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The apse of the Queen's Palace

The queen leaned lazily on the soft couch, and slowly pressed her forehead with a slight pain with one hand. Pen~Fun~Pavilion www.biquge.info Zhu Chuyu stood aside, his eyes half-lowered with a respectful expression, and he didn't dare to make the slightest move. After a long time, I heard the queen say lightly: "I heard that this palace heard... Wei'er is not in good health these days? Why don't you invite the imperial doctor and don't come into the palace to say a word? ”

Zhu Chuyu hurriedly said: "Let the queen mother worry, the prince is in excellent health and has no discomfort." ”

The queen sneered and said, "Are you blind when this palace and Your Majesty are blind, or do you think that others can't see it if you cover your eyes?" What did those side concubines in your house send to the palace a few days ago? And the rumors of the past few days... You all have your own ideas and will be in charge, and this palace and Your Majesty can't control you! ”

Zhu Chuyu's heart trembled, and he hurriedly knelt on the ground and said straight, and the ministers didn't dare.

No matter how many measures she has, all kinds of intelligence, she can only bow down in the face of absolute power and status, and it is wrong to even defend a few more words. Touching the ground with his forehead, Zhu Chuyu's eyes were churning. Right... Rights, this is the reason why people in this world would rather have their families ruined than fight for power and profit.

"Forget it, get up. Don't turn back and make Wei'er feel that this palace is harsh on you. The queen was a little interested.

"Erchen doesn't dare, thank your mother." Zhu Chuyu hurriedly said, raised his head and glanced at the queen quickly, the queen closed her eyes slightly and looked tired. I only heard the queen say lightly: "When the palace was pointed out to His Majesty by the first emperor, he was still young, and he had to marry into the royal family as a princess and marry thousands of miles to Youzhou, and I was very uneasy. My mother warned me that a wife should observe her duty but not be too blind to her husband. Take care of the inner house wholeheartedly, do not exceed your own duties at will, but also see your own weight clearly, and do not interfere in foreign affairs at will. Carefully teach your children, and although you don't treat your concubines and daughters equally, you shouldn't treat them harshly. Over the years... The palace has done a good job of asking itself, so His Majesty also has great respect for the palace. Only... Qianchi and their three brothers, this palace failed to teach ...... properly"

"Queen Mother..."Zhu Chuyu hesitated, not quite understanding what the queen meant by telling her. At the same time, he was a little dismissive of what the queen said, only those ignorant women in the inner house would throw themselves on the one-third of an acre of land in the back house. As for concubines and concubines, how many women will treat them well?

The queen suddenly opened her eyes and looked at her indifferently, "Do you think what Bengong said is wrong?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare."

The queen ignored her, and just continued: "This palace knows what you think, you are thinking that flawless is completely different from this palace, but you are more comfortable than this palace, isn't it?" ”

Zhu Chuyu didn't dare to speak, and the queen said: "You can't learn flawless skills, and women in this world can't learn it." She has the ability to assist her husband, and... Impeccable never instigated her husband to do anything he shouldn't. Whether it's right or not, whatever the King of Chu does is his own decision. This is exactly where the queen is disappointed in Xiao Qianwei, how can a person who can be easily influenced by a woman become a big thing? Nangong Mo can influence Wei Junmo but won't do it, Zhu Chuyu clearly can't completely change Xiao Qianwei but has to jump up and down to toss, this is where the queen is disappointed in Zhu Chuyu.

After saying this, the queen was a little more tired, and said: "In this Jinling Imperial City, there are more smart women than you think. They are unknown because they know their place. They may not be able to call the wind and rain, and they should come and go like clouds. But they can be respected by their husbands, loved by their children, and pampered for a lifetime. People want too much, and in the end they get nothing. ”

Zhu Chuyu lowered her head and listened respectfully to the queen's teachings, but only she knew how much she listened.

The queen said: "Over the years, this palace hasn't spoken to you much. Remember these words. If you can understand, you can understand, and if you don't understand, you can't understand. Go ahead, Hongu is a little tired. ”

"Yes, the retainers are retired." Zhu Chuyu secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly saluted and retired.

The queen's voice behind him came faintly, "As a princess, you should also pay attention to the rumors outside." It's time to have a child in your house. ”

Hearing this, Zhu Chuyu's heart trembled slightly, "Yes, Queen Mother." ”

Out of the palace, Zhu Chuyu secretly exhaled a breath of turbidity. There was a haze churning in her lowered eyes, and she was dismissive of the queen's words. Why should she be obediently trampled under her feet? The queen herself wants to be a virtuous wife, what does it matter to her? What if she is virtuous all her life? In the end, in the eyes of the emperor, her three sons tied together are not as good as one son of Empress Yuan!

In the apse, a palace maid gently stepped forward to rub the queen's forehead, and said softly: "Niangniang, why do you want to tell Princess Zheng this? The princess is only afraid of ......"

The queen snorted lightly and said, "This palace knows what she is thinking, and she feels that this palace and His Majesty have been suppressing her." Why didn't she want to think about it, why didn't this palace suppress Yan'er, didn't suppress Flawless. ”

The palace maid sighed lightly, after all, Princess Zheng is too selfish, no matter which mother will not like a daughter-in-law who is too selfish. It's a pity that Princess Zheng can't understand that Niangniang doesn't like her because she puts her own selfish thoughts above her husband's interests. If she is dedicated to King Zheng's goodness, even if Niangniang and His Majesty don't like her at first, she will change later. Niangniang is right, no one in this world is a fool. Princess Zheng's mistake is that she treats everyone else as a fool.

"His Royal Highness King Zheng is there..."

The queen sighed, "The biggest headache in this palace was Chi'er back then, but now I know that it was the palace that was wrong." Back then, she was worried that her son would not be able to support Yanwang's Mansion, where would she think now?

"Don't think too much about it, His Royal Highness King Zheng is naturally filial to his mother."

The queen sneered, "He is angry with the palace, do you think he is for Zhu Chuyu?" ”

The palace maid was puzzled, wasn't Niangniang angry with His Royal Highness King Zheng a few days ago because of Princess Zheng and His Royal Highness King Zheng? His Royal Highness King Zheng was furious, and even said that Princess Chu was the daughter-in-law of Niangniang. Fortunately, the people present at that time were all Niangniang's henchmen, so it did not reach His Majesty's ears. Otherwise, it will be disrespectful to the queen mother, and I am afraid that His Royal Highness King Zheng will have another meal.

The queen said lightly: "Of their brothers, the youngest fifth can't see it yet. The four big ones all said that the king of Chu was the most ruthless, but from the perspective of this palace, the most ruthless was Wei'er. At the beginning, like the Chen family, Chi'er also had to intercede for her. That's really thinking about the relationship between husband and wife for a few years. But Qianwei... He just doesn't feel that we are biased, if there is really anything, the first to abandon Zhu Chuyu will definitely not be this palace and His Majesty, but himself. Speaking of this, the queen couldn't help but smile bitterly, "How could this palace teach such a son?" The queen couldn't figure out what was wrong with her upbringing. Ingenuity is innate, and it can't be forced, but Qian Chi and Qian Jiong are at least not bad. Xiao Qianwei's temperament is really a natural royal character, but it's a pity... He's not smart enough. He couldn't understand the emperor's heart, but she could. If she doesn't stop it, is she going to let him go to death himself?

The palace maid didn't dare to say any more, so she lowered her head and gently rubbed her temples for the queen, so that she could be more comfortable.

"It's been a good day... It's better not to come back in Youzhou. In the silent palace, the queen's voice sounded a little dimly.

In the evening, Emperor Taichu held a banquet in the palace as the messenger of Wara... Now to explain that the king of Dejun is taking the wind. The South Vietnamese envoys and the Anji envoys, who had arrived first, were also present. Also present were King Qi, who had not left Jinling, and King Ning, who had left and returned. The news of Warat's annexation to Great Xia had already spread throughout Jinling during the day. The expressions of the South Vietnamese and An Chai envoys also changed a little when they looked at the Warat envoys. After being annexed, Warat and Daxia were much closer than them, even if they were not their own people. The king of Mingdejun didn't care, and there was no need to pay attention to their attitude. What he needs to pay attention to now is when the Northern Yuan Imperial Court and Emperor Taichu plan to send troops, and how much benefit he can share from it.

Everyone knows what South Vietnam thinks, but as for Anji's presence, it is a little weaker. Both the Emperor Taichu and the powerful people in the court ignored this small country. It's really a strange country, other small border countries are attached to the Central Plains when they are strong, and they deviate when they are weak, this is human nature, and there is nothing to say. But An Ji thinks of it from time to time and wants to fight you, and if you can't win, you will be a minister. After a while, I remembered to fight again, and after the fight, I saw that it didn't work and then asked for peace. No matter how much the Central Plains Dynasty is gracious, it still wants to mess with you, and even when the Northern Yuan Dynasty stayed in the Central Plains, he helped the Northern Yuan people stab the former Dynasty fiercely. When the Northern Yuan was gone, it immediately threw itself into Great Xia. It was only because Anji was remote, the terrain was dangerous, and it was very poor, that the Central Plains Dynasty of the past dynasties was not very interested in raising troops to fight such a small country, so he tossed for so many years. After all, in such a place where the people are fierce, rebellious and poor, they can only drag themselves down. Maybe the two ends of the three days will have to suppress the rebellion and provide disaster relief, and there will be many places in the Central Plains where the people themselves will not have enough to eat.

Emperor Taichu and Emperor Xian had the same thoughts, and neither of them was interested in Anji. If the country is strong, maybe he can smoke him a few times first, but now that Daxia still needs to work hard, and the border troubles have not yet been cleared, then Anji can stay quietly.

Great Xia didn't care anymore, but King Anji was much more enthusiastic. Is it to send someone to Jinling to pay tribute, but unfortunately the first emperor is a stingy ghost, and the Taichu Emperor is not very generous, and the slightly more generous Xiao Qianye has not reigned for a few years. Every time the envoys brought a pile of souvenirs, they only received another pile of souvenirs back, and they were very sad.

Three countries, three princesses, different styles.

Princess Lingxiang of Nanyue is charming and bright, Princess Wara Dongzhu is hearty and generous, and Princess Anshu of Anji is very respectful and polite, quite a bit of Jinling's beautiful demeanor.

Nangong Mo felt that he somewhat understood why the envoys of the three countries had to rush to Jinling in advance. Not to mention the news or something, the marriage... It's important to cultivate feelings first, and choose a candidate, right? Seeing that King Ning on the opposite side was squeezing his eyebrows and wincing at himself, Nangong Mo smiled faintly, glanced at the princesses on the opposite side and said: Compared with Wei Junmo's side concubine, the princess should be more interested in the position of the prince's concubine, right?

Seeing Nangong Mo's expression, His Royal Highness King Ning suddenly wilted. Glancing at the three princesses, well, they all looked very good, especially the princess Lingxiang, who could almost compare to the delicate flowers in his garden. It's a pity that at first glance, it is not a good-looking character, and His Royal Highness King Ning said that he was not interested in Nangong Mo's type, and those who were more fierce than her.

"Seventeenth brother, what are you doing weird?" Emperor Taichu saw King Ning's expression in the palace and asked with some amusement.

King Ning spread his hands and smiled: "No, the ministers are just a little amazed, the envoys feel Jinling so early, they are really respectful to the imperial brother." ”

Emperor Taichu glanced at him: You don't know what they want to do?

King Ning shrugged his shoulders and said nothing with a smile.

But the queen smiled: "Speaking of which, the seventeenth brother is not young anymore, and everyone in the house is in charge, and it is not a matter after all." Hearing this, His Royal Highness King Ning suddenly felt a chill on the top of his head, didn't he... Has Nangong Mo's curse come true? Wrong... It's impossible for the royal brother to let him marry the princess of Fanbang.

"Haha, didn't you meet the right one?" King Ning said with a smile.

Emperor Taichu nodded, agreeing with the queen's words very much, "The queen is right, don't be busy with the seventeenth brother this time, let's handle the marriage first." ”

His Royal Highness King Ning coughed lightly a few times and complained: "Brother Huang, isn't this a pick-up for the King of Mingde County, how can you talk about the marriage of your younger brother." ”

King Qi turned his head sideways and looked at him in some surprise, "Isn't Seventeenth Brother Mo shy?" ”

“…。”

The monarchs and ministers here spoke happily, but the three envoys and princesses below were a little unable to calm down. I secretly thought in my heart, could it be that His Majesty the Emperor really planned to choose one of the three princesses to be the concubine of King Ning?

Princess Lingxiang frowned slightly, King Ning was not a good choice for her.

Princess Dongzhu didn't think about anything at all, and still ate and drank happily.

Princess An Shu sat respectfully, looking dignified and virtuous.

The prince of Nanyue looked at King Ning, then turned back to look at his sister, but did not speak. King Mingde frowned slightly, they need to get the trust of Emperor Great Xia now, if they really marry King Ning, Emperor Great Xia should guard against them. However, he felt that His Majesty the Great Xia Emperor should not make such a decision, so he did not speak. But the prince of Anji was a little happy, but a little hesitant. It is better to marry King Ning as a concubine than to be a side concubine. But compared to the status, a vassal king is a little less than a prince. Emperor Taichu is still not very old, and the best plan in their hearts is to send the princess to the palace of Emperor Taichu, and it is best to give birth to a few princes.

So, the group had their own hearts but no one said it, and they continued to feast happily.