Chapter 22: Memory and the Harem
Lin Yi's words gave Xiao Mu a great reminder, and Xiao Mu suddenly slapped his head again: "That's right!" What you say makes so much sense, why didn't I think of it. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoI'm the emperor now, and what I say is a holy decree, and I directly let the courtiers below do things, of course, no one dares not to listen. ”
Lin Ye felt that this was all obvious common sense, but Xiao Mu didn't even realize this basic common sense, Lin Ye secretly despised it in his heart, and glanced at Xiao Mu again, "Isn't this all obvious, normal people want to get it." ”
Xiao Mu sat back and smiled: "Before the crossing, I was always commanded by others, but now that I am the emperor after the crossing, this kind of life that can command others casually is not very adaptable." But speaking of crossing over here, it seems like you're doing a better job of adapting to your new role than I am. ”
"It's not too easy to get used to life here." Lin said.
"Simply, no, too easy." Xiao Mu repeated Lin Yi's words, "What do you mean by this, is it easy or not easy?" Are you all talking in 2333 upside down? ”
"That's right, our people over there are talking so upside down, do you have any opinions?"
"How dare you." Xiao Mu collapsed for a while, "So, what do you mean is easy or not easy?" ”
"I'm skeptical about your level of intelligence right now. All the original memories of Queen Zhou are in my brain, and I adapt to life here according to her original memories, where will there be any difficulties? ”
Lin Ye's answer surprised Xiao Mu: "What? You say you have all the memories of Empress Zhou? Is this true? ”
"What's all the fuss about?" Lin said.
"Then let me ask you, my birthday-oh, I mean Emperor Chongzhen's birthday, what day is it?" Xiao Mu made no secret of his doubts about Lin Ye's statement, so he took the test.
"The twenty-fourth day of the thirty-eighth year of Wanli." Lin Yi said without thinking, "As for which day the date of the Gregorian calendar is, you can go back and calculate it slowly, with your IQ, how can you calculate it if you count one day and one night." ”
The expression on Xiao Mu's face was very exciting, and he couldn't help beating his chest and slammed his feet: "Why is God so unfair!" is also a traverser, why is the original memory of Emperor Chongzhen in my body incomplete?! ”
"Hmph, you wild amateur traverser still want to compare with me?" Lin Yi sneered again.
"I've heard that wild pigs are worth more than domestic pigs......" Xiao Mu retorted quietly, not realizing that he was also a wild boar.
But unfortunately Lin Ye heard it, and when he heard Xiao Mu compare himself with a pig, Lin Ye felt that his personality had been greatly insulted by Xiao Mu, and his dignity had been trampled on by Xiao Mu in all directions, was it tolerable, which was unbearable? Then if you can't bear it, you don't need to endure it anymore, Xiao Mu was decisively driven out by Lin Yi.
"Not ladylike at all......" Xiao Mu muttered as he left.
Then Xiao Mu heard Lin Yi's roar behind him: "Aren't there other ladies and beauties in your harem?" That Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan are both ladies, you can find them! ”
"Hmph, just go!" No matter how patient Xiao Mu was, he also lost his temper at this time, and he didn't plan to deal with Lin Yao, a crazy woman who was unreasonable, and left quickly.
Xiao Mu was deflated at Lin Ye's place, and his whole person became listless, wandering around aimlessly, and as he walked, he suddenly found himself in Ciqing Palace, where his sister-in-law Empress Zhang lived.
"Now that we're all here, let's go in and have a look." Xiao Mu thought. I don't know why, Xiao Mu felt that Empress Zhang, the imperial sister-in-law, gave him a very kind feeling, if only Lin Yi could learn more from Empress Zhang. Of course, Xiao Mu is sure that he definitely does not have a sister-in-law complex, although he knows that Empress Zhang's age is not necessarily older than when he was in his previous life, he still feels that she is like a big sister, this may be because the ancients started a family earlier than modern people.
Hearing that the emperor was coming, of course Empress Zhang immediately greeted her, and the two sat down separately after greeting each other.
In Empress Zhang, Xiao Mu naturally has no way to talk nonsense, firstly, because Empress Zhang certainly does not know that Xiao Mu is a traverser, if Xiao Mu says something messy, I am afraid that it will bring unnecessary trouble, and secondly, when Xiao Mu and Empress Zhang were talking, there were many palace maids and eunuchs around who were watching, Empress Zhang, as the imperial sister-in-law of Emperor Chongzhen, naturally wanted to observe the festival for Emperor Tianqi, and the uncle and sister-in-law were in the same room, if no one was waiting on the side and spread out, there would naturally be gossip.
Xiao Mu chatted with Empress Zhang for a while, and cared about Empress Zhang's diet and daily life, in fact, this topic is not nutritious at all, as the official queen of the first emperor, Empress Zhang still has a certain status in the harem. Especially Chongzhen's queen mother is no longer there at this time, there is no queen mother in the harem, and the nurse of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, who has been against Empress Zhang, was also sent to the Huanyi Bureau to be flogged to death at this time, so Queen Zhang, the imperial sister-in-law, is currently very prestigious in the harem, naturally no one dares to provoke casually, and of course no one dares to slack off in terms of diet and daily life.
Knowing that Empress Zhang's living treatment was all right, Xiao Mu expressed his great relief, and admonished the palace maids and eunuchs here to serve them wholeheartedly, and then pulled the topic to Lin Yi.
"The queen is pregnant at the moment, and she will inevitably be a little upset in the palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs below may not be able to talk to her to relieve her boredom. If the imperial sister-in-law has nothing to do, she might as well go to her side often, and tell her what she needs to pay attention to, and save her from thinking about herself and affecting her body. Xiao Mu euphemistically expressed to Empress Zhang that Lin Yi is now hot-tempered, and ordinary people can't cure her at all (in fact, Xiao Mu himself has no way as an ordinary person), and he needs Empress Zhang, a great god, to suppress it.
At the same time, Xiao Mu also hoped that Lin Yi could be influenced by Empress Zhang and his personality would become a little gentle. It's not that "those who are close to Zhu are red, and those who are close to ink are black", Xiao Mu is very confident in Empress Zhang, and feels that his imperial sister-in-law, as a textbook-like martyr woman in the feudal era, will definitely have a positive impact on Lin Ye, and teach Lin Ye some "three obedience and four virtues" and other truths. As for the suggestion that Empress Zhang had become violent and rude under the influence of Lin Yi, Xiao Mu thought that it was impossible - the probability of such a thing happening seemed to be lower than the possibility of Emperor Taiji of Hou Jin turning his back and surrendering.
"This is exactly what this means in this palace, and I will go to her tomorrow. The emperor is relaxed, Sister Zhou's sister Ji is a natural appearance, and the mother and son will be safe. Empress Zhang was already very concerned about her pregnancy, and after listening to Xiao Mu's thoughts, she naturally agreed.
Xiao Mu achieved the purpose of letting Empress Zhang go to influence Lin Ye, and after a brief chat with Empress Zhang, she got up to say goodbye, but Empress Zhang was worried that her uncle and sister-in-law would be criticized if they lived together for a long time, which would affect the emperor and her own name, so she didn't stay long, and got up and sent Xiao Mu out.
Xiao Mu left the Ciqing Palace where Empress Zhang lived, and wandered around aimlessly, maybe because he read too many of Xu Guangqi's agricultural works yesterday, resulting in wasting too many brain cells, or because he was hit too hard by Lin Yi, in short, Xiao Mu didn't plan to deal with any political affairs today.
Since Lin Yi mentioned Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan, thinking that he had not had contact with them since returning to the palace, since it was still early, Xiao Mu decided to go to them as well.
First came to Concubine Tian's bedroom, Xiao Mu found that Concubine Tian was doing needlework, Concubine Tian was naturally overjoyed when she saw the emperor coming to her, and hurriedly poured tea and snacks for Xiao Mu, and was very busy.
Xiao Mu casually looked at the needlework made by Concubine Tian, it seemed to be like a belly pocket worn by a child, and Xiao Mu, who didn't know anything about needlework, could also see that the embroidery was very exquisite. Seeing this, Concubine Tian said: "The queen's sister is pregnant, and she will definitely give birth to a prince for the emperor in the future, and the concubine is also happy in her heart." In the past two days, I had nothing to do, so I was worried that the slaves and maids of the scarf bureau and the needlework bureau were not satisfied, and the clothes they made were not necessarily comfortable, so I made two pieces for Sister Zhou. ”
is so exquisitely done, it is clear that it can completely explode the things made by the textile machines of his later generations, and he even said that his needlework is rough, and this ancient woman's handiwork is really against the sky. As for Concubine Tian's needlework is not as good as Lin Ye's, Xiao Mu thinks that this is definitely impossible, Lin Ye's needlework may not be as good as his own, and he will sew a button or something.
Xiao Mu thought in his heart while praising Concubine Tian for her heart. After drinking a few sips of tea here, and chatting briefly with Concubine Tian for a while, he got up and left and went to Concubine Yuan.
When he arrived at Concubine Yuan's bedroom, Xiao Mu found that Concubine Yuan was also doing needlework, which made Xiao Mu think that Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan had discussed, but after chatting a few words and probing, Xiao Mu found that Concubine Yuan had not discussed making clothes with Concubine Tian, and Xiao Mu realized that he was thinking a little too much: This is in the Ming Dynasty, the life of ancient people was monotonous, and the life of women in ancient times was even more monotonous. There doesn't seem to be much other pastime other than needlework.
Xiao Mu sat at Concubine Yuan's place for a while, cared about her daily diet for a few words, and then left.
In fact, when he left, Xiao Mu could clearly feel the disappointment on the faces of Concubine Tian and Concubine Yuan, after all, the harem was as deep as the sea, and without the emperor's favor, he would lose everything, but Xiao Mu, as a traveler who had just arrived here, could not adapt to so many wives appearing at the same time for a while, and Xiao Mu and Tian and Yuan Erfei had no common language to talk about.
"Maybe things will improve after getting acquainted with each other for a while." Xiao Mu thought, "It seems that it is necessary to teach them the mahjong, playing cards and other things that I have played before, so that they can pass the time on weekdays." ”