The ministers begged me to ascend the throne

In Yongxin Palace, Concubine Rong was serving the emperor's dinner.

"Cousin, you have worked hard during this time. This is the ginseng soup I made specially. You can drink it and see." Concubine Rong made the dishes tonight by herself and did not let anyone help her. Her cooking skills have always been good. Although she is not as good as the imperial chef, she still has the taste of home.

Before she became the emperor's concubine, she often cooked with the Queen Mother for the emperor and the late emperor. She learned her cooking skills from the late Queen Mother. Although she learned only home-cooked dishes, both the late Emperor and the Emperor liked to eat them.

After Concubine Rong became the emperor's concubine, she would cook or make soup for the emperor from time to time. Since the death of the former Queen Mother, the emperor liked the food cooked by Concubine Rong even more, because the food she cooked had the taste of the former Queen Mother. After all, her cooking skills were learned from the former Queen Mother.

The emperor took a few sips of the ginseng soup and praised it without hesitation: "It tastes good."

Concubine Rong, who was praised, said with a smile on her face: "I started boiling this ginseng soup this morning. I have boiled the essence of ginseng for more than a hundred years into the soup. Drinking it is a great tonic for the body. Cousin, you Drink more."

The emperor said: "Since it is very beneficial to your body, you should drink more."

Hearing what the emperor said, Concubine Rong was very moved.

"Then I'll drink more with my cousin."

"it is good."

Concubine Rong Guifei accompanied the emperor to drink ginseng soup and talked about what happened when they were children. At that time, the late emperor and the late queen mother were both there. As long as their family was there, they would sit together to eat and chat.

When talking about their childhood, both the Emperor and Concubine Rong showed nostalgia on their faces. Then, they talked about the bad things their children had done when they were young, and the two couldn't help but laugh.

Once, the emperor and his companions were chased and bitten by a dog. Marquis Xuanping stood in front of the emperor, and then the dog bit off a piece of meat on his butt. A lot of blood bled at that time, which frightened them greatly.

When they were children, the Xuanpinghou brothers and sisters loved playing behind the emperor. The emperor was naughty and often led them around, teasing chickens and dogs. Every time something happened, Marquis Xuanping would stand in front of the emperor very loyally, and he would also take the initiative to take the blame and admit his mistakes, saving the emperor a lot of beatings.

Later, when he grew up, Xuanpinghou followed the emperor to fight everywhere. Whenever the emperor encountered danger, he would rush forward. Although Marquis Xuanping's ability to march and fight was not very good, he was a qualified younger brother beside the emperor, and he followed the emperor's lead in everything.

Nowadays, Marquis Xuanping has a distinguished status and supports his nephew as the king, but he is still loyal to the emperor.

"Cousin, you know my brother well. He will never dare and will never rebel." Concubine Rong told so many things about her childhood in order to remind the emperor of what Xuanpinghou did for him when he was a child. "My brother will never recruit troops in Annan. As for the weapons, he is forging them to sell to the Annan people and make money from the Annan people. He did not smuggle the weapons back to Da Zhou. Please tell me."

The emperor listened quietly to Concubine Rong's words. When she finished speaking, he thoughtfully served her some food: "The food is cold and doesn't taste good. Eat it quickly."

"Cousin~~~" Concubine Rong called out coquettishly.

"Eat first, don't waste your table of good food." After the emperor said this, he stopped talking and ate quietly and seriously.

Seeing this, Concubine Rong couldn't say anything else she wanted to say, so she could only eat obediently.

Concubine Rong's meal was tasteless. When the emperor finished eating and put down the bowls and chopsticks, she quickly put down the bowls and chopsticks in her hands, then poured the emperor a cup of tea herself and asked him to rinse his mouth.

After the emperor finished drinking the tea and put down the tea cup in his hand, she couldn't wait to say again: "Cousin, my brother..."

As soon as she opened her mouth, she was interrupted by the emperor, who said in a joking tone: "In your brother's heart, I'm afraid the second child is more important than me."

Concubine Rong was frightened by the emperor's words. She quickly shook her head and said, "No, cousin, in my brother's heart, you are naturally the most important."

"Are you sure?" The emperor held his chin with his hand and looked at the anxious Concubine Rong with interest, "I'm afraid that in your heart, the second child is more important than me now. After all, I am old and young."

Rong Guifei couldn't figure out whether the emperor was joking or serious. She was so scared that she immediately knelt on the ground, raised her hands and swore: "Cousin, in my heart, you are always the most important, and no one in this world is more important than you." This was Rong Guifei's true words. Although her son was also important, the emperor was more important because she had placed her heart on the emperor since she was a child.

The emperor stretched out his hand to help Concubine Rong up, "I was joking with you, why are you kneeling down?"

Concubine Rong reached out and pinched the back of the emperor's hand, and glared at him coquettishly: "Cousin, your joke just now scared me to death."

"When did you become so timid?"

"Cousin, don't you know how I feel about you? Do you want me to take out my heart and show it to you?"

"That's not necessary, it's quite scary."

Concubine Rong pinched the emperor's waist and said, "Cousin, you are causing trouble again."

The emperor grabbed Concubine Rong's hand and patted it gently: "Who is causing trouble?"

"Cousin... just spare my brother."

The emperor took a deep look at Concubine Rong and asked with a half-smile: "I ask you, if after investigation your brother is really recruiting troops and forging weapons in Annan, what will you do?"

Seeing the emperor's serious face, Concubine Rong's heart tightened, and the sweet smile on her face froze.

The emperor asked again: "If your brother really wants to help the second brother rebel against me, what will you do?"

When the maid standing nearby heard the emperor ask Concubine Rong this, she was so frightened that cold sweat broke out on her back. Sun Kui was very calm.

Concubine Rong was silent for a moment and replied: "Cousin, my brother and the King will never do such a treasonous thing."

"What if I did."

Concubine Rong raised her eyes and looked directly into the emperor's eyes, and said in a very solemn tone: "If you do it, I will definitely beat them to death."

When the emperor saw the seriousness in Concubine Rong's eyes, he knew that what she said was true and she was not lying to him.

"Your words are enough." After hearing this, Concubine Rong secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She cautiously asked tentatively: "Cousin, then my brother..."

"As you said, he forged weapons in Annan and did not transport them back to Zhou Dynasty. Then his crime is not worthy of death. I will not take his life."

The big stone that had been hanging in Concubine Rong's heart could finally fall. She said to the emperor with gratitude on her face: "Thank you, cousin. Cousin, you are the best."

"Okay, stop fooling me with sweet words."

"Cousin, how could you say that to me? What I said was all from my heart, how could it be sweet words." Concubine Rong looked at the emperor with charming eyes.

The emperor pretended not to see it, stood up and said to Concubine Rong: "I still have a bunch of memorials to approve. Let's go back to the imperial study first. You go to bed early tonight and don't wait for me." After that, he left.

"Cousin..." Concubine Rong Gui couldn't believe that the emperor just left like this. She quickly stepped forward, took the emperor's hand, and looked at him sadly, "Cousin, you really have the heart to leave me."

The emperor raised his hand and patted Concubine Rong on the shoulder, and comforted her in a gentle voice: "I am really busy. I will come back to accompany you when I am not busy in two days."

Concubine Rong said aggrievedly: "Really?"

"Really, when have I ever lied to you?" the emperor said again, "I am very satisfied with the meal you cooked tonight."

A smile appeared on Concubine Rong's face again, "Cousin, you won't be busy in two days, so you have to make it up to me."

"Okay, I'll make it up to you when the time comes." The emperor smiled, "There's no need to give it away to me."

"I'd better send my cousin out."

Concubine Rong went out from the emperor's house and did not return to the palace until she could no longer see the emperor's back. The smile on her face immediately turned into a terrifying haze.

"Your Majesty, I feel that the Emperor is really busy, and I am not dissatisfied with you. Don't think too much about it." Jin Mei comforted Concubine Rong, "It's not like the Emperor has left without dinner before. I guess that the Emperor is smoking tonight." I have time to come and have dinner with you.”

After hearing what Jin Mei said, Concubine Rong felt much better, but she was still a little uneasy.

"Do you really think the Emperor is really busy?"

"My Majesty, didn't the Emperor tell you before he left that he would compensate you in two days when he is not busy? When has the Emperor ever broken his promise to you?" Jin Mei brought a cup of tea to Concubine Rong, "My Majesty, please don't think blindly. ”

Concubine Rong took the tea cup, lowered her head and took a few sips of tea, her anxiety reduced a lot.

"I'm afraid that my cousin will be dissatisfied when I plead for my brother."

"You are the sister of Marquis Xuanping. Isn't it your duty to plead for the Marquis? It would be strange if you didn't plead for the Marquis."

"Do you think the emperor will really let my brother go?"

"The Emperor has said so, and he will definitely spare the Marquis. Madam, please relax."

Concubine Rong's face darkened for a moment: "They actually hid the fact that they were recruiting troops and forging weapons in Annan from me. If Princess Annan hadn't revealed it, I'm afraid they would have kept it secret from me for the rest of their lives."

"Your Majesty, I feel that the Prince and the Marquis are not really planning to rebel, but are trying to take precautions before they happen."

"Of course I know they didn't intend to rebel, but they offended the emperor by doing this." Concubine Rong was angry and resentful that her son and brother had hidden the matter from her. "Now I have to wipe their butts for them."

"Your Majesty, doesn't the Duke of Zhenguo do the same thing?"

"They are all a bunch of idiots digging their own graves." Concubine Rong Gui followed the emperor and learned more or less about the emperor's temperament. "If the emperor is furious about this matter, then this matter will become okay. But now, the emperor asked He Xiang and others to investigate strictly, which shows that the emperor is really angry. The emperor's temperament, the more angry he is, the calmer he appears on the surface ”

"This slave is in a good mood when he sees the emperor."

Concubine Rong sighed softly and said, "The angrier you are, the happier you will laugh."

"Your Majesty, didn't the Emperor say that he will spare the life of the Marquis, so don't worry."

"I'm afraid that I won't be able to keep my title in the Xuanping Marquis Mansion."

"The Emperor will probably not revoke the title of Marquis." Jin Mei said, "Even if the Emperor does revoke the title of Marquis, as long as you are here, sooner or later the Emperor will restore the title of Marquis."

These words spoke to Concubine Rong's heart, "You are right, as long as I am still here, the title of Xuanping Marquis Mansion will not disappear forever."

"Empress, do you think the Emperor will let the Zhenguo Palace and the Anyang Palace go?"

"It's hard to say what the Duke of Zhenguo does, but Duke Anyang can't escape this time." Concubine Rong said with a sneer, "That bastard son of Concubine Shu has done something so unjust, how could the emperor let Duke Anyang go. "

"Your Majesty, I can't understand why the emperor let Shubin go." Jin Mei asked puzzledly, "I don't believe that Shubin knew anything about what King Zheng did before. Shubin must have known about it, and He also helped cover the former King Zheng.”

"The Emperor has already ordered that the beast's head be chopped off. If Shubin is thrown into the cold palace again, wouldn't it mean that the world would accuse him of being cold-blooded and ruthless?" Concubine Rong understood that the emperor did not intend to severely punish Shubin, "Anyway, That beast is the emperor's biological son. As the saying goes, a tiger cannot eat its own son. If the emperor ordered to kill his own son, this would be considered cruel by the people in the world, even if this son has done many outrageous things. "

"The former King Zheng did so many things that were very disrespectful to human life. The emperor is a wise king, so how can we spare him from death." Jin Mei felt that there was nothing wrong with the emperor's order to kill the former King Zheng.

"So, Shubin is very smart. She takes all the blame on herself and does not let the emperor bear the slightest accusation of poor teaching." Although Concubine Rong didn't like Shubin, she had to admit that this woman was very smart. "She Not interceding on behalf of her son, nor interceding on behalf of Duke Anyang, but only seeking punishment from the emperor, is to retreat in order to advance. "

"Shu concubine is really treacherous." After hearing Concubine Rong's words, Jin Mei finally understood why the emperor didn't send concubine Shu into the cold palace.

"She is smart, not as stupid as Concubine Liang. Smart people survive, but stupid people die." Concubine Rong sighed in her heart: she hoped that her son and brother would not be stupid again in the future. If she can wipe their butts this time, she may not be able to do so next time. My cousin could spare them once, but he would never spare them a second time. (End of chapter)