Becoming a Demon [Comprehensive]
Chapter 42 Begonia Chunyan
"This is the capital city? It's so big!" Standing on the bow of the boat, Shen Luo saw the dark crowd at the ferry from afar.
The emperor was standing beside her, and when he heard this, he sneered, "Where is this capital? This is just a small county near the capital."
Shen Luo: ...
She doesn't know what's going on, why the emperor is always teasing her these days, often when she speaks out, he either throws cold water on her or sings against her, it's really annoying!
Shen Luo didn't know what was going on, but the people around her were worried about her. Compared with He Xu, he really wanted to pry open Lady Shen's head to see what was inside?
If she doesn't bow her body, does she still expect the emperor to bow her head first?
Speaking of this incident, He Xu wiped away tears from his heart.
This matter has to start five days ago. Five days ago, the fleet arrived in Cangzhou, Hebei.Because he had been driving all the way and never got off the boat, Qing He couldn't take it anymore, and he vomited bile from seasickness.
Shen Luo didn't think it would work. Her life would be gone before she reached the capital, so after the fleet arrived in Cangzhou to replenish water supplies, Shen Luo asked the emperor to disembark and go for some activities on the ground.
The emperor thought it was nothing, since the boat would have to rest at the shore for a long time anyway, and he would not sail at night, so he agreed, and he disembarked for a stroll.
In this way, the two were hugged by a large group of people and got off the boat.
At first, the two were fine, but later they had a dispute because of one incident. When He Xu remembered it, his face was in a daze.
This matter also started with a pregnant woman they met on the street.
The group of people didn't go far after getting off the boat, they found an inn to stay at random, and then Shen Luo sent someone to send Qing He to the medical clinic.Although there is an imperial physician on board, how can the imperial physician treat a maid? Shen Luo's half-assed medical skills, let alone seeing a doctor, rely entirely on spiritual power to cheat. She thinks that if the result is not good, she will directly faint Qinghe, anyway It's not far from the capital, so just let Qing He sleep all the way through.
But this is just thinking about it, don't do it unless you have to, it's better for people to be more sober.
In fact, Shen Luo was also a little puzzled, Qinghe was not the only maidservant who accompanied him to Beijing this time, but the others got used to spitting and spitting, but Qinghe was getting more and more serious, and the whole person died half-life.
Fortunately, I can stay on land for one night, I hope Qinghe can feel better.
Because of the large number of people, the group of them booked all the remaining rooms, and Shen Luo went downstairs to listen to the chatting of the guests downstairs when he had nothing to do.
If you want to know a place, the best places to go are inns, teahouses and taverns.
After all, people also like to gossip.
Shen Luo and the emperor sat at the table and waited after ordering a few dishes. The owner of this shop is a couple who hired a waiter, but they came here very busy, after all, the shop is not too big.
However, because there were a lot of customers, the proprietress also came off to help serve water and tea to do some work.
So someone yelled at the proprietress, "Madam proprietress, you have a big belly, why are you still working?"
The proprietress pursed her lips and smiled.
An acquaintance asked, "Is your child planning to come out this year?"
The proprietress' stomach moved, and the people around felt surprised, "This child can still answer?"
Someone proudly said: "Not only can you answer, do you know how old the lady boss is?"
Someone looked at the stomach and asked tentatively, "Eight months?"
The man before smiled and stretched out five fingers, "Five years!"
"Drink! For five years, this Nezha has only been in her mother's womb for three years. How can this child stay for five years?" The man didn't believe it.
The man became anxious immediately, "I just live near here, and I can still have a holiday. After all, this child happened to be conceived in the year the emperor first ascended the throne. That year, the world was just amnesty, and the news spread to Cangzhou. The shopkeeper’s wife announced the news of her pregnancy, Dr. Sun sent out her pulse, and the neighbors near us also said that the child would be promising in the future, I remember this time clearly.”
Some people came out to testify, and soon there was no other discussion in the inn. They were all talking about whether the shopkeeper's wife was reliable, and the pregnancy was stillborn, right?They haven't been born for five years.
Some people also argued: "The child can still interact with adults through the belly from time to time, how could it be a stillbirth? I think it just stays in the belly and cannot come out."
After Shen Luo heard these words, she couldn't help but cast a glance, and looked at the shopkeeper's lady who was discussing in the room with a shy smile, then she stared at the shopkeeper's lady's stomach, and a strange expression appeared on her face the next moment.
Everyone who followed knew that Shen Luo was a master of metaphysics. Looking at her expression at this moment, they couldn't help but look at her, wanting to hear what she thought.
Shen Luo didn't say a word. At this time, the emperor put down the cup, knocked it on the table, and then said with great interest: "Zhen... I also want to hear what you say."
Only then did Shen Luo say with a face full of indescribable words: "Well, I actually didn't feel any life fluctuations in the stomach of the shopkeeper lady."
"Oh, that means it's a stillbirth?" the emperor asked curiously.
Shen Luo shook his head, glanced at the lady in charge and said, "To be exact, this lady is not pregnant at all."
The emperor also took a look at him, and then said, "Since you are not pregnant, what's the use of marrying the shopkeeper's wife?"
It was this sentence that annoyed Shen Luo, "Could it be that the purpose of marrying a wife is to have children?"
Ever since she became Shen Hanqing, she has encountered this kind of thing all the time. It seems that every family exists for children. Because Wei Niang couldn't have a daughter, her husband threw his daughter away. It would be best for her to reconcile her. the result of.Even Master Shen, who loved him so much, was thinking about it. She gave birth to a grandson for him to inherit the Shen family business. After all, Shen Hanqing's tragedy was also driven by Master Shen.
But even if Master Shen knew the inside story, he still didn't change his mind. Even Shen Luo herself had a rhythm of being brainwashed, which was really scary. She felt that the world was different from what she thought. Those who have children want a son, but those who have sons are too few and want more.
The shopkeeper's wife seemed to be the victim in this situation. Seeing her sweetly touching her empty stomach, Shen Luo couldn't stand it for a while.
"Actually, not necessarily." The emperor said, "It's just that for the common people, if a couple has no children, they will be pointed out by others, and the policy of the imperial court is to encourage children. After death, no one pays homage to him, and he will become a lonely ghost."
Nonsense, if there is no serious crime after death, you will be reincarnated as soon as possible, and the conditions for the survival of ghosts have long since disappeared in the world, so if you stay in the world too much, your soul will be scattered.
"It's up to your Majesty to figure out a way. If the elderly have nowhere to go, they will set up a retirement home, and if the young have nothing to raise, the country will raise them. If these can be done, it will be a merit." Shen Luo looked at the shopkeeper's lady with a sad look in her eyes. It seems that she has seen through her fate.
"Miss Shen, in fact, the court has been doing this kind of thing..." He Xu couldn't help rehabilitating the emperor.
The emperor glanced at him, and He Xu immediately shut his mouth in embarrassment.
The emperor smiled warmly, "I know that although the court has done something, the implementation is not strong, but after returning to the palace, it will consider a complete plan."
Shen Luo immediately cheered up, "Let me help with this matter!" This is a great achievement, and if it succeeds, it will be a meritorious deed.
The way of heaven is getting more and more stingy, but now it seldom bestows merits to the world, Shen Luo cursed in his heart.
At this moment, a thunderbolt from the blue sky exploded in Shen Luo's ears, and she was so frightened that she kept saying good things about God. Seeing other people as if she hadn't heard the thunder just now, she felt a little sad, and the emotional heaven only warned her she alone?
The emperor coughed and ignored her.
He Xu who was on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Miss Shen, you are the one who wants to enter the palace, how can you do these things?"
Shen Luo immediately replied: "Then why don't you enter the palace?" As soon as she finished speaking, the emperor on the side suddenly changed his face.
The emperor was angry for several days because of this matter, but Shen Luo had a big heart and forgot about it long ago.
This caused the emperor to be even more angry, and he could only hold his breath by himself, and later he simply found trouble with Shen Luo, with a kind of momentum of "I have to make it difficult for you, and I will be comfortable if you are difficult for me".
Shen Luo never thought of this incident, she thought, shit, this day is unbearable, the emperor comes to trouble her from time to time, but she still has to swallow his anger, this kind of life is really uncomfortable.
He Xu, who was on the side, was anxiously turned around by these two people. He wanted to remind Mrs. Shen, but he was defeated by the emperor's cold eyes.The emperor's eyes seemed to say, if you go to remind me, pack up and go into the water to be with the fish and shrimp!
He Xu was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth tightly, but then he thought wretchedly, maybe this is the taste of his majesty, hehe~
The boat traveled for another distance, and finally stopped at the ferry. Shen Luo followed the emperor off the boat, and saw a large group of people knelt down in front of them.
"See Your Majesty." This scene of thousands of people kneeling together was very exciting, Shen Luo thought to himself, no wonder this mortal wants to be a superior person, just the feeling of being subdued is heartbreaking.
Qing He on the side was not as big as Shen Luo, her legs were already trembling after being kneeled by so many people, and she couldn't stand still.
The emperor called Pingshen, and soon someone passed it on, and everyone stood up again.
Only then did these people dare to secretly look at the emperor and the people around the emperor. Hearing that his Majesty the emperor brought back a woman from the people, he didn't know how stunning it was.
Shen Jue Se Luo was looking at the emperor.
Before getting on the imperial chariot, the emperor said to Shen Luo: "You live in Huangzhuang first, and I will welcome you into the palace when I'm almost here." After all, you can't just take her into the palace like this, otherwise she won't raise her head in the palace for the rest of her life.
Just like civil marriage also requires a letter of appointment, although the emperor is a concubine, he still has to go through procedures. Without this procedure, bringing people into the palace is not a kind of attention in itself.
Of course, the emperor is the biggest in the world, and whoever he wants to praise, other people will naturally not follow suit.
Shen Luo didn't care, it would be better if it could be delayed a little longer, she even thought in her heart that it would be better if she didn't enter the palace.
Obviously the emperor didn't know what was going on in her heart, otherwise he would have to vomit blood.
Shen Luo was sent to Huangzhuang, and the emperor naturally returned to the palace.
As soon as he returned to the palace, he first visited the queen mother.
Since the queen mother took the lead in taking away all the monks and Taoists with excellent medical skills in the south of the Yangtze River, the emperor and the queen mother had torn skins.
However, the emperor is responsible for filial piety, no matter how much he thinks in his heart, he still has to come and put on a show.
During the period when the emperor and the empress dowager were fighting each other, it was not very peaceful both inside and outside the palace.
In a certain inner hall of the palace, a clear and crisp sound resounded through the palace.
A concubine dressed as a young woman tore off a few veils before asking the maid below in a calm mood.
"Have you found out the origin of the woman brought back by Your Majesty?" Thinking of the woman in the palace who broke her head this time, which made His Majesty sick and no one was taken to the south of the Yangtze River, the concubine panicked after thinking about it, because she was innocent. Belongs to the one affected.Originally, she took the cold and arrogant route, with an appearance of not caring about anything, but this time she was kicked, dragged down by these stupid women, and almost found it difficult to maintain her aloof appearance.
Before, she comforted herself that even if she did not follow His Majesty to go on a southern tour this time, other women did not go either. Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of the loophole, and a folk woman was actually taken by His Majesty and brought back!
This is a big event, and the concubine Gong understands very well that those people in the palace will not be able to tear it apart, maybe they plan to join forces to deal with that woman first.Although this woman was not brought back to the palace, it meant that things were even worse!
If His Majesty didn't like it, he would take it back to the palace and put it in the harem casually, and no one would pay attention to it, but when it was sent to the Huangzhuang, not only the women panicked, but she also panicked.
Their Majesty, who doesn't love women, won't follow the example of the former emperor and come back with a true love, right?
"I just heard that His Majesty loves you very much. People in the know dare not tell. People outside know too little, but the identity of this lady is still very clear. I heard that this is a merchant woman. Our Majesty is in Yangzhou. At that time, I borrowed the house of a merchant's family, and this woman is the daughter of that merchant."
"Oh?" The concubine covered her mouth in surprise, "The merchant's daughter, I heard that Yangzhou is famous for skinny horses. Isn't this the goddaughter recognized by the merchant?"
"The master is right, why don't the servants go down and ask?"
The concubine Gong waved her hand, and after she said something bad, she was in a good mood, "Tell this to Mrs. Wan in Xiyuan, and her fiery temper will naturally lead the way for this palace."
"Yes……"
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Conversations like this abound in the harem, and they all pay attention to let others come forward to test the newcomers, and the best candidate is the reckless Mrs. Wan. If one of them can be eliminated, it will be a good harvest.
Outside the palace, in the back house of a certain rich family, in a remote courtyard, a man in white shirt opened his eyes, "What? The emperor has returned to Beijing? Didn't he say there is still one month left?"
The boy standing in front of him replied: "I haven't found out the reason, but I heard that something happened suddenly."
The man waved his hand, "Don't worry, take the blood of the heirs of the old family as soon as possible." It's not the emperor's blood, the speed is too slow, but the emperor has dragon energy, so it's not easy to get close, why don't you think about using the method of ordinary people?
"The autumn hunt is still more than a month away, right? Let people arrange it. During the autumn hunt, I want to get the emperor's blood. No matter how much, I will get it!"
Even after hearing such outrageous words, the boy still replied blankly: "Yes."
In the other place, a man looked at the man who had just brought the finished stone doll into the palace and smiled sullenly, "I can always catch you now, right?"
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A court lady in the harem offered a stone doll, "My lady, this is the boy who was consecrated by the Guanyin of Songzi. As long as I worship it for a hundred days, my lady will be able to conceive a child."
The imperial concubine took the baby with joy, and put it on her heart, "As long as I get pregnant first, the position of queen will be my own. Then I will see who dares to fight with me! These people are stupid Don't think about having a baby first, but have to deal with women who have never entered the palace, don't you know that as long as there are children, it doesn't matter if a hundred more women enter the palace?"
The palace maid immediately shouted, "My lady is wise."
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Shen Luo didn't know that a lot of ghosts and monsters came out when she and the emperor came to Beijing. She was looking at the stone doll in her hand with an ugly expression. Knowing that this capital city has another sniping technique, and this time it is not like the rough version in her hand, the one that just appeared must be more powerful than her current one.
Sure enough, the man who used the qi technique also came to the capital, from Yangzhou to Suzhou and then to the capital, from random experimentation to intentional targeting, Shen Luo knew very well that this enemy was indeed targeting the emperor.
But this time the other party made a comeback, and it is unknown what big crisis it will lead to!
It seems that I have to tell the emperor to let him be vigilant, thinking about the bodyguard Shen Luo called to guard her, and find someone to invite His Majesty.
She herself went into the house to think about whether she could make some protective objects.Now that she can't stay by the emperor's side all the time, she has to give him some protection so that he doesn't have to be infested by evil things.
The emperor and the queen mother said a few words casually, tightly maintaining the superficial relationship between mother and child. Both of them knew that this connection would be severed at any time, so they didn't care about it.
The Empress Dowager put down her glass and asked the emperor, "I heard that the emperor brought back a woman from the people, why didn't he bring it back to the palace for Ai's family to see?"
The emperor cheered up, "I just wanted to tell my mother that I intend to formally confer her the title of concubine Shu, so I arranged for her to be married in Huangzhuang."
"Concubine Shu?" The Queen Mother's voice was a little cold, "Your Majesty, I still want to make it clear that this Concubine Shu is ranked second, how can a common woman with no merit be able to take on this role? Could it be that Your Majesty is not afraid of the disaster of beauty?"
The emperor smiled, "What the queen mother said is too serious, but the lady I like is the only heir of the Shen family, a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou. She has hundreds of millions of dollars as a dowry. Well worth the money."
This is all to tell the Queen Mother that this position was bought from him, the emperor, with money.
"This, this is so decent!" The queen mother said angrily.
Firstly, the position in the harem was actually sold by the emperor, and secondly, if the emperor got the money, he would be even more difficult to deal with.
But this is a blatant conspiracy, she really can't say anything, "But this position is too high, it's hard to explain to the ministers." The queen mother said softly.
You can't be an official for a lifetime, and you can't get a sum of money from a big dog in the end, right?
And the emperor didn't intend to rush, so he took a step back and said, "Then you can be made a wife first, and then you can be promoted to concubine after a few years."
Only then did the queen mother understand that the emperor was waiting for her here. He was not planning to go to the sky all at once, but just wanted to block her with words first!
He really deserves to be the late emperor's son, with exactly the same despicable temperament, the empress dowager's heart was filled with disgust immediately.
But it's good for people to get into the palace first, then we don't know who will get the money!
The emperor left the Empress Dowager's Palace and returned to the Taihe Gate to handle political affairs. After going out for a few months, some important matters would be sent to him for handling, while the unimportant ones would be placed in the Taihe Gate for him to deal with when he came back.
Originally, the emperor was considered a conscientious emperor. It took at least five years to control the court and he knew how dedicated he was. However, this time, he was always unable to enter the state when he was reviewing memorials, and he remembered a certain little face from time to time.
The emperor was a little annoyed, he was fighting for her welfare in the palace, presumably that person still looked unwilling!
"Come on!" the emperor called out of the palace.
He Xu who was waiting outside immediately ran in, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
The emperor asked, "Have you made arrangements for Mrs. Shen? Did the female officer send it to you? Be sure not to let her run around, and learn the palace rules first." In short, he was uncomfortable, and she couldn't think about it either.
"Return to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged properly, and the female officer who is going to teach the rules has also been sent there, but..."
The emperor frowned, "Why are you so hesitant?"
He Xu bent over, "Your Majesty, yes, Lady Shen sent someone to invite Your Majesty over, but His Majesty was busy and didn't dare to disturb you before..."
The emperor knew that Shen Luo would never come to him easily, there must be some serious matter, thinking that he could not review the memorial with peace of mind now, so the emperor got up together, flicked his sleeves, "Drive to... Huangzhuang!"
Huangzhuang is not in the capital but in the outskirts of Beijing. It belongs to the emperor's private property. The emperor didn't plan to go out this day, after all, he just returned to the palace.
If he went out of the palace, he would not be able to come back before the palace gates were closed, and the queen mother had to find an excuse to refuse what she had promised. The emperor thought about it and changed his mind and called people into the palace tomorrow.
After a night like this, Shen Luo was sent to the palace early in the morning the next day.
Shen Luo didn't care where to meet the emperor, after all, she never thought of meeting someone immediately when she went to invite someone.
When she saw the emperor, she first took out a heart armor. This is a heart armor with a very unique shape. Only half of the whole body can cover the left chest. Embedded together, glaring white light in the sun.
"This is?" the emperor asked strangely, did he think he would let her go by giving him such a weird thing?
Shen Luo presented the heart armor, "Your Majesty, haven't you always wanted to know about the art of thinning?" She talked about the matter from the beginning to the end, "Now the target of the other party has always been you, this heart armor It is made of fish scales, if someone treats you badly, this heart armor can help you resist for a while." This is when she searched through the inventory yesterday, only to find that only fish scales can be used. When thinking of defense, there is no What can resist the armor, but although the fish scales are big, only the central part can be used, so she only took a part, made it into a heart armor, and added many formations before sending it to the emperor.
"That's why you came to see me yesterday?" The emperor's mood suddenly rose, he didn't take over the armor, and asked her with his head down.
Shen Luo smiled naturally, "Of course, yesterday I found out that the person who used the shroud technique had moved again, so I naturally wanted to tell His Majesty."
A smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's face, he took the armor and said, "Okay, I know about this."
"Your Majesty, remember to put a drop of blood on the heart armor, so that you can adjust it freely after wearing it." Shen Luo introduced proudly.
Hearing this, the emperor took off his clothes on the spot, revealing his white but strong upper body. Then he dripped a drop of blood on the armor, and then put it on. The armor automatically adjusted its size, as if it had an extra layer of skin on it. on him.
He turned around in front of her pretending not to care, and asked, "How is it? Is there anything that needs to be adjusted?"
Shen Luo silently covered her nose, feeling that white skin kept shaking her eyes, she shook her head quickly, "No need, you can adjust it automatically in your heart after dripping blood, Your Majesty, this matter is over here, I still have to I have something to do, so I'll take my leave first..." Before he finished speaking, the man ran away in a panic.
The emperor was standing in the hall, picked up his clothes, and snorted, "I really thought you were a wooden man!"
Once Shen Luo entered the palace, the palace knew everything that should be known, and the things that didn't know were also known under the "good intentions" of others.
The whole harem was waiting for the early bird, and there was indeed a person in the harem who came first, but it was not Mrs. Wan as everyone had guessed, but a beauty.
This surprised everyone. When did Madam Wan have a brain, or was she just pretending to be stupid and watching their jokes?
Think about it, Mrs. Wan is indeed famous for being impulsive and irritable in the harem, but even so, her status has been promoted from a female picker to the wife of the first palace master. Be vigilant, but everyone is blindfolded by her performance, thinking that this good luck is just shit luck.
But when today's incident happened, everyone couldn't help becoming vigilant. Mrs. Ruowan just numb them before, so she was too thoughtful, maybe she was laughing at them before, and no one in the harem wants to be a joke in the eyes of others .
"Ma'am, you can't go, Your Majesty will be angry if you go!" In fact, Mrs. Wan is still Mrs. Wan. This time she didn't have a higher IQ, but was persuaded.
"Okay, I know, I decided not to do what I promised you before. But, can't I take a sneak peek? I really want to know what the person His Majesty likes looks like!" Mrs. Wan turned to her side The female officer requested.
Everyone in the palace thought that she was favored, but in fact she just saw His Majesty a few times more than others.
His majesty's mind is difficult to understand, except for the first queen, maybe no one can enter his heart, otherwise he would not come here to do things often, but he has not favored her a few times.
She is delicate and pretty on weekdays because she knows His Majesty doesn't care. Now that His Majesty has brought a newcomer from outside, she is really flustered. Could it be that she will lose the only favor she has?
"No, you will make His Majesty angry!"
"Then what do you think we should do? This will not work and that will not work? What do you think I should do?" Mrs. Wan gasped in her heart, dropped a porcelain bowl on the ground and said.
"Ma'am, how about this? Isn't Ru Meiren in the side hall trying to please us? Why don't you let her test it out. If His Majesty doesn't blame you, you can go again. If His Majesty is angry, it's natural that Ru Meiren will block you." The female officer suggested .
Mrs. Wan clapped her hands, "That's a good idea." She raised her chin as she spoke, "Then why don't you go ask her to go?"
"Yes, ma'am."
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The emperor was standing beside her, and when he heard this, he sneered, "Where is this capital? This is just a small county near the capital."
Shen Luo: ...
She doesn't know what's going on, why the emperor is always teasing her these days, often when she speaks out, he either throws cold water on her or sings against her, it's really annoying!
Shen Luo didn't know what was going on, but the people around her were worried about her. Compared with He Xu, he really wanted to pry open Lady Shen's head to see what was inside?
If she doesn't bow her body, does she still expect the emperor to bow her head first?
Speaking of this incident, He Xu wiped away tears from his heart.
This matter has to start five days ago. Five days ago, the fleet arrived in Cangzhou, Hebei.Because he had been driving all the way and never got off the boat, Qing He couldn't take it anymore, and he vomited bile from seasickness.
Shen Luo didn't think it would work. Her life would be gone before she reached the capital, so after the fleet arrived in Cangzhou to replenish water supplies, Shen Luo asked the emperor to disembark and go for some activities on the ground.
The emperor thought it was nothing, since the boat would have to rest at the shore for a long time anyway, and he would not sail at night, so he agreed, and he disembarked for a stroll.
In this way, the two were hugged by a large group of people and got off the boat.
At first, the two were fine, but later they had a dispute because of one incident. When He Xu remembered it, his face was in a daze.
This matter also started with a pregnant woman they met on the street.
The group of people didn't go far after getting off the boat, they found an inn to stay at random, and then Shen Luo sent someone to send Qing He to the medical clinic.Although there is an imperial physician on board, how can the imperial physician treat a maid? Shen Luo's half-assed medical skills, let alone seeing a doctor, rely entirely on spiritual power to cheat. She thinks that if the result is not good, she will directly faint Qinghe, anyway It's not far from the capital, so just let Qing He sleep all the way through.
But this is just thinking about it, don't do it unless you have to, it's better for people to be more sober.
In fact, Shen Luo was also a little puzzled, Qinghe was not the only maidservant who accompanied him to Beijing this time, but the others got used to spitting and spitting, but Qinghe was getting more and more serious, and the whole person died half-life.
Fortunately, I can stay on land for one night, I hope Qinghe can feel better.
Because of the large number of people, the group of them booked all the remaining rooms, and Shen Luo went downstairs to listen to the chatting of the guests downstairs when he had nothing to do.
If you want to know a place, the best places to go are inns, teahouses and taverns.
After all, people also like to gossip.
Shen Luo and the emperor sat at the table and waited after ordering a few dishes. The owner of this shop is a couple who hired a waiter, but they came here very busy, after all, the shop is not too big.
However, because there were a lot of customers, the proprietress also came off to help serve water and tea to do some work.
So someone yelled at the proprietress, "Madam proprietress, you have a big belly, why are you still working?"
The proprietress pursed her lips and smiled.
An acquaintance asked, "Is your child planning to come out this year?"
The proprietress' stomach moved, and the people around felt surprised, "This child can still answer?"
Someone proudly said: "Not only can you answer, do you know how old the lady boss is?"
Someone looked at the stomach and asked tentatively, "Eight months?"
The man before smiled and stretched out five fingers, "Five years!"
"Drink! For five years, this Nezha has only been in her mother's womb for three years. How can this child stay for five years?" The man didn't believe it.
The man became anxious immediately, "I just live near here, and I can still have a holiday. After all, this child happened to be conceived in the year the emperor first ascended the throne. That year, the world was just amnesty, and the news spread to Cangzhou. The shopkeeper’s wife announced the news of her pregnancy, Dr. Sun sent out her pulse, and the neighbors near us also said that the child would be promising in the future, I remember this time clearly.”
Some people came out to testify, and soon there was no other discussion in the inn. They were all talking about whether the shopkeeper's wife was reliable, and the pregnancy was stillborn, right?They haven't been born for five years.
Some people also argued: "The child can still interact with adults through the belly from time to time, how could it be a stillbirth? I think it just stays in the belly and cannot come out."
After Shen Luo heard these words, she couldn't help but cast a glance, and looked at the shopkeeper's lady who was discussing in the room with a shy smile, then she stared at the shopkeeper's lady's stomach, and a strange expression appeared on her face the next moment.
Everyone who followed knew that Shen Luo was a master of metaphysics. Looking at her expression at this moment, they couldn't help but look at her, wanting to hear what she thought.
Shen Luo didn't say a word. At this time, the emperor put down the cup, knocked it on the table, and then said with great interest: "Zhen... I also want to hear what you say."
Only then did Shen Luo say with a face full of indescribable words: "Well, I actually didn't feel any life fluctuations in the stomach of the shopkeeper lady."
"Oh, that means it's a stillbirth?" the emperor asked curiously.
Shen Luo shook his head, glanced at the lady in charge and said, "To be exact, this lady is not pregnant at all."
The emperor also took a look at him, and then said, "Since you are not pregnant, what's the use of marrying the shopkeeper's wife?"
It was this sentence that annoyed Shen Luo, "Could it be that the purpose of marrying a wife is to have children?"
Ever since she became Shen Hanqing, she has encountered this kind of thing all the time. It seems that every family exists for children. Because Wei Niang couldn't have a daughter, her husband threw his daughter away. It would be best for her to reconcile her. the result of.Even Master Shen, who loved him so much, was thinking about it. She gave birth to a grandson for him to inherit the Shen family business. After all, Shen Hanqing's tragedy was also driven by Master Shen.
But even if Master Shen knew the inside story, he still didn't change his mind. Even Shen Luo herself had a rhythm of being brainwashed, which was really scary. She felt that the world was different from what she thought. Those who have children want a son, but those who have sons are too few and want more.
The shopkeeper's wife seemed to be the victim in this situation. Seeing her sweetly touching her empty stomach, Shen Luo couldn't stand it for a while.
"Actually, not necessarily." The emperor said, "It's just that for the common people, if a couple has no children, they will be pointed out by others, and the policy of the imperial court is to encourage children. After death, no one pays homage to him, and he will become a lonely ghost."
Nonsense, if there is no serious crime after death, you will be reincarnated as soon as possible, and the conditions for the survival of ghosts have long since disappeared in the world, so if you stay in the world too much, your soul will be scattered.
"It's up to your Majesty to figure out a way. If the elderly have nowhere to go, they will set up a retirement home, and if the young have nothing to raise, the country will raise them. If these can be done, it will be a merit." Shen Luo looked at the shopkeeper's lady with a sad look in her eyes. It seems that she has seen through her fate.
"Miss Shen, in fact, the court has been doing this kind of thing..." He Xu couldn't help rehabilitating the emperor.
The emperor glanced at him, and He Xu immediately shut his mouth in embarrassment.
The emperor smiled warmly, "I know that although the court has done something, the implementation is not strong, but after returning to the palace, it will consider a complete plan."
Shen Luo immediately cheered up, "Let me help with this matter!" This is a great achievement, and if it succeeds, it will be a meritorious deed.
The way of heaven is getting more and more stingy, but now it seldom bestows merits to the world, Shen Luo cursed in his heart.
At this moment, a thunderbolt from the blue sky exploded in Shen Luo's ears, and she was so frightened that she kept saying good things about God. Seeing other people as if she hadn't heard the thunder just now, she felt a little sad, and the emotional heaven only warned her she alone?
The emperor coughed and ignored her.
He Xu who was on the side hurriedly persuaded: "Miss Shen, you are the one who wants to enter the palace, how can you do these things?"
Shen Luo immediately replied: "Then why don't you enter the palace?" As soon as she finished speaking, the emperor on the side suddenly changed his face.
The emperor was angry for several days because of this matter, but Shen Luo had a big heart and forgot about it long ago.
This caused the emperor to be even more angry, and he could only hold his breath by himself, and later he simply found trouble with Shen Luo, with a kind of momentum of "I have to make it difficult for you, and I will be comfortable if you are difficult for me".
Shen Luo never thought of this incident, she thought, shit, this day is unbearable, the emperor comes to trouble her from time to time, but she still has to swallow his anger, this kind of life is really uncomfortable.
He Xu, who was on the side, was anxiously turned around by these two people. He wanted to remind Mrs. Shen, but he was defeated by the emperor's cold eyes.The emperor's eyes seemed to say, if you go to remind me, pack up and go into the water to be with the fish and shrimp!
He Xu was so frightened that he quickly closed his mouth tightly, but then he thought wretchedly, maybe this is the taste of his majesty, hehe~
The boat traveled for another distance, and finally stopped at the ferry. Shen Luo followed the emperor off the boat, and saw a large group of people knelt down in front of them.
"See Your Majesty." This scene of thousands of people kneeling together was very exciting, Shen Luo thought to himself, no wonder this mortal wants to be a superior person, just the feeling of being subdued is heartbreaking.
Qing He on the side was not as big as Shen Luo, her legs were already trembling after being kneeled by so many people, and she couldn't stand still.
The emperor called Pingshen, and soon someone passed it on, and everyone stood up again.
Only then did these people dare to secretly look at the emperor and the people around the emperor. Hearing that his Majesty the emperor brought back a woman from the people, he didn't know how stunning it was.
Shen Jue Se Luo was looking at the emperor.
Before getting on the imperial chariot, the emperor said to Shen Luo: "You live in Huangzhuang first, and I will welcome you into the palace when I'm almost here." After all, you can't just take her into the palace like this, otherwise she won't raise her head in the palace for the rest of her life.
Just like civil marriage also requires a letter of appointment, although the emperor is a concubine, he still has to go through procedures. Without this procedure, bringing people into the palace is not a kind of attention in itself.
Of course, the emperor is the biggest in the world, and whoever he wants to praise, other people will naturally not follow suit.
Shen Luo didn't care, it would be better if it could be delayed a little longer, she even thought in her heart that it would be better if she didn't enter the palace.
Obviously the emperor didn't know what was going on in her heart, otherwise he would have to vomit blood.
Shen Luo was sent to Huangzhuang, and the emperor naturally returned to the palace.
As soon as he returned to the palace, he first visited the queen mother.
Since the queen mother took the lead in taking away all the monks and Taoists with excellent medical skills in the south of the Yangtze River, the emperor and the queen mother had torn skins.
However, the emperor is responsible for filial piety, no matter how much he thinks in his heart, he still has to come and put on a show.
During the period when the emperor and the empress dowager were fighting each other, it was not very peaceful both inside and outside the palace.
In a certain inner hall of the palace, a clear and crisp sound resounded through the palace.
A concubine dressed as a young woman tore off a few veils before asking the maid below in a calm mood.
"Have you found out the origin of the woman brought back by Your Majesty?" Thinking of the woman in the palace who broke her head this time, which made His Majesty sick and no one was taken to the south of the Yangtze River, the concubine panicked after thinking about it, because she was innocent. Belongs to the one affected.Originally, she took the cold and arrogant route, with an appearance of not caring about anything, but this time she was kicked, dragged down by these stupid women, and almost found it difficult to maintain her aloof appearance.
Before, she comforted herself that even if she did not follow His Majesty to go on a southern tour this time, other women did not go either. Unexpectedly, someone took advantage of the loophole, and a folk woman was actually taken by His Majesty and brought back!
This is a big event, and the concubine Gong understands very well that those people in the palace will not be able to tear it apart, maybe they plan to join forces to deal with that woman first.Although this woman was not brought back to the palace, it meant that things were even worse!
If His Majesty didn't like it, he would take it back to the palace and put it in the harem casually, and no one would pay attention to it, but when it was sent to the Huangzhuang, not only the women panicked, but she also panicked.
Their Majesty, who doesn't love women, won't follow the example of the former emperor and come back with a true love, right?
"I just heard that His Majesty loves you very much. People in the know dare not tell. People outside know too little, but the identity of this lady is still very clear. I heard that this is a merchant woman. Our Majesty is in Yangzhou. At that time, I borrowed the house of a merchant's family, and this woman is the daughter of that merchant."
"Oh?" The concubine covered her mouth in surprise, "The merchant's daughter, I heard that Yangzhou is famous for skinny horses. Isn't this the goddaughter recognized by the merchant?"
"The master is right, why don't the servants go down and ask?"
The concubine Gong waved her hand, and after she said something bad, she was in a good mood, "Tell this to Mrs. Wan in Xiyuan, and her fiery temper will naturally lead the way for this palace."
"Yes……"
……
Conversations like this abound in the harem, and they all pay attention to let others come forward to test the newcomers, and the best candidate is the reckless Mrs. Wan. If one of them can be eliminated, it will be a good harvest.
Outside the palace, in the back house of a certain rich family, in a remote courtyard, a man in white shirt opened his eyes, "What? The emperor has returned to Beijing? Didn't he say there is still one month left?"
The boy standing in front of him replied: "I haven't found out the reason, but I heard that something happened suddenly."
The man waved his hand, "Don't worry, take the blood of the heirs of the old family as soon as possible." It's not the emperor's blood, the speed is too slow, but the emperor has dragon energy, so it's not easy to get close, why don't you think about using the method of ordinary people?
"The autumn hunt is still more than a month away, right? Let people arrange it. During the autumn hunt, I want to get the emperor's blood. No matter how much, I will get it!"
Even after hearing such outrageous words, the boy still replied blankly: "Yes."
In the other place, a man looked at the man who had just brought the finished stone doll into the palace and smiled sullenly, "I can always catch you now, right?"
……
A court lady in the harem offered a stone doll, "My lady, this is the boy who was consecrated by the Guanyin of Songzi. As long as I worship it for a hundred days, my lady will be able to conceive a child."
The imperial concubine took the baby with joy, and put it on her heart, "As long as I get pregnant first, the position of queen will be my own. Then I will see who dares to fight with me! These people are stupid Don't think about having a baby first, but have to deal with women who have never entered the palace, don't you know that as long as there are children, it doesn't matter if a hundred more women enter the palace?"
The palace maid immediately shouted, "My lady is wise."
……
Shen Luo didn't know that a lot of ghosts and monsters came out when she and the emperor came to Beijing. She was looking at the stone doll in her hand with an ugly expression. Knowing that this capital city has another sniping technique, and this time it is not like the rough version in her hand, the one that just appeared must be more powerful than her current one.
Sure enough, the man who used the qi technique also came to the capital, from Yangzhou to Suzhou and then to the capital, from random experimentation to intentional targeting, Shen Luo knew very well that this enemy was indeed targeting the emperor.
But this time the other party made a comeback, and it is unknown what big crisis it will lead to!
It seems that I have to tell the emperor to let him be vigilant, thinking about the bodyguard Shen Luo called to guard her, and find someone to invite His Majesty.
She herself went into the house to think about whether she could make some protective objects.Now that she can't stay by the emperor's side all the time, she has to give him some protection so that he doesn't have to be infested by evil things.
The emperor and the queen mother said a few words casually, tightly maintaining the superficial relationship between mother and child. Both of them knew that this connection would be severed at any time, so they didn't care about it.
The Empress Dowager put down her glass and asked the emperor, "I heard that the emperor brought back a woman from the people, why didn't he bring it back to the palace for Ai's family to see?"
The emperor cheered up, "I just wanted to tell my mother that I intend to formally confer her the title of concubine Shu, so I arranged for her to be married in Huangzhuang."
"Concubine Shu?" The Queen Mother's voice was a little cold, "Your Majesty, I still want to make it clear that this Concubine Shu is ranked second, how can a common woman with no merit be able to take on this role? Could it be that Your Majesty is not afraid of the disaster of beauty?"
The emperor smiled, "What the queen mother said is too serious, but the lady I like is the only heir of the Shen family, a wealthy businessman in Yangzhou. She has hundreds of millions of dollars as a dowry. Well worth the money."
This is all to tell the Queen Mother that this position was bought from him, the emperor, with money.
"This, this is so decent!" The queen mother said angrily.
Firstly, the position in the harem was actually sold by the emperor, and secondly, if the emperor got the money, he would be even more difficult to deal with.
But this is a blatant conspiracy, she really can't say anything, "But this position is too high, it's hard to explain to the ministers." The queen mother said softly.
You can't be an official for a lifetime, and you can't get a sum of money from a big dog in the end, right?
And the emperor didn't intend to rush, so he took a step back and said, "Then you can be made a wife first, and then you can be promoted to concubine after a few years."
Only then did the queen mother understand that the emperor was waiting for her here. He was not planning to go to the sky all at once, but just wanted to block her with words first!
He really deserves to be the late emperor's son, with exactly the same despicable temperament, the empress dowager's heart was filled with disgust immediately.
But it's good for people to get into the palace first, then we don't know who will get the money!
The emperor left the Empress Dowager's Palace and returned to the Taihe Gate to handle political affairs. After going out for a few months, some important matters would be sent to him for handling, while the unimportant ones would be placed in the Taihe Gate for him to deal with when he came back.
Originally, the emperor was considered a conscientious emperor. It took at least five years to control the court and he knew how dedicated he was. However, this time, he was always unable to enter the state when he was reviewing memorials, and he remembered a certain little face from time to time.
The emperor was a little annoyed, he was fighting for her welfare in the palace, presumably that person still looked unwilling!
"Come on!" the emperor called out of the palace.
He Xu who was waiting outside immediately ran in, "Your Majesty, what are your orders?"
The emperor asked, "Have you made arrangements for Mrs. Shen? Did the female officer send it to you? Be sure not to let her run around, and learn the palace rules first." In short, he was uncomfortable, and she couldn't think about it either.
"Return to Your Majesty, everything has been arranged properly, and the female officer who is going to teach the rules has also been sent there, but..."
The emperor frowned, "Why are you so hesitant?"
He Xu bent over, "Your Majesty, yes, Lady Shen sent someone to invite Your Majesty over, but His Majesty was busy and didn't dare to disturb you before..."
The emperor knew that Shen Luo would never come to him easily, there must be some serious matter, thinking that he could not review the memorial with peace of mind now, so the emperor got up together, flicked his sleeves, "Drive to... Huangzhuang!"
Huangzhuang is not in the capital but in the outskirts of Beijing. It belongs to the emperor's private property. The emperor didn't plan to go out this day, after all, he just returned to the palace.
If he went out of the palace, he would not be able to come back before the palace gates were closed, and the queen mother had to find an excuse to refuse what she had promised. The emperor thought about it and changed his mind and called people into the palace tomorrow.
After a night like this, Shen Luo was sent to the palace early in the morning the next day.
Shen Luo didn't care where to meet the emperor, after all, she never thought of meeting someone immediately when she went to invite someone.
When she saw the emperor, she first took out a heart armor. This is a heart armor with a very unique shape. Only half of the whole body can cover the left chest. Embedded together, glaring white light in the sun.
"This is?" the emperor asked strangely, did he think he would let her go by giving him such a weird thing?
Shen Luo presented the heart armor, "Your Majesty, haven't you always wanted to know about the art of thinning?" She talked about the matter from the beginning to the end, "Now the target of the other party has always been you, this heart armor It is made of fish scales, if someone treats you badly, this heart armor can help you resist for a while." This is when she searched through the inventory yesterday, only to find that only fish scales can be used. When thinking of defense, there is no What can resist the armor, but although the fish scales are big, only the central part can be used, so she only took a part, made it into a heart armor, and added many formations before sending it to the emperor.
"That's why you came to see me yesterday?" The emperor's mood suddenly rose, he didn't take over the armor, and asked her with his head down.
Shen Luo smiled naturally, "Of course, yesterday I found out that the person who used the shroud technique had moved again, so I naturally wanted to tell His Majesty."
A smile suddenly appeared on the emperor's face, he took the armor and said, "Okay, I know about this."
"Your Majesty, remember to put a drop of blood on the heart armor, so that you can adjust it freely after wearing it." Shen Luo introduced proudly.
Hearing this, the emperor took off his clothes on the spot, revealing his white but strong upper body. Then he dripped a drop of blood on the armor, and then put it on. The armor automatically adjusted its size, as if it had an extra layer of skin on it. on him.
He turned around in front of her pretending not to care, and asked, "How is it? Is there anything that needs to be adjusted?"
Shen Luo silently covered her nose, feeling that white skin kept shaking her eyes, she shook her head quickly, "No need, you can adjust it automatically in your heart after dripping blood, Your Majesty, this matter is over here, I still have to I have something to do, so I'll take my leave first..." Before he finished speaking, the man ran away in a panic.
The emperor was standing in the hall, picked up his clothes, and snorted, "I really thought you were a wooden man!"
Once Shen Luo entered the palace, the palace knew everything that should be known, and the things that didn't know were also known under the "good intentions" of others.
The whole harem was waiting for the early bird, and there was indeed a person in the harem who came first, but it was not Mrs. Wan as everyone had guessed, but a beauty.
This surprised everyone. When did Madam Wan have a brain, or was she just pretending to be stupid and watching their jokes?
Think about it, Mrs. Wan is indeed famous for being impulsive and irritable in the harem, but even so, her status has been promoted from a female picker to the wife of the first palace master. Be vigilant, but everyone is blindfolded by her performance, thinking that this good luck is just shit luck.
But when today's incident happened, everyone couldn't help becoming vigilant. Mrs. Ruowan just numb them before, so she was too thoughtful, maybe she was laughing at them before, and no one in the harem wants to be a joke in the eyes of others .
"Ma'am, you can't go, Your Majesty will be angry if you go!" In fact, Mrs. Wan is still Mrs. Wan. This time she didn't have a higher IQ, but was persuaded.
"Okay, I know, I decided not to do what I promised you before. But, can't I take a sneak peek? I really want to know what the person His Majesty likes looks like!" Mrs. Wan turned to her side The female officer requested.
Everyone in the palace thought that she was favored, but in fact she just saw His Majesty a few times more than others.
His majesty's mind is difficult to understand, except for the first queen, maybe no one can enter his heart, otherwise he would not come here to do things often, but he has not favored her a few times.
She is delicate and pretty on weekdays because she knows His Majesty doesn't care. Now that His Majesty has brought a newcomer from outside, she is really flustered. Could it be that she will lose the only favor she has?
"No, you will make His Majesty angry!"
"Then what do you think we should do? This will not work and that will not work? What do you think I should do?" Mrs. Wan gasped in her heart, dropped a porcelain bowl on the ground and said.
"Ma'am, how about this? Isn't Ru Meiren in the side hall trying to please us? Why don't you let her test it out. If His Majesty doesn't blame you, you can go again. If His Majesty is angry, it's natural that Ru Meiren will block you." The female officer suggested .
Mrs. Wan clapped her hands, "That's a good idea." She raised her chin as she spoke, "Then why don't you go ask her to go?"
"Yes, ma'am."
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