On the 26th day of the first lunar month, the weather cleared.

In the Ji Palace, you can see busy attendants and palace maids everywhere.

First of all, we must clean up the snow in all parts of the palace, this can not be half a point of sloppiness, if because of the snow on the ground, let the nobles in the palace walk and fall, this sin is great.

Although the king, queen and others are very generous, the attendants and palace maids below dare not be sloppy in the slightest.

In the courtyard where Queen Su Ya lived, the female official Xiaoyun was commanding many attendants and palace maids.

"You two come over here and clean up the snow here."

"Okay, we got it." The two palace maids who were ordered to arrive agreed.

"Come here, take off all the lanterns hanging in the corridor and on the trees, remember to count the number, tell the storehouse, wipe the glass on the lanterns, and keep them alive for the next time."

"Okay, don't worry, we'll take care of it." Several attendants also hurriedly agreed.

In the courtyard of Queen Su Ya, the attendants and palace maids were chattering, each busy with their own affairs.

These attendants and palace maids in the Ji Palace are in a very happy mood.

According to the regulations of the palace, the salaries of these palace attendants and palace maids are all issued according to their positions and ranks. And like the court officials' salaries, it rises every two years. New Year's holidays, there are other rewards.

As long as you enter the palace, you don't have to think about food and clothing. For example, when it comes to clothes, throughout the year, the palace distributes four new clothes to these attendants and palace maids.

After Ji Kang ascended the throne, he had already issued an edict that Yan Guo would no longer recruit attendants, that is, eunuchs, in the future.

The existing chamberlains are in charge of the palace for life. As for the palace maids in the palace, under normal circumstances, after reaching the age of eighteen, they will be rewarded, released from the palace, and arranged for duties.

A school has also been set up in the palace, and whether it is a waiter or a palace maid, they have to go to the school to study.

For the officials of the Yan court, Ji Kang's private life was too self-disciplined.

So far, Ji Kang's wife, Queen Su Ya, and his wife Qingzhu and Qingmei, a total of three.

Although Empress Dowager Yan Ji Zhao suggested Ji Kang many times in person, hoping that Ji Kang could spoil a few more people and give birth to more grandchildren and granddaughters, Ji Kang always smiled and was unmoved when faced with such a situation.

This has a lot to do with Ji Kang's education in his previous life and living habits.

In Ji Kang's previous life, he was admitted to the civil service and went to work in the township.

At that time, Ji Kang's old leader said something like this to Ji Kang:

"The most important thing about what position a person can go in the future is not to be greedy for money and not lustful. To put it in layman's terms, it means that you have to take care of your two "bars", one up and one down. ”

That is to say, you must have self-discipline yourself, there are many temptations outside, once you can't control yourself, your life will be ruined. So many people have suffered a big loss in this, and we must learn from it. ”

Ji Kang remembered the old leader's admonition firmly, although he was born in a peasant family in his previous life, he still became the head of a township when he was less than thirty years old, which was very rare in the county at that time.

There is a saying that the upper and lower imitate, and if the king of his own family is like this, the officials below will all watch it.

Think about it, your own king only has three wives, if you have a full house of wives and concubines, is it appropriate?

When it was almost dark, the corridors and palace houses in various parts of the Thistle Palace were lit with palace lights.

In Queen Su Ya's bedroom, the lights were bright, and Su Ya was listening to Xiaoyun's return.

"The queen, the people in the palace are praising you and the queen mother for their benevolence and righteousness, and they are very generous to the people in the palace!"

Xiaoyun grew up with Queen Su Ya since he was a child, and he can be said to be Su Ya's most trusted person.

Within the courtyard of Queen Suya, there is a lot of power. In addition to Ji Kang and Su Ya, she can be ranked third.

In this era, countries do not have so many constraints on women.

In the courts of various countries, there are women as officials. Take Yan Guo as an example, when Ji Kang knew that Yan Guo was in the Western Zhou Dynasty, there were female generals fighting and inspecting border passes, he couldn't believe it.

After checking, there is indeed one, and it is not false at all.

At that time, Ji Kang muttered to the old manager Ji Mao: "This is the Mulan of my Yan Kingdom!" ”

The boss Ji Mao already has a considerable immunity to many of Ji Kang's words, so he is not surprised.

The Ji Palace stipulates that all women who are released out of the palace or married women are generally not summoned and cannot enter the palace again.

Originally, Xiaoyun had reached the age of marriage and release, but she was reluctant to leave the palace, and Queen Su Ya was no longer reluctant. I'm going to let Xiaoyunwai out after a while.

Seeing that Xiaoyun has also grown now, and actually knows that she is complimenting herself, Su Ya couldn't help laughing.

"Xiaoyun, many of the regulations in this palace are the grace of the Queen Mother, and the queen doesn't dare to be greedy."

As the queen of Yan Kingdom, after so many years, Su Ya's temperament has changed a lot, and she is very graceful. According to the words of the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao, it is "to live and nourish the qi and move the body".

But in the end, it was Queen Su Ya's cronies, and Xiaoyun still dared to say a lot of things.

"Queen, last year, my Yan Kingdom occupied the four northern counties of Zhao State, in my opinion, all countries in the world will be destroyed by my Yan Kingdom sooner or later. At that time, you will be the queen of heaven. ”

Su Ya nodded Xiaoyun's forehead again, as in the past, and said, "You have this mouth!" I can't help myself when I talk about it, but I can't say it to the outside world, you know? ”

"Got it, got it." Xiaoyun replied with a smile.

"By the way, Xiaoyun, you can send someone to the Affinity Hall to see when the king will come back, it's time for dinner." Su Ya said calmly to Xiao Yundao.

"All right, Queen, I'll send someone to the front." Xiaoyun agreed.

After watching Xiaoyun walk out of the hall, Su Ya couldn't help but start to ponder.

The current development of Yan can be said to be the best among the countries in the Central Plains. Just as his father Su Belly told him, according to the current development trend, Yan Guo is just around the corner to dominate the world.

Ji Kang also respects himself, but the only regret is that Ji Kang has not designated his eldest son Ji Hua as the crown prince until now, which makes Su Ya feel a little confused.

"Hua'er, the queen mother will definitely make you the crown prince." Su Ya said softly.

Just as he was thinking of this, Xiaoyun ran in.

"Queen Qiqi, the king, has come out of the Affinity Hall and is returning to the palace."

Su Ya stood up and said to Xiaoyun: "Let's go, let's go to the Queen Mother and wait for the king." ”

Xiaoyun waited for this Su Ya, put on a thick robe, and walked out of the dormitory together.

Within a day, dinner was the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao's favorite time. The son, daughter-in-law and his three little ones are reunited, lively and lively, in the eyes of the Queen Mother Ji Zhao, it is better than anything else.

Ji Kang is very supportive of his mother's hobby.

As long as there is nothing big about it, I will come back on time to be with my family and have this dinner.

The dinner is very rich, and in the center of the dining table, there is a steaming hot pot with tofu, meatballs, fish slices, kelp and other dishes.

After the Queen Mother Ji Zhao saw Ji Kang eat a meatball, she didn't know what she remembered, waved her hand, and asked the palace maids who were waiting to retreat.

Seeing that there were no outsiders in the dining room, the Queen Mother Ji Zhao said to Ji Kang:

"Kang'er, at the beginning of spring this year, is my Yan Kingdom going to attack Handan?"

The atmosphere in the dining room suddenly fell silent because of the words of the Queen Mother Ji Zhao.

Ji Kang thought about it, he couldn't and didn't need to hide it from his mother.

Putting down the chopsticks in his hand, Ji Kang smiled and said to the Queen Mother Ji Zhao:

"Queen Mother, according to the plan of my Yan Kingdom, this year is to attack Handan."

Empress Dowager Ji Zhao nodded and said to Ji Kang:

"Kang'er, I know that you have had great ambitions since you were a child, and you have always wanted to unify the world. Zhao Guo really should fight, it seems that it can't exist. Mother doesn't want to stop you, she just wants you to fulfill her wish, okay? ”

Ji Kang's face became solemn, and he said to his mother Ji Zhao: "Queen Mother, please speak." ”

"If my Yan army really breaks through Handan City, my mother hopes that you can spare the lives of your uncle and the clansmen of the Zhao royal family, and you can move them to Liaodi according to the practice of my Yan Kingdom, okay?"

Empress Dowager Ji Zhao looked at Ji Kang expectantly, and her voice was a little choked.

As Yan Wangkang's mother and Zhao Wangdan's eldest sister, the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao is the most reluctant to see Yan and Zhao meet each other. However, this is not something that you can stop.

After listening to his mother's words, Ji Kang couldn't help but feel relieved.

His mother's request was okay, what Ji Kang was most worried about just now was that his mother would not let him attack Zhao Guo. If that's the case, Ji Kang is really embarrassed.

"Queen Mother, don't worry! If my Yan army really breaks through Handan City, my son will do what you say. Not to mention anyone else, it is my two uncles, if the queen mother is not at ease, you can let them stay in Jidu and accompany the queen mother. ”

Ji Kang agreed to his mother's request.

After listening to her son's words, the Empress Dowager Ji Zhao laughed.

For a while, the atmosphere in the entire dining room began to be noisy again.