The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress, Chapter 80, vol 2 Chapter 34: Wrath
Emperor Xue returned to the Imperial court. The crown prince led all the officials in the Imperial court, civil and military, out of the north gate to meet the coming person. Everyone knelt down and waited for the return of the Imperial carriage.
When Xue Jun Liang's carriage slowly arrived, the sky suddenly fell with snow. For a while, it became snowy and spectacular.
The little crown prince is just the age of a little grown man. It seemed that he has grown a lot since he was left incharge for a few months. He wore the sky blue boots and looked like he had to run to get here.
Xue Jun Liang got down from the Imperial carriage, reached out his hand and helped Teng Yun down. When they saw him, they quickly knelt down again. They shouted "Long live the Emperor Xue, the Marquis of Tengnan".
Although when Teng Yun was on the march, no one thought he was just the Imperial court official. Unexpectedly, he won the Feng state battle in a few months and captured Emperor Feng alive. No one dared to look down on him.
Xue Jun Liang ordered people to take Feng Ming down and make sure there is a strict defense. It couldn't make a difference, so he went to the palace with others.
Although the crown prince is still small, as Shen Yi said, he can be taken a man on his own. In addition, the Marquis of Wannian and Teng Shang are in there, and there is no trouble.
Xue Pei responded to these big and small events in the capital at that time. Xue Jun Liang praised Xu Pei's actions, and finally brought the conversation to the point.
Xue Jun Liang said: "Now we can capture Feng Ming alive. It's all the credit of the Marquis of Tengnan. In the past, some people always refused to accept the Marquis of Tengnan. Now are you all convinced?"
He said, glanced at the crowd, saw no one to speak, smiled with satisfaction, and continued: “You may say, what should Zhen do with Feng Ming?"
Xue Jun Liang said and saw Xue Pei standing beside him, then he said, "First of all, you begin."
Xue Pei didn't expect that Emperor Xue would ask his opinion. After all, he was a child and unconsciously looked at Shen Yi standing not far away.
Shen Yi also looked over and nodded a little to him to show him not to be nervous.
Xue Pei said: “This Imperial son thought that Feng Ming can't be killed. Although he broke through the Feng state, he also made people panic. The priority is to pacify the people."
Xue Jun Liang nodded and said with a smile: "Zhen thought the same. But if we can't kill them, we must persuade them to surrender. Who should Zhen send to persuade them? "
Some people have heard about Zhao Lu and Feng Ming, and Zhao Lu also made a lot of efforts in this attack, so they teased Zhao Lu and said: “It's said that General Zhao Lu had an extraordinary relationship with Emperor Feng when he was in the Feng state. His majesty is better to let Zhao Lu persuade the man to surrender, maybe the Feng state's emperor could really surrender."
Zhao Lu felt a wry smile in his heart. Naturally, he knew that many people in the imperial capital looked down on him, but he didn't make a sound.
Xue Jun Liang kept silent for a while, looked at Zhao Lu's reaction in his eyes, and said: "Zhao Lu is Zhen’s confidant. He has worked hard for so many years. Zhen can't bear to let him work hard anymore. Can anyone else persuade him to surrender, Shen Yi? You are always resourceful. Why don't you take the task?"
Shen Yi said: “His majesty thanks for your praise. Although the Imperial court official is a little clever, the Feng state's official is someone I can't break through."
“Oh? Why is this? Feng Ming is a monster, isn't it? Even you dare not go?"
Shen Yi said with a smile: "Feng Ming is not a monster, but a madman. This low Imperial court official heard that Emperor Feng has gone mad. Even if the Imperial court official has little intelligence, he can't speak to a madman. "
Xue Jun Liang suddenly smiled and said, “OK..."
Someone who don't know what added he said “Yes" twice. In fact, Xue Jun Liang is just praising Feng Ming's good plan. He has heard about the nature and arrogance of Emperor Feng, which may make him feel worse than death. After Shen Yi's reminder, Xue Jun Liang finally knew that its Feng Ming is just pretending to be crazy. How can he reason with the madman, even if he is talented? How can he let the madman return?
Teng Yun didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and Xue Jun Liang didn't plan to ask him to persuade him to surrender. He knew that Teng Yun was loyal and kind, but he also spoke of righteousness in everything, and his heart was too good, which was not suitable to persuade someone to surrender.
Xue Jun Liang saw that everyone was speechless, and then he said with a smile: “This matter will be put aside. When you have an idea, we can talk about it again. There is another thing. Zhen wanted to talk about it now..."
He paused, glanced at everyone, and said: "Zhen mentioned this matter before, but the ministers may have their own opinions, so they ended up with nothing wrong. Now, if the old thing is mentioned again, I think the people may not have much objection."
He has laid so many words. The great Imperial court officials in the hall all know that Emperor Xue must want to say something important, and he has already said so much. If someone objects to it, it may cause Emperor Xue to be unhappy.
Xue Jun Liang finally said: "Zhen thought the Marquis of Tengnan has a valuable identity, a loyal nature and a lot of fighting achievements. When he is around Zhen, he always persuades him. Zhen is the blessing of heavenly sages’ cultivation. Zhen is still reminding of that sentence. If you want to establish the Marquis of Tengnan as the empress, do you have any opinions? "
He said that no one spoke for a while. Everyone was you who looked at me and I looked up at you. The little crown prince Xue Pei looked up at Teng Yun. At this time, Teng Yun never thought that Xue Jun Liang wanted to say it. He looked at Xue Jun Liang in surprise.
Xue Jun Liang said, “Come here, Teng Ying."
Teng Yun raised his head slightly, walked to the stage, and Xue Jun Liang said: “I think you have heard about the achievements of the Marquis of Tengnan in the Shui River. He made many miracles and captured the Feng state general Qi Zi Jie alive. To be honest, many people wanted to see him turn into a joke when he was on the expedition, but Teng Ying did live up to Zhen's expectations. He is a talented person with both virtue and ability. He can be convincing. Can't such a person be set by him as the empress?"
The Imperial court officials listened to Xue Jun Liang's words, and nobody dared to say anything. Since ancient times, it's no surprise that the emperor has one or two male pets and concubines, but no one can make a man an empress. In the consciousness of these people, the male pets were small people who act like sex toys, and few famous people with real ability and learning, so many people can't accept them raise to status.
Seeing this, Shen Yi took a half step and knelt on the ground, taking the lead in saying: “His majesty is absolutely right."
The first one said it, and the people behind began to say it. The people on the main hall immediately knelt down to the ground for fear of being slighted. At the same time, the mountain called “His majesty said it was very right."
Xue Jun Liang nodded with satisfaction and said with a smile: “Since everyone agrees with Zhen's statement, there is no objection to the matter after the establishment? Then get ready. "
Emperor Xue swallowed the Teng state and the Feng state, and looked at them. Xue Jun Liang ordered people to post the list, exempt people from taxes, and sent people to the Feng state to send food and pay at the same time, so that local officials could appease the people, and also exempt from taxes, and set up temporary living sheds for the people's porridge.
Ordinary people who have loyalty to the emperor, who can make them full, who will not let them starve and have a place to live in when there is a flood, who will not force them to conscript every year, who will not be overcharging taxes every year, who is the wise leader, they will turn to that person in droves.
All the civil and military people who come from the Feng state had a reward. They will not be ignored and hit because they are coming to the Imperial court official. Some people who are hard to achieve their ambitions naturally want to return.
Although there are still a lot of big and small issues remains, they just get to make a noise from time to time, but they haven't done much, the three states which have always been calm and peaceful.
Zhao Tong was promoted to a higher rank because of his merits, and paid homage to the general.
When he came to the prison, the prison guard saw him he nodded and bowed and said with a smile: “General Zhao, what brings you here? It's too messy in the prison, are you here to laugh."
Zhao Tong ignored his flattery and asked the prison guard to lead him to the inside. He went to the inside. A man in ragged cloth sat in the cell and didn't know what he was looking at.
The prison guard went to open the prison door and shouted, “Imperial court official Lu Shi."
The Imperial court official Lu Shi didn't move, but still looked at the wall. Zhao Tong went into the prison and fixed his eyes. It turned out that the walls were carved with stones, either poetry or essays.
Zhao Tong told the prison guard to go down. After a long time, he said, “Is Lu Shi OK?"
The Imperial court official Lu Shi finally moved his eyes, squinted at the wall, and said: “If the general came to persuade surrender, he doesn't have to spend much time talking about it. Lu is still saying that, I'm a nitpicking scholar. I only know I am loyal."
Zhao Tong stared at him and didn't speak for a long time. Then, as if he hadn't heard him, he said: “Imperial court official Lu Shi, you are a famous man, and you should know that Emperor Xue is a wise monarch. Don't you want to show your ambition? Don't you want to see peace being achieved under your help? Is it your natural ambition to recites poems against the wall every day?"
Imperial court official Lu Shi smiled and his voice was hoarse. He looked up at Zhao Tong, as if he was looking at a child who didn't understand the world. “The winner is the emperor and the loser is the enemy, doesn't the general understand? Why do you need to talk more? The monarch is gone. Why do you come to this Imperial court official? What do you say about your ambition...?”
Zhao Tong sighed and said, "Feng Ming is not dead."
Imperial court official Lu Shi suddenly stood up at this time, because he had been sitting all the time, he suddenly stood up and stumbled, hitting the side wall.
Zhao Tong wanted to reach out for help, but he finally stopped.
The Imperial court official Lu Shi looked at him with burning eyes, and said in a trembling voice, “Emperor Feng is still alive."
"Naturally, he is alive."
For the first time, Zhao Tong was a little excited when he saw the always a little light on the Imperial court official Lu Shi’s eyes, which made him shocked.
The Imperial court official Lu Shi suddenly knelt on the ground with his knees bent, and said: “Do you remember what you said to Lu? If the general still remembers his promise, Lu begged the general to let Emperor Feng go?"
Zhao Tong said: “You won't ask me to let you go, but you ask me to let him go. Is that your loyalty to the emperor? You are really pedantic. "
“I can't promise you. Even if I promise you, it won't help. You surely know..."
He looked at the other person's eyes darkening, and he seemed to smile bitterly. He couldn't help himself, then said: “Don't worry, the Emperor won't kill Feng Ming. It's impossible to kill him because of emotion and reason. But if Feng Ming doesn't drop his act, there will be no chance to see the sky again."
As expected, Imperial court official Lu Shi still lost his mind for a moment and seemed to fall to the ground.
Zhao Tong wanted to sigh “Why?" but if it's him, it will be the same. He can only turn around and sigh again, then said: “I'll tell the prison guard not to be hard on you. If you find out when, just talk to me."
He said, going out of the cell, the prison guard came to lock the door.
Xue Jun Liang asked people to start the title establishment business. He was not in the capital for so long. He had a lot of things to deal with. He was very busy after coming back. Fortunately, Teng Yun would help him.
Xue Jun Liang suddenly felt that his tacit understanding with Teng Yun was people who had been together for ten or twenty years, and there wasn’t anything that need to do to understand the other person anymore.
Xue Jun Liang approved the memorial, reached out and rubbed his forehead. He wanted to come down to see Teng Yun at his leisure, and then listened to Jiang Yu: “General Zhao Lu asked for an interview."
Xue Jun Liang knew that it's not a good thing, but it's not missing. He asked Jiang Yu to bring Zhao Lu in.
After Zhao Lu came in, he first sent greetings to Emperor Xue. Xue Jun Liang looked at him with a smile and said, “You just came after Zhen had a rest. What's the matter? I think you've thought about how to recruit, if not Zhen doesn't want to hear anything else. "
Zhao Lu was blocked by Xue Jun Liang, so he could only say: “I'm not here to make a plan, but..."
“But... "
Xue Jun Liang smiled and said, “It's a plea, isn't it?"
Zhao Lu looked up at Emperor Xue, then lowered his eyes. His voice was calm and said, “His majesty is wise, right."
“How dare you say Zhen is wise?"
Xue Jun Liang said: "Zhao Lu ah Zhao Lu, what do you think about it? Over the years, Zhen has never doubted your loyalty to Zhen. You are the most loyal person around Zhen. Although you have been far away from the place of worship, you never have two hearts. And now, what do you want to say, think it over and don't say anything wrong."
Zhao Lu has had his head down all this time and only opened his mouth half a time. His voice is not loud, but still very quiet. In the quiet the Emperor’s Library, it seemed very abrupt.
“I will know that my words will make his majesty unhappy, but it's a pity that I won't say it, his majesty. Since Feng Ming has gone mad, why won't he be benevolent and righteous? Let him go, so the local people will know his benevolence."
When he dropped his voice, Xue Jun Liang slapped the table heavily and said, "Zhao Lu, you are brave."
Xue Jun Liang stood up, bypassed the desk case, picked up a memorial, threw it in front of Zhao Lu, and said: “You have written to Zhen these days. Zhen thought you were confused. He wrote four or five commendations for him being confused. Zhen should let Feng Ming go, but Zhen thought he was not confused for a while. You are really confused! How can Zhen release Feng Ming? You know him. Let's talk about it. Did Zhen release Feng Ming so he can go to recruit new soldiers and make a comeback, or did he secretly assassinate him?"
“His Majesty...”
Zhao Lu's voice is still in his throat. Xu Jun Liang's words were good. According to his understanding of Feng Ming, if Xue Jun Liang releases Feng Ming, Feng Ming will never give up trying to overturn.
“All right." Xue Jun Liang sighed, “You've been in the Feng state for so many years. You can't bear the change. Zhen can understand it. Otherwise, Zhen would have caught you and asked about the crime of treason. You're tired these days. Zhen once said that when you're done with these things, you'll have a rest. Go back. "
Zhao Lu's heart sank, knowing that Xue Jun Liang said this, he was actually beating himself. If he said it more, it would be the crime of conspiracy. To let himself rest, was a grace because he was just his official.
Zhao Lu took off his official hat, put his hands on one side of the ground, and kowtowed: "Zhao Lu is stubborn. I think it's the reason why his majesty reuses Zhao Lu. Since he has decided something, he won't regret it. If his majesty can't let Feng Ming go, Zhao Lu is willing to share the punishment with Feng Ming."
Xue Jun Liang was annoyed by Zhao Lu's words. He hit the memorial on him and sneered, "Zhao Lu, are you crazy? Are you impatient? You feel that you have made great achievements and I will have no scruples?"
Zhao Lu said: “This Imperial court official dare not to sin, but I have something in my heart. If I don't do this, I won't live comfortably, but I won't live like death."
Xue Jun Liang stared at him coldly and said: “OK! If you think so, Zhen doesn't complete you. It seemed that Zhen is not generous enough. If you want to go to jail, suffer and be punished, then you can go. Don't regret it."
“Thanks to his majesty."
Zhao Lu bowed again and looked the official hat on the ground. His eyes seemed to be sore. This was his lifelong ambition
Zhao Lu was escorted by the bodyguard and sent out of the palace. Xue Jun Liang didn't mean to play with his words. He really sent him to jail.
Teng Yun himself was in the backyard of the Yunfeng palace. Rui Xue suddenly rushes over. Her eyes were red and her face was almost crying. When she saw Teng Yun, she knelt down and grabbed the corner of Teng Yun's clothes. He said, “Master, please help General Zhao Lu!"
Teng Yun didn't know why. Suddenly someone had just come to say Zhao Tong asked for an interview.
The Yunfeng palace is the Imperial harem and the Imperial court officials can't enter, but Teng Yun is the Marquis of Tengnan, so it seemed that there is no irregularity for Zhao Tong to meet the Marquis of Tengnan in the Yunfeng palace.
Zhao Tong was in a hurry. When he saw Teng Yun, he knelt down and kowtowed, then he said, "Lord Marquis, you should persuade his majesty from putting General Zhao Lu to death in a hurry."
Teng Yun was stunned and said, “Why does Emperor Xue suddenly want to kill Zhao Lu?"
Zhao Tong said: “The general asked for the emperor for the matter of Emperor Feng. I don't know what he said. The emperor is furious. He first put the general in prison and plan to kill him."
Rui Xue cried: “The general is so desperate to die, and his maidservant has been following the general. How can she not know the general's mind? Although the general has always been loyal to the emperor, his heart to Emperor Feng is also sincere. He has been holding himself in the road of death for a long time. Now Emperor Feng has fallen like this. The general must have a guilty heart. He wanted to fight Emperor Feng so they can die together. If Emperor Feng dies, the general will want to die!"
Rui Xue said this and in the end that she was already sobbing.
Teng Yun’s heart jumped and he reached out to hold the desk. Naturally, he knew about Zhao Lu and Feng Ming. How can he not understand Zhao Lu's feelings? Fortunately, he is the Marquis of Tengnan and his name is Teng Ying. Otherwise, he and Xue Jun Liang are still on opposite roads.
Some things were reasonable in themselves, but they will never be reasonable. Zhao Lu is loyal to the Xue state for the sake of loyalty, which is beyond reproach. After all is settled, Zhao Lu must be relieved, and finally he can go back to his life. Maybe he can die for his country, but he can only live for Feng Ming.
If a person's lonely life only lonesome without children and not a lover, it's really a cowardly life.
The author has something to say: there is another chapter today. The author is typing like a mad cow. After a while, the ugly empress will be finished. After that, there will be all kinds of irresponsible ways on special chapters, such as Lang Jing x Xue Yu, Imperial court official Lu Shi x Zhao Tong, Xue Pei x Shen Yi, etc. \ (^ o ^)/~
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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