today's wedding banquet was held in Jinyan Palace, which was the palace where Shuo Lan lived before, and now that she has been promoted to a noble concubine, Jinyan Palace has also been re-decorated.

Every pillar and every corner here is filled with crimson silk flowers.Double Happiness inlaid with gold leaf is pasted on the walls and palace lanterns.At a glance, there is red everywhere.

Shuo Lan combed her hair in a phoenix bun, wore a golden phoenix crown on her head, and wore a red embroidered dress. She was sitting at a mahogany table with carved dragons and phoenixes. , held a joint feast with Huang Ye.

She is so beautiful, enough to cover up all the luxurious things in the house, but when she looked shyly at the wedding bed, she found that Huang Ye, who was sitting under the big red curtain, seemed a little absent-minded.

"It's an auspicious time, it's time to drink the congratulatory wine!" a nun declared, and sang the congratulatory song.

The bridal chamber suddenly became lively, but Huang Ye felt extremely bored, and didn't have the slightest liking for Shuo Lan's heavily made-up face.

Although it's not the first time accepting a concubine, it's the first time I want to end it early.

That person... Huang Ye couldn't help but think of Ke Weiqing, he really worked hard and meticulously arranged the ceremony.

Knight, whether Ke Weiqing agrees to this wedding or not, he will proceed as planned. This is an inevitable political marriage.

That being the case, why does he still want to hear him say "not good"?Even if Ke Weiqing showed a little bit of unhappiness, Huang Ye would feel very happy.

It seems that he is "bullying" him.

Of course, considering that Ke Weiqing was about to lead troops to the expedition, Huang Ye had shown mercy, instead of making him unable to get out of bed for seven days, he was punished to be busy as a Luanyi guard.Huang Ye originally thought that Ke Weiqing would at least show a trace of jealousy when he saw such a festive scene.

After all, he has been in bed several times... A couple of one night repays a hundred days of kindness.

But Ke Weiqing didn't respond at all?Doing this and that like a wooden man, does he really not care at all?Or is it just forbearance?Huang Ye was very annoyed.

He never cared about the inner thoughts of his courtiers, but for Ke Weiqing, he had already exceeded that limit.Sometimes, he really wanted to dig Ke Weiqing's chest open, to see who was in his heart.

However, Huang Ye was extremely destined that Ke Weiqing would not betray him, no matter what happened.

It is very precious to the emperor that the courtiers have such a heart.But Huang Ye still didn't think it was enough, since Ke Weiqing didn't care at all, then let him watch and listen more, Huang Ye thought viciously.

In wild thoughts, after Huang Ye and Shuo Lan finished drinking, the ritual was completed, and the nuns and maids knelt and kowtowed, and retreated.

When the door was about to close, Huang Ye saw Ke Weiqing in military uniform standing outside the door loyally, holding the Tiger Roaring Sword in his hand, with his back facing the bedroom straight.

"Wait, the smell of alcohol in the room is so heavy, don't close the door." Huang Ye said, the ceremonial eunuch standing by the door was stunned.

Ke Weiqing turned around and knelt down in front of the door, "Your Majesty, I'm afraid this is not safe."

"The deep palace, with you guarding here, what's not safe?" Huang Ye smiled, "I'm going to open the door tonight."

"I obey the order." Ke Weiqing had no choice but to respond.Then let all the guards guarding the courtyard retreat outside the courtyard, leaving him alone in front of the bedroom.

Although he knew what would happen next, Ke Weiqing still felt pain in his heart when he caught a glimpse of Huang Ye hugging Shuo Lan by the waist and striding towards the wedding bed with the red gauze hanging on it, as if a sharp knife had been stabbed in Yes, his face turned pale.

But that was all, he didn't show any more emotions, he stood there motionless with his back to the open door lintel.

"Your majesty...hehe, take it easy, my concubine... is ticklish..." There was a coquettish voice, panting with hot flashes, and the soft sound of hands and feet touching the head of the bed.

Ke Weiqing's dark eyes stared at the white jade floor tiles under his feet without blinking. Even though the whiteness was already swirling like a whirlpool, making the soles of his feet weak, he still stared firmly.

Others are here, but their hearts are already torn apart.

Just when he was dying of pain, a black figure appeared in the courtyard. Ke Weiqing failed to notice it in time because he was in a trance.

It wasn't until the man came to him that he raised his head in surprise.

"Prince Muren...?" Ke Weiqing couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes.Because he kept biting, his lips actually ooze blood.

"Your Majesty, that's great!" Inside, there was an undisguised scream, which made Ke Weiqing's face even uglier.

"Be careful, follow me." Yonglin couldn't help but grab Ke Weiqing's hand that was still on the hilt.

"No." Ke Weiqing frowned, with a trembling voice, "I can't leave."

Yonglin sighed softly, and immediately, when Ke Weiqing was not paying attention, he tapped his acupuncture points, making him unable to speak or move.Then she held his hand, hugged him, jumped up, and flew up to the eaves without anyone noticing.

"Your Majesty, I am really happy to be your concubine..."

Shuo Lan knew that Ke Weiqing was guarding outside, so she tried her best to flatter the emperor. She never thought that happiness and glory would come so quickly. She became a concubine. Dragon fetus, then the mother is more expensive according to the child, soars to prosperity...

Now, she wants to enjoy the wedding night in the bridal chamber, let Ke Weiqing stay outside, she will be so angry that life would be better than death!

Just when Shuo Lan was intoxicated by Huang Ye's broad chest, Huang Ye suddenly stopped, stood up, and quickly put on her coat.

"Your Majesty, are the concubines not taking good care of you?" Shuo Lan hurriedly stood up, regardless of her naked upper body, stretched out her hand to keep the emperor.

"Get out of the way." Said impatiently waved her hand away, shouted, "Li Deyi!"

"The slave is here." I don't know where Li Deyi hid before, but now he popped up suddenly.

"Where are people?"

"Back to the emperor, the little prince..." Li Deyi's cold sweat rolled down his back, "I-I went out of the palace."

"what?!"

"He, he was taken away by Prince Muren, and he disappeared in the blink of an eye... The slave is incompetent, he couldn't stop him..."

Huang Ye heard the words and stepped off the wedding bed in one step.Seeing this, Shuo Lan wanted to hold him back, but in vain, she rolled off the bed, when she looked up again, where was the shadow of the emperor?He has already put on a pose and left.

"Where is this... come from!"

Shuo Lan was crying, but she was not an ordinary concubine, she only shed tears.

She called the palace maid, put on her wedding dress again, and put on a phoenix crown. Regardless of her weeping makeup, she went straight to Queen Mother Sun to file a complaint.