First wife's original manuscript

Chapter 185

The emperor went to the Taimiao to reflect on his indulgence in beauty, and he did not let the queen Zengrou go.

Zeng Rou was punished by the emperor for ineffective supervision of the harem... accompanied the emperor to the Taimiao to reflect.

The emperor and empress went to the Taimiao together to reflect, which was enough to see that the emperor regretted this matter, but Zeng Rou didn't want to accompany the emperor to the Taimiao at all.

After speculating that the emperor might amend the exam questions, Zeng Rou was preparing to reap the fruits of her victory while the emperor was away from the capital. If the emperor was not there, she would be more relaxed in the capital.

Although Zeng Rou intended to use this imperial examination to recruit some decent talents, she didn't intend to be too active. Zeng Rou was still at a disadvantage in terms of government affairs.She also just wants to make a few candidates who are optimistic about her and have cultivation value get higher grades in the imperial examination.

She didn't expect the person she valued to be loyal to her immediately, and interest groups need to be bound slowly. ,

As soon as the emperor's order arrived, Zeng Rou didn't have time to taste the fruits of victory. She hinted that the concubines confused the emperor, and public opinion led the ministers to persuade the emperor... All these arrangements achieved satisfactory results, but at the same time they could not maximize This made Zeng Rou very disappointed.

She was lost, so naturally she was in a bad mood, so the emperor who went to the Taimiao with Zeng Rouyi to reflect was more unlucky. Zeng Rou used to treat him like air and didn't talk too much. This time on the way to the Taimiao, the emperor and the empress took a car In the sedan chair, the emperor was so irritated by Zeng Rou.

What he said, Zeng Rou would definitely object.

He said a few good words for Concubine Xiao Shu and others, and Zeng Rou mocked him as "lusty"

He said that the ministers in the court were meddling in their own business, and Zeng Rouhui suggested that he read more about Taizu's memoirs and learn how Taizu acted as an emperor.

Anyway, along the way, the emperor was stimulated by Zeng Rou's words, and finally pointed at Zeng Judao: "Why didn't I know you were so good at talking?"

Today the emperor has learned from Zeng Rou's words. There is no reason, she can insist on reasoning. Even the emperor can't say Zeng Rou. characters.

Zeng Rou smiled calmly, she didn't panic because of the emperor's anger, she looked at the emperor as if she was looking at a child who can't talk to an adult, but knows how to be a rascal... The emperor was very depressed because of this.

"The concubine is only fulfilling her duty as a queen, Your Majesty, your honest words are hard to hear."

"..."

The emperor was speechless for a while, what Zeng Rou said was not loyalty at all, but deliberately made him depressed,

He originally wanted to get angry with Zeng Rou, but thinking of the current situation, what would Li Qing'er do if he raised the question of abolition again?Wouldn't the courtiers be even more irritable?

The emperor endured Zeng Rou. After Zeng Rou's disturbance, the emperor was depressed, but his gloomy mood improved a lot because of the persuasion of Li Qing'er and the courtiers.

Zeng Rou also knew that if the emperor couldn't regulate himself, he wouldn't be able to live today. Didn't mention that the emperor was depressed and vomited blood. Zeng Rou reflected whether her skills had regressed?

Away from the golden-fingered opponents in the harem, Zeng Rou was able to sway freely in front of the emperor. Although the emperor also arranged many guards to protect him, these guards were not enough for Zeng Rou.

When Zeng Rou intentionally angered the emperor, it was firstly to make the emperor look bad, secondly, to ridicule the emperor for selling himself, and thirdly... If the emperor got angry and dealt with Zeng Rou, Zeng Rou would have enough reasons to teach the emperor an unforgettable lesson.

It's a pity that the emperor didn't do anything, and Zeng Rou was too embarrassed to take the initiative to bully others!

All in all, Zeng Rou is still too kind.

The emperor didn't know that he had saved his life.

In the days of self-reflection in the Taimiao, the emperor had joys and sorrows. In the Taimiao, the emperor would no longer face a group of difficult women, but Zeng Rou's sarcasm and the truth made the emperor feel extremely uncomfortable and suffered mentally.

The emperor also often lost his temper with Zeng Rou, but when he was the most angry, the emperor didn't do anything to Zeng Rou, which was not a small compromise.

What Zeng Rou said was not pleasant, but the emperor was able to figure out something else from her words. The emperor began to reflect on the problem of his indulgence of his favorite concubines. He was very comfortable with the admiration of his favorite concubines, but are the favorite concubines real? Like yourself?

"They don't like you, so they have to serve you. You don't want to be a public lover. It's just to solve your desires. It's more serious."

"..."

The emperor and Zeng Rou were sitting together playing chess. The reason he was entangled at this time was not whether the favorite concubine really loved him, but how many times he would be tortured and killed by Zeng Rou on the chessboard?
He is very good at Go, and no one would dare to beat the emperor. Before playing Go, Zeng Rou asked him if he played Go for real or fake. .

No matter how the emperor resisted, he would be brutally killed by Zeng Rou. He had no power to fight back. The gap between them was something the emperor could not win no matter how hard he tried.

While Zeng Rou was playing chess, she was distracted by gossiping with him and putting eye drops on the concubines in the harem. How could this embarrass the emperor who put all his heart on the chessboard but was brutally murdered?

The emperor threw away the pawn, "Can't you let me?"

"Your Majesty is telling the truth, how can my concubine dare to resist the order?"

"..."

The emperor said a word, there is Li Qing'er in the harem, the queen is not much more normal than Li Qing'er, the emperor scanned Zeng Rou suspiciously, Zeng Rou's changes were too great, Zeng Rou's eyes full of teasing Here, there is no fear at all. In front of her, the emperor seems to be just like ordinary people...

How could there be such an idea?Is it because your tired body hasn't improved yet?
Zeng Rou put away the chess pieces, stood up and said, "The concubine will not delay His Majesty's handling of the government affairs."

"What are you going to do?"

"Take a nap."

The emperor was speechless in front of Zeng Rou more and more times. Seeing Zeng Rou leave in a leisurely manner, the emperor had no choice but to say from the bottom of his heart that she would definitely abolish her position as queen in the future. The emperor didn't know him. When will you be able to abolish the empress!
After Zeng Rou was abolished, would she still dare to be so calm in front of him and attract people's hatred?

The emperor casually picked up a booklet and glanced at it, and his mood became worse. The news from the palace was written in the booklet. The imperial concubine Li Qinger needed more and more strange things, and after Zeng Rou gave Li Qinger's assistant harem rights, Li Qing'er didn't know how to control power at all, and killed people at every turn, which made all the maids and eunuchs in the harem complain.

The concubines in the harem also complained to Li Qing'er, for example, there was less food today, less rouge and gouache tomorrow, and less silver rewards the day after tomorrow.

With Li Qing'er's loftiness, it is impossible for her to withhold these things, but the people she trusts, the servants who help her may not be trustworthy.

When Zeng Rou presided over the overall situation of the harem, she never let the emperor bother about these matters, even the former imperial concubine Liu would not do such a thing as Li Qinger.

The emperor sighed silently, his brows became tighter and tighter, how long would he have to endure such days?Fortunately, there was some movement from Concubine Xiao Shu, and the emperor didn't expect Concubine Xiao Shu to kill Li Qing'er, he only hoped that Concubine Xiao Shu could control Li Qing'er, at least to minimize Li Qing'er's destructive power...

Things in the harem were not going well, there were no major events in the court, minor troubles continued, drought in the south, fishing in the north, although it didn't affect too many places, disaster relief and other things also made the emperor very upset.

The money and food are a bit out of hand!
The emperor pressed his forehead, didn't he live a smooth life in the past few years?Or is it said that there are bound to be disasters if the state-owned evildoers?
Zeng Rou was not as focused on taking a nap as she said, and she also had a lot of problems to think about.

Judging from the recent behavior of the emperor, the emperor has other arrangements for Li Qing'er. The emperor spent too long introspecting in the Taimiao, and the emperor's accommodating towards Zeng Rou during these days also surprised her.

The emperor is not a person who is too masochistic, and Zeng Rou is not too beautiful, and she will not let the emperor like her so he will accommodate her. Thinking about it, Zeng Rou must have something that makes the emperor afraid.

Zeng Rou repeatedly provoked the emperor's bottom line, just to see how much the emperor could tolerate her. The result of the test actually satisfied Zeng Rou, and Zeng Rou had further plans for the future.

In the future, when the emperor was dealing with the papers, Zeng Rou would drink tea and be dazed. Sometimes the emperor couldn't help but ask Zeng Rou a few questions, and Zeng Rou would always give him a good answer.

"Your Majesty, there is news from Concubine Shu."

"Say."

The emperor looked up at Zeng Rou, and coldly ordered the chief eunuch, "Don't worry about the queen."

"According to the order."

The chief eunuch and the people around the emperor couldn't understand the relationship between the emperor and the empress. Every time your majesty was irritated by the queen, but every time the queen was able to retreat, and several times the emperor even asked the chief eunuch To find Zeng Rou... The emperor asked Zeng Rou to accompany him to review the memorial.

Even when the imperial concubine was the most favored, the emperor did not allow her to interfere in the government affairs.

But if it is said that the emperor has deep feelings for the empress, the emperor has never touched Zeng Rou, nor asked for water in the middle of the night.

Therefore, the chief eunuch is cautious about the empress now, not daring to get too close to the empress, for fear that when the emperor liquidates the empress in the future, he will be implicated by the empress.

(End of this chapter)