Li Qinghan shook her head and tried hard to calm down. After a while, she said: "Okay, this slap you received is not in vain. Zhao Wenqiang has always been generous. He said he would compensate, and things are absolutely indispensable.
Just tell me what you want in compensation and choose it yourself."...
The maid shook her head: "I am content to serve you by your side. I also know that your Majesty has always been in love with that 'Ma Xiaoquan', right?"
"Damn girl" Li Qinghan smiled and gently tapped the maid's forehead with his finger.
...
Zhao Wenqiang walked out of the palace, turned around, looked back, sighed, and murmured: "This Li Qinghan is really fierce, but I like it."
As soon as he finished speaking, a familiar voice came over.
"Are you worthy of liking Qinghan too?"
Zhao Wenqiang was stunned for a moment, and then responded coldly: "So what, you are allowed to like it, but I am not allowed to like it?"
The person who came was Zhao Wenyi.
Zhao Wenyi walked in front of Zhao Wenqiang and stopped when he was only one foot away from Zhao Wenqiang.
The two brothers are about the same size and somewhat similar in appearance, but their eyes are very unfriendly and there is no sense of brotherly friendship at all.
"Zhao Wenqiang, you clearly know that Qinghan will not like you, but you still bother her again and again. You are really persistent."
Zhao Wenqiang retorted: "Then do you think you have a chance? Qinghan told me today that she only cooperated for the sake of her father. As for her thoughts, she was completely focused on that Ma Xiao body.
of."
"Humph, if you hadn't interfered with this, I would have killed Ma Xiaoquan long ago," Zhao Wenyi said harshly.
"Forget it, even without me, you can't kill Ma Xiaoquan. Oh, by the way, Ma Xiaoquan is in Gansu now. Do you want to send a killer to try?"
"Gansu?" Zhao Wenyi frowned, "Is your information reliable?"
"What do you think?" Zhao Wenqiang raised the corner of his mouth and asked.
"Humph" Zhao Wenyi flicked his sleeves and walked towards the palace.
"Zhao Wenyi, although I also like Li Qinghan, I don't like you as much. You want to kill Ma Xiaoquan, but I insist on not letting you do it, hum."
...
In the capital, Zhu Youjian, who became the new emperor, could not suppress his inner joy, but he soon calmed down.
Looking at the courtiers standing under the dragon throne, Zhu Youjian frowned slightly.
Many of these people are Wei Zhongxian's followers. If he wants to do something or say something, he must be extra careful.
Zhu Youjian suddenly thought of Ma Xiaoquan. Hey, if he were here, he seemed to be able to stir up trouble in the court.
Zhu Youjian regretted a little. If he had known that he would become emperor that day, he should have added an extra clause to the amnesty order and called Ma Xiaoquan back to the capital to assist him.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty..." Wei Zhongxian reminded Zhu Youjian softly. Zhu Youjian came back to his senses and saw Wei Zhongxian's old face. He couldn't help feeling disgusted in his heart, but he pretended to be confused on his face.
Oh, several times.
Wei Zhongxian was overjoyed and thought that this Zhu Youjian was very timid.
"Your Majesty, all the ministers are waiting for you to speak."
Zhu Youjian ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, then his face turned red and he said a few words tremblingly.
Under the dragon throne, some upright ministers were trembling with fear when they heard the new emperor's words, and felt extremely regretful in their hearts. Is this new emperor worse than his brother?
...
After the dynasty dispersed, Zhu Youjian went to the Zhonggong Palace to chat with Queen Zhou.
Empress Zhou was a rare good woman who was well-educated and well-educated. As early as after her husband came to court, she learned about her husband's weakness from the eunuchs.
Queen Zhou was anxious, but it was inconvenient to say more, so she could only express her urgency through a song of eternal regret.
Of course Zhu Youjian knew what Queen Zhou was thinking, but now that he had just ascended the throne, the throne was not yet stable, and Wei Zhongxian controlled the government, he could not deal with Wei Zhongxian at all, so no matter how the queen chanted, Zhu Youjian just nodded and smiled softly.
After Queen Zhou finished reciting the Song of Everlasting Regret, Zhu Youjian deliberately pretended not to know and asked: "Why does this 'The Emperor of the Han Dynasty miss Qing's country so much that he can't ask for it for many years...' Why do I think it means something else?"
?Um?"
Queen Zhou was so frightened that she knelt on the ground and kowtowed heavily: "I deserve to die, I deserve to die. I shouldn't sing this song of everlasting regret..."
Zhu Youjian laughed, helped Queen Zhou up, and whispered: "I know what you are thinking...it's just that I'm not mature right now, wait..."
Queen Zhou was stunned for a moment, and her eyes turned red for a moment.
"Your Majesty, I have another unkind request..." Queen Zhou whispered.
"Well, tell me"
"I think the emperor should call Ma Xiaoquan back," Queen Zhou said.
Zhu Youjian frowned and said unhappily: "Why do you talk about that Ma Xiaoquan? Why do you all talk about that Ma Xiaoquan? What is so good about him?"
Empress Zhou looked at Zhu Youjian, who was about to lose his temper, and thought to herself: Why does the emperor dislike Ma Xiaoquan so much? But if I don't tell him, I'm afraid I won't have a chance in the future.
Thinking of this, Queen Zhou murmured: "Does Your Majesty remember what happened when the late Emperor (Zhu Youxiao) chose a concubine for Your Majesty?"
Zhu Youjian came casually: "Of course it was my royal brother who helped me organize it, otherwise I wouldn't have met you."
Empress Zhou nodded and continued: "Your Majesty only knows that the acquaintance between you and me was the result of the late Emperor's doing, but I don't know whose suggestion the late Emperor listened to in the first place, right?"
Zhu Youjian licked his lips and said, "Is it possible that you and I know each other and are related to that Ma Xiaoquan?"
Empress Zhou nodded and said: "That's true. In the past, most of the courtiers did not agree with my marriage to the emperor, but Ma Xiaoquan thought that we should be together, so he risked his life to come to see him. Well, yes, he risked his life to come to see him...
..”
"Is there such a thing?" Zhu Youjian stood up and looked at Queen Zhou suspiciously. Queen Zhou nodded and said: "Your Majesty, please sit down and listen to me tell you one by one...
..”
.......
Let’s talk about Ma Xiaoquan.
After leaving Gansu, since the only people traveling with them were Beiming Shuangxue and the old man who volunteered as a horseman, they had to worry very little along the way and naturally walked faster.
On this day, when the three of them were resting in a ruined temple, the old man asked Ma Xiaoquan about the map he wanted to visit and learned to read the map bit by bit. Beiming Shuangxue pestered Ma Xiaoquan to tell him a story.
"Where were you talking about just now?" Ma Xiaoquan asked with a smile.
Beiming Shuangxue dragged her chin and said: "We are talking about choosing a concubine for King Xin, um, for the current emperor..."
Ma Xiaoquan called the doctor and said: "This matter is actually a coincidence. When Emperor Tianqi chose the concubine for the emperor (Zhu Youjian), I happened to go into the palace to report the matter, so the matter of selecting the concubine was a matter of course.
Let me meet..."
The old man put down the map in his hand, became interested in the story Ma Xiaoquan told, and asked: "Sir, are you involved in this matter?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "To be honest, I was not involved in this matter from beginning to end, but the relationship between Wei Zhongxian and I was very tense at that time, so Wei Zhongxian tried his best to make me look embarrassed during that time. Well, I will report the matter
, Wei Zhongxian named a woman named Zhou as my highly recommended candidate for the princess, oh, that woman named Zhou should be the current Queen Zhou, right?"
"What happened next?"
"Later, Wei Zhongxian actually found someone to imitate my notes. Well, my handwriting was so ugly, he actually found someone to imitate. Of course, it didn't look like the imitation. But, Emperor Tianqi is not very literate.
So it was really fooled... Emperor Tianqi really believed that it was the memorial written by me... From now on, Wei Zhongxian would not let go of this matter and insisted on telling me
It was because I introduced the children of the rebellious party that Emperor Tianqi punished me with a month's salary..."
The old man smiled and said: "Then later, didn't the woman named Zhou become the princess?"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and continued: "That's what's interesting. Emperor Tianqi doesn't know why. When he finally chose Princess Xin Wang, he chose the woman named Zhou as the princess. I really don't know the reason for this.
To be honest, I have never participated in the selection of concubines from beginning to end, and I am not qualified to participate. But after this incident, those who know about it will blame it on me, that's all, anyway
I thought it was just a matter of choosing the princess, and whether or not I believed the king had the final say, at worst he could retire and re-elect, so I didn’t take it seriously and let it pass..."
Beiming Shuangxue smiled and said: "In other words, my husband is not involved in this matter at all, right?"
"Absolutely," Ma Xiaoquan said with a bitter smile.
The old man also laughed and said: "But everyone thinks it was done by adults, haha"
...
Beijing, inside the Zhonggong Palace.
After listening to Queen Zhou's retelling, Zhu Youjian said: "Is what you said true?"
Queen Zhou nodded and said: "Yes, so there is no Ma Xiaoquan, and there is no union between the concubine and the emperor."
"Well, so to speak, this Ma Xiaoquan did indeed do something."
Empress Zhou took the opportunity to say: "Your Majesty, the matter of transferring Ma Xiaoquan back to the capital..."
Zhu Youjian relented and said: "I will consider it. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation. It can be regarded as repaying you for the kindness Ma Xiaoquan helped you at that time."
"Concubine, thank you very much, Your Majesty. Long live my Emperor..."
Zhu Youjian nodded, helped Queen Zhou up, and said: "But it's not the time yet, so you have to be patient."