Chapter 106 Lanzhou Night Talk
After some tenderness, I called in the waiter to take care of the grooming, and then turned off the lights again to settle down.
It's just that the Lanzhou Yeyu Pavilion is next to the Kongming Pond, and the sound of frogs roars this season, and the two of them who have just been tossing around for a while were so noisy that they couldn't fall asleep immediately. How does it feel to know that you are willing to imitate Mr. Liang Shang at midnight for the sake of luck?"
"Your Majesty always likes being a concubine, but I didn't just find out about the concubine today." Yun Fenghuang was not at all guilty, and said with a smile, "Today, I greet the Empress Dowager and the others, and they are quite flattered. I want to come to the Empress Dowager The reason why you are willing to give food to the concubine is because of His Majesty's face."
Chunjia sighed, "Why would I think you still have a conscience..."
"Your Majesty, as the saying goes, things of a kind gather together and people are divided into groups. The reason why you think I have a conscience is mainly because your Majesty is also a person with a conscience!" Yun Fenghuang said solemnly, "Otherwise, she is really such a heartless person. It’s all about ulterior motives and scheming, isn’t it?”
Chun Jia suddenly didn't want to talk to her.
However, Yun Fenghuang came to have a chat, turned over, leaned half on the emperor, and asked coquettishly: "Your Majesty, I am paying my respects to my loving mother, the Empress Dowager today. I saw that the furnishings in the room have been changed a lot. They are basically fragile porcelain and jade, maybe they were thrown by Yue Jieyu when she was angry that day? Then Yue Jieyu has too much temper, the loving mother Empress Dowager is an elder after all."
"I'm still your monarch, and I haven't seen you have any respect for me." Chunjia closed his eyes and said lazily, "It's fine if someone else puts eye drops on Niangniang, you?"
Yun Fenghuang said: "Why is this concubine put on eye drops? If you don't believe me, Your Majesty can't see things that I can detect. Your Majesty saw it and didn't say anything, which shows the status of Yue Jieyu in His Majesty's heart. The so-called inseparable relatives, even though I don’t study much, I still know these truths. It’s just curiosity!”
The emperor snorted and said, "Are you curious about why Niangniang has such a temper? I am also curious about how you can make Qi Jiulu fall in love with you who have nothing to do with virtuousness and virtue? I don't think that kid is gentle and generous. My son, I can tolerate you!"
"First of all, my concubine and Qi Jiulu are in the same family. They are both in the hometown, and the two families have distant relatives." Yun Fenghuang propped his chin on the bed with one hand, and grabbed the emperor's hair scattered on his chest with the other hand, playing with it slowly. Said, "From the first time we met, he couldn't underestimate the concubine's body and treat the concubine's body as a dispensable person. Instead, he should treat each other with courtesy and not neglect."
Transportation is inconvenient in this era, and most people will never leave their homeland throughout their lives.
Marriage is also a major event. In order to prevent children from encountering unkind people and forming a karmic relationship by mistake, apart from special circumstances such as clinging, of course, people in the village who know the basics are favored.
And the family is right, they are all descendants, which is the basis for both men and women to be equal and respect each other.
"Secondly, my concubine was born well. Everyone has the love of beauty."
In fact, in the final analysis, she still has a family background. In this case, her beauty will not be despised by her family's children, but will only make them admire and yearn for it.
"Third, although the nature of the concubine is not so gentle and careless, the teachings of the family to the concubine have always been compared to Qi Jiulu-he is tolerant of Wen Yunwu, and the concubine is also dancing with the smell of chickens. Composing poems and writing essays, being able to draw a bow and draw an arrow when mounted on a horse, playing piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and dabbling in everything!"
Sensing that the corner of the emperor's mouth twitched, he disapproved, and Yun Fenghuang rolled his eyes in dissatisfaction, "I didn't say that I was proficient in everything, but I at least know a general idea of what Qi Jiulu knows, so I won't When he speaks, he can't even catch a word!"
This was Jiang's arrangement. Jiang told the Qi family that he thought Qi Jiulu was too good, and was afraid that his daughter would not be worthy of such a good son-in-law if he learned less. The Qi family is of course happy to see the success of the in-laws' act of tailoring a fiancée for their son, and deeply feels that the Jiang family is really virtuous and sensible.
In fact, the virtuous and sensible Jiang family turned around and told Yun Fenghuang that my son is smart, and it doesn’t take much effort to learn a little superficial. You will know something about Qi Jiulu in the future, let’s see if he can still fool you!
What's more, it's better to get along with Qi Jiulu on a daily basis for the reason of asking for homework. The talented man and the woman are like-minded. If this is not enough to have a deep friendship, then there are no sincere young couples in this world.
Moreover, the eldest sons like Qi Jiulu received the most orthodox teachings since they were young. There are differences between wives and concubines, and respect for the main wife is the principle taught by parents and clansmen.
Even though he had never met face to face before getting married, Yun Fenghuang was completely different from other women to him since the two families got engaged.
Not to mention getting along with each other since childhood, the beautiful and like-minded Yun Fenghuang was already loved by Qi Jiulu. There is no conflict in the marriage contract between the two, only expectations. After many years, it is of course obedience and obedience.
So although Qi Jiulu is not a truly tolerant and open-minded person, his tolerance for Yun Fenghuang is almost unlimited.
After analyzing the relationship between himself and Qi Jiulu without changing his face, Yun Fenghuang asked the emperor, "But I don't know why your majesty would indulge Yuan Niangniang so far? Forgive me for speaking bluntly, but I really can't see that Yuan Niangniang has this qualification. Make His Majesty so infatuated."
Chunjia smiled and said, "Who can tell what happened when I was young? Maybe it's fate."
"Your Majesty, it's boring for you to do this." Yun Fenghuang was very dissatisfied, "I have already dumped beans with you, but you want to get away with it?"
Chunjia said: "What do you mean by fooling around? Originally, I was just asking casually, and I didn't say that you said it, and I couldn't stop talking."
Having said that, being tired of being entangled by Yun Fenghuang's shaking arms, he pondered for a while and finally opened his mouth, "My biological father, King Fuyang Duan, was born weak, because he is the only son of King Xianzhuang. Therefore, he was able to inherit the title. Therefore, after the empress mother passed through the family and had nowhere to go, Princess Xianzhuang was naturally dissatisfied. Especially...after Empress Qu gave birth to Zhen, although the empress immediately decided to adopt her, Princess Xianzhuang was still furious."
This is understandable.
In an ordinary family, if the mistress can't give birth to a son, but adopts a concubine to give birth to a son, it will be regarded as virtuous and magnanimous.
But in the clan, especially the vassal king, there is no one to get rid of the country.
Empress Dowager Yuan adopts a concubine's son before she has anything to give birth to, which is tantamount to announcing that she has given up the hope of giving birth to a concubine herself-can Fuyang Zhuang not be angry?
Although it turned out that Empress Dowager Yuan was right and Chunjia succeeded as a concubine, but at that time King Duan of Fuyang was still alive, Empress Dowager Yuan did this. As the mother of King Duan, Concubine Zhuang was in a bad mood Imagine!
During those days, Empress Dowager Yuan must not have had a good life.
Chunjia said, "I was young at the time, and I didn't understand. I just remember that as long as I can remember, my mother has been depressed. Every time I go back to Concubine Zhuang, I always cry with Zhan Liu when I come back to the house. When I saw it and asked, the empress mother only said that it was because the Li Shu in the world was too difficult, so her heart ached and shed tears."
He sighed softly, "Although I felt that something was wrong, the queen mother immediately hugged me to her knees and asked someone to tell me that people's lives are hard and the world is not easy... I was too young at that time, and I was easily bullied. Turn your attention, and it will be over."
The Empress Dowager Yuan concealed the conflict between her mother-in-law and her mother-in-law tightly in front of her son-in-law. After many times, the emperor believed it. Her crying and pain were all because she felt sorry for the people.
"Later, my mother invited me to be taught by a teacher, and I thought, I must study hard, be a good king, manage the fief well, and let my mother no longer feel sad."
Chunjia said lightly, "Because of the death of the first emperor, the Ji family did not want the throne to fall into the hands of the regent father and son, and visited the clan to find an heir. When asked if I would like to be a son, I immediately agreed."
After all, in Chunjia's opinion at the time, if he was just the king of Fuyang County, no matter how beautiful Fuyang County was governed, who knew that the kind-hearted Queen Mother Yuan would turn to feel sorry for the people in other places?
So it's better to be the emperor himself, so that he can be the master of the whole world. When the time comes, when the river is clear, the sea is full, and the warehouse is full of peace and prosperity, his mother will no longer be sad and cry.
"Your Majesty is truly pure and filial." Yun Fenghuang reminded with a dry cough, "Then, Yuan Niangniang?"
What I want to know is how you can tolerate Yuan Niangniang all these years, not how kind and filial you are to the Queen Mother!
"I inherited the king's title as a concubine, and I depended on my mother's planning. Of course, the Yuan family of Fuyang also helped." Chunjia said in a casual tone, "Later they proposed to be my daughter-in-law, and the queen mother agreed, and Niang Niang often came. Staying in the palace for a while... I didn't spend much time with her before I came to the Imperial Capital. After all, I had a lot of homework, and when I had free time, I would go to the mountains and rivers to investigate the people's sentiments, or associate with scholars in order to gain fame... In order to make up for it When she is rarely free, the queen mother will help arrange it to make her happy."
For example, watching apricot blossoms together, boating on the lake together...
Empress Dowager Yuan herself is a girl, and she came from Yuan Lianniang's age. She knows best what little girls like at this age, and Chunjia is willing to cooperate. She is a scheming person, so although she occasionally complains that Chunjia is too busy to spend time with her, she also feels that her future mother-in-law is kind and her fiancé is distinguished, talented, and caring for her, which is not comparable to other families, so she is very satisfied.
In Fuyang County, this feeling was actually not very deep in Chunjia's opinion, it can only be said that it became a matter of habit.
Otherwise, he would not agree to come to the imperial capital to take the throne—in his eyes, the Empress Dowager Yuan is more important than Yuan Niangniang, and there is no doubt about this gap.
Yuan Niangniang felt that the most memorable and important relationship between her and the emperor was the years they spent together in Fuyang County. In fact, what really made Chunjia treat her differently was that she insisted on entering the palace even though she knew the future was unpredictable.
"If my concubine was in the position of Niang Niang at that time, how would I choose my concubine?" Chunjia asked suddenly when he said this.
Yun Fenghuang said without even thinking: "It is impossible to enter the palace. If the bamboo horse is not in charge of the government or the master of the family for a day, the concubine will never enter the palace! But the concubine will not tell the bamboo horse that the concubine does not want to be wronged. I can only say that this is all because of the obstruction of the Ji family, and I am afraid that the bamboo horse will be caught in the middle. Anyway, I will blame all the Sangong and Six Courtyards, so that the bamboo horse must feel that the concubine has suffered a great grievance for him. There is not a single good thing in the Sixth Palace!"
"Then as soon as the person leaves, I will find a husband in Fuyang County who has a slightly lower lintel than my own, but has both talent and appearance, is pleasing and easy to manage, and marry him!"
Seeing Chunjia looking at herself with a speechless face, she thought for a while and added, "If you still remember after you get married, then write another letter and cry to say that the family forced you to become a concubine, and there is nothing you can do about it. Anyway The family can continue to blame the Ji family, saying that it is because they are afraid of Ji's anger that they have to pressure their daughter out of the cabinet."
Lest Zhuma feel that she has betrayed him because of love and hatred, so that all the previous performances are in vain...
"...so I don't bother to say anything about you right now." Chunjia sighed, "If it were me, it would probably be similar to your approach, at most the scene would be better handled."
Yun Fenghuang nodded in agreement, the emperor did look better than her on stage, for example, most of the concubines still think the emperor is gentle, elegant, handsome and generous... and her reputation as a newly promoted Zhaoyi, tsk tsk.
Chunjia said: "People like me and you, no matter how kind and easy-going we are, are unwilling to entrust others with happiness, anger, sorrow, happiness, future, honor and disgrace. When making the choice, I asked my queen mother to persuade her personally, and it's not like I didn't remind her that she was in a difficult situation after entering the palace. The most important thing is that once I change my mind, she might die without knowing how to die! Fuyang The Yuan family is considered a famous family in Fuyang County, but what is it in the Imperial Capital?"
In other words, Yuan Niangniang died in vain.
But she still wants to enter the palace—Chunjia was not without emotion, "Except for the queen mother, this is the first time in my life that someone treats me so disregarding life and death, so even though her temper has become more and more twisted over the years, I can't bear to say What."
Yun Fenghuang smiled and said: "I just can't bear to say anything? I thought you were deeply moved, and since then no one else can enter your heart?"
"What Qi Jiulu did, I feel embarrassing when I look at it." Chunjia asked back, "However, the concubine is moved but moved. After the end, isn't it just like a concubine who calls slaves and servants?"
If you want to be hard-hearted, don't ridicule anyone in the imperial concubine, they are all masters who can be touched but not impulsive.
Yun Fenghuang disapproved of his teasing: "I don't dare to be cruel to Your Majesty. Your Majesty has seen how bad my concubine was before that night!"
She felt that no matter how heartless she was, she was always better than the emperor, right?
Chunjia asked back: "Then why do you think I am willing to accompany you to talk so much tonight?"
"..." Yun Fenghuang paused for a moment, then turned his eyes and asked tentatively, "Your Majesty, will you endure Yue Jieyu these years, and don't intend to continue to endure it?"
Otherwise, the emperor "couldn't bear to say anything" because of the emotion at the beginning, how could he suddenly be willing to talk to her because of his emotional fluctuations?