Chapter Forty-Nine: Once Upon a Time at Court
More than ten years ago, when the palace was still peaceful, Emperor Tianyuan was also in his prime, and the princes or princesses in the harem had not yet grown up, even if there was intrigue, it was all secret, at least on the surface, Emperor Tianyuan felt that his small life was still harmonious and beautiful.
Of course, it's beautiful and plain. In addition to thinking about which concubine's palace he should go to spend the night tonight, and how to spoil his favorite and most precious son Ye Feng today.
Until, a new batch of dancing girls was selected into the palace......
One of the dancers is the most stunning, charming and with a hint of innocence, but he doesn't appear often, and usually has to shine a veil on his face, so that people can't figure out what kind of face is hidden under this veil. Despite this, the grace of the dancing girl was not completely hidden. The face was covered, but the graceful body, as well as the charm that was inadvertently revealed in the gestures, which was different from those official ladies who entered the palace to participate in the draft, left an impression on the young Tianyuan Emperor, who was a good student since he was a child, and had never gone out of the palace to visit the Qinglou without permission. But Emperor Tianyuan is the emperor in the end, even if he has some curiosity and freshness about such a woman, he did not directly accept people into his harem. He was still hesitating, he couldn't lose his mind because of his own selfish desires.
But since then, these dancing girls have stayed in the palace and become the royal dancing queens of Emperor Tianyuan.
This state of affairs lasted until a certain palace banquet.
At that palace banquet, the dancing girl Wei Wan'er was dancing her best dance. With her dancing posture and the gauze fluttering in the wind, Wei Wan'er seems to be able to fly away in the wind at any time. And the peerless face looming under the veil adds a bit of mystery to her, and people can't help but want to explore it deeply.
Emperor Tianyuan was obsessed, who knew that the wind was blowing up in an instant, and Wei Wan'er, who was dancing the shocking dance, did not react in time, but was really swept up by the wind and was about to be blown away.
Fortunately, Wei Wan'er at that time in order to better flatter Emperor Tianyuan, in order to keep Tianyuan's heart, so that she could take off from now on, so the position of Emperor Tianyuan was very close. Emperor Tian Yuan couldn't just watch the beauty in his hands be lost without warning, so he immediately reached out, grabbed the corner of Wei Wan'er's clothes, and dragged her back. But Wei Wan'er's veil was blown off in the mad concubine, and the face that almost fused a man's ultimate fantasy of a woman was displayed in front of everyone, firmly grasping everyone's hearts, including Emperor Tianyuan.
That night, Wei Wan'er finally got her wish and was admitted to the harem by Emperor Tianyuan, and during that period of time, Emperor Tianyuan visited Jinxiu Palace at night, and Wei Wan'er was promised by Wei.
I thought that with Emperor Tianyuan being so favored, Wei promised that sooner or later she would be crowned a concubine or concubine, a beautiful woman without any background and no power, it didn't matter if she was given a high position, not to mention that Emperor Tianyuan liked it.
But in the end, the emperor is ruthless. No matter how young and vigorous Emperor Tianyuan is, no matter how infatuated he is with Wei Yu, he is a cold-blooded and ruthless generation of emperors who need to take care of the overall situation. When you become an emperor, you think that you will lose all the most primitive emotional impulses of human beings, learn to restrain yourself, and learn to go against the grain.
There are countless reasons for Wei to get a high position, but there is only one reason to negate all of them, and that is that Emperor Tian Yuan found that he was really in love with Wei and not just wanted to quench his hunger.
Everyone can have preferences, but the emperor cannot. Emperor Tianyuan knew that he had only been on the throne for a few years, all the forces had not yet fully gained a foothold, and he had not yet fully grasped the situation in the court. If at this time, he rashly elevates the status of a dancing girl, then those ministers may rise up to attack him, and at that time, the government is unstable, and he is likely to become a puppet emperor in the hands of the ministers.
What's more, Emperor Tian Yuan didn't like this feeling of having his whole body and mind on one woman. His mind decided that he had to be in control of himself, so what was it about being influenced by a woman casually?
So under Emperor Tianyuan's thoughts, two years have passed, Wei promised or only Wei agreed, but Sheng Favor has not been broken at all, she is probably the first concubine since the founding of Tianyuan who promised to have an entire independent palace. Fortunately, this Wei promised to be a very good person, and he was not indignant because of his status, he just did his duty as a concubine on weekdays, and he didn't deliberately compete for anything, let alone be pampered. This is also one of the reasons why Wei promised to be able to occupy the favor of Emperor Tianyuan all the time, and the other ladies in the harem did not come to trouble her.
In the past two years, Shaohua Palace caught fire, Concubine De died, and Ye Feng was stupid. And Wei promised to give birth to a daughter, Princess Pingyang.
Princess Pingyang was unremarkable when she was born, and her appearance was not outstanding, although Emperor Tianyuan was very fond of Wei Promise, but he didn't have much love for Pingyang's daughter, but put the center of love on Ye Feng, who was just stupid. But as Pingyang grew older, Princess Pingyang, who was still a little girl, looked more and more similar to Wei Promise, and that face could even be vaguely seen to be a little more beautiful than Wei Promise. The balance in Emperor Tianyuan's heart began to shift.
However, at this moment, Wei agreed to die in childbirth, and Emperor Tianyuan seemed to have lost his soul all day, and he didn't have the time to pay attention to Pingyang and some other trivial matters, and even liked to ignore the government affairs of the DPRK and China.
Although those old ministers were not very submissive to the young emperor, they also knew that the development of a country could not be without the emperor, and for a while, the government and the opposition were chaotic.
And Princess Pingyang is also bold, just when Emperor Tianyuan locked himself in the palace all day long, and whoever disturbed him would kill him, Princess Pingyang actually pushed the door in without fear of death and hugged Emperor Tianyuan.
Emperor Tian Yuan originally held a sword in his hand, immersed in grief. Wei promised to be the first woman he really fell in love with, but he died in the palace, this time, he didn't want to and couldn't restrain his emotions at all, and let the sadness permeate him.
When Pingyang broke in, Emperor Tianyuan's sword had already swung to Pingyang's neck, and a blood mark had already appeared. At this moment, Emperor Tianyuan saw Pingyang's face that was incomparably similar to Wei Promise, plus Pingyang had been raised by Wei Promise, and he had the breath of Wei Promise, and even a child, he already had a little bit of Wei Promise's charm.
Looking at Pingyang in front of him, Emperor Tianyuan seemed to see Wei agree, although Pingyang was just a child at that time. Emperor Tian Yuan felt that he had seen Pingyang, and the hole in his heart that had been left by Wei Wei's death seemed to have been filled up slightly. He felt satisfied, but he longed for more. Finally, Emperor Tianyuan, who had lost the last shred of his senses, pulled his little daughter over him......
After this night, Emperor Tianyuan began to go to the morning court normally and deal with government affairs, and everything in the harem seemed to return to before Wei promised not to enter the palace, but the most favored child by the emperor changed from Ye Feng to Princess Pingyang.
No one has an opinion on this, because everyone knows that it was Princess Pingyang who risked her life to break into the Qinzheng Palace to comfort the emperor, so that everything could get back on track. But the world has also wondered that the emperor seems to have to comfort Princess Pingyang once a month in order to stay normal. Maybe Princess Pingyang really has some strange abilities......
(Dividing Line)
In the Qinzheng Palace, Emperor Tianyuan stood in front of the window, recalling all kinds of things. There was affection in his eyes, but it was cold for a moment without a trace of temperature. He casually summoned a secret guard and handed him a portrait: "Pingyang has been destroyed, according to this portrait to find another woman for me, the more similar the better." ”
The dark guard took the order and left, opened the portrait, and it was Wei who promised back then.