The spring of the capital of Hengguo will always seem to be just a corner note in the almanac.

It had been a long time since the beginning of spring, and there was still thin ice in the river, and not even a single speck of green could be seen on the tips of the dead branches.

"If only I were a princess, it must be very warm in the palace. "I don't know whose early riser girl is dreaming about spring and autumn.

"Ahh......h Am I getting a cold? Can I sleep a little longer?" After seeing the palace maid shaking her head firmly, the thirteen-year-old eldest princess Feng Ge thought bitterly: "Why is my life so bitter......

Every day, the dutiful palace maids will wake her up on time and on time, and if she wants to rely on it for a while, their screaming will definitely not be louder than the previous round of screaming, but if she still doesn't get up after they have memorized "Dide" five times, the only woman in the palace who has the right to beat her, the queen, will be present in person.

It is said that when the current saint was the crown prince, he met her at the border, and it is said that he did not know each other, and it is said that the queen mother pressed her father to the ground and beat him...... Feng Ge has always wanted to find out the inside story, but he didn't succeed.

In short, if the gentle and elegant father comes, she can also be a coquettish and cute fool around, in front of the queen mother, she only has the fate of being punished honestly, every time she thinks about this, Feng Ge always laments in her heart: "Why should women be embarrassed by women." ”

Every day at the fourth correction moment, she would be asked to get up by the palace maids who were waiting for her, sit in front of the bronze mirror with half-squinted eyes, let the palace maids dress up like a puppet, and then be sent to the study, Taixue or martial arts arena according to the schedule, and all the places where she should go.

Today's destination is the main hall, where the grand court meeting will be held every ten years, which is a major event for all princes and princesses who have reached the age of twelve, as well as all officials above the third rank in the court.

Therefore, as the eldest princess, Feng Ge must not lose her royal prestige, the ornaments on her whole body and the court clothes together, she must weigh ten catties, and she must hold her head high and have a good demeanor.

Feng Ge looked at herself reflected in the mirror, like a cloud of black hair being combed, the same pearl and green hairpin was superimposed on top of each other, and her head became heavier and heavier, she muttered in a low voice: "I don't want to get up, I don't want to go to the court, and the princesses of other countries don't have to go to the court." ”

The little maid on the side, Ziyan, said with a smile: "The princesses of other countries still envy us, I heard that those princesses are in the palace all day long, and they will only be female celebrities, and then they will wait to marry, either to marry courtiers to show the emperor's grace, or to marry those barbarian leaders, to show the friendship between the two countries, and they can't be masters at all." ”

"Hey...... I, I'll just say it, you are not allowed to tell the queen mother. Princess Fengge tried her best to put on a vicious face, and the palace maid who combed her hair behind her had long been accustomed to her muttering every day, so she pretended to be at a loss: "Ah, what did the princess say just now, and the slave didn't hear anything?"

Feng Ge couldn't help but chuckle.

The founding emperor and queen of this dynasty met and fell in love in the billowing smoke of the troubled times of the previous dynasty, and the queen of Jiayi of Taizu was a peach blossom horse, with a phoenix knife in her hand, and Taizu gathered less and separated more, with the body of a woman, gathered tens of thousands of horses and horses in Hexi Road, gathered the hearts of the people in the northwest for Taizu, and made great contributions to the development of the territory of this dynasty.

At the beginning of Taizong's succession, the rebellion of the border fortress was not settled, when Taizong drove his own expedition, the emperor's uncle colluded with the forbidden army and the palace people to fight civil strife, Queen Roushu was astute, and she was not chaotic in the face of danger.

With these two queens in front of Zhuyu, this dynasty has never discriminated against women, truly treated equally, since the age of five enlightenment, the prince wants to learn, the princess has to learn, the spring and autumn of each year, each person picks their own good to take the exam, or make poems and write essays, or dance knives and guns, even if it is female red embroidery, as long as it is outstanding enough.

How can heaven produce waste!

It's just that other princes and princesses can learn as much as they like, but Feng Ge can't, she is the eldest daughter of the current emperor and queen, the first heir to the throne of Hengguo, it is said that when she was very young, the elders of the star clan predicted that she was smart and stable, and she would be an excellent ruler.

Therefore, she can't learn women's red embroidery, nor can she learn to fish and farm, let alone learn carpentry.

She can only learn how to perceive people's hearts, how to select talents, and how to make the most beneficial choice for the country, the world and the people between emotion and reason.

And herself, she had no choice.

"Why is my life so bitter......" Walking on the way to the court, Feng Ge felt the spring breeze scraping on his face like a knife, and let out such a cry again.

When the time came, the nine vermilion gates opened, and the officials who came to the court stood in columns according to their different departments and grades, and walked along the jade belt bridge to the main hall.

When the officials stand in the main hall, that is, the princes and princesses enter the palace in turn according to the division of the eldest and youngest, and their positions are behind the gauze curtain on the left side of the throne, which is also the rule set by the founding emperor, and his biggest pastime on weekdays is to look at the gossip of the history of the former dynasty and the opposition, and find that the signs of the death of the country in the past dynasties are the lack of education for the next generation.

Therefore, he is determined to make it clear to every royal child that this country is closely related to him, that they want to know what is happening in this country, and what their responsibilities are as the highest level of the whole country.

"Good food and drink for you, I want you to work hard!" This is the lesson that Feng Ge has been listening to from the current queen since he was a child.

The officials are in place, the younger siblings are ready, and the eldest princess should appear.

The prince is the foundation of the country.

The pearl decoration on the head represents the wealth of the country and the strength of the people;

The brocade clothes on the body represent the abundance of products;

Unhurried steps represent steady maturity;

The resolute and calm expression represents the stability of the country.

As for the sore neck, sore shoulders, itchy instep, and looking at the dead leaf on the beard of the military department Shangshu and wanting to laugh, I must endure it, and I have to endure it.

Feng Ge stood on top of the court hall with a serious face, the closest position to the throne.

The voice of the eunuch echoed in the main hall: "Your Majesty has arrived. ”

The officials and the princes and princesses bowed down one after another, kneeling three times and bowing nine times, meticulously.

After the opening remarks of the father and emperor that have remained unchanged for 10,000 years, the officials of the six ministries reported on their work in turn, and in these three months, what happened in various parts of the country, how to deal with it, and what the results were, are all the contents of the play.

The children raised in the deep palace know from these reports that this world is far from peaceful.

Earthquakes, floods, droughts, some people can't eat, there will be bad people stirring up trouble at this time, people's hearts will be chaotic, and maybe some people will rebel.

There are also harassed borders, where people cannot sleep well in their own homes at night, and at any moment they may be cut off by enemies who sneak across the border.

The royal nobles standing behind the curtain only had to listen, they just had to know that there were these things. Feng Ge, who stood in front of the throne, had to evaluate and analyze the pros and cons after each department's debriefing.

Although it is just a comment, if she doesn't know anything about political affairs and talks nonsense, none of these outspoken courtiers in this dynasty will save face for her, and they will fight back against her comments in public.

It's not that the courtiers have the heart to embarrass her, but if even a thirteen-year-old girl can find fault with her, His Majesty will not be able to get by.

The courtiers agreed that the prince's discussion of politics is an invention to maintain the dignity of the emperor, let the child comment first, even if he makes a mistake, he has a chance to redeem it, after all, he is the prince, he is not sensible, and in the back and forth debate, the saint can also get more hidden information, and dig out the part that the courtiers originally did not want to say.

Feng Ge, the prince of this dynasty, is a nightmare for the courtiers, she has a smart brain and a good memory, if she speaks inconsistently and logically, she will be pointed out immediately.

More than one courtier was indignant in his heart: "You talk a lot!"

In fact, Feng Ge is also very bitter in her heart, if she can't point out the problem, she will be punished by the well-informed queen mother after she goes back: "The last dynasty is not good at listening to the lecture again!" If she points out a small problem and can't point out a big problem, she will still be punished: "To govern the world, you should grasp the big and let go of the small, if you do the opposite, it is against the sky!"

Every now and then, Feng Ge will yearn for the foreign "harem is not allowed to interfere in politics" system.

Seeing that the sun was shining outside, the sun had reached mid-heaven, and the great court meeting had finally come to an end.

"I'll say a few more words. "Father stood up from the throne, Feng Ge looked at him, it seemed to be quite happy, he sat there for three hours motionless, maintaining his majesty, must have been very hard.

"Since the founding of the country, this dynasty has always been people-oriented...... these words, every time at the end of the court meeting, Feng Ge can silently recite every word in his heart.

Suddenly, she heard different contents: "From next month, the prince will go to the sixteen provinces of the country as usual, increase his experience, and visit the people's sufferings and ......"

Feng Ge remembered, yes, he will be fourteen years old next month, according to the rules of this dynasty, between the age of fourteen and fifteen, the prince will go to play all over the country, oh no, it is to increase experience, see different customs, understand the mountains and rivers, in order to avoid being deceived by traitors in the future, and thought that it would cost five taels of silver to mend a dress, so he stupidly sat and waited for the country.

Feng Ge didn't listen to a word of the clichés that her father said later, her heart has now flown out of the palace, and she heard that the south of Huangshui is now full of green trees and flowers, and she heard that the coast of the East China Sea is a rich land of fish and rice, and thirty percent of the country's grain is counting on there?

Until she returned to her palace, Feng Ge was still in a trance, until Ziyan shook her hand in front of her: "Eldest Princess, eldest Princess, what's wrong with you, wake up, the queen mother invites you to go to her palace." ”

"Ahh......h

"The queen invites you to go to her palace. This sentence was more stressful for Feng Ge than the Great Dynasty Meeting.

The Great Pilgrimage is bored with what is known, listening to the chatter of the old men, and extracting useful information from a pile of nonsense. Going to the mother's harem is the fear of the unknown, and some of the time it is a good thing, and more often it is a bad thing.

Feng Ge stood in front of the door of the middle palace, took a deep breath, and checked that there was no problem with the outfit of the whole body, and then signaled to the palace maid to report.

"The queen mother is looking for me?" Feng Ge stood at the door, cautiously trying to see whether it was a good thing or a bad thing from the queen's face.

It's a pity that the queen's emotions that have long been polished by the years are not exposed, and she can't see anything.

"Are you going out of the palace to practice?" asked the queen.

It turned out that this was the case, Feng Ge secretly breathed a sigh of relief: "Yes, next month." ”

"Come here. The queen stretched out her hand, let her sit beside her, gently hugged her, carefully studied her face, and slowly stroked her hair: "My daughter, she has grown so big. ”

Feng Ge's body stiffened.

Over the years, she has long accepted the theory that the royal family has no warmth in the books of the previous dynasty, and she is willing not to be reborn in the emperor's family for the rest of her life, and she is also accustomed to everything centered on state affairs, taking the people as the criterion, abandoning useless sensibility, and measuring everything by standard reason.

Suddenly, such a warm vein made her not know what to do.

"Remember when you fell as a child?" asked the Queen.

Feng Ge nodded, she remembered things very early, and the memory of that time was too profound, the queen mother had already told her not to jump around on the rockery, she didn't listen, and as a result, she stumbled and fell to the ground, she lay on the ground and cried loudly, but the queen mother, who was obviously standing on the side, didn't pick her up, pretending to look up at the sky, and none of the palace maids next to her came to help, presumably it was also the queen's order.

After crying for a while, the ground was too hard and too cold, she had to get up aggrieved, and at that moment, she thought that she had actually picked it up from outside the palace.

The queen smiled and said: "I didn't hold you at that time, because I didn't want you to be dependent, and I had to rely on myself to stand up again." Now that you are going to go out of the palace to practice, as a queen, I am very relieved. But as a mother...... "The queen hugged Feng Ge tightly in her arms.

"My daughter is going to live alone outside for a year......"

Feng Ge's eyes widened suddenly: "Alone?" is it...... Does one person mean that?"

After the queen explained carefully, she knew that in addition to worrying about the cost of living, she had to decide everything else during her own travels, not to disturb the people, not to bring palace maids and eunuchs and other servants, and not to expose her identity at will.

In terms of security, the saint will select a few secret guards from the master of the inner house, secretly protect, and send a report back to the palace on time, if she causes trouble, the secret guard must also truthfully reply, and when the time comes, the small one will be punished, and the big one may be abolished from the position of the prince.

And, traveling is not what she wants to do, every time she goes to a place, she must record the local customs, who she has seen, what she has done, what she has experienced, what ideas she has about the local people's livelihood and government affairs, and after returning to the palace, she must be handed over to the saint, the princess, and the queen for review.

Feng Ge suddenly felt so tired.