203, The Queen's Favorite Husband

The people in the palace soon realized that the wind direction in the palace seemed to have changed. Before this, who would take Yan Chu, the emperor's husband, seriously? But now the empress would go to the emperor's husband's place every five days to sit and have dinner together. It was obvious that she valued the emperor's husband very much. It was not as they imagined that she ignored him because she disliked his ugliness.

No matter why the empress did this, no one dared to go against the empress's wishes. In addition, the examples of Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing who were defeated were still in front of them. Whoever dared to talk about Feng Jun behind his back as before, or obeyed his orders in public but disobeyed his orders, would think that his life was too long.

The attitude of the people in the harem changed, which was specifically reflected in the fact that the low-ranking concubines became more active in paying respects every morning. If the Ministry of Internal Affairs had any good things newly stored in the warehouse, they would happily send them over without the palace servants of Fengyi Palace asking for them to speak. They were all respectful, just as if they were not the ones who talked about Yan Chu behind his back and looked down on him before.

"Congratulations, Lord Feng, congratulations, Lord Feng."

The Queen's coming-of-age ceremony is coming soon. According to the attitude the Queen is showing now, it is obvious that she will definitely stay at the Royal Consort's place that day.

In fact, according to her status, the Queen, who attaches so much importance to rules, would not bypass Yan Chu, the Royal Consort, and choose other concubines unless there is an unexpected situation.

"Why are you happy?"

Yan Chu was dragged by the Queen to talk about life and ideals last night, and he didn't fall asleep until midnight. But according to the rules of the palace, he had to pay respects at noon, which means he had to get up at dawn. In total, he only slept for five hours, which was completely insufficient for his usual sleep requirements.

So his mental state was not very good. He yawned two or three times in a short while.

Everyone in the palace knew that the Queen stayed at Fengyi Palace last night. Such an action rarely happened before the Queen or the Princesses came of age. Although everyone knew that nothing happened between the two, as long as they thought that the Queen ignored the rules of etiquette and stayed in the harem before coming of age, they were jealous and crazy.

Now Yan Chu asked them what they were happy about. In the eyes of those concubines, there was a feeling of a villain succeeding.

"The Queen and Feng Jun are in love, and the phoenix is ​​auspicious. Isn't it a great joy?"

Zhang Ruyi smiled gently. He was smarter than Liu Huiqing. Since Liu Huiqing was defeated by the Queen, she hid in her palace and did not come out. She did not mention coming to Fengyi Palace to pay respects. But Zhang Ruyi was different. From the next day, he came to Fengyi Palace on time according to the rules. People in his faction followed suit, fearing that others would not know their respect for Feng Jun.

As time went on, the wind direction in the palace became more and more obvious. Even the low-ranking concubines who originally relied on Liu Huiqing rebelled. They began to ignore Liu Huiqing's ideas and came to Fengyi Palace secretly at the beginning, and then came openly. In comparison, Zhang Deqing's power was far greater than Liu Huiqing.

This was a nice thing to say. Yan Chu looked at the room full of men dressed up and couldn't help but turn his face to the side, unable to bear to look directly.

Compared with Liu Huiqing, Zhang Deqing seems to be much smarter, but sometimes being smart can backfire. He may not be more liked by the empress than Liu Huiqing.

But it doesn't matter. Anyway, when he comes, the empress will definitely not like any of them.

Yan Chu sighed in his heart. In fact, if the wisher's idea is really followed, how innocent these concubines who have entered the palace are.

It is true that the constraints of a country with female superiority on men are lighter than the oppression of men on women in a feudal society with male superiority and female inferiority. Men can take the initiative to propose a divorce and remarry after losing their wives. There is no such thing as a chastity archway, but the wife of Zhang Deqing and others is the empress. Who dares to compete with the empress for men?

In this way, if the harem is really to be disbanded according to the original body's wish, what will be the fate of these men who are expelled from the palace? It's better for the husband's family to love their sons, and they can still spend their old age in peace. But those husband's parents are stubborn and cruel. They might just find a name to kill the man, so that there will be no shame for the whole family.

Even if it is the former, the family loves them, but they can't avoid being pointed at. Since the founding of Tianhuang Country, only one empress has dismissed the harem for the then emperor's husband.

The situation of that empress is a bit special. Her biological father died early, and the current empress has a beloved concubine, and the princess born with the concubine, who looks down on her.

Therefore, in her backyard, in addition to the then emperor, there are many men stuffed in by other forces. The empress, who was still a princess at the time, was in a dangerous situation. In order to calm everyone's heart, she showed a bohemian appearance. She accepted all the men stuffed in the palace. No one knew that she was pretending to be a pig and eating a tiger. When the current empress announced her will on her deathbed, her name was actually on the will.

No one knew whether this was the intention of the current empress or she had tampered with the will. The princess who was more favored than her immediately rebelled because the will was fake. It took only three days for the empress to suppress it by force.

After she ascended the throne, except for the former principal husband, all other concubines were expelled from the palace.

Some of the concubines who were expelled from the palace entered the imperial temple, some committed suicide after returning home because they could not bear the humiliation, and except for a very small number of people who married far away, it was unknown whether they were alive or dead. Almost every one of them had a bad ending.

At that time, there were a lot of criticisms against the Queen in the court, especially those whose brothers had entered the Queen's Court, which was a lesson to the Queen's death. They begged the Queen to take back her life. This turmoil of disbanding the harem lasted for nearly five years. If it weren't for The Queen persisted and had overall control over the government. I'm afraid it would take longer, and someone else would have been defeated.

Because of her actions, although the queen was a wise monarch, the records in the history books have mixed reviews. Some people envied the queen's infatuation with Feng Jun, while some people felt that the queen was too unfeeling towards other monarchs and concubines.

Since her, there has not been a second queen from the Tianhuang Kingdom who dared to do this. I am afraid she is also afraid of this.

Therefore, Yan Chu had a headache about how to deal with these concubines who had entered the palace. Of course, it came from his own heart and he was not willing to share a wife with other men. However, what he should do to minimize harm to these men was still the most important thing. heavy.

In fact, this time point is also good. At least the number of people in the Queen's Palace is far less than that in later generations, and there are still two years until the next draft.

The Queen's coming-of-age ceremony has not yet been held. If these concubines can remain "virgins" and are released from the palace, it will at least be easier to remarry.

What he has to do is to make these concubines not resist leaving the palace as much as possible, and at the same time eliminate some bad influences. Even if they have the imprint of the man who was the queen, it will not affect their marriage again.

It sounds simple, but this is really a huge project. The difficulty of this task is no less difficult than in the previous world.

"Fengjun, Fengjun?"

Zhang Deqing called Yan Chu gently. There was nothing wrong with what he said just now. He didn't know why this man became lost in thought after listening to his words. He didn't know what he was thinking.

"Why didn't Hui Qing come again today?"

Yan Chu didn't answer the question and asked the palace attendant beside him.

"People from Huiqing's palace came and said that Huiqing was ill and could not come to pay homage to Lord Feng."

Although Liu Huiqing couldn't help but come to Yan Chu to greet him, he was better than before. He knew how to find a reasonable excuse for his behavior. No matter whether he was really sick or fake, he still had a reason.

"Brother Huiqing's illness hasn't lasted for a day or two. I don't know if it's because the imperial doctor didn't do his best, or if it's because his body is weak."

Wang's eyes lit up when he heard Yan Chu's words. In his opinion, Feng Jun mentioned Liu Huiqing specifically because he was dissatisfied with him and wanted to attack him.

Zhang Deqing was already a little dissatisfied with Fengjun because he gave Ruxiao to him and asked him to wear that white-faced peach blossom makeup every day.

If he could persuade Fengjun to punish Liu Huiqing today, maybe Deqing would change his mind and forget about the makeup.

Thinking like this, Mr. Wang couldn't wait to jump out. On the surface, he seemed to be speaking for Liu Huiqing, but in fact, he was secretly mocking him for pretending to be sick, hoping to arouse Feng Jun's anger.

If it doesn't work, you have to make sure that the other party is weak and sick, and he may have been ill for a long time. How can such a weak man serve the queen and become the biological father of the princess or the prince.

Zhang Deqing took a sip of tea, lowered his head and smiled without saying a word. He was still very satisfied with Mr. Wang, a fool who jumped around and did things for him without asking him to ask. As for the dissatisfaction he had shown before, it was just Just to beat him and save him from having ambitions that he shouldn't have.

"Huiqing's body is really weak."

Yan Chu murmured in a low voice, the volume just high enough for everyone in the hall to hear.

As soon as these words came out, the eyes of the monarchs and concubines below lit up, as if they were about to see a good show.

"Not only Hui Qing, but also my Fengjun, I see that your bodies are not strong enough. You are not even one-tenth as strong as I am. How can such a body and bones be able to serve the Queen and give birth to healthy heirs? What are you going to ask for from tomorrow?" Everyone is exempted. When the time comes, everyone will gather with me at Chenxiao Palace. They will run twenty laps around the martial arts arena every day and practice a set of marksmanship with me. Although I don’t expect you to be the same as me, you can at least be able to Keep your body strong so that you won’t get sick one after another during the changing seasons.”

Yan Chu said to the concubines in the palace, not forgetting to give instructions to the eleven on the side: "Go to Lingju Palace and give instructions. I will send an imperial doctor there in a moment. As soon as Huiqing recovers from his illness, he will also Come over and practice together. It seems that he is in the worst shape in the whole palace, so we can't be lazy. "

The tea cup in Zhang Deqing's hand was almost unsteady. What did this ugly man say?

Let them, who have been pampered since childhood, train with this rude brother like him?

Their skin is so delicate and their bodies are so weak, can they be the same as him?

Zhang Deqing couldn't imagine that one day he would be as black as Yan Chu and as thick as him.

Even though he was so well-mannered, he couldn't help but his eyes darkened and he almost fainted.

"Fengjun."

He gave a shuddering cry.

"I know what De Qing wants to say, but there is no need to be polite to me, Fengjun. As the mother of a country, setting an example for the harem, these are all things I should do."

Yan Chu said solemnly, all the ladies and gentlemen present almost wanted to stick their shoes on his face, the madam was so shameless.

Attendant Wang suddenly became the target of public criticism. If he hadn't mentioned Liu Huiqing in such a mean-spirited manner, if it weren't for him, Huang Zhengfu might not have thought of this.

The people, whose anger had nowhere to dissipate, did not dare to provoke Yan Chu, so they could only pick a soft persimmon and pinch it.

Wang Peishi, who was glared at by everyone, almost shrank into a quail, tears streaming down his face. Why was he always the unlucky one? He would just pretend to be dumb when Yan Chu spoke in the future.