Chapter 34: The Great Zhou Empire
Back in the harem, the emperor went to Fengyi Palace to see Empress Zhao, Empress Zhao's maiden name is Zhao Yuqin, she is mediocre, but Fengzi is elegant, her mother is the eldest daughter of Zhao Yongchun, the eldest daughter of Zhao Yongchun. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info Queen deals with the affairs of the six palaces, with both grace and power, kindness and kindness, and a lot of means. Although the emperor and the queen's young husband and wife do not sleep together now, out of respect for Empress Zhao, the emperor will discuss everything related to the harem.
The emperor came to Fengyi Palace, and the queen learned early and led everyone in the palace to take over in front of the palace gate.
As soon as the emperor landed, Empress Zhao bent down and saluted, and said: "The concubines greet the emperor, long live the emperor, long live, long live!" "The people behind Queen Zhao all knelt on the ground and saluted, shouting long live!
The emperor got off the sedan chair, stepped forward to help Empress Zhao, and said to the palace people who were still kneeling on the ground: "Get up!" ”
The emperor and queen held hands and helped each other into Fengyi Palace.
Behind them, the eunuchs and palace maids shouted three times again, and only then did they get up and respectfully follow the two and serve carefully.
After helping the emperor to sit down on the main seat, Empress Zhao also sat down on the other side, and the palace people Juxiang used the black lacquer fragrant wood tea tray to hold a pot of Chunshan fragrant leaves, bowed down to Queen Zhao, and offered it with both hands, Queen Zhao personally poured a cup for the emperor and held it in front of her, and a quiet fragrance spread.
The emperor took the tea, sniffed it lightly, put it on the table at hand without hurry, and said to the queen: "I heard from the palace people that the queen has been feeling a little unwell recently, but has she been declared a doctor?" ”
Empress Zhao smiled with her eyebrows and said gently: "Emperor Lao is worried, the concubines are just occasionally feeling cold, and they have been judged by the Zhang Yuan, there is nothing to worry about, these days I just feel a little tired, not in the way." ”
"Oh!" Hearing what the queen said, the emperor seemed to be relieved: "There are a lot of things to lock in the six palaces, and the queen is tired, so she doesn't have to work so hard in the future, and she can order some small things to deal with with the concubine, and you can also have some leisure and take care of your body." ”
Empress Zhao's heart was shocked, and she still smiled gently: "The emperor is sympathetic, the concubine is the queen, and she should share the worries of the emperor. ”
When the emperor saw her say this, he didn't say anything more, took a sip of tea, and said, "Empress, the Blue Moon Kingdom has sent a messenger to ask for the princess of our country, what does the queen think?" ”
The smile on the queen's face faded in an instant, and her ruddy face quickly turned pale: "Blue Moon Country, didn't you already promise one last time?" Why are you still here? ”
The emperor's expression was solemn: "What I want to tell you is exactly this, my eagle guard came to report, the great-granddaughter of Zhang Ge's hometown was awarded the imperial concubine a year ago, but she died violently a month after the concubine. ”
The queen suppressed the churning blood in her heart, her face was frightened, she covered her mouth and exclaimed: "If this is the case, then wouldn't it be dangerous for our Yi'er to go." ”
The emperor said: "I heard that the king of the Blue Moon Kingdom is brutal and abnormal, but he is resolute and resolute, especially good at fighting on the battlefield, according to the Eagle Guard, they intend to go south. I thought that he must have known that I still have a princess who has not yet married. Therefore, put forward this condition, in order to coerce, if I do not agree, he will have a righteous reason to go south, now it is an eventful autumn, Yuzhou floods, the displaced people are in turmoil, the north of Daqi has been eyeing our Central Plains, and the east has the Blue Moon Kingdom to take the opportunity to attack. Speaking of this, the emperor stopped, stared at the queen's eyes and said: "For the sake of my Great Zhou's future generations and grand hegemony, we need some time, the princess of Ningguo, the daughter of the daughter, marrying the Blue Moon Kingdom, will definitely allow the two countries to marry the Qin and Jin Dynasty, and there will be benefits and no disadvantages." ”
When Empress Zhao heard the emperor's words, her heart was full of blood, and in an instant it seemed to be frozen, and it was extremely cold, she couldn't help but tears in her eyes, and she no longer had the grace and luxury of the queen, she only looked at the emperor and said: "The emperor has pity, Yi'er is just a fifteen-year-old child, how can she go to that wild place alone, live with tigers and wolves, and hope that the emperor will think twice!" Yi'er is you and me, flesh and blood are connected, how can you give it? ”
The emperor frowned, and his voice was slightly astringent: "Yi'er is here to marry as the queen of the main palace of the king of the Blue Moon Country, the queen doesn't have to worry too much, Yi'er is a good person, and she will be fine." ”
The queen rushed forward and grabbed the emperor's hand, clenched it tightly to her chest, and said with tears in her eyes: "Princess Chaoyang is not married yet, she is the princess of the Great Wednesday, Yi'er is the fourth princess, and it should be Chaoyang to marry to the Blue Moon Country, besides, she is now seventeen, and her age is just right, your majesty, let Princess Chaoyang go on behalf of Yi'er!" I beg you, concubine! ”
The queen cried and complained, poignantly, but she couldn't see the emperor's gradually cold face, the emperor was obviously very impatient, shook off the queen's hand, and said coldly: "The queen should not be confused, Chaoyang has promised to marry Xu Zhongneng, the eldest son of the prince's Taifu family, and now he is worthy of the great responsibility, and he must be in Ningguo." The dignity of the princess, marrying the Blue Moon Country to make friends with the two countries, why does the queen cry and cry, and what kind of system does it become! ”
The queen was still unwilling, and stepped forward to cry again, the emperor only looked at Queen Zhao coldly, did not speak, did not make a sound, and Queen Zhao hurriedly said: "The eldest granddaughter of the Hou family of Wuchang, gentle and virtuous, knowledgeable, and beautiful as a fairy, why not make her a princess, and then marry her to the Blue Moon Country, in this way, the Blue Moon King will be happy, beautiful woman, he must be happy." ”
The emperor only looked at Empress Zhao coldly, did not speak, did not make a sound, and at the end, stood up, and said to the empress who was still sitting and crying: "The empress is tired, rest early." ”
The emperor got up, silently returned to the imperial study, and stood alone in front of the window for a long time.
Today, Queen Zhao only has two princesses, Murong Jia, the eldest princess of Dingguo, and Murong Yi, the princess of Ningguo, the fourth princess of Ningguo, and the second is Murong Lan, the princess of Chaohua from Liu Zhaoyi's mother, and there is also a princess who is the third, from Wang Shufei, named Princess Chaoyang, named Murong Qing; The youngest princess is the fifth, and she is the princess of Chaoyun from the Yugui concubine, named Murong Cai.
Today's national surname is Murong, the emperor has a total of seven princes, the eldest prince Murong Xiao, Chinese New Year's Eve has two, the king of Tai, and his biological mother Liu Guifei; The second prince, Murong An, Chinese New Year's Eve, King Fengcheng, and his biological mother Concubine Jiang De; The third prince, Murong Yun, is twenty-seven years old, the king of Fengxin, and his biological mother Concubine Li Xian; Murong Yan, the fourth prince, is twenty-five years old, Fenghui Wang, and his biological mother Concubine Guo; The fifth prince Murong Hao, twenty years old, was crowned King of Qi, and his biological mother Liu Guifei was the half-brother of the King of Thailand; The sixth prince, Murong Zhi, was nineteen years old, was crowned King Kang, and his biological mother Gong Meiren died early, so the queen raised him by her side; The seventh prince, Murong Tian, is only eleven years old, and has not yet left the palace to build a mansion, so he has no title, and his biological mother, Wang Shufei, is the half-brother of Princess Chaoyang.
The current emperor ascended the throne at a young age of sixteen, and has reigned for thirty-five years.
Empress Zhao didn't have a biological prince, so she adopted the six princes, but after all, she was not herself, so she loved the two princesses the most. The eldest princess has already been married, married to the champion Lang, and her life is going well, and she is also happy as a mother. I wanted to wait for the princess of Ningguo to turn sixteen years old and choose a horse for her, but it didn't come to pass, and the marriage of the Blue Moon Kingdom shattered the queen's dream.
What kind of place is the Blue Moon Country, the queen knows best, almost every king of the Blue Moon Country will come to Da Zhou to ask for marriage, but no matter whether it is a real princess who marries or the daughter of the prince of the emperor who chooses a minister to marry as a princess, he will not live for five years, and he is often tortured to death. The so-called friendship and peace between the Great Zhou and the Blue Moon Kingdom over the years have actually been achieved by being soaked in the blood of these women. She didn't care what happened before, but this time it was her turn to be her own daughter, Queen Zhao was almost heartbroken, her heart was like a knife, thinking that her youngest daughter Ruhua would suffer such a catastrophe at her age, Queen Zhao's heart was full of hatred. But the emperor has made up her mind, and she has nothing to do.