The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘 》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 2: Grand funeral (sweet stuffs)
A/N the chapter title is a part of a chinese saying "bo yang hou zang" which translate into 'To neglect your parents when they are alive only to give them a rich funeral when they are dead' or in worldly sense: the hypocrisy of giving your parents a grand funeral after treating them badly when they were alive.
The maid in the room who waiting to see the joke made of the empress was shocked by the slap, and then she left the room with her hands down.
Teng Yun's whole body was tired. It was obvious that he slapped others in the face, but he also spent a lot of energy doing it. He collapsed on the bed, covered his eyes with his hands, met the swollen high cheekbones, and felt the burning pain after the touches.
Teng Yun doesn't know what this ugly empress is about to do, but if she was born ugly, how could he hurt when he touched her face? It is clear that there is an injury.
But he didn't care about these things at this time. He felt that the current facts had almost destroyed his empty shelf and collapsed on the bed, even the strength of breathing was extravagant.
Teng Yun fell asleep immediately. He had a lot of strange dreams. He dreamed that ten years ago, he went out to fight as a general. After ten years of war, he became a prisoner and was killed. He also dreamed that his country was annexed by Xue Jun Liang, and the Teng state was still in the process of civil war. At last, he was defeated by his family.
When he woke up, he was sweating all over. There was a noisy noise outside. Teng Yun frowned. As soon as he got out of bed and pushed the door open, the maid from the outside room came to meet him.
The pink maid who was beaten just now lowered her head and seemed to be afraid, then said: “Empress... What do you want? Xiu Yao will bring it for you."
Teng Yun didn't speak, but just glanced at her. Xiu Yao shivered momentarily. It seemed that his face hurt again. He didn't know what he said wrong. He was wronged.
In fact, Xiu Yao didn't say anything wrong, but it's a strange thing for Teng Yun that an empress wanted to get out of the inner door and was stopped by the maid.
Teng Yun doesn't know, that it was because the ugly empress is famous. Once, Emperor Xue joked with Concubine De about her. Concubine De coaxed people around her to bully the empress. She took the opportunity to say that although the empress is noble, she is not very satisfactory. What if it scares others to death?
From then on, this weak empress was to be restricted even if it comes out of the inner room.
In particular, the ugly empress herself was not willing to go out because of its inferiority to its appearance.
Teng Yun is also a born general. He was not half spoiled by the emperor. It's not so easy for him to be scared of a maid during his ten years of military career.
Xiu Yao dare not stop him anymore. After all, his majesty has not formally made an order to keep the empress from going out. Moreover, the master of the imperial harem is still the empress. Even if Concubine De is proud of his pet, he has no such valuable position.
“Why is it so noisy outside?" said Teng Yun as he walked out
"Replying back to the empress," said Xiu Yao, who learned how to behave this time, and replied respectfully, “Today is the day when his majesty executed the captive of the Teng state. At present, all the lords seem to be drinking in the garden to celebrate."
"Oh..."
Teng Yun's voice slipped for a while, his heart suddenly cooled, and the maintaining the outside cold demeanor became more and more difficult What about the bodies of the captive? Is it back to the Teng state? "
"No."
“I heard that the maidservant didn't send the imperial court official back to the Teng state. His majesty has already ordered a grand funreal," said Xiu Yao
“Grand funeral? Grand funeral... "
Teng Yun felt that he was almost laughed at. Xue Jun Liang showed that he had made great efforts to build up his power with his own hands. Later, he ordered to bury a great general who is the emperor's son of an enemy country. Did he want to show his kindness this way?
It's just that for Teng Yun, he doesn't think it's generous. If he can, as a person of the Teng state, he absolutely doesn't want to stay in this hostile land after his death.
“Empress？ Empress what's wrong with you? If you are not comfortable, please call the imperial physician. "
Seeing that he was shaking, Xiu Yao quickly helped him. Although she was used to saying bad things about this the ugly empress, she admired or envied her for a reason. But the reason why was is because how can an ugly woman sit firmly at the head of the six palaces when the imperial harem is the where beauties were. The hard reason is the brother of the empress, is Emperor Feng.
So Xiu Yao has to care about this the ugly empress.
Teng Yun steadied himself and said, “Going out for a walk."
Xiu Yao was now obediently following this time, and can't make any nonsense.
As soon as they left the main hall, they saw a bright yellow figure coming from afar. The height of the figure was not high, and it seemed like a child.
He was wearing a small yellow robe, with small green boots on his feet, and he walked with his back straight and hands on his back. Behind him, an old slave followed him closely, with a tense look on his face.
When they got close, they heard hurriedly to the old slave saying, “Crown prince, slow down... Slow down If I run into the crown prince, I will be in trouble! "
The child said, “Who can bump into me? I'd like to see this famous empress. "
When Teng Yun heard them talking, he knew that the little crown prince had come here specially to make troubles.
It's reasonable to say that the empress is Xue Jun Liang's first wife, the first of the six palaces, and the crown prince, even if not his own child, the crown prince should also call the empress, mother. However, it's obvious that the little crown prince of this newborn calf doesn't respect the empress.
When Teng Yun heard the news of his death, his heart was cold. Now he is not himself. How can he be loyal to his country? But Teng Yun is not willing to
At the same time, someone comes here to find fault with the empress, which is also called Teng Yun to vent his anger.
The little crown prince walked forward carelessly, climbed the last step and looked up. He saw Ting Yun standing steadily at the door.
Although the little crown prince is not afraid of anything, he is also a less than decade year-old child. He seems to be only seven or eight years old. At first sight of Teng Yun, the crown prince quickly took two steps back. If this old slave was not behind him, he would almost sit on the steps, I'm afraid he would go down.
Seeing his expression, Teng Yun thought it was amusing. In fact, when he saw the bronze mirror at the first sight, he was also shocked. His face was blue and black, his cheekbones were high and swollen, and there were some blood stains, almost squeezing into his eyes.
The little crown prince was no better than Teng Yun, who had seen the battlefield, and was stunned for a long time. He finally calmed down and hissed, “It's not so scary, it's just shocking."
The old slave behind him knew the etiquette, and was afraid that the crown prince would not know the importance of his words towards the empress. He immediately knelt down and kowtowed and said, “Forgive this old slave, please greeting to the empress."
"Jiang Yu, get up."
The little crown prince looked back at this old slave.
Originally, Jiang Yu was a well behaved person. He was the head eunuch of the internal palace eunuchs and followed Xue Jun Liang closely. Later, Emperor Xue established the crown prince. Because he loved his only son, he left Jiang Yu beside the crown prince.
When Teng Yun didn't speak, Jiang Yu didn't dare to get up, but the little crown prince became more and more dissatisfied with the fact that his servant didn't listen to him, then he said, "Jiang Yu, what do you kneel and do greetings for? I'm afraid that a friendly ugly empress can't be achieved in the Xue state, and the Teng state will be destroyed. It's only a matter of time before the Feng state is swallowed. "
After hearing this, Teng Yun just sneered and said lightly, “Crown prince, you have read experience books?"
The little crown prince raised his neck and looked up at Teng Yun and said, "Of course I have! You are ignorant and useless! "
“That's strange," said Teng Yun, “Since you have read life experience books, how can you say such a blatant thing without thinking?"
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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