"Your Majesty going up?"
Shen Ying was taken aback for a moment, she didn't think that the nobleman would have any status in the upper class, and slowly she came to realize what Gu Min meant.
Shen Ying propped up her upper body and sat up, pointed at Gu Min and said with a smile: "I only think you are self-proclaimed and don't care about these titles. I didn't expect you to be pretentious, and your eyes are fixed on the queen's throne! Gu Junshu, yes I underestimated you, you have a big appetite!"
Gu Min put his hands behind his head, calmly said: "The emperor's false praise, I am ashamed and dare not take it."
"Are you praising you?" Shen Ying kicked him angrily, "You have a good idea. There has never been a case of a man becoming a queen in all dynasties. How dare you think about it."
Gu Min said leisurely: "If there is no example, then create an example. Women can be emperors, why can't men be queens?"
Shen Ying pointed at Gu Min's stomach and sneered, "That woman can still have children, can you?"
"Of course I can't have a baby, but I'll try my best." Gu Min turned to look at Shen Ying, with a little teasing in his eyes, "Maybe the emperor can conceive one."
"..." Shen Ying subconsciously covered her lower abdomen. He heard from his former college roommate that there are some danmei novels that even men can have children. It seems to be called "Successful Child", which sounds very scary!
Shen Ying carefully recalled the book he was wearing, and only hated herself for reading the first three chapters carelessly at that time, and didn't notice whether it was written in this novel whether a man can have children.
But he has been wearing it for so long, and he has never heard of any anecdote that a man gave birth to a child, so the book he is wearing should not be a "childbirth article", right?
"Fuck you!" Shen Ying became annoyed and picked up a soft pillow on the couch and threw it at Gu Min, "The devil gave you a child! You are so unruly and want to be the queen of the world, One key costs three yuan, and three keys cost ten yuan, do you deserve it? You don’t deserve it!”
Gu Min took the soft pillow and sat up, staring at Shen Ying with eagle eyes, and asked with a half-smile: "I'm not worthy, so who else does the emperor want to make queen?"
Shen Ying said eloquently: "Anyway, you can't be a man. The emperor's heir is the foundation of the country, and it is related to the stability of the country. If I appoint a man as the queen, wouldn't it let the whole world know that I have no descendants? Civil and military officials are not the same. Will agree, I have to take care of the overall situation."
In fact, Gu Min didn't really want to be a queen, but just tried to test Shen Ying's attitude. After hearing what Shen Ying said, he felt only disappointed.
It turned out that after so much experience between them, the emperor still wanted to have children with other women. In the emperor's heart, he would never be more important than Jiangshan Sheji!
Gu Min got off the low couch, got up and straightened his messy clothes, and walked towards the door without saying a word. Shen Ying asked instinctively, "Where are you going?"
Gu Min opened the door, stopped at the door, and said without looking back: "Go back to the room and sleep, so as not to delay the emperor's care of the overall situation!" Then he slammed the door and left.
Shen Ying looked at the door dumbfounded, shit, it's Gu Min who doesn't know the general idea, yet he still has the face to play with him?Can this queen stand up casually?He has just established himself in the country, if a man is appointed as the queen, it means that he will never have a son. Those vassal kings surnamed Shen, why don't they want to spank the dragon chair sitting under his ass every day?
Shen Ying thought bitterly, only his approachable and amiable temperament could withstand Gu Min's stinky temper. If someone else was the emperor, like Gu Min, a male favorite who relied on favors for pride and repeatedly disrespected the emperor , I don’t know how many times I have been thrown into the cold palace!
That night, the two broke up after a quarrel, and slept in separate rooms.
When she woke up the next morning, Shen Ying had almost lost her breath after sleeping. Thinking about it, Gu Min didn't make any big mistakes. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Similarly, neither is a concubine who doesn't want to be a queen. Such a spoiled concubine, Gu Min is just too ambitious.
Forget it, for the sake of his hard work in suppressing the rebellion and not asking for rewards, Shen Ying decided that his lord has a lot of common sense of disobedience to Gu Min's rudeness last night, and asked the eunuch to pass an edict to make Gu Min noble.
However, the eunuch took the imperial edict and went out, and returned with the imperial edict intact within half an hour.
Shen Ying felt strange when she saw it, and asked: "Why, Gu Shaojun went out? Didn't you receive the imperial edict?"
The eunuch who delivered the decree shook his head in embarrassment, and said falteringly: "Go back to the emperor, Gu, Gu Shaojun...he refused to accept the decree...he said..."
Shen Ying was impatient and asked urgently, "What did he say?"
The eunuch swallowed his saliva, "Back to the emperor, Gu Shaojun said that he is not rare to be a Yuanjun or noble monarch. The emperor can't give him the reward he wants most, and he doesn't need to use these to perfuse him."
After hearing this, Shen Ying slapped the table and said angrily: "It's against the heavens! How dare you openly resist the order!"
The eunuch who passed the decree quickly knelt down on the ground, and persuaded tremblingly: "The emperor calms down, it must be that Gu Shaojun can't think about it for a while, and when he thinks it through, he will understand the emperor's intentions."
"He can't think about it," Shen Ying said with a sneer, "I think he was deceived by lard!"
However, Shen Ying will not really blame Gu Min for this kind of thing. After all, he has also been influenced by the core values of socialism. He is a person who advocates freedom and democracy. He has no reason to impose the title of noble lord on Gu Min.
Shen Ying glanced at the imperial decree on the table, shook her sleeves, and said, "Take this imperial decree and burn it, and treat it as nothing. No one is allowed to spread this matter to outsiders, do you hear me?"
The palace servants in the room said in unison: "Your servant obeys the order!"
As soon as the breakfast was finished, the eunuchs outside came in to announce that the ministers had already entered the mansion, and they were all waiting outside the study for Shen Ying to come over to discuss matters.
Shen Ying put down her chopsticks, washed her hands in the sink, wiped her hands with a dry handkerchief, and went to the study room, sighing in her heart, every day, he didn't even give him time to digest food, the job of the emperor is difficult do it!
Listening to the ministers discussing political affairs for a long time in the study, Shen Ying was dizzy and dazzled.
When it was the turn of the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, they quarreled over such a trivial matter as the high budget for building roads and houses. When the dispute could not be resolved, Shen Ying glanced outside the window and saw that the sun had already climbed into the middle, and she couldn't help being overjoyed. He hurriedly interrupted their quarrel, "My dear friends, it's almost noon, so I won't keep you guys for dinner. It's not too late to discuss anything tomorrow, so you all go back home quickly, don't let your family Waiting too long for you to eat."
All the ministers saw that it was getting late, and they could not let the emperor go hungry, so they all bowed and left.
Shen Ying finally had his ears clean for a moment. It is not an exaggeration to say that he felt like he was reborn as a human being. He was about to stand up when he looked up and found that the Minister of Rites was still standing opposite the desk, and asked strangely: "Xie Shangshu, are you Any thing else?"
The Minister of Rites cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has often been worried about a major event related to the stability of Daying's country recently, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not."
Shen Yingdao: "Xie Shangshu, you are the elder of the three dynasties, my right-hand man, in front of me, you have something to say but it's okay."
"Then the old minister said it bluntly." The Minister of Rites said slowly, "The emperor has gone through many difficulties and dangers to be able to take charge of the government. Now that the court situation is not stable, it is the time when the emperor urgently needs to employ people. Therefore, the old minister suggested that the emperor should accept women from aristocratic families. Entering the palace is to win over the power of the family for your own use. Emperor Gaozong already has two princes under his knees at your age, you should also appoint a queen as soon as possible, and when the queen gives birth to an heir, Daying will be stable forever."
Everything that Minister of Rites said was really for his sake, how could Shen Ying not know that the harem is closely related to the previous dynasty, and the powers are intertwined, if he brings the daughters and sisters of aristocratic families into the palace, then the interests of him and these aristocratic families will be greatly affected. If they are tied together, they will fully support him as the emperor.
He is the emperor, and it is inevitable to choose a concubine after standing up. In the past, Empress Dowager Liu didn't want him to be full-fledged, so she didn't want him to be involved with the aristocratic family, but now Empress Dowager Liu can't control him anymore. Randomly pick people from various aristocratic families.
But Shen Ying recalled what happened last night. He just casually said that he would make a queen in the future, and Gu Min had already started to lose his temper with him. If he said at this time that he would make a queen, would Gu Min know? Didn't you want to rebel?
Shen Ying sighed in her heart, smiled at the Minister of Rites and said: "What Shangshu Xie said is true, but you have also seen that I am currently staying in the Linyang Marquis Mansion temporarily, if I propose to establish a queen now , if Gu Shaojun finds out about it, wouldn’t he be sad? Why don’t we wait until we return to the palace to discuss the matter of becoming a queen?”
The Minister of Rites touched his beard and said solemnly: "The old minister thinks that if Gu Shaojun understands righteousness, he should be able to understand and support the emperor's establishment of a queen. After all, he is a man, and he can't spread branches and leaves for the royal family. It's just a matter of time, even if Gu Shaojun feels uncomfortable, he should be considerate of the emperor's difficulties, if Gu Shaojun objected, such a person who doesn't understand the general situation can't bear to serve the emperor."
Shen Ying chuckled twice, "Xie Shangshu is right, so let's let the big families who intend to send their daughters and sisters into the palace to be their concubines first send the portraits of Xiunu to the palace, and wait until I return to the palace. After making a decision, the matter of the draft will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites to handle."
For the time being, we can only procrastinate like this for the time being. It is a big deal to be established, and sooner or later, if he does not agree, these ministers will not let him go, and they will definitely whisper in his ears every day.
Seeing that the emperor agreed, Minister of Rites said happily, "Old minister complies."
However, Shen Ying did not expect that there is no impenetrable wall in the world. He discussed with the Minister of Rites in the study about the matter of becoming a queen, and the word spread to Gu Min's ears in just one lunch.
At that time, Gu Min was interrogating prisoners in the Fusi of Beizhen. After listening to his subordinates tell him the whole conversation between the emperor and the Minister of Rites about whether to stand or not, he broke the whip in his hand.
Very good, he worked tirelessly to help the emperor, and the emperor lived in his house, and he had already begun to plan to make another woman his queen with peace of mind. It was very good!
All the criminals who were interrogated in Fusi of Beizhen that day suffered disasters. No matter how hard their bones were, no matter how strict their mouths were, they could not withstand the repeated torture. They are all discussing in private that their new commander, Mr. Gu, is a hundred times more ruthless than the previous Mr. Liu Chengyi, Mr. Liu. He is simply a living King of Hades.
In the evening, Gu Min finished interrogating the prisoners and went back to the Marquis' Mansion. The Minister of Rites had to discuss other matters with Shen Ying, so he came again in the afternoon. When Gu Min returned to the mansion, none of the Minister of Rites left.
As soon as Gu Min returned to the mansion, he heard that the Minister of Rites was still at his house, and he was not sure if he was still discussing with Shen Ying about establishing a queen. He took out the "Tibetan Moon" bow that Shen Ying rewarded him when he won the Spring Hunting Archery Competition, and walked to the gate and stood in the yard, waiting for the Minister of Rites to come out.
Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites never thought that there would be Gu Min squatting on him outside, and after discussing things with Shen Ying, he planned to leave Linyang Hou's mansion and return to Xie's mansion, but he just walked to the gate and stretched his feet to step out of Linyang Marquis When he was at the threshold of the mansion, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, as if a cold wind was blowing over him.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites subconsciously turned around, and saw a white feathered arrow shooting towards him like lightning. When he was dumbfounded and completely at a loss, the arrow almost brushed against his head. He flew in front of his eyes and shot behind another closed door!
The arrow went deep into the entry board, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling. Looking at the feathered arrow that was so close to his head, Minister of Rites felt as if he had recovered his life. He was so weak that he almost fell down, but luckily a servant beside him supported him.
"grandfather!"
There was an exclamation from outside the door. It turned out that it was Xie Yu who was ordered by his father to come to Yanghou Mansion to pick up his grandfather. Xie Yu just got off his horse and witnessed the thrilling scene at the door. He hurried over to check the situation and found His grandfather was relieved that he hadn't been shot by an arrow.
Although it was just a false alarm, Xie Yu was unavoidably annoyed when he saw his elderly grandfather turned pale with fright and breaking out in a cold sweat. He turned back to the yard and asked loudly, "Who shot the arrow just now?!"
"Ben Hou shot it."
Xie Yu looked around and saw Gu Min standing under the eaves of the flower hall opposite, wearing a crimson flying fish suit with a jade belt around his narrow waist and a flying fish pattern embroidered on his chest with teeth and claws embroidered, making him look imposing and mighty.
In his left hand, Gu Min held a giant black iron bow that was half a person's height, while his right hand rested on the quiver carelessly, fiddled with the remaining arrows in the quiver, without even raising his head to look at the grandparents of the Xie family. He said lightly: "I'm sorry, I feel a little bad today, I accidentally missed the shot, did I scare Shangshu Xie?"
Xie Yu was dissatisfied with Gu Min's arrogant attitude, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to discuss an explanation with Gu Min, "Missed the shot? I think you clearly did it on purpose! Who in Beijing doesn't know that Gu Hou's arrow skills are as good as a god, why is it just like this?" An arrow missed? Dare I ask Gu Hou, how have my Xie family ever offended you, and you want to put a cold arrow in my grandfather's back?"
Gu Min raised his head and looked at Xie Yu, who was flushed with anger, with a smile that was not a smile, "A cold shot? If Benhou really shot a cold shot, I won't let you, Mr. Xie, see it." As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the Minister of Rites On his face, he sneered meaningfully and said, "Although I can't talk about being upright in my actions, I have always disdained to do things like stabbing people in the back. You must know that the words spoken by some people are A real backstab."
The Minister of Rites did not understand that Gu Min was referring to Sang and scolding Huai, but he immediately understood that Gu Min knew that he had persuaded the emperor to become a queen earlier today, and thus offended Gu Min, which is why Gu Min took revenge.
Now that Gu Min is being favored, he is a marquis and in charge of the Jinyiwei, he is a high-ranking and powerful person, and he can't get cheap if he fights with him. The minister of the Ministry of Rites is worried that his grandson will suffer, and there is no serious problem with him, so he wants to calm down and thank him. Yu shouted: "Yu'er, come back! Go home!"
Xie Yu used to look down on Gu Min very much. He felt that Gu Min was charming and seducing the Lord, which hurt the emperor's reputation. He once wanted to persuade the emperor to be a villain. She thought she had misunderstood Gu Min before.
But seeing Gu Min's arrogant and domineering appearance today, Xie Yugang's impression of Gu Min has changed, and he overturned it all at once, returning to the past. His grandfather was also a highly respected and respected veteran of the three dynasties, and Gu Min dared to belittle his grandfather so much. He thought he could be domineering and defiant just by relying on the emperor's favor?
After all, Xie Yu was new to the officialdom, young and energetic, and had not yet learned to be tactful and sophisticated. Seeing his grandfather being bullied by Gu Min, he couldn't hold back his breath. He glared at Gu Min and said solemnly: "Master Gu, please apologize to my grandfather. !"
Gu Min snorted softly, handed the bow in his hand to the servant, put his hands behind his back, and asked calmly: "Didn't Ben Hou apologize just now? How do you want Ben Hou to apologize? Kneel down to your grandfather Kowtow? I'm afraid your grandfather won't be able to bear the big gift from me."
"You! It's so deceiving!" Xie Yu couldn't help but get angry, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go to Gu Min to argue.
But he is a frail scholar, so he is no match for Gu Min, who is a Lianjiazi. Before he could get close to Gu Min's body, he was pushed away by Gu Min's palm. Xie Yu was pushed back by Gu Min, his center of gravity was unstable fart.Sitting on the ground, the minister of the Ministry of Rites saw his grandson being pushed to the ground by Gu Min, he was eager to protect the calf, pointed at Gu Min and said harshly: "Gu Hou! I only respect you for the sake of the emperor, and I don't care about you. Do you insist on bullying others like this! Don’t you think that in your Linyang Marquis Mansion, you can stop talking about king’s law!"
Gu Min sneered, "This Marquis is bullying others? Didn't Xie Shangshu see that it was your grandson who wanted to fight Ben Hou first? This Marquis is just protecting himself, who knows that he is a fierce paper tiger, so you can't help but touch him."
The grandparents of the Xie family were so angry that the two of them argued with Gu Min at the same time, and there was a commotion in the courtyard. The wind made the grandparents of the Xie family blush with anger, pointing at Gu Min's nose and calling him "disgraceful".
Someone had already informed Shen Ying that the Marquis of Linyang and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites were fighting in the yard. After Shen Ying heard about it, she felt like she was listening to the Arabian Nights. ?This is too weird, right?
Shen Ying finally understood what was going on after the servant finished explaining what happened in the yard just now, but as an emperor, it is not good for him to go out to fight in person, and it is not good to help anyone, so he ordered people: "Go Call Gu Shaojun to me!"
The eunuch who went to deliver the decree to Gu Min in the morning learned from the past, and asked in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, what if Gu Shaojun refuses to come?"
Shen Ying slapped the table, and said with a cold face: "Then tie him up to me! He's turned against him!" After a pause, he said, "You personally send Xie Shangshu, grandpa and grandson back to the mansion for me, and then you will be sent back to the residence. Said that on behalf of the Marquis of Linyang, I will make amends to them, and tell them not to take what happened today to their hearts."
The eunuchs led the order to go out, and after a while, Gu Min, who had won a complete victory in the verbal battle with Xie's grandfather and grandson, entered Shen Ying's room with his head held high, like a proud peacock who had just won a battle.
Shen Ying sent out all the servants in the palace, closed the door, stared at Gu Min and scolded, "Do you think my life is too comfortable? If you don't help me poke some trouble, you won't be happy." Right? So how old is Xie Shangshu and you shoot arrows in the back of others? In case he is frightened by you and something goes wrong, how do you ask me to explain to the Xie family? I don’t understand, how did the Xie family offend you? Do you want to go with others?"
"The emperor really doesn't know why the Xie family offended me?" Gu Min had a sneer on his lips, with an unruly expression on his face, "Oh, I can't spread branches and leaves for the royal family and carry on the family, so I have to support the emperor to make a queen? If you don’t support it, you don’t know the general idea, and you’re not worthy to serve the emperor? When he Xie Shangshu slandered people behind his back, didn’t he think that I would find him to settle the score if I found out?”
"... So you are because of this? This is not considered slander, he is also kind enough to help me plan, wait," Shen Ying frowned, "How do you know these words? Oh! You are here There is an eyeliner by your side, and someone will tip you off! How dare you spy on me!"
Gu Min said without changing his face: "Your Majesty, this is the residence of the minister. You and Xie Shangshu were talking too loudly, and I overheard you by accident. Why are you talking about surveillance?"
Shen Ying: "...you are right to eavesdrop, right?"
Gu Min looked at him and sneered, "If you don't eavesdrop, how can you know that the emperor has already planned to become a queen, and if I use it up, I want to kick me?"
"Who wants to kick you? It was you who refused to accept the order this morning. Could it be my fault?" Shen Ying supported the table and sat down, "As for the empress, I can't help it. I am the emperor. , most of the time when you can't help yourself."
Gu Min suddenly turned around, bent down and put his hands on the table behind Shen Ying, trapping Shen Ying between his arms and the table, staring at Shen Ying's eyes with his sharp eyes, and said in a deep voice: "It's so involuntary, so You want me to watch you marry other women and have children with them? I, do, no, come!"
Shen Ying raised her chin, looked towards Gu Min without evasion, and asked, "When did I say that I want to have children with other women?"
Gu Min was startled, "What do you mean by that?"
Shen Yingdao: "If you want to stabilize the throne, the queen must be established, but I never said who I want to have children with."
Gu Min raised his brows puzzled and asked again: "Where did the emperor's heir come from?"
Shen Ying let out a long breath, and said helplessly: "After a few years, if there are no children in my harem, those ministers will naturally force me to adopt an heir from the clan. When I have an heir, I will dissolve the harem and follow the concubines. If you want to go, you can leave, if you want to stay, you can stay, and you can't delay people's life."
Gu Min understood Shen Ying's meaning, the concubine was just an expedient measure to win over the aristocratic family, he would not really touch those women.
But why didn't he touch those women, why didn't he give birth to his own flesh and blood to inherit the throne?
Gu Min really wanted to know the answer, but suddenly he felt that it didn't matter that much whether he knew the answer or not. Even if what Shen Ying told him just now was just a lie carefully fabricated to appease him, the lie sounded too good , so beautiful that he couldn't bear to question the slightest falsehood in it.
Gu Min's heart was pounding, and there seemed to be a vast ocean of tenderness in his twinkling eyes. He stared deeply at Shen Ying. After a while, he suddenly hugged Shen Ying horizontally without saying a word. Shen Ying's body suddenly flew into the air, instinctively Hugging Gu Min's neck, he whispered, "What are you doing?"
Gu Min lowered his head and held Shen Ying's lips, and while carrying him to the bed, sucking on his lips, he said in a hoarse voice, "Try it, if it's true that you can't have a baby."
Shen Ying was taken aback for a moment, she didn't think that the nobleman would have any status in the upper class, and slowly she came to realize what Gu Min meant.
Shen Ying propped up her upper body and sat up, pointed at Gu Min and said with a smile: "I only think you are self-proclaimed and don't care about these titles. I didn't expect you to be pretentious, and your eyes are fixed on the queen's throne! Gu Junshu, yes I underestimated you, you have a big appetite!"
Gu Min put his hands behind his head, calmly said: "The emperor's false praise, I am ashamed and dare not take it."
"Are you praising you?" Shen Ying kicked him angrily, "You have a good idea. There has never been a case of a man becoming a queen in all dynasties. How dare you think about it."
Gu Min said leisurely: "If there is no example, then create an example. Women can be emperors, why can't men be queens?"
Shen Ying pointed at Gu Min's stomach and sneered, "That woman can still have children, can you?"
"Of course I can't have a baby, but I'll try my best." Gu Min turned to look at Shen Ying, with a little teasing in his eyes, "Maybe the emperor can conceive one."
"..." Shen Ying subconsciously covered her lower abdomen. He heard from his former college roommate that there are some danmei novels that even men can have children. It seems to be called "Successful Child", which sounds very scary!
Shen Ying carefully recalled the book he was wearing, and only hated herself for reading the first three chapters carelessly at that time, and didn't notice whether it was written in this novel whether a man can have children.
But he has been wearing it for so long, and he has never heard of any anecdote that a man gave birth to a child, so the book he is wearing should not be a "childbirth article", right?
"Fuck you!" Shen Ying became annoyed and picked up a soft pillow on the couch and threw it at Gu Min, "The devil gave you a child! You are so unruly and want to be the queen of the world, One key costs three yuan, and three keys cost ten yuan, do you deserve it? You don’t deserve it!”
Gu Min took the soft pillow and sat up, staring at Shen Ying with eagle eyes, and asked with a half-smile: "I'm not worthy, so who else does the emperor want to make queen?"
Shen Ying said eloquently: "Anyway, you can't be a man. The emperor's heir is the foundation of the country, and it is related to the stability of the country. If I appoint a man as the queen, wouldn't it let the whole world know that I have no descendants? Civil and military officials are not the same. Will agree, I have to take care of the overall situation."
In fact, Gu Min didn't really want to be a queen, but just tried to test Shen Ying's attitude. After hearing what Shen Ying said, he felt only disappointed.
It turned out that after so much experience between them, the emperor still wanted to have children with other women. In the emperor's heart, he would never be more important than Jiangshan Sheji!
Gu Min got off the low couch, got up and straightened his messy clothes, and walked towards the door without saying a word. Shen Ying asked instinctively, "Where are you going?"
Gu Min opened the door, stopped at the door, and said without looking back: "Go back to the room and sleep, so as not to delay the emperor's care of the overall situation!" Then he slammed the door and left.
Shen Ying looked at the door dumbfounded, shit, it's Gu Min who doesn't know the general idea, yet he still has the face to play with him?Can this queen stand up casually?He has just established himself in the country, if a man is appointed as the queen, it means that he will never have a son. Those vassal kings surnamed Shen, why don't they want to spank the dragon chair sitting under his ass every day?
Shen Ying thought bitterly, only his approachable and amiable temperament could withstand Gu Min's stinky temper. If someone else was the emperor, like Gu Min, a male favorite who relied on favors for pride and repeatedly disrespected the emperor , I don’t know how many times I have been thrown into the cold palace!
That night, the two broke up after a quarrel, and slept in separate rooms.
When she woke up the next morning, Shen Ying had almost lost her breath after sleeping. Thinking about it, Gu Min didn't make any big mistakes. A soldier who doesn't want to be a general is not a good soldier. Similarly, neither is a concubine who doesn't want to be a queen. Such a spoiled concubine, Gu Min is just too ambitious.
Forget it, for the sake of his hard work in suppressing the rebellion and not asking for rewards, Shen Ying decided that his lord has a lot of common sense of disobedience to Gu Min's rudeness last night, and asked the eunuch to pass an edict to make Gu Min noble.
However, the eunuch took the imperial edict and went out, and returned with the imperial edict intact within half an hour.
Shen Ying felt strange when she saw it, and asked: "Why, Gu Shaojun went out? Didn't you receive the imperial edict?"
The eunuch who delivered the decree shook his head in embarrassment, and said falteringly: "Go back to the emperor, Gu, Gu Shaojun...he refused to accept the decree...he said..."
Shen Ying was impatient and asked urgently, "What did he say?"
The eunuch swallowed his saliva, "Back to the emperor, Gu Shaojun said that he is not rare to be a Yuanjun or noble monarch. The emperor can't give him the reward he wants most, and he doesn't need to use these to perfuse him."
After hearing this, Shen Ying slapped the table and said angrily: "It's against the heavens! How dare you openly resist the order!"
The eunuch who passed the decree quickly knelt down on the ground, and persuaded tremblingly: "The emperor calms down, it must be that Gu Shaojun can't think about it for a while, and when he thinks it through, he will understand the emperor's intentions."
"He can't think about it," Shen Ying said with a sneer, "I think he was deceived by lard!"
However, Shen Ying will not really blame Gu Min for this kind of thing. After all, he has also been influenced by the core values of socialism. He is a person who advocates freedom and democracy. He has no reason to impose the title of noble lord on Gu Min.
Shen Ying glanced at the imperial decree on the table, shook her sleeves, and said, "Take this imperial decree and burn it, and treat it as nothing. No one is allowed to spread this matter to outsiders, do you hear me?"
The palace servants in the room said in unison: "Your servant obeys the order!"
As soon as the breakfast was finished, the eunuchs outside came in to announce that the ministers had already entered the mansion, and they were all waiting outside the study for Shen Ying to come over to discuss matters.
Shen Ying put down her chopsticks, washed her hands in the sink, wiped her hands with a dry handkerchief, and went to the study room, sighing in her heart, every day, he didn't even give him time to digest food, the job of the emperor is difficult do it!
Listening to the ministers discussing political affairs for a long time in the study, Shen Ying was dizzy and dazzled.
When it was the turn of the officials from the Ministry of Household Affairs and the Ministry of Industry, they quarreled over such a trivial matter as the high budget for building roads and houses. When the dispute could not be resolved, Shen Ying glanced outside the window and saw that the sun had already climbed into the middle, and she couldn't help being overjoyed. He hurriedly interrupted their quarrel, "My dear friends, it's almost noon, so I won't keep you guys for dinner. It's not too late to discuss anything tomorrow, so you all go back home quickly, don't let your family Waiting too long for you to eat."
All the ministers saw that it was getting late, and they could not let the emperor go hungry, so they all bowed and left.
Shen Ying finally had his ears clean for a moment. It is not an exaggeration to say that he felt like he was reborn as a human being. He was about to stand up when he looked up and found that the Minister of Rites was still standing opposite the desk, and asked strangely: "Xie Shangshu, are you Any thing else?"
The Minister of Rites cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister has often been worried about a major event related to the stability of Daying's country recently, but I don't know whether to talk about it or not."
Shen Yingdao: "Xie Shangshu, you are the elder of the three dynasties, my right-hand man, in front of me, you have something to say but it's okay."
"Then the old minister said it bluntly." The Minister of Rites said slowly, "The emperor has gone through many difficulties and dangers to be able to take charge of the government. Now that the court situation is not stable, it is the time when the emperor urgently needs to employ people. Therefore, the old minister suggested that the emperor should accept women from aristocratic families. Entering the palace is to win over the power of the family for your own use. Emperor Gaozong already has two princes under his knees at your age, you should also appoint a queen as soon as possible, and when the queen gives birth to an heir, Daying will be stable forever."
Everything that Minister of Rites said was really for his sake, how could Shen Ying not know that the harem is closely related to the previous dynasty, and the powers are intertwined, if he brings the daughters and sisters of aristocratic families into the palace, then the interests of him and these aristocratic families will be greatly affected. If they are tied together, they will fully support him as the emperor.
He is the emperor, and it is inevitable to choose a concubine after standing up. In the past, Empress Dowager Liu didn't want him to be full-fledged, so she didn't want him to be involved with the aristocratic family, but now Empress Dowager Liu can't control him anymore. Randomly pick people from various aristocratic families.
But Shen Ying recalled what happened last night. He just casually said that he would make a queen in the future, and Gu Min had already started to lose his temper with him. If he said at this time that he would make a queen, would Gu Min know? Didn't you want to rebel?
Shen Ying sighed in her heart, smiled at the Minister of Rites and said: "What Shangshu Xie said is true, but you have also seen that I am currently staying in the Linyang Marquis Mansion temporarily, if I propose to establish a queen now , if Gu Shaojun finds out about it, wouldn’t he be sad? Why don’t we wait until we return to the palace to discuss the matter of becoming a queen?”
The Minister of Rites touched his beard and said solemnly: "The old minister thinks that if Gu Shaojun understands righteousness, he should be able to understand and support the emperor's establishment of a queen. After all, he is a man, and he can't spread branches and leaves for the royal family. It's just a matter of time, even if Gu Shaojun feels uncomfortable, he should be considerate of the emperor's difficulties, if Gu Shaojun objected, such a person who doesn't understand the general situation can't bear to serve the emperor."
Shen Ying chuckled twice, "Xie Shangshu is right, so let's let the big families who intend to send their daughters and sisters into the palace to be their concubines first send the portraits of Xiunu to the palace, and wait until I return to the palace. After making a decision, the matter of the draft will be handed over to the Ministry of Rites to handle."
For the time being, we can only procrastinate like this for the time being. It is a big deal to be established, and sooner or later, if he does not agree, these ministers will not let him go, and they will definitely whisper in his ears every day.
Seeing that the emperor agreed, Minister of Rites said happily, "Old minister complies."
However, Shen Ying did not expect that there is no impenetrable wall in the world. He discussed with the Minister of Rites in the study about the matter of becoming a queen, and the word spread to Gu Min's ears in just one lunch.
At that time, Gu Min was interrogating prisoners in the Fusi of Beizhen. After listening to his subordinates tell him the whole conversation between the emperor and the Minister of Rites about whether to stand or not, he broke the whip in his hand.
Very good, he worked tirelessly to help the emperor, and the emperor lived in his house, and he had already begun to plan to make another woman his queen with peace of mind. It was very good!
All the criminals who were interrogated in Fusi of Beizhen that day suffered disasters. No matter how hard their bones were, no matter how strict their mouths were, they could not withstand the repeated torture. They are all discussing in private that their new commander, Mr. Gu, is a hundred times more ruthless than the previous Mr. Liu Chengyi, Mr. Liu. He is simply a living King of Hades.
In the evening, Gu Min finished interrogating the prisoners and went back to the Marquis' Mansion. The Minister of Rites had to discuss other matters with Shen Ying, so he came again in the afternoon. When Gu Min returned to the mansion, none of the Minister of Rites left.
As soon as Gu Min returned to the mansion, he heard that the Minister of Rites was still at his house, and he was not sure if he was still discussing with Shen Ying about establishing a queen. He took out the "Tibetan Moon" bow that Shen Ying rewarded him when he won the Spring Hunting Archery Competition, and walked to the gate and stood in the yard, waiting for the Minister of Rites to come out.
Shang Shu of the Ministry of Rites never thought that there would be Gu Min squatting on him outside, and after discussing things with Shen Ying, he planned to leave Linyang Hou's mansion and return to Xie's mansion, but he just walked to the gate and stretched his feet to step out of Linyang Marquis When he was at the threshold of the mansion, he suddenly felt a chill on his back, as if a cold wind was blowing over him.
Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites subconsciously turned around, and saw a white feathered arrow shooting towards him like lightning. When he was dumbfounded and completely at a loss, the arrow almost brushed against his head. He flew in front of his eyes and shot behind another closed door!
The arrow went deep into the entry board, and the tail of the arrow was still trembling. Looking at the feathered arrow that was so close to his head, Minister of Rites felt as if he had recovered his life. He was so weak that he almost fell down, but luckily a servant beside him supported him.
"grandfather!"
There was an exclamation from outside the door. It turned out that it was Xie Yu who was ordered by his father to come to Yanghou Mansion to pick up his grandfather. Xie Yu just got off his horse and witnessed the thrilling scene at the door. He hurried over to check the situation and found His grandfather was relieved that he hadn't been shot by an arrow.
Although it was just a false alarm, Xie Yu was unavoidably annoyed when he saw his elderly grandfather turned pale with fright and breaking out in a cold sweat. He turned back to the yard and asked loudly, "Who shot the arrow just now?!"
"Ben Hou shot it."
Xie Yu looked around and saw Gu Min standing under the eaves of the flower hall opposite, wearing a crimson flying fish suit with a jade belt around his narrow waist and a flying fish pattern embroidered on his chest with teeth and claws embroidered, making him look imposing and mighty.
In his left hand, Gu Min held a giant black iron bow that was half a person's height, while his right hand rested on the quiver carelessly, fiddled with the remaining arrows in the quiver, without even raising his head to look at the grandparents of the Xie family. He said lightly: "I'm sorry, I feel a little bad today, I accidentally missed the shot, did I scare Shangshu Xie?"
Xie Yu was dissatisfied with Gu Min's arrogant attitude, so he couldn't help but stepped forward to discuss an explanation with Gu Min, "Missed the shot? I think you clearly did it on purpose! Who in Beijing doesn't know that Gu Hou's arrow skills are as good as a god, why is it just like this?" An arrow missed? Dare I ask Gu Hou, how have my Xie family ever offended you, and you want to put a cold arrow in my grandfather's back?"
Gu Min raised his head and looked at Xie Yu, who was flushed with anger, with a smile that was not a smile, "A cold shot? If Benhou really shot a cold shot, I won't let you, Mr. Xie, see it." As he spoke, he turned his gaze to the Minister of Rites On his face, he sneered meaningfully and said, "Although I can't talk about being upright in my actions, I have always disdained to do things like stabbing people in the back. You must know that the words spoken by some people are A real backstab."
The Minister of Rites did not understand that Gu Min was referring to Sang and scolding Huai, but he immediately understood that Gu Min knew that he had persuaded the emperor to become a queen earlier today, and thus offended Gu Min, which is why Gu Min took revenge.
Now that Gu Min is being favored, he is a marquis and in charge of the Jinyiwei, he is a high-ranking and powerful person, and he can't get cheap if he fights with him. The minister of the Ministry of Rites is worried that his grandson will suffer, and there is no serious problem with him, so he wants to calm down and thank him. Yu shouted: "Yu'er, come back! Go home!"
Xie Yu used to look down on Gu Min very much. He felt that Gu Min was charming and seducing the Lord, which hurt the emperor's reputation. He once wanted to persuade the emperor to be a villain. She thought she had misunderstood Gu Min before.
But seeing Gu Min's arrogant and domineering appearance today, Xie Yugang's impression of Gu Min has changed, and he overturned it all at once, returning to the past. His grandfather was also a highly respected and respected veteran of the three dynasties, and Gu Min dared to belittle his grandfather so much. He thought he could be domineering and defiant just by relying on the emperor's favor?
After all, Xie Yu was new to the officialdom, young and energetic, and had not yet learned to be tactful and sophisticated. Seeing his grandfather being bullied by Gu Min, he couldn't hold back his breath. He glared at Gu Min and said solemnly: "Master Gu, please apologize to my grandfather. !"
Gu Min snorted softly, handed the bow in his hand to the servant, put his hands behind his back, and asked calmly: "Didn't Ben Hou apologize just now? How do you want Ben Hou to apologize? Kneel down to your grandfather Kowtow? I'm afraid your grandfather won't be able to bear the big gift from me."
"You! It's so deceiving!" Xie Yu couldn't help but get angry, rolled up his sleeves and wanted to go to Gu Min to argue.
But he is a frail scholar, so he is no match for Gu Min, who is a Lianjiazi. Before he could get close to Gu Min's body, he was pushed away by Gu Min's palm. Xie Yu was pushed back by Gu Min, his center of gravity was unstable fart.Sitting on the ground, the minister of the Ministry of Rites saw his grandson being pushed to the ground by Gu Min, he was eager to protect the calf, pointed at Gu Min and said harshly: "Gu Hou! I only respect you for the sake of the emperor, and I don't care about you. Do you insist on bullying others like this! Don’t you think that in your Linyang Marquis Mansion, you can stop talking about king’s law!"
Gu Min sneered, "This Marquis is bullying others? Didn't Xie Shangshu see that it was your grandson who wanted to fight Ben Hou first? This Marquis is just protecting himself, who knows that he is a fierce paper tiger, so you can't help but touch him."
The grandparents of the Xie family were so angry that the two of them argued with Gu Min at the same time, and there was a commotion in the courtyard. The wind made the grandparents of the Xie family blush with anger, pointing at Gu Min's nose and calling him "disgraceful".
Someone had already informed Shen Ying that the Marquis of Linyang and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites were fighting in the yard. After Shen Ying heard about it, she felt like she was listening to the Arabian Nights. ?This is too weird, right?
Shen Ying finally understood what was going on after the servant finished explaining what happened in the yard just now, but as an emperor, it is not good for him to go out to fight in person, and it is not good to help anyone, so he ordered people: "Go Call Gu Shaojun to me!"
The eunuch who went to deliver the decree to Gu Min in the morning learned from the past, and asked in embarrassment: "Your Majesty, what if Gu Shaojun refuses to come?"
Shen Ying slapped the table, and said with a cold face: "Then tie him up to me! He's turned against him!" After a pause, he said, "You personally send Xie Shangshu, grandpa and grandson back to the mansion for me, and then you will be sent back to the residence. Said that on behalf of the Marquis of Linyang, I will make amends to them, and tell them not to take what happened today to their hearts."
The eunuchs led the order to go out, and after a while, Gu Min, who had won a complete victory in the verbal battle with Xie's grandfather and grandson, entered Shen Ying's room with his head held high, like a proud peacock who had just won a battle.
Shen Ying sent out all the servants in the palace, closed the door, stared at Gu Min and scolded, "Do you think my life is too comfortable? If you don't help me poke some trouble, you won't be happy." Right? So how old is Xie Shangshu and you shoot arrows in the back of others? In case he is frightened by you and something goes wrong, how do you ask me to explain to the Xie family? I don’t understand, how did the Xie family offend you? Do you want to go with others?"
"The emperor really doesn't know why the Xie family offended me?" Gu Min had a sneer on his lips, with an unruly expression on his face, "Oh, I can't spread branches and leaves for the royal family and carry on the family, so I have to support the emperor to make a queen? If you don’t support it, you don’t know the general idea, and you’re not worthy to serve the emperor? When he Xie Shangshu slandered people behind his back, didn’t he think that I would find him to settle the score if I found out?”
"... So you are because of this? This is not considered slander, he is also kind enough to help me plan, wait," Shen Ying frowned, "How do you know these words? Oh! You are here There is an eyeliner by your side, and someone will tip you off! How dare you spy on me!"
Gu Min said without changing his face: "Your Majesty, this is the residence of the minister. You and Xie Shangshu were talking too loudly, and I overheard you by accident. Why are you talking about surveillance?"
Shen Ying: "...you are right to eavesdrop, right?"
Gu Min looked at him and sneered, "If you don't eavesdrop, how can you know that the emperor has already planned to become a queen, and if I use it up, I want to kick me?"
"Who wants to kick you? It was you who refused to accept the order this morning. Could it be my fault?" Shen Ying supported the table and sat down, "As for the empress, I can't help it. I am the emperor. , most of the time when you can't help yourself."
Gu Min suddenly turned around, bent down and put his hands on the table behind Shen Ying, trapping Shen Ying between his arms and the table, staring at Shen Ying's eyes with his sharp eyes, and said in a deep voice: "It's so involuntary, so You want me to watch you marry other women and have children with them? I, do, no, come!"
Shen Ying raised her chin, looked towards Gu Min without evasion, and asked, "When did I say that I want to have children with other women?"
Gu Min was startled, "What do you mean by that?"
Shen Yingdao: "If you want to stabilize the throne, the queen must be established, but I never said who I want to have children with."
Gu Min raised his brows puzzled and asked again: "Where did the emperor's heir come from?"
Shen Ying let out a long breath, and said helplessly: "After a few years, if there are no children in my harem, those ministers will naturally force me to adopt an heir from the clan. When I have an heir, I will dissolve the harem and follow the concubines. If you want to go, you can leave, if you want to stay, you can stay, and you can't delay people's life."
Gu Min understood Shen Ying's meaning, the concubine was just an expedient measure to win over the aristocratic family, he would not really touch those women.
But why didn't he touch those women, why didn't he give birth to his own flesh and blood to inherit the throne?
Gu Min really wanted to know the answer, but suddenly he felt that it didn't matter that much whether he knew the answer or not. Even if what Shen Ying told him just now was just a lie carefully fabricated to appease him, the lie sounded too good , so beautiful that he couldn't bear to question the slightest falsehood in it.
Gu Min's heart was pounding, and there seemed to be a vast ocean of tenderness in his twinkling eyes. He stared deeply at Shen Ying. After a while, he suddenly hugged Shen Ying horizontally without saying a word. Shen Ying's body suddenly flew into the air, instinctively Hugging Gu Min's neck, he whispered, "What are you doing?"
Gu Min lowered his head and held Shen Ying's lips, and while carrying him to the bed, sucking on his lips, he said in a hoarse voice, "Try it, if it's true that you can't have a baby."
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