Slave to Queen: One Night Bride

Chapter 106
Because of this trivial incident, I felt more and more disappointed in the emperor. Once I ascended the throne, if this is the case, what will happen if the tree grows deeper and deeper in the future?

He looked at Yue Pengju and shook his head.Yue Pengju also shook his head.Seeing what he was looking at, Zong Ze actually understood his own meaning, patted the young man on the shoulder, sighed, turned and left.

Busy until the evening, the little prince had already gone to bed with his nurse, and the guard's shift was over, Hua Rong dragged his tired legs, turned around and almost ran out.

As soon as her body disappeared, Zhao Deji came out surrounded by a group of concubines. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw that she was going after Yue Pengju. He sneered and went back to the imperial study.

As soon as he returned to the study, Xu Caizhi hurried in: "Officials, Mr. Zong has a private memorial."

He opened it and saw that it was written by Zong Ze himself, saying that the wife of his subordinate Yue Pengju was on duty in the palace and hoped that His Majesty would protect her.At the end of the letter, he also said that he only recently learned that Hua Rong has experience in fighting Jinren, and that he understands the Jurchen language, which is very useful on the battlefield. He hopes that Hua Rong can be allowed to join the army and so on.

Zhao Deji sneered: "This old man Zong Ze is really lenient."

Xu Caizhi didn't dare to answer, but stood aside.

Since Zong Ze had written such a letter, he wanted to let himself know that the government and the public all knew that the king should not take the wives of ministers.Yue Pengju, a mere young general, has no influence in the court. He didn't pay attention to it at first, but Zongze came forward. Zongze, a veteran of three dynasties, is famous all over the world and is the cornerstone of the empire. He has to be cautious.

The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, and he threw the memorial on the ground viciously. He was the emperor, and it was so difficult to get a woman.Is this not a blatant contempt for the supremacy of monarchy?

He said angrily: "I just decreed to accept Hua Rong as my concubine..."

Xu Caizhi hurriedly knelt down: "Calm down the anger of the officials. Hua Rong and Yue Pengju are already married, and the officials have just ascended the throne, so I'm afraid..." He didn't dare to say "the king wins the minister's wife", but said, "What's more, the officials I also know that Hua Rong is stubborn, so what's the point if she refuses to follow her until death?"

"If she doesn't obey, I will kill her!"

Xu Caizhi's heart was shocked, "The Wangguan family will forgive her this time because she sacrificed her life to save her life."

Eunuch Kang on the side saw that the situation was not good, and said: "How many beauties are there in the world? They are all vying to serve the officials, why should the officials think of her? Besides, the emperor is happy to have a dragon son, so it is time to pardon the world as a show of grace... ..."

Zhao Deji sat on the dragon chair, resting his forehead with his hands.I don't know if he recalled those old events, after a while, he said: "Okay, from now on, Hua Rong will no longer be called into the palace, and her bodyguard and coach will be completely dismissed."

"Then, how did she arrange it?"

"tell you later."

Xu Caizhi originally wanted to ask, in this case, if Hua Rong could be allowed to leave, but seeing that the emperor was still full of anger, he didn't dare to ask any more, and quietly retreated.

Hua Rong rushed out of the palace gate, the temporary school field was already empty, Yue Pengju had already left.

It was not yet dark, she sat blankly on a big rock, looked at the last blood-red cloud in the sky, tears fell unconsciously.

This is a farewell to Pengju, and we don't know when we will meet again.

The weather is so hot, but my heart is cold. I sat until the night dew was deep, and then slowly got up and walked back.

The room was empty except for the tea set.When Yue Pengju was here, she used to make tea for him every day, waiting for him to drink. Now, people are gone, and the sky is far apart. From now on, what should I do?
She sat down and suddenly saw a letter on the desk.She hurriedly opened it, and it was Yue Pengju's handwriting: "Sister, don't be afraid, I have left Zhang Xian outside the city to meet him."

Surprised and delighted, she was about to close the door and go out, knowing that as long as she found Zhang Xian, she would catch up to Yue Pengju soon.

However, after taking two steps, it felt wrong.If he left secretly, wouldn't he be blatantly fleeing?That's a capital crime, and it will bring disaster to Yue Pengju.She hesitated for a moment, then pushed open the door, only to find four guards standing outside the door.

She said coldly, "What are you doing?"

"By His Majesty's order, protect Coach Hua."

She closed the door with a bang, and only then did she fully understand that she had been put under house arrest by the emperor, and it would be as difficult as climbing the sky to leave Yingtian alone.

From then on, Zhao Deji was immersed in the joy of the birth of the prince, and every day after he came down from court, he would visit his son in person.Pan Yingying's mother was named a virtuous concubine because of her son, Zhang Yingying was a talented person, Wu Jinnu was also named a nobleman because of her service to the prince, and more than ten other concubines were named "Mrs. Guo".

Soon, he was worried about the safety of the little prince and felt that Yingtian was not safe, so he decided to send the little prince to Yangzhou first, because the only escaped queen mother lived there.

He sent his cronies to escort him personally, but when it came time for someone to take care of him, Pan Yingying was not happy, for fear that she would leave with her son and leave the emperor's husband behind, and other women would seize the opportunity.

Seeing this, Wu Jinnu immediately volunteered to go to Yangzhou to take care of the little prince.

Zhao Deji immediately agreed, and everyone secretly disguised themselves and went on the road to escort the little prince to Yangzhou.As soon as Wu Jinnu left, Yingtianxing Palace became a stage for Pan Yingying and Zhang Yingying to compete for favor. The emperor quickly increased the number of beauties in the harem to 500 in order to "open branches and spread leaves".

Hua Rong lived alone in that small courtyard, and was not allowed to leave the square for a mile all day, but fortunately, he never got any summons again, and when he was depressed, he could only read and practice calligraphy alone in the room.

Most of these books were the few carts brought back by Yue Pengju last time, which was enough for her to pass the time. In this way, even though she was a prisoner, she was quite happy, but every time she thought of Yue Pengju, she couldn't help crying.

On this day, the weather was extremely hot, and in the evening, the heat did not subside at all.

The room was too stuffy, so she went to the yard and sat under a huge locust tree, watching the locust flowers falling all over the ground.Because of the insomnia last night, after sitting down, I felt that the heat was gradually disappearing, and I couldn't help falling asleep slowly.

A hand fell on her shoulder, she woke up suddenly, and shouted: "Who is it?"

"Rong'er..."

He hugged her shoulders tightly with both hands, and after hugging her, he even picked her up horizontally and walked into the house.

She shouted in panic: "Your Majesty..."

But Eunuch Kang pushed the door open, lit a candle, and then left. Xu Caizhi stood guard at the entrance of the small courtyard, and quietly closed the door.

Zhao Deji put her on the bed with his hands like iron hoops, she turned over and sat up, smelling a faint smell of alcohol on his body, Zhao Deji pressed her down: "Rong'er, tonight you sleep..."

"Your Majesty, please forgive me..."

"Rong'er, you already know how I treat you, why do you want to shirk it?"

"It's just because Hua Rong is already married to someone else."

Seeing Hua Rong shrink back, he said angrily: "Rong'er, Yue Pengju is such a shameless person, he actually negotiated peace without a matchmaker in the army."

"No, I am willing to marry him!"

Zhao Deji was even more angry: "Why did you marry that Yue Pengju? What is he better than me? I am obedient to you, and I have never been like this to any other woman in my life. Why do you want to marry me when you know that I like you? others?"

Hua Rong also went all out: "Your Majesty's harem is full of beauties, Hua Rong is jealous by nature, and doesn't want to marry other women! I'd rather be single-minded and never leave each other!"

"So what? I promise you that as soon as you enter the palace, I will make you a noble concubine immediately, and when a prince is born in the future, I will definitely make you a queen..."

"Hua Rong thinks that she can't be flattered, and it is absolutely impossible to compete with other women to please His Majesty every day."

He looked at her in disbelief, and even forgot his anger: "Rong'er, do you want me to disband the harem because of you?"

Hua Rong chuckled: "If that's the case, I'll marry you!"

Zhao Deji was so angry that his face was black and white, but Hua Rong seemed to have won a big gamble, she was familiar with his psychology, the king of her own generation, the whole world was in her hands, but because she couldn't get it, she was more eager to get it.But in order to get one person, it is absolutely impossible to give up favorite concubines such as Pan Yingying, Zhang Yingying, and other beauties who have flown from then on, and face a woman all day long.

Regardless of life and death, she took this fight, but she saw him slowly let go of his hand, and sat on the side of the bed slumped and motionless.

"Ninth Prince..."

This "Nine Princes" sounded like enlightenment, as if he had returned to those difficult years, Zhao Deji said in a daze: "Rong'er, I am the emperor, just because I can't have a husband and wife, that's why you refused?"

Her voice was softer: "Officials, Rong'er has followed you for a long time, and not only respects you as the emperor, but also regards you as a friend, brother and idol in her heart. If Rong'er enters the palace as a concubine, she will be nothing more than a concubine in the world." One more woman who fights and is jealous every day, as time goes by, and the affection wears off, you will feel that Rong'er is disgusting and vulgar. However, if Rong'er is outside, she will definitely do her best to be loyal to the official, and she will never change in this life. Official, please help !"

Under the candlelight, her eyes were so soft and bright, her tone was so gentle and gentle, but her attitude was extremely firm.

"One daughter does not marry two husbands!" Her voice was even more gentle, and her words were sincere, "Please Ninth Prince, please let Hua Rong go on the basis of past love, if forced, only one death will repay the past kindness."

Zhao Deji was disheartened and left the house.

"Official, please allow me to leave here."

He didn't look back and didn't answer.

On the first day of the seventh lunar month, the city of Kaifeng was filled with gloomy winds and torrential rain.

On this day, the cornerstone of the empire, the old general Zongze who stayed behind in Kaifeng, fell seriously ill and walked the last journey of his life.When he was alive, he was fighting hard, hoping to lead Yue Pengju and others to cross the Yellow River and regain the northern lands that had fallen to the Jin people. the world.

When Zong Ze died, the bells of all the temples inside and outside Kaifeng kept ringing in mourning.Zongze's subordinates, disciples, nephews and others organized the funeral for him.

As soon as the funeral was over, news was received that the Jin army had once again aggressively invaded the south.

Ying Tianfu.

In the evening of that day, several concubines including Zhang Yingying and Pan Yingying were cooling off in the back garden.

The maid brought mung bean soup to cool off the summer heat, Zhang Yingying took a sip from the bowl because of carelessness, Pan Yingying was very annoyed when she saw this, and immediately slapped Zhang Yingying.

Zhang Yingying didn't dare to say more, she immediately knelt down: "The slave family didn't serve Mrs. Pan well, I offended you so much, I beg Mrs. Pan to forgive me."

Pan Yingying was still angry, and scolded her severely.

While scolding angrily, she suddenly heard the little eunuch cough, she turned around, and saw the official standing beside her at some point, she was so frightened that she hurriedly knelt down: "This concubine deserves to die."

Since Pan Yingying gave birth to the prince, she has become more and more arrogant. Zhao Deji has long been dissatisfied with her, but it is strange to say that before and after he ascended the throne, he has favored more than ten women one after another, but none of them became pregnant.

Because of his status as the only biological mother of the prince's son, even though he was angry, he still had to show Pan Yingying a face, so he only yelled to make her back down.Zhang Yingying knelt on one side, pear blossoms drizzled with rain.He let out a long sigh, and let Zhang Yingying sleep with him tonight.When it was cloudy and rainy, he suddenly asked Zhang Yingying: "Is there no resentment in my lady's heart?"

Zhang Yingying said with a smile: "She is a virtuous concubine, and a slave is only a talented person. There is a difference between superiority and inferiority. 'A small stick will accept it, and a big stick will leave'. How dare you resent it?"

(End of this chapter)