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With the footsteps of "tom tom" getting closer and closer, the silent heart cultivation hall moved, and more than ten palace maids shuttled back and forth in the palace, rushing to make a qiē before His Majesty stepped into the palace gate.

After a while, the palace was calm again, and a beautiful maid waved her hand to retreat from the palace maid, kneeling alone next to the imperial case to make tea, waiting for the return of His Majesty who went out of the palace to inspect.

A person sits quietly in the huge palace to make tea, the boiling tea "gurgling" sounds, with the heat slowly rising, drifting, the palace is filled with the smell of fragrance, smelling it is refreshing, seeing it makes people feel happy, and all the troubles and sorrows are thrown away. She is a female official in charge of the Heart Cultivation Palace, as long as Li Li is in the palace, she will serve and make tea in the Heart Cultivation Palace, waiting for Li Li's arrival at any time. This is an immutable law in recent years, and her storage seems to be just waiting for Li Li, making tea for him, and giving him a space to stop and rest.

Her identity is very special, the entire palace can move around at will, whether it is the main hall of Changle or the backyard of the inner house, she is not restricted, she can go wherever she wants, no one stops her, and she can also control the maids and guards in each palace at will, and her status is transcendent.

Originally, she could get a more generous reward and become the first female official in the Jin Kingdom to be officially crowned, but she did not hesitate to turn down the reward, just hoping to be able to stay in the Heart Cultivation Palace for a long time. Such a request once made Emperor Li Li very embarrassed, but the inner government unanimously agreed to jointly recommend her to be the head of the Heart Cultivation Palace, so the emperor could not refuse, so he could only let it go, as long as she was happy.

Not much. Li Li, who went out of the palace to inspect, strode into the palace gate, followed by Li Xuan of Xiangguo, Guo Jia, General of Wei, Li Ru, Zhongchang Servant, Zhuge Liang, the right general, and Yin Chen Gong of Chang'an.

At first glance, these people came in. The beautiful female officer did not immediately get up and salute, but remained motionless. It's like turning a blind eye. It wasn't until Li Li approached that she got up to meet him, bowed and saluted, but she didn't say a word, and then walked up to Li Li skillfully, took off his fur, hugged him in her arms, and bowed to the side. And Li Li seems to have long been accustomed to her storage, and only bowed slightly. Without any additional indication, at this time, the palace maid who was dismissed by the female official reappeared again, offering a warm towel to clean Li Li's hands.

As the palace ladies walked away quickly, Li Li sat down behind the imperial case, and the beautiful female official knelt beside him, poured a cup of hot tea, handed it to him, and then sat aside in silence. There were palace maids in the hall who served tea to Li Xuan and the other five people, and they waved their hands and saluted after seeing the female officials. Then sit at the back.

This set of silent etiquette, if you let people who don't know the inside story see it, it will feel very strange, why would the general of the six books and the third prince of the dignified state of the palace give a salute to a female officer, but she put on a high posture. Very arrogant, as if pretending to be reserved. But Li Xuan, Guo Jia and others have long been accustomed to this special way of meeting, and they have long been surprised. Or rather, like Li Li, they acquiesced in her existence and regarded her as one of the dozen or so ladies in the inner court. The status is noble, and the status is transcendent.

She is Zhen Mi. Zhen's Zhang Ai's pearl in the palm of her hand. Since Zhang Ai followed Li Li, she lived in the inner mansion with her mother, when she just turned ten years old, and ten years have passed inadvertently. Now she is a slim girl, she has long passed the age of the house, and she helps her mother take care of the property under the name of the inner government on weekdays, she is talented and intelligent, well-behaved and pleasant, and she is born with a beautiful appearance and moon appearance, and is deeply loved by Li Xin, Dian Wufeng and others, and it is not an exaggeration to say that she is favored.

Because Zhen Mi has been pestering Li Li since she was a child, her mother Zhang Ai has followed Li Li for many years but has not given birth, obviously thinking about the future, or having long-term considerations. Now Zhang Ai has entered the age of not being confused, devoting herself to taking care of the properties under the name of the inner government, rarely appearing in public, if Li Li does not take the initiative to find her, she rarely even gets along with Li Li alone. Moreover, not long ago, when the wives and concubines of the Inner Mansion were conferred, Zhang Ai was not among the rewards. This is not that Li Li is unwilling to give her the title, but she resolutely refuses, so she did not accept the title of concubine, and instead became the head of the inner government, officially taking over the property under the name of the royal family, and her status and authority are not inferior to any concubine. In addition, Zhang Ai also served as the internal supervisor of Zongzheng Mansion, which is equivalent to the head of Zongzheng Mansion, while Zongzheng Li Dao is only in name and does not participate in specific management matters. This is Li Li's disguised compensation for her.

Also as compensation, Li Li intended to crown Zhen Mi as the first princess with an official title in the Jin Kingdom, but was unanimously paired by Zhang Ai's mother and daughter and a group of wives and concubines. As a result, the matter of rewarding Zhen Mi was over, and nothing happened to Quan Dang. In fact, Li Li knows the intentions of the daughters, and also knows that Zhen Mi has never regarded him as a stepfather, and has been clinging to him since he was a teenager, except for her mother Zhang Ai, Li Xin and other daughters have always been treated as sisters; It's really a big person, and the body hasn't grown yet, but the mind is not inferior to that of an adult. But Li Li has never been able to step through the hurdle in his heart, and has always been very fond of Zhen Mi, and some are only family affection accumulated over the years, but there is no love between men and women, and he never crosses the thunder pool by half a step.

How can Zhen Mi grow up day by day, and the longer she grows, the more beautiful she becomes, more and more moving, knowledgeable, and intelligent. What's more, she is now a twenty-year-old girl, and looking at the world, there are only a handful of girls like her who are not married. In her spare time, Li Li worries about her, but she is not in a hurry at all like a nobody; As soon as Li Li mentioned her marriage, she was anxious, and rushed up to fight with Li Li without any image, so that Li Li only had the ability to parry but had no power to fight back. This made Li Li have no choice but to let it go, as long as she was happy.

However, no matter what Zhen Mi thought in his heart, Li Li had no thoughts of wrongdoing. He can accept sister flowers, and he can sleep with many wives and concubines, but he can't accept the absurdity of mother and daughter eating together. Whether it is being a person or doing things, you need to have a bottom line, and an unprincipled way of dealing with the world is never advisable, at least Li Li can't do it at present.

In addition, after the enthronement ceremony, Li Li obviously felt that he was becoming more and more lonely and was developing in the direction of being alone. As an emperor, everything he did was aimed at two purposes: first, to consolidate his dominance indefinitely; Second, suppress family forces, abandon personal self-interest, and seek the well-being of the people of Liming. It is said that there are two purposes, but in the final analysis, they are for the same purpose: to consolidate the rule.

It is precisely because of the change of identity and status that Li Li has lost a lot of things, lost the life and happiness that normal people can enjoy, and has become more and more isolated and lonely. Before that, he and his subordinates could be called brothers, eating meat and drinking in large chunks, occasionally gagging with them, and visiting the kiln together. But now it doesn't work, even if he is willing, the military officials under his command are always careful, respectful everywhere, and dare to report to him only after careful consideration of everything he does and speaks.

Fortunately, Li Li's wives and concubines have not changed much, and even so, there are still some changes between them. For example, they are becoming more and more polite with each other, more and more understanding of etiquette, trying every means to please Li Li, and the boudoir is getting hotter and hotter, almost reaching the level of Cheng dù who does everything, and even does things that surprise Li Lidu. For this reason, Li Li deliberately gathered them together, gave them a good political lesson, did ideological work, and then slept together in the dark, so that their sisters could see each other frankly and break the gap between them that had not yet taken shape. Facts have proved that the relationship between him and his wives and concubines for more than ten years can stand the test, and after his enlightenment, the invisible estrangement in the inner house quickly disappeared, and the women were once again harmonious and close to each other.

Despite this, Li Li still felt that there was still a certain gap between them, but they were suppressed by him for the time being, and it would not be prominent in the short term, but it could not be eradicated after all. To this day, the only person who really doesn't regard him as a high-ranking emperor is Zhen Mi, who dares to fight with him. Because of this, Li Li allowed Zhen Mi to enter and leave the palace freely, and taught her to take care of the Heart Cultivation Palace, and also gave her a lot of privileges, trying to let her be unrestrained. This is because Li Li longs for himself to live like a normal person, and hopes that Zhen Mi will always maintain this precious innocence; Only when he sees her, Li Li will feel that he is no different from ordinary people, and his body and mind can truly calm down and enjoy this hard-won peace.

In Li Li's view, the so-called human emperor and the emperor who is high above him is actually to bake himself on the fire, to put himself in opposition to everyone, and to consolidate his rule and the interests of the people, while the civil and military officials standing opposite him are always troubled by their own interests, and they are trying to deal with him, the emperor. And the so-called loyal ministers are that they can restrain their selfishness and selfish desires to the greatest extent, or they consider how the long-term interests of the family are, and there are not many loyal ministers who really have no desires and no desires. In contrast, military generals are purer than civil officials, more bold and straightforward, without so many twists and turns, just to make meritorious contributions and seal their wives and children, and many times they can take care of the overall situation.

Just like the current situation, half an hour ago, Li Li solemnly announced at the Royal Academy that the first imperial examination would be held in early April, and from then on, the recommendation system would be abolished and the imperial examination system would be fully implemented.

No, less than half an hour before and after, Li Li had not returned to the palace yet, and Zhuge Liang, Chen Gong, Li Ru and others rushed over after hearing the news.

This is not to say that they all have selfish motives and do not approve of the imperial examination system, but they immediately perceived that once the imperial examination system is implemented, it will inevitably set off an uproar, thus completely changing the existing system of seniors, and its impact will be so great and long-term that it is beyond the scope of what they can predict, and the consequences will be unpredictable.

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