HLnovel Chapter 268 Picking up girls under orders
Chapter 268 Picking up girls under orders
Chapter 268 Ordered to Pick Up Girls
Chen Yuanyuan stood there, at a loss. Was His Majesty just going to let Wang Wenzhou go mad?
Wang Wenzhou said with a smile, "Brother Zhu, my Yuanyuan is shy."
Zhu Youjian shook his head with a wry smile. "If you do this, what girl wouldn't be shy? Unless she's a courtesan who's seen the 'world' in a brothel."
Wang Wenzhou took Chen Yuanyuan's hand and pulled her onto his lap to sit down.
Chen Yuanyuan was a virgin and had never had such intimate contact with a man before. She was ashamed, angry, and puzzled, but she dared not show her anger. Wang Wenzhou dared to do this in front of the Emperor, so he must have obtained the Emperor's approval. In other words, it was an imperial decree, and she dared not disobey it.
Wang Wenzhou spoke up, "Brother Zhu, I've just arrived in the capital and I'm not very clear about the situation in the court. Could you tell me about it?"
From Zhu Youjian's words, Wang Wenzhou learned a little about the high-ranking officials in the court.
The Grand Secretary was Wen Tiren, and the Second Grand Secretaries were Xue Guoguan and Lin Qian. Wen Tiren and Xue Guoguan were both loyalists of Emperor Chongzhen, while Lin Qian was a member of the Donglin Party.
Qian Qianyi, the Vice Minister of Rites, was the leader of the Donglin Party in the imperial court.
Wang Wenzhou touched Chen Yuanyuan a few times and said with a smile, "Yuanyuan, drink some wine and feed it to me."
Chen Yuanyuan's face turned red all the way to her neck. Wang Wenzhou was a madman! How dare he drink and seduce women in front of the Emperor.
"Sigh..." Chen Yuanyuan sighed. It was all fate. Even the Emperor didn't blame Wang Wenzhou, so she had no choice but to drink a sip of wine and feed it to Wang Wenzhou.
Zhu Youjian shook his head with a wry smile; Wang Wenzhou was truly too lecherous.
Wang Wenzhou took a sip of wine and asked, "Brother Zhu, if you had spoken to Wen Tiren beforehand, would he have supported the peace talks?"
Zhu Youjian frowned, thought for a moment, and said with a wry smile, "They probably won't support it! I think that no one in the court supports peace talks."
“Brother Zhu, this task is too arduous! If you hadn’t given Yuanyuan to me, I would never have gotten involved in this mess. In other words, to get the court officials to support peace talks, I have no choice but to go to war with them,” Wang Wenzhou said.
Zhu Youjian nodded. No one wanted to leave a bad reputation, especially these civil officials, each of whom valued their reputation more than their lives.
Wang Wenzhou said, "The only thing we can do now is to find a way to force them to agree."
"How do you force them?" Zhu Youjian asked.
"Let's start with Wen Tiren and Qian Qianyi. If they agree, I reckon many others will agree too, right?" Wang Wenzhou asked.
Zhu Youjian nodded and said, "Getting these two to agree will not be easy!"
"By the way!" Wang Wenzhou asked with a smile, "Brother Zhu, what official position will you give me? I can't possibly go to court as the prefect of Hanshan, can I?"
"How about the Vice Minister of Rites?" Zhu Youjian asked.
Wang Wenzhou, a vice minister of the Ministry of Rites, was promoted from a seventh-rank official to a third-rank official in just over a year, rising eight ranks in a row—faster than a helicopter.
Wang Wenzhou took a bite of food from Chen Yuanyuan's mouth and said with a smile, "It'll have to do. I always feel that you should let me join the cabinet first, so that I will have more say."
Entering the cabinet? Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly. Entering the cabinet is not that easy. You are only 21 years old this year, and you are already a third-rank official. If it were anyone else, they would be overjoyed.
Wang Wenzhou thought for a moment and said, "Getting them to agree isn't actually that difficult. We just need to torture them mentally and physically. When they're tortured to the point of wishing they were dead, they'll agree to anything."
"How to torture him? With court flogging?" Zhu Youjian smiled bitterly. Wang Wenzhou was still too young and inexperienced. In our Great Ming Dynasty, civil officials especially liked court flogging, seeing it as a great opportunity to show their fortitude and integrity. Even if they died because of it, they could still gain the reputation of sacrificing themselves for righteousness and be remembered for generations.
“Brother Zhu, we can’t be so violent!” Wang Wenzhou said with a smile. “When we go to court to discuss the peace talks, they will definitely disagree. Just keep the court session going and don’t give them lunch. But make sure to dig a pit beforehand so they drink plenty of water.”
"Hmm?" Zhu Youjian frowned. What kind of terrible idea did Wang Wenzhou come up with?
Wang Wenzhou continued, “When people drink too much water, they will naturally feel the urge to urinate. At this time, you should strictly forbid them from going to the toilet. If anyone agrees to negotiate, you can allow them to go to the toilet.”
"Pfft..." Zhu Youjian was dumbfounded. Although this method was shameless, it might actually have a miraculous effect.
"Very well! I will grant your request!" Zhu Youjian said.
Chen Yuanyuan gently shook her head. It seemed that His Majesty had become a completely different person ever since he met Wang Wenzhou, that madman.
Wang Wenzhou held the beautiful woman in his arms, kissing and touching her. Suddenly, he felt aroused and said with a smile, "Brother Zhu, it's getting late. I'll go home and rest first. I have to go to court at dawn."
Zhu Youjian looked up at the window. It was almost dawn. He said, "Go to the inner room and take a nap. I still have some memorials to read."
Wang Wenzhou said admiringly, "Brother Zhu, you are truly dedicated! To be an emperor and work so hard, you are unique in thousands of years!"
Zhu Youjian laughed and scolded, "Stop just saying nice things, go and get some rest."
Wang Wenzhou didn't stand on ceremony and took Chen Yuanyuan's hand, leading her into the inner room.
Wang Wenzhou picked up Chen Yuanyuan and placed her on the dragon bed, then began to undress her.
Chen Yuanyuan had already been appointed, and it was the Emperor's decree; how could she dare to disobey it? She could only allow Wang Wenzhou to take liberties with her.
While Zhu Youjian was reviewing memorials in his study, he suddenly heard some monosyllabic female voices coming from the inner room. The voices were high-pitched, melodious, and very pleasant to hear.
Zhu Youjian shook his head with a wry smile. Wang Wenzhou was truly audacious! He dared to do anything in my room, on my bed?
"Haha!" Zhu Youjian suddenly burst into laughter. "I am the Son of Heaven, yet I live like an ascetic. Compared to Wang Wenzhou, Wang Wenzhou lives a truly carefree life. But what can I do? I cannot abandon the empire and the millions of people I have left behind!"
Wang Wenzhou was drunk again, and the fight became very intense.
Zhu Youjian was twenty-five years old this year, a time when he was full of vigor and vitality. He simply couldn't bear the sound of gunfire echoing through the air.
"That's enough!" Zhu Youjian had no mind to revise the memorials anymore; he also wanted to have sex with one of his concubines.
Wang Wenzhou, engrossed in his performance, was unaware that Consort Tian was nearly moved to tears by his presence. Consort Tian, in turn, was oblivious to the Emperor's extraordinary fighting prowess today.
After daybreak, the ministers came to the morning court, but the usually dedicated and never absent Emperor Wang Su surprisingly claimed to be unwell and would not attend court that day.
The officials were in an uproar. Could it be that His Majesty had truly fallen ill from exhaustion? What should they do?
Meanwhile, Wang Wenzhou was lying on the dragon bed, his backside sticking out, embracing a beautiful woman. Beside him, Chen Yuanyuan hadn't slept a wink all night, exhausted from Wang Wenzhou's antics. Although Chen Yuanyuan was very tired, she couldn't sleep. Too many things had happened that day that she couldn't understand or figure out.