After making strategic instructions, Zhu Youxiao came out of the Wuying Palace, and the remaining cumbersome affairs, regulations, and orders were the affairs of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion, which was also his original intention of establishing this institution. [No pop-ups. 】

After leaving all the trivial matters to Sun Chengzong, he went to Kunning Palace, and Queen Zhang Yan was raising a baby with peace of mind. When Zhu Youxiao arrived here, she was stroking her belly and walking in the palace.

"Orb, I've come to see you." Zhu Youxiao shouted softly.

"Hooray." Zhang Yan was also pleasantly surprised when he saw him coming, after all, the emperor hadn't stayed with him for the past few days. It's just that instead, she looked aggrieved again, "Your Majesty, did you forget the jewel and only come to see the concubine now." ”

"How come, how to get back. Aren't I busy? Zhu Youxiao hurriedly stepped forward to coax. But he couldn't say anything beautiful, he crossed over without talking about friends in his previous life, and this world, and the emperor, was flattered by others, so naturally the skills of coaxing his wife were not pointed out.

After coaxing for a long time, seeing that Zhang Yan was still depressed, she finally made a big move, "I won't go anywhere tonight, so I'll stay with Baozhu." ”

"Really?!" Zhang Yan looked surprised.

"Really, really. As long as the orb is happy. Zhu Youxiao hurriedly said, seeing that his wife was happy, he was also relieved, I heard that women were not in a very good mood during pregnancy, and they were often nervous, and he was really a little afraid that Zhang Yan would make trouble with him.

"But the concubine is pregnant and can't serve Your Majesty." After being happy for a while, Zhang Yan went down again.

"Haha, I'm happy as long as the orb is with me, and I don't need anything else." Zhu Youxiao laughed, and didn't care at all, to have such a beautiful and virtuous wife to sleep in his arms, this is something he couldn't have imagined in his previous life.

"Hooray, it's good." Zhang Yan said glutinously, and her eyes seemed to be covered with a layer of moisture.

Then the atmosphere gradually became ambiguous, the two leaned together, hugged each other and whispered, and the eunuchs and palace maids who followed were far away.

Now there are about 2,000 people left in the palace, and the number of eunuchs is gradually decreasing, and the lack of labor force is mostly recruited by the able-bodied women of the people. As for more heavy work, it was handed over to the craftsmen raised by the Imperial City Division. The harem group has decreased, and there is really no need for so many palace ban systems.

What's more, there are not so many concubines, the emperor spends more time with his concubines, and there are not so many women who can't stand loneliness. As for the palace maid, with the regular release system, it is more regular, and there are a lot less messy things. Even with it, the consumption of the palace has been reduced a lot, which can be used to improve the treatment of the remaining people.

Compared with before, the Forbidden City after the emptiness now, not only does it not have a cold feeling, but it has a lot less gloomy atmosphere, and in the dead of night, it is impossible to feel the resentment and tranquility of the past. Like the Ming Empire, this ancient complex seems to be rejuvenating.

"By the way, Baozhu, why did you put your token so carelessly, let those little guys get their hands." As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao talked about today's daytime.

"Oh, you said you were going to check them." Zhang Yan obviously knew that her token was taken away, "At that time, the concubine deliberately let them go out for a walk." Look at the way they never went out, it's pitiful. ”

"Your Majesty won't blame the concubine, right?" Zhang Yan turned her head, her big eyes flickered, and the brilliance of motherhood kept shining on her face.

"How can I blame the orbs, it's just that I paid less attention to them before, and today I received the news from the Jinyi Guard, and I didn't stop it, but let people protect it secretly." Zhu Youxiao kissed Zhang Yan's forehead and said with a smile.

"Nasty." Zhang Yan sneered, "The concubine also arranged for Father-in-law Zhang to wait outside with people, and specially took them to Beijing to go around." A few boys are really reckless, just know how to take the token, and the concubine doesn't know how to take the silver next to the token, they still think it's in the palace, what should there be. ”

"Oh, haha, and this, when they go out today, they will know the importance of money." Hearing such an embarrassing incident, Zhu Youxiao was also amused, he was really a noble son who didn't know how to worry.

"Speaking of which, it's time for them to come back, the sun is about to set, and the palace ban is about to fall." Zhang Yan looked at the sky and guessed.

The two of them were tired of being crooked all afternoon, and now it was almost dark.

"Let's go, Baozhu, let's have dinner with me first, and let them come over when those boys come back." Zhu Youxiao took Zhang Yan's hand and walked away without saying anything.

"Your Majesty, someone is watching." Zhang Yan was held by the hand, his face was full of shame, it had been two years, and he was not used to the emperor's bold movements, although he was happy in his heart, he was still afraid of other people's fingers.

"Who's watching? Who saw it? Do you see that? Zhu Youxiao was happy, and asked the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting next to him as serious.

"I didn't see it, the slave didn't see anything." The palace maid who was waiting also cooperated and shook her head again and again, and a few familiar ones looked around exaggeratedly, "The slave maid has night blindness, and it is dark this day, and I can't see anything." ”

Funny all the way, the two came to the palace where they dined and began to enjoy a warm dinner. Chinese people like to talk about things at the dinner table, which has been passed down from a long time ago, and the people of Daming are no exception.

Of course, the fastidious family will have some rules of eating and sleeping, but the royal family of the Ming Dynasty is not a fastidious family, and the queen has always come from a small private family, resulting in the entire harem being more casual and not so serious.

Yes, adhering to their own habits, Zhu Youxiao and Zhang Yan ate dinner with a smile. They don't have a lot of dishes, Zhu Youxiao's side is mainly a big tonic for qi and blood spillage, and Zhang Yan's side is mainly for calming the nerves and raising the fetus, and the two of them eat their own food, laughing and talking from time to time.

"By the way, Baozhu, my sisters are almost fourteen or fifteen this year." As he spoke, Zhu Youxiao suddenly mentioned such a sentence.

"Well, they're all about this old, the eldest fifth sister is fourteen years old this year, and she will be out of the cabinet in two years." Zhang Yan also heard the song and knew the elegant meaning, "Why, could it be that someone mentioned it to the Lord of Long Live and wanted Princess Shang?" ”

"Nope." Zhu Youxiao shook his head, grinding his teeth, and a large piece of beef was chewed by him and swallowed into his stomach, "It's just that I saw that they were older and had some ideas." ”

Thinking of the idea of marrying his sisters to generals in the army, Zhu Youxiao unconsciously felt a little guilty, now he is more and more suitable for the role of the emperor, and everything he wants is from the perspective of interests.

"Could it be that Your Majesty wants to marry with which vassal country?" Zhang Yan's face changed and asked, women have always been very sensitive to this, especially if they marry someone else, as a victim of politics.

"Look at what you said, the Ming Dynasty does not claim to be a minister, does not accept offerings, does not cede land and does not make peace, how can I violate the ancestral system." Zhu Youxiao said with a smile.

"If you don't violate the ancestral system, Your Majesty will violate the ancestral system the most." Hearing this, Zhang Yan secretly rolled her eyes and muttered with laughter.

"Orb, what are you muttering?" Zhu Youxiao heard Zhang Yan's lips move, as if he had said something, and he asked without hearing clearly.

"Ah, it's nothing, the concubine is just guessing His Majesty's plan, could it be that she wants to choose a few young talents in next year's imperial examination?" Zhang Yan said in a cover-up.

However, what he said has always been the solution of Princess Daming, no way, Daming is this provision, after the princess, you can't participate in politics, you can also say that the whole person's money is ruined, and people who generally have some ideas are unwilling, so they can only give marriage strongly.

In the Ming Dynasty, Jinshi was respectful of the princess.

"No, I plan to let the three of them marry a few of my generals." Zhu Youxiao explained, but he suddenly remembered the imperial examination that would start next year, and he suddenly thought that he didn't seem to have decided the content and scope of the imperial examination.

"Sins and sins, when I finish Mongolia this time, I will be sure when I come back." Zhu Youxiao said secretly in his heart.

The imperial examination is held once every three years, and it is held once in the first year of the Apocalypse, and the next time is the fourth year of the Apocalypse, that is, next year, but it is estimated that there will be a lot of people participating next year. With so many official positions, there is a lot of discipline in Zhongju, not to mention that now Zhongju can be an official, and it is still the same promotion, and he also has the opportunity to be the chief official of one party, but the starting point is a little lower.

"Ah, Your Majesty...... This...... Do you want a glass of wine to release the military power" Zhang Yan asked in surprise, as a talented woman, she naturally associated the emperor's behavior with Song Taizu's behavior, "But if Jingping is not yet today, there is Mongolia in the north, and there are people who resist land reform." ”

As the queen and the figure of the world, Zhang Yan's ass naturally sat on the emperor's side and began to think about the problem from a personal standpoint.

"Haha, Baozhu, you still know that a glass of wine releases military power!" Zhu Youxiao was amused by her serious expression, scratched his nose and smiled, "Since you said that I am the emperor who violates the ancestral system the most, why not if Princess Shang continues to serve in the army." ”

"Ahh Zhang Yan exclaimed, her face turned red, but she didn't expect that the words she complained about just now were heard.

"Your Majesty is so bad!"

With a flushed face, Zhu Youxiao couldn't help but move his index finger when he saw it, and he put his hand up and touched it.

"Alright, Orb, do you have any thoughts on this?" Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Your Majesty should go and ask over there." Zhang Yan pointed to the harem, there was the West Sixth Palace, where the concubines of the former dynasty lived, and the mothers of several princesses were living there. His own concubines lived in the East Sixth Palace, and several small ones were all arranged to live in his original Ciqing Palace, where they received education in the Hanlin Academy.

"The eldest brother is like a father, besides, I am the emperor, so I naturally became their master, so I don't need to ask others." Zhu Youxiao said domineeringly.

Although those concubines have the title of the queen mother, no one really takes it seriously and uses this name to talk about things in front of him. Although no one saw Xi Li Xuan's death that day, all kinds of rumors did come out later, and the emperor was really hot.

Under this deterrence, Zhu Youxiao's harem is very stable, he is outside the main house, Zhang Yan is in the house, the division of labor is clear, not the same as Wanli, there are so many mothers-in-law in charge after ascending the throne.