Outlaws of the Marsh

Chapter 722 The meat is rotten in the pot (please subscribe!)

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After returning to the harem, Li Yan went directly to Song Palace.

Zhu Lian and others, who had been notified in advance, all stood at the door waiting for Li Yan's arrival.

When he came to Zhu Lian's side, Li Yan said with concern: "This month is the most important thing to pay attention to. If you can avoid these customary rituals, you can avoid them."

Then, Li Yan said to Zhe Miaomiao, Zhu Lin, who were also pregnant, and the other two women who were Zhao Huan's wife and now Li Yan's wife, "You too, you must protect yourselves."

That's right.

Zhu Lian and others are already pregnant.

Actually this is normal.

In the past few months, Li Yan spent two or three nights in the Song Palace every month. With Li Yan's strong fertility, it would be abnormal if few women conceived.

Zhu Lian wanted to say: "It's not the first time I'm pregnant, I know how to take care of myself, it's fine."

But when the words came to his lips, Zhu Lian swallowed them back again.

Zhu Lian was afraid that Li Yan would mind, she was also afraid that Li Yan would be disgusted, and she was even more afraid that Li Yan would ignore her because of this.

Yes.

Zhu Lian cares about Li Yan.

Zhu Lian didn't know when it started.

Probably from the moment she learned she was pregnant again.

It may be from the moment Li Yanqiang fucked her.

It could also be from the moment she met Li Yan.

In short, Zhu Lian cared more and more about Li Yan.

Zhu Lian always compares Li Yan with Zhao Huan habitually, from being a person, from dealing with affairs, from being an emperor, etc...

Take being an emperor.

After Zhao Huan became emperor, he has been busy all the time, from morning to night, so busy that he can't even eat, he is so busy that he can't even take care of his married life, he is so busy that he is in a mess at a young age, as if he is missing everything. not him.

After Li Yan became emperor, he was also busy.

But Li Yan is not like Zhao Huan at all.

Li Yan left all the trifles in the court to the chief executives, and even the important matter of regaining Yanyun, Li Yan completely left it to the Privy Council and the frontline generals to deal with. Li Yan often talked about it. In one sentence, "You want me for everything, what do you need ministers to do?"

Li Yan himself went to study iron ships, steam engines, and develop agriculture.

But you want to say that Li Yan is not doing his job properly.

Whether it is the ministers or the general public, the evaluation of Li Yan is getting higher and higher.

Moreover, both ministers and common people are willing to be used by Li Yan.

Even some Song officials who were originally loyal to the Song Dynasty compared Li Yan with Song Rensong, saying that Li Yan had the bearing of a famous emperor through the ages.

Taking a step back, if Li Yanzhen is the same as Song Renzong, then that's all.

But Li Yan is really not Song Renzong.

Not long ago, the Southern Song Dynasty sent people to instigate rebellion against some former Song officials who had surrendered to Dazhong, and asked them to launch a coup to kill Li Yan, hoping to disintegrate the new regime of Dazhong from within.

But before they could do anything, they were uprooted by Jin Yiwei, and none of the people involved in the case could escape.

Immediately afterwards, Li Yan showed his fierce side to everyone—the main personnel involved in the case were all hacked into pieces, all the personnel involved were executed, their homes were ransacked, and their family members and men were sent to labor camps for reformation through labor. , all the women were sent to Jiaofang Division and reduced to camp prostitutes.

After this happened, people didn't really care about Li Yan's thunderous tactics. The so-called emperor was angry and laid down millions of corpses. A man named "Shi Xiu" who never left Li Yan's side.

Legend has it that Shi Xiu and Jin Yiwei have placed eyeliners around all the ministers, and every move of the ministers is under the supervision of Shi Xiu and Jin Yiwei.

In this regard, Li Yan never admitted or denied it.

But except when Li Yan was in the harem, Shi Xiu was always by Li Yan's side, and the department of Jinyiwei was neither under the management of the capital hall nor the Privy Council. It can be said that no one can control it except Li Yan, the emperor. this department.

In this case, anyone can think that Shi Xiu and Jin Yiwei are actually Li Yan's eyes and ears.

Therefore, while Li Yan greatly released power to the ministers, he also tied a sharp knife to the heads of the ministers-a sharp knife that could kill them at any time.

In layman's terms, Li Yan's ministers are both gentlemen and villains.

Of course, there are many other ways for Li Yan to control the court and courtiers, so I won't go into details here.

In short, although Li Yan didn't put his mind on governing the world, he managed his courtiers to be submissive and governed his country in an orderly manner.

On the other hand, Zhao Huan did not do little things for villains, and even put his father under house arrest. Lost, lost the queen, concubine, daughter, and turned himself into a prisoner.

And the thing about the bed.

Compared with the major events of the family and the country, this matter is not a major event.

But for many women, this is also a very important thing.

However, even in this matter, Zhao Huan is not as good as Li Yan - far less than Li Yan!

Anyway, Zhu Lian compared Zhao Huan with Li Yanyi, the more the comparison, the more disappointed Zhu Lian was with Zhao Huan, the more Zhu Lian wanted to completely forget Zhao Huan!
Zhu Lian took a handkerchief to help Li dust off his body, and said: "This is etiquette, and it cannot be discarded... Thank you officials for caring about us, I will pay attention to it, by the way, have the sweet potatoes sprouted?"

As soon as sweet potatoes were mentioned, Li Yan couldn't help but said excitedly: "It has sprouted, and in a few years, sweet potatoes will become one of the people's favorite food!"

In fact, like Li Qingzhao, Zhu Lian and others don't quite believe that sweet potatoes have such a high yield.

But Li Yan is a person who has repeatedly created legends, so Zhu Lian and the others can't help but not believe it, the key is that Zhu Lian and the others dare not not believe it.

Therefore, while Zhu Lian and the others agreed with Li Yan to enjoy the future, they helped Li Yan wash off the dust on his body, and then ate with Li Yan.

After the meal, Zhu Lian and Katrina Kaifu (a princess of Zhuluo Kingdom) arranged for Li Yan to go to bed together.

Now that Zhu Lian is pregnant, she decides that she cannot sleep with Li Yan.

Neither could Zhu Fengying—she was already pregnant.

Zhe Miaomiao and Zhu Lin, as well as the other two former wives of Zhao Huan, were also pregnant.

In addition, there are three hanging months free.

It is obvious that the Song Palace has insufficient personnel to participate in the battle today.

In fact, it's nothing. There are not enough people in the Song Palace, and they can be replaced by the bed servants or other people in the palace. In the harem, the most indispensable thing is women.

But where there are people, there are rivers and lakes.

And where there are rivers and lakes, there are gangs.

Based on the principle that the meat rots in the pot, before Li Yan arrived, Zhu Lian called Zhe Miaomiao, Zhu Fengying, Zhu Lin, Concubine Zhu Shende, Zheng Qingyun, Di Yuhui and others, and asked them to recommend some close people for the evening Serving the bed together is considered safe.

Not only Zhu Lian understands the truth that meat rots in the pot, but other people also understand it.

finally--

Zhu Lian recommended two maids who had been with her for several years.

Zhe Miaomiao brought Zhemeifeng, Zhemeiluan, Zheyuexiu, Zheyueru, Zheyuezhi and Zheyuemei.

Zhu Fengying, Zhu Lin, Concubine Zhu Shende, Di Yuhui and others also recommended some people close to them.

And Zheng Qingyun took this opportunity to recommend her sisters who looked exactly the same.

In addition, Zheng Qingyun also promoted a maid named Wang.

The maid surnamed Wang was originally the wife of a criminal official, but for some reason, she was assigned to the palace, and then became Zheng Qingyun's maid by accident.

The maid surnamed Wang looks so charming, and she has a charm that girls don't have at all. Zheng Qingyun thinks that Li Yan might like such a woman.

Moreover, this maid surnamed Wang is very good at dealing with people, and she has won the trust and love of Zheng Qingyun.

Therefore, Zheng Qingyun took this opportunity to praise the maid surnamed Wang, hoping to get a strong support in the palace.

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(End of this chapter)