Chapter 32: The Palace Is Too Poor (Three Watches)
There was a faint gasping sound around them, and the palace people lowered their heads in unison, and their breathing tightened.
The county lord of Yunsang dared to speak to His Majesty like this, it was too bold.
Sure enough, it was the Queen Mother who indulged her into lawlessness, thinking that with the support of the Queen Mother, she dared to be presumptuous in front of the emperor.
The emperor looked at her with a calm face, unable to see joy and anger, and suddenly said after a long time, "The queen mother wants to keep you in the palace all the time, what do you think?" ”
"There is a feast in the world, and the chicks have the day when they spread their wings and fly and leave their relatives. I have my own home. ”
"Interesting."
The emperor took a sip of soup thoughtfully, the delicious soup soothed his heart and lungs, and the whole body was warm and smooth.
"How can you be sure this isn't your place to be?"
"My fate is up to me. The only thing I want in life is to be comfortable and at ease, but unfortunately the people here are too poor to give me anything. ”
The emperor's heart jumped suddenly, and something seemed to be surging in his chest.
Fu Ying's words were like pointing at him and laughing at him, he was just a poor creature in captivity, and he didn't feel comfortable for a day.
He was destitute and pitifully poor in her eyes.
He stood up, turned his back to her, and pressed the throbbing of his chest.
"It's getting late, let's go back. Come back tomorrow, come early. ”
The emperor strode to the side hall, and a group of palace people followed and left, and the entire hall suddenly became a lot empty.
Fu Yingran watched his back disappear from sight completely, and secretly let out a long sigh of relief.
She was also very nervous just now, she was really worried that the emperor's brain would twitch, so in order to express her filial piety, she responded to the queen mother's thoughts and made her a concubine.
Like a roundworm in her stomach, she guessed what she was thinking, walked up to her and said,
"Don't worry, they won't force you without your consent."
"Why?" After all, they are the most honorable people in the entire Twilight Country.
He turned his face to look at her, so that he could see that the face of the people and gods reflected a shallow halo of candle flames, revealing a mysterious and proud brilliance.
"Because you're your father's daughter."
The little twilight country, how to compare with the prime minister of the Tianyang country.
"You just said 'them'...... Does the emperor know my identity too? ”
He didn't answer, he tilted his head, and his expression said it all.
That's of course, otherwise she wouldn't have become the adopted daughter of the Queen Mother so smoothly and canonized the county lord.
This was acquiesced by the emperor.
Holding her tired body back to Yinghui Garden, Fu Yingran took the lead to see her seven cats.
When the cats saw her, they all surrounded her affectionately, meowing happily and rubbing against her legs.
Fu Yingran squatted down and touched them one by one, the warm and soft touch in his hands was very comfortable, and his heart felt a lot softer.
She is very loved by the cats, and she has no sense of alienation at all, and she is all very clingy to her.
And her favorite is the cotton ball, every time the cotton ball drills into her arms, she will remember that day when she first saw it in the rain was beaten and bruised, pitiful appearance, and her heart became more and more pity and love.
Fu Yingran played with them for a while before returning to his house, and fell asleep as soon as he touched the pillow, and had to get up early the next day.
Fu Yingran ran to the Xuande Hall every day for several days, and the concubines in the harem were all red-eyed, envious, jealous and hateful, and occasionally encountered sour words.
Only she knows how hard she is.
However, her hard work is still dwarfed by the emperor.
She waited for the emperor to go to the Xuande Hall every day, and the emperor got up earlier and was busier than her.
It's both physically and brain-consuming, and it's really hard.
She, an irrelevant person, looked at him and felt that he was a little pitiful, which made people feel distressed.
Not to mention the women in the harem who loved him like their lives and regarded him as their heaven, they all rushed to serve and take care of him and share the burden for him, but they were all driven away by him.
Then Fu Yingran was successfully portrayed by him as the public enemy of the whole harem, the object of being cursed and stabbed villains in the palace fight.
When he was busy, he always forgot to eat, and he couldn't even eat on time with her, and he was always hungry and miserable.
After the queen mother found out, she specially told her to supervise the emperor to eat on time and eat a full meal, so that she could have the physical strength to be busy with business.
Adhering to the idea of starving without being affected by the emperor, she gladly accepted this task.
Even if she was ignored a thousand times, she had to remind him a thousand times without relenting.
If you want to starve, don't take me, I'm young, weak, I can't eat well, I can't grow tall!
"I am reluctant to drink this rice wine myself, I will contribute it to you, if you don't appreciate it, you will never have a chance in the future."
Fu Yingran muttered to himself and stamped up to the royal road, and the middle attendant happened to be standing outside the palace gate and the little attendant instructing things.
Fu Yingran walked up with a smile and said sincerely, "Last time in the competition, my guards were ignorant, please don't take it to heart." This is my freshly fried peas, which are eaten as snacks and served with wine, so adults don't dislike them. ”
As he spoke, he opened the food box in his hand and brought out a plate of fried peas, the peas were golden and very tempting.
Zhong Chang waiter's gentle words were neither humble nor arrogant, "Thank you for the kindness of the county lord." But the old slave is old and has bad teeth, so he can't bite these things. ”
Fu Yingran put away the fried peas apologetically, "Look at my recklessness, it's because I didn't think it through." ”
"Your Majesty is already waiting, please from the county lord."
Zhongchang waited in front to guide her way, and Fu Yingran thanked her repeatedly, and absentmindedly followed her into the main hall.
Zhongchang couldn't eat fried peas, and it seemed that he was not the one who helped her that day.
It seems that there are still people who know martial arts hidden in the Xuande Palace, and the martial arts must be higher than those of the Zhongchang Servants, otherwise it is impossible not to be noticed.
As soon as I entered the main hall, I met Shu Jieyu who was about to leave.
Shu Jieyu is now pregnant, and she is the object of protection of the whole harem, and she rarely goes out of the Yiluan Palace, so she came to see the emperor today.
The two nodded and did not speak, and when they were wrong, Shu Jieyu glanced at the food box in her hand and smiled softly at her.
What does that holy smile full of tolerance and understanding mean?
You don't think she's currying favor with the emperor, right?
Roar, what a beautiful misunderstanding!
"What are you doing standing there, come and grind the ink."
The emperor's urging voice pulled her back to reality, and she sat down by the dragon case with a dissatisfied pace, repeating the same actions of these days.
Circle after circle, grinding and grinding on the inkstone, staring at the dark ink pool, the sleepiness of getting up early hit the brain again.
Not long after, the attendants outside the hall hurriedly came in and replied, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military report." ”
"Bring it quickly."
The emperor's head buried in the mountain music was raised suddenly, and his eyes lit up impatiently.
A soldier in full armor strode in, his steps steady and heavy, kneeling on one knee and holding a piece of music aloft.
"The Fuyi army attacked Xiangshui City at night, and after two days of fierce fighting, our army suffered heavy casualties and retreated to Yunshan Pass. This is a war report, please show it to Your Majesty! ”
The atmosphere in the main hall was solemnized by this battle report.
The middle attendant stepped forward with a solemn expression to take the battle report and sent it to the dragon case.
Fu Yingran saw the emperor's shoulders collapse with his own eyes, as if the mighty mountain could not withstand the weight of the boulder, and collapsed with a bang.
"Another city has been occupied, and this is already the sixth."
His voice was full of anger and weakness, and he froze for a moment, then suddenly stood up and gave a quick order.
"Quickly pass on Da Honglu, Hu Xiangguo and Dian Yu Shi. Fast! ”
The emperor was in a hurry, and the Zhongchang attendant immediately went down to order, and a heavy tense atmosphere permeated the entire hall.
Fu Yingran withdrew her hand and straightened her body, she had been in the Xuande Hall for several days, and had heard a lot about the political affairs of the DPRK and China, and the most urgent and important thing now was the confrontation with Fuyi.
Fuyi is a horse tribe, the best at equestrianism, force, and this is the weakness of the twilight country that focuses on literature.
The military strength of the Twilight Kingdom is weak, and it can't be carried by the wingers who grew up on horseback.
From the very beginning, the battle was at a disadvantage.
Soon, the three ministers were called.
Fu Yingran recognized them, these three people were frequent visitors to the Xuande Palace, and they were often summoned by the emperor to discuss politics.
"Isn't there any news from Tianyang Kingdom? It has been seven or eight days since the credentials were handed in. ”
The emperor looked at Da Honglu kneeling on the left side and asked urgently, his handsome face was frozen with a sorrow that could not be dissolved.
Da Honglu said in a deep voice helplessly, "Your Majesty Tianyang Kingdom is not coming to the court, and the envoys we sent will not see anyone at all, and there is no news of the national letter handed over. ”
"Why is that?"
Da Honglu raised his eyes, glanced at the emperor cautiously, and returned, "Because...... Incense Day. ”