The left room of the harem Kanjin Pavilion

Tuoba cautiously flipped through the "Yan Zhi" in front of him, this book he had read no less than three times, it was a history book that had long been lost in later generations, recording the history of Northern Yan in the Sixteen Kingdoms.

The founder of Northern Yan is called Feng Ba, who was originally the minister of Later Yan, and later usurped the throne, and the country name is still Yan, and later generations call it Northern Yan. Feng Ba is Han in blood, but in spirit he is deeply humiliated. Although Feng's Northern Yan is listed among the Sixteen Kingdoms, it is not famous in itself, at least far less famous than his descendant, the Empress Dowager of the Northern Wei Dynasty.

This set of "Yan Zhi" was written by Gao Lu, the secretary of the order of the Empress Dowager Feng, and it is probably one of the spiritual sustenance of the Empress Dowager Feng. In the book, Feng Ba was touted and Hou Yan was blackened by the way. I don't know if it's true or false, but it's estimated that it's at least seventy percent credible. Anyway, he didn't ask Gao Lu if it was true or not, and even if he did, he didn't dare to ask!

Close the scroll and bring it to the bag. Standing up with the plan, relieving the discomfort of the soreness in his waist, he looked up and saw the little yellow door Lu Guang, who was standing on the edge of the carbon stove and dialing the carbon fire with tongs, was about to come over, knowing that he was coming to help him massage his sedentary and sore waist. However, Tuoba Shen was really not used to this, and was busy signaling with his eyes that he didn't need it.

"Lu Qing, do you remember where is the "Chronicle" that I picked up last time I went to Baitai?"

"Remember, on the third column of the C-shelf, the minister posted a note for easy search."

"That's good, I'll take it to Baitai later, you go and prepare the robe first, it's too cold today, you go to Qingfuyuan now to bring the fox fur given by the Queen Mother last year." Aunt Ming on my behalf, she said that she would go back to Qingfuyuan before noon. ”

Lu Guang bowed out of the Guanjin Pavilion and returned to the Qingfu Courtyard, looking for the fox fur in the closet in Tuoba Shen's bedroom. As long as the second prince does not go out, except for occasionally going to the garden and lake, occasionally going out of the palace, and watching festivals, he is reading and copying books in Guanjin Pavilion, and spending his days in chess, calligraphy and painting.

Tuoba Shen stood by the desk and drank some hot tea, these teas are said to have been sold from the Southern Dynasty, and every year they will buy a lot with the border market of the Southern Dynasty, or "exchange", the imperial court gave them furs, arrow feathers, these things, and the Southern Dynasty exchanged paper and other things, and it is said that the transaction volume is still a lot.

At this time, tea is not simply used as a drink, but is eaten with porridge. Of course, Tuoba Shen is not used to eating that kind of thing, so the habit of drinking tea has also been brought by him from the afterlife, at least when he drinks tea, he can find a little bit of the feeling of the afterlife, which is really precious to him as a single guest.

When the body was a little more comfortable, Tuoba Shen picked up the bookbag containing "Yan Zhi" and walked to the left side of several rows of large wooden bookshelves, these bookshelves have three columns in each row, each column is five meters long, divided into three layers, the upper middle and lower three layers, on the top of which there are a lot of classics collected over the years in the country borrowed in Baitai, and some classics that have not been collected by the imperial court brought by the exiles who fled from the Southern Dynasty to the Northern Wei Dynasty, are all copied by Tuoba Shen to find someone to go to the mansion of these exiles, but there are not a few volumes, for these exiles, or the children of wealthy families, books, Knowledge was very precious to them, and it was also the basis for them to be able to rise above the common people's humble families, so although they were in exile, they did not want to easily lend books to others for copying, and these were still obtained by him after many inquiries. In addition, some are still bought with private money, and there are many rubbings of calligraphy by former famous artists, including a set of Eastern Han Dynasty celebrity Cai Yong's "Xiping Stone Scripture" remnant tablet rubbing, you know, "Xiping Stone Scripture" in later generations to circulate less than 10,000 words.

When I went to the bookshelf where the "Yan Zhi" was stored, I organized and arranged this set of books, which was called ten volumes, but actually had fourteen volumes. These books were not taken from Baitai, but were given by the Queen Mother last year after she heard that Tuoba was cautious and liked literature and history, and asked him to read them in his leisure time to increase his knowledge.

When he returned to the main hall, Lu Guang happened to have already come out with a fox fur in his hand.

Since the death of the Queen Mother, the emperor's funeral, various funeral ceremonies, although not strictly in accordance with the traditional Confucian funeral specifications to treat the funeral, but after all, because of the many years in China, up and down have been contaminated with a lot of Han traditional influence, so even if Tuoba Shen is just a child, no one will ask him to cry in strict accordance with the Han law, and it is enough to choke in the past month. After the Queen Mother was buried in Yonggu Mausoleum earlier this month, the noise in the palace gradually returned to tranquility, and there was no need to wear cumbersome mourning clothes when traveling.

Opening the main door, a cold wind blew in his face, and Tuoba Shen, who suddenly left the greenhouse, trembled all over, and almost had the urge to reflexively close the door. At this time, the weather is colder than in later years, not to mention that this year's temperature is lower than usual. The fur hat on his head was also a little loose, and many of the braided pigtails were exposed, blocking the view, so he had to take off the fur hat and rearrange it.

This thief is a thief, he has frozen to death. Rubbing his nose, which felt a little cold, he took Lu Guang, a small waiter, out of the Guanjin Pavilion.

The harem is a large palace complex, is a kind of general name, in the meantime the building view pavilion road, the Hongqiao high platform is countless, if the sky is clear and refreshing, it is more magnificent to see from afar. These huge and majestic palace complexes were built by successive emperors since the Dingdu, with hundreds of millions of power consumption, and it took hundreds of years to build.

The Baitai where Tuoba Shen wants to go is the place where the royal books are stored, located in the south of the Huangxin Hall, during which it has to pass through the Taihe Hall and the Huangxin Hall, and the distance is not short. If it is the queen mother, the emperor and the empress, you can naturally take the chariot and take the public opinion to go back and forth, but Tuoba Shen, a prince who has no such treatment, has to obediently rely on No. 11 to drive to the end.

The palace maids who came and went along the way, the eunuchs were endless, and when they saw Tuoba Shen from afar, they saluted and accelerated to leave, and occasionally there were a few lively and active girls who frequently looked back a few more times, and then laughed at each other and walked away, leaving only the laughter all the way.

Tuoba Shen couldn't help but sigh in his heart, that is, these palace maids and palace servants were laughing and playing in this sensitive period when the country had just suffered a great funeral, and no one stared at these little people because they were at the bottom, and the number of people was the largest, and they were all minor mistakes, if they were too harsh on this kind of small mistakes, I am afraid that even the people around the emperor would not be spared. If you are as heartless as they are, and you are seen by someone with a heart, and you will keep a small account in your heart, you will not need it at this time, and it will always be useful. For example, if you are poked out at the critical juncture of the king in the future, it is enough to make you speechless, even if you are lucky enough to be crowned king in the end, it is at the end of the kings of the clan, and there is no future. At this time, the kings were not the kind of pigs raised in the Ming Dynasty, and it was possible to be in charge of national affairs. In this ancient world where filial piety was most important, this kind of thing was the black history of your life, and when you were proud, someone would take it out and say a few words, which could suffocate you to death.

"These are the palace maids of the Shangshi Bureau, most of them are old people who have been in the palace for many years, and they have never been so stubborn." Lu Guang saw that these palace maids even dared to make fun of the prince, so he said angrily.

"It doesn't matter, I think the atmosphere in the palace has been depressed in recent months, and they are all depressed, and besides, a few days ago, the Supreme has reaffirmed the will of filial piety in the palace." Of course, Tuoba Shen would not be angry because he was teased by the girls, and replied casually.

Out of the harem range, close to the Taihe Palace, I saw the crowd in front of the Sixian Gate under the stage, not far away was full of relying on the palace car and driving, canopy, pheasant tail feather fan ready. It seems that the father summoned the ministers. Tuoba Shen stopped to watch for a while, and vaguely heard the crying sound coming from the Taihe Palace, knowing that this was his biological father, Emperor Xiaowen of the Northern Wei Dynasty, his clan relatives, and ministers crying in front of the palace to worship the Empress Dowager.

In this situation, Tuoba Shen did not expect it before, now it is not to go, it is not good to go in, if you go, it has been seen by these palace people, and it is a little abrupt to go in, Taihe is now crying and crying with the queen mother outside the palace, he is not crowned king, and there is no public office, even if there is no false title, it can only be regarded as "father and son at home", when this formal occasion of the interaction of monarchs and ministers, he is really not suitable for an ordinary prince. But if you don't see it and turn around and leave, someone will definitely report it to the emperor Lao Tzu afterwards, and I don't know what the emperor Lao Tzu thinks at that time?

was about to step forward and go into the Taihe hall to cry and worship together, looking for an opportunity to stand back, as long as he was not discovered by his father. Just walked to the palace gate not far away, I saw a group of ministers walking out in an orderly manner, in front of them were all the kings of the clan, the second emperor's uncle of Xianyang King Tuoba Xi, the Dongping King Tuoba Pi who served as the secretary of the book, and then came out of the Huaiyang Wang Wei Chi Yuan who served as Situ and served in the waiter, Sikong, Shizhong, Changle Wang Qiu Mu Lingliang and others.

As soon as these people left the palace gate, they all saw Tuoba Shen, because Tuoba Shen was standing alone under the palace gate at this time, which was quite conspicuous.

The kings recognized who it was at a glance, although Tuoba Shen was taller than the average man of the same age, after all, he was still a child, and his immature face could not be concealed with an adult's heart, and after entering school in the past two years, he showed a talent and courage far beyond that of men of the same age, which made the kings and ministers who often went in and out of the palace very impressed. Xianyang Wang Xi, who knew him, was also a little surprised, and walked down the palace gate to ask before entering.

Tuoba Shen was also shocked by this scene, and now he couldn't hide from the side, so he saluted decisively: "The little nephew has seen the imperial uncle of Xianyang", and bowed to the kings who he didn't know: "The kid has seen all the kings, and the rank is honorable."

Many kings and ministers who didn't know each other saw that there was no shortage of etiquette for this prince, and their faces looked a lot better, but this occasion was obviously not what the prince should have come, and they all looked at King Xianyang, waiting to see him ask for details.

"Virtuous nephew, why is it here?" Tuoba Xi came over and pulled him aside and asked in a low voice. It turned out that Tuoba Xi thought that Tuoba Shen was in a hurry and came to report to the emperor.

When I was just ready to step forward, Tuoba Shen had already finished the draft, and there was naturally no longer stage fright when there was goods in the stomach, no matter what, I must pass the test safely today, and Tuoba Shen encouraged himself again in his heart.

"Uncle Yu, the little nephew is studying "Yan Zhi" in the palace, thinking of the Queen Mother's respect and kindness, his heart is agitated for a while, I wanted to go to Baitai to feel comfortable, but I didn't want to go here, and I collided with my father's car, which is really guilty." Tuoba Shen bowed his head and said

Tuoba Xi was stunned at first, and then relieved, it turned out that he thought too much, although the second prince was precocious and known as a prodigy, in the end, he was young and childish, and what he did could not get rid of childishness. His brows furrowed, and he sighed: "The Queen Mother has ruled the world for more than ten years, and she has raised my brother so far. Speaking of which, his eyes were a little red.

Tuoba Shen looked at the second emperor uncle who had a beard and a long beard, was refreshed, and was full of hair and pigtails, and he didn't know how true his expression was, and it was probably because he really missed the queen mother and because the queen mother wanted to depose the emperor and set him up again. This uncle can be regarded as knowing some roots and some talents, but he has been able to reach such a high position mostly because of the light of being the eldest brother of the current emperor.

"Don't leave in a hurry if the virtuous nephew comes, Your Majesty has not eaten for many days since the Queen Mother's reign, and the ministers have been persuaded to understand a little, and they have only eaten a little in the past half a month, and they miss the Queen Mother. Three days ago, Cao Shangshu asked His Majesty to change the sun and the moon according to the system, and when the mourning clothes were removed, His Majesty did not accept it, and he wept for a while. Today, the ministers gathered and wanted to advise His Majesty to put state affairs first and put aside the loss of love. The virtuous nephew is the son of man and a minister, and he can't be left to his responsibilities when he is in an emergency, and when he meets His Majesty, he must also take responsibility! Seeing that his nephew didn't speak, Tuoba Xi took his nephew's left hand with one hand, and gently stroked Tuoba Shen's shoulder with the other, and said.

Tuoba was stunned for a moment, but he didn't expect Tuoba Xi to plan to let him help persuade the emperor together.

For him, it's not that he can't be persuaded, but he can't be persuaded in front of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military ministers, and the person who can be persuaded in public is not him, but Tuoba Sui, who is the eldest son of the emperor. It is taboo for him, the second son of the emperor, to cross the eldest son of the emperor who was raised by the Empress Dowager Feng since childhood. The bright-hearted knew that this was a son who cared about his father, but he didn't know that he thought that he was seeing the death of the Queen Mother, and Tuoba lost his biggest backer and started to compete for the second prince? Let's not say what those outsiders think, the key is what the emperor thinks, this is the most important.

But Tuoba Xi's words pressed the word "filial piety", which made Tuoba cautious and refused, and he was speechless for a while. Tuoba Xi's words may not be trying to harm him, now that the Queen Mother has just died, there will be a certain adjustment in high-level power, and no one will think about the establishment of the prince at this time, but if he does something that makes people misunderstood, someone will soon jump out to fight for this future decision. He will also be embroiled in high-level political battles. However, Tuoba Shen is still clear about how many catties and taels he is now, and this kind of political tide that stirs up the situation is not something he can participate in now. When he first came to this world, he planned to be a peacekeeper, and if there was still an uprising in the Six Towns and a change in Heyin, he would flee to the Southern Dynasty in the end. He is not like the third Tuoba Ke, there is still an old lady to help him fix his favor, his mother has been dead for many years, and he is only fostered in Cao Guiren's Qingxiao Courtyard.

Cao Guiren's name is Cao Yinhua, it is said that he is a descendant of Cao Wei, and the way to enter the palace is similar to that of Empress Dowager Feng, but also because his family was confiscated and did not enter the court. After entering the palace, there was no son, so a few years ago, after Tuoba Shen's mother died, the Queen Mother asked Cao Guiren to adopt and raise Tuoba Shen, because his background is not high, and his personality is not very pleasing to men, so he is not very favored. may really want to raise Tuoba Shen as his own son, first, to comfort the emptiness of having no children, and secondly, to have a future to rely on.

This is also one of Tuoba Shen's concerns, if Cao Guiren is implicated, she will definitely not be able to get out of it if she is unlucky, and she will not regret it when the time comes.

I have a lot of worries in my heart and I can't tell this uncle, maybe what I said inspired this uncle to have some ideas, after all, the work of making a decision is not trivial, enough to compare with the rescue, and few people can resist it.