It's June in the capital, in the Forbidden City, in the Queen's palace.
"Sister, you have to calm down" Li Dong's weak voice came from inside the room.
Qu Hong covered her mouth and stood at the door with a chuckle. Li Dong returned to the capital yesterday. The two of them had a good time last night, but Zhang Qingying was furious at noon today.
In fact, the reason why Zhang Qingying got angry was because of Ye Xiaowan's matter, but Zhang Qingying lives in a deep palace, how did she know about things thousands of miles away?
This matter is a bit complicated to talk about, and we have to start with Zhao Shutong. Zhao Shutong didn¡¯t know what he was thinking, but he insisted on learning kung fu from Zhang Qingying. Zhang Qingying couldn¡¯t beat her, so he had to agree. But Zhao Shutong¡¯s physique was not able to learn any kung fu. As a result, he caught a cold due to sweating after just one day of school. He had to seek medical treatment for the cold, but Zhao Shutong felt embarrassed. After thinking about it, he summoned Wang Yunxia from the medical camp to come for treatment. After all, Zhao Shutong stayed in the medical camp for a long time. She has known them well for a long time, especially between her and Wang Yunxia, ??they are good sisters who talk about everything.
Yesterday, after Li Dong returned to Beijing, he naturally returned to the Forbidden City. Li Xiang, who had returned from Beijing with Li Dong, ran to see Wang Yunxia. This morning, Wang Yunxia entered the palace to review Zhao Shutong, and Zhang Qingying happened to be there, so. . .
"Calm down? My aunt can't calm down. Ye Xiaowan is still pregnant with one, which means one body and two lives"
"Sister, I don't want to either!" Li Dong said with a bitter face, "Who would have thought that she would come that day, and I promised not to hold her accountable and let her go, but she insisted on dying"
"You're stopping me!"
"My aunt, you are speaking lightly. There are more than 300 Japanese samurai beside her. I'll stop her. I'll run over and stop her. Maybe she can kill me first."
"Tch! You've been talking for a long time and you're still not good at it"
"My kung fu is poor? Which of your eyes can see that my kung fu is poor?" Li Dong stared at Zhang Qingying, looking unconvinced.
¡°You¡¯re still not convinced that your kung fu is poor, right?!¡±
"Zhang Qingying, don't be too enthusiastic. I tell you, I usually let you, and I usually don't show off my skills!"
"Ouch? I really didn't see it. Do you still have time? How about we show off?"
"If you make signs, make signs, if the tiger doesn't show off its power, then you think I'm a sick cat?"
¡°Come on, come on, my aunt, just use one hand or both hands to bully you¡±
"Don't even use that hand if you dare!"
"Haha my aunt will use her legs to clean you up"
The more Qu Hong listened outside the door, the more something was wrong. Why were these two talking about taking action? Should she go in and persuade them?
While he was hesitating, he heard Li Dong yelling from inside the room, "Wow, wow, wow." . . Milk dragon claw hand. . .
Qu Hong was startled outside the door and thought, okay, it turns out that the emperor can also grasp the dragon's hand? Listening carefully, I heard Zhang Qingying yelling, followed immediately. . . Then I heard the sound of people taking off their clothes inside. Qu Hong was stunned for a moment, then blushed and spat, the young couple. . . She hurriedly waved her hand and drove the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs away.
After a while, Zhang Qingying cuddled up on Li Dong's shoulder like a docile kitten.
"Hey, how is your shooting skills?"
Zhang Qingying pinched Li Dong hard, then got up and got out of bed, sitting in front of the mirror, picking up a wooden comb and just about to comb her hair. Li Dong also got up with a smile, grabbed the wooden comb, and combed Zhang Qingying's hair like a waterfall. Normal long hair.
Zhang Qingying looked at Li Dong behind her in the mirror, with a happy smile on her face, but suddenly she thought of what just happened, and she slowly stopped smiling.
"Your Majesty, when I think of Ye Xiaowan's poisonous oath, I feel panic-stricken. I'm afraid After all, that incident is harmful to the world So I want to offer incense to the Emperor and worship the Buddha to eliminate some evil." Sinahem"
Li Dong also sighed. He didn't feel bad about killing Han Dongkai, but Ye Xiaowan's death made him feel unhappy. After all, Ye Xiaowan was still pregnant with the child, so it could be done. . . Why. . .
Li Dong said bitterly, "I'm afraid things like this will be inevitable in the future. As the emperor, there are some things you have to do."
Looking at Li Dong¡¯s slightly tired face, Zhang Qingying felt distressed.
"Your Majesty, I know that I am wrong. I should not be responsible for the Emperor!"
Li Dong smiled slightly, squatted down and held Zhang Qingying¡¯s face, ¡°I just like your straightforward nature!¡±
Zhang Qingying pursed her lips and smiled softly, thought for a moment and said something.
¡°Your Majesty, I¡¯m afraid you won¡¯t be able to use studying in seclusion as an excuse next time you leave Beijing.¡±
? "Why?"
"The great scholar Liu Jian seems to have noticed something. Recently, he has come to the palace every two days to pay his respects. I have found various excuses to shirk it. He can't see the emperor, so he has gone to pay his respects to the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother There seems to be a leak Liu Jian seems to be suspicious. If Your Majesty doesn't come back, I'm afraid my concubine will reveal her secret. Besides the Queen Mother also" Zhang Qingying's voice suddenly became softer when she mentioned the Queen Mother. A lot.
"Let me talk to the Queen Mother." Li Dong thought to himself that the relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law has been difficult to get along with since ancient times. It is necessary to find opportunities for the two of them to stay together for more time, so that they can understand each other better. He suddenly thought of something. "By the way, when you go out to worship Buddha, ask your mother to go with you. You don't need to be stuck in Beijing. You can take your mother to visit Tianjin and stay for a few days. Besides, our Ming Dynasty is so big, what place can't you go? Don't always Nestled in the palace, the four directions of the sky will make people sick even if they are bored."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your understanding, but Sigh Not to mention that I have left the palace, I just wanted to invite my father to sit in the palace for a while, I'm afraid I don't dare to act arbitrarily according to the rules in the palace. destroy."
"Why are you breaking the rules? You are the master of the harem, and what you say is the rule. Anyone who objects will be asked to get out. I will support you, so don't be afraid!"
"real?"
"Of course it's true, I just want my woman to live happily!"
Zhang Qingying looked up at Li Dong, her face full of happiness. As if she suddenly thought of something, she coughed and said seriously.
"Your Majesty, speaking of women, I also have something I want to tell your Majesty."
Hearing what Zhang Qingying said, Li Dong suddenly felt guilty. Could it be that Zhang Qingying wanted to tell him about the peace between Jibu and Chu?
Zhang Qingying said a blessing to Li Dong, "Your Majesty, we are both concubines in the harem. You can't always run to the concubine. You have to take care of the concubine. You spend most of the month at the concubine." On the other hand, I have a few days left to go to bed in Dongnuan Pavilion to review memorials. The number of times you go to Concubine Shu is very rare!"
Li Dong didn't expect that Zhang Qingying was talking about Zhao Shutong. Li Dong was slightly stunned for a while, and felt moved in his heart. My woman is so special that she won't be jealous. I didn't miss it. Zhang Qingying is really sincere. She is simple and kind. She doesn't want the exclusive favor that others want. She insists on sharing it with Zhao Shutong. She is such a good woman. My brother's love for her is not in vain.
How did Li Dong know that Zhang Qingying had such an idea? This was entirely due to his father-in-law Zhang Desheng. Every time Zhang Desheng entered the palace, he would say to Zhang Qingying, "Daughter, you are the empress of the world and the master of the harem." Stop being petty and be magnanimous. Your Majesty is the most powerful person in the world. It is normal for you to marry someone from the Third Palace and Sixth Court in the future. You can¡¯t stop me when the time comes! ¡¯ At first, Zhang Qingying still stared and retorted, ¡°He dares!¡±
"Silly boy! Jealousy is a rule of thumb Just in case the emperor gives up"
"Tch, he dares to divorce me? I can't kill him!" Zhang Qingying said arrogantly.
Zhang Desheng smiled bitterly. Such a domineering queen was probably the only one in the history of the Ming Dynasty. "Daughter, you don't understand men. Men are all submissive. The more you obey him, the better he will treat you!"
"Hmph!" Although Zhang Qingying disagreed in her mouth, she muttered in her heart that she would get old one day. If one day she was no longer beautiful, and Li Dong really married dozens of women into the palace, could she still marry Li Dong? What's wrong with Dong? Because of this, Zhang Qingying couldn't sleep well for several nights, but I have to say that no matter how simple a woman is, she will be very talented in this area. Not to mention, Zhang Qingying really came up with a simple and feasible way¡ª¡ª Find someone to pamper with you.
There is no need to think about this candidate, it is naturally Zhao Shutong!
"People change so fast." Li Dong naturally didn't know Zhang Qingying's little thoughts. When he mentioned Zhao Shutong, he sighed again and sighed.
Zhang Qingying felt flustered for a while. After all, she had her own little Jiujiu in her heart. She glanced sideways at Li Dong and found that Li Dong was looking out the window. She felt slightly reassured, "Your Majesty, who are you talking about?"
"This matter oh how should I put it? Sister, I won't hide it from you. I also liked Shu Fei, but I found out that Shu Fei she has changed."
"Ah? Your Majesty, you you can't talk nonsense. Concubine Shu is obsessed with the Emperor. She only has the Emperor in her heart. This concubine can guarantee it!" Zhang Qingying looked at Li Dong incredulously.
"HahaI know this too." Li Dong looked narcissistic on his face. After all, it would make a man feel proud to have a woman fall in love with him. However, after a brief moment of complacency, Li Dong shook his head helplessly. "Sister, what I'm saying is that since Miss Zhao became Concubine Shu,she. . . She is no longer the innocent and romantic Zhao Shutong she used to be. Every time I see her, she is cautious, for fear of doing something that will displease me. She doesn¡¯t like spicy food, but when she sees that I like it, she will eat it every time. Let the imperial dining room prepare a table of spicy dishes. . . She knew that I liked people who danced with guns and sticks, so she came to learn kung fu from you. . . She is even learning the art of war now. . . You said that in order to cater to me, she wronged herself and lost her own nature, me. . . I went to her place and she felt uncomfortable, and I felt even worse. "
Zhang Qingying smiled and tapped Li Dong's forehead hard with her finger, "You little heartless thing. Sister Shutong has suffered so much for you and you still complain. Is it possible that you are looking down at you every day?" Are you happy?"
Li Dong chuckled, picked up the snacks on the table, threw them into his mouth, and said vaguely, "Sister, if you have time to tell Concubine Shu in a subtle way, she can just be herself. She doesn't have to work so hard. I just like you for what you are." The way"
"Why don't you say it yourself."
"Hehe, it's easy for you women to talk to each other after all. Concubine Shu is thin-skinned. I'm afraid it won't be good if I tell her!"
"Huh! Now I know I feel sorry for you!"
"Haha" Li Dong smiled.
"Your Majesty, I am a concubine I am a concubine" Zhang Qingying suddenly hesitated.
"What's wrong? There's nothing else we two can't talk about."
"Your Majesty, my concubine said, you must not be angry!"
"Say it, I'm not angry!"
"Your Majesty, a few days ago my brother's wife"
¡°Brother¡¯s wife?¡±
¡°Dabao¡¯s wife!¡±
"oh"
"She came into the palace to talk to the concubine When she was walking around the Liberty Garden, she heard she heard some people criticizing and insulting"
"scold me?"
Zhang Qingying nodded.
"You can scold if you want. The Freedom Garden is just for everyone to curse and play in it." Li Dong said nonchalantly.
"My brother's wife went there for a few days and always saw those people, so she kept an eye out and followed a few of them. Finally she found out that those people were officials. She hurried into the palace. Tell me this news to my concubine, my concubine"
Li Dong stuffed a piece of snack into Zhang Qingying's mouth. "Li Xiang has told me about this matter a long time ago. I am also scratching my head about this matter." Li Dong was really scratching his head about this matter. He used to look down on Manchao. He felt that his teacher Wang Shouren was the only good official in the world, but gradually he discovered that there were censors like Jiang Qin who dared to give direct advice, so he asked Li Xiang to investigate. He wanted to investigate all such officials. Try to win over him for his use, but. . . A very interesting situation occurred. Those honest and upright officials did not buy Li Dong's account at all, but those who bought it were the crooked melons and dates.
"I'm surprised. Do you think I'm a mean and unkind person? Do you think I'm not sincere in my treatment of others?"
Zhang Qingying took a sip of tea and sent the snacks down. There was nothing she dared say to Li Dong, "Your Majesty, although I don't care about government affairs, I also know that the Emperor is good to only a few people. Apart from that, I really don¡¯t know"
"Who said that, IIdon't tell me from afar" When Li Dong was looking for examples to support his point of view, he happened to see Daniel outside the window, so he pointed at Daniel, "I'm right How about Daniel?"
Zhang Qingying rolled her eyes at Li Dong angrily, "Your Majesty, you should change the example. Daniel, you treat him like a treasure. He is the first to eat and drink anything! Last time in Fujian There were only two baskets of tribute oranges delivered from the side, one basket was given to the Queen Mother, and the other basket was given to Daniel."
Li Dong also felt embarrassed, "If you don't talk about him, let's say Well Just talk about Li Xiang This bastard Li Xiang goes to the palace every day to eat, and I don't even care about him asking for food money. I "
"Pull it down, why are you so embarrassed to talk about Li Xiang? You often say that there are four irons in life. We have carried guns together, shared our dirty laundry together, been in the same window together, and gone whoring together Ahem Who knows if you have ever been together? cough"
Li Dong was a little embarrassed, "Okay So where is Mr.? How do I treat Mr.?"
"Your Majesty, you also know that it is Mr. I. When I saw you discussing matters with him several times, he was sitting and you were standing Although I have little education, I have never heard of any such person in history. Such an honorable minister!"
"Then Wang Ping" Li Dong slowly put away his smile. Only then did he realize that, as Zhang Qingying said, it was true that he was only good to people in his own small circle. No wonder. . .
Seeing Li Dong¡¯s embarrassed look, Zhang Qingying helped Li Dong come up with ideas: ¡°Your Majesty, why don¡¯t you?Some things let them know that the emperor also cares about them. Human beings are not grass and trees, how can they be ruthless? "
Li Dong was stunned, looked at Zhang Qingying, his eyes lit up, yes, why didn't he think of this? It was not a good idea for him to always be so hostile to the courtiers. He might as well do something to ease it. He hugged Zhang Qingying and turned around. After a while, he said, "My good girl, you are really my best wife!"