Yang Guang and Xiao Meiniang skillfully completed the primitive exercise together, and at the moment lying in the dragon pool, soaking in the bath, they suddenly felt comfortable and their pores were fully opened.

One word, vanity (comfortable)!

This dragon pond is seven or eight zhang long, two or two zhang wide, the perimeter is inlaid with dragon patterns, and the bottom is burned with a warm fire to maintain the water temperature in the pool.

Several palace maids carried baskets, which were either filled with fragrant flower petals or various tonic medicinal herbs, and kept throwing them into the dragon pool.

At this time, the mist in the bath room, accompanied by a beautiful woman, Yang Guang leaned his head on Xiao Meiniang's arms, closed his eyes and recuperated, and Xiao Meiniang gently kneaded his forehead for Yang Guang.

Xiao Meiniang pressed the Mo for Yang Guang, and said with emotion: "Ah, looking at your passionate appearance recently, it reminds me of you back then... The days go by so fast, time passes in a flash! ”

Yang Guang still closed his eyes and sighed: "I didn't think it before, but now that I touch this gradual gray hair, I have to serve old age!" It's a beautiful girl, you're still so glamorous and seductive, I can't stop it! ”

Xiao Meiniang slapped Yang Guang lightly and sneered: "I hate it!" The concubine is already over half a hundred years old, although it is properly maintained, it is still difficult to resist the erosion of the years, I am afraid that in a few years, the Supreme will not even touch the concubine! ”

Hearing this, Yang Guang sat up, took Xiao Meiniang into his arms, and comforted: "Others may still be possible, but I definitely won't!" The father's friendship with his mother back then was not only for you and me, but also for everyone in the world to see! Although the father and the emperor occasionally steal fishy, they also blame the queen mother for being too jealous, in general, they are a model couple of that era! Therefore, if there is a father, there must be a son, beautiful girl, the two of us are a model couple of the new generation! The difference is that the beauty is much better than the queen mother! ”

Xiao Meiniang poked Yang Guang's chest with her jade finger, and snorted coquettishly: "The concubine doesn't dare to compare with the queen mother, but you are a fool of you, and you have a lot more thought than your father!" ”

Yang Guang affectionately rubbed Xiao Meiniang's forehead with his forehead and smiled: "But my love for you is no less than that of my father!" ”

Xiao Meiniang pouted and said, "Hmph, I think it's much better than my father in terms of rhetoric!" ”

Yang Guang replied solemnly: "Beautiful girl, don't look at me often lingering in flowers and plants, but that's just to enrich life, it can be regarded as a spice for life, but it can't be eaten as a meal!" You know, I only had children with you before, and other women, I just played, and never moved my true feelings. It was only after your sister married into the palace that I had a son and a daughter with her (Yang Gao and Yang Fei), but that was also with your consent! I'm called it, I've been in the middle of thousands of flowers, and the leaves don't stick to my body! Ha ha! ”

Xiao Meiniang's face was a little proud, and she said: "The concubine doesn't dare to stop the Supreme from spreading the branches, it's just that the Supreme himself is clean and self-conscious!" ”

"Clean? Hehe, that also depends on the time. Desire is the most fundamental driving force of human beings, when there is enough external pressure, people may be able to restrain their desires, but once the external pressure is lifted, an extreme sense of expansion will follow, at this time, few people can resist their inner temptation. ”

"Looking back on the magnificent history, how many emperors were able to be kind and self-denying when they were in difficulty in the early stage, but once they achieved remarkable results, they were all stubborn and self-righteous in the later period. I read poetry and books and are familiar with various histories, but I still follow the old path taken by my predecessors, even if I am as strong as the Qin Emperor and Han Wu, I can't jump out of this law! ”

"Back then, in order to win the support of my mother, I had to whitewash myself. Not only is everything simple to eat and wear, but even the strings of singing and dancing are not touched at all. On the outside, he is modest and studious, and he is a virtuous corporal, and on the inside, he is benevolent and filial to his father and mother, and when he returns home, he also spoils the beautiful lady alone, and the concubines in the house are only enough to make up the number. Over time, it became a habit! ”

"Later, when I finally ascended the throne as emperor, it was as if a tight string had suddenly stopped. Yes, that's how it feels. Since ascending to the position of the Ninety-Five, I no longer hide myself, no longer suppress my inner desires, and no longer wear a mask to live. ”

"Gradually, I seem to be obsessed, not only forced the eldest brother and fifth brother to death internally, but also suspicious of other Yang clan relatives who have no crimes, even Sister Lanling, I am not soft at all. Now that I think about it, I still feel a little guilty. When he was with King Jin, he was called benevolent and filial piety by the world, and he was like two people! ”

"Externally, I abandoned my father's fine traditions, and began to become arrogant and lascivious, overjoyed, arbitrary, and jealous. changed the hard and simple life style of his father's period, and began to enjoy luxury without scruples, up and down, so that the atmosphere of the court was also bad! ”

"Although the excavation of the Grand Canal, the repair of the Great Wall, and the construction of warships were all well-intentioned, we still did not take into account the actual situation, not only did women have to be forced into labor, but also the officials acted in a hurry, causing many people to die of fatigue, and the people complained."

"And because of the fear that the power of the Guan Long family and the Shandong clan is too much of a threat to the throne, in view of the precedent of the Sui Yang Dynasty Zhou. Therefore, I began to suppress them in terms of titles, official positions, systems, etc., not only cutting the title of the fifth rank of the prince and the prince into the second class of the prince, but also greatly modifying the official positions to limit their power, and at the same time began to reuse the Jiangnan literati and military generals, and created the imperial examination, etc. ”

"This move is tantamount to deviating from the fundamental system of my Great Sui - the military merit system, and putting the family on the opposite side of me. In the long run, although it is conducive to the stability of the imperial throne, it is too hasty and does not take into account the actual national conditions, which is tantamount to destroying the pillars of the imperial court and the cornerstone of the country, and has since buried a disaster. ”

"The three expeditions to Goguryeo were the beginning of the collapse of the Great Sui, and the first expedition used 1.3 million troops and millions of people, but it was because of my face problem that the generals were tied up and placed by the Goryeo clowns. The last adventurous blow completely buried the 300,000 elite soldiers of my Great Sui. ”

"The second expedition is the most promising, at least to take Liaodong, but unfortunately, because of a series of problems in front, the country is actually already a foreign power. The traitor Yang Xuangan took the opportunity to occupy the Liyang rebellion and approached the eastern capital. A fire broke out in the backyard, and the army had to return in vain, burying all the efforts ahead. ”

"The three expeditions are not to mention, the army is basically not in place, and the sailors' guards are quite effective, and they barely subdued Goguryeo, but because of the large-scale wars and heavy conscription in the country for many years, the country has been weakened, the people's grievances are boiling, and the rebels have swarmed in various places, and the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse."

"After the siege of Yanmen, the last bit of majesty of me was completely defeated, and all careerists saw my incompetence and the weakness of the Great Sui, which caused the big families from the family to the cats and dogs to rise up and rebel, causing all parts of the country, either in the uprising, or in the planning of the uprising."

"There were fires all over the country, and I not only couldn't come up with a practical way, but just blindly asked the generals to suppress the bandits. The war is chaotic, the agricultural affairs are broken, the thieves are like locusts, destroying the fields and filling the wells, and the geese are pulling out the good for the thieves, and the people's livelihood is unsustainable. ”

As a result, the more the bandits are suppressed, the more they are defeated, the more courageous they are. The more the generals reported their gains, the more I suspected that they were self-respecting, so I cut off my arms and hastened the collapse of the Great Sui, so that the situation was like this! ”

Speaking of this, Yang Guang beat his chest and sighed: "Every time I think about this, I am really full of regret and pain!" ”