Chapter 780 The Emperor is Cheating (XVIII)
Queen Gu’s decision made Gu Qingcheng most satisfied.
It’s better not to have children. Although Gu Qingcheng is not afraid of having children with “enemies”, wouldn’t it be better not to have them?
She looked down on Min Huang. Although he was very handsome, he was not the Queen's type.
Well, if she has to compromise for the sake of the mission, Queen Gu, who puts profit above all else, might endure it.
But, thanks to the original owner, Gu Qingcheng didn't even have to compromise.
Gu Qingcheng has integrated the original owner's memories, and like the original owner, she is a rational and sober government official, so she can understand the original owner's choice very well.
Outsiders, oh no, not just outsiders, even the original owner’s relatives didn’t quite understand.
They were anxious! The next day was the first day of the lunar year. According to the rules of the Dajing Palace, the relatives of the empress and concubines could visit the palace on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month.
Queen Gu's biological mother, Li, entered the palace.
"This old woman pays respect to Her Majesty the Queen!"
Li knelt down and bowed, and Gu Qingcheng stood up to greet her.
The mother and daughter held hands and sat on the low couch together.
"How is mother these days? I think she looks pretty good."
Gu Qingcheng greeted Li first.
The original owner was a person with a cold temperament. Even when facing her biological mother, she was always polite.
However, this is already her best condition.
She is basically cold towards everyone except her family.
Gu Qingcheng is a veteran actor with explosive acting skills. She can perfectly interpret the role even of someone with a different personality from herself.
Not to mention that Queen Gu bears a striking resemblance to her.
Her performance was so natural.
As the biological mother, Li did not realize that the person in front of her had already been replaced by someone else.
There was no way, she was too familiar. She was exactly the cold and proud eldest daughter in her memory.
"Ah Qing, have you and His Majesty been doing well during this period?"
"I heard that Concubine Xie is——"
Having said that, Li first looked around and subconsciously lowered his voice.
Seeing this, Gu Qingcheng couldn't help but smile, "Mother, this is my Anyi Palace!"
As the master of a palace, if he cannot even ensure the "safety" of his own bedroom, then the original owner's past three years of work would have been in vain.
Of course, the reason why Queen Gu was able to perfectly control her own bedroom was also because Min Huang had just ascended the throne and his royal power was not strong enough.
Perhaps after a few years or even a dozen years, Min Huang will become the true emperor, and the harem will be filled with his spies.
In front of Min Huang, there will be no "secrets" in the entire harem.
Well, okay, Min Huang has a cheat. Even if he doesn’t completely control the palace, he can still “hear” more and more real secrets.
only--
Gu Qingcheng still doesn’t think highly of Min Huang’s cheating.
"He may become overly obsessed and may become 'moody' in order to demonstrate his majesty."
Gu Qingcheng was greeting her mother while pondering secretly.
Well, it’s still her “second zone in the heart”, so the troublemaker can hear it.
Huoshui was puzzled, "Isn't it good to be moody?"
"Such an emperor makes it impossible for the court officials to guess his likes and dislikes, and impossible to predict his judgments. Everyone will be more in awe of him!"
People are instinctively afraid of the unknown.
The reason why powerful officials in history were able to "control the emperor" was not only because of the threat of force, but also because they were able to see through the emperor's heart.
In front of powerful officials, if you show your emotions too much on your face, it will be easy for them to see through you and then control you.
On the other hand, he was mysterious and unpredictable, and his moods were unstable, so the court officials had no idea where to start.
Gu Qingcheng: ...
“Being moody does not mean being mysterious.”
A moody person is more like a tyrant, but an emperor, even if he is a incompetent one, is better than a tyrant.
Because of the incompetent ruler, the court officials were able to figure out the rules and find ways to fool the emperor, so that the emperor would not kill innocent people and cause chaos in the world.
Tyrants and the like do everything according to their own will, and there is no rules at all.
In simple terms, he is a psychopath and a lunatic.
No courtier wanted to serve a mad tyrant.
As a king, you can be mysterious and unpredictable, so that the courtiers cannot peek into your heart, but you must not be moody! If Min Huang mistakes moodiness for mystery, then he is digging his own grave.
Huoshui: ...Are all the people in charge of government affairs so cruel?
The boss goes crazy, so they just change the boss?
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
Gu Qingcheng: ...What do you think? Even a loyal minister would not be willing to work under a tyrant.
The Dajing Dynasty was not yet a dynasty where imperial power reached its peak, and here, aristocratic families still occupied a monopoly position.
Dynasties changed frequently and emperors took turns to rule.
Even in a dynasty at the peak of imperial power, if the emperor is too out of control, certain powerful groups of officials will create an accident and kill the emperor!
Min Huang was neither an emperor at the pinnacle of imperial power nor a tyrant with unparalleled power.
But he showed his moody character... Tsk tsk, do you think those old foxes in the court can tolerate it? ...
cannot!
The Minister of War Yu Heng was the cousin of Concubine Yu. He had made outstanding military achievements and was transferred back to the capital from the Liaodong battlefield by Min Huang a year ago.
Although his military power was taken away, he was not allowed to "retire" but was given the important official position of Minister of War.
Therefore, the court officials only regarded Min Huang's move as a normal personnel transfer and did not think that he was targeting the "Yu Family Army".
However, at the first court meeting today, Yu Heng was just reporting some affairs of the Sixteen Guards as usual, but Min Huang, who was sitting on the dragon throne, suddenly got angry.
"Come here! Yu Heng is disrespectful in front of the emperor, he will be caned twenty times!"
Min Huang suddenly turned hostile. The court officials didn't know the reason, but Min Huang himself knew it very well.
OK!
Good job Yu Heng, good job Yu family! They really are disrespectful to me, the emperor.
Just now, he clearly heard Yu Heng say in his heart, "He is a man of few words and cannot do things well!" A general standing next to Yu Heng also laughed at him in his heart, saying that he had never even been to the battlefield, but he had the nerve to comment on military affairs.
Min Huang: ...
I was very angry! What these people said was indeed the truth. He was young and had never been to the battlefield.
He was not like the previous emperor. Although he was also a Taiping emperor, he had led large armies to victory.
It was thanks to that battle that the late emperor demonstrated his power as an emperor, allowing him to sit firmly on the throne.
Min Huang also thought that maybe he should lead the army in person.
However, he needs to govern first, then raise troops, and then -
He didn't want to show his face, but ended up showing his butt.
However, before he could be fully prepared, these generals made no secret of their contempt for him.
It's really something that only my uncle can tolerate, but my aunt can't.
Min Huang was already very wary of the "Yu Family Army", and Yu Heng was the first to curse him in his heart, so Min Huang simply took the opportunity to attack him.
Courtiers: ...
They couldn't hear Yu Heng's inner voice, so in everyone's eyes, Min Huang's outburst was just making trouble for no reason and deliberately bringing shame to the Yu family!
"What's wrong, Your Majesty?"
"Even if you want to punish the Yu family, you have to find an excuse anyway!"
Such behavior, moodiness, and being too arbitrary can easily make people feel uneasy!
(End of this chapter)
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