Chapter 92: Each with Their Own Thoughts

After today's sacrifice, Su Jingyao leisurely returned to her tent and lazily leaned on the couch to rest.

She didn't go to join the concubines and ride horses at the stables the whole afternoon.

She was very aware of her own half-baked horsemanship, and she didn't want to accidentally bump into a concubine while riding and cause any unnecessary trouble.

She had just listened to Miaoyun's vivid and lively account of the dispute between Concubine Ling and Concubine Lin at the horse farm.

That's really interesting.

"Master, I don't know what Concubine Lin said that made Concubine Ling so angry that she whipped Concubine Lin's horse directly, and Your Majesty happened to see it."

Miaoyun smiled as she spoke.

"Well, let them fight. Concubine Ling can't beat Concubine Lin and Concubine Ye. I really hope they can do this more often."

There was a nonchalant smile on Su Jingyao's face.

Jun Zechen was extremely annoyed by the calculations of the women in the harem, and she would let Jun Zechen feel what a truly warm harbor was like with her.

This is the penultimate step in conquering the heart.

As for Concubine Ling and Concubine Lin, Su Jingyao didn't pay much attention to them. It was nice to listen to them to kill time.

Then, she asked casually, "Who did His Majesty summon today?"

As Su Jingyao was the royal concubine, it was understandable that Jun Zechen stayed in her account on the first day.

But if Chunlie stayed here for the past few days, the court officials would inevitably have some opinions, and Su Jingyao would not let Jun Zechen come to her tent every day.

"Your Majesty went to Concubine Ye after dinner." Miaoyun pouted and said somewhat unhappily.

Su Jingyao nodded slightly.

Jun Zechen knew that it would be best if he found another woman. She didn't want to persuade him to be fair and then have him get angry.

However, although Concubine Lin's actions today suppressed Concubine Ling, they also benefited Concubine Ye.

After all, if she had not been frightened while riding the horse today, according to how much Jun Zechen "favored" her, she should have been the one who slept with him today.

But who knows, many people from Ye Jieyu's family have come to this spring hunt, and the competitions tomorrow and the day after tomorrow will most likely be dominated by members of the Ye family.

It is possible that Jun Zechen favored Concubine Ye first in order to give face to the Ye family.

The night grew darker like thick ink, and soon it was the end of the hour of Xu.

Su Jingyao was just about to put down the book in her hand and go to sleep.

After all, I still have to ride a horse tomorrow, which is very tiring. I must rest and recuperate today.

Suddenly, Miaoyun walked in with a slightly abnormal look and walked straight to the bed.

Su Jingyao looked at her suspiciously and asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Master, Eunuch Fuquan is waiting outside the tent. He said that His Majesty invites you to bathe in the hot spring in the back mountain." Miaoyun said carefully with her head down.

Miaoyun was also very confused. Didn't His Majesty go to visit Concubine Ye? Why did he suddenly go to the back mountain to soak in the hot springs?

Su Jingyao couldn't help but frown when she heard this.

Is he sick?

It would be fine to summon Concubine Ye to take a hot spring bath late at night, but why did he ask her to go?

Could it be that he was preparing to serve two women in one night?

As she thought about it, Su Jingyao looked a little unhappy, and said in a light tone: "Tell Fuquan that I have gone to bed."

She's not going.

"Yes, master." Miaoyun responded and turned to go out.

After going out, Miaoyun looked at Fuquan with an embarrassed look on her face, and said anxiously: "Eunuch Fuquan, I thought the master was still reading, but when I went in just now, the master had already fallen asleep."

"You also know that His Majesty usually doesn't dare to wake up the master during the morning court session. How could I dare to disturb the master who is sleeping?"

After hearing this, Fuquan frowned, looking confused. This...

The Imperial Concubine had gone to bed and it was indeed not easy to disturb her. If he made her angry because of this matter, he would be the one who suffered in the end.

Afterwards, Fuquan could only go back to His Majesty with a bitter face, ready to report everything truthfully.

Back mountain hot spring.

Jun Zechen had an indifferent expression, his arms slowly spread out and lazily rested on the wall of the hot spring.

His eyes were deep and cold, his thoughts were surging, and he was immersed in thinking about the current situation in the court.

When he was the crown prince, in order to make his position as solid as a rock, he originally wanted to bring down the cunning and treacherous fox Su Shangshu Ling.

So that one of their own can take his place and ascend to power smoothly.

But who would have thought that his mother would later ask for an imperial decree to make Yaoyao his crown prince's concubine.

At first, he never thought about the impact a concubine would have on his decisions in the court.

However, as time went by, his heart unconsciously shifted towards Yaoyao little by little.

After that, the old fox Su also began to show his goodwill to him. In addition, Jun Zechen thought that Yaoyao had a strong family background and would be more confident in the harem, not to mention the existence of the eldest prince.

Therefore, Jun Zechen has now completely given up the idea of ​​attacking the Su family.

Seeing how favored the Su family's daughter was in the harem, the Ye family naturally sent the Ye family's daughter into this year's beauty pageant.

When Jun Zechen went on an expedition as a crown prince, he had already secretly built up his own army, in addition to the part of the army handed down to him after the previous emperor's death.

Today, he has firmly grasped the control of one-third of the kingdom's army.

Another one-third of the army was stationed at the border all year round. After all, the kingdom's territory was vast, and it faced threats from foreign enemies in all directions: east, south, west, and north.

The remaining one-third is commanded by the central military organization of the Twelve Guards.

In theory, the Emperor has supreme military control over the Twelve.

However, the monarchy implemented the system of fubing, in which fubing worked on the farm in peacetime, received training during leisure time, and went to war in times of war. The command power of fubing was decentralized to a certain extent, and the local zechongfu had a certain degree of autonomy.

Therefore, the Ye family commander-in-chief has greater power in local military affairs, and the Ye family members are widely distributed in various cities of the monarchy.

If Jun Zechen had not been strong enough and had extremely strict control over local military affairs, the Ye family would have easily taken control of a large number of troops and local military and political power.

However, although Jun Zechen was very confident in himself, he could not be completely sure that the Ye family was not secretly training the army.

After Jun Zechen ascended the throne, he has always been eager to completely seize the imperial power and achieve a high degree of centralization of imperial power.

Today's kingdom is already very prosperous, and the people live and work in peace and contentment, but he is by no means an emperor who is content with maintaining the status quo.

After the centralization of imperial power, he wanted to vigorously develop the military and train a stronger army.

The king's iron cavalry will invade every other country he can see and bring all the lands under the king's empire.

The Shangshu Ling was in charge of the six ministers and had great power to coordinate and manage the administrative affairs of the monarchy, including the appointment and assessment of officials, the decision-making and implementation of various government affairs, etc.

Officials in each city are almost all deployed by the Shangshu Ling, and even the Ye family will never easily fall out with the Su family.

Therefore, if he wanted to realize the centralization of imperial power, he had to take back at least one of the Su and Ye families, either by attacking the Su family or the Ye family.

But from a selfish point of view, the only target of the attack can be the Ye family.

A hint of cold and fierceness suddenly flashed in Jun Zechen's eyes, and a look of determination quickly spread in his eyes.

If the Ye family was more obedient, he wouldn't have to kill them all, but if the Ye family's desires were too great...

Fuquan arrived at the hot spring in the back mountain and saw His Majesty leaning quietly against the wall of the hot spring, closing his eyes and resting his mind.

He walked carefully behind His Majesty, not daring to breathe a word.

"Your Majesty, the Royal Concubine has gone to bed." Fuquan lowered his voice and whispered.

Jun Zechen's expression was still calm without any disturbance, but a hint of helplessness was revealed in his heart.

little liar.

After soaking for nearly half an hour, Jun Zechen stood up from the hot spring, with water droplets sliding down his sturdy body.

Fuquan hurriedly brought the robe and respectfully put it on His Majesty, then knelt at Jun Zechen's feet and put on his dragon boots.

After Jun Zechen returned to his tent, he tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep.

The little liar slept particularly soundly.

Jun Zechen suddenly turned over and got out of bed. Fuquan, who was serving beside him, was awakened by his majesty's sudden action, "Your Majesty?"

Jun Zechen said nothing, but his expression was stern.

Fortunately, Yaoyao's account was right next to her. Jun Zechen moved as fast as a ghost, like a shadow, and in the blink of an eye he entered Su Jingyao's account.

At this time, Su Jingyao was completely immersed in her dream and was completely unconscious.

Jun Zechen's movements were extremely gentle. He climbed onto the bed quietly and then slowly held her in his arms. Su Jingyao was still sleeping soundly and was not woken up.

Xiang Ling, who came out to fetch water for her master, walked carefully in the dark with a bucket in hand.

Suddenly, her eyes caught a glimpse of a man's figure flashing by in the night, and he quickly entered the imperial concubine's account.

Xiang Ling couldn't help but widen her eyes. Is that His Majesty?

But didn’t His Majesty summon the master tonight?

Why did you go to the Royal Concubine's account again?

Xiang Ling was full of doubts and hurried back to the tent.

"Master, I seemed to have seen Your Majesty go to the Imperial Concubine's account just now." Xiang Ling's voice was a little nervous and surprised.

Concubine Ye was originally happy, after all, it was her, not Concubine Lin, that His Majesty summoned today.

There was still a gentle smile on her face, but when she heard Xiang Ling's words, the smile froze instantly, and then her face stiffened.

There was a hint of jealousy in his eyes.

Since she entered the palace, His Majesty has never stayed overnight in the palace of any new concubine, nor has he allowed any concubine to stay overnight in the Qianqing Palace.

But why is the Royal Concubine so different? !

It was precisely because of His Majesty's different attitude towards the Imperial Concubine that Concubine Ye did not dare to act rashly.

Now that Concubine Lin is favored again and is above her, Concubine Ye becomes more and more anxious. She can only hope to conceive an heir to the throne as soon as possible.

Ye Jieyu's hand slowly touched her belly, hoping that the child would come soon.

Then, a hint of cruelty flashed in her eyes. It didn't matter if Concubine Lin was favored again. She was just a noble lady in Jincheng. How could she have as many people in the harem as she did?

After all, the Ye family had produced many high-ranking concubines in the country, and some of the people in the harem were already there after she entered the palace.

Concubine Lin had already been given contraceptive drugs without her knowing it.

Today she also heard about the dispute between Concubine Ling and Concubine Lin, and she never expected that His Majesty favored Concubine Lin more than Concubine Ling.

Before entering the palace, the Ye family had already inquired about it. When His Majesty was the Crown Prince, he remained chaste for two years with Concubine Ling.

Since His Majesty likes Concubine Shanglin, he will not favor the Imperial Concubine as he did Concubine Ling before.

Your Majesty's different attitude towards the Royal Concubine can be used to your advantage...

There was a barely perceptible hint of calculation in Ye Jieyu's eyes.

Concubine Lin is indulging in His Majesty's favor. If she were to see with her own eyes His Majesty's special favor for the Imperial Concubine, she would probably confront the Imperial Concubine without her having to do anything.

Then she just needs to reap the benefits.