How could she not be surprised and frightened?
Feng Lanruo was a little uneasy, fearing that the new emperor would feel that he was relying on the Empress Dowager for support, but if he said he didn't want to be the empress - this must be a lie!
A concubine is a daughter. If any woman in the world can be a wife, who would be willing to be inferior to others?
She hesitated for a moment, uneasiness surged in her heart, and she remained silent. The palm of her hand that was being held could not help but feel a little wet.
Ying Zheng smiled lightly and said: "Zhaoyi, this is the third time I have met you. I think you are a smart person, so I tell you this straight to the point. I will only ask this once, so you'd better answer it seriously. ——Do you want to, or don’t want to?”
Feng Lanruo bit her lip and said firmly: "I want to!"
"very good."
Ying Zheng nodded and let go of her hand: "Then let me tell you the most important thing. The Central Palace shares weal and woe with the Emperor, not the Xingqing Palace. Do you understand?"
Xingqing Palace is the residence of the Empress Dowager.
Feng Lanruo's expression changed slightly. After thinking carefully, he nodded and said, "Yes, I understand."
"The Feng family can send many daughters to the palace, but they can only have one queen."
Ying Zheng said: "You'd better really understand."
Feng Lanruo knelt down and saluted solemnly: "Your Majesty, I understand."
Ying Zheng stared at her face, and after a long time, he shook his head almost invisible.
Feng Lanruo couldn't help but feel uneasy when he saw this. He was about to plead guilty when he suddenly said: "Tell me about what happened before you entered the palace, how you were selected to enter the palace, what the Feng family taught you, and after you entered the palace, the Queen Mother What else did you say to you? Tell me everything in detail."
Feng Lanruo felt more and more strange in his heart. He just thought about it briefly and did not think that this matter would be harmful to the Feng family, so he recounted his experience after learning that he was selected into the palace.
At a certain point in the story, the new emperor suddenly asked her: "Is the fourth room of the Feng family at odds with the eldest room?"
Feng Lanruo originally downplayed this matter - she didn't want the emperor to think that she had mixed up her confession with personal information from the beginning, and blamed the eldest son in order to protect her own family.
What happened back then was a family scandal, and it was the Feng family that caused the big embarrassment. She and Aye Aniang were both members of the Feng family, and they had nothing to do with it.
But when the new emperor asked, she answered honestly and told the whole story.
Ying Zheng looked at her with a high look and said, "Keep talking."
Feng Lanruo responded.
After a long while, Ying Zheng interrupted her again: "Your eldest cousin, how are you doing on weekdays?"
Feng Lanruo was startled by his question, paused, and then said reluctantly: "It's very thorough and appropriate."
Ying Zheng was thoughtful.
In the space, Zhu Yuanzhang said "tsk tsk" twice: "Isn't this the problem? The Queen Mother in the palace is a clay statue of Bodhisattva. No one inside or outside the palace says anything bad about her. The boss of the Feng family is also quite smooth in officialdom. The daughter he raised In the past, I acted in a "thorough and proper way", but why didn't I stop and say nasty things to my cousin when she was elected to the palace? I was jealous that my cousin was lucky enough to enter the palace as a concubine, but I could only marry a minister. , Are you feeling unbalanced?"
Li Yuanda chuckled and said, "I'm afraid the jealousy is fake. The real thing is to dispel the suspicion of the fourth room and let the cousin happily marry into the palace."
Liu Che tasted the product and said: "Replacing the word 'happy' with 'silly' does not violate harmony at all!"
Li Shimin stroked his chin, puzzled: "But it doesn't make sense. The Queen Mother was able to suppress her half-brother and take the blame for her half-brother, which shows that it was not a good thing. It has been six or seven years since the incident and she didn't think of making up for it. This Suddenly, my conscience has recovered? Why do I not believe it so much! Unless——"
Ying Zheng sneered and continued: "Unless in their opinion, entering the palace is a dead end, Feng Lanruo is the one who was chosen to die!"
Zhu Yuanzhang sighed and said: "Look at the behavior of the First Emperor. He has not been out for 27 days during his filial piety period. There are just a bunch of moths above his head. The courtiers are restless. The Empress Dowager is secretly harboring evil intentions. The adoption is also full of doubts... "
Li Yuanda and Li Shimin had nothing to do and found a table to sit and play chess: "Hey, it's just a small wind and a small wave!"
Li Shimin said: "No matter how restless the courtiers are, how can they be more difficult to fight than the Six Kingdoms dungeon? Even if the ghost in the Empress Dowager's belly is as old as twenty years old, it would be nothing more than sprinkling water in front of the First Emperor's own mother!"
The veins on Ying Zheng's forehead jumped suddenly: "I am not very happy to hear this."
Liu Che gloated: "Hey, at least no one is around to help the Queen Mother pull the wheel this round. You want to drive faster!"
Chapter 4
Ying Zheng's blood pressure rose due to the excitement of these bastards. After closing his eyes and calming down, he looked at Feng Lanruo and said, "I have something to tell you to do."
Feng Lanruo said respectfully: "I respectfully obey the holy orders."
Ying Zheng, on the other hand, did not tell her immediately. He only said, "Please step aside and go back and think about what I said to you today. When the time comes, I will make my own arrangements."
Feng Lanruo felt slightly trembling after hearing this, but still responded respectfully. Seeing that the new emperor had no other instructions, he bowed and left.
…
Feng Lanruo left, and Ying Zheng never sat in the inner hall for a long time.
He stood up and pushed open the door to the courtyard outside the palace. He looked around calmly and saw that all the chamberlains and palace officials who had been sent out earlier were standing outside with their hands lowered. Only the old chamberlain Quan Ning was missing.
Ying Zheng knew that he must have gone to deliver a message to the Queen Mother, so he deliberately frowned: "Where are all the eunuchs?"
Several respectable chamberlains looked at each other, and not long after, someone stepped forward to cover for Quan Ning and accused him of the crime: "Your Majesty is magnanimous. The eunuch suddenly felt abdominal pain. He was afraid that he would lose his etiquette in front of the emperor, so he changed his clothes in a hurry."
Ying Zheng did not cherish the layer of window paper that the chamberlain had put on. He raised his hand and dug it directly: "Did he suddenly suffer from abdominal pain, or did he go somewhere to report the news? You old guys, you need to know now Who has the final say in the palace! If you can’t even figure this out, get out of the palace as soon as possible and live in old age until you die!”
After that, he sneered twice: "I am still young and have a long time to come. As for others, haha!"
This is the biggest legacy left by the original owner to Ying Zheng - his brain is not working well!
I don’t understand anything that is subtle, meaningful, or subtle. I just need to show my face and go over it with open swords and guns.
Anyway, my brain is not working well, so I am holding back my anger if I am not convinced!
Can the emperor be deposed just because he has a bad brain? !
When several chamberlains heard that the emperor's words were directed at Xingqing Palace, their expressions changed and they lowered their heads and did not dare to say anything.
There are some words that the emperor can say and the empress dowager can say, but slaves must not say them. Even understanding them is a death penalty!
But there were some people in the courtyard who were scared, and there were also some who were happy.
Quan Ning and other old chamberlains were sent to Taiji Palace by the Empress Dowager, so they naturally wanted to go to Xingqing Palace, but the young chamberlains were different. They had no place to belong.
The Empress Dowager has been in charge of the middle palace for many years, and she has deep roots that she despises these small fish and shrimps. There are also several senior internal servants who are suppressing her. They have no chance to stand out in front of the master.
But it's different now.
The young emperor was adopted to the late emperor and became the new owner of the palace.
Is there any better person to be loyal to?
The reason why I didn't show up in the past was because I didn't have the chance. Now the emperor is dozing off. If he doesn't send a pillow to him quickly, when will he wait?
After Ying Zheng finished playing "brainless" in the courtyard, he then returned to his bedroom to be "unhappy". After half a quarter of an hour of smashing several vases, he saw a few chamberlains bringing tea.
The tea cup was moved from the tray to the table, but the leading chamberlain was not in a hurry to leave. After pleading guilty, he lowered his eyebrows and said: "Eunuch Quan used to be from the Li Zheng Palace and served the Queen Mother for decades. No wonder I miss my old master, unlike the slaves..."
Liu Che clicked his tongue and continued: "I just feel sorry for you gie gie..."
Ying Zheng resisted the urge to glare at him and listened silently to several of the servants' expressions of loyalty. After they finished speaking, he glanced at him condescendingly: "What's your name?"
The waiter said with sincere fear, "My name is Taiping."
"Very good." Ying Zheng nodded: "From today on, you will be the Provincial Young Prisoner of the Palace."
Taiping was overjoyed and kowtowed quickly to thank him: "Your Majesty is so kind to me, and I will repay you with all my heart and soul!"
…
When Quan Ning came back from Xingqing Palace, Ying Zheng suddenly got up and raised his leg and kicked him directly from the top of the steps.
Quan Ning was quite old. He was kicked unexpectedly and rolled from the top to the bottom of the steps. He fell and suffered a bloody head.
He was filled with anger but did not dare to show it, so he could only cry and shout: "I am guilty, I deserve to die, I hope your majesty will forgive me!"
Ying Zheng stood on the steps and sneered: "How can you be guilty? You are very good! You eat and sleep here and there, and you do good business!"
After that, he ignored him and turned around and entered the inner hall.
Several servants who were attached to Quan Ning hurriedly came to help him. Seeing that he was seriously injured, they hesitated whether they should go to an imperial doctor to take a look. As the most capable person in front of the Queen Mother, Quan Ning had this dignity.
Just seeing that the dog-legged Taiping who had just surrendered to the new emperor entered the inner hall with the new emperor like a dog-legged dog, one of his disciples was looking at him outside the hall, and he immediately hesitated.
Continuing to work for Xingqing Palace at this time will undoubtedly greatly anger the new emperor. Quan Ning, a senior eunuch in the palace, has already eaten Gua Luo'er. How can they get any good fruits?
Although the Empress Dowager ordered this matter, the Empress Dowager could not quench her thirst with water far away, not to mention that the new emperor was mindless and unhappy. He went crazy and beat people to death. How could the Empress Dowager still call him life for a life?
For such a trivial matter as beating a chamberlain to death, the emperor would not even lose a hair on his head!
If this happens, there will be a question mark whether I should continue to do this job and how I should do it.
…
Ying Zheng never thought about removing all the Empress Dowager's ears and eyes from Taiji Hall.
Because he knew that this was an impossible goal in a short period of time.
A new monarch who was adopted from the royal family had never spent a day in the palace before ascending the throne, and few of his chamberlains knew anyone in the palace. Just like that, he wanted to stop the empress dowager, who had been queen for decades, from adding people to her palace?
Why are you talking in your sleep when the sky is clear and the sun is shining brightly? !
All he wanted to do was to ask Xingqing Palace to restrain himself and give himself enough breathing space.
There is no need to kill people, no need to intimidate or induce, he only needs to show his attitude, and that is enough.
The empress dowager is already old, but the new king is still young. No one would choose the setting sun instead of rushing to Zhaoyang, where hope is surging.
He can afford it.
And what is more important than the palace full of servants and palace people is——
As the eagle dog that protects the Tian family, and the dagger hidden behind the shadow of the dragon chair, where is the royal inner guard?
Liu Che gloated: "I have been a brainless emperor for more than twenty days, and I haven't even seen a ghost!"
Li Shimin: "I was so stupid that I didn't feel anything was wrong."
Zhu Yuanzhang: "How could he sleep?!"
Li Yuanda: "At his age and at this stage, can he sleep?!"
Boss Ying Zheng was speechless: "...That's enough for you!"
He rubbed his temples and thought about this question: "Before the late emperor passed away, the inner guard must be in his hands, but what about after the late emperor passed away? Following the original intention of setting up the royal inner guard, it should be handed over to the new king, but Now……"
Murong Jing didn't even see a ghost.
