After leaving for a month and a half, when I returned to my small courtyard, I saw a bluestone brick road in the courtyard leading directly to the main house, and a lot of trees were planted on the side of the road, but at this time it was blooming red flowers, and there was a zigzag sheep intestine path next to the straight bluestone brick road to connect the side room, and there were stone tables and rattan cushions in the corners, which were extremely pleasant, and the empty appearance was very different from the past. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Zhou Bian wondered in his heart, could it be that he made a mistake, and was about to turn around and exit, but was stopped by Qiao'er behind him, "Where is the king going?" ”

"Is this the king's dwelling? How has it changed? Seeing Qiao'er at this time, Zhou Bian was sure that he had done nothing wrong.

Qiao'er covered her mouth and chuckled, "The king has only been away for a long time, and he doesn't recognize his house, if he leaves for a long time, I'm afraid he won't even recognize Qiao'er." ”

Seeing Zhou Bian's embarrassment, Qiao'er suppressed her smile and said, "Don't be surprised, the queen mother ordered the palace craftsmen to rearrange the king's courtyard, and the king is still satisfied?" The inside of the house has been repainted, and it looks very refreshing. ”

This transplant of trees and some stone rattan mats, the palace craftsmen are naturally no problem, but the material of the wall is only available in Luoyang, the price is expensive, and the palace has not been painted for many years, where does the money come from? Zhou Bian understood after a little thought that some time ago, at the request of the prison guard, he sent a thousand yuan to honor the Queen Mother, but I am afraid that the Queen Mother took it out of this. Thinking of this, Zhou Bian didn't care about appreciating those flowers and plants, and rushed into the house, and saw that the newly painted white paint on the wall had not yet dried, and there was a faint fragrance on it. Looking at this brand-new bedroom, Zhou Bian couldn't help but sigh in his heart, he still blamed himself for spending money to buy hairpins, but he spent a lot of money for his son, as a mother, he still thinks about his son first, and it has been like this since ancient times.

Qiao'er also followed, picked up Zhou Bian and walked to the back room. When I went in, I found that the inside was freshly painted just like the outside, but it didn't make Qiao'er rush to pull herself in, and after a closer look, I found the difference. I saw that the bed was still the low and big mahogany bed, but the bedding on the bed was a new one, Zhou Bian picked up the quilt and looked at it, only to see a big flower embroidered with yellow thread on the brand-new black and red silk, the embroidery was very fine, and when I looked at the pillow again, my face was red, and it turned out that the pillow was embroidered with a pair of mandarin ducks that were closely attached to each other.

I only heard Qiao'er say on the side, "This is how Sister Liu boiled a few oil lamps to embroider it, and it took a lot of work." "Presumably this is what the Empress Dowager Fang Cai meant when she said that she would know Liu's intentions at night, and this queen mother didn't say it clearly, and it wasn't a big deal, but it caused me to think about it for a long time just now.

Thinking of Liu, Zhou Bian was also full of emotion, and when he was in a daze, he heard the exclamation of the girl outside, "The king is back." Turning her head, Liu Ruoshui, the little girl, was jumping and running in.

The little girl had been in the palace for several months, and she had eaten better than before, and at this time she was much more watery than when she first met. Seeing that Zhou Bian was not shy, he opened his mouth and asked about his brother Liu Qiulai.

Zhou Bian smiled and touched the little girl's head, judging from Zhou Bian's actual mental age in his twenties, it was like touching a cute little sister, but Liu Ruoshui seemed to be stunned by this intimate behavior.

"Hehe, I haven't seen your king for dozens of days, why are you staying. This king also brought you good things. As he spoke, Zhou Bian took out a white silk handkerchief, which had not yet been embroidered, and was specially selected for Liu Ruoshui. The little girl's attention was immediately attracted, and she took it in surprise, holding it in her hand and looking at it over and over again, and the corners of her mouth were smiling.

Zhou Bian took out a small bag, this small bag is exactly what Luoyang women love, you can put some small items, ancient and modern Chinese and foreign women like this thing. "Qiao'er, this king never favors one over the other, and he also brought you something, do you like it?"

Hearing this, Qiao'er took the thanks, but she didn't know where to go, and her face suddenly turned red. Zhou Bian didn't know what this girl was thinking, so naturally he didn't notice it.

After chatting a few more words, talking about what he saw and heard in Luoyang, the two women were coaxed to smile, but when they were talking happily, an untimely light cough sounded at the door, Zhou Bian turned his head to look, it was Master Taishi standing at the door solemnly, and he hurriedly got up to greet him.

Invite the master to come in and sit down, and the two maids immediately poured water obediently, and then exited the door. After the maid left, the Taishi immediately put on a kind expression and smiled, "The king is really a genius, the old man heard about the king in Luoyang, even if my royal family can't restore the authority of Zong Zhou in the future, it can be rich and worry-free." ”

As he spoke, the Taishi's face suddenly changed, "Alas, in fact, my royal family has been reduced to relying on competing with merchants for profits to make a living, which is really a shame for the previous kings." When the king got out of the BMW, the old man didn't agree with the royal family doing business directly, but he also thought a lot about it for many days, my royal family is only a few dozen miles away, and the population under his command is less than 10,000. However, the direct involvement of the royal family in business needs to be kept secret, and the king must not act in a high-profile manner. ”

Yes, but in fact, in history, the Zhou royal family still insisted on more than a hundred years without much economic foundation, relying on something, in fact, it was Su Qin and Su Dai and other scholars who lobbied the countries to help one or two, these scholars more or less accepted the favor of the Zhou royal family when they were poor, so after becoming famous, they had the opportunity to deal with the Zhou royal family. But Zhou Bian naturally won't say this, everything exists naturally has his reason, and the same is true for the royal family. However, what Zhou Bian cares about at this time is where he is, the development of this big Zhou.

The two chatted a few more words, and the Taishi said in front of him, "After the king left, there was nothing important in Chengzhou, and all agricultural affairs were done according to the king's requirements, but today there was an incident between Zhou Gong and Gongyi, and the king hasn't heard about it, right?" ”

"On the way, I heard Zichang say that Gongyi was going to plant rice, and Zhou Gong had people block the eastward canal, and the Taishi went to deal with it, right?"

"That's exactly what happened. Gongyi intercepted the merchant ships of the Duke of Zhou, and the Duke of Zhou stopped the water flowing eastward, but it is understandable, the old man is only worried that the people of Gongyi do not know, thinking that my royal family did it, the old man knows the king's thoughts, and sooner or later he will take back Gongyi, if they let them have a grudge against the king from now on, it is naturally not good. So when the old man heard about it, he rushed to the scene, and in front of the farmers in Gongyi, he spoke out to stop the people of Zhou Gong, so that Gongyi would not blame the king. ”

Zhou Bian frowned, sighed and said, "Alas, no matter what, it is my people of Da Zhou who suffer." Unexpectedly, the Taishi was moved by this sad and pitiful expression, and hurriedly shouted respectfully, "The king is merciful!" Seeing the Taishi behaving like this, Zhou Bian couldn't help but sweat.

At night, he slept on the new sheets that still had the fragrance, pillowed the mandarin duck pillow, and thought that the young woman was outside, and if he snorted softly, he would be able to come in, Zhou Bian's heart couldn't help but move slightly.

When I woke up, I looked out the window and saw that it was spring again. Lifting the quilt and walking out of the hospital, Zhou Bian couldn't help but blame himself in his heart, how did he oversleep, he usually got up early even in Luoyang to practice, did he return to his former residence, or slept in a new quilt, or did he think too much last night?

However, it is good to relax and snooze once in a while, and when I was thinking about some trivial matters, I heard a happy female voice, "The king is up." It was Liu Ruoshui who rushed over.

"The queen mother has already instructed, the king worked hard some time ago, let the slave and maid not call the king in the morning, and wait for the king to wake up by himself. I didn't think about Ruoshui and went out for a while, and the king actually ran out by himself, so wait for the slave and maid to dress the king. Today is the Spring Festival. As he spoke, he respectfully invited Zhou Bian into the house and dressed up for Zhou Bian. Different from the past, today he is dressed up very carefully, wearing a new set of royal casual clothes, which makes Zhou Bian extraordinarily handsome, and with the maturity that far exceeds the maturity of children of the same year, the temperament is even more distinctive, unique and charming.

After cleaning up and having breakfast, I saw the Queen Mother who had been waiting for a long time, so I led many young maids in the palace with the Queen Mother to the south of the city, because today is the Spring Festival, an important festival of the Great Zhou. As early as ancient times, spring is coming, all things wake up, people like to travel together, young men and women talk freely, it is really a spring scene, over time it has formed the Spring Festival, which is listed as one of the important festivals by the royal family, and it is also the most joyful festival, there is no cumbersome sacrificial link, some are just a piece of joy and longing for love.

Walk out of the south gate, not far away is Luoshui, at this time Luoshui, the willows are green, the grass is green, there are men and women laughing from time to time, it turns out that the young men and women in the city have already come out. Seeing the Queen Mother and others coming, the first person immediately gave up the best river beach, and a maid spread a big linen cloth on the green grass and invited the Queen Mother and Zhou Bian Jizhu to sit down. Immediately, some aristocratic women came to visit, but many of them were married women, such as the wives and concubines of nobles such as young masters, and after meeting the queen mother, they sat on both sides of the queen mother according to the status of their respective men, and said happy words. The rest of the unmarried girls looked at Zhou Bian one by one, some answered shyly, some looked at each other, and even some took the initiative to beckon, seeing that Zhou Bian was uncomfortable, as if he had become a plate of braised pork with all the color and fragrance on the table, of course, Zhou Bian didn't know what the women were doing in their hearts, because there was no braised pork at this time. Seeing Zhou Bian like this, the Queen Mother smiled and said, "Wang'er, it's time to bless them." Zhou Bian then remembered his mission, so he got up and walked to the river to break off a willow branch, wet it in Luoshui, and then put it on the foreheads of the young women one by one.

When he was taking a breath, he heard a little palace maid shouting that she wanted to play a game, so she pushed and shouted to select more than 20 teenage girls, both inside and outside the palace, Ji Zhu was very excited when she saw this, and she also shouted to play, but she was glared back by the queen mother. It took a long time for Zhou Bian to figure out that he was going to blindfold himself to catch these little women, looking at this group of eager girls, Zhou Bian couldn't help but be embarrassed, it's too ambiguous, I'm not good at it. I don't know what to do, but I saw a guard running from afar, what a savior, Zhou Bian thought so, so he left the women and ran to the guard. Before the guard got closer, he clearly felt a series of murderous eyes, but he didn't know why.