Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

Another guard blinked hard and signaled to him, saying, "This man must be crazy. He dares to talk to the imperial concubine like that. He might lose his head someday. Your Majesty cares about the imperial concubine so much."

How could the imperial concubine be asked to kneel and wait? Did I hear it wrong?

The guard who delivered the message rolled his eyes at him and muttered quietly, "It's really His Majesty's intention. How could I have the courage to do it? As slaves, we just need to obey and don't worry about other things."

Upon hearing this, the imperial concubine turned even paler, her body swayed, and she knelt directly on the ground, trying to use a self-torture tactic to awaken His Majesty's past affection for her so that she would not be hated and retaliated by His Majesty.

Emperor Ming in the hall was sitting at the table, carefully correcting memorials.

Being thrown out of the palace this time was a good thing for him. He saw the real things, not the nonsense written in the memorials, and he also knew how hard life was for the common people.

He sighed and said, "Defu, pass on my oral order. Go to the Concubine Chen's place. Starting from this month, the monthly allowance of the palace will be reduced by 10%, including my food and drink expenses. The money saved will be used to provide porridge to the people in the cold winter."

"As for the Prime Minister, ask him to come over tomorrow. I have some accounts to settle with him."

De Fu smiled with a look of relief: "Your Majesty is right. I will go and pass on the order. Your Majesty is really thinking about the people now."

Emperor Ming smiled bitterly and said, "It's not enough. Defu, you didn't see how hard those people's lives were. I used to think it was all fake, but it wasn't until I experienced it myself that I realized how desperate those days were."

"Every day when I open my eyes, I worry about what to eat, what the weather will be like, if it rains or snows, I could die at any time, will I get sick, I'm afraid of getting sick."

"If you don't have clothes to wear and don't want to die, you can only go to the mass graves and take the clothes of the dead. You can wash them and wear them. Being alive is more important than anything else."

De Fu's nose felt sore and tears came down.

She choked up and said, "Your Majesty, you have suffered. I was unable to stay by your side to take care of you. It is all my fault. I deserve to die."

Emperor Ming waved his hands and said calmly, "This matter has nothing to do with you. They have locked you up. How can you leave the palace? Everything has its pros and cons. At least this time, I have seen a lot of things clearly."

"Hey, that girl often calls me stupid, and it's not without reason."

As soon as he finished speaking, he changed the subject and said unhappily, "But I am her biological father after all. Even if there is a problem, you can't give me no face and say that to me in public."

"Defu, it's right that you don't have a daughter. Sometimes when you have a troublesome person, your heart will explode with anger."

De Fu lowered his head and wiped the corners of his eyes, with a bit of resentment in his eyes. He was a rootless man, so how could he be blessed to have a daughter? If he could really have one, he would be very happy even if he poked a hole in the sky.

Your Majesty is the one who does not appreciate the blessings he has.

"I see the imperial concubine kneeling outside and I don't know what to do with her."

"Well, ask them to come in and kneel down. It's not proper for them to kneel down outside. Come inside the palace. Don't let her talk. Stop disturbing me while I'm reviewing memorials."

"Yes, old slave, let's do it now."

The imperial concubine was brought in and knelt on the ground. She looked up from time to time with eyes full of resentment and felt very sad in her heart. His Majesty was not like this before and would not bear to let her kneel.

She thought that after coming in, His Majesty wanted to be intimate with her, but she didn't expect it to be the case. Could that broken letter be so beautiful?

Her eyes rolled around, and she stood up and moved towards Emperor Ming. Before she could get close, she was startled by a scolding voice: "I told you to stand up, why don't you kneel down quickly? If you don't want to kneel, just go back."

The imperial concubine cried bitterly: "Your Majesty, if you want to beat me or scold me, just do it. Why do you have to torture me like this? You were not like this before, but now you are so cruel."

Emperor Ming looked at her crying, his heart was calm, he sneered: "You also know that was in the past, you are not worthy now, do you really think that I let you in to forgive you?"

"If I don't punish you now, it's purely because of you two idiots. You have caused chaos in the court for a long time. My hands are about to break. How can I have the time to punish you?"

"Go away. I'm annoyed just looking at you."

The imperial concubine wiped her eyes and sobbed, not daring to provoke him again.

Emperor Ming did not sleep all night because of these memorials. The next day, he had dark circles under his eyes and looked at the people sleeping on the ground with eyes full of resentment. He did not sleep all night just to clean up the mess they made.

This bitch actually has the nerve to sleep with me. Why?

He reached out for the tea on the table, walked towards her and poured it on her without hesitation. Looking at the tea leaves on her face and hearing her screams, he felt more and more that he had been blind before.

The imperial concubine raised her hand to wipe it, and was about to curse, but when she looked up, she saw Emperor Ming, with a gloomy face, looking at her fiercely, and she couldn't help but shrink back.

She lowered her head hastily: "Your Majesty, you woke me up because of something."

Emperor Ming's eyes flickered, his expression somewhat cruel: "Yes, of course there is something wrong. Come with me, I will take you to see something good and fun. You will like it."

"After all, you liked that one the most before."

The imperial concubine showed a look of surprise, got up, took out a handkerchief from her sleeve, cleaned her face, then followed him, trotting with her skirt lifted.

Soon, the two came to a dilapidated place. Seeing that the plaque was about to fall off, the imperial concubine was a little confused. What was this place? How could the things she liked be here?

Emperor Ming pushed the door open and walked in. Hearing the shouting and cursing coming from inside, he showed a malicious smile on his face and urged, "Queen, hurry up! Do you want me to wait for you?"

"Yes, I will come right away."

After pushing open the door, Emperor Ming smiled as he looked at the man lying on the bed, unable to move but pounding on it and roaring in anger. He said cheerfully, "Brother, what's wrong with you? You're so happy to know that I brought the imperial concubine here."

"My dear concubine, please come in quickly. My brother is so excited to see you that he almost faints."

Jiang Qiyun's eyes were filled with anger, and he yelled, "Kill me if you can, you coward. If you keep me, the stain on you will never be washed away."

"Your women are all my leftovers, but you are the only one who treasures them. It's ridiculous. Don't use Rou'er to provoke me. You won't let her come to see me."

Emperor Ming chuckled and said, "How could that be? I am merciful. In the eyes of the people of the world, I can spare your life even though you have done so many evil things. They think I am a wise ruler."

"As for what happened between you two, the people will not know about it, and I will not let them know either. Imperial Concubine, why don't you come in and take a look? This is the person you blindly chose, and she doesn't look that good."

The imperial concubine walked out slowly from behind him, met Jiang Qiyun's incredulous eyes, and smiled sarcastically: "You really think of me like this, it's ridiculous."