The king was wrong

In the afternoon of midsummer, the heat is overwhelming, the scorching sun bakes the earth, and the whole city seems to be lit by the flames blown from the flaming mountain.

It was an extremely hot day, and even the cicadas on the trees were screaming weakly, but some people's hearts were hotter than this weather.

Since the day when the imperial decree was issued, the whole of Kyoto has exploded.For several days in a row, the streets and alleys, teahouses and restaurants in Kyoto were all discussing the same thing——

King Yong is getting married!

No, even the arty "Qingpingzhai", which is dedicated to literati and poets to recite poems and write poems on weekdays, has become full of voices at the moment.

"Hey, Brother Xu, Brother Zhang, is it true or not that King Yong was given a marriage? Even if the other party is the second son of the Duke's family, it seems too outrageous. Brother Xu, are you Do you work in the Imperial Academy, have you heard any rumors before?"

The person who spoke was a rich man with a greasy head and a face. At this moment, a pair of small black eyes turned straight, staring at the other two people sitting opposite him, trying his best to find out from them what he had heard and guessed. what evidence.

Among the two, the one in Tsing Yi chuckled, took a sip of tea leisurely, and then said unhurriedly: "Not long ago, the imperial decree has been sent to the palace and the Duke's mansion, Brother Zuo, you don't believe in the emperor's imperial decree?" Believe me instead, Xu is really flattered."

After finishing speaking, he did not forget to arch his hands to show his humility.

"Hey, look at me with a bad memory, I forgot about the imperial decree!" The rich man called "Brother Zuo" slapped his forehead, smiled awkwardly, but turned his eyes and said: "It's just that although the imperial decree has arrived, isn't there still no movement in both the Duke's mansion and the Prince Yong's mansion? Especially the Prince Yong's mansion. I heard that no one who went to congratulate him will be allowed in, and he will not accept gifts. Even the chief assistant of the court It’s really weird that all the gifts I sent were sent back.”

The man in Tsing Yi didn't say a word, but the "Brother Zhang" beside him said: "Haha, Brother Zuo is ignorant when he says that. Just imagine, if you want to marry a man out of nowhere, would you be willing?" ?”

"Me? Of course I don't want to!" The rich young man shook his head immediately.

"That's it, even if you don't want it, could it be that King Yong is willing?"

The rich young man tilted his head and thought for a while, and felt that there was some truth to it, but he still couldn't help but argue: "But no matter what you say, King Yong is the younger brother of the current emperor, born of the same mother, and grew up together since childhood." , the affection is extraordinary. If he really refused, how could the Holy One force him to have a concubine? Besides, this concubine is still a man, which is really unreasonable!"

"Hehe, well... I guess it must be attributed to our good queen."

The man in Tsing Yi said something casually, narrowed his eyes slightly, and a strange light flashed in his eyes, the strange expression on his expression made people completely unpredictable.

However, he quickly concealed the strangeness in his eyes, and showed a simple and harmless smile: "Although the Holy Majesty is a generation of Mingjun, since ancient times, heroes have been saddened by beauty. As long as the queen blows the pillow, what else is there to do?" Refuse to agree?"

The irony of this statement is already obvious, because no one in Lan Dynasty knows that their noble empress not only favors the sixth palace, but even sat on half of the dragon chair in the previous dynasty!

As long as it is something that the empress decides, the emperor will not even ask a question. Such favor and trust are unprecedented.What's more, the queen has always been a cruel and ruthless master, which can be seen from the time when she was still the empress of Zhaoyi.Now with the protection of the emperor, she has intensified, and the number of people who died in her hands is countless.

Even Concubine Shu, who was eight months pregnant, couldn't escape from her palm. When she was about to give birth, she was killed with a stick for "the crime of practicing witchcraft". Buried in the concubine mausoleum.

Later, I heard that there was a former concubine Shu's maid who endured humiliation and risked her life to chase the emperor's imperial study, hoping that the emperor would avenge her mother's grievance.But who would have thought that the emperor didn't even blink after hearing this, and just said lightly: "Since a person is dead, there is no way to return to heaven."

At that time, Concubine Shu's body was not yet cold, but the emperor said this, it was really chilling.

Seeing that there was no hope of revenge, the court lady simply slammed her head to death on the stone steps in front of the imperial study. When she died, her eyes were wide open and she was about to burst into tears. She was still staring at the direction of Fenglai Palace where the queen lived, which was very scary.

That is to say, from then on, no one in the harem dared to be proud of being favored, let alone showing any disrespect to the queen.Those concubines who were not well-cultivated even wished that the emperor would never come to their palace, so that they might be able to escape the eyes of the empress and save their lives.

This really echoes the phrase "so that the hearts of parents in the world will not be reborn as males but as females".

But if you think that the empress' methods can only be used in the harem, then you are very wrong.Didn't I say it earlier, Queen Lan Chao is the figure who almost sits on half of the dragon chair!

Whether it is imperial examinations to become officials or awards for meritorious service, the empress empress is all involved.For example, Song Chenglong, the servant of the official department, was not recommended by the empress back then?There is also Tingwei Zuojian Ji Yuande, and the head of the Hanlin Academy Liu Ruling...

It is not that no ministers have advised on this point, but the final results are often tragic.Not to mention being imprisoned, even family members will be implicated.

Among them, the saddest one is the emperor's childhood teacher, former Taifu Chen Zhiping.I don't know what he was thinking, but two years ago, he was instigated by someone to falsely accuse the Queen of having private correspondence with the King of Beidi, collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country.

At that time, the battle between Lanchao and Beidi was going to the stage of getting worse, but he said such words at this time, wasn't it clearly a blow to morale?It is said that when the queen heard about this, she immediately took off her crown and clothes and knelt down in front of the main hall, asking the emperor to withdraw her throne to appease the soldiers guarding the frontier.

When the emperor heard what was going on, he immediately dismissed the old matriarch with a big hand.Poor Old Madam Chen Fu, who was over seventy years old, lost her official position in a muddle, was dragged out of the Golden Palace with disheveled hair, and was sent back to her hometown to farm.

Everyone saw that the emperor would ignore his former teacher for the sake of the empress, how could he have the courage to continue impeaching her?From then on, no one in the harem dared to speak ill of the queen, and all the ministers and concubines turned a blind eye to what the queen did, pretending not to see it.

This has created today's empress who can overwhelm the sky under the absolute favor of the emperor—Qi Songjin, the eldest daughter of Duke Sheng.

Looking back, in the small Qingpingzhai, the three of them are still worrying about the marriage of His Royal Highness King Yong.

"Oh, it's really miserable to say that His Royal Highness King Yong has been tricked by the queen." The rich son sighed and defended King Yong.

Who would have thought that the person sitting opposite said: "Cut, I was born in the royal family, what matters are up to me? If you want me to say that His Royal Highness Yong married such a princess, there is nothing wrong with it. Men, they don't have a heart and they don't know how to carry on the family line." , from now on, you can put as many people as you want in the backyard of His Royal Highness King Yong? No one cares about singing and singing every night, haha, that's called freedom!"

He smiled happily, but the man in Tsing Yi sitting next to him didn't think so.He frowned in displeasure, and scolded in a low voice: "Self-denial, be cautious! We are not allowed to say such words! If someone listens to it, it will cause you trouble."

Zhang Keji didn't care about his worries, he seemed very open-minded, "Wen Ji, what are you afraid of? The people who come to Qingpingzhai are either down-and-out literati or arty idiots. It's no big deal even if you listen to it." .”

Seeing that his dog bit Lu Dongbin, Xu Wenji didn't know the good heart, so he simply kept silent.

It's just that none of them noticed, in the private room separated by a curtain not far away...

"Crack!"

There was only a crisp sound, and a plain blue and white porcelain cup was shattered in the hands of one person.The tea mixed with blood dripped onto the table, creating bright red ripples.

"My lord!"

Seeing this scene, the guard standing next to him changed his face suddenly, and rushed forward with a stride, and immediately cleaned up the debris embedded in the palm of the man on the seat with quick hands and feet.

"It's just some ignorant fools, why did the prince get angry with them and hurt himself!"

Compared to the anxious guards, the man in black sitting in the middle didn't care about the wound on his hand at all.At this moment, his face was darker than his clothes, and he glanced at the guards who were carefully treating his wounds, and said angrily: "The king has heard enough of these words for the past two days! I finally want to come to Qingpingzhai to seek peace, Who would have thought that those people would not let this place go! Also, what did that person just say? Those who come to Qingpingzhai are all down-and-out literati or arty idiots? Hmph, Liang Wei, tell me, this king is a down-and-out literati What, or a straw bag?"

It turned out that this person was none other than King Yong, Wei Yanxi, whom the three of them said earlier was married by imperial decree and would marry the second son of Duke Sheng Guo as his wife in nine days!

Seeing that the prince was angry, Liang Wei hurriedly took a step back, clasped his fists and said, "The prince's body is rich and his status is precious, so they are naturally far inferior to him. It's just that the words of some sour literati are not on the stage, so why should the prince care."

Hearing this, His Royal Highness King Yong's face turned pale, but his tone was still not kind and he said: "Hmph, I have been fighting on the battlefield for many years, and I have never been so useless when I was pierced through my left shoulder by King Beidi with an arrow. How can this king swallow this breath!"

"My lord...hasn't he ever refused to the emperor?"

You must know that although marriage is about the orders of parents and the words of matchmakers, it is even more about the gratification of the two!Especially this time the protagonists are still two men, Liang Wei never believed that the emperor would mess up his beloved younger brother just because of the queen's words.

And Wei Yanxi was also very puzzled by this, and didn't understand why the emperor brother who had always defended himself would be so determined this time.When he first received the imperial decree two days ago, he was completely stunned. He was stunned for a long time before he jumped on his horse and ran towards the palace without thinking about it.

Who knew that he didn't even see the emperor's brother's face when he got to the palace, he just waited for a sentence "the holy mouth has been opened, and the water cannot be closed", he was so angry that he almost kicked the eunuch who sent the message to death.

So until today Wei Yanxi is very depressed, why he who has made great achievements in battle and can make the enemy fearful just by his name has ended up in such a bleak end.

It's fine to marry a wife, but it's actually a man!It doesn't matter if he is a man, but he is actually the younger brother of that poisonous empress!

Who is the poison queen?She is the one who has harmed countless concubines and ministers, causing disasters to the country and the people. If the emperor brother hadn't intentionally protected her, even killing her a hundred times would not be an exaggeration.What kind of character could such a woman's younger brother be?It would be good if he didn't make his palace a mess.

"Hmph, Qi Songjin, do you think you can sit back and relax by putting your younger brother by my king's side? This king tells you, don't even think about it! What kind of thing is Sheng Guogong? A person who can't even hold a sword is worthy of the title of Duke? What a big joke!"

Speaking of this, Wei Yanxi paused, and an idea suddenly appeared in his mind.

"Didn't that person just say that after marrying a male wife, no matter how full the backyard is, the king will not be afraid? That's just right, the king will fulfill him."

There was a sneer on the corner of his lips, he waved at Liang Wei, and whispered in his ear: "Before this king gets married, you will go and redeem... for this king, and then bring... into the mansion, do you hear me? "

"Ah? My lord, this... this...the concubine..." Liang Wei's face became uglier the more he heard it. Didn't the lord do this on purpose to embarrass the concubine?

"Why, do you dare not listen to my king?" Seeing Liang Wei's hesitation, Wei Yanxi's face darkened again, "Just do what I say. Also, I don't want to hear from you again in the future. He doesn't deserve to be called 'princess'!"