The Ugly Empress《丑娘娘》Chou Niang Niang
The Ugly Empress vol 1, Chapter 41: A word for word
Teng Yun felt that he can't see how Xue Jun Liang was getting better at seeing things. On the contrary, he seemed to know himself better and better.
Take the case of Xu Hou Yang's expedition. Teng Yun thought he didn't understand Xu Jun Liang's idea. Xu Jun Liang certainly doesn't want his brother to fall in love with a man. It's a joke just to let others joke like he doesn't know what his identity is.
After all, isn't it absurd for the Marquis of Wannian to cover up and indulge in male lovers sexuality? Even the reputation of the Emperor Xue may suffer.
But Xue Jun Liang not only didn't blame Xue Hou Yang, but also let Teng Shang follow him in this expedition.
Xue Jun Liang and Shen Yi left. Seeing that Teng Yun's eyebrows were still slightly wrinkled, he seemed to understand the other person's thoughts. He smiled and said, “What can make Zhen's empress frown?"
Said that and then he leaned over and rubbed his brow and heart with his fingers.
Teng Yun turned his head. He was a little scared of his reaction, which was even more serious than panic. He gradually became familiar with various small actions from Xue Jun Liang. From the beginning of disgust and nausea to now, he didn't know how to dodge. Teng Yun felt that he had changed so much in this palace.
Xue Jun Liang said: “Is it because of Teng Shang? You don't know why I sent him with Xue Hou Yang?"
Teng Yun did not refute, but acquiesced to Xue Jun Liang's guess.
Xue Jun Liang said with a smile, “I guess so. If it’s a worrying thing, you can only express your worry on Teng Shang."
Teng Yun was shocked, “His majesty..."
Xue Jun Liang waved, as if he was generous, but said: “If Teng Shang is not the wife and family of the Marquis of Wannian, he would die for his position in your heart because not only do you love to see him, but even Hou Yang loves him. Although being a brother I don't want my brother to fall in love with a man, I'm afraid the stubbornness nature of Hou Yang. I'm looking forward to which family Hou Yang is going to have, and then you should forget Teng Shang, but even then it's impossible to think about it."
Teng Yun seemed to be able to hear Xue Jun Liang's worry about Xue Hou Yang. It's true. Although male concubines and men's pets were not strange in this era, they are the representatives of "Silliness".
In the eyes of the common people, if an emperor marries a male concubine, it's a silly monarch. Although the flat headed common people dare not say anything, they will always be used as a joke after dinner. If the great Imperial court official marries a male concubine, it's to shame to the Imperial court official. Even if there is no corruption, no law bending and no party building, the accusations will make sure he steps down.
At the end of the day, people won't think it's true.
No matter who is the emperor, it is estimated that this kind of thing cannot be allowed to happen, and this kind of thing cannot be allowed to interfere with his reputation. However, Xue Jun Liang has considered it for him from the perspective of Xue Hou Yang.
For the first time, Teng Yun felt that if he was not from the Teng state, he would be promoted and reused by Xu Jun Liang, an emperor who was eager for talents, or he would give advice in the Imperial court, or he would be like Xue Hou Yang in the frontier.
Seeing that he was not in high spirits, Xue Jun Liang said, “Is it because you are not comfortable? Want to send the doctor to have a look?"
Teng Yun bit his mouth, and suddenly said, “His majesty doesn't have to be so attentive to me."
“Why? All of a sudden." Xue Jun Liang said with a smile: "If Zhen doesn't care about you. Who will he care about? I'm afraid you can't stand Zhen's kindness and is moved"
Teng Yun said, “To be honest, I'm really moved by his majesty, but his majesty treats the Marquis of Wannian as a thing,"
Xue Jun Liang immediately met and said, “Then tell me how your relatives treated you when you were in the Feng state."
Teng Yun paused for a long time, as if remembering something, and then he said: “Since I was born, I didn't feel any brotherly feelings. The only one who treated me well and teaches me how to read and write is was a marquis. For many years, I have been thinking about why people I had blood relation with treat me so coldly, but people without any blood relations can be so kind.
Xue Jun Liang said quietly, “What about your brother?"
Teng Yun knew that he was talking about Emperor Feng, the brother from the same mother of the empress. Teng Yun himself had a brother from his mother.
He didn't speak. Xue Jun Liang was also raised in the palace. How could he not understand these past events? Besides Xue Hou Yang, he has many brothers, like Xue Yu. These people are the most eager to kill him. If he dies, he can live a long and happy life.
Xue Jun Liang changed the guards of the Yunfeng palace and strengthened the Forbidden Palace garrison after Shen Yi pointed out. Although he trusted the loyalty of the three he family members, they were too careless and could only be used as trumps.
Xue Hou Yang and Teng Shang were ready to leave in a few days. After all, refugees can't wait for them. Besides, Teng Xin has been in the army for some time. He was afraid it's too late to support them.
Xue Jun Liang placed a banquet at the gate of the palace, asked Xue Hou Yang to sit with him, and resigned himself for Xue Hou Yang. Teng Shang took advantage of this time to get to the gate of the Yunfeng palace, and Qian Shui saw him, so she let Teng Shang into the palace, and then informed the empress.
Teng Yun didn't expect that Teng Shang would come to find him. Maybe that day, Teng Shang was also impressed, right? But that sentence alone is not enough to explain anything. At best, it is questionable.
Teng Yun asked Teng Shang to sit down and Xiu Yao looked at the tea.
“I don't know why Lord Teng came here?"
Because there is Xiu Yao, Qian Shui and other people in the palace hall, Teng Shang can't ask the doubts in his heart clearly, so he just paused and said: “Teng is on his way to visit empress, and heard that the empress is intelligent and superior. He also was to say thanks to the empress for the help she provided that our army can break Cheng Tian's bandits. So this low lord has dared to ask some countermeasures about the expedition."
Teng Yun nodded and signaled Teng Shang to continue.
Teng Shang said: “Teng Xin's soldiers are powerful. If they surround the palace, how can we counter them?"
Teng Yun's eyes were calm, and he said with a smile, "Light cavalry attack, disorderly array first."
Teng Shang added, “It's hard for people. It's hard to open a porridge factory. It costs money. Do you want to open it or not?"
Teng Yun said: “When you are full, you don't know how generous you are. You can't remember the kindness of drizzle unless you are suffering from thirst. Setting up a porridge factory can make refugees feel grateful and then you organize the refugees to cultivate soldiers. Some of the grain and grass at the border can be self-sufficient. Even if the grain and salary are not enough, it won't shake the military heart."
When heard this, Teng Shang's eyes flickered, just nodded as if he wanted to say something to Teng Yun, but he whispered: “It's hard for you... It's hard for you to remember a word... "
He said this and his voice had a slight tremor, as if he was restraining something, and then he took a sip from the tea bowl and restrained himself.
Teng Yun's hand under his broad sleeve became a fist. These tactics were taught to him by Teng Shang at that time. Teng Yun remembered them very well that he knew that Teng Shang was testing him, so he deliberately said it to the other party. As expected, Teng Shang understood it.
“Mr. Teng is going to the frontier. Please take care of yourself..."
Teng Shang nodded, then said nothing more, knelt down and walked out.
He went out of the Yunfeng palace, just as Xue Jun Liang said goodbye to Xue Hou Yang, followed the army out of the outer gate and went to the border.
Xue Jun Liang knew that Teng Shang has gone to the Yunfeng palace, but he doesn't worry. He has Qian Shui to report everything to him.
Qian Shui quickly found a reason to come over and said, “I think there's a strange saying. Teng Shang said, “It's hard to remember a word.”
Xue Jun Liang's index finger knocked on the table case, but he didn't make a statement, but he knew clearly in his heart that empress must have known Teng Shang for a long time, and had a lot of things to do with him.
Qian Shui said: “I still feel that the empress is a little bit... It's strange that the empress doesn't like to be served, doesn't like to dress up, and turned over military books when she has time. The crown prince often came to the Yunfeng palace, and asked the empress to teach him riding and shooting. This maid thinks that the empress is a man of enduring all kinds of troubles. Even if she is the princess of the Feng state, how can she step and shoot... "
Before she finished, Xue Jun Liang slapped the table with a light and heavy voice and said: "Qian Shui, Zhen asked you to pay attention to every move the empress makes, and not to question every move the empress makes. If you have done all the thinking, what do you want Zhen to do as an emperor of the country?"
Hearing what he said, Qian Shui was relaxed, but her heart was cold. She knew that her performance was too much. She knelt down and kowtowed. She said sadly, “The maidservant is also for the sake of loyalty. The maidservant will not dare anymore. Your majesty please spare the maidservant this time."
Xue Jun Liang was still knocking on the table with his index finger. He reclined on the big chair, sat a little lazy, his legs were folded, the five crown tassels on his head were shaking, and he was wearing the snake-skin robes while he is dignified and upright.
Qian Shui knelt on the ground and just looked up at Xue Jun Liang. She was a little shaken at the moment. She grew up in the Teng state palace when she was a child. Later, because of her intelligence, she followed Teng Qian Yi, who is also a person who has seen the world. No matter how beautiful the royal family and noble she has seen, but none of them has the momentum like Xue Jun Liang.
Xue Jun Liang cannot be angry, but also can be intimate with. The more elusive, the more fascinating.
Qian Shui always remembered the story of the emperor. Xue Jun Liang promised that he would think about it, so he worked hard to monitor Teng Yun.
How can I know that this kind of ostentatious posture, on the contrary, irritates the dislike of the Emperor Xue?
Xue Jun Liang said, “You don't have to go back to the Yunfeng palace. Let Jiang Yu give you a brand and go to the Zhuxiu palace to wait for the draft selection."
“Your Majesty... Your Majesty.”
Qian Shui raised her head abruptly. She could hardly speak because she was happy. She kowtowed: “Thanks Emperor for his grace!"
Xue Jun Liang waved and motioned for her to go out. Generally speaking, if it was her former self, it was estimated that he would have had already included Qian Shui in the Imperial harem. After all, Qian Shui was able to pamper, and her appearance was not bad. What's more, she knew when to coax people and when to show weakness. For when is an emperor who was not born would not want someone like her, why not spoil a woman who knew how to follow her own direction?
Xue Jun Liang felt that he must have been ill, so he would feel that he did not know how to please himself, how to knit needlework, how to sing and dance.
Maybe he was used to the gentle and pleasant ladies of the Imperial harem, and suddenly there was a concubine who could use soldiers to fight. She was a breath of fresh air for some time.
Xue Jun Liang can only persuade himself in this way. Otherwise, why does empress have so many doubts, but she looks more and more pleasant to him?
There is a memorial on Xue Jun Liang's desk. Jiang Yu collected it. He asked Zhao Lu to check the affairs of the Feng state leader. Zhao Lu sent several letters back and forth. Jiang Yu was afraid that Zhao Lu's identity would be revealed, so he burned the letter and transcribed the contents into a memorial.
It's very detailed, maybe because Zhao Lu has a lot to do with Emperor Feng.
Xue Jun Liang looked at the table and laughed. Teng Yun has talked about his life experience several times. Xue Jun Liang didn’t think he said anything fake. The expression on the empress face his speech can't be fake, because he said many things that Xue Jun Liang also realized. This is something that can't be understood without being in the palace.
And none of these things even appeared on the table
Xue Jun Liang opened and closed the memorial several times. It seemed that he was very bored and played with it casually. But his expression made Jiang Yu dare not speak out.
When Xue Hou Yang and Teng Shang arrived at the border, Teng Shang offered a plan to disrupt the enemy's position first by means of light cavalry raids. In this way, the army could be repaired so as not to make the soldiers unable to fight on after long journeys, but also to solve the Imperial city's siege at the same time.
Teng Xin is suspicious and has been attacked repeatedly. How can he not be afraid? Especially, other soldiers were not honest and popular. In this case, he dare not act further.
After the sneak attack, Xu Hou Yang's army was almost repaired. In this way, the soldiers were divided into three ways. Teng Shang led the soldiers to the other city corners and surrounded the Imperial city. Xue Hou Yang led the soldiers to the old nest of the enclosure of Teng Xin.
Fiefdoms were the basis of the rebels. If the fiefdoms can be taken, the rebels can surrender without fighting because of lack of food and support.
For one thing, Teng Xin didn't expect that Xue Jun Liang would send troops to help his enemies. For another, he didn't expect that Xue Hou Yang and Teng Shang would fight against him.
Teng Xin's army encircled the Teng Imperial City, and its forces were scattered. At this time, it is in conflict between two armies from Xue Hou Yang. Many soldiers fled and abandoned the battle. At this time, Teng Xin received a report that the fiefdom was lost. Xue Hou Yang paid a lot of money to buy the city gate officer of the fiefdom. Xue Jun just arrived, the city gate opened, and Xue Hou Yang went in and out of the fiefdom like nobody.
When the fiefdoms were lost, the morale of the rebels was low and they were almost defeated. Teng Shang, like a man on the ground, captured Teng Xin and his officials.
Emperor Teng knew that Xue Jun Liang would send troops to support him, but he dared not think that it was the old lord Xiang Teng Shang who came to save himself.
When Teng Shang entered the Imperial City, the people were still shivering. They were surrounded for more than half a month. Fortunately, they had a lot of food, or they would have become a dead city.
When they saw Teng Shang, they recognized him. Suddenly they knelt down and shouted, “It's Shang Xiang, Lord Xiang is back! Lord Xiang is back to save us! "
When the man finished shouting, one after another, someone shouted out. For a while, the voice of the downbeat Imperial city rushed to the sky. Even the Imperial Palace could hear the voice of the people shouting for Shang Xiang.
Teng Shang was riding on the horse. The horse was frightened by the shouting for a while. He lifted his hoof and neighed his nose twice. He quickly stopped the rein of the horse. His head was like the tide, and they knelt down one after another. Even the soldiers guarding the city were peeping and kowtowing to their heads.
This change of scene made Teng Shang feel red in the eyes for a moment.
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~ The Ugly Empress ~
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