In terms of scheming in the city, Feng Zhao should be regarded as one of the most powerful people Yan Chu has ever met. She grew up receiving the strictest education of the emperor, and she is a little less tender than Zhong Li. To make such a woman fall in love with him, it is not enough just to have a beautiful skin or an excellent family background.
For example, now, just because of a change of title, the other party has become suspicious. She has vividly highlighted the emperor's sensitivity and suspicion. If there is too much change hastily, I am afraid it will backfire.
There was no change on Yan Chu's face, but he withdrew Feng Zhao's hand rather coldly, and then avoided looking at her.
"I don't know where your Majesty will be staying after forty-three days from his coming-of-age ceremony."
He kept silent about why he didn't call her Zhao Niang, but asked about Feng Zhao's coming-of-age ceremony in more than a month.
"Ah Chu has doubts because of this?"
Feng Zhao smiled slightly, it turned out that the other party suddenly changed her name because of this incident.
She had heard before that her husband was made angry by other concubines, and the reason seemed to be related to her coming-of-age ceremony. It seemed that she still had anger in her heart, and she became angry with her.
Feng Zhao doesn't mind the other party's jealous behavior occasionally, as long as the speed is within the range she can tolerate.
As for the palace affairs of the harem, how and who would take care of it when there was no emperor's official husband before, it is still the same now, so there is no need to worry about any troubles if you marry a not-so-professional husband.
"Everyone says that, does His Majesty also think I'm ugly?"
Yan Chu didn't think he was ugly, he was handsome, and people here didn't know how to appreciate masculine handsomeness.
"Appearance..."
Feng Zhao was trying to comfort Yan Chu, after all, things like looks are innate, and she is not the kind of superficial girl who only looks at appearances, but when she was about to speak, she suddenly felt that Yan Chu was dressed so refreshingly today , it seems that it is not as funny as it used to be.
Yan Chu's appearance has a kind of heroic spirit of a woman, even more heroic than those burly girls.
It's just that, at best, it's "ugly" that doesn't conform to the mainstream aesthetics. If he can highlight his own characteristics, it may not fail to please those girls who like this style.
For example, the border where he grew up, no matter men or women, it is beautiful to be tall and strong, and a coquettish and timid brother like Guodu is synonymous with trouble in the border.
There will be wars there all the year round, and the people at the border will take up arms to fight against the enemy anytime and anywhere, men and women are no exception, who cares about beauty and ugliness when they can't even save their lives.
Because of the influence of this kind of folk customs, the people in several cities at the border are also used to a strong brother like a girl. If the original body can think clearly and stay at the border, maybe he can reap a happy marriage.
You know, before coming to the capital, the original body was quite famous in the ten cities of Border Pass, because he could break boulders with his bare hands, and he could shoot a target hundreds of meters away with a bow, and the bow and arrow could penetrate the target. The tiger man of the gate is the object of worship of many local brothers.
The original body also stayed at the border for a long time, so he never felt that he was inferior to anyone else, so he was naturally worthy of Her Majesty the Empress.
It was only after he came to the capital that he discovered that the aesthetics of the world was so different from theirs, it was as if the gods and Buddhas isolated their aesthetics from the public when pinching people.
The people here are so thin-waisted, so fair-skinned, so delicate and delicate, they just can't be like him.
The original body suffered a huge blow, in order to please the empress, he began to imitate the popular dress in the capital to adorn himself.
He has healthy wheat-colored skin, but he had to shave thick white fat on his face, and because the servant didn't enjoy himself, he didn't teach him not to forget to put on his neck when he put on powder. In the eyes of others, it is ridiculous.
And his facial features are heroic, but he just imitated his handsome brother to draw willow leaf eyebrows, and shaved off all his sword eyebrows.
The sharp-edged face with the slender willow-leaf eyebrows is not to mention how ridiculous.
In addition, there are rouge and lip balm, and robes of colors that do not suit his skin tone and temperament. It is strange that such a nondescript dress looks good.
Today is different. The original body who is seriously ill will definitely not know how to dress up. After Yan Chu comes, he will not get out of bed and make up a suit that is not suitable for him just because the queen is coming. All he saw was his clean and fresh appearance when he first came to the capital.
Not to mention, he doesn't look hot at all like this, at least in Feng Zhao's eyes, he won't be associated with Chou anymore.
"Actually, Ah Chu's outfit today is quite refreshing."
Feng Zhao recalled whether she had said such similar words at some point, it seemed that it was when Yan Chu married her and just started learning the makeup and dressing popular in the capital, but the other party didn't listen to it and still went her own way.
"Your Majesty coaxed me again. I know that no one except Beidi thinks that I am good-looking. Your Majesty is willing to make me a husband. It is also wronged by Your Majesty. If you don't hurry up and dress up, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not like me even more."
Yan Chu said this resentful little love story without changing his face or beating his heart, and his adaptability is second to none.
"Nonsense."
Feng Zhao thought that if Yan Chu went back to the way she was dressed some time ago, and then called her Zhaoniang in a tortuous tone, she would prefer Yan Chu to be like this, at least it would be pleasing to the eye.
"You are the righteous husband of the lonely emperor. Whoever dares to disrespect you in this harem will be punished."
Feng Zhao frowned as she spoke, thinking that the entire Yan family was stationed in the north, and now that Yan Chu is married, there is no one around to talk, and there are such a group of palace servants around, no wonder his temper is getting more and more weird. It seems that Jiang Liu has to make a good choice for the servants sent to Fengyi Palace this time.
"Your Majesty, are you serious?"
Yan Chu's eyes lit up, and he asked in disbelief.
"Of course it's true. Whenever you see Gu talking, it doesn't matter."
Feng Zhao's pupils shrank. The other party's expression just now was a bit like a wolfhound she raised before. Every time she fed it a big bone, it also had such a shining expression.
After thinking about it, the other party was only sixteen years old, two years younger than her, a bit naive, but there was still room for change.
The most important thing is to have such a pure personality by your side to rest assured. Feng Zhao doesn't want to intrigue in the court, come to the harem, and have to act with these concubines.
Thinking about it this way, Yan Chu, the emperor's official husband, seems to be doing pretty well, as long as he can keep doing this.
"Since Your Majesty said so, I would like to ask His Majesty to give me one more thing."
The smile on Feng Zhao's face remained the same, his eyes were slightly condensed, and he asked in a deep voice, "What is it?"
"I beg Your Majesty to give me another martial arts arena. Before, I thought that Your Majesty might not like the appearance of my man from the Northland. Now it seems that I may be thinking too much. After these days, I have learned the behavior of Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing. The mannerisms have suffocated me, and I don't know how much my martial arts are rusty."
Huiqing, Deqing, Xianqing, and Liangqing start from the rank of second-rank concubine, and then go up except for the emperor's husband, who is from the first-rank noble and the first-rank emperor. There are no monarchs and concubines with these two titles in the harem for the time being Even the former, there are currently only Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing.
After all, Feng Zhao hadn't passed the coming-of-age ceremony yet, and the harem was considered empty. From the lowest-ranked servant to Yan Chu, the emperor's husband, there were only thirteen people, and there were only five people from the fourth-rank good king and above. .
Only those who have reached such a rank are eligible to live in the main hall of the palace, and only then can they be regarded as entering the core of Gongdou.
Now that there are few emperors and concubines in the palace, and the empress has not yet started visiting the harem, even if there is a fight, it has not reached the level of life and death.
It's just that Yan Chu, as the emperor's husband, is still a famous "ugly" emperor's husband, and it is inevitable that he will be despised and targeted by other concubines. Qualifications for the position
"Chenxiao Palace seems to be still vacant. I will order it to transform it into a martial arts arena. If you want to practice martial arts in the future, go there."
The Yan family's marksmanship is well-known in the Tianhuang Kingdom. I don't know if Yan Chu, as the brother of the Yan family, has learned some of the essence. Feng Zhao himself is capable of both literature and martial arts. Hearing Yan Chu's words, he was a little moved. He also came up with the idea that maybe occasionally he could learn martial arts with his righteous husband.
This idea only flashed in Feng Zhao's mind for a moment. In her opinion, even if a man practices martial arts, he can get some of the essence of it.
Moreover, she competed with this brother Yan Chu as a girl, even if she won, it would be invincible.
Of course, Feng Zhao has never imagined that the slap in the face will come so quickly.
*****
"My lord, I heard that His Majesty sent a group of servants after he went to Fengyi Palace. I am afraid that Fengyi Palace is almost empty now, and I don't know how that ugly man offended His Majesty."
In Lingju Palace, Liu Huiqing's palace attendant hurried in and whispered in his ear.
The servants who served Liu Huiqing personally in the palace knew that he didn't like people calling him Huiqing in private. In Liu Lin's view, his talent and appearance were enough to be the emperor's husband. on the head.
Seeing that idiot being played around by them, dressed up in such a ridiculous appearance and still complacent, thinking that he could please the empress like that, Liu Lin felt more and more worthless for himself.
So in private, he doesn't like to hear the word Huiqing, and prefers to let those people call him son, which is what he still calls in the boudoir.
"You mean His Majesty annoyed that ugly man?"
Liu Lin was admiring the custom-made jewelry sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Hearing what the servant said, he didn't even bother to look at the jewelry, and immediately became excited.
He really hoped that the queen would get rid of that ugly husband in a fit of anger, although he knew in his heart that for a person as brave and powerful as the queen, no matter how angry he was with that ugly husband, as long as the Yan family remained loyal to the queen for one day, he would not something will happen.
Thinking of this, Liu Lin's face was pale, and he couldn't get excited at all.
"I don't know if that ugly man annoyed His Majesty, but after disposing of such a group of servants and letting Director Jiang send them to Yeting, it is impossible for those servants to be so bold as to offend His Majesty."
The palace attendant who spoke did not expect that it was really what he guessed.
"Fortunately, the people we put in Fengyi Palace are fine, so it won't be the case that there will be no one to send a message in the future."
The palace attendant's words made Liu Lin think for a while: "It is in our interest to control this matter. You let people watch Fengyi Hall again. If there is any movement, come and notify in time."
In more than a month, it will be His Majesty's coming-of-age ceremony. At this juncture, Yan Chu did something stupid to annoy His Majesty. I'm afraid that when the time comes, things will take a long time, and it will be easier for Hui Qing, who is him.
Liu Lin was overjoyed and couldn't help but look forward to it.
But his father said that for a girl, the first favored brother is always special, if he can be remembered by His Majesty before Yan Chu, his husband, it will be of great benefit to his future.
If luck is better, His Majesty will be pregnant with the dragon species after that night, and he will be the biological father of the eldest daughter of the emperor or the eldest son of the emperor.
Liu Lin felt hot in his heart, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that it should be like this, how could someone like Yan Chu be worthy of occupying the empress for the first time.
His fingertips tapped the table rhythmically, and the people around him knew that this was his usual action when he wanted to meditate, so they retreated quietly one by one, and no one dared to disturb him.
Such a picture also appeared in Zhang Deqing's palace.
As for the other low-ranking concubines, they didn't dare to think about such a good thing at all. Even if there was no Yan Chu, and Liu Huiqing and Zhang Deqing stood in the way, it would never be their turn.
*****
"Boom—"
There was a loud noise, such as Xiao, Ruqin, Picturesque, and Rushu. The four former first-class palace servants beside Yan Chu, and now the second-class palace servants were taken aback. They looked at the one who was not far away with a whip. The man who was torn apart by a rock, his legs trembling, was afraid that the whip would hit them in the next second.
Since the Huangzheng husband recovered from his illness, their good days have come to an end.
I don't know what the queen said to Huang Zhengfu after she got angry that day. He changed his previous posture and returned to the appearance when he first came to the capital. Promoted again.
Those like Xiao who were favored in the past can't get close to Yan Chu's body at all now, even if they want to explain to Yan Chu what happened that day, they can't do it.
Just like now, the four of them are holding tea, towels, and fresh fruits and standing by the side of the martial field, waiting for Yan Shishi and Yan Twelve, the two attendants who served Yan Chu before he was married, to take them away at any time. Something for Yan Chu to enjoy while resting.
The sun is not too big now, but for a pampered palace servant like Ru Xiao who cares about his fair skin because he wants to compete for favor, it is enough to kill him.
Coupled with the crackling of Yan Chu's whip dance, the sound of breaking the air, and the power of piercing through the stone bricks, such a violent righteous husband is enough to scare them out of their minds. She almost knelt down to Yan Chu.
Yan Shishi and Yan Twelve were actually not Yan Chu's personal attendants before he got married, but when he was clamoring to marry into the palace, the Yan family took the trouble to select them from the male guards at home. Intellect is not ordinary.
Most importantly, these male guards were trained by the Yan family from an early age, and they were given the surname Yan. Their loyalty is much higher than that of ordinary servants.
The original body was not close to the servants given by his family. Compared with these servants who came from the north like him and were not familiar with the customs of the capital, he preferred Ruxiao who could give him guidance and teach him how to be liked by the empress. Therefore, these two people have been squeezed out in the corner of Fengyi Palace since they entered the palace, and they have not been taken seriously until now.
Yan Shishi and Yan Twelve were not dissatisfied at all because of Yan Chu's neglect before. Guards like them belonged to the Yan family even their lives. Everything is fine.
Looking at Yan Chu dancing his whip now, in the eyes of the two attendants, he is simply handsome to a certain extent.
In the past, they knew that the little son of the family had excellent martial arts skills and was born with supernatural power. Now, it seems that those people have played it lightly. As far as the son's martial power is concerned, if he is a girl, he is a fierce general. Compared with General Yan, Don't give in too much.
As I said earlier, the aesthetics of the North Land is different from other places. The eyes of the two servants are shining brightly, and the more they look at him, the more they admire him. If the Queen doesn't like such an excellent young master, then she is really blind.
Yan Chu, who was practicing martial arts on the other side, was not troubled by such sight, he concentrated on familiarizing himself with Yuan's body, and at the same time integrated the martial arts he had learned in the previous world.
As the empress, Feng Zhao is destined to have those amazing and brilliant people in her harem. According to the memory of the original body, after a few more general elections, the harem will be able to collect all the types of brothers who are now sought after. It's all over.
Delicate, delicate, pure, lovely, smart... Without exception, they must all have the beauty praised by the world.
According to the public's aesthetic point of view, Yan Chu has such a physique, even if he travels back to the 21st century and finds the most powerful plastic surgeon, he will not shrink his 1.8-meter skeleton into a petite size of 1.7 meters. Definitely won't be handsome.
What's more, he has no pressure to let Yan Chu play the role of the little wolf dog and the little milk dog, but let him smear himself and pretend to be a "man" who respects the female country, he really accepts his incompetence, this challenge is too great.
In this case, he simply found another way.
A woman like Feng Zhao is used to everything being under her control, what Yan Chu has to do is to become that different existence in her heart.
Being able to warm the bed at the top and fight at the bottom, Yan Chu felt that being such an emperor's husband seemed quite challenging.
Of course, to do all of this, you must grasp the measure. You must know that Feng Zhao is a decisive emperor.
"Huangzhengfu, someone from Huiqing said it was about the empress' coming-of-age ceremony, and wanted to talk to you over there."
A palace servant lowered his head and came in to report that he was one of the palace servants Feng Zhao re-selected, and he was much more disciplined than the previous servants.
"Huang Zhengfu is practicing martial arts. Besides, since Huiqing has something to discuss with Zhengfu, why not come here by herself."
Seeing that his young master was concentrating on whipping the whip, Yan Shiyi knew what the palace attendant meant when he ignored what he said, and took a step forward and said to the visitor.
"This... slave, I will go and convey the order of my husband."
Seeing that Yan Chu didn't speak to refute, the palace attendant also understood that he agreed with Yan Shishi's words.
After thinking about it again, it is true that there is no Huangzhengfu who condescends to go to Huiqing's place, there is no such rule.
The palace attendant left in a hurry after paying his respects. It happened that it was almost time for Yan Chu to practice martial arts today. He put away his whip and took the towel handed over by Yan Twelve.
Just like in the previous life, those people's crooked tricks should be used.
Yan Chu wiped off his sweat and sighed.
He didn't expect that one day he would compete with other men for favor. This kind of experience is really amazing.