The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress, Chapter 64, vol 2 Chapter 19: Flirting
When Teng Yun left, Lang Jing said, “Lord Xue still hasn't learned a lesson. What he suffered last time, now he will repeat it again."
Xue Yu did not turn to see him and poured a glass of wine at his own discretion, then said: "Lesson? You think you deserve to lecture me? "
"Lang did not dare to lecture the Lord a lesson."
Xue Yu waved gently and said: "Lord Lang doesn't have to call me" Lord ". You came back from the Shui River. Emperor Xue didn't punish you or degrade you. It's a mess in the military. Congratulations."
He said, as if he was suddenly ignited with anger, threw the cup on the ground, stared at Lang Jing and said: “You are really at ease, because Xue Jun Liang is not you. Do you know what it's like to be locked in a room, not even a window? I am clearly a royal family and noble. Even the little bodyguard can laugh at you and throw your rice on the ground for you to lick. "
Lang Jing's face finally changed, "Lord......"
But Xue Yu interrupted him and said, “I don't want to see you. I'm on my way. I have my own dignity even if my head is broken. What Xue Jun Liang owes me will be paid back sooner or later."
Lang Jing didn't speak for a long time. Just when Xue Yu was going to blow people away, he opened his mouth. “The Lord thought that if he ascends the throne, can he do better than the present Emperor Xue?"
Xue Yu stared at him. “What do you mean?"
Lang Jing said: “Take the Feng state for example, the Feng state seeks peace, but people can see clearly that they will tear up the alliance one day, and the Shui River will soon have a war again. What does the Lord want to do?"
Xue Yu just stared at him and didn't speak. The blood in his eyes showed that the man was a little haggard.
Lang Jing added: “It's not a short time for Lang Jing to follow the Lord Xue. He thought that no one can know him better than Lord Lang. you are impatient and can't hide your happiness and anger. You are not suitable to be an emperor of a country."
“Oh?"
Xue Yu laughed instead of angry, and said, “You finally say what you have in mind?"
Lang Jing said: “The Lord Xue is angry. In fact, he doesn't want to be the emperor of a country. He just can't swallow this loss. Why use the method of losing the army to defeat the general?"
Xue Yu snorted coldly, “It turned out that Lord Lang is here to lobby, but I am too clear about Xue Jun Liang’s character. He is generous on the surface, but in fact, he can't tolerate people at all. Do you want me to make a contribution to make Xue Jun Liang look different? I'm afraid Xue Jun Liang will think about how to seize my power at that time! "
Lang Jing's face remained unchanged and said calmly: “Since ancient times, people have won the world. The reason why Emperor Xue can't push the Marquis of Tengnan is that he can win the people's heart. If the emperor kills the wise man in vain, he will irritate rebellion."
Xue Yu was not talking, but it can be seen from his face that Lang Jing is still lobbying.
Lang Jing stopped talking, turned to go out and said, “Maybe the Lord doesn't believe in Lang's loyalty, or he can't heard Lang's advice, but..."
Lang Jing seemed to want to say something, but the voice is too small. Xue Yu didn't hear clearly. He followed the man and went out. Xue Yu stared at the half closed door and smashes the wine pot. The broken wine pot doesn't help calm him at all.
When the Imperial court session was held the next day, the Imperial court official wanted to discuss the establishment of the Imperial consort. However, a memorial broke everyone's arrangement, because Xue Jun Liang's uncle died.
Xue Jun Liang didn't know whether to let Teng Yun be in the court or in the Imperial harem. He took this opportunity to seal people's mouths.
Xue Jun Liang said, “Although the Marquis of Zheng’an didn't come to the Imperial capital often, Zheng'an always respected him. Now that his uncle died, these things will be postponed.”
It's impossible to say how deep Xue Jun Liang's relationship with the Marquis of Zheng’an is. The man was the only remaining brother of the late emperor of the Xue state. In fact, the Xue state plan was very simple. The Marquis of Zheng'an held the power of war and was kind. He is a peacemaker, never fighting or not liking fighting, because he knew he can't fight.
Now that the Marquis of Zheng’an died, Xue Jun Liang began to think about his military power.
When Xue Jun Liang went down to the court, he asked several people to discuss the matter in the Emperor’s Library. Naturally, Xue Jun Liang meant that he could take over the military power without moving. After all, now the Feng state is covetous. If the Xue state is in civil war, Feng Ming will surely take advantage of the chaos.
Xue Hou Yang thought for a while and said: “Over the years, the Imperial Uncle has established his prestige. Although the number of soldiers is not too large, they are indeed elite soldiers. I'm afraid that even if the Marquis of Zheng’an died now, they may not be able to settle in."
Xue Jun Liang nodded, and Xue Hou Yang said that he was worried about it. He didn't put on official airs before the Marquis of Zheng’an. The man had a close relationship with the soldiers and had great prestige. In this way, if the soldiers still carry on about the old ways, they would not be able to seize the military power.
Xue Jun Liang's index finger knocked on the table case and said with a smile, “What does Teng Ying thinks we can do to solve this?"
Teng Yun said: “His majesty wants military power, but it's very simple. The title of the Marquis of Zheng’an is hereditary. His majesty does not guard against the next important decree, praised the sons of the Marquis of Zheng’an, and gives them the fiefdoms of the Marquis of Zheng’an and the army equally among them. Once the military power they hold is separated, there is nothing to be afraid about. It is easy for his majesty to clean up. "
Xue Jun Liang nodded with a smile and said: “It's really a good way. At the beginning of next month, the noble sons will come to the Imperial capital to inherit the title. It's just feasible."
When he finished, Lang Jing said: “The Imperial court official heard that although the Marquis of Zheng’an had a very high prestige in the army and was kind to people, he was always on fire in the backyard [1] promiscuous and had a lot of children. Although the eldest son was a direct from the first wife, but the son is a bit if indulging on male lovers. His majesty doesn't care for this point. Land and military power don't need to be divided equally. He deliberately gave every noble son a point little lesser, and then sent the golden portraits presented by the Feng state to another noble son, so that a noble son can choose the one he wanted to marry. Land and military power are less divided. His majesty personally points out marriage, which is fair to say. However, the noble son must be upset and would resent that other brothers who have higher status than himself, but he is sealed with the big title and this hate will make them fight openly and secretly. His majesty is just going to wait and sit by and suppress the last one.”
Xue Jun Liang smiled and said, “It's Lang Jing."
After talking for a while, they quit the Emperor’s Library. Xue Jun Liang wanted to make Teng Yun stay for meal, but Teng Yun insisted on thanking him and leaving. Xue Jun Liang was not easy to do, so he had to let Teng Yun out of the palace.
But Lang Jing stayed. Lang Jing knelt down and said, “Hi majesty, Lang Jing has an unexpected request. Please give his permission."
“Oh?"
Xue Jun Liang picked up the memorial on the desk at any time and looked it over, then he said, “Even if it's a bad request, don't say it."
Lang Jing said: "Just now, his Majesty must be able to see that the Marquis of Tengnan is talented, even if he wanted to find a way, he will be open and aboveboard, but Lang Jing is narrow-minded, and he can only use intrigue to plot. Lang Jing is the important court official. If he wanted to fight against the river and defend the river, he must not use the important court official."
“You want to go?"
Lang Jing took off his official hat and said, “There are many talented people on the side of his majesty. Although Lang Jing is proud of his talent, he has not much use. He asked his majesty to show mercy and allow him to resign and go back home."
Xue Jun Liang shook his head and said: “What is the Imperial court official does? Zhen never cares. You can rest assured that Zhen won't let you go. After all, where you put your belly of ink, Zhen won't feel at ease Lang Jing, if you are determined to leave, Zhen will have to take Xue Yu to the sword and have you weigh it up by yourself. "
When Teng Yun left the palace, just in the same direction as Xu Hou Yang, they went back together. They had nothing to say and were silent all the way.
When they were walking, they saw that there was a very dignified young man running after someone in front of them, which made people in the street look over there, just like it was a living treasure.
The young man chased the man in front and turned into the nearby teahouse. Xue Hou Yang looked at him, and his face sank immediately, because the man who was being pestered was no one else, just Lord Teng of his family.
They look like a dandy couple, chasing and flirting, but he must have seen that Teng Shang is a straightforward sort of person and has no fear. I didn't expect that he is also a trained martial artist.
After all, he didn't understand how the two men could have such feelings, but when he saw the expression of Xue Hou Yang’s face, he seemed to put some snacks on it. It seemed that the Marquis of Wannian really had Teng Shang in his heart.
Xue Hou Yang said to Teng Yun, “I have something to do first, Lord Marquis, please."
“I just seem to see Lord Teng. It's nothing. Let's go together," said Teng Yun with a smile
Xue Hou Yang knew Teng Yun’s identity, and thought he didn't mean anything. They also entered the teahouse together.
Teng Shang was sitting at a table in the corner. The luxuriously dressed young man is also sitting beside him. His voice is loud, and Xu Hou Yang can hear him as soon as he entered the door.
“Do you want to drink tea alone? It’s boring. Why don’t we have a chat?"
Talking, he put his hands on Teng Shang's shoulders.
It seemed that this kind of action is not frivolous in fact, but in Xue Hou Yang’s eyes, it is extremely frivolous. Xue Hou Yang can't bear and went to walk over and deliberately stood between the two people and said, “How did you get out, sir?"
Teng Shang was not surprised to see Xue Hou Yang, and smiled: “I guess you are going to come back down. There is nothing to do in the mansion, so I came out."
Xue Hou Yang was in a good mood. It turned out that Lord Teng had come to find him. Although it was just a few small things, it was obvious to him that their relationship had been closer to the other person since they started talking that day, which was the good thing Xue Hou wanted.
Seeing that Teng Yun was also there, Teng Shang said, “Shall we sit together for a while?"
Teng Yun touched his nose. The relationship between the two seemed to be very good in his eyes. If he stayed, he would not know if he would disturb others.
Seeing his hesitation, Teng Shang opened the cup that was upside down on the table and filled Teng Yun with a cup of tea.
Teng Yun just sat down. All three of them sat down. The square table was still far from one side. The young man sat down and said with a smile, “My surname is Xue. Just call me Chang Jing."
As soon as he said this, the three people all looked at the other person. Though Teng Yun was not familiar with the royal family and aristocracy of the Xue state, they just talked about this person in the Emperor’s Library. How could he not be clear?
Xue Chang Jing, the eldest son of the Marquis of Zheng’an, is supposed to come to the Imperial capital at the beginning of next month to inherit his father title. Unexpectedly, Xue Chang Jing appeared in the streets of the capital now, or under the eyes of Emperor Xue.
Xue Hou Yang heard that he was a noble son of Zheng'an, and his face immediately turned wrong. He still remembered that Lang Jing said that a noble son was a good man, and he was pestering Teng Shang to stay. He was just paying attention to Teng Shang.
Of course, Xue Chang Jing didn't know that these three people had their own thoughts and wanted to get close to Teng Shang, but Xue Hou Yang's murders in the battlefield in recent years were not for fun. Xue Chang Jing knew more about the wind and the moon than Xue Hou Yang, and knew that Teng Shang has a lover.
He felt that he would soon become Lord Marquis, which was nothing to be afraid of, but now he was the only one who could not be tough, and he would never be able to rise in momentum like him another day.
Xue Chang Jing thought so, so he stopped pestering Teng Shang and went to look at Teng Yun again. Teng Yun looked at himself, but he didn't care much for him
Xue Chang Jing saw that although he was born well, there were many scars on his face. Although the traces of these scars could not be eradicated after treatment, they were much lighter than before.
Xue Chang Jing was a little murmured in his heart. At first glance, he was a bit vicious. He was not too careful and his temperament was out of the world. Xue Chang Jing thought it was just playing, so he began to talk to Teng Yun again.
Teng Yun didn’t want to deal with Xue Chang Jing. The first reason is that this person is so frivolous, and Teng Yun's idea is conservative and peaceful. The second reason is that Xue Chang Jing is the noble son of Zheng'an. It's a big crime that he should be summoned to go to the Imperial capital and leave the back cover without being summoned. Teng Yun didn’t want to cause trouble, especially Xue Jun Liang's attitude towards himself is being nitpicked at again.
Xue Chang Jing talked to him for a long time. When he hit a nail, he was ignored by the other side, which made the noble son who wanted the men he saw very unwilling.
Xue Hou Yang sat for a while and didn't like Xue Chang Jing's behavior. He was ready to get up and go back. Teng Shang followed him and said to Teng Yun, “You're not well yet. Go back and have a rest."
Teng Yun nodded and said, “I'm going back now."
Xue Chang Jing was angry when he saw them go, but he thought that he would stay in the capital for a long time, so he let go.
Xue Jun Liang received the report very soon. Jiang Yu said: “His majesty, it's said that someone is on the street flirted with the Marquis of Tengnan in the street."
With a click, Xue Jun Liang threw the memorial on the table and raised his eyebrow. “Say that again."
Jiang Yu wiped his cold sweat and said, “Ah... Now someone sent a report that he saw someone flirting with the Marquis of Tengnan in the street. "
Xue Jun Liang said coolly: “Flirting? Are they all such villains at the feet of the emperor?"
Jiang Yu said: “This old slave... This old slave also sent someone to check it. It seemed that the man is not a villain... It's the son of the late Prince, the Marquis of Zheng'an. "
“Oh?"
Xue Jun Liang said with a smile: “A noble son is supposed to be on his way. How can he get to the capital so soon?"
“This slave doesn't know about this. He called himself Xue Chang Jing."
Xue Jun Liang was silent for a while, and said, “Go and take this common person who calls himself Xue Chang Jing to Zhen."
“Yes..."
Jiang Yu felt as if he was begging for help, so he hurried down to tell the bodyguard to catch people, and what he meant was to go by himself.
Teng Yun can't stand the disturbance these days. The prince knew that he passed by the street at this time of day, and he waited on the street especially for him. When he came, he began to talk to him. Teng Yun didn’t want to disclose his identity, so he didn't want to go to the government talking to him. This is not because Xue Chang Jing knew where he lives, but it's not easy to deal with.
So he can only wander in the street every day. Xue Chang Jing is always joking. Teng Yun didn’t know much about love. Besides, he is still a man. He just thought Xue Chang Jing was very annoying.
The next day, Teng Yun's carriage was stopped again, but before Teng Yun could lift the curtain, there was a mess outside, and he heard Jiang Yu's voice.
Jiang Yu's supposed to serve Xue Jun Liang in the palace. He will never appear in the market. Teng Yun pulled up the curtain and looked out. It's really Jiang Yu.
Jiang Yu was accompanied by a group of guards, who put Xue Chang Jing on the ground. A noble son was very embarrassed. He also shouted “How dare you touch me" and so on.
Jiang Yu saw Teng Yun and said, "Lord Marquis, I've disturbed you. This old slave is ordered by his majesty. Now, I'm going to arrest the common person and enter the palace for questioning."
Xue Chang Jing nodded as soon as he heard that Teng Yun meant Xue Jun Liang, so he was not easy to manage. Xue Chang Jing heard that people called Teng Yun "Lord Marquis". He suddenly felt that if the other party really was Lord Marquis, he would not be in great trouble.
Jiang Yu grabbed Xue Chang Jing into the palace. Xue Jun Liang didn’t see him, but it's just a stick to blame. Jiang Yu thought it's a bit inappropriate.
Xue Jun Liang said with a smile: “What's wrong? The son of the Marquis of Zheng’an is on the road now. Zhen is only responsible for punishing a villain with his staff. It is kind to beat him with a few sticks without cutting his head. "
Xue Jun Liang ordered people to execute on the jade steps outside the main hall. The wailing voice came in. Instead, Xue Jun Liang was very comfortable drinking tea. After that, Xue Jun Liang didn't let him go. He dragged them into the prison and locked him up for more than half a month. When it was time for the son of the world to go to the Imperial capital, he threw him out.
This is the day when the noble son of Zheng'an went to the Imperial capital to meet Emperor Xue. As soon as Xue Jun Liang entered the hall, he saw Xue Chang Jing standing below, looking gaunt and respectful. Seeing Xue Jun Liang looking to his side, he could not help shivering. It seemed that the wound of the beating staff had not been healed.
Of course, Xue Chang Jing also noticed that the Imperial court officials came to greet Teng Yun when he was standing in the front row. He clearly heard that he was called “The Marquis of Tengnan" and that the people walking with Teng Yun seemed to be the Marquis of Wannian Xue Hou Yang, who was the master of military power.
Xue Chang Jing's face turned green. He finally knew why Emperor Xue wanted to catch himself in the palace and beat him up. Then he was put in prison. He had heard about Emperor Xue who was the one pestering Teng Yun.
Xue Hou Yang doesn't know what his brother did, but he needs to admit that when he saw Xue Chang Jing's present appearance, he was relieved.
Xue Hou Yang especially smiled and said, “A noble son, are you hurt?"
Xue Chang Jing could only smile and said: "Lord Marquis There's nothing wrong with Lord Marquis."
Xue Hou Yang didn't look at him anymore, but said coolly, “I'm very happy for you."
Listening to their words, Teng Yun immediately felt that Xue Hou Yang and Xue Jun Liang were real brothers. At this time, no matter the tone or the tone of voice, they were seven points similar. For the first time in a long time, he saw Xue Hou Yang's "falling into a rock".
But Teng Yun suddenly thought that Xue Hou Yang's attitude towards Xue Chang Jing was completely due to his previous obsession with Teng Shang. Teng Yun thought that maybe the Marquis of Wannian's treatment of Teng Shang was also sincere, and Teng Shang's ability to read people was always accurate.
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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