The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress, Chapter 60, vol 2 Chapter 15: Identity
There is fog all around.
Xue Jun Liang received the report and said the Shui River was lost. Xue Jun Liang was furious and wanted to cut off the eunuch's head, but no one was available at this time.
The commander in chief heard that Emperor Xue wanted to kill him, and immediately joined the enemy. Some people went to the county next to the Shui River to ask for help. At this time, the governor of the county said that Emperor Xue was cruel and suspicious. They didn't want to serve him for a long time, but it's a pity that the time is not right. How can he send reinforcements if the time and place are favorable today?
Xue Jun Liang had a cold sweat for the first time in his life. When he won the throne, he didn't feel so frightened. It was a feeling he never tried. It seemed like some people said that he was a traitor.
Xue Jun Liang felt the weakness of defeat, but the hall door opened at this time. His empress came to say that he wanted to fight in person, and then he remembered that there was a resourceful empress in the Xue state, but it was a pity that the empress was a woman, how could she lead the battle.
Empress said with a smile, “What do you think I look like?”
Xue Jun Liang will definitely look at the other person. The empress was standing not far away in a white armor with the Tiger Wings sword in hand. He remembered this person's face and will never forget it. It was Teng Yun
Xue Jun Liang looked at the back of the man, and soon came the good news. Xue army fought back the enemy, but General Teng Yun was in danger. Unfortunately, he died in the battle. The soldiers still presented the Tiger Wings sword without a scabbard.
Xue Jun Liang took the Tiger Wing sword and then he listened to a chilling hiss. A sword broke in his hand for no reason.
Xue Jun Liang was shocked. His inner garment was wet. He sat up abruptly. Then he realized that it was a dream.
Jiang Yu was on the vigil outside, when he heard the noise coming in, he said: “His Majesty, it’s shocking. It was the Dragon Tooth sword hanging on the wall that suddenly fell down and the scabbard was smashed."
Xue Jun Liang heard the sound and then looked at it. The Dragon tooth Dao hanging not far away was really lying on the ground. The scabbard of the sword is broken and the sword is faintly cold.
Jiang Yu wanted to pick up the sword and clean up the broken scabbard, but Xu Jun Liang stopped him. Xu Jun Liang put on a dress, got up from the bed, and picked up the Dragon Tooth sword by himself.
The man sighed and said, “It's not a sign of auspiciousness.”
Jiang Yu didn't speak. Emperor Xue waved his hand, and he had a good eye to see his son retreat.
Xue Jun Liang recalled his dream just now. Since seeing the memorials sent by Xue Hou Yang from Tengnan, he has been puzzled. If he refuses to believe that empress and Teng Yun are one person, how can the changes before and after empress, the familiarity with Teng Shang and the handwriting explain?
Xue Jun Liang put the sword on his knee and sat until dawn.
After the Imperial court session, Xue Jun Liang wanted to go to have a rest. He didn't sleep last night, but now he felt sleepy. Jiang Yu came over and said, “His majesty, the Marquis of Wannian is back."
Xue Jun Liang asked, “The Marquis of Wannian?"
He was puzzled that Xue Hou Yang had not been in southern border for a few months, how he came back so soon, and then he asked Jiang Yu to bring him in.
Xue Hou Yang came in with a lot of things in his hands, but he didn't care about the etiquette, so he piled them on the desk directly.
Xue Jun Liang sat him down and said with a smile, “Did you burn your tail?"
Xue Hou Yang said unintentionally: “His majesty, the Imperial brother found a wonderful thing."
“Oh?"
Xue Hou Yang scratched his head and continued: “This Imperial brother went to Tengnan and found these things. It's no surprise. But before the Imperial brother left, Lord Teng was very surprised to see a paper on the Imperial brother's desk. At that time, the Imperial brother didn't think much about it..."
He said that he spread out the large and small documents or calligraphy and paintings he brought, and said: “Only the Imperial brother looked at these, he couldn't help thinking about it."
Xue Jun Liang looked at him seriously and said with a smile: “It's really strange today, how Yang would question your Lord Teng?"
Xue Hou Yang blushed with embarrassment and said: “It's not a question, it's just It's just that it matters."
Xue Jun Liang picked up a book and looked at it. He frowned, and the smile soon froze on his face. Xue Hou Yang took out another book from his arms. It was the one that Teng Shang found on Xue Hou Yang’s desk that day.
Xue Jun Liang took over the paper, arranges it with other books, grows up again, took down the ink of empress from the bookcase, and put it side by side.
Xue Hou Yang opened his eyes and said: “This... This... No wonder I always think that Teng Ying and the empress are very similar in characters. At that time, the Imperial brother also thought that maybe Teng Ying was afraid that his Majesty would blame him for setting fire, so he deliberately approached him."
Xue Jun Liang squinted and said, “What was Teng Shang’s reaction?"
“These days Teng Shang is always asking about the Shui River's war situation," said Xue Hou Yang
Xue Jun Liang said: “After Teng Yun’s death, the Empress and Teng Shang came very close. Seeing your documents, Teng Shang began to inquire about the situation about Teng Ying. If you want to find out the way, you may have to start with your Lord Teng."
When he saw that Xue Hou Yang was embarrassed, he said: “Don't worry, I won't embarrass Teng Shang. When he is back in the Imperial capital. I'll ask Teng Shang to enter the palace and tell you to catch the wind. I'm just going to have a look... After all, it's my wife, isn't it?"
Xue Hou Yang also thought it was strange, and he always dared not think about it. If he could ask clearly, it would be a good thing, so he nodded.
Xue Jun Liang asked Jiang Yu to go to Lord Marquis's mansion to pick up Teng Shang himself. If Teng Shang asked what the matter was, he said that the Xue state's emperor wanted him to pick up the Marquis of Wannian.
The reception banquet is just outside the Yunfeng palace. It also means that Teng Shang has entered the banquet, Xue Jun Liang first asked about the recent situation of the two men, and then sighed: "Zhen always has nightmares these days. Every time he woke up, he is sweating, and then he realized that Zhen is not as good as he used to be. At that time, because of his youth and vigor, he did a lot of hard work. Now he was very regretful, for example..."
He said, glanced at Teng Shang and said, "Let’s talk about General Teng Yun."
When Teng Shang heard this, he couldn't help glancing at Xue Jun Liang, then took back his eyes. He didn't know whether the cat was out of the bag.
But heard Xue Jun Liang again: "Zhen heard that general Yun and your feelings were always close. Zhen knew that you must hate Zhen. It's a pity that a big mistake has been made. Now Zhen is alone. I'm so sorry to think of these past events. Fortunately, you're with him."
Teng Shang didn't speak, didn't lift his eyelids, and Xue Jun Liang couldn't detect it.
Zhao Lu quickly pulled out his internal servant and strode over to him. He bowed down and said, “His majesty, the Shui River sent someone to repay him. Xue Jun won three victories over Zhang Hong, but because the rebel Yue Chen joined the enemy, the army was scattered, the camp was lost, and Lang Jing and Zhang Mo, the master clerk, asked for reinforcements."
After a pause, he continued: “The Feng state Qi Zi Jie led his troops to arrive, and the three armies defeated Zhang Hong. The Feng state presented Zhang Hong and Yue Chen's head for peace."
Hearing this, Teng Shang tightened his back and interposed, “Teng... What about Teng Ying?"
Zhao Lu was silent for a while, and all the people in the audience felt a thump. Suddenly, they felt bad. They only heard Zhao Lu saying: “According to the response of the enemy captives, General Teng Ying met the ambush from rebel Yue Chen. When he was fighting with the rebels, he died of exhaustion. "
“Lord?"
Xue Hou Yang's heart sank. Suddenly, he saw Teng Shang get up and his body shook. He nearly fell down. He quickly stepped forward to hold on to him, but he saw that Teng Shang's tears flowed down like a broken line.
Xue Hou Yang hasn't seen him cry. It's important to know that although Teng Shang has been a civil servant since then, his kung fu is not weak, and he has been fighting for so many years in the Imperial court. He has trained a pair of “Iron heart". His happiness and anger never take shape or be seen. Now...
Xue Jun Liang took a look at Teng Shang and immediately understood that any temptation to calm him is superfluous. Now Teng Shang's reaction has explained everything. The man heart he stabbed with one arrow, the only woman who once moved his heart, and the Marquis of Tengnan he once appreciated, are all one and the same.
Xue Jun Liang held the stone table for a long time. He couldn't speak. He saw the wind afterimage of Teng Yun on the sandy ground. At that time, they were still enemies. At that time, Xue Jun Liang thought that they were iron generals. No wonder someone said that Teng Yun was the god of war on the sandy ground. The words “Die of exhaustion" hovered in his brain. Xue Jun Liang could not imagine what they represented. His brain was full of blood.
Jiang Yu felt that Emperor Xue was not right. He whispered: “His majesty? Hi majesty, take care of your dragon body. "
Xue Jun Liang raised his hand and signaled that he didn't need help. Then he put out his hand and covered his eyes. It seemed that he was restraining something. After a while, he said slowly, “What about the corpse?"
Zhao Lu said: "Not yet found."
"Not found?"
Xue Jun Liang seemed to be suddenly furious. He smashes the wine pot on the stone table and said, "Go look! If you can't find it, I will use Zhang Hong's 200000 troops to bury Zhen’s general!"
This move from Emperor Xue not only surprised Zhao Lu, but also stunned Xu Hou Yang and Teng Shang for a moment. Maybe they thought that Xu Jun Liang's move was an angry person. After all, the general died, but the Shui River sent a quick report, Zhang Hong was beheaded, and the rest of the 200000 army became captives, even the Feng State, asked for peace.
Even Xue Jun Liang didn’t know what he's angry about, what he's sad about, and a sudden defeat just like a flood attacked his heart. He just knew that what he admired and valued was that he wanted to give someone his heart, but it was all watered down immediately. It seemed like a slap in the face, which made Xue Jun Liang collapse for a moment
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There is a great suggestion of the Imperial court officials that he should kill the prisoners immediately, and then he will suffer a lot. He can stop the elite soldiers from Yue Chen by his own power. He can't be underestimated. Even if he woke up and returned, he will be in a disaster.
Feng Ming can't get attention for a while. After all, this man's strategy and bravery in the battlefield make people know clearly through the Shui River. If Feng Ming wanted to win the world, he must have such talents in his hands.
When he was in the Xue state, the Imperial court official Lu Shi had been locked in the Marquis of Tengnan mansion. He knew that the man was loyal. At that time, he didn't kill him. At this time, he didn't have the heart to revenge.
Feng Ming ordered the Imperial court official Lu Shi to bring Teng Ying to his house and save his life first.
The Imperial physician came here several times and told Lu Shi that he was not in serious trouble, but because he had a heart disease, he should not be overworked. Although there were many injuries on his body, they were not too deep. Without injuries to his muscles and bones, the general would be OK. The Imperial court official Lu Shi calmed his heart down and sent several considerate servants to take care of him.
Teng Yun didn't know how long he had been sleeping. The dream was dark. The enemy came like the tide. He was tired and exhausted. He just wanted to wake up quickly. He knew he was dreaming, but he couldn't wake up.
Just when he couldn't use his strength any more, a cold arrow suddenly shot to his heart. Teng Yun didn't feel any pain, but his heart suddenly surged with a sour feeling. A man in a black snake-skin robes came out of the dark shadow of the group, holding a dragon scale bow in his hand, said with a smile, “General Yun, long time no see."
When Teng Yun woke up, he saw several figures in front of him. It seemed that he was very busy. Several maids asked the doctor for help as they said that the wound had broken open.
Imperial court official Lu Shi came with the doctor. The doctor redressed the wound for Teng Yun. During that time, Teng Yun kept his eyes open and looked at the top of the bed, without speaking or looking at anyone.
After the doctor left, Imperial court official Lu Shi came to have a look at the situation, but he saw that Teng Yun's eyes were red. He immediately panicked and said: “This... This... General Teng, are you suffering from severe pain in the wound? Why don't you call the Imperial physician back and prescribe a pair of medicine for pain?"
When Teng Yun heard this, he was shocked to find that his temples were wet beside his ears. Did he ever cry before?
Teng Yun chuckled and said, "Prime Minister Lu, I didn't expect to see you again, but it turned out to be the other way around."
Seeing that he can laugh, the Imperial court official Lu Shi seemed to feel that it's OK. “You take care of yourself first," he said
He added, "Zhang Hong and Yue Chen are dead."
Teng Yun smiled again, nodded and didn't speak again.
Imperial court official Lu Shi couldn't bear to persuade him to surrender now, so he retired and let him rest.
Feng Ming asked people to send Zhang Hong and Yue Chen's heads, but Emperor Xue was in a rage. In order to survive, the people under Yue Chen confessed that at that time someone snitched that Emperor Xue was going to kill Yue Chen, so Yue Chen was afraid and fled to Zhang Hong. The snitch was from the Feng state. So Xue Jun Liang didn’t accept Feng Ming's request for peace and wanted to involve the Feng state together and decimate it entirely.
Feng Ming was also furious when he received the news. Some people said it was better to kill the Marquis of Tengnan, and then formally fight with the Xue state. Some people said that they could not kill the Marquis of Tengnan, Emperor Xue was furious because they thought that the Marquis of Tengnan was dead, and they said he would make Zhang Hong's 200000 troops lose their lives. If the Feng state really killed the Marquis of Tengnan, it would be dead battle coming.
The Marquis of Tengnan can neither be kill nor left alive. The Imperial court official Lu Shi said: “Emperor is better to use the Marquis of Tengnan to come to an agreement with the Xue State."
Qi Zi Jie also agreed with the suggestion from Imperial court official Lu Shi, then said: “The Marquis of Tengnan can't stay in the Feng state. Although Teng Ying is a rare talent, if Emperor Xue found out that we have him, he will blame the emperor and cause unnecessary troubles for us, so we should return the Marquis of Tengnan to the Xue in advance, and ask for peace agreement and let Emperor Xue down."
Feng Ming was stunned for a while. He seemed to be thinking something. He just smiled and nodded, “That's a good idea. Since the Emperor Xue values the Marquis of Tengnan so much, he must not disagree."
Xue Jun Liang was ill for a day, but he didn't go to the Imperial court session the next day. When he went to the court again, the Imperial court official, who he could care to even see his face, immediately reported the Shui River's good news, and was sent out by Xue Jun Liang. As you know, the Marquis of Tengnan had died in the war. No wonder the Emperor Xue was not happy.
Xue Jun Liang sent another person to Peach Blossoms pond to look for the corpse, but the corpse was still not found. Only the Tiger Wings sword was brought back. The Tiger Wing and the Dragon Tooth swords were hanging side by side on the wall of the Xu state's emperor's bedroom. Sometimes, Xue Jun Liang would dream of Teng Yun, and then he dressed up and looked at the two swords. He didn't know what he was thinking.
Jiang Yu didn't know the reason, so he was in a hurry.
One by one, the Imperial course officials sent by the Feng state were invited. Xue Jun Liang was already impatient. If the Feng state made the Imperial court official dare to step into the territory of the Xue state again, he will certainly cut off his hands and feet.
On this day, Xu Jun Liang sneered and asked people to catch the visitor and cut off his hands and feet. That made the Imperial court official say that if the Emperor Xue cut him off, he would surely blame himself.
Xue Jun Liang asked people to bring up the Imperial court official, which terrified the Imperial court officials into a cold sweat, and presented this memorial to Emperor Xue.
Xue Jun Liang didn't have much interest in it. He just glanced at it, but suddenly stood up and knocked over the pen holder beside the desk.
Everyone at the meeting didn't know why the Emperor Xue was so out of shape. Xu Jun Liang walked over and stared at the Imperial court official. He said in a cold voice, “The Marquis of Tengnan is still alive. It's true?"
That made the Imperial court official say: “It's true that the Imperial court official dare not lie to the Emperor Xue!"
Xue Jun Liang couldn't help but feel happy. He once thought that if he couldn't find the body, there would be a glimmer of hope. However, the hope is so slim that many soldiers in the dead battlefield, they can't find their bones, but they will never come back.
Xu Jun Liang dare not have any extravagant hopes, but he didn't expect that such extravagant hope would come down from the sky one day, which made him dizzy and disoriented, as if he had just boarded the treasure. If not for so many people were present, he would really laugh.
Xue Jun Liang was very happy, then he calmed down and looked at the document. He sneered and handed it to Zhao Lu. Zhao Lu didn't understand why the Marquis of Wannian was there, but let himself see it.
But when he read it, he finally understood that it was written clearly. When Emperor Feng sent troops to help him save the next general, it was General Teng Ying. Now they wanted to ask Teng Ying for peace, but there is a condition that Emperor Xue is required to hand over the traitor Zhao Lu to the Feng state.
Zhao Lu could not help but smile bitterly, and then said: “But your majesty.”
The Imperial court official will soon return to the Feng state, saying that the Xue state's emperor will not accept these conditions. If the Feng state want to have a good faith agreement, then they were to please return the Marquis of Tengnan. Zhao Lu is a person of the Xue state, and he cannot be handed over to the Feng state.
Feng Ming just smiled and said to Teng Yun, “You see, you are just like this in Xue Jun Liang's eyes. He said that he would not hesitate to bury you with 200000 captives, but he began to repent. And he would not exchange Zhao Lu for you."
Teng Yun didn't speak at once. After a while of silence, he slowly opened his mouth. He seemed to be a little weak. He smiled and said, “If I was Emperor Xue, I won't exchange it."
Feng Ming said with a smile, “I heard that Emperor Xue wanted to accept you as his consort. It seemed that you have a good feeling with each other. He is so cold hearted that you don't blame him, do you?"
Teng Yun said: "Not as Emperor Feng might think, if it's you, would you like to use the important court official in the middle of the Imperial court to replace General Zhao Lu?"
Feng Ming was stunned and sneered, “Who's Zhao Lu? Can Zhen also exchange it with the Imperial court official?"
Teng Yun just said lightly: "Zhao Lu is the important course official under Emperor Xue. If you trade the important course official for the important course official, you will lose the hearts of the people. There is nothing wrong with such an act from Emperor Xue. "
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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