202, The Queen's Favorite Husband

"You are saying that Fengjun smashed a chair to pieces in front of you?"

Feng Zhao was sitting on the phoenix throne, listening to Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing's accusations. Her face was calm, and only her slightly raised eyebrows highlighted her less-than-calm heart.

"Fengjun was born into a general, and it is normal for him to learn martial arts from an early age. However, in the harem, Fengjun is so irritable, which is not a good example for us, the concubines."

Naturally, Liu Lin and Zhang Ruyi would not complain openly, but just expressed their grievances tactfully, hoping to let the Queen know that the man was not only ugly, but also violent, and did not have the virtues of being gentle, virtuous, and tender as men at all. Such a man is not worthy of the position of Fengjun, let alone the Queen's love.

"And just now in Fengyi Palace, Feng Jun said, he said..."

Liu Lin had doubts on his face. He raised his head and glanced at Feng Zhao, then lowered his head again, as if he was wondering whether he should say the next words.

"What did Fengjun say?"

Feng Zhao grew up in the palace. In addition to her, the current queen also has a second daughter, Feng Lin. This sister is eight years younger than her. She is the queen's older daughter and is deeply loved by the queen. This has also raised her. Ambition.

If Feng Lin hadn't been only seven years old when the Queen died, she was still just a child. When she grew up, the two princesses would have fought for the throne.

However, before the death of the current Queen, Feng Lin's biological father often framed Feng Zhao for this daughter, trying to smear her image in the Queen's mind and build momentum for his own daughter. Feng Zhao's biological father died young and did not eat less. Dumb loss.

The methods Liu Lin and Zhang Ruyi are using now are all leftovers from the men in the former Queen's Palace, and Feng Zhao still doesn't notice them.

"Fengjun said, he said that His Majesty praised his fresh, generous, simple and natural appearance, and said that His Majesty felt refreshed as soon as he saw him."

Liu Lin didn't believe it. How could the queen say such things to that ugly husband? The queen was not blind.

Feng Zhao was glad that he was not drinking water now, otherwise he would have had to squirt it out.

"Cough cough cough." However, in order to suppress the laughter in his heart, Feng Zhao still had to reach out and cover the lower half of his face slightly, and coughed instead of laughing.

Nonsense, she obviously complimented him just to comfort him. His appearance without heavy makeup was refreshing. What he said was fresh and generous, and what was simple and natural were definitely not what she said.

Feng Zhao didn't know why, but she was in a good mood when she heard her royal husband pretending to be powerful and adding insult to her words. He didn't mean to be angry at all.

Feng Zhao's cheeks turned red because she was holding back her laughter. In the eyes of Liu Lin and Zhang Ruyi, this was a sign that the queen was angry.

They said, how could the Queen praise that ugly guy?

The two looked at each other and smiled, then glared at each other. Today they only temporarily joined forces to deal with Yan Chu. The two of them will definitely not become friends.

"Why, you have objections to Gu's words."

Feng Zhao cleared his throat, trying hard to suppress his expression and keep his aura calm.

Her words extinguished the joy that had just ignited in Liu Lin and Zhang Ruyi's hearts.

What does the Queen mean by this?

"Fengjun is the father of the people of Tianhuang, and he is also Gu's official husband. He is responsible for all the kind words. What's more, Gu's praises are all justified. Both my beloved concubines feel that Gu's vision has a problem?"

Feng Zhao would not expose Yan Chu's lies in front of the concubines, not to mention his half-truths. After all, she was the one who comforted him first. Maybe her imperial husband was really angry because of her words. Thinking this way, in the final analysis, it is also her problem.

"W-what?"

Liu Lin opened his mouth wide and looked at the Queen in disbelief. Your Majesty actually thinks that Yan Chu's face is worthy of such complimentary words?

He felt that his world view had been greatly impacted.

Thinking about it now, it was indeed the Queen's decision to make Yan Chu her husband. Although the Yan family worked hard and made great achievements, there were many more powerful families in the Phoenix Kingdom than the Yan family. Why were the sons of those families not as lucky as Yan Chu? .

Perhaps they had thought wrong from the beginning, and the Queen's aesthetics was probably crooked.

She liked Yan Chu's ugly appearance, and Liu Lin was worried. In the Queen's mind, that delicate and weak self was just an ugly image.

He didn't want to accept this fact, but the Queen had never praised his appearance.

Liu Lin, who had always been confident, turned pale, and seemed to have seen his tragic fate after falling out of favor.

"I don't dare to do that to you. Fengjun is indeed as praised by His Majesty as a model for men in the world."

After Liu Lin said this with difficulty, he burst into tears. Dad, he wanted to go home.

Zhang Ruyi thought more than Liu Lin, and he did not doubt the queen's aesthetics. After all, the queen had personally praised him.

He was thinking about the Queen's protection of Yan Chu and whether there was going to be some action in the north. Yan Chu's mother was a general who guarded the border, and his three sisters were also generals and tigers who had made military exploits.

If His Majesty really intends to take action against the Chi Nu tribes in the north, even for the sake of the women of the Anyan family, he must treat the only brother of the Yan family well.

In this case, I am afraid that in the next period of time, I will have to please that ugly guy. Only a sensible man can get the Queen's love.

Zhang Ruyi's guess was indeed correct.

Feng Zhao's tolerance for Yan Chu was indeed partly related to the upcoming war in the north.

It was no longer a once-in-a-while event for the Red Girl tribes to invade the northern border towns. They plundered livestock and raped good husbands and wives. Wherever they went, everyone made lamentations.

The late emperor was a conservative and wise king, but he was not a tycoon who expanded the territory. She married the royal princes to the red tribes in the hope of maintaining long-term peace through marriage. She gave in time and time again, only to find nothing. It's just an extravagant effort by the Red Girl tribes.

The first thing Feng Zhao did after taking office was to recharge his batteries, recruit troops and horses, and hoard food and grass. The battle in the north was a must-win.

Nowadays, some of the veterans in the court are content with enjoying themselves. As long as the Red Girl tribes do not come to the capital, they will only say that they will endure it, wait for peace talks, and wait to marry another prince, hoping that the prince will be rich. The dowry can keep them content for a few more years.

Feng Zhao will not condone those people's wild ambitions, isn't he dissatisfied? Don't you covet her Tianhuang Kingdom's fertile territory? She beat them into submission and let them know that anyone who offends her, Tianhuang, will be punished no matter how far away they are.

Yan Beitian has been guarding the border for many years, and her loyalty to the royal family is unquestionable, but Feng Zhao also wants another double insurance.

This insurance is Yan Chu. Yan Beitian loves this son the most, and Yan Chu's three sisters are all doting on their younger brothers. As long as Yan Chu is good, the female generals of the Yan family will always be loyal to her as the queen. Regarding her subsequent proposal to attack the Red Girl tribes, there was no overwhelming opposition in the court.

Thinking of this, Feng Zhao's eyes darkened.

The people her mother left behind were all old and confused. Their thoughts were still stuck on the time when the mother was still alive. They always regarded her as an immature emperor because she had not yet performed her coming-of-age ceremony. Emperor, trying to influence her words and deeds.

They should know that it is no longer the time for her mother to reign.

This world is her Feng Zhao's world, and this court is her Feng Zhao's court.

Feng Zhao glanced at Zhang Ruyi who was thinking, and suddenly felt a little tired. She didn't like men who were too smart. Thinking about it this way, Yan Chu's silly temperament was more to her liking.

*****

Some low-ranking concubines in the palace knew that Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing went to Minghuang Palace as soon as they came out of Fengyi Palace, and the Queen also received them.

Everyone could guess what the two concubines were going to do, and they secretly hoped that their complaint would have a good result.

There were more than one or two people present who were frightened by Yan Chu's palm, and they were all suffocating in their hearts.

It's just that when the two concubines came out of Minghuang Palace, one of them had a livid face. When they returned to the palace, they lost their temper. According to the lower-ranking concubine who lived in the side hall of Lingju Palace, there seemed to be a faint When I heard the crying, I didn't know if it was because I was reprimanded by His Majesty in Minghuang Palace.

Zhang Deqing of Chende Palace was a little better, and could not tell whether he was happy or angry. As soon as he returned to his palace, he asked the palace attendant beside him to give a gift to Fengyi Palace. It is said that the gift was given to Zhang Deqing when he entered the palace. , his father spent a lot of money to give him a fine white jade statue of Guanyin as a gift.

Just by looking at the actions of the two concubines and the fact that His Majesty has not reprimanded the one in Fengyi Palace for such a long time, everyone can clearly see the current situation. It is clear that the Queen's heart is towards that ugly one. I saw that even the two lords were defeated. Together, they are not as powerful as one lord. Fighting with Yan Chu is not like hitting a stone with an egg.

Thinking like this, everyone's world becomes gloomy.

How should they live their lives in the face of such an unconventional and violent Feng Jun?

*****

"Sir, so we really don't want to take action over there?"

The palace attendant beside Zhang Deqing helped him remove the hairpin from his head, and then used a rhinoceros horn comb to gently unclog his hair.

With the burden removed, Zhang Ruyi couldn't help but feel a little relaxed.

Beauty has to pay a price. The gold, silver and jade ornaments on this head add up to several kilograms and are tied on the head. Especially when the hair is tied in a bun, the hair is pulled tightly. At the end of the day, the whole scalp is painful.

"His Majesty obviously wants to re-employ the Yan family. Until the north is pacified, not only can we not attack him, but we must support him and respect him so that His Majesty can know how good we are."

Zhang Deqing is not aggrieved. Originally, he was bound to win His Majesty's coming-of-age ceremony, but based on his speculation today, I am afraid that Your Majesty will never choose anyone other than Yan Chu for the coming-of-age ceremony.

Firstly, it was to stabilize the position of the principal concubine, and secondly, it was also for the sake of the hearts of the female generals of the Anyan family.

He hammered the table angrily, but he didn't have the strength like Yan Chu. The table didn't move at all, and his hand was red from the hammer, which made him burst into tears.

"Young master, I'm really wronged."

Xiuchun, Zhang Deqing's attendant, has been serving him since he was a child. As Deqing, he can bring in two palace people, one is Zhang Deqing's grandma, and the other is him. Therefore, he has absolute trust in this attendant. of.

"Don't be wronged. Temporary favor is nothing. What I want is the future of Tianhuang Kingdom."

Zhang Deqing's heart has never been pinned on the Queen. A woman's love is the most unreliable. This can be seen from his mother.

His father was born into a noble family. When he was young, he was a famous beauty. Over the years, he used countless rare treasures to delay the passage of time. But even so, new people continued to enter his mother's backyard. He I have watched my father fight with those men since I was a child, and shed tears because of my mother's passion.

The Queen's harem is the place with the most beauties in the world, and it is also the most qualified and passionate woman in the world. Zhang Ruyi is not as stupid as his father, who would ask for a woman's sincerity. He only wants power and wants to be the next Queen. biological father.

He positioned himself as the talkative flower in the harem, as gentle as water, able to solve all the troubles for His Majesty, not jealous, and not actively involved in the fights in the harem, at least on the surface, this must be the case.

I believe that as time goes by, the Queen will naturally know that he is the only one most qualified to teach the princess, and he is the man most qualified to stand side by side with her.

Zhang Deqing's depression was gone. He was still too impatient today. I'm afraid that the impression of gossiping has been left in the Queen's heart. Fortunately, during the day, it was Liu Lin who kept complaining, but he didn't say a word. Fa, this way there is still a chance to restore his image in His Majesty's mind.

"I'm going to write a letter to my mother later. You can ask the hidden stake in the palace to help me deliver it. Please do as I wrote in the letter."

Zhang Deqing is a smart man, and he is as smart as a woman.

The Queen has grown into an outstanding monarch. She can accept the opinions of her courtiers, but she may not like them to object to any decision she makes without reason.

Especially the coming of age ceremony of the Queen is coming, which also indicates that this young phoenix is ​​already looking forward to the broad sky. It is time for veterans like his mother to take a stand and express their position.

For any man, his husband's family is their biggest support after getting married. Zhang Deqing does not want his mother to make any wrong decisions that will affect his status in the Queen's mind.

*****

"Fresh and generous? Refreshing? Simple and natural?"

Feng Zhao was sitting in Fengyi Palace, looking at the man who had just finished bathing, with his hair disheveled and wearing a plain double-breasted robe, and said with a smile.

She didn't often go into the harem. After all, she was not old enough to stay in the harem, and the affairs of the court were complicated. She still had a lot to learn, and she couldn't spare much time to get to know her concubines.

But today, Feng Zhao suddenly became interested and wanted to meet his unique royal husband.

"Although His Majesty did not praise me like this, I know that His Majesty must have thought so in his heart."

Yan Chu raised his head slightly, and the expression on his face clearly read four words, isn't it?

"If Your Majesty thinks that I am not good like this and am not as good as before, then I will call Ru Xiao back and dress up as Your Majesty likes."

"I think Ah Chu is very good like this."

Before Feng Zhao had time to laugh at the first half of Yan Chu's words, he was choked back by the second half.

Thinking about how he dressed before, Feng Zhao would rather he live happily like he is now, with this inexplicable confidence.

"I knew His Majesty liked me like this."

Yan Chu stopped when he saw that he was good, flipped up his hair, and gave Her Majesty the Queen a discerning look, which made Feng Zhao dumbfounded. Why didn't she find it funny before that she, the royal husband, was so confident? human.

"What is your Majesty looking at?"

Yan Chu saw the queen's eyes wandering around the palace and couldn't help but ask.

Feng Zhao looked away. She couldn't say that she was observing which table Yan Chu had broken.

It's also her fault that she hasn't come to Fengyi Palace too often and is not familiar with the furnishings here. Besides, the tables and chairs in the palace are also regulated. Maybe even if she is familiar with it, she won't be able to change the tables and chairs. .

"A Chu often goes to Chenxiao Palace to practice martial arts these days?"

Feng Zhao thought that for a man like Yan Chu who was raised in a boudoir, even if Yan Beitian didn't feel sorry for his son and allowed him to practice martial arts with his sisters, the intensity would definitely be different.

It is an exaggeration to say that he could open the mortise joint of the table table with one slap, and that Liu Huiqing's words would tear it apart.

Feng Zhao took a sip of tea and suddenly paused for a moment. She had never drunk tea with a light floral fragrance before. The floral fragrance was not strong, but it had a unique taste. It was refreshing in the mouth and tasted very good.

Why didn't she remember that there was such tea in the palace? Could it be Yan Chu's dowry?

"Yes, His Majesty's coming-of-age ceremony is coming soon. Of course I have to exercise well, otherwise how can I satisfy His Majesty?"

"puff--"

Feng Zhao was sipping tea when he heard Yan Chu's naked seductive words and immediately squirted out the tea.

She, the royal wife, must have used the city wall at the border to hide her face.

No matter how powerful the Queen is, she is still just an inexperienced chick after all. Listening to Yan Chu talk about what might happen at the coming-of-age ceremony carelessly, she couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed and looked at him with wide eyes, "You, you, you" You, you, just can't say the next words.

"Your Majesty is so careless."

Yan Chu sat opposite Feng Zhao, and the sip of tea she spat out happened to be in his direction. Most of the tea splashed on the table and clothes, but only a small part splashed on Yan Chu's face.

He took the handkerchief handed over by Eleven and wiped his face. He met the Queen's gaze and licked the tea splashed on the corner of his lips with his tongue. The pink tip of his tongue slowly licked his lips. Every move was full of silent temptation.

Feng Zhao felt an inexplicable heat, and she quickly lowered her head and drank a sip of tea to calm down.

Her husband was too shameless. How could he, how could he...

Feng Zhao couldn't say what was wrong, but as long as she thought that Yan Chu licked the tea that she had just accidentally sprayed out, she didn't feel disgusted, but she felt that her whole body was burning. If she wanted to say what he did wrong, she couldn't say it.

Feng Zhao quickly drank a few more sips of tea to calm down. The husband was still too young. As his wife, she should play the role of teaching him.

Yan Chu didn't seem to know what was wrong with his action just now. After wiping the water stains on his face and clothes with a handkerchief, he smiled at Feng Zhao.

Her face, without any makeup, was naturally in good condition, and her smile was bright and generous, without any of the shyness and coquettishness of a man.

Feng Zhao drank the last sip of the flower tea in the cup and finally calmed down.

There was still more than half a month left, and she would teach him well when the coming-of-age ceremony came.