Chapter Seventy-Three: Bargaining
The palace was silent, and the ordinary palace maids and eunuchs were still asleep.
There is no need to go to court today, logically speaking, the emperor will not get up so early.
But Concubine Yao still got up early to stew the soup, and then held it in both hands and sent it to the imperial study.
She knew the emperor and knew that the emperor would definitely not fall asleep at this time.
Sure enough, the emperor's personal eunuch had not slept yet, so he stayed outside the door of the imperial study. Seeing that Concubine Yao was coming, she immediately showed a flattering expression.
"Up and down in this palace, you feel the most sorry for the emperor, how can an ordinary concubine get up so early and send soup to the emperor." The father-in-law said.
Concubine Yao didn't care about her sycophancy, but asked, "How long has it been since the emperor closed his eyes?"
"It's been a whole day and a night, Niangniang, you persuade the emperor, if it goes on like this, the emperor's body will be unbearable." My father-in-law also had some worries.
He grew up with the emperor since he was a child, although one is the master and the other is a servant, but his affection is not low.
"You're here to stay, I'll naturally try to persuade him." Concubine Yao sighed, pushed open the door and went in.
She saw that the emperor was still sitting at the desk, constantly reviewing and revising, so she put the soup on the table and held down what he was waiting to correct.
The emperor woke up like a dream and said in surprise: "Aifei, why are you here?"
Concubine Yao took advantage of the situation to clasp the emperor's neck, then slid into his arms, and said half coquettishly: "Your Majesty, that fold is even better than the concubine, so let these folds serve you in the future."
The emperor had to put down the fold in his hand, and coaxed helplessly: "Of course you are more important than the fold, but I am the king of a country, and there are thousands of people in the world, and those people are more important than you and me."
He has always been affectionate and majestic, but he favors Concubine Yao alone, which is why Concubine Yao can be unscrupulous in the palace.
Concubine Yao's fingers tapped on the emperor's chest and said, "But in the eyes of the concubines, the rivers and mountains are not as good as the emperor's hair."
After she finished speaking, she glanced at the emperor expectantly: "So, the emperor, can you drink the soup and sleep with the concubine for a while?"
She got down from the emperor, then brought the soup to him, and smiled shyly.
"Or do you know that I feel sorry." The emperor drank the soup as soon as he could, then hugged Concubine Yao horizontally and went to the couch.
There is no shortage of places to sleep.
He hugged Concubine Yao, and the two covered the quilt and fell asleep together.
It's just that before the end of the day, the eunuch began to tell the emperor to get up.
Concubine Yao rubbed her sleepy eyes, glanced at the emperor who was also woken up, and scolded: "Presumptuous, why is it so noisy early in the morning?"
The father-in-law said in a panic: "Go back to the emperor, go back to Niangniang, it was General Liu who entered the palace early in the morning to ask to see the emperor, and he refused to leave."
"Then let him wait!" Concubine Yao said hatefully, "Don't disturb me and the emperor to rest." ”
The father-in-law wanted to respond, but the emperor waved his hand and instructed the father-in-law: "Ask someone to change my clothes, I want to see General Liu."
Concubine Yao still wanted to dissuade her, but the emperor hugged her and coaxed: "General Liu is my minister, I can't imitate the appearance of the faint monarch to him." I promise you that I'll come back after talking to him, how about it? ”
In fact, he had already guessed why General Liu came.
"The concubine is waiting for you." Concubine Yao said reluctantly.
The emperor put on the dragon robe, and when he arrived at the main hall, General Liu himself stood straight and waited for him there.
As soon as the emperor came, General Liu immediately knelt down and said, "See the emperor."
"No need to be polite, what is the general's so-called? But the military salary is not enough? The emperor said with concern.
In fact, the military salary is not in his charge at all, and even if there is a problem, it is approved by the prime minister, although he also has power, it is better to talk to the prime minister directly.
"Thank you for your care. It's just that the ministers came, not for official business, but for private affairs. General Liu replied apologetically.
Unexpectedly, the emperor, who was still warm like a spring breeze just now, immediately changed his face, and he said sharply: "It's not for official business, you actually came to disturb me sleeping early in the morning, or does General Liu think that I dare not punish you?"
His move made people unable to guess what he was thinking, but it made General Liu's heart tremble.
How else to say it, a companion is like a tiger?
"The emperor wants to cure the sins of the ministers, and the punishment is. It's just that the minister owes his daughter a lot, so he specially came to marry another family with the emperor. General Liu said loudly.
He buried his head deeply, very sincerely.
"General Liu, General Liu, you really gave birth to two good daughters." The emperor sneered, he took out a fold from his sleeve and threw it directly in front of General Liu: "Look at it, these are all for you and your daughter, saying that your teaching is not good, and my sister actually climbed into the bed of my prospective brother-in-law."
General Liu opened the fold and was stunned for a while, and after reading it, he said: "It's all the ministers who teach and have no way, and the ministers are willing to be punished!" The minister just wanted to ask the emperor to replace Nianru's marriage with a Wanyan, so that it would be good for the children. ”
"You have no way to teach? That old seven is also my son. You think they're scolding you, but they're actually scolding me. The emperor's face darkened, and his anger was mobilized.
If he had a progress bar on his head, I'm afraid his rage would have been full.
"Your Majesty!" General Liu didn't fight, but begged vigorously, when he asked the emperor to ask for a reward, the emperor gave him whatever he wanted. But apparently this trick doesn't work now.
"You go, you go now, I won't cure your sins, if you take another step, I'll take your head." The emperor threatened.
Of course, he couldn't have really plucked his head, but when anyone with a discerning eye heard this, it was time to retreat.
"Your Majesty, I have experienced countless lives and deaths on the battlefield, how can I take a fancy to my little life? If you want to take it, how sad it would be if you didn't have something you wanted to protect in this world! General Yoo continued to cry.
"What do you want to protect? Tell me. The emperor turned his head and said.
"The minister wants to ask the emperor to dissolve the marriage contract and re-marry." General Liu said nailingly, after being in the court for so long, he has also learned some of the skills of civil officials to play tricks, so naturally he will not be so willing to be easily bypassed by the emperor.
"That's it, since you feel so sorry for your daughter, then I'll let Lao Qi marry them all. It's your daughters, and I'm not going to make them suffer. The emperor said.
In fact, there are more excerpts that say that they will dissolve the marriage contract, but most of those are Duan Bailan's people.
But how could the emperor let them break the marriage contract so easily? After all, if Liu Nianru and Duan Bailan were together, the threat to him would be very powerful.