Chapter 774: The Emperor is Cheating (Twelve)
Min Huang was really curious and excited about his discovery.
Queen Gu, the daughter of the Jingzhao Gu family.
A six-hundred-year-old clan, a true aristocratic family.
She was born into a noble family and was even more admired than royal ladies.
Gu herself was also very outstanding and was a famous talented woman in the capital.
Writing poems and essays can only be considered minor arts. Gu started writing books when he was twelve years old.
Her annotated "Notes on the Classic of Waterways" once attracted many great scholars in the capital to read it, and paper was in great demand at that time.
She is not just a girl from the boudoir, but more of a celebrity who has been carefully educated by an aristocratic family!
If she had not entered the palace and become queen, perhaps this talented woman Gu would have followed the example of her ancestors, started traveling around, continued writing books, and one day founded a school of thought.
Compared with Gu's extraordinary talent, Concubine Cui De, who was known as the "Twin Beauties of Beijing" together with her, was actually the "talented woman" recognized by the world. She was good at playing the piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and could write poems and articles.
But, writing books? Annotating classics? The difference between the two is not as thin as that between clouds and mud, but more like that between a college student and an academician of the Huazhong University of Science and Technology! In a sense, Cui was just cheating Gu.
And Concubine Cui De was already the fairy that Min Huang had always "dreamed of".
The Gu family, which is N levels higher than the Cui family, is a god that Min Huang dare not blaspheme.
If he had not become the crown prince, and if the Gu family had not been interested in investing in the royal family, Min Huang could not imagine that he would be able to marry Gu.
She has a noble birth and talents that are beyond the reach of men. Naturally, she is cold and difficult to approach.
Although they were husband and wife and fought side by side, Min Huang never regarded Gu as a woman in his harem.
It’s not that he doesn’t want to, nor that he “disdains” to do so, but that he doesn’t dare.
That was Gu Qing! She was the one who made Gu Zhongshu Ling and many other great scholars sigh, "I wish I was not a man."
How could she be obsessed with petty love affairs like an ordinary woman?
In fact, after the marriage, Gu really showed her cold and arrogant attitude of "not relying on the emperor's favor".
Moreover, her coldness and arrogance are truly "arrogance", unlike Concubine Cui De, which has some traces of "performance".
Knowing that Gu Qing had the capital to be arrogant, Min Huang thought it was natural that Gu Qing was treated coldly after entering the palace.
He never got angry about it.
Of course, it is also possible that for now, Min Huang still needs the support of Queen Gu and the entire Gu family.
When one day he becomes the most powerful emperor, he might come to settle accounts with me, and then -
The topic has gone too far. As of now, Min Huang is just a young emperor who has just taken power.
He doesn't have that much prestige, nor does he have such a dirty heart, he still cares about a little bit of "feelings" -
"Gu, she admires me!"
Min Huang was overjoyed, and he tried his best to control his emotions and not let the "surprise" leak out.
Not bad. After all, he is a prince who grew up in the harem and has been emperor for three years. Min Huang’s ability to control his facial expressions is still quite high.
His face was as gloomy as water, and he couldn't tell if he was happy or angry. There was even a hint of helplessness in his eyes - his mother was making trouble. He was sleeping soundly (was he about to have sex with his trusted maid?), but was interrupted halfway. If he could still smile, then there would be something wrong! However , even though he had perfectly controlled his emotions, Min Huang still unconsciously glanced at Gu Qingcheng.
His gaze remained focused on Gu Qingcheng's mouth for a few moments.
Gu Qingcheng: ...Why do you want to look at my mouth? As a high-ranking official in the government, Gu Qingcheng would not be like an ordinary woman who would suspect that there was something wrong with her lip makeup when someone "peeked" at her mouth.
She remained calm and continued to zone inwardly.
Apart from the most secret little corner, Gu Qingcheng "spoke in her heart": [I am sorry to disturb your majesty. In the final analysis, it is me, the queen, who failed in my duty! ]
[Although my mother is not very considerate of Your Majesty, her feelings are understandable and pitiful! ]
[…No matter how many faults she has, as long as she gave birth to an excellent emperor, she is the greatest contributor to the Jing Dynasty! ]
While Gu Qingcheng was "thinking", she observed Min Huang out of the corner of her eye.
Sure enough, I saw a slight change in Min Huang's pupils.
The change was very subtle and fleeting, and was concealed by Min Huang's helpless eyes.
This is the real "face changing", there is almost no change!
Instead of some of the stars' much-praised "eye skills", the audience can see that he is unhappy even through the screen. How could the big men in the harem standing opposite him not see it?
If it weren't for Gu Qingcheng's keen senses, if it weren't for her close observation, she wouldn't have noticed it at all.
After all, it was Min Huang. The reason why Gu Qingcheng still discovered the clues was not because he was not capable enough, but because he was young.
If Min Huang grows up after a few years or even a dozen years, Gu Qingcheng cannot guarantee that she can "see through" him.
There is no mistake in the poem, post, content, and read the book on 6, 9, and bar!
[My mother was a meritorious official of the dynasty. Her son became the emperor, but she was restricted by etiquette and could only be a concubine, and she lived under the empress dowager for the rest of her life.]
[This is etiquette, this is a rule! But, the law is nothing more than human nature! ]
[If you don't look at anything else, just look at Your Majesty, you should also treat my mother well! ]
[Unfortunately, I am the queen, I want to be the mother of the country, I want to be a role model for women in the world, I, I can't bypass the queen mother and honor my mother because of my pity and gratitude in my heart! ]
Gu Qingcheng has a lot of thoughts and a lot of information.
Min Huang accurately captured the key point——
First, Queen Gu did not seem to dislike Concubine Xie. On the contrary, she understood Concubine Xie and pitied and respected her.
Second, Queen Gu did have a grudge against Queen Mother Wang.
At least, between Concubine Xie and Queen Mother Wang, Queen Gu was closer to the former in her heart.
Just by listening to the titles, one can tell the difference: one is the mother concubine, and the other is the queen mother! Third, on the surface, Queen Gu is indeed very cold to Concubine Xie, and she often pulls out Min Huang, the "middleman", as a shield and fire extinguisher.
In fact, Queen Gu did not do this out of her true heart, but was forced by etiquette and rules.
Alas, there is no way. According to etiquette, Xie is just a stepmother. Being able to honor her as a concubine is already in consideration of her contribution to childbearing.
Trying to elevate her to the same level of respect as the Queen Mother is against etiquette and will also bring bad reputation to the Emperor and Empress.
Queen Gu's "two-faced" behavior was also a helpless move.
...and all of this has a fundamental reason——
Queen Gu loves the whole family because of her love for the whole family.
She mentioned several times that Concubine Xie had contributed greatly to fertility, which was actually a disguised way of praising Emperor Min Huang for being excellent.
"So, in Gu's heart, I am so good?"
"A woman as foolish as my mother should be the one that the Gu family hates the most. But because my mother gave birth to me, the Gu family admires, praises, and even feels grateful to her?"
Min Huang's heart was touched.
He still tried to control his emotions, but still unconsciously glanced at Gu Qingcheng secretly.
Gu Qingcheng: ...
(End of this chapter)
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