Great Zhou Empire: Kill Zhao Kuangyin at the beginning

Chapter 410: The remaining power of the defeated (Special thanks to the book friend Suifeng Pinhua for 2 monthly tickets!)

Zhe Bu Tinglan stammered:

"Your Majesty, I was excited just now and mentioned the past. I spoke out of turn in front of Yuan'er. I beg Your Majesty to forgive me."

Chai Zongxun took Zhe Bu Tinglan's hand, sat down in the long corridor of the courtyard, and said:

"Don't be alarmed, my beloved concubine. I know that you never mentioned to Yuan'er the war that our Great Zhou attacked Liugufan. Yuan'er has grown up well, so how can I blame you?"

Chai Zongxun paused and sighed:
"My beloved, I sent troops to capture the land of Liugufan and forced your father and mother to death. Do you hate me in your heart?

Don't be afraid, no matter what you think, I won't blame you, I want to hear your true words. "

Zhe Bu Tinglan has been married into the harem for so many years, so naturally she has a deep understanding of Chai Zongxun's personality.

Chai Zongxun never abused his power over others, not even the eunuchs and palace maids who were slaves. He was well-known for this both inside and outside the court.

Zhe Bu Tinglan leaned into Chai Zongxun's arms and said:
"Your Majesty knows all about my thoughts.

When I first entered the palace, I was only thirteen years old. At that time, I hated Your Majesty for conquering the Liugu tribe and causing my father, the emperor, and my mother to commit suicide. But when I faced Your Majesty, I was extremely afraid, afraid to show the slightest dissatisfaction. "

In the 16th year of Kaixi, when she was 13 years old, Zhe Bu Tinglan entered the palace of the Great Zhou Dynasty and became the concubine of Chai Zongxun. As of this year, the 31st year of Kaixi, she is already 28 years old.

She gave birth to the 37th prince Chai Jiyuan when she was 18 years old. Now is the most fruitful and mature age for a woman.

Zhe Bu Tinglan thought about the situation for a while and continued:
"After spending a long time in the palace, I found that Your Majesty was truly a benevolent and wise ruler. He treated the concubines and maids in the harem very well and never punished the servants without reason. My guard gradually faded and I often hoped that Your Majesty would come to sleep in my palace.

When I was in my twenties, perhaps because my mind had gradually opened up, or perhaps because I had followed Your Majesty on tours around the country and seen more of the world, I finally understood that Your Majesty was a rare sage monarch throughout history, who single-handedly established the system of our Great Zhou Dynasty, which is characterized by clear government, people-oriented, and public welfare.

At this time, I did not blame Your Majesty at all for conquering Liugufan. Instead, I felt that it was Your Majesty's benevolent rule that brought the local people the freedom to pursue a happy life, which was ten or a hundred times better than when the Liugufan royal court ruled.

I also understood that if my father, the king, and my mother had surrendered sincerely, Your Majesty would never have killed them. Instead, he would have granted them titles and raised them in Bian Jing.

Your Majesty, do you think I will resent you in my heart?"

Chai Zongxun stretched out his hand and pinched Zhe Bu Tinglan's buttocks through the silk, and said with a smile:

"The human heart is the most difficult to guess. How do I know that my beloved concubine is only pretending to be submissive because she is afraid of my majesty?"

Zhe Bu Tinglan was both hurt and angry, and said:
"Your Majesty, how could you say this about me? Haven't I revealed my true feelings yet?

Do you want me to cut out my heart for Your Majesty to examine?"

After Zhe Bu Tinglan finished speaking, tears began to flow from the corners of her eyes like pearls from a broken string.

Chai Zongxun hurriedly hugged Zhe Bu Tinglan and comforted her. He didn't know why he liked to tease her whenever he was with her.

Perhaps from the first time he saw Zhebu Tinglan in the Bianjing Palace, her pitiful look as she pleaded for her brother Zhebu Youlongbo left a deep impression on his heart, and planted the seed of his love for teasing her.

Chai Zongxun smiled and said:
"My dear, of course I was teasing you, how could I really think that?
Otherwise, how can I love my wife and her brother so much and reward them generously? "

After a long time, Zhefu Tinglan stopped crying and said:
"Your Majesty just loves to make me cry, and my tears are all shed for Your Majesty!

Looking back, it was thanks to the two personal eunuchs that hid me and my brother that day that I was able to enter the palace to serve Your Majesty and preserve the bloodline of the Zhebu family. "Chai Zongxun sighed, knowing that in this era, women's thoughts on passing on the family line were very important, so whether my brother Zhebu Youlongbo lived a good life or not was at least half of Zhebu Tinglan's heart.

After touring Liangzhou for three days, on August 2, the 31st year of Kaixi, Chai Zongxun held a grand banquet in the front yard of the temporary residence and Liugufan Palace, inviting more than 10,000 people from Liangzhou City to attend.

These more than 10,000 civilians were randomly selected by soldiers from the Wude Division from residential areas of people from all walks of life in the city.

The people who were selected were all as if they had won the top prize. They were so happy that they prepared some gifts and went to the temporary palace for a banquet in the evening.

After Chai Zongxun met with the people who attended the banquet in batches, he accepted the gifts they brought and ordered Xiao Liuzi, the chief eunuch in the palace, to give gifts in return one by one.

After all the invited people arrived at the hour of You, the banquet began.

The common people saw that the imperial family members present at the meeting, in addition to Emperor Chai Zongxun, included Empress Dowager Fu, Empress Fu and the Fifth Empress, as well as a woman in her twenties wearing a concubine's costume. Sitting next to her was a prince who seemed quite friendly to the Tubo people of Liugufan.

More than a hundred princes and princesses were also present, but the rest of the emperor's concubines did not attend the banquet according to etiquette.

Chai Zongxun saw that the people at the banquet frequently glanced at Zhe Bu Tinglan and the prince Chai Jiyuan, and he immediately laughed and said:

“Are the villagers trying to identify the princess of the nobility?

Yes, this is my Concubine Zhebu, and the person sitting next to me is the prince born to Concubine Zhebu."

When the people of Liugufan heard this, they immediately became excited and left their seats to pay their respects to Zhebu Tinglan, saying:

"Princess, is it really you? Please come back to visit us, the people of Liugufan!"

“Your Highness is polite!

No wonder you look familiar to me, you are the princess's bloodline!"

"I am so happy to see the princess today! I dare to ask, how is Prince Zhebu now?"

The Six Valleys gradually took shape in Hexi Liangzhou after the collapse of Tubo in 842. The first founding leader was Zhebu Gezhi, the ancestor of the Zhebu family in the late Tang Dynasty. Zhebu Yulongbo was conquered by the army sent by Chai Zongxun in the 15th year of Kaixi (974). There were four generations of Khans (kings) who ruled the country for more than a hundred years and were quite good to the people of the tribe.

Among the Tibetan people in Liugufan, the remaining influence still exists, and many people still miss the Zhebu royal family.

Zhe Bu Tinglan glanced at Chai Zongxun and saw that he was smiling calmly. He felt relieved and looked at the people of his tribe, saying:
"My fellow villagers, I am very happy to see that the people of Liugu Fan are no longer slaves under your majesty's wise rule and their living conditions are much better than before!

I hope that fellow villagers will cherish the good life now, be loyal to the emperor and patriotic, be dedicated to their work and abide by the law! "

Zhe Bu Tinglan pointed at Chai Jiyuan who was sitting at the next table and said excitedly:

“This is Prince Jiyuan, born to your Majesty and this princess. He also has half the blood of the Liugu tribe!

The prince's younger brother You Longbo is doing well in Bian Jing. He passed the imperial examination a few years ago and joined the Ministry of Works as a fifth-rank official. Your Majesty has rewarded him with a large mansion in Bian Jing, ten thousand taels of silver, and helped him marry the daughter of a high-ranking official!

Now that the prince has two sons and three daughters, the villagers can rest assured. "

(End of this chapter)