"Ahh On the morning of the 24th day of the lunar month, Yun Xi was woken up by such a sound.

He was having a very wonderful dream, when he heard such a sound, and immediately woke up, opened his eyes and muttered, "Who is this who yawns while I sleep?" ”

"Husband, it was the concubine who accidentally felt a little itchy in her nose, and involuntarily yawned." Miaojin, who was about to get out of bed and get dressed under the service of the palace maid, said.

And she immediately pretended to be pitiful and said, "Husband, don't blame the concubines, okay?" ”

Yun Xi glanced sideways at the carved leak placed near the head of the bed, and then smiled at Miao Jin: "How can my husband blame you for this?" But at this point, it's the New Year's season, why do you get up so early? ”

"Husband, Wen Kun wakes up at this time every day, and as soon as he wakes up, he hums to find his mother. So the concubines got up at this time every day to go to Wen Kun's house to see him. Miao Jin smiled.

Yun Xi touched his nose. Even if he spends the night in her Yanxi Palace on weekdays, he gets up early because he has to go to court, and he doesn't know that Miaojin gets up at this time every day.

He was a little embarrassed for a moment. In order to get rid of the embarrassment, Yun Xi said: "In this case, Fujun will go with you to see Wen Kun." ”

"That's good, husband. Wen Kun would be very happy to see his mother and father come to see him in the morning. "Miao Jin Road.

Yun Xi doesn't think so. He's not the same as his father. If Moon Kun had gone to school, maybe Yun Xi would have been able to see him every day; Ke Wenkun is still a baby and can't see Yunxi every day. He shouldn't know Yunxi very well.

Maybe when he saw me, Wen Kun would be very surprised why there was such a person with his mother. Yun Xi thought.

But to his surprise, Wen Kun was really happy to see him, sat up on the small bed and clapped his hands, as if beckoning Yun Xi to do something, which made him very dazed.

"Husband, Kun'er, this is to let your husband hug him." Xu Miaojin said.

"Really?" Yun Xi stepped forward with some suspicion and picked up Wen Kun from the small bed, and the two female officials who took care of him on the side stretched out their hands nervously to prevent Yun Xi from falling down if he didn't hug him well.

Wen Kun was held in Yun Xi's arms, looked up at Yun Xi's face, giggled, and lay in his arms.

Xu Miaojin deliberately showed a look of jealousy and said: "Sure enough, the boy is still close to his father, and he usually has to hug me every morning, but when I see my father today, I don't want my mother." I must have a daughter in my next child. ”

"The daughter is the father's intimate little padded jacket." Yun Xi hugged Wen Kun and said with a smile.

"If you give birth to a son and pester your father like this, your daughter will always be better." Xu Miaojin said.

"That's not for sure." Yun Xi laughed again.

The two of them said a few more words, and suddenly Wen Kun raised his head and called out to Xu Miaojin "Ahhhhh

"What's going on?" Yun Xi asked immediately.

"It's time for milk." Xu Miaojin did not take Wen Kun from Yun Xi's arms, but asked another female official on the side to take it. After the female officer took it, she walked to the corner and turned her back to Yunxi.

At the same time, Xu Miaojin said to Yunxi: "Husband, let's go." ”

Yun Xi understood that this was a special nurse to breastfeed, so in order not to leave a perverted and lustful reputation, she followed Xu Miaojin out of this room.

But he still asked: "I remember that Xiyao and they didn't feed in person, they didn't let the milk come out, but your milk came out, why didn't you feed it yourself?" ”

"The old servant in my family said that it is not good for a woman's health if the milk is not sent out, so even if the milk for Wen Kun is best not fed by the concubine herself, she also let the milk come out." Xu Miaojin said.

"In this way, in the future, tell the people in the palace that there will be another concubine who is pregnant and let the milk come out." Yun Xi said.

"But it's actually okay to have milk but don't feed the child, and in the end the milk is cheap." Yun Xi suddenly laughed.

"Oh, husband." Xu Miaojin said with some embarrassment.

Yun Xi looked at the palace maid and eunuch beside him who seemed to have a straighter back just now, smiled and didn't say anything more. But in his heart, he thought: "If you stay in Yanxi Palace in the future, you can't let Miaojin get up too early in the morning." ”

After that, the two of them said this and walked to the place where they were eating.

During breakfast, Miao Jin first said something that made Yun Xi happy, and then said: "Husband, the concubine wants to ask her husband for a favor and leave the palace tomorrow." ”

"You want to go back to your mother's house?" Yoon-hee asked.

"No, the concubine is going to the third sister's house." Xu Miaojin said. The etiquette of the concubine going home to save her relatives is very complicated and cumbersome, and her third sister married to King An's Mansion as a concubine, so she will not go out of the palace to see her relatives in the name of provincial relatives. Her third sister has already agreed with King An that Zhu Ying will not be at home tomorrow.

"Okay, I agreed. But Xu Miaojin, you have to be considerate and considerate of the queen, she has no relatives to marry into the royal family, and even if she has relatives to marry into the royal family, it is impossible to leave the palace at will, so you try to go out of the palace as little as possible. Yun Xi said with good intentions.

Although Xiyao is the queen, regardless of her son's future in the future, Miaojin's life is better than her: Miaojin doesn't have so many palace affairs to deal with, and the etiquette of those women when she meets them is almost the same, Miaojin's relatives can often enter the palace because of their high status, and Miaojin is still the only one among the concubines who calls Yunxi 'husband' like Xiyao, all of which makes Xiyao a little jealous of her. Yun Xi didn't want Miao Jin to continue to stimulate Xi Yao.

"Yes, husband." Miaojin obediently agreed.

But it can't be relied on me, can my family background be changed? But although she was well-behaved on the surface, she complained in her heart.

However, of course, Yun Xi couldn't hear Miaojin's heart, and nodded with satisfaction after hearing her words.

After breakfast, Yun Xi left Yanxi Palace and went to Qianqing Palace. Although he has no major state affairs to discuss these days, he cannot completely relax. From today to the penultimate day of the lunar month, he will invite one or two princes who have entered Beijing to pay tribute to enter the palace every half day, not to talk about business, but to chat casually and enhance their feelings. This morning, Zhu Jihuan, the king of Jin, and Zhu Chang, the king of Qing, needed to go to the Qianqing Palace in advance to order the eunuchs to arrange it.

However, he saw Yun Zhi and Yun Xi together on the way, and couldn't help but ask very strangely: "Yun Zhi, Yun Xu, what are you two doing together?" "Although Yun Xu's palace is here, Yun Zhi's palace is far from here.

When the two of them heard Yun Xi's words, they hurriedly raised their heads and looked around, Yun Zhi saw Yun Xi first, and pulled Yun Xi over to salute and said, "My sister (brother minister) has seen the emperor's brother." ”

"No courtesy." Yun Xi asked again, "How did you two get together?" ”

"Brother Huang, it's my sister's younger brother Yunxu." Yun Zhi said: "There is a eunuch in Yunxu Palace who is very good at painting, and when I summoned Ye Xiping yesterday afternoon, I asked this eunuch who can paint to hide behind and observe Ye Xiping, and go back at night to paint a portrait of him." My sister is here to get a portrait. ”

"Just let Yun Xuan send someone to deliver it, why do you bother to pick it up yourself." Yun Xi's tone softened and said.

"This is not good, my sister has to see the portrait for the first time, judge whether the painting looks like it, and then decide whether to show it to the second sister. So my sister came to pick it up herself. Yun Zhi said.

Since Yun Zhi had a legitimate reason, Yun Xi didn't ask this question anymore, and turned around to continue to Qianqing Palace. But he suddenly thought of something, and said to Yun Xu: "Yun Xu, you will be twelve next year, according to the etiquette set by the emperor's grandfather, you can perform the crown ceremony and live in the palace next year." Of course, twelve years old is still young, and it is also possible to wait until the age of fourteen or fifteen to perform the crown ceremony. Brother Huang will ask you now, would you like to perform the crown ceremony next year? ”

Yun Xuan didn't have any idea whether to do the crown ceremony or not, but he really didn't want to hold it in the palace anymore and wanted to go out of the palace to live alone, so he immediately said: "My brother is willing to do the crown ceremony next year." ”

"That's okay, when the weather warms up in March and April next year, the royal brother will give you a crown salute." Yun Xi said.

"Okay, Brother Huang." Yun Xuan said happily. As everyone knows, Yunxi is also very happy.

Yun Xi had long wanted Yun Xi to live in the palace, but Yun Xi was too young before, and it was not good to let him live alone out of the palace, so he stayed in the palace until now. Just now he suddenly thought that the youngest age of the crown ceremony set by Zhu Yuanzhang was twelve years old, and Yun Xi would be twelve years old next year, so he asked and successfully achieved his goal and kicked Yun Xi out of the palace.

At this moment, counting Zhu Dong and Zhu Yi (Zuo Youmu), who were kicked out of the palace in the second year of Jianye, the only able-bodied men in the palace are me and my sons. Yoon-hee thought happily in his heart.

Yun Xi instructed him a few more words and continued to go to the Qianqing Palace.

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"Dad, are you going to Qi's house to pay New Year's greetings today?" Xue Xiyang said to his father Xue Ning.

"What, do you still want to go to their house on the third day of the first month to pay New Year's greetings like after you get married?" Xue Ning said while putting on his outer clothes under the service of his subordinates.

"Dad, it's better to wait two days before greeting the New Year." Xue Xiyang said.

"After two days, it is a day for family relatives to greet each other, and the Qi family is a native of Yingtianfu, so what will happen to our family members when the time comes."

Xue Xiyang wanted to say more, but Xue Ning immediately said: "Don't think about anything else, it's fine today, our family still has something to do in the next two days, how can we take the time to go to Qi Mansion?" Hurry up and change your clothes and follow your father to your future father-in-law's house to pay New Year's greetings. ”

Since Xue Ning said so, Xue Xiyang stopped talking, asked his subordinates to put on his coat as well, brought the gifts to be sent to Qi Mansion, and set off with his father.

After a while, the two came to the gate of Qi Mansion, and a coachman walked to the door and said to the porter: "Commander Xue and the second son have come to meet Qi Shangshu. As he spoke, he handed the name card to the porter.

The concierge is also literate, and when he saw that the title of the name card was written "Xue Ning", he immediately understood that this was the queen's maiden family and the future in-laws of the lord of the house, so he was so busy that he stood up first and said respectfully to Xue Ning and his son behind: "Master Xue and Master Xue, please come in, my master has taught to stay, people with the status of Master Xue and Master Xue don't have to wait for the report, just come in directly." ”

As he spoke, he walked up to Xue Ning and led the way. Xue Ning is also accustomed to this, with his current status, he will not let him wait at the door even if he goes to visit the gatekeeper of the Guogong, and walks in behind the gatehouse.

The concierge of the Qi family led him to the side hall, bowed down and said, "Master Xue, my master is meeting a guest, waiting for the slave to go and say goodbye." ”

"There you go." Xue Ning said as if he were a slave of his own family.

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In the main room of the living room, Qi Taizheng was talking to Chen Xingshan. Both of them are former ministers of Yunxi's domain, and they have always had a good relationship, and they often sit together when their official duties are relaxed, and they chat. Yesterday, as a high-ranking and powerful official, they had some things to do and went to stay in the yamen for another day, and today they had some time to get together together.

"Brother Shangli, yesterday I saw you coming out of the household when it was almost dark? So much official business of the household department? Chen Xingshan said.

"Hey, why not much? Most of the big and small things in various places are not related to the household? The household department is the busiest of the six departments of the imperial court, and even if fourteen divisions are set up, they are busy, and I want to ask Your Majesty to set up a few more divisions. Qi Tai said.

"This can't be, now the number of divisions in the household department is the most six, and there are as many as the Dao of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, so it is impossible to increase it." Chen Xingshan said.

Qi Tai himself knew that the odds were slim. So he didn't say much, but changed the topic and said, "You're also busy, I saw you when you saw me yesterday." ”

"Actually, if you only have an errand for the military department or only an errand for the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, you are not busy, but Your Majesty has asked me to take care of the errands in these two places and manage many small yamen, so I am so busy."

Chen Xingshan complained: "Sometimes I want to tell Your Majesty to let Your Majesty remove me from the errand of the military department, and only be responsible for the errand of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies." ”

"Why do you want to be exempted from the errand of the military department, and not the errand of the Governor's Office of the Five Armies? The Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, that is, an errand in charge of military discipline, is the most important, and the others are not too important. Qi Tai asked.

"That's not the case, my errand in the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies is much more important than that in the Military Department." "At first, I thought that only the errand in charge of military discipline was important, but then I realized that other errands were actually more important than this errand. ”

"Well, you now have an errand in charge of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, a military doctor Lang Zhongsi, and a Wenxuan Department in charge of a group of down-and-out literati, are these two errands very important?" Qi Tai asked with some curiosity. He has not dealt with the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies in the past few years, and he really doesn't know what the use of these two yamen is.

"Lang Zhongsi is very useful, from the role played by the last military doctor during the Luxie Rebellion before. If it weren't for the military doctor who encouraged the soldiers to surrender to the imperial court again, how could the city of Jinan be captured so easily? As the province of Shandong, the city of Jinan was very strong, and it may not be able to be defeated by the army outside Jinan at that time. Chen Xingshan said.