Donggong Zhangjiao

After dinner, in the harem, the newlyweds were all looking forward to it.

On this first night, it was very important who the emperor would call to sleep with him.

It shows that the emperor values ​​​​the most, and those who come out on top will naturally have a better life in the future.

Among the newcomers, Lan Meiren and Xu Meiren have the highest status. Lan Meiren also has a title, which is almost half a level higher. Everyone speculates that she is probably the one.

But what everyone didn't expect was that Pei Yao came to Yuzhang Palace that night as usual.

"emperor?"

Fang Yun seemed surprised by Pei Yao's arrival.

"It's already this hour, why haven't you washed up and laid down yet?"

Pei Yao looked at her steadily and asked in a low voice.

"I just read the storybook with the two children for a while, and I'm about to take a bath." Fang Yun's eyes dodge, as if to change the subject, and then said, "Today the newlyweds can go to bed. Come on, why did the emperor come to my concubine’s place? It’s supposed to be the right thing to do.”

"What should I do?" Pei Yao slightly bent down so that his eyes were level with Fang Yun's, "Could it be that you want me to go somewhere else?"

Hearing this, Fang Yun avoided her eyes and said in a forbearing voice.

"It stands to reason that the emperor should meet the new couple."

When she said this, the ends of her eyes were instantly stained with crimson, and the tip of her nose and lips also turned red, as if she was suppressing tears.

Seeing her like this, Pei Yao also sighed lightly and pulled her into his arms.

"I heard from Hong Zheng that someone from the Sewing and Thread Bureau came to give you some clothes in the afternoon, but you didn't even look at them. You just asked someone to take them away. The clothes were drawn by you yourself. The people from the Needle and Thread Bureau worked on them carefully for a long time before they were made. It's done, I thought, if you don't look, you must be out of mood. Later, when I asked someone about it, I found out that you didn't use your chopsticks much during dinner, so how could I feel comfortable eating you?"

Listening to the gentle whisper of the man in his ear, Fang Yun leaned into his arms, with a trembling nasal voice in his words.

"It's because I'm not sensible anymore. I thought I was the most obedient and could accept this. But when I think about the new people coming to the Emperor's side, I always..."

She stopped talking, and her shoulders began to shake slightly. She raised her hands and wrapped her arms around Pei Yao's waist, moving closer to Pei Yao.

Feeling the movement of the woman in his arms, Pei Yao looked down and saw crystal tears falling in those beautiful eyes.

The fair skin made the woman's eyes even more red, and she bit her lower lip tightly with her teeth. Due to the congestion, her lips were as red as red plums falling on the snow.

When a beautiful woman sheds tears, it is the most pitiful thing, especially when Pei Yao cares about it.

Now looking at the entanglement and grievance in Fang Yun's eyes, I feel even more distressed.

The quickest thing was to hold her face and kiss her forehead.

"It's my fault."

"No." Fang Yun looked up at him and shook his head, "The royal family's rules are like this, and the world's customs are like this. Ordinary wealthy families have several concubines. As the emperor, if he does not accept concubines and multiply heirs, Daqi will be destroyed." How can our country have people from generation to generation?"

Having said this, Fang Yun took a deep breath and forced himself to stop crying.

"Although I am very reluctant to let go of the emperor, I should be sensible and follow the rules."

Listening to her words, Pei Yao was even more touched.

He raised his hand and gently stroked Fang Yun's back, and spoke in a deep voice.

"No matter how capable I am, I can only leave it to the next generation. I can't control the people who come from generation to generation. Now I have four princes under my knees, which is not too few. My father, the emperor, has many children under his knees, but fighting I am the only one left. When my uncle was in power, there were even more concubines in the harem, but there were only three princes. It can be seen that having more concubines does not necessarily lead to more heirs, and having too many heirs is not necessarily a good thing."

When he said this, Fang Yun just raised his eyes and looked at him intently, as if there was surprise in his eyes.

Seeing this, Pei Yao took her to the side and sat down.

"This time I am drafting, firstly, I have just ascended the throne, and the ministers have united to persuade me again and again. I have to listen. Secondly, I really need to recruit concubines to completely recruit several ministers. If I have the choice, I don’t like those people in the harem either.” “Who doesn’t love beauties? Even the emperor’s first words are understood by my concubines, but the last sentence seems to be a lie.”

Fang Yun pursed his lips, looking like a little girl who was aggrieved and jealous.

Pei Yao's eyes were helpless, but he still said warmly, "My father and uncle all suffered from the scheming of the concubines in the harem, hurting their children and themselves. I don't have many people in the harem now, so I went out." There are many private things, if there are more women, there will be many more disasters, I am upset and I can’t bear to see these."

This is all true.

After experiencing several entangled cases involving women competing for favor, Pei Yao really didn't want to get involved in this.

It seems that it is also Yang's contribution.

Pei Yao was very afraid of recruiting someone like Yang into the palace again, which would cause chaos.

So choose less, or even not choose again in the future.

But now his foundation is not too stable, and it is not yet time for him to be the master of the house, and he has to listen to the words of some ministers.

"Then your Majesty, when you come to my concubine today, you are afraid that the newcomers will hate me tomorrow." Fang Yun sighed.

Pei Yao said, "I came to you just to tell them to put away their inappropriate thoughts. You are extremely important in my heart."

The newcomers who entered the palace this time were Lan Meiren and Xu Meiren, who were from good families. The noble ladies from the noble families were always arrogant. Pei Yao had seen a lot and understood the thoughts of these noble ladies very well.

Although he respects Fang Yun on the surface, I am afraid that he looks down on Fang Yun in his heart. If he does not beat him, he may cause trouble if he gains a little power in the future.

So Pei Yao came here today, firstly, he heard that Fang Yun was wronged and uncomfortable, so he came to comfort her, and secondly, he wanted to clearly remind the newlyweds that Concubine Zhao was important in his heart.

After he finished speaking, Fang Yun showed an moved and shy smile on his face, with tears in his eyes, as happy as a child.

At that time, in Yichun Palace, Lan Meiren, who had packed up early and was waiting for the news that the emperor had gone to Yuzhang Palace, frowned tightly as she looked at her charming face in the bronze mirror.

"The emperor really went to Yuzhang Palace?"

"Yes." Zhaoxia nodded with an unsightly look on her face, "It looks like she won't come out. She's still in there right now. It's already time to take a bath and go to bed."

Hearing this, Lan Meiren closed her eyes and took a deep breath to calm herself down.

After a while, he slowly opened his eyes and whispered.

"Prepare water for me to take a bath. I have already entered the palace. It is only a matter of time before I go to bed. I can't rush it. The emperor really loves Concubine Zhao very much."

"Yes."

Zhaoxia bowed her head and quickly stepped back to make arrangements.

But it didn't matter whether Fang Yun was jealous or sad because of the newcomer entering the palace. What was important was that Pei Yao felt that she was sad and wronged, and he took the initiative to support her.

What outsiders saw was the emperor's love for Concubine Zhao.

Wan Lingyi, who lived in Yichun Palace, also sneered when she learned that Lan Meiren had taken a bath and lay down.

"I thought she could be so powerful, but I'm afraid I'm very disappointed today."

"Isn't that right? Looking at the way she dressed up carefully at night, she really thought that she would be able to sleep with her today, but the emperor went to Yuzhang Palace."

Yuetao also snorted softly.

Hearing these words, Wan Lingyi's eyes flashed with darkness, she took a deep breath and waved her hands.

"Okay, go to sleep."