The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress, Chapter 50, vol 2 Chapter 5: Don't expect instant sucess
Xue Jun Liang listened to his sneer and said, “I think you have already become a bamboo in your heart. You need to convince everyone."
Teng Yun saluted and said: "Zhang Hong is Cheng Tian's nephew. Because Cheng Tian was defeated in the first battle with the emperor's army, Zhang Hong took the opportunity to kill Cheng Tian who escaped back tiredly and became emperor himself. It's really a disloyal, unjust, and unrighteous. Moreover, Cheng Tian's waiting for Zhang Hong is like death coming out, and Zhang Hong's killing is like cutting vegetables and putting on an unfilial name. If emperor made friends with Zhang Hong, he will surely be reviled by the world."
Xu Hou Yang stood in the front row and can't help but look back. He really thought the same. Zhang Hong is a treacherous, disloyal and unfilial villain. He can't make friends naturally, but he never thought that someone would dare to talk to Emperor Xue like this, even he had to think twice about it.
The crowd at the Imperial court official was a little angry for a while. First, they marveled at the eloquence of Teng Yun. They thought that Teng Yun would try to make friends with Xue Jun Liang. Second, they marveled at the momentum of Teng Yun and the way he said it was so directly.
Instead of being angry, Xue Jun Liang chuckled and said, “Oh! Then Zhen would also like to thank you, otherwise Zhen will become a despot who has been reviled by the world?"
Teng Yun took up the sentence in a dignified way, “This low Imperial court official doesn't dare to be presumptuous."
Xue Jun Liang was blocked in one breath and couldn't help but look at the people standing at the bottom for a second, wondering if the sword carrying officer used to pretend to be stupid just because he was wise and protected himself, but he couldn't understand.
“In your opinion, how can Zhen reply to Zhang Hong?"
Teng Yun didn't immediately open his mouth, he paused for a moment, and then said: “There is a way in the Imperial court official's mind, but... There's a bad request to be had."
Xue Jun Liang suddenly laughed, “You say, Teng Qing suddenly gets polite, and Zhen is really not used to it."
Teng Yun has a burning face and knew that he has a strong voice, but he can't be calm. An emperor who killed you, grabbed your father and forced your best uncle to marry a man. Teng Yun really can't figure out why he can stand here and not internally combust.
Teng Yun straightened out his mind and said, “The Imperial court official pleads with his majesty to release the Marquis of Tengnan."
When he had finished saying this, he could not hear the sound of breathing in the hall.
Jiang Yu shouted “Outrageous".
Shen Yi can't help but look this way, knowing that if this person is either extremely intelligent or crazy.
“Emperor... What do you mean?"
Xue Jun Liang didn't make a sound. He just stepped slowly down the jade steps and walked by step by step. Teng Yun's brain boomed with calculations. He felt that his head was going to explode. His eyes were black and some blood red dots in them. His limbs were numb and his fingertips were cold. He seemed to have seen this scene, and it had been hidden in the deepest part of his heart.
When Teng Yun was captured and wounded, he was taken to the main hall by the bodyguards. Xue Jun Liang also came to the arena step by step, smiling and telling him how the Xue state was martial arts best.
The past is like a tide. It seemed that Teng Yun was going to be wiped out. With the feeling of breathing difficulties, Teng Yun squinted his eyes and shook his head hard. He felt that he is not afraid of death, but he died once. His memory even hides the subconscious fear of the pain before death.
Xue Jun Liang thought he was brave and wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but he didn't know that when he touched him, there was a commotion inside the man, and Teng Yun suddenly fell over when he did pat him.
Xue Jun Liang also didn't expect to reach out and catch up the man large Imperial court official. How can emperor come to help him? The hall was in a mess for a while, and the Imperial physician came in a hurry.
Xu Jun Liang was afraid of the chaos in the palace. He asked Jiang Yu to withdraw him from the Imperial court and take Teng Yun to the side hall. The Imperial doctor came to check his pulse. It turned out that the sword carrying officer had a heart disease and his mood could not fluctuate too much. Otherwise, his heart would hurt violently and he might lose his life in a critical situation.
The Imperial doctor gave a prescription and saw the big and small scars on Teng Yun's face. He wanted to cure him. I only heard that the general was the Imperial court official who set fire to the Yunfeng palace to deal with the crime. I didn't dare to mind my own business so as not to cause the fire and burn myself. At last, I didn't care.
Teng Yun slept in a very uncomfortable way. The doctor wrote a prescription to see that he had been in a dream. He even struggled in his sleep, and added some calming herbs.
Xue Jun Liang looked impatiently and said, “When can he wake up?"
“When the Imperial court official is acupunctured, he will wake up immediately."
Xue Jun Liang nodded and asked him to inject the needle. It's just that Teng Yun struggled so hard. He was still murmuring. Xue Jun Liang said, “What is he talking about?"
The Imperial physician, of course, heard the injection, but the Imperial physician dare not say it, because Teng Yun is the name of Emperor Xue.
Seeing his hesitation, Xue Jun Liang just waved away the people and bowed his head a little, just to hear Teng Yun shouting "Xue Jun Liang".
Xue Jun Liang was stunned. He looked at the person in the bed with complicated eyes. He also remembered that empress had been feverish and he took care of her. When the other person was in a coma, he shouted at himself.
Of course, men's voice and women's voice are different, but the tone is too similar, which made Xue Jun Liang feel too much emotion, and can't understand what kind of mistake it was from complex emotion.
The doctor inserted the needle, and Teng Yun really woke up soon.
Teng Yun was still confused for a while. Xue Jun Liang looked at the scars on his face, big and small. With a pair of confused eyes, he was awkwardly confused.
Xue Jun Liang said lightly, “OK, it's enough to pretend to be dead."
Teng Yun was still confused for a while. Xue Jun Liang looked at the scars on his face, big and small. With a pair of confused eyes, he was inexplicably complicated.
Xue Jun Liang said lightly, “OK, it's enough to pretend to be dead."
Teng Yun gradually calmed down, Xue Jun Liang said: “You can talk about the conditions, but to see if you really have the ability, Zhen promised you now, if you have enough ability, he will not let the Marquis of Tengnan out of prison, but will immediately let your identity change, and title you as the Marquis of Tengnan."
Teng Yun smiled wryly. Is this like him robbing his father's title? He never thought of one person over ten thousand people in his life.
If Zhang Hong is refused, the other side will surely feel that he has no face. Maybe he will attack the Xue state in turn. Although he is not afraid of it, it is better to fight less than to fight for years. If he can avoid it, he will avoid it.
Teng Yun's heart was still slightly painful. He put his hand over his heart and said, “Isn't it easy? His majesty can promise his marriage, and send a letter of marriage to Zhang Hong. Zhang Hong is a villain. Naturally, he will wants to exchange horses and grains for his younger sister. Then Zhen will give thousands of old and weak soldiers and hundreds sacks of grains. Zhang Hong will not be willing to exchange these things for his younger sister. In a rage, he will tear up the marriage letter. At that time, it will be he who didn't marry his sister, not the emperor. Zhang Hong can't attack the Xue state, so he had to turn around and focus on the Feng state."
Xue Jun Liang nodded his head, which was really a good plan. The next day, at the Imperial court session, he asked Teng Yun to tell the plan to the public. They were shocked.
Xue Jun Liang said with a smile, "Naturally, Zhen promises everything by himself. Isn't it Zhang Hong the one will be who breaks his promise? Now go to the prison and release people, but he is no longer the Marquis of Tengnan, he will be demoted to the common people and Teng Ying, your stratagem and courage are very valued by Zhen. From now on, you are the Marquis of Tengnan. If you are devoted to your duties, you will surely have boundless merits. If you are filial, you will not be rebellious. If you are not insidious, no one will appease you."
After the Imperial court session, many old Imperial court officials came to congratulate Teng Yun on his promotion to the top. It's a step-by-step success. Many people can't get any positions in their whole life, and a trick of Teng Yun turned him into a Lord Marquis.
Xue Jun Liang sent people to release the Marquis of Tengnan, who was already a flat headed person in the prison. Teng Yun did not go to see him or pick him up. After so many things, he was able to rescue his father from the prison, which was regarded as a reward for his birth and maintenance.
The Marquis of Tengnan was renovated once in the residence of the capital. After the plaque was changed and hung with red color, he waited for Teng Yun to check in.
Teng Yun looked at the gold plaque, but he didn't know what it was like. He ordered firecrackers and said he was going to the old house. At this time, Jiang Yu personally brought a plaque, which was written by Xue Jun Liang himself, “The Marquis of Tengnan mansion".
It's the glory that Emperor Xue has built for several years. People replace the plaque and welcome Teng Yun to the mansion.
The mansion is not small. The servants in it are all the old people in the marquis. There are all kinds of beautiful concubines left by the Marquis of Tengnan. They live in a big yard.
Teng Yun shook his head. The mansion looked luxurious and beautiful. It seemed that the owner who used to live here was very happy.
Teng Yun dismissed all the beauties and some of his servants. Some of them were unwilling to leave. Teng Yun said with a smile, “You don't want to leave. I have only a little salaries and can't support you."
On this day, someone came to report and said that Emperor Xue acted according to his plan. As expected, Zhang Hong was so angry that he fainted on the spot and tore up the letter of alliance and marriage. He threatened that his sister would not marry such a scheming villain as Xue Jun Liang.
Zhang Hong saw that it was useless to fawn on Xue Jun Liang. Now he has challenged the Feng state, but he can't turn around to fight back at the Xue state. In this way, if there are wolves in front of him and tigers behind him, he will surely die, so he has to fight against the Feng state by his own force.
Feng Ming sent people to raid him and it worked. Zhang Hong didn't dare to rush to divert the water channel and flood the city. He would only rush out to attack the soldiers. It was really annoying.
Feng Ming sent his army to fight again. After that, the new branch Jie Yuan went to battle every day, but he didn't fight, he was just reminiscing with others.
Zhang Hong told him to kill Jie Yuan, but his general said that he couldn't kill the man who had no fighting strength. He knew that he would kill him even if he was not the enemy. Zhang Hong doubted for sure. These two people reminisced the past, and no one killed anyone. There must be a trick.
Later, someone in the barracks reported that the general and the enemy were from the same hometown, and the general himself was not a member of our court, so he was definitely rebellious and could not be excluded.
Zhang Hong was shocked. He thought that there was a spy in his camp. The military division made a plan to invite the general. He said that he rewarded him. He would not refuse.
And he laid knives and axes on the feast, and when he came, they were to be cut into clay.
The gatekeeper in Zhang Hong's manor heard about this and secretly reported it to the general. The general didn't believe it at first, but he took five of his subordinates to the banquet.
As soon as they arrived at Zhang Hong, they were ordered to take action with swords and axes, and the military division shouted, “The general is evil!", the general himself was prepared, and he took people with him and the six of them went out of the siege and there was no way to survive but to escape to the Shui river.
At this time, Jie Yuan brought people to shake the boat and said with a smile, “The general has been absent for a long time, why is he so embarrassed."
The pursuers rushed into the water and were about to capsize the boat. Jie Yuan ordered people to draw out knives and cut off the hands of the capsized soldiers. These soldiers were afraid to touch the boat again. Feng Ming asked people to put up a table to celebrate the reception of another general.
The front line put wine to welcome the Imperial court official. Feng Ming also put a banquet in the palace. The Imperial court official was also very interested. How could they not be happy when their troops broke Zhang Hong's spirit at once?
At the time of rising, someone who didn't know how to look mentioned Marquis Zhao Lu. Feng Ming's face sank. The person was ordered to be arrested. He was canned thirty boards on the spot and shouted: “There is no Marquis Zhao Lu in this world. You will certainly despise Zhen for this, and Zhen will take advantage of everyone's readiness to swear here that if he will meet in battle in the future and he will let Zhao Lu see the color of my Feng state! "
The banquet itself has been very happy. At the end of the day, everyone was sad and scattered. Feng Ming obviously didn't drink enough. He asked Lu Shi to set up a banquet in the bedroom. He drank and cried as if he wanted to turn all the drinks into tears.
Imperial court official Lu Shi was overwhelmed with wine. Seeing Feng Ming's grief, he couldn't help crying. They cried and laughed at the other person and said many world ambitions.
Imperial court official Lu Shi knew that the Feng State’s emperor looked strong, but in fact, he was very soft. If he didn't hear his voice, He was afraid that this person may have gone mad, either driving others mad or driving himself mad.
“If there is no war, everything will not be so hard to decide," said Imperial court official Lu Shi
Feng Ming said with a smile, “It's just sitting on this throne. There's no one who doesn't want to fight."
"Unfortunately," sighed the Imperial court official Lu Shi, “It's a pity that the Imperial court official is written by the Imperial court official. One poor scholar can't understand the reason of expanding the territory, or help his majesty too much."
Although he had drunk too much wine, Feng Ming asked him to stay for the night, but he was of an old-fashioned nature. Of course, he refused to stay and insisted on going out of the palace. Feng Ming didn't stay much, so he was sent with a good horse.
Lu Shi became famous for his thriftiness. He didn't take any slaves at all. He rode on his horse and went back to the government.
However, he didn't go far out of the palace. The good horse passed through a grass, but with a loud hiss, he lifted his hoof and threw the Imperial court official Lu Shi out.
Imperial court official Lu Shi is a weak scholar. When he was thrown off the horse, he could hardly get up. He barely opened his eyes and saw that the horse had run away, but there was a pool of blood on the ground.
Imperial court official Lu Shi is not a fool either. Suddenly in his mind, is it bad that someone came rob under the Imperial City?
As soon as he looked up, he saw a man standing next to him. He was dressed in a simple skirt. When he saw the Imperial court official Lu Shi, he hurried to help him.
"Lu Shi, what's wrong with you?"
When he saw that it was Rui Xue, he put his heart worries down. He felt that men and women were not close to the other person, but he suffered a lot of pain. If he didn't hold on, he would fall down.
"Rui Xue, why do you come back? What does Zhao Lu say?"
Rui Xue held him with one hand and probes into her clothes with the other hand. He reached for a dagger, which was then stuck near the neck of Imperial court official Lu Shi.
After feeling this cold metal, Imperial court official Lu Shi woke up and said, “What are you doing?"
Rui Xue burst out laughing, but her laughter was not a woman's voice. The real court official Lu Shi felt the way and pushed her away, but he fell to the ground.
The person squatted down, put the dagger on his neck, and slowly slid down. The cold dagger seemed to touch the Imperial court official Lu Shi, and finally the man put the dagger on his lower body.
The Imperial court official Lu Shi was even more surprised and said: “You are not Rui Xue, who are you!"
The man smiled and said, “You have a little courage. Do you still talk to me like this when you have a son?"
"Zhao Tong?" said the Imperial court official Lu Shi
Zhao Tong tore off the mask on his face. “You're so smart, but you can't let me leave you alone. Today, this benefactor will teach you what and what not to look."
He said, shaking his hand deliberately. He was shocked that Imperial court official Lu Shi was about to run, but he couldn't stand up when he fell, let alone run.
Zhao Tong said: "Lu Shang is not bad. As expected, he is a gentleman. As soon as my master leaves, you can't bear to stay in the palace until dark. How is the taste of Emperor Feng’s lips?"
"Outrageous! You... How can you be full of foul language! "
He said that he had a fever on his face. He had not been married and had no experience in this field, let alone being happy with men. It was blasphemy to hear him.
Zhao Tong picked him up and said, “It doesn't matter if you're hard spoken. I can't see you like you. Come with me, or this benefactor will castrate you now!"
Imperial court official Lu Shi had a fever on his face and almost all the blood on him was vomited. He is carried away by Zhao Tong like a chicken.
Zhao Tong packed the Imperial court official Lu Shi in a sack, changed into men's clothes, and rushed back to the Xue state all night.
Zhao Lu found out that he was not in the army, so he ordered people to look for him. As a result, Zhao Tong came back a few days later, and he was carrying a sack of hemp to the palace.
He also said with Zhao Lu, “Master, I will leave you angry when my subordinates meet his Majesty the emperor." So that Zhao Lu didn't know why.
Xue Jun Liang called the Imperial court officials to discuss something in the Emperor’s Library. Of course, it is necessary for Teng Yun to come. Recently, it seemed that Teng Yun was very popular. The Emperor Xue will come to him to talk about matters. Only Teng Yun knew. In fact, Xue Jun Liang is the one who tried to find a way to kill him. If he doesn't say a right word or does one bad thing, Xue Jun Liang will blame him and have an excuse to end him, so that Teng Yun has to fight with him with a heightened spirit.
Jiang Yu came over and said, “General Zhao Tong asked to see you. It seemed that things are urgent."
Xue Jun Liang listened to his ambiguous words, so he had to call Zhao Tong in. Nobody expected that he had a sack on his shoulder. When he came in, he threw it away and said greetings to Xue Jun Liang.
Xue Jun Liang knew that this man is young, vigorous and surly. He doesn't like to do things according to the rules. If he is asked to follow the rules, he will not accept them.
So he said with a smile, "Zhao Tong, what treasure are you offering?"
Zhao Tong said, “It's not a treasure, but a thief."
“What?" they all said in surprise “There is someone in it?"
Zhao Tong opened the sack at this time, and the Imperial court official Lu Shi has fainted for a long time was seen to everyone. Everyone is even more surprised when they see him. Of course, they don't know its Lu Shi of the Feng state, but this man is extremely embarrassed and looks like paper he looked almost dead.
“Who the hell is this?" said Xue Jun Liang
Zhao Tong said, “It's the Feng state Lu Shi."
As soon as he said this, even Xue Jun Liang was stunned. Teng Yun had heard of Lu Shi's name for a long time, so he couldn't help sniffing.
“I wonder if the general can tell me that Lu Shi hasn't eaten for a few days."
Zhao Tong quickly replied, "From the Feng state to now, I haven't had much rest day and night. I'm not interested in giving him food."
Xue Jun Liang was a little weak at that time. He rubbed his forehead. He also heard the reputation of Lu Shi. This is a talent who never been seen alive. Naturally, he wanted to use him for his own use. He thought about several ways to invite Lu Shi to his side, but he never thought about how to ask him to come here.
Fortunately, at this time, the Feng state should concentrate on dealing with Zhang Hong. Otherwise, if they found that Lu Shi is missing and captured by the Xue state. He didn’t know if he will send troops to fight.
It should be said that newborn calves were not afraid of tigers
Teng Yun felt that Zhao Tong had a grudge against the Imperial court official Lu Shi. He was afraid that the Imperial court official Lu Shi would be dead if he is left in his hands. He quickly said, “The Imperial court official Lu Shi has learned a lot and is a talent in the world. Please Emperor..."
Before he finished speaking, Xue Jun Liang understood and said with a smile, “Is Zhen so cruel? Since you have put it forward, you may as well let Ai-Qing persuade him to surrender. "
Teng Yun didn't want to take the job of persuading someone to surrender. He didn't know the Imperial court official Lu Shi. He didn't know if he could talk. If he couldn't, he estimated that Xue Jun Liang would have to charge him with lack of good work.
~ The Ugly Empress ~
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