Chapter VI: Private Meetings
But the person in front of him now is completely different from the simple-minded princess who did not understand the world before.
Miao Jiang is located in the southwest of the Liang State, and has always relied on the power of the Liang State to protect the country from foreign enemies.
Although it occupies less than one thousandth of the Liang State, because of its geographical location in the south, it is rich in high-quality melons and fruits, spices, and jade, and it will be rewarded by the Liang State in large quantities at the Baibang Conference every year. The people on the border between the two countries have always been friendly and communicate with each other.
And the marriage between the two countries has always been a tradition, and the Liang State is small from merchants to princes and nobles, and more or less has wives and concubines from Miaojiang.
"Why is Nan'er so indifferent to me? But I've upset you somewhere. ”
"General Chen has said it, you are a dignified general of Miaojiang, and you are loved by the officials and people of the two countries, and I am just an unfavored concubine in the Liang Palace, why do you make me unhappy?"
Chen Zhan's face was embarrassed, but he hadn't seen him for a year, why did the princess who was full of him become so alienated from him?
Six years ago, Feng Feihan, the new emperor of Liang State, ascended the throne with the year name Xuanyue.
As soon as the new emperor ascended the throne, he swept away his father's slow political style in the twilight of his reign, and externally, retreated from the army, forcing them to sign a contract that they were not allowed to cross Penglai by half a step.
In addition to the thieves in the south, he directly intervened in the domestic affairs of Miao Jiang with a single knife, rectified the small tribes that had been making trouble in Miao Jiang properly, swept the barbarians in the northwest, and took a salary from the bottom of the kettle, and burned the granary of the Jade Department in the east and west, and extinguished the covetous heart of the Jade Department for the large pastures in the northwest of the Liang State by relying on the horses and fat soldiers.
Internally, the miscellaneous taxes were exempted, the bazaar was opened, the traitors were removed, and the officials were changed, which can be said to have moved the foundation of the imperial court and brought a major blood change.
Zhang Cheng, who had been following his father, fainted several times, and Feng Feihan pushed the boat to let him return to his hometown, but before the old man returned home, he died in the bed of his favorite girl in the Qinglou.
It is said that the death is ugly, and the seven orifices are bleeding, which scares the girl named Shuiyue to the point of madness, and the government and the opposition have mixed opinions about the new emperor, with support and opposition, but even if he opposes it, he does not dare to speak under his iron-hearted and iron-stone methods.
A year after Feng Fei Han ascended the throne, Miao Jiang sent a messenger, saying that he wanted to dedicate the only daughter of the country's Miao Empress to Emperor Xuanyue, and the marriage between the two countries was a tradition of all dynasties. A month after the envoy returned, the princess Tang Ningnan came to the Liang Kingdom.
"Nan'er, have you forgotten? This bamboo forest is the place where we used to meet every time, you would lean on my shoulder and say to me that you are bitter about my lovesickness, why haven't you seen me for a year, and you have become so cold? ”
"General Chen, please be cautious, how have you and I ever met here? If I said that I did have contact with you in Miaojiang before, it was just a daily conversation between the princess and the guards, and now you Huang Tengda has become a general, and I am the concubine of the saint today, even if I am not favored, I have never had lovesickness with you.
Didn't you talk to the emperor very happily today, drank too much wine and looked at the wrong person? I also ask General Chen not to say such easily misunderstood words in the future, which will damage the reputation of both you and me. Tang Ningnan said General Chen one by one, as if he wanted to wipe out his relationship with the scumbag in front of him.
"Nan'er, are you ......?"
"Okay, you two have a tryst here? Is there no harem palace rules in my eyes? ”
Before Chen Zhan finished speaking, Concubine Hua led a group of people from behind the rockery behind the bamboo forest and walked over murderously.
Chen Zhan was shocked when he saw Concubine Hua and her party menacing, and hurriedly looked at Tang Ningnan, but Tang Ningnan was very calm, and there was no trace of the previous Princess Miao Jiang who only had a love mind.
Tang Ningnan stood in front of Chen Zhan and blocked him behind him.
"Nan Er meets Sister Huafei." Tang Ningnan's humble expression made Concubine Hua's heart even more refreshed, and she was worried that she couldn't find a chance to teach this little cheap hoof, but she was sent to the door, and she was caught, so she was empty-hearted.
"Get up" Concubine Hua's words dragged on for a long time, a picture of ambition.
"This palace can't afford your mother, my Liang country is some women who abide by women's morals, how can I bump into you, a southern barbarian thief, today?" Concubine Hua lightly covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief, turned sideways slightly, and squinted at the two of them.
"You!" Hearing Concubine Hua call them Southern Barbarian thieves, Chen Zhan gritted his teeth, as if he was about to rush out.
"Stand down, it's your turn to go wild?" Tang Ningnan stopped him, and saluted Concubine Hua and said, "I don't know where to start with Concubine Hua's words, I am innocent with General Chen, how did it become a dirty thing in Niangniang's mouth?"
"Don't think I don't know, Chen Zhan looked at you when he sent you to Liang Guo, not to mention that in the middle of the night, the two of you met here, and you still struggled to retreat, what are you doing if you don't do anything about the harem?"
"The concubine and General Chen did meet, but the concubine's maid and General Chen's attendant stayed not far away, and there are important things to discuss when we meet today, not to mention that even if we really want to do something reluctant, how could we choose such a dangerous occasion, and how could we be bumped into by you?
Concubine Hua, do you care so much about your concubine's every move? Being asked by Tang Ningnan like this, Concubine Hua angrily shook off the support of her father-in-law next to her.
"Yuji, take the two of them down for me and send them to the palace for torture and torture, and the palace won't believe it and can't spit out the truth!"
"Concubine Hua, please think twice." Tang Ningnan became more and more humble.
"What? Scared? ”
"The concubine is worried about the mother, the queen is the master of the harem, if the concubine really has anything that does not conform to the palace rules, you need to ask the queen mother to make a decision, although the concubine is not favored, but still know that the harem has harem rules and regulations.
The concubine is the emperor's concubine, and is also under the jurisdiction of the queen's mother, if the concubine insists on detaining the concubine in the Shen Penal Division, the concubine has nothing to say, but I am worried that the emperor will blame the mother for acting on behalf of the queen, if the concubine is not mistaken, the right of the former assistant harem has been taken back by the emperor. ”
"You!" Concubine Hua had nothing to refute, and raised her hand to hit Tang Ningnan in the face.
"Presumptuous! Won't my harem be at peace? ”
Feng Feihan slowly walked in from a round gate outside the bamboo forest, walked straight to the pavilion in the bamboo forest and sat down, and the trailing group of palace people lit the candles at the four corners.
As soon as Feng Feihan sat down, Concubine Hua couldn't wait to rush up, "Your Majesty, the concubine wants to accuse Concubine Xiao of having an affair with General Chen." ”
Feng Feihan ignored it and looked at Tang Ningnan who was kneeling behind, "You come"
"Back to the emperor, because of this kind of trivial matter to disturb the emperor, it is really the concubine's fault, this matter was supposed to be told to the emperor later, but now it endangers the reputation of the concubine, and the concubine has to tell the truth."
"The truth? I think it's adultery, right? Concubine Hua glanced at Tang Ningnan viciously, but when she looked up, she found Feng Feihan staring at her expressionlessly, so she had to let Tang Ningnan finish speaking.