The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘 》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 37: The official seal (Sweet stuffs)
Xue Yu's massacre of the prisoners was spread out to the people with intention. Not only the court and the fiefdom knew about it, but even the people in the capital were in a panic.
The common people's ideas were always simple. Of course, they don't know the parties and intrigues machinations going on the imperial court. They think that what the imperial court official does must be what the emperor allowed them.
Suddenly Xue Jun Liang became a tyrant, a tyrant who was talked about.
Xue Jun Liang suddenly understood the Marquis of Zhenjiang's ‘Good intentions’ and had to laugh at himself. He really looked down on Xue Yu. Xue Yu is no longer the little prince who only wanted to protect his life. The tiger cub has grown up and began to want to eat.
Teng Yun was asked about this twice by Emperor Xue. He thought how to solve such problems, but Teng Yun didn't want to help him. In the end, he helped in the fight because he could get benefits. He not only wrote down the defense map of the Xue state, but also got the news that Teng Shang was on the front line.
But to help him stabilize people's hearts, even if there is a way to do that, Teng Yun can't do it. After all, they are still enemies.
Teng Yun said: “I only read a few wrong books to understand some rough military techniques and settle people's hearts. I really dare not talk about it."
Xue Jun Liang was choked by his "respect" for a while, only to find out that he, the empress, is a master who does not suffer from losses, and he will never do anything that is not good for her own end.
Xue Jun Liang naturally didn't ask for anything more. After all, he asked Teng Yun what he thought. He just wanted to know how much surprise this empress could give him. But he had a long-standing plan for the popular uprising of a brother.
Emperor Xue sent people to the north of the state to blame Xue Yu for his recklessness, and asked for Zou Zhen Ying's body to be sent to the capital within a certain time limit.
All of them were stupefied. Zou Zhen Ying was beheaded. Even Xue Yu had no idea where he had left his body. His head was hanging on the gate of the city. There was a lot of wind and dust in the north of the state, and it was all blown away in a few days.
Xue Yu was not in a hurry. He asked people to pick up a rotten head outside the small county. No matter who it was, it was put in the brocade box and sent to the capital.
When Xue Jun Liang opened the brocade box, all the big imperial court official almost vomited, and the smell of putrefaction filled the whole hall.
But Xue Jun Liang pretended to be sad, regretted this generation of heroes death, and ordered the people to bury Zou Zhen Ying according to the etiquette of a Duke. He said that although he was not the person of the Xue state, and once the little one wanted to invade the land of the Xue state, Zou Zhen Ying was indeed an immortal generalist. The Xue state's emperor was a person who cherished talents. If you can help the Xue state, your value to the State's emperor will not end today.
Xue Jun Liang also ordered local officials to take care of Zou Zhen Ying's attendants if they were family members and he banned massacres.
People with a deeper mind may think that Emperor Xue is not only ruthless in nature, but also hypocritical and skilful. However, this move did pacify the people and let them know that the massacre was not the original intention of Xue Jun Liang, and so they has no need to panic.
Xue Jun Liang later introduced a series of regulations, which do not allow the killing of prisoners at will. Otherwise, it will be punished as a crime of treason.
Xue Yu of course knew that this was done for him, but he doesn't care. It's just that the so-called military order will not be accepted in foreign countries. How can he act according to the rules and regulations when there are so many sudden changes in fighting in the border areas?
Having been busy with these things, Xue Jun Liang called Jiang Yu and said, “There are two things."
Jiang Yu bowed his head respectfully and waited for Xue Jun Liang's order.
"First, I'll call Qian Shui, who follows empress, to report her words and deeds every day. If there are many omissions, she can go back to accompany Princess Teng."
“Yes."
“Second," Xue Jun Liang said, “Write to Zhao Lu and ask him to look up the events of empress in the Feng state. The details should be reported, no matter how big or small."
“Yes, this old slave will do it now."
“Don't worry."
Xue Jun Liang raised his hand and motioned to Jiang Yu not to go out. He smiled and said, “Emperor Feng has already started the river patrol?"
"Replying back to his majesty," said Jiang Yu, “With Zhao Lu's reward, Emperor Feng has left three days ago, and it is estimated that he will arrive at the Shui river in a few days."
“What did you do about what Zheng told you before?"
"Now it's done. It's rainy season in the Shui river these days. It's just the right time and the right place. I'm not going to worry about Emperor Feng."
Xue Jun Liang nodded, but his brow was wrinkled. Jiang Yu could also observe his words and say, “What is his anxiety?"
Xue Jun Liang said: “Although the time and the place are favorable, there is still a gap between people and..."
Jiang Yu doesn't quite understand what he said. It's a combination of inside and outside. Isn't it called being a person and being a person the same thing?
Emperor Xue said with a smile: “I'm afraid that Zhao Lu has had developed feelings in the Feng state after being there for so many years, but Zhen knew that Zhao Lu's unique skills will not have two hearts, but pity is something he will certainly have. If Zhao Lu pities Emperor Feng in the middle of the way and informs him about our plans for so many years, it will be a failure."
“This... It's his majesty. "
“Call the people over the Feng state and have them pay attention to Zhao Lu's every move. Emperor Feng has been out of the imperial capital for several days. Left him in the capital your duty. "
Feng Ming set out to patrol the river, but it was in the name of Southern patrol. He wanted to give the Shui river officials a ride without preparation, so as not to run the river and flood every year.
Feng Ming didn't bring Zhao Lu or imperial court official Lu Shi with him this time. He left imperial court official Lu Shi to assist Marquis Zhao Lu in the capital.
Before leaving, Feng Ming specially asked imperial court official Lu Shi not to rush for quick success and instant benefit, to leave more message faces and retreats for the big imperial court official duties, and not jump over the wall like dogs, let alone this old imperial court official, so that he could listen to Zhao Lu's opinions more.
Imperial court official Lu Shi was very interested in Feng Ming's advice. He also knew that he is too jealous of evil as hatred. This is a good idea, but it is almost impossible to be unofficial and unclear. Imperial court official Lu Shi was also slowly changing himself to soften his personality.
He has always respected Zhao Lu, which naturally has no meaning other than.
It's just... Since Emperor Feng left the imperial capital, Zhao Lu has always been sick in his mansion. Even the military office was presided over by Zhao Lu's cronies, not Zhao Lu himself.
The memorials presented below, which can be played in the military, are all left to be checked in batches. The most important ones were all brought to the house by Rui Xue, and checked in batches by Marquis Zhao Lu. After that, Rui Xue brings them back to the military aircraft.
Marquis Zhao Lu's illness has reached the point where he can't go out of the house. He called some of the most qualified old imperial physician in the Imperial hospital. He came back only to say that cold evil entered the body and left him tired. He would be cured in a few days.
But the matter of going up can't be ignored. There are not a few copies sent to his house every day. It's said that Zhao Lu's condition is getting worse day by day. Even the servants of Lord Marquis's house haven't see Zhao Lu for a few days.
Worried about Marquis Zhao Lu's illness, imperial court official Lu Shi sent a doctor to examine his pulse, but he was turned away from the door, and he couldn't enter himself. Rui Xue said: "Lord Shi is kind, and Lord Marquis said that he remembered this in his mind, and it is not that he didn't want to see Lord Shi, but was afraid of passing the cold on to Lord Xiang for emergency. In case Lu Shi also fell ill, there would be chaos in the court."
After all, the imperial court official Lu Shi didn't have Zhao Lu's deep mind, so he thought it was right, so he left.
Rui Xue, holding a yellow cloth covered wooden tray, knocked on the door and said, "Lord Marquis, Rui Xue, your maid."
Then he pushed the door open and went in. Then he went back and took the door with him.
Rui Xue turned into the inner room, which was empty. She put the tray with the memorial on the table and sighed.
On the night when Emperor Feng left the imperial capital, the master secretly followed him in disguise.
Rui Xue doesn't know if the master trusts herself so much that he leaves the memorial for her to check. Although Rui Xue is happy for Emperor Feng, the master still pretended to him, but the trust is more important, especially if she is just a woman
At the beginning, Rui Xue thought it was Zhao Lu's unfeeling love. Zhao Lu was kind to her. Rui Xue would never betray Zhao Lu. She had been with Zhao Lu for a long time. But Rui Xue felt that he could not understand the meaning of their countries fighting after all. She only knew that Feng Ming was a good man. At least, he was the most infatuated with Zhao Lu and Feng Ming. No second person could surpass Feng Ming, she felt inferior to myself.
But in fact, Zhao Lu is just a knife. As soon as Feng Ming leaves the imperial capital, he can't sit down any longer. He even went after him.
When Feng Ming left the imperial capital, he went south first. Local officials picked him up. The next day, Emperor Feng left. The team changed its way to the Shui river.
The Shui river has been rainy these days. When it does rain, the flood ramps can't resist the overflow. The local officials can only build the river banks when it doesn't rain, but it's still superficial. Once it rains heavily, the river bank will be washed away immediately.
In the middle of the night, there was a rainstorm, and the local governor Shui Cao was still sleeping. As a result, the Shui river soaked the county gate because of the low terrain. The next person knocked on the door cautiously. The master quarreled with his wife and concubines in the evening and woke up.
So he quickly put on his official uniform and ran to the river bank.
Many local officials came up to the riverbank. The heavy rain washed down the temporary construction supervisor's house. They were all dressed in oil coats. At first, they asked the servants to hold oil umbrellas, but the wind and heavy rain were strong. As soon as the oil umbrellas were opened, only the bamboo and woods in the middle were the only thing left. The oil coats were not very useful at all. The official uniforms were all wet, and some official hats were blown away.
When Shui Cao arrived at the riverbank, he only scolded people, but he only poured water into his mouth with one mouth open. He scolded a few words that were too windy and could not be heard clearly. His hair was wet and clattering on his face, and he had no prestige.
But now there is nothing to close the gap of the river bank. At this time, Shui Cao wanted to organize everyone to rush to repair. The rain is not small at all, and it's a kind of chicken, dog jumping all over the place.
Feng Ming arrived at the Shui river a day ago. He told the boat to stop far away in case that local officials found out and made some superficial efforts. He took several of his relatives to the boat to check the river bank.
It rained heavily in the night, and Zhang Shui didn't want Emperor Feng to go up the river bank. After all, the emperor is a man of the country. If there is a good or bad thing, it's not that we can't thank for it.
But Feng Ming was determined to go, so everyone had to follow him. It rained heavily all the way. Zhang Sui knew that he could not speak of the emperor, so he had to kneel down and ask to go to the river bank with Feng Ming on his back. That was the difference between the imperial court official.
When Feng Ming came to the river bank, everyone was stupid.
Shui Cao doesn't care about swearing. He knelt down and shouts "long live the emperor". The rain mixed with the river. When he knelt down, he hardly passed everyone's knees. No one dares to dislike anything. Now the rain seemed friendlier than the face of Emperor Feng.
Feng Ming looks around at their masterpiece of river construction, he was furious. He kicked over Shui Cao, who laid on the ground and kowtows.
Feng Ming said with a smile, “How are you? All the silver that Zhen has allocated has made you do this little? Every year, you are asking for more. If you don't die today, you don't know what it's like."
Shui Cao almost fainted and could not even speak. He could only kowtow.
Feng Ming said in a cold voice, "Get up and count Zhen wants to see who hasn't come. As long as they eat the salary of the imperial court and are not here now, you don't have to do it now. Once it is sunny tomorrow. Throw them all into the river to feed the fish!"
Shui Cao answered in a trembling voice: “His majesty! His majesty! His Majesty... this imperial court official asked his majesty to move away. The rain is too heavy and it's not safe here. Please his majesty just move away! "
Feng Ming said, “It's really rare. Do you know it's not safe here?"
“This low imperial court official knows his wrongs, this low imperial court official is to blame, but I ask his majestic to move, this low imperial court official has made a big mistake, if his majestic also has a good intentions, this low imperial court official is worthy of the ancestors even if he dies!"
Feng Ming listened to what he said sincerely. It was raining heavily. He who was able to run to the river bank at the first time also thought that he was pretending to build the river.
In this way, Feng Ming's face improved a little and became gentler, then said: "Zhen also knew that you can't do it alone, but would you dare to say that you haven't embezzled in this situation? Didn't you take a cent of the silver for the riverbanks defenses? The taxes of the people are not for your use. What you eat and wear is their hard-earned money. When the river bank defenses breaks down and the people drown, who will pay you?”
The audience listened to Feng Ming's words. At this time, they all felt something. As expected, some things can't be understood before the end of the day.
Feng Ming's goal has been achieved, but he has no idea. If he throws the great imperial court official into the river to feed the fish, who else will work for him?
Feng Ming planned to go back to the imperial ship at the people's request. Since everyone knew that he has come, there is no need to dock the imperial ship so far.
But before he left, suddenly an official came running over, forgetting the etiquette in a hurry and shouting: “The riverbanks defenses broke! The riverbank defense have broken! The flood is coming!"
His voice was almost drowned in the strong wind and the crackling rain, but unexpectedly it was very clear. Everyone's mind was shocked. Shui Cao and other officials immediately escorted Feng Ming to the nearby mountain.
But the big water was fierce, and in a flash, it flooded the place where they had just come, chasing the footprints of all the people all the way, and the hills suddenly became small in front of the water.
Feng Ming stayed in the palace all the year round, but he never slacked off practicing martial arts. Shui Cao was not as strong as him. When everyone ran to the foot of the hill, Shui Cao began to have trouble breathing and choked several mouthfuls.
Feng Ming was said to be cold hearted, but in fact, it was just a representation. He saw Shui Cao stagger two steps, swooped at his feet, only paused. At the next moment, he picked him up with his hands and shouted, “Go quickly."
At this time, Shui Cao couldn't even say what he was touched by this gesture. He didn't know whether it was rain or tears on the face of a man of his age.
There is a small temple on the hill. The terrain is a little higher. The small temple is also withered, barely sheltering from the rain. If it's not too urgent, no one knew that there is still the Yue Lao the Moon Matchmaker God temple here.
All the people ran to the temple exhaustedly. Feng Ming patted the offering table severely. The roof was broken a lot, and the offering table was wet by the rain.
Feng Ming was dead in the corner of the table. Although it's raining heavily these days, the flood of this year is much weaker than that of previous years. What do you think of it? It's impossible for Feng Ming’s country to have such a large amount of water.
However, Feng Ming decided not to think about it. His whereabouts have been known by Xue Jun Liang. Xue Jun Liang specially built a road for him to lead the flood and the waters into the Shui river city together.
Feng Ming looked at the heavy rain outside. Although they are not in danger at this time, how many people in the city have been washed away at the riverbank, and the whole city will be submerged by the flood. After a long time, the small temple will not be immune.
Zhao Lu secretly followed Feng Ming's party. When Feng Ming got on the river bank, he was nearby. When the official shouted “The bank broke". Suddenly, Zhao Lu's heart suddenly cooled. He suddenly understood the meaning of Emperor Xue.
Zhao Lu knew that as an emperor, there can be no benevolence of women and men. The country is made of white bones. He doesn't care about a small city with countless refugees. But Zhao Lu has experienced displacement. He knew what it's like to live in this state. He also knew that he's not a man who does great things in his life.
Flustered on the riverbank, it seemed that the official escorted Feng Ming. It seemed that he was going to run to the mountain. As soon as he bit his teeth, he finally turned around and rushed to the city.
Zhao Lu actually should thank those officials who didn't go to the riverbank. He rushed to the city gate and took out the official seal. The local officials woke up immediately and didn't even have time to see him.
Zhao Lu asked the people in the city gate, whether officials or soldiers, to go out door-to-door and beat the doors and send people in the city to higher places.
When he finished these things, he immediately turned back to find Feng Ming.
Feng Ming choked with water when the little temple was flooded. When he woke up, he felt that his chest was suffocating and he was about to explode. His throat was burning, but he only spat a mouthful of water. That almost made him spat his intestines out.
He looked around. It seemed to be a broken room. There was a man sitting nearby. He saw that he was awake, but he didn't move. Feng Ming thought he was asleep.
When Zhao Lu went to find Feng Ming, the small temple had been washed down. Everyone fled. Feng Ming could not swim, choked several saliva full and fainted.
Zhao Lu saved him and took him to a safe place where it was easy to accommodate, but he is afraid that Feng Ming will recognize him. Although there was nothing wrong with the other person, he didn't expect that his actions almost killed many people, and he had no face to see Feng Ming again.
Feng Ming's snake-skin robes has been washed away for a long time, leaving only a white inner garment, water and mud, and he had not the emperor’s identity at all.
He saw Zhao Lu in the distance, but he didn't know him. He just said, “You saved Zhen [cough], saved me?"
The other party didn't recognize him, so Zhao Lu just let go and didn't speak. He was afraid that the man knows his voice, so he nodded.
Feng Ming stumbled to his feet. His limbs were a little weak. He couldn't use any strength at all, but he still got up. He arched his hand and said, “Thank you very much, sir."
As soon as his voice fell, he was about to fall to the ground. Zhao Lu pulled himself out and caught the man. He felt ashamed to touch Feng Ming. He sat down with him and stepped back.
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“Emperor.”
Xue Jun Liang has nothing to do these days, so he went to check the little crown prince Xue Pei's reading situation. Just as Xue Pei was pestering Teng Yun to teach him the art of war.
The little crown prince has a close relationship with Teng Yun. Xue Jun Liang has no objection. He admired this empress, let alone the crown prince who persist.
Here came Xue Jun Liang. Teng Yun and Xue Pei should have had a good day of rest, but Xue Jun Liang said with a smile, “Go ahead, just sit down."
Although Xue Pei thought the Imperial father's smile was really meaningful and his eyes were bent, he could only shake his head secretly, but he didn't have the courage to say it. It's empress mother who is quite calm and really has to be admired.
Jiang Yu didn't want to disturb the Emperor Xue at this time, but the military was in an emergency, so instead of delaying, and having it seen as if it was his own fault, so he had to come here.
Xue Jun Liang saw him and said, “What's the matter, but it doesn't matter you can speak. Empress and the crown prince are not outsiders."
Jiang Yu always has a hundred courage and dare not say it out loud. If emperor wanted to show his affinity, he can't really take it seriously.
Or lower his head, to the ear.
“His majesty, spies report that the official seal of the Feng state Marquis Zhao Lu was found near the Shui river."
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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