Queen of flowers - chapter 109

Because he wanted to talk about the family matters, Emperor Cheng Tai did not summon Feng Shi and Feng Liao in his Qianyuan Palace, but in the Empress’s Kunde Palace, together with the Imperial Guards.
After listening to Feng Shi and Feng Liao talking about what happened with the Yang family, Emperor Cheng Tai and Empress Wei were silent for a long time and then they sighed.
“After all, it is the uncle and Empress who are ashamed in front of the Yang family …” Emperor Cheng Tai shook his head and was silent.
Empress Wei also sighed, “At first, the Yang family was unwilling for this relationship, but the Princess of Xing’an county wanted to marry Yang Jingyue wholeheartedly. Bengong looked at the situation and personally became a matchmaker. Yang Taifu agreed, but unexpectedly, it had such an ending …”
Of course, she did this match with the consent of the emperor, but it was inconvenient to talk about it now.
“Now it’s useless to talk about these things, you can only compensate the Yang family as much as possible!” Emperor Cheng Tai said, ” Zhen will make a decree to make Yang Taitai a Guo furen* and give Yang Qilang a higher rank honor and let them leave the indecent feelings behind. Yang Jingyue, Zhen will also give him a light sentence.”
(Title given to mother or sister of Empress or concubines)
After talking about the compensation for the Yang family, he said to Feng Shi and Feng Liao again, “Go back and tell the Princess of Xing’an county that Zhen will settle her account later. Now she’d better recuperate her wounds quietly. If she dares to come up with bad ideas or tricks disregarding the law, Zhen would throw her to Puhui temple to study the scriptures!”
Puhui temple belonged to the royal family. It specialized in dealing with the family members of the royal family who committed serious faults. It was also a place where the deceased Emperor’s childless low-ranking concubines were forcibly Tonsure*.
(Tonsure (/ˈtɒnʃər/) is the practice of cutting or shaving some or all of the hair on the scalp as a sign of religious devotion or humility)
Feng Shi and Feng Liang quickly agreed.
Emperor Cheng Tai was about to send them away, but Feng Liao knelt down, “Emperor Uncle, nephew has something to ask. Please Emperor Uncle grant permission to let the nephew choose his wife!”
Feng Liao could not directly say that he would not marry a wife in the future. So he could only ask the emperor to allow him to choose his own wife. In this way, when selecting his fiancee, he could postpone it for a few years. Once he and Ruo had a child and their situation changed, he would propose not to marry any more, which was more conducive to achieving his goal.
“Choose your own wife?” Emperor Cheng Tai raised his eyebrow slightly, and exchanged a glance with Empress Wei.
“The matter of marriage has always been handled by parents and matchmakers. How can you choose your own wife?”
Feng Liao knelt on the ground. Spreading his hands to Emperor Cheng Tai and Empress Wei, he said sincerely, “Uncle Emperor, Aunt, nephew is really afraid! If the husband and wife are at odds, not only will their home be restless, sometimes, the family may even be ruined. In this life, the nephew only wants to live a smooth life, so he wants to choose a suitable wife and live together with her till old age. I ask my uncle to complete my wish! “
After hearing this, Cheng Taidi did not say anything for a moment.
Empress Wei asked him gently, “Which girl do you like?”
Feng Liao shook his head resolutely, “No one!”
Emperor Cheng Tai asked Feng Liao, “What is the reason?”
Feng Liao said respectfully and said, “Emperor Uncle, Mother once joked that she would ask you Uncle and Aunt, to find me a strong princess, to take care of me. This is the reason why I burst into tears. Mother was sullen and annoyed and said bluntly that she doesn’t care about this jerk! Nephew had to agree. I ask not to force me on this matter …”
Emperor Cheng Tai chuckled and turned around and asked Feng Liao, “So, today you want to cause trouble again?”
Feng Liang chuckled and said with a grimace, “How can it be? Nephew is serious and begging uncle! That day it was not intentional, but the mother talked too seriously. Whatever nephew said was taken seriously!”
Emperor Cheng Tai was silent for a while, and then said, “It’s not impossible to promise you …”
Feng Liao was overjoyed and said with a gimmick, “Thank you Uncle Emperor!”
“Don’t rush to thank me, I haven’t finished yet!” Emperor Cheng Tai said with a smile, “Next spring is the period of the imperial concubine selection. If you can do ten jobs for Zhen before the next spring and Zhen is satisfied, then Zhen will allow you to choose one of the women Zhen has chosen as concubines. Otherwise, you should marry the princess who Zhen choses for you! If you dare make trouble, Zhen will take off your concubine’s title! “
Feng Liao’s face changed greatly and he lost his voice, “Emperor Uncle … the magnificent and respectful lord of the world even threatened your nephew with a woman! Too shameful!”
It was chaotic in his heart, he never thought that Emperor Cheng Tai would take advantage of Ruoruo to beat him!
What to do? If he agreed, even if he was not involved in the fight for the throne, the second brother would be jealous of him and they would have no way to retreat. If he didn’t agree, how could he achieve his wish to live with Ruo Ruo?
“What is shameful?” Emperor Cheng Tai sneered.
“Before, you were a tough meat*. I had no way to deal with you as you wandered all day long. Now that you have a desire, you can’t be so idle like you used to be. Otherwise, why would Zhen give you such a favor? “
(Tough meat: lit: meat that cannot be cut, cooked, or chewed.
Used to describe the kind of person who is obstinate and unreasonable.)
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