After the rebellion was successful, I realized that this place was the Red Mansion

Chapter 36 Queen, come and pour tea for me
Inside the Changchun Palace, Prince Qian sat on a chair like a tiger and a dragon, and outside the palace gate were his fully armed guards. The entire palace, and even the whole world, was owned by him!

Empress Zhang only glanced at him, then lowered her head, took two steps forward, and bowed deeply. "I am Empress Zhang, the former Empress Shun, honored to see Prince Qian."

Qinghe walked behind her, wanting to say something but stopping himself.

The word "Gu Shun" sounded even more sad and desolate when spoken by Empress Zhang.

In Chu Yan's opinion, the aunt and sister-in-law standing together, one was smart and beautiful, the other was dignified and majestic, their beauty could move the entire capital. At least the three kneeling concubines could not compare to them at all.

"You three, get up."

Chu Yan first ordered the three concubines to stand. He glanced at Jia Yuanchun, who was standing at the doorway, not daring to enter. He then addressed Empress Zhang, "I started my army at the age of fifteen, and after ten years of fighting, I have finally conquered the world. You, the Emperor and the Empress, have failed to grasp the situation and have staged this ridiculous act. If this gets out, won't it bring ridicule?"

Empress Zhang's dignified face was full of shame. She lowered her head and dared not speak.

In fact, Prince Qian still gave her some face. It was the emperor who wanted to drag her to hang herself, but she refused, which led to the emperor forcing her and three concubines to hang themselves with a dagger.

Concubine Wu, Concubine Wu Shu, and Concubine Zhou, these three people obviously also heard the hidden meaning of his words, and their faces also blushed. They avoided his sight and did not dare to look at Chu Yan.

"Your Highness King Qian!"

Qinghe mustered up her courage, bowed, and then looked at him with her bright and clear eyes. She wanted to look him in the eye and speak, but she was intimidated by the fierce and powerful aura that his tall body in armor brought out. Her eyes even stung a little. After lowering her gaze, she dared to continue:

"As the saying goes, even ants cherish their lives, so how can humans not cherish their lives? My brother did not want to be captured as a prisoner and sacrifice his life for his country. My sister-in-law cherishes her life and did her best to protect herself and the three concubines. I believe that my brother and sister-in-law both have their own difficulties. I hope that Prince Qian will show mercy."

Chu Yan looked at her, his beautiful and graceful face showing a resolute and unyielding expression. He smiled and said, "You have said all the good and bad things. If your royal brother wanted to die, he could have died on his own. Who can stop him? But he chose to drag his woman to die with him. I despise that."

Qinghe lowered his head, speechless.

Empress Zhang whispered, "My three sisters and I thank Prince Qian for his understanding."

Concubine Wu and the other two woke up as if from a dream and hurriedly thanked Prince Qian.

Empress Zhang changed the subject and continued, "It's just... He is my husband, and he is also the Emperor. I have never blamed him. I just hope that he can think things through and live a peaceful life in the capital ruled by Prince Qian. I am still willing to follow him."

As she spoke, she raised her head and looked at Chu Yan: "He is still a little stubborn now. I ask King Qian to allow me to go out and comfort him."

Chu Yan said: "No need, he is such a grown man, he just lost his kingdom, he will figure it out on his own."

Just lost the kingdom?!

The people around looked strange when they heard this, but they didn't dare to say anything more.

"Go and get me a cup of tea."

Chu Yan gave the order, and several eunuchs hurried to prepare it. After a while, the tea was served. Xia Shouzhong wanted to pour the tea himself, but Chu Yan waved him off and pointed at Empress Zhang, saying, "You come and pour tea for this prince."

Inside Changchun Palace, the atmosphere suddenly froze.

Everyone was speculating about Prince Qian's intentions. Was he trying to humiliate the Empress? Or was he using her to humiliate the Emperor? Or perhaps, was he planning to take her into his harem?

But the emperor is not dead!

How could the Queen be possessed by him? !
He's taking someone else's wife by force, isn't he afraid of being ridiculed by the world?!
Empress Zhang raised her head and looked at Chu Yan. Her elegant face was filled with sadness. She tried to speak several times, but finally picked up the teapot brought by Xia Shouzhong, picked up a teacup with her slender fingers, poured tea into it with trembling hands, then lowered her head and handed the teacup to Chu Yan.

Consort Wu, Consort Wu Shu, Lady Zhou, and Jia Yuanchun, who was standing at the door, all witnessed the Empress holding the tea. In the past, Empress Zhang was in charge of the six palaces. Apart from occasionally serving tea to the old concubines and the Empress Dowager, when had she ever served anyone else like this?
But now, not only did the Empress serve, she also looked sad and resentful, like a decent woman who had been forced into a desperate situation by bandits...

Chu Yan took the teacup from Empress Zhang's hand, took a sip slowly, and then put it back on the tea tray in her hand.

Looking closely at her bright and elegant facial features, her dignified and majestic makeup, her submissive look with lowered brows and eyes, and a hint of fear, Chu Yan became more and more determined to take her into his mansion, oh no, now to take her into the palace.

Cao Cao killed three sages with one stroke of the pen, Li Shimin took his brother's wife in, and Li Longji took his daughter-in-law in and named her Yang Guifei.

Chu Yan is not the kind of person who can't move when he sees a woman, but he doesn't mind paying a small price to satisfy his desires.

What is the price of forcibly taking the queen of the previous dynasty?
The Book of Jin records that Liu Yao's act of accepting Yang Xianrong was "lewd and violent", but the evaluation mostly focused on the latter word. Liu Yao was defeated and killed, and the dynasty he established was too short-lived, so history books did not favor him.

Speaking of which, Yang Xianrong was also a remarkable woman. Her position as queen was deposed and reinstated several times, and she successfully served as queen in two dynasties.

He wanted to marry Empress Zhang, but in order to have a good image in future history books and in front of the people of the world, he had to conceal it and not be too direct.

In addition, there is Jia Yuanchun.

"Xian De Fei, come here too."

Chu Yanchao shouted to Jia Yuanchun who was still standing at the door.

The eldest daughter of the Jia family is not very courageous. She has always been cautious, even a little timid.

But she had all the proper manners and upbringing.

"My concubine greets His Royal Highness Prince Qian." Jia Yuanchun walked over and bowed her head.

Chu Yan nodded and said to Empress Zhang, Jia Yuanchun, and Qinghe, "The Emperor of Shun Dynasty has lost his mind due to the drastic changes in the imperial city. I will keep him in the Eastern Palace with his father. To protect you from the mad emperor, you three will temporarily stay in your original palace and do not need to see him!"

Empress Zhang was shocked all over, raised her head, opened her eyes wide, and glared at him angrily.

If she was just worried before, now she can be completely certain: Prince Qian wants to take her as his concubine!

Not only did he want to take the unmarried Princess Shunchao and Consort Xiande as his concubines, he also wanted her to be the Empress of Shunchao! !
"Ah."

Facing her angry glare, Chu Yan laughed and said, "This king is easy to talk to. If you have any opinions, you can raise them. This king never does things like punishing people for their words!"

"His Royal Highness King Qian."

Qinghe stood up and wanted to speak, but was stopped by Empress Zhang. Her bright eyes glared at Chu Yan: "Your Majesty, you already have the whole world, why do you covet a frail body like me? I have been married for many years, please forgive me for not being able to serve you!"

After saying that, she raised her sleeves to cover her face, bent down and bowed to Chu Yan.

The slender waist and graceful figure in the palace skirt made Chu Yan take a second look. He smiled and said, "Although I have the world, there is only you in the world. There will never be another you."

Ah!
Empress Zhang was surprised. She first thought that Prince Qian fell in love with her after seeing her only once and was willing to exchange the empire for such a beautiful woman, out of deep affection. But after thinking about it carefully, she thought that Prince Qian was probably saying that although the world was big, no one had a beauty like her, and if she missed her, there would be no one else.

King Qian was rude and overbearing. He led his army to capture the capital and conquer the world. How resilient was his will?
He said he was easy to talk to, but in fact he was talking nonsense and didn't listen to her at all!
Empress Zhang knew that it was useless to argue any further, so she had to bow again, lower her head and cover her face, then turned to face the outside of the palace gate, showing only her back to Prince Qian, and facing her husband who was being humiliated in the courtyard outside the palace gate, to show her determination not to submit!
The palace maids and eunuchs around her all looked at her secretly.

They also didn't expect that after seeing the Queen, Prince Qian had the idea of ​​taking her as his concubine.

(End of this chapter)