Chapter Twenty-Three: After the Waste
More than half a month after the departure of the army, Zhao Rong conquered Qishan County next to Zhongshan, and the border with Qishan was Nanhuai, and Zhao Dang, the king of the county.
Nanhuai, belongs to Taizong Zhao Huan's younger brother Zhao Lu's lineage, when Taizu Zhao Hao collapsed in the camp tent, the eldest son Zhao Huan lost the throne of King Yong, but Zhao Lu made a big fuss in the mourning hall with his father's unleft will, if it weren't for Empress Dowager Chen and Empress Zhang to dissuade Zhao Huan in every possible way, where is there today's Nanhuai lineage? After that, Empress Dowager Chen also protected her youngest son until Zhao Huan died, and she couldn't move him at all.
When Taizong Zhao Huan was dying, the eldest son Zhao Teng and the second son Zhao Shuo seized the heir, and Zhao Lu secretly supported Zhao Shuo. But Zhao Huan knew that even though his second son Zhao Shuo was brilliant, he was not an emperor's talent after all, so he passed on the throne to Zhao Teng, the father of Emperor Zhao Rong of the Ming Dynasty; Zhao Shuo, that is, the father of the current Great Sima Zhao Cang, is the first king of Dongcheng.
When Emperor Xuan Zhao Teng died, Emperor Ming, who was the crown prince, was still young, and Zhao Shuo was ready to make a move, trying to launch a coup d'Γ©tat. It is worth mentioning that Chun Yuchuan and Chun Yu Nian were taken out of the capital by Xiao Zhan at that time, but later Chun Yuchuan came back, and Chun Yu Nian stayed with the old man.
After so many changes in the alternation of the throne, Zhao Huan understood the principle of the king of Nanhuai, as long as he was against the emperor, he would support whom, and Nanhuai became what he was most worried about. At this time, before the imperial army arrived, Qishan had been captured, and Zhao Ei's morale must have soared, if he sent someone to lobby Zhao Dang during this period, the two were very likely to hook up and become traitors, and the situation would only be more difficult to control.
Therefore, the first stop that Zhao Huan sent Ouyang Jie to was Nanhuai!
Chun Yunian looked at the person standing in front of the window with his hands in his hand, and sighed softly, "I still have to eat this meal if I worry about it." β
Zhao Huan turned to look at her, with a reluctant smile on his face, "What tricks did you change today?" "Since that day, Chun Yu Nian has really learned to cook, although it is not as good as the imperial dining room, but it is still appetizing.
"Seeing that you were worried all day long, I made a few sweet dishes, sweet and sour tenderloin, glutinous rice and eight treasure rice, stir-fried green vegetables, and red ginseng and black chicken soup." As he spoke, he took a piece of sweet and sour tenderloin and put it in his bowl, and said expectantly, "Taste it." β
Zhao Huan took a bite and frowned slightly, "There's a lot of sugar." β
"Your face is as sad as a yellow lotus all day long, you should eat more sweet."
Zhao Huan couldn't help laughing, "Yellow Lotus descends the fire." β
"It's bitter, it's hard to eat."
He looked up at her meaningfully, "I think you like it." In the past half a month, she has mostly clinged to him, ingratiating and behaved, making him like him tightly.
Chun Yu Nian: "......"
"It's not proper to eat!" She shyly spanked him, "Eat more, keep your mouth shut." As he spoke, he gave him several ribs.
Zhao Huan looked at the rice and pork ribs in the bowl, and sighed with emotion, "If you have to love your wife like this, what more can your husband ask for?" β
Chun Yunian couldn't help laughing, "Flim tongue!" β
Although today's dishes are sweet, Zhao Huan is not annoying, or he is better at eating and drinking, as long as it is not difficult to swallow, he accepts it. Chun Yunian cleaned up the dishes and chopsticks and asked him what he wanted to eat for dinner, and although he was not interested, he still said, "Let's eat noodles at night." β
Chun Yunian grew up in the south, she was really not used to eating pasta, when she first entered the palace, in order to hide people's eyes, she ate what she did in the imperial dining room, but she suffered, and in the end, Zhao Huan was very kind, so he replaced all the staple food with rice for her. But lately her cooking has been all southern, and although he doesn't hate it, he still doesn't like it.
She thought for a moment, "What about eating ravioli?" β
Zhao Huan's expression was solemn, "Dumplings, it's quite simple, I'll wrap it, bring it over and I'll teach you." β
She covered her lips and chuckled, turning her eyes to look at him, "I see that your brow is almost as frowning as a dumpling," she sat down in front of him, holding his hand, and said, "Let the imperial dining room do what you want for dinner." β
"I didn't mean that," he took her hand back, "but I really can't accept the sour and spicy meal for a while......
"I don't know how to knead dough," she said, holding his face, "So, I've wronged you, and I'll study hard in the future." β
said that Zhao Huan was wronged, but looking at her flattering expression, it felt like she was deliberately making things difficult for her, and she was the one who was really wronged. His heart suddenly softened into a puddle of spring water, but he said in his head: "You don't have to learn that, the lady can eat whatever she wants." β
Chun Yunian laughed at this time and pecked him on the lips, "Husband is the best, is it okay to eat wine-stuffed meatballs that night?" β
"Good!"
At dinner, when Chun Yu Nian really brought a bowl of wine-stuffed meatballs up, he understood what it meant to be dizzy!
Chun Yunian looked at his forced smile, not only did he not feel a little distressed, but also looked at him expectantly, "I kneaded the balls myself, and I also put wolfberries, by the way, I put brown sugar, it's not greasy, you can taste it." β
Zhao Huan scooped a mouthful and put it in her mouth, although it was not unpalatable, she really didn't like it, and she had to praise her for doing a good job.
Chun Yunian looked frustrated, "It's really hard to eat?" β
"No, it's delicious, really." As he spoke, in order to convince her, he picked up the bowl and began to feast.
"Okay," she said, taking the bowl and smiling, "lie to you, I make oily noodles, although the noodles are not kneaded or rolled by me, but I put down the pot myself, you are not allowed to dislike it." β
Zhao Huan dared to dislike it, it was like old tears, after nearly half a month of ups and downs, he was finally able to eat a normal meal.
"The lady cooks herself, how dare she dislike it for her husband?"
She laughed, and dared to poke a finger at him, "Poor! β
Zhao Huan is full of wine and food tonight, as for lewdness. Desire, in Chun Yu Nian half push and half was also satisfied, the whole person is very happy.
"No wonder everyone wants to be an emperor, they don't have to worry about food and clothing every day, and the beauty is by their side, which is really satisfying." He sighed.
"You're so satisfied." Chun Yunian looked at the goose-yellow bed tent and said with a smile.
"If the first emperor has a son, or if the royal family is not so weak, I will be more satisfied with my little countryman with peace of mind."
"That's probably to have a bunch of children with Nie Jieyu, growing old together, and it's really good to be plain."
"What about you? Will you always follow your grandfather? β
"It's not clear, or marry a mountain nomura, or be taken back to marry a prince and nobleman, I can't be the master." Her tone was calm, still smiling.
From the time she returned home to the time she married Zhao Huan, her father was very nervous about her, and she also figured out that her father had not ignored her for so many years, and she was afraid that the people she sent over were all sent away by her grandfather. Therefore, even if the Zhao royal family is not so weak, and her father is not harboring evil intentions, it is impossible for her to make her own decisions about her marriage.
"Maybe you should marry me?" He took her hand and kissed her carefully.
"Marry you as a concubine? My father would never say yes. β
He sighed, it was all empty words, and too much of it would only increase his sadness.
Chun Yunian stood up and looked at him, "Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty has a deep love for the sword, why don't you insist on it?" Then at least you don't have to worry about the harem. β
He reached out and stroked her eyebrows, "Queen Xu died in the end, but what if she wasn't the queen in the first place?" β
If Xu Pingjun was not the queen at the beginning, and let Huo Chengjun ascend to the back seat, maybe the people of the Huo family would not be so jealous, and she would not be killed, and when the Huo family was executed, wouldn't the queen still be hers? loves his wife like Liu Xun, but he also planted the root cause.
Chun Yunian looked at him firmly, and there was a faint pain in her heart, she wanted to laugh, but found that she couldn't laugh at all. It turned out that it was not that he was so cowardly that his wife couldn't protect him, but that he protected her behind him. She seems to have seen her fate now, probably Huo Chengjun. is so affectionate today, back then, Liu Xun and Huo Chengjun were the same!
"It's clever but it's mistaken by cleverness." She thought for a moment and lay back in the crook of his arm.
"I'm sorry......" he said, taking her back into his arms, his tone heavy.
"You're not wrong, I'm not wrong," her tone was calm, "Let me become Guo Shengtong in the future, don't let me become Huo Chengjun." β
In order to get military support, Emperor Guangwu married Guo Shengtong, and then abolished her on the grounds that Guo had "Lu Huo's wind", and instead set his wife Yin Lihua as the queen, although it was ruthless, but it didn't kill her.
"No, you're my wife, always!"
"Yes, the history books will be written in the future, Chun Yu, the first empress of Emperor Qianyi," she smiled, "You said you want my heart, in fact, I want to ask you, what do you want my heart to do?" What are you going to do if you want to abandon it......"
In the end, her tone was a little choked, there were too many grievances in her heart to tell, she really had enough of this kind of life. The days when you can't die, you can't live, and you can't love.
Zhao Huan couldn't answer her, after all, before promising another woman, he didn't expect Chun Yunian to come to him alive, let alone let her let herself fall like this. He hopes that she will love herself, love without hesitation, and love in the future regardless of her previous suspicions.
Seeing that he did not speak, the seed of despair immediately took root in her heart, and quickly grew branches, enveloping her so tightly that she almost suffocated.
"It's me who trespassed, I asked too many questions tonight that shouldn't be asked, don't think too much, go to sleep." She struggled to adjust her emotions and turned her back to him.
He took her from behind and leaned on her shoulder, "I dare to tell you about my previous plan, why don't you dare to listen to it?" I am not Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, nor Emperor Guangwu, so whether it is Huo Chengjun or Guo Shengtong, what does it have to do with you? I said, you are my wife, then you will always be my wife, and no one can change it. β
"This kind of thing, you can talk to Nie Jieyu."
"Is this jealousy? You care about me, don't you? Actually, so am I. You say, your grandfather took you on a tour of the world, why didn't you get to Chengyang? β
"My grandfather will never marry me to someone surnamed Zhao!"
Zhao Huan smiled, turned her body over, propped herself up and looked at her, "Bullying men and women, I, Zhao Huan, still did it!" β
Chun Yunian looked at his face that was both righteous and evil, and he was extremely resentful in his heart, and he wanted to bite him to death, "Just the broken land that your father gave you, do you still have the ability to bully men and women?" If it weren't for God opening your eyes and letting you pick up an emperor for nothing, it is estimated that you will only be able to gnaw the loess of Changling in two years! β
He pinched his chin, raised half of the corners of his mouth and smiled, "The mouth is very powerful." β
"It's not as good as you, Flim Flam will deceive people!"
"This is really wrong, who have I deceived?"
She snorted twice and didn't speak, in fact, Zhao Huan also understood that he didn't mean that he had deceived Nie Rousang and said that he would give her a posterior position.
"Do you know how happy I am at this point?"
Chun Yunian looked at him, but still didn't speak.
"You're jealous of me, I really like it." As he spoke, a gentle kiss fell.
There was no lustful tinge to this kiss, it was completely flattering, and he tossed and turned softly on her lips, tracing her lip line and licking it. Her teeth hooked the tip of her tongue and danced, gentle to the point of lingering compassion.
"If I had met you two years earlier, I would have really snatched you over, and there would be no worries about today." His tone was so gentle that he couldn't speak, and his eyes were full of pampering.
"You unscrupulous fellow!"
He smiled and accepted this evaluation, "I'm not a lover, I'm not a gentleman, everyone else is a villain, why can't I do it?" β
"Then you're going to do this to me?"
"Do you need me to dig your heart out for you?"
There was still a smile on his face, but Chun Yunian knew that if he said that he wanted to come, he would definitely turn over and go down to find the knife.
She put her arms around his neck and whispered in his ear, "If you dare to change your mind, I will kill you first, and then sell that slut to be a military prostitute!" She bit his ear as she spoke.
Zhao Huan screamed in pain, but didn't push her away.