After Gu Rujiu heard that the members of the Duobao Kingdom's envoys molested a good family girl, she learned that the Duobao Kingdom envoy even brazenly proposed to take the good family girl as a concubine in order to avoid Dafeng's punishment, and she immediately became disgusted.
"What are they? I'm a good girl from Dafeng, why should I marry into their country to be a concubine?" Gu Rujiu usually seldom gets angry, but this incident made her feel sick of eating flies. Come to Baixian and ask about the process that happened at that time.
Seeing that the empress's face was not good, Bai Xian asked about the incident that Duobaoguo committed, so he had a bottom line and immediately told everything he knew.
"You mean, the envoy of the Duobao Kingdom was dining in a restaurant. When he saw the girl's outstanding appearance, he made jokes and even moved his feet. The girl was not angry, so he slapped him. Protected?" Gu Rujiu nodded and said, "These scholars are bloody."
"Niang Niang, you are right. We are dignified and rich, and our women and men are all bloody people. How can we be bullied by a small country's reckless husband." Impressed, when he learned that the people he despised dared to bully the people of Dafeng, he felt that the Duobao Kingdom was not pleasing to the eye.
On the contrary, Gu Rujiu felt that these neighboring small countries should not be ignored. Who knows if they are really obedient, or if they are obedient on the outside and treacherous on the inside
"Although it's a small country, it shouldn't be taken lightly," Gu Rujiu said. "To look down on others is to indulge."
"Yes." Bai Xian was secretly vigilant when he heard the words, and couldn't help but wonder, which country is hiding the evil intentions
"Can Your Majesty make a decree on this matter?" Gu Rujiu thought that even he knew about this matter, and someone must have reported it to Jin Yang. Maybe the Dali Siqing asked to see Jin Yang just now for this matter.
Bai Xian told Gu Rujiu the imperial edict.
After listening to Bai Xian's answer, Gu Rujiu immediately patted her hands and said, "Your Majesty is indeed Your Majesty, this is a good way to deal with it."
If the people of your Duobao country commit crimes in our Dafeng territory, they will be dealt with according to my Dafeng law. I stayed.
It's good for Jin Yang to have such a tough attitude. If Jin Yang feels that this is just a trivial matter, or even that it's just an ordinary woman being molested, and it's not worth making things stiff, then it will make her feel terrible.
Because this is not a small molestation incident, but represents the dignity of the country and the attitude of an emperor to the people of his country.
Today, the envoys of the Duobao Kingdom are teasing the people. If they don't care, there may be other envoys who will hurt people's lives tomorrow and regard themselves as high-ranking guests.
The reason why an honored guest is called an honor is that he must first learn to respect the master.
Bai Xian saw that the Empress did not lose her admiration after she knew about His Majesty's treatment of Duobaoguo. He thought to himself, Her Majesty and the Empress do not come into the same family. Even after learning about this, their reactions were almost the same. .
In fact, not only Jin Yang and Gu Rujiu were angry, but many officials raised their eyebrows when they heard about it.
People in Dafeng have always had the habit of playing lively with their own family, but they did not allow others to beat their family members. A hundred years ago, the young emperor of Dafeng and the regent competed for power. The Gaoluo Kingdom, which is adjacent to Dafeng, felt that their opportunity was coming, even if the tangled army invaded the Dafeng border in a big way.
Who knew that when the regent and the young emperor saw that they had invaded the border, they immediately stopped fighting. fight for power.
The more he looked at the behavior of the emperors of the Feng Dynasty, the more Gu Rujiu felt that the brain circuits of this royal family were different from those of ordinary people. Even the late emperor is a big-capped freak, because it is said that he likes to hide in a corner and write fragrant novels. The protagonists are usually poor scholars or extremely miserable poor people without parents and mothers.
The source of this rumor is the Queen Mother Zhou.
Compared with the wonderful emperors of the Feng Dynasty, Gu Rujiu felt that her family's emperor was probably the most normal one.
When Jin Yang finished his political affairs and returned to the Zichen Hall, he found a charcoal stove and a copper pot with white smoke on the table. The table was full of various ingredients. He was stunned for a moment, then walked over to Gu Rujiu and sat down and said, " what is this?"
"Didn't you say last time that you wanted to taste the pot I ate in the boudoir?" Gu Rujiu said with a smile, "So I specially asked the people in the imperial kitchen to prepare it today."
After the two of them washed their hands, Gu Rujiu helped him adjust the oil dish, and then said with a smile, "This kind of pot is the best to eat in winter, and many people in the capital like to eat it like this."
"Okay." When Jin Yang was young in Cheng Wang's mansion, because his biological mother died early, and his father loved the later princess, how could Jin Yang be his own master? Basically, he would eat whatever the people below gave him. In winter, sometimes because the servants neglect, it is also possible that the food delivered to his courtyard is not hot.
He entered the palace at the age of thirteen, and after he became emperor, he never bothered about eating. He always ordered the names of the dishes on the list presented by the imperial kitchen.
"The hot pot is interesting only if you cook it yourself," Gu Rujiu had already tied up his sleeves, picked up his chopsticks, and threw a few thinly sliced pieces of venison and mutton into the pot.
"What kind of meat is this?" Jin Yang asked curiously, looking at the thin slices of meat.
"Vison and mutton," Gu Rujiu said with a smile, "don't worry, there are no dishes that you should not eat on the table."
"Just throw it in like this?" Jin Yang followed Gu Rujiu's example and picked out a piece of mutton and threw it into the pot, but he was a little frightened by the constantly tumbling bottom of the pot. went in.
Seeing his appearance, Gu Rujiu couldn't help covering her mouth and snickering. Instead of helping, she poured a plate of kelp into the pot.
Seeing Jiujiu laughing at himself, Jin Yang was not angry, and laughed along with Gu Rujiu, then imitated Gu Rujiu and poured a plate of fresh vegetables into it.
"Your Majesty, this kind of vegetable cannot be cooked like this," Gu Rujiu couldn't help laughing when he saw a large patch of horrific green floating in the pot, "The kelp needs to be boiled for a longer time, this kind of vegetable can be boiled after boiling. Eat." After speaking, he picked up a chopstick of vegetables, rinsed it in the pot, and put it in Jin Yang's oil dish, "You can taste it."
Compared with the various dishes that were brought to the Zichen Palace after countless procedures, this kind of vegetables that were cooked directly into the mouth was not only a little fresh for Jin Yang, but also felt extraordinarily tender.
The prepared oil dish accompanies the fresh and tender vegetable leaves. The oil dish is slightly cool and the vegetable leaves are slightly hot. After entering the mouth, there is an indescribable deliciousness.
"It's not bad," Jin Yang said to Gu Rujiu with a smile, swallowing the vegetables.
"I knew Your Majesty would be satisfied," Gu Rujiu picked out two more pieces of hot mutton into Jin Yang's bowl, and then said, "I am here in the future, I guarantee that Your Majesty will enjoy it to the fullest."
The greatest joy in life is eating. If you can't be satisfied at this point, what's the point of life
"Okay," the mutton was a little hot, Jin Yang took two breaths of cold air, and said, "I've been here for a long time, even if there is no delicious food, I'm satisfied."
Gu Rujiu tilted her head to look at him with a shy smile on her face.
Bai Xian, who was on the side, smelled the fragrant hot pot soup, and lowered his head silently.
His Majesty and Niangniang are really a natural pair, and he was too overheard by these sweet words, and he felt a little moved.
The two emperors and empresses broke the rule of not speaking and hid sweetly in the house to eat warm pots, but the people from the Dali Temple and the Ministry of Punishment led troops to surround the courtyard where the envoys of the Duobao Kingdom lived.
Because the people living in the other palaces were all envoys from various countries, they were shocked when they saw Dafeng's soldiers surrounding the other palaces, and they were shocked when they saw these soldiers walking directly towards the courtyard where Duobao Kingdom lived, and they immediately understood what's going on.
In the eyes of several other countries, Duobaoguo's behavior is simply a great offense to Dafeng. In particular, the envoys of several countries that had been invaded by the Duobao Kingdom wished that Dafeng soldiers could arrest all the Duobao Kingdom's envoys and punish them severely.
"Prime Minister, Dafeng's soldiers took away a man from Duobao." After inquiring about the news, the Karu country hurriedly returned to the courtyard and reported the matter to the Karu country's prime minister, Duomi.
"The Duobao Kingdom dared to offend the people of Dafeng in the capital, so they should have expected what would happen today," Duo Mi said with a bit of schadenfreude, "They thought that Dafeng was one of those countries that they had bullied, and now it is being bullied by Dafeng. Soldiers deserve it."
"The minister thinks that Dafeng is also..." The person who reported it said hesitantly, "This is too disrespectful to the envoy."
"Why does Dafeng give Duobao country face?" Duo Mi said directly, "Who dares to offend Dafeng in our countries?"
When the reporter heard this, he was speechless for a while.
"We should be glad that Dafeng is a reasonable country. If Duobao has the strength of Dafeng, there is no place for us in this world." Duomi sees things clearly, their Karoo country is a weak country It is a blessing to have such a big country as Dafeng to rely on.
As long as Dafeng is cruel and ruthless, their Karu country will have a hard life.
So from the bottom of his heart, he hopes that the Dafeng Kingdom can always be prosperous and prosperous, and they can always rely on them.
Other countries were happy to watch the excitement, but Duobaoguo was very dissatisfied, but it was a pity that the officials in Dafeng did not receive them at all, and even treated them extremely coldly.
After two days of trouble, the people of Duobaoguo saw that Dafeng's attitude was indeed very firm, so they died down, stayed in their yard honestly, and stopped running around.
It's just that they are honest now, but it's too late. Because the invitation list for the state banquet held by Dafeng did not contain the names of the envoys of the Duobao Kingdom.
The envoys of the Duobao Kingdom are really panicked now. They are here to celebrate the emperor's wedding, and they want to take this opportunity to seek some benefits in Dafeng and go back. Now they can't even see the emperor's face. What's the point of talking about benefits.
"General, what should we do?" Envoy A anxiously looked at General Batu Li, the highest-ranking member of their corps, "What if Emperor Dafeng never wanted to see us?"
"Damn, I didn't expect that the new emperor of Dafeng is young, but his temperament is even bigger than the previous emperor," Batu slammed the table angrily, "It's not that this emperor is not the biological son of the empress dowager, The power is controlled by the empress dowager, doesn't he have real power?"
"I heard that because the emperor married a woman whom the empress dowager favored as the empress, the empress dowager delegated power to him." Envoy A said this, his eyes suddenly lit up, "Why don't we go see the empress dowager and the empress? mother's family."
"That's a good idea," Batumi said immediately, "You go to prepare the big gift, and we will go to see the maidens of these two distinguished women tomorrow."
When Mr. Yang heard that some generals from Duobao Kingdom asked to see him, he felt a little surprised. What did Duobao Kingdom find their home for
Yang has also heard about Duobao's envoys molesting people's women, so when she heard their country's generals asking for an interview, she immediately said: "If you don't see it, just say that the grandfather of the country is not at home."
Gu Changling, who was sitting next to her, nodded with a smile: "Yes, yes, I'm the only one who said no."
After the housekeeper returned to the living room, he bowed to Batu and said, "Sir, it's very unfortunate that our grandfather is not here today, so I can't entertain you."
"What, he's not here?" Batumi frowned, "Isn't it that your family is no longer an official in the court?"
Hearing such rude words, the smile on the butler's face did not change, and he explained, "Although our master no longer serves in the imperial court, he still has a few close friends. He went to visit his friends early this morning."
"Since that's the case, then we won't bother." Batu snorted lightly. I'm afraid it's true that he doesn't want to see him when visiting a friend.
After leaving the gate of Gu's house, Batu Shi and his party went to Zhou's house.
When they got to Zhou's house, they finally did not hit the wall. Not only did they meet the Zhou family, but they also gave away the generous gifts they had prepared.
With the Zhou family's promise to "do my best", Batu Li finally returned with satisfaction.
"Didn't it say that the Zhou family is the Queen Mother's family, and the Gu family is the queen's family? Why is the Gu family's pretence higher than that of the Zhou family?" When it came to the Gu family, Batugu felt anger in his stomach. In the eyes of the people of Duobao, the status of the queen mother is higher than that of the queen, so her maiden family must also have a higher status than the queen's maiden family.
Envoy A said: "Perhaps, this is what the Dafeng people said about the villain's ambition."
After hearing what Batu said, he thought about it carefully, and nodded in agreement.
Early the next morning, Mrs. Zhou went to the palace to ask to see the queen mother.
As the Queen Mother's maiden family, Mrs. Zhou still has a bit of face in Kangquan Palace. As soon as she entered the door, a palace maid enthusiastically stepped forward to lead the way.
After entering the inner hall, she saw that in addition to the queen mother, there was a very young woman sitting in the hall. This woman had a woman's hair in a bun and wore a golden phoenix wing on her temples, which looked both noble and elegant. Pretty.
Mrs. Zhou rarely saw Gu Rujiu, but she guessed Gu Rujiu's identity at a glance, and even smiled and stepped forward to greet the Queen Mother and Gu Rujiu.
"Sister-in-law doesn't need to be polite, please sit down quickly." The queen mother smiled and asked the maid to serve tea to Mrs. Zhou, and then asked how Mrs. Zhou's home was, how well the child was, and so on.
Gu Rujiu noticed that the Queen Mother was not particularly enthusiastic about Mrs. Zhou, and when she mentioned other people in her family, she was more polite and less intimate.
But this is the Queen Mother's family business, even if Gu Rujiu noticed it, he just thought he didn't know.
"The Empress Dowager, I heard that an envoy has committed an accident in the capital this time?" Mrs. Zhou changed the topic and suddenly mentioned something that had been raging a few days ago.
"It seems that there is such a thing," the queen mother said casually, "the Ai family has not paid much attention to the affairs of the court in the past two years, so they don't know much about the inside story."
"I've heard about this," Mrs. Zhou put down her teacup, "it's not really a big deal, just that when the envoy saw a beautiful girl, he complimented a few words orally. How could he know that this girl has a big temper? There were a few more scholars around to add fuel to the fire, and this matter became a riot."
Hearing this, Gu Rujiu frowned and glanced at Mrs. Zhou who smiled earnestly, but did not speak.
"You are quite clear about this," the Queen Mother said calmly, "Could it be that you saw it with your own eyes?"
"It's not that I saw it with my own eyes, it's just that people from Duobaoguo came to visit our master specially yesterday and explained the cause and effect of the incident," Mrs. Zhou continued, thinking of the gold, silver and precious jewels that Duobaoguo sent, "I think they already knew their mistake. Your Majesty didn't even let them attend the state banquet. Is it too much? After all, they have traveled thousands of miles to the capital, and this feeling is very rare."
"What do you mean by this, sister-in-law?" the queen mother said with a sullen face, "do you think my son handled it wrongly?"
When Mrs. Zhou saw that the Queen Mother's face was wrong, she felt a little stunned in her heart, and quickly explained: "Queen Mother, I have absolutely no intention of this, I just feel that Duobaoguo is determined to repent, and we should give them a chance to repent..."
"Confused!" The Queen Mother was so angry that she threw the teacup on the table, and the tea lid hit the cup with a squeak.
"How much benefit did you receive from Duobao's envoys, and then you went to Aijia to say good things about them?!" The queen mother stood up, "If you come to ask Duobaoguo to beg for mercy, you don't have to say it again, Aijia only It's as if you didn't hear me." After saying that, ignoring Mrs. Zhou's stiff face, she turned around and left.
"The Queen Mother..." Mrs. Zhou didn't expect the Queen Mother to be so angry. Even when she stood up in embarrassment, she didn't dare to chase after her, so she could only watch the Queen Mother's figure disappear behind the door. She turned around with a dry smile, and saw that the Empress was still there, which made her even more embarrassed for a while.
"Mrs. Zhou, the queen mother is not feeling well, I'm afraid she won't be able to entertain you," Gu Rujiu wiped the non-existent tea stain on the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief, "Bengong will send you out."
"Don't dare, don't dare." Although Mrs. Zhou's brain is not smart enough, she has not yet reached the point of stupidity. She knows that her move today has made the Empress Dowager unhappy, so how dare she stay.
"You are the mother's family, what else is there to dare." Gu Rujiu smiled and walked to Mrs. Zhou, "Mrs. Zhou, please."
Empress Dowager Zhou felt that this sounded a bit wrong. What does it mean "you are the empress's maiden family, why dare you not?" She was a little unhappy in her heart, but she didn't dare to show her face, so she followed Gu Rujiu with a smiling face. .
After leaving the Kangquan Palace, Gu Rujiu stopped, she looked at Mrs. Zhou who bowed slightly, and said, "The Zhou family has been the chancellor, the queen, and the general who was in the bloody battlefield. A famous figure in history."
Mrs. Zhou looked at Gu Rujiu in confusion, not understanding why she suddenly said such a thing. No one in the capital now knows that their Zhou family has long since changed. If it wasn't for the Queen Mother Zhou, they wouldn't be able to maintain the dignity of the family.
"The infinite glory accumulated by our ancestors can be wasted," Gu Rujiu sighed, "I don't know what Duobaoguo said to you, and what benefits it gave you. But you must remember that you are from Dafeng. A line must be worthy of its ancestors and the people of the world."
After she finished speaking, she didn't want to entangle with Mrs. Zhou anymore: "I have something to do in this palace, sorry."
If it wasn't the Zhou family who helped Duobaoguo today, but someone else, her words might be ten times worse than they are now, and she would even give a decree to reprimand her directly.
But this is the queen mother's family, and she has to worry about the queen mother's face.
"Respectfully send the Empress." Mrs. Zhou held back her anger and bowed to Gu Rujiu.
Being reprimanded by the queen mother, she already felt that her face was irrelevant, and now she was reprimanded by a teenage girl, she only felt a burning pain in her face. He hated Gu Rujiu for not giving her face, and he hated the people of Duobaoguo.
If it wasn't for them begging for the door, how could she make this trip and offend the two most honorable women in the harem
After returning home, Mrs. Zhou quarreled with her husband, Zhou Xianwei, the elder brother of the Queen Mother, complaining that he pushed this kind of thing to her, which made her lose face.
The second day after the couple quarreled, the Queen Mother Zhou's decree arrived.
This time, Gu Rujiu gave them face, but the Queen Mother Zhou had no such plan. Not only did she reprimand Zhou Xianwei in the decree, but she also demoted him, the prince of the state, to a marquis.
The Queen Mother's move made the Zhou family very dissatisfied, but their whole family relied on the Queen Mother to live. To show that he is deeply repenting, and he will never do it again next time.
However, although the Zhou family was dissatisfied with the Queen Mother Zhou's move, the people of Dafeng and literati were full of praise for it.
Even the historians recorded the Gu family's refusal to accept Duobao's envoys and the empress dowager's scolding of her family in the "Dafeng Calendar".
For a time, the fame of Jin Yang, the Queen's family and the Queen Mother once again reached a new high among the people.
In particular, Jin Yang's resolute attitude towards Duobao made many people feel that it is extremely lucky to have such an emperor who resolutely protects his people.
Dafeng's scholars have even written poems praising the emperor one after another. The degree of numbness is no less than that of any love poem. After reading these poems, Gu Rujiu, who was bored, had goosebumps. .
Therefore, when the literati expresses their emotions, ordinary people simply cannot bear it.