Long live Emperor Wu!

Chapter 48: Taming horses and employing people.

Wu Rou looked up in surprise, looked at Xu Hui and asked in surprise:

"Why do you say this, Your Majesty? Your Majesty often asks you to accompany you when you go to the palace, and you are often summoned in peacetime. How could Your Majesty not like you?"

Xu Hui looked at Wu Rou and smiled, as if she was laughing at her stupidity. She curled up her lips and smiled softly and said:
"Aren't you often summoned by His Majesty? Do you think she likes you?"

Wu Rou was speechless and suddenly realized something. She looked at Xu Hui in surprise and stopped talking.

"Look at your stupid look." Xu Chongrong teased her, "Are you so shocked? Look at these women in the harem for yourself.

Except for you and me, who were summoned to the palace for special reasons, who among the others does not have bright facial features, a face as silver as a plate, and a plump and plump figure, looking like a flower of wealth in the world?Isn’t that also the case with Wang Cairen? "

Wu Rou was stunned, and then thought about Concubine Wei, and then Concubine Yan Xian.

Although the two of them have very different personalities and a big difference in height. Concubine Wei is a bit tall and graceful, while Concubine Yan Xian is small and has a bit of heroic spirit. But it has to be admitted that both of them are plump and bright.

"Really?" Seeing that she suddenly understood, Xu Hui finally understood, rolled her eyes arrogantly, and added:

"Both of our eyebrows are too bland. You are better than me. You have red lips. You look better, but you are not much better."

Wu Rou suddenly felt that she had been sentenced to death and her future was bleak. She struggled in her mind and suddenly said excitedly:
"Empress Wende is not like that! I have seen her portrait at the imperial concubine's place. In addition, everyone said that Prince Jin is most like her. Then she looks like a pure-hearted and ascetic Bodhisattva from the immortal world. How can she be rich and noble in the world? What about flowers?"

When Xu Hui heard this, the faint smile on her face disappeared, her eyes darkened, and she whispered:
"She is different. She is different in His Majesty's heart. What Your Majesty loves is not her appearance, but the person she is, so it doesn't matter whether she is tall or short, fat or thin."

She paused, her eyes blurred, and then said sadly:

"This is why I still hold on to hope... But how difficult it is to get his love. He can respect you and appreciate you, but love is only for that one person.

You may not know that when the Queen was here, His Majesty could not wait to share everything he had with her. He could not wait to praise her family and children to the heavens.

It was the Queen who understood the righteousness and kept stopping him that led to the current situation.But even so, he still treated the queen's children very differently from other people's children. "

Xu Hui said, her expression full of yearning, her indifferent face curled up with a bit of sourness.

Wu Rou put down her hand dejectedly, feeling that everything had nothing to do with her, and casually said:
"Your Majesty is too willful. How can the king of a country be like this? Fortunately, he loves someone like Queen Wende. If he loves someone like Bao Si, wouldn't the whole world be proud?"

When Xu Hui heard this, he looked over arrogantly, sneered and said:

"This is wrong. He is willful naturally because he has the qualifications to be willful. There are countless people in the world who voluntarily follow him and admire him, and there is no shortage of beauties around him.

Do you think there is no one like Bao Si who wants to be around him?But he is a wise king and a holy master, so naturally he cannot like a woman like Bao Si, and he will only admire a woman with both political integrity and talent like Queen Wende. "

Seeing that Xu Hui was angry, Wu Rou quickly lowered her head and said:
"What I said... is that Ah Rou is stupid."

I have to admit, what she said does make sense.

A person's character determines his choice. How could the Mingjun Holy Master who single-handedly founded the Tang Dynasty choose a woman with nothing to lose?

After Xu Hui heard this, her expression relaxed. She rolled her eyes at Wu Rou and said:

"After the Queen left, many women dreamed of becoming the Queen's substitute, imitating her makeup, and imitating her temperament and clothing. They were all punished by His Majesty, and even several were killed with a stick.

I know that you have always wanted to be favored by His Majesty and want to upgrade your level.It’s rare for me to fall in love with you, so I’ll give you a reminder:

Don't try to imitate Queen Wende, she is different in His Majesty's heart.All imitation is a blasphemy to her.

Your Majesty will never be merciless when he kills people when he is angry. Don't lose your life in a daze. "

When Wu Rou heard this, she was moved in her heart and raised her head to look at Xu Hui.

But Xu Hui turned her face away, not looking at her arrogantly, as if she was embarrassed by what she said.

Wu Rou smiled and started to squeeze her legs again, half teasingly and half seriously:
"Our Majesty is really discerning. All the ladies he values ​​are kind-hearted, especially Chongrong. She has helped me many times since A Rou entered the palace."

Although Xu Hui didn't look at her after hearing this, she couldn't help laughing. She smiled silently, but her body swayed with laughter.

After a while, she glanced at her with the end of her eyes and said seriously:
"Martial artist, just be yourself. You have your strengths, and His Majesty can see them. Don't worry, one day, His Majesty will upgrade you."

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be yourself?
Wu Rou looked at the emperor galloping on horseback in the distance, and her thoughts drifted to the conversation that day.

She was thinking about what she really was like and whether she really had any advantages that attracted men.

The white horse the emperor was riding wildly kicked up its hooves, raised its head and neighed, trying hard to throw the person off its back.

Upon seeing this, the surrounding guards quickly ran towards the horse. Before they could reach the horse, the emperor had already slipped down along the sloping back of the horse, and pulled the reins down hard.He kicked the ground with his boots, kicking up a burst of dust, and struggled with the disobedient horse.

The emperor was already 41 years old, but he was still strong and strong. He forced the horse to lower its head, then casually threw the reins to the guards beside him, and walked over here.

Behind him, several young guards were still busy, struggling with the horse, trying to drag the horse back.

Wu Rou looked at his handsome figure in bright yellow uniforms, and could really imagine his majestic appearance when he was the king of Qin, charging in front of the battle.

He is a myth worshiped by the world, a wise king with both civil and military skills, and many literati admire and follow him.The scenery he has seen and the difficulties he has encountered are longer than her life.

So, what is it about her, a 16-year-old woman with little knowledge, that can make him fall in love with her and even ignore the undesirable appearance?

"Wu Cai Ren, why don't you want my father to ride the white horse? It can't be trained well. My father said he would take me for a walk after it was trained. I've been waiting for more than a month, but it still doesn't work."

Princess Jinyang, wearing a hat to protect her from the wind and sand, stood outside the fence of the racecourse with Wu Rou and Prince Jin, and said disappointedly.

The white horse was one of the properties offered by the Tibetan envoys seeking marriage. It was very handsome and the emperor liked it. The princess also liked it and wanted to ride it.

The emperor promised her that after she was trained, he would take her for a walk around the palace.

Today, the emperor thought it was enough, so he took Princess Jinyang to the racecourse to wait. As a result, after riding for less than two laps, he didn't know why the horse was so crazy and disobedient.

"Perhaps...the better the horse, the more arrogant it is." Wu Rou explained.

When Princess Jinyang heard this, she looked up with a sad face and said:
"Why are these words so familiar? ... Anyway, no matter animals or people, all good people have bad tempers? ... This is wrong. For example, my brother is the best, he doesn't have a bad temper."

Wu Rou suddenly couldn't help but laugh out loud, and glanced sideways at King Jin who was standing aside. King Jin looked like his usual self again today, with only a hairband on his head and no crown, gentle and restrained, dignified and calm.

He looked at the emperor coming from a distance and said in a gentle voice:
"Rhino, do you have any conscience in comparing your brother to a horse?"

At this time, the emperor approached and turned out of the fence. It happened that the guards came over dragging the white horse.

The emperor raised his hand to block the toilet towel handed over by the palace maid, beckoned the horse officer from the Sima Superintendent next to him, took the horse feed from his hand, held the horse's reins with one hand, and fed it with the other, displeasedly. explain:
"This horse is really stubborn... Xizi, I guess you won't be able to ride it. This horse is unstable and it would be too dangerous for you to ride it."

Princess Jinyang was very disappointed and shouted in a soft voice: "Father..."

The emperor turned his head and glanced at his daughter, seeming to soften immediately.

Then he frowned helplessly, his sharp and dark eagle eyebrows furrowed, his majesty and murderous aura overshadowed his literary spirit, and said:
"Then what should I do? I have tried every possible method."

Wu Rou looked at the horse's beautiful appearance and shiny fur, thought for a while and said:

"Your Majesty is still too kind to it. If you ask me, if you use the whip, the iron bayonet, and the knife, you will make it succumb at some point."

The emperor was raising his hand to caress the horse's head lovingly. After hearing this, he turned around and looked at Wu Rou in surprise, and said with a smile:
"If I really go by what you said, this horse is not a good horse. It would be a pity."

"Arou thinks it's a pity... No matter how handsome it is, if no one rides it, wouldn't it be the same as nothing?"

When the emperor heard this, he patted the horse's face and laughed out loud, and said with admiration:

"What you said makes sense and you are decisive in your choices. You are worthy of being the daughter of the warrior Yu. If you are a manly man, I will give you an official position."

When Wu Rou heard this, she lowered her head happily.

After King Jin heard what she said, he kept looking at her sideways, with just the right amount of disapproval in his eyes. At this time, he frowned slightly and said in a gentle voice:

"There are so many horses in the world that people can ride on, so why do they have to torture it? As a woman, Wu Cai is too domineering and unkind."

Wu Rou's face suddenly burned up, and she just raised her eyes, thinking about how to refute.

The emperor glanced at King Jin and said calmly:

"Xiaojiu, it's not okay to be too generous like you. You are just too kind and it's easy for others to find your shortcomings.

This tamed horse is like a human being, it needs both kindness and power, strength and softness, and it needs to be whipped with a whip and fed with fine food.

If you are just strict and tough, you will probably train only flattering and mediocre people, and it will be rare to find good horses and good ministers and good generals.

But if you are only tolerant and kind, you will easily indulge the wild, rebellious and traitorous, and breed disobedience and rebellion... Your two temperaments each have their own advantages and disadvantages, and it is only right if you are in harmony with each other. "

He patted the white horse's forehead, paused and said:
"I'm not worried about the prince. He is very much after my own heart. You have a kind temperament. When assisting him in the future, you must advise him appropriately. Don't be too obsessed with generosity and kindness, which will cause rifts between brothers."

When King Jin heard this, he thought for a moment, then bowed his head seriously and said:
"Yes, Father, please bear this in mind."

(End of this chapter)