Chapter Ninety-Seven: Counting the Strength of the Army
Zhu Ao had already drunk all the bowls of soup, and Sun Yunqi hurriedly wiped his mouth for him, and then motioned to Yin He to take the empty bowl away. Zhu Ao couldn't help but burp, held Sun Yunqi's hand and said gently: "It's still the queen who is considerate." A bowl of soup warmed the king's whole body. Then he said to Tingwei behind him: "Go, bring some paper and pencils." ”
Tingwei was waiting for an opportunity to perform, and immediately made a curtsy salute and said respectfully: "Yes, the slave obeys." Then he respectfully stepped back and went to find the best pen and paper.
Sun Yunqi was very puzzled, looked at Zhu Ao with a blank face and said with a smile: "What does the prince want paper and pen for?" Do you want an inscription to praise your concubines? ”
Zhu Ao twisted her little nose and said majestically: "This king won't make these false things, and if you want to be rewarded, you will be rewarded." ”
Sun Yunqi's beauty first turned red, and then she became very lost and guilty and said: "The concubine is incompetent, she has been favored by the prince for so long, and there is no movement in her stomach, she is really ashamed of the prince." ”
Zhu Ao never expected her to think like this, and then thought about it, no wonder, ancient science and technology were not developed, I didn't understand what the principle of pregnancy was, and the status of women was relatively low, and when I encountered the problem of infertility, the first thing I thought about was that the woman's belly was not good.
Zhu Ao came from later generations, so naturally he would not have these pedantic concepts, but after thinking about it carefully, he felt very terrifying, he had a wife for so long, and none of the three wives plus the two maids in the room had moved. If Sun Yunqi can't conceive alone, it may be her own problem, but if these people can't conceive, it may be his own problem.
I'll go, Lao Tzu is the prince, and he is about to lay down thousands of miles of rivers and mountains, how can he have no queen? Isn't that for someone else? Zhu Ao shook his head vigorously, he really couldn't accept this reality, but after thinking about it, the age of this body is still too young, and now he is not yet eighteen years old, maybe it is because of his age, and he will be pregnant in two years.
Zhu Ao can only comfort himself for the time being, but this matter has to be more or less long-sighted, and he must pay attention to observation in the future, it is better to find someone to take a look as soon as possible.
Sun Yunqi looked at Zhu Ao's very painful and frightened expression, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he cautiously tried to say, "Lord Wang, what's wrong with you?" ”
Only then did Zhu Ao come back to his senses, smiled wryly, and said to Sun Yunqi: "The queen doesn't have to blame herself, breeding offspring is a matter of two people, how can it all be on the queen's head?" Besides, aren't the other two concubines and the two Zhaoyi also pregnant? When Zhu Ao said this, there was obvious loss on his face.
Sun Yunqi Bingxue was smart, how could he not know what Zhu Ao was thinking in his heart, so he immediately stood up and knelt on the ground and said: "Don't blame yourself, the prince must not blame himself, everything is because of the incompetence of the concubines and others, and it has nothing to do with the prince." ”
Seeing that the queen was kneeling on the ground, Yin He naturally knelt down in a hurry and said, "The concubine is incompetent, please forgive the prince." ”
Zhu Ao looked at these two lovely wives, and sighed in his heart that the etiquette of feudal society is really cannibalistic, it was originally a matter of both husband and wife, and the woman was stunned to take the responsibility on herself, and immediately held Sun Yunqi's soft shoulders and said, "Queen, concubine, hurry up." This king has no intention of blaming anyone, and you do not need to blame yourselves. My father also had his eldest son in his twenties, and this king is not yet eighteen years old, so why is he in a hurry? ”
There is some truth in this, it is normal for children under the age of eighteen to have no offspring, Sun Yunqi and her maid glanced at each other, then slowly stood up and said, "Thank you, Lord Xie." Ministers, concubines, etc. must work hard. ”
Zhu Ao smiled unkindly and crooked his mouth, and laughed at Sun Yunqi: "If hard work is also the king's effort, how can the queen work hard?" ”
Sun Yunqi's ears turned red all of a sudden, he lowered his head to the ground, and muttered: "Wang, prince, the concubine means ......."
At this moment, Tingwei took all the paper and pen, held it in front of Zhu Ao, knelt on the ground and raised it, and said, "Lord Qiqi, you want the pen and paper." ”
Zhu Ao turned his head to look at the table, and said lightly: "Put it there." ”
Tingwei lowered her head and said softly: "Yes, the concubine obeys orders." Then he stood up respectfully, carefully laid out the paper neatly, and then put the pen and inkstone aside, and it could be seen that Sun Yunqi usually likes to dance and ink, so her maid is very familiar with the process of serving the master's writing.
Sun Yunqi moved lightly, walked to the table gently, and personally grinded Zhu Ao: "Is the prince going to design something new again?" ”
Zhu Ao walked to Sun Yunqi's side, picked up the pen with one hand and dipped it in ink, and wrapped his other hand around Sun Yunqi's small waist, and said with a smile: "This king wants to settle an account with the queen." ”
"Reckoning?" Sun Yunqi's eyes widened, a little incredulous but with a hint of joy and said, "Shouldn't the prince find Concubine Xian if he wants to settle accounts?" ”
Zhu Ao hugged Sun Yunqi's small waist, leaned her delicate body tightly against her body, and suddenly felt a softness surging through her body, and said, "It's not a complicated account, don't bother that god operator." The queen is resourceful and can help the king with her staff. ”
Sun Yunqi leaned his body against Zhu Ao's broad chest, her husband was willing to ask for her opinion if he had something, which was undoubtedly a kind of respect for her, although he didn't know what Zhu Ao asked her to consult, but Sun Yunqi's heart had already risen a trace of happiness and sweetness, and said softly: "What can the prince do to use his concubine?" The concubine must know everything and say everything. ”
Zhu Ao put his arms around her delicate body in one hand, and held a brush in the other hand to write and draw on the paper, and said as he wrote: "At present, there are twelve soldiers and one town in our country, with a total of 68,320 people, plus 10,000 and 500 guards from the original palace, and 10,000 people recruited by the king among the prisoners, a total of 88,820 people; Excluding the more than 4,000 people who died in the battle to pacify the Western Domain, there are still more than 84,000 people left. Does the queen think this is enough? ”
Sun Yunqi was stunned for a moment, and then said with a serious face: "The prince forgives the sin, the concubine is a person from the harem, and she cannot interfere in military affairs." ”
Zhu Ao slapped her little round buttocks and said with a smile: "It's just to settle accounts with you, and it's not to ask you to participate in the maintenance, what are you afraid of?" ”
Sun Yunqi still refused to let go, and said to Zhu Ao with a straight face: "Back to the prince, the concubines have also read some history books in their spare time, and the harem politics of all dynasties and dynasties are the source of chaos, and the concubines don't want to be like them." The concubines always take Liu Xiu's Empress Guanglie and Li Shimin's eldest grandson Empress as examples, hoping to abide by their harem duties and teach their husbands and children all their lives. ”