On the large dining table, there were only four dishes, and the soup was still included. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoIf others see the contrast between this table and the dishes, they will definitely be surprised if this is a royal meal.

If Lu Chengqi knew about it, he would definitely say disdainfully: "I have even tampered with the rule that women can't eat at the same table, this little thing is nothing!" ”

Why can't women eat at the same table? Because in this era, when there are outsiders, there is a side table outside the northwest three zhang of the main table, which is specially prepared for women. During the feast, women are not allowed to drink alcohol, and they are required to cover their mouths with long sleeves to eat, let alone talk. After the feast is over, the women do not leave until all the men have left.

These red tapes, in Lu Chengqi's view, are extremely absurd and ridiculous. So he waved his hand and said domineeringly: "My wife can't eat at the same table, so my wife is still not the queen of Dashun?" ”

As a result, the official recorded to Lu Chengqi: "The emperor is impatient, does not respect the etiquette system, and helps the Hou Zhou family at the dining table......"

Lu Chengqi also sees it now, this official is like a shadow behind him, he can't get rid of it, only if he doesn't exist. As for how he carved himself with Spring and Autumn brushwork, Lu Chengqi didn't bother to care about him. If he really becomes a generation of Ming Jun, he will have his own history behind him. How the initiator writes is his business, and Lu Chengqi just needs to do his best.

No, during the meal, Lu Chengqi and Zhou Zhiruo talked and laughed freely, and the Confucian teaching of "food is silent, sleep is silent", and I don't know which Java country Lu Chengqi threw to. Fortunately, the starting official doesn't care about the emperor's meal, otherwise he will definitely add a stroke to the living note: "The emperor is debauched, and the queen talks happily in the dining room, and the royal etiquette is corrupted ......."

During the banquet, in order to take care of Zhou Zhiruo, Lu Chengqi kept picking up vegetables for her, and said vigorously: "Eat more, eat more...... Zhou Zhiruo rolled her eyes and said: "Your Majesty wants to feed the concubines fat, so that you can take a few more concubines, right?" ”

In this time and space, there was no Tang Dynasty where fat was beautiful, and the aesthetic concept was quite close to that of later generations, and they all took slimness as the best figure for women. Generally speaking, every time Zhou Zhiruo before entering the palace eats, she just eats a bowl of rice. Nowadays, it is still a bowl of rice, but I don't know how many times I eat more vegetables, all of which are caused by eating with Lu Chengqi and being constantly sandwiched with vegetables.

Zhou Zhiruo saw that Lu Chengqi "did not change his dead nature", and said angrily: "Your Majesty, if you do this again, the concubine will let you eat alone in the future!" ”

Seeing that the lovely person beside him was really angry, Lu Chengqi hurriedly apologized and said, "Don't be annoyed, Zitong, don't I pity you." If you don't eat enough, how can you have the strength? ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Zhiruo suddenly put down the dishes and chopsticks, which made Lu Chengqi panic for a while, and hurriedly put down the dishes and chopsticks, and said, "Zitong, what's wrong?" He thought that Zhou Zhiruo was really angry, but unexpectedly Zhou Zhiruo said: "You all retreat!" ”

Seeing this situation, Lu Chengqi's IQ finally improved a little, and he said in his heart: "It turns out that Zitong has something to say to me......

I was happy for a while, thinking that I had finally convinced this beauty with my ability. But I don't know that in this era of paying great attention to three obedience and four virtues, Zhou Zhiruo is already a royal person in life and a royal ghost in death. As long as Lu Chengqi does not give up, she will always be Lu Chengqi's wife. Even if Lu Chengqi has more concubines in the future, his wife is only Zhou Zhiruo. How can a married couple not help their husbands?

After the eunuchs and palace maids all withdrew from the imperial dining room, Zhou Zhiruo said with a straight face: "Your Majesty, the concubine has found something strange, and I ask Your Majesty to take a closer look." ”

Lu Chengqi rarely sees Zhou Zhiruo so serious, unless it involves Huangzhuang, or the welfare institute she cares about the most. Lu Chengqi also stopped his heart, and became serious: "Zitong, but it doesn't hurt to say it. ”

"In the past two days, the concubines have received reports from Huangzhuang on Henan Road, Liangzhejiang Road, Jiangnan Road, and Jinghu Road, saying that in these roads, there have been more abandoned children. The concubines have already issued an edict to let these imperial villages pay attention to this situation, and if there are abandoned children, they must be settled as soon as possible and sent to Chang'an as much as possible. Your Majesty, the concubines make their own opinions, and I hope Your Majesty will forgive me. When she said this, the look on Zhou Zhiruo's face was extremely serious.

Lu Chengqi had never seen Zhou Zhiruo like this, and hurriedly said: "Since I have handed over the Huangzhuang and the welfare house to Zitong to take care of, then Zitong has done the master of this matter." But why is there an increase in the number of abandoned children, but what is the inside story? ”

Zhou Zhiruo said worriedly: "It stands to reason that these roads are rich places, and there should be very few abandoned children." But it is hard to imagine that there are so many abandoned children in this rich land. The concubine thinks that there must be a secret in this. ”

Women's thinking is something Lu Chengqi said he didn't know. They tend to think in the worst direction about the things they care about, so it is difficult for men to be elusive for a while. For example, a woman will think of the passing of spring from the falling flowers, and begin to lament that her face is beginning to age, and the aging woman is like the falling flowers falling on the flowing water and never returning. And men only see falling flowers and flowing water, although everyone sees the same in the end, but women think about much more things than men. This is the reason why women think too much about the things they care about.

Lu Chengqi originally thought it was nothing, just an orphan. But after Zhou Zhiruo said this, he also began to feel a little inappropriate. Yes, how can there be so many orphans in the land of abundance? You must know that these roads are the places where the most yeoman farmers are located, and it stands to reason that there cannot be so many orphans.

Zhou Zhiruo continued: "What's even more strange is that most of these abandoned children, most of whom are two or three years old, don't recognize their parents. To speak, the tone is not local at all......"

Before the words fell, Lu Chengqi suddenly understood what Zhou Zhi was going to say, and said in horror: "Zitong, you mean, someone abducts and sells children?" ”

Fortunately, he retreated, and if such a horrific thing spread, it might cause a lot of turmoil. Zhou Zhiruo said worriedly: "Your Majesty, Shengming, the concubine also thinks so. Most of these children have accents from Kuizhou Road and Zizhou Road, as well as Guangnan Road and Fujian Road, all of which are poor and remote places. In this way, child traffickers do exist. ”

After that, Zhou Zhiruo patted the table hatefully, and Lu Chengqi held her soft thorn distressedly, and said softly: "Zitong, don't be angry, I will let the Supervision Department find out to me." ”

Zhou Zhiruo said angrily: "It's just kidnapping and selling children, if you give them a new home, it won't be a loss of conscience." But these traffickers actually abandoned them on the side of the road, and if the caravan hadn't happened to pass by, wouldn't these thousands of children have been taken away by wild wolves? Is it tolerable or unbearable! ”

Regardless of his past or present life, Lu Chengqi hates human traffickers very much, how many families they have destroyed for their own selfish desires! Seeing that the lovely man in front of him was so annoyed, Lu Chengqi also showed his imperial demeanor, and said with a smile: "Zitong, I will call Xu Jingchun here and question him." The Supervision Department is all over the country, and they don't even know about such a major event, so they have worked hard to cultivate it in vain! ”

Seeing that Lu Chengqi was impulsive, Zhou Zhiruo hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Your Majesty, slow down!" (To be continued.) )