Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 361 I am the most heartless person (second more)

There is nothing in the conflict between husband and wife that cannot be resolved in bed.

Perhaps it was because he felt a little guilty towards Queen Zhou for the abolition of the crown prince, or because the Queen Zhou at this time was indeed pitiful.

Zhu Youjian did his duty as a husband that night, and worked desperately on Zhou Hou all night, almost exhausting all his skills.

And maybe Zhou Hou was taking revenge on Zhu Youjian, or he hadn't been irrigated for a long time at this wolf-like age, so he asked Zhu Youxuan for it last night without hesitation.

In short, when Zhu Youjian was hanging in the pepper room at the beginning of Xiaochu the next day, his waist and knees were so tired and his eyes were dizzy. In addition, he scored twice in the morning, and now he feels exhausted and sucked. After drying out the essence, it will take three to five days to get better.

After being reprimanded and explained by Zhu Youjian and a lesson on the bed, Queen Zhou no longer lost her temper. Although her mood was a little weaker than before, she did continue to be a virtuous woman according to Zhu Youjian's instructions. The queen of the palace even personally sent a gift to Chen Yuanyuan to express her apology as the queen of the palace.

Even Queen Zhou sent a memorial to request the resumption of the Silkworm Ritual, and Zhu Youjian naturally approved it.

For this reason, Empress Zhou specially ordered the noble ladies in Beijing to prepare to participate in the Silkworm Ceremony in April next year, and the Ministry of Rites made preparations.

Zhu Youjian wanted Queen Zhou to play a role in politics.

Queen Zhou did the same, which made Zhu Youjian naturally satisfied.

However, although Zhou still cooperates with Zhu Youjian on the surface, he is no longer as kind to Zhu Youjian as before.

Zhu Youjian can only accept this calmly. After all, although he has inherited Chongzhen's body and responsibilities, he has not fully inherited Chongzhen's emotions. He has no way to take care of Queen Zhou's feelings in the matter of abolishing the prince. I did my best as a husband.

Chen Yuanyuan was in a good mood, and Zhu Youjian slapped Queen Zhou Shi for her, which made her feel loved.

Although the redness and swelling on her face still persisted.

As someone who was used to being looked down upon by others, she never expected to be so cared for by His Majesty the Emperor, and would beat up the Queen for herself.

Thinking of Zhu Youjian keeping her in Qianqing Palace and waiting in front of her, not to mention others, even she herself never thought of it.

Logically speaking, as the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, it would not be difficult to accept a few stunning beauties, but why would she be asked to serve the imperial court as a prostitute or even someone else's concubine.

Sometimes Chen Yuanyuan can't help but wonder if His Majesty really loves and likes herself.

Women always love fantasy, and Chen Yuanyuan, who lived in the seventeenth century, was no exception.

Now she has a career she likes, and now she is short of a perfect love.

One night five days later, when Zhu Youjian saw Chen Yuanyuan looking at him with a smile on his face, he was a little curious: "Why are you looking at me?"

"Your Majesty, this slave has the courage to ask, does Your Majesty have a slave in your heart?"

Chen Yuanyuan did ask boldly, blushing dripping water.

"no!"

Zhu Youjian replied without even thinking about it, and was still busy looking up the list of rebellious parties handed over by Ruan Dayue and Wang Chengen.

When Chen Yuanyuan heard Zhu Youjian's words, it sounded like a jolt in his ears, his heart was more than half cold, he was extremely disappointed, and his phoenix eyes were full of resentment:
"However, since His Majesty has no slaves in his heart, why did he keep the slaves in Qianqing Palace, and why did he just slap the empress for the slaves?"

Zhu Youjian raised his head and looked at Chen Yuanyuan.

It was rare that Chen Yuanyuan had the courage and interest to talk to him today, and he didn't bother to ignore her. He also guessed what she was thinking, so he laughed:
"Actually, the empress is right. I am a ruthless person. I will tell you the truth. I have accepted you in Qianqing Palace for three reasons:
One is that you are one of the eight beauties of the Qinhuai River, and you are well-known. I have already heard that accepting you is the embodiment of a man's desire to conquer; the second is that your appearance and temperament can indeed seduce people's souls; ; and then it's gone, sorry to disappoint you. "

Chen Yuanyuan was indeed quite disappointed, but she couldn't hate Zhu Youjian, and instead became more interested in Zhu Youjian's inner world:

"What about the Empress? Does Your Majesty really have an Empress in his heart?"

"Well, I won't hide it from you, and I haven't!"

Zhu Youjian put the memorial on the record and looked at Chen Yuanyuan:
"I have more respect for the empress."

"The Empress and Your Highness are all your Majesty's family members, don't you really have them in your Majesty's heart?"

Chen Yuanyuan looked at Zhu Youjian, she didn't expect this answer, she felt that she stayed by Zhu Youjian's side for three years and had even been close to each other several times, but she didn't fully understand the emperor who made herself the center.

"In fact, there is no one in my heart who can make me give up my dignity, principles, and reason for her. You just said that my family is actually not my family."

Zhu Youjian was hooked by Chen Yuanyuan sentence by sentence, even if he didn't miss his emotions, he couldn't help but moisten his eyes:
"My family is actually in another time and space. After more than 300 years, I have a mother and a sister, but after I left that year, I have never returned to my hometown to see them. More than ten years!"

Chen Yuanyuan didn't understand what Zhu Youjian said again, and didn't know why he had aroused His Majesty's sadness, so he said:
"Your Majesty, don't be sad, the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess will definitely live better in that world." As he spoke, he secretly wondered why His Majesty missed the Empress Dowager and the Eldest Princess.

Fortunately, Chen Yuanyuan didn't know much about the affairs of the Daming Palace, so she didn't think much about it.

On the contrary, Zhu Youjian was so hooked by Chen Yuanyuan that he no longer had the mood to deal with state affairs:

"Speaking of which, I am the loneliest person in the world. No one can understand my suffering."

"No, I understand that I only have Your Majesty in my heart. From the moment His Majesty is willing to stand up for my servant, I have already fallen in love with Your Majesty! Your Majesty will have someone who misses you so much in the future, and Your Majesty will miss her every moment. , cannot be separated from her at all times, willing to let go of everything for her, even seeing her is very happy, just like a slave servant seeing His Majesty."

As Chen Yuanyuan spoke, tears welled up in her eyes.

Zhu Youjian couldn't help laughing, and scratched her beautiful nose: "I can't have such a person, if there is such a person that I miss, the Ming Dynasty will be over, what do you think?"

Chen Yuanyuan smiled, and quickly helped Zhu Youjian up: "Your Majesty is tired, and this servant will serve you to rest."

"Wait a minute, don't be impatient," Zhu Youjian said, "I'll see Wu Mengming from Jinyiwei later."

Chen Yuanyuan's pretty face flushed, and she had to retreat behind the screen.

After a while, Wu Mengming stepped into the court: "I have seen Your Majesty!"

"How about Jiannu, can there be information delivered to the capital?" Zhu Youjian asked.

"Not yet. According to the eyeliner of Baoding Mansion, the Qing army set up forts in the area of ​​Hejian Mansion, presumably to defend against our Ming Navy. In addition, various checkpoints on the canal have also been closed, and the northern maritime merchants who are going south are gradually Reduce, the war will start in these days!"

As he said that, Wu Mengming said again: "Your Majesty, our Jin Yiwei is going to do a big case in Manchu recently, so it can be regarded as a warning to those little ones!"

(End of this chapter)