For the palace people of the Forbidden City, the inner city is actually a new thing that breaks with tradition, and usually in Ouchi, they can only experience the hierarchy of dignity and inferiority.

The Forbidden City is not as simple as the emperor's family, it is also the center of the power of the entire empire, people from the outside want to come in, some people inside want to get out, and some don't want to go out.

For most people, the Forbidden City is filled with intrigue and tension all the time, and groveling to curry favor when they see people has become the main thing almost every palace person does.

Accustomed to seeing the bloody and cruel in the palace, they know a truth, if you say a wrong word or take a wrong step, you may never recover.

The meaning of the existence of the inner market is to let the idle things in the palace circulate with each other, and the palace people, even some talented people and concubines, can take what they need from it.

The second is the bargaining and noisy environment in the inner market, which allows them to forget the intrigue in the palace for a while and have very few moments of relaxation.

At first, in the face of the insistence of the emperor himself, the ministers had no reason and naturally could not force the emperor to do what they asked.

But now, as the emperor's eldest son, Zhu Ciran, reaches the age of one year, the weight of the long-lonely East Palace has begun to increase again.

The ministers had a reason to dismiss the inner market, so they naturally refused to let it go.

Moreover, in this matter, the civil officials of all the friends of the party were unusually united, and under the leadership of the first assistant of the cabinet, Han Yi, and the important ministers of the six ministries, they marched together.

For Zhu Youxiao, the original intention of setting up the inner city was to relax in the Forbidden City back then, and he didn't think much about it.

Besides, it is really not worth the effort to confront the entire court for this kind of thing, so I will take a step back and end up happy.

Of course, this "everyone is happy" is talking about the forces of all parties in the court, and for the palace people in various palaces, prisons and bureaus, there is actually no consideration.

Even Zhu Youxiao sometimes forgets to care about their thoughts.

"The inner market, after all, do you still want to stop?"

Late at night, looking at the palace people walking back and forth outside the palace, carrying all kinds of utensils, Zhang Yan stood up from the couch and lifted the candlestick at her feet, but suddenly found that it was very lively in the palace in the past, but now there is no one else.

I don't think about it, I must have taken advantage of the last three days of the domestic market to "rush to buy".

Eith stood there alone, and when he saw that the queen had woken up, he hurried over with a copper basin full of water for washing her feet.

As soon as he put down the copper basin and raised his head, Ai Shi was pleasantly surprised:

"Niangniang, after sleeping, your complexion is much better, the slave will go and tell Your Majesty, so that he can also be happy!"

As soon as Ai Shi walked to the palace gate, he heard Zhang Yan say:

"You Nizi, you want to go to the inner market under the guise of it, right?"

Zhang Yan was born as a peasant girl, and she helped the family work when she was a child, but she was not a hypocritical master, so she put her crystal little feet into the copper basin and soaked them, and said with a chuckle.

"Niangniang forgives her sins, the slave and maid don't dare anymore!" Careful thinking was punctured, Ai Shi hurriedly knelt down, and kept begging for mercy, looking like that, he was really frightened.

Zhang Yan naturally didn't expect to say casually, let her make such a big move, but also sighed in her heart, and smiled: "I didn't say that I blame you, you don't need to tell Your Majesty about the better, you really want to go to the inner market?" ”

Hearing this, Ai Shi was entangled for a moment, and when he saw that the queen didn't seem to be angry, he became bold, nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and said sincerely:

"It's been three days in the inner market, and the slaves and maids have to prepare more charcoal for the winter..."

"Go ahead."

After Zhang Yan finished speaking, she went down to wash her feet, which was accurate.

Ai Shi was overjoyed, and after kowtowing and saluting repeatedly, he turned around and trotted out of Kunning Palace.

......

Not long after Ai Shi left, Kunning Palace became empty, Zhang Yan raised her eyes to look around, and then looked at the brightly lit and very lively outside the palace.

As soon as I got up and went out for a walk, I thought of something, but I sighed again, wiped my feet one by one, and went out to pour water with a copper basin.

"Poof—"

After pouring the water, Zhang Yan just walked back to the palace, but out of the corner of her eye, she saw a faintly flickering bean fire through the bright paper window.

Immediately, she was a little happy in her heart, and thought that Ai Shi had come back early.

When she went out of the palace gate, she saw that she was walking alone with a candle, not tall, but not short, with bright yellow boots under her feet and brocade hair on her body.

Suddenly, Zhang Yanxing's eyes widened, and she said in astonishment:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty?"

"Uh, Queen..."

Zhu Youxiao, who was walking along the wall, looked a little embarrassed, originally wanted to surprise Zhang Yan, so he pushed off the rest of the music tonight and came to Kunning Palace to accompany her.

On the way, seeing the palace people hurriedly going to the inner market to do business, Zhu Youxiao also regretted it a little, he really didn't expect that these palace people liked the inner market so much.

Now that it has been discovered, the natural beauty must continue to walk quietly, Zhu Youxiao didn't say much, walked to Zhang Yan who was at a loss, and gently draped his body on her shoulders.

"Your Majesty, it's cold, I can't help it."

Zhang Yan was about to move, but was held down by a big hand, and when she looked up, she found that the emperor's resolute eyes flashed with love.

The two were silent for a moment, and Zhu Youxiao suddenly said to her:

"Come, I'll take you to see a baby!"

"What a baby, it's cold, I don't want to go out." Zhang Yan had just woken up, and she didn't believe that the emperor, who didn't even know the flowers, would really have any treasures, and she looked reluctant.

Zhu Youxiao smiled: "Look at you, you are lazy, you have to go out for a walk, such a lively scene in the palace right now, in a few days, you won't be able to see it." ”

"If you don't watch it now, no matter how you beg me in the future, I won't take you out of the palace to play."

Zhang Yan is only eighteen years old this year, although she has been a little immature by the palace, but after all, she is still a fun-loving age.

Xu was moved by the emperor's half-threatening and half-joking words, Xu is curiosity was aroused, Zhang Yan stood in place and thought about it, gritted her teeth, wrapped herself tightly, and finally nodded.

As soon as she got out of the house, without the protection of the pitiful stove, Zhang Yan was immediately beaten by the cold air and shivered.

When Zhu Youxiao saw it, he had to take off his coat again, drape it on her, and asked with bared teeth:

"What's the matter, it's still cold?"

"It's not just cold, the concubine's snot is going to be frozen." Zhang Yan was talking for a while, but she suddenly noticed a warm current.

Zhang Yan turned around in surprise and found that it was the emperor who hugged her tightly behind her, and suddenly her little face turned red with shame, and the deer in her chest bumped into each other.

"Your Majesty..."

"I'm still ashamed, the old husband and wife, what are you ashamed of." Zhu Youxiao quipped: "Look at you, as the queen of the Ming Dynasty, I will punish you if you say such things as snot." ”

"What did the emperor punish me?" Zhang Yan asked with a wink.

"Punish you for serving me well for the night."

After Zhu Youxiao said this, Zhang Yan couldn't notice the cold wind around her, she only felt that her face was hot and her body was hot.

Kunning Palace is relatively spacious, and the two of them walked more than a hundred steps to the east, and then they found the Jiaotai Hall standing here.