Ruohua Palace is very large, it is expanded on the basis of the original royal house, there are not only the main courtyard and the east and west wings, but also the east and west two large courtyards and a backyard, the boys live in the east courtyard, the girls live in the west courtyard, the main house and the main courtyard in the middle are their usual places for studying, eating and playing, a bit similar to the kind of boarding school after a thousand years. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

The advantage of this closed management is that the children grow up quickly, are independent in all aspects, have their own thoughts and judgments, and will not be easily swayed by their mothers. Of course, the relationship between siblings is indeed relatively thick.

But everything is multifaceted, the biggest disadvantage of this kind of closed management is that the children are separated from their biological mothers when they are one year old, and the nature of mothers, children, mothers and daughters is cut off by life, and children are more likely to develop radical and rebellious temperaments.

Emperor Tianxi also took this into account, and for this reason, the nurturing mothers and Zanshan aunts selected for the children must be checked by him personally, and he will go to Ruohua Palace from time to time to take a turn, in addition to asking about their homework, he will also learn some of the temperament and character of these escorts from the children's mouths, and if time permits, he will generally stay and have dinner with them.

In short, Emperor Tianxi has put more effort into these children than those concubines in the harem.

The eunuchs saw that the emperor passed by his dormitory and did not enter, so he went straight to Ruohua Palace, and the little eunuch who had already had a good spirit ran to the front and knocked on the door first.

At that time, it was almost the beginning of the day, and the sky was slightly brightened, but it was still quiet in the Ruohua Palace, and the two eunuchs guarding the door saw that the emperor was coming, and they were about to kneel, the emperor waved his hand, glanced around, and led through the main house into the backyard, and saw that there were four small figures squatting there in the backyard to practice horse walking with the master, and Emperor Tianxi nodded with satisfaction.

The children soon spotted him, and the tallest one paused, led the three to salute him together, and after the salute, the youngest ran up to him, raised his little face and asked, "Father, have you come to see me and my brothers practicing martial arts?" ”

Emperor Tianxi bent down, smiled rarely, and picked up the child, pinching the child's nose, "Yes, Father Emperor came to see if you were lazy?" ”

This is his rule, boys must follow the master to learn martial arts when they are five years old, from the beginning of the day to the third hour of the day, rain or shine.

The other three children were so happy to see their father so happy, and they all came around with the boldness, this one said that he could squat for a quarter of an hour, the other said that he could run two laps around the backyard, and the other said that he had begun to learn boxing and foot kung fu.

Emperor Tianxi saw that the three children on the ground were looking at him with admiration, so he put down the children in his hand, hugged the other children separately, praised everyone a few words, and asked them if they were cold, hungry, etc.

Speaking of which, the eldest of these four children is only eight years old, and the youngest is five years old, so it is really not easy to insist on getting up at the beginning of the day at such a young age, especially on this snowy day, so Emperor Tianxi is in a very good mood.

Coming out of the backyard, he turned around to the West Cross Courtyard, and went to the East Cross Courtyard from the West Cross Courtyard, seeing that each room was quiet in front of it, the door was closed, only a wind lamp was on, Emperor Tianxi looked at it, didn't say anything, returned to his bedroom, there was already a eunuch who had prepared hot water for him to wash and change clothes, after doing this, he hurriedly ate two pieces of dim sum and drank a glass of milk and walked forward, the time of the morning court was already a quarter of an hour late.

Towards the end of the year, there are more things, such as the annual base of the six ministries, the relief of the disaster areas, the assessment of officials, and the construction of several major water conservancy projects that will be the most urgent next year.

And the root of all this cumbersome is just because of one word, money, if there is money, there is no need to be so cheap, every money spent must be calculated and calculated, and it must be used to the most important place.

After a noisy discussion for more than an hour, seeing that everyone was still a little unsatisfied, Emperor Tianxi ordered a break and asked the eunuchs to serve everyone a cup of hot soy milk and a few pieces of snacks, and after eating something, they continued to discuss.

The troubles of the court did not affect the harem at all, and the concubines in the harem were beaming when they got up in the morning. As soon as the emperor left Ruohua Palace, these concubines received a tip-off that the emperor had gone to Ruohua Palace early in the morning to see the children, and he came out with a smile.

The mother concubine of the eldest children deduced that when the emperor went to Ruohua Palace at this time, he could only see the four children practicing martial arts, and the emperor came out with a smile, which showed that the emperor was very satisfied with the performance of these four children.

Don't blame these concubines for staring at Ruohua Palace, when they first entered the palace, their hearts were tied to the emperor, and they used all their resources to compete for favor and invite favor, but after a long time, they found that the emperor treated each concubine equally and impartially, but he really did the rain and dew evenly.

And the emperor has another characteristic, especially he can't see the private affairs of the harem, as long as he finds out that a certain concubine has used any subordinate means against other concubines, he will not talk about it at all, and will directly enter the cold palace and never use it.

And the emperor has another characteristic, he is not obsessed with women at all, he has been on the throne for ten years, and only three people have entered the harem, and it is still when the two concubines were beaten into the cold palace and a concubine died in childbirth and vacated the vacancy.

Therefore, after a long time, these concubines also lost their minds to compete for favor, and put their minds on their own children, in addition to going to the gate of Ruohua Palace every day to see the children playing games, they also spent money to deal with these eunuchs and palace maids, and asked for some sporadic news from their mouths.

But the time for the children to play games in the courtyard every day is limited, so those concubines gather at the gate of Ruohua Palace to watch the children play games, and they generally go to the nearby Jingxiu Palace concubine to talk and kill some time.

In addition to their respective children, the most talked about topic among these harem ladies is Jinzhu.

No, I learned that the emperor went to the Feiyu Pavilion in the Imperial Garden to play the piano because he couldn't sleep in the middle of the night, and Ruohua Palace came from His Excellency Feiyu, and these concubines gathered in Jingxiu Palace again, and the topic was naturally Jinzhu again.

Among these concubines, there are those who have been familiar with Jin Zhu, some who are half-cooked, and some who have never known each other.

"The emperor is so affectionate to Miss Jin, ten years have passed, and the emperor still can't forget her. Could it be that there are so many sisters here, and none of them can compare with Miss Jin in appearance and talent? Someone asked.

There was both a bit of envy and a bit of unwillingness in his tone, why did a dead man occupy the emperor for ten years, and look at it like this, he had to continue to occupy it.

"It's not just about appearance, I was present in the fire in Feiyu Pavilion back then, although I didn't see with my own eyes how Miss Jin was stabbed, but my mother and I were indeed rescued by her, how to say, Miss Jin has both the softness of our boudoir and the courage and righteousness that only ordinary men can have, she ran out, but in order to save us and came back, if not, she would definitely not die." Someone answered.

"I was also there back then, Miss Jin and Mrs. Jin were wearing eunuch clothes to sneak in, I still remember that Miss Jin stepped on the pillar of the railing to climb to the second floor, at that time let us grab the cloth strip and climb over the railing down, we were so scared that no one dared to move, we saw her demonstrate going down, and then followed us below, we grabbed the cloth strip one by one. Alas, it's also a shame that she is from a family of military generals, we can't think of this, and we don't have the guts. Someone added.

"It's a pity that there is only one Miss Jin in this world, otherwise the emperor would not be so obsessed."

"I don't think so." A weak, but somewhat unconvinced, voice came from the corner next to it.

"What do you mean?" Seven or eight people asked at the same time.

The woman had realized that she had said the wrong thing at this time, so she refused to go on, but everyone didn't want to spare her, so they all stepped forward and rubbed her.

"Okay, I'll say I'll say." The woman paused, "Once, when I was sleeping, the emperor called a woman's name to me, as if it was Ziyan. ”

"Ziyan? It seems that I have heard this name from the mouth of the emperor. One woman chimed in.

"Who is Ziyan?"

A dozen or so women shook their heads, and none of them was named Ziyan.

Once this topic was opened, it was a little unbearable, and soon it spread inside and outside the palace, and they were all looking for a woman named Ziyan.

Winter went to spring, and when the spring flowers bloomed the following year, officials from all over the country below successively sent twelve girls named Ziyan to the Yeting Bureau, ranging in age from thirteen to eighteen, of course, all unmarried women with good character.

This time Emperor Tianxi was furious, the thing he has always taboo is that others figure out his thoughts, in addition to the name Ziyan he shouted a few times in his dreams, plus once or twice when those concubines were sleeping, the rest of the time, he never mentioned this name to others.

Several eunuchs refused to admit it, they never confided half a word, and the result of a thorough investigation came from the mouths of the concubines.

Emperor Tianxi was furious and shocked at the same time, could it be that the person he couldn't forget in his subconscious had always been Tang Ziyan?

Not to mention, among these girls named Ziyan who were sent up, there was really a woman who looked a little similar to Tang Ziyan, but despite this, Emperor Tianxi still retreated these girls, he didn't want his weaknesses to be caught by others.

Besides, born in the emperor's family, he has long understood that it is difficult for the royal family to have pure family affection, and of course it is difficult to have that kind of pure love, his heart has always been filled with two women, where can he put other people?

If it weren't for the sake of the heirs, not for the sake of physical needs, he would not touch the women of the harem, and because of this, there were only thirteen women in his harem, and he had not added any new people for many years.

The busy days always fly by, and before you know it, another decade has passed, this decade, the Great Zhou has undergone great changes, the country has become rich, the people have lived and worked in peace and contentment, those foreigners who covet them have also been driven beyond the Great Wall, more and more countries pay tribute to the Great Nian every year, and of course, there are more and more countries that trade with each other.

But the harem of the Great Zhou Dynasty has not changed much, and the women in the harem are still the four concubines and nine concubines, the difference is that the children of Emperor Tianxi have grown up.

When the boys reached the age of fifteen, they all followed their father to the court to observe, and after the next court, each of them had to hand in an assignment about their views and suggestions on the day's government affairs; At the age of eighteen, they were thrown into the barracks to go through the training, and the rule was to stay in the barracks for two years, get married after two years, and move out of the palace after they got married, and set up their own doors.

When the girl reaches the age of fifteen, she begins to choose a son-in-law, and the age of marriage is placed after the age of sixteen, of course, it is all imaginary.

The difference from before is that whether it is a boy or a girl, you can see each other before you get married, if you have someone you like, you can also bring it up, as long as the other party is not married, Emperor Tianxi promised to fulfill it.

This year, there are two great events in the palace, one is that the youngest daughter of Yong'an Hou and the eldest son of Emperor Tianxi are engaged, because the eldest son of the emperor is just eighteen years old, and Miss Jin is fifteen years old, this family affair was agreed to be held two years later.

Another happy event is that the eldest daughter of the emperor is sixteen years old, married to the new champion of this year, because the new champion is from a poor family, but also achieved a good story.

There is also Emperor Tianxi who has also achieved a good story, twenty years have passed, there is still no queen in the harem, and there are still only these thirteen women, and the emperor also let his eldest son marry a woman from the Jin family, which shows how much love and righteousness the emperor is, and he still remembers the old love of Jin Zhu after 20 years.

Another decade passed, and after 30 years of hard work by Emperor Tianxi, the Great Zhou had become a superpower, and several small countries around it were incorporated into the territory of the Great Zhou, and at the same time, he also recovered the Western Xia and Khitan two foreign races.

In the spring of the thirty-first year of Tianxi, Emperor Tianxi announced a major decision, the emperor's eldest son was the crown prince, and he followed him to the court every day, and began to contact government affairs.

In the winter of the fortieth year of Tianxi, Emperor Tianxi once again had a dream that he would have at this time almost every year, and the name of Jin Zhu was still shouted at the beginning of the dream, and finally it was changed to Ziyan.

After waking up from the dream, Emperor Tianxi still went to the Flying Rain Pavilion to play the piano for an hour, and it was still snowing heavily that night, and Emperor Tianxi, who returned to the dormitory, felt a little top-heavy, and forced himself to go to the early court, and after coming back, he began to have a fever and was bedridden.

This time the illness came fiercely, intermittently for two months, and when he got out of bed completely, the Lantern Festival was over, and the new year began again.

At the first court meeting after the New Year, Emperor Tianxi announced the Zen throne in the court and changed the name of the country.

Since then, he began to travel the mountains and rivers, visiting famous mountains and ancient temples, and every time he went to a temple, in addition to worshipping God and praying to Buddha, he would listen to the monks preach the scriptures and sermons.

Others think that he is obsessed with Buddhism, but in fact, only he understands that he has passed the year of the sixtieth year, and the time to stay in this world is getting less and less, and no one can avoid the natural laws of birth, old age, sickness and death, but Emperor Tianxi, who has had such a bizarre experience of crossing and rebirth, has always had a thought in his heart, he wants to go back to the time and space after a thousand years to take a look.

He wanted to know if Jin Zhu had gone back, he wanted to know if Tang Ziyan had a good time in those years, and he also wanted to think about the son Kang Gong he owed to.

So, he began to pray to God and worship Buddha.

Another decade passed, the seventy-three-year-old Emperor fell ill again, on his deathbed, he called the emperor to his sickbed, explained several things to the emperor, and solemnly handed over to him the diary he had written in the past ten years after the throne, the diary not only recorded some of the more insightful views on government affairs that he had collected from the people in the past ten years, but also recorded his bizarre experience and the dream that had plagued him for fifty years.

Now, he was going to the man in his dream to ask for an answer. (To be continued.) )