Because there is no banquet tonight, it will gradually quiet down after nightfall, and if there is a solar term or a dinner party, you can hear the sound of silk and bamboo orchestral voices outside. At this time, it is a beautiful and quiet scenery, and the classical-style buildings are particularly beautiful among the lakes and mountains. Everywhere in the Penglai Palace, you can see the palace ladies shuttling in small groups, they are placing candles on the lampstand under the eaves of the roadside, some are responsible for carrying a lampbed full of candles, and some are responsible for opening the cover and putting candles, meticulously repeating the daily work. At this time, the Daming Palace was different from the Ming and Qing courts, and the number of palace maids here was significantly more than that of the eunuchs. Because eunuchs were not included in the political system, unlike later, there were many eunuchs from the court to the localities; At this time, in addition to the low-level responsible for the work, the eunuchs were those in charge of the internal service province. Most of the work is done by the palace maids, so groups of palace maids carrying lanterns can often be seen on the roads of the harem, but there are few eunuchs walking around, and there are more eunuchs in the government affairs area from the Hanyuan Hall to the Zichen Hall in the south.

Xue Chongxun observed with interest for a while, he sometimes likes to do some boring things to relax his mind, and only those who know how to rest can maintain their energy when doing things.

There is no banquet or party in the evening, there is no activity, of course, there are no TV movies or anything, in this case the entertainment in the palace is to do that, and there is only one man. But he didn't want to go to any of the concubines tonight, and wanted to sleep alone...... There may not be many good days like this, and the last time Zhaoyi died, Princess Taiping mentioned the rules of waiting.

If you follow the rules of the previous dynasty, Xue Chongxun will be more bitter: it is not a flop, the emperor has no choice at all, and he has to "cultivate" every day, most of the time there is more than one. There is a certain order of accompanying the royal bed, which is determined by the full moon and the lack of the moon. The first fifteen days of the month are the gradual full, and the last fifteen days are the gradual shortage. Therefore, from the first day to the fifteenth day of the new year, it is the turn of the low-status to the high-level, and from the sixteenth to the end of the month, it is the turn of the high-status to the low-ranking one. The queen and the third lady have priority, and the nine concubines and below are "ninety-nine and royal", that is, every nine people share the favor for one night.

From the first day to the ninth day of the new year, there are eighty-one royal wives, and every nine people share one night; From the tenth to the twelfth of the first month, there are twenty-seven women, and every nine people share one night; Thirteen are nine concubines; Fourteen is the third lady; Fifteen is exclusive to the queen. Similarly, sixteen is also exclusive to the queen; Seventeen is the third lady; Eighteen are nine concubines; Nineteen to twenty-one twenty-seven women, every nine people share one night; Twenty-two to thirty are eighty-one royal wives, and every nine people share one night. The whole is two nights for the queen, two nights for the third wife, six nights for the world's wife, and eighteen nights for the royal wife.

Such rules are a fair distribution for concubines, and can slightly alleviate some of the contradictions in the harem. However, if the emperor really wants to follow the rules completely, sometimes it is nine women in one night, and even the iron body can't stand it. As far as Xue Chongxun knows, none of the emperors of the Tang Dynasty have done this, the rules are just rules, and some concubines have not been married by the emperor for several years and have not been with the emperor. Xue Chongxun thought that he was in good health, but he also felt that he couldn't survive it if he really wanted to, maybe in the end, he just let those women sleep with him, and he couldn't do anything.

Princess Taiping proposed to inherit the system of the previous dynasty at that time, one is to avoid contradictions and maintain stability, and the other is to let Xue Chongxun have more reliable women to have heirs as soon as possible. But Xue Chongxun didn't agree at the time, it was better to turn over the cards if he really used that rule; But Princess Taiping also disagrees with the rules of flopping cards and fueling intrigue and intrigues.

In the end, there was no negotiation, because the concubine's position was not enough, so the matter was temporarily shelved. After Xue Chongxun ascended the throne, the Daming Palace was at the time of the alternation of the old and the new, and it was reasonable to clean up the concubines of the previous emperor, and give the concubines who had children to be placed and moved to the palace or temple without children, but there was another problem in this: some female officials were the old party of Princess Taiping, and there was no merit and hard work for her to control the court before. This is also the sequelae left by Princess Taiping's assumption of power, if it is a normal change of power, no matter how favored the concubines before the emperor are changed, they have nothing to do with the new emperor, and they will directly enter the trough.

The current situation is that most of those high-ranking concubines and female officials are Li Chengning's women, because Princess Taiping is still in charge of things, but she didn't give Xue Chongxun a bed before that. They occupy positions, so naturally they can't choose new women to go up.

Since Xue Chongxun ascended the throne, the dormitory system has been chaotic, probably the same as in the Jin Palace, he can go wherever he wants, there are no rules at all. Except for some women whose names he couldn't remember in Daming Palace, there were only a few wives and concubines he brought in, Queen Li Yan'er, Mrs. Cheng Ting, Du Xinmei, Yuwen Ji, Concubine Ashina Zhuo, and Murong Yan was still in her mother's house. In the past, those famous partial concubines were sealed concubines; The nameless servant is still a servant now, Xue Chongxun let them stay in his dormitory to accompany them, and there is a big man sent by the envoy of the Six Edicts is crippled, because of the relationship of identity, Princess Taiping does not agree to seal the grade, but Xue Chongxun sympathizes with her dead sister and still stays in Penglai Hall to raise her, and does nothing.

The person who could have decided the order of the harem should have been the queen, but Princess Taiping was too strong, she had the final say in these matters, and she was even more authoritative than Xue Chongxun in harem affairs. Princess Taiping's old party of female officials is not easy to settle, and she estimates that it will be difficult to handle, Xue Chongxun is so happy that he will not be forced to be a stallion. But gradually, there will always be a rule, and then it will not be as easy as it is now.

In fact, the court is so rigid, all kinds of relationships and rules, it is really not a place to talk about love. Xue Chongxun felt that although there were many beauties, in general, he felt lifeless.

Of course, there are not beauties everywhere, the palace maids in Xue Chongxun's bedroom are uglier than the other, fortunately, he left a hand and brought a few attendants from the old mansion, otherwise he would really be interested in seeing those palace maids. It should be that the female official in charge did this deliberately, in order to prevent the palace maid who appeared next to Xue Chongxun from being liked and won the ambition for a while, the appearance of the person who was selected to work was really not flattering.

As soon as Xue Chongxun entered the dormitory, he saw a palace maid with a "three chins" standing at the door, who was as fat as a pig. It's just obese, and the face is still uneven.

"You...... You all go out, and come back later if you have any work to do. Xue Chongxun resisted the urge to kick her, and said a good word.

The palace maids retired one after another, only Yao Wan on duty did not leave, she was very smart, and she knew why he was holding his back as soon as she saw Xue Chongxun's face, so she was not among "them". When the gang went out, Yao Wan finally couldn't help but laugh out loud, and hurriedly covered her mouth with her hands.

Xue Chongxun complained casually: "Who is this the palace maid who was chosen?" Yao Wan said: "I can't say that Lang Jun wants to know about asking others to go and offend people." ”

Of course, he didn't mean to investigate, but just complained casually, and when he returned to the resting place, he could always talk casually and relaxedly like this, without thinking too much. Thinking that it was also a wise move for him to bring three close attendants, they were all more sensible, so that Xue Chongxun could be in a relaxed state of mind; may also be the result of his teaching, because he has never taught them their mistakes in the past few years, and they are more presumptuous in front of Xue Chongxun with connivance...... In a sense, Xue Chongxun felt relaxed.

Yao Wan made him tea quickly, and said briskly: "It's so late now, are you resting here tonight?" She didn't hear Xue Chongxun's answer, so she took it as a default, and said, "Doesn't Lang Jun like Mrs. Cheng quite much?" ”

Xue Chongxun had no other intentions when he heard this, just as she was casually, if someone else said this, he would definitely be vigilant. He also said casually: "I spent the night at Cheng Ting's last night, and it's not good for her to go again today." I didn't have much of a mind (I only did half a day in the afternoon), so I had a good rest. ”

At this time, Yao Wan came over with tea, grabbed a towel and wiped the table, and put the cup in front of Xue Chongxun. Xue Chongxun glanced up at her, and only felt that Yao Wan was very good-looking, about the relationship after seeing the fat palace maid at the door just now, he felt that Yao Wan was becoming more and more beautiful. Her face looks more delicate like a melon seed, but her eyes are even more beautiful, even if there is no expression, she seems to be smiling at people with a lot of style, her nose is not perfect and there is no sense of contour, but fortunately, the mouth makes up for this shortcoming, not a small mouth, but the upper lip is slightly upturned, which looks very cute. She is taller, which gives her body more room to stretch, and her long legs make her more temperamental.

Yao Wan is a Xiangmen from a scholarly family, although her identity is different from the past, she has maintained her previous upbringing, and her every word and deed is easy to reveal. The little lady with everyone's beautiful temperament, she usually can't see her doing some coquettish actions, but she shows her reserve and temperament in her ordinary and natural manners.

The same is true for dressing, because the relationship between identity and clothing also has specifications, but it can show elegance in simple and ordinary dressing, and a set of underskirts based on silk fabric can make her wear temperament. Different from the popularity of the ladies, it is different from the vulgarity of the courtesans who deliberately show off their coquettishness, and it is also different from the small jasper and too simple of the women of the common people, she shows a subtle and introverted style in the elegant tones.

Yao Wan was packing up the ribbons and accessories that Xue Chongxun threw on the ground when she suddenly raised her head and asked, "What are you staring at me for?" ”G