323 Heart-to-heart talk (2)
Seeing that she suddenly stopped talking, Shen Wu'an thought that she was still very concerned about the fact that she had accepted Qu Wuwu as a concubine, and after thinking about it, he explained: "Actually, it was just an expedient measure for me to do this, since you went to Bailiao Country and Qin, the harem has been empty, and those ministers in the court have written every day to force me to accept a concubine, so I thought about simply using Qu Wuwu as a shield to block the mouths of the courtiers." ”
"Of course," Shen Wu'an paused for a moment, and then continued, "I also have my selfish motives in doing this, because I think that if you know that I married the person you hate the most, then you will definitely be jealous, and maybe you will return to me." ”
After listening to his last words, Qu Wurong couldn't help but be dumbfounded, although she had such a guess before, but when she really heard him admit it in person, she didn't know what kind of response she should make.
Blame him, as you can tell from what he just said, that he seems to be involuntarily doing so; Praise him, Qu Wurong really couldn't say anything to praise, after all, he didn't fully consider the consequences of doing this, and he put himself in a dangerous situation.
After explaining, Shen Wu'an looked at the people around him with a careful face, and seeing that she was still silent, his heart became more and more bottomless, and he didn't know if she was angry or unable to let go of it.
After waiting patiently for a while, he finally couldn't help but ask tentatively, "Xiao Rong'er, are you angry with me?" ”
"Nope." Looking at his cautious expression, Qu Wurong's heart softened, and he shook his head lightly and said, "Since everything has happened, it's useless for me to be angry, and besides, this matter can be regarded as resolved, so don't mention it again in the future." ”
"yes, don't mention it again!" Hearing that she was not angry, Shen Wu'an's heart in her throat finally fell back into place, and even ignored what she said later, and said to herself, "I'll find a reason to send her out of the palace when I go back, and save her from having any more moths to destroy our lives." ”
Qu Wurong raised his head and glanced at him when he heard this, there was a hint of strangeness in his eyes, didn't this person hear what she just said? "I sent her out of the palace while you were still unconscious."
Hearing this, Shen Wu'an was slightly stunned for a moment, and then a relieved expression appeared on his face, "It's better this way, and it saves me from having to think hard about the reason." "The fight between women is better than crossing the river and tearing down the bridge as an emperor.
"Don't you ask me why I sent her out of the palace?" Qu asked puzzled.
"Whatever it is, I'm sure you'll always have a reason to do it." Shen Wu'an said, raising their hands with ten fingers clasped, "Besides, it's enough for me to have you alone, and I don't need anyone else." ”
When he said this, the expression on his face was very sincere, Qu Wurong suddenly felt that he was a little too careful, she did mind Qu Wuwu's things very much, but he also said just now, he accepted Qu Wuwu as a concubine just to block the mouths of the courtiers and make himself jealous, he has never had her alone in his heart, why should she keep drilling for an irrelevant person?
Thinking like this, her mood suddenly relaxed a lot, and she stopped continuing the topic, "Let's go over there." With that, she held out her hand and pointed ahead.
Shen Wu'an had been paying attention to the look on her face, and seeing that she didn't know what she was thinking, her eyebrows and eyes stretched, knowing that she was, she just nodded, "Okay." ”
The autumn garden can be described as purple and red, all kinds of exotic flowers and plants compete in the afternoon sun, two people walk hand in hand on the flower path, the air is filled with a faint fragrance of osmanthus, which is refreshing.
However, the good times are always very short-lived, and the rare silence between the two people is quickly broken.
Xiao Shunzi, who had been following the two of them from a distance, suddenly stepped forward in a hurry and replied in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister Luo asks to see you!" ”
Hearing his words, Shen Wu'an glanced back at the direction he came from, and saw a long figure not far away, which should be Luo Qiancong, the right prime minister.
After that glance, he withdrew his gaze and asked lightly, "Did he say anything about looking for me?" ”
"Nope." Xiao Shunzi shook his head gently, "He only said that he asked to see the emperor and asked the servants to come over and spread the word." ”
"I guess I have something to discuss with you." At this time, Qu Wurong suddenly said, "You have been in a coma for so many days, and I am afraid that Chaozhong has suppressed a lot of things." ”
Shen Wu'an nodded, although it was mostly trivial, there would still be some big things happening, Shen Li was still young after all, and it was impossible to handle it, so he could only wait until he woke up.
Thinking so, he turned to Xiao Shunzi and ordered, "Then let him come over to see me." ”
"Yes!" Xiao Shunzi agreed to deliver the decree to the court.
Not long after he left, Luo Qiancong walked over from a distance, and first saluted the two of them, "Weichen see the emperor, the concubine Niangniang!" ”
"Aiqing, let's be flat!" Shen Wu'an waved his hand at him, "What's the matter with looking for me?" ”
Without waiting for Luo Qiancong to answer, Qu Wurong spoke first: "You go and sit in the pavilion over there and talk, I'll go and order a few girls to make tea for you." ”
"Hmm." Shen Wuan nodded and said to Luo Qiancong, "Let's go." ”
The two of them walked to the pavilion not far away, and as soon as they sat down, Luo Qiancong took the initiative to speak: "A few days ago, I heard that the emperor was in poor health, and the ministers were really anxious. ”
Before Shen Wu'an was unconscious, Qu Wurong decided to hide it from the ministers of the court after careful consideration. After all, she had just returned from the Bailiao Kingdom not long ago, and she was not very clear about the shape of the court, as the saying goes, people's hearts are unpredictable, if they learned about Shen Wu'an's true illness, they didn't know what kind of turmoil had occurred, so she had to act cautiously.
Therefore, even Luo Qiancong, who is the prime minister, only knows that Qu Wuwu, who is an concubine, is bold enough to dare to drug the emperor, but fortunately, he was discovered in time, and the emperor's dragon body is not in any big trouble, but he needs to stay in bed for a while.
Shen Wu'an understood Qu Wurong's intention to do this, and naturally he would not tell him the truth at this time, so he didn't answer his words, but asked himself: "You came to see me today, but what is the big thing happening in the court?" ”
"Except for Concubine An's affairs, there are no other major events." When Luo Qiancong said this, he also paid special attention to the expression of the person opposite, and saw that there was no discoloration on his face, so he continued, "According to the law of Daliang, the crime committed by Concubine An Niangniang should have exterminated the nine clans, and the emperor only severely punished the murderer, it is really the emperor who has a benevolent heart, but it is ......"
Hearing his words, Shen Wu'an couldn't help but frown. He always thought that it was because Qu Wurong didn't want to see Qu Wuwu stay in the palace after he came back, or because Qu Wuwu did something to anger her, so she thought of driving Qu Wuwu out, but wasn't that the case?
Luo Qiancong just said that Qu Wuwu had committed the crime of punishing the Nine Clans, and according to Shen Wuan's cognition, Daliang's laws were actually relatively lenient, if it weren't for some heinous criminal, he wouldn't have been punished so cruelly, what kind of heinous thing did Qu Wuwu do to punish the Nine Clans so strictly?
However, what Shen Wu'an cared about most was not which law Qu Wuwu had violated, but that such a big thing happened in the palace, but Qu Wurong didn't even mention a word to him, which made him not want to care.
Could it be that his unconscious a few days ago has something to do with what Qu Wuwu did?
Although his heart was full of doubts, Shen Wu'an did not show it on the surface, but followed his words and asked, "But what?" ”
"Actually, it's nothing, it's just that Weichen is a little worried." Luo Qiancong hesitated for a moment, and then continued: "Weichen is worried that once such a precedent is set, if the concubines of the harem commit serious crimes in the future, I am afraid that it will not be possible to punish them according to the law." ”
Hearing him say this, Shen Wu'an waved his hand indifferently, "Don't worry about this Aiqing, there will only be a queen in my harem in the future, and she will not harm me no matter what." ”
"Queen?" Luo Qiancong was slightly stunned, "Has the emperor finally decided to seal the queen?" ”
Shen Wu'an snorted coldly when he heard this, "If you hadn't stopped me at the beginning, I would have been canonized as the queen a long time ago, and then there would be no such things as today!" ”
was reprimanded by him, Luo Qiancong couldn't help but raise his hand and touch his nose, his face was full of innocence.
In fact, he didn't want to stop Shen Wu'an from canonizing Qu Wurong as the queen at the beginning, but most of his colleagues in the court and the central government had opposing opinions about it, he was in the position of prime minister, so it was always difficult to follow openly, but he didn't expect to be hated by Shen Wu'an at this time.
Silence and embarrassment spread between the two, Luo Qiancong pursed his mouth, and finally couldn't help but ask: "The emperor just said that he wanted to be crowned, but he plans to canonize the concubine Niangniang as the queen?" ”
"Naturally!" Shen Wu'an nodded, "Except for her, I won't spoil any woman in this life!" ”
Regarding the love between him and Qu Wurong is stronger than Jin Jian, Luo Qiancong has also heard of it, hearing him say this, Luo Qiancong did not show a surprised look, but frowned a little embarrassed, "Since this is the case, Weichen has a sentence, I don't know whether to say it or not." ”
"Aiqing has something to say!" Shen Wu'an waved his hand and motioned to him, but it was okay.
After getting his approval, Luo Qiancong no longer hid it, and said bluntly: "Weichen wants to remind the emperor that because of the incident of An Concubine Niangniang, the court has some complaints about the concubine Niangniang, who is her fellow sister, if the emperor wants to hold a ceremony after sealing the seal, I am afraid that he must appease everyone's feelings first." ”
When Qu Wurong disposed of Qu Wurong, he used the name of the crown prince Shen Li, and he didn't mention anything about his own merits, so the ministers in the court didn't know the inside story, but because Qu Wurong committed the crime of murdering the monarch, their impression of her was much worse.
Although Shen Wu'an didn't know what was going on, he also heard some clues from his words just now, and after muttering for a while, Shen Wu'an nodded lightly:
"Okay, I got it!"