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After several days of heavy snowfall, the whole Xianyang has almost been buried, the snow on the roof is two feet, and the snow on the ground is more than a foot, and the north wind outside the house is roaring, and the goose feather snow is still falling like sifting flour.

There are few people on the streets, cars and horses are hard to find, and there is not a single wild dog to see.

Because the snow is too big, there is no discussion in the court today, the emperor nested in the palace and continued to brush the set of god lists, his emotions were sometimes excited and sometimes melancholy, and occasionally he smashed the case on the warm kang with his fist.

"Your Majesty, His Highness Fusu has come down!" The attendant standing outside the door whispered.

Qin Shi Huang hurriedly put the god list in his hand into a golden copper box under the desk and locked it, and then arranged his clothes and sat upright and ordered: "Let him in!" ”

"喏~"

The door was quickly pushed open, and a handsome and elegant young man in a beautiful fur robe walked into the room and saluted respectfully to Qin Shi Huang: "The child greets his father!" ”

"Excuse me!" Qin Shi Huang's face became very gentle, "There is no need to come over to greet you when it snows heavily!" ”

"The child didn't dare, and the mother concubine was also very worried about her father's body, saying that it was freezing and I wanted to come to see if my father could be cold!"

"Concubine Lao Zheng cares, I'm fine, how is she doing lately? I heard a few days ago that my appetite is not good, can I ask a doctor for treatment? Qin Shi Huang asked with concern.

"Back to my father, my mother's health is still not good, anorexia anxiety, restless sleep, the imperial doctor has seen it many times, and the decoction is also taken every day, but there is no sign of improvement!" Fusu hurriedly replied.

"Well, Concubine Zheng has had anxiety since she gave birth to you, and she hasn't improved after so many years, let's go, I'm okay today, I'll go with you to visit her!" Qin Shi Huang came down from the kang, and Fu Su hurriedly supported him before his death, "Father, the snow outside is blocking the road, you don't have to go, the mother concubine knows that the father's concern is enough!" ”

"I am busy with government affairs on weekdays, and I care too little about Concubine Zheng, so I feel more at ease when I go to visit me!" Qin Shi Huang waved his hand.

Qin Shi Huang went out, naturally the pomp was not small, although it was in the inner courtyard of the palace, but there were still hundreds of accompanying guards and attendants, and all the concubines and palace maids and eunuchs were all densely kneeling on the ground.

The palace is very large and full of palaces, and although the snow on the road has been constantly cleared, the snow is still falling on the road like a swan's feather.

Qin Shi Huang stepped on the creaking snow and walked for more than ten minutes in the company of Fusu into a luxurious dormitory.

Seeing Qin Shi Huang, who had not been here for almost a few years, walk in, the maids and chamberlains all knelt on the ground and did not dare to come out, and there was no one who even went in to pass through, Fusu was ready to knock on the door, but was stopped by Qin Shi Huang with his hand raised, stepped forward and personally pushed open the door and strode in.

"Aifei, I came to see you!"

The room was very large and empty, and a woman of thirty-six or seventeen years old was sitting alone on the ondol, with fair skin, thin cheeks, neatly dressed clothes, holding a roll of bamboo slips in her hand and looking at the snowflakes rolling and falling outside the window in a daze.

Hearing the sound coming from the door, the woman turned her head and looked at the figure of a man who was both familiar and strange when she pushed the door in.

"The concubine didn't know that His Majesty was coming, and she didn't greet her, so please forgive me!"

"You don't have to be polite!" Qin Shi Huang took Concubine Zheng's hand and looked it up and down, looked at her thin cheeks and slightly sickly look, and said a little apologetically: "I heard that Fusu said that you are not in good health, and it just so happens that I have not gone to the court to deal with government affairs today, so I will come to see you!" ”

"Thank you Your Majesty for your concern~" When Concubine Zheng spoke, tears rolled down her cheeks, and she quickly wiped it off with her sleeves, and with a smile on her face, she took Qin Shihuang's hand to sit on the warm kang.

Qin Shi Huang came suddenly, no one could have imagined it, and Concubine Zheng has been in poor health since she gave birth to the eldest prince Fusu, and Qin Shi Huang has had a psychological shadow on women since he was a child, so he has never cared carefully about the hundreds of concubines who were taken from the Six Kingdoms, he cares about the Great Qin world, and he cares about immortality, and now immortality has been almost strangled to death by Chen Xu, so a group of alchemy warlocks in the palace were almost driven away by him, and those who stayed were a few warlocks who were proficient in medical skills, In this way, the time after the dispersal of the dynasty is also a lot more abundant, and occasionally I will go around the harem to visit my concubine.

Concubine Zheng, he hasn't been here for three years.

First, Concubine Zheng is the oldest, and now she is almost forty years old, and compared with other young and beautiful concubines, she looks old.

The second is that Concubine Zheng's mental state is not good, which makes Qin Shihuang not in a good mood.

Therefore, in this deep palace, Concubine Zheng spends every day in this lonely and depressive state, and the people who can speak are a few palace maids, and then her son Fusu occasionally comes to visit, so she gradually becomes more depressed.

In fact, most of the concubines in the palace lived this life.

The historical records of later generations have almost zero records of Qin Shi Huang's harem, so later generations cannot judge how many concubines Qin Shi Huang has, but there are only more than 20 children on record, and these more than 20 children were all purged and killed after Hu Hai came to power, among which the greatest threat to his status was the emperor's eldest son Fusu, who was forced to commit suicide before he came to power, and the three brothers of Gongzi Jiang Lu were killed for the crime of not being subordinate, and Gongzi Gao was afraid of affecting his family and mother, so he was forced to write a letter and voluntarily accompany him to the martyrdom. Therefore, it is the only one of the children of Qin Shi Huang who is buried next to the tomb of Qin Shi Huang, and the rest of the seventeen tombs found in Shangjiao Village, one kilometer away from the east side of the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum, are buried with the rest of Qin Shi Huang's children, and they all died very miserably, according to the limited records of the historical books, twelve sons were killed in Xianyang by Zhao Gaoluo, ten princesses (zhé dismemberment) died in Du, and Qin Shi Huang, these concubines and daughters with children and daughters were exempted from martyrdom, and the rest were all buried in the Qin Shi Huang Mausoleum.

In other words, no matter how many concubines and palace maids there were in Qin Shi Huang's harem, in the end, only twenty or thirty women were spared from death, and the rest were buried in the Lishan Mausoleum.

From the time these women entered the palace until they died, they probably never saw Qin Shi Huang.

I have to say that this is also the sorrow of women in this era, and it also shows the cruelty and ruthlessness of the funeral system.

"Ai Fei, I heard the emperor say that you have been anorexic and anxious recently, and you are restless in bed, and I haven't come to visit for a long time, so I am quite uneasy! Whatever you want to eat, I'll arrange for the imperial chef to do it! The two sat on the kang, and Qin Shi Huang held Concubine Zheng's hand and gently asked about the situation.

Concubine Zheng knelt on the ground gratefully, "Thank you Your Majesty for your concern, you can come to visit the concubine, the concubine will be in a much more comfortable mood, and she can't eat and sleep because she is lonely in the palace on weekdays, and her mood is a little depressed!" ”

"It's a pity that I am busy with government affairs on weekdays, so I can't come to accompany you more, so today I will accompany you to eat some food, come here!"

"Oh~" A few waiters promised outside together.

"Tell the imperial chef to make some meals and soup, and I want to accompany Concubine Zheng to eat!"

"喏~"

Qin Shi Huang gave an order, the palace maids and eunuchs who were guarding outside hurriedly got busy, some people cleaned up the dining hall, some people ran to inform the imperial dining room, only half an hour before and after, the palace people came in to report that the meal was ready, so Qin Shi Huang accompanied Concubine Zheng to the dining hall to eat.

There are a few soups and rice porridge on the wooden table, although they don't look like much, but they are also exquisite, and there are fish, meat and vegetables, and the steaming smell exudes a tangy fragrance.

Under the service of the palace maid, Qin Shi Huang drank half a bowl of millet porridge and ate some meals, but Concubine Zheng did not eat much, although she barely ate some, but it seemed that it was difficult to swallow.

"Aifei, could it be that the food doesn't taste right?" Qin Shi Huang asked with concern.

"Your Majesty forgives the sin, the concubine feels that eating any food is tasteless and tasteless!" Concubine Zheng put down the dishes and chopsticks and replied very uneasily.

Qin Shi Huang sighed slightly, and his mood became a little bad.

He has never had much patience for women, and it is completely unprecedented to be able to do this today.

"Your Majesty, the meals in the palace are all recipes formulated by the Taiguan Order, it may be that the daily monotony makes Concubine Zheng have no appetite, the minister heard yesterday that the two imperial chefs of the Marquis of Qinghe Mansion came back to talk about a few foods, which may make Concubine Zheng's loss of appetite a little better!" An imperial chef standing next to him said cautiously.

"Qinghe Hou Mansion?" Qin Shi Huang paused for a moment.

"Yes, I heard that a few days ago, the Marquis of Qinghe personally made several extremely novel foods in the mansion, one is called bean sprouts, the other is called tofu milk, and there is a fried stinky tofu that smells very smelly and eats very fragrant, the two imperial chefs praised it as a delicious snack that has never been seen in the world, but I have only heard of it, and I have never seen and tasted it!" The Imperial Chef replied cautiously.

Qin Shi Huang was a little entangled in his heart.

Chen Xu was a disciple of the Immortal Family, and a letter saved his life.

Although he also knew that the things Chen Xu cooked were delicious, he never dared to ask Chen Xu to cook for him, once he made Chen Xu unhappy and left, it was a completely unbearable result for him.

But at the same time, he was also very interested in these foods made by Chen Xu, and he also wanted to taste them, the things made by Chen Xu may be related to the inheritance of the immortal family, and if he didn't eat them, his heart was itchy and uncomfortable.

After thinking about it for a long time, Qin Shi Huang stood up and called his son Fusu over, "Emperor, your mother's concubine is eating and drinking, you personally go and invite the Marquis of Qinghe to the palace!" ”

"Yes, Father!" Fusu hurried away with a few palace people.

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