The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘 》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 10: Conduct
Teng Yun slept very calmly. Maybe his nerves were too tight and he slept with worries these days, so when there was no pain he slept calmly. Meanwhile, Xue Jun Liang went to the Emperor’s Library and approved some memorials. He returned a note to Zhao Lu and asked Jiang Yu to take it out.
When he came back, he found that Teng Yun was still asleep.
Xue Jun Liang also ordered the imperial physician to send a little more of this cool and analgesic ointment to the Yunfeng palace.
He didn't wake up Teng Yun and so he asked the palace people to bring a bed brocade to cover him. After all, if one sleeps like this all night, though the soft couch was very comfortable, you will catch cold into not covered with a cloak.
When Teng Yun woke up, he was surprised to find that he had fallen asleep and seemed to sleep soundly.
Jiang Yu stood by and waited on him. When he woke up, she said, “Is empress awake? The Emperor went to the imperial court session and asked the empress not to rush back to the palace. The Emperor said he will come back after the imperial court session to have a meal together."
Teng Yun sat up, and the lace maid rushed in to wash and change his clothes for him. Because he slept for a long time and his mind was a little swollen, he lets them do things at will.
The palace maid was very close to Xue Jun Liang, who naturally understood the preferences of Emperor Xue, and combed a dignified and gentle hair style for the Empress. The jewelry on him was elegant and not shabby.
Xue Jun Liang didn't go for a long time and soon came back. The imperial court session was nothing more than to discuss the problem of Emperor Teng sending his daughter for marriage. In addition, how can they be on guard against Feng Ming’s plots?
Emperor Feng has always been ruthless and cruel, and his means were not comparable to those of ordinary people. Even the imperial court official of Xue Jun Liang can be caught in his schemes, so they have to guard against it. But they don't know that Xue Jun Liang has prepared for this. He has put his carefully cultivated loyal imperial court official into the Feng state, and this person is deeply loved by Emperor Feng, and even can make Emperor Feng kowtow.
Xue Jun Liang was very proud of his plan. First of all, Emperor Teng is timid and hard to achieve. Now the Teng state has no real defender, but only a pair of empty airs. As long as the Feng state has Marquis Zhao Lu for a day, it is impossible to do anything to Xue Jun Liang without him finding out.
After Xue Jun Liang came back, Jiang Yu brought on the meal, and Teng Yun silently accompanied him to finish the breakfast. During the meal, he didn't say a word, which made the Xue State’s emperor very confused, saying that women are hard to pamper. As expected, especially actions of the ugly empress, even Xue Jun Liang, who is invincible in the battlefield, couldn't understand it.
After eating, Xue Jun Liang asked Yu to prepare a jade chariot for Teng Yun. Today is the day when the Marquis of Wannian Xue Hou Yang went to meet the bride. It does matter. The Marquis of Wannian will bring someone to greet her and wait for the princess. But this time, Xue Jun Liang actually wanted to give Teng Shang a ride and prepare to go to the Marquis of Wannian in person.
Xue Jun Liang helped Teng Yun up the tower, and the Marquis of Wannian Xue Hou Yang followed them.
Under the tower stood five thousand soldiers, all of whom were very important soldiers under Xue Hou Yang. They wore silver armor and stood still on high horses. Looking down from the high tower, they were as magnificent as snow.
The first troops in the war were only two or three thousand. This time, the Marquis of Wannian invited five thousand elite soldiers. The soldiers knelt down and kowtowed to the city tower.
Though Teng Yun's face was unchanged, he was already a little frightened. Such generals and soldiers, such troops, as long as they are generals, will be envied and happy. But this is not his own army, just the enemy, the natural enemy.
Xue Jun Liang raised his sleeved robe a little, and motioned to all of them to get up. Under the city, the snow and red tassels were rising uniformly, and no one was a little faster or a little slower.
“What does Consort Ai think of these soldiers?"
Teng Yun was suddenly named, knowing that Emperor Xue was demonstrating himself to himself, because he thought she was a citizen of the Feng state, which was a kind of warning, to let ugly empress know her position only extends to matters concerning the imperial harem.
“I'm just a woman. I don't understand these matters," said Teng Yun, looking down.
What he said unexpectedly satisfied Xue Jun Liang. In fact, which emperor doesn't like to have a gentle and pleasant empress, who only praised his own wisdom and arbitrariness, and doesn't say a word against him?
Xue Jun Liang reached out his hand, and Jiang Yu immediately held a red cloth tray and held two glasses of wine on the tray.
Xue Jun Liang took a glass, and Jiang Yu immediately transferred the tray to the Marquis of Wannian, the Marquis of Wannian, who took the wine with both hands.
Xue Jun Liang held the wine cup and doesn't speak. He just held it in his hands and raised it slightly. He bowed to the invisible hand of Xue Hou Yang, and then raised the wine cup to the soldiers under the city.
At that time, the soldiers knelt down again. Xue Jun Liang drank up the wine and smashed the wine cup on his feet. Xue Hou Yang and the soldiers knelt down and drank up the wine. With a loud bang, they all smashed the wine too.
Then Xue Hou Yang had a talk, got off the tower with his helmet, turned over and led the army out of the imperial capital.
Teng Yun really saw that this is the momentum of a strong army and the momentum of Emperor Xue. Which emperor can make morale soar without even saying a word?
All emperors want to make great efforts, but they all neglect one point, that is, to give their subordinates a little dignity and trust, no matter whether it is true or not, like what he did with the imperial court official will be reported to the other people, just like Xue Jun Liang's stooping and bowing hands to the army.
Xue Hou Yang led the soldiers all the way. In fact, they didn't have a long way to go. They arrive a few days later. After settling the soldiers, they waited for the team of Teng Shang.
Three days later, Teng Shang's escort team arrived at the gate. Xue Hou Yang was ready for 5000 soldiers to march in line. The armors were red and the five thousand people were magnificent positioned.
Xue Hou Yang was riding on his horse. Behind him is the open city gate.
Teng Shang rode on the horse, and the princess's sedan was surrounded and followed by escorting. He saw a man standing at the gate from afar. He had heard that the Marquis of Wannian Xue Hou Yang was the first to greet him. He had heard that there was such a number of people, but Teng Shang never met the other person. It was a bit shocking to see him this time.
Teng Shang, dressed in a blue official robe, turned over and dismounted, and said with a smile: “It's a great honor for the princess to be escorted by the Marquis of Wannian."
He spoke with an air of lightness, as if he was not afraid of this kind of support which Marquis Xue Hou Yang had brought.
Xue Hou Yang laughed loudly, turned over and dismounted, and said, “You are wrong about it Shang Xiang. We are here today. I was ordered by his majesty Emperor Xue to welcome Lord Xiang."
Teng Shang lowered his eyes and didn't answer, but he understood it in his heart. Xue Hou Yang said this to the Teng state great princess. The team from Teng state must have the ears and eyes of the Emperor Teng. Instead of the emperor welcoming the princess, they met him. Doesn't that mean that Teng Shang and the Xue state have a lot to do with each other?
Teng Shang chuckled. You want the imperial court official to die. The imperial court official can survive, but it's hard for this group of people to bury themselves
“Empress... Don't walk around. Your maidservant's eyes are dizzy. "
Xiu Yao looked at his own empress and thinks it's because Emperor didn't invite empress to the Xue state in the palace today.
She didn't know that it was because the Teng state was imminent to marry the princess. Once Teng Shang went to the imperial capital, she decided that she couldn't live any longer. Teng Shang's life would be over. How could Teng Yun comfort her?
He drew up several words in his mind, how can he persuade Emperor Xue not to kill Teng Shang, but he can't even convince himself. Such a stab will be pulled out quickly before anyone's eyes.
Unless Teng Shang does become the imperial court official of the Xue state.
However, Teng Yun knew that, like himself, he has devoted his whole life to his country, and how can he put down his dignity to make the imperial court official.
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Rui Xue left Feng Ming's bedroom and hurried out, just in time to meet Zhao Lu who had retreated from the imperial court session.
Rui Xue said to Zhao Lu, “Master, Emperor said that he missed you. When can you go back to visit him?"
Zhao Lu frowned. He seemed impatient, but he soon stopped looking. At this time, Rui Xue stuffed a paper ball into Zhao Lu's hand while no one noticed.
Zhao Lu said: “Go and wait on emperor. If you have anything to report to me in time tell the emperor, Zhao Lu, although he also wanted to visit emperor, but can't spare the time.”
Rui Xue nodded walked and stopped as if there was something else to speak.
Zhao Lu said, “What can't be said?"
Rui Xue said: “Master, this servant know that there are some things she shouldn't do. It's only the Emperor... It's been half a month since the master left him last time, and he can't get out of bed. The Emperor is not willing to call the imperial physician... "
Zhao Lu sneered, “You also said that it's not something you should talk about. If there's nothing else, you can leave."
“Yes..."
Rui Xue bit her mouth. “I know."
Looking at Marquis Zhao Lu walking away, Rui Xue thought about it. She turned around and went to the hospital. She took some ointment to relieve swelling and stop bleeding, and then went back to Emperor Feng's bedroom.
Zhao Lu went out of the palace, went back to his residence, and then opened a note. It was a reply from Xue Jun Liang, asking him to irritate the relationship between Feng Ming and Zuo Xiang. Although Zuo Xiang was old, he was a loyal and a talented official. Xue Jun Liang intended to attract talented officials. Just as two people met the other person, Zhao Lu forced Zuo Xiang to resign and return home. The Xue State’s emperor sang again.
Zhao Lu burned the paper on the candle fire, opened the window for ventilation, and dispelled the smell of burning paper.
He stood by the window with his hand in his hand, looking out at the pond, and suddenly sighed. His face, always cold and tender, seemed a little loose.
Zhao Lu was originally from the Xue state. At that time, the Feng state emperor had just died. There was a great deal of chaos in the homeland. There was a prince who won the throne and killed countless people in the process. The crown prince Feng Ming fled and went hiding in the Zhao family house and accidentally implicated that family.
Feng Ming didn't know that it was Zhao Lu's family until now. Later, Zhao Lu was met by Xue Jun Liang and placed in the Feng state's military camp as a spy. Where he has been on up to now.
Zhao Lu suffered for 30 years. Although Feng Ming never dared to disobey his obedience, he could not let go of his resentment. He just wanted to screw Feng Ming's mind. Every time he saw Feng Ming's expression of pain, but forbearance, he felt as if he had retaliated for his family misfortune. For so many years, he didn't waste his opportunities.
Only, he was also uncomfortable, and no one knew how he felt.
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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