It was already late at night, and the family feast in the Imperial Garden had long since ended. Chen Dexing, the sage of the Ming Dynasty, was on the small floor of Empress Li Cuixian's Xixiu Palace at the moment, watching Li Cuixian combing her hair in the mirror there. She had just finished bathing, of course, taking a mandarin duck bath with Chen Dexing. When Chen Dexing lived in the palace, he seemed to have a habit of cleanliness and wanted to take a bath every day.

Therefore, the newly built Jiangdu Daming Palace and the Beijing Daming Palace here both have large baths - designed by the architects of Mingdu, although the exterior is purely Chinese, the interior has a Western style, mainly Tianfangjiao. In this day and age, to be honest, the Celestial world is much more civilized than Christendom, and it also loves cleanliness. There are many public baths in their city, some of which are quite ornate.

In addition, there are hospitals and universities in the cities of the Celestial World, and much of the knowledge of ancient Greece and Rome has been broken off in the Christian world, but it has been preserved in the Celestial Sect - in fact, the Celestial Religion was born out of Christianity, and the core area of the Celestial Sect was the territory of the Eastern Roman Empire. Compared with the territory of the Roman Ecumenical Church, the Eastern Rome of Orthodoxy undoubtedly preserved more ancient civilizations.

In Beijing Daming Palace, the large bath in the palace is built on the edge of Xixiu Palace, and there is a corridor between the bath and the small building of Xixiu Palace.

At this moment, Li Cuixian, who had already served Chen Dexing once, was sitting in front of the dresser waiting for her hair to dry. The light hair hung down to one side, scattered over the already bulging lower abdomen. Li Cuixian is pregnant again, this is her fourth pregnancy. After giving birth to Chen Dexing's third son at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, Tiandao gave birth to another daughter in the first year. Now it is only the end of the summer of the third year of the Heavenly Dao, and she is pregnant for a few months. The due date is at the end of this year - although she is about to give birth to her fourth child, Li Cuixian does not have the slightest intention of family planning. She also plans to give birth to more children for Chen Dexing. It is better to regenerate him ten or eight, she feels that her body can fully withstand it, and the Mingzhou Continent is so big, she must need a lot of kings, she must work hard to give birth...... To be born is to earn! So how can Li Cuixian, who can calculate, be willing to give birth less?

Li Cuixian stroked her angry belly, and then looked at the lazy Chen Dexing with a pair of spring-like eyes, looking at Chen Dexing looking at her in a daze, she couldn't help but chuckle: "What's there to see?" Haven't you had enough fun? ”

Chen Dexing leaned on the couch. showed a gentle smile, "I won't go to Jiangdu this year, stay in Beijing to accompany you." ”

Li Cuixian pursed her lips and smiled, she was already a twenty-eight-year-old woman, which was not young in this era. She gave birth to three more children, one in her belly. But the appearance is still stunning. With a smile and a smile, it is full of charm and enchantment. Chen Dexing originally liked mature women, but the current Li Cuixian is just right for his taste.

The affection between husband and wife is actually better than when they were newly married.

Li Cuixian smiled and approached the couch and leaned against him. Ren Chen Dexing stroked her belly, felt the movement of the fetus inside, and said softly: "Sage, going south to the river is a state affair. Cuixian giving birth is a family matter, and it is not the first time that Cuixian has given birth, so there is nothing important. ”

Chen Dexing smiled. Li Cuixian is good at everything, but she is too angry. There is no such thing as Zhao Lin'er. However, the atmosphere also has the benefits of the atmosphere, don't care. is not hypocritical, as long as she is satisfied in a big way - the prince candidate - even if she is allowed to suffer a small loss, as long as she, the eldest woman, is willing to suffer a small loss, the harem will naturally be happy.

He shook his head slightly, "State affairs and family affairs need me to stay in Beijing, and the affairs of Jiangnan have been decided, and there will be nothing for the time being." The war in the south has come to an end for the time being. The soldiers of the Tang King have already conquered the city, and they need to recuperate for some time before going to get Angkor, so this matter cannot be rushed. Daddy's ......"

Chen Dexing smiled bitterly, "He suffered a lot on Java Island, but he finally leveled the island." is full of complaints, saying that he is blessed and can't afford to be the king of King Fu, and asks me to change him to another one. ”

"Then let's change it for his old man," Li Cuixian said with a smile, "The battle of Nanfan is a bitter Daddy, it is better to give him a king title and give him some wealth." The military expenses of the Fu Domain can also be borne by the imperial court......"

Li Cuixian never mentioned the words of recalling Chen Huaiqing, it is easy to talk about money or anything, as long as the old man does not return to China...... Otherwise, after Chen Dexing left the court, the regent of the prison country might be Chen Huaiqing!

Chen Dexing shook his head, "The King can be on board, but what about this military fee...... You can't let the court bear it. At most, I will take out my own pockets and fill a few for him. ”

Chen Huaiqing went overseas to build a country, and the finances of the vassal state must be independent, and how he lives depends on himself. This is a major principle that must not be lightly moved.

Li Cuixian smiled lightly: "Sage, you don't care about your family wealth...... We have hundreds of thousands of spare money on our books. The imperial court allocates 1 million yuan to our family every year, and the two palaces in the north and south must be built and maintained, and Lin'er in Lin'an also needs to arrange expenses. If it weren't for the Queen Mother's ability to make money and invest in a lot of real estate, she would now be able to collect more than 100,000 yuan in rent, and her family would have to go into debt. ”

One hundred thousand is not a small amount! Huang Zhishen and Huang Chengxiang didn't dare to be short of two catties in the court. The reason why it is a little not enough to spend now, in addition to the construction of the second palace in the north and south, is that Zhao Lin'er spends a little too much...... The women in Chen Dexing's family, Guo Fuer is a businessman, so she will naturally be careful in her calculations; Although Li Cuixian was born in a family of warlords in Yidu, what kind of shrewd person is she? Baoyin likes to buy things indiscriminately, but she is a heavenly envoy, and some heavenly dao teaches her to pay her another high salary; Xia Lian'er, Qing'an Palace Master and Liu Zhen all have their mother's family as backup; Several other women also know how to be budget-conscious. It's just that Zhao Lin'er doesn't understand, and she doesn't spend money. But Li Cuixian won't say anything, just try to satisfy her.

In her opinion, Lin'er's love of spending money to buy things is not a disadvantage...... As long as you don't fight with her for power.

Chen Dexing didn't ask about the expenses in the house, but just nodded and said, "...... The money for Daddy doesn't come out of the house, I went to Shadow Niang to ask for it. The Heavenly Taoist Sect is rich, and I am the master of a sect, how can I not spend it? As for Daddy's king, King Fu is really not good, and Fu Jun doesn't sound mighty, so it's better to change it...... How about changing to a king? The British Kingdom, the British Army, how majestic it sounds! The people of Tianzhu must be afraid. ”

Chen Dexing smiled a little strangely, isn't it the Great Britain that has enslaved India for more than 100 years in history? Chen Huaiqing will go and be the king of Great Britain in India! But the current India doesn't seem to be weak, I'm afraid it will take some effort to conquer it, this Daddy Chen has to work a lot! Who let him not have children, give birth to so many sons, and how can they be enslaved without a richer country?

Li Cuixian didn't say much, she never interfered in the affairs of the Heavenly Dao Sect, but she and Mo Ying Niang were good sisters. Since Chen Dexing lived in Beijing Daming Palace, she called Mo Ying Niang into the palace every night and recommended Mo Ying Niang to sleep as much as possible. The shadow girl is not young, and she doesn't have a son and a half daughter by her side, but it's not a thing...... Sisters have reached this point, how can Mo Ying Niang not be grateful to Li Cuixian?

She immediately said, "Is the saint still interested?" The concubine's body is inconvenient, so it's better to let the shadow girl serve. ”

"Shadow Girl?" Chen Dexing looked at Li Cuixian with a smile, "You're not jealous?" ”

Li Cuixian smiled like a flower, shook her head and said: "The concubine and the shadow girl are good sisters, which vinegar to eat?" ”

Chen Dexing laughed, "That's good, call the shadow girl to come, tonight will be slept together, the three of us will ...... together" (hold hands together, just hold hands)

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When Chen Dexing held hands with Mo Yingniang and Li Cuixian, his father, the future king of the British Kingdom, was enjoying happiness in Bali at this time.

Bali is a wonderland that was not only a tourist destination in later generations, but also in the 13th century. The island was originally a small, independent country that practiced Buddhism rather than Brahmanism. Although it was later conquered by the Neo-Koshari dynasty, Hinduism was not introduced on a large scale. There are still many Buddhist temples on the island, all of which are temples of Tianzhu Tantra.

For religious reasons, the inhabitants of Bali were very friendly to Chen Huaiqing's army and surrendered without resistance. And Chen Huaiqing also took a fancy to this place at a glance, so he named Chen Desheng, the son born to himself and Dama Polo, as the Grand Duke of Bali. The Xia Gui family's territory is Java Island, not Bali, and Chen Dexing didn't say who Bali was given to - eighty percent forgot that there was such a good place - so Chen Huaiqing was not polite, and quickly occupied it!

Now, Chen Huaiqing is taking Dama Polo to live in the Holy Spring Palace on Bali to recuperate. His Fu clan army and the Song clan army commanded by Li Tingzhi also withdrew from all parts of Java Island to Bali one after another, leaving only the Xia family's soldiers and horses to clean up Java Island, a rich land that had almost become a white land.

Contrary to the situation in the letter that he cried to his son and begged for money and complained, Chen Huaiqing was in a really good mood at this time. It can probably be described as bitter and sweet, it was really bitter when I fought on the island of Java, and when I counted the spoils after the battle, I was really happy.

Java Island is a rich place, and now it has been robbed by Chen Huaiqing and Li Tingzhi's soldiers! Most of the wealth accumulated over hundreds of years and thousands of years went to these two bandit armies. Among them, there are also many parts that go to the public. There are as many as 10,000 taels of gold alone, nearly 60,000 taels of silver, millions of copper coins (Song money used on the island of Java), countless rice grains, hundreds of ivory, countless jewelry, and many spices - Java Island is the source of spices, and all kinds of spices that are valuable in the Ming Dynasty, but there are many here. In short, it's a big vote! (To be continued......)