The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘 》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 20: Marriage
On the day when the Teng state Lord Xiang Teng Shang married Xue Hou Yang, Xu Jun Liang sent to the Teng state an imperial court official to propose marriage. This section is nothing more than a foreplay in his plots.
Emperor Teng thought that Xu Jun Liang's imperial court official is here to send Teng Yun's ashes, because Teng Shang may be dead at the moment, and certainly can't come back, but he never thought that the Xue state made the imperial court official come to congratulate him.
It's not just Emperor Teng, the entire imperial court session became noisy. If Teng Shang married the princess from the Xue state, it's best to make it clear that the Xue state has neither Princess nor princess. Their Lord Xiang is the one married.
In fact, it's a demonstration, and Emperor Teng hasn't had the courage to make a big issue about it. After all, the name of the Teng state is still in dead waters, and his daughter is still in the hands of Xue Jun Liang, saying that she married to be a concubine in the past, which is actually the end of means.
Xu Hou Yang was full of alcohol. He drank too much, but he refused to go back to his room. Some of the important court officials think that Xue Hou Yang doesn't want to see his new wife. After all, it’s a man. Some think that the Marquis of Wannian is really happy. After all, it's also a show of strength. In a word, the toasts went on and on.
At last, everyone coaxed Xue Hou Yang back to his room.
When the door opened, they saw Teng Shang sitting on the chair beside the bed, dressed in a man's wedding robe. They thought that the bride would cover her head. They didn't know that Teng Shang’s meant was sitting like that. People who didn't know thought he was a pretty groom official.
They had a haha fight and didn't dare to stay. It was also an embarrassing thing. If they could not wade in the muddy water, they would not wade in the muddy water. So they all went out and closed the door.
Xue Hou Yang staggered to the bedside, held the bed by his hand, touched a handful of dates, and then he woke up a little bit. He turned to look for the figure of Teng Shang.
He really saw Teng Shang, but it was like he was being glared by the fire light. He immediately turned his eyes and held the edge of the bed to stabilize his shaking step.
Xue Hou Yang coughed and then said: “It's late. Let's have a rest. I... I'll sleep in the guest room tonight. "
He said that as he was going out, but he was stopped before he opened the door.
Teng Shang said: “Although Teng knew Lord Marquis's good intentions, he is afraid that it is not appropriate for others to know."
Xue Hou Yang was a little stunned. Maybe the wine was fill on the head and the reaction was very slow. He nodded and said: “Yes I'm not considerate. I'll sleep on the floor. "
Seeing his simple and honest appearance, Teng Shang suddenly smiled and said, "Lord Marquis seems to be drunk. How can one make the floor his bed with a quilt? If it's during a cool weather it's not a problem."
Xue Hou Yang looked at his smile, and suddenly his throat was a little tight. He swallowed his saliva and looked away.
Teng Shang said, "Unless Lord Marquis hates Teng Shang, can we two people sleep with such a big bed?"
Xu Hou Yang was so dizzy that he actually laid down with Teng Shang and his clothes on. The candles in the room were not extinguished, and they were dancing in the dark, which made Xu Hou Yang feel a little unreal.
“Shang Xiang... Am I being blamed in Shang Xiang's heart? "
Xue Hou Yang didn't know where this feeling came from. He even debated this sentence in his heart for a long time.
Teng Shang sighed in his heart, how can he blame Xue Hou Yang? After all, Xue Hou Yang did this to save him, but even if the real motive is not pure, and it was actually he Teng Xiang who made use of others.
Teng Shang said with a smile: "No Teng Shang is really grateful to Lord Marquis. It's Lord Marquis, who is so drunk. Aren't you afraid that I, a stranger, will assassinate you? "
“I... To be honest, I didn't think about it."
“Thanks for Lord Marquis's trust. Teng is really it’s a real shame."
Said Teng Shang. The people beside him have breathed evenly. It seems that he fell asleep soon. He can't help sighing. Xue Hou Yang is not such a careless person. Although he always fights with his life in the battlefield, he is a man with experience. He won't easily leave the danger aside.
It can only be said that Teng Shang is really very special for Xue Hou Yang, and Teng Shang has grasped this section accurately and cleverly used him.
In other people's eyes, it seems that Teng Shang has suffered a lot, which is a great insult. But as Xue Jun Liang said, who is more serious in mind is still uncertain.
In the face of such unsuspecting Xue Hou Yang, Teng Shang really should start be on his guard. He and Teng Yun are the same, the God of wars of two countries. At this time, Teng Yun is dead, Xue Hou Yang is alive, and if Teng Shang wanted to have a powerful country, Xue Hou Yang will surely die.
There are still some lights in Xu Jun Liang's bedroom, and the man was still criticizing the dancing Jiang Yu said: “His majesty... It's not this old slave meaning to be talkative. Would it be inappropriate not to send some bodyguards to the Marquis of Wannian?"
Xue Jun Liang said with a smile: “What's wrong? Are you afraid that Teng Shang will assassinate Lord Marquis?"
Seeing that Xue Jun Liang was not worried at all, Jiang Yu couldn't help saying, “It seems that this old slave is worried too much."
Xue Jun Liang said: “Yes, the reason why Teng Shang is praised by the people is that he is still wary of fake kindness, which is also a kindness. Otherwise, with Teng Shang’s ability, the current Teng state's emperor would have long been replaced."
He said, suddenly as if thinking of something, put the pen down, and said: “How is the empress today?"
"Replying back to his majesty, the empress seems to be ill today. People from the hospital passed by."
"Um... Is there anything else? "
“And..." Jiang Yu seemed to think about it and said: “And the palace maids who listened to the Yunfeng Palace said that empress seems to be unhappy these days. He's not very interested in much. The dishes in the small kitchen are not touched that much."
“You know why?"
“This... This this old slave doesn't know and shouldn't speculate on the empress. "
"Oh..."
Xue Jun Liang pondered for a while with what he had heard, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
After a while, Jiang Yu saw that Emperor Xue stopped criticizing the memorials and said, “His majesty, do you want to go to bed?"
Xue Jun Liang thought, "Let’s get Concubine De here."
“Yes."
Teng Yun stood by the window. It was dark outside. He can see the small pond behind the palace reflection of full moonlight. The trees were withered. There's no scenery. In summer, the deep palace yard is full of somber deadness, but in winter, there is only great changes.
Teng Yun was just thinking about Teng Shang at the beginning. After all, today is the day when Teng Shang got married. Besides, Xue Jun Liang took him to the wedding with him. Three kowtows and nine bows were indispensable, which made Teng Yun feel bad.
For more than 30 years in his life, Teng Shang has done too many things for the Teng state, and has gradually been deprived of the truth, and repaid with hypocrisy. Although it can't be relied on, it's not easy to change after all. The Teng state is his lifelong loyal
Teng Yun didn't know how. He thought about his days of captivity. He was in prison, beaten and tortured, and watched his subordinates bleed. At that time, Teng Yun was really frustrated, but he didn't expect to live now. Yet he lived in this way.
After the Marquis of Wannian's wedding, Xue Hou Yang will escort him (the empress) to the Feng state, which is an excellent opportunity to escape, but Teng Shang can't escort him together, so what should Teng Shang do?
Teng Yun was still thinking about that when Xiu Yao pushed the door in and said, “Empress, Emperor called Concubine De to sleep with him today!"
"Um."
Xiu Yao suddenly felt weak and said, "Please don't worry about it. It must be because of the bad looks of empress these days. His majesty doesn't like hurting you. I'll dress you up tomorrow."
After finishing her sentence, she added, “Maybe as soon as his majesty is happy, you won't have to go back to the Feng state."
Teng Yun came back from the window and sat down, then he said, “Take your words into consideration. It's another trouble when your words are heard."
Xiu Yao nodded and said, "Oh, this maid knew she spoke wrong." When she saw Teng Yun, she was still in a light mood, so she had worry. Other concubines were all trying to find out about Emperor's preferences so as to please him and he can invite them to go to bed. Occasionally, they have to join in a series of doors to talk and talk with several people to get in touch with the other person. Empress doesn't do anything at her home. She doesn’t appear happy when Emperor Xue came, let alone attract others. The one who she asked most is Teng Shang.
If she didn't follow empress all the time, she would also think that this empress is adores Teng Shang. After all, Teng Shang is also a famous man, and it's very common to be adored.
Xue Jun Liang did invite Concubine De, but it's not his bedchamber. Concubine De went into the palace rooms, but was stopped by Jiang Yu before entering the inner room. He said his majesty hasn't finished the memorials, leaving her to stay outside and so on.
As a result, after waiting all night, Jiang Yu said that the emperor’s business is busy today, and it's not easy for him to rest with her. He rewarded her with something and asked Concubine De to stay in the palace inner rooms and she was to leave early the next morning.
Concubine De was invited to sleep. She had been dressed for a long time, but she didn't want to encounter this kind of thing after coming. Of course, she was angry, but she had to smile and kneel down to receive the reward.
The next day, she couldn't sit down. She didn't know where to vent her anger. She used to sneer at the empress. After all, she was the favored concubine, even if didn't have the Phoenix seal in her hand. But now it's different. The Empress is favored and there is the Phoenix seal in here hand. She really dare not go to look for troubles.
Every day she was afraid to think about whether empress will retaliate for the past things, and how to irritate her.
But she couldn't hold back her anger, so she caught Teng Qian Yi, the new concubine.
Teng Qian Yi is spoiled. When she was newly married into the palace, she doesn't know what rules and regulations there in place. She didn't ask anyone to invite for a chat. She just asked the palace maid Qiu Shui Qi to make an invitation for address. Obviously, other concubines didn't pay attention to her.
After getting married, Xue Hou Yang Teng Shang needed to go to the palace to offer tea to his elder brother. After attending the imperial court session, Xu Jun Liang asked Jiang Yu to ask for the empress.
Teng Shang followed Xue Hou Yang into the palace, but he can’t attend the imperial court session. He can only wait in the side hall. In a moment, Emperor Xue got the empress for tea.
It took a long time for the palace people to invite Teng Shang. Teng Yun came from the imperial harem and met Teng Shang at the palace's entrance.
----
~ The Ugly Empress ~
Comments
Post a Comment