It's just in time for summer, and a ray of sunlight shines through the window and into the spacious room, bringing a gentle light.

I opened my eyes and moved my body slightly, and found that two delicate and lovely girls were sleeping on both sides of my body.

Wu Lingxuan was lying on her side on the left side of the bed, her slender, white hands tightly hugged Li Mingyuan's arm, her fair face was immature and ruddy with the immaturity and ruddy of a girl, her curved thin eyebrows were slightly wrinkled, and there were still tears of last night's menstrual period under her trembling eyes.

Carefully remove the arm from the girl's body, and then roll up a thin silk sheet and cover the girl's body to prevent the girl from catching a cold and walking naked.

"Your Majesty, you are awake."

Zhang Baoyi woke up from her sleep and saw Li Mingyuan getting up and dressing with his back to the two of them, and said softly, "The concubine serves Your Majesty and dresses." ”

"No need." Li Mingyuan gently took the girl's hand and said with concern, "You sisters are new to menstruation, rest in bed for a while, and I can get up and dress myself." ”

"Your Majesty pities the concubines, and the concubines' hearts are full of joy."

Zhang Baoyi lifted the sheet with her right hand and blocked it on her chest, and said shyly, "It's just that I failed to make Your Majesty happy last night, and the concubine felt guilty in her heart, so please forgive Your Majesty." ”

"What a silly girl."

Li Mingyuan smiled, his eyes were full of pity and said, "Bao Yi and Xuan'er are still young, and they have already wronged you by having sex last night, where can I bear to hurt your body for a momentary pleasure."

Our husband and wife will get along for a long time in the future, so we have a good rest in the morning, I feel that the recovery is almost over, and it is not too late to go home in the afternoon to save relatives. ”

The two got married for the first time and started a family, Li Mingyuan was not only glad to marry a lover, but also felt a sense of responsibility as a husband and monarch. The fate of the country and the family is on his shoulders, looking at the immature and lovely faces of the two daughters, Li Mingyuan clearly knows that if he has an accident or the country suffers a catastrophe, it will be difficult for the two daughters and their children and children to survive.

The country has initially stabilized, and Li Mingyuan, the army and the people under his command have families, land, and bonds, and it is no longer possible to gamble on the fate of the country and launch a war in a desperate attempt as before.

Abandoning the adventurous expansion strategy of the early stage, choosing instead to enhance national strength, taking advantage of the contradictions between Western countries, and seeking territorial expansion and the enhancement of national status with superior strength will become the core of the domestic and foreign strategy in the next 20 years.

Whispered to comfort Zhang Baoyi, Li Mingyuan didn't have time to get up, and Wu Lingxuan, his wife in the main room on the other side, also woke up.

"Your Majesty, brother, stay with Xuan'er for a while, people are still a little sleepy."

"It's not early, you guys have to rest for a while, my husband has to go to the morning court today, and I can't sleep in the room."

Li Mingyuan doted on Wu Lingxuan's face, causing the other party to be shy.

"Your Majesty, today is the Great Dynasty Meeting, you have to wear several layers of crown clothes inside and outside to the court, it is better to let Xiaolan and Ying'er serve you to dress, so it will be faster."

Wu Lingxuan looked at Li Mingyuan with a smile and said softly.

"It's almost time, let Xiaolan and Ying'er come in."

Li Mingyuan looked up at the Western clock hanging on the wall, and accepted Zhang Baoyi's suggestion.

Xiaolan and Ying'er are Wu Lingxuan and Zhang Baoyi's dowry girls respectively, the two girls are two years younger, only fourteen or fifteen years old, their figure and appearance have not grown, and they are about the same age as the little girls in the second and third years of the later generations.

"Xiaolan, Ying'er, is there anyone else in your family?"

Although the two maids were young, they had flexible hands and feet, and it didn't take a while to help Li Mingyuan put on a few court clothes inside and out.

"Back to Your Majesty, the slave maid was sold to a trafficker by her father when she was six years old, and then she was lucky enough to meet the housekeeper of Master Zhang's house and bought the slave maid, and since then, the slave maid has lived in the west courtyard, following the six older sisters and doing some housework."

The maid Ying'er lowered her head, did not dare to face Li Mingyuan's gaze, and said cautiously, "When the slave maid left home, she was still young, and she only remembered that there were five people in the family, including father, mother, younger brother, and younger sister. ”

"Five or six years old is the age when your parents are happy, but you are sold into slavery, which also hurts you."

"The slave and maid are not bitter, at that time, in time for the catastrophe year, there was no food at home, and the father sold the slave and maid in exchange for a little life ration, and the slave and maid did not blame the father at all."

Ying'er shook her head, and said with an expression on her face that didn't seem to be fake, "After entering the Zhang family, Miss has always treated the slave and maid very well, and Your Majesty is also a good person, the slave and maid can follow the young lady into the palace and serve Your Majesty, it is a blessing for the slave and maid to cultivate in three lives, and the slave and maid do not feel bitter at all." ”

"Ying'er, you are still young, stay in the palace and take good care of your young lady, wait for a few years and get a little older, if you don't want to stay in the palace, talk to your young lady, and arrange for you to go out of the palace and find a good family to marry."

"Slaves and maids should not leave the palace, slaves and maids want to stay in the palace and serve Miss and Your Majesty all the time."

Ying'er shook her little head and said anxiously.

"Don't worry, no one will force you to leave, as long as you want, you can stay in the palace for as long as you want."

The dowry maid is generally accepted into the house by the male host, but under the influence of the reform of the Han Kingdom and the ideology of later generations, Li Mingyuan thought that he should lead by example, respect the wishes of Ying'er and Xiaolan themselves, and if they are not willing to stay in the palace all the time, they will also be let go out to marry and start a family.

Unlike Ying'er's situation, Xiaolan's parents are Songkhla Chinese who are attached to the Wu family, and Xiaolan followed Wu Lingxuan when she was four or five years old and was trained as a personal maid, so her family conditions are much better than Ying'er.

Li Mingyuan, under the service of Xiaolan and Ying'er, put on his crown clothes and went to the court, on the other side, Zhang Baoyi dressed up, and left the palace to go home to save his relatives under the escort of a team of Praetorian Guards.

In the central block of Chang'an City, a large mansion purchased by the Zhang family earlier has just been replaced with a plaque of Uncle Yanling, and in front of the spacious earl's mansion, the Zhang clan who greeted the concubine stood together, plus the people around to see the excitement, there were thousands of people.

"Mademoiselle is back." Two rows of Praetorian cavalry opened the way, the carriage in which the concubine was riding walked among the guards, and a servant who had served Zhang Baoyi before saw the plaque of the concubine and shouted excitedly.

"Congratulations to Yan Lingbo, the concubine Niangniang is deeply favored by His Majesty, and the concubine Niangniang will give birth to a dragon son in the near future, and the Zhang family must be even more prosperous."

"Everything is a gift from His Majesty, Zhang Mou's businessman, the family of the little rich, and the door of the nobles, it is already a great gift, and I don't dare to think about it again."

Officials of all sizes in Gyeonggi Province frequently touted congratulations, and Jang Jinxun could only respond with a smile.

"Master, the frame of the young lady's car has arrived at the corner of the street, and several adults from the province are urging us to prepare for the meeting."

A servant ran quickly to Zhang Zhenxun's side and reported.

"A few adults, the little girl's frame has arrived at the corner of the street, and Zhang can no longer accompany a few adults."

"It's important to welcome the concubine Niangniang, even if Yan Lingbo is busy, I will visit the concubine Niangniang in person later." …………

"Miss, there are a lot of people out there."

Ying'er opened the curtain of the carriage, revealing a pair of smart eyes to look out.

"Ying'er, there are a lot of officials in the house today, when you get off the car later, don't say much, otherwise you will be grabbed by other officials, and your majesty may be angry."

"Yes, miss, the slave must be careful."

Ying'er responded in a low voice, raised her head and continued, "But Miss, the slave maid is dressed in His Majesty's clothes today, and I feel that His Majesty is very amiable, and His Majesty likes Miss very much, even if the officials outside deliberately use some courtesies to embarrass Miss, Your Majesty will not blame Miss." ”

"Your Majesty's daily affairs are full of opportunities, as a concubine, you should consider your Majesty, some small things in etiquette, we usually pay more attention to them, and save your Majesty from being distracted."

Zhang Baoyi was dressed in a gorgeous Hanfu, and her fair little face was full of seriousness, "Ying'er, although you and I are called master servants, I have always regarded you as a sister, you follow me to marry into the royal family, in a few years, I will beg Your Majesty to accept you into the room, give you an official title, and it will not be in vain for you and my sister." ”

"The slave just wants to stay by Miss's side all the time and serve Miss, and she will never dare to think of anything else."

Ying'er's little face turned pale, as if she had been seen through by the other party.

"You follow me to marry into the palace, sooner or later you will become Your Majesty's person, unless you don't want to serve Your Majesty, if that's the case, I'll tell Your Majesty, let Your Majesty let you out of the palace, Your Majesty is open-minded, and you won't be forced to stay in the palace."

"No, miss, that's not what the slave meant."

"Okay, you've been with me for five or six years, I can't guess your little bit of caution, don't worry, I will fulfill you in the future."