Raise an emperor as a villain

Lu Hengxiu did not expect that after he was promoted to Minister of Rites, the biggest celebration he would hold would be Ming Jue's wedding.

Duan Wenzheng has successively lost his two right-hand men, the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of Rites, and his right to speak in the court is no longer as good as before.Therefore, she was extremely uneasy, and she only wanted to put the daughter of the Duan family in the emperor's harem.The three-year period of the first emperor's great filial piety has passed, and Ming Jue has no good reason to refuse, but has been clenching his teeth and not letting go.

A while ago, a high-ranking concubine in the harem named Wu Xia died, which caused another wave of waves.The reason was that this Wuxia was already pregnant with the dragon seed, and she was six months pregnant, but the palace caught fire and burned her to death inside.

A concubine is a young concubine, but such a tragic death was spread, and the adults in the previous dynasty forced Ming Jue to stand up as the queen.From "The country is big, the middle palace should not be empty for too long" to "The emperor's heirs are weak, which will inevitably lead to the fate of the country."

In the end, even the Empress Dowager was alarmed. Of course, the Empress Dowager knew what was going on in the Central Plains. Instead of persuading Ming Jue, she called Lu Hengxiu into the palace first.

"Your Majesty Lu has heard about the emperor's refusal to become queen, right?"

"I heard about it."

"Then you also know in your heart why the emperor did this. You are a sensible person, why do you have to mess around with him? With your power in the court, you don't have to compromise to accommodate his unreasonable demands. If you assist him wholeheartedly If you become a good emperor, then you will be a good minister for the world after a hundred years, why bother to accompany him and disregard the principles of ethics, so that you will only be remembered as a flattering sycophant in the annals of later generations?" Although the empress dowager's words sounded kind However, Ji Feng is hidden in the dark.

"The empress dowager is right, but the emperor is the lord of the world. As a courtier, I dare not disobey." Lu Hengxiu responded neither humble nor overbearing, which was considered to be a rejection of the queen mother's request.He will not persuade Ming Jue to become a queen, and he will not stop Ming Jue from becoming a queen, but it is absolutely impossible for him to persuade him.

"Whether you don't dare or you don't want to, you should ask your own heart." The Empress Dowager was not too reluctant, and Lu Hengxiu stepped back after saying this.

Not long after Lu Hengxiu left, the Empress Dowager summoned Ming Jue again, and explained her intentions straight to the point.

"The emperor should marry Duan Muyan. Regardless of her family background or appearance, I think she is worthy of the queen's position."

"I don't want to marry her." Ming Jue said in a deep voice.

"Because she is Duan Shoufu's granddaughter?"

Ming Jue remained silent and did not answer, this was only part of the reason.

"Is that because of Lu Hengxiu?"

"It has nothing to do with him. Duan Wenzheng is always suppressing me in the court, so I don't want to marry his granddaughter. Do I want to marry her in to suppress my concubines?" Ming Jue heard that the Queen Mother was talking about Lu Hengxiu, Quickly clarified.

"Have you ever cared about the women in the harem?" The Empress Dowager sighed, and said earnestly: "You listen to Ai's family's advice, don't fight against the officials for him anymore.

You dote on him too much, but it is a kind of harm to him.There is an old saying that 'love without hiding, kill yourself'.If you blindly protect him, it will make him jealous of others and make him more likely to be attacked.Can you protect him for a while, and can you protect him forever?Even if it can be protected, there is no guarantee that there will be no negligence.

But you can understand that one of your negligence may cost him his life. "

"Grandmother met Lu Hengxiu just now, how did he answer?" Ming Jue asked after a moment of thought.

"He wants to be a pair of virtuous ministers with the emperor who can be recorded in the annals of history. If he wants to come to Aijia and not persuade him, he also knows how to make a choice. After a while, he should also submit a memorial like the ministers." The queen mother did not say anything. In fact, he chose to conceal Lu Hengxiu's reaction.

After Ming Jue heard the queen mother's explanation, the anger in his chest seemed to be lit by someone, trying to burn him to ashes. He clenched his fists tightly and then loosened them again.After repeating this twice, Ming Jue collapsed like a deflated ball.

"I'll make a decree to announce it to the world, and then let Qin Tianjian choose a good day and auspicious day." After Ming Jue finished speaking, he suddenly stood up and left, even without the etiquette of saying goodbye.But the Empress Dowager didn't care, instead she smiled when Ming Jue left.

The things happened roughly like this, Lu Hengxiu didn't understand why Mingjue suddenly compromised, after the imperial decree came down, the Ministry of Rites was busy with the emperor's wedding, Lu Hengxiu seldom had leisure time.After the morning court, Ming Jue left immediately, and never left him alone again.

Lu Hengxiu was disappointed, but it seemed too petty to ask Ming Jue to see Ming Jue for such a thing, so no matter how much grievance he felt, he would be suppressed in his stomach.

The emperor and queen's wedding was celebrated everywhere, and it was naturally extremely grand. Although Lu Hengxiu was not so happy about this matter, he did his duties in an orderly manner.

At this time, the newly promoted Empress Duan Muyan was sitting on the big bed behind the heavy curtains in the Kunhe Palace, and the breath of Jiaolan was a little warm.After a day of red tape wedding ceremony, Duan Muyan was a little tired, the heavy phoenix crown on her head made her neck sore.But she was still in a happy mood, and she was looking forward to her husband with joy like any young girl.

Duan Muyan actually met the emperor, just three months ago.It was the emperor who came to visit her sick grandfather in person that day.At that time, when Chief Chang Ping called the emperor to come, she was at her grandfather's place, and Chang Ping's father-in-law came in after calling the emperor. She had no time to hide, so she had no choice but to hide behind the screen, and it was inevitable that she could see the true face of the emperor.

The emperor was very young, wearing an ordinary moon-white brocade suit, with only some dark dragon patterns on it, but it was hard to hide his imperial aura of imperial nobles.Although he greeted his grandfather with gentle words, it still made people feel the majesty and fierceness of this young emperor.

Duan Muyan was immediately attracted to him, which girl would not be pregnant, not to mention that he was the first young man she saw besides her father and brother, and he was also the Ninth Five.

Later, the mother noticed her intentions and told her grandfather, and then the queen mother issued an imperial decree to take her to the palace for a meeting, and then the whole family knelt down to welcome the imperial decree of the emperor to marry her as the empress.Before getting married, she heard that the emperor did not have a concubine with a formal rank, only a few low-ranking concubines.At that time, Mu Yan felt that the Son of Heaven would be her lifelong lover.

Although she was the most ruthless emperor's family, she felt that he might be an exception.Or maybe she will become an exception for the women in the deep palace. She imagines that those unfortunate things will not happen to her, and she can become a good queen who mothers the world, and a person who is trusted and loved by the emperor.Which newlywed woman would not think so?

However, the queen was sitting on the wedding bed in full swing until the red wax wept. Unexpectedly, it was the eunuch who reported that the emperor had drunk too much and fell asleep in Chengqian Palace nearby.

The emperor, whom the queen was looking forward to, was already drunk. In fact, if the emperor didn't want to drink, who would dare to get him drunk on the emperor's wedding night?As for why the emperor drank so much wine during the wedding, the reason probably wasn't that he couldn't help himself.

Two lines of clear tears flowed down Duan Muyan's face, no one saw it across the phoenix crown and red clouds.