Chapter 9 Chapter 5 The Emperor Meets Beauty

Wei Zifu's astonishment made Emperor Wu forget the vow of eternal love. From then on, the proud Gillian began a tragedy... In the spring of Eryang in March, the weather was fine, and a royal caravan was marching on the national highway.In the golden chariot sits Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty who returned from offering sacrifices in Bashang.The emperor who was just eighteen years old, Lan Chunfeng triumphantly raised the curtain and looked out of the window... Ah, the banks of the road are pink and willows are green, and spring is in full swing. Thinking that when he arrives at the house of his sister, Princess Pingyang, she will definitely prepare beautiful women for him again.

When the younger brother's emperor arrived at the mansion, Princess Pingyang had already led her husband Pingyang Marquis Cao Shou and the whole family to kneel outside the gate to welcome him. Princess Pingyang is the elder sister of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. She was originally Princess Yangxin. She was called Princess Pingyang because she married Cao Shou, Marquis of Pingyang. "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor." "Free of courtesy." After the emperor sat down in his sister's splendid hall, he exchanged a few words of greeting. Although the princess ordered the banquet to begin, all kinds of delicacies from mountains and seas were available, and the tables were filled with delicacies and wines.

After drinking for three rounds, the princess waved her jade arm, and ten beauties came in to offer a toast to the emperor. interest. Princess Pingyang knew that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty loved music, so she signaled for the singing girl to appear on the stage. She waved her jade arm lightly, so the lights were all lit up, and a burst of beautiful music was played. Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he fixed his eyes on the singing girl. The singing girl is Wei Zifu, a servant bought by Princess Pingyang. Because she is not only beautiful, but also has a good singing voice, she is carefully cultivated and prepared to be dedicated to the emperor.

Emperor Wu saw that the singing girl in the center had the appearance of alluring the city and the country, surpassing the three thousand in the harem, and suddenly, the hall seemed to be radiant... After the singers came out, they played a new piece of music, so the singer among them sang and danced along with the music, and the six beauties behind her danced for her... The appearance of the singing girl has already made the emperor's heart tremble, and after listening to her moving singing and seeing her graceful dancing posture, he can't help himself even more... Seeing the emperor squinting at Wei Zifu, Princess Pingyang didn't know that the wine bottle in his hand had spilled onto his robe, and she felt joy in her heart, so she asked the emperor softly, "Your Majesty, do you like her?"

The emperor did not hear. The princess asked again: "How about the singer?" After hearing this, the emperor came back to his senses, hurriedly put down the wine bottle, shook the wine on his robe, and tried his best to cover up his gaffe just now. Emperor Wu asked, "What's her name? Where is she from?" The princess replied: "Her name is Wei Zifu, and she is a singing girl I bought since childhood." "Let her come near." Princess Pingyang hurriedly waved to Wei Zifu, and Wei Zifu walked down the aisle gracefully, and knelt down to the emperor: "Minister, pay your respects to the emperor."

The emperor lifted her up and touched her jade arm, seeing her extremely shy expression, the emperor felt a rush of blood... "I'm hot, I need to change clothes." The emperor got up and walked towards the dressing hall, then turned his head and glanced at Wei Zifu, Wei Zifu blushed suddenly.Princess Pingyang understood, so she asked Wei Zifu to wait on the emperor, and Wei Zifu hurriedly followed the emperor into the changing room. The emperor put his arms around her waist, supported her chin with one hand, and stared at her charming and seductive eyes with fiery eyes.Wei Zifu lowered his eyes shyly, and his long black eyelashes closed like acacia flowers...

The emperor untied her long hair, admiring her shiny black hair, and untied her belt, revealing her snow-white neck.When he saw her plump breasts, the emperor couldn't bear it anymore, he hugged her into his arms and said, "I want to be lucky for you." Wei Zifu was just a sixteen-year-old girl, like a shy lotus flower, her charming eyes peeked shyly at the emperor, and the emperor became more excited, so he hugged her to the changing bed... Princess Pingyang dismissed the singers with a wave of her hand, then chatted with her husband and waited. After a while, I saw the slightly tired emperor coming out of the dressing room, followed by Wei Zifu, whose temples were slightly scattered and his cheeks were slightly flushed. Princess Pingyang knew that Wei Zifu had already received the rain and dew, and hurriedly got up to greet him. The emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, let Wei Zifu follow you into the palace and serve you."

After hearing this, Emperor Wu ordered to reward the princess with dry gold. Therefore, Wei Yufu, who had redressed himself, followed Emperor Wu into the palace. Princess Pingyang sent out the gate, she took Wei Zifu's hand and said: "My husband, if you are honored and favored, don't forget me." Wei Zifu knelt down towards Princess Pingyang with a plop, and cried, "How dare the little girl forget the kindness of the princess's upbringing." Princess Pingyang patted her on the shoulder again and said: "When you arrive at the palace, you must serve the emperor well and take care of yourself."

Wei Zifu left with tears. In the Queen's bedroom, Queen Chen Ajiao is listening to a report from her cronies. "Empress, the emperor went to Princess Pingyang's mansion after offering sacrifices in Bashang." Pingyang Princess Mansion?Too bad, his sister is definitely going to send him a beauty again, and I'm going to check it out myself today, so Empress Chen waited for the emperor to return. Gillian's mother, the eldest princess, helped Liu Che establish the crown prince and became emperor again. Liu Che also made Gillian the queen according to the agreement of "Golden House Cangjiao".Gillian's appearance is not outstanding, but in order to repay her mother, Emperor Wu still loved her very much. Unfortunately, after many years of marriage, Gillian was unable to bear children, which became a major obstacle to their relationship.

The emperor arrived with Wei Zifu on the same chariot. As soon as Emperor Wu helped Wei Zifu out of the car, he saw Gillian standing at the gate of the palace. Gillian was shocked when she saw her husband bring a fairy-like beauty.When Emperor Wu saw Gillian waiting at the gate of the palace, he was also quite embarrassed. Gillian saw the emperor openly coming with a beautiful woman in the same chariot, and she couldn't help being jealous. She raised her willow eyebrows, opened her phoenix eyes, and asked the emperor bitterly: "Who is this? The emperor's chariot?" "Oh, she... She is a singer bought by Princess Pingyang, and brought to the palace to amuse herself."

"Hmph, relieve the boredom, a singer, a slut, is also worthy to ride with the emperor! Send her to the cold palace, and she will never see the emperor." Emperor Wu didn't dare to offend Gillian, so he had to do so.So Wei Zifu was sent to the cold palace to face the green light alone. Emperor Wu hurriedly returned to the main palace, A-Jiao just sat there and just ignored him, Emperor Wu knew in his heart that A-Jiao was asking him to remember that without the power of A-Jiao's mother, the eldest princess, it would be impossible for Liu Che to become the crown prince and emperor from the tenth son .But tonight Hejiao didn't have a showdown, just sat in the bedroom and ignored him. Emperor Wu remembered the oath of "Golden House Cangjiao" and knew he was ashamed, so he walked over and hugged Gillian and said: "Don't be angry, I am drunk today, and I will not be lucky for her in the future. You've been placed in the cold palace! Madam, don't worry." After hearing this, A-Jiao turned her head and said, relying on her noble blood, "I don't think the Emperor will fall in love with her for that kind of servant." Emperor Wu had no choice but to endure his temper, revive his enthusiasm and hug the queen tightly... Wei Zifu didn't see the emperor for a whole year in the cold palace, and he just lamented his life every day.The emperor had many concubines, and he had long forgotten about Wei Zifu. If Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hadn't cleaned up the harem, she might have died of old age in the cold palace. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was a capable emperor and a lustful and romantic emperor.He wanted to add new maids, so he was going to clean up the harem and get rid of the old and decrepit ones.So Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty ordered the maids to gather in the main hall. He planned to keep the young and beautiful ones, and let the rest go.So he fixed his eyes on the faces of the maids, and looked down row by row... Suddenly, his eyes lit up, and he saw a court lady standing in the middle, standing out from a group of chickens, so beautiful that he was dazzled, so the emperor went down from the palace and walked towards her slowly... Ah, it's Wei Zifu, why are you still so tempting? people. Wei Zifu lived in the cold palace like a year, he didn't dare to have any extravagant hopes, he only hoped to take this opportunity to let himself go out, so he didn't dress up like other court ladies who wanted to stay, but just applied a little makeup and powder to deal with it, and saw her plop to The emperor knelt down and wept, "Your Majesty, the little girls of Zhu Fang are leaving the palace, please forgive me." The emperor saw her hair sweeping across her temples, like a willow in the gentle wind, and her beautiful almond eyes were full of tears like pear blossoms and rain. It was a pity to think that such an ecstasy beauty would leave her in the harem for more than a year. Therefore, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty approved "stay" under Wei Zifu's name.Since then, Wei Zifu's fate has changed from a plummet to a skyrocket. That night, Wei Zifu was carried into the palace of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in a sedan chair.The emperor hugged her into his arms, and Wei Zifu cried: "I beg your majesty to be merciful and let the little girl out of the palace. If you favor me again, I'm afraid the empress will find out, and the little girl will die." Hearing this, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty remembered Gillian's arrogance, and his brows stood on end with anger. He shouted: "Why am I afraid of her? I just want to favor you. I want to keep you in the palace." Then he hugged Wei Zifu After getting on the dragon bed, I relived the passion from a year ago. The news that the emperor favored Wei Zifu and Wei Zifu was pregnant soon reached the ears of Empress Chen. Gillian was furious, and she ordered: "Prepare the sedan chair." "The empress is here." Gillian stepped into the emperor's bedroom in a few steps, pointed at Wei Zifu and said angrily: "Where did you come from, you deserve to be favored by the emperor." Wei Zifu hurriedly hid beside Emperor Wu, who stretched out his arms to protect him She said: "She is pregnant, be careful not to hurt her." After hearing this, Gillian became even more jealous, thinking that she had been infertile for many years, and now the emperor actually protected Wei Zifu in front of her, so she said angrily: "You don't protect me, but you protect her, you are too ungrateful." .” Then he turned and left. When Emperor Wu saw Gillian accusing him in front of others, he was also very angry, thinking, I just want to spoil her, what can you do to me!So he simply favored Wei Zifu and neglected Empress Chen. Gillian went to the eldest princess's bedroom angrily, and now she could only turn to her mother for help. "Mother, Liu Che doted on a singer named Wei Zifu, and she is now pregnant." "Ah, is it true?" "No." Gillian nodded. The eldest princess knew that Gillian hadn't conceived for many years, and if Wei Zifu gave birth to the prince, it might endanger the status of the queen, so she was very worried, so she asked, "Is it useless to find so many doctors and take so many medicines for you?" ?” Gillian sighed. "Is he not affectionate to you?" "It was fine before, but now he is only guarding that little bitch, and he hasn't been in the main palace for a long time." A Jiao shed tears in aggrieved way. The eldest princess comforted her distressedly: "Jiao Er, don't worry, wait for me to find her mother, I'm not afraid I won't be able to restrain him, without me, he will never be able to become emperor, it's like crossing rivers and tearing down bridges." "It's like staying here for a few days, relaxing your mind, and don't get too angry. Mother has a way to deal with him. If it doesn't work, there will be the Empress Dowager!" Gillian nodded with tears in her eyes. "The eldest princess is here!" The Queen Mother, who had just taken a nap, heard the shouts, hurriedly arranged her clothes and went out the door. "His Royal Highness is here, please come in." The Queen Mother saluted. "Auspicious queen mother." The eldest princess also returned the gift. After the eldest princess was seated, the attendants served tea. Seeing the seriousness of the eldest princess, the Queen Mother must have come here for Wei Zifu.In recent years, the emperor favored Wei Zifu and he knew it himself, thinking that the emperor neglected the queen, of course it was wrong, but which emperor in the world is monogamous.Besides, she can't bear children, can you blame the emperor?Anyway, the emperor was justified in this matter. Thinking of this, he felt confident. Seeing that the eldest princess only used the teacup to cover the tea foam and did not drink it into her mouth, she said, "Please drink tea, Your Highness. This is a first-class tea." the new tea." "Hmm." The Eldest Princess replied, seeming to be phrasing.After a while, she put the teacup on the table and asked, "Queen Mother, do you think Gillian is okay?" "Hello, Gillian, of course, she is well educated and intelligent." "Then why did the emperor neglect her?" "Ah, this...it's nothing, they are very good!" "Does the Queen Mother know about Wei Zifu's pregnancy?" Sure enough, she came here for this, and the queen mother said what she had already thought about: "I know about Wei Zifu's pregnancy. The emperor is very happy, because as an emperor, he must consider the emperor's heir, and the queen has not had children for many years." , it's no wonder the emperor!" The eldest princess had nothing to say, but she retorted: "The emperor should put the empress in the palace as the most important thing. Gillian is still young, how can you conclude that she will not have children in the future!" The queen mother hurriedly said: "Sister, I didn't say that, but the emperor is very worried about this matter. After all, he is an adult." The eldest princess was not to be outdone: "Then you can't neglect the queen!" "Ah... Well, no, the emperor often goes to the main palace, and besides, the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, so he can't just guard the main palace." The eldest princess thought: I have to remind her, without my eldest princess, you mother and child would not be where you are today, so she said: "Whether the emperor has been to the main palace, you can check the memorandum book. However, the emperor and the empress are good friends, everyone is fine. If the two turn against each other, I'm afraid..." "Ah, Your Majesty Princess, no, the emperor won't do this. Besides, I can talk to him as a mother." "That's all. I'll take my leave." After the Queen Mother saw off the eldest princess, she went to see the emperor. Emperor Wu was reviewing memorials in the imperial study, when he saw his mother arriving, he got up and greeted him. Seeing the empress dowager furious, Emperor Wu of course knew why he came here, and asked deliberately, "Why is the empress mother angry?" The queen mother said angrily: "It's a good thing that Wei Zifu is pregnant. I don't care, but you can't neglect the queen. How can we provoke the eldest princess and the empress dowager? Besides, you can't forget the kindness of others." After speaking, he sat down. Emperor Wu hurriedly brought the teacup to the Queen Mother: "Quiet the mother, let the mother have a sip of tea first, and let the sons and ministers argue." The queen mother took a few sips from the teacup, and said, "The queen has not given birth for many years, and now Wei Zifu is pregnant, which means it is her responsibility, but you have to make it clear to the eldest princess." "Mother, I have paid a lot of money to find someone to treat the queen's illness, but it is ineffective. Mother, the son and minister are the masters of the world, you can't be without a queen!" After Emperor Wu found the reason, he became more confident and refused to admit that he was raped by sex. fan. The queen mother said again: "The eldest princess is very kind to us. Based on this, no matter whether the queen will give birth or not, she is the main palace, and you can't neglect her." "Mother, I didn't neglect her, it's because she was too jealous." Emperor Wu paused for a moment, and then said: "The eldest princess is kind to us, I know that, but I can't use it to oppress others!" "Okay, okay, do it yourself." Afterwards, although Emperor Wu also went to the main palace, he just dealt with it. Empress Chen, who was both arrogant and charming, could not bear this anger, so she ignored Emperor Wu in a fit of anger.Emperor Wu simply stopped going to the main palace, and only favored Wei Zifu. After the eldest princess knew about it, she began to take revenge on Wei Zifu.She found out that Wei Zifu had a brother named Wei Qing, so she sent someone to kill him.Wei Qing is already Princess Pingyang's cavalry attendant. He is handsome, good at riding and shooting, and is favored by Princess Pingyang. After Wei Qing was kidnapped, he was rescued by his friend Dongfang Hong. Princess Pingyang was furious and reported to Emperor Wu.On this day, Princess Pingyang brought Wei Qing to see Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. Princess Pingyang said: "Your Majesty, this is Wei Qing." "Slave Wei Qing pays homage to His Majesty, His Majesty's peace." Emperor Wu was dancing with his sword in the courtyard, so he put away his sword and walked over, saying, "Free from courtesy." Wei Qing stood up, and Emperor Wu saw that Wei Qing was tall and handsome, and liked him very much, so he asked, "Your name is Wei Qing? Can you dance swords?" "Return to the Holy Master, this slave knows a thing or two." "Then show me the dance." He said and threw the sword at Wei Qing. After Wei Qing received the sword, he took off his outer robe and began to dance. Immediately, he saw cold light shining and red tassels flying. Wei Qing kept spinning and jumping, until the emperor was dazzled and applauded repeatedly. After the dance, Wei Qing knelt down on one leg, held the sword in both hands, and returned it to the emperor.Emperor Wu was impressed by Wei Qing's swordsmanship, and asked, "How about riding and shooting?" Princess Pingyang replied: "Excellent in martial arts." Emperor Wu was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Wei Qing to be a bodyguard. Princess Pingyang didn't expect that Emperor Wu would leave Wei Qing, so she could only apologize and said with a smile: "Wei Qing, the emperor has promoted you, and I don't want to thank you." Wei Qing hurriedly knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty Long En." In a beautiful wilderness, galloping are two horses, Princess Pingyang and Wei Qing. "Wei Qing, tomorrow you will take office next to the emperor. Today is the last time you ride with me. Let's ride far away, okay?" Father, "I will follow the princess' instructions, but I must go back to the mansion before dark, so as not to worry Pingyanghou." "Who cares about him!" The princess swung her whip and galloped forward, Wei Qing followed closely behind. After riding to a dense forest, the princess got off her horse and said, "It's too hot, come down and rest for a while." Then he sat down with his back against a tree. Wei Qing also got off his horse and stood beside him. The princess looked at Wei Qing's handsome face and said with a smile: "Sit down, what are you doing standing up, aren't you tired?" "I dare not." "What kind of slave is not a slave, you are now the emperor's bodyguard, come, sit down." The princess pulled Wei Qing to sit down, and then asked: "Wei Qing, do you appreciate this princess?" "gratitude." "You should be grateful, because of my recommendation, your elder sister Wei Zifu has become the emperor's favorite concubine, and now you are the emperor's imperial bodyguard. From now on, you two, sister and brother, will be able to achieve great success." "From now on, you will come to see me often." The princess said and gave Wei Qing a sidelong glance. Wei Qing's face was flushed red. As the princess said, she leaned towards Wei Qing, Wei Qing shrank in shock, the princess would not let it go, she put her arms around Wei Qing's neck and lay down on the grass...