Emperor's Lazy Queen

Chapter 32

"I really think Miss has played too much today!" Hongsi looked worriedly at the closed door and sighed, "Why did Miss just say that kind of place casually? And she also said The specific location! I see that she has read too many Fengyue novels, she has become obsessed, and she chats casually regardless of the time and place."

"But the young lady can only increase her persuasiveness by saying this!" Qingzhu explained for Du Xiaoyue, "I guess the young lady is just making up words, who would seriously reason about it!"

"Qingzhu, your thinking is too simple. There are so many people in this palace, I'm afraid that someone with a heart will make a big fuss about it!" Hongsi analyzed seriously, "I think Miss did it on purpose, she doesn't often Do you want to live a quiet life? Think about it, although the current queen of the lady is named, but those concubines come here every now and then to chat about something. Although the lady didn’t say anything, she must It's upset. So, she probably wants to find a quieter place, and then eat and drink every day until she dies."

"A quieter place? Is there any place in this palace that is quieter than our Zhaoyang Palace?" Qingzhu asked puzzled.

"Lenggong!" Hongsi replied as a matter of course, "I heard from the maids that the Lenggong is a place to lock up concubines who have made mistakes. It is the calmest and darkest place in the whole palace! There is no one there on weekdays." To that place!"

"Uh... Hongsi!" Qing Zhu grabbed Hongsi's hand and asked nervously, "You mean, Miss will find ways to move to the cold palace?! That's why she said some seemingly insignificant words, To cause trouble?"

"This... I guess it might be like this!" Hongsi was not very sure, and said hesitantly, "But judging by the emperor's appearance, he doesn't seem to be angry. So, will the miss find ways to continue to add fuel to the flames?" I can't say for certain if the goal is achieved. But!" Hongsi glanced at the closed door again, "However, I can say with certainty that if the emperor really stays in Zhaoyang Palace tonight, starting tomorrow, Our Zhaoyang Palace will definitely not be quiet!"

"That's right!" Qingzhu also turned her head, looked at the closed door, and sighed, "If it's not quiet, I won't be interested in reading novels!"

"Let's go!" Hongsi's words to Qingzhu were a little weak, and she stretched out her hand to pat Qingzhu's shoulder, and said with a smile, "It seems that Miss has really troubled you, is there anything else in your mind besides Fengyue novels?" What?! No matter what happens tomorrow, the most important thing is for Miss to be favored—you don’t want to watch Miss stay a widow for the rest of her life, do you?”

"Of course I don't want to!" Qingzhu followed closely behind Hongsi, but said nothing idle, "Hongsi, tell me, will the emperor really favor Miss tonight?"

"Do you still need to ask this question? Don't you think the emperor is here?" Hong Sian replied as she walked, and her voice gradually faded away until it disappeared.

Looking at the closed door, and Tan Wenhao who was sitting leisurely on the couch, under the flickering candlelight, Du Xiaoyue felt a sense of oppression.The emperor is the emperor, and he really has a different temperament from other people!

"What does the queen want to say to me?" Just now, she was hesitant to speak in the garden, but once she returned to Zhaoyang Palace, she asked her two personal maids to take the maids down, and ordered them not to speak. Come to disturb me, it seems that she is fully prepared to negotiate with herself.It's a pity that she just stood ten steps away from her at this moment, looking at her without saying a word.What is she thinking?Are you thinking about how to 'keep' her, or are you using the trick of welcoming or rejecting?Unable to guess what she was thinking, he could only speak and break the silence.

"Tan Wenhao, let's have a negotiation!" Du Xiaoyue made up her mind, she had to talk about some things, anyway, the emperor was ruthless to herself, and she was also ungrateful to the emperor. It was a move to stabilize the royal heart, and Du Kangyong did not use this chess to do other things; the emperor's attitude towards this chess was cold. For the emperor, everything is dispensable.Therefore, Du Xiaoyue felt that she was sure of winning this negotiation. In this way, she could protect herself, and perhaps make her life more comfortable!
"Hmph! You're so brave, you dare to call me by my name!" Tan Wenhao raised his eyebrows, and a few traces of anger appeared in his eyes.

"Since it's a negotiation, it's naturally under equal conditions." Du Xiaoyue moved a stool and placed it three steps away from Tan Wenhao, sat down gently, straightened his clothes, raised his eyes, Looking at Tan Wenhao calmly, the corner of his mouth raised a slight smile, "You can also call me by my name directly!"

Calm down, this is the real Du Xiaoyue!Although she was sitting on a place shorter than herself, she had the aura all over her body, as if she was equal to herself! "Are you sure that I want to negotiate with you?" Looking at Du Xiaoyue like this, Tan Wenhao unconsciously changed his title.

"Hehe!" Du Xiaoyue smiled softly, barely audible, with a natural but firm tone, "Actually, you are also curious, what can a woman, and a very humble woman, have to negotiate with the current emperor? " Having said that, I paused deliberately, seeing that Tan Wenhao seemed to be listening with great interest, and then continued, "However, I don't want to explain this question for the time being, because I have a few questions I want to ask you—— It is related to the success of our negotiation and cooperation this time."

"Hey! You dare to come to negotiate without being absolutely sure, you are too confident!" A light and fluffy sentence, with a little teasing.

Du Xiaoyue flattened her mouth slightly: "There are some things that don't have to be known, otherwise what's the use of Holmes' reasoning?"

"Holmes?" Hearing her muttering, Tan Wenhao just repeated it lightly.

Ignoring Tan Wenhao and listening to her self-talk, Du Xiaoyue continued: "Tan... Your Majesty, you can listen to what I have to say before making a comment!" After receiving Tan Wenhao's eyes indicating to continue, Du Xiaoyue continued , "Although I haven't been in contact with people in the court, I have a guess or two about the situation in the court through the harem:

The first point: The old fathers of some noble concubines who entered the palace with me are all important ministers in the court. From this, it can be seen that the emperor is wooing the ministers in the court;
The second point: from the emperor's attitude towards the concubines including me, and the situation of choosing the concubine that day, the emperor should not be very satisfied with Prime Minister Du;

The third point: the queen mother did not give me the Phoenix seal, which shows that the emperor and the queen mother have scruples about me as a queen.In other words, they don't want the members of the Du family to control the power of the harem after they control the power of ministers and soldiers;
The fourth point: The emperor dotes on Li Qianrou, Zhang Xueman and Tong Ruyan to the utmost. For ordinary men, doting on three concubines is just because they like them; but when it comes to the emperor, I think There are two situations of this kind of doting: one is that the emperor simply likes these three beauties very much, and the other is that the emperor is just using them to win over her father.If it is the first type, I have nothing else to say; but if it is the second type, it is easy to guess that Li Shangshu, Zhang Shangshu and Tong Shiying are not the emperor's confidantes!Let's talk about Liu Mengnan, in my eyes, Liu Mengnan should not belong in this harem, she is more suitable for the battlefield - what I see in her eyes is a desire, a desire to show off her talents!Perhaps this has something to do with her father's influence, but unfortunately, in this era, not every woman can be Hua Mulan.Although I don't know whether General Liu is from the Xiang faction, the imperial faction, or the middle faction, she was still sent into the palace as a pawn.

Fifth point: Let me conduct a self-analysis, or Du Xiaoyue and the Du family in the eyes of the emperor.Du Xiaoyue's entry into the palace, I guess, was just an expedient measure. For the Du family, it was to stabilize the emperor's heart; for the royal family, making Du Xiaoyue queen was also to stabilize the Du family.The power of the Du family must have caused some trouble to the emperor. Since ancient times, there have been many power struggles between emperors and ministers, and each has its own winners and losers.As for this battle between the emperor and the prime minister, it is still unclear who will win and who will lose.From the concubines in the emperor's harem, it can be seen that there are more centrists, that is to say, whoever wins the power of these centrists will have the last laugh!
Your Majesty, do you think my analysis is correct? "

After Du Xiaoyue finished speaking, Tan Wenhao was only silent, his eyes were deep, and he chuckled after a while: "Do you think your analysis is right?"

Listening to Tan Wenhao's mocking voice, Du Xiaoyue was only slightly silent. He must be the emperor after all, and if a woman guessed his mind, maybe he would feel offended. "Whether it's correct or not has nothing to do with me!" Du Xiaoyue continued to put a smile on her face, "I just want to say that in the struggle between emperors and princes, it is not necessary to find a backer from the harem!" To put it bluntly, it is Look down on Tan Wenhao for dragging a group of dissatisfied women into the rotten whirlpool of the harem in order to achieve a certain political goal!And Du Xiaoyue has also read the history of the country of Fei Ya. When Tan Wenhao's father, Emperor Zhongwu, the country of Fei Ya reached a certain peak period, but Emperor Zhongwu died too early, and Tan Wenhao was established. After two years as the prince, he died.When Tan Wenhao first succeeded to the throne, although he did not face the threat of the dictatorship of his relatives, he faced a power struggle between the emperor and the relatives.

Here, I have to mention Du Kangyong, the prime minister.In the quotations of Emperor Zhongwu, it was said: "Zi Le (Du Kangyong's word) is a generation of geniuses. He can be a minister when he enters, and he can be a general when he comes out. He has a lofty mind and a long-term vision. He can defend the country or ruin the country." That is to say, when Emperor Wu of the Zhong Dynasty, he found that if Du Kangyong turned his back one day, it would be a disaster for the Tan family.In the first year after the death of Emperor Zhongwu, Du Kangyong almost controlled the power of the court. The people who accompanied him in the court, coupled with the influence of Mrs. Du Kangyong's natal family, added wings to the tiger Du Kangyong. There is more and more potential to be a flying tiger.

(End of this chapter)