The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘 》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 11: Provocation
Rui Xue entered Emperor Feng's bedroom. The curtain was drawn closed in the room and the bed curtain was tightly covered.
She went over to open the tent gently. Feng Ming didn't sleep, but lay face to face and side to side, and looked at the patterns on the brocade quilt.
Rui Xue said, “Emperor, do you not want to get up? The master asked his maid to bring you some ointment."
As soon as Feng Ming heard Rui Xue mention Zhao Lu, his eyes suddenly brightened, but for a moment then they were a little gray. Of course, he knew Zhao Lu was a human being, how could he bring ointment to himself, most of which was taken by Rui Xue herself, with a sweet mouth.
Emperor Feng didn't get up, didn't move, and lay down and said, “The Teng state's Princess will be in the territory of the Xue state within these days, right?"
“Yes, I heard that Xue Hong, the Marquis of Wannian, met her personally. The master has been very busy for these things, please don't blame the master for not coming. The master misses you very much."
Feng Ming smiled and said, “I know."
Just as he said that, the palace attendant was outside the door. He said that Zuo Xiang asked for a meeting.
Rui Xue frowned. “Emperor, you are not feeling well. My maid helped you to hold back?"
"No need."
Feng Ming got up, asked Rui Xue to wash and change clothes, and then Zuo Xiang was in the Emperor’s Library for discussion.
Zuo Xiang did not sit down. Seeing Emperor Feng coming in, he fell on his knees and kowtowed: "Please, Emperor allow this old imperial court official to resign and return home."
Feng Ming sighed and held up Zuo Xiang on the ground, then he said, "Lord Xiang where do these words stem from? Do you have any dissatisfaction with this Zhen? Lord Xiang, please don't hesitate to speak of it."
“This old imperial court official dare not! It's just that now emperor asked this old imperial court official to say clearly that this old imperial court official dare not cheat his Majesty the emperor even if he risked his death. The imperial court official has complained about Marquis Zhao Lu. Today, the imperial court session Marquis Zhao Lu dismissed a number of officials... "
Zuo Xiang spoke, almost with tears in his eyes, and he wanted to kowtow: “This old imperial court official knows that his Majesty the emperor treats Marquis Zhao Lu intimately, but he also pleads with the emperor to give way to this old imperial court official and return home."
Zuo Xiang was actually nervous in his heart after saying this. He didn’t know if these words would resonate with his Majesty the emperor. Otherwise, he didn't hear the noise for a while, so he had to look up a little.
Emperor Feng, with his back straight and one hand on the desk, didn't know what he was thinking. At the next moment, he heard a scream from Rui Xue.
Feng Ming leaned and fell to the ground.
Rui Xue rushed up to pick up Feng Ming. The whole person was scalding. Feng Ming is unconscious. He frowned with his eyes closed. He seems very uncomfortable.
Zhao Lu was in the mansion to meet guests. Unexpectedly, Rui Xue suddenly came back and said: "Lord, please go to the palace and have a look. The Emperor has fainted."
Zhao Lu's heart tightened, as if he had been screwed. He stood up subconsciously from his seat, but stopped again.
The imperial court officials, all of them, retreated wisely and said that they will come again sometime.
After Rui Xue saw that everyone has gone, she said: “Master, you can go and have a look. Zuo Xiang went to the palace just now to tell you what happened. Emperor, even if he didn't say it, must be dissatisfied with you, why don't you worry about it becoming a big deal?"
Zhao Lu pondered for a while, then said, "Prepare horses we are going to enter the palace."
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The new imperial concubine is about to enter the palace. The imperial harem complained and were envious of her. After all, the Teng state is a defeated country. Even if the new imperial concubine is no more beautiful and talented, her status is not valuable.
Since Xue Jun Liang asked the imperial hospital to dispense medicine to Teng Yun, Teng Yun obviously felt that his face had improved, and Xiu Yao was the happiest. If the appearance of the empress is good, and with her elegant figure, the empress status should not be threatened even if the Emperor Xue were to marry several new concubines.
She is also a smart person. She began to take care of empress's meal and take medicine with the tonics. It was obvious that she could get better.
The new concubine was about to enter the palace, which has made the imperial harem restless. Now it's said that the ugly empress is a beautiful posture of heaven and earth. Several concubines who are impatient have been visiting the Yunfeng palace for a long time.
Concubine De was also something regarded as calm. When she arrived at the Yunfeng palace, Teng Yun happened to be absent from there. The little Crown Prince Xue Pei was challenging Teng Yun in the martial arts arena.
Since Teng Yun passed the challenge on that day, although the little crown prince didn't say anything, he was more or less convinced of the empress art of war knowledge. After all, he didn't think that this empress was just a woman.
Teng Yun doesn't want to be close to the little crown prince. After all, he is the next emperor of the Xue state. The Teng state and the Xue state have been fighting for more than ten years. Apart from bloodshed and life repayments, Teng Yun doesn't know what the two countries can use to offset each other.
But the little crown prince doesn't know about this section. He is always close to him and lets him instruct him to read or shoot.
This reminds Teng Yun of many things in the past. At that time, they were all very young. All the brothers studied and practiced martial arts together. Later, when they grew up, they became clique members. Xu Jun Liang’s great imperial harem, had only such a son, which might be a good thing.
When Concubine De came, he saw the little crown prince practicing riding and shooting with the ugly empress.
She saw Teng Yun with a light bow in one hand, even though she turned over to get on the horse, fell down on the ground, and then quickly took off a long arrow from his waist. He aimed at a target with a series of movements with the bow. The arrow he shot was exactly on the target.
Concubine De clapped her hands and walked over, laughing: “The empress has such a good skill. People say that the Feng state is the world on horseback. Today, this sister learned of it."
When Concubine De finished speaking, he saw Teng Yun coming back with his horse, and sure enough, his face was a lot more better than the black and blue, and gradually revealed the color of the skin. It seems that the imperial physician also helped her be reborn with new blood and sweat. The skin was like a newborn baby, maybe the horse riding lead to one sweating, and his neck was dyed with a light tint of pink.
The spirit in Concubine De's heart was shocked. Although Xue Jun Liang likes the more delicate beauty in ordinary days, which emperor doesn't like the delicate beauty, one who is obedient and can speak and pamper him. This is the best way for the emperor. After all, he has been tired of being an emperor for an entire day.
However, it is inevitable that his majesty is also going to be fed up with delicacies beauty. The emperor’s mind has never been something people are able to speculate.
Concubine De saw that no one was speaking, and she laughed again. She was familiar with her. “My sister's face is really much better, and she is a living beauty. No wonder his Majesty the emperor dotes on her."
Xue Pei heard that he felt weird listening to her cynical words. He knew that because she's usually favored, she was confident. After all, Empress's face is better than her but it still can't be compared with her.
And she said, “The Feng state is the world of horseback" in the first sentence. She also praised the effort of the empress, which can be heard by people with long discerning ears. It means that the empress is a person with different surname and is good at martial arts. To put her in the deep palace is to raise the tiger for the trouble it will cause later.
Before Xue Pei's verbal attack, he heard Teng Yun sneer. He gently urged the horse to come to Concubine De. In a cold voice, he said, “It's one thing, whether Emperor Xue likes me or not. It's another thing whether you are a concubine who doesn't kneel when you see empress."
When Xue Jun Liang was reading the memorial in the Emperor’s Library, he heard someone crying outside. He called Jiang Yu in. Jiang Yu said, “It's the maid beside Concubine De. She cried and said that the empress has resented Concubine De for a long time and is rolling out a heavy punishment in the martial field."
Xue Jun Liang couldn't respond at first, but just smiled. This the ugly empress always surprises him.
He called in the palace maid, and the palace maid fell on the ground and cried, “His majesty, help the concubine triumph..."
The palace maid sobbed and cried miserably. She wiped his tears and said: “Empress just praised the empress's skill, saying that the Feng state is the world on horseback, and the empress blamed Concubine De for saying that... His majesty, go to rescue Concubine De address!"
It's natural that Xu Jun Liang also wants to avoid the major things and dwelling on the minor stuffs. However, although he doesn't say them in his daily life, he also knew that Concubine De is arrogant because of his petting, but there's nothing wrong in the imperial harem, and he is too lazy to deal with it.
Xue Jun Liang wanted to go to see the bustle, but he was afraid that his presence would lead to Concubine De's crying and sully unclean his ears, so he asked Jiang Yu to deliver his oral message.
Jiang Yu went to the front to listen. The palace maid thought that Emperor Xue had asked General Eunuch Jiang to rescue Concubine De, kowtowed her head and thanked him. She could not help but walk away happily.
The maid thought that she had moved the rescuers, and when she returned to the martial arts arena, she rushed to the side of Concubine De, so that no one could make her do the punishment again.
Concubine De's arrogance just died out. Seeing that Jiang Yu suddenly came back, she also thought that Emperor Xue had come to save her, she wailed pretending to be a pitiful person, expecting him to help her.
Teng Yun asked people to move the chairs, and the crown prince also sat on one side, looking very leisurely. Xiu Yao stood behind and looked at the excitement calmly. Of course, she knew what her empress’s temper was. She seemed to speak very well, and her temper was very soft and easy-going. Just don't get her upset, just like the slap in the face that she had eaten before, and now she still had some palpitations in her heart whenever she remembered it.
Jiang Yu called on Teng Yun and Xue Pei and said with a smile, “This old slave is going to deliver an oral edict from his Majesty the emperor, and then he will leave."
He said, facing Concubine De, and said: “His majesty has something to say. Since the Phoenix Seal is in the hands of the empress, the Empress is in charge of all the things in the imperial harem. Next time someone intrudes into the Emperor’s Library because of small things, they will be punished severely."
After Jiang Yu finished, he knelt down for Teng Yun and Xue Pei and quit from the martial arena.
With Concubine De's eyes wide open, she couldn't believe what he heard.
Teng Yun didn't want to have a common understanding with Concubine De, but he was always bothered by Xu Jun Liang's concubines these days. Every day, the concubines came to see the doctor and say hello to her. Some of them tried to irritate him, some of them tried to woo him.
Concubine De did not pick the right time to come. The new concubine will come to the imperial capital in the early morning tomorrow, which means that Teng Shang is also going to the capital. Teng Yun was very upset. Concubine De just made a great effort and managed to annoy the empress even further.
The imperial harem has changed in time. Concubine De has lost her favor. No matter how beautiful she looks, it is useless. Originally, his majesty likes concubines who have both ability and virtue, and who have both culture and martial arts.
That night, Jiang Yu came to ask Emperor Xue for permission to bring in the concubine. Xu Jun Liang threw the red pen on the desk and rubbed his forehead. Suddenly, he thought of something again. He smiled unfathomably and turned over the sign plaque of the empress.
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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