The Daming Palace in the evening is very beautiful. The heavy eaves of the palace room are glowing with dreamy streamers, and the lacquer paintings are facing the side of the setting sun, becoming more and more vivid; Others, when viewed from one angle, have become hazy in their elegant shapes, and their silhouettes are accentuated by shadows.

Or because it's a completely unfamiliar place thousands of miles away from home, even though it's so peaceful and comfortable, Lee still feels a little uneasy. From time to time, she looked at a brick road outside the palace gate, as if she was expecting something.

Pu, who had a pair of double eyelids and apricot eyes, said in a familiar Chaoxian dialect: "Lord Weng won't see the saint tonight, and he won't see him in the past few days." ”

Li Xianhui was suddenly told through his thoughts, and his eyes flickered a little. She subconsciously refused to admit it: "No...... I'm not thinking about that. ”

However, she was reminded by Park Shiyi, and she felt a little strange in her heart.

In a strange place, she would feel at ease by Zhu Gaoxu's side, but Park's accompanying her here did not make any difference; But Zhu Gaoxu has only known her for a few months, and he has been her playmate since he was a child.

Park seemed to ignore Lee Hyun-hye's denial, and said to himself: "When I was first made a virtuous concubine, I always wanted to see the saint, but later I found that it was useless. The saint is very well-behaved, like a few days before he returned to Beijing, he must have been in Kunning Palace on the first night with the queen, and then the imperial concubine Mu, the noble concubine, the virtuous concubine, the concubine Shu, and the two concubines. No exceptions. ”

When Li Xianhui heard this, he nodded suddenly: "In other words, it is useless to compete for favor?" ”

Park shook his head and said, "It's not like that, it's just such a rule." ”

Lee Hyun-hye held Park's hand and said softly: "When we meet again, my sister is still close to me, and you haven't forgotten our previous friendship." ”

Pu said with a smile: "Lord Weng and I are both from the Xian Kingdom, and we have no relatives here, but we are not like other concubines, who have the support of our mother's family." As Lord Weng's royal clan, she should be crowned as the imperial concubine soon, and she is the lord of the East Second Palace, and she will have to take care of me in the future. I can also help the lord. ”

"This is the East Second Palace?" Lee Hyun-hye asked.

Park nodded and pointed to the west, but the place she was pointing to was a wall, "The places surrounded by palace walls in the middle are Qianqing Palace, Kunning Palace, the sleeping palace of the emperor and empress; On its east and west sides, there are six palaces each. On the west side live Guifei (Miaojin), Xianfei (Yao Ji), and Shufei (Du Qianrui); There is only one imperial concubine living in the east now, and that is the imperial concubine.

Now the saint has asked the lord to live in the east, maybe the lord of the second east palace is you. I am a concubine, and there are some people with titles such as Zhaoyi, Jieyu, beauty, talent, and waiter, as long as they live in this palace, they are all female officials under your control. ”

Lee Hyun-hye nodded as she listened. She quickly understood that the court of the Ming Dynasty was like another hierarchical city. And as soon as she arrived, she was in a position that most court ladies could hardly look up to in their lives.

Suddenly, she remembered a sentence that Zhu Gaoxu had said when she was the political envoy in Beiping, and Li Xianhui had only seen Zhu Gaoxu a few times at that time. Zhu Gaoxu's words are roughly: he has traveled thousands of miles to summon the virtuous and virtuous lord into Beijing, and there are some other reasons; also said that he was the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and he first had to work for the benefit of the people of the Ming Dynasty.

At first, Li Xianhui didn't understand this sentence at all, and she was still immersed in unexpected surprises at that time. Because the emperor of the Ming Dynasty was not as brutal and terrible as rumored, but he was a dignified young man.

But it wasn't until now that she accidentally understood the meaning of Zhu Gaoxu's words...... Although Lee Hyun-hye is quite famous in North Korea, he is only famous in North Korea; The most important reason why Emperor Daming wanted to crown her as the imperial concubine may be the consideration of power.

Li Xianhui's father, Li Fanggan, is now weak, but he was once a figure who could compete for power with the king of Chaoxian; And it still retains some civil, military and aristocratic forces that tend to him.

However, the Ming Emperor does not seem to be dissatisfied with the current King Xian, what is his purpose?

The more Li Xianhui thought about it, the more confused she became, and it was difficult to understand Zhu Gaoxu's thoughts.

"Have you seen your brother?" Li Xianhui suddenly asked thoughtlessly. The Park family is one of the forces that lean toward Li Fanggan.

Park shook his head and said, "No." Perhaps when the eldest brother is about to leave Jingshi, I will be allowed to meet him and bid him farewell. He...... Still worried about the owner? ”

Today's scene suddenly came to Lee Hyun-hye's mind, in the crowd of ministers and officials, Park Kyung-moo eagerly looked at the carriage and searched.

Lee Hyun-hye nodded lightly and said in Korean: "My sister saw Park Kyung-mu and persuaded him to stop thinking about the past when he was young. He has grown up and should be like a great husband, who should put great things first. ”

Park shook his head and smiled bitterly: "Lord Weng doesn't know, there are many men in this world, and the reason for doing everything is just for women. ”

"Wouldn't that be looked down upon?" Lee Hyun-hye blurted out.

Park said softly: "Aren't those big husbands who don't value women also for their own ambitions and desires? ”

When Li Xianhui heard this, he was speechless to refute.

…… Night has completely fallen on the Royal Palace. Lanterns are hung outside the palace, and oil lamps are lit in the stone lampstands along the roads everywhere. The spacious and luxurious palace is quiet at night, but it does not seem lonely, because the lights outside always remind people of prosperity.

Queen Guo Wei was very tired, and she was delicate and weak against Zhu Gaoxu, breathing evenly and a little heavy. Zhu Gaoxu lay on his back on the wide bed, not sure if Guo Wei was asleep.

Since Guo Wei married the princess of Han, she has been married to Zhu Gaoxu for nearly ten years. But she is actually only in her twenties, she has been pampered for many years, her skin and body are well maintained, and her body is very soft to the touch. When Zhu Gaoxu turned his head to admire her carefully, he could still feel her delicate and pure, and the lingering of the night of the reunion still made him feel wonderful and comfortable.

However, everything seems to be different from before.

Until now, he was lying in the splendid palace, half-asleep, and for a moment he thought he was in a tent, listening to the golden iron horse and the sound of drums and trumpets.

In the dead of night, he suddenly woke up, and at this moment when he should have slept and nothing else, he subconsciously felt the deepest part of his heart. Insecurity and dissatisfaction still creep in his heart.

The Ming Dynasty had millions of military households, and they always defended the emperor's territory. There are more than 70 guards in the Beijing division and guards stationed in the Beijing army. The elite guards on all sides of the imperial city are held by Zhu Gaoxu's most trusted battlefield brothers, guarding the imperial city day and night. The Kunning Palace of the Qianqing Palace is surrounded by palace walls, and there are only a few palace gates in and out, which are guarded by trustworthy eunuchs.

But Zhu Gaoxu still felt unsafe, probably because the first emperor Zhu Di was robbed of the throne, and he was also robbed of the throne. Some abstract things, you can't think about them carefully, otherwise the more you think about them, the more you feel out of control.

And when he puffs himself up, and feels that he has the power of the world and can do whatever he wants, he will find that the reward for those brothers who fought for him can only be mixed with a large amount of precious money, because there is not enough money; Faced with the current situation in his territory and the many half-starved people, he was still helpless.

But the princes and ministers who were well-dressed and well-fed thought that they were not rich; A large number of relatives and slaves are still living a frugal life, which makes the ministers very faceless and dissatisfied, and they need to get more benefits.

There is no shortage of idealistic characters in history. Faced with such a dilemma, Wang Mang came up with a clever plan, so he seized the property of the wealthy and distributed it to the common people. The result did not solve the problem, and the common people were poorer; Moreover, the extremely angry gate lords organized a large army, and the war burned the entire dynasty, causing the Han Dynasty to lose tens of millions of people.

Zhu Gaoxu began to think hard, hoping to find a way to break out of the cage from the only "foresight" he had. But he didn't want to be a victim of himself and the power he had already obtained, and he needed to get more benefits on the basis of securing the throne.

He wanted to usher in an era of unprecedented greatness! In this way, he can still be recognized and praised by the world and future generations, and his prestige will still affect all future generations hundreds of years later......

At this moment, Guo Wei beside her turned over and pulled the cranky Zhu Gaoxu back to reality. Guo Wei's voice was a little unclear, and she asked, "Isn't the saint asleep yet?" ”

"Hmm......" Zhu Gaoxu responded.

After a while, Guo Wei seemed to be much more sober, and said on the pillow again: "By the way, my father sent a letter to the palace and asked me to send my sister to live in Fengyang, the central capital." The father said that my sister was the wife of the abolished prince, and according to the law of morality and etiquette, she should guard the mausoleum for the abolished prince, and it was no longer suitable to live in the palace. ”

Zhu Gaoxu asked kindly, "What does Wei'er think?" In the matter of the Guo family, I should still listen to you more. ”

Guo Wei said: "I want the Holy Lord to be the master, and I will respond to my father in the same way." ”

"You decide, and then ask Wang Gui or Hou Xian to send someone to do it." Zhu Gaoxu said.

Guo Wei made a coquettish sound from her nose, and stretched out her bare arm to hug Zhu Gaoxu.

Zhu Gaoxu suddenly felt some uneasiness from Guo Wei.

Zhu Gaoxu thought for a while, thinking of the imperial concubine Mu Zhen, who was about to give birth, and her father, Mu Sheng, the prince of Qianguo, and the favored status of the government and the opposition. Only then did Zhu Gaoxu realize that he had promised his third brother Gao Sui that he would marry Mu Sheng's second daughter to him as Princess Zhao, which seemed to be not well thought out...... He felt that Mu Sheng, as a noble general, was really useless in battle, and the hidden danger was not big; But those people in the Queen Guo family may not think so.

"As long as I'm here, no one will dare to bully Wei'er." Zhu Gaoxu said softly.

"Holy ......" Guo Wei snorted softly, hugging him tighter.