203. The Queen’s Favorite Husband
203. The Queen’s Favorite Husband
The people in the palace soon noticed that the wind direction in the palace seemed to have changed. Before this, who had cared about Yan Chu, the emperor's official husband, but now the queen went to sit with the emperor's official husband five times across the mountain. After dinner, it was obvious that they valued the emperor's husband very much. They did not think that they were neglecting the emperor's husband because they disliked him for being ugly.
No matter what the reason is for the Queen to do this, no one dares to go against the Queen's wishes anyway. In addition, the examples of the defeated Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing are still ahead. Who dares to talk about Feng Jun behind his back or treat him like before? If you follow orders and disobey them, you think your life is too long.
The attitude of everyone in the harem has changed, which is specifically reflected in the fact that the low-level concubines have become more active in greeting each other every morning. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs has newly put into storage any good things, the palace attendants in Fengyi Palace will happily deliver them without asking. Come over, everyone is respectful, as if they were not the ones who talked about Yan Chu behind his back and looked down on him.
"Congratulations to Mr. Feng, congratulations to Mr. Feng."
The Queen's coming-of-age ceremony is coming soon. According to the attitude shown by the Queen now, it is obvious that she must stay at the Emperor's husband's place that day.
In fact, judging from the status, for a queen who values rules as much as she does, unless something unexpected happens, it is impossible to bypass Yan Chu, the righteous monarch, and choose another concubine.
"Why are you so happy?"
Last night, Yan Chu was dragged by the Queen to talk about life and ideals, and he didn't fall asleep until his wife. However, according to the rules of the palace, he would come to pay her respects at Chenshi, which meant that he had to get up at 00:00. In total, he only slept for five days. hours, completely unable to meet his usual sleep requirements.
Therefore, his mental state was not very good. After a while, he yawned two or three times.
Everyone in the palace knew that the queen stayed at Fengyi Palace last night. Such behavior rarely happened before the queen or the princesses came of age. Although everyone knew that nothing happened to the two of them, as long as they thought of the queen's disregard The etiquette and rules dictate that staying in the harem until adulthood makes people crazy with jealousy.
Now Yan Chu asked them why they were so happy. In the eyes of those monarchs and concubines, there was a feeling that a villain had succeeded.
"The Queen and Lord Feng are very much in love, and the Phoenix appears. Isn't it a great joy?"
Zhang Ruyi smiles gently. He is smarter than Liu Huiqing. Ever since he failed at the Queen's place, Liu Huiqing has been hiding in his palace and has not said anything about coming to Fengyi Palace to pay her respects. But Zhang Ruyi is different. , starting from the next day, he came to Fengyi Palace on time to meet Yan Chu according to the rules. People in his faction followed suit, fearing that others would not know their respect for Feng Jun.
As time went by, the trend in the palace became more and more obvious. Even the low-level concubines who originally relied on Liu Huiqing rebelled. They began to ignore Liu Huiqing's ideas. From the beginning, they came to Fengyi Palace secretly, and later they came to Fengyi Palace openly and openly. Come on, in comparison, Zhang Deqing's power is much higher than Liu Huiqing's.
This was a nice thing to say. Yan Chu looked at the colorful men in this room and couldn't help turning his face. He couldn't bear to look directly at them.
Compared with Liu Huiqing, this Zhang Deqing seems much smarter, but sometimes his intelligence is mistaken for his cleverness. He may not be more popular with the Queen than Liu Huiqing.
But it doesn't matter. After all, when he comes, the Queen will definitely dislike every one of them.
Yan Chu sighed in his heart. In fact, if he really followed the wishes of the wisher, he would be very innocent towards these concubines who had entered the palace.
It is true that the oppression of men in the feudal society where women are superior to women is lighter than the oppression of men on women in the feudal society where men are superior to women. Men can take the initiative to divorce and remarry after losing their wives. There is no such thing as a chastity arch, but Zhang Deqing The wife of others is the Queen, who dares to compete with the Queen for a man?
In this case, if the harem is really to be dismissed according to the original wish, what will be the fate of these men who are dismissed from the palace? Those whose husbands' families love their sons are better off, and they can still spend their old age in peace, but those whose husbands' parents are more stubborn and cold-hearted may kill people just by picking a name. There is such a man in the provincial family. You have lost the face of the whole clan.
Even if she is the former, she is cherished by her family, but she cannot avoid being criticized. Since the founding of the Tianhuang Kingdom, only one empress has dismissed her harem for the sake of the emperor's husband.
The situation of that empress was a bit special. Her biological father died young, and the current empress had a beloved concubine, as well as a princess who was born with that concubine. She looked down upon her very much.
Therefore, in her backyard, in addition to the majesty at that time, there were also many men from other forces. The queen, who was still a princess at the time, was in danger. In order to appease everyone's hearts, she behaved in a dissolute manner. Those in the palace She accepted the men who came her way, and no one knew that she was pretending to be a pig to eat the tiger. When the current queen announced her will on her deathbed, her name was actually on it.
No one knew whether this was the intention of the current queen or whether she had tampered with the will. The more favored princess immediately rebelled because the will was false. In just three days, she was suppressed by force by the queen.
After she ascended the throne, except for the former main monarch who was canonized as the emperor's main husband, all other side monarchs and attendants were dismissed from the palace.
Some of the concubines who were expelled from the palace entered the imperial temple, and some committed suicide after returning home due to unbearable humiliation. Except for a few who married far away, without knowing whether they would live or die, almost all of them had an ending that was not good.
At that time, there were a lot of criticisms against the Queen in the court, especially those whose brothers had entered the Queen's Court, which was a lesson to the Queen's death. They begged the Queen to take back her life. This turmoil of disbanding the harem lasted for nearly five years. If it weren't for The Queen persisted and had overall control over the government. I'm afraid it would take longer, and someone else would have been defeated.
Because of her actions, although the queen was a wise monarch, the records in the history books have mixed reviews. Some people envied the queen's infatuation with Feng Jun, while some people felt that the queen was too unfeeling towards other monarchs and concubines.
Since her, there has not been a second queen from the Tianhuang Kingdom who dared to do this. I am afraid she is also afraid of this.
Therefore, Yan Chu was very worried about how to deal with these concubines who had entered the palace. Of course, it came from his own heart and he was not willing to share a wife with other men. However, what he could do to minimize harm to these men was still the most important thing. heavy.
In fact, this time point is also good. At least the number of people in the Queen's Palace is far less than that of later generations, and there are still two years until the next draft.
The Queen's Coming of Age Ceremony has not yet been held. If these concubines can remain "virgins" and are released from the palace, it will at least be easier to remarry.
What he has to do is to make these concubines not resist leaving the palace as much as possible, and at the same time eliminate some bad influences. Even if they have the imprint of the man who was the queen, it will not affect their marriage again.
It sounds simple, but this is really a huge project. The difficulty of this task is no less difficult than in the previous world.
"Fengjun, Fengjun?"
Zhang Deqing gently called Yan Chu. There was nothing wrong with what he said just now. He didn't know why this man became trance after listening to his words, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Why didn't Hui Qing come again today?"
Yan Chu didn't answer the question and asked the palace attendant beside him.
"People from Huiqing's palace came to say that Huiqing was ill and could not come to pay homage to Lord Feng."
Although Liu Huiqing couldn't help but come to Yan Chu to greet him, he was better than before. He knew how to find a reasonable excuse for his behavior. No matter whether he was really sick or fake, he still had a reason.
"Brother Huiqing's illness hasn't lasted for a day or two. I don't know if it's because the imperial doctor didn't do his best, or if it's because his body is weak."
Wang's eyes lit up when he heard Yan Chu's words. In his opinion, Feng Jun mentioned Liu Huiqing specifically because he was dissatisfied with him and wanted to attack him.
Zhang Deqing was already a little dissatisfied with Fengjun because he gave Ruxiao to him and asked him to wear that white-faced peach blossom makeup every day.
If he could persuade Fengjun to punish Liu Huiqing today, maybe Deqing would change his mind and forget about the makeup.
Thinking like this, Mr. Wang couldn't wait to jump out. On the surface, he seemed to be speaking for Liu Huiqing, but in fact, he was secretly mocking him for pretending to be sick, hoping to arouse Feng Jun's anger.
If it doesn't work, you have to make sure that the other party is weak and sick, and he may have been ill for a long time. How can such a weak man serve the queen and become the biological father of the princess or the prince.
Zhang Deqing took a sip of tea, lowered his head and smiled without saying a word. He was still very satisfied with Mr. Wang, a fool who jumped around and did things for him without asking him to ask. As for the dissatisfaction he had shown before, it was just Just to beat him and save him from having ambitions that he shouldn't have.
"Huiqing's body is really weak."
Yan Chu murmured in a low voice, the volume just high enough for everyone in the palace to hear.
As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the monarchs and concubines below lit up, as if they were about to see a good show.
"Not only Hui Qing, but also my Fengjun, I see that your bodies are all weak. You are not even one-tenth as strong as I am. How can you serve the Queen and give birth to healthy heirs with such a body and bones? What are you going to do with me starting tomorrow?" All are exempted. When the time comes, everyone will gather with me at Chenxiao Palace. They will run twenty laps around the martial arts arena every day, and then practice a set of marksmanship with me. Although I don’t expect you to be the same as me, at least you can. Keep your body strong so that you don’t get sick one after another during the changing of seasons.”
Yan Chu said to the concubines in the palace, not forgetting to give instructions to the eleven on the side: "Go to Lingju Palace and give instructions. I will send an imperial doctor there in a moment. As soon as Huiqing recovers from his illness, he will also Come over and practice together. It seems that he is in the worst shape in the whole palace now, so we can't be lazy. "
The tea cup in Zhang Deqing's hand was almost unsteady. What did this ugly man say?
Let them, who have been pampered since childhood, train with this rude brother like him?
Their skin is so delicate and their bodies are so weak, can they be the same as him?
Zhang Deqing couldn't imagine that one day he would be as black as Yan Chu and as thick as him.
Even though he was so well-mannered, he couldn't help but his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.
"Fengjun."
He gave a shuddering cry.
"I know what De Qing wants to say, but there is no need to be polite to me, Fengjun. As the mother of a country, setting an example for the harem, these are all things I should do."
Yan Chu Dayi said solemnly. All the ladies and gentlemen present almost wanted to stick their shoes on his face. Madam is so shameless.
Attendant Wang suddenly became the target of public criticism. If he hadn't mentioned Liu Huiqing in such a mean-spirited manner, if it weren't for him, Huang Zhengfu might not have thought of this.
The people, whose anger had nowhere to dissipate, did not dare to provoke Yan Chu, so they could only pick a soft persimmon and pinch it.
The attendant Wang, who was glared at by everyone, almost shrunk into a quail and burst into tears. Why was he always the unlucky one? When Yan Chu spoke in the future, he should just act like a mute.
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