Chapter 501 Double go and double come, don't you see?
When the fight just started, I said to see if your swordsmanship was rusty. After the fight, I praised your martial arts for not deteriorating at all. There is no problem in using this kind of words on two warriors, but if you put it in the palace... At least Princess Yongping can tolerate it.
She couldn't help but want to turn her head and pretend not to hear. However, what she didn't expect was that instead of being angry, Concubine Yu actually smiled.
"It has been many years since I have practiced swordsmanship with the Emperor. Instead of declining, the Emperor's swordsmanship has become more proficient than before." Concubine Yu did not tie her hair just now, but tied up her hair with silver rings.
With her clothes tied high, she actually looked vigorous and vigorous at this moment, at least ten years younger than her actual age.
Seeing Concubine Yu handing the sword to Princess Yongping, she immediately came up to her. The emperor, who was very happy when he heard the praise, pulled her over and said with a smile: "Of course, I have firmly remembered my father's lesson."
, practice martial arts every day, otherwise how can you live longer than those old guys?"
Princess Yongping stared dumbfoundedly as her father led her mother and concubine to a certain side hall at the back. Looking in the direction, it turned out to be a bathhouse in Yonghe Palace. She couldn't help but feel a little fever on her face.
Although she had known since she was sensible that her mother was her father's favorite concubine, and because of this she was jealous of the queen, in her impression, her father did not stay in Yonghe Palace many times, and because she had been raised in the palace since she was a child,
Due to the relationship with Yonghe Palace, even if her father stayed overnight, he would often tease her daughter to sleep first. Therefore, she had not seen many scenes of real intimacy between her parents.
At this time, when she saw the emperor pulling up Concubine Yu and leaving without anyone else around, her mother, who had always been cold and cold, did not resist, but followed the emperor's temper without saying a word. She only felt a little sour in her eyes, and there was an indescribable feeling in her heart.
Complex emotions.
Just at this time, she heard Liu Feng's voice coming from behind her: "Oh, now I can finally explain it to the Queen Mother. It has been several days. Except for going to court and leaving the palace, the Emperor spends all the time in bed.
Don’t go anywhere in the Palace of Qianqing. Thanks to you, princess, for encouraging the Emperor and Concubine Yu to practice swordsmanship. Otherwise, the Emperor might have just sat down and talked and then gone back."
Princess Yongping couldn't help but smile bitterly. It seemed a bit forced to give her the credit for this, right? It should be said that her parents were already very compatible with each other, otherwise her father would not have shown that heartfelt smile just now.
, and the mother-in-law would not show her true skills that she had never shown before. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel elated.
"Why should I die if I have a better eye? If I want to be a mandarin duck, I will not envy the immortals. A mandarin duck with a better eye is really enviable. If both go and come, you will not see me?"
After reading four sentences, she walked to her bedroom without looking back.
As soon as she left, Liu Feng couldn't help but touch the corners of his eyebrows in boredom, but then he suddenly realized. Last year, the emperor personally selected a son-in-law. Princess Deyang and the other two princesses had already been betrothed to someone else, but Princess Yongping was still unaccompanied.
, now seeing that Zhu Ying is about to marry Zhang Shou, Princess Yongping, who always likes to compete with Zhu Ying in everything, must feel lonely and lonely, right?
And just seeing the tacit understanding between the emperor and the concubine, Princess Yongping may have been stimulated again.
Thinking of this, Liu Feng murmured to himself: "It seems that I have to talk to the emperor later. Even if she talks tough, Princess Yongping actually yearns for the days of living together with her sweetheart... Wait, oops, oops
not good!"
When Liu Feng woke up from the dream and screamed, the emperor and Concubine Yu had already entered the bathhouse. Seeing the empty, clean and tidy bathhouse where not even a drop of water could be seen, they both immediately felt embarrassed at the same time.
The emperor came up with it on the spur of the moment, and Concubine Yu was already preparing to go to bed, but suddenly she got into a fight. Now both of them are sweating profusely. But the problem is that hot water is not like fighting.
It doesn’t burn so fast!
Just when Concubine Yu was so embarrassed that she couldn't help but throw away the emperor's hand and turned around, she heard a soft sound and the sound of gurgling water suddenly came from the phoenix mouths on all sides of the big bath. This water flow initially
It was relatively small, but gradually it grew a bit bigger. Apparently, some clever guy realized that there was no water in the bath and hurriedly boiled the water.
But even so, the embarrassment just now could not be resolved so quickly. The emperor had no choice but to find something to say, and told him one by one about the scene where he went to Xinglong Tea House to taste the food today. But for some reason, he did not focus on the key points.
Instead of placing it on Zhang Shou, Liu Zhiyuan and Lu Wan, it was placed on an interesting guy like Song Juren.
Sure enough, I had long heard that when my daughter went to be the judge of the Royal Chef Selection Competition for the first time, she was once unable to stand up to the judge. In the end, she left in tears. Concubine Yu was indeed very interested in Song Juren.
.
She listened to the emperor telling her in a very gossipy tone that Song Juren was talking nonsense with other chefs in the big kitchen, making others scream with anger, and then after serving the porridge, he could not talk enough to make the emperor himself very angry.
, couldn't help but smile at it.
Tonight, she seemed quite emotional, but her smile at this moment was even more charming and touching: "Ming Yue has always had her eyes high above her head. I used to meet those talented people at the Yuehua Lou Literary Society. Not only were some of them later tested...
There are also famous people in the world who have become Jinshi. Logically speaking, she will not lose her composure even if she meets any great talent. For example, Yingying's wishful husband Zhang Shou and other talents, she also regards them as
It’s just like normal.”
The emperor couldn't help having a toothache after being told by Concubine Yu: "That's right, I used to think that Yingying had a high vision, but now look... Mingyue, this girl, has a high vision several times more than Yingying! I asked her to host it in Yuehua Tower.
Wenhui asked her to choose her own son-in-law, so it would be better for her to pick up talents for me directly!"
"That's because Yingying has always been confident, so when she sees the person she likes, she will move forward bravely, and Mingyue... even if she meets the right person in the right place, she may not be willing to do it for such a wish-fulfilling husband.
Regardless of everything. In the final analysis..." Yufei paused and her voice deepened, "In the final analysis, she has no sense of security."
The emperor did not ask stupid questions like why the princess felt insecure, but fell silent for a moment.
After a long while, the Supreme Emperor sighed and said: "In the final analysis, it was all the mistakes I made when I was young and frivolous. But now that I have made up my mind to do what I did before, then Mingyue no longer needs to be nervous.
You have a worried face. You don’t have a son. I will leave a decree in the future. After a hundred years, I will ask her to take you out of the palace, so you don’t have to be bored in this palace anymore..."
Before he finished speaking, the emperor received a sharp blow in the eyes. Seeing Concubine Yu staring at him fiercely, he was about to explain, but he only heard Concubine Yu saying calmly: "Since the emperor said that you should practice martial arts to strengthen your body, now
Why did you rashly talk about a hundred years from now? I’m not interested in what happens in the future. What I care about is the present.”
"Just like when you wanted Yongping to assist in palace affairs before, but she refused. I know that Your Majesty, you have good intentions when you say that you will not establish a queen, but you should also know that although I have had a daughter since then, everything has been done.
, but I never thought about becoming a concubine in the future."
The emperor immediately turned pale. He knew that Concubine Yu never liked to tell lies, so this was undoubtedly telling him that she had no intention of having any more children, no intention of succeeding in the throne, and she didn't even care who the prince would be in the future.
Put it in whose hands.
Seeing that the bathing pool was half filled with water in the blink of an eye, he suddenly said nothing, undressed and walked straight to the edge of the pool, then kicked off his shoes and jumped straight in. Behind him, Concubine Yu saw
At this scene, I originally wanted to say something with my eyes flashing slightly, but then I heard the emperor's exclamation.
Startled, she hurriedly stepped forward, but at the moment she entered the water without even taking off her clothes to save people, she heard the emperor curse: "Liu Feng, you idiot, are you going to freeze to death?
"
Yu Fei, who had already entered the water, was dumbfounded. In this autumn weather, the water was indeed... very cold! Especially when her clothes were soaked and clinging to her body, she felt even colder.
.However, she laughed when she saw that at this moment, the water outlet with crests carved on all sides was filled with mist, and it was clear that the hot water was being injected.
"I can't eat hot tofu in a hurry. How can the water be boiled so fast... Ah sneeze!"
Hearing Concubine Yu's sneezing, the emperor hurriedly turned around and saw Concubine Yu's scene. After having been abstinent for many days, there was a loud bang in his head, and the trace of fire in his eyes that was originally well hidden was instantly aroused.
stand up.
Liu Feng, who was standing outside the bathhouse, pricked up his ears and listened to the noise inside. After hearing the shouting and cursing, there was no sound of cursing, but the sound of running water followed immediately. He couldn't help but wipe his forehead.
There were beads of sweat on my face, and I secretly sighed that the job before the emperor was really hard to do.
It doesn't matter whether you put cold water or warm water, but you can't stop putting water. If the big bathtub remains empty, the emperor and concubine Yu will let him go, and the queen mother will not let him go! The water that has been boiled urgently now
As the water was being poured into the bath, it should not be cold. Of course, he had to give instructions to those guys to prevent people from being nervous and adding too much hot water, which would burn them to death!
After a hearty bath, the emperor and Concubine Yu finally sat on the spacious floor in front of the big bed in the bedroom, hugging their knees, just like they had done before.
At this moment, everyone, including Liu Feng, was sent back. The emperor then said what Zhu Ying said to him in the Qianqing Palace at night - there was no doubt that those were the words Zhang Shou entrusted to Zhu Ying.
He turned to report it to him. When he told Concubine Yu, his face was full of emotion and sigh.
"Zhang Shou is really lucky to have met me now. If it had been fifteen or twenty years earlier, I would have been so impressed with his fantastic ideas and given him a big official position, even if he was not as good as those in the court.
The boss will not hesitate to fight."
At this point, the emperor paused for a moment, and then said in an understatement: "Of course, then he, a young bird, will be strangled to death in the bird's nest by a lot of people, just like the one who died in the Ye Wang Rebellion.
Just like several young people."
After many years, the emperor was able to mention the turmoil back then as if it was nothing, and Concubine Yu was able to remain calm when hearing about the turmoil that almost changed her life.
Moreover, what she was talking about at this time was Zhang Shou, who was born in the same year, month and day as her and Jiuniang's daughter, and was also the son of their savior. Naturally, she didn't want to and couldn't remain silent.
"I don't know how Zhang Shou grew up in the countryside, let alone how he gained the knowledge he has today. But I know, Your Majesty, you have always failed to protect the young people you valued so much.
It's a grudge. In that case, why don't you trust Zhang Shou more? You know, he has never let you down."
"You're right." The emperor chuckled, and then said calmly, "If he had other thoughts, he wouldn't let Yingying tell me that these sea escorts can be listed under the name of the Ministry of War.
He placed my trusted civil and military officials among them as supervisors... His idea is very clear. Although he knows that the world is so big, he stubbornly limits himself to the so-called Celestial Empire. Isn't it ridiculous?"
"I'm just worried that with such fast and big steps, can the foundations laid by the people I have promoted in the government over the years be able to hold on? And among these people, how many of them are
There are many opponents out there who are just like the King of Industry and Lu, who have been waiting for me to reveal my flaws, waiting to stab me with that sharp knife?"
"I don't like to look forward and backward, but what happened in the past forces me to have to look forward and backward. For example..."
The emperor leaned back directly and leaned on the edge of the bed rudely: "For example, I still don't know whether I should ask the chief of Hongshan of Yuzhang Academy to betroth his daughter Hong to the elder.
Lang. Even if her father doesn't care, I don't want to wait until things get out of control and then come out to clean up the mess. Just like Dalang caused trouble in Cangzhou."
Concubine Yu knew that the emperor at that time was willful and impulsive, but he had a kind of frankness and directness that was rare in the royal family, and had a very soft heart. However, such a soft heart had gradually become hardened over so many years of being an emperor.
But in many cases, as long as he is allowed, the emperor will often behave like an ordinary father and an ordinary husband.
Just as the emperor once mocked her, he was not actually a qualified emperor. But there have been so many emperors throughout the ages, and the number of foolish and mediocre emperors far outnumbered those of sages. Even those so-called sages were often short-lived, and they only lasted until old age.
Yet another foolish king and mediocre leader.
However, she likes such a living person, not a cold and hard emperor...
Therefore, Concubine Yu smiled, and then said in an extremely calm tone: "I heard that Mrs. Hong has come to Beijing with her father, why would the emperor meet her? If she is really a good girl, and she is really willing to marry the eldest prince, then
Inspiring him to turn back, then the father and daughter will be fulfilled. But if it is just her father who has selfish motives, then the emperor will just choose a good marriage for her."
"It's not sweet to be strong, everything must be consensual. As for Zhang Shou, it's the same. He wants the emperor and he wants it, so what does he care about others? Zhang Shou is not a hot-blooded young man. He can protect himself, and so can Duke Zhao.
Be a good son-in-law."
The emperor burst out laughing at Concubine Yu's words. After laughing, he stretched out his finger and pointed at this woman who was still as frank as before, nodded happily and said: "Okay, I will listen to you. But, other people's
Now that you’re done worrying about it, can you tell me, is our daughter really just like Zhang Shou said to Yingying, she is just unwilling to treat that person surnamed Song, and has no meaning at all?"