After Pei Zhaoming finished speaking, he paused and said: "The Queen Mother of the Northern Kingdom is newly mourned, and no one in the North can restrain the Northern Lord. In the past, there was Feng's suppression, and its true nature may not be known, but tomorrow the North Lord will go to Yongning Temple, and you and I can go to see who he is. The northern lord attaches great importance to this dynasty, and every time the envoy comes to Pingcheng in the past, he will personally summon him. Tomorrow you can see it as a person. ”

Tuoba Shen and Tuoba Ke received the good news that the emperor allowed them to go to Yongning Temple tomorrow, and happily returned to their residences and made an appointment to meet in Taihua Hall early tomorrow morning.

When I returned to Qingxiao Temple, it was already noon. was surrounded by a few imperial doctors who were guarding Qingxiao Courtyard for a while, and after looking at Wen Wen and asking questions repeatedly, he watched the imperial doctors walk out of Qingxiao Courtyard with a head of questions.

It's finally over, and looking back on the two hours this morning, it's really "wonderful"! But in the end, the "reward" of leaving the palace is also worth the ticket price.

With these joys, I also told Aunt Cao about going to Yongning Temple tomorrow during the meal. Cao Guiren was also very happy for him, and said: "People outside the palace are envious of the palace's fine clothes and food, glory and wealth, but I don't know why the palace does not envy their freedom and wishes. I've been in the palace all these years, and I haven't gone out once? ”

Tuoba Shen knew that a concubine like her could not leave the palace without the permission of the emperor, and she was not a high-ranking concubine like Zhaoyi, and if her family background was good, she could still ask to go out of the palace to visit relatives. Aunt Cao's rank is not high, and she is not a prince and nobleman, it is really difficult to get out of the palace, and some palace people have never gone out of the palace all their lives.

"When my son is crowned king, I must ask my father to go to the prince's mansion every year to live for a few days" Tuoba was afraid that Aunt Cao would think of something unhappy, so he hurriedly explained

"Well, Auntie remembers, it's just that you're still too young, if you leave the palace early and you're outside the palace, Auntie really can't rest assured. It's better to be eighteen or nineteen years old. ”

After listening to Cao Guiren's words, Tuoba Shen didn't know whether to be moved or cry or laugh, but he couldn't wait to be outside the palace every day, and the loneliness in the palace was unbearable. Let him wait until he is eighteen years old, and he still doesn't know how he will spend the next eight years? But he didn't dare to say it. He also thought about this, in history, Taihe was crowned king in 21 years, or the blessing of the new prince, there are still seven years before now, and he may really have to wait for seven years. Of course, if you can get married and become independent earlier, you will naturally be able to leave the palace early. Thinking of this, my heart is even more bottomless, and I don't know how long this kind of day will last.

He didn't go out in the afternoon, it was too cold outside, so he drank tea and wrote, and when Shen Shizhong Zhang Mao sent the calligraphy of Wang Youjun given by his father, and now Tuoba Shen is copying this. When he was a civil servant in his previous life, there was a leader who liked calligraphy, but it was Yan Ti, not Wang Ti, and he also studied it for more than two months, and later learned that the original leader also had a leader who liked calligraphy. Yes, it turned out that two months of sycophants were filmed in vain. learned a willow body that is not like four, it can't be calm, and it's not ugly. It still looks a little bit like this, I've practiced this a lot over the years, and now it looks like it's okay to bluff people.

By the next hour, Tuoba Shen had already dressed. Lu Guang was busy lighting three palace lamps and putting them three steps away, this kind of palace lamp uses a lot of oil, the smell is a bit heavy, plus the smell of smoke from the heating of the fire, it is unbearable for smokers. Tuoba Shen sat on the Hu bed, feeling that there was still a little bed air, so he closed his eyes to recuperate. From time to time, there was a soft sound of "pop, pop" from the carbon furnace around him, and Tuoba Shen would open his eyes slightly every time it sounded, and then continue to close his eyes and squint.

In this era when there is no entertainment, all Tuoba can do is go to bed early and get up early, if it is usual, he has already gone out for a walk at this time. After all, in this era of backward medical skills, it is very necessary to maintain good living habits and health. But it's winter, and Heijo is located in the north, so it's really not the time to go out. It might be better to wait until noon.

Feeling better after sitting for a while, Tuoba opened his eyes cautiously, and asked Lu Guang to bring a hot water towel to wipe his face. Looking at the bright light on the doors and windows, I breathed a sigh of relief.

Walk over to the bookcase and get ready to continue passing the time. Spread out the paper, press the edges with sandalwood paperweight, and then lift the pen from the pen holder to dip it in ink, only to find that the nib and ink have been frozen. Lu Guang, who glanced at the side, didn't speak, Lu Guang watched the second prince suddenly stop moving with a pen, looked at him, only to find out what the problem was, hurriedly came over and removed the ink inkstone, took hot water and poured it into the ink inkstone, and then washed the brush again.

Tuoba Shen turned around and sat on the Taishi chair behind the bookcase, with a fur fur spread on it, which was very warm. (This kind of Taishi chair did not exist in this era, and Tuoba Shen drew drawings to send to the general to make it in order to facilitate writing and painting, and it soon became popular among the palace magnates.) Watching Lu Guang add some hot water to the ink inkstone and gently grind it with the ink ingot, this scene instantly made Tuoba Shen feel a little weird. It is said that the red sleeves add fragrance to read at night, but unfortunately there are no beauties here, only a little eunuch. Thinking about the day when I would borrow Ah He for use, I laughed again, it was impossible, the maid next to the aunt was equivalent to the aunt herself, and the women in this palace were theoretically members of the emperor's harem, that kind of words were no different from rebellion. In history, Yang Yong just pointed to Queen Dugu's maid and said casually: "They are all mine." Later, it became evidence of his deposition, which shows how ridiculous it is for the maids who asked for their mothers to appear in those online articles in later generations.

Waiting for Lu Guang to polish the ink, he lit sandalwood and went out, the second prince didn't like anyone to be there when he was writing and painting.

After spending most of the hour, looking up at the window, the sky was much brighter, Tuoba Shen pinched his sore neck, stood up and stretched his body, and heard Lu Guang's voice outside the door: "Your Highness, it's already past the middle of the hour, and the little slave just took His Highness's breakfast from Liu Niangzi (Liu Qinhe)." ”

It turns out that the time is in the middle! It was eight o'clock in the afterlife, and he said, "Come in!" ”

Lu Guang pushed open the door and brought breakfast in. These breakfasts were taken from the Taiguan, and they were prepared with a special stove in Qingxiao Courtyard, for fear of being blown cold, so they were brought here in a bamboo basket. It's not a good thing, how many good things can there be in this winter, and the emperor still drinks porridge every day. Today is clear porridge with two dishes of pickles and two meat steamed buns. Of course, it's nothing for a person of his status, but when he leaves Pingcheng, I don't know how many people can't even eat porridge.

It's not true that there is no such thing as green vegetables, the royal family has greenhouses to grow these vegetables, and the prince can occasionally get some of them, but the amount is very small, and sometimes some of them are given to some ministers. In the past, when the Queen Mother was alive, she was very generous to his followers, and often drove to their mansions to bring them all kinds of delicacies, and never spared gold, silver, and jade, and most of the vegetables produced in the royal greenhouse every year were distributed to those close ministers. The rest is reserved for a formal banquet. If you really want to have an appetizer, you can go to those high-ranking officials and wealthy families, many of these big families have their own greenhouses at home, as long as you can ask them to invite you to the table. Anyway, he hasn't been to any house in so many years. And he is also the kind of personality that is at ease with what he encounters, and he is not obsessed with food, or because he knows very well that in this ancient society where the small peasant economy is backward, he can save money, and he puts forward some requirements above, but he doesn't know how much effort it takes to meet them.