Volume 2: Mountains Have Trees and Trees Have Branches 118: Seeking Benevolence
After a tiring day, Zhang Yan felt very tired. He sent everyone away, leaving only his henchmen and maids to serve by his side, and everything was as if he were not married. Suddenly, I heard a familiar eunuch outside the hall, and I knew that it was Han Changliu, the former head of the palace. Unconsciously overjoyed, he quickly stood up.
However, it was not Liu Ying who came in person. It's just that the order is given to the Jiaofang Palace, all kinds of silk and lacquer boxes and other utensils and ornaments, and a variety of rows are arranged on the Jiaofang Palace, which is rich and lively.
After the salute, the fate of Tu Tu and Xie Jie put away the things given by the emperor, and Zhang Yan sat down again with a smile.
Little by little, the hourglass flows.
"Niangniang," asked Tu Yu with a smile on the side, "but it's time for dinner?" β
"Wait a little longer." She was holding a volume of "Lu's Spring and Autumn" to read, and she was reluctant to let go when she saw the critical point, so she said absent-mindedly perfunctorily.
"Okay, Niangniang-" When asked for the third time, Tu Yu finally couldn't help but urge, "Your Majesty, he won't come to Jiaofang Hall again tonight." β
Even if you are the empress's mother, it is impossible for the man who is the emperor to guard you alone for the rest of your life. ββThis is a tacit fact that people in the world have acquiesced, and it is the same as the golden rule.
Zhang Yan's hand holding the scroll tightened, looked up at the sky, put down the boring scroll, and said with a wry smile, "It's so late." β
Lamps were held inside and outside the Jiaofang Palace.
Tu Yu looked at this girl she had grown up with since she was a child, and some regret suddenly swelled up in her heart, and she knelt beside her and persuaded softly, "Your Majesty has been with the queen for the past three days, and I am not by my mother's side today." The mother is unhappy in her heart, and it is natural. But, Niangniang, that's His Majesty the Emperor, and you ......, so naturally he can't get tired of you every day. These days, slaves and maids are watching from the sidelines. I feel that Your Majesty really feels sorry for my mother. For the mother, this is more important than anything else. β
Zhang Yan felt a strange bitter taste coming out of her mouth, looked back at Tu Yu, and asked quietly, "Do you think Your Majesty treats me very well?" β
Tu Yu was stunned for a moment, glanced at Han Lian, who was staying with her at this time, and hesitated, "It should be, it's good, right?" β
Zhang Yan smiled. "You don't have to, I know he's done his best." To me.
He was educated and raised by Confucianism from an early age. He has always been morally clean and self-conscious, and never does anything that violates his conscience. But he married her anyway. He knew that as a queen, if she entered the palace, she would be treated coldly, and she would be disgraced in this Weiyang Palace. Therefore, he stayed with her for three days. Round such a lie for her.
However, he couldn't allow himself to share a bed with his niece, so he could only wronged himself, and he couldn't sleep well all night, drinking while watching the cold moonlight.
"Alright." She stood up. "I'm hungry, so tell me to go and pass supper." Walked straight into the dormitory and fell on the bed. Bury your face in a thick, fluffy mattress and don't want to get up.
With a "click", it was Hanlian who followed her in and lit the light.
"Mother," she called. Seeing that Zhang Yan refused to get up, she couldn't help laughing.
"I think so." Han Lian's soft voice flowed in the huge Jiaofang dormitory, as if she was talking to herself, as if asking her mind, "Your Majesty treats Niangniang very well, but it's not enough, isn't it?" β
Zhang Yan turned over on the bed, sat up, and asked strangely, "Did you hear that?" β
She smiled knowingly, "You must think I'm unblessed, right?" β
From the eyes of the world in this era, no matter how you look at it, she has been happy enough. Noble background, parents and beauty, and firm love and support her. Chong Ling became the queen of the Han Dynasty and married into the Weiyang Shen Palace, but she was familiar with it since she was a child, but it was like moving from one home to another, and there was no strangeness and alienation. As a strong mother-in-law, Empress Lu has a tenderness for herself, and she takes care of herself in every possible way and does not want to be wronged.
Even, the man who sits in the world, the Emperor of the Han Dynasty, and her husband, although he can't love himself for some special reasons, he is pampered, and he is willing to fulfill almost all his wishes.
Aren't these good?
Of course it's good.
But not enough.
I want more.
I want him to be able to see who I really am, not the shackles that cling to the moral heart. Even though he is the lord of the world, in love, we are equal. I am willing to give all my loyalty to him, and in return, I want him to be the only one in his eyes and heart.
It's just that Zhang Yan smiled faintly and bitterly, these concepts that seem taken for granted in my eyes are a kind of shocking madness in the minds of any Han person, right?
In this world, as long as there are men with some ability, they will be happy to find a confidante in the pink without caring about the wife at home. Three wives and four concubines are a reality that is common in powerful families, let alone the lord of the world and the king of a country?
In their opinion, if they have such an idea, they are a crazy person who does not measure himself.
"No, it won't."
Well, Zhang Yan looked up in amazement, saw Han Lian curled her lips and smiled, and said earnestly, "No one is more noble than anyone." If you want to get something, you have to pay the corresponding price in exchange. Niangniang is smart and kind, with a delicate heart, Han Lian believes that one day His Majesty will see Niangniang's good. If he still can't repay his mother's true feelings, then Hanlian believes that he is not a person worthy of his mother's deep love. β
Zhang Yan was slightly stunned, knelt on the couch, and straightened her waist.
"I can't think of it." She smiled strangely, "You are my bosom friend, Hanlian." β
The thatched fragrance mixed with the taste of pepper paste is rich in the pepper room hall. Zhang Yanqian inspected the layout of the hall, the lacquer case, the box, and the screen decoration style are all atmospheric and solemn, which is very suitable for the identity of the master of the palace and the world, but he has lost a delicate and delicate show. The pineapple screen is placed in the center, folded into six fans, and supported by a foot tarsus. The screen is painted with a mountain ghost girl, Qin Feng Pujia. The mountains are cold, the springs are cold, and the strokes are vivid. However, it was the marquis of Guannei Zhang Kai who was far away in Yanmen County, and heard that the emperor and queen were married, and offered a congratulatory gift.
"I've forgotten about this busy day." Zhang Yan pointed to the * screen and said, "Han Lian, you can talk to Master Zhan Shi tomorrow and let him set up another bed outside this screen." β
". Dinner is coming. Tu Yu came into the hall from afar and saw Zhang Yan sitting on the couch, smiling brightly. sighed and calmed down, "Have you figured it out?" β
"yes." Zhang Yan tilted her head and smiled mischievously, "I figured it out." β
She is the wife he is marrying in the eyes of the world, but in his eyes, she is still the little girl who calls his uncle on the Shang Mountain. It's okay, I'm too young to be your true interpreter. But Liu Ying, you have to wait for me to grow up. I know, in the long years when I was growing up. It's impossible for you to be without other palace people and concubines. If one by one, day by day, I will drown in the sea of vinegar.
So. I'll adjust my mentality and wait for you to come back in the pepper room.
Because I'm not your real wife yet, I'm not qualified to be jealous of you. I would advise myself not to look, not to think about the occasional way you go to and from other women. Just remember what you were like with me.
But one day, you will finally be able to admit that you love me. I will never agree to give you to any other woman.
Love is such a selfish thing.
March has passed in a flash.
In spring and February, Zhang Yanmiao met Emperor Gao. Perform the rite of marriage.
Xuanyi is dressed in clothes, after stepping out of the high temple. She sighed at the sky.
At this point, she can be regarded as truly becoming the wife of the Liu family, even though he died at a young age. In the mausoleum of the Liu family's ancestral hall, there is also a place for her.
Emperor Hui was sympathetic to Zhang Yan and saved her from the fatigue of eating and going to the Xuan Room every five days. Instead, he went to the pepper room once every five days, and there was always a time when he stayed overnight two or three times, and slept with Zhang Yan in the same bed.
This is the day of the eclipse. Zhang Yan ordered Cen Niang to prepare the meal carefully. At the third quarter of the Shen hour, Liu Ying stopped the political affairs of the Xuanshu Palace. Returned to the Jiaofang Palace.
"Slow down." He smiled and hugged Zhang Yan who rushed out, and muttered, "You are also the queen of our Han Dynasty, if you are always so childish, it is not good." β
Zhang Yan raised her head from his arms and said with a smile, "But Your Majesty, people stay alone in the Jiaofang Palace, are they panicking?" That's why I hope that Your Majesty will come to the pepper room to accompany Ah Yan. β
Liu Ying suddenly felt guilty, reached out and stroked her green silk, and said softly, "If you feel bored, find some pastime by yourself, don't you like to read?" There are many unique books in Tianlu Pavilion, and you can often go there to see them. β
She chuckled, "The scribes of Tianlu Pavilion are probably scared when they see me, and I have almost moved half of Tianlu Pavilion to Jiaofang Palace." β
"That's right." He walked into the pepper room and smiled dumbly.
The hall is full of all kinds of books, different from the fat powder of other palace people in the harem, the Jiaofang Hall will always have a light bookish fragrance, which makes him feel comfortable.
The palace people put the meal and put it separately. Liu Ying had been busy all day, and at this time she was really hungry, so she knelt down in front of the desk and held up the chopsticks and vegetables, tasted it, and suddenly smiled, "The food official of Jiaofang Hall is really good." Now the attendants beside me, Danfan, are even more eager than me when they talk about the Xingjiao Palace. It's really Ah Yan, the food in your palace is unforgettable. β
Chang Lu waited behind the emperor, couldn't help but smile embarrassedly, and said, "Your Majesty, look at what you said." However," he swallowed slightly, and said, "The braised pork made by Cen Shiguan last time was really delicious, obviously it was white-cut beef, and I don't know how to cook it, and it was juicy and delicious when I bit into it, which made people feel relished." I wonder if there will be another one this time? β
Zhang Yan smiled slightly, looking at the worries. Xie Xie smiled and said, "There are few repetitive meals in the Jiaofang Palace, and the Cen food official didn't know that Gonggong Han liked braised meat, so he didn't make special preparations." However," she glanced at Chang Li, who had a look of disappointment on her face, and said with a smile, "Cen Shiguan is not only good at braised pork. β
Although the meal is extremely delicious, Liu Ying's practical use is a little uncertain. Zhang Yan was keenly aware of it, and opened her mouth to ask, "Is there anything embarrassing about Your Majesty?" β
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On the last day of April, I would like to thank you all for your support since April. Say goodbye.
Regarding Liu Ying, although she has already married Ah Yan. But when there is no love at present, at least he is not aware of his love, it is reasonable to say that as an emperor, it is impossible for him to be without other concubines.
Well, if you use extremely small words, of course, you can also write that he has no other women until our Ah Yan grows up. But in that case, I would feel like an idiot.
So, in order to save me from being in an idiot crisis, let's accept this reality for the time being.
It's not abuse, it's really not abuse.
As Ah Yan said, she is not Liu Ying's real wife (*) now, and in this case, she can't force Liu Ying to defend herself to death.
Again, this article is not a sad ending.
Tomorrow is May, and Happy Labor Day is a holiday.
Also, ask for a pink ticket for May. Cast from 12 noon tomorrow.