Queen, go for hegemony

Chapter 18 The Imminent Marriage

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Troubled times are kings.

Once the first emperor died, the young emperor succeeded to the throne, the empress dowager came to the throne, and all forces were about to move. Although his father was the regent to suppress him, the generals headed by Yan Bobo were not willing to bow their heads. It is said that Prince Rui came to Beijing for the funeral. She often went in and out of the Yan Mansion with her beloved daughter Yuzheng, and it was rumored that Prince Rui's Mansion intended to marry Yan Mansion.

This is bad news for me.

——At this time, I can't wait to take off my men's clothes and tell the world: In terms of political marriage, this girl is actually a worthy candidate...as long as it can attract Yan Ping to look back.

Recently, Yan Ping often looks back at me, and he is no longer as cold as before, but he is not so concerned about talking about marriage.

On this day, while I was in bed, I received an order from Xiao Huang, calling me to enter the palace immediately.

I got up, cleaned up, and rode my horse to the palace. It was already the time of the next court. All the pillars of the court were yawning and retreating in twos and threes. I met the old man of the Ministry of War and was teased by him. : "Xiao Yi, even His Majesty is getting married soon, do you want Uncle to protect your matchmaker and choose a beautiful wife?"

I wiped the sweat from my forehead, and bent over respectfully: "Xiao Yi is not in a hurry, Xiao Yi won't be too late to worry after drinking uncle's wedding wine!" Who told you to come to my house to grab spicy crayfish from me? coming?

In the end, he unceremoniously slapped him on the back of the head, and cursed: "Little bastard, I will come to tease your uncle! Hurry up and get out of the palace, and let the emperor wait for a long time!"

After Mrs. Shangshu invited her to reconcile, I heard that he had sent away all the maidservants in the mansion, and even the old nuns were sent out of the mansion to find another place to resettle. The whole Shangshu mansion is comparable to a monk's temple.

I looked at his beard and eyebrows, stared at me fiercely and then smiled heartily, and walked towards my carriage vigorously. For some reason, it was like swallowing a black plum, but I decided that he would go to my house in the future and let him be on the table. He, in case he doesn't have enough to eat and doesn't have the strength to hit me next time.

After such a delay, when we arrived at the Chonghua Hall, Xiao Huang was already running around in a hurry, saw me and grabbed me, and asked for help in great fear: "Xiao Yi, the queen mother is going to choose a queen and concubine for me."

I looked him up and down. The 15-year-old Xiao Huang has a very handsome appearance and handsome eyebrows. It's a pity that he is greedy in his diet and has gained a few pounds of meat. Inevitably greatly discounted.

I kindly comforted him who was in a panic: "Actually, Your Majesty, choosing a queen or concubine is the most fun. When I'm not in the palace, the queen or concubines can play with you, eat and sleep with you, and you don't have to." won't be lonely anymore."

He threw my hand angrily and stared at me, as if disappointed that I couldn't understand his fear: "Xiao Yi, I don't want company. Besides, you can do all these things. If you want those concubines you don't know, Why don't you come into the palace to accompany me!"

I shuddered.

The night before yesterday I passed by Dad's study by accident, and heard that Dad and Uncle Tong were discussing the possibility of marrying Prince Rui's Mansion and Yan Mansion in secret, and also heard that the Empress Dowager had chosen the future Empress from among her nieces in her natal family. All the important ministers were preparing for this grand concubine selection event with green eyes, preparing to stuff their own daughters into the palace.

At that time, Uncle Tong sighed: "This is a good opportunity. As long as we become in-laws with the Empress Dowager, with the help of the Empress Dowager's family, it will be easier for the general to be in the court. Unfortunately..."

I held my breath and stuck it on the wall of the study, and heard my father resolutely refuse: "Tong You, I have been homeless for half my life, and I only have one daughter, who has been cared for since I was a child (I firmly oppose this sentence, does careful care need a stick?) Only I hope she will live a smooth and prosperous life, and I have nothing else to think about. But in a high position, if she is raised as a daughter, I am afraid that not only will the palace worry about it, but calling her into the palace to check and balance me will also arouse people who care about me."

I hugged my head and hated Yan Ping's wooden head for refusing to think too much!I secretly made up my mind that he wouldn't think about it, next time we meet, I will try to make him think about it again!
He also heard Tong Bo say: "The general's consideration is not unreasonable. Now that Da Chen is in turmoil, it's easier for Xiao Lang to be a son to raise. Otherwise, with the yellow-haired boy in that seat now, even if Xiao Yi becomes a queen, one day Da Chen destroys the country... How many of the family members of the subjugated emperor have a good life? Even if Da Chen can survive, but he has a conspiracy with the daughter of the corrupt family and died in a corner of the palace wall. I still watch Such a lively young man should feel more at ease."

It turned out that they were not optimistic about Xiao Huang's administration, and had no confidence in Da Chen Guozuo.

However, Xiao Huang, who sleeps crookedly on the emperor's throne until he drools, and returns to the palace for dinner at some point, is indeed hard to let people have unrealistic fantasies about his governance.

I feel that what Tong Bo said makes sense.

Compared to being imprisoned in the palace, I think... being able to live in the Yan Mansion is actually more in my mind.

But I couldn't say this to Xiao Huangming, so I had to persuade him who was unhappy.

It was a day of bad luck.

When I left the palace, I ran into Yan Ping, who had just come out of the Military Department. He rushed forward and took Yan Ping's arm in front of the guards at the gate of the palace.

What an insult to public morals!
I covered my eyes with my sleeves, but unwilling to do so, I sneaked a look, but met a pair of apricot eyes with a somewhat fierce look, and raised my chin provocatively at me, with a haughty look.

This is Qin Yuzheng.

It was beyond my expectation that the daughter of Prince Rui would openly bow down to Yan Ping's elegant demeanor regardless of the people in Beijing talking about Yan Ping and my name of Duanxiu.

Qin Yuzheng has a clear goal from the very beginning. If she and I are a war between two countries, I have to admire her skill and strategy, and she is very predictable.

I'm afraid that even the queen mother in the palace has a certain gap in the matter of robbing men.

The Queen Mother in the palace only fought with women all her life. She was extraordinary in her actions. She was dismissive of the women around Yan Ping. She only made up her mind to sing the opposite stage with me. , (Although I am a fake man) The process is comparable to an excerpt, with climaxes one after another, with strong support from the onlookers, trying to save the gentle and jade-like Yan Xiaolang from going down the wrong path, the result is that I suddenly become beleaguered, helpless, people and gods are angry, if not Since I'm a man, I think I've been immersed in a pig cage.

In this battle, wherever Yan Ping and I are, she will surely appear suddenly.

At first I was always in a hurry about this sudden situation, but as time went on, I took it calmly.

For example, today I asked Yan Ping to listen to a book in a teahouse, and I heard that Da Qi has swept across the four small northern countries, and under Feng Chaowen's iron hoof, half of the country has been shaken.

Yan Ping and I are old acquaintances of this Prince of Great Qi, so we used Feng Chaowen as an excuse to ask Yan Ping under the guise of understanding current affairs, and he agreed readily.

When the two of us were kneading melon seeds and tasting Lu'an melon slices, I heard that Mr. Shu was swearing at Fang Qiu between the tiles, pointing out the country, and when he was happy, the two of us looked at each other and smiled, and a tacit understanding that never existed spontaneously arose.

Regardless of the chaos in the world, he has been in chaos in the four directions. In the past few decades, Xiao Huang's grandfather has been in chaos in the world. There are beacons everywhere. Every day, the people of Dachen are only used as chatter after tea and dinner. Which day is not a photo. Pass?

The flowers in my heart were in full bloom, and suddenly I heard a person at the door shouting: "50 taels of silver reward!"

Listening to the voice, this person's heart is more in full bloom than mine!

I turned my head to see that Shi Shiran of Qin Yuzheng came in from the door of the teahouse, and said with a smile: "Today, I would like to say a good job to Mr. Daqi, and I would like to say a good job to the prince of Daqi, which can make my family Yan Lang expensive." Stepping on the humble ground and smiling happily, Yuzheng is very grateful for this, and I will give you 50 taels of silver as a cup of tea!"

The teahouse suddenly burst into chaos. Some people praised the generosity of the county master, while others disagreed. I was the only one who felt chills because of her sentence "My family Yan Lang". I looked up at Yan Ping in a panic, and saw his always gentle face. The above was completely angry, and his eyes were directed at Qin Yuzheng, who was carrying a horse whip.

My mind lit up, and my heart couldn't help but feel happy!

It is said that flattering should be done according to one's own preferences, but Qin Yuzheng made an exceptional mistake today.

Yan Ping has always liked to spend time in this teahouse. I used to sneak here several times just to catch a glimpse of him from a distance, but now I can sit here with him in a dignified way drinking tea and listening to books. The zither was destroyed, but it was a very cost-effective thing to make Yan Ping hate Princess Yuzheng.

Yan stood up with a flat face: "An Yi, let's go!"

I stared at him blankly. Although my ears received his words, my brain regarded it as false information and refused to analyze it.

The word "we", in any case, cannot be the word that Yan Ping would say to me...

But he took a step forward and grabbed my sleeve and dragged me out of the tea house... The rest of the day is naturally wonderful.

Qin Yuzheng was left hanging at the door of the teahouse, unable to advance or retreat, watched me leave under Yan Ping's drag, bit her lip, but never cried, it really makes me regret every time I think about it.

On this day, Yan Ping and I competed in horse riding for several rounds, and the incident of the teahouse was long forgotten.

When I went back to the city at night, I went to the alley in front of my house. Dozens of Imperial Forest Army came rushing out from the depths of the alley. Qin Yuzheng led an eunuch to stop my horse.

The eunuch served in the queen mother's palace.

The content of the imperial decree is roughly that I have offended Princess Yuzheng, and the royal family's majesty cannot be offended, so the Imperial Forest Army should arrest me and hand it over to Princess Yuzheng for disposal.

Those imperial guards rushed forward like wolves and tigers and pulled me off my horse.

The consequence of extreme joy begets sorrow is: I was whipped by Qin Yuzheng.

(End of this chapter)